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Professor Robert Bartlett tells the story of England's longest ruling royal dynasty.

Professor Robert Bartlett tells the extraordinary story of England's most dysfunctional, yet longest ruling, royal dynasty.

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The Plantagenets: Series 1: Episode 2: An English Empire

An English Empire

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A clear sense of English nationhood emerges and parliament is born.

Professor Robert Bartlett tells the story of England's longest-ruling royal dynasty. A clear sense of English nationhood emerges and parliament is born.

Professor Robert Bartlett continues the remarkable story of the Plantagenets. England's longest-reigning royal dynasty fights to expand their power across the British Isles and win back their lands in France. In this golden age of chivalry, a clear sense of English nationhood emerges and parliament is born.

The Plantagenets: Series 1

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