
Ep. 96: Hard Times Make Strong Men
Young Heretics
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William Marshall and King Philip
This week, we look at the court of king john in england. We meet marshal william marshall as he navigates all this with a sense of honour. He's developing his own reputation as somebody who's trustworthy and scrupulous. But even despite that, he doesn't support the barons in their uprising against king john. Now, king john fails, utterly, loses the lands in france and is forced into magna carta. This sort of reduces the power of the monarch, monarhy relative to the barons and to the nobles,. And eventually dies, leaving england in a sorry state, indeed.
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