OMG a whole page dedicated to The Middle Ages! My journey down the rabbit hole commences😊

Theres no one better than Dan Jones. Books, tv shows, podcasts...theyre ALL fantastic!

These are fantastic. Dan Jones is great at narrating.

I love Isabella, I’m sympathetic to her adultery. If I had been married to a man who was likely gay for over a decade and his lover took my children away I imagine if some sexy enemy of my husband popped up I would probably stray too. You don’t take a woman’s children and give them to your lover. I just wish she had done a better job at governing, would maybe have given women a bit more respect. She was definitely ruthless enough to be a Middle Ages monarch

This is my favorite type of documentaries!

Nothing quite like family. Excellent, thank you.

Short Version: Huge Despenser disrespected the queen(The she wolf) and king Edward chose Despenser over her and their children after she risked her life multiple times through out their marriage for the king and her country, and then Despenser comes and takes her children away from her. He then uses the kids as leverage to make her do things he wants in his interest... She was sent back to France (her home country) to get the french to back up Edward in a war, and when she was gone for awhile Edward told her to come home she said no. But she wanted him to go there instead. The King and Despenser ended up sending the first born son of Edwards to france since the king or Despenser wouldnt go.. Once the son is in france with her, the queen said in front of the subjects of France that her husband(King Edward) was dead to her. She then became lovers with one of his enemies and raise an army against him. Britain welcomed the queen back and fought against Edward. So to get revenge on that same man that the king chose over her that caused her marriage, family and country to fall apart, she stood there at the top of the bridge walk way, watching Despenser getting the crap beat out of him, half way hung, his penis cut off and his intestines being pulled out, all while eating a plum with a smug look of happines on her face!

Ah yes, Edward and Gaveston, those famous "friends."

The production is superb, the reenactments are great. This is quality

These documentaries are riveting. The storytelling and plot lines are better than any work of fiction.

Isabella is my new favorite… revenge is a dish best served cold…

Its frightening how he is in the same room where a king was executed 800 years ago

The young actress playing Isabella is lovely.

A very superficial telling of the reign of Edward II and the death of Piers Gaveston. The death of Gaveston was much more interesting than given here. Edward II and Gaveston were at Knaresborough in January 1312 and were in Newcastle in May when Thomas of Lancaster force marched his men to the city, including the Earl of Pembroke, Henry Percy and Robert Clifford. The King and Gaveston barely escaped. They ended up in Scarborough and when the King left for York Lancaster placed his men between the two whilst the men under Pembroke, Percy, Clifford and Earl Warenne besieged Scarborough Castle. Gaveston surrendered and was taken to York, where negotiations with Edwatd II were to be conducted. Gaveston was be released on 1st August if negotiations with Edward II failed. He was then taken south to Oxfordshire, in Pembroke's custody to Deddington, where he was kidnapped by Thomas of Lancaster's men and taken to Warwick for his trial. Found guilty he was taken to the nearest piece if Lancaster's land and beheaded by 2 Welshmen. The kidnapping drove a wedge between Pembroke and Lancaster and made Pembroke the King's man. Much more interesting than the bland account given here. Hugh Despenser the Younger becomes a sea monster (ie a pirate) when he was banished. Lancaster was supposed to come to Badlesmere's aid but refuse because he didn't like Badlesmere. Lancaster was supposed to move to the Welsh Marches but did not, forcing the Mortimers (Roger of Chirk and his nephew Roger of Wigmore (the one that escaped from the Tower of London and allegedly became Queen Isabella's lover)) to surrender. One his escape from the Tower of London Roger of Wigmore fled to France, where he became the focal point of the resistance to Edward II, so much so that before Queen Isabella was allowed to go to France Roger and the other exiles had to be banished from France. The Mortimers claimed to be descended from the legendary King Arthur through Llewellyn the Great, his maternal grandfather. There was a legend that a son of the Mortimer house would one day be King of England. Thomas of Lancaster wasn't the King Arthur named in these letters. Thomas of Lancaster was captured the morning after the Battle of Boroughbridge. It took 3 blows to remove his head, he was dead after the 1st blow. The landings of Queen Isabella and Roger Moryimer of Wigmore was in the Orwell estuary, which us not known for white cliffs. They had come from Hainault with a small army, of about 4,000 men.

