When it comes to swanky guest lists it’s hard to beat the roll call of visitors to Hampshire’s Titchfield Abbey over the centuries. Henry V stopped off here en route for the campaign in France that inspired Shakespeare’s famous St Crispin’s Day speech. Later Henry VI married Margaret of Anjou here and Elizabeth I and Charles I were among the Tudor and Stuart monarchs to drop in for a visit.
But Titchfield is not the only Hampshire location with strong royal connections. In fact it has some serious competition from other Hampshire sites according to Dr Gabby Storey who takes us on a royal tour around the county. Join us as we go from Titchfield Abbey to Odiham Castle, Romsey Abbey and Netley Abbey, revealing the royal links and fascinating history of each site. And after you have listened, why not create your own tour of these extraordinary places.
Gabrielle Storey
Gabrielle Storey is a historian of Angevin queenship, with a particular interest in familial relations and the exercise of power and authority. Her wider interests focus on gender and sexuality in the medieval period in Western Europe. She is currently working on the production of a monograph from her thesis which is a comparative study of Angevin queens, focussing on co-rulership, competition, and co-operation with their royal husbands and sons. She is also producing a biography of Berengaria of Navarre which is forthcoming. Her previous publications include a chapter on Berengaria of Navarre and Joanna of Sicily as crusading queens, and she has presented at several international conferences and public talks including the International Medieval Congress, Heritage Open Days, and Kings and Queens.
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