Monarchy (TV series)
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Monarchy is a Channel 4 British TV series, 2004-2006, by British academic David Starkey, charting the political and ideological history of the English monarchy (later British), from the Saxon period to modern times.
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[edit] Series 1
1. A Nation State: Dark Ages how Alfred the Great stood against the Viking invasion, which led to the creation of England.
2. Aengla Land: Anglo-Saxons, arriving in the 5th century these Germanic by the 11th century ruled by King Canute and eventually were overthrown by William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
3. Conquest: Following the Battle of Hastings and subsequent Norman Conquest. This covers a tumultuous time in English history, which saw murders and eventually, civil war.
4. Dynasty: The time of Henry II of England, and his conflict with the Archbishop of Canterbury; Thomas Becket.
5. A United Kingdom: The reigns of three Edwards: Edward I, and his attempt at a United Kingdom, how his son Edward II who almost lost it all, but restored by Edward III, grandson of Edward I.
6. Death of a Dynasty: Follows the reigns made famous by Shakespeare; Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI. A time of civil unrest and doubt in monarchy itself.
[edit] Series 2
1. Tudors and Stuarts: 1450s and The War of the Roses, the birth of the Tudors.
2. Henry VIII King and Emperor: The reign of Henry VIII, his divorces and resulting dissociation with Rome, which led to the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
3. The Children of Henry VIII: Following the death of Henry VIII and the English Act of Succession 1544, which allowed all three of his children to rule. Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.
4. The Stuart Succession: With the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English royalty was at its zenith. Scotland and England became united under the Stuart King James I (VI of Scotland), but his son Charles I within a generation would throw the country into Civil War.
5. Oliver Cromwell The King killer: 1644, the English Civil War was at its height and Monarchy was under threat, before the English Civil War was indisputable.
[edit] Series 3 (not yet broadcast in UK)
Georgian to present day (Elizabeth II)
Concluding series starts in November 2006.
[edit] External links
- 'I'd wake up and think: God, did I really say2 that?' by Lynn Barber Sunday October 10, 2004 in The Observer "With a new book and TV series to promote, TV history don David Starkey is finally mellowing. So much for the erstwhile rudest man in Britain..."
- David Starkey The Monarchy of England Volume 1: The Beginnings Publisher: Chatto and Windus, 2004 ISBN 0-7011-7678-4.
- Channel 4 Monarchy Mini-Site
