{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9c4dc3cd-147f-442d-b0d3-033f45c2648c/456bb1e2-26be-4c14-be75-6b5871f00f1d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"2.1 - 23 The Normans and Angevins 1066 - 1217","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611e6f1506c05e01b3f408d6/611f7af427513b0013d0b679.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>After 1066 William the Conqueror set about ruling his new kingdom; for 10 years, he spends much of his time changing the face of England, and stamping out rebellions which never managed to gain coherence and coordination.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Series 2, The Normans and Angevins, cover the period from 1066 to the end of John's reign in 1217. </strong></p><ul><li>Episdoes 2.1 - 2.12 Cover the Norman - William, his sons, and the usurpation by Stephen with the resulting Anarchy</li><li>We then spend 3 episodes away from politics, looking at the life of the people of early medieval England</li><li>With episode 2.16 we arrive at the Devil's Brood, Henry II and his family and Eleanor of Aquitaine.</li><li>2.22 - 2.28 Cover the reign of the Lionheart and the Third Crusade</li><li>2.29 - 2.37 Cover Johm his loss of Normandy, and Magna Carta - with a brief foray in 2.33-4 into the History of Europe</li></ul>","author_name":"David Crowther"}