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David,
As you were looking for book recommendations, here is one for the King John era: "1215 - The Year of Magna Carta" by Danny Danziger. It's more a social history of the era than a political one. It even contains the text of Magna Carta, if documents are your thing.
Commented Feb 20, 2012 on 52 John Softsword at The History of England
52 John Softsword
As a younger man, John had been given the nickname Lackland because unlike his brothers he didn't have his own appanage. At the Treaty of Le Goulet in May 1200 he acquired the name Softsword - people couldn't understand why he'd signed away Gisors, parts of Berry, £20,000 and bent his knee to Ph...
Thanks for the wonderful podcast, as always. To me, if the history of England were a soap opera, then Richard's death would have happened like this: actor playing Richard wants to leave, or his contract is ended; so let's just kill him off with a cook wielding a crossbow. At least that's how it feels.
Commented Feb 15, 2012 on 51 The Fouler Presence of John? at The History of England
51 The Fouler Presence of John?
In 1199, Richard the Lion Heart died after being shot by a cook outside the castle of Chalus in the Limousin. The Empire was split between supporters of Arthur and supporters of John. Philip was for himself, with a bit for Arthur. That year was one of John's best years, where he showed that he c...
Love the podcast. Very informative and never dull. I enjoy your sense of humor as well. Keep posting the original documents, they give a nice sense of history. Book recommendations are nice as well because you talk about the differing points of view to history.
Keep up the great work.
Commented Dec 23, 2011 on The Great British Coin Giveaway at The History of England
The Great British Coin Giveaway
Rob, or Lord Marcovan, is a coin collector from, well, somewhere out west depending on where you start. The good Lord has suggested a giveaway for the History of England - very generous of him it is too. So the rules are: You have to post a comment on this post - it could be anything: a c...
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