Watched this last night and found it to be well put together, with a presenter who's voice didn't drone or grate on me. The content was interesting and informative whilst not heavy going, with a few things explained and some things I didn't know.
Felt altogether that the programme shed a lot of light on this, England's longest ruling royal dynasty, and now looking forward to the next instalment.
The Plantagenets - 'The Devil's Brood' - BBC2
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Re: The Plantagenets - 'The Devil's Brood' - BBC2
I liked it as well, especially as it explained why Beckett was killed (something I didn't know about) and also added to the information that Horrible Histories did explaining Henry's abasement (the term for having to commit religious apologies for killing Thomas in the first place)
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It was a good programme even if it didn't tell me much I didn't already know. One thing puzzles me though. How did Richard I become such an "English" hero given his disdain for England?
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He took lots of English knights with him on crusade and was very, very good at selling himself to the public.
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Not to the English public he wasn't. He was hardly ever here and said he sell London if could find a buyer. Whilst he was thought as a great chivalrous warrior and a champion of Christendom his reputation and an "English" hero seems to have grown up after he died.Marcus Woodhouse wrote:He took lots of English knights with him on crusade and was very, very good at selling himself to the public.
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Simon Atford wrote:It was a good programme even if it didn't tell me much I didn't already know. One thing puzzles me though. How did Richard I become such an "English" hero given his disdain for England?
Walter Scott's Ivanhoe and Hollywood mostly I suspect. Though there were also embellished romances and songs about him kicking around much earlier.
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Probably yes. I've always had a slightly perverse sense of sympathy for John. Bad as we was he was at lest King of England rather than out of it.John Waller wrote:Simon Atford wrote:It was a good programme even if it didn't tell me much I didn't already know. One thing puzzles me though. How did Richard I become such an "English" hero given his disdain for England?
Walter Scott's Ivanhoe and Hollywood mostly I suspect. Though there were also embellished romances and songs about him kicking around much earlier.
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