In a major television event, the greatest living authority on the subject, Dr David Starkey presents a complete history of the British Monarchy. Over 20 episodes in four series, he tells the epic and bloody stories of our great Kings and Queens and charts the course of the oldest surviving political institution in Europe. Dr Starkey’s perspective is controversial, well informed and very personal: he sees the story of our Monarchy as a crucial and sometimes violent dialogue between the people and the monarch, through which the very nature of our society was forged. Dr Starkey explores the dynamic relationship between monarchy and people from 400 and 1400AD: a relationship that has created English national identity and shaped Scotland and Wales; in short, forging the British nation. Starting with the creation of the first Saxon kings in the chaos of the Dark Ages, the series pushes on via the trauma of the Norman Conquest through to the glory days of Crecy and Agincourt, when English kings dominated the battlefields of Europe. Throughout, the series highlights the fertile relationship between Crown and people, which has, from earliest times, shaped British politics in a unique way. Sometimes it has been a forced marriage, in which brutality, greed and violence have driven the partners apart. But it has also been a relationship of mutual need that has guaranteed freedoms and underpinned justice in Britain. Asking the fundamental question ‘What makes a good ruler?’, Dr Starkey illuminates the detail and colour in the lives of the extraordinary men who held the throne in medieval England, and the powerful women who supported and sometimes even overthrew them. He begins his history of the British monarchy in the violence and chaos of the Dark Ages. From a legendary world peopled by dragons and monsters a uniquely English idea of monarchy emerged, which was able to stand firm in the face of the Viking invasions. In this programme Dr Starkey tells the dramatic story of the creation of England and the triumph of an English hero, Alfred the Great. An interview with David Starkey will be published under October on the Programme Info section of the Press Website next Monday., A chronicle of the English monarchy, from the years before the Norman conquests of 1066 to the restoration of the Crown in 1660., David Starkey’s landmark history of the British Monarchy continues with the story of the children of Henry VIII. It is 1544. Henry, now in the third decade of his reign, bestrides England like an ageing colossus. But who will succeed him? He decides to name all three of his children – Edward, Mary and Elizabeth – as his heirs, but urges them to pursue moderation in matters of religion. The first two children ignore the warning. But Edward’s attempts to impose extreme Protestantism on the English are stopped in their tracks by his early death. Mary re-imposed Catholicism with shocking violence, burning at the stake hundreds of Protestant men, women and children, among them Archbishop Thomas Cranmer. However, she too died before she could complete her ‘mission’. Last in line was Elizabeth I and she attempted to follow the moderate line her father had recommended. But the arrival in England of her Catholic cousin, Mary Queen of Scots, again stirred up religious tensions. Eventually, Mary was executed. The dangerous liaison between monarchy and religion had claimed its first royal victim. She would not be the last.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Monarchy With David Starkey ” ?
A: The main cast includes David Starkey,Chris Openshaw.
Q: When Did the “Monarchy With David Starkey” Released?
A: The Tvseries “Monarchy With David Starkey” originally aired on and released in the year of 2004.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Monarchy With David Starkey” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Monarchy With David Starkey” ?
A: “Monarchy With David Starkey” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
