Henry II - The First Plantagenet King Documentary
294,053
Published 2021-11-05
For early access to our videos, discounted merch and many other exclusive perks please support us as a Patron or Member...
Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepeopleprofiles
Buy me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/peopleprofiles
YouTube Membership: youtube.com/channel/UCD6TPU-PvTMvqgzC_AM7_uA/join
or follow us on Twitter! twitter.com/tpprofiles
The script for this video has been checked with Plagiarism software and scored 1% on Grammarly. In academia, a score of below 15% is considered good or acceptable.
All footage, images and music used in People Profiles Documentaries are sourced from free media websites or are purchased with commercial rights from online media archives.
Attributions:
"Evening Melodrama" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
#Biography #History #Documentary
All Comments (21)
-
Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: try.magellantv.com/peopleprofiles/ Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch Secrets of the Magna Carta – Immortal Document about Magna Carta and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: www.magellantv.com/series/secrets-of-the-magna-car…
-
Whew! This man hit the ground running and never stopped for a breath
-
The lion in winter! If only he had raised some loyal children, his reign would have amounted to a golden age. Still my all time favourite English king.
-
Henry II is England's greatest king, and the first ruler since the Normal Conquest to actually try to build a functioning state.
-
I love how he defeated his sons+ his wife and wife's ex husband in the 1170s.
-
"Who will rid me of this turbulent algorithm!?" - Henry II (probably)
-
Henry II is my favorite Plantagenet and among my top 3 favorite English royals. Truly a great man from a great time in history!
-
You had me at “he employed the services of a flatulist.” (Who apparently was so adept at his job as to earn himself a manor house—well played.)
-
In many ways one of England’s greatest kings. But his need for total control and habit of alienating people really caused him a lot of problems.
-
Thankyou for this. Henry the second A Great and Noble King.
-
Henry II and Eleanor are my 28th set of great grandparents. Glad Eleanor had John before she started plotting against Henry or I wouldn’t exist
-
Henry II is often cited as the founder of the modern legal system in England and America
-
I love this fast paced, info packed overview!😃
-
I just started researching this incredible king perfect timing ♥️
-
The series on this dynasty is quite intriguing.
-
Love this. But also, this narrator makes the entire 50 minutes sound like a single paragraph 😂🤷♂️
-
Superb images (bar that of Henry II), insightful analysis, and dramatic tension. Great!
-
Suggestion: A more detailed documentary about the life of Edward III
-
I believe that Beckett is getting off too lightly. His role should be put under a very strong microscope.
-
I think he was pretty awesome! For him to bring order to a country that had been torn apart by a civil war that had lasted 20 years was pretty remarkable. From what I've read, Stephen was not a very strong king. There didn't seem to be any semblance of order. Barons had free rein to do whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted. For him to come in, quell the war, bring the barons to heel, create a centralized court system, tax system, etc. - all the while taking care of the other provinces in his empire - was really extraordinary. I'm sure those barons resented the curtailing of their power and having to adopt to a new system of law and order; so I'm sure they didn't make it easy!
