The History Hive Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Everyone's heard of her famous saying "let them eat cake" but did the infamous queen really say this? Was she as cruel and out of touch as we believe that led her to her unfortunate fate? This episode we discuss common myths surrounding Marie Antoinette and the reality of who she really was. Thank you for listening and don't forget to follow @thehistoryhive on instagram to stay updated!

Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:

Cereno, Benito. Myths You Believe About Marie Antoinette, Grunge, Oct 10, 2023. https://www.grunge.com/212395/myths-you-believe-about-marie-antoinette/, Accessed: 23/4/2024
France, T.L. (2022). French history myths: Marie-Antoinette said ‘Let them eat cake’. [online] The Local. Available at: French history myths: Marie-Antoinette said ‘Let them eat cake’ [Accessed 27 Apr. 2024].
Little, B. (2016). 5 Things You Might Not Know About Marie Antoinette. [online] History. Available at: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/marie-antoinette-facts-france-death-queen-anniversary [Accessed 26 Apr. 2024].
History.com Staff, Did Marie-Antoinette Really Say ‘Let Them Eat Cake’?, HISTORY, https://www.history.com/news/did-marie-antoinette-really-say-let-them-eat-cake, Aug 31, 2024, Accessed: 23/4/2024


Thomas, Chantal, The Wicked Queen: The Origins of the Myth of Marie-Antoinette, New York: Zone Books, 1999.

Join us this week to discuss the famous mystic, Margery Kempe, whose weeping and screaming bouts through Europe made her one of the most polarising women in King's Lynn.

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:
Encyclopaedia Britannica (2024). Margery Kempe. [online] Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margery-Kempe.

Johnston, L. The Mysticism and Madness of Margery Kempe. Historic UK [online]. Available at: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Mysticism-And-Madness-Of-Margery-Kempe/.

King's Lynn Minster (2023). Margery Kempe | King's Lynn Minster. [online]. Available at: https://kingslynnminster.org/margery-kempe/.

Westwell, C. (2014). The Life of a Mystic. [online] blogs.bl.uk. Available at: https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2014/03/the-life-of-a-mystic.html. 

Join us this week as we discuss all things Spanish Armada from causes to events to the propaganda to come out of it! We hope you enjoy this episode and please let us know what you think in the comments or message us on instagram @thehistoryhivepodcast

Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:

Philip’s draft of an appeal to the Cortes, April 1558


 Pendrill, Colin, Spain 1474-1700, Heinemann Educational Publishers, Oxford, 2002, pp.96-98


 ‘The History of the Spanish Armada’, Royal Museums Greenwich, 2022 (Accessed 22/7/2022)


Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Spanish Armada". Encyclopaedia Britannica, 5 Feb. 2021, (Accessed 22/7/2022)


Brunier, Marianne, The Golden Age of Spain, 1474-1598, Pearson Education Limited, London, 2017, pp.110

This week we looked at common myths and misconceptions surrounding one of the most notorious women in history: Anne Bolyen and tried to debunk them. We hope you enjoy this episode and please let us know what you think in the comments or message us on instagram @thehistoryhivepodcast

Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:
Arnott, Esther. “Busting 5 Big Myths About Anne Boleyn”. HistoryHit. Aug 10, 2022. https://www.historyhit.com/busting-big-myths-about-anne-boleyn/  Accessed Feb 27 2024.
Anon, (n.d.). Myths and misconceptions | Queen Anne Boleyn. [online] Available at: http://www.anne-boleyn.com/eng/category/myths-and-misconceptions/  [Accessed 3 Mar. 2024].
The Tudor Enthusiast. (n.d.). Myths Surrounding Anne Boleyn. [online] Available at: https://thetudorenthusiast.weebly.com/blog/myths-surrounding-anne-boleyn [Accessed 3 Mar. 2024].
theanneboleynfiles (2023). #WednesdayFact - Mary was offered a better deal by Anne Boleyn - The Anne Boleyn Files. [online] www.theanneboleynfiles.com. Available at: https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/wednesdayfact-mary-was-offered-a-better-deal-by-anne-boleyn/#google_vignette [Accessed 3 Mar. 2024].
Warnicke, Retha M. "The physical deformities of Anne Boleyn and Richard III: myth and reality." Parergon 4 (1986): 135-153.
Zoeller, Nisha Pravin. "An Anne for all Seasons: An Archaeology of the Myth of Anne Boleyn." New Jersey: Drew University, 2010.

Love is in the air! This week we look back on the origins of Valentines Day and discuss the development and different ways of celebrating through history. As always let us know what you think in the comments or message us @thehistoryhivepodcast on instagram.

Lara, Phoebe, Katie

Sources used:

Bodine, T. (2002) ‘The origins of Valentine’s Day’, The Exponent, 33 (20), p. 1.
Combs, Sydney. “Valentine’s Day was not always about love.” National Geographic. Feb 9, 2023. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/saint-st-valentines-day Accessed Feb 10, 2024.


Editors, History.com. “History of Valentine’s Day.” History. Feb 14, 2024. https://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day-2. Accessed Feb 15, 2024.


Holloway, S. (2019) ‘Love, Custom & Consumption: Valentine’s Day in England c. 1660-1830’, Cultural and Social History, 17 (3), pp. 295-314.
Temcat.com, ‘The Origin of Valentine’s Day’, Available at: https://temcat.com/007-HiddenHistory/holidays/The%20Origin%20of%20Valentine.pdf(Accessed: 17.02.2024). 
Dyk, N. V. (2013) ‘The Reconceptualization of Valentine’s Day in the United States: Valentine’s Day as a Phenomenon of Popular Culture’, Bridges: An Undergraduate Journal of Contemporary Connections, 1 (1), pp. 1-5.

Back with a BOOM(dicca) - welcome back to this week's episode about the warrior queen herself, Boudicca. As ever, we hope you enjoy and let us know what you think, @thehistoryhivepodcast on instagram.

Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:

Bulst, M. (1961) ‘The Revolt of Queen Boudicca’, Historia: Zeitscrhift fur Alte Geschichte, 10(4), pp. 496-509.

Collingridge, Vanessa. Boudica. Random House, 2006.

Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2023) ‘Boudicca’.
Felperin, Leslie. “Boudica Review- Dreary Take on Norfolk’s Killer Queen is as Gritty as a Sponge.” The Guardian, Oct 24, https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/oct/24/boudica-review-rare-cinema-outing-for-norfolks-killer-queen-is-bit-of-a-hoot Accessed Jan 26, 2023.
Grigsby, Paul. “The Iceni.” Warwick Classics Network, Aug 13, 2021. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/warwickclassicsnetwork/romancoventry/resources/boudica/iceni/Accessed Jan 26, 2024.
Hingley, Richard. “Big, Bad Boudica united thousands of ancient Britons against Rome.” The National Geographic, Oct 23, 2019. https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2019/10/big-bad-boudica-united-thousands-ancient-britons-against-rome  Accessed Jan 26, 2023.
Johnson, Ben. “Boudica.” Historic UK. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Boudica/Accessed Jan 26, 2024.

Lee, A. (2021) ‘The role of gender in the creation of Boudicca’, pp. 1-14.
Levin, C. (2019) ‘Boudicca and Elizabeth Rally Their Troops: “Two Queens Both Alike in Dignity”’, Queenship and Power.