The Norman Conquest
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The death of Edward the Confessor | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
The death of Edward the Confessor | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama discusses the problems around who would succeed Edward the Confessor.
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Harold Godwinsons embassy to Normandy | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Harold Godwinsons embassy to Normandy | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama investigates the Bayeux Tapestry and the story of Harold Godwinson's journey to Fra...
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Harald Hardrada and the Battle of Stamford Bridge | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Harald Hardrada and the Battle of Stamford Bridge | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama investigates the character of Harald Hardrada and the circumstances of ...
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Hastings | War Walks
Hastings | War Walks
Professor Richard Holmes walks and rides over the Hastings battlefield that marks a turning point in British history, handling the weapons and equipment...
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1066 Unpacked | The One Show
1066 Unpacked | The One Show
Dan Snow recruits a team of volunteers to demonstrate the movements made by the rivals to the throne and how King Harold's armies attempted to d...
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The Battle of Hastings | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
The Battle of Hastings | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama discusses the 1066 Battle of Hastings.
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The 1066 invasion | The Normans
The 1066 invasion | The Normans
Robert Bartlett gives a step-by-step guide to the infamous Battle of Hastings where William took the throne from King Harold and so ended th...
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Norman invasion | Michael Wood's Story of England
Norman invasion | Michael Wood's Story of England
Michael talks to some historical reenactors about what the Norman Conquest would have been like for the Anglo-Saxons.
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The Battle of Hastings | Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry
The Battle of Hastings | Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry
The Tapestry reveals much about soldiers armoury and how the Battle of Hastings was fought.
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William the Conqueror | Seven Ages of Britain
William the Conqueror | Seven Ages of Britain
David Dimbleby explores what kind of man William the Conqueror was, his interest in stone over culture and why his success in C...
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William the Bastard | The Normans
William the Bastard | The Normans
Details of William the Conqueror's origin as the son of an embalmer and the turbulent times he was born into, facing rebellion at every tur...
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William's English links | The Normans
William's English links | The Normans
William had links to England as he was Edward the Confessor's cousin, so with Edward's death imminent he could make a plausible claim t...
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Tower of London | Seven Ages of Britain
Tower of London | Seven Ages of Britain
David Dimbleby visits the Tower of London, which was one of William the Conqueror's first statement buildings when in power.
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Norman land ownership | Michael Wood's Story of England
Norman land ownership | Michael Wood's Story of England
Records in the national archives detail how small villages were divided up after the Norman invasion.
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William's castles | The Normans
William's castles | The Normans
William's coronation was met with some angst, but he persevered and proceeded to divide up land to Norman noblemen and build castles.
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Norman castles | Michael Wood's Story of England
Norman castles | Michael Wood's Story of England
William the Conqueror brought castle-building to England, oppressing the English by installing French men as the local autho...
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Castles | Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry
Castles | Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry
The Tapestry also reveals a new type of a castle being built by the Normans, ones that are raised for strategic military advantage.
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Norman churches | The Normans
Norman churches | The Normans
Being devout Christians, the Normans were responsible for much of the religious infrastructure England knows today.
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Norman cultural changes | The Normans
Norman cultural changes | The Normans
Robert Bartlett describes the cultural changes that the Normans brought to Britain.
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Harrying of the North | The Normans
Harrying of the North | The Normans
Offshoots of Anglo-Saxons, particularly in Northern England, would target roaming Normans, killing them to prevent any changes to their l...
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Hereward the Wake | The Normans
Hereward the Wake | The Normans
Hereward the Wake oversaw the next resistance to King William, and got help from the Danish to attack England from the East.
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The Domesday Book | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
The Domesday Book | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama discusses the Domesday Book, a survey of England that William the Conqueror ordered.
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The Domesday Book | The Normans
The Domesday Book | The Normans
Robert Bartlett details the beginnings of the Domesday book and the kind of information that William requested for it, highlighting the demis...
