#852 - Dan Jones - The Untold Story Of England’s Greatest King

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Dan Jones is a historian, author and a podcaster. Though many English kings throughout history have left a lasting impact, Henry V is considered potentially the greatest ever, even though he only ruled for 9 years. So, what made him such an important figure and why has his legacy endured for over 600 years? Expect to learn why King Henry V made such an impact on history, how he rose to power and what he managed to accomplish during his reign, why he was so impressive as a leader, what has happened to Henry’s legacy in the 600 years since he died, why he became so controversial recently and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from AG1 at https://drinkag1.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get expert bloodwork analysis and bypass Function’s 300,000-person waitlist at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get $5 off your next Magic Spoon order at https://magicspoon.com/modernwisdom Get a 20% discount on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Extra Stuff: Check out Dan's podcast - This Is History: https://tinyurl.com/mr33drez Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Dan Jones, he's a historian, author, and a podcaster.
0:07.7	Though many English kings throughout history have left a lasting impact, Henry the 5th is considered potentially the greatest ever, even though he only
0:16.1	ruled for nine years. So what made him such an important figure and why has his legacy endured
0:22.1	for over 600 years.
0:24.0	Expect to learn why King Henry V made such an impact on history,
0:28.0	how he rose to power and what he managed to accomplish during his reign,
0:31.0	why he was so impressive as a leader, what happened to his legacy in the
0:35.1	600 years since he died, why he became so controversial recently, and much more. But now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Dan Jones. Oh, Why write a book about Henry the 5th? Why is he sufficiently important for you to spend several thousand words talking about it?
1:13.6	Well, in a sense it's what I do.
1:16.2	I mean, I write mostly medieval history books,
1:19.7	and so there's a personal element to it, which is like unfinished business.
1:25.2	So early in my career, I wrote a book called The Plantagenets, and that was like a
1:29.2	dynastic history of the great English medieval dynasty that started in the 11-50s with Henry the 2nd
1:35.0	founder of the dynasty and worked up to Richard the 2nd who was deposed in 3099.
1:39.2	Then I wrote another book about the Wars of the Roses which took the last half of the dynasty and that started in 1420,
1:45.2	marriage of Henry the 5th and Catherine de Valois, and it went up to the early Tudor period.
1:49.1	So that left a little slice of 21 years, mostly covering Henry the 5th's life. So filling that gap,
1:58.0	that Henry the 5th shaped whole, was sort of important in completing a run of books, not quite a trilogy but a triptych in my
2:07.0	earth or cannon if you will. But I think there's a more important point than that.
2:13.0	With regards to the subject himself,
2:15.5	Henry the 5th was considered in his day and thereafter
2:18.9	for hundreds of years to be the acme, the paradigm,
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