Americans React to The Entire History of Britain in Under 5 Minutes

[@TheBaconWizard]

The industrial revolution is a pretty big thing to miss....

[@Shoomer1988]

Yep, that changed the whole world.

[@carolecollins3260]

That was boring didn't explain much at all so much more to go into

[@chucky2316]

@TheBaconWizard actually I think even bigger than that was the Mills who could produce mass produced bread. That was a revolution in itself once you have a well fed population on carbs you can achieve anything and that is what spurned on the industrial revolution

[@TheBaconWizard]

@@chucky2316 I do agree that without the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution could not have happened.

[@chucky2316]

@TheBaconWizard loads and loads of Mills all over Britain back in the day we were masters of using water to our advantage, alot out there but derelict even in devon we had the country's second largest mill on dartmoor.

[@AC-um2mk]

Maybe look into the history of Bletchley Park and Alan Turing for how the war was shortened and modern computers were invented.

[@theradgegadgie6352]

[@MaggieMagpie40]

My Great Aunt was a code breaker at Bletchley Park

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

You misheard the latest research findings about Stonehenge. The altar stone is now attributed to rock from Caithness in the far north of Scotland. The inner circle of "blue" stones come from Southwest Wales. The outer, largest stones are more local. In any case, the Avebury Circle is even more memorable in my opinion.

[@emmsue1053]

Sonehenge is almost twice as large as it first appears, the seems to have been a massive outer wooden henge! The stones themselves have a slight vibration if you stand quietly with your hand on in contact.

[@laurenC91.]

​@emmsue1053 there's a barrier around all of it now, you can't get close to it 😅

[@margaretmckay-os1sz]

But it still doesn’t beat Skara Brae. That’s epic.

[@davidabercrombie5427]

​@@laurenC91.You can. Look up the solstice celebrations

[@ziggarillo]

​@@margaretmckay-os1szWhat??? That's just the remains of a stone village 😂

[@grahamtravers4522]

An important event which was missed is the Glorious Revolution of 1688. TBF, it's often omitted from history lessons in Britain. Yet again (it happened several times), the English expelled their king, and only invited a new monarch under the condition that the Monarch would in future be subject to Parliament, which continues to be the case today. Thus we have a constitutional monarchy, not an absolute one.

[@katrinarichmond8409]

Wasn't that the one where they beheaded King Charles l and Oliver Cromwell ran the country for a few years?

[@angelahawman4263]

David Starky did a brilliant series called "Monarchy" about all the Kings and Queens. The industrial revolution and the inventor of bridges and the railways changed how common people could finally move across the countries. "The Last Kingdom" like "The Vikings" gives an overview of the times, but historically accurate they are not. From Yorkshire

[@MaggieMagpie40]

I love his voice! I have all his Monarchy DVDs

[@zeeblats]

Time Team Official youtube channel would be a good place to start your "dig".

[@samsprrr3548]

Loved this tv show

[@francisedward8713]

I 1000% second this

[@rayaqueen9657]

Lol I see what you did there 😄

[@billyo54]

Hi folks. It always amazes me how little is thought in American schools about the rest of the world. Interestingly, most Americans snap to attention when the Magna Carta is mentioned. The reality is the Magna Carta is regarded in Britain as an interesting but minor event. The spirit of the Magna Carta was short lived and the limitations on the monarchy only really takes effect after the Civil War and the re-insallment of Charles ii in 1660.

[@grabtharshammer]

Very minor, had no effect on the Peasantry, it was all about the Barons not wanting to pay so much Tax to the King. When it talked about the rights of "Men" it was talking about Freemen, who were mostly Barons and Landlords, Lords of the Manor, not your average Baldrick.

[@simonlitten]

You elided out the Glorious Revolution of 1688

[@rjb29uk]

The Magna Carta was never a thing I learned at school. It was mainly Tudors and Egyptians at primary school. Then at secondary, they hit me with both barrels of the Russian revolution and the rise of Nazi Germany. Oh, and the history of the Arab-Israeli conflicts. Yeah, I got some 20th century history knowledge.

[@jdlc903]

Are you amazed? Some Spanish and Italians consider it amazing how little of global history English people are taught about?

[@billyo54]

@@jdlc903 not alone do the British know about global history, but it actively took part in the making of global history from India to the USA and from France to South Africa.

[@jasoncallow860]

The Black Death was a major driver of social change

[@ryuhassan6910]

2 3rds of the country was wipeout😢

[@lindylou7853]

There were so few people left to work the fields that serfdom changed to employees …. And payment … of sorts …

[@lindylou7853]

The last kingdom … death by sword and lots of sex and nudity …oh and a few Viking odd sorts getting their tendons cut …a bit of a religious maniac sickly king … who took over the then known country …Wessex and Winchester … and a bit of Mercia … Birmingham and the midlands …

[@lindylou7853]

The Magna Carta… King John signed it as the barons got him over a barrel and then John completely ignored it ..

[@lindylou7853]

The current Charles is the third …. Last one died 1685 … that was Charles second …

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

It's a bit of a whirlwind thumbnail , the sort of impression you have when leaving school ( if you didn't specialise in history) . Having said that we live with it , most of our towns and cities have castles , forts , houses and public buildings which relate to events taking place hundreds of years ago and new discoveries can be made whenever someone digs a hole in the ground .

[@margaretknight8690]

The Last Kingdom is a brilliant series and yes, it does help a bit to understand that part of Britain’s history. Lynsey (apologies if spelling wrong) might be interested to know that the series is based on some superb books by Bernard Cornwell.

[@danielgardecki1046]

*Vikings* (2013-2020) by *Michael Hirst* from *Bradford* for Canada's *History* channel, is a millions times better than... *The Last Kingdom* (2015-2022) by the *BBC* which was owned and produced by *Netflix* from series 3 onwards.

[@francisedward8713]

@@danielgardecki1046 No it isn't. The Last Kingdom is vastly superior storytelling, and it is also FAR more historically accurate than Vikings, a lot of whose characters have no basis in history but in mythology. They also grossly misportray Alfred the Great.

[@hazza5999]

​@@francisedward8713And Uhtred is hot as! ❤

[@tes4322]

love the Last Kingdom

[@mervinmannas7671]

As Lindsay is such a great reader there is a great auther called Phillipa Gregory who has written a series of historical novels based on the Plantagenet and Tudor periods. They are very historicaly accurate but the writing of the individuals involved really put your mind into the politcs, drama and day to day life of those times around the royal courts.

