Historian Reacts - Hundred Years War #1 - Extra History

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What parts of history?

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[@RejectedAdvert]

Hey, I'm at the part where you apologize for going over something that they end up going over; PLEASE don't stop doing that. Getting multiple perspectives (yours, and theirs) helps a lot of us retain this stuff better! If I just wanted what they had to say, I'd just go watch their video. Thanks for all the work you do! I love your videos a lot.

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Love the vids man. Ever since middle school i have wanted to become a World History teacher. Now im in college and i plan to major in it and get a minor in philosophy

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Pretty much same story here. First subject history - second subject philosophy :D

[@amolinguas]

It is Salic Law which harks back to the Frankish Empire in 500 CE when only direct descendants of the male line could inherit the throne so the king of France re-instituted an old French law. Great stuff, bro!! love the channel!!!

[@johanlundmark8835]

Can you react to the Swedish empire - extra history??

[@David-fm6go]

10:19 Extra Credits messed up here by saying Valois. They should have said Capetian. Valois are male line Capetians as are the Bourbons but the Valois are a distinct branch and don't take power until the 1330s. So it is a Capetian that these Plantagenets have to kneel to.

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[@VloggingThroughHistory]

That's awesome, Ethan!

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I’ve been intrigued about history all my life, and I often watch these videos (without reaction). Having you talk about extra details and these comments really has helped me progress in my love for history! Thanks for making this content :)

[@liambenn1214]

oooo boy medieval England has such a huge history. Pretty much everything from the year 1000 onwards is just so dense and packed with history, you have William the conquerer, you have the Spanish Armada and the protestant reformation, you have the norse invasions, its just so much to look into that itll take a huge amount of vids to cover it all, and im all for more vids on the history of my country haha!

[@blackcobrea32]

i would be interested in seeing your reaction to "Brief History of the Royal Family" by CGP Grey

[@0Cruik0]

Extra Credits is a wonderful channel, i'd highly recommend their Extra Politics series they did. Another great channel is Overly Sarcastic Productions, they do both history and mythology, however, they can be pretty info-dense so you might need to pause them more to help lay out how much they throw at the audience.

[@snipergaming733]

I need go to bed but... Vlogging throught history's have new video

[@aidengrandsimon4103]

The first crusade is one of the best ones from extra history. Sengoku Jiday and 2nd punic war as well.

[@HavocParadox]

i love learning history.. it's always so interesting as to what events happened to lead up to other events.

[@0tb16]

Funny watching this from Caen, with a view on the castle of Guillaume (William) le conquérant ! Hope you soon get to visit Normandy, a pretty important place in history ! "Europe's unexplored bombs problem" is a great video to check before your trip, for safety at least haha

[@riccardosartori3822]

If during your trip in Europe you happen to go to northern Italy and you like hiking I suggest you hike the "strada delle 52 gallerie" on Mt. Pasubio (it means "trail of the 52 tunnels") it's a road that was built by hand during ww1 and it really makes you appreciate what a superhuman effort the great war imposed on soldiers.

[@mtav30]

There's a Timeline documentary series called Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty, which goes into great detail about the Plantagenets. It's very entertaining to watch.

[@snipergaming733]

Friends, by the way, it goes without saying that our chrish teacher is better than our history teachers at school, I guess XD (I'm not talking about harvard.) Love from 🦃

[@litogor]

Great probability that England would have become a region of France if the "French" king of England had obtained the throne of France! Without knowing it, the English people were lucky to lose this war ... ^^

[@sgttrensch3725]

If you come to Europe when Corona is a little better I would recommend visiting Poland. Auschwitz or the Schindler Museum are very interesting places. I was given the opportunity to visit them myself through history class Greetings from Germany

[@sgttrensch3725]

@The Dude why?

[@xenotypos]

@@sgttrensch3725 Probably because most people want to have fun during their holidays, the Holocaust is a pretty heavy topic, which everyone studied. I'm not saying it's not important, but it's not for everyone. If I had the opportunity to go to Poland, personally I'd really like to see the historic city of Krakow.

