The Real War of Thrones | War is Declared: 1328-1364 (S01-E01)

"The Real War Of Thrones: The True History of Europe" is a 2017 Pernel Media and France Television History Documentary series. Audio in English, with Subtitles in English as optional (click on CC).

In the turbulent formative centuries of early Europe, power-hungry family dynasties fought for domination of the continent. They clashed with blood and iron on the battlefields – but the real wars were complex, personal power struggles played out in private. Behind stony castle walls was a world of strategic alliance, adultery, plot, treason and murder. The ruthless intrigue tore apart many legendary families, and shaped the way they ran their empires. The real power games played out between these few wealthy families have laid down the political and social foundations of modern Europe and the Western world.

The Real War of Thrones tells the epic story of the rival dynasties that wrote the grand history of modern Europe. Through lavishly realised drama reconstruction, the series brings to life the experiences of the characters directly involved; their motivations, their strategy, what they stand to win and what they risk losing. Discover how thirst of power and human passions were the turning cogs in the formation of European nations.

Episode 1: The conflicting ambitions of the Plantagenet king of England, Edward III, and the Valois king of France, Philip VI, bring intrigue, war, kidnapping and mayhem to France.