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A thousand years ago Emma of Normandy was on trial for adultery, treason and murder. The Stones & Bones podcast tells the tale of the first woman styled Queen of England who stood at the center of a dark era of history. And changed it.

Deborah Brezina


    • Apr 20, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 16m AVG DURATION
    • 26 EPISODES
    • 2 SEASONS


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    Londinium

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2022 16:48


    Samuel Johnson, considered England's greatest man of letters, famously said: “When a man is tired of London, he's tired of life.” London's fascinating history is one reason why.

    The Northampton

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 15:28


    Of Emma of Normandy, Sir Winston Churchill wrote: “Few women in history have stood at the centre of such remarkable converging forces.” But another powerful woman stood in her way.

    Birth of a Conqueror

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 18:53


    The Oath

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2022 14:32


    A woman desperate for her bloodline to continue fights at every turn for her sons to rise as kings. But first, she needs the oath.

    Nightfall

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 16:00


    As the Vikings carve a path of fire and blood through Saxon England, its weak king flees at the first shout of battle. Is this the work of history's first recorded wicked stepmother?

    The Fox and the Hedgehog

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 14:20


    From her first days in England, young Emma of Normandy had a formidable adversary. She could not imagine then how formidable. Soon she would know. The proverbial Fox and Hedgehog are about to square off.

    Christmastide

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 13:09


    Queen Emma wishes everyone NOEL! The holiday greeting she likely would've given. As a French import herself, NOEL originated in France but became a favored traditional greeting in the medieval era. Let's join Emma for Christmastide. A joyous time, a joyous greeting, a joyous wish to all!

    An Interview with British Historian Dr. Daniel Gerrard

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 52:40


    Dr. Daniel Gerrard is a British historian of the High Middle Ages and the author of three books. Professor Gerrard teaches medieval history at Regents Park College, Oxford University and specializes in the biography of Emma of Normandy, the first biography of an English queen, the Encomium Emmae Reginae. This interview focuses on the early days of Emma of Normandy in England and the trauma she experienced just months after her arrival as young bride and queen, the St. Brice's Day Massacre. Flashpoint for the Viking conquest of England.

    Massacre

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 11:22


    Oxford. Key hub at the crossroads of Roman roads. And the flashpoint of the Viking conquest of England. The Saxon king orders a massacre of all Danes, his queen's kith and kin. As England sinks beneath the Viking yoke, she asks, is this why she came?

    There Be Dragons!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 15:28


    One creature is instantly recognized the world over. Remarkably similar in all cultures. To Queen Emma, these creatures were not mythical. They were real. But they don't exist, do they? So why are they everywhere?

    Otherworld

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 15:33


    Lord, what fools these mortals be! Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream transports us to the Otherworld. For Emma of Normandy fairies and elves were never far below the surface. There are countless stories of their origins. This is one. 

    Go Berserk!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 15:47


    A 1000 years ago a treasure was buried. Not of gold. A chess set. A Viking chess set. How do we know? Berserkrs. Vikings who'd go berserk and kill and kill ‘til there was no one left to kill. Who said chess was just a game?

    Blood Eagle

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2021 11:21


    From the fury of the Northmen, oh Lord, deliver us! A prayer not for deliverance from a bunch of long-haired tourists who roughed up the neighbors. But a merciless scourge who executed the Blood Eagle.

    Put It in the Bank

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 14:07


    Bonnie and Clyde, Jesse James, John Dillinger. They robbed banks. But it was the most accomplished robbers in history who showed them where the banks were.

    Kingmaker

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021 14:54


    A figure arose from the shadows. A crafty survivor who became more powerful than kings for he was a maker of kings. No one stood in his way. Not even the Queen of England.

    Unready

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 14:01


    Emma of Normandy prepares to sail across a narrow sea to wed a famous king. But is she ready to wed a king unready to fight, unready to rule, unready to save his kingdom?

    Crazy Bread

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 13:28


    What was crazy bread and why was it eaten by peasants to stave off hunger and give them a summer of love? Welcome to Y1K and the world of young Emma of Normandy.

    Put Away the Playthings

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2021 11:26


    For a half century she bent history to her will. Everything that turned touched her. And she turned everything she touched. But first, she had to put away her playthings.

    Gravediggers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021 11:42


    They sought her blood. They readied the rope. They dug her grave. What would remain as cold death beckoned her to churchyards filled with stones and bones?

    The Lady

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 11:19


    A scholar, a fighter, a passionate lover and a cunning political manipulator. The very model of a medieval ruler. But this medieval ruler was not a man. This power player was a woman. And England was her chessboard.

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