Historian Breaks down Henry VIII by Oversimplified

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

@55:13 I definitely meant Catherine Parr not Jane Seymour

[@abcde_5949]

Also 21:01 Henry V, not Henry VIII

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

VTH, I know you are a fellow Grant fanboy, and you should do a reaction to the 3 part History Channel miniseries that they did on him based off Chernows book. It’s absolutely fantastic and captures perfectly (I think) the REAL Grant. He seemed to be the embodiment of speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

[@SuperDuperRabbit]

With all due respect i have a suggestion for the future contents, whenever you have a "comment" or "correction" could you please kindly do the research on Google or somekind of prove, and show on screen while explaning because only your words alone it possibly inaccurate right?, so viewers could estimate the fact along with you.

[@the4tierbridge]

@@SuperDuperRabbit he can’t do that without taking down the video.

[@mariemely3769]

Henry vii actually loved his family very much. When Prince Arthur died, Henry cried and his wife comforted him. Then when Elizabeth broke down in grief, Henry went to comfort her. It was when Elizabeth of York died where Henry VII became what we know him as today.

[@neilbuckley1613]

The name Arthur would have been pushed by Henry not Elizabeth as Henry had Welsh ancestry.

[@greendragon4870]

I would love to see VTH reactions about Henry VII

[@coachgoltzbizpro23]

Interesting Note! Seems similar to how people forgot Henry The 8th was once in great shape for most of his life, or the bit Chris mentioned about how VIII NEVER considered himself Protestant even after his split with the Pope.

[@tamiwatchesstuff]

He was still a usurper that had no true claim to the throne.

[@majestic3850]

​​@@tamiwatchesstuff he unsurped a child killer who shot himself and the whole damn lineage in the foot with the princes in the tower mess. let it go.

[@richeybaumann1755]

12:00 the fact that you can recognize that palace by the animation is so amazing and one of the reasons I love this channel.

[@brontewcat]

It’s a pretty well known palace. Its image is quintessential of the Tudors. A lot of people may not realise it was not built until the 1510s/20s or so, but they will recognise the palace,

[@CocoCece08]

43:29 - I saw a special about the six wives, and the people close to Anne Boleyn told her esssentially, "You have only ONE chance to give him a son. Fail, and he can get rid of you just like his first wife." The day of the jousting incident, she was 16 weeks pregnant. The shock caused her to miscarry... a son. So... he lost it.

[@graham.crackers]

"Mummy says it's a strong chin for a strong boy!" VTH: **pauses** "His mummy was crazy" Probably one of my favorite lines in this whole reaction series 😂

[@faisalkamal4319]

😂😂

[@juliadagnall5816]

Henry VIII was a lot (and I mean a lot) like his maternal grandfather, Edward IV. They both became King at 18, they were both known to be extremely handsome and charismatic in their youth, they both tended to think with their loins rather than their brains, and by middle age they were both overweight and died relatively suddenly leaving behind underage heirs. Probably the biggest difference between them was that Edward actually was a warrior King while Henry’s martial efforts were more theatrical than practical. Also if you really want to to dig into family history, I do think (this is just my opinion though) that part of the reason why Henry VIII was so desperate for a male heir might have had something to do with the fact that the last time England had a go at a having a female monarch was the Empress Matilda way back in the 12th century and that really hadn’t gone very well. Unlike in France there was nothing in English law that prevented a woman from inheriting the throne, but even so Henry I wasn’t cold in his grave before his barons broke their oath to support his daughter and backed Stephen instead leading to a dynastic civil war. Since the only reason the Tudors ever came to power was because of a dynastic civil war… well, let’s just say things hadn’t changed all that much in 400 years.

[@thenablade858]

Also both their daughters were bastardized (and Edward’s sons, but Edward VI was never bastardized and was even recognized as legitimate by Catholics).

[@kingofpendragon]

Henry VIII was NOTHING like Edward IV, Henry was destined for the church and not the throne. If Arthur hadn't died, Henry would not have been king. PLUS, Edward didn't kill any of his wives. Stop LYING.

