Athelstan: The First King of England

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@danielsantiagourtado3430 3 ай бұрын

YES! Athelstan the GLorious! Been waiting For this! Thanks 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@chrislittle2366 3 ай бұрын

Ditto

@MacScarfield 2 ай бұрын

In Norse Sagas, Athelstan (or Æthelstan) is best known for being the foster parent of Norway’s first Christian King, Håkon the Good/«Adalsteinfostre»(«fostered/raised by Æthelstan»! While the Sagas tell that Athelstan was tricked into fostering Håkon (typically something done by subjects) as payback from Håkon’s father, Harald Hårfagre/«Finehair» (the first King of a United Norway), for a similar ploy for dominance from Athelstan, he is remembered for aiding his foster son Håkon to the Norwegian throne as «Æthelstan the Good»!

@brandonkelusky2493 3 ай бұрын

You should cover william joyce lord haw-haw.

@CaroleSmith-kk2vu 3 ай бұрын

That would be interesting.

@chrislittle2366 3 ай бұрын

Believe it or not prior to your comment I actually had no idea who that was but now that I do and I agree that would be a great video

@chrislittle2366 3 ай бұрын

@@brandonkelusky2493 that's the problem with major events like this when it comes to major historical events especially world changing events such as WW2 we always know about a lot of the main players even maybe mid level people and maybe third tier but interesting life stories like lord haw haw always fall between the cracks and it's a real shame because even minor people like this leave a mark on history and in my opinion some can be just as wild and interesting as a major event like mad Jack Churchill or even someone who is relatively well known such Arthur Harris but doesn't get talked about as much as others from his era

@pyromania1018 3 ай бұрын

I've listened to his last broadcast, which took place the same day Hitler did the only decent thing in his life, not that Joyce was aware of it. He was drunk out of his gourd.

@suzannehall5200 3 ай бұрын

Yes please. That would be fascinating.

@danielsantiagourtado3430 3 ай бұрын

Hello Eric! Love your content! Thanks For this ❤❤❤❤

@Biographics 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure!!

@ignitionfrn2223 3 ай бұрын

1:25 - Chapter 1 - Rising to the throne 4:40 - Chapter 2 - Rex anglorum 7:50 - Chapter 3 - Rule & reform 11:35 - Chapter 4 - Rex totitus britanniae 16:25 - Chapter 5 - Death & aftermath 19:20 - Conclusion

@pikachuichooseyou4273 3 ай бұрын

I am Uhtred son of Uhtred Lord Of Bebbanburg. Destiny is all...

@mktf5582 3 ай бұрын

Edmund 2 Ironside, underrated/unsung Warrior King please.

@jadenrobinson8177 Ай бұрын

Please do ragnar lothbrok!!!

@The_Forgettable1 3 ай бұрын

This is a great video

@munzuradam 3 ай бұрын

Great video, but there's a problem. Every time there's a letter "s" or "c" you're whistling. It's very noticeable around 6:10. You may want to check your sound levels.

@Biographics 3 ай бұрын

They have a preset they use for my audio, but I think some of the juniors get carried away messing with the levels. One of my friends does the audiobook recordings for my publisher, so I'm gonna consult with him about it. Jen and her team are not audio experts.

@LtJackboot 2 ай бұрын

King? My favorite will always be Queen Elisabeth II

@-RONNIE 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video 👍🏻

@Hamzakhan-dt3gv 3 ай бұрын

Interesting video

@chrislittle2366 3 ай бұрын

Hell yeah thank you Eric

@Biographics 3 ай бұрын

You bet

@TranscendentalMiner 3 ай бұрын

Let's go! Finally a video about my boy Athelstan, who deserves a lot more recognition than he gets.

@danidavis7912 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Thank you.

@keithwhitlock726 3 ай бұрын

It's a shame that England's ancient history documents were destroyed by the Roman Catholic church at the slaughter of Bangor in 600AD

@wrathford 3 ай бұрын

Makes me wonder why they were destroyed...

