Could You Survive as an Anglo-Saxon Warrior in England?

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@HistoryHit
@HistoryHit Жыл бұрын
Comment below what your Anglo-Saxon ritual boast be! 👇
@markmorris7123
@markmorris7123 Жыл бұрын
You should do video of the differing ways of life in each of the kingdoms pre viking age.. I think your research may surprise you
@AndrewShakespeare-w7h
@AndrewShakespeare-w7h Жыл бұрын
I boast that I will spend a night of lustful passion with the very sexy Luke Tomes! 😋
@RichWoods23
@RichWoods23 Жыл бұрын
Boast of future deeds? No need. I slaughtered your ancestors. What is left of you is naught but by-blows of my blood-fuelled lust.
@FighteroftheNightman
@FighteroftheNightman Жыл бұрын
Dark ages is a lie. Stop perpetuating falsehoods. Some of the greatest art and massive scientific advancement happened during that time.
@PowermadNavigator
@PowermadNavigator 3 ай бұрын
Hopefully it will come true like yours did!
@bburchellphotos
@bburchellphotos Жыл бұрын
Life in saxon times was hard. Especially if you were a Dane and kept bumping into this Uthred chap
@xdasdaasdasd4787
@xdasdaasdasd4787 Жыл бұрын
Best comment
@MbisonBalrog
@MbisonBalrog Жыл бұрын
Born a Saxon but raised a Dane. He tried help Danes many times.
@HypocriticYT
@HypocriticYT Жыл бұрын
I can’t see why not, my ancestors did and I’m here today 😊 I wonder how careful soldiers were not to be wounded, no medical for infection and no surgeries except for amputations.
@siggimund
@siggimund Жыл бұрын
Uthred is a fictional character, but their cousins, the danes (and norse, in general) was very real for the anglo-saxons and probably the greatest cause of their hard times in the (later)* anglo-saxon period where they had forsaken macho Odin and Thor for that queer Jesus character😉 Just for anyone in doubt. I don't believe in any of these "deities" . I believe them to be totally bullshit (Agnostic here). If I should choose one, it would definitely be Jesus because he was the worlds first Socialist, as I am. But in the end, it is all a moot discussion anyway. It's all up to Toby (aka Rowan Atkinson) * Added by me probably after Mark Morris read and answered my post.
@RyanG0899
@RyanG0899 Жыл бұрын
​@siggimund Uhtred was real and calling Jesus queer is some weak athiest beta shit🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
@albionmyl7735
@albionmyl7735 Жыл бұрын
I am a native Saxon from Westphalia northwest Germany and I've been many times in England.... Indeed we are very much connected with our common ancestors..... old english which was spoken in England till 1066 (when Sadly the Norman's conquered England) was very similar to our old Saxon language here in the west of Germany.... People from here founded Westsachsen/Kingdom of Wessex.....
@ConradAinger
@ConradAinger Жыл бұрын
This is why it is so easy for English speakers and German speakers to make a good start learning each other's languages. But then the English encounter German grammar 😂👍
@N3mdraz
@N3mdraz Жыл бұрын
I am naively saxophonist from West Philadelphia, Northumbra van Gerwen. And I havent been many times in England eventhough I'm their stoned clogwalkimg liquorice munching neighbour.
@albinokanickel4492
@albinokanickel4492 Жыл бұрын
​@@N3mdrazhave you tried trumpets?
@chrisstucker1813
@chrisstucker1813 11 ай бұрын
Old English continued to be spoken after 1066, but it simply became the language of the peasant. Norman French was now the language of the elite aristocracy. Interestingly, even today, almost all of rich elite in England have Norman surnames as opposed to names of Anglo-Saxon origin.
@Smoking_Man
@Smoking_Man 7 ай бұрын
​@ConradAinger it's the gendered nouns that catch me off guard. French did the same thing to me 😂
@Þiudiskaz
@Þiudiskaz 8 ай бұрын
Love to our anglo-saxon brothers! Greets from a frisian/saxon guy from northern Germany. 🤝💯
@albionmyl7735
@albionmyl7735 4 ай бұрын
👌
@-Blackberry
@-Blackberry Жыл бұрын
Thanks for so much information packed in and presented in an entertaining way. Hail to the Swords of Penda for keeping the period alive!
