History Tea Time

Experience the artistry of real Geisha (Geiko) in Kyoto with me! https://bestintravelgroup.com/trips/imperial-japan-a-historys-lovers-journey-with-lindsay-holiday/

The word geisha conjures a striking image: a beautiful, elegant woman with a bright white face and red lips, framed by glossy, sculpted black hair, and an elaborate kimono in vibrant colors. The Geisha of Japan occupy one of the most artistic, glamorous, mysterious and misunderstood professions in the world. Let’s take a peak inside the world of flower and willow, and learn how the role of the geisha evolved through history, dispel the myths and find out what these dedicated traditional artists actually do.

Music: Ishikari Lore by Kevin MacLeod

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Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell

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I have profiled all of England’s remarkable Queens who ruled in their own right. Mary I, Elizabeth I, Mary II, Anne, Victoria, and Elizabeth II. But there’s one more fascinating woman I simply must profile to complete the set; Empress Matilda. She was sent to Germany as a child to marry the Holy Roman Emperor. But after a shipwreck swallowed her younger brother, she returned to England to claim the crown. Had she been born a man, she would have been an undisputed monarch. But her sex allowed her cousin, Stephen to get his butt on the throne first. Their family feud lead to 15 years of civil war known as the Anarchy, from which neither emerged as a true monarch. Fans of House of the Dragon will recognize Matilda as the inspiration for Rhaenyra Targaryen. And Matilda was portrayed by Alison Pill in the 2010 historical fiction Pillars of the Earth.
But let’s explore her true story, without the addition of fire-breathing lizards. And decide if she truly was first Queen Regnant of England...

Music: Angevin - Thatched Villagers by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Witch! The word struck terror in the hearts of many a medieval man. It whispers of people, mostly women, using dark magic and even selling their souls to Satan to get what they want. Forcing men to fall in love with them and cursing their enemies. Sorceresses have been feared since ancient times. And while their certainly have been purveyors of magical arts throughout history, it was often healers, midwives, girls dabbling in divination games and innocent people who were accused of the most heinous of enchanted crimes. Between 1300 and 1850, nearly 40,000 people in Europe were victims of witch trials. And 14,000 met their end on the gallows or the pyre. Some of them came from the highest ranks of society, even the royal family. In fact witchcraft was a convenient accusation to level against inconvenient royal women. As courts operated on a notion of guilty until proven innocent, and it was infuriatingly difficult to prove that you hadn’t danced in the moonlight, uttered a curse or poisoned the king, the stigma of sorcery was strong. Let’s meet 7 women from history who were accused of being Royal Witches.
Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans, 1371 – 1408
Veronika Desinićka, Countess of Celje, ? – 1425
Joan of Navarre, Queen of England, 1368 – 1437
Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Duchess of Bedford, 1415 – 1472
Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester, 1400 – 1452
Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of England, 1437 – 1492
Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, 1501? – 1536

Sources: Hollman, G. (2020). Royal witches: witchcraft and the nobility in fifteenth- century England. First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. New York, Pegasus Books.

Music: Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns, Public Domain, Performed by Kevin MacLeod

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The Romanov Imperial House ruled Russia with an iron fist for 300 years. In that time they made plenty of enemies. From a grief-stricken mother who foretold the demise of the dynasty, to a scorned Tsaritsa who cursed St. Petersburg to calamity. From a hermit monk who claimed to know the hour of Catherine the Great’s death, to another monk, Rasputin, who cursed Tsar Nikolai’s family for causing his death. All culminating in the tragic slaying of the Imperial family, which fulfilled not one but two famous curses. Let’s take a spooky stroll through 3 centuries of Russia’s dark history and explore 4 curses and ominous prophecies laid on the Romanov dynasty.
1. “You began with the death of a Tsarevich, you will end with the death of a Tsarevich!” Ivan the Terrible, False Dmitry, Marina Mniszech, Michael Romanov
2. “St. Petersburg shall be empty!”
Peter the Great, Eudoxia Lopukhina, Empress Catherine I
3. “Empress Catherine will die in 10 months and 10 days!”
Catherine the Great, Monk Abel, Emperor Peter III, Emperor Paul I
4. Rasputin’s Curse "The Russian people will kill them!"
Emperor Nicholas II, Alexandra Feodrovna, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, Alexei

Music: From Russia With Love by Huma-Huma

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For millennia, royals have claimed that their right to rule over the unwashed masses was granted to them by God. But a few have been associated with powers originating far south of heaven. Tonight I’ll share with you the spooky and salacious tales of the demon countess who spawned the bloodthirsty Plantagenet dynasty, an unholy canine who ferociously defended his master on the battlefield; A holy roman Emperor who was not very holy and performed black masses on his Empress’s naked body; and a Spanish king who underwent exorcisms in an attempt to rid himself of his terrible afflictions.
The Demon Countess of Anjou
The Prince’s Poodle
From Hell
The UnHoly Roman Emperor’s Black Masses
The Exorcisms of The King of Spain

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