Can you believe we’ve made it through another season? Yes! We are coming to an end of season four and we are going out with a BANG, y’all.
Emma of Normandy has entered the chat
This time we’re taking it back. Way back to the pre-Norman conquest when England was inhabited by the Anglo-Saxons. Among those people was a king. And he wasn’t ready (for this jelly).
Ethelred the Unready has not gone down in history as like a particularly popular guy. And lucky Emma got to be his second bride in 1002 at the ripe old age of 16 (12 according to some sources) (ew). But Emma was ready to put her mark on the country by setting a new standard. She was not going to just be the king’s wife. She was going to be a QUEEN. And yes. There was a big difference.
Emma’s time as queen was not a particularly peaceful one during the reign of her first husband and she had to witness war, genocide and even exile. But things turned around for her when her unready husband died and she got to upgrade to a hot, young Danish conquering king who in turn made her queen of three countries.
For many women of that time, that would be the end of her story. But after becoming the dowager queen for the second time in her life, her story was actually just kicking off!
In this two-parter season finale you’re going to go on a rollercoaster of events with us in the life of Emma of Normandy as she sets the stage for modern queenship in the early medieval period.
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