How Did The Great Fire Of London Become So Devastating? | The Great Fire | Absolute History

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[@Alitawc1]

I don't know how if people believe in life after death I know that I don't believe in God I'm an atheist. But since the small child I had memories of this fire would ask my mom and dad and an older people my mom and dad would take me around to libraries to read about the fire sometimes she would go there alone because she was an adult she was able to get into different areas of the library back then I'm now 48 years old. I was able to tell my mom things about the Great fire of London that she said you would only know that by books that then we didn't even have VCR or DVDs or anything we have books and sometimes maybe a documentary but still the information that you would find or on the TV it was be nothing compared to what you can get online today. I start having nightmares I did see a few therapy people who was astounded by the information I used to give them the the nightmares turned into a point where I couldn't sleep and I was scared to close my eyes because if I was in the nightmare for me back then they was houses or a little huts maybe shops of some type or working men on the bridges of the great fire which also got attacked by the fire. From what we can gather I was a maybe a teenager from what I could see but then again I could have been maybe 12 or 13 and I was on the bridge and screaming for help people running around me me trying to get away from the fire and the only way I could go down was to jump off the bridge and so I jumped off the bridge and the last thing I remember seeing is just all these bodies in the water and as I looked up before I hit the water just flames falling down on me. Now people reading this might think oh she's just a weirdo but no the information I was able to give about so many places I'm from London born and break London morning wc1 no one has ever spoken to me about the great fire never heard about it but about the great fire but I was able to give information to send people about the great fire it caused me a lot of grief and agony and when I finally saw a therapist it was a case of having to let me be able to go to sleep without having these horrible horrific dreams to talk about it I know what they went through I was even given a name of a family it lived on one of the bridges because of the amount of information I gave which I won't be given here but it helped me to come to terms but I still have those nightmares less but I still have those nightmares and I was definitely a boy. Scared of my mind and the worst thing was I couldn't swim so I knew if I jumped off that bridge I was going to die I was right in the middle but the whole bridge the fire was just ignited so everybody was jumping off the bridge so I had to I didn't want to burn so I jumped but then of course I died but the image in my mind when I died I was so scared to go to go near the bridge until I started talking about it to my parents and too many other people and then they started investigating with me and for me and a few historians came to see me the bridge the I know exactly what Bridget was the hutch jump off and seeing all those dead people in the water before I died was horrific and most of that bridge had to be rebuilt from under and on top and they never put houses on there ever again huts or whatever you want to call them!!🥺

[@calebsmommy812]

There is a miniseries that covered it from 2014. They did a great job

[@josmclaren4328]

@@Alitawc1 y87

[@josmclaren4328]

@@Alitawc1 ààaaaqoo

[@tammeoosterhof5514]

Spielberg

[@GhastlyCretin]

I don't understand how an epic movie hasn't been made about this. If it was done right it would be awesome.

[@khankrum1]

I think there was a movie in Black and White, long before Technicolour! I barely remember it as a child. Possibly " Samuel Pepys Diaries, But I can not be certain

[@AbsoluteHistory]

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[@helenagreenwood2305]

Also the gunpowder plot - I'm not sure a movie has been made about that - there's a few drama documentaries about it

[@ashleyowen7664]

right here is the problem with movies - any major disaster: deep water horizon, 9/11, ww2 they wanna make a film so they can make money off it

[@helenagreenwood2305]

@@myassizitchy brill I'll have a look 👍 Ps hope you sort your itchy ass out 😆😆😆😆😆

[@rosieHolliday5887]

Considering how crowded London was & how the city was built, it's amazing that it didn't burn to the ground every other month with the amount of fires & candles & everyone living on top of each other. Great documentary

[@steunited.2467]

But you have a train. Both myself and partner. Haven't had a train in twenty years

[@ViolentRainbow]

That's what I was wondering, did they have nay kind of fire control methods? What did they actually do when there was a fire? Seems like they had no clue.

[@jimj1525]

It must’ve been exceptionally dry that year. One would think it’s so rainy there that extensive, ravaging fires would be a rarity

[@Flauviexxo]

Just imagine “Hey Johnathan” “Hey Luke” “My house burnt again” “Same”

[@Konkata]

It physically hurts me to know many of those historic buildings could be standing today had a woman just taken one for the team and simply pissed the fire out

[@Marlaina]

😂

[@jessicazoppi2004]

😂😂😂😂

[@cowsal77]

😂 brutal

[@abigaild7304]

Hahaha

[@lindadenneypu6315]

I know, right

[@mwright_boomer]

What’s often forgotten is that an awful bout of plague swept through London in 1665. Those two events back to back must have felt like the end of the world.

[@colinyandon6137]

Especially to the people whose world ended!

[@elizabethwoolnough4358]

Years ago I read that the fire was instrumental in eliminating the plague outbreak.

[@juttamaier2111]

@elisabeth very probable because the majority of rats were certainly killed, they could not run fast enough from such a horrendous fire.

[@robertshaw5812]

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[@roguegirl29]

@@PIERRECLARY Uhhh...What?

[@gic8849]

England has the BEST tv shows about their history. I’m an American and obsessed with all of them.

