Season 2 · Episode 1
2.1 - 23 The Normans and Angevins 1066 - 1217
Introduction to series 2, the Normans and Angevin Empires, and English resistance to William's rule
The History of England · David Crowther
June 11, 201135m 55s
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Show Notes
After 1066 William the Conqueror set about ruling his new kingdom; for 10 years, he spends much of his time changing the face of England, and stamping out rebellions which never managed to gain coherence and coordination.
Series 2, The Normans and Angevins, cover the period from 1066 to the end of John's reign in 1217.
- Episdoes 2.1 - 2.12 Cover the Norman - William, his sons, and the usurpation by Stephen with the resulting Anarchy
- We then spend 3 episodes away from politics, looking at the life of the people of early medieval England
- With episode 2.16 we arrive at the Devil's Brood, Henry II and his family and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
- 2.22 - 2.28 Cover the reign of the Lionheart and the Third Crusade
- 2.29 - 2.37 Cover Johm his loss of Normandy, and Magna Carta - with a brief foray in 2.33-4 into the History of Europe
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