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#66 - S&N 10: Cold Case File
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Jun 3, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
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We continue our look at Northern Wei at the dawn of the 6th century. The imperial bookends will be Xiaowen - the chief proponent of sinicization among the Tuoba Xianbei - and his son Xuanwu, a placeholder in just about every sense of the term. The real drama will unfold around two of Xuanwu's wives... and whether or not one killed the other in a murder mystery 1500 years old.
Period Covered:
499-515 CE
Major Figures:
Yuan Hong [Emperor Xiaowen] (r. 467-499)
Yuan Ke [Emperor Xuanwu] (r. 499-515)
Empress Yu (~488-507)
Prince Yuan Chang (506-506)
Consort/Empress Gao (d. 518)
Gao Zhong, Prime Minister (d. 515)
Empress Dowager Hu (d. 528)
Crowned Prince Yuan Xu [Emperor Xiaoming] (r. 515-528) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
We continue our look at Northern Wei at the dawn of the 6th century. The imperial bookends will be Xiaowen - the chief proponent of sinicization among the Tuoba Xianbei - and his son Xuanwu, a placeholder in just about every sense of the term. The real drama will unfold around two of Xuanwu's wives... and whether or not one killed the other in a murder mystery 1500 years old.
Period Covered:
499-515 CE
Major Figures:
Yuan Hong [Emperor Xiaowen] (r. 467-499)
Yuan Ke [Emperor Xuanwu] (r. 499-515)
Empress Yu (~488-507)
Prince Yuan Chang (506-506)
Consort/Empress Gao (d. 518)
Gao Zhong, Prime Minister (d. 515)
Empress Dowager Hu (d. 528)
Crowned Prince Yuan Xu [Emperor Xiaoming] (r. 515-528) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Jun 3, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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