[@roflc0re]

My dream is to be a historian. But don't know Where to start. I Read about history almost everyday. Any tips? Also, you should check Extra Credits "The great northern War" serie

[@inesvandevelde1801]

Such a shame that we don’t have more information from those times, I’d love to know even more about it

[@linuskvarndal8212]

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[@sergiuosan8674]

That talk about the importance wool for English economy reminded me of the book and tv show Pillars of the Earth (the book is written by Ken Follet and is part of a trilogy. Is impressively accurate and if anyone is interested about 13th-14th economy and life of common people, one should definitely check it out). By the way, a little suggestion, if I may: maybe it would be of interest every now and then a video about some good historically accurate fiction books/ tv shows or about any books recommendation in general. I know it may be not what you usually do on the channel, but I would really like some book recommendations from a historian, and maybe there are more like me around here. :)

[@charliemcgrory3524]

Yes love this! Keep it up we have such a weird/whacky history us English have.... keep it up man been loving ur content recently :)

[@gocubsgo959]

U should react to SIMPLE HISTORY it’s great

[@nicolasduchastel2398]

The start of the English kings claiming France IS the start of the 100 years war (more or less).. They (the English Kings) did not asertain that much before... they were vassal to the King of France.

[@alexbaseball4684]

Love your content! I have been watching your videos almost every night. Keep up the great work.

[@AntonioHernandez-xl3il]

Not sure it was mentioned, but the host for this series is David Crowther. He is the host and producer if The History Of England Podcast.

[@Hive__]

If you go to Normandy, you should really check out the Pointe-du-Hoc. That was a landing point in which was believed major german artillery was held and major german defenses that could jeopardise D-Day. It is at Omaha i believe... At least definitly at an us landing beach. Edit: Just looked it up: It is acutally 6km west of omaha beach

[@RuinedSnowyDay]

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Love the vids can’t wait to finish this series

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Love the Videos! Im from York but live in Newcastle UK if you want a local history guide

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You remind me of middle and high school history teachers. It was always my favorite subject and your content takes me back to watching documentaries in class and having lecture/discussions about historical events. This is so much more than a react channel. This is like taking all the best parts of school that were interesting (and I wasn't a nerd for most of school, most of the time, I cheered for summer vacation) and putting it on KZbin. Thank you for the great content!

[@Molorange]

Hey if you really want your Europe series to pop create some vlogs that include others like your guides and employees and stuff they really kick the videos up a level. Also you can make teaching these topics a lot more personal by adding a few things like B roll and music and things like time lapses. Watch some of Casey Neistats V logs and if you can implement history into that kind of style these videos will explode

[@nicolasduchastel2398]

You should read The Acursed Kings by Maurice Druon (original title "Les rois maudits"). It's historical novel about before the 100 years ware and during it. It explains well the power struggles in France at that time. It was also used as one of two source of inspiration for the Game of Thrones books.

[@bsamsico]

i love these reaction videos, esp when u add more info that u know, and explain it in a way that's easy to understand! i hope you do the teddy roosevelt extra credit one next!

[@winterfell_forever]

And speaking about good books, I would recommend the series of novels "The king of Iron" which is mostly about the French perspective, from the trials and burnings of the Knights Templar to the beginning of the 100 years war (though the crazy adventure of Mortimer, from escaping the Tower of London to becoming virtually dictator of England and then his death, is well covered :P). It reads like a "historic game of thrones", with plenty of characters and poison plots. :)

[@adanbarona7334]

Can you please do oversimplified cold war?

[@ernestchoi4464]

I would think you would have done an April's Fools history vlog/reaction today

[@Xerxes2005]

Why does he keep talking about the Valois when they are clearly talking about Henry II. It was the Capetians at the time. Philippe VI was the first Valois king, a cadet branch of the Capetians. The succession of the last Capetian king of direct line is the crux of the Hundred Years War. When King Philippe IV died, all his sons succeeded him without leaving any heir (Louis X, Philippe V, Charles IV). Well, technically Louis X left an heir (John I the Posthumous) after his death but he died in the craddle. When Charles IV died, Edward III thought he was the rightful heir through his mother Isabelle who was Philippe IV's daughter. But France has never been ruled by a woman, nor did a King became one because his mother was the daughter of a King (unlike England with Stephen and Henry II). It was deemed that since Isabelle never had a right to rule over France she could not transmit it to her son. Therefore, the French nobility looked up for a male descendant of Duke Charles de Valois, the cadet brother of Philippe IV, who became Philippe VI. I'm surprised they left it all out.

[@jeandehuit5385]

Yeah, the anachronistic use of Valois bugs me too. They're obviously talking about the direct Capetians, but for some reason never use that name. I *assume* they just looked at Philip VI's Wikipedia page, saw his House listed as 'Valois' & assumed that (since he belonged to the same paternal line of every other French king, save the Carolingians, Merovingians, & Bonapartes) this name applied to the entire royal house, even tho. it didn't.

