American Reacts Canterbury, England - A Pilgrimage to England's Holiest City: A Place of Miracles

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[@christinebakewell3475]

If you’re wondering why there are newer buildings between medieval and post medieval buildings- it’s because Canterbury was extensively bombed during wwii a lot of the inner city was flattened but somewhat miraculously the cathedral and surrounding buildings were pretty much untouched, ( I live 6 miles from there) , I sang in the cathedral in the late 1960s as a soloist in a school choir - in those days the cathedral was totally free to enter and no restrictions of wandering and exploring.

[@danielferguson3784]

Henry 2nd didn't kill Becket. He, in a temper one day complained about Becket, 'Who will rid me of this turbulent priest', he is supposed to have shouted, though he actually spoke French. Four knights then proceeded to Canterbury, for all this happened in France, likely at Henry's castle at Chinon. They found Thomas Becket in his Cathedral, & after an argument, cut him down with their swords. Henry was furious at this, & the four knights had to flee into exile, & the King did penance for the murder of his former friend. Becket had been Henry's Chancellor, the man who managed to countries finances on his behalf, so very much trusted. When Henry made him Archbishop of Canterbury he expected him to remain faithful to the King's wishes. When this meant allowing the King's judges to try Clerics, instead of allowing Church Courts to try their own, Becket stood firm for the Church's right, which greatly offended the King. Relations between the King & his former friend then broke down, & only got worse over time.

[@coline7398]

I live 20 minutes from Canterbury and having spent most of my life in London I can say Canterbury is beautiful, every time we go, and that’s often, I see something different. If you get here, it’s a must see.

[@sallytsang9444]

I went to York today prompted by watching your Project Gaia York video reaction. The scale and intricacy of York Minster was quite overwhelming, particularly from the outside. There is no way unfortunately that you can really appreciate the immense scale of these Cathedrals on film or in photos. If you then think back to a time when there were no tall buildings you realise how truly awe inspiring these buildings must have been to the populations of the time.

[@eileentaylor1691]

england is much much older than 1000 years

[@MW_Asura]

It's only 100 years older than 1000 years

[@francisedward8713]

@@MW_Asura I think she means generally - not in the political sense. Like the documentation of Bronze Age settlements and things far before the Romans.

[@Penddraig7]

It’s not “much older” than 1000 years at all, 100 years is not “much older” 100 years is nothing

[@Penddraig7]

@@MW_Asuraexactly

[@eileentaylor1691]

@@francisedward8713 thank you, you only have to look it up to see how old britain is!!!!

[@eleanorkhachadourian2519]

This cathedral is next to my son's school and i've been to one or two services in the cathedral but it is such a fantastic city. I'm actually considering moving there.

[@user-eb1sd2vj9r]

The knights interpreted king’s rant about the archbishop as an order to kill him, but that isn’t what the king actually wanted (he was far too religious to sanction the killing of a member of the clergy - he would have feared for his immortal soul).

[@mrjinks5641]

He wasn’t assassinated on the king’s orders.

[@dominique8233]

The big tree in Westgate gardens is a Plane tree and is 200 years old.

[@claregale9011]

Yay canterbury only an hour away from me , these cathedrals are absolutely awe-inspiring some of the best architecture in the world . Love it .😊

[@honkchisel]

I'm 20 mins away, its amazing how much I take it all for granted, just wandering about while out shopping.

[@claregale9011]

@@honkchisel so true we are just so used to it forgetting how old some of these buildings are , an American commented the other day ( another channel about the u.s ) how the hell did they build that so long ago he was talking about a court house from 1898 in my mind I was saying that's not old at all but as connor said old int he u.s is 100 yrs .

[@user-gt2ud2gw9e]

Yes, there are crooked houses in various places, but don't forget what I mentioned about timbered areas of England, so this won't apply to areas where stone has been the predominant building material. You like trees and greenery - that tree could be going on for 1000 years old. I have seen such ancient specimens - they're mostly found in village churchyards where (obviously) modern 'progress' has not been allowed to destroy anything. Canterbury is a half hour from Dover where you can see France, or catch the ferry to get to it.

[@micade2518]

How truly beautiful that city is! When well inspired, human beings are capable of astounding achievements!

[@gdok6088]

Great video and your usual chilled, down-to-earth, charming and engaging reaction. Canterbury is a beautiful place to visit. What about the nice grass at the end - did you miss it :)

[@pathopewell1814]

Loved The Canterbury Tales, still do.

