Everyone's heard of her famous saying "let them eat cake" but did the infamous queen really say this? Was she as cruel and out of touch as we believe that led her to her unfortunate fate? This episode we discuss common myths surrounding Marie Antoinette and the reality of who she really was. Thank you for listening and don't forget to follow @thehistoryhive on instagram to stay updated!

Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:

Cereno, Benito. Myths You Believe About Marie Antoinette, Grunge, Oct 10, 2023. https://www.grunge.com/212395/myths-you-believe-about-marie-antoinette/, Accessed: 23/4/2024

France, T.L. (2022). French history myths: Marie-Antoinette said ‘Let them eat cake’. [online] The Local. Available at: French history myths: Marie-Antoinette said ‘Let them eat cake’ [Accessed 27 Apr. 2024].

Little, B. (2016). 5 Things You Might Not Know About Marie Antoinette. [online] History. Available at: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/marie-antoinette-facts-france-death-queen-anniversary [Accessed 26 Apr. 2024].

History.com Staff, Did Marie-Antoinette Really Say ‘Let Them Eat Cake’?, HISTORY, https://www.history.com/news/did-marie-antoinette-really-say-let-them-eat-cake, Aug 31, 2024, Accessed: 23/4/2024

Thomas, Chantal, The Wicked Queen: The Origins of the Myth of Marie-Antoinette, New York: Zone Books, 1999.

Join us this week to discuss the famous mystic, Margery Kempe, whose weeping and screaming bouts through Europe made her one of the most polarising women in King's Lynn.

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:
Encyclopaedia Britannica (2024). Margery Kempe. [online] Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margery-Kempe.

Johnston, L. The Mysticism and Madness of Margery Kempe. Historic UK [online]. Available at: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Mysticism-And-Madness-Of-Margery-Kempe/.

King's Lynn Minster (2023). Margery Kempe | King's Lynn Minster. [online]. Available at: https://kingslynnminster.org/margery-kempe/.

Westwell, C. (2014). The Life of a Mystic. [online] blogs.bl.uk. Available at: https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2014/03/the-life-of-a-mystic.html.

Join us this week as we discuss all things Spanish Armada from causes to events to the propaganda to come out of it! We hope you enjoy this episode and please let us know what you think in the comments or message us on instagram @thehistoryhivepodcast

Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:

Philip’s draft of an appeal to the Cortes, April 1558

Pendrill, Colin, Spain 1474-1700, Heinemann Educational Publishers, Oxford, 2002, pp.96-98

‘The History of the Spanish Armada’, Royal Museums Greenwich, 2022 (Accessed 22/7/2022)

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Spanish Armada". Encyclopaedia Britannica, 5 Feb. 2021, (Accessed 22/7/2022)

Brunier, Marianne, The Golden Age of Spain, 1474-1598, Pearson Education Limited, London, 2017, pp.110