Monarchy - S1 E1 - A Nation State
10K views · Jul 26, 2023 thebeaumonde.org
Monarchy discusses the early history of England and the birth of the Monarchy. It looks migration of the Anglo-Saxons into Britain and discusses some early rulers including. It looks at the roles of Aethelbert and his Frankish wife Bertha in the Christianisation of Britain. It examines the dominant reign of King Offa of Mercia. Finally, it looks at Alfred the Great and how he united England against Viking invasion.
Monarchy - S1 E2 - Ængla Land
12K views · Jul 26, 2023 thebeaumonde.org
Monarchy examines the history of kingship in England from the rise of the Anglo-Saxons to the Battle of Hastings. Edgar the Peaceful is crowned in bath, but dies shortly after. The crown passes to his son Edward the Martyr who is killed at a young age. Aethelred the Unready is crowned, but his rule is mired with a conflict with the Danes. The Danes seize the thrown and Cnut secures control of England by marrying Aethelred's wife Emma. After Cnut's Death, Edward the Confessor restores the House of Wessex to the throne. He fathers no heirs and his conflict with Godwin the Earl of Wessex almost results in a civil war. After Edward's death, Godwin's son takes the crown. Harold defeats his rival brother Tostig and the Norwegian King Harald Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. Shortly after, Harold fights the Normans at Hastings and is defeated by William the Conquerer in a day long battle.
Monarchy - S1 E3 - Conquest
3K views · Jul 28, 2023 thebeaumonde.org
Monarchy examines the history of kingship in England from William to Conqueror on through the House of Norman. William seizes the throne after the battle of Hastings and is crowned in Westminster Abbey in London. He suppresses the Anglo-Saxons and consolidates his holdings by building fortifications throughout England. William Rufus the second son of William the Conqueror becomes king after his father's death. Disliked by the Church for his irreligious ways, he is killed by an arrow while hunting in the New Forest. After his death, his brother Henry crowns himself ..
Monarchy - S1 E4 - Dynasty
31K views · Jul 28, 2023 thebeaumonde.org
Monarchy examines the reign of Henry II and his efforts to create a dynasty. Henry appoints Thomas Becket as the archbishop of Canterbury in an effort to control the Church. The two of them eventual clash, however, over the independence of the church. Ultimately, Henry has Becket assassinated. Henry later dies and his kingdom passes to his son Richard the Lionheart who rules England from afar. Richard appoints his brother John as his successor. King John loses most of the family lands in France and gets into a conflict with Pope Innocent III who puts England under an
Monarchy - S1 E5 - A United Kingdom
5K views · Jul 29, 2023 thebeaumonde.org
Monarchy looks at the reigns of Edward I through Edward III. Edward I (also known as Edward Longshanks) conquers Wales and provokes Scotland into rebellion. He forces John Balliol to abdicate, but the Scots continue to resist under William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. After Edward's death, his son becomes King Edward II. Edward II is an unpopular king due to his extravagant favoritism in the Court. He leads his armies to defeat against Scotland in the Battle of Bannockburn and is later deposed by his wife Isabella. Edward III is crowned is popular with the people and the nobles. Using the longbow, he has military success against the Scots and begins the 100 Years War against France.
Monarchy - S1 E6 - Death of a Dynasty
56K views · Jul 29, 2023 thebeaumonde.org
Monarchy looks at the reigns made famous by Shakespeare: Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI. Richard becomes king at only ten after the deaths of King Edward III and Richard's father Edward the Black Prince. Richard rules over a lavish court and later comes into conflict with the nobles of England. Exiled by the King, Henry Bolingbroke returns to England after Richard seizes his family's estates. Bolingbroke deposes Richard, has him killed by starvation, and becomes King Henry IV by usurpation. Henry IV deals with multiple rebellions against his rule
Monarchy - S2 Ep1 - The Crown Imperial
10K views · Aug 7, 2023 thebeaumonde.org
Although Edward IV's coronation seems to end the War of the Roses, sibling ambitions within the House of York eventually throw the monarchy into turmoil. Henry Tudor forces a dynastic showdown at Bosworth Field and ushers in a new kind of monarchy.
Monarchy - S2 Ep2 - King and Emperor
12K views · Aug 7, 2023 thebeaumonde.org
In his unquenchable thirst for celebrity and tortuous quest for a male heir, Henry VIII takes the English monarchy to new heights, asserting power over the souls of his subjects as well as their bodies.
Monarchy - S2 Ep3 - The Shadow of the King
21K views · Aug 7, 2023 thebeaumonde.org
After six marriages ending in two divorces, two executions, and one bereavement, Henry leaves three children with a clear succession plan for the throne. But Edward, Mary, and Elizabeth soon face their father's real legacy: a volatile fusion of politics and religion.
Monarchy - S2 Ep4 - The Stuart Succession
13K views · Aug 13, 2023 thebeaumonde.org
James I takes the throne as the first "king of Great Britain," ruling not only England, but also Scotland and Ireland. But the Stuart reign soon turns from heady triumph to failure and civil war.
Monarchy - S2 Ep5 - Cromwell, The King Killer
22K views · Aug 13, 2023 thebeaumonde.org
Under the charismatic Oliver Cromwell, Parliament commits a previously unthinkable act: it executes a reigning king. Eventually, the fledgling republic discovers that it needs a monarch after all.
Monarchy - S3 Ep 1 - Return of the King
23K views · Aug 13, 2023 thebeaumonde.org
The remarkable story of King Charles II, who secured the restoration of the English monarchy in 1660.
Monarchy - S3 Ep2 - The Glorious Revolution
17K views · Jan 3, 2023 thebeaumonde.org
Outraged by James II's ham-handed attempts to promote tolerance for his fellow Catholics, Parliament invites his daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange, to invade England and take the throne-ushering in the Glorious Revolution
Monarchy - S3 Ep3 - Rule Britannia
2K views · Jan 3, 2023 thebeaumonde.org
Under William and Mary and their successor, Anne, the nation transforms itself into Europe's greatest power and enjoys unprecedented financial prosperity
Monarchy - S3 Ep5 - Survival
7K views · Aug 13, 2023 thebeaumonde.org
Weathering the antiroyalist storm breaking on the Continent, Great Britain stands strong against the military might of Napoleon. By the mid-19th century, Queen Victoria accedes to the throne, reinventing the British monarchy as a stable yet progressive institution
Monarchy - S4 E1 -The Windsor's
339 views · Jan 3, 2023 thebeaumonde.org
#royalfamily #royals #history #britishroyalfamily The British monarchy following the death of Queen Victoria, and its entry into the modern world of the twentieth century, with all of the difficulties of war, abdication and modernity to contend with, and leading to the question of "what does the future hold for an aristocratic institution in a world supposedly driven by meritocracy?"