Michael Wood's Story of England

“The Seeds of Reform”

The story of Kibworth (located in the heart of England) moves on to dramatic battles of conscience in the time of the Hundred Years' War. Historian Michael Wood uncovers amazing finds in the school archive that help trace peasant education back to the 14th century, when the people themselves set up the first school for their children. Some villagers join in a rebellion against King Henry V, while others rise to become middle-class merchants in the textile town of Coventry. Kibworth experiences the dramatic events of Henry VIII's Protestant Reformation and the battles of the English Civil War. (3 of 4)

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