I find it interesting that, in the UK at least, we seem to spend more time learning about Henry VIII than anything else. Which i sort of get because he's important for a few reasons, but there are a lot of other things which are either more interesting, just as important or both.
This episode made me cry. I won't spoil it but I think it will emotionally effect even the most cold hearted of us all.
Unfortunately I fell asleep not long into it! That happens a lot. I'll be listening again later today when I'm feeling a bit less tired.
I wish I'd been taught about The Anarchy, if only because the Empress Matilda was such a fascinating and important figure.
People have been very much the same for a very long time.
Completely agree. Probably because his reign was a turning point in the nation’s history and shaped the course of its future so very strongly.
but my knowledge of other historical periods is really sketchy, because it’s only in recent years that more and more historians have come to the fore who specialise in broader eras.
exactly!!!
I'm in two minds about this. I loved The Favourite, and I think it was stylised enough to count as something clearly not strictly biographical. I have more of a problem with straight history media where there's not much evidence, and imaginary reconstruction is used instead. This then gets accepted as fact, and anyone challenging it gets shouted down.
I hope that's a Scabbard hanging out of his Tabard 