[@Project2013B]

Best of all they don't apologize for their history.... or inject their woke bullshit into it.

[@richardvinsen2385]

Americans don’t care about our own history. Most English people probably know more American history than the typical American.

[@glen6258]

Just think, instead of all the crap we have on our history channel we could be actually learning about history. Not aliens and pawn stars

[@gic8849]

@@glen6258 I know right

[@cas4554]

We have got rather a lot of diverse history 😁

[@marionwheatland]

As fires burn hotter and hotter, the air rushing in to the heart of the fire combined with the updraft, creates its own powerful weather system. The intense heat melts and carbonizes various "fuels" at the same time that the fire sucks in anything close by. This is why you will never know the number of people who died during the Great Fire. -- they were sucked in as they tried to escape. Also, the Fire may be out after those chaotic days, but the intense heat of the fire penetrated the soil up to several feet down, meaning that the flames may be gone but the ground was still hot months later. Bodies buried under churches were in scorched coffins and the bodies inside were a disgusting shade of green due to the lead poisoning from the melting lead rooves.

[@satanstrophywife3867]

That’s literally the most fascinating thing I have ever read wow ✨

[@johnscanlon2598]

It’s called fire storm , Dresden comes to mind and Tokyo

[@hensonlaura]

Excellent, thx

[@Stopthisrightnow560]

Wow. That begs the question how contaminated the ground was afterwards. Hadn't even thought about everything toxic they made their houses out of.

[@jayg1438]

Yup, and the physics of fire of that size removes the air that is breathable so people suffocate. Again see Dresden and during WWII.

[@jenniferlee3139]

these people are bringing history to life. I really love this channel. I feel like I was in LONDON, back in 1666.

[@pissiole5654]

The guy dressed like Benjamin Franklin 52:00 was a nice touch

[@katarzynamariamuszynska2811]

Sometimes I wish I have some magic phone box like in Doctor Who which can transport me in any era in time so I can expierence different times

[@rosiebeardshaw658]

I don't think anyone could really comprehend how horrific it was. Such devastation! So many people affected by it.

[@jaggg.3821]

I could in the 1990, Oakland, CA and bear in mind the previous year we were semi-recovering from that World Series Quake in 89. A Fire Storm apparently the first time it had ever occurred in Oakland's & Berkeley's History broke out, in the surrounding Berkeley Hill's near U.C. Berkeley and the Lawrence Hall of Science, The Oakland Hill's around The Claremont Hotel were all a blaze yet somehow that Hotel never burn downed. The weird part about that day, it was the only time while in our house that my mom didn't have on the News. With the Firestorm came and onslaught of people with really bad Allergies & Asthma being advised by Doctor's not too go out into that Air because of the Environmental issue's stemming from that raging Fire. It would of killed Us, and in my case, it nearly had, I had a sneeze marathon going on with me. While in my bathroom getting more tissues for my nose I sneezed so hard that I slammed my head in to my marble sink. That gave me a whopping Concussion. Mom called the doctor who told us she didn't know what was going on the Doctor's office were being Flooded with Calls from patients in West Side Oakland as opposed to East Side Oakland, turning on the News The Fire Storm was featured. The Doctor called mom back too let her know she can't take me out in to that Air It Will Care. Most of my friend's went to a school in that era where the Fire blazed it scared The News Crew and Oakland Fire Fighters because the Fire had Jumped The Freeway. B.A.R.T had to suspend service's on The back then Concord train Route & Richmond because it stopped at Berkeley Station's on it's way to Richmond, CA. As for me a friend of the family brought my Allergy medications and for some reason, that I didn't understand a single Can of Regular Coke Cola. Apparently, some Old School Doctor's used Coke Cola on asthmatic patient's because the Carbon in the Soda, helped them breathe and since I was having trouble breathing from my allergies they felt it would help me Too. They were right, I could finally breathe and sleep through The Night, but I had to stay away from School for 3 Day's because the smog from the Fire was still in the Air. The saddest News we learned of in relation to Berkeley's & Oakland CA Firestorm some Elder's died in the Fire because they would not leave their pets behind because for some that was all they had were there Pet's. Come 1992, on the other hand, I was glad lived in Oakland and not L.A. why? The Rodney King Verdict April 29, 1992 all those Set Fire's would of greatly compromised me with my Allergies.

[@rosiebeardshaw658]

@@jaggg.3821 That sounds horrific. I feel for you and anyone who experienced that. I just meant, the masses of people who literally lost everything, homes,business, health. They didn't have any real welfare services in those days. Insurance barely existing businesses devastated. The poor had not the support we have these days.

[@jaggg.3821]

@@rosiebeardshaw658 that's true.

[@mehere8038]

In terms of the fire, I think most Australians can understand it, we get bushfires with the intensity of 1500 Hiroshima bombs you know & they jump 30kms at a time & have burnt down entire towns before the fire brigade can even reach that new front that did that. Number of people impacted & to experience a fire like that without previous serious fire experience, no, I don't think we can understand, but the fire itself, yeh, we certainly can! Mind blowing to think that stone buildings began doing what our flammable oil leaf trees do though & spontaneously exploding as the fire comes near, not to mention creating the firestorms, complete with lightning & their own wind & fire tornados (they didn't mention the fire creating the wind or tornados in the video, I guess cause they're not familiar enough with what fires like this cause so as to understand that would have been happening there too, but if it's doing the lightning, it's going to be doing at least the winds too)

[@TheAsurazero]

Michael Bay should be called

[@oreo9052]

I live in America. It’s amazing to see how the British brick architecture made it here and even still stands today. Thank you British people/colonists who built it. It’s still a sight to behold today. Whenever I visit the old towns in Virginia it certainly does feel like you’ve gone back in time.

