495 – Power Struggles: Part Two

Ok, let's return to 1101 and 1102, because Henry’s fight with Anselm, and fight between Henry and the Pope (and the fight between Anselm and the Pope) were …amazingly….only half of the story.   There was another fight brewing, this one between Henry and a whole chunk of the nobility. On on the one hand, nobles moving against the King just sounds like a day ending in Y, right?

https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/495-power-struggles-part-two/

494 – Power Struggles: Part One

In early February of 1102 Queen Matilda was giving birth.  Now, while we have rather precise records of King Henry’s itinerary… the life of Queen Matilda isn’t nearly as well documented, and so we don’t know exactly where she was at this very important moment. One suggested possibility is Sutton Courtenay. Historians reason that because Abbot Faritius was the Queen’s physician, and Sutton Courtenay was close to Faritius’ home abbey of…

https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/494-power-struggles-part-one/

493 – The Price of Peace

The Treaty penned at Alton had avoided outright war, but it wasn’t truly official.  It needed to be finalized at Winchester. And on August 2nd of 1101, Robert and Henry took their oaths in Winchester, with twelve leading men from either side witnessing the ritual and, once it was complete, the treaty was formalized. But did you catch the date on that?

https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/493-the-price-of-peace/

492 – The War for Perception

In 1668, John Dryden became England’s very first Poet Laureate. But he had a rival. No, not just a rival. A nemesis. This man’s name was Thomas Shadwell, and I can’t overstate how much Dryden hated him. He hated him so much that in 1682… wielding the influence he had as England’s Poet Laureate… Dryden wrote Mac Flecknoe. Now this was a poem written in heroic couplets… much like the english translations of Homer’s epics….

https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/492-the-war-for-perception/

Project 1095

Much respect to u/AnnieCamOG for coming up with this title.

https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/project-1095/

Members Only 148 – Why People Went On Crusade

I'm not saying it's ALL the goose's fault... I'm just saying he's got some stuff to answer for.

https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/members-only-148-why-people-went-on-crusade/

491 – All Hats On Deck

Duke Robert Curthose was back in Normandy, having  reclaimed the Duchy unopposed… and now he was looking to assert his claim on England. This was not going to go unopposed, though. He would need help. So this meant providing gifts to powerful, but wavering, nobles like Robert of Belleme to secure their support … promising them that they’d get even more after he became King of England… and installing loyalists into strategically important castles…

https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/491-all-hats-on-deck/

490 – Messengers from France

King Henry’s first Christmas Court in the closing days of 1100 had felt…off.  As we discussed in the last episode, Prince Louis of France was in attendance. Which was a big deal for the new King… but it was also politically complicated. If you recall, Louis’ father (King Philip) had recently thrashed his personal reputation. He had abandoned Prince Louis’ mum, decided he wanted Count Fulk’s wife instead and stole her, got himself…

https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/490-messengers-from-france/

489 – From Normandy With Love

Ok, let's face it, last year was a lot.  Rampant corruption, threats of war, tyrannical leaders, actual war, a greedy feckless aristocracy, rulers weaponizing the legal system, rulers completely disregarding the legal system, rulers making grandiose promises they had no interest in actually delivering on, international intrigue, at least one incredibly suspicious death, and finally rumors about that death which continue to haunt the halls…

https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/489-from-normandy-with-love/

Bonus Episode: The Authoritarians

By popular request, we're releasing the full member's episode on The Authoritarians.

https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/bonus-episode-the-authoritarians/