TRIGGER WARNING - SEXUAL ASSAULT
For centuries, Guinevere has been portrayed as a cautionary tale—the woman whose love affair with Lancelot shattered Camelot. But was she truly the villain of the story, or was she a victim of the patriarchal narratives that have shaped her legend? In this episode, we reclaim Guinevere’s agency, exploring her role as a powerful queen, a woman caught between duty and desire.
Welcome to the second part of our exploration of Queen Guinevere, where we take a look at how portrayals of Guinevere changed through time from Thomas Mallory, through to the Victorian period and into the modern day.
Cool Stuff Mentioned in this Episode:
https://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/guinever.html
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/guinevere-0017503
https://www.worldhistory.org/Guinevere/
https://matterofbritain.com/htmlpages/legendliterature3.html
https://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/will-real-guinevere-please-stand/
https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/84552/1/RMS-2004-04_P._S._Noble%2C_Women_in_the_Vulgate_Cycle.pdf
https://skemman.is/bitstream/1946/8367/1/Queen Guinevere.pdf
https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/French/DeTroyesLancelotPartIII.php#anchor_Toc534022913
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