[@juliadagnall5816]

@ Edward IV wasn’t the heir to the throne either. He seized the crown after routing the Lancastrian forces at the Battle of Towton, deposing Henry IV and by extension his young son (also named Edward). Since Prince Arthur died when Henry was 10 he actually had more time to train to be a King, although it didn’t seem to do him very much good. Edward IV didn’t share Henry VIII’s reproductive issues, he had ten children with his wife, Elizabeth Woodville, and a few acknowledged illegitimate ones besides, but his promiscuity was just as damaging to his dynasty as Henry’s was to his. After he died his youngest brother, Richard, was able to successfully get all of Edward’s children declared illegitimate on the basis that Edward had been pre-contracted to marry another woman, Elizabeth Talbot, which would make his marriage to Elizabeth Woodville void. Henry’s desperate attempts to have a legitimate male heir meant that he had both of his daughters legally declared bastards, something he never reversed even after returning them to the line of succession. It was fortunate for Mary and Elizabeth that there weren’t any male relatives with a taste for power standing by when Edward VI died or they might have gone the way of Edward IV’s two sons.

[@kathyastrom1315]

Margaret Beaufort was an amazing woman! She’s one of my two favorite medieval women, alongside Eleanor of Aquitaine. It has been argued, convincingly imo, that it was through her connections, money, and machinations that Henry Tudor became Henry VII. It was definitely due to her abilities to maneuver the shifting sands that was court life in the Wars of the Roses that Henry survived to adulthood

[@BadGamerPlays]

That and she was married to Lord Stanley who supposedly betrayed richard iii at Bosworth.

[@neilbuckley1613]

@@BadGamerPlays Lord Stanley changed sides regularly during the Wars of the Roses and came out with his stepson as King and he made Earl of Derby.

[@thecynicaloptimist1884]

Yep! It was basically Margaret and Elizabeth Woodville that put Henry Tudor on the throne.

[@kingofpendragon]

This is an oversimplification of what happened.

[@bigenglishmonkey]

39:36 i agree, anything related to history being destroyed is heartbreaking, i often wonder how much roman or Celtic historical knowledge we lost when the vikings destroyed tons of roman parchments in monasteries. i sometimes sit and think to myself - you now what? i bet you anything the answer to what Stonehenge was originally built for was burnt among those papers.

[@rjo2261]

Fun fact, York and Lancaster PA, separated by the Susquehanna river, also refer to themselves as the red rose and white rose cities. References to this are all over the place and there is quite a rivalry between them

[@brutustantheiii8477]

That’s really interesting. I know people there and wonder whether they know this too

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@brutustantheiii8477 speaking of someone who lived in one of the towns between, it wasn't that major of a rivalry. also, I knew that they were named after places in England, just didn't know that they had a rivalry, nor do I know about the white roses and red roses.

[@GatsbyCioffi]

More fun of a fact, both towns have Minor League Baseball teams, the Lancaster Barnstormers, and the York Revolution. When the 2 teams play, it is called The War of the Roses, with the teams producing special red and white rose caps for the games. Whichever team loses the season series in a year has to plant the opposing teams' color roses at their ballpark, haha

[@brandonjeter1006]

Mirror towns ❤

[@coryspang7548]

Great that you are coming back to your roots of the Oversimplified videos. I am always interested in the facts that you bring up in your reactions. Keep doing what you do and have a lovely day

[@willgeorgiadis2025]

I'm fairly new to the channel but in the time that I've been watching I've gotten hooked so to speak and really appreciate this format. For one, rather than detracting from content creators, thanks to VTH I have subscribed to many channels that I'd never heard of or scrolled past their videos and have expanded my viewership of other videos not covered in reactions. Second, with all the misinformation out there, deliberate or otherwise, I've found that reaction videos such as these not only dive deeper into the topic but seek to correct errors and/or provide an alternate perspective for history that is almost always very complex and can be viewed differently depending on where you stand. I appreciate the work you do and as someone who's been facedown at the bottom more than a couple times hang in there and keep up the great work!

[@willshuman1025]

So happy to see this! Your unsimplified reactions to oversimplified is how I first found your channel and I’ve been hooked ever since.

[@robertmaxwell1016]

There's an achievement in fable 3 called "Henry VIII", you have to marry 6 times and kill 2 spouses lol

[@arielquelme]

Aw nice Catch dude

[@coachgoltzbizpro23]

Glad you're doing an updated reaction! Felt you missed a few good parts in the original but I think that was the vid that brought me to this channel...

[@mikeykm1993]

The Duke of York point is interesting as the current Duke of York only has 2 daughters (No son), and so it is happening again!

