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Episode two hundred six – part four

With THE FALCON’S EYES, Francesca Stanfill has given us a fascinating glimpse into the life of a young noblewoman in the Norman courts and monasteries of medieval France and England. Resident medievalist Jenn talked to her about medieval marriage and childbirth, the rise and fall of the Normans, and the extraordinary life of Eleanor of Aquitaine.