[@Claudia_Crimson_585]

That's cool

[@EliTHink754]

I wonder what the ppl who were colonized thought. We're they amazed??? What you sow, you will reap. Now your about to enter your 3rd wwar.am amazed....not

[@terimorris6394]

@@EliTHink754the whole world was was colonised at some point, that’s just how it is. Even the English were colonised by the Normans romans vikings etc

[@JamesKerwin]

Of course though - that point will be ignored it doesn't fit the narrative. ​@terimorris6394

[@raymondwilliams2609]

So very well put together, it must have been a logistical nightmare to assemble with any accuracy ! I was extremely absorbed and now have a completely different outlook on one of the great tragedies in time that really is unequalled and set a precedent for how we live today. Bless them all, especially the ones who died so tragically. Fantastic, thank you for the upload ! 🤗☺️❤️✌️🖖🤘👋

[@naw9549]

They have a good one (or one of the history hit channels do) on the Montreal underground city that's also very good but a bit shorter, I highly recommend

[@automechs360]

Apparently there is extremely good records of how the fire spread including as to where is initially started from eye witness accounts. They had some pretty amazingly good records for a lot of events that you wouldn't think would have been possible for the time periods. For instance the border stones of Washington D.C. and many old mile stone markers are deadly accurate despite them not having a exacting way to measure out the miles or square miles of the District of Columbia back in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

[@GaewayahaWhitker]

Same here totally agree with you

[@flashcar60]

The wind feeding the fire need not have been a meteorological phenomenon. Fire itself can induce a centripetal wind.

[@Wig4]

Indeed ! It's why it's spreading fast in all 4 directions

[@atarayael]

A miniseries will work best

[@M.Godfrey]

Absolutely, and that wind scales with the fire.

[@AshB_Watercolors]

Yes!!! Exactly! I have studied controlled fires, for Range Mgmt and the forest service…. And centripetal wind is a huge factor.

[@apachehelicopter9032]

Yea look at Dresden in WW2

[@kristina7065]

I’m from Kyiv and regarding the looters, just recently when Russians started bombing our cities, some local bastards also started looting, but then quickly stopped when they faced the rage of self-organized public 🙂 Neighbors of those who left for the longest time kept an eye on their property and got together to track and defend apartment buildings from anyone unfamiliar. My neighbor is still looking after my rabbits 😭 Can’t say te same about the subhumans who call themselves russian army though, looting occupied towns and sending back to their greedy wives anything and everything, starting from washing machines ending with worn underwear. There were cases of children bodies found with earrings ripped off their ears in towns that rustards were pushed out of. Can’t imagine what’s going on in the towns that are currently occupied…

[@khankrum1]

You have only to examine the rape of Berlin in WWII. to understand what is going on in the Russian occupied areas!

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

I very much hope you and your family are now safe and well. Are you all together? I don't know why but I have a sense you are not there with your family, such would be difficult --worried, scared, missing them, etc etc.

[@mondomacabromajor5731]

In the current landscape of public opinion on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, it is not uncommon for the parties stirring up chaos to engage in fake news dissemination. While NATO's reckless expansion remains the major root cause of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, NATO member states, as veterans of concocting and spreading disinformation, and some Western media have been stealthily doing their bit in employing the disinformation tactic and fanning flames of propaganda. Recently, reports went viral on social media platforms that a senior Ukrainian official, Lyudmila Denisova Ukrainian parliament's commissioner for human rights, was fired over several lies spread about sexual assaults against children allegedly by Russians without verified evidence and since proven false. It has sparked the latest round of concerns about the rampancy of disinformation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Don't believe anything you hear on social media....

[@--Skip--]

The Rustarfs are just doing what their spiritual father, BLOODYMIR POOTIN 💩 allows. It cost Rubles to send back home Ukrainian goods! Sickening.

[@Crossword131]

Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@alichehade6642]

This is hands down one of the best pieces i have EVER watched.

[@koenraad4618]

Once there was a baker in Pudding Lane, he burned down the city and went quite insane.

[@coling8176]

. . . he said “What the f*ck! , just my f*cking luck! , no guesses for who gets the blame!

[@CreachterZ]

From an American, is this a thing?

[@Nina-fp3jv]

😆

[@LQOTW]

@@CreachterZ I wondered the same

[@rabbitramen]

He and his family may have escaped blame back then, but you can be certain that they didn't get over in God's judgment of their bearing false witness against Robert Hubert. They traded being spared temporary fire on earth for enduring the permanent fires of Hell.

[@allandavis8201]

I have to say that the demonstration of the way the fire reached such huge temperatures and ferocity was quite impressive and a little scary, and could still happen today.

