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Episode 54: The Girl Has Come To Me Completely Naked
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Far from a fairly tale life, to secure her future Catherine de' Medici must overcome snobbery at the royal court, anti-Italian racism, escalating religious and political tensions, her husband's bizarre love for his own surrogate mother Diane de Poitiers, and even her own body's seeming inability to get pregnant with an heir to the French throne.
Check out pictures, bibliographies, and more at http://www.medicipodcast.com.
Support the podcast on Patreon.
74 episodes
Manage episode 382277495 series 2935889
Far from a fairly tale life, to secure her future Catherine de' Medici must overcome snobbery at the royal court, anti-Italian racism, escalating religious and political tensions, her husband's bizarre love for his own surrogate mother Diane de Poitiers, and even her own body's seeming inability to get pregnant with an heir to the French throne.
Check out pictures, bibliographies, and more at http://www.medicipodcast.com.
Support the podcast on Patreon.
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