@ashp7335
@ashp7335 9 ай бұрын
Unfortunately 90% of what that group presented was unfounded bollocks. The shield sigils in particular are just fantasy.
@anthonystevens8683
@anthonystevens8683 Жыл бұрын
Another cracking educational, enlightening and entertaining video of what life could have been like during the dark ages. Well done everyone. The continuation of the trade lines following the Roman withdrawal was interesting along with the 'locals' shunning the Roman constructions. Many thanks for sharing.
@princesspiggyLXIX
@princesspiggyLXIX 9 ай бұрын
Thank you guys for helping all of us historical fiction authors out! You guys are lifesavers! Eternally grateful.
@devin8530
@devin8530 Жыл бұрын
Love this series. These guys are the best. Keep producing amazing content. The channel will keep growing 😊
@HistoryHit
@HistoryHit Жыл бұрын
These kind of comments make it all worth it. Much appreciated. We're not stopping!
@ozgurkimil
@ozgurkimil Жыл бұрын
Im from Turkey. I learned so much informations about anglo-saxons. Thanks for it.
@raychumon
@raychumon Жыл бұрын
I adore the little comedy skits you guys have in these sometimes. The zoom in on Louee's face, "THE WAR HORN...." hahaha brilliant.
@anarchoutis
@anarchoutis Жыл бұрын
Saxon life was hard, but with such beautiful apothetrixes it was worth getting injured.
@nespppp
@nespppp Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this so much. Thank you! ♥
@meinich5488
@meinich5488 Жыл бұрын
Not so easy to survive, in northern Germany and in Denmark you can try it in stone age, iron age, viking centers. The way alone from now Germany and Denmark to to English coast isn' t a Sunday sailing trip. Greets from Anglia/ Angeln in Germany!
@Inquisitor_Vex
@Inquisitor_Vex Жыл бұрын
I would love to have a go at surviving a weekend in Viking centre. Have you been, yourself?
@redwolf7929
@redwolf7929 Жыл бұрын
Greetings from Australia ! Descended from East anglia now other side of the world
@Rynewulf
@Rynewulf Жыл бұрын
@@redwolf7929 theres a chance we're related or have relatives from the same places! Loads of people here in East Anglia left for the American colonies or were sent to Australia
@thomaslake6013
@thomaslake6013 Жыл бұрын
Greetings from East Anglia in England
@Amy-se8vq
@Amy-se8vq Жыл бұрын
Hi from another East Anglian!
@exuberance3973
@exuberance3973 Жыл бұрын
The Ivory was in fact traded from the northerners from Walrus tusk. This would've been much more common than Ethiopia within this period.
@johnhamm5361
@johnhamm5361 Жыл бұрын
I have always been an avid fan of history, predominantly European and Mediterranean from classic Greek times through the Victorian age. I appreciate the work put into this series and if this is how you make a living, where do I sign up?!
@nevisstkitts8264
@nevisstkitts8264 Жыл бұрын
The Angles and Saxons shunned Roman buildings because the Romans had built for a much warmer climate, called the Roman Climatic Optimum (250BC to AD 400.) When climatic temperatures took a downturn, the Romans didn't like living in their Britannic buildings either. They left for warmer regions by AD 410. The Roman empire relied on the agricultural production of a warmer climate, and when warmer climate ended, the empire collapsed. It would not warm up again until AD 750. Its likely that the drop in temperatures after AD 400 caused migrations from northern europe to Britain, and also put pressure on Roman imperial borders on the Continent.
@chrisstucker1813
@chrisstucker1813 11 ай бұрын
It’s not surprising, rural life was all the Angles and Saxons knew. Rural areas were more resource-rich and better fortified. Plus all the old Roman buildings simply fell into disrepair since there was no longer Roman government and economy to maintain them.
@dbz9393
@dbz9393 9 ай бұрын
you do realise the roman empire covered some of the most temprate and warm countries right? If you are not able to produce in one province you can import from another province. The empire fell because it couldn't compete with the ever growing germanic tribes, there was very little protections afforded if raiders or armies get past the border guards and legion. Also rome was corrupt to the core before it's fall.