[@mfbfreak]

It can't really happen like this anymore. There are not enough houses with exposed timber construction anymore. Most residential fires are extinguished before they can spread to other houses because of advanced fire fighting techniques. Only if we allow the regulations with regards to fire protection to slacken (like at grenfell tower) will we start seeing big fires again.

[@allandavis8201]

@@mfbfreak I agree, up to a point, there are many small traditional villages that have exposed wood construction and/or thatched roofs, there is one village like that in the area I grew up, the nearest fire brigade was (probably still is) a retained crew about 4 miles away from the village, and even with a very quick reaction time a old thatched roof would be a major blaze by the time they arrived, perhaps I did overstate my opinion and I hope I am wrong, it would be a true disaster for such a community that is for certain, and I hope we never see another disaster like Grenfell tower.

[@willowhofmann7409]

It DOES still happen today. I live in Northern California and . . Yeah, it happens. RE: Paradise, Ca

[@celtoloco788]

@@mfbfreak it might happen today, but only today. Allnew industrial and commercial builds are required to have sprinkler systems, soon fires will be a thing of the past. Theres a movement to require them in personal homes as well. With a proper sprinkler system a building literally cannot burn down

[@elizabetha2601]

Wildfires? Canada, California, Amazon, Australia, etc?? Yes it does still happen

[@shanevandiver8457]

I love your country. Never been there. I'm an American. Would love to visit.

[@jasonhaimovici1331]

Fell asleep with this on and had a vivid dream of me being here and burning alive. 10/10 documentary but wouldn’t recommend dozing off while this is playing.

[@Garblegox]

9:36 And how could a fire burn down an entire city? It was a wooden city

[@stephbowden8850]

are you for real?

[@hensonlaura]

So many inanities.

[@bradmiller7486]

A good firestorm (Dresden, WW2) will actually turn bricks into glass-like substance.

[@DrGarri]

Fantastic documentary, done by these brilliant young historians, a MUST see!

[@beckyshock3099]

Thank you for putting all three episodes together, most of the time I watch one maybe 2, but have trouble finding all of them. Thank you so much!!!! Yes I watched it all at one sitting!!! Very interesting!!!!

[@GaewayahaWhitker]

I watched all this in 1 sitting❤

[@petenielsen6683]

The Great Fire of London is such an important historic even that the BBC could not make of its mind what started it in Doctor Who. In one episode Tom Baker's Doctor says "I had enough of that in 1666" when he starts a fire in a country estate in the early 20th century. And in Peter Davison's time as the Doctor we see it started by aliens who had tried to kill off the population of England starting on Pudding Lane using an altered version of the plague. Real events often become so important to people that writers cannot help thinking "what if the baker had not started it at all? What if it were aliens?" So it is ironic that the 4th Doctor merely mentioning it would be played by an actor whose NAME is Baker.

[@helenagreenwood2305]

Tom Baker was my favourite Doctor

[@BenBen-yx6ug]

@spud spuddy same doctor who is shit

[@torigalvin7565]

Chug,7.,

[@mattgoat4873]

have you banged your head? aliens? ffs

[@randwickbelle]

what if Covid was started by aliens? and it was to weaken us up before an invasion?

[@dyskelia]

Yes, I am watching a long doc about the fire of London on a Friday night

[@okidoll]

It's 4:24 am. I should have been in bed a couple hours ago. This was so good I had to finish it. Well done. Cybil was quite the woman.

[@BeckBeckGo]

2:36 here. I’m rather enjoying my relentless insomnia tonight.

[@okidoll]

@@BeckBeckGo And I'm still up watching youtube.

[@WhiteCamry]

Church bells ringing?

[@christendomempire5657]

Same here 3:55 am should of been in bed hours ago

[@K8E666]

Honey would actually work because it’s got amazing antiseptic properties and would keep the burn moist which is exactly what you want. We still use gauze impregnated with manukau honey for wounds today.. Of course we use a lot of FLAMAZINE cream which is a topical antibacterial cream with an active ingredient which belongs to the group of antibiotic medicines called sulphonamides. Flamazine contains Silver Sulfadiazine and although white in colour when you apply it, it quickly oxidises and turns silver in colour.

[@mehere8038]

interestingly a Cochrane review found honey worked, while silver sulfadiazeine did nothing for burns

[@widowrumstrypze9705]

@@mehere8038 I know! This fool is pushing nonsense!

[@Slimewolf]

I love the juxtaposition of the fiery terror unfolding all around, against Sybil just enjoying that night-life 😂.

[@ProwlingTiger1]

I always now imagine the reaction to Saint Pauls going up in flames would be similar to how the people of Paris (and the rest of the world) reacted to the Notre-Dame fire, even non-religious people were very upset due to the building having more than just religious significance but also architectural and historical significance, like Notre-Dame, Old Saint Pauls meant different things to different people besides the main obvious one, at that moment in time London had lost one of its major Icons which was 570 odd years old at the time, the 4th Church to be on that site. The loss of Old Saint Pauls must of been an even more brutal blow amidst an already devesting time for the people of London back then yet even with great tragedy and destruction- human resilience and will to survive and carry on- shines through.

