
206: War of the Roses: The Roots
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Charles the Mad, or Crazy King Charles?
For a long time, England owned a lot of the northern realm of France. And so we always just claim, listen, we got to go back and get some of the continent. There was even a tenuous claim that Henry had on the actual crown of France. So he's like, but I'm going to go become King of France. He invade France. They mobilize,. they get everything going. Let's talk a little bit about what's happening in France at this time. Charles VI was known as Charles the Mad, or Charles the Crazy, or Crazy King Charles.
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