Vulgar History

We're back on the Marie Antoinette train, and in Season 7 Part 2 the topic is "Meanwhile, Back in France."To explain the French royal court system that Marie Antoinette eventually joined, we're taking a look at notorious mistress Madame du Barry in a saga so iconic it can't be contained in one podcast episode.Our guest this week is everyone's favourite TikTok royal commentator, Amanda Matta!Follow Amanda on:TikTokInstagramSubstackAnd keep up with her podcast, The Art of History!—Reference:Madame du Barry: The Wages of Beauty by Joan Haslip—Get 15% off all the gorgeous jewellery and accessories at common.era.com/vulgar or go to commonera.com and use code VULGAR at checkout—Get Vulgar History merch at vulgarhistory.com/store (best for US shipping) and vulgarhistory.redbubble.com (better for international shipping)—Support Vulgar History on Patreon —Vulgar History is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, which means that a small percentage of any books you click through and purchase will come back to Vulgar History as a commission. Use this link to shop there and support Vulgar History.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This used to be a Patreon-only bonus episode, but now everyone can hear it!Since we'll be discussing Versailles in upcoming episodes, it felt appropriate to share this episode about Louis XIV aka The Sun King, who basically invented that whole scenario.To hear more bonus episodes, subscribe at the $5/month or higher level at patreon.com/annfosterwriter—Get 15% off all the gorgeous jewellery and accessories at common.era.com/vulgar or go to commonera.com and use code VULGAR at checkout—Get Vulgar History merch at vulgarhistory.com/store (best for US shipping) and vulgarhistory.redbubble.com (better for international shipping)—Vulgar History is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, which means that a small percentage of any books you click through and purchase will come back to Vulgar History as a commission. Use this link to shop there and support Vulgar History.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a rerelease of a classic Vulgar History episode, now with better editing! Boudica was Queen of the Iceni, a Celtic tribe during the Roman conquest of Britain. She led a rebellion of united tribes against their Roman invaders, leaving a path of death and bloodshed in her wake. Reference:Boudica: Warrior Woman of the Roman Empire by Caitlin C. Gillespie—Intro ends/story starts 01:49Ad break 21:34Outro starts 44:58—Get 15% off all the gorgeous jewellery and accessories at common.era.com/vulgar or go to commonera.com and use code VULGAR at checkout—Get Vulgar History merch at vulgarhistory.com/store (best for US shipping) and vulgarhistory.redbubble.com (better for international shipping)—Support Vulgar History on Patreon —Vulgar History is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, which means that a small percentage of any books you click through and purchase will come back to Vulgar History as a commission. Use this link to shop there and support Vulgar History.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're revisiting a classic Vulgar History episode. Agrippina the Younger was also the sister, wife/niece, and mother of three different Roman emperors and also one of the villainesses in the 1976 BBC miniseries I, Claudius!—Reference:Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World by Emma Southon (now available in paperback!)—Get 15% off all the gorgeous jewellery and accessories at common.era.com/vulgar or go to commonera.com and use code VULGAR at checkout—Get Vulgar History merch at vulgarhistory.com/store (best for US shipping) and vulgarhistory.redbubble.com (better for international shipping)—Support Vulgar History on Patreon —Vulgar History is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, which means that a small percentage of any books you click through and purchase will come back to Vulgar History as a commission. Use this link to shop there and support Vulgar History.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There was no way I could revisit the Cleopatra episode and score without getting Gina Berry's assistance! She was a guest on our epic Nefertiti and Hatshepsut episodes, and now she's here to talk all things Cleo. As ever, when the two of us get together, it will be at LEAST 2 hours of episode.I recommend listening to the Cleopatra episode first before diving into this discussion, but you do you.—Reference:Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff—Get 15% off all the gorgeous jewellery and accessories at common.era.com/vulgar or go to commonera.com and use code VULGAR at checkout—Get Vulgar History merch at vulgarhistory.com/store (best for US shipping) and vulgarhistory.redbubble.com (better for international shipping)—Support Vulgar History on Patreon —Vulgar History is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, which means that a small percentage of any books you click through and purchase will come back to Vulgar History as a commission. Use this link to shop there and support Vulgar History.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices