This is History: A Dynasty to Die For
Scandals, greed, revenge and sex: historian Dan Jones tells the story of the Plantagenets, one of the most powerful and dysfunctional families in European history.
Season 7 sees boy-king Richard II take the throne and put the dynasty in jeopardy like never before. The people will rise in a bloody revolt as Richard, once hailed as a messiah, turns magnificent and murderous tyrant.
Richard will soon find himself pitted against his chivalrous cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, in an extraordinary tale of boyhood companions turned deadly rivals. The pair are history’s ultimate frenemies whose lives become locked in an existential struggle for supremacy – with fatal consequences for anyone who gets caught in between them.
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Season 7 | 5. It’s a Wonderful Parliament
The French are preparing for an all mighty invasion. The king doesn’t really seem to care — until the nobles use the parliamentary equivalent of a royal kick up the backside. And, will the French army even get off their coast, or backsides, before the portaloos are full?
If you want to find out more about the last French invasion of England, listen back to This Is History season three, episode twelve, and the accompanying bonus episode.
For this week’s bonus episode, hear about why this parliament was just so wonderful. Find that on our Patreon, where you can also vote on future episodes, share some spicy court gossip with fellow subscribers, and hear from Dan and the rest of the royal council.
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Season 7 | 4. The Tyranny Begins
After surviving the Peasants’ Revolt, Richard II comes out on top. He has violently suppressed the rebels and married the well-credentialed Anne of Bohemia. But this Plantagenet has his eye on another playmate, the handsome Robert De Vere. Richard’s wandering eye could spell disaster for England’s fortunes.
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Season 7 | 3. Summer of Blood
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Thousands march on London with a “kill list” of what they deem corrupt officials. 14-year-old King Richard II finds himself at the centre of the national crisis. With his advisors panicking and the streets in turmoil, the young king makes a bold choice: he rides to meet the rebels.
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Season 7 | 2. Death and Taxes
Richard II’s reign is not off to a good start – find out more about the runners and riders in this week’s bonus episode.
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Trouble looms as the French and the Scots sense weakness in the English rule, drunk sailors sink a fleet of warships and the highest legal authorities are run out of towns. It’s the start of a bloody conflict that will see the Tower of London breached for the first and only time.
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Season 7 | 1. God Save The Kid
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The reign of the mighty warrior king Edward III is finally over and his 10-year-old grandson Richard is set to take on the crown. What could possibly go wrong?
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Introducing… Season Seven of a Dynasty to Die for
This is the story of the ultimate frenemies that will see a cataclysmic shift in power away from the Plantagenets. The warrior king Edward III is dying and disaster looms when his grandson, the child king Richard II, is crowned. It’s not long before he clashes with his cousin, Henry, in a classic tragedy of boyhood companions turned deadly rivals.
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Empire of Gold | 6. An Emperor’s Legacy
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Musa looks to cement his legacy in West Africa with a spectacular project in Timbuktu but first must repay an important debt as the merchants in Cairo grow anxious.
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Empire of Gold | 5. Journey’s End
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Musa is tantalisingly close to completing his pilgrimage but conflict looms large in Timbuktu as the nomadic Tuareg pose a formidable challenge for the Malians.
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Empire of Gold | 4. Gold Rush
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It’s chaos in Cairo as Musa’s extravagant generosity has spectacular consequences. The Egyptian merchants are rioting and Musa’s gets caught up in the thick of it.
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Empire of Gold | 3. Trouble in Cairo
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Musa clashes with the fearsome Mamluks as he enters Cairo and must find a way to placate the sultan of Egypt, Al-Nasir Muhammad, one of the toughest rulers in history, or face certain death.
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Empire of Gold | 2. Shifting Sands
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With a murder in the desert praying on his mind, Musa and his Mali pilgrims find themselves in peril in the middle of the unforgiving Sahara from an unlikely source.
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Empire of Gold | 1. Matricide
Mansa Musa sets out on a dangerous pilgrimage across the Sahara desert to absolve himself of a terrible crime. Facing treacherous conditions and deadly threats, he ventures where few would dare. Will he survive the perilous pilgrimage, or will the desert claim him?
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Introducing...The Empire Of Gold
Wealth, power, redemption, and legacy: it’s the story of the richest man to ever live and his extraordinary reign. This is History is heading to West Africa, to bring you the story of the legendary emperor of Mali: Mansa Musa. Dan Jones speaks to historian Luke Pepera about Musa’s incredible journey, and what we can expect from this thrilling 6-part spin-off series.
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Season 6 | 12. The Eagle has Landed
A chilling sound echoes through the halls of Westminster Palace. It heralds a bold new age as Edward sets out his ultimate end game.
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Season 6 | 11. Eat the Rich
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The streets of London are rammed with revellers after Edward III's biggest coup in the war yet. Meanwhile, in France a bloody revolution has seized the country. Could this be the perfect moment to take the French throne?
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Season 6 | 10. The Black Prince
Edward III’s son and heir, the Black Prince, rides through France in a reign of terror and destruction. He aims to goad the King of France into a fully fledged battle. When the French King finally reveals his hand, that battle suddenly seems like a very bad idea.
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Season 6 | 9. The Drunken Sailor
Edward III takes his forces to sea, aiming to ambush an enemy fleet. There’s just one problem: the sun is shining and the wine is flowing. It isn’t long before the entire English army is completely drunk.
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Season 6 | 8. The Order of the Garter
While Edward III is in Medieval lockdown, sheltering from the Black Death, he has a brainwave: a strange idea for an exclusive royal club that still exists in England today.
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Season 6 | 7. Apocalypse Now
Edward III’s mighty war is stopped in its tracks by a new, cataclysmic threat. It’s the deadliest plague in all of human history: the black death.
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Season 6 | 6. The Siege of Calais
Edward III sets his sights on conquering the mighty port town of Calais. But Calais is very well defended, can Edward think of a plan before his entire campaign falls to pieces?
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Season 6 | BONUS: How did they know the time in the Middle Ages?
Dan answers some of the questions from the This Is History mailbox. How did mediaeval people know what day it was? What were the rules on naming a king? Plus, what are the best Plantagenet sights to see today?
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Season 6 | 5. The Battle of Crecy
Thousands of English ships advance towards the beaches of Normandy. Edward III’s bloody and brutal invasion of France has begun.
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Season 6 | 4. First Blood
Edward’s decision to go to war with France starts to look like a Very Bad Idea, as French pirates begin a reign of terror on the south coast of England. The king comes up with a daring, all-or-nothing plan to even the odds.
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Season 6 | 3. The Hundred Years’ War
A woman executed for her crimes. An outlaw fleeing from his king. A heron killed by a hawk.
The stage is set for Edward III to walk England into a war unlike anything seen before.
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Season 6 | 2. The Flying Scotsman
Turmoil in Scotland leads an unexpected ally to Edward III’s door. What Edward doesn’t know is that this is the first step towards the longest war the world has ever seen.
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Season 6 | 1. The Raid
A young king finds himself locked out of power by his mother and her tyrannical lover. Time is running out, so he decides to take a huge risk and try to take back his country.
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Introducing… Season Six of a Dynasty to Die for
The times they are a changin’ in the Middle Ages, as we step into the tumultuous reign of Edward III. This Plantagenet is a warrior, tactician, and party prince through-and-through, but with a dangerously ambitious streak that will lead him, and his country, into a war that will last over a hundred years.
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In Conversation | Mediaeval Feasts and Foraging - with Annie Gray
Dan is joined by food historian Annie Gray, to take a culinary voyage back in time to the feasts of the Plantagenet courts, and for a peek inside a peasant’s pantry. Along the way, Annie busts plenty of Mediaeval food myths and introduces Dan to the strange delights of the ’open arse fruit’.
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In Conversation | Flying dreams and X-rated rhymes - with Glaire Anderson
Long before Leonardo Da Vinci was born, there was a genius poet and astronomer who dreamed of human flight. Dan is joined by the University of Edinburgh’s Glaire Anderson, historical advisor to the latest Assassin’s Creed game, to talk about the strange experiments and obscene poetry of Abbas Ibn Firnas.
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In Conversation | Greek myths in the Middle Ages- with Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry joins Dan to discuss his latest book, Odyssey, and how Greek myths have delighted people for thousands of years, right through the Middle Ages to the current day. Plus, Britain’s secret origins as “a new Troy”.
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In Conversation | Mediaeval sex and bishop brothels - with Diarmaid MacCulloch
This episode contains frequent references to sex.
Dan Jones is joined by Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, author of Lower than the Angels, for a look at the long and complicated relationship between the Church and our love lives. Who was Pope Gregory VII and why did he want to stop clergy from having sex? How have views on same-sex love changed over time? And why were bishops in charge of London’s first brothels?
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In Conversation | The tyrant and the usurper - with Helen Castor
Dan is joined by his friend and mentor, the renowned historian and author of The Eagle and The Hart, Dr Helen Castor, for a rundown of the wildest rivalry in Plantagenet history. Richard is a king, with the ego to match, but none of the political or interpersonal skills that would help in the role. Henry, however, has all the qualities you’d want in a monarch, except the right to rule, and soon they face off in an epic clash.
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In Conversation | Sexy poets and killer queens - with Alice Loxton
For This is History’s first ever live show, Dan is joined at the London Podcast Festival by author Alice Loxton. Alice’s most recent book, Eighteen, examines the teenage years of some of history’s biggest legends, including Goeffrey Chaucer. But what did it mean to be young in the Middle Ages, when was the worst time to be a teenager and did a sexy outfit cause the black death?
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Introducing… This is History: In Conversation
For a special run of episodes, Dan Jones is joined by world-class historians and authors. Find out about the sordid history of the Catholic Church, and the erotic musings of mystics with Diarmaid MacCulloch. Hear about the bloody Plantagenet rivalry to end all others with Dan’s old University supervisor, Helen Castor. Plus, in our first ever live show: what kind of man was Goeffrey Chaucer, and what on earth is he wearing?
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Season 5 | 12. To Kill a King
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Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimor are victorious. They have usurped the old tyrant king, Edward II, and are in control of the heir to the throne, his son. But all is not well with this new regime. Roger makes a fateful decision that shakes the nation to its core: regicide.
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Season 5 | 11. Return of the She-Wolf
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Edward has lost control of the country as violent riots run amok. Soon, he and the Despensers are on the run. Isabella returns in the middle of the chaos and sees her chance to finally take her revenge. She assembles allies and makes her deadly move.
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Season 5 | 10. Ghosted
A daring escape from the Tower of London sends an unlikely ally into Queen Isabella’s hands. Edward and Despenser are totally out of control, but fortunately for Isabella, they’re about to deliver her the one thing she needs to make her move.
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Season 5 | 9. The Dictators
Revenge has not satisfied Edward II, and he and the Despensers begin a reign of terror across England, executing former friends and plundering the nation’s resources. There’s only one person left who might be able to stop Edward before he brings his entire dynasty to ruin: Queen Isabella.
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Season 5 | 8. Eye for an Eye
Isabella finds herself the target of an assassination attempt as the secret rumblings of discontent suddenly explode into full-blown rebellion. King Edward sees his chance for personal revenge and amasses his troops to hunt for his hated cousin,
the most powerful rebel of all, Thomas of Lancaster.
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Season 5 | 7. The Queen’s Wrath
A strange man arrives in Edward II’s court with an outrageous claim: could the King of England be a fake? While Edward finds this all very funny, Queen Isabella is not amused. She decides it's time to take matters into her own hands, but it may already be too late.
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Season 5 | 6. The Jinx
Reeling from his failure in Scotland, Edward II needs to up his game, unite his kingdom and keep the peace with Thomas Earl of Lancaster. But before he can get started, Edward and his people are flung into one of the worst environmental disasters ever seen. This would test the resilience of any monarch: does Edward have what it takes to survive?
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Season 5 | 5. The Battle of Bannockburn
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Edward II sends urgent word to the East, to plead for the release of one of the greatest knights in the world. He’s raising an enormous force to take on the Scots, and finally subject them to his rule. But Robert the Bruce is also one of the world’s greatest knights, and the stage is set for one of the most legendary moments in Scottish history.
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Season 5 | 4. Long Live the Queen
While Edward II mourns, his young Queen Isabella steps into the spotlight. She provides her husband with both an heir and the holiday of a lifetime, as they go to visit her father in France. While Edward finally starts to show some talent for ruling, Isabella’s actions in France shape the future of the dynasties on both sides of the channel.
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Season 5 | 3. Revenge of the Black Dog
Edward II is king, and he makes it clear to his people that nothing is more important to him than his best knight, Piers Gaveston. His focus on Gaveston causes major political upsets, including insulting his barons and ignoring his new wife. Soon, the barons decide to take matters into their own hands.
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Season 5 | 2. Bros with Benefits
King Edward physically attacks his son, the heir to the throne, in a shocking display of violence. The reason for this outburst? The young prince’s relationship with his favourite knight, Piers Gaveston. The way Edward sees it, if he doesn’t split these two apart, the entire kingdom will suffer. But the old king is running out of time.
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Season 5 | Bonus: Beasts at feasts
To mark the launch of season 5, we are dishing out a free sample of This is History Plus. Each week Dan and producer Georgia explore strange tangents and delicious Medieval gossip.
This episode serves up some of the most excessive Mediaeval shopping lists and feasts including an out-of-place porpoise and several thousand chickens.
Plus, why Robert the Bruce killed someone in a church, and was Edward II a jock or a nerd?
This Is History Plus also includes hours of interviews with celebrated historians, the entire backlog of main episodes ad-free and the chance to ask Dan your questions. You can try it out with a seven day trial: head to historypod.com or click ‘try free’ on Apple podcasts.
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Season 5 | 1. Generation Kill
Edward I is getting too old to fight his enormous list of enemies, and so begins handing over the reins of war to his son and a brand new generation of knights. But the old king has a gnawing feeling he can’t shake – does his heir have what it takes to rule, or is this the beginning of the end for the Plantagenets?
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Introducing… Season 5 of a Dynasty to Die for
The Plantagenets are back! This season we meet Edward II, a king who is head over heels with his favourite knight, Piers Gaveston. Their relationship sparks off a mighty conflict in court, pitching Edward against his cousin, the fearsome Earl of Lancaster. While these two come to extremely violent blows, his wife, Queen Isabella, waits for her moment.
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The Iron King | 6. The Curse
Philip the Fair’s beloved daughter Isabella comes to his rooms in the dead of night with scandalous news: his son’s wives are having affairs. Philip reacts to this revelation with an explosion of paranoia, violence and cruelty. As The Iron King does everything he can to secure his dynasty, he sows the seeds of its ultimate downfall.
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The Iron King | 5. The Last Templar
Philip the Fair turns his owl-like gaze onto the mighty order of the Knights Templar. They have amassed a huge amount of wealth: wealth Philip wants. He and his lawyer concoct a plan to take on one of the most famous holy orders in all of Christendom.
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The Iron King | 4. The Battle of the Golden Spurs
Philip the Fair is determined to take control of the kingdom of Flanders, in his dream of a united France. But when he attacks, the people of Flanders throw up an astonishing resistance, defeating the French army and slaying some of its finest knights. The Iron King vows revenge, but it will come at a truly terrible cost.
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The Iron King | 3. The Pope Slap
Philip the Fair’s vindictive nature ignites when a drunken bishop mouths off about him, calling him “a useless owl”. Possibly not the most devastating burn, but Philip isn’t one to suffer insults, however slight. This sets him on the path to collide with another of Europe’s massive egos, The Pope. Things escalate into a truly deranged smear campaign and culminate in, arguably, the most blasphemous slap in history.
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The Iron King | 2. The Double Cross
Philip the Fair begins his reign with a strange, robot-like attitude and a fevered dedication to restoring the glory of France. As naval skirmishes in the channel escalate with the most unusual war tactics, Philip is faced with his first real challenge as leader: a showdown with Plantagenet bully, King Edward I.
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The Iron King | 1. The Vespers
A suspected royal poisoning. A bloody rebellion in Sicily. A dying king fleeing across the mountains. The stage is set for the reign of one of the coldest rulers from all of the Middle Ages: Philip the Fair.
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Introducing...The Iron King
This is History is taking a trip to France, to bring you the bloody tale of one of the canniest, cruellest and most handsome kings in all of the Middle Ages: Philip the Fair. Dan Jones speaks to Danièle Cybulskie about Philip’s incredible reign, and what we can expect from this special, six-part series.
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Season 4 | 12. The Reckoning
Edward I is forced to spend his old age fighting multiple political crises. He desperately needs the aid of his barons if he’s going to have any chance of returning Gascony to Plantagenet hands. But time is of the essence, as while his back is turned from Scotland, a noble named William Wallace is on the march.
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Season 4 | 11. The Sword and the Stone
Edward announces the new King of Scotland, revealing his master plan to take over the country himself. Scotland is outraged, and refuses to go down without a fight. While Edward is distracted squashing rebellions, an old enemy sees their chance, and decides to give the Plantagenet King a taste of his own medicine.
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Season 4 | 10. Dead Queens
Margaret of Norway is a six-year-old child who has just found out she’s the only surviving heir to the throne of Scotland. She’s summoned to make the crossing from Norway, where Edward I intends to marry her to his son. He sees Margaret as the key to his Scottish takeover, but events soon take a turn no one could have predicted.
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Season 4 | 9. Blood Money
Edward I puts his plan of a united Britain into motion, building some of the most magnificent castles the world had ever seen. These castles could secure his legacy, but they are eye-wateringly expensive. Edward’s debts, alongside a near-death experience, sends him and Mediaeval England into one of its darkest chapters.
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Season 4 | 8. A New Arthur
Edward I is the new king of England, but he has ambitions far beyond that. He wants to be like his idol, the legendary King Arthur, and that means uniting all of Britain under the Plantagenet banner. His first target is Wales, but the people there have no intention of bending to Edward’s will.
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Season 4 | 7. Edward Strikes Back
Prince Edward has escaped the clutches of Simon de Montfort, and is determined to wreak revenge on him for humiliating his family. The two sides reassemble for a second battle, but this time they’re taking no prisoners.
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Season 4 | 6. The Battle of Lewes
When Queen Eleanor makes a move to restore Plantagenet power, the barons launch into all out war. Simon de Montfort assembles a small but powerful army to take on Henry and his family on a hillside in Southern England. The future of the entire Plantagenet dynasty hangs in the balance.
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Season 4 | 5. The Magnificent Seven
Crusading fever is in the air again, and Henry III decides it’s his turn to give it a try. This is only the beginning of a series of calamitous royal decisions, including a hair-brained scheme to conquer Sicily. Soon, his barons, led by Simon de Montfort, have had enough. They decide to take matters into their own hands and march on Westminster.
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Season 4 | 4. Simon Says
Henry III decides to reclaim the lost Plantagenet lands in France. He, his brother Richard and Simon de Montfort head out on an ill-fated campaign against the powerful French King, Louis IX. What goes down between Simon and Henry in France will set them, and all of England, hurtling towards war, death and destruction.
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Season 4 | 3. The In-Laws
Henry III’s mild and agreeable nature attracts all sorts of ambitious hangers-on and manipulators into the royal court. The most dangerous of these is a pious nobleman called Simon de Montfort. Simon easily charms the King, worming his way right into both Henry’s inner-circle and even his family.
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Season 4 | 2. Brothers in Arms
Henry III’s younger brother Richard returns from victory abroad and is rewarded with a wealthy area of English land. There’s just one problem: Henry has already granted key pieces of that land to someone else. This insult sends a furious Richard down the well-trodden path to family rebellion and civil war, while Henry desperately tries to stop things from spiralling out of control.
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Season 4 | 1. A Simple Man
What happens when you make a nine-year-old boy king of England? It turns out, it’s a recipe for unscrupulous advisers and a king unlike any the nation has ever known.
Henry III is the opposite of his cruel father: he is compassionate and pious, but he’s also indecisive and easily manipulated. When trouble brews in Plantagenet lands in France, Henry’s brother, the wily and calculating Richard, is sent to assert the Plantagenet authority. It’s a decision that Henry and his advisors will come to sorely regret. .
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Introducing… Season 4 of a Dynasty to Die For
Power, greed, religion and sex: historian Dan Jones brings the drama of mediaeval history alive through compelling stories, larger-than-life characters and vivid scenes.
Season 4 tells the story of two kings, Henry and Edward, who are desperately trying to save their dynasty. Their conflicting personalities will be put to the ultimate test as an old friend, Simon de Montfort, and his growing powerbase threaten to destroy the Plantagenets for good.
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Season 3 | Bonus: How to live like a monk - with Danièle Cybulskie
The new season of This is History will be landing on your feeds on February 20th. In the meantime, you can listen to hours of bonus content over on This is History Plus, where Dan has been interviewing the great and good of history about all things Plantagenet. In this free taster episode, Dan has a conversation with Mediaevalist Danièle Cybulskie about personal lessons we can take from the monks of the Middle Ages.
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Season 3 | 12. Salvation
John desperately clings on to power while Louis the Lion declares himself king in London. Meanwhile, the rebels close in. This could be the end for John, and the House of Plantagenet. But standing in the way of ruin, there’s still one loyal knight left who’s ready to ride into battle and defend the dynasty one final time.
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Season 3 | 11. Into the Fire
Magna Carta has failed and the country is plunged into war. John devises a cruel plan that involves taunting his starving enemies with the delicious smell of bacon. Meanwhile, Louis the Lion, the son of the French King, prepares to invade England, while the Pope’s representative race to beat him there. John is running out of time, but he’s not going down without a fight.
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Season 3 | 10. Magna Carta
The Army of God secures a shocking victory in London. King John is totally blindsided and forced to negotiate. At Runnymede, in 1215, he gathers his barons and together they produce one of the most famous documents in Western History. But will Magna Carta be enough to stop this civil war in its tracks?
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Season 3 | 9. The Army of God
John returns from his humiliating defeat at Bouvines to an unhappy kingdom. His barons have finally reached their limit, sick of John’s extortionate taxes, failed campaigns and vicious vendettas. They demand he changes his ways, or else it’s war.
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Season 3 | 8. The Battle of Bouvines
John assembles a mighty Plantagenet alliance to return to France and reclaim what Philip Augustus stole from him. After a decade of preparations, the fate of his dynasty rests on the outcome of one bloody battle.
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Season 3. | 7. The Switch
King John puts his grand plans of reclaiming his French lands on hold, so that he can spend some time fighting his neighbours in Wales. He is close to finally conquering the country once and for all, when he hears a rumour that makes his blood run cold. If he’s going to survive, John desperately needs an ally.
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Season 3 | 6. The Vendetta
This episode contains scenes that some listeners may find upsetting.
One of King John’s closest allies, William de Briouze, knows exactly who murdered Arthur of Brittany. When his wife, Matilda, makes a public accusation, the King does everything in his power to take revenge. John may already have a reputation for cruelty, and a vicious streak, but what happens next shakes the people of England to their core.
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Season 3 | 5. The Road to Hell
King John makes a brand new enemy: Pope Innocent III, after they fall out over an archbishop. The Pope takes extreme measures and puts England under an interdict. This means the church is closed for business to everyone in England. He expects John to beg for mercy, but instead, the diabolical king has eyed a golden opportunity.
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Season 3 | 4. Return of the King
John has been chased from his lands in Normandy, and is forced into permanent residence in England. The problem is, the people of England have got quite used to absentee kings, and aren’t taking too kindly to John’s meddling. But John’s meddling has a serious purpose; he needs England’s wealth in order to raise an army and return to France to win back his lost lands.
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Season 3 | 3. Lost Cause
The finest castle in the Plantagenet Empire, Château Gaillard, is under siege. French King Philip Augustus has it surrounded, and is willing to play dirty, literally, to claim it. If John doesn’t act fast, he could lose everything his father and brother fought to build.
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Season 3 | 2. Save the Queen
John decides to get married, but his controversial choice of bride causes his French lands to erupt in rebellion. John’s enemies ride for the castle of Mirebeau, where they aim to capture the ultimate prize: the King’s mother, Eleanor of Aquitane.
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Season 3 | 1. Softsword
King John’s first real test of leadership arrives, in the form of a treaty with Philip Augustus, the wily King of France. Will John spot the French King’s trap, or blunder straight into it? Meanwhile, a grim discovery in the river Seine sets the tone for the reign of England’s most diabolical ruler.
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The Hunt is On & Britain's Most Infamous King Takes the Throne... Season 3 of This is History: A Dynasty to Die For
Power, greed, religion and sex: historian Dan Jones brings the drama of mediaeval history alivethrough compelling stories, larger-than-life characters and vivid scenes. The third season tells the incredible story of England’s most diabolical ruler. King John makes enemies wherever he goes: from the king of France, to his own barons, and even god himself. But what happens when one of the most powerful people in the world goes totally off the rails?
Plus, to celebrate the new season, we are launching This is History: The Hunt — a treasure hunt through prior episodes. Winners will receive a signed copy of Dan's new novel Wolves of Winter and a free year's subscription to his History, Etc. Substack. Visit ThisIsHistoryHunt.com to enter before September 11th.
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Unearthing Untold Narratives: Draptomaniax Explores Hidden Pages of History
From Dean of Black Twitter, Michael Harriot comes a Black history podcast like you've never heard before. Using a recipe that includes detailed research, barbershop humor and a little seasoned salt, a parade of cookout-certified celebrity guests helps Michael Harriot serve up a compelling, hilarious, and more accurate version of Black history that was conveniently whitewashed from your social studies book.
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Season 2 | 12. Richard Interrupted
Richard has worn down French King Philip into agreeing a truce, but still has plenty of enemies to take care of. He heads to a castle in Aquitaine to teach the rebellious lord there a lesson. The Lionheart has won countless sieges and these defenders don’t look well prepared, so he jumps into the action himself. But fate is about to intervene, changing the Plantagenet world forever.
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Season 2 | 11. Rain of Terror
Richard’s war to reconquer his empire is in full swing. With John back under his thumb and Philip squarely in his sights, he’s now building a huge castle to act as a forward base against the french king. But as Richard visits the construction site, he’s greeted by a strange and terrifying storm unlike anything in living memory. Is it a bad omen for his campaign?
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Season 2 | 10. Payback
Richard kicks his plan for vengeance into gear. The first step is to flush out his devious brother John, who’s hiding in Normandy. Once John is in his clutches, Richard has the perfect punishment in store: one that’s going to cost his other enemies dearly.
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Season 2 | 9. The Devil is Loose
Richard comes roaring back onto the scene, having finally won his freedom. Now, he’s got his work cut out, reclaiming the lands his brother gave away or lost to the French King. But also, there’s the small matter of revenge. The people who dared put The Lionheart behind bars are about to get what’s coming to them.
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Season 2 | 8. A King’s Ransom
Richard is stuck in prison, and the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VI, is demanding an eye-watering ransom before he has any hope of release. While Richard’s allies set about raising the funds, his brother John and French King Philip Augustus do everything in their power to keep him there.
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Season 2 | 7. Lockdown
In a hurry to return to England and rescue his kingdom from the clutches of his younger brother, Richard makes the rash decision to sail across the Adriatic in winter. He finds himself shipwrecked off the Italian coast, forced to travel on foot through lands governed by a hostile Duke. The Lionheart is never afraid to ride his luck, but this time, it’s about to run out…
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Season 2 | 6. Brothers Behaving Badly
While Richard is away crusading, back home his brother John and half-brother Geoffrey are up to no good. After being banned from England, John returns to badmouth Richard’s regime and set himself up as a king-in-waiting. The Lionheart sends back trusted advisors and even his mum Eleanor to tackle his scheming siblings, but he’s starting to fear this may not be enough…
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Season 2 | 5. Jerusalem
Riding high after successfully laying siege to Acre, Richard marches his crusading armies towards the strategically vital city of Jaffa. But things take a turn for the worse, as his troops are facing hunger, exhaustion and even poisonous spiders. Plus, the great general Saladin is lying in wait, planning a deadly attack. Can Richard beat the odds and complete his quest to take the biggest prize in the Holy Land: Jerusalem?
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Season 2 | 4. The Battle for Acre
The Mediterranean port city of Acre is under siege by the crusaders, who have been trying to breach its walls for two long years. Conquering Acre is essential if they are to reclaim the Holy Land, but the city is starting to look unbreakable. Morale among the Christian army is at its lowest ebb, when something happens that could turn the tide. Richard the Lionheart finally arrives, and he’s ready for war.
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Season 2 | 3. Here Comes the Bride
Richard the Lionheart continues to terrorise the islands of the Mediterranean, falling out with some very important people as he goes. Meanwhile his mother, Eleanore of Aquitaine, is desperately trying to catch up to the crusaders. She’s bringing someone with her who could throw Richard into a full-blown diplomatic incident.
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Season 2 | 2. Blood and Gold
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Richard the Lionheart sets off with his massive crusading force for the long journey east. But soon he gets some news which sends him into a white hot rage. His little sister Joan has been locked up by King Tancred of Sicily. The Holy Land can wait – Richard is going to make Tancred rue the day he messed with the Plantagenets.
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Season 2 | 1. Winds of Change
The new Plantagenet king, Richard the Lionheart, begins his reign with one thing on his mind: war. He plans to leave his empire undefended, venturing east to wreak vengeance and bloodshed on his enemies in the Holy Land. The Third Crusade is about to begin.
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Introducing...Season 2 of This is History: A Dynasty to Die For
Power, greed, religion and sex: historian Dan Jones brings the drama of mediaeval history alive through compelling stories, larger-than-life characters and vivid scenes.
The saga of history’s most dysfunctional dynasty continues. Richard the Lionheart is on the throne and has one thing on his mind: victory in the Holy Land. But while Richard is away on crusade, his younger brother John has ambitions of his own.
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Season 1 | Bonus: How to be a Knight - with Tobias Capwell
In the wait for season two, This is History Plus will be releasing interviews with some of Dan’s favourite historians, talking all things Plantagenet.
In this episode, Dan is joined by Tobias Capwell to talk about what it was really like to be a knight. Tobias, a seasoned jouster himself, and Curator of Arms and Armour at the Wallace Collection, discusses how knights trained and why the concept of chivalry became important in the twelfth century.
There will be plenty more on This is History Plus, to get access go to apple podcasts and click ‘try free’, or visit thisishistorypod.com.
And the next chapter of the Plantagenet saga will return on this feed in the New Year.
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Season 1 | 24. Endgame
Henry’s grip on power has never been more fragile. His son, Richard, has teamed up with King Philip to attack his lands and lay siege to his beloved hometown. There’s a dramatic showdown between Richard and the great knight William Marshall, and Henry finally discovers the truth about his son. It’s the season finale, and the Plantagenet world is about to change forever.
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Season 1 | 23. Face-Off
Crusader armies are setting sail to fight Saladin, but the most powerful rulers in Europe are nowhere to be seen. Richard is still desperate to test his mettle in the East, but his father is dragging his feet, anxious about leaving the empire unattended. After Richard goes on a wild rampage in Toulouse, relations between the two Plantagenet powerhouses are on the rocks and the French king smells blood in the water.
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Season 1 | 22. Crusade Fever
Religious fervour sweeps over the Plantagenet realms, as the Pope demands that all good Christians go to war and reclaim the Holy Land. Richard the Lionheart signs up and “takes the cross” immediately. This leaves Henry II with two concerns: will his son and heir survive this impulsive decision, and how weak will the old king look if he stays behind?
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Season 1 | 21. Crisis in the East
High on the plains above Galilee, a crusader army is surrounded as they set up camp for the night. The next day, they will face muslim forces commanded by the formidable general known as Saladin. The outcome of this battle will reverberate throughout the whole Christian world. As dawn breaks, history hangs in the balance.
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Season 1 | 20. A New Nemesis
Henry is blindsided by a new threat from France, as King Philip Augustus decides it’s time to strike at the Plantagenets. Henry is still a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield, but Philip thinks he’s found a more cunning way to unseat his rival. All the while, Henry is dealing with an unexpected death in the family.
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Season 1 | 19. Lackland
Henry is still determined to give his youngest son, John, some land of his own to rule and Ireland seems the obvious choice. So John is sent over there with a huge warchest and a clear mission: assert Plantagenet authority and ‘persuade’ the tribes to fall in line. He can then rule Ireland as part of his father’s empire. It’s a golden opportunity. All he needs to do is not mess it up…
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Season 1 | 18. The Reunion
Plantagenet infighting is once again threatening to boil over into war. Henry II wants to give Aquitane to his youngest son, John, but Richard the Lionheart won’t have it. It seems like a stalemate, until Henry reveals his surprise trump card: a family member that Richard just can’t refuse. Meanwhile, Henry gets the offer of a lifetime from the East.
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Season 1 | 17. The Knight’s Tale
Legendary knight William Marshal sets off on a dangerous pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He’s determined to follow through on his vows to the dying Young King and take his friend’s crusader cloak to Christ’s tomb. The journey east is perilous enough, but when he arrives in Jerusalem, Marshal finds a city teetering on the edge of disaster.
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Season 1 | 16. Brothers at War
Aquitaine is on fire. Young Henry and Geoffrey are openly backing rebels and stirring up conflict in an effort to bring their brother Richard down. Richard responds with his usual brutality and the situation spins way out of control. Their father, Old Henry, wades in to support Richard and now the family is embroiled in a full-blown war over the future of the empire.
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Season 1 | 15. The Lionheart
While Henry the Young King lives the glamorous tournament lifestyle, his brother Richard is proving himself on real battlefields. The most formidable general of all the Plantagenet princes, he rules Aquitaine with an iron fist, crushing rebellions, smashing castles, and generally making a name for himself as someone you really don’t want to cross. But as another wave of unrest sweeps through the province, things are about to get painfully personal for Richard.
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Season 1 | 14. Melee
As the Plantagenet princes hit early adulthood, their home life remains… unusual. Mum is still imprisoned by Dad. Dad is still refusing to hand over the reins of power to his ambitious and warlike sons. So they find another way to prove themselves on the big stage: fighting in knightly tournaments. We join Henry the Young King at one of the grandest tournaments of the age, determined to show the world what a real warrior looks like. But his opponents have other ideas…
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Season 1 | 13. Revenge
The War Without Love is decisively won. This leaves Henry II with some tricky decisions to make about how to punish the rebels, including his own family. If he’s too lenient, people will think he’s weak. If he’s too harsh, they might rebel again. In the end, there’s just one person who ends up bearing the full brunt of Henry’s wrath: his wife.
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Season 1 | 12. The War Without Love
The three eldest Plantagenet princes are fed up with their domineering dad. They may only be teenagers, but they want more power now and the king won’t give it to them. That’s how they end up in the court of Henry’s greatest rival, the French king Louis VII, plotting to bring down their own father. But has this strange new alliance got what it takes to bring down the formidable Henry?
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Season 1 | 11. Queen’s Gambit
The Plantagenets are now at war. Henry II is facing an existential threat from the king of France, three of his own sons and even his wife: Eleanor of Aquitane. But Eleanor doesn’t have an easy road ahead to escape her husband’s kingdom and join the rebels. Dan tries to piece together the patchy record of her daring escape.
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Season 1 | 10. Collision Course
Henry’s eldest son (helpfully also called Henry) is now 16 years old. Young Henry is a skilled fighter who’s itching for the chance to prove himself. But although his dad has spoiled him rotten with all sorts of titles, he has no real power yet. Young Henry’s teenage angst is building and it’s about to explode… spectacularly.
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Season 1 | 9. Conquest
In the aftermath of Thomas Becket’s murder, Henry II is in big trouble with the pope. His grip on power, and his immortal soul, hang in the balance. In desperate need of a distraction, the king turns his gaze west, to a country that has so far escaped Plantagenet aggression: Ireland.
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Season 1 | 8. Murder
Thomas Becket returns to make Henry’s life miserable once again. The two men, once close friends, are now bitter enemies. But when Becket delivers a fiery sermon attacking Henry’s rule, even he fears he might have pushed the king too far…
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Season 1 | 7. Succession
Henry is rocked by the death of his mother and mentor, the Empress Matilda. The grief-stricken king is left to solve the problems of succession alone. Meanwhile Henry’s marriage to Eleanor is falling apart. Will she look past his rampant infidelity in order to secure greater power for herself?
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Season 1 | 6. Meltdown
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Thomas Becket is on trial, facing a string of serious charges and in danger of losing his freedom. Once he was Henry Plantagenet’s right hand man, but now he’s become his greatest enemy. Dan puts Becket on the psychiatrist's couch to work out how he got himself into this mess. And, more importantly, can he get himself out of it?
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Season 1 | 5. The Ringmaster
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A new character enters the drama. Thomas Becket has come out of nowhere to become Henry’s powerful right-hand man. Now he’s entrusted with what seems to be an impossible mission: he must persuade a hostile King Louis VII of France – Eleanor’s bitter ex-husband – to accept a marriage alliance between his own daughter and a Plantagenet prince. It would take a political mastermind to pull this one off…
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Season 1 | 4. Fathers and Sons
Henry has shattered the delicate balance of power in England and King Stephen’s son, Eustace, is on the warpath. The Plantagenets are desperate to shore up their position and look to God for a miracle.
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Season 1 | 3. Rough Crossings
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Braving dangerous winter storms, Henry Plantagenet crosses the English Channel. He’s come to settle a civil war, lay claim to his mother’s inheritance, and follow in the footsteps of William the Conqueror. In the way stands King Stephen and his barons. Who will win the throne, and how?
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Season 1 | 2. Power Couple
Henry Plantagenet is a rowdy teenager full of nervous energy and big plans to invade England. He’s also the man Eleanor of Aquitaine chooses to marry. Their union is a savvy business deal that will change their lives, and the shape of Europe, forever.
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Season 1 | 1. Queen on The Run
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Until yesterday, Eleanor of Aquitaine was the queen of France. Now, divorced and dethroned, she’s running for her life. Noblemen are lying in wait to capture her and lay claim to her lands. But, if she can escape them, and reach her destination in time, she’ll become more powerful than ever before. This is the beginning of the bloodiest dynasty in European history.
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Introducing...Season 1 of This is History: A Dynasty to Die For
Power, greed, religion and sex: historian Dan Jones brings the drama of medieval history alive through compelling stories, larger-than-life characters and vivid scenes.
In the first season, get to know the most dysfunctional family of the Middle Ages – the Plantagenets – and find out how their scandalous betrayals and bloody politics shaped the world we live in today.
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