
37: The History of the Plantagenets II
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The Story of King John
Richard of the second is trying to tie up all the loose ends before he can go and crusade into the Holy Land. He's also got his younger brother John and Prince John as remember is he did not inspire confidencePrince John was weak indecisive mean spirited one of his chroniclers called him nature's enemy. So Richard decides that he would give him a Norman title lots of oraldums, just to sort of appease him. But what this did was it did give John a pretty Substantial power base and it meant that John could raise armies if he wanted to. While they're going on Richard goes off to The Holy Land Philip decides he wants to go on crusade. They get
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