This is Angela Odell and you are listening to real cool history for kids.

A podcast show featuring history told from a distinctly biblical world view perspective.

Welcome to an adventure.

Welcome to Episode 59 of Real Cool History for Kids.

This episode is for Audrey Krueger, who wants to hear the story of Joan of Arc.

Hi, Audrey. Here is your special episode.

In some of our earlier stories, we learned about a time period in history that is often referred to

as the Medieval Age. This time period stretched from the end of the ancient times

through the centuries up to the early age of exploration. This time period, sometimes called the

Dark Ages or the Middle Ages, was approximately 1,000 years. The story I told you about Richard

the Lionheart and his brother John Lacklin took place inside of that time period several hundred

years before the story I'm going to tell you today. Before I tell you that story, though,

I need to tell you about a ridiculous argument that had been going on between generations and

generations of the English and French. By the time the events of today's story unfolded,

the argument had long become an outright war. You see, way back, before even King Richard

the Lionheart had lived, a tribe of Vikings had settled in a section of Northern France

right across the English Channel from England. This area was called Normandy, and the Vikings

who settled there became known as the Normans. Well, one day the Normans decided to cross the

Channel and conquer England. It took a while, but they did establish themselves as rulers of most

of England. Over the centuries, the royalty of both nations married each other, and this is what

caused all of the arguments. They both felt like they had a right to land in either and both

countries, and they both felt like they had a right to the throne and crown in either in both

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