Dan Jones

um and even still years after that there's there are still these kind of whispers that actually the real richard ii was kind of spirited away that his body was swapped with somebody else's that he'll be back it's not really about richard himself it's about the desire for an alternative and if you proceed from that desire people are willing to warp their their uh like suspend their disbelief suspend their common sense suspend their understanding of how the world's

physically and biologically works, but that's politics. We don't need to dig into specific examples, but you see it generation after generation, year after year. A narrative can take hold, which is a big lie, but if people are willing to believe the big lie and act as if it were true, then it may as well be true.

physically and biologically works, but that's politics. We don't need to dig into specific examples, but you see it generation after generation, year after year. A narrative can take hold, which is a big lie, but if people are willing to believe the big lie and act as if it were true, then it may as well be true.

physically and biologically works, but that's politics. We don't need to dig into specific examples, but you see it generation after generation, year after year. A narrative can take hold, which is a big lie, but if people are willing to believe the big lie and act as if it were true, then it may as well be true.

Henry V's great-grandfather, Edward III, who we mentioned earlier in this conversation, had staked a claim, a dynastic claim, in the year 1337 through 1340, that he was not only the rightful king of England, but also the rightful king of France.

Henry V's great-grandfather, Edward III, who we mentioned earlier in this conversation, had staked a claim, a dynastic claim, in the year 1337 through 1340, that he was not only the rightful king of England, but also the rightful king of France.

Henry V's great-grandfather, Edward III, who we mentioned earlier in this conversation, had staked a claim, a dynastic claim, in the year 1337 through 1340, that he was not only the rightful king of England, but also the rightful king of France.

For whatever territorial disputes had existed before that point between English kings and French kings, no one had ever said they were the rightful king of both realms. But Edward III does. And he does it because he's descended through his mother and father from both royal lines. That claim is rebuffed and rejected. Edward III begins the war we call the Hundred Years' War.

For whatever territorial disputes had existed before that point between English kings and French kings, no one had ever said they were the rightful king of both realms. But Edward III does. And he does it because he's descended through his mother and father from both royal lines. That claim is rebuffed and rejected. Edward III begins the war we call the Hundred Years' War.

For whatever territorial disputes had existed before that point between English kings and French kings, no one had ever said they were the rightful king of both realms. But Edward III does. And he does it because he's descended through his mother and father from both royal lines. That claim is rebuffed and rejected. Edward III begins the war we call the Hundred Years' War.

the notional claim of the English during this war is they want the crown of France. Now, there's a big question as to whether Edward III actually believes that this is a realistic prospect.

the notional claim of the English during this war is they want the crown of France. Now, there's a big question as to whether Edward III actually believes that this is a realistic prospect.

the notional claim of the English during this war is they want the crown of France. Now, there's a big question as to whether Edward III actually believes that this is a realistic prospect.

He gets relatively close, actually, in 1360, but never takes the crown and then bargains it away for a big grant of land within what we now think is the Kingdom of France, which gives him profit, which gives him trading opportunities, advantages, which gives him control of a big stretch of the French coast and so on and so forth.

He gets relatively close, actually, in 1360, but never takes the crown and then bargains it away for a big grant of land within what we now think is the Kingdom of France, which gives him profit, which gives him trading opportunities, advantages, which gives him control of a big stretch of the French coast and so on and so forth.

He gets relatively close, actually, in 1360, but never takes the crown and then bargains it away for a big grant of land within what we now think is the Kingdom of France, which gives him profit, which gives him trading opportunities, advantages, which gives him control of a big stretch of the French coast and so on and so forth.

That claim, which although Edwards does bargain away in 1360, seems to persist in the minds of at least some of the English who believe that it should never have been bargained away, who believe that actually, no, you know what, it is our blood right to be kings of both realms. And Henry V certainly buys into it. He comes to the throne as a 26-year-old guy with this burning sense of injustice.

That claim, which although Edwards does bargain away in 1360, seems to persist in the minds of at least some of the English who believe that it should never have been bargained away, who believe that actually, no, you know what, it is our blood right to be kings of both realms. And Henry V certainly buys into it. He comes to the throne as a 26-year-old guy with this burning sense of injustice.

That claim, which although Edwards does bargain away in 1360, seems to persist in the minds of at least some of the English who believe that it should never have been bargained away, who believe that actually, no, you know what, it is our blood right to be kings of both realms. And Henry V certainly buys into it. He comes to the throne as a 26-year-old guy with this burning sense of injustice.

He is like, I should be the king of France as well as the king of England. That's not to say that he doesn't see there are other parts to this claim. It's not just that he thinks it's his right to have that crown and that in and of itself is a political goal.