@aaropajari7058 3 ай бұрын

He who conquers the past...

@pbailed8007 3 ай бұрын

It’s also a shame to know that throughout history people are a bunch of scumbags and still doing it today!!

@j.a.weishaupt1748 3 ай бұрын

@@wrathfordSo… like it’s a conspiracy or something?

@wrathford 3 ай бұрын

@@j.a.weishaupt1748 I just want to know why they were destroyed, that’s all

@nimomaniachannel 2 ай бұрын

4:38 ayyy Kingston les go

@seisenburg 3 ай бұрын

Finally a video on this releases.

@danielsantiagourtado3430 3 ай бұрын

England's most Pious King was Henry III. Can we expect a video of him?

@JohnSmith-rw2yn 3 ай бұрын

@VersteheNZI can see that but to throw another name in, Henry V? It's noted amongst chronicles of the time even the French deemed him a pious king and praised him, take away all the Shakespeare stuff, I've heard via Empire Podcast he was a most pious king.

@chrislittle2366 3 ай бұрын

First Alfred and Edward the elder and im a have been wanting this one for a while since he have all the the kings who eventually built a united kingdom of England maybe Richard of Bordeaux next or maybe Louis xi he's nicknamed the universal spider and the cunning for a reason would love this one

@chrislittle2366 3 ай бұрын

Would also like to see one on michael Collins and other irish leaders during the irish war of independence and i would love to hear other ideas on who they want to see

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff 3 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@ianblake815 3 ай бұрын

Shoutout to Vikings! 💯⚔️

@johnpaulgonzaga5997 3 ай бұрын

I hope you can also do a video on CNUT the great

@AlwaysGrowAndLearn 3 ай бұрын

Eric has a cool last name 💪

@Biographics 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@keithwalmsley1830 3 ай бұрын

Great video sir, Athelstan's name translates as "Noble Stone" and I think this is apt, I don't think he was far behind his grandfather Alfred the Great, especially after Brunanburh.

@AJ-vm8ft 3 ай бұрын

Using maps can help understand where these events took place and where other threats or further conquests are as well

@gregmarkel2836 3 ай бұрын

This isn't Simon's channel?

@j.a.weishaupt1748 3 ай бұрын

Never was. He was the host, not the owner

@MissSiobahnMaebh 3 ай бұрын

My favorites early King of the English is Edgar. He decreed that no work shall be done from sundown on Friday to dawn on Monday. Thus, he created the weekend.

@edwardhenseleit5887 3 ай бұрын

Can you do the rolling stones bio

@rogerpenske2411 3 ай бұрын

I love the British history segments

@harrisonmiller6475 3 ай бұрын

Out of all the Anglo-Saxon kings of Old, Athelston is my favourite because he united the country except for Cumbria and he is my third favourite King of England only behind Henry the 8th and my all time favourite monarch of England Richard I the Lion Heart or Richard coeur de lion in French

@akashpatro9393 3 ай бұрын

Richard the Lionheart is overrated

@hollydavid69 3 ай бұрын

What's up with Mad Man ?

@TheDanEdwards 3 ай бұрын

0:55 "picture in full"

@JackHankeAnd 3 ай бұрын

Most of the information covered here is unlikely to be religious propaganda. It’s easy for a monk writing about a recent king to, say, be harsh or generous to him in his take, depending on his opinion of the king’s piety or how generous he was to the church, but most historians don’t think that the broad outline of figures like Aethelstan is likely to be fiction - if nothing else, there is little point in lying about something so grossly that your readers know it to be untrue. It’s good to be critical readers of our source material, but while bias is the norm when it comes to medieval chronicles, most of them aren’t regarded as outright fictions. Religious propaganda is along the lines of “Cnut attempted to command the sea and, failing to due so, responded with humble piety”, not “a major battle or set of laws are inventions fabricated out of whole cloth.”

