The Tyrant, the usurper and the hero | Henry IV: usurper

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🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Henry Bolingbroke has gone down in history as the usurper that stole the English crown from the tyrant Richard II – and was later plagued by rebellion and ill health. But what else do we know about the man who later became Henry IV? In the second episode of our three-part HistoryExtra podcast series 'Tyrant, Usurper, Hero', Dan Jones speaks to Helen Castor to reveal more about this chivalric hero who could have made the ideal king – if only he had been born into the royal role. (Ad) Helen Castor is the author of The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV (Penguin, 2024). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fthe-eagle-and-the-hart%2Fhelen-castor%2F9780241419328. (Ad) Dan Jones is the author of Henry V: The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King (Bloomsbury, 2024). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fhenry-v%2Fdan-jones%2F9781804541937. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:20.0	This is a history extra production.
0:24.0	He's a usurper and very soon he's a usurper who's also a regicide.
0:33.0	Henry looks like a king, walks like a king,
0:36.0	if it does both of those, they make it the king.
0:38.0	Henry is having to make live political decisions minute by minute for himself.
0:43.2	I mean this wasn't a guy who sat around going how how can I seize the throat.
0:47.2	Everyone liked him wherever he went he got on with people.
0:51.4	From 1377 to 1422, England's fortunes wax and waned.
0:59.0	As three dramatically different men wore its crown, The deluded narcissist, Richard
1:05.0	the second, the charismatic usurper Henry the fourth, and the lionized warrior
1:11.0	Henry the fifth. In this three-part history extra podcast series
1:15.6	Best-selling authors and historians Helen Kaster and Dan Jones sat down to chart the reins of these three rulers and explore how they shaped England,
1:27.0	from the Peasants revolt to the Battle of Ashencourt.
1:30.4	Helen's new book, The Eagle in the Heart, follows the tangled stories of Richard II and Henry the 4th.
1:37.0	While in his new book, Henry the 5th, Dan Jones profiles the next king to sit on the throne. In this second episode Helen and Dan
1:45.6	delved into the turbulent life and reign of Henry Bolingbrook and explore how he
1:51.0	became Henry the 4th.
1:54.4	At this point in English medieval history, we've had a dynasty of the Plantagenets on the throne
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