[@Ginny-ju4qg]

There's actually a fair amount of historical inaccuracies, but it's a good overview I guess

[@linnysau]

She is not an author to rely on if you are interested in history!

[@ElizabethDebbie24]

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles also wrote a series of historical novels about the Morlands of Morland House in York going from the 1400s to around the 1930s. There are 30 odd books in the series.

[@susanreeve3840]

However inaccurate or accurate they are, I cannot say. But always an enjoyable and interesting read.

[@mickpalmer3521]

From the Roman Invasion to William the Conquerer in 1066 is a 1000 years , the Romans were here for nearly 500 years . Imagine going back 500 years from now , back to castles ....the timescales compared to where we are now help with how long periods in history were .

[@chucky2316]

They were here longer than 500 years they were trading with indigenous people of Britain along time before. The british celts were not dunces or the druids in Wales, the Romans were more organised that is all boudicca and other tribes came close to turfing the Roman empire out

[@alicetwain]

Actually 500 years ago the castles were already pretty outdated. There were still "castles" being built, but they were mostly villas in the shape of castles, while the old castles were either completed with new fortifications based on bastions because gunds, or abandoned in favour of new fortifications with bastions because guns.

[@penname5766]

@@chucky2316No one said the Romans didn’t visit or trade with us earlier - there’s plenty of evidence we traded with the Mediterranean far back into prehistory, but that’s quite different from invading us. From the accepted date of the Roman invasion in 43AD to when they upped and left quite abruptly, it was actually more like 400 years.

[@rosaliegolding5549]

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[@markdevonshire6052]

I love the victorian era, the industrial revolution and the birth of the railways making long distance travel available to many more people

[@DesertRoamerUK]

I know, right? I never understood that whole thing recently about how men often think about the Roman era, because I hardly ever do. However, I think about Victorians in some capacity several times each week.

[@yedead1]

@@DesertRoamerUK I think that originates from the number of men who play historical games like the total rome series.

[@ste6298]

I'm from a small town called Shildon in the north east of England, and it was there the first trains and railways were built. My Dad used to work in the factory building all the trains until 1983 when it was shut down.

[@grahamtravers4522]

Yes. The tendency is to think that people in "olden times" didn't travel far. Within my own family history, one branch moved from Warwickshire to Monmouthshire, and another from Norfolk to Yorkshire.

[@rodgermann8365]

Ahh yes the wonderful Victorian era, the epitome of colonial rule, the oppression of the working class, the predominance of theoretical racism and the amazing flowering of the Anthropocene, what’s not to love.

[@AdmiralDonkey]

My dad’s grandfather was born in the late 1800s and saw incredible changes in his lifetime. He went from horse and cart, and people walking in front of cars going 2mph while waving flags to alert people to man landing on the moon.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

I just barely remember my great granddad who caught in the first world war Grandad in the Korean war Dad in the Falklands, the Gulf and the Yugoslav wars

[@Kifflington]

Please do a video on the Magna Carta! I grew up very near Runnymede where it was signed so I got marinated in the history throughout childhood and there's so much to say about it. The medes are still an open parkland today where people walk their dogs, fly kites, picnic, etc and in 2015 there was a big event to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the signing which is a number that still blows me away even now. May I suggest if you do cover it that you look at the Runnymede Memorial? It's a beautiful and very moving installation, and all tied in to protection of people's rights much like the Magna Carta, after all. Happy days, both and thank you for your entertaining channel.

[@reactingtomyroots]

Appreciate your support and the suggestions :)

[@lulusbackintown1478]

Also the Memorial to President Kennedy is nearby. The ground it stands on was given by HM QEII to the American people I can't remember if this was covered in the past The Magna Carta was only between the King and the Barons so it's no great rights document for the ordinary population

[@Kifflington]

@@lulusbackintown1478 You're kidding, right? The Magna Carta specifically enshrined a lot of key human rights for all citizens including equal treatment of all people under law, no matter how powerful, the right to due process and freedom from excessive taxation. The King and Barons may have been the people that signed it but it was very much for everyone in the country.

[@CeleWolf]

The Magna Carta also inspired the American states constitutions

[@welshed]

Stonehenge has stones from England, Wales and apparently it would seem, Scotland. It’s utterly mind blowing.

[@chucky2316]

@welshed they must have had more river systems back in those days only feasible way of getting them down to Wiltshire. I know they had more rivers and marshes back in the day

[@PortilloMoment]

@@chucky2316 There is still some debate among archaeologists as to how the blue stones travelled to the site. The two competing theories involve coastal and river travel by boat, or glacial movement, or a combination of both. I have to say I'm on the fence as both have significant points both for and against. The large 'outer ring' stones are local and were quarried nearby. The alter stone, recently found to have originated in the Orkney basin, was certain to have been a case of glacial travel. It could have been just sitting around the area for thousands of years before someone thought, "Nice rock, I'll have it." What astounds me is the evidence of the bone pits found around the site. Butchered bones of cattle have been isotope tested and have been found to come in large part from southern and south-central Scotland. They certainly didn't arrive by glacier and it brings into view the near certainty that peoples from all over the British Isles travelled to the site for trade and celebration, intermarriage and the building of ties between different groups.

[@stevenbalekic5683]

Only the "Altar" stone is supposedly from Scotland.

[@katharinereynolds25]

Nothing to do with Scotland sorry

[@katharinereynolds25]

Nothing to do with Scotland sorry

[@stevenbalekic5683]

@@katharinereynolds25 It was recently found that the altar stone (a smaller central stone) is different from the rest and was determined to have come from Scotland...the rest is still Welsh stone.

[@Kifflington]

@@katharinereynolds25 There is very strong evidence that it is. The geology of the altar stone has been a question for a while but they have finally been able to match the sediment formations to those found in the area of the Orkneys. There are other archaeological finds from the Stonehenge site indicating ties to Scotland too so it's not as big a surprise as some might think. There are also stones from Wales so this is a good thing, a site in England with ties to Scotland and Wales; it's unifying.

[@laurenC91.]

​@stevenbalekic5683 one stone (alter) is from scotland but the rest are from both wales and England, not just wales 😊

[@DatDirtyDog]

The victorian period and the wild west period happened at the same time. Crazy how different they were and how similar we all are now.

[@reactingtomyroots]

That's pretty mindblowing!

[@rayaqueen9657]

Pioneering innovators on both sides. Not so different.

[@corringhamdepot4434]

"I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am" is a popular Music Hall song dating back to 1910. The 1st recording from 1911 by Harry Champion is on KZbin. Cover versions were released by Joe Brown in 1961, and the group Herman's Hermits in 1965.

