The Witches of Woodville?

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The Witches of Woodville?
The Witches of Woodville?
Today I want to look back at a time when this accusation applied to a Queen of England and her mother.

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Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise noted):

Portrait of King Henry V by an unknown artist (late 16th or early 17th century). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Mural painting representing Joan of Arc captured by the Burgundians in Compiègne by Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (around 1886-1890). At the Pantheon, Paris.

Miniature of Pierre Cauchon presiding over the trial of Joan of Arc by unknown author (15th century). Held by the National Library of France)

Joan of Arc by Vinzez Sozvr Zovzanza (15th-20th century). Held by the National Archives, France; AE-II-2490.

John, Duke of Bedford, praying before St George; from BL Add MS 18850, f. 256v (“Bedford Hours”). Preserved and digitized by the British Library.

Manuscript illumination showing King Henry VI of England crowned King of France (1470-1490). Preserved by the Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Français 83, fol. 205.

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The marriage of Henry VI and Marguerite d'Anjou represented in a miniature taken from an illustrated manuscript of the Vigilles de Charles VII by Martial d'Auvergne (around 1484). Preserved at the National Library of France, MS French 5054, folio 126 verso.

Detail of the frontispiece of the Talbot Shrewsbury Book illuminated manuscript (between 1443 and 1445). Held by the British Library, Royal 15 E VI f2v.

Portrait of King Edward IV by an unknown English artist (c. 1540). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Edward IV meets his future wife, Elizabeth Gray by James William Edmund Doyle, /"Edward IV/" in A Chronicle of England: BC 55 – AD 1485, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green (1864) p. 412 Retrieved November 12, 2010.

The marriage of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. Illuminated miniature from Vol 6 of the Ancient Chronicles of England by Jean de Wavrin (15th century). Held by the National Library of France, MS Français 85.

Portrait of Elizabeth Woodville by an unknown artist (ca. 1550-1600). Held by the Royal Collection

Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, submits to the queen of their Lancastrian enemies, Margaret of Anjou by James William Edmund Doyle, /"Edward IV/" in A Chronicle of England: BC 55 – AD 1485, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green (1864) p. 417 Retrieved November 12, 2010.

Illustration of the Battle of Barnet (April 14, 1471) taken from the Ghent manuscript, a document from the end of the 15th century (source: Ghent University Library, MS236).

Illustration of the Battle of Tewkesbury from the Ghent Manuscript, a document from the end of the 15th century (source: Ghent University Library, MS236).

Photograph of Wakefield Tower, Tower of London taken by “Richard Nevell” (2014)

Henry VI of England in an illumination (British Library, Royal 15 E VI f. 405).

Portrait of King Richard III by an unknown artist (late 16th century). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Texts cited:

Lucia Diaz Pascual, ODNB entry for Jacquetta from Luxembourg.

Gemma Hollman, Royal Witches: From Joan of Navarre to Elizabeth Woodville

Also consulted:

Other relevant entries from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.

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