[@FrancoDFernando]

I honestly don’t mind that you pause so much. I actually look forward to you providing additional context

[@univeropa3363]

On the topic of excommunication and its power: "nach Canossa gehen" (going to Canossa) is a German expression for performing a (humiliating) act of penance. It refers to the (at that point yet to be) Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. who had to kneel in the snow at Canossa Castle for three days to get his ban lifted by Pope Gregory VII in the year 1077.

[@francescopiteo2246]

I confirm. In Italian, we have inherited this German expression and we say: "andare a Canossa!" (Going to Canossa), because that castle is located in an Italian city (at that time controlled by Matilda of Canossa) and, at the time of Henri IV, Italy was part of the HRE, because the Holy Roman Emperors controlled Northern Italy (conquered by Charlemagne three centuries earlier). The Holy Roman Emperors will have holdings in Northern Italy until the following century and holdings in Southern Italy until the death of Frederick II and the arrival of Anjou First (1266) and Aragona then (1302)

[@minkhollow]

Six does a very good job of illustrating just how unprepared Katherine Howard was for the position she found herself in. The others all knew how court life worked; she very much did not.

[@CadinoR2020]

@@mikeor- But that's literally the whole gist behind Six, that the women were people outside of Henry VIII's wives. Six tries to separate the Wives Lives from Henry, and by that reasoning they have no reason to have him in it

[@professorbutters]

@@CadinoR2020Except that they sing about nothing else. It’s too bad, because there’s a lot more to most of them.

[@CadinoR2020]

@professorbutters They do sing about other stuff, for example in K Howard's song 3 out of 4 of the verses arent even about Henry. Or the entire song Haus of Holbein

[@tobiasflemming1934]

Danke! Keep up the good work!

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Appreciate that Tobias!

[@cakt1991]

Regarding Charles V’s mother/Catherine’s sister, there’s some debate as to how “mad” she truly was. I imagine she did have issues, which weren’t understood at the time but she was much more so taken advantage of by the men in her life, from her husband when he was alive, then her father, then her son. She was confined and her faithful servants were dismissed, and any issues she had may have been exacerbated by her environment. Dr. Kat of Reading the Past has a recent video exploring this topic which I found enlightening.

[@mahlimartinez3474]

I definitely think she was more of a victim to manipulation and such than she was an actually insane person.

[@thenablade858]

I suspect she had postpartum depression and (possibly) bipolar disorder? The way Ferdinand and Philip treated her was terrible but I suspect she was probably not fit to be a leader. She was not ‘insane’ in the stereotypical way though.

[@cakt1991]

@@thenablade858 and she really wasn’t meant for any of it. She was the second daughter, and her brother and older sister’s deaths are the only reason she ended up as Queen to begin with. If one or both had lived, she still likely would have been unhappy, due to the state of her marriage, but maybe not as much so, as she wouldn’t have been as valuable a pawn. It’s interesting because what made her mother Isabella a great queen and her sister Catherine a great Queen consort was their shared strength of character, which Juana seemed to lack.

[@thenablade858]

@@cakt1991Catherine seemed to have similar melancholy problems to Joanna, especially after her multiple miscarriages. She fasted a lot and wore a hair shirt constantly after her divorce from Henry. I suspect that this was both hereditary and environmental, and Joanna’s sons Ferdinand and Charles were also very devoted to their spouses. Charles never remarried and wore black for the rest of his life.

[@joshuawells835]

A Knight's Tale is a great film with a great cast. The Joker, Wash, Vision, Robert Baratheon, Pandora, John Smith, and Mark Antony all in one film. And to your point, in the film, when the contestants realize that Edward the Black Prince of Wales is competing under an alias, they start to forfeit the match because no one wants to endanger a royal.

[@PsychogamersINC]

Awesome to see!! Oversimplified is how I ended up finding your channel. Great to see you revisit some classics... and 1 hour?! Count me in!!

[@excel1828]

Appreciate the updated reactions! Waiting on that Second Punic War reaction when that comes out on Oversimplified

[@moreauclement9702]

The idea of seeing two extra tall king (Dunno for Henry but Francis was close to 2m tall - a litteral giant at the time) german-supplexing each other in the middle of indecent display of luxury is so good... Please, someone make a film about that encounter

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

They do show that scene in the Tudors

[@thenablade858]

@@VloggingThroughHistoryIt was funny but Francis’ actor was way too stereotypically attractive. Where’s his giant nose? This is discrimination.

