How, exactly, does a woman ‘slip’ out of history?
4/21/202640 min
What would you do if your life was omitted, reduced to an overlooked footnote, or filed away as an anomaly? In this episode, Dan and Elizabeth turn a lens on the practice of history itself, interrogating the choices and power structures that have traditionally left women out of the history books. They retrace the lives of three women who once stood firmly in their moment: Hatshepsut, a pharaoh who consolidated power in Ancient Egypt; Joanna Ferrour, a peasant whose voice briefly direct the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381; and Ada Lovelace, a Victorian thinker whose ideas arrived well before the world was ready for them. Each was successful in their time. And yet each of their world-changing contributions were quietly edited out, only to be rediscovered generations — or even millennia later. So what does it mean when the practice of history fails to record the world as it was? And what happens when history’s failures reveal themselves, much later, as triumphs to a new generation? – As always, Dan’s royal favourites can chime in anytime on the royal court on Patreon at patreon.com/thisishistory. And don’t forget to listen to this season’s accompanying bonus episodes for this miniseries, where Dan and Producer Al are dissecting the biggest historical failures as submitted by the royal favourites. In this episode, they discuss Catherine Parr’s failed arrest, and what the Crusades reveal about success and failure. – A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices –– Presented by Dan Jones and Elizabeth Day Producer - Alan Weedon Senior Producer - Dominic Tyerman Researcher - Phoebe Joyce Executive Producer - Simon Poole Executive Producer - Dan Jones Executive Producer for Daylight Productions - Elizabeth Day Production Manager - Jen Mistri Production coordinator - Eric Ryan Head of content - Chris Skinner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsMolly Sims0:00
Were you taught by many women historians?
Dan Jones· Host0:02
Uh, Helen Castor was my mentor, the great medievalist.
Molly Sims0:06
Yes.
Dan Jones· Host0:06
Um, in fact, medieval history has a, a great tradition of female scholars.
Molly Sims0:09
I had s- some sessions with Helen Castor as well.
Dan Jones· Host0:12
Did you?
Molly Sims0:13
Yeah.
Dan Jones· Host0:14
Really? She was very-- Well, she's still very cool.
Molly Sims0:16
Yes.
Dan Jones· Host0:17
[laughs] But, but I remember being 18 years old, and Helen Castor, the great medievalist, was sort of 29, 30 years old, and, uh, was the most sort of sophisticated and cool and brainy woman I'd ever seen in my life, and I was just, like, completely, uh, bowled over and unable to speak in her presence.
Molly Sims0:33
Does she know this about you, that you said all that?
Dan Jones· Host0:35
Yeah, I've told her this. Yeah.
Molly Sims0:36
That's so sweet.
Dan Jones· Host0:37
Yes. We're still, we're s- still good friends now.
Molly Sims0:39
So women.
Dan Jones· Host0:40
[laughs] So I think we've covered women.
Molly Sims0:42
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