Hello all! This episode will discuss Edith Swanneck/Edith the Fair, the love of Harold Godwin's life.

Sources:

Morris, Marc, The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England, 400-1066. 2021

https://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/saxon_36.html

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

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

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

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/2023/10/14/matilda-and-edith-women-of-different-fates/

https://www.geni.com/people/Edith-the-Fair/6000000001391856400

This show is produced and edited by me, Adrienne.

Episode artwork is Edith Recovering Harold's Body after the Battle of Hastings - Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (1827).

Show 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)

Hi all! Thank you for your patience with me! I'm back with Poseidon's messy love life! Enjoy the highs, lows, and depravity that sprang from his Olympian seahorse loins!

Graves, Robert. The Greek Myths. Vol. 1, Penguin Books, 1960.

GUERBER, H.A. Classical Mythology. Sterling Publishing Co, 2016.

Sears, Kathleen. Mythology 101: From Gods and Goddesses to Monsters and Mortals, Your Guide to Ancient Mythology. Adams Media, 2014.

Waterfield, Robin, and Kathryn Waterfield. The Greek Myths: Stories of the Greek Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold. Metro Books, 2011.

https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Poseidon.html

https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/PoseidonFamily.html#Divine

https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/PoseidonLoves.html

Show website: https://sexscandalsandshenanigans.my.canva.site/

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)

Note: Image on episode was used with CanvaAI - image of Poseidon with his trident and surrounded by his sons...beasts and boys. All person that existed in history will have their associated artwork used - thank you!)

Hello and welcome/welcome back to Sex, Scandal & Shenanigans podcast! This episode features the salty sexcapades of the sea god himself, Poseidon.

This is part one of two episodes, focusing on his immortal or semi-divine lovers (Titans, goddesses, and nymphs, etc.).

Graves, Robert. The Greek Myths. Vol. 1, Penguin Books, 1960.

GUERBER, H.A. Classical Mythology. Sterling Publishing Co, 2016.

Sears, Kathleen. Mythology 101: From Gods and Goddesses to Monsters and Mortals, Your Guide to Ancient Mythology. Adams Media, 2014.

Waterfield, Robin, and Kathryn Waterfield. The Greek Myths: Stories of the Greek Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold. Metro Books, 2011.

https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Poseidon.html

https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/PoseidonFamily.html#Divine

https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/PoseidonLoves.html

Show website: https://sexscandalsandshenanigans.my.canva.site/

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)

Note: Image on episode was used with ChatGPT - image of Poseidon with his chariot being pulled by his hippocampi and dolphins off to the side. (I will only be doing this for non-historical figures. All person that existed in history will have their associated artwork used - thank you!)

Hi all! This episode focuses on Edgar the Peaceable (Brother of Eadwig the Fair from the previous episode) and his bad nun chasing habits! #SexwithNuns!

I also mention his two sons Edward the Martyr, Dunstan (Archbishop of Canterbury), Aethelred II (or the Unready/Ill-Advised/Badly-Counseled), and all of his consorts/wives! Enjoy!

Sources:

https://www.unofficialroyalty.com/edgar-the-peaceful-king-of-the-english/

A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain: England, Scotland, and Wales, c.500–c.1050, Routledge (1991), with Alfred P. Smyth and D. P. Kirby.

https://www.swordsandsceptres.co.uk/queens-of-england-19/wulfthrythofwilton

Morris, Marc, The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England, 400-1066. 2021

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

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ælfthryth_(wife_of_Edgar)

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

This show is written, recorded, and produced by me, Adrienne.

Podcast show artwork is Jan Steen's A Girl Eating Oysters. Episode artwork - Bathsheba at her Bath by Rembrandt (1654)

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

Show website: https://rss.com/podcasts/sexscandalshenanigans/

Podcast contact: sexscandalshenaniganspod@gmail.com

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

Hi all!

Today's episode will be focusing on the Mother of Vikings: Gunnhildr of Denmark, also known as Gunnhildr: Mother of Kings. Magic, curses, & sexcapades!

Contact information:

Email: sexscandalshenaniganspod@gmail.com

Show Art: Girl Eating Oysters; Jan Steen

Episode art: Gunnhildr/Gunnhild and her sons; Christian Krogh (1899)

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnhild,_Mother_of_Kings#References

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

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

http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/seidhr.shtml

https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/medieval-renaissance/8-haunted-castles-you-need-to-visit-in-this-life-or-the-next/

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17919/17919-h/17919-h.htm#CHAPTER_III

https://www.vikingtimes.co.uk/queen-gunnhild-egils-saga/

https://fathom.lib.uchicago.edu/1/777777122294/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga#Sagas_of_Icelanders_and_short_tales_of_Icelanders

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

Surprise! You guys get another twofer! In this episode, I cover Roman Senatrix and Patricia of Rome, Marozia of the Theophylacti family. Also, I discuss her grandson, Pope John XII and his sex scandals.

Sources:

Luitrpand of Cremona

https://ia801500.us.archive.org/31/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.168391/2015.168391.The-Works-Of-Liudprand-Of-Cremona_text.pdf

Farquhar, Michael, Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors. 2001

Chamberlain, E.R., Bad Popes. 1969

Ralph Lewis, Brenda, A Dark History: the Popes: Vice, Murder, and Corruption in the Vatican. 2011

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

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy,_Margrave_of_Tuscany

Mann, H. (1912). Pope Sergius III. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13729a.htm

Hi all! This episode is on Empress Theodora of the Eastern Roman Empire - or known as the Byzantine Empire.

A huge shoutout to the podcast Pontifacts, as Bri was very informative on a bunch issues that are related to Theodora and Emperor Justinian.

Sources:

• Dils, Susan, "Understanding Theodora: The Role of the Empress in Sixth Century Imperial Religious Policy."
• https://louis.uah.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1309&context=honors-capstones
• Procopius, A Secret History, https://origin.web.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/procop-anec.asp
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodora_(wife_of_Justinian_I)
• Burton, Douglas, "Empress Theodora and the Origin of Women's Rights." 9-2-2019 https://douglasaburton.com/empress-theodora-and-the-origin-of-womens-rights/
• https://pontifacts.podbean.com - Council Episode - Council of Chalcedon - between episodes 47-48. (I may have given off the wrong episode number - SORRY!)

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Show email: sexscandalshenaniganspod@gmail.com