@krakenmckraken9128
@krakenmckraken9128 Жыл бұрын
Spears only suited for a "high status warrior?" No, spears were common among lower classes for their ease of use and the ease of creating them.
@vladtheimpaler6
@vladtheimpaler6 7 ай бұрын
Yeah but u wldnt give them to a slave, that was the point, spears are literally the oldest weapon in the world for a reason u give one to a slave ur gonna need spearmen to kill him if he gets violent bc if u j have a sword or a seax ur kinda fucked
@krakenmckraken9128
@krakenmckraken9128 7 ай бұрын
@@vladtheimpaler6 that wasn’t his point at all…
@ThePolaroid669
@ThePolaroid669 Жыл бұрын
Yay! Another awesome Luke and Louee video! (Loukee?) Anyway, thanks so much for another 40 minutes of 'awesomeness'.
@bine35
@bine35 Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite history period, thank you
@BFMVPeter
@BFMVPeter Жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing. Massively inspiring and entertaining! I'll never want to stop learning
@cyndiknapp4904
@cyndiknapp4904 Жыл бұрын
Very well done and fascinating content. I enjoyed it tremendously.
@z0rgMeister
@z0rgMeister Жыл бұрын
Life in Saxon times was hard, especially for that bloke trying to chop that log in half on soggy grass.
@HistoryHit
@HistoryHit Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@stephanieyee9784
@stephanieyee9784 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking there'd have been a place at camp for that purpose. But That wasn't it. 🪵🪓
@ThroatSore
@ThroatSore Жыл бұрын
Gent in the Blue at the beginning is epic.
@Inquisitor_Vex
@Inquisitor_Vex Жыл бұрын
Who? The guy in the intro battle?
@vernonbrana8205
@vernonbrana8205 Жыл бұрын
I love these vids!! So entertaining and educational.
@HistoryHit
@HistoryHit Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
@charlesdavis9937
@charlesdavis9937 Жыл бұрын
I have an Saxon ancestor, his name was Aella of Northumbria, England.
@BeedrillYanyan
@BeedrillYanyan 5 ай бұрын
You probably don't like snakes then, eh?
@scottreid1028
@scottreid1028 Жыл бұрын
I absolutely adore this series. Keep them coming! Love 🎉
@HistoryHit
@HistoryHit Жыл бұрын
Really appreciate this Scott. A great new video coming soon!
@scottreid1028
@scottreid1028 Жыл бұрын
@@HistoryHit bring it on! God bless 🙏
@IntrepidFraidyCat
@IntrepidFraidyCat 5 ай бұрын
I enjoyed this very much!
@HarryFlashmanVC
@HarryFlashmanVC Жыл бұрын
The 'never ending stew' was known as a pot au feu in France, an inn in Perpignan had a pot au feu that had been started in the 1500s and wasn't ended until WW2!
@Ali_T_London
@Ali_T_London Жыл бұрын
Another great video Luke and Louis. Keep 'em coming!!
@britishginge4474
@britishginge4474 Жыл бұрын
Great video guys!🇬🇧
@nancytoothaker3224
@nancytoothaker3224 Жыл бұрын
Well done fellas, very enjoyable!
@HistoryHit
@HistoryHit Жыл бұрын
Thank you Nancy! Glad you enjoyed
@johnclarke6647
@johnclarke6647 Жыл бұрын
My ancestors must have survived - I’m here, aren’t I?
@Crunch2327
@Crunch2327 Жыл бұрын
One of my relatives did, as our family surname (Saxon in origin) literally means mighty/brave spearman.
@gadpivs
@gadpivs Жыл бұрын
Same here, from several related families in my tree. Makes you wonder, doesn't it? Those who couldn't cut it often died before being able to reproduce. So if we're here today and these are our ancestors, what does that say about our likelihood of survival, if every single generation before us was successful where their neighbors failed?
@nickmandleberg
@nickmandleberg Жыл бұрын
This channel is amazing!
@Jake_The_Bake
@Jake_The_Bake Жыл бұрын
Interesting video, liked it a lot 👍🏾😃
@Emthe30something
@Emthe30something Жыл бұрын
Had a good time and learned a lot. Thanks lads.