[@professorbutters]

@@thenablade858I know. Francois seems to have been hot despite the weird nose. Henry was also very tall, which made his “surprise” cosplay visits to Katherine of Aragon so funny. He and his friends would dress as Robin Hood and his merry men, and she’d say, “my, what a very handsome man!” and he’d say, “Surprise!”, and she’d pretend to be totally fooled, despite his being about a foot taller than everyone else, plus a redhead.

[@HistoryBluff137]

Something to watch while I'm waiting for my latest episode to render. You inspired me to start my own history podcast. Thanks!

[@robertstrong6798]

The main reason I hate Henry is the way he treated Catherine of Aragon. Also many Brits believe Cromwell vs the King was our only civil war. Omg we have had many civil wars , royal houses fighting each other is a civil war. We have even had kings sons turning on them. That’s a civil war

[@Buzzy_Bland]

Been binging all of your reactions to Atun-Shei, Oversimplified, and Potential History for the past week, and this is a pleasant surprise to see.

[@zac8246]

4:00 It was actually Henry 7, not Henry 8, who first made use of the tudor rose symbol :D It was all over the banners on display at his wedding to Elizabeth of York, and - although his main heraldic symbol remained the red lancastrian rose - he did use the tudor rose semi-frequently as well throughout his reign.

[@KinsellaHistory]

Love your Oversimplified reactions.

[@angelserenade]

Glad to see you remaking some Oversimplified reactions. Oversimplified's videos on repeat and you'll never get tired of them. Speaking of kings and their wives, I hope you can also take a look about Ivan IV's (Ivan the 'Terrible') wives.

[@stephenparker6362]

Hi, Chris, you can never have too much Oversimplified and your comments were really good. I'm glad you mentioned that Henry split from Rome not Catholicism because he was never really a Protestant. It is very interesting to think how history would have changed if Edward VI had lived to adulthood and had children himself. The union of the crowns with Scotland many never have taken place and his sisters would probably never have been Queen. I suspect things may have been very different than.

[@BKT_04]

Adherence to the papacy is central in Catholicism

[@oliversherman2414]

Ironic how Thomas Cromwell served his King and, two centuries later, his descendant (Oliver Cromwell) would betray his King

[@manuelbaut1044]

I like how you go back to these videos and give more information, just like you did with WW1 and now King Henry VII

[@AwesomeRepix]

Still sad to see you removing the old ones, I still visit those once in a while, I like fresh reactions. :(

[@James_Wisniewski]

Another major reason for the Pope's refusal to grant Henry's divorce comes down to the fact that the Pope's authority as head of the church was actually really unstable during this time, even before the Protestants' involvement. Not long before this, the church had gone through multiple back-to-back crises. There was the Avignon Papacy, where the Popes reigned from France, essentially acting as an extension of the French government. Then, there was the Papal Schism that flowed directly out of that where there were two, and sometimes three, Popes at the same time. These situations made a lot of people question the authority of the Pope, and there was a major movement called Conciliarism that revolved around putting councils above the Pope, stemming from the apparent unreliability of the Pope during this time. The fact that debacles surrounding guys like John Wycliffe and Jan Hus also happened during that same time period really didn't help things. So when, right in the midst of the Protestant Reformation, an even bigger crisis for the church, you then have the King of England declaring that the Pope made a grave error in allowing his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, you can imagine how the Pope interpreted this as a serious challenge to his already tenuous authority and tried to shut it down.

[@KingMo19]

I'm just commenting here now, but I watch a lot of your videos. i love what you do. I started researching what happened to my family historically myself. The most interesting thing I found out was that we used to be nobles. The title was eventually lost under Napoleon when the Kingdom of Westphalia was founded. However, the count title can still be found in our surname today. Freely translated, the name means "count away". All of my great-grandfathers were part of the Wehrmacht, two even part of the Imperial Army in World War I. I still have a self-written diary and prayer book that my great-grandfather wrote when he was a prisoner of war in World War II in France. He wrote it on toilet paper and I keep it like a treasure. He was a very religious man and worked as a paramedic. My great-grandmother hid her son, my grandpa, as a teenager in a ventilation shaft of a large hospital and bunker complex so that he could not be drafted. His best friend fled, but only made it as far as Düsseldorf and was shot as a deserter. As a child, I loved it when my great-grandmother told me stories from the past, about Kaiser Wilhelm, how the American soldiers lived in her house during World War II, because it was the only one still standing on the street. We lived exactly between Cologne and Düsseldorf, one of the most important anti-aircraft positions was a few hundred meters from our house. She told how the bedroom was suddenly as bright as day when the spotlight was switched on at night. She told how she used a wheelbarrow full of money to buy a single piece of bread. I think all of this has contributed a lot to my interest in history. With much appreciation for your work and greetings from Germany

[@godwarrior3403]

By pure youtube algorithm happenstance I found vth and oversimplified this week and was binging both of them, and then to find out they have a history together? Like peanut butter and chocolate.

