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	Podcast:		In Our Time: History
	Episode:		Margaret of Anjou
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:50:39
	Publish Date:		2018-05-24 05:36:00
	Description:		Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most remarkable queens of the Middle Ages who took control when her husband, Henry VI, was incapable. Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482) wanted Henry to stay in power for the sake of their son, the heir to the throne, and her refusal to back down led to the great dynastic struggle of the Wars of the Roses. The image above is from the Talbot Shrewsbury Book, showing John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, presenting Margaret with that book on her betrothal to Henry With Katherine Lewis James Ross and Joanna Laynesmith Producer: Simon Tillotson.
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