2.1 - 23 The Normans and Angevins 1066 - 1217
The History of England
David Crowther
4.8 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2011
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
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 stamping out rebellions which never managed to gain coherence and coordination.
Series 2, The Normans and Angevins, cover the period from 1066 to the end of John's reign in 1217.
- Episdoes 2.1 - 2.12 Cover the Norman - William, his sons, and the usurpation by Stephen with the resulting Anarchy
- We then spend 3 episodes away from politics, looking at the life of the people of early medieval England
- With episode 2.16 we arrive at the Devil's Brood, Henry II and his family and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
- 2.22 - 2.28 Cover the reign of the Lionheart and the Third Crusade
- 2.29 - 2.37 Cover Johm his loss of Normandy, and Magna Carta - with a brief foray in 2.33-4 into the History of Europe
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| 1:33.0 | Episode 23, William the Conqueror and the Subjugation of England. |
| 1:38.6 | This is a start of a new series in a sense on the Norman and Anjavan Empire, so you might think of it as episode 2.1. |
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