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Why was Domesday book commissioned? | Domesday
Why was Domesday book commissioned? | Domesday
Dr Stephen Baxter investigates the contrasting theories about why the Doomsday Book was commissioned.
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The Origins of the Book | Domesday
The Origins of the Book | Domesday
Dr Stephen Baxter discusses the origins of the Doomsday Book.
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What Questions did it ask? | Domesday
What Questions did it ask? | Domesday
Dr Stephen Baxter investigates the questions that were asked when commissioners were collecting data for the Domesday Book.
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The Cambridge Inquest | Domesday
The Cambridge Inquest | Domesday
Dr Stephen Baxter investigates one of the inquests that took place for the Domesday Book.
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Rigging the Inquests | Domesday
Rigging the Inquests | Domesday
Dr Stephen Baxter explains how some people managed to rig what was documented in the Doomsday record.
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The consequences of the Book | Domesday
The consequences of the Book | Domesday
Dr Stephen Baxter discusses the consequences of the Domesday Book.
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William's death | The Normans
William's death | The Normans
On his deathbed, William confessed to his sins and his regrets towards how he treated the English people. After he died, panic and chaos ensued...
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The Bayeux Tapestry | Seven Ages of Britain
The Bayeux Tapestry | Seven Ages of Britain
David Dimbleby walks through the history depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry, explaining each stage of the Norman conquest.
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The Normans | The Normans
The Normans | The Normans
Summing up the achievements and nature of the Norman people and their affect on Europe.
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The Bayeux Tapestry | The Normans
The Bayeux Tapestry | The Normans
Robert Bartlett guides us through the Bayeux Tapestry and details the historical timeline of events that lead to the beginning of the infam...
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The Story | Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry
The Story | Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry
A run-through of the story told by the Bayeux Tapestry.
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Purpose | Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry
Purpose | Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry
Ultimately the artwork's purpose is to justify the invasion, whilst unsuccessfully attempting to reconcile the victors and the van...
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Historical findings | Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry
Historical findings | Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry
It archaeological value is priceless as it clearly shows medieval objects and how they are used.
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Commissioner | Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry
Commissioner | Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry
It is thought the commissioner of the Tapestry was William's brother Odo, as he features regularly and always in a good light.
The Crusades
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Early Christianity | The Crusades
Early Christianity | The Crusades
Thomas Asbridge investigates Medieval Christianity and the background to the concept of the crusade.
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The first crusade | Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City
The first crusade | Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City
Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses the events of the first crusade.
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Crusaders versus the Elements | The Crusades
Crusaders versus the Elements | The Crusades
Thomas Abridge discusses the crusaders resilience against the hot weather of the Asia Minor.
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Crusaders Meet the Turks | The Crusades
Crusaders Meet the Turks | The Crusades
Thomas Abridge discusses the beginning of the Holy War, with the crusaders invading Nicea, in Western Asia Minor.
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Peter Bartholomew | The Crusades
Peter Bartholomew | The Crusades
Thomas Abridge tells the story of Peter Bartholomew and the fire.
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Pilgrimage to Jerusalem | The Crusades
Pilgrimage to Jerusalem | The Crusades
Thomas Asbridge discusses the first crusade to Jerusalem.
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The Chronicle of the Crusades | The Crusades
The Chronicle of the Crusades | The Crusades
Thomas Asbridge discusses the noblemen that joined the crusades, some of who sought to chronicle the events.
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The fall of Antioch | The Crusades
The fall of Antioch | The Crusades
Thomas Abridge discusses the crusaders gruelling siege of the well guarded Antioch.
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The Holy Lance | The Crusades
The Holy Lance | The Crusades
Thomas Abridge tells the story of Peter Bartholomew and the Holy Lance.
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The Promise of redemption | The Crusades
The Promise of redemption | The Crusades
Thomas Asbridge discusses the Pope's promise of redemption, which reconciled violence and faith in order to draw noblemen into the c...
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The Reality of the First Crusade | The Crusades
The Reality of the First Crusade | The Crusades
Thomas Asbridge investigates the experiences of the crusaders and visits Constantinople.
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The fall of Jerusalem | The Crusades
The fall of Jerusalem | The Crusades
Thomas Abridge recounts the events of the brutal fall of Jerusalem.
Edward I's military campaigns in Wales and Scotland
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Castle building in Wales and the expulsion of the Jews | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Castle building in Wales and the expulsion of the Jews | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama investigates the building of castles during the reign of Edward I ...
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Edward I, overlord of Scotland | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Edward I, overlord of Scotland | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama discusses Edward I's brutal 1296 campaign in Scotland.
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Edward I's conquests in Wales | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Edward I's conquests in Wales | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama discusses Edward I's conquests in Wales.
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Robert the Bruce becomes King at Scone | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Robert the Bruce becomes King at Scone | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama discusses Robert the Bruce and how he became King at Scone.
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Succession problem following the death of Alexander III of Scotland | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Succession problem following the death of Alexander III of Scotland | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama discusses the succession problem following the death ...
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William Wallace at Stirling and Falkirk | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
William Wallace at Stirling and Falkirk | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama investigates the battles of Stirling and Falkirk and William Wallace's subsequent...
The Black Death
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The Black Death | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
The Black Death | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez examines graffiti on the walls of a church, that documents the plague that disrupted the Hun...
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How the Black Death changed social structure | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
How the Black Death changed social structure | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama explains how the Black Death changed Medieval social structures.
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How the Lollard religion grew from the Black Death | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
How the Lollard religion grew from the Black Death | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama explains how the Lollard religion was developed from the Black Death.
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The Black Death | Europe: A Natural History
The Black Death | Europe: A Natural History
How the black death was spread in the late 1340's.
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Medieval treatment and beliefs on the cause of the Black Death | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Medieval treatment and beliefs on the cause of the Black Death | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama discusses the Medieval beliefs about what caused the Black...
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The symptoms of Black Death and how it spread | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
The symptoms of Black Death and how it spread | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama discusses the black death, explaining it's symptoms and how it spread.
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A Remarkable Doctor | Ken Follett's Jouney Into the Dark Ages
A Remarkable Doctor | Ken Follett's Jouney Into the Dark Ages
Author Ken Follett explores the work of a plague doctor in the Santa Maria Nuova hospital in Florence. Contains...
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How the Black Death Spread | Ken Follett's Jouney Into the Dark Ages
How the Black Death Spread | Ken Follett's Jouney Into the Dark Ages
Professor Johannes Krause explains the modern scientific understanding of how the Black Death spread fro...
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One Family and the Black Death | Ken Follett's Jouney Into the Dark Ages
One Family and the Black Death | Ken Follett's Jouney Into the Dark Ages
Author Ken Follett explores the impact of the Black Death in Britain through the lens of one family...
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The First Signs of the Black Death in Europe | Ken Follett's Jouney Into the Dark Ages
The First Signs of the Black Death in Europe | Ken Follett's Jouney Into the Dark Ages
Author Ken Follett explores the first signs of the Black Death in Europe and the early...
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Social changes after the Black Death | Ken Follett's Jouney Into the Dark Ages
Social changes after the Black Death | Ken Follett's Jouney Into the Dark Ages
Author Ken Follett explores the societal changes that came about as a result of the Black Deat...
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The Most Dangerous Job in the World | Ken Follett's Jouney Into the Dark Ages
The Most Dangerous Job in the World | Ken Follett's Jouney Into the Dark Ages
As the plague comes to Winchester and the Catholic Church attempts to offer solutions, monks ar...
The Peasants Revolt
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What caused the Peasants Revolt? | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
What caused the Peasants Revolt? | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama explains what caused the Peasants Revolt.
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Events of the Peasants Revolt | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Events of the Peasants Revolt | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama discusses the key events of the Peasants Revolt.