[@PhilipTait-oi2hm]

It’s interesting that this feature on Canterbury is advertised by a photo of you looking at a picture of a man standing outside YORK MINSTER! It may be that to Americans all cathedrals are the same?

[@Penddraig7]

Canterbury existed long before the Romans where in Britain, the name derives from Welsh, the native language and is named after the tribe of that area and the county name Kent derives from the same word, Cant In Welsh grammar there are what are known as vowel inflections meaning certain vowels change in certain grammatical instances and the inflections of A are E and EI so the inflected versions of Cant are Cent and Ceint Cent is where Kent derives from, in the Middle Ages K was interchangeable with C and Caer Ceint is Canterbury. Cant has many meanings in Welsh, most Welsh words have many meaning due to the way Welsh works, one of the meanings is the number 100 and it’s where the French and Latin get their number 100 from the inflected version of Cant is Cent and hence why in the US a cent is 1 hundredth of a dollar. Another meaning of the word Cant in Welsh is a circle, the strake of a hoop or wheel, the rim of anything round and when the Welsh built Stonehenge the outer stone circle or the Cant was designed to have a circumference of 100 metres which is also Cant. Another meaning of Cant is to sing, the consonant equivalent of the vowel inflection is called a mutation and the aspirate mutation of the letter C is Ch so the aspirate mutation of Cant is Chant and so hence the word Chant. At Stonehenge the people would form a circle and sing so the would Cant in a Cant that measured a Cant meters This singing in a circle together was known as Côr in Welsh and is the origin of the word Chorus again, the aspirate mutation of C turning Côr into Chôr and that’s also why you have the many meanings of Chorus which relate to the word Cant/Chant one meaning a large group of singers another meaning a part of a song that repeats like a circle or a group of people who say the same thing at the say time ie Chant

[@MrDaiseymay]

In WW2, the Luftwaffe, also loved Bombing mediveval Cities like Canterbury, York, Norwich, Exeter, and Bath, google it

[@Janie_Morrison]

Every time I go in castles of our old house it's like I've been there before strange feeling comes over me

[@bryanhunter2077]

One of my favourite watering holes in Kent is the Woolpack and that was built in 1411

[@abigailjohnson4270]

I was fortunate to u dearie my 2nd degree at Canterbury. Plus my now ex sister in law used to live there so prior to the degree we’d visit to have a family get together. It’s a beautiful city, so much history. But watch out for the wind! It can be glacial down there as the wind comes off the rivers etc. cuts right thru so wear plenty of layers in the winter! Definitely worth the visit

[@joannasimmonds3706]

There are hundreds of crooked houses in England. My mum used to ask people which side they wanted their gravy 😂

[@enemde3025]

If you think the " real school" starts at 9 years old you are very much mistaken !! It starts at 4 or 5 years old , when you are actually being taught stuff !

[@Ruerno]

I lived there during three years... And have only fantastic memories of this gorgeous city (well... this was almost fifty years ago... But still quite vivid). When you seem to be astonished the commentator mentions a ''crooked house'' because you've heard about another one elsewhere and thought it was the only one around, I'm now retired in my native city of Quimper, Britanny, France, where we've got... not the less than two of this kind ! (have a look of them through GoogleEarth: first one place Terre-au-Duc, the second one rue Saint-François, almost at the crossing of rue Kéréon, left of the street when going up to rue Kéréon). Quimper is not as big as Canterbury, but, still, the city history can be related to 2 500 years, through Gallic settlements, with remains still visible, Roman occupation, with remains also being there - the city was then known as ''Civitas Aquilonia'', which means ''Windy city'', all along to nowadays. The Saint-Corentin cathedral, which started to be erected in the XIII° century, heart of the city, is considered to be one of the ten most impressive and beautiful ones in France, with an unique specificity : the choir does not not aligned with the rest of the church. Definitely, take a chance to discover Quimper on the net : as we say in French : ''ça vaut le détour...''', make it in english as ''It's really worth to go'' !)

[@davidz2690]

Haha even my village pub is from 1700, but you’re right we would never go to the beach growing up as it was 60 miles away

[@davidwatts-hw2dh]

No steel or concrete. The Stone Masons were amazing builders and engineers.

