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Home > The Angevins 1155-1217 (Page 2)

The Angevins 1155-1217

    Marshal Omnibus 1 EPs 1-3 - Members Only

    We set the scene – William’s background and lineage, and the Anarchy – until William himself appears strapped to a trebuchet at Newbury. As you do  

    Marshal 3 Hammer and Anvil - Members Only

    During the Anarchy, John Marshal makes hay - and William joins our story at last

    Eleanor 9 Hunted - Members Only

    Escape meant avoiding the wolves that blocked the path to Aquitaine

    Eleanor Omnibus 2 EPs 6-9 - Members Only

    We take in the full extent of Eleanor’s time as Queen of France – through her struggle for his sister, the dramatic 2nd Crusade and her final dash for freedom

    Elizabeth Chadwick and Eleanor of Aquitaine

    By David Crowther 4 years agoApr 16, 2019 0 Comments

      Author Elizabeth Chadwick gives her insights into the life and times of Eleanor of Aquitaine. To find out more about Elizabeth’s three Eleanor novels, visit her website https://elizabethchadwick.com/eleanor-of-aquitaine/  

    Eleanor 8 Outremer - Members Only

    The story of Eleanor and the Second Crusade

    Marshal 2 Lineage - Members Only

    Setting the scene before William - John the Marshal; and the Anarchy

    Marshal 1 Reputations - Members Only

    Is the Marshal we know man or myth?

    Elizabeth Chadwick and William Marshal

    By David Crowther 4 years agoApr 16, 2019 0 Comments

      Elizabeth Chadwick is the author of many fine historical novels, and her most recent is on William’s life in the Holy Land. Elizabeth was kind enough to share herRead More

    Eleanor 7 Sisters - Members Only

    Eleanor's little sister scandalises the Church

    HiT The Lion in Winter

    By David Crowther 4 years agoJan 20, 2019 4 Comments

    Such a classic – Katherine Hepburn and Peter O’Toole giving it large, plus the world’s most appalling article of clothing (see if you can spot which). Was it accurate? WasRead More

    Eleanor 6 Queen (1) - Members Only

    Elanor sticks out her elbows and creates some room for herself at court

    Eleanor Omnibus 1 (Episodes 1-5) - Members Only

    The omnibus edition for all those insomniacs out there!

    Eleanor 5 Bride - Members Only

    Marriage to a young prince of 17 - Louis of France

    Eleanor 4 Heiress - Members Only

    in 1137, Eleanor's father Duke William X set off for Santiago on pilgrimage

    Eleanor 3 Education - Members Only

    As a child growing up in the Ducal household, Eleanor would have been presented to the noble families she would know for the rest of her life Transcript I’ve blathered on aboutRead More

    Eleanor 2 Land and Lineage - Members Only

    The land Eleanor inhabited, and her family history

    Eleanor 1 Legends - Members Only

    The life of Eleanor of Aquitaine - and the legends that surround her name

    Sea 2 Eustace the Monk and the Angevins - Members Only

    Britain, the sea and folktales through the story of Eustace the Monk

    Shedcast 21 English Placenames II - Members Only

    The place names of England by theme and time

    222a The Tower of London by James Holdstock

    By David Crowther 5 years agoSep 03, 2017 0 Comments

    James Holdstock is a big fan of The Tower of London; he talks about a fortress which has a history as winding, bloody, mysterious and inspiring as England’s, and is a mustRead More

    Shedcast 11b The Tournament: Rise and Fall - Members Only

    The tournament grew in sophistication until it was focused around the individual challenge of the Joust. But the fundamentals of warfare and society changed and tournaments lost their relevance.

    Shedcast 8b A Sense of England – Consciousness - Members Only

    Could England be described by 1500 as a nation? Did the English share a story, language, and territory? Was the political community oriented around the king or nation, or theRead More

    Shedcast 8a A Sense of England – Nationalism - Members Only

    Concepts and interpretations of Nationalism

    182 Games and Beasts

    By Cerdic 6 years agoJun 04, 2017 2 Comments

    A chance to go into some byways, away from politics and talk about how medieval folk enjoyed themselves; the games they played in medieval days, from Football to Stoolball, from chess toRead More

    153 The Medieval Working Woman

    By Cerdic 7 years agoJun 04, 2017 3 Comments

    Only 4% of women remained unmarried in the middle ages, and therefore for both men and women working life was a matter of team work. In towns in particular, womenRead More

    149 Sex, Childbirth and Children

    By Cerdic 7 years agoOct 28, 2016 10 Comments

    Medieval understanding of physiology had an impact on attitudes to sex, just as much as did the teachings of the church. Though who knows how much it had an impactRead More

    Tagged medieval childbirthwomen

    117 The Medieval Year

    By Cerdic 9 years agoJun 04, 2017 7 Comments

    The rhythm of the year would have been far more important to most medieval people that the goings on at Westminster and the court of the king. The stream ofRead More

