The Plantagenet Dynasty: Kings of England, Lords of France

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Monarchs, generals, traitors, and reformers — the story of the Plantagenets explains how England and France became fierce rivals and reshaped the political map of the late Middle Ages. From the marriage of Geoffrey of Anjou and Empress Matilda to the fall of Richard III, this video traces the rise and collapse of the "Angevin Empire." You'll see how Henry II introduced trial by jury and subdued Wales and Ireland, why Richard the Lionheart pawned the royal treasury for a crusade, and how John Lackland, after losing Normandy, was forced to sign the Magna Carta. Then comes Edward I’s expansion, the triumph of longbowmen at Crécy and Poitiers, the capture of the French king, and the long Hundred Years’ War that ultimately erupted into the internal conflict known as the Wars of the Roses. Through courtly intrigues, dynastic marriages, and bloody battles, we reveal how the Anglo-French House of Plantagenet helped shape the royal parliament, knightly culture, and longbow warfare — the very tools that defined the face of Europe on the eve of the modern age. #history #documentary