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This is History: A Dynasty to Die For

Season 4 | 1. A Simple Man

This is History: A Dynasty to Die For

Sony Music

Society & Culture, History

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

What happens when you make a nine-year-old boy king of England? It turns out, it’s a recipe for unscrupulous advisers and a king unlike any the nation has ever known. Henry III is the opposite of his cruel father: he is compassionate and pious, but he’s also indecisive and easily manipulated. When trouble brews in Plantagenet lands in France, Henry’s brother, the wily and calculating Richard, is sent to assert the Plantagenet authority. It’s a decision that Henry and his advisors will come to sorely regret. . A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Written and presented by Dan Jones Producer and Story Editor - Georgia Mills Executive Producer - Louisa Field Production Manager - Jen Mistri Composer - Matt Acheson Sound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:49.0

It's a little after five o'clock in the morning,

0:51.5

and a spring dawn has just broken.

0:56.0

Other than the prayers on the lips of these troops,

0:59.0

everything is peaceful.

1:02.0

A light breeze rustles the grass and crops on the rolling hills around them.

1:07.0

From the small town at the bottom of the hill, Cockrels crow to welcome the new day.

1:18.1

And then there are the small sounds of this band of holy warriors who stand ready with white crusading crosses sewn to their clothes. Their few hundred horses let out little

1:27.3

snorts and winnies. Armoured knights shifting in their leather saddles clatter and creak.

1:38.5

They're quiet because it's early, but they're also waiting for something, or rather for someone. Their

1:48.7

leader is a nobleman called Simon Demonthford. He's a hardened warrior from a long line of

1:55.5

crusading heroes. He's the Earl of Leicester and he's the brother-in-law of the English king Henry the third.

2:05.0

Simon is charismatic, bloody-minded and highly religious.

2:11.0

He inspires incredible devotion among his followers and he has a talent for making them believe completely

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