Love this video and many of your others!

It's like Edward's living in denial his whole life. Makes you wonder, with the father he had, how did he turn out so tremendously different? It boggles the mind, at least to me.

Gripping and riveting.. Middle Ages were a crazy time in England’s History. Not to mention a quite violent one, the things that Royals did to people were unfathomable .

This just proves kings never really had any power at all.

I am really enjoying learning more about the Plantagenant dynasty. My father's paternal grandmother's line traces directly back to the Plantagenants while his maternal grandmother's line goes back to Robert the Bruce. Both sides fought each other at the Battle of Bannockburn.

Love it even so Tudors are mine favourite dynasty

Edward & Gaveston were just friends like Bert & Ernie were just roommates

Next time someone says to me, "You like history? But it's so boring." I'll just send them this video.

Marlow's play lends interesting insight to the knowledge of homosexuality, not only in Shakespeare's day but in Edward II's day as well.

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"Buggered to death..." That's a new one.

I just discovered this channel. I’m reading the book by William Rosen, “The Third Horseman” which gives history of the time of Edward II. I thought I’d try to get some visuals to go along with my reading and tried KZfaq. And here I am! Thanks very much for these videos. This time period interests me very much. Cheers from Florida!

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Not sure why views not higher

at 40:56 the executioner take his sword out from an invisible sheath. 😳

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Real life Lannisters.

I enjoy these videos, but, the gaps keep me from fully enjoying them! Why was Richard and John, along with Edward Longshanks and others cut from this story? I am aware that there are other stand alone videos that feature them, but omitting them from the story of the Plantagenet dynasty really messes with the flow of the entire saga. I understand that it may just be me, but this is really bothersome!

What a Family! By & large, our family get-togethers (Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.) have always ended on less than a happy note; yet, I guess, through the generations, we have mellowed considerably. I'm a direct descendant of Henry II (big deal, so are about 100 million other North Americans) through his son John, grandson Henry III, & great-grandson Edmund, Earl of Lancaster & Leicester, father of Thomas of Lancaster. Nowadays, my little branch of the family are relatively lovey-dovey

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Born in Angers like the Plantagenêt dinasty, worked in Fontevraud l'Abbaye, I can't help to think they turned bad after getting to Britain... Might be the climate.

Sorry I'm late but I really enjoyed this

Why forget the padded/cloth coif under the maille coif? Very necessary. You’d pull your hair out in clumps taking it off, and alone, the maille without padding serves nearly no purpose. Hollywood and modern filmmaking seem to forget this salient piece of armor.

Edward II: Honey, can we talk about this?! Isabella: You had your chance, you blew it!

Renly Baratheon and Loras Tyrell

Hi Dan Jones. 😍❤🤘👊😊

Politicians today need to judged similiarly to how they did in these days

The executioner with the broadsword that we see twice sure looks like Tony Robinson!

The actors playing Edward and adult Isabella make a great couple in real life.

It’s difficult to separate fact from folklore with events that happened so long ago so we’ll probably never know the whole truth. However, I think it’s absurd to claim that Edward’s sexual orientation would have made no difference. Particularly if the charge was used to discredit him. It could be that he was truly in love and because he was apparently unwilling to hide his feelings and pretend the role the English and French nobles and the Church were against him from the start. Historians most often place the blame on King Edward and his relationship with Piers Gaveston but this could be an example of viewing historical events through “straight eyes.” What role did the machinations of the nobles and the Church, and later Queen Margaret, have on Edward’s ability to lead? Was his relationship with Gaveston merely used as a pretense for a power grab? And how much can we trust the documents from his day and subsequent years to give us a honest account of what really happened?

Handling those historic documents without gloves?...and nobody around to smack him behind the head!...

Eddys “special “ friend

Edward II is reckoned to have been an effete and ineffectual king -dare I say it -a gay king -yet his son Edward III was one of the most effective and "manly" kings England ever had -quite a conundrum that one!

Apologies, your Majesty, but we are sold out of hot dogs. Perhaps a plum?

