The Scottish monarch bent his knee to a warrior prince who was the pride and hope of his dynasty.
His name was Louis and he was the eldest son of the King of France. Louis is overlooked in most lists of English monarchs. But he was, at this point in time, in control of two-thirds of the country and had the support of the majority of its barons.
At Lincoln, he had a chance to win a great victory and secure his claim to the throne.
This is a rich story with a cast that includes a septuagenarian warrior, a fighting monk, a nine-year old boy king and a fearsome Châtelaine who defied a whole army.
But most of all, it is about a battle that could have gone either way.
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Music credits
The theme music is Newsroom by Riot.
The other music featured in this episode was Oecumene Sleep and Realness by Kai Engel, Everybodys Got Problems That Aren't Mine by Chris Zabriskie and Fog and Waves by Sergey Cheremisinov. They are all licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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AH 08 Cancelling Christmas and the Plum Pudding Riots
AH 07 The Prince of Poyais - settling in the country that never was
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