Monarchy With David Starkey

After Decades Of Pounding By Danish Invaders Intent On Shock And Awe England Survives And Thrivesbut Faces A True Crisis After Edward The Confessors Death

Charismatic And Hottempered Henry Ii Restores Order To His Realm By Law And By The Sword Later In His Line The Magna Carta Curbs And Codifies Royal Power

In A Kingly Conflict Dramatized And Embellished By Shakespeare Richard Ii And His Cousin Henry Bolingbroke Vie For The Throne They Begin A Decadeslong Struggle That Threatens The Very Basis Of The English Monarchy

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

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

In 1660 Amid Great Pomp And Celebration Charles Ii Returns From Exile To Assume The Throne

George I And His Two Namesakes Forge New Relationships With Parliamentary Leaders Creating A Dynamic That Survives In British Governance Today

Weathering The Antiroyalist Storm Breaking On The Continent Great Britain Stands Strong Against The Military Might Of Napoleon By The Mid19th Century Queen Victoria Accedes To The Throne Reinventing The British Monarchy As A Stable Yet Progressive Institution