King Henry III: Who the Hell Was He?
Tudors Dynasty & Beyond
RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson
4.4 • 794 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Historian Matthew Lewis joins Rebecca to spotlight one of England’s most overlooked monarchs: Henry III. Often overshadowed by his infamous father and powerful son, Henry’s long reign was far more influential than history remembers.
In this conversation, Matthew unpacks Henry III’s political struggles, his clash with the barons, his deep piety, and the ambitious building projects that transformed England—especially Westminster Abbey. It’s a fresh look at a king who shaped the medieval world in lasting ways.
A perfect episode for anyone ready to rediscover a forgotten monarch.
Matt's book on Henry III - Amazon
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Host: Rebecca Larson
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| 0:31.4 | This is the Tudors Dynasty and Beyond podcast, history with a twist. And now your host, Rebecca Larson. |
| 0:40.2 | Hello and welcome back to the show. |
| 0:42.3 | I'm your host Rebecca Larson, and I am so happy to welcome back once again, Matt Lewis. |
| 0:47.5 | Welcome. |
| 0:48.9 | Thank you for lying and for having me back yet again. |
| 0:51.3 | I must be doing something, right? |
| 0:52.5 | I wasn't lying. |
| 0:53.9 | I do like having you on the show. |
| 0:58.1 | Well, I asked you on today. |
| 1:00.6 | Like, sometimes I just, you know, I like having conversations with you about history. |
| 1:05.0 | You're easy to talk to. |
| 1:06.5 | And sometimes I'm like, what can we talk about? |
| 1:08.7 | Because I want to have you back on the show. |
| 1:11.0 | What subjects can we reach for today? |
| 1:13.8 | And today we're going to look at one that probably is going to surprise everybody |
| 1:17.8 | because we joked about this. |
| 1:20.6 | Who the hell is Henry III, right? |
| 1:23.7 | Absolutely. |
| 1:24.3 | I mean, I wrote a book about The Man and I find difficulty answering that question. So, yeah, I think he's one of those people. If you ask most people when Henry III reigned, they probably couldn't tell you. It might not even be able to tell you what century. And if you ask most people, you know, who came between King John and Edward I, they would quite possibly not be able to fill in that |
| 1:45.8 | blank between Magna Carta and the conquests of Wales and Scotland. But the answer to both is |
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