[@Beskkov]

I wish my history teacher was this good at explaining as you are. Love your incites on the subject on hand. Keep it up :)

[@callumforrester8708]

I really love your videos and can’t wait for you to come to my home country of England, their is history on literally every corner going back to the Romans and the vikings.

[@dustdreamer673]

You mentioned Edward Longshanks with a reference to Braveheart... I remember him from another very popular source: Age of empires campaign... I swear I played this game with my cousin when we were 10 - 12 years old and it inspired him to become a history teacher and myself to become a software engineer. Good times indeed

[@Westernfan444]

I have been watching your reactions of both Oversimplified and Extra History videos for about a month or so now, but this is the first comment that I have left. I enjoy the enthusiasm that you bring to your reactions. You are both knowledgeable and entertaining. I am a lifelong history buff, and even though, animal science/veterinary medicine was my major, I minored in history. I am 44 now, and I still love reading historical books and watching historical documentaries as well as touring historical sites (i.e Civil War battlefields, Revolutionary War battlefields, presidential and famous authors' homes, cemeteries, etc.) I'm a Georgia girl, and my first love has always been the Civil War because I still believe that the U.S.is defined by that war, but I enjoy all U.S. history. I also love English history; so, I appreciate that you choose to include it in your reaction videos. Thank you for the effort that you put into this channel. I look forward to more interesting and informative content from you.

[@David-fm6go]

15:46 England had a tradition of the throne passing through a women already where as France did not. I kind of disagree here and side with the Valois claim. Hilarious sidenote about Lancastrian hypocrisy, their claim to England rested on male only succession while still pressing Edward IIIs female linked claim to France.

[@kathy6979]

Interesting seeing your videos and the extra info you give. If you see this, I'd love to see you react to the UK show Horrible Histories. It tells history in a very fun way. It's one of the best loved shows for British kids and adults as well. You can find it on netflix if interested.

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Hey! Love to see more extra history stuff and I did have a suggestion. I love their Sengoku Jidai series and their Admiral Yi series. While the Admiral Yi series is easily one of my favorites from them, the Sengoku Jidai series would be better to watch before then. Mainly because the two kind of tie into each other, and the Admiral Yi series makes references to the Sengoku Jidai series. Not to mention the fact that the Sengoku series helps lay down a good foundation for the Japanese side and gives good background info to the invasion of Korea and how it came to be.

[@noodledanki]

Hey just found your channel recently, and I’ve been getting into history cause it’s very interesting to me. So it would help if you recommend any book in any part of history!

[@winterfell_forever]

I know that you are a self proclaimed anglophile and all, but what about visiting where Jean d Arc was taken prisoner last and later burned? That would be cool I guess. I went there as a kid, like 30 years ago, and gave me chills... :)

[@panther7748]

15:20 The issue with the french inheritance laws is actually quite complex. The system of male preference primogeniture had been the usual french inheritance law for hundreds of years (as opposed to the agnatic primogeniture of the salic law in the HRE). The trouble began with the death of King Philipp IV. of France in 1314. His eldest son became King as Louis X., but died unexpectedly in 1316. He was followed by his son (Jean I.) who was actually born after his fathers death and lived only for 4 days. The throne then passed to Louis' younger brother, Philipp V. However, Louis X. also had a daughter and because of the inheritance laws, she posed a threat to Philipps claim to the throne. He therefore changed the royal law of inheritance back to the ancient Salic law of the Carolingians, which only allowed the crown to pass through male-only-lines. Philipp V. only had daughters, so the throne went to his brother Charles IV., who died in 1328 - also without a male heir. According to the salic law (the introduction of which had been politically controversial), the rightful king was Philipp of Valois, a distant male-line cousin of the previous kings - he became Philipp VI. However, Edward III. of England claimed that the change of law had been illegal and therefore he should've been king as the son of Isabella of France, the sister of the three brothers. His claim was still not a very good one, because all three previous kings had daughters with a more senior claim to the throne.

[@jamesearly8518]

Great video! The narrator is David Crowther, host of the "History of England" podcast.

[@mitch7235]

If you would like to check out channels that focus on Medieval content, might I suggest: Shadiversity, Metatron, SandRhoman History, and Scholagladiatoria. Also, a channel that I greatly enjoy but only has a little Medieval content (at present) is: The Historian’s Craft.

