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Charles VI: Mo’ Land, Mo’ Problems

Synthesizing history and science to examine how one man’s schizophrenia led to decades of war and the establishment of the bureaucratic state.

Charles VI: Dark Side of the Prune

Could schizophrenia have explained Charles VI’s strange behavior? And what can modern neuroscience tell us about what was going on inside his brain?

Charles VI: Game of Thrones

The story of how Charles VI of France went from “Beloved” to “Mad” full of murder, mad kings, family feuds and backstabbing.

Uneasy Lies the Crown is excited to announce our first series debuting Friday, April 3rd! Throughout the month, we will explore the life and times of Charles VI of France, a child king whose episodes of psychosis plunged France into decades of civil war. Each month we will cover a new royal. On the firstContinue reading “Coming April 3: Charles VI”