[@tonybaker55]

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt! (I did not buy a T-shirt with an archbishop on it). Fantastic city that has a lot to offer. Just need to be careful with the abbreviation of Cant. A lot of skills come and go. Just look at how many carpenters or stone masons we have these days compared to say even 200 years ago. "But how do you know she is a witch?" I have never seen anyone get so excited by the sight of a few helmets!

[@JJ-of1ir]

For hundreds of years BEFORE the Romans arrived, Britons had exported precious and non precious metals throughout the known World including the Eastern Mediterranean. Our tin was considered to be the purest in the World and had been used in the building of King Solomon's Temple. One of our biggest customers for all our metals was the Roman Empire. According to the Ancient Greeks, who called us the 'tin islands' we were also thought to be the Centre of the Spiritual World. Influential men from the Continent and Ireland sent their sons here to be educated. Briton's craftsmen produced exquisite and delicate metal jewellery and decorations far in advance of anything the Rome Empire could produce. Julius Caesar reported back to Rome and wrote that we rode our lands in Chariots. You say we did not seem to be able to build much after they left. You are absolutely right. We had been slaves of the Romans for nearly four hundred years - many of our people, especially the craftsmen, had been enslaved and sent to Rome, more were enslaved here. Our Wise men slaughtered. When the Romans left, so suddenly, we had to start again from scratch for our previous Culture was, literally, lost.

[@Penddraig7]

But nothing existed before the Romans came and brought civilisation with them, we were just a bunch of knuckle dragging barbarians running around naked etc etc etc 😂 and then again when the Saxons came, it’s almost like a certain Germanic King of the Saxony line and part of the Holy Roman Empire houses wanted to brain wash the public into believing they were Roman/Saxon Germanics as opposed to Britons in order to quell a rebellion against him in an attempt to oust him from the throne and replace him with a British monarch, lol

[@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej]

Connor, I agree. After the Romans abandoned Britannia (officially 410AD), it must have been so weird to see Dark Age warlords recreating primitive Iron Age conditions. The invading Anglo Saxons were very superstitious about the remains of Roman architecture and engineering, and often avoided them altogether. They thought these things had been built by a mysterious race of Giants. In post-Roman Britain, stone was abandoned for wood again, slates for straw. Roman law, Roman institutions and administrative systems were all abandoned. For someone living from about 360 AD to 440 AD, the differences must have been shattering. 🤩🇬🇧🤩

[@Janie_Morrison]

I have never been to America in my life before I would love to go one day

[@wendycartwright22]

There a little crooked house in Windsor opposite the castle check it out..

[@chocolate-teapot]

We had to memorize they Canterbury tales in primary school, year five, which means we were about eight.

[@jonathangoll2918]

There are two major mediaeval architectural styles, which can then be subdivided. Both have misleading names: Romanesque - which wasn't Roman - from about 600-1200; and Gothic - which had nothing to do with the Goths - from about 1200-1500. The way to tell Romanesque is that the arches are rounded; the period can be divided into Saxon - until 1066 - and Norman after that. In Gothic architecture the arches are pointed. This major period can be subdivided into Early English, until about 1300, Decorated, until about 1400, and Perpendicular. After about 1500 there were various styles, with more or less influence from Classical Greece and Rome; but the Victorians then revived the Gothic style. The best way to tell Victorian from mediaeval Gothic is that it looks much less battered than the earlier stuff. One thing that makes ancient streets looks so attractive is the 'aratral curve'. (From the Latin for 'plough', 'aratrum'.) It's a slight S-bend, and it dates back earlier than even the mediaeval street, to the time when the street was simply a boundary between fields. Apparently the S-bend is the result of continued ploughing.

[@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej]

There's an S bend because of the wide turning circle required by a pair of oxen that were pulling the plough.

[@paulclark6458]

i work in restaurant in butchery lane with roman cellar so near 2000 years old

[@paulclark6458]

The roads are Roman in lot of it

[@paulclark6458]

Missed st Martin's church. St Augustus was druid site Rome like build on top on pre date 100 on top that . England had sum best agucature and bronze mines in eroupe before Rome

[@lauraholland347]

The Romans were almost completely forgotten, and lots of legends of giants building the artefacts sprung up- and yes they knew that the stuff the Romans built were far superior.

[@micade2518]

Talking of pilgrimage brings to my mind this other awesome European one that even non-believers do, just for the sake of testing their limits. I'm sure, Connor, that, given the chance, you'd love it! "Northern Spain and the Camino de Santiago" - Rick Steves' Europe

[@johnadey9464]

What is now England is much older than the Romans, Stonehenge and other sites are 5 - 6,000 years old and the oldest stone tools found here are 700,000 years old!