[@gennytun]

Very surprised that you knew that song so well, Steve!

[@sailingayoyo]

He was called Henery the Eighth because he was the eighth Henery the widder next door had married 😂

[@andybaker2456]

The interesting thing is that although Herman's Hermits version got to number one on the US charts, it wasn't even released as a single in the UK.

[@sp6060]

It's also very much in the film Ghost with Patrick Swayze yelling it at Whoopi Goldberg.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

​​@@gennytun Probably (possibly?) due to the film "Ghost" ...starring the now sadly late Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg... Patrick's character sang it incessantly to badger his girlfriend into becoming his wife, and thereafter to win arguments. He also sang it incessantly to the "medium" played by Whoopi Goldberg after he had been killed to get her to work on his behalf to protect his widow from his ex-business partner, who was out to rob their business and 'charm' Patrick's widow into becoming _his_ gf etc... More than this I had better not say, as am giving away the plot for people who might not have watched "Ghost", strange as that may seem?!! There's another song in the film, somewhat more romantically, called "Unchained Melody" as sung by the late Bobby Hatfield of a duo called 'The Righteous Brothers', (despite them not being actual brothers!!) ... Please feel free to correct me if I am in error over any of these 'facts', as I'd rather be corrected, and be right, than offer misleading data by being wrong.🖖

[@TheNordicharps]

"I'm 'Ennery the Eighth, I am" was recorded by Herman's Hermits 😊

[@gbulmer]

AFAIK, written in 1911 by R. P. Weston and Fred Murray Best Wishes. ☮

[@TheNordicharps]

@@gbulmer thank you, I knew they didn't write it 🥰

[@Escapee5931]

There's another song on KZbin about Henry VIII - the Carry On team did a song for a Christmas Special callad "When Good King Harry Got His Hampton Court"! 😂

[@MKAdamski]

The first time I heard that song was in Dumb & Dumber

[@ziggythedrummer]

And immortalised by Patrick Swayze in "Ghost"

[@peteince]

The song "Henry the Eighth I am," is not a rhyme about King Henry VIII. It's an old music hall song about a man who married a widow next door. Her previous seven husbands were also called Henry. Hence the lyrics: And everyone was a Henery (Henery) She wouldn't have Willie or a Sam (no Sam. I'm her eighth old man, I'm Henery. Henery the Eighth, I am. It was a hit for Herman's Hermits in the 1960s.

[@jacko190]

From the ghost movie 1990

[@adamwallis5903]

7 year war, American colonies, control over Indian, Industrial Revolution, sports, inventions, the great fire of London, Black Death, Spanish armarda, gunpowder plot, doomsday book, probably a lot of other things.

[@rayaqueen9657]

...the entire wars of the roses, the white ship.

[@peterbrazier7107]

He missed the Wars of the Roses, Napoleonic wars, Bodica.

[@jeanlongsden1696]

I watched a similar video on the Entire history of America. unfortunately I sneezed and missed it. lol I would recommend that you watch a children's TV show called "Horrible Histories". it is funny/entertaining and full of facts, so it makes things easier to take in. you can also buy the books too (80 so far), which are aimed at 7yrs and up.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Stick to the older episodes of Horrible Histories though. The programmes produced in the last year or two are teaching British Children that Black people have been in the country forever and have played significant roles in our country's' history. It's not that one or two black people haven't visited the UK, as Roman slaves or even the Barbary coast pirates, who raided the UK's shores, taking many white slaves, even capturing entire villages in the Uk and Ireland too. So there has been occasional black people on British soil, just not in the way that the BBC is trying to rewrite our history.

[@chrismoule7242]

Both my grandfathers fought in WW1, and my mother's brother-in-law fought in WW2 and was at Dunquerque, then in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. None of them talked about it at all. I was born 8 years after WW2 ended.

[@wallythewondercorncake8657]

I know you like old engineering stuff so I'd recommend looking into the Old Exe Bridge. It was built in around the late 10th century, or at least the stone version. I used to walk past it almost every day. It's also right next to The House That Moved and remnants of the old Roman city walls

[@reactingtomyroots]

Thanks! Adding to the list :)

[@caromurray6152]

If you can find a copy, there is a great little book called 1066 & all that. Written around the 1920s it’s a humorous look at the history of Britain including that there are only two memorable dates, 43BC & 1066.

[@2gooddrifters]

"The peasants are revolting" 11 years old when I read it and it turned on my love of history.

[@lucylindsay3442]

@caromurray6152 that's a good call and a lovely memory. My dad made me read that when I was struggling with history classes around aged 12. Love history now but the book has a special memory spot.

[@wullaballoo2642]

@@2gooddrifters They still are, many of them smell like they have never heard of soap and don't know what a bin is for

[@JoannaHammond]

The reason change seems to happen so fast once you get past the 1700's is quite simple knowledge, the more you know, the more you can know. The gain of knowledge is exponential, changing society faster and faster.

[@grahamstubbs4962]

I knew you were going to say that. 🙂

[@martinwoollett8468]

and scientific method. a system for clear thinking.

[@madwelshbiker3710]

As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns-the ones we don’t know we don’t know. - and presumably also unknown knowns - things we haven't discovered we have the knowledge to explain - and forgotten knowns - things we used to know but now cannot explain - stonehenge is one of these, I assume the people that built it knew how to construct it and what it was for, or wouldn't have done so - unless it was just to confuse their decendants

[@alicetwain]

There is also another issue: the closer the historical events the more they shaped the now, so the more we need to study them. Historical studies aren't only about the past, they are mostly about the present. Learning everything about the ancient Romans isn't very relevant until you learn how they set the basis for some of the things we still do and have, but they are few and rather far between. The things that happened in the 1950's and 1960's are more relevant to us because we driectly see their effects on our politics and therefore in what we can read on the newapers.

[@KitsyX]

@@alicetwain This said, arguably history often repeats itself and some things that happened in ancient times are happening again now, in some sense... Although the nature of it repeating means that it probably happened again not that long ago too and that might be what influenced the modern events more...

[@johnorchard4]

If you ever visit Marlborough in Wiltshire (my home town), then you will be able to find fields parallel to the London to Bath road towards Avebury from which the Sarsen stones were extracted. They are on the surface of the ground, so no problem in finding them. The Bluestones definitely came from West Wales. It was just the Altar stone, as we are now told, came from northern Scotland.

[@RushfanUK]

Only one stone, the altar stone, came from Scotland at Stonehenge, not all.

