Antonella Inserra | Nella Explains Post-Game of Thrones (and Some Odd Historical Nicknames)

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Episode Title: Nella Explains Post-Game of Thrones (and Some Odd Historical Nicknames)
Produced by: Antonella Inserra
Description: *SPOILERS FOR THE GAME OF THRONES TV FINALE* Let me tell you a thing about Game of Thrones and weird nicknames for Kings. Hey, I'm still waiting for the new book, and have been reading a lot of non-fiction to tide me over. Thanks to Princess Weekes for letting me use her tweet and for doing the VO! You can find her YouTube content at the link below--definitely check it out if you need more GoT takes! https://www.youtube.com/user/MelinaPendulum Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nellachronism Subscribe to my podcast THE APOCALIST BOOK CLUB http://apocalistbookclub.libsyn.com/ Jones, Paul Anthony. “60 of History’s Strangest Royal Epithets.” Mentalfloss, 2015, mentalfloss.com/article/58623/60-historys-strangest-royal-epithets Healey, Jonathan. “Names of Shame. The Six Rulers with History’s Worst Epithets.” The Social Historian, Wordpress, 2014, thesocialhistorian.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/names-of-shame-the-six-rulers-with-historys-worst-epithets/ Selwood, Dominic. “On this day in 1002: King Æthelred orders the St Brice’s Day Massacre of all Danes living in England.” The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group Limited, 2017. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/13/day-1002king-thelred-orders-st-brices-day-massacre-danes-living/ Yalzadeh, Ida. “7 Monarchs with Unfortunate Nicknames.” Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2019, www.history.com/news/10-allegedly-mad-monarchs https://www.britannica.com/list/7-monarchs-with-unfortunate-nicknames “Ethelred II the Redeless.” English Monarchs, Scottish Monarchs, 2004 - 2018. www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/saxon_14.htm “John Lackland (r. 1199-1216).” The Home of the Royal Family, The Royal Household, https://www.royal.uk/john-lackland “La Triviata.” Strategy Page, Strategy World, 2002, www.strategypage.com/cic/docs/cic72a.asp “Louis XVIII, Roi de France et de Navarre.” http://www.michaelfinney.co.uk/catalogue/category/item/index.cfm?asset_id=6573 Wikipedia contributors. "List of monarchs by nickname." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 5 Apr. 2019. Web. 3 Jun. 2019. Wikipedia contributors. "Henry II of England." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 22 May. 2019. Web. 3 Jun. 2019. Wikipedia contributors. "Peter III of Portugal." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 15 May. 2019. Web. 3 Jun. 2019.


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