[@lauraholland347]

St Augustine's monastery is actually Romanesque architecture from before the C12th when Gothic came in.

[@ronturner9850]

I’m 15 minutes drive from Canterbury, known it since the mid 70s and worked there for a few years…. Like everything else it’s changed on the surface but the essence of the place hasn’t so far as I’m concerned. I liked this vid a lot and although there were a couple of mis-descriptions the narrators glowing enthusiasm outshone that. Great!

[@B-A-L]

Wow! An American who actually knows to put a comma between the place name and the country! Never thought I'd ever see that!

[@maxisussex]

Kent/Canterbury have the same name origin. It is derived from the Celtic tribe the Romans called the Cantiaci.

[@Penddraig7]

If you read my comment I go into detail about this and with some tangential information. I would add that they weren’t Celtic though, the whole Celtic thing, in its modern use at least, is a complete lie, an 18th century lie

[@ngaourapahoe]

I love roman style, the mosaïcs, the colours ...

[@user-eb1sd2vj9r]

I think the nation state of England officially dates from the year 927.

[@stumccabe]

".....And specially, from every shires ende Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende, The hooly blisful martir for to seke, That hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke." Geoffrey Chaucer.

[@user-eb1sd2vj9r]

If you watched the King’s coronation you will have seen the bishop of London reading from the Gospels which were given to Augustine, the first Archbishop of Canterbury, by the Pope when he sent him to convert the King of the Kingdom of Kent from paganism to Christianity in the year 597.

[@elisamcgowan4774]

Glad you mentioned the Uni, I find the students both loud and ignorant, it is the only thing that spoils this lovely city.

[@Janie_Morrison]

Every time I go on castles

[@user-eb1sd2vj9r]

The Canterbury Tales is not written in modern English so it’s difficult for modern English speakers, just like the English of Tudor times for Shakespeare’s works.

[@stuartfitch7093]

You are correct in what you say Connor about after the Roman empire collapsed, many societies went backwards. England did. This period is called "The dark ages". It lasted from around 410ad to 1066ad. It took place during the periods of the Anglo Saxon and Viking invasions and subsequent battles to try gain control of the land that's now England but back then was just a number of different kingdoms. During this period people went from living in villas with mosaic floors back to living in roundhouses made of wood with wattle and daub walls.

[@stuartfitch7093]

This is why archeologicists today find so many roman artifacts from such as 300ad but can't find anything from the Saxon era in 600ad some 300 years later. Because virtually everything the Saxons built has decayed to nothing where older Roman things have survived.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

There are various historians and archaeologists who dispute the theory that the so-called "Dark Ages" went backward after the Romans left Britain. Much has been discovered by those who doubt that dubious view point... Britain had societal advances following the departure of the Romans, which have left their mark on history. The constant belittling of our ancestors is quite unfair.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Connor, you ought to seek out some different videos on the town of 'Battle' (in the county of East Sussex). The town was named after the "Battle of Hastings" - won by 'William the Bastard' (renamed "William The Conquerer" - after he bested our King Harold on 'Senlac Hill' in 1066 where he then built 'Battle Abbey' (supposedly upon the spot / site where Harold died - from an arrow to his eye)... There is also a "Crooked House" in 'Whatlington Road' in _Battle_, which is also near an old _windmill_ on the hill further up on the opposite side of that same road (towards the village of 'Whatlington') 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🙂🇬🇧♥️🖖

[@Penddraig7]

@@brigidsingleton1596it’s a deliberate revision of history by the Germanic King whose house, the Hanoverians was of Saxon descent and was part of the Holy Roman Empire and who was also facing a rebellion and attempt at deposing him and replacing him with a British monarch, it’s been centuries of lies that is heavily protected by the establishment still to this day. There was a natural disaster that caused great upheaval and wiped out millions of Britons in the 6th century but that had to be covered up because the official line by the church was that no stone could fall from the sky and it was exactly that which caused the disaster and that was problematic for the church as it was proof that it could happen, so combining the church and state power and need to hide history, it made it very easy to create the whole “Dark Ages” narrative along with other narratives

[@Janie_Morrison]

I feel like I've seen it and being there before I open not a witch if I am I'm a good one I feel the same with castles at houses I strange feeling comes over me

[@michaelbiggs1254]

Don't say that about US cities. They are just different. Love your channel.

