Stones & Bones

A thousand years ago Emma of Normandy was on trial for adultery, treason and murder. The Stones & Bones podcast tells the tale of the first woman styled Queen of England who stood at the center of a dark era of history. And changed it.

Warrior Queen 04/20/2022

Warrior Queen Almost two-thousand years ago, a Celtic queen proved the truth of the famous saying “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/22853699

Londinium 04/14/2022

Londinium Samuel Johnson, considered England’s greatest man of letters, famously said: “When a man is tired of London, he’s tired of life.” London’s fascinating history is one reason why. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/22796627

The Game 04/06/2022

The Game Chess is battle on a board. There can only be one winner. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/22700771

The Mentor 03/31/2022

The Mentor Any mentor can only go so far. Eventually the hero – or heroine – MUST face the unknown ALONE. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/22635407

The Northampton 03/24/2022

The Northampton Of Emma of Normandy, Sir Winston Churchill wrote: “Few women in history have stood at the centre of such remarkable converging forces.” But another powerful woman stood in her way. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/22556474

Birth of a Conqueror 03/16/2022

Birth of a Conqueror How did one of history’s most famous kings come to be? Yet without Emma of Normandy, he would be a fleeting figure through time. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/22455407

Ironside 02/23/2022

Ironside This figure is indispensable to British history and to Emma's story. But he didn't last long on her chessboard. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/22231493

Winter Queen 02/16/2022

Winter Queen Even in the winter of life, love knows no yesterdays. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/22142537

Emma’s Place 02/09/2022

Emma’s Place It’s been said that home is where the heart is. But for Emma, only one place will do. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/22068023

The Oath 02/02/2022

The Oath A woman desperate for her bloodline to continue fights at every turn for her sons to rise as kings. But first, she needs the oath. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/21984620

Nightfall 01/26/2022

Nightfall As the Vikings carve a path of fire and blood through Saxon England, its weak king flees at the first shout of battle. Is this the work of history’s first recorded wicked stepmother? /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/21895973

The Fox and the Hedgehog 01/19/2022

The Fox and the Hedgehog From her first days in England, young Emma of Normandy had a formidable adversary. She could not imagine then how formidable. Soon she would know. The proverbial Fox and Hedgehog are about to square off. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/21743399

Christmastide 12/22/2021

Christmastide Queen Emma wishes everyone NOEL! The holiday greeting she likely would've given. As a French import herself, NOEL originated in France but became a favored traditional greeting in the medieval era. Let's join Emma for Christmastide. A joyous time, a joyous greeting, a joyous wish to all! /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/21575984

An Interview with British Historian Dr. Daniel Gerrard 12/17/2021

An Interview with British Historian Dr. Daniel Gerrard This interview focuses on the early days of Emma of Normandy in England and the trauma she experienced just months after her arrival as young bride and queen, the St. Brice’s Day Massacre. Flashpoint for the Viking conquest of England. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/21521879

Massacre 12/01/2021

Massacre Oxford. Key hub at the crossroads of Roman roads. And the flashpoint of the Viking conquest of England. The Saxon king orders a massacre of all Danes, his queen’s kith and kin. As England sinks beneath the Viking yoke, she asks, is this why she came? /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/20513564

There Be Dragons! 11/24/2021

There Be Dragons! One creature is instantly recognized the world over. Remarkably similar in all cultures. To Queen Emma, these creatures were not mythical. They were real. But they don’t exist, do they? So why are they everywhere? /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/20513462

Otherworld 11/17/2021

Otherworld Lord, what fools these mortals be! Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream transports us to the Otherworld. For Emma of Normandy fairies and elves were never far below the surface. There are countless stories of their origins. This is one. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/20513414

Go Berserk! 11/10/2021

Go Berserk! A 1000 years ago a treasure was buried. Not of gold. A chess set. A Viking chess set. How do we know? Berserkrs. Vikings who’d go berserk and kill and kill ‘til there was no one left to kill. Who said chess was just a game? /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/20513243

Blood Eagle 11/03/2021

Blood Eagle From the fury of the Northmen, oh Lord, deliver us! A prayer not for deliverance from a bunch of long-haired tourists who roughed up the neighbors. But a merciless scourge who executed the Blood Eagle. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/20513129

Put It in the Bank 10/27/2021

Put It in the Bank Bonnie and Clyde, Jesse James, John Dillinger. They robbed banks. But it was the most accomplished robbers in history who showed them where the banks were. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/20513042

Kingmaker 10/20/2021

Kingmaker A figure arose from the shadows. A crafty survivor who became more powerful than kings for he was a maker of kings. No one stood in his way. Not even the Queen of England. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/20512976

Unready 10/13/2021

Unready Emma of Normandy prepares to sail across a narrow sea to wed a famous king. But is she ready to wed a king unready to fight, unready to rule, unready to save his kingdom? /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/20512868

Crazy Bread 10/06/2021

Crazy Bread What was crazy bread and why was it eaten by peasants to stave off hunger and give them a summer of love? Welcome to Y1K and the world of young Emma of Normandy. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/20512742

Put Away the Playthings 09/29/2021

Put Away the Playthings For a half century she bent history to her will. Everything that turned touched her. And she turned everything she touched. But first, she had to put away her playthings. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/20512643

Gravediggers 09/22/2021

Gravediggers They sought her blood. They readied the rope. They dug her grave. What would remain as cold death beckoned her to churchyards filled with stones and bones? /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/20564261

The Lady 09/16/2021

The Lady A scholar, a fighter, a passionate lover, and a cunning political manipulator. The very model of a medieval ruler. But this medieval ruler was not a man. This power player was a woman. And England was her chessboard. /episode/index/show/stonesandbonespodcast/id/20498801

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