2. Wars of the Roses: Rise of the Tudors

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🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In the second episode of our Wars of the Roses series, Edward IV secures the English throne after his victory at the bloody Battle of Towton. But his betrayal by Warwick the 'Kingmaker' throws the house of York into disarray once again. The civil war reignites, and only after immense bloodshed will a new dynasty will arise - that of the Tudors. England's political landscape would be changed forever.

Once again we're joined by Matt Lewis, historian, author and host of our sister podcast, Gone Medieval.

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0:00.0	Alright, Ian Wright here from Stick to Football, and this podcast is sponsored by MNSWear.
0:05.0	I'm definitely feeling that big autumn energy right now,
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0:49.2	old ruling family, the Plantagenets. Two men backed by powerful coalitions now fighting with ever increasing
0:58.9	intensity. One of them, King Henry the 6th, was Lancastrian, descended from the dukes of Lancaster.
1:09.0	He was the son of the mighty Henry the 5th, but he proved a poor king. He was in decisive, weak. He'd lost
1:16.7	the English Empire in France who'd effectively given up on his family's claim to be kings of France.
1:21.8	He was a gentle soul in a world of ironclad maniacs,
1:27.0	butchers.
1:29.0	After the first few rounds of fighting he reluctantly submitted to his powerful
1:36.0	cousin, the Duke of York, and he'd agree to disinherit his own son so that York and his
1:41.7	sons will rule after him.
1:47.2	But Henry the 6th had one key ally that refused to roll over.
1:51.8	His wife more than made up for his own lack of ambition.
1:55.8	If he would not defend their son's birthright, she would. She'd gathered an army to support
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