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This is History: A Dynasty to Die For

Season 4 | 4. Simon Says

This is History: A Dynasty to Die For

Sony Music

Society & Culture, History

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Henry III decides to reclaim the lost Plantagenet lands in France. He, his brother Richard and Simon de Montfort head out on an ill-fated campaign against the powerful French King, Louis IX. What goes down between Simon and Henry in France will set them, and all of England, hurtling towards war, death and destruction. 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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0:00.0

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0:31.2

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0:32.8

Yo got this. The bells of Canterbury Cathedral are peeling a joyous tune.

0:45.0

Clanging high up in the Cathedral's Tower,

0:50.0

their rich music rings out across the rooftops of the English city.

0:55.4

It carries far and wide across the winter countryside.

1:00.4

The people of Canterbury scurrying around in the frosty streets and bartering with traders in the marketplace.

1:07.0

Stop what they're doing to hear them ring.

1:12.0

Babies cry as they're startled by the loud noise. Dogs bark with excitement. Something big is happening.

1:30.0

Henry III is here in Canterbury on this January day in 1242. So is his wife, Queen Eleanor of Provence.

1:34.0

They've come down here specially with a large crowd of English barons and their wives and families to witness the occasion.

1:42.0

Now it's almost here, they can barely contain their anticipation.

1:48.2

It's a homecoming. Henry's younger brother, Richard Earl of Cornwall, has been away for more than a year on Crusade.

1:57.0

It took him nearly four years of saving and planning to be ready for it,

2:02.0

but in late 1240 he went off to the east to do battle with

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