@LornaBall
@LornaBall 3 ай бұрын
Tremendous 🌸💙🧐
@ernststefan583
@ernststefan583 Жыл бұрын
Ich mag den "Angelsächsischen Humor"
@bburchellphotos
@bburchellphotos Жыл бұрын
Will you guys be at the Battle Of Hastings reenactment this year? I went for the first time last year and it was an amazing event. Lots of living history of both Saxon and Norman as well as the final, narrated clash on the actual battlefield!
@sorrysirmygunisoneba
@sorrysirmygunisoneba Жыл бұрын
When is this on?
@bburchellphotos
@bburchellphotos Жыл бұрын
@@sorrysirmygunisoneba In October every year as close to the weekend of the anniversary of the battle. This year to reenactment will be o nthe 14th & 15th October if all goes to plan.
@matthoward7645
@matthoward7645 Жыл бұрын
The actual battlefield......... Uh huh 😂
@janerkenbrack3373
@janerkenbrack3373 Жыл бұрын
The power ballads were much improved with the inclusion of a lyre solo between the stanzas of minstrel singing.
@PaulWillis-z8o
@PaulWillis-z8o Жыл бұрын
This is great you guys get better and better 😊😊😊
@freesheep0
@freesheep0 Жыл бұрын
Well done Louie. You'll make a fine LV1 soldier yet.
@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf
@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf Жыл бұрын
Well done fellas. Gidday from Australia
@Deluxedracula
@Deluxedracula 6 ай бұрын
I love the larping in the beginning of the video!
@mettigel8832
@mettigel8832 Жыл бұрын
This was very interesting. Is it possible to do an overview like this about the Bretons or the Irish in that timespan? Keep up the good work. 🤝🏻
@HistoryHit
@HistoryHit Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@scottw.3258
@scottw.3258 Жыл бұрын
Of course it's not possible. They're only interested in what was happening in England throughout history.
@Show-wi7cw
@Show-wi7cw Жыл бұрын
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@jirikurto3859
@jirikurto3859 Жыл бұрын
Of course I would be able to survive. I probably would have killed 100 people at least and the truth is that I would've probably killed 100,000 if I felt like it. There is no chance anyone would've beat me because I am blessed with such fast movements and elite strength. I can lift two 10 lb dumbbells. I can do it 10 times. It's incredible when you think about how strong I am and then you combine that with my movements. I do a lot of tiktok dances so I am incredibly good at movements. The thing I would've pitied is that I would've probably conquered the world and things would be very different now. It's crazy to think about how much would've changed if I had the opportunity to battle it out.
@stc3145
@stc3145 Жыл бұрын
Destiny is all
@ageingviking5587
@ageingviking5587 Жыл бұрын
Good stuff H H ! Thank you.
@whatsgoingon71
@whatsgoingon71 Жыл бұрын
9:29 That's a nice early medieval period Casio there... 😂
@annoyed707
@annoyed707 Жыл бұрын
Even the BBC has errors like Richard III with a modern safety pin holding his costume together.
@jakobofcincy
@jakobofcincy 9 ай бұрын
I would do this kind of stuff but I live in the US, the closest I could get is revolutionary war reenactments, I am halfway considering getting a continental army or even continental navy replica uniform, I already have a caplock shotgun, yes caplock would be closer to the war of 1812 than the American revolution but they are still pretty similar and much more reliable than a wheellock or a matchlock...
@BodyGuardOfLies1
@BodyGuardOfLies1 Жыл бұрын
I would like to see a Venn diagram showing the crossover between the Swords of Penda re-enactment group and CAMRA membership.
@williamrobinson7435
@williamrobinson7435 Жыл бұрын
Most enjoyable! I'm always struck by how much Norse culture remains. I myself would be a useless warrior, but I might've got by as a rebec hero/poet/craftsbloke..Nice one guys! 🌟👍
@dannygallaghermisc7593
@dannygallaghermisc7593 Жыл бұрын
We desperately hang on to the coat tails of central europe and the reality is that we share so much history with the nordic countries. I dont feel particularly close to the spanish to be honest but I do the danes. Might be because I scored highly in nordic dna! I know we are germanic but I do think our Scandinavian roots are too often overlooked.