[@Eli-pw9ug]

the honey and snail slime are VERY good for burns!! we still use it today to treat facial burns and even in skincare to help acne heal and cells renew themselves! They knew what they were doing

[@glorialange6446]

A magnificent documentary. I am American, and years of seeing snips of the history, and seeing some of the details in historical based fiction and true nonfiction, made me eager to see this and I was appalled and fascinated at the result of the investigation, archeology, and documentation and map of the devastation and trully saddened by the losses people suffered. Kudos to you all and thank you for this history lesson.

[@donnacsuti4980]

I have read Samuel Pypse Diarys and have copy. They have detailed description of the event and his daily life he wrote at the time. It's great reading thank you for this video. I have no computer but view on my phone hope you keep posting for us retired folks who love history. Great shows.

[@marleykaufman9710]

Professor pepper and spice has absolutely killed it with his outfit. The sherpa, the shoes, the brain - 100% savage

[@louisetrott5532]

No, the archival records are NOT 'hidden away'. Archival records are stored in optimum conditions for permanent retention. The records are managed by a Content Management System. They are not hidden and they do not need to be 'found'. It is called Reference and Access.

[@kristinewatson3702]

Cognitive paralysis... I have the best example of this from my youth. When Mt St Helens erupted in 1980 there was a man named Harry R Truman who owned and operated a lodge near Spirit Lake at the base of the mountain. He refused to leave and died in the first volcanic flow that took off half the mountain top. If you remember this event the eruption was obviously not a surprise.

[@thepoolteam9339]

O pop

[@rhocat362]

I watched Mt. Saint Helen's erupt from the back door of a bar, just across the hills. It frightened the shit out of me!

[@Garblegox]

Similar to the "normalcy bias". Just the idea that our brains tend to doubt reality if it changes too suddenly, and we discount threats. There's a story of a Pan Am flight crashing into the ground, and the impact didn't kill the passengers. But the cabin caught fire, and while most people got up and started to flee to the exits, a few dozen people sat completely still in a trance, as if the flight was still carrying on normally and there was merely turbulence. Some of the entranced people were shaken into action by other passengers and got out, but a handful just sat still and burned to death.

[@kristinewatson3702]

@rhocat my parents drove us up in the hills to a viewpoint to watch! I was in 8th grade and half of my class was there with their parents. Ridiculous to drive closer even from the other side. Lol

[@clare076]

I remember when that happened, I live near Mt. Rainier.

[@valiantsfelinesmccarty6678]

I felt for the human side of it but most of all it was amazing to see that 300-year-old trade coin Sybil had made. I think with her ingenuity and spunk she definitely survived maybe not in a way that we would find respectful but away that she could at least feed her daughters and get them to adulthood. I felt especially for those who had hope they'd saved everything and then lost it all including their loved one so sad to give up simply because you lost your things but back then it wasn't so easy to start over again. Shows the spunk of of humanity.

[@kendram5710]

It's about being a part of the cycle of things, from what I've interviewed about. and, I don't agree; but, they just say it's where they belong. if it goes, they go S: almost like how I would see a "pet" or child; they personify it.... like it'd be abandoning it if they left

[@Marlaina]

Sybil needed to be fired from her job from neglect of duty which caused children to get sick, which leads to death in those days. If humans wouldn’t give her the boot then nature did.

[@Lonesome__Dove]

Ive been in two house fires in my life. Fires where i lost everything i owned within minutes. The one thing that stands out to me the most is the sound of the fire. Its loud, it roars and its very intense. You can definitely hear it coming.

[@joshschneider9766]

8:34 Can you imagine owning that blue car and seeing this? Oh yeah, I'm just parked on the exact spot the great fire of London started haha. Great detective work and great documentary!

[@jacksonpollock814]

I mean, Monument is right behind them...

[@johnkeller6063]

I enjoy watching these videos. They're put together very well. I've learned quite a bit from these. Well done HH well done

[@jackiereynolds2888]

Your passions and perspectives are most probably what fashion different people's lamentations about such incidents as this. Myself - with a penchant for the sciences think more about what we all lost in the Great Fire as one would think of say, - 'new beginnings'. A fervent wish of mine would be an opportunity to wander all the streets of old London circa. 1665 - say sometime in June. The architecture, all the infrastructure, and all the things that would have been lost, - entirely irreplaceable things like clothes and shoes, books and all other everyday sundries. Because you know that the fire took with it things that we will never know we have all lost and what's more, - are gone forever.

[@riyads5236]

This is an exceptional production, with an epic story, told masterfully. Well done!

[@mehere8038]

The city literally became like a forest they say, yeh, as an Aussie watching, that's how it reads, all the stuff happening there is what we experience with our bushfires. I'll bet if historians studied recent Aussie bushfires in detail & then reviewed the events of this fire, they'd find a lot more stuff they hadn't noticed previously too, such as the relationship between strong winds & the fire actually causing them

[@Saturn-5-t4s]

thats in the bush its not a city

[@mehere8038]

@@Saturn-5-t4s and why couldn't it happen in a city? Especially back then with the differences, with far more timber & other combustibles, straw etc as part of the buildings

[@surreyboy84]

The thought of Samuel Pepys burying his Parmesan cheese in his garden made me chuckle.

