š§ Anne of Bohemia
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Dr. Eleanor Janega continues Gone Medievalās special series of podcasts about Medieval Queens with a look at Queen Anne of Bohemia, the first wife of EnglandāsĀ King Richard II.Ā
Eleanor is joined by Kristen Geaman, lecturer at the University of Toledo, Ohio, to find out about Anneās influence on English culture, how queens could work to mitigate the worst excesses of kings, and what childlessness meant in a royal context.
This episode was edited by Joseph Knight and produced by Rob Weinberg.
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