[@DonJuan911]

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Austintown falcons!!! Big fan here, love your historical stuff. I live in Austintown too !

[@Anonixw]

Can you do a reaction about the revolution of 1848 ( especially about transylvanian , and moldovian , and wallachian revolutions)

[@normalguyhere9158]

I read the plantagenet and I loved it and was one of my favorite books I also read the wars of the Roses and the Magna Carta by Dan Jones

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There's just something about you that's so calming. I cant listen to other shows as I paint, but with you oh man I get to learn something and I get my work done. Thank you for all the great lessons in history that you share!

[@kameronlittle6517]

Jokes on you I can't read...

[@nathanieldavis1671]

The 100 years war(s) was a comlicated family civil war

[@abdullahahmad2012]

I haven't read about 100 years war and also not medieval history, would love to see more videos!

[@xdfggea88]

I live in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, we say it like Aki-ten! Love the videos!

[@kaiserrat70]

Nobody: The tags: #WW2

[@rebellion210]

Loving this channel! I love history!!!

[@shaanthing1848]

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[@samright4661]

From the devil we came the devil we will return. King Richard the lionhearts words. The Plantagenet Dynasty shaped England

[@Matt-cz6ti]

So fun fact: English kings continued to claim the throne of France until the *19th century*. That claim wasn’t rescinded until 1802, when following the French victory in the War of the Second Coalition, Great Britain recognised the French Republic in the Treaty of Amiens. And a republic, by definition, has no monarch. If you acknowledge a republic, you can’t then also claim to be its monarch. You can be it’s monarch de facto (looking at you, Roman Emperors from Augustus to Diocletian), but you can’t claim to be monarch of a republic

[@leonfilipic2563]

Salic law Absolute male primogeneture was actualy already in effect in france in previus succesions. In 1316 when Louis X died his wife was pregnant, he also had a daughter with his first wife, but as his first wife cheted on him her legitimacy was questionable. His posthumus son Jean I died few days after the birth, so his younger brother argued that, he and not his nice Joan should be the new heir, to legitimazie his claim he used old Merovingina law that disalowed women from owning a fued. Philip V died few years later and ironicly had only surviving daughters, so throne passed to third brother Charles IV who also died without male heir only posthumusly born daughter. Edward III was son of those three KIngs sister, while Philip VI was their cousin. edwards argument was that while women can't rule france they can pass the claim to their sons while Philip argued that as they cannot inherit they also can't pass the claim.

[@davidtownsend6092]

Also fun connection. Isabella's (shewolf) dad killed the templars cuz he owed em money

[@curiousgeorge6912]

Love the content, keep up the good work!

[@yandnat1656]

As one of my favourite comedians said, why did we have a war against France for 100 years? Because we were enjoying winning it so much, we spun it out as much as we could.

[@davidtownsend6092]

Don't forget Henry the 1st son of the conquerer married into the anglo Saxon line. And Scottish actually but yes that's the connection to Alfred the great

[@Hannibalian]

learnt something cool, henry vii must've been insulting my ancestor sir humphrey stafford iii when he had him executed in tyburn for leading the stafford and lovell revolt

[@motionpictures6629]

Mathilda wasnt married to the holy roman emperor, she was married to his cousin Heinrich der Löwe (the Lion) . Heinrichs father should have become emperor but Barbarossa forged a new crown and had himself elected by his friends the bishops of Köln, Trier and Mainz befor Heinrich could reach Aachen to be crowned himself. Barbarossa and Heinrich had a fight becouse Heinrich was to powerful, he was Duke of Saxony and Bavaria at the same time and had more money and troops than the emperor himself. He had to flee with his wife Mathilda to England. Im a descented of Mathilda according to my gens. I have a huge cluster of genes typical for Braunschweig the capitol city of Heinrichs and Mathildas sons and grandsons realm. P.S. Mathilda was mother of Emperor Otto IV. thats why she was called empres.

[@lafther210]

Another thing, the original starts of by talking about clash of nations. But to speak of nations is anachronistic as nations is a 19th century invention.

[@madbrad5596]

so were they called english kings rather than french kings or at best anglo french kings. what did plantagenets see them see them self as, i no that anglo Angevin empire was a blended culture. also i no that richard the lions heart when he use to enter touraments he would put down english.