[@samfiadrangus9188]

I have such a history crush on Dr. Lipscomb...

[@USAR8888]

I've always been fascinated by this event ever since reading a book about it called By Permission of Heaven by Adrian Tinniswood. Couldn't put it down! It is important to remember that the reason Londoners initially blamed the Dutch is because only 2 weeks before Admiral Robert Holmes raided and burned down the entire Dutch town of West Terschelling, along with 150+ Dutch ships, known as "Holmes's Bonfire", among the backdrop of the Second Anglo Dutch War.That would add much needed context to this documentary that presents this as just crazed, irrational Londoners blaming "foreigners" for the fire. It really wouldn't have been irrational as an Englishman to initially think the Great Fire was started by the Dutch out of revenge for Holmes's Bonfire just a couple weeks before.

[@robertshaw5812]

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[@deefurdeeart3673]

24:46 I can see some kind of drawing on the wall that is showing up due to the blue light and looks as if it cant be seen in natural light.

[@tripeeblonde8309]

You made me look! Yes!

[@chizvicious8353]

This was so very well documented... Best KZbin suggestion ever!!! I actually chose to watch this to fall asleep n now it's already morning but it was worth it... Well done 👍👍👍

[@BeautyByLinnoria]

This is what i love...these intense deep dives into history 💝💝💝👍🏿👍🏿

[@Oakleaf700]

Superb documentary. St Pauls was our School's church, so I felt very 'Drawn' to it. A most beautiful building

[@Cortinaman63]

A Fascinating extremely well made production, which not only gives the official story of the great fire of London, but for those clever enough to see it tells the true story behind the devastation caused, why it happened and who was really responsible, Always remember History is written by the winners, and the real "truth" is rarely what the History Books says it is. Thank you for this Superb Production, which I really enjoyed watching.

[@angelapas1488]

Those pesky “gold”smiths and bankers. Wasnt the edict of expulsion still in effect??

[@MichelleJ1822]

Anyone here after seeing a “short” on Time Travel Visuals? I have enjoyed many historical events on this channel. But I saw a mention of this event on that channel. So I wanted to dig a little deeper. This is my favorite channel for history! Thank you guys so much for all of your hard work and dedication and research. I’m almost 50 years old and just recently became interested in history. My dad was quite the history buff. But as a child, I was not in the least bit interested. But the older I’ve gotten the more interested I’ve become. And this is my go to channel!

[@N_0968]

One of the reasons was that the mayor didn’t allow the creation of fire blocks by tearing down surrounding buildings.

[@SykeMediaTV]

How Did The Great Fire Of London Become So Devastating? ... I "wood'nt" know!

[@annbretagne2108]

Ha ha. Easterly wind was a factor, I heard.

[@Z3pH4x]

Nice

[@PerfectlyDeranged]

London’s burning, London’s burning! Fetch the engines! Fetch the engines! Fire, fire! Fire, fire! Pour on water, pour on water! To think 400 years later we’re still singing this nursery rhyme to our children just goes to show how much of an impact this had on our city.

[@PhyllisGlassup2TheBrim]

@1:19:57 "People wanted to blame foreigners". 500 years on and the British haven't changed.

[@nunyadambusiness6902]

The British invaded Ireland in 1137 & 1278, haven't left YET, & STILL say that Irish started the damn war... 🤦‍♂️🤯🤷

[@sands7779]

not only a British phenomenon, across countries and history it has been convenient for people to blame outsiders/ minorities for example the Jews in England in 1290, the Jews in Toulon/ Strasbourg in the Black death 1347-1352, the Circassians in 1864, the French in Haiti in 1884, the Chinese miners in Rock springs, Wyoming in 1885, the Native Americans in 1800s, the Armenians in Turkey in 1915, Black people in Tulsa in 1921, the Jews and Roma in Germany/Poland/Ukraine 1933-1945, the Tatars in Crimea in 1944, the Tutsis in Rwanda 1994, the Uighurs in China from 2015 etc.

[@BalrajTakhar-u7u]

Yawn maybe you can house all the illegal immigrants in your house and pay for them.

[@kasvinimuniandy4178]

The actress playing Sybil is so good at portraying so many expressions with her eyes without saying anything at all.

[@terimorris6394]

Yes but I doubt that a poor widow with 3 kids working day and night would be morbidly obese those days.

[@s.v.2796]

As a bookseller, the part where they talk about the destruction of books is where my coping fails. Lol! Seriously. I cannot deal with the destruction of books.

[@RhysapGrug]

Unfortunately due to devices such as the 'Tablet' and other internet devices books will one day become obsolete.

[@s.v.2796]

@@RhysapGrug And what is heartbreaking is that people don't understand it's that even holding antiquarian books is an esoteric experience- much less the amount of knowledge that is lost when books are lost. For example: i have 17thc books that have been put on the internet. The physical books in my hand can be different than what is on the internet. The block print, the focus of reading, the hand- notations of the early owners', the re- bindings and materials used, all go into a bank of knowledge that does not translate into an experience when reading online. Obviously I make use of online materials, sources and books. However, one should never stop reading actual physical books. And I'm not sure people know that you can aquire old books for nota lot of money. I have cool books I sell for $50- $300 that are 150- 200 years old, leather bound, amazing books.

