Richard III vs Henry VII

Dan Snow's History Hit

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🗓️ 25 October 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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We all think we know the story of Richard III and Henry VII, or do we? Richard III is often portrayed as a child-murdering usurper whose reign was brought to a bloody end by Henry VII at the Battle of Bosworth. It was a grudge match to decide who would become King of England, but how true is this story really? In this episode, we'll find out as we ask the big questions about Richard III and Henry VII. Did Richard kill the princes in the tower? Were the motives of Henry's supporters' honest ones? Who was the better king and why did they both end up so unpopular? And, how did these two men end up fighting each other for the crown?

Representing Richard III is Matt Lewis presenter of Gone Medieval, Chair of the Richard III Society and author of numerous books on Richard and the Wars of the Roses. Matt takes on Nathen Amin author of Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders: Simnel, Warbeck And Warwick who represents Henry VII. They answer the big questions about these two controversial Monarchs and as you'll hear they might have more in common than you might think.

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0:00.0	Hello,
0:00.6	folks, Dan Snow here.
0:01.6	I am throwing a party to celebrate 10 years of Dan Snow's history hit.
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0:10.4	in England on the 12th of September to celebrate the 10 years.
0:14.1	You can find out more about it and get tickets with the link in the show notes.
0:17.6	Look forward to seeing you there. Welcome, everyone. Welcome to Dan Snow's history hit.
0:28.5	Is he the most maligned man in British history? Richard III. Younger brother of the charismatic
0:35.5	warlike Edward VIII, uncle of the Princess warlike Edward IV,
0:38.4	uncle of the princess in the tower, was he also their murderer?
0:42.9	It's right now in history it we're doing this.
0:44.6	We're having the great Richard the third debate.
0:46.6	Who was better? What's going on?
0:48.1	We're talking about Henry the 7th, his successor,
0:50.5	the man who defeated him on the battlefield of Bosworth,
0:52.4	and we're talking about Richard the 3rd.
1:12.8	To do that, we've got our very own Matt Lewis. He's part of the history hit family. He does the brilliant audiobooks. He's in charge of the audiobooks on History Hit TV. He's one of the hosts of Gone Medieval, our smash hit podcast on medieval history. And he's also the chief Ricardian of the world. He's like a freemason. There's the society of Ricardians, the fans of Richard, the people who campaign long after he died to rehabilitate
1:19.0	him. And good-lux them. So we've got him in the red corner, Matt Lewis. And then we've also got
1:24.6	in the other corner, we've got Nathan Amin. He's a fan of Henry the 7th. He goes to a slightly more traditional critique of Richard said. He believes Richard was responsible for the death of his nephews. And he's more of a Henry the 7th guy. Now, Nathan is from West Wales. I'm sure that's coincidental. He hails from a similar part of the world to the Tudor family. He's written many books on the Tudors. He's been on TV. He's a great guy. It's a battle of the Titans here. Nathan versus Matt, Richard versus Henry. Buckle up, everybody. If you want to watch documentaries on the Tudors, we got plenty of them. A history hit
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