[@neilbuckley1613]

Thomas Cromwell's sister married a welshman, their son Richard Williams was a lawyer who changed his surnme to Cromwell to help his career. Oliver Cromwell was his descendant.

[@bradleyhenderson6967]

Teaching King Henry VIII tomorrow in class! Perfect timing Chris! Thanks for your input!

[@jackmedlock5888]

Will always come to support VTH! Love you man. 😎

[@drfye]

After a long period of time I think it's worth it to go back to old video's. Especially when you think of other points that weren't mentioned or perhaps thought of afterwards.

[@Hozell232]

The war of the roses is one of the biggest and most historic rivalries in English football between Manchester United and leeds

[@AppleStrawberryLove]

I find it the height of irony that Henry's final jousting accident-- which by the way, was during a tournament to celebrate Anne Boleyn's pregnancy-- stressed Anne so much that she lost the child... the son he wanted so badly. You could not plan a more ironic twist.

[@DizzyedUpGirl]

For all the times I've listened to the Henry VIII Oversimplified I never noticed PRANGENT before. I usually use it to fall asleep to.

[@iTz_Plewtoe]

I never knew the whole connection between York and Lancaster. In Pennsylvania those are two counties that are right next to each other. Pretty neat

[@andyserri]

I'm loving these oversimplified redo videos :)))))

[@balintkovacs4089]

Kinght's Tale, although fictious, has still some of the best fighting coreography to this day even. Just to tell you how much heart they put into even these feelgood comedies.

[@americansmark]

Down in Lancaster, Ohio, there used to be an event center called the red rose of Lancaster. I never put two and two together until now.

[@katiehanson2290]

With the dissolution of the monasteries and loosing those historical sites one thing I remember when visiting like Westminster Abbey is the loss of the stain glass and the great loss of loosing that set. and also the destruction of St. Thomas Becketts shrine in Canterbury.

[@CaribbeanHistory]

Juana de Castilla, Carlos V mother, was NOT crazy. That is a lie created by her father, husband and son to justify their control over Castilla which was a very powerful kingdom and not have a woman on the throne. She lived in isolation most of her life. 29:50

[@thenablade858]

Isabella I was a woman on the throne, and even she was very cautious about her daughter. Joanna’s strange obsession with Philip suggested that she might have had some mental problems. She attacked one of his mistresses in a rage.

[@joshuahunt3032]

The history podcast Rex Factor (in one of their episodes of Catherine of Aragon) posited the theory that what killed off so many of Henry’s kids was a rare blood type. Mary may have survived by inheriting it. What was it called, kell-positive?

[@professorbutters]

The Anne Boleyn Files suggests that in her case, she was Rh positive. That usually means one healthy pregnancy, but the next ones won’t be. I don’t know about Katherine of Aragon, though. Their first child was a lovely boy, who could have died of SIDS.

[@TheRevanchrist]

if you're interested in Henry VIII, the channel TED-ED has a series called History VS. where in one episode, Henry's legacy is analyzed in a courtroom format on whether he was an enlightened ruler who centralized the English crown, or a Tyrant who's every decision was based on self pleasure whims.

[@colebresnehen38]

Decent series overall

[@NisarKhan-jm1uh]

One of my favourite episodes from their history vs series.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

The Tudors were not just illegitimate. They were Welsh and The great grandfather of Henry VII, Maredudd ap Tudur, supported the last Prince of Wales against the English.

[@rickydiaz6000]

I really hope we can still watch ur original reaction too this because that is one of my favorite videos on KZbin I always go back to it ur raw knowledge and raw reactions makes the video unique and amazing please keep it up some how

[@alexanderzack3720]

it´s a very dangerous idea giving a king the idea that he can do whatever he wants.... always fondly reminds me of the quote from game of thrones: "it´s hard to put a leash on a dog, once you put a crown on it´s head"

[@Andy_In_The_Valley]

A little Football (soccer) history. The Boleyn’s owned an estate in the east of London where the Boleyn Grounds were built in the area, where West Ham United played until they moved to the London Stadium in Stratford. The area is now condos.