[@Parker_Douglas]

No need to get yourself all bothered just because the most important stone comes from Scotland. BTW you ain’t getting the stone of Scone back it’s ours 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@CrystalHollow]

@@Parker_Douglas you roaster!

[@WinstonSmith19847]

​@@Parker_DouglasI'm English and I don't care if we get the stone of scone back I really don't spend anytime thinking about it, in fact the only time I have thought about it is reading your comment about it.

[@lizardlenny]

@@Parker_Douglas I don't see the problem in them correcting the fact it was built with stone from the south, west and north of the isles. That's one of the most amazing things about Stonehenge. In reality, it was built in a world before borders. England, Wales and Scotland even didn't exist in 3000BC. The people that built it are so far removed from contemporary society, it's hardly worth getting patriotic about.

[@iangt1171]

You may also know the song I'm Henry The Eighth from the movie Ghost as Patrick Swayze's character sings some of it to Whoopi Goldberg to annoy her 😊

[@toomanysecrets7121]

One of copies of the Magna Carta is in my city Lincoln, at the Castle you can visit it

[@atha1ia454]

Lindsey said it right would like to go see but not stay in the past hahah that would indeed be PERFECT💜

[@gerardmertens781]

Historic video, you can't take it back now but with these videos your not only making history but your own history every day so I wish the continuation of your future play your parts on your family tree and make future ancestors proud love your videos their great

[@kimarnill7648]

Morning everyone, you must react to what did Britain ever do for us .❤

[@helenab7390]

What did the British ever do for us...

[@chucky2316]

Gave you and the world everything

[@sueparkes7409]

Gave you the industrial revolution. Etc.

[@christiner302]

I used to live in Cornwall and often visited Chysauster ancient village, the remains of a stone age village. Fascinating. There is Carn Euny too and plenty of monoliths, etc. Cornwall has wonderful history, not least its trading past.

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

As a bit of trivia you may not know, though Salisbury Plain is famous for Stonehenge, in that same area, Salisbury Plain has a huge section owned by the military. The UKs largest military training area is there. It's also got unique wildlife in that area with several things only really being able to exist due to the military vehicles essentially tilling the land, constantly driving around there. I have a video on the wildlife in that area. About 20 minutes "Wild Britain with Ray Mears - Series 3 Episode 4 - Salisbury Plain - 2013 HD"

[@tonym480]

Salisbury Plain was the site for the re introduction of the Great Bustard in 1998, one of the largest flying birds in the world, and one that had been extinct in the UK since 1832. The military training area was chosen as the birds would be better protected there from egg collectors and general disturbance during the breeding season.

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

@@tonym480 it is indeed. The Great Bustard is in that video, Ray gets up close and personal with them and it explains their history with the guy who introduced them

[@Jawa1604]

Yay to the Great Bustard!

[@wessexdruid7598]

Most of SPTA is pretty much untouched, year round - that's why there is such an abundance of wildlife. Plus there are range danger areas no one can enter. A similarly untouched for many years range is the Down - at Porton. A huge range of insects, butterflies, wildflowers and birds that very, very few get to see.

[@wessexdruid7598]

@@Jawa1604 It's on the flag of Wiltshire.

[@DandelionandBardock]

They missed out of the cultural revolutions of the 1960's and 70's. A really interesting part of British history that gave birth to modern music and fashion.

[@alisoncauser2955]

The last kingdom is a good dramatised reference to that period of British history. Well worth a watch. You would both love the British museum.

[@neowolfsden]

To put things in context when our British Empire was at its height we controlled 35.5 million Kilometers squared, roughly 26.35% of the Entire globe, which was more than even the mighty Mongol Empire managed en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_empires and all from one tiny island that is us.

[@johnlanham4050]

It's not US it was them, our ancesters . We should not take responsibility for the old British Empire. Life in those days was dominated by an elite and the rest were poorly educated workers or peasants.

[@rayaqueen9657]

And 2/3 of its population.

[@jiggely_spears]

That'll be 35.5 million square kilometres - 35.5 million kilometres squared is one quadrillion two hundred sixty trillion two hundred fifty billion square kilometres - or almost 2.5 million planet earths.

[@jiggely_spears]

and that would have been tricky, even for the UK

[@neowolfsden]

@@jiggely_spears not my figures, blame the wiki page, link was included in the OP ;)

[@sparkyprojects]

It's only the central altar stone in stonehenge that is said to come from scotland, the stones in the small ring aare known as bluestones and come from the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire, Wales,

[@UnknownUser-rb9pd]

Before the industrial revolution most people lived their lives having learned things when young and when they were on their death beds generally speaking, nothing had changed. The technology was mostly the same, the jobs people did would barely have changed if at all and the skills and knowledge gained would be equally applicable to their grandchildren.

[@clareflynn3558]

The Wars of the Roses is my fave part of England’s history

[@nigelhyde279]

The current king is King Charles the Third, the one that was executed was King Charles the First. King Charles the Second was the son of King Charles the First and claimed the throne during the Restoration after the death of Cromwell and the failure of the republic.

[@lynnejamieson2063]

Charles I was also the last monarch to be born in Scotland and Charles II was the last to have a coronation at Scone, where Scottish monarchs sat atop the Stone of Destiny to be proclaimed.

[@rayaqueen9657]

​​​and British monarchs have sat atop it to be crowned ever since and it was kept at Westminster until late last century when it was repatriated to Scotland. It was returned briefly to London last year for the Coronation of the present king.

[@vaudevillian7]

Love the use of American Civil War reenactors for the footage of the English Civil War…

[@DH.2016]

Well spotted. On second glance, it does look a bit dodgy. Union with Hardee hats or simply an ECW Blue coat regiment (but the hat badges suggest the former?)?

[@NicholasJH96]

No cameras back then

[@DH.2016]

@@NicholasJH96 Indeed, although there may have been times when someone got the preliminary sketches wrong before doing the actual painting. 😄

[@vaudevillian7]

@@DH.2016undoubtedly American Civil War, not any question at all

[@DH.2016]

@@vaudevillian7 Tend to agree. Makes you wonder why. After all, there's plenty of Sealed Knot footage on KZbin to draw from.

[@gaynorhead2325]

We have a Public House near where I live that has had an ale house on the site since Saxon times and the current building was first mentioned in 1213! Our history is awesome.

