This programme studies the Normans, covering historical landmarks such as the Battle of Hastings,the creation of the exchequer,Thomas Becket's murder,the Crusades and the signing of the Magna Carta.
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@user-zm3zx2ll6r5 жыл бұрын
I’m glad I’m not the only one who just watches historic documentaries for no other purpose than entertainment.
@brendaharper59988 жыл бұрын
KAT Harper here. Am I the only one who thinks Alan Ereira ought to narrate MORE historical documentaries? I thoroughly enjoy this 6-part series, primarily because of his delightful narration. I also appreciate the fact that he himself researched the history he relates in the programme. His hands on, personal approach makes this series, for me, at least, one of the best and most entertaining documentaries out there. Thank you so much for posting it. if there are any other historical docs narrated by this witty, erudite gentleman, please make them available as swiftly as possible. I would be forever grateful.
@thuyvuly83554 ай бұрын
Pppppppppppppppppppppppppp
@CasperScott-qq6ip4 ай бұрын
yes he is good, however there are a few factual errors. however they are quite minor. unless you are an absolute history nerd you wouldnt stop it. For example he says that margret beaufort calling her son henry was idicative. it was a regal name. not strictly true within the same family ( line of jaohn of gaunt and catherine swinford) there is a henry beaufort. cardinal of the church
@bentorres46204 ай бұрын
Him or the stunning Bethany Hughes. They're both outstanding!
@chrisschepper93124 ай бұрын
Should’ve started with Æthelstan.
@joshualowellcook4 жыл бұрын
This guy is the history presenter this world deserves.
@ironcladstranger45593 жыл бұрын
@@judaprinxbeatz.8008 wuz you nornan kangz n shieet yo?
@mattsmith6563 жыл бұрын
@@judaprinxbeatz.8008 what are u talking about why are u mad
@judaprinxbeatz.80083 жыл бұрын
A PALE FACE WHO LIES ABOUT HISTORY? RIIIIIIGHT LMAO A COLONIZER WHO MAKES LIES SOUND SO GOOD LMAO
@miguelcervantes36716 жыл бұрын
Absolutely,hands down,the best docu-series about the Kings and Queens of jolly old England..The narrator is precise ,crisp and sharp.Excellently done.....
@mrdarren10454 жыл бұрын
He's also full of shit and poorly researched. But if it makes you happy I guess it's a good thing.
@pa1agyemankwadwoafriyie8956 жыл бұрын
I thought i was the only person alive on this earth that actually loves historic documentaries but from the comments,it seems i was wrong,so very wrong,i'm so pleased to know others appreciate history as well
@scottleft36726 жыл бұрын
history was an ACTUAL POPULAR SUBJECT in most schools up until 20 years ago.
@lordmonty94215 жыл бұрын
So you thought all the people making historical documentaries were doing it for you and you alone? (You know, before you learned there were others?)
@charlesroberts36505 жыл бұрын
Yes we do, good for you sir. As the old adage goes: "Those who do not study history and learn from it, are doomed to repeat it", good advise to conduct our lives by.
@lasss01405 жыл бұрын
You are not alone, I love them! I am so fed with the american history channel here in America. Its not even on History anymore just ridiculous shows on Aliens and conspiracy theory's *rolls eyes* so I searched you tube, found so many interesting documentaries and it is safe to say I am hooked!!
@LuisSierra425 жыл бұрын
I'm learning History to be able to conquer the entire world under one Emperor who would be me. My empire will be called "Asgard" and i will rule as a benevolent and wise monarch but will apply force when people disobey me.
@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow9 жыл бұрын
I've watched both Schama and Starkeys history series, but THIS is a lot of history in a nutshell and I thouroughly enjoyed it. I LIKE the narrator, he gets straight to the point and I find him very humorous.
@bankzie10 жыл бұрын
i loved this narrator, he brings excellent humour without making the whole thing seem any more or less ridiculous that it is.
@vhollund3 жыл бұрын
He accidently said that people were "shot" before the gun was invented though
@MrThomtree3 жыл бұрын
@@vhollund I dare say he meant with arrows.
@vhollund3 жыл бұрын
@@MrThomtree That could be it
@fshoaps3 жыл бұрын
@@vhollund Definitely it, fuckwad.
@crabsy64523 жыл бұрын
@@vhollund you can say shoot for an arrow same as fire a gun
@cshillow88417 жыл бұрын
i watc this program every few months just because it is so entertaining and educational. Wish this would have been around when i was in school. (i'm 72 now) i would have done much better in history and social studies.
@castorpollux60766 жыл бұрын
cshillow 👌😁
@dutchman555 жыл бұрын
I’m 24 and think the same thing. Schools don’t make history interesting. No self education is encouraged at all.
@keicbell5 жыл бұрын
I learnt more in 45 minutes than fifteen years of study in school. Superb as an overview of that turbulent period
@MsKK9094 жыл бұрын
@ cshillow I thought I was the only one who rewatched this over and over...... but I wished England’s historical figures used more than 3 or 4 names! It’s even worse in the Tudor era!
@fefestalex4 жыл бұрын
Dont think is too late to study and learn, my friend! Learning is full of new discoveries, it changes how we see things.