@yorkshireaquatics9537 3 ай бұрын

I miss Simon 😢.

@georgeosborn3223 3 ай бұрын

Just ignore that final "h".

@DGas-rg1pk 3 ай бұрын

2.4m subscribers but only 17k views after 3 days? Biographics really screwed itself losing Simon. This can't be sustainable.

@andystewart3421 3 ай бұрын

Glau-kester 😂

@DaveOBrien 3 ай бұрын

I assume Gloucester, and not some brand new city of Glow-Caster?

@Hamzakhan-dt3gv 3 ай бұрын

What about video of Edmund the first

@JackHankeAnd 3 ай бұрын

Edmund the Elder? The channel did him a year or two ago - I think he was one of the last figures Simon covered?

@Hamzakhan-dt3gv 3 ай бұрын

@@JackHankeAnd someone else is called Edmund the first and it is on Wikipedia

@JackHankeAnd 3 ай бұрын

@@Hamzakhan-dt3gv you're right, and it was even covered in the video, I just blanked on this fact as I was writing my comment! My bad. :P

@Hamzakhan-dt3gv 3 ай бұрын

@@JackHankeAnd that’s okay

@strider3574 3 ай бұрын

I still miss Simon. I don't mind Eric, he does a good job, but i still miss Simon.

@Soul_of_a_Robot 3 ай бұрын

Jesus pal... 😂

@chrislittle2366 3 ай бұрын

I would also eventually like to see one on cnut the great edward ii henry Bolingbroke or ethelred the unready and edwin the first and Benito Juarez

@benjaminepstein5856 3 ай бұрын

The Rest Is History has entered the chat

@aslinfirmin212 3 ай бұрын

Where's Simon?

@kestrel8787 3 ай бұрын

“Yexit”😂

@jonatanhernandez4198 3 ай бұрын

Uhtred Ragnar son

@georgeosborn3223 3 ай бұрын

How about a biography of Athelstan Spilhaus?

@johntreherne4611 3 ай бұрын

Last kingdom pretty much does a great job at looking at time period along with the kings of Wessex.

@xBigBean 3 ай бұрын

Should have been Ughtred, son of Ughtred. Real history be damned, DESTINY IS ALL!

@Leo-S-Ellen 3 ай бұрын

Few times in England’s history do we have a great king and a great son, but to have a cheeky trilogy like this. No wonder those 3 brought the kingdom to what it is today

@BlackTownie999 3 ай бұрын

In the end the Vikings win, just had to play the waiting game!

@andreajohnson8652 3 ай бұрын

Glos-ter. Not Glow-ses-ter.

@jaytrace1006 3 ай бұрын

That hair is SUPER dark, and, with the widow’s peak, looks to be in the style of Eddie Munster…

@GeordieEmma-s6x 3 ай бұрын

Dayne Run

@seazonz2192 3 ай бұрын

"Yexit"... hahaha!

@ConnieGiacomo-o4e 3 ай бұрын

Feil Island

@TheElDoctoro24 3 ай бұрын

You’re not bald???

@yorkshireaquatics9537 3 ай бұрын

Ehhhh... at what point did he conquor the whole of Britain???? He got a 7 years peace with Scotland I think. Does that class as conquering somewhere? Didnt he just make peace with Wales too?

@aaropajari7058 3 ай бұрын

Honestly nice video, but tgere seem to ve a number of 'first' Kings of England.

@danidavis7912 3 ай бұрын

Dude. Unbutton that top button on your shirt!

@Feboshady 3 ай бұрын

he has doubts about his Christianity...

@garethbrown9191 2 ай бұрын

Your intro is completely wrong! You confused England, which Athelstan ruled, is not the whole of Britain, Buy a map!

@DF-zf5ws 3 ай бұрын

🎉

@PhillipCalvin627 3 ай бұрын

Really disappointed in this channel these days. This moves way too fast and all of the “humor” interjected throughout prevents me from taking the speaker or the subject matter seriously.