@williamrobinson7435
@williamrobinson7435 Жыл бұрын
@@dannygallaghermisc7593 Well that's right. And look at all the words we have.. 'Thrall'.. Norse. 'Thing', as in 'entity' and 'parliament', just 2 out of countless. Shipbuilding methods. (clinker or 'clench nailing').. So much of our history and culture has Scandinavian roots.
@dannygallaghermisc7593
@dannygallaghermisc7593 Жыл бұрын
@@williamrobinson7435 very true. Im pretty sure slaughter is another and theres a link to the days of the week being named after the god such as Thursday being thor's day but I might be wrong. We both live on islands too! Overall I think they're great, a proud component of our history amongst many others that make us the hybrid Brits we are today 👍
@TzunSu
@TzunSu Жыл бұрын
@@dannygallaghermisc7593 It's very easy to tell you're not from the Nordic countries by the simple fact that you want to be a Dane. Not even the Danes want to be Danes.
@dannygallaghermisc7593
@dannygallaghermisc7593 Жыл бұрын
@@TzunSu get a grip. I never said I was the next ragnar lothbrook. Neither are you irrespective of your dna. All i said was i scored highly in it. Im more Norwegian than danish and as im adopted it matters to me. But what matters most is my British identity. Thats made up of many facets. Im not trying to be anything its what I am and your comments just look pathetic and infantile. You dont have the monopoly on who is who and what gives people identity get a grip. If you are danish and dont want to be danish then thats incredibly odd and I dont understand it.
@neilog747
@neilog747 Жыл бұрын
I will never get used to my English ancestors being referred to as 'they' rather than 'we'. I remember that my mum's family used to have a huge pot of stew on the go all day over a fire; the heat of which was used warm the house.
@albert21able
@albert21able Жыл бұрын
My mother in the 50s/60s would put onions about when we were ill, She said the onion would absorb the germs.
@KyleParkePlaysDrums
@KyleParkePlaysDrums 9 ай бұрын
I love to see that you achieved your boast!
@TravisBrady-wn8fr
@TravisBrady-wn8fr 8 ай бұрын
I would go back to saxon life in a heartbeat!
@54mgtf22
@54mgtf22 Жыл бұрын
Love your work 👍
@HistoryHit
@HistoryHit Жыл бұрын
Thanks mate!
@SultanPotato
@SultanPotato 8 ай бұрын
4:14 you can see peasants using a flail to beat grains which is where the spiked flail orignates from
@Tiff-vy5cv
@Tiff-vy5cv Жыл бұрын
En-THRALL-ing!
@Azog150
@Azog150 Жыл бұрын
Loved the Last Kingdom, but was always annoyed by the fact they gave Saxons square shields instead of round ones (presumably to differentiate them from the Vikings).
@adders45
@adders45 Жыл бұрын
The glass was left over from Rome, there was no glass making in the UK untill after the Norman invasion and the building of Canterbury cathedral. We even know the name of the first glassmaker post Roman, he was Lawrence the Glass. A lot of these groups fantasise their history.
@onii-chandaisuki5710
@onii-chandaisuki5710 Жыл бұрын
They said that in the video. That glass was re-forged a lot. Hence why it was sometimes murky, and clear glass was only affordable for the very wealth y.
@adders45
@adders45 Жыл бұрын
@@onii-chandaisuki5710 they couldn't re- forge it. There were no/zero glass melting furnaces in northern Europe after the Romans left until the 11th century. The glassware they showed was medieval not dark ages. This is my subject, it does annoy when supposed history channels promote utter codwallop as history. Re - forging?????¿ You do not know what you are talking about, do not try to sound knowledgeable when you do not understand. The Saxons did not blow glass full stop.
@onii-chandaisuki5710
@onii-chandaisuki5710 Жыл бұрын
@@adders45 I never said I was knowledgeable on Anglo-Saxon glass; all I said is what they said in the video. Do you have a degree in this field of topic, is such the case?