[@ManyInterestsLittleTime]

This has almost all my favorite historic scholars who work alongside media! Thanks!

[@Zenmyster]

I remember reading Pepys description. Rates right up there with Tolstoy's description of Moscow in 1812.

[@leonardo.1024]

The plug at the end with the "portrait" of Tony Robinson is gold.

[@sunflowerlover7979]

It just now occurred to me that this is where the story of the three little pigs came from except the big bad wolf was actually fire. The people whose homes were made of straw and sticks were "blown" rather burned to the ground but those whose homes were made of brick stood. 🤯🥺💔💔

[@82dorrin]

The original fairy tale was very much about fire.

[@PhyllisGlassup2TheBrim]

But the brick and stone building *didn't* stand did they?

[@Mandy-nt2cs]

The earliest version takes place in Dartmoor with three pixies and a fox before its best known version appears in English Fairy Tales... and there were also African American & Italian versions. It isn't believed to have been inspired but the great fire.. but the moral of the story, being resourceful & outfitting the threat doesn't really seem to align with the tragedy of the fire either I don't believe. It would have been great if someone could have made the fire fall down a chimney into a pot to be eaten for dinner lol

[@DavidRCSA]

There was no stone house

[@jenmb2679]

Now that I'm older, with a lot of time on my hands I'm like a sponge for information. History on KZbin is better than our textbooks. We were taught lies.not saying internet is always accurate, though.

[@kevinmccarthy8746]

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL THING OF MY ENGLAND, my England, my Avalon. Your prodigal son the USA love you.

[@Shaden0040]

Has Robert Hubert ever been exonerated of this crime? Has he been proclaimedinnovent postumously?

[@christendomempire5657]

Yeah, I would like to find out

[@rolhoreis6187]

Jettying was response to taxes which were based on the footprint of the structure. It was a means to increase area of building space and yet pay tax on a smaller property.

[@nunyadambusiness6902]

I bet it was outlawed after that, though

[@hesterwright3674]

@@nunyadambusiness6902 there's still plenty of jettied buildings around the UK though

[@nunyadambusiness6902]

@@hesterwright3674 ??? - if THAT'S what helped the fire spread, then HOW were they not OUTLAWED?... 🤦‍♂️🤯🤦‍♂️...

[@hesterwright3674]

@@nunyadambusiness6902 they aren't still being built that way, but there are lots of medieval and tudor buildings remaining that are protected because of their historical importance. If you look at pictures of the shambles in York, you'll see some that are so close that you can reach out of the window across the street to shake hands from the upper floors. I imagine there are strict regulations in place to prevent fires in the area

[@nunyadambusiness6902]

@@hesterwright3674 ahhh... I had forgotten about the historical part of it. I'm surprised that after all the damage caused, they didn't make them tear ALL of them down... But if it's a different city like York, they might've ignored it... 🤯🤯🤯...

[@Roberto-ey6vd]

It's good to have these on you tube I can watch without missing an episode

[@Simsimmer2000]

37 billion Pounds is just a bit more than the UK's track and trace app

[@johnstaves1337]

You 3 make a great team. VERY informative dramadocumentary.

[@carolhama4156]

When people died in the fire their bodies would've been totally consumed by the fire, so ere would be nothing to bury in the cemeteries, so there would've been much fewer numbers of graves than one per "missing" or dead person. Thank you for posting this interesting video on youtube! Wish we had KZbin when I was in school!

[@sonthems45229]

I cannot believe i spent 2 hours on documentary. Its so good. the explanation,the cast, the narrator.....bravo.hats off. 💕💟

[@PossumMedic]

1:04:29 - So true! Most time a fire alarm goes off... we ignore it 😂 "Must be a false alarm!" 😭

[@Meipmeep]

What an amazing journey…

[@AbsoluteHistory]

💚

[@markshaw270]

Only one thing as hot as the fire of London is Suzanna Lipscomb 😍🔥

[@tracykingston9668]

She just might create some new history buffs, that weren't before. LOL

[@ocdmom7889]

This reminds me so much of the 1991 fire in Oakland California. We think it cannot happen to us but we have not come as far as we like to think we have. Surprisingly enough the Great Fire of London burn 700 acres and took the lives of six people. In Oakland 1520 acres burned and 25 lives were lost; most very likely trapped on a narrow canyon road trying to escape their homes

[@ChocolateDealer]

Great video, loved this albeit as an Australian the analysis of how the fire spread (wind, heat, embers) isn’t any surprise - sounds like bushfire season for us (sadly)

[@clayp6415]

I love Suzannah, she's great and incredibly knowledgeable

[@nathangarland9453]

And quite pretty

[@timegan1884]

Quite pretty? Suzannah is smoking!¡! Get it!

[@randallsmerna384]

Great narration! Unfortunately now I'm in love with Suzanne Lipscomb! 😂😂😂😂

[@404EncrytedError]

Had this video recommended to me on the anniversary of the great fire and I've been slowly watching the video on my off time

[@2lipToo]

How was King Charles permitted to claim the fire was an act of God when an innocent Frenchman had been blamed for it and hanged?

