The last time we checked in with our favourite powerhouse Yolande of Aragon, it was 1423 and after four years in the South, she had returned to France to deal with the embarrassingly shitty shenanigans in Paris. These shitty shenanigans had resulted in the crowning of the infant King of England as the new King… Continue reading Yolande of Aragon // The Woman That Won the Hundred Years War Part 3
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Yolande of Aragon / The Woman That Won the Hundred Years War Part 2
Last time we checked in with Yolande of Aragon, she was celebrating the engagement of her daughter Marie to Prince Charles the youngest son of the King and Queen of France. As tensions with the Duke of Burgundy had reached fever pitch Charles had then been given by his mother into the custody of his… Continue reading Yolande of Aragon / The Woman That Won the Hundred Years War Part 2
Yolande of Aragon / The Woman That Won the Hundred Years War Part 1
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that very, very few people have never heard of Joan of Arc. In the centuries since her death she's taken on this semi-legendary larger than life persona; in France, she's a national hero, a rallying figure for French nationalism whilst internationally she's often seen… Continue reading Yolande of Aragon / The Woman That Won the Hundred Years War Part 1
The Monstrous Regiment of Women 