She-Wolves: England's Early Queens
She-Wolves: England's Early Queens
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She-Wolves: England's Early Queens

8.0 / 10
2012
1 season
3 episodes
Documentary

Historian Dr Helen Castor explores the lives of seven English queens who challenged male power, the fierce reactions they provoked and whether the term 'she-wolves' was deserved.

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Seasons

  • Matilda and Eleanor

    1.Matilda and Eleanor

    07-03-2012

    800 years ago, Matilda came within a hair's breadth of being the first woman to be crowned queen of England in her own right. Castor explores how Matilda reached this point and why...

  • Isabella and Margaret

    2.Isabella and Margaret

    14-03-2012

    In 1308 a 12-year-old girl, Isabella of France, became queen of England when she married the English king. A century later another young French girl, Margaret of Anjou, followed in...

  • Jane, Mary and Elizabeth

    3.Jane, Mary and Elizabeth

    21-03-2012

    Helen Castor looks at what happened when England was faced not just with inadequate kings, but no kings at all. In 1553, for the first time in English history all the contenders fo...

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