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Lacey Bonar Hull

Historian

Jun 3, 2026

15:14
So to start, what do we know of Elizabeth Woodville's earliest life and her upbringing? I mean, was she prepared for a role at court or not?
15:26
Yeah.
15:27
So so Elizabeth likely would have been well suited for a life at court.
15:33
The hard thing with Elizabeth's early life especially is the issue of source survival.
15:37
So we don't have as many sources that speak to Elizabeth as an individual just because at the time, no one really thought to keep close records on Elizabeth.
15:48
Woodville because, you know, she wasn't no one.
15:50
No one could have foreseen her rising to the station that she did rise to becoming queen.

11 MINS LATER

27:03
So who is John Grey and how does their marriage come about? What does it tell us about her position in Lancastrian society and so on?

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