[@TheLibermania]

29:40 This is one of the comments i really remember. You made the same comment "Yeah, but your mother was crazy" Because i didn't know that before your comment.

[@gizzycav88]

Yes!!! I’ve been waiting for you to react to this Henry VIII video. Thank you, Chris! You’ve truly made my night. Edit: Totally didn’t realize you did one years ago, but glad to see it.

[@MalikF15]

Hey VTH if you get a chance do the extra history video on The field of Cloth and Gold. The stories between Henry VIII and Francis I are really interesting

[@thehistoryof...8441]

Just gotta love “Tudorville” 😂. Great content per usual! Keep up the great work guys!

[@maunz5791]

The first time I hear "a knight's tale" mentioned on youtube! Really fun movie!

[@NoahFromOhio]

There is a beautiful Tudor Art gallery at the Cleveland Art museum right now. Has some of the most famous pieces from this time period.

[@zacharygreenwald4561]

More of the reactions to oversimplified please… I love these

[@Halmir4126]

Can't wait for the reaction to extra history's John Brown series

[@dbilly121]

40:00 Yeah the Dissolution wasn't great for historical archaeology and the Monasteries. Luckily a few of them have remained in relatively good condition, even with people throughout the centuries demolishing parts of them to use the building material elsewhere. For example, Kirkstall Abbey is within a mile, and it's relatively well maintained, yet there are still chunks of it missing, most of it being used to build nearby roads, walls and buildings during the Victorian era.

[@Arkdadios]

The original was my first I watched of yours. Started me down a rabbit hole of history that I never remembered being taught in school. I do like how you break things down with your own input. Keep up the good work.

[@neilbuckley1613]

The phrase "Flanders Mare" first occurs in the 1690s in a book by Gilbert Burnet, so it is probable Henry never used that phrase.

[@DocOmaley98]

I feel like in these you provide some really nice context the oversimplified. Like explaining the war of the roses and all the connections.

[@genericyoutubeaccount579]

Kings and Generals has a 50 minute video on the wars of the Roses. That could be interesting.

[@richeybaumann1755]

43:15 Anne was pregnant at the time of the accident... with a son. She miscarried from stress. If he hadn't taken that fall, he might never have married Jane Seymour or any of his later wives, and the Tudor dynasty may have survived.

[@CocoCece08]

And with the disrespect for Catherine of Aragon's death... it was more like Karma.

[@boopdino8053]

YEEEESSSSSSSSS i can not describe excited i am to see an oversimplified re-reaction that is one hour long

[@snbks4ever]

Hey Chris/VTH, gotta say your first reaction to Henry the 8th was REALLY good for being one of your earlier videos, you really let on that you had a passion for English Mideval history. With that said, of course I'm going to watch another hr long reaction to a video I've seen way too many times. Love all the content.

[@ethanrichard4950]

To be fair, any law surrounding the marrying of a brother's wife was strictly Old Testament laws for Israel. They wouldn't have necessarily applied to today (or in Henry's time)

[@ghsthunter5]

I had previously watched this on O.S. - I enjoy the extra information you add

[@turtelbro1123]

I purposefully didn’t watch Henry the 8 so I could wait to see you react to it.

[@jonnydbxjf3947]

Live near Hampton court palace, I go past it on top of the bus

[@zergonomic1821]

Childbed fever... It's crazy that that's killed so many women and all it took to put an end to it was basic hygiene (a physician named Semmelweis had the groundbreaking idea that doctors should *gasp!* wash their hands in the mid-1800s, though it still wouldn't catch on until the late-1800s).

[@Avatar1977]

On the little factoid about the Duke Of York, I think it's safe to say that the current one is going to completely break that streak.

[@robertisimmons]

Isn't it currently Andrew who has no male heirs?

[@pintpot]

No, he won't, unless he remarries and has a son

[@MarusASMR]

Interesting fact - the current duke of York is Prince Andrew… I’ll leave that one there

[@timsmith1324]

Words cannot describe my excitement seeing that the video was an hour long

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Yes! one of oversimplified greatest episodes!

[@robertaylor9218]

Jousting was also a mechanism for maintaining martial culture and competence during peacetime. And being a cavalryman with a spear is literally why nobles where created as a noble class. Which of course makes the practice of nobles buying their way out of military service hilarious.

