Author: dickshistory

In which we meet a bunch of heretics – the Cathars. Don’t panic Simon de Montfort snr will get into them while teaching Simon jnr how to be a very hard man. Young Simon can go on to be Henry’s BFF and then start causing all sorts of trouble. On top of all that, there will be an assasination attempt on the king. Oh dear.

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Our brave Crusaders will do splendidly well before getting a hands on lesson about how the Nile floods. But don’t panic – Emperor Fred is on his way to show us how it’s done. Plus we catch up on our fun loving Templars.

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King John does us all a favour and dies. Introducing Hank 3! Will he be any good? Can’t be worse than the last guy. Marshall Bill had a final glorious outing and we meet the fabulous Nicola of Lincoln. She’s great!

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Wicked King John has been backed into a corner by his barons. There’s only one way out and that is to agree to their demands. John will now give birth to a new industry – constitutional lawyers. Thanks John.

There’s a new Pope in town – he’s young and keen and so we have heard the call to arms and are back off on crusade. Can we cover ourselves in glory this time? We’ll get this sorted out in time to cover the Childrens Crusade. Big bunch of 12 year olds what could possibly go wrong?

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Dick’s done so it’s time for John to turn up and show us why people think so poorly of him. He may be a dud but he has a story to tell us and here it is.

 

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It’s all been building to this – the big smackdown Dick vs Saladin. Will our brave Dick unite the Christian world to take back the middle east? Here’s the map of Western Frankia with modern day France for comparison. All that pink stuff is under Dicks control. Brittany is shown as pink-ish because it’s in family hands.

 

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Here we are with Dick the magnificent. Wicked Prince John and Phil Augustus will try to foil our hero’s path to glory. But this is Dick – nothing can go wrong.

 

And we’re back on crusades where we can catch up on the adventures of Saladin, meet some rather nasty people and walk like an Egyptian. Tons of fun.

 

After dealing with his rebellious eldest son, should all be plain sailing and happy families. But these Plantagenets aren’t into that.