Archive for October 8th, 2011
The Story of Britain part 4
The Plantagenet Kings were boring. I said it! Henry III – rebuilt Westminster Abbey, got parliament going. Edward I – Edward Longshanks, from Braveheart! He never quite got Scotland, but he did get Wales. Unfortunately, he is also the guy who expelled the Jews from England. Kind of a mixed bag of a king. Overall, powerful. Scotland [...]
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The Story of Britain part 3
The rest of the Norman kings! Richard I – Lionheart! It turns out he was not that great. I know him from Robin Hood, where he was beloved and brave and such. He was viewed that way at the time, too. But did you know he only went to England twice in his entire reign? [...]
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The Story of Britain part 2
Kings after the Norman Conquest (when it gets good): William I – uh, did the Norman Conquest, otherwise not too interesting. William II – Called William Rufus. Enjoyed taxes and getting murdered. He was hunting with his younger brother and was mysteriously killed with an arrow. The hunting party left him to die, perhaps to [...]
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