21.1 Chateau Gaillard 1203-04, Part 1, Angevin Empire

A History of Europe, Key Battles

Carl Rylett

History

4.4 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2015

⏱️ 24 minutes

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William the Conqueror's conquest of England in 1066 and the division of his lands between England and Normandy sowed the seeds for centuries of Anglo-French conflict. This episode covers the reigns of Henry I of England, the Anarchy (civil war over Henry's succession) and the formation of the Angevin Empire of France and England under Henry II

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0:29.0	Place must be 18 or over. The early years of the 13th century are especially significant for the development of the political map of Europe.
0:53.8	From east to west and from north to south,
0:57.7	significant events were occurring in an age when boundaries were still highly fluid. In Spain,
1:04.6	the worries of Christendom were achieving significant success against the Muslims. In Eastern Europe,
1:10.2	the fall of Constantinople, and soon after the arrival of the Mongols, rewrote all the old rules of that region.
1:17.6	And all these events were to some degree interconnected.
1:22.4	In the next four weeks I will talk about the main struggle for power in the northwest corner of Europe,
1:28.4	taking place in the lands of England and France.
1:32.0	Welcome to a history of Europe, Key Battles, the Siege of Chateau Gaillade,
1:39.0	Part 1 of 4.
1:50.6	The Norman Conquest of England of 1066 not only had a dramatic influence on the history of Britain, it also proved highly significant for the rest of Europe, because it pulled
1:56.5	the concordials firmly within the political sphere of the mainland, leading to centuries of
2:02.4	dynastic squabbles between the kingdoms of England and France.
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