[@drewmassey1426]

So... since the Habsburgs were brought up... figured this is as good of time as any to drop this bit of knowledge I stumbled on... I was watching the World Endurance Championship race from Sebring this weekend, when one of the drivers names jumped out at me thanks to this channel and things I've learned from the reaction videos... the driver... Ferdinand Habsburg... from Austria. I was like... can't be... but he has to be... and a quick Google search showed me that he is in fact the heir apparent to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine so would be in line to the Austrian crown, if it was still a thing. ... and while I got you... lets go back a couple videos... Eddie Rickenbacker... was a race car driver before he was the famous flying ace in WW1. He ended up buying the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1927 and owned it until 1945. Without him, the Indianapolis 500 wouldn't be the thing it is today!

[@BadGamerPlays]

There was one Lancastian before Henry Tudor... Joanne of Portugal. When Richard III reigned he needed to marry and she was one of the many prospects. Apparently the night before Bosworth, she had a dream that he would die in battle. Although she might not have married him as she was very devout Catholic and had joined a convent.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

How was she a Lancastrian?

[@BadGamerPlays]

@@VloggingThroughHistory Phillipa of Lancaster daughter of John of Gaunt and grandmother of Joanna.

[@troydunkle8248]

Ooh, I hope you enjoy Six. It's always fun when one of the songs pop up on the radio.

[@Coid8]

I’m from Yorkshire and we have the York rose displayed in multiple places around town etc. it’s a common thing to see still

[@Dryltd]

A Knight's Tale inspired me to read more history of actual jousting which lead me down a French and English history hole.

[@bellehogel8665]

The wrestling match was also apparetnly a large cause for concern as the advisors on both sides feared how their king would react to losing. The whole event was set up so that both of them would always be equal then the match happened. Thankfully things were smoothed over somewhat

[@joshuagoff1405]

I know that they tried to use leviticus 20:21 as leverage because it says "Taking your brothers wife is an unclean thing" but what is inteded in the verse is if a man take his wife sexually but not in matrimony meaning he has sex with his brothers widow but doesnt marry her because if you read the rest of Leviticus 20 its all legal punishments for sexual immorality

[@hexoslaya3696]

I just rewatched your reaction to this the other day. Took me a second to realise this was a re-reaction. Oh, and UP THE BAGGIES!!

[@blogbalkanstories4805]

On a side note: Sleeping with the wife of the heir to the throne is still considered High Treason in the UK. This is because in a hereditary monarchy it endangers the bloodline, i. e. it could result in someone becoming King or Queen who is not actually part of the lineage. (Which is why no comparable provision exists if the heir to the throne is female. Mater semper certer est, it's always certain who the mother is.) Princess Diana's lover only escaped prosecution because when his affair with her became public the statute of restitution applied, i. e. the crime had been committed too long ago for prosecution. Hypothetically he could have even been executed at the time. Piracy and High Treason were the last remaining capital offenses in the English legal code at the time, capital punishment was not abolished until 1998. (The last execution took place in 1964, though.)

[@billyrouthier246]

You began reactions in December 2020, I had covid late January 2021, I found your channel while I was home in isolation...been a big fan ever since and seen every video so far you have done on this channel...I love your channel, I learn a lot from your channel, and even if there is a subject where I disagree with you on, I feel its at least in a respectful way...love your channel and it's the first one I look up for a new video when I get home from work everyday...

[@matthewwarlin7421]

VTH Remastered!

[@copocopocopocopo]

12:03 The same Hampton Court Palace where Skeletor was caught on CCTV back in 2003? Of course, the Palace is also thought to be where Catherine Howard and Sybill Penn (the Grey Lady) haunt to this day. But that's if you believe in ghosts, which I don't.

[@iriswhite3184]

The channel he's referring to at 24:43 is Alonzo Lerone

[@zippman6628]

Good work, Like your content. I've learnd so much.

[@mclovinurmom2884]

7:00 the dolls on the bottom right made me chuckle

[@Powerkraut1]

A Knight’s Tale was actually adapted from one of the Canterbury Tales. Chaucer was even a character

[@getbn6547]

11:04 So the crown picks it's own ruler? Kinda like the sorting hat from Harry Potter? I'm learnding so much!

[@bingboone9474]

Looks like we are going to school with VTH, Oversimplified and Herman's Hermits