@adders45
@adders45 Жыл бұрын
@@onii-chandaisuki5710 I work with glass melting over forty years, I restored earliest medieval glass and even Roman glass. I lecture upon this subject regularly and have travelled the world doing my research. I am also an avid armature historian and archer. I have studied glass ware from Saxon burial sites and every piece was of Roman origin, some pieces were nearly 400 years old when they were added to burials. Which is something I highlight in my lectures. I also have spent time with living history groups, who sadly are very limited with their historical knowledge and tend towards fantasy quite often. I apologise but this really irks me regarding the glass element as without truth history is invalid. Myth is one thing and may be based in historical context, but it is not truth.
@adders45
@adders45 Жыл бұрын
Anglo Saxon s did import glass beads from the middle east and there even may possibly have been some vessels imported, but nothing has been found to my knowledge to date. The style of middle eastern glass was also totally different from the medieval Germanic glassware these people were displaying on your video. It was far closer to later Venetian glassware from the Renaissance periods.
@alexdawson5293
@alexdawson5293 Жыл бұрын
Them talking about saxon weaponry really tells you how terrifying it must have been to have gone up against Byzantine Cataphracts in that period. Only the richest able to afford weaponry that the Eastern Romans could produce as standard. For the average Ceorl it must have been like going up against an Abrams with an AK
@Metalhead5158
@Metalhead5158 Жыл бұрын
Love the Utred reference lol
@duffelbag5682
@duffelbag5682 9 ай бұрын
32:37 when you level up in skyrim
@zaxbitterzen2178
@zaxbitterzen2178 Жыл бұрын
Couldn't imagine when winter finally struck in those countries in ancient times. Not having insulation like we do now like if you accidentally left your door open you could die in the night fairly quickly. I find that a frightening idea.
@dnstone1127
@dnstone1127 Жыл бұрын
Housing made of wood, wattle and daub. was lot better insulator than cold stone buildings.
@zaxbitterzen2178
@zaxbitterzen2178 Жыл бұрын
@@dnstone1127 living in a castle must've sucked
@akaroth7542
@akaroth7542 Жыл бұрын
Wall rugs, hot stones for you to keep under your blanket w you etc. There's always a way
@rodeastell3615
@rodeastell3615 Жыл бұрын
Great video.
@ConstantineJoseph
@ConstantineJoseph Жыл бұрын
The never ending pot of stew is actually common across many civilisation and cultures. After a few decades the taste would be impeccable and very rich.
@CharlieBell-lr1zx
@CharlieBell-lr1zx Жыл бұрын
If your english Scottish Welsh and Irish would it be safe to assume that you are a descendant of ~anglo Saxon Norman Celtic danish? Would that be basically what we are descended from?
@that1ginger22
@that1ginger22 11 ай бұрын
Most of wales Ireland and Scotland are of Celtic and slight English decent while the English are about 60/40 Celtic and anglo Saxon with a small amount of Scandinavian ancestry
@ipbm27
@ipbm27 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this omg
@odonovan
@odonovan Жыл бұрын
> "Could You Survive as a Saxon Warrior During the Dark Ages?" (Not if I fought like those guys.) I spent several years fighting in full contact tournaments and wars. If I wasn't old and disabled (as I am nowdays), it would take me under two seconds to drop any one of those guys. They really need to study period sources and modern medieval-based fighting manuals. Now, to mention the inaccuracy of their armor... Almost no one except the HIGHEST nobles and richest landowners would have iron chainmail or metal helmets. Most everyday soldiers would cover themselves with heavy cloth, often quilted. If they could get them, they might sew metal rings or small disks/plates onto them, to reinforce them. If they were moderately well off, they might have pieces of leather armor, often soaked in hot water and coated with a substance such as wax to make it into what's called cuir bouilli (boiled leather). The leather would be coated and shaped when hot, then would harden and hold its shape when it cooled. That could also be reinforced with small pieces of metal. During that period of the middle ages, less than two pounds of iron existed per person. That included cooking pots, knives, and everything else. Swords would be extremely rare, as well. It would be much more likely all but the most wealthy would carry axes, which they could also use to build, to chop wood, and for many other tasks, rather than swords which would only be used for one thing.
@Inquisitor_Vex
@Inquisitor_Vex Жыл бұрын
Million subs, here we come!
