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32 When Christ and his Saints Slept
Season 2 Episode 10
'...they said openly that christ and his saints slept'. This stunning phrase gives us an image of devastation hat led to the period being called 'The…
14 years, 4 months ago
31 Henry I - Normandy and the Succession
Season 2 Episode 9
Henry was a Norman king like any other - Normandy was in his blood. For 30 years, he controlled the diplomatic game to keep Normandy in the Empire. T…
14 years, 5 months ago
30 Henry I - Barons, Warfare and Wales
Season 2 Episode 8
The fight with Robert gave Henry a great chance to replace the old conquest families with his own men, and particularly in the Welsh Marches. And thi…
14 years, 5 months ago
29 England in the reign of Henry I
Season 2 Episode 7
After the initial struggle for succession and baronial revolt, England itself was pretty peaceful during Henry’s reign. The church & state debate nee…
14 years, 5 months ago
28 The Lion of Justice
Season 2 Episode 6
The youngest of William the Conqueror’s sons, Henry, wasted no time shedding tears for his brother Rufus. He got himself crowned, anointed and blesse…
14 years, 5 months ago
27 Hateful to his People and Odious to God
Season 2 Episode 5
Rufus fell out big time with Anselm, his Archbishop of Canterbury. Unusually for Medieval Man he was impious and irreverent. Meanwhile, the Welsh str…
14 years, 6 months ago
26 William Rufus, Normandy and the First Crusade
Season 2 Episode 4
William Rufus was a flamboyant, red faced, pudgy and irreverant bloke, but none the less his father's favourite son. So Dad tipped him the wink and h…
14 years, 6 months ago
25 Death of a Conqueror
Season 2 Episode 3
The last years of William the Conqueror's reign were mainly the meat and drink of the Norman King - beating off other feudal lords, keeping your nobl…
14 years, 6 months ago
24 Revolt of the Earls
Season 2 Episode 2
It took William the Conqueror a few more years until he felt safe from the English. But when the Revolt of the Earls collapsed in 1075, English revol…
14 years, 7 months ago
2.1 - 23 The Normans and Angevins 1066 - 1217
Season 2 Episode 1
After 1066 William the Conqueror set about ruling his new kingdom; for 10 years, he spends much of his time changing the face of England, and stampin…
14 years, 7 months ago