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The History of England

4.1 - 134 Lancaster & the Wars of the Roses 1399-1485

The History of England

David Crowther

Europe, Queen, England, Medieval, Politics, Royal, History, Parliament, English, King, Modern, Early Modern, Monarchy

4.86K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2014

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

A quick overview of series 4, and then it's on to the reputation of Henry IVth, who it has has changed through history. And then we deal with the first challenge of Henry's reign - the Epiphany Rising.

 

Series 4: The House of Lancaster and the Wars of the Roses covers the period 1399 - 1485, from Henry IV to the death of Richard III

 

Episodes 134-141 cover Henry VII's reign and Owen Glyndwr

Episodes 142 - 152 cover the reign of Henry V - with a bit of a splash for Agincourt

Episodes 153 - 162 cover the minority of Henry VI

Episodes 163 - 177 Cover the wars of the Roses up to Edwrd IV's victory at Tewkesbury

In 174 - 182 we spend 6 episodes on social history - from the economy to the lives of the gentry

from 183- 194 we cover the reign of Edward IV, the Usurpation of Richard III and Bosworth Field

Series 4 concludes with an episode to catch us up on the history of Europe


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0:00.0

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0:25.5

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0:43.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Hestrivingland,

0:45.5

at the so 134 Golden Child Mane King.

0:53.6

So, we've had a good hand at the history of Europe over the last few years.

0:57.8

So hopefully we all have a holistic view of the political world

1:01.8

that Henry would have to deal with over the 13 years of his reign.

1:06.0

Today, we're going to go back to the knitting, to the Hestrivingland,

1:09.4

not all this messing around with those strange folk on the remote continent

1:13.2

they call Europe land.

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