[@creativeamerican8811]

25th September 1066 Battle of Stamford Bridge. Harold Godwinson defeats the invading Norwegian (Viking) King Harald Hardrada ending the Viking Age… 3 weeks later 14th October 1066 Harold Godwinson is defeated by Guillame the Bastard AKA William the Conquer.. the Norman Age begins…

[@geoffpoole483]

The Normans were Vikings who had settled and assimilated in France.

[@chucky2316]

No such country as france in those days 😂 and william came from the same family as Harold. William came from the kingdom of Normandy not france

[@creativeamerican8811]

@@chucky2316 Were they from the same Family? I thought Godwinson had fought alongside William 20 years prior and here promised he would support his claim to the throne.

[@creativeamerican8811]

@@geoffpoole483 Well… the Angles and Saxons being invaded were also zzzz

[@chucky2316]

@creativeamerican8811 yes the vikings were all related

[@MeFreeBee]

Apparently nothing ever happened in Scotland until the Act of Union.

[@martinwoollett8468]

true.

[@susanwestern6434]

​@@martinwoollett8468 Or Wales, or Ireland, or Cornwall.

[@Parker_Douglas]

They wonder why we think them arrogant.?

[@MartinaNugent-yt8ig]

​@@Parker_Douglas💚💚💚💚☘️☘️☘️

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

And yet there really was intriguing, ground breaking and pioneering events spearheaded by Scotland. So disappointing to miss amazing discoveries and inventions by Scottish people.

[@gladyselliott8338]

Queen elizabeth 2 gifted America a acre of land near where the magna carter was signed in tribute to JFK it is the only part of Britain that America owns well worth a watch steve

[@katharinereynolds25]

Unfortunately the Magna carta is fake

[@mustrumridcully3853]

@@katharinereynolds25 Opinion doesnt equal evidence - put up or shut up.

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

They did the JFK memorial and US cemetery video in the UK

[@susansmiles2242]

@@katharinereynolds25 why would you say that?

[@85stace85]

​@@katharinereynolds25it wasn't fake. Why would you think it was fake? There are still a few copies of it knocking around.

[@william6682]

When he talked about the English Civil War why were US Civil War soldiers shown? Then later on when talking about WWI we see a WWII American aircraft. What else is suspect about this vid?

[@rayaqueen9657]

Picture of Big Ben (sorry, I know) whilst speaking of the reign of Elizabeth I. (And not mentioning Shakespeare!!!)

[@davidjenkins7784]

The Celtic warrior playing modern Scottish bagpipes.

[@kelstorm2545]

Where was Boudicca too she has a statue in London. ❤

[@conscienceaginBlackadder]

He wastes time giving each section a title !

[@marcusdalling2018]

I literally visited a pub that’s been open 1000+ years 😂

[@pamelsims2068]

Yes ..The Last Kingdom......EXCELLENT SERIES!

[@danielgardecki1046]

*Vikings* (2013-2020) by *Michael Hirst* from *Bradford* for Canada's *History* channel, is a millions times better than... *The Last Kingdom* (2015-2022) by the *BBC* which was owned and produced by *Netflix* from series 3 onwards.

[@jonathanperrins8432]

For a accurate depiction of life in Roman Britain you should check out the TV series Chelmsford 123

[@lynnejamieson2063]

This is not a history of Britain, it’s a history of England. Which is not the same thing. The kingdoms that later became Wales had no mention, nor did Ireland or Northern Ireland and Scotland was only mentioned in regards to James VI being Elizabeth I’s heir. I mean Stonehenge was mentioned and shown but Skara Brae (which is older) was ignored as it’s not in England but is a village where the houses are still recognisable as homes despite being thousands of years old.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

There are several neolithic sites in the Highlands, which are the same sort of age or older than Stonehenge too.

[@MKRM27]

None of the events or countries you mention could possibly feature as significant enough events in a five minute overview. It might be the case that they’re bigger deals to you, but they are just brief moments in the history of a country.

[@lynnejamieson2063]

@@MKRM27 was this meant as a response to my comment, as it doesn’t really seem to correspond with what I’ve written.

[@Stuffed_Cat]

Why would Ireland / Northern Ireland be featured in a history of Britain? Neither are part of it.

[@lynnejamieson2063]

@@Stuffed_Cat I mentioned Ireland and Northern Ireland purely due to the tenuous link of the people of the UK being called British along with the fact that the islands that make up the countries contained within the UK and Ireland, are known as the British Isles.

[@littlescamps]

There is a TV series call Britannia. It's set when Rome first invaded. Worth a watch

[@lakelady57]

You need to start watching Time Team episodes. They started in the early 90's and have done some amazing digs. Another one to watch for historic material is Lucy Worsley, she covers castles, historic periods and things like toilet paper :).

[@rayaqueen9657]

Lucy Worsley is just one of the best things on TV!

[@ChloeAndBetty]

1066 - The most famous date in British history, the last time this island was successfully invaded.

[@davidl9771]

Were being invaded now

[@luluk3340]

@@davidl9771 don't be ridiculous. Soooo overly dramatic

[@DNW28]

English history

[@pamelsims2068]

Well.......... if you don't count the thousands landing successfully on the south coast every week!

[@nbartlett6538]

Hmm. You could call the Glorious Revolution of 1688 an invasion. It's debatable.

[@nickjeffery536]

"I am Henry the eighth I am" is a song by Herman's Hermits, which came out in 1965. I don't remember the song, but I picked up the first two lines from hearing my Mum sing it...

[@ronbaird5515]

Neolithic monuments were built in the Orkney Islands way before Stonehenge and the Pyramids. The stones of Stonehenge came from Wales but the giant altar stone came from the Orkneys. The technology followed a path south through the ancient lands the became Britain.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

There are several neolithic sites across the Highlands, as old or older than Stonehenge too.

