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189 The Most Untrue Creature
Season 4 Episode 56
Richard sought to start the reconciliation of the factions in the realm. But despite his triumphant progress through the Kingdom to York, trouble was…
9 years, 5 months ago
188 Richard III - Knave, Fool or Saviour?
Season 4 Episode 55
3 interpretations of the events of 1483 to help your all important vote - did Richard plan to usurp the throne; fall into it by mistake; or step into…
9 years, 5 months ago
187 Edward V
Season 4 Episode 54
The reign of Edward V is one of the great controversies of English history. This episode is as uncontroversial - just what happened. Then in 2 weeks …
9 years, 6 months ago
186 The King is Alive!
Season 4 Episode 53
It was critical that the heir to the throne, the young Edward, was tutored and governed to be brought up to be a successful king - and so Rivers was …
9 years, 6 months ago
185 Edward the King
Season 4 Episode 52
The 1470's were a marked contrast to the 1460's; a decade of complete calm, of control and authority. How did Edward do it?
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9 years, 6 months ago
184 Edward's Foreign Glory
Season 4 Episode 51
Edward IV fancied himself as a latter day Edward III, and with his love of the Garter tradition on the one hand and his determination to gain revenge…
9 years, 7 months ago
183 The Brothers York
Season 4 Episode 50
They had a complicated relationship - Edward, Clarence and Richard; Clarence and Richard had often been left together with Cecily and Margaret while …
9 years, 7 months ago
182 Games and Beasts
Season 4 Episode 49
An odd episode, where we talk about games they played in medieval days; and then completely unconnected, some of domesticated animals and where they …
9 years, 7 months ago
181 The 15th Century Rural Economy
Season 4 Episode 48
We know that the Magnates and peerage made some cutbacks and prettified fewer of their residences - but what of the Gentry, who by and large would ha…
9 years, 7 months ago
180 Lives and Loves of the Gentry
Season 4 Episode 47
Through the 15th century the Gentry become firmly established as the real rulers of the localities; and an enterprising part of England's economy. So…
9 years, 8 months ago