Empress Matilda: Civil War and the Fight for the Throne
This episode of The Rest is History delves into the life and legacy of Empress Matilda, a 12th-century royal claimant whose bid for the English throne ignited nearly two decades of civil war known as 'the Anarchy'. Hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook with historian Helen Castor,
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