@darrenclarke3677
@darrenclarke3677 Жыл бұрын
This is our history and should be part of the curriculum
@leod-sigefast
@leod-sigefast Жыл бұрын
Yes, get rid of the Norman (aristocratic) history - the history of the land-thieves - and focus on the history of the true folk of England: the Anglo-Saxons, our forebears.
@Alex-zs7gw
@Alex-zs7gw Жыл бұрын
​@@leod-sigefast except Old English is almost foreign, most of the historical records of the Saxon period are dubious at best - absent more commonly, and very few of us have Scandanavian DNA whilst less of us have the "Anglo Saxon" DNA anticipated. Your comment would go down well with the Victorians however... Where the rest of this ideology belongs. The truth is evidently in our modern society - a blend of all of them that influenced the others. Without the centralisation efforts of Athelstan or Cnut, William wouldn't have been able to harry the north and without inter-welsh conflict, Edward II wouldn't have been our first "Prince of Wales". TLDR: our nationality is nothing less than a mongrel mix of many, many other cultures. Brexit was a scam....half our modern language derrives from French.
@stephanieyee9784
@stephanieyee9784 Жыл бұрын
No more so than Celts, Romans, Danes and Normans. The Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frissians just arrived in larger numbers and left a greater genetic legacy.
@stephanieyee9784
@stephanieyee9784 Жыл бұрын
​@@leod-sigefast, The "Anglo-Saxon's" were basically Germans.
@ThOmAsSs4563q
@ThOmAsSs4563q 3 ай бұрын
​@@Alex-zs7gw even so we should still learn about the saxons it's a massive part of british history
@TheSgtsMess
@TheSgtsMess Жыл бұрын
I think the trainer was taking it far to seriously against a novice
@Inquisitor_Vex
@Inquisitor_Vex Жыл бұрын
Nah, he’s showing off the techniques. They already did drills, they need to do some thing more exciting.
@Gcaventures2859
@Gcaventures2859 Ай бұрын
what is the name of the last music
@richardrobinson7645
@richardrobinson7645 Жыл бұрын
Dam that meat and stew looks great
@HistoryHit
@HistoryHit Жыл бұрын
It was!!!
@BrianWinters-c5x
@BrianWinters-c5x Жыл бұрын
In Beowulfr the term spear danes is used over and over
@dennislogan6781
@dennislogan6781 6 ай бұрын
Anybody else feeling like playing Skyrim after watching this?
@defaultytuser
@defaultytuser Ай бұрын
NordwarUA Armors mod , here I come!
@soheiich2597
@soheiich2597 10 ай бұрын
Jim's helmet has strong similarities to a Viking helmet.
@ashp7335
@ashp7335 9 ай бұрын
It's a fantasy piece, not historical. Theres a lot of that in this group.
@terranaxiomuk
@terranaxiomuk 9 ай бұрын
Apparently, vortigern (forgotten how to spell it) the Romano british administrator left to look after Britain invited the saxons, angles and jutes as mercenaries to fight off the pictish raids. Eventually he couldn't pay, so they took the land. The romano british fled to powys in wales. The anglo saxons called the romano british "Wealhas" which means foreigner, as the Romano british culture was different to germanic and nordic culture. This is how we have come to call it Wales, while the welsh call it Cymru. They call the welsh language Cymraeg and the people Cymry. The welsh and cornish languages are what i call the 2 lasting original Brittonic languages, and isn't it beautiful.
@matlachlannmacgregor-macle8735
@matlachlannmacgregor-macle8735 Жыл бұрын
I’m not sure I would have fared so well. Being a descendant of the Gaelic Kingdom of Dal Riata and being half-Welsh as well as Norse DNA through being a MacLeod (MacLeòid - Son of Liótr). If I was any of my ancestors, we often found ourselves fighting the Saxons.
@HYSTERIA-ee2re
@HYSTERIA-ee2re Жыл бұрын
Any time the medieval period is represented people seem to think they walked around in armour all day. If they weren't going to battle they would be in comfy clothing not sat around in heavy mail and padded gambisons and so on.
