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Summary:In this stirring programme Dr David Starkey profiles a mediaeval superstar, King Henry II of England, whose dominion stretched from the moors of Scotland to the foothills of the Pyrenees, including more than half of modern France. And he tells some of the most dramatic and significant stories of English history: the bitter tale of his conflict with Archbishop Thomas Becket, which ended in Becket's murder; the struggle for our liberties in Magna Carta; and the beginnings of our modern parliamentary system
Description:David Starkey looks at medieval kings and queens:
ALFRED; THE NORMANS; THE EDWARDS; THE ANGEVINS; HENRY V and EDWARD THE CONFESSOR