Episode #144- Who Was the Mother of Empires? (Part III)
Our Fake History
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The Young King and Eleanor
In 11 73, egged on by powerful lords tired of henry the second's reign, the young king raised the flag of rebellion against his own father. This would begin a series of inter family wars that would rage for the next 16 years. So what was eleanor's role in all this? There is one perception out there that eleanor orchestrated the entire rebellion. But this image of eleanor has been hammered into our historical consciousness by popular culture. Much of this is due to our old buddy, william shakespeare. In his historical play, king john queen, eleanor is presented as a master manipulator whose ill counsel led all of her royal sons ast
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