Sir Roger Mortimer: Who was the "Greatest Traitor?"

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Society & Culture, History

4.2 • 24.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2010

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Sir Roger Mortimer is known as the "greatest traitor," but why? Sarah and Katie explore the life and times of Sir Mortimer in this episode, from his early conflicts, his successful rebellion against Edward II, and his ignominious end.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from HouseofWorks.com.
0:34.7	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
0:44.7	I'm Katie Lambert and I'm Sarah Dowdy.
0:47.7	And Katie, here's a tip in case you're ever trying to seize the crown of England,
0:51.7	or I guess if you...
0:52.7	It's on my to-do list.
0:53.7	If you were trying to seize it several hundred years ago,
0:56.7	the plantagenis are really, really not okay with each other.
1:01.7	They fight all the time, and it's not too hard to set them off.
1:05.7	Well, and we've seen this so many times in our Eleanor of Aquitaine episode.
1:09.7	We've got wife against husband, son against father, and brother against brother.
1:14.7	And in our more recent episode on Eleanor's son, Richard the Lionheart,
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