[@SourDohSteele]

So excited for these videos

[@dicergames965]

Please please check out some of Mark Felton Productions videos

[@MrBlurredOut]

Gutting that lip youve got in..now thats whats really impressive

[@winterfell_forever]

Of course that would be in Rouen. Theres a museum in the tower that she was in.

[@markhutton6465]

I'm from the UK and have a history degree...the Hundred Years war was never taught. So many of the events that shaped our nation are overlooked so they can cover WWII every year just to make sure you get the point "Nazis = bad" (the war in the Pacific is a footnote, sorry). There wasn't much mention of how the Empire came about, the Opium Wars or even Napoleon either. And everything that happened between the Tudors and the Industrial Revolution is pretty much bypassed. Little wonder most Brits just assume we're the "good guys."

[@xenotypos]

Why are the Tudors considered so important though ? I never understood, in the 16th century England wasn't even totally amongst the great powers of Europe, so why. The 17th century and especially the 18th century would be better material if they wanted to cover the rise of England. As for the middle ages, I thought everyone studied Agincourt at least, even briefly.

[@lesdodoclips3915]

I had a different experience. We spent half our time learning non English history. ( and it’s always either Russia or Germany). Then we had a brief overview of English and British history, converting the entire history in one module, which did mention all the bad stuff the empire did (and in some cases, didn’t do) then another module of a teachers choice.

[@Charles-js3ri]

As they say, if goods stop crossing borders, armies will soon.

[@theunfortunategeneral]

This puts me in the mood for CK3 again.

[@Thraim.]

This is post Dans Extra History, which makes me sad.

[@mallc8874]

I get why you have #history but not why you have #ww2 over the titel when the video is not about ww2.

[@AndyHoward]

and of course he said hung instead of hanged.

[@stevepetersmusic9262]

I dunno why us Brits go on about the hundred years war so much we lost lol

[@jacksonbadgley5022]

I love this channel so much.

[@carterdixon8031]

You should watch extra credits ghengis khan series

[@Paco96]

Wasn't William more Norman than French? Which I believe is a mixture of Norse settlers with French language and religion, and some intermingling. I think he should be considered more Norman, since he is a descendant of Hrólfr/Rollo

[@xenotypos]

Normandy itself was a french duchy. Rollo and his people settled in that land given by the french king 150 years before William existed, they ruled the duchy but the preexisting french locals remained the majority (and they were named Normans too...). That norse ruling cast intermarried and in a few generations were indistinguishable from the rest of Frankish nobility (William didn't have much "norse" blood left, it's not "some" intermingling: it's every generation since Rollo). Norman french was one of the oil dialects, basically what we call "old french" (closely similar dialects spoken in all the northern part of France, which includes Normandy and Paris, each region had its variation). On a side note though, they called themselves "Frankish", not really using the word French yet. Like all the other nobles in the kingdom of France. Even the king of France was actually called the king of the Franks until the 1200s, weirdly.

[@stephenoshaughnessy5717]

When goods don't cross borders, armies will.

[@drewpamon]

Why isn't the original linked in the description?

[@David-fm6go]

14:00 and especially with regards to Flanders.

[@steveclarke6257]

A brief history of England...... roughly 4 distinct periods 1066 up to the glorious revolution 1689 when the Stuart's are finally deposed- so each ends in a civil war of sorts. The Norman period which covers conquest in 1066 and 1144 with the death of King Stephen (last of the Norman kings) who lost his civil war with his cousin Matilda; this is known as The Anarchy. Then comes the first line of Plantagenet kings starting with Henry II (Matilda's son) in 1144 and whilst King John is effectively deposed in 1216 , ( by his Barons in the next civil war lead by de montfort... the Barons war and England also losing control! Of Normandy the King of France), this for his son Henry II with Simon de Montfort as regent. However the line of Plantagenet kings continues with Henry II but ends with the War of the Roses (1455 -1485) with the end of Richard III and the asendancy of the Henry Tudor. The Tudors eventually run out of direct heirs with Elizabeth's death in 1603, but it sort of continues with her James Stewart of Scotland (who is the grandson of Henry VIII's older sister Margaret). The initial period of Stuart misruled ends in the beheading of James's son Charles I (after English Civil war), but then stupidly we let them have another go with Charles II and his brother James II before parlement finds a more suitable non Catholic candidate with William I in 1689 following the battle of the Boyne in Ireland aka the glorious revolution!

[@Harry265481]

Edward II died in my family's castle