# The Royal Palaces of England

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Simon Thurley CBE
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/royal-palaces-england)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Medieval kings were warriors and their palaces needed to reflect this fact. Massive, mighty and overwhelming royal architecture was a product of a highly militarised society. But, as this lecture shows, medieval kings were also cultured and sophisticated patrons of architecture.

## Lectures

1. [War Halls: Royal Houses from the Saxons to the Hundred Years' War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-palaces-england/5a08dc8bf4fb) (YouTube)
2. [Playing Catch-up: Palaces from the Hundred Years' War to the Wars of the Roses](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-palaces-england/7f8bac2cad14) (YouTube)
3. [Magnificence: A Tale of Two Henrys](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-palaces-england/b0ef5b5f152f) (YouTube)
4. [Cultural Revolution: Palaces of the Early Stuart Kings](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-palaces-england/63e151b67497) (YouTube)
5. [Revolutionary State? Royal Palaces in Cromwell's England](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-palaces-england/60012ddd7891) (YouTube)
6. [Restoration and Reaction: Palaces of the Restoration](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-palaces-england/fa65577dde7c) (YouTube)
7. [The Last Stuarts and the Death of the Royal Powerhouse](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-royal-palaces-england/1e4e687b5a43) (YouTube)