Now, this is true reality TV. And this story is better than anything scripted. By the way, Dan Jones never changes clothes. Creepy. LOL

Wow, it will perhaps never cease to amaze me; the absolute inhumanity mankind has, is, and shall inflict upon our own kind... Brutal were those days, Brutal are these days, and Brutal shall be the days to come forever more. It seems to be written into our genetic code. Is it that the methods vary, or could it be society's view about the many methods of brutality that give the "illusion" of what degree we perceive and thus judge brutality by?

Did they speak French in medieval England?

The lesson - Never piss off a beautiful woman. They have far more influence than you realise.

What a dark and strange time for humans.

Forget measuring against other rulers, the guy seems oblivious to human nature. Almost transcending selfishness for genuine ignorance. If not for the misery his power allows you might feel sorry for him.

Isabella & Mortimer rode through the shire and supporters joined them .... Hobbits?

Those Plantagenet kids...

La langue française était la langue usitée par la noblesse franco-normande régnant en Angleterre !

I know that the Plantaganets were supposed to be impressive, but they legit seem to only throw out one decent one every few generations.

Ungloved fingers and hands on historical scrolls

Despenser's death was worse than a Mortal Kombat fatality 😆

12:25 25:15 28:11

What about the daughter nothing mentioned about her

Don't these kings learn from their predecessors?

People were really fucked up to see this as entertainment.

This just don't make sense in some areas

Are we really not gonna talk about the fact that he was blatantly madly in love with him?

Gal pals!

Friend with benefits.

I think this is an egregious over-simplification.

Maybe this king was the most brutal and treacherous in British history, but I bet you there were several Chinese emperors that will match or exceed that, and they have absolute power. They either were all powerful or they get defeated, none of them ever signed a document that clamped down on their powers. There is still effectively an emperor now, today, except he is not as powerful as before, he cannot dictate his son to succeed him, he changed his title to something more politically savvy, he must have at least 20, beginning with the Chairman of the Com party, What he says quietly will be quickly done, no one dare to argue with him. You can look at him now without permission but he cannot have you killed on the spot if you piss him off, you just disappear, or be in jail with some charges.

And they were roommates

Clearly they was lovers

They were bummers

Dear Lord. Let me not judge lest I be judged.

Edward and Gaveston got what they both deserved.

Pretty bloody stupid that Plantaganet mob, yeah?

1308-speaking French in court?

Why can't you say dynasty not dynasty makes more sense

Lawd. I'm a descendant of both Edward 2nd and her (Edward the 3rd). 😩🤦‍♂️

No I think it's justice not murder.

Just a friend my ass!

No TV and no internet in those days. But no problem! People could go see a guy's entrails pulled out. I wonder if popcorn was available at that time.

It's taking me out of the drama so *hard* that Edward II was not portrayed here with his accurate shoulder-length blonde hair - buuuuuuuut I did really enjoy the overall presentation and dramatization, and thank you so much for clarifying at the very end there that the red hot poker anus torture was far more likely homophobic propaganda. I was really afraid you were going to pass that off as the actual event for a while there.

Costumes in this are terrible, but amazing documentary and very informative.

Why do the actors speak in French?

Dress them anyway you want …… this is still a Timewatch rehash……..

Why are they speaking french?

Atleast gaveston has a town named afrer him in Texas

12 year old,,,, interesting. So do not want to hear a English hater of Islam go on about Aisha, At least she was 16-18 years old. :)

I am a decent of these people wow I always knew I came from a rough crowd lol

what if he was like, gay doe

So were they gay or is this just us viewing history through a modern lense like Alexander? (Who was not gay)

Those costumes are terrible! This documentary would've been better off without the actors because the props and costumes are so bad.

Documents and DNA have proven I am from The Kings of the Plantagenets Dynasty. If these stories are true. Than my forefathers were real idiots.

Your rendition of Edward's death is a myth that is largely discredited in academic circles. This is just worthless.

Edwards 2.0=Joe Biden!!!!

Dirty Ed and the boys gonna be putting some D's in some A's

Simple fact that changes how you represent Edward II unlike this video: History was written by powerful homophobic people.

Wow...Kind of like Joe Biden