A century later another young French girl, Margaret of Anjou, followed in her footsteps. In 1308 a 12-year-old girl, Isabella of France, became queen of England when she married the English king. She only finally achieved the power she craved in her seventies. Despite being remembered as the queen of courtly love, in reality during her long life she divorced one king and married another, only to lead a rebellion against him. Her daughter-in-law Eleanor of Aquitaine was an equally formidable woman. Castor explores how Matilda reached this point and why her bid for the throne ultimately failed. Helen looks at what happened when England was faced not just with inadequate kings, but no kings at all.Ĩ00 years ago Matilda almost became the first woman to be crowned queen of England in her own right. Historian Dr Helen Castor explores seven queens who challenged male power, the fierce reactions they provoked and whether the term 'she wolves' was deserved. Yet despite everything that stood in their way, a handful of women did attempt to rule medieval and Tudor England. In the medieval and Tudor world there was no question in people's minds about the order of God's creation - men ruled and women didn't.
History Documentary hosted by Helen Castor,
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