@joshfoster9832
@joshfoster9832 9 ай бұрын
When it's stated 'average life expectancy was 40 and infant mortaility was particularly high', what does this mean? Does it mean the mean human age reached including all the infant deaths is 40, or the median age of death for adults was 40? Those would be two very different things
@defaultytuser
@defaultytuser Ай бұрын
Great observation; it’s the first scenario you mentioned. Those who didn’t die as infants (2/3 of the births) usually lived to their 60s. Both numbers I recall from memory, but the math concurs with this video because if you average the 60/70 lifespan with the 1/3 that didn’t reach 5 it gives you around 40. Hope it made sense english is not my native tongue, cheers
@xrsuperduper7660
@xrsuperduper7660 4 ай бұрын
Yes, id oversleep and mis the batles 😎
@jessejames7757
@jessejames7757 11 ай бұрын
I would rise to the top and become King
@SynapseDriven
@SynapseDriven Жыл бұрын
Those gloves at 8:04, did saxons play hockey?
@HistoryHit
@HistoryHit Жыл бұрын
Louee's hand is just really really big...
@SynapseDriven
@SynapseDriven Жыл бұрын
@@HistoryHit Ah!
@rollsroyce5640
@rollsroyce5640 6 ай бұрын
Bro almost got stabbed in the eye in the first 30 seconds of the video 😂
@colonelturmeric558
@colonelturmeric558 Жыл бұрын
*anglo-celtic. Majority of inhabitants of england are not germanic, instead the saxons were a small section added to the population in the south east and a ruling class who gradually imposed their culture on the natives. This is supported by dna testing and the fact that under saxon law, blood price was different for germanic (better) and celtic (worse) speakers, showing a clear incentive to assimilate. There would have been many englishmen speaking celtic still, as it was not the language of the court. Early kings of wessex had very celtic names, a trend which slowly changed to be saxon names, which casts more reputable and decisive doubt on the wrong assumption that englishmen are germans who speak a different language
@e3IZrZ
@e3IZrZ Жыл бұрын
Rick Bolt is a good dude, very knowledgeable.
@The.Pickle
@The.Pickle Жыл бұрын
Poor Louee, things whent down hill pretty quickly for Mr Dessent...OFF with his head.
@johnclarke6647
@johnclarke6647 Жыл бұрын
Probably, since my ancestors were with William 1 in 1066.
@florencia5891
@florencia5891 Жыл бұрын
Two thoughts: -Nothing says reenactor like a prominent belly😂❤ -I just couldn't imagine life without potatoes or corn, ancient europeans missed out on the best vegetables there is.
@sjcox9967
@sjcox9967 3 ай бұрын
....but well worth it when I got in :)
@smollgar
@smollgar Жыл бұрын
They had a sense of community that we have sadly lost. Everyone had a role in society. Life was short and you had no choice but to live in the moment. Tale me back.
@karlkarlos3545
@karlkarlos3545 Жыл бұрын
Ah, I see someone wants to volunteer to serve his master in the afterlife.
@SirThopas3
@SirThopas3 Жыл бұрын
You desire a role in a society? Very well, you shall be my thrall. Fetch me a glass of mead.
@smollgar
@smollgar Жыл бұрын
@@SirThopas3 As you wish my liege.
@ethansilva9345
@ethansilva9345 4 ай бұрын
“People of the knife” hasn’t changed much
@barbarossarotbart
@barbarossarotbart Жыл бұрын
In Roman times the name Saxones (= Saxons) was used for the pirates of the North Sea and the English Channel.
@snacks1184
@snacks1184 7 ай бұрын
An army, according to the Saxons was a minimum of 35 armed people. So basically in the fifth century, a single ship could bring an army of Angles, Jutes, Frisians, Swedes or Saxons.
@DoomWalker42
@DoomWalker42 15 күн бұрын
Destiny is all!
@Hauptmann_Rudolf.Rudi.Winkler
@Hauptmann_Rudolf.Rudi.Winkler Жыл бұрын
Long Live Ambrosius Aurelianus! Long Live the Romano-Britons!🦅🍻🗿
@rfvtgbzhn
@rfvtgbzhn 8 ай бұрын
I think if I would be transferred to England in the middle ages and get a spider bite, I would not let it be treated. From what I know ni spider bite in the UK causes anything worse than acute pain, but from drinking sheep dung you can die because of an infection, even if it is mixed with ale.
@katherinecollins4685
@katherinecollins4685 Жыл бұрын
Very good
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