Episodes

  • Episode 1: The Scoundrel

    Episode 1: The Scoundrel
    May 15 2023

    Let me introduce you to William the Ninth, Grandfather of our heroine, yet unborn. He is the leader of the Aquitaine, a group of territories in what is now France. In this episode, we will meet the key players in a story leading to her life of adventure and conquest.

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    25 mins
  • Episode 2: The Scoundrel's Son

    Episode 2: The Scoundrel's Son
    May 29 2023
    Here we will meet our Heroine's parents, and learn of the circumstances surrounding her family's tumultuous history.
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    24 mins
  • Episode 3: The Capets win the Lottery

    Episode 3: The Capets win the Lottery
    Jun 12 2023
    Today we learn of our Heroine's fate as her life is suddenly turned upside down.
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    25 mins
  • Episode 4: A Cup of Rock Crystal

    Episode 4: A Cup of Rock Crystal
    Jun 26 2023
    Two deaths and one marriage lead to new leadership in the Aquitaine. How our Eleanor becomes Queen.
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    25 mins
  • Episode 5: Oh Paris!!

    Episode 5: Oh Paris!!
    Jul 10 2023
    Alienor of Aquitaine and Louis Capet of France had just married and, mere weeks later, inherited the French throne. He was seventeen, she a mere thirteen. They had unparalleled wealth thanks to HER fortune and they had considerable respect thanks to HIS father. And they had the great advantage of the aid and counsel of Abbot Sugar, one of the truly extraordinary people of his day.In this episode, we learn more about this important figure of the day, the famed Abbot that was counsel to not only Alienor and Louis Capet, but to her Father, as well. How he changed our view of God and Church Architecture is still felt today.
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    27 mins
  • Episode 6: The Terrible Women of the South!

    Episode 6: The Terrible Women of the South!
    Jul 24 2023
    The young couple we met in the last episode, the Aquitanian heiress Alienor, newly married to Prince Louis Capet, both elevated to the French throne upon Louis’ father’s death, would be husband and wife for fifteen years. They would have two daughters and no sons. Given the fixation of powerful men, especially Frankish kings, on having a male heir, very few wives unable to produce little boys were likely to last. Alienor undoubtedly remained Queen of France as long as she did because the marriage contracts had provided that unless she had a son to sit on the French throne, the crown would not gain full possession of The Aquitaine and, very possibly, because her husband truly did love her beauty, her wit, her exotic ways so enticingly different from the austere habits of the chilly north.
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    27 mins
  • Episode 7: The Thunderbolt

    Episode 7: The Thunderbolt
    Aug 7 2023
    Louis's troubles continue with the lack of an heir and a new Pope. Tensions are building in the Middle East with the fall of Edessa. Could another war be brewing?
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    28 mins
  • Episode 8: The Glorious Trumpet Call

    Episode 8: The Glorious Trumpet Call
    Aug 21 2023
    It’s the year 1145. Massive forces are building across the world. A Crusade, the world war of its time, is about to begin. It will engage men from Paris to Jerusalem in battles witnessed by the gods themselves.
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    29 mins