@ofallmyintention94969 жыл бұрын
I love documentaries....and, this is the king of documentaries. This guy is perfect to listen to.
@ttrdf8 жыл бұрын
that's exactly how I felt. this series is unique mainly due to his commentaries and his way. Quality
@mrdarren10454 жыл бұрын
No this is the cheap tacky moustachiod south American dictator of documentaries
@mrdarren10454 жыл бұрын
@@ttrdf quality isn't quite the word I'd choose. More like poorly researched factually inaccurate horse shit. But then that's more than one word... granted.
@mrsir22547 жыл бұрын
This narrator and whoever wrote the script are freaking great
@DaniHMcV3 жыл бұрын
It sounds like Bill Bailey to me. He is a great narrator and a really funny comedian too :)
@leonardohopplescoth17832 жыл бұрын
Alan Erira, it says so at 34:38
@anneamore70535 жыл бұрын
Just watched Netflix,,The Last Kingdom. This sparked an interest in the first kings of England...A must watch.
@charlessanders4 жыл бұрын
Try the books that the series is based off of by Bernard Cornwell
@jayneschaefer59073 жыл бұрын
I'll run
@cherylhutchins-swenson3203 жыл бұрын
😥
@outdoorloser43403 жыл бұрын
Fate is inexorable
@rebeccaherschman16353 жыл бұрын
That is a great show. I love how Netflix has so many period dramas.
@orboakin80742 жыл бұрын
Okay, this is a hilarious and very well research and presented documentary! You don't see them like this anymore.
@pepiopiq94923 жыл бұрын
“So a history of the queens of England isn’t like anywhere else in the world”... this just helped me realize why English monarchy is so particularly fascinating for me! You have Saxon, German, French, Norman, Welch, Scots, Dutch, German, so many cultures in one throne!
@redwaldcuthberting7195 Жыл бұрын
You mentioned German twice. Also the English called themselves as such that being 'Englisc' in old English.
@galazet6 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best history documentaries I have ever saw. The diction, the speech of the filmmaker is priceless.
@mrdarren10454 жыл бұрын
You are easily pleased
@TequilaToothpick9 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this, but I really dislike the fact that our kings prior to 1066 are always ignored. I can't see why they don't go back to Egbert as the kings from then to William I were just as interesting as the ones that followed. The whole Ethelred the Unready/Aelfgifu/Edmund Ironside/Sweyn Forkbeard/Emma or Normandy/Cnut/Aelgifu of Northampton/Harold Harefoot/Edward the Exile/Harthacnut/Godwin Earl of Wessex/Alfred Aetherling/Edward the Confessor/Harold Godwinson/Edgar II part of English history is 60+ years of family melodrama exciting enough for a whole season of Game of Thrones.
@TequilaToothpick8 жыл бұрын
Got to be honest I had never heard of her books. The one focusing on the life of Emma of Normandy seems interesting though. She's a fascinating figure. Wife of two kings, mother of two kings, step-mother of two more and then step-grandmother of yet another.
@twitchypaper13916 жыл бұрын
Mallyoo it does but the royal line probably doesn't go that far back as theres just so much we dont know and so many years that are left up to our imagination with very little reliable sources. The royal family is no longer anglo saxon though
@onixsenju49566 жыл бұрын
AGREE
@rbmossx14325 жыл бұрын
Swoooze That’s exactly how I feel. The whole Anglo-Saxon era is fascinating but ignored.
@LuisSierra425 жыл бұрын
In the HIstory Channel's series, Vikings, you get to see Anglo Saxon England, it's amazing
@dabedwards3 жыл бұрын
Not since the great A.J.P. Taylor have we seen such an engaging history presenter. His mellifluous voice and wry ironic delivery make these programmes utterly compelling. Congratulations!
@rebekahhakeber50934 жыл бұрын
Between my books and these KZbin documentaries I no longer have “free time” . Love this stuff. The tribes of the America’s is interesting stuff too but not nearly as popular as the royals of history .
@Danielle-mg5lf3 жыл бұрын
I’m the same way lol! You should check out “On this Day in Tudor History” it’s awesome, everyday Author historian Claire Ridgeway tells you an event that happened on that day in the time of the Tudors! If you are interested in the Tudor era.
@celestebredin6213 Жыл бұрын
Tribal histories are more anthropology or politics👹 Try Middle and Far Eastern stuff for that. Try Biblical stuff for interesting surprises
@tiffa8086 жыл бұрын
I love it when he goes "Now how did that happen?"
@ayeshar42545 жыл бұрын
Yeah i was like i don't know you tell me 😂
@dorothydanso98204 жыл бұрын
I thought I had exhausted my study of Kings of England from Alfred to Elizabeth II.This tongue- in -cheek narration gave me some new info.
@derekorford17082 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this EXCELLENT video! A magical trip, with one of the best presenters ever. What a treat.
@RocketRoketto3 жыл бұрын
Man, I'm telling you Allan's sass during this entire series, makes this series 10x better,
@jaxgal6188 жыл бұрын
Eleanor of Aquitaine was my 27th Great Grandmother, as was William the Conqueror's sister Adelaide who was my 32nd Great Grandmother. I'm a genealogist / historian so I love watching these documentaries. It's great to be able to actually know your past and how your ancestors lived, etc.
