How To Get Ahead at Medieval Court

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2014

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Writer Broadcaster and Newsnight arts correspondent Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahead at the court of Richard II.

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Rosie Schellenberg

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Rosie Schellenberg

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Stephen Smith

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Clarissa Dickson Wright

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How To Get Ahead at Medieval Court

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