{"id":1211,"date":"2012-03-14T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T15:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.ladyjanegrey.info\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2013-09-29T20:12:53","modified_gmt":"2013-09-29T19:12:53","slug":"she-wolves-englands-early-queens-part-2-helen-castor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/?p=1211","title":{"rendered":"She-Wolves: England&#8217;s Early Queens &#8211; Part 2 &#8211; Helen Castor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;She-Wolves: England\u2019s Early Queens\u2019 presented by Helen Castor continues on BBC4 tonight at 9pm.<\/p>\n<p>In part two, <i> \u2018\u2026she tells the remarkably similar life stories of two French queens, Isabella and Margaret, both of whom were betrothed, 137 years apart, to a king of England \u2013 Edward II and Henry VI respectively \u2013 so weak that they were obliged to wage war against their husband\u2019s rivals to protect the throne for their sons. This is what men had to do to reign, but as women their behaviour was derided as unnatural, and thus the pair have gone down in history as \u2018she-wolves.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n<p>(Live Magazine, p 57)<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ladyjanegreyref\/pic\/00025srr\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/ladyjanegreyref\/pic\/00025srr\" width=\"272\" height=\"153\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n(c)BBC4<\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Radio Times describes episode two as \u2018another fluent and gripping history class\u2019 with Dr Castor letting \u2018the history do the talking, neatly and thrillingly.&#8217; (Radio Times website)<\/p>\n<p>Part 2 \u2013 Isabella and Margaret will be repeated: <\/p>\n<p>BBC 4<br \/>\nThursday 15 March \u2013 3.25am<br \/>\nSunday 18 March \u2013 11pm<br \/>\nMonday 19 March \u2013 2.30am<\/p>\n<p>BBC HD<br \/>\nTuesday 20 March \u2013 7pm &#038; 11pm<br \/>\nThursday 22 March &#8211; midnight<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about this episode in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/episode\/ptp7c\/she-wolves-england&#39;s-early-queens--series-1---2-isabella-and-margaret\"><b> Radio Times &#8211; She-Wolves: England&#8217;s Early Queens &#8211; Part 2 Isabella and Margaret<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/tv-and-radio\/2012\/mar\/13\/she-wolves-englands-early-queens?newsfeed=true\"><b>Guardian &#8211; TV Highlights 14\/03\/2012<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/episode\/ptp7c\/she-wolves-england&#39;s-early-queens--series-1---2-isabella-and-margaret\">Radio Times &#8211; She-Wolves: England&#8217;s Early Queens<\/a><br \/>\nLive (The Mail on Sunday), 11 March 2012<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b01dc66v\">BBC4 \u2013 She-Wolves: England\u2019s Early Queens<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;She-Wolves: England\u2019s Early Queens\u2019 presented by Helen Castor continues on BBC4 tonight at 9pm. 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