    59 Magna Carta and the Death of a Tyrant

    By Cerdic 10 years agoSep 17, 2016 18 Comments

    Bouvines wasn't the cause of the Baronial revolt, but it probably was John's last chance to avoid it. In 1215 at Runymede Magna Carta was signed. It's extremely unlikely thatRead More

    Tagged AngevinBritainBritishcartaenglandEnglishHistoryJohnmagnaPodcast

    58 Tyranny and Defeat

    By Cerdic 10 years agoOct 30, 2016 5 Comments

    From 1213 to 1214, John seemed to have got his problems more under control, and had built an alliance that looked to be capable of taking on Philip. There wasRead More

    Tagged AngevinbouvinesBritishEnglishexcommunicationHistoryJohnPodcast

    57 The Excommunicate

    By Cerdic 10 years agoSep 14, 2016 8 Comments

    John took a detailed interest in administration, and made effective changes to the way things worked. Partly his interest was motivated by the need to raise money – as inflationRead More

    Tagged AngevinBritainBritishHistoryHistory of Englandinnocent IIIJohnPodcastpope

    56 The History of Medieval Europe, Part 2

    By Cerdic 10 years agoSep 29, 2016 4 Comments

    The Holy Roman Empire to the death of Barbarossa, the briefest of histories of Norway, Denmark and Spain, and the 4th Crusade. It's action packed.  56 The History of MedievalRead More

    Tagged barbarossaEnglishfourth crusadegregoty VIIHistoryPodcast

    55 The History of Medieval Europe, Part I

    By Cerdic 10 years agoSep 29, 2016 17 Comments

    From Charles Martel and the battle of Tours in 732, through Charlemagne and Otto the Great, the first installment concentrates on France, Germany and Italy and takes us to theRead More

    Tagged charlemagneeuropeHistorymedievalottoPodcast

    54 Fighting Back – A Bit

    By Cerdic 10 years agoSep 14, 2016 4 Comments

    John immediately launched attempts to get his lands back – and ran into the Barons. He does run up a pretty good Navy though. And we hear of Roland theRead More

    Tagged AngevinEnglishHistoryJohnPodcast

    53 Torn Apart – Loss of an Empire

    By Cerdic 10 years agoSep 14, 2016 3 Comments

    After the defection of William des Roches the military situation was poor for John but not irretrievable. Unfortunately, John failed to provide the leadership needed.  He distrusted his barons; heRead More

    Tagged AngevinEnglishHistoryJohnnormandyphillip augustusPodcast

    52a Eleanor of Aquitaine by Melisende

    By Cerdic 10 years agoFeb 04, 2018 1 Comments

    Eleanor of Aquitaine is one of the great names of the Middle Ages. Her life spanned almost all of the Angevin Empire, and her court at Poitiers became famous asRead More

    52 John Softsword

    By Cerdic 11 years agoOct 30, 2016 10 Comments

    As a younger man, John had been given the nickname Lackland because unlike his brothers he didn't have his own appanage. At the Treaty of Le Goulet in May 1200Read More

    Tagged AngevinarthurBritishenglandEnglishHistoryJohnmirebeauPodcast

    51 The Fouler Presence of John?

    By Cerdic 11 years agoSep 14, 2016 9 Comments

    In 1199, Richard the Lion Heart died after being shot by a cook outside the castle of Chalus in the Limousin. The Empire was split between supporters of Arthur andRead More

    Tagged AngevinBritishEnglishHistoryKing JohnPhilip AugustusPodcastRichard the lion heart

    50 Defence of the Empire

    By Cerdic 11 years agoSep 14, 2016 4 Comments

    The war between Richard and Phillip went on from 1194-1198 in fits and starts ; usually there was no more than 3 months of fighting before a truce came along.Read More

    Tagged englandEnglishHistoryphillip augustusPodcastrichard lionheart

    48 Richard and The Third Crusade

    By Cerdic 11 years agoSep 14, 2016 8 Comments

    Was the Third Crusade a success or a failure? While it failed to achieve its objective, it was the most successful after the First Crusade. It rescued Outremer from anRead More

    Tagged BritishcrusadeenglandEnglishHistory of EnglandPodcastrichard he lion heartsaladin

    49 Travel Chaos

    By Cerdic 11 years agoOct 30, 2016 5 Comments

    Richard set off from Outremer right at the end of the sailing season – October. He knew the Duke of Austria, the Holy Roman Emperor, Count of Toulouse and KingRead More

    Tagged EnglishfranceHistoryJohnlionheartnormandyphillipPodcastrichardrobin hood

    47 The Fall of Jerusalem

    By Cerdic 11 years agoSep 14, 2016 9 Comments

    For 50 or so years after the capture of Jerusalem, Outremer was a part of the political and military dance between Christian and Muslim states. Then in 1144, signs ofRead More

