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66 The Road to Revolution
Season 3 Episode 7
In 1258, the resentments all came together and the pot boiled over. The pope Alexander did his vassal no favours what so ever by pushing so hard that…
13 years, 11 months ago
65 Why was Henry III so unpopular?
Season 3 Episode 6
It seems strange. Henry III was a likeable enough chap, who did his best to keep a harmonious court, and gave England an extended period of peace. An…
13 years, 11 months ago
64 The Personal Rule of Henry III - Part 1
Season 3 Episode 5
Henry III brushed off his great officers of state and the priod of 1234 to 1258 is a period of personal rule. Henry finds himself a wife, a new perso…
13 years, 11 months ago
63 The Last Great Justiciar
Season 3 Episode 4
From 1227 to 1234 we are sort of in betweeners - the minority has ended, but Henry's government in still dominated by the old guard, people like Hube…
13 years, 11 months ago
62 The Minority Abroad
Season 3 Episode 3
Harmony with Scotland, the career of Llewellyn the Great, the loss of Poitou. During the minority of Henry, English prestige and power was at somethi…
14 years ago
61 The minority of Henry III
Season 3 Episode 2
The years between 1219 and 1227 saw the gradual resumption of royal power. It also saw a power struggle between Peter des Roches, the Bishop of Winch…
14 years, 1 month ago
3.1 - 60 The Plantagenets 1217 - 1399
Season 3 Episode 1
After introducing Series 3, the Plantagents from 1217 to 1399, Henry III to Richard II, we turn to a kingdom im crisis.
A man was needed to guide Engl…
14 years, 1 month ago
59 Magna Carta and the Death of a Tyrant
Season 2 Episode 37
Bouvines wasn't the cause of the Baronial revolt, but it probably was John's last chance to avoid it. In 1215 at Runymede Magna Carta was signed. It'…
14 years, 1 month ago
58 Tyranny and Death
Season 2 Episode 36
From 1213 to 1214, John seemed to have got his problems more under control, and had built an alliance that looked to be capable of taking on Philip. …
14 years, 2 months ago
57 The Excommunicate
Season 2 Episode 35
John took a detailed interest in administration, and made effective changes to the way things worked. Partly his interest was motivated by the need t…
14 years, 2 months ago