[@steveclarke6257]

Clarifications 1: Stonehenge has multiple phases of construction, stones were shifted around and others were added over time. The only stone which was a permanent fixture over the whole time was the "Heel stone". In its final stages were in the Bronze age where the stones were not changed but barrows were added all around the the site on Salisbury plain. There is also a far larger stone circle complex near Avebury, which includes the "largest prehistoric man-made hill" in Europe. The first studies of the site go as far back as TT he Elizabethan period and it was visited by Charles I after he read a book about it by one of the many Antiquarians (proto-archeologists and philosophical thinkers) 2: Roman Britain is really only in England and Wales, they did go into Scotland but they never landed in Ireland.....so it's not as big as it's made out here. 3: Again the Anglo-Saxons only take parts of England not the whole of the British isles......however they did bring the idea of England as a single Kingdom to the table under Alfred the Great, the project was started under his son Edmund Ironsides and completed by his son Aethelstan who is therefore the first king of a unified England after he defeats a coalition of Vikings and Strathclyde Scottish at the battle of Brunaburgh in 937 (the battle had a poem written about it see www.theanglosaxons.com/battle-of-brunanburh-poem/ in old English about it.....but we don't actually know it's location for certain) this makes "England - land of the Anglo-saxons" as a thing 1086 years old. 4: The Angervins ( as they would have called themselves the Plantagenet tag is about a plant which is on the family crest!) had more land in France than the king of France did in the 13th century! They are named after the city of Angers in France which was the centre of their power; and in the great medieval fortress there is a really large and impressive historical tapestry! (I visited it about 25 years ago) 5: Magna Carta.....oh boy never has a document been so mis-understood than this. It does none of those things described here " for individual rights" what it actually does is -" grant rights to certain individuals" those these being the nobles/barons who opposed King John's unreasonable Autocracy (even for this period of history). They defeat John in the rebellion we call the Barons War and force him to sign a document which says many things.....most of which was to banish John's allies from England and to remove their titles and lands in England from them but the bit that is about rights was that the king could not unilaterally imprison nobles without a trial which had "a jury of their peers" ....so yes it is the start of a fair justice system- but only if you have a title (a peerage). If you want more rights as a common person that really does not come until the War of the Three Kingdoms aka English Civil War in the 1640's between Parlement and King Charles I 6: the "Wars of the Roses" is not about the counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire.....it a family Squabble of the nobles families who hold the titles of the Dukes of York and Lancaster - who are both cousins in the Angervin Dynasty.....it is a series of small wars between the claimants of these houses as to who should be King. It's a mess and really difficult to understand "who is on who's side after" about 1472 (following the Lancastrian defeat at Towton). It ends with the last two claimants fighting it out at Bosworth in 1485 when Henry Tudor (who is Richmond in the Shakespeare plays) defeats Richard III (who was previously known as Duke of Gloucester......Richard Duke of York is a different person who is killed at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460). Henry Tudor who claimed his entitlement through his mother who was of the house of Lancaster, takes the throne by rite of conquest and becomes Henry VII. 7: Hanoverians only become kings of England, because the English Parlement did not want a Catholic King on the throne......James Stuart was a massive idiot; who was the younger brother of Charles II. My James who does not learn the lessons of his father Charles I - the king who gets his head removed because he is an Autocratic Tyrant and create the Comonwealth under Cromwell. By the time the Stuarts had been on the throne for the second time, England had got rid of the influence Catholicism (which started with Henry VIII not getting a divorce from Catherine of Aragon) with the Scots becoming Protestant with James Stuart becoming King on the death of Elizabeth- James being a dependent of Henry's sister Anne ( he is James VI of Scots and future James I of England).....so Catholicism has not been the English state church for about 50 years. James II wanted to be like Louis XIV of France ( to be a Autocratic master of his domain), and he was a not so secret catholic since his exile in France during the Comonwealth under Cromwell. The British Parlement kick James out and invited his Son in law and daughter William of Orange and Mary to be co-regnants in his place, when he tries to arrest members of Parlement- for this James is exiled and they form the Catholic Jacobite faction; but when the Protestants Stuarts run out of heirs does Parlement go over to the Hanovarian princes in Germany ( jumping over almost 200 possible Catholic claimants)....rather than having a Catholic Stuart back on the thrones of both England and Scotland.

[@peterholmes3011]

'Only briefly touched on Brexit' - don't touch it at all.

[@wessexdruid7598]

Other than to say it's over. Northern Ireland & Gibraltar might beg to differ.

[@glanguish9390]

​@@wessexdruid7598Nope, backdoor membership/reintegration 'LITE' is happening niw

[@NigelRoberts1]

Brexit - the only country in history to vote to impose economic sanctions on itself!!

[@sophiejones8813]

@@wessexdruid7598 We have to remember that remoaners will never respect democracy , only their own opinions .

[@frankparsons1629]

Thanks Steve and Team! I haven't checked but there are around 5 or 6 copies of the Magna Carta Libertatum at the time when they were written so that different parts of the Kingdom had access to it, our cathedral down the road (Salisbury) keeps the copy which is in the best condition, I've seen it twice but must view it again, perhaps next week (but must take my reading glasses!!). 130 years before that the Domesday Book of 1086 (the manuscript was originally known by the Latin name Liber de Wintonia, meaning "Book of Winchester", where it was originally kept in the royal treasury) was of such importance, it identified what each shire, rape, town/burgh, and 'county' had, how many farms, mills, how many villeins, how many free ploughmen, how much the holding was worth in Edward the Confessors time and how much is is worth "now"; what the Lord contributed/owed the king in men to an army raised, the rateable value of every farm, mill etc. It all took some doing. That "film" was quite clever but at 5 minutes so much had to be missed out; would you like mine (I haven't done it yet though), it would probably last 961 hours and send you all to sleep!!!😂

[@TheBaconWizard]

You need to react to "All Murray, Name a Country, We Have Defeated Them" Comedy character satyrizing a certain kind of nationalist person, but the comedian himself actually has a masters in History from Cambridge and is a brilliant educator. This sketch gives you history and laughs together.

[@KitsyX]

That said, he does get a couple wrong in that video... I think Burkina Faso and another place in Africa, I think... If I remember correctly, he mistakenly says they were German colonies, while Burkina Faso was a French Colony and I'm not sure they have a direct connection to Britain... The other was a protectorate of Britain at some point though... Uganda maybe? I forget... Still, given that he probably memorised something for every country and that's a lot to remember, I don't blame him for getting mixed up.

[@joshua.910]

Honestly, I don't know why people request that video, i love Al, but its just him showing off. there's nothing else to it. Makes me cringe

[@CeleWolf]

​@joshua.910 Jealous? I am thinking. He's got good qualifications and a great memory and shows he's more than just his landlord persona.

[@TheDagda1000]

"The Last Kingdom" (4:46) is definitely worth watching.

[@davidholwell2060]

Well done guys. Very good reaction to good old Blightys history. 🎉🎉

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

Mostly through an English prism.

[@stevelivesey5777]

We have a copy of the Magna Carta in my home town of Lincoln, UK, located in the Castle.

[@shane21229]

the last kingdom is such a great show defo give it a watch

[@borderlass101]

The stones for Stonehenge came from Wales. I have just seen a programme called digging for Britain..❤❤

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

Most did, but the altar stone was brought from Scotland.