    Tagged antiochcrusadehattinHistoryjerusalemlusignanPodcasttripolityre

    46 Richard and the Road to Outremer

    By Cerdic 11 years agoSep 14, 2016 10 Comments

    Richard set off from Sicily probably intending to go straight to the Holy Land. But a chance storm enforced a landing at Cyprus, where the locals were not friendly. WhichRead More

    Tagged AngevincyprusenglandEnglishHistorylion heartPodcastrichard

    45 Packing the Bags

    By Cerdic 11 years agoSep 14, 2016 4 Comments

    Richard came into the lands of his father and was crowned at Westminster in 1189.  For the next 6 months he was packing his bags,  cleaning the fridge and gettingRead More

    Tagged AngevinBritainBritishenglandEnglishHistorylion heartPodcastrichard

    44 Introducing the Lion Heart

    By Cerdic 11 years agoOct 30, 2016 3 Comments

    To most contemporaries, Richard I was a hero. Since then his reputation has suffered badly, until even Winston Churchill describes him as the worst of our Richards – which givenRead More

    Tagged AngevinbecclesBritishenglandEnglishHistorylionheartPodcastrichard

    43 The Greatest of all Monarchs

    By Cerdic 11 years agoOct 30, 2016 0 Comments

    In 1173-4 Henry was faced by a revolt by his wife, children and many of his leading barons. 1183 to his death in 1189 were years where Henry was increasingly besetRead More

    Tagged AngevinBritainBritisheleanor of aquitaineenglandEnglishHenryHistoryphillip augustusPodcastrichard

    42 English Justice and The Irish Invasion

    By Cerdic 11 years agoSep 14, 2016 0 Comments

    Henry's far sighted reform of justice; and Richard Strongbow and Norman invasion of Ireland So here are two completely unconnected subjects then! Henry is responsible for reforms to the processRead More

    Tagged assizeclarendondermotenglandEnglishHenryHistoryPodcaststrongbow

    41 Murder in the Cathedral

    By Cerdic 11 years agoOct 30, 2016 4 Comments

    After Thomas recanted from his signature of the Constitutions of Clarendon, things got really nasty. Before long, Thomas was in exile, and Henry couldn't care less. But by 1167 theRead More

    Tagged AngevinBritishcanterburyenglandHenryHistorylouisPodcastthomas becket

    40 Bishop Trouble

    By Cerdic 11 years agoSep 14, 2016 7 Comments

    The 1160's. A time of consolidation of the Angevin Empire, still ruled by a dynamic, young and aggressive Henry. But mainly remembered for the start of the  struggle between churchRead More

    Tagged AngevinBritainBritishconsitutions of clarendonenglandEnglishhenryIIHistoryPodcastthomas becket

    39 The Ruling of the Angevin Empire

    By Cerdic 11 years agoSep 27, 2018 10 Comments

    Bear in mind at all times that Henry, while being a Good King, was a tyrant. Still, he was a tyrant who ran a mean administrative system for the time.Read More

    Tagged AngevinanjouaquitaineBritisheleanorenglandfranceHenryHistorymonarchyNormanPodcast
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Resources

Family Trees

  • Family Trees: Normandy and the Angevins, 1066 – 1225 May 22, 2011

Maps

  • Maps: Eleanor of Aquitaine November 25, 2018
  • Maps: 1100 – 1300 Europe August 10, 2014
  • Maps: 1000 – 1225 May 22, 2011

Articles

  • Medieval Castles November 26, 2017
  • Medieval tournaments illustrated glossary June 5, 2017
  • St Bartholomew the Great June 3, 2017
  • Medieval Prices and Wages December 14, 2016
  • Economic and Social History Charts 1000-1485 September 8, 2012
  • Drawings of Matthew Paris May 5, 2012
  • Heraldy – Arms of the big medieval families May 5, 2012
  • Feast Days in Medieval England April 7, 2012

Original Sources

  • Eleanor of Aquitaine pleads for the release of her Son, 1193 October 27, 2012
  • The Treaty of Westminster, 1153 October 27, 2012
  • The Forest Charter, 1217 October 27, 2012
  • Magna Carta: The Great Charter of Liberties of King John, 1215 October 27, 2012
  • The Assize of Clarendon, 1166 October 27, 2012
  • The Constitutions of Clarendon, 1164 October 27, 2012
  • The Character of Henry II October 27, 2012
  • The Charter of Liberties of Henry II, 1154 October 27, 2012
  • A 12th Century Village October 27, 2012

Quiz

  • William the Marshal end of Shedcast Quiz August 16, 2020
  • The Ladybird matching quiz July 14, 2017
  • Tournament Quiz June 18, 2017

Books

  • Books for Eleanor of Aquitaine December 2, 2018
  • Historical Podcasts you might like April 30, 2011
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