Civil Wars and Political Breakdowns in Late Medieval Europe
Tides of History
Audible / Patrick Wyman
4.7 • 6.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
The Wars of the Roses are infamous, but practically every European kingdom, not just England, was wracked by serious bouts of infighting in the second half of the 15th century. In a time period known for the growth of state power, why were there so many civil wars - and why were they all happening at the same time?
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| 0:16.2 | An early spring wind howled through the drafty corridors of the castle. |
| 0:21.9 | In one small but richly appointed room, its walls hung with expensive, flemish tapestries, |
| 0:27.6 | shouting echoed off the stone walls. |
| 0:30.7 | My cousin the king of France sends his lackeys to collect taxes that don't belong to him. |
| 0:35.0 | He claims royal rights that do not exist, and he insults me in my own lands. |
| 0:40.3 | The yellow war-expensive black-died velvet, his face was handsome, thin lips below a broken |
| 0:46.1 | nose, framed with Auburn hair, but twisted into an expression of rage and reddened with anger. |
| 0:52.9 | Charles the Bold, Count of Charlotte, heir to the powerful Duke of Burgundy, was not a happy |
| 0:58.4 | man in the spring of 1464. |
| 1:01.6 | He grabbed a jug of wine off a table and hurled it at the wall. |
| 1:05.1 | It shattered against the stone. |
| 1:07.4 | Red wine stained the delicately colored threads of tapestry. |
| 1:11.8 | Two men dressed in pricey and multicolored riding clothes stained with early spring mud |
| 1:17.2 | faced to the count. |
| 1:18.8 | They blanched at his rage. |
| 1:21.0 | Charles the Bold was known to have a temper. |
| 1:23.6 | He had recently broken a friend's nose with a thrown boot in a fit of anger. |
| 1:28.2 | This was shaping up to be a spectacular episode. |
| 1:31.3 | Fetchme describes in messengers, said the Count. |
| 1:34.0 | The two mud-stained men, grateful for any excuse to leave, hurried out as quickly as they |
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