[@jayrozay3142]

England was founded in 927 AD

[@PhyllisGlassup2TheBrim]

It's a baobab tree. Only about 200 years old.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

The foliage looks all wrong for a baobab tree...it looks like an ancient oak, a yew (common to churchyards) or a sycamore which has been pollarded over many years...

[@lynnewilson2348]

Had dinner in the weavers house

[@laziojohnny79]

The iconoclasm of the protestant reformation was a true crime against European cultural heritage and saddens me up to this day, so much beautiful art smashed to smithereens or burnt to ashes. At least the Church of England still has rather decorated churches compared to the churches in e.g. west Belgium, west and northern Holland and northern Germany which were mutilated by the iconoclasm.

[@thomas_oak2943]

Naaaa... that pub is a bit old.... but my local pub is 1189 (The Trip to Jerusalem)

[@pathopewell1814]

Nottingham?

[@thomas_oak2943]

@@pathopewell1814 Yes indeed. It is just round the corner. Been my local for the last 25 years.

[@philipmorgan6048]

Not hats, but helmets.

[@zeeox]

That guy in the original video really likes to throw the word 'gothic' out with wild abandon... and not necessarily in line with its correct application. I don't care about his passion for making videos... he won't be getting a sub from me until he does some better research on the places he visits. It is rather important to get the facts right in such films, don't you think?

[@OneTrueScotsman]

I still don't like English lit. I never have. I do like history though, so can appreciate what Shakespeare, and also Chaucer did for the English language. But the actual literature itself doesn't interest me at all. It kills me with boredom. But other people enjoy it and that's fine too.

[@edwardmalone5339]

Just blundered into this and enjoyed the blundering. I live in Deal about 10 miles from Canterbury and went to school there. I think the original youtuber describing Canterbury is romanticising it somewhat. Canterbury's a fine town but because of it's location is somewhat spoiled by the march of time...

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

I`d have struggled at school if anyone had attempted to teach me anything about English Literature, especially if it had anything to do with names such like Shakespere or Chaucer attached to it. Of course, the very much more recent buildings we have in Europe are just as boring as those which exist in the US. It`s the fact that the US has nothing but brand new buildings that make them so none-descript. Our oldest buildings - still extant - were built with a belief that there was something about the world greater than ourselves and so these structures were built to the `Glory of Almighty God.` What are our modern buildings built to represent ? I don`t know. Money, perhaps ? Money is rather important notwithstanding. There was - in the west - a 1000 year period ( the Medieval Period ) in European history called The Dark Ages where, under pressure from north and east European `barbarians` and others like the Hun old ways of doing things were lost, which is why ( in the west ) it was called The Dark Ages. In the east, at Constantinople, the simmering light in the distance continued to burn for another 1000 years. The European Rainaissance - following such ghastly things as the Bubonic Plague as well as wars - gave rise to optimism once more. This is my understanding of a part of Europe and its history. Dates might no be so accurate - as I get older. Ps, if you go to Canterbury and choose to dress up `as a Roman`of old, make sure you take your children with you. The police wouldn`t want to be receiving phone calls reporting a Roman Soldier here or there abouts, armed with spears and chainmail. Witch Trials ? I think the final arbiter was the trial by immersion. If you died by drowning ( after being lowered into a pond tied to a chair ) you were innocent and therefore went to heaven - nothing lost. If you were still alive after 10 minutes in submersion, clearly this was an act of the diabolical - in which case you were burned alive - nothing gained.

[@scatton61]

There is a reason why after the Romans left Britain it was called the dark ages

[@iainsan]

Your comment about how technology declined after the fall of the Roman Empire is quite true. This primitive (by comparison) state of affairs lasted until the 18th century when Europe finally got to the same technological level that the Romans had enjoyed. Some might argue that we are about to enter a similar period of decline due to various issues facing the Earth.

[@Thomashorsman]

The way he pronounces Canterbury really irks me. Why’s he putting an extra syllable in there

[@myyoutube373]

It inspires me to make a travelog on Boston and call it "Bowston" all the way through. It doesn't inspire confidence when a tour guide can't pronounce the name of the city correctly.

[@Thomashorsman]

exactly@@myyoutube373

[@pastyman001]

Don't go to Canterbury. There is literally nowhere to park and it's full of lowly slot machine places

[@pathopewell1814]

Instead of clicking on Google, why not re-educate yourself in history/English?