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The speaker attributes the English loss in the Hundred Years' War to King Henry VI's mental illness, which left him unable to function for months at a time.
Unidentified speaker · Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? · 1 Oct 2026
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“And then the English lost the Hundred Years'”
“War because their King,”
“Henry VI.”
“was insane.”
“And he would just shut down months at a time mentally, just couldn't function.”Play from 1:31:08Report a misattribution
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