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Simon Sudbury and the 1381 Peasants' Revolt | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Simon Sudbury and the 1381 Peasants' Revolt | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez examines the scull of Simon Sudbury, the Lord Chancellor of Engl...
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The impact of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
The impact of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez investigates the impact of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt.
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In Our Time: The Peasants' Revolt
In Our Time: The Peasants' Revolt
Melvyn Bragg examines the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt, a pivotal moment in England’s history.
The Hundred Years War
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Agincourt | War Walks
Agincourt | War Walks
A journey through six centuries of warfare. Military historian Professor Richard Holmes analyses the Battle of Agincourt.
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Aftermath of the Hundred Years War | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Aftermath of the Hundred Years War | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez explains how the Hundred Year War changed Britain and France.
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Battle of Agincourt | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Battle of Agincourt | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez discusses the famous Battle of Agincourt with historian Ian Mortimer.
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Battle of Castillon | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Battle of Castillon | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez investigates the final battle of the Hundred Year War.
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Battle of Crecy | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Battle of Crecy | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez talks to Historian Andrew Ayton about what happened in the Battle of Crecy.
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Battle of Poitiers | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Battle of Poitiers | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez explores the French defeat at the Battle of Poitiers and the subsequent Treaty of Bretigny.
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Beginnings of the hundred years war | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Beginnings of the hundred years war | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez introduces the early tensions between King Edward III and his cousin the...
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Bertrand du Guesclin | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Bertrand du Guesclin | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
In 1370 Charles appointed Bertrand Du Guesclin as his commander in chief. Within a year, he had won back ...
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Charles VII artillery | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Charles VII artillery | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez investigates the new artillery techniques that Jean Bureau developed for Charles VII t...
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Chivalry | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Chivalry | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez examines 600-year-old manuscripts that set out the chivalric code for knights.
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Henry V | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Henry V | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez investigates the character of the famous King Henry V.
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Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orleans | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orleans | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez investigates the role that 17 year old Joan of Arc played in the French...
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Order of the Garter | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Order of the Garter | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez investigates the significance of Edward III's Order of the Garter.
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Richard II and Henry Bollingbroke | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Richard II and Henry Bollingbroke | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez explains how Henry Bolingbroke seizes the throne from Richard II.
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Richard II and the Wilton Diptych | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Richard II and the Wilton Diptych | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez examines the Wilton Diptych, which was commissioned by Richard II as a por...
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Siege of Calais | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Siege of Calais | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez investigates the Siege of Calais through visual representations of its events.
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The Black Prince's chevauchée of 1355 | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
The Black Prince's chevauchée of 1355 | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
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The Duke of Burgundy | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
The Duke of Burgundy | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez investigates the internal conflicts in France produced by the Duke of Burgundy.
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The trial and execution of Joan of Arc | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
The trial and execution of Joan of Arc | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez examines the official Latin trial record of the heresy trial of Joan ...
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Treaty of Troyes | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Treaty of Troyes | Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Dr Janina Ramirez explores the Treaty of Troyes, in which King Charles of France was forced to disown his son...
Struggle between church and crown
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Henry II's defeat | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Henry II's defeat | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama discusses the defeat of Henry II and his subsequent death.
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Henry II's legacy | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Henry II's legacy | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama discusses the legacy of Henry II, following his role in the death of Thomas Becket.
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Henry II's legal reform | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Henry II's legal reform | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama investigates Henry II's legal reform.
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The murder of Thomas Becket | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
The murder of Thomas Becket | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama discusses the circumstances in which Thomas Becket was murdered.
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The reconciliation of Henry II and Thomas Becket | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
The reconciliation of Henry II and Thomas Becket | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama discusses the circumstances in which Henry II and Thomas Becket reconcil...
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The souring of friendship between Henry II and Thomas Becket | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
The souring of friendship between Henry II and Thomas Becket | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama investigates the declining relationship between Henry II and...