Season 1 | 17. The Knight’s Tale
This is History: A Dynasty to Die For
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The Unconventional History of William Marshall
William Marshall was a key player in the Plantagenet story. He's what you might think of as a celeb of the era, and his legend reescopates shape the world around him. But even by their standards, when William Marshall was a kid, he had a hairy time. In 1152 King Stephen sent little William to be hanged - but then changed his mind after seeing how much fun he'd have playing with siege catapult. Even at five years old, it seems William Marshall wasA survivor.
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