Hello all! This episode focuses on the sex scandal and shenanigans of Eadwig of England! Famous St. Dunstan makes his appearance in this show! Eadwig is known for gettin' down with his mistress/wife and his mother-in-law. He was disliked by the Abbot of Glastonbury and eventually his own people wanted to replace him with his brother, Edgar (the Peaceable).

Enjoy the Teenaged Tosser King of the English!

Show email: sexscandalshenaniganspod@gmail.com

This show is produced and edited by me, Adrienne.

Artwork is Jan Steen's A Girl Eating Oysters

Music provided by:

Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522 (provided by musopen.org)

Sources:

Rex Factor episode on Eadwig: https://www.lystn.fm/stg/episode//78242983/s107-eadwig

Sources:

MORRIS, MARC, The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England (400-1066)., 2021.

BRAIN, JESSICA, "King Eadwig." 27 August 2022, https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/King-Eadwig/

Hamilton, William, Edwy and Elgiva, A Scene from Saxon History, 1793 (episode image)

Scott, Florence H R, Aethelgifu and Aelgifu: A Mother and Daughter Embroiled in a Medieval Sex Scandal. 29 November 2021: https://florencehrs.substack.com/p/thelgifu-and-lfgifu-a-mother-and

Flantzer, Susan, Unofficial Royalt, 2019 https://www.unofficialroyalty.com/eadwig-king-of-the-english/

Osborne, James, A Threesome with his wife and mother in law: The Scandalous Story of Why One Anglo-Saxon King Skipped His Coronation, https://www.historyextra.com/period/anglo-saxon/king-eadwig-coronation-scandal/ 21 February 2025

King Eadwig, St. Dunstan, and the Menage a Trois - Propaganda in the Early English Court,

https://thepostgradchronicles.org/2017/04/03/king-eadwig-st-dunstan-and-the-menage-a-trois-propaganda-in-the-anglo-saxon-court/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_of_Canterbury#:~:text=Oda%20(or%20Odo%3B%20died%20958,are%20recorded%20in%20contemporary%20accounts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_I

http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=person&id=Eadwig

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar,_King_of_England