[@amberkat8147]

So in other words if the poor hadn't been left to fend for themselves and there was an official program to maintain walls and roofs the whole fire may not have been NEARLY so bad?

[@benediktmorak4409]

as you have heard from the comment, the mayor of London was a louse. - the fire can be put out by a woman pi**ing on it. Instead of doing anything.

[@DavidRCSA]

Yeah

[@Marlaina]

With how much fire they used back then, this was inevitable

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thanks.

[@asummerphoenix]

I would say, “Historian”, is this the very most perfect occupation for a dude named Dorian. “Dorian, the historian” is utterly fantastic 😂😂

[@653j521]

This is interesting to compare with the documentary about the Great Chicago Fire, especially the scapegoating of the poor, immigrants, and Catholics.

[@PandoraKyss]

"They called offal pudding." - Of course they did. Mrs. Crocombe taught me that they called everything pudding.

[@promiscuous5761]

Thank you.

[@tritzispoosa]

Interesting account. It strikes me of how fire can be our friend to light our candles. It can be used for warmth. It can be a gathering of people around a campfire or it can cook our food Etc. But when it’s out of control it’s a real FEROCIOUS MONSTER I can’t imagine. The flames of hell Thank God Jesus made a way for us by the cross to not go there.

[@mehere8038]

As an Aussie, I'd prefer to go to BBQ land than the land full of annoying preachers! We understand how to control fire and/or live with it, so much nicer option than sharing eternity with annoying preachers & your savage, sadistic "god"!

[@mameeocean6194]

It’s the same with water.. the beauty of the ocean and all it’s life.. it beckons you.. people want to be near it, on it, in it. It’s a source of food, livelihood and leisure. But it’s a mighty force to be reckoned with. Without respect and regard for mother nature’s wrath, a single wave or inhabitant can mercilessly snuff out your life.

[@MegCazalet]

Watching this after the recent devastatingly fatal, horrific fire in Hawaii makes the events even more vivid.

[@emmasimms5395]

I enjoyed watching this but it would have been nice if you had given more footage of all the artifacts that were found.

[@LMO-f8p]

This is Phenomenal!!!!! Omg I’m watching for the third time!! Way to go history Hit! This is an excellent well researched documentary by many top historians!

[@ckallen1546]

Better then any movie I’ve seen in a great while. What this piece doesn’t relate directly…one can imagine.

[@mariekatherine5238]

Amazing. 357th anniversary of the Fire of London!

[@danwillars5220]

I can't believe it happened in 1666

[@coreym162]

That year makes me think it was sabotage.

[@brianmcelvogue3370]

the year a certain group of people were formed and have been having regular accidents since 🤔

[@Konkata]

Sibbel is the hero we didn’t want, but the hero we certainly needed

[@CreatingAlong]

thx for the upload

[@sirtalkalotdoolittle]

"A writer, who accompanied the Duke of York day by day through the district included between the Fleet-bridge and the Thames, states that, in their efforts to check the progress of the flames, they were much impeded by the superstition of the people. "Mother Shipton, in one of her prophecies, had said that London would be reduced to ashes, and they refused to make any efforts to prevent it. A son of the noted Sir Kenelm Digby, who was also a pretender to the gifts of prophecy, persuaded them that no power on earth could prevent the fulfilment of the prediction; for it was written in the great book of fate that London was to be destroyed. Hundreds of persons, who might have rendered valuable assistance, and saved whole parishes from devastation, folded their arms and looked on. As many more gave themselves up, with the less compunction, to plunder a city which they could not save." ~Charles MacKay, Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions. (1865)

[@GoldLove21]

A self-fulfilling prophecy made true by fear mongering and superstitioun is still a prophecy come true and valid.

[@Clare0116]

Loved this documentary. Will there be any more ?

[@robertafierro5592]

What a TERRIBLE situation!! Terrible every way you look at it. This was well researched and presented in an interesting way! Thank you for making HISTORY interesting for a person of any age!

[@phoebeel]

"this process is used to test the flammability to British standards" well, doesn't really matter now does it? Buildings for the poor are still built with highly flammable coverings. 400 years later and still, being cheap costs you lives.

[@hensonlaura]

What are YOU doing about it?

[@phoebeel]

@@hensonlaura well I can't do shit because I'm in another country. Why, do you work for cheap crappy architects or the government?

[@allillanchu]

Exactly. Same thing happening even in modern times regardless of British fire standards. Also, the king says it was “an act of god” then why was Hubert found guilty and killed for starting it? Just so the king can clear his debts and force the people to rebuild the houses.

[@Dandylion804]

They kept a lot of explosive and flammable things in that area. Day one: tar and paper warehouses Day two: spices and therefore the largest pepper bomb Day three: the church basically explodes brick by brick Day four: gun powder vault? These poor people must have felt the world was ending. After it they probably were hopeless. I can’t imagine the chaos and sorrow

[@tonybaker55]

Great in-depth presentation of the disaster.

[@sonyaroseman4238]

this was heartbreaking.. great documentary!

[@nancyscogin7549]

My mom and I got a chuckle over all the Blue Plaques reading "Samuel Pepys watched the Great Fire from here." Maybe just 3 but we still got a kick out of it. We'd both read his diaries so we knew.