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159 From Arras to Tours
Season 4 Episode 26
Through the late 1430's and early 1440's the situation in Normandy got no better, Alice Chaucer until a failed expedition convinced Henry and Suffolk…
10 years, 5 months ago
158 Catastrophe at Arras
Season 4 Episode 25
In December 1431, Henry VIth became the only king of England crowned king of France in France. Which sounds great. But in fact it was a sign of Engli…
10 years, 5 months ago
157 Joan of Arc
Season 4 Episode 24
In 1428, the English were still sweeping all before them. Then came a figure so famous, that she was selected by Bill and Ted for their history proje…
10 years, 6 months ago
156 Reivers
Season 4 Episode 23
There's really often little practical difference between what we call politics and some of what we call crime. Essentially it the history of the stru…
10 years, 6 months ago
155 The Wonder Years
Season 4 Episode 22
While Bedford and talented commanders like Salisbury were alive, the cause of the English in France was far from dead. But in 1423, buoyed by the arr…
10 years, 6 months ago
154 Henry VIth - A Weak King
Season 4 Episode 21
An introduction to a new reign - Henry VIth, a name to make grown men tremble - and to the political leaders that dominated it.
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10 years, 6 months ago
153 Medieval Working Women
Season 4 Episode 20
Only 4% of women remained unmarried in the middle ages, and therefore for Harvestingboth men and women working life was a matter of team work. In tow…
10 years, 7 months ago
152 Death of a Conquering Hero
Season 4 Episode 19
Henry's talents ran as much to managing his back yard as it did to war; this week how Henry organised his kingdom for war, and the last days of his l…
10 years, 7 months ago
151 The Bridge at Montereau
Season 4 Episode 18
In 1420, Henry faced an uphill battle again; his negotiations had failed with both Dauphinists and Burgundians, and instead they'd patched it up. So …
10 years, 7 months ago
150 Conquering Hero
Season 4 Episode 17
By 1417, Henry had sorted out his support in England, and was able to launch a war of conquest in Normandy. After butchery at Caen, castles and town…
10 years, 8 months ago