The History of England

64 The Personal Rule of Henry III - Part 1

Henry III brushed off his great officers of state and the priod of 1234 to 1258 is a period of personal rule. Henry finds himself a wife, a new personal favourite in the form of Simon de Montfort, and makes one last attempt to regain Poitou. <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=x_nj0cJuEWY:T1rnJoooKVc:yIl2AUoC8zA"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=x_nj0cJuEWY:T1rnJoooKVc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=x_nj0cJuEWY:T1rnJoooKVc:qj6IDK7rITs"></a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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