THIS IS HISTORY — A DYNASTY TO DIE FOR

*Attention UK listeners* Come and meet Dan in person at The London Podcast Festival. This is History is having its first ever live show on the 6th September. Get your tickets and reserve your spot for an evening of historical intrigue with a special guest. https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/this-is-history-live/ —-- Edward II sends urgent word to the East, to plead for the release of one...

While Edward II mourns, his young Queen Isabella steps into the spotlight. She provides her husband with both an heir and the holiday of a lifetime, as they go to visit her father in France. While Edward finally starts to show some talent for ruling, Isabella’s actions in France shape the future of the dynasties on both sides of the channel.  A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great...

Edward II is king, and he makes it clear to his people that nothing is more important to him than his best knight, Piers Gaveston. His focus on Gaveston causes major political upsets, including insulting his barons and ignoring his new wife. Soon, the barons decide to take matters into their own hands. A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment a...

King Edward physically attacks his son, the heir to the throne, in a shocking display of violence. The reason for this outburst? The young prince’s relationship with his favourite knight, Piers Gaveston. The way Edward sees it, if he doesn’t split these two apart, the entire kingdom will suffer. But the old king is running out of time.  A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podca...

To mark the launch of season 5, we are dishing out a free sample of This is History Plus. Each week Dan and producer Georgia explore strange tangents and delicious Medieval gossip.  This episode serves up some of the most excessive Mediaeval shopping lists and feasts  including an out-of-place porpoise and several thousand chickens.   Plus, why Robert the Bruce killed someone in a church, and was...

Edward I is getting too old to fight his enormous list of enemies, and so begins handing over the reins of war to his son and a brand new generation of knights. But the old king has a gnawing feeling he can’t shake – does his heir have what it takes to rule, or is this the beginning of the end for the Plantagenets?  A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music E...

The Plantagenets are back! This season we meet Edward II, a king who is head over heels with his favourite knight, Piers Gaveston. Their relationship sparks off a mighty conflict in court, pitching Edward against his cousin, the fearsome Earl of Lancaster. While these two come to extremely violent blows, his wife, Queen Isabella, waits for her moment.  A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find...

Philip the Fair’s beloved daughter Isabella comes to his rooms in the dead of night with scandalous news: his son’s wives are having affairs. Philip reacts to this revelation with an explosion of paranoia, violence and cruelty. As The Iron King does everything he can to secure his dynasty, he sows the seeds of its ultimate downfall.  A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts...

Philip the Fair turns his owl-like gaze onto the mighty order of the Knights Templar. They have amassed a huge amount of wealth: wealth Philip wants. He and his lawyer concoct a plan to take on one of the most famous holy orders in all of Christendom.  A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts  To bring your brand to lif...

Philip the Fair is determined to take control of the kingdom of Flanders, in his dream of a united France. But when he attacks, the people of Flanders throw up an astonishing resistance, defeating the French army and slaying some of its finest knights. The Iron King vows revenge, but it will come at a truly terrible cost.  A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony M...

Philip the Fair’s vindictive nature ignites when a drunken bishop mouths off about him, calling him “a useless owl”. Possibly not the most devastating burn, but Philip isn’t one to suffer insults, however slight. This sets him on the path to collide with another of Europe’s massive egos, The Pope. Things escalate into a truly deranged smear campaign and culminate in, arguably, the most blasphemous...

Philip the Fair begins his reign with a strange, robot-like attitude and a fevered dedication to restoring the glory of France. As naval skirmishes in the channel escalate with the most unusual war tactics, Philip is faced with his first real challenge as leader: a showdown with Plantagenet bully, King Edward I.     A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music E...

A suspected royal poisoning. A bloody rebellion in Sicily. A dying king fleeing across the mountains. The stage is set for the reign of one of the coldest rulers from all of the Middle Ages: Philip the Fair.  A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts  To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@son...

This is History is taking a trip to France, to bring you the bloody tale of one of the canniest, cruellest and most handsome kings in all of the Middle Ages: Philip the Fair. Dan Jones speaks to Danièle Cybulskie about Philip’s incredible reign, and what we can expect from this special, six-part series.  A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment...

Edward I is forced to spend his old age fighting multiple political crises. He desperately needs the aid of his barons if he’s going to have any chance of returning Gascony to Plantagenet hands. But time is of the essence, as while his back is turned from Scotland, a noble named William Wallace is on the march. A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entert...

Edward announces the new King of Scotland, revealing his master plan to take over the country himself. Scotland is outraged, and refuses to go down without a fight. While Edward is distracted squashing rebellions, an old enemy sees their chance, and decides to give the Plantagenet King a taste of his own medicine.  A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music En...

Margaret of Norway is a six-year-old child who has just found out she’s the only surviving heir to the throne of Scotland. She’s summoned to make the crossing from Norway, where Edward I intends to marry her to his son. He sees Margaret as the key to his Scottish takeover, but events soon take a turn no one could have predicted.  A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts fro...

Edward I puts his plan of a united Britain into motion, building some of the most magnificent castles the world had ever seen. These castles could secure his legacy, but they are eye-wateringly expensive. Edward’s debts, alongside a near-death experience, sends him and Mediaeval England into one of its darkest chapters.  A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Mu...

Edward I is the new king of England, but he has ambitions far beyond that. He wants to be like his idol, the legendary King Arthur, and that means uniting all of Britain under the Plantagenet banner. His first target is Wales, but the people there have no intention of bending to Edward’s will.  A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymu...

Prince Edward has escaped the clutches of Simon de Montfort, and is determined to wreak revenge on him for humiliating his family. The two sides reassemble for a second battle, but this time they’re taking no prisoners.  A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts  To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcas...

When Queen Eleanor makes a move to restore Plantagenet power, the barons launch into all out war. Simon de Montfort assembles a small but powerful army to take on Henry and his family on a hillside in Southern England. The future of the entire Plantagenet dynasty hangs in the balance.  A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/p...

Crusading fever is in the air again, and Henry III decides it’s his turn to give it a try. This is only the beginning of a series of calamitous royal decisions, including a hair-brained scheme to conquer Sicily. Soon, his barons, led by Simon de Montfort, have had enough. They decide to take matters into their own hands and march on Westminster.  A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more g...

Henry III decides to reclaim the lost Plantagenet lands in France. He, his brother Richard and Simon de Montfort head out on an ill-fated campaign against the powerful French King, Louis IX. What goes down between Simon and Henry in France will set them, and all of England, hurtling towards war, death and destruction.  A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Musi...

Henry III’s mild and agreeable nature attracts all sorts of ambitious hangers-on and manipulators into the royal court. The most dangerous of these is a pious nobleman called Simon de Montfort. Simon easily charms the King, worming his way right into both Henry’s inner-circle and even his family.  A Sony Music Entertainment production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at son...

Henry III’s younger brother Richard returns from victory abroad and is rewarded with a wealthy area of English land. There’s just one problem: Henry has already granted key pieces of that land to someone else. This insult sends a furious Richard down the well-trodden path to family rebellion and civil war, while Henry desperately tries to stop things from spiralling out of control.  A Sony Music E...