
206: War of the Roses: The Roots
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Henry IV and the Rise of Henry V
When Henry IV takes over the realm he has this sort of feeling of like, listen, we had this big fight with Richard and my dad. What we should do instead is we should go fight other people. And so there was kind of a shift in England when Henry V became king. He's got an awesome scar from getting wicked shot in the face. He's even keeled tall,. He's handsome. Let's give him a chance. Let's not let our petty differences...and then he eventually dies. So depressing. I know he's not an old man, but he dies at leprosy and he dies and Henry V becomes king.
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