Dan Jones

It's richer, it's bigger, and now it rules over France too.

But in a blink, this will all unravel spectacularly

because England is moments away from tearing itself apart in a civil war called the Wars of the Roses.

That's all for you to discover with me, Dan Jones, on Season 9 of This Is History, A Dynasty to Die For, wherever you get your podcasts.

From the New York Times, I'm Anna Martin.

From the New York Times, I'm Anna Martin.

I ain't saying you treated me unkind. You could have done better, but I don't mind. You just kind of wasted my precious time. Don't think twice, it's all right.

I ain't saying you treated me unkind. You could have done better, but I don't mind. You just kind of wasted my precious time. Don't think twice, it's all right.

Yeah, well, I mean, the story of Henry V takes place across the late 14th, early 15th century. And by that point, nobody has really known in England any other form of government than a monarchy, a monarchy sort of limited and in some senses assisted, in some senses resisted by institutions, parliament.

Yeah, well, I mean, the story of Henry V takes place across the late 14th, early 15th century. And by that point, nobody has really known in England any other form of government than a monarchy, a monarchy sort of limited and in some senses assisted, in some senses resisted by institutions, parliament.

Yeah, well, I mean, the story of Henry V takes place across the late 14th, early 15th century. And by that point, nobody has really known in England any other form of government than a monarchy, a monarchy sort of limited and in some senses assisted, in some senses resisted by institutions, parliament.

councils of nobles and the church and so on but but monarchy is like age old at this point i mean you think about the regnal numbers of english kings we're talking about henry v richard ii henry iv these date back to a very specific time and that's the norman conquest of 1066 when william duke of normandy william the bastard as he became known william the conqueror came invaded England.

councils of nobles and the church and so on but but monarchy is like age old at this point i mean you think about the regnal numbers of english kings we're talking about henry v richard ii henry iv these date back to a very specific time and that's the norman conquest of 1066 when william duke of normandy william the bastard as he became known william the conqueror came invaded England.

councils of nobles and the church and so on but but monarchy is like age old at this point i mean you think about the regnal numbers of english kings we're talking about henry v richard ii henry iv these date back to a very specific time and that's the norman conquest of 1066 when william duke of normandy william the bastard as he became known william the conqueror came invaded England.

And from that point, kings are numbered one, two, three, according to the frequency of that name in the succession. There had been kings long before that as well. The great challenge prior to the Norman conquest had been to impose a single kingship on the whole of England. The great break of the Norman conquest is that

And from that point, kings are numbered one, two, three, according to the frequency of that name in the succession. There had been kings long before that as well. The great challenge prior to the Norman conquest had been to impose a single kingship on the whole of England. The great break of the Norman conquest is that

And from that point, kings are numbered one, two, three, according to the frequency of that name in the succession. There had been kings long before that as well. The great challenge prior to the Norman conquest had been to impose a single kingship on the whole of England. The great break of the Norman conquest is that

from that point on kingship really does apply to the whole of england there'd been these phases where kings alfred the great had tried to hold the whole of england but then the thing had splintered you'd had invasions from denmark and scandinavia it's an age-old system by this point but really that i mean the the moment everyone's numbering things from is 1066

from that point on kingship really does apply to the whole of england there'd been these phases where kings alfred the great had tried to hold the whole of england but then the thing had splintered you'd had invasions from denmark and scandinavia it's an age-old system by this point but really that i mean the the moment everyone's numbering things from is 1066

from that point on kingship really does apply to the whole of england there'd been these phases where kings alfred the great had tried to hold the whole of england but then the thing had splintered you'd had invasions from denmark and scandinavia it's an age-old system by this point but really that i mean the the moment everyone's numbering things from is 1066