John of Gaunt: THE Royal Ancestor

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🗓️ 22 February 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Helen Carr joins me today to discuss John of Gaunt: son of Edward III, younger brother to the Black Prince, uncle of Richard II and father of Henry IV. Not only was he the key intersecting ancestor around which the Plantagenet family split, but his other children also give us the Tudor dynasty. He is THE royal ancestor and one that many of us can trace our family trees back to. In this fascinating episode, Helen discusses his royal aspirations, his attempted conquest of parts of Spain, his role in the Peasants' Revolt and his experiences of the Black Death.

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome to Dan's Noose History It.
0:02.9	Thank you for all those people listening to all the podcasts and the last few days.
0:06.3	The one with David Badil was really interesting.
0:08.6	He has just published a best selling book in the UK about anti-Semitism.
0:13.0	And it was so fun listening back to that interview we made a couple of years ago and hearing
0:16.2	his kind of thoughts, coalesce around that subject.
0:18.8	It was also bizarre, I don't know what you guys felt.
0:21.3	I could be in the same room as somebody.
0:22.9	It was so different.
0:23.9	But it really struck me how much nicer it is when these interviews are conducted in the
0:27.8	flesh and we can interrupt each other and laugh and bounce ideas off each other.
0:32.5	And those days are returning in soon everybody.
0:34.2	So thank you very much putting up with this in the meantime.
0:36.4	We're doing our best we can remotely, but cannot wait for us to get back in a little recording
0:41.5	booth and have some good old chats in the months and years to come.
0:47.9	Speaking of people I'm really looking forward to seeing Helen Carr is right up there.
0:50.7	She is long time fans and follows a history hit.
0:54.2	Well, no that Helen was with us right from the beginning, Helen Carr is a fantastic historian.
0:58.8	She's a broadcaster.
0:59.8	She's made several shows for history at TV.
1:02.0	She's been on the podcast before and for a long time she's had a book in her.
1:06.7	She's been writing about John of Gaunt, the very powerful, important son of Edward III,
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