MONARCHY - SERIES 2 (COMPLETE)

MONARCHY

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Format: Double DVD Video (PAL) What are PAL & NTSC?

Released: Wed 1 Aug 2007

Catalogue Number: R-107243-9

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David Starkey's in-depth examination of the English Monarchy and its relationship with the individual, Parliament, laws of England and land of England over history.

Series 2 episodes include:

1. The Crown Imperial: 1450s and The War of the Roses, the birth of the Tudors.
2. 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 Shadow of the King: Following the death of Henry VIII and the Act of Succession of 1543, 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. Cromwell The King Killer: 1644, the English Civil War was at its height and Monarchy - undisputable before the war - was under threat.

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