Quote Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
Interesting stuff. But if it was all supposedly hushed up, how did you get to find out about it and share this with us? Is this coming from one of those 'shocking truth finally revealed' type books?
No, I got this from a BBC documentary by Terry Jones. The series was called 'Medieval lives', and in it he strove to put right some myths about the Middle ages. So, in a way, it is a 'shocking truth finally revealed' and not quite as respectable as a true history, but I think it is more reliable than the kind of book you had mind.

Jones devotes an entire chapter to the lives of Medieval Kings. Off course, given his Monty Python background, this happens in a rather silly way, and one of the Highlights is the King of England that no one has ever heard of. King Louis is not mentioned in the roll of Kings, but he did rule for a year and received homage from the citizens of London, most of the English and Welsh nobles and the Scottish King. He was not crowned (I got that wrong in my last post), but then the crown had been lost by the King John and at least two kings that do appear in the roll of Kings weren't crowned either.

Anyway, the documentary is quite interesting provided you can stand silly humour. I don't know if they'll run it again, but like all BBC documentaries there is a book available that contains most of the information in the series.