[@CaptainTodger69]

you can't have a history of britain without mentioning the agricultural revolution... it completely changed the world, and is the reason 90% of us are alive today

[@thomasferguson5478]

If you like Stonehenge you should watch a video on Skata Brae in Orkney, a Neolithic village discovered in Orkney from the time of Stonehenge. Its impressive to see what they were building then

[@lizdeath9350]

I wanted to say how pretty Lindsey is, her hair is beautiful too, WOW❤❤

[@reactingtomyroots]

Thank you ❤️

[@55tranquility]

The mind boggling thing about Stonehenge is that it in fact took generations of people to build, people who were involved were born and died before even the first stone was laid and then there children and their children and on ... and it was never really finished because it changed many times over thousands of years - the placing of the stones were arranged and rearranged many times which would have taken decades to do. It literally blows my mind. On the Brexit front, at its simplest being a member of the European Union is an economic agreement with all member countries of the EU for free trade between member states. This meant the free movement of goods and labour between countries. Want to order your widgets from Italy, no problem it's the same as ordering them from within your country no trade tariffs and if might be cheaper. Want to work in France, no problem just apply for a job in the same way you would in the UK, if you get it go and live and work in France no additional visas needed just your passport. Now you can't do this - a big reason for Brexit was it was supposed to limit migration to the UK, or that's what we were told - but turns out it hasn't. In fact net migration has increased and in particular illegal immigration - because consecutive governments of all parties have not been able to get their act together to do something about it.

[@elemar5]

It wasn't the EU in 73, it was the EEC.

[@MeFreeBee]

That's exactly what the video said: "Britain joined the European Economic Community, the precursor to the EU, in 1973"

[@elemar5]

@@MeFreeBee That's not what Steve said though. Pay more attention.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@MeFreeBee Steve definitely got the impression that the EU was what the UK joined in 73, because he was talking over the first bit.

[@jblink1150]

Although at the time it was the “common market”

[@tiarose1999]

@reactingtomyroots you should do reactions these series called the last kingdom, Vikings, Peaky blinders, Reign, The Tudors, Outlander very much history and fiction based series.

[@sandrabeaumont3111]

Hi guys. Just to clear something up. The expansion of The British Empire was not an Empire of conquest. It was primarily an Empire of trade and commerce. It also brought modernisation to these countries. The wars and fighting came later with us trying to keep what we had.

[@kathrynbeetham5308]

Oh please....try telling that to the indigenous people who lived in those countries! We oppressed them,killed them, and that "trade" was stealing their resources!

[@geoffpoole483]

The Irish might not see things that way.

[@grabtharshammer]

Mostly done by the private armies (& navies) of the East India Company. Sort of Corporate takeovers, with guns

[@sandrabeaumont3111]

@@kathrynbeetham5308 Hello. Admittedly the British Empire did some questionable things. Even today things we're trying to put right.. But I think we did more good than bad. There are vids on here of what the UK have brought to the world and shared. Remember, the Industrial Revolution started here in the UK. We built canals to move stuff around from the Midlands to our ports. Who dug those canals and later helped build the railways, why the Irish for the most part and others. You really need to read and study history more. It might temper your views. A final note, if we were SO BAD, why have most if not all of our ex-empire countries now part of The Commonwealth of Nations? Even some other countries who were part of other empires such as the French Empire, The Dutch Empire just for starters. Having said that, this is not really the place for such comments. This is someone else's channel. Who is interested in the UK and Ireland and wants to educate themselves.

[@anthonywalker6276]

Rubbish!

[@dalekenworthy4537]

'Henry the eighth i am' pronounced as 'enery' and sung in a cockney style. Written by Fred Murray and R. P. Western. It was a signature tune popularised by the music hall star Harry Champion in 1910.

[@lauraburnett9320]

Steve, Lindsay has a name!...so why keep calling her `she'. Here in the U.K., if you kept referring to someone close as `she', they would say, `who`s she, the cats mother?!..it`s a matter of respect.

[@AnnieLongGone]

Quite so Laura, quite so. I lose respect for Steve whenever he says that.

[@janewalker3921]

I was going to say that !!

[@alisonscurr4395]

The Last Kingdom TV series and the follow on movie The Last Kingdom 7 kings must die was awesome. You should 100% watch them.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Though it does bring attention to some notable historical figures, there a fair bit of fiction in the mix too. It cannot be called 'historically accurate' but a reasonable portrayal of the times.

[@francisedward8713]

@@Thurgosh_OG Compared to Vikings, though, it is an academic textbook. It also portrays Alfred the Great far better.

[@steven54511]

I'm disappointed that the video didn't cover the medical and scientific discoveries that were made by the British. Without all of these things the world would be a very different place.

[@thearmouredpenguin7148]

But then you would never be able to cover them in 5 minutes.

[@steven54511]

@@thearmouredpenguin7148 True but a mention of would have been nice.

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

Many of which were invented or discovered by Scots.

[@CapraObscura]

There's a ray mears documentary and it actually talks about over 1 million years of human history in the UK. It's mind-blowing

[@croceyzx2433]

7:25 The Henry 8th song most Brits in 00s know is this, from Horrible Histories: - Divorced, beheaded and died Divorced, beheaded, survived I'm Henry the eighth, I had six sorry wives Some might say I ruined their lives Catherine of Aragon was one She failed to give me a son I had to ask her for a divorce That broke her poor heart, of course Young Anne Boleyn, she was two Had a daughter, the best she could do I said she flirted with some other man And off for the chop went dear Anne Lovely Jane Seymour was three The love of a lifetime for me She gave me a son, little Prince Ed Then poor old Jane, went and dropped dead Divorced, beheaded and died Divorced, beheaded, survived I'm Henry the eighth, I had six sorry wives Some might say I ruined their lives Anne of Cleves came at four I fell for the portrait I saw Then laid on her face and cried, "She's a horse! I must have another divorce!" Catherine Howard was five A child of 19, so alive She flirted with others, no way to behave The axe sent young Cath to her grave Catherine Parr, she was last By then all my best days were past I lay on my deathbed aged just 55 Lucky Catherine the last stayed alive (I mean, how unfair!) Divorced, beheaded and died Divorced, beheaded, survived I'm Henry the eighth, I had six sorry wives You could say I ruined their lives

[@pamelsims2068]

"I'm Henry the Eighth I am" is not a song about the actual King at all. The song is comic , music hall song about a man marrying a woman who had already had seven husbands, all of whom had the first name of Henry.....and he was the eighth husband.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

'Most Brits' is a bit of a false claim. For example I was never taught the 'song' or about the Kings and Queens of England, when going to school in the Highlands of Scotland. And today, in the UK, there are millions of immigrants arriving in the UK, with no interest to even try and learn any of the UK's history.

[@Will-nn6ux]

With regard to flying cars, that's always been a difficult one from a safety perspective. There have been a few flying car prototypes, but they do require people to have a pilot's licence so haven't really 'taken off' commercially.

[@timbothegreat7767]

The Last Kingdom is the best show ever made !

[@danielgardecki1046]

*Vikings* (2013-2020) by *Michael Hirst* from *Bradford* for Canada's *History* channel, is a millions times better than... *The Last Kingdom* (2015-2022) by the *BBC* which was owned and produced by *Netflix* from series 3 onwards.

[@Isleofskye]

Better than "Four Feathered Falls?"..

[@Sapherzz]

14:00 The situation with Brexit was that, statistically, it appeared to be a generational divide. Most people under the age of 30 (which included me) voted to remain in the EU, looking forward at our future within it and the benefits it brought. However, again statistically, most of the older generation voted to leave, citing their "knowledge" of the membership of the previous 4 decades and not wanting the UK to contribute further, seeing the EU as a hinderence to UK sovereignty. The votes of the older generations outnumbered the younger (just), but it was enough to implement Article 50 and begin the process of leaving the EU.

[@MrLunarlander]

I think he missed the impact of post-WW2 immigration, particularly from the ex-colonies and from Europe, which has had a dramatic effect on UK society.

[@sarahfoster6765]

Yes I would highly recommend The Last Kingdom I have watched it multiple times times it is great, there is a Last Kingdom film to watch after which ties up the series. ❤️🇬🇧

[@adamwallis5903]

Only 22 countries haven’t been invaded by us

[@roberthancox]

The word 'explored' would be more accurate

[@outlawking4106]

If your going to learn about the Magna Carta, you should also look into the Declaration Of Arbroath 1308 its Scotlands version of the Declaration Of Independence

[@laurenC91.]

Fun fact, there is actually a woodhenge close by to stone henge but not many people know or realise 😅

[@grabtharshammer]

plus the newly discovered site of the double Henge

[@reactingtomyroots]

That's interesting! Never heard of a woodhenge but now I'm curious 🤔

[@CrystalHollow]

@@reactingtomyroots there generally accepted to be calendars with the standing stones lining up with objects in the sky at the solstices

[@danellacoffey5836]

There was also Queen Boudica with was during the Roman Era of Britain. She was a badass! Definitely worth a look

[@UnknownUser-rb9pd]

Scotland has the UK's second biggest stone circle at Callanish on Lewis and the biggest number of any country in Great Britain and Ireland with around five hundred which is more than the rest of the UK combined. The Callanish (Calanais in Gaelic) stone circle is thought to pre-date Stonehenge by about 500 years. There's also significant sophisticated stone rings on Orkney which have been dated to even earlier. So it seems likely that this form of building and cultural originated in the far north of the British Isles and made its way south.

[@Parker_Douglas]

Oh the English wont like that they’re very territorial about their country

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@Parker_Douglas Oh dear. What a shame. Never mind.

[@TheHorzabora]

Play the board game ‘Britannia’ which is a historical ‘recreation’ of the history of mainland Britain from Romans to Normans where the players each pick different factions over time and try to make them succeed (or not) - you won’t get the same results of course, but it taught me a lot about the basic order of events, and how big they were!

[@chrisaskin6144]

This was really just a timeline of some major events missing out two or three centuries at a time here and there. Did you realise - although it's never said - that Britain was technically responsible for starting WW2. When Hitler invaded Poland, Britain gave him an ultimatum to leave by a certain time - because we had signed a pact with Poland - stating that if he (Hitler) didn't comply, then a state of war would exist between the two countries. Hitler, when he started his expansion eastwards, never declared war on any of these countries. He just marched in and took over, steamrollering whatever little military resistance was put up. Because Hitler ignored Britain's ultimatum to leave Poland then an officially declared war broke out. And it was a declaration by a country that had not been invaded. The French followed suit because they too had signed the pact with Poland, that Britain had. And that was the real start of WW2.

[@geoffpoole483]

If Hitler hadn't invaded Poland then Britain would not have declared war on Germany. Britain entered WW1 because Germany violated Belgium's neutrality.

[@kudapooda9993]

Hi ALL , when I went to secondary school , we learnt about what it was beforehand. As the school was called Whitley Abbey ,before hand it had been a monastery .for munkes in the past . And my brother went to Henry the 8th school I coventry UK . Thank you for sharing your day. 😊😊😊👍👍💟💟

[@Thurgosh_OG]

They are called 'Monks', not 'munkes' but it is interesting to have gone to places of historical significance.

[@spitfirefrench]

‘Britain is multicultural’ oh god stop reminding me

[@jeanneale9257]

Peace love from England ❤

[@reactingtomyroots]

❤️

[@geejames]

Greetings from Wales, UK. Interesting, and thank you for showing. It does though mostly go through English history. Just a mention about Scotland, and no mention at all of Wales - a separate country but part and as old as the rest of Britain. Wales had its own royalty, military and battles etc, and much shaped modern Britain (here in Wales though you do get used to English media presenting 'England' as being 'Britain').

[@Yesser-Thistle73]

It is always the case with the Celtic Heartlands. Everything is about "England" when the Kingdoms of Scots, Welsh and Irish were unique to their culture . Biggest, doesn't necessarily mean best!

[@EnigmaStar153]

Royal Family History - KZbin David Starkey Monarchy z. Brilliant historical info and docs

[@karencarvell5178]

My grandmother said she’d lived through the best times. Born in 1902 she said she watch as we went from mainly horse and carts to man on the moon! She was always amazed by this.

[@carolineskipper6976]

I find that learnign lists of things (like presidents) is pretty much a waste of time in school history lessons. You can always go and look up a 'list' if you need to know. Much more interesting and informative is to learn about key events or ways of life for ordinarry people at certain times- particularly at times of big change. Obviously the key figures in these stories are worth learnign about - but not as a list.

[@reactingtomyroots]

We definitely agree! Hopefully more teachers are starting to lean that way as well. :)

[@carolineskipper6976]

@@reactingtomyroots That's definitely how the UK history curriculum is set up. Children have to cover certain themes at different ages - for example at some point between ages 7-11 they may cover a topic called 'Invaders and Settlers' but it's up to the individual schools to choose which bunch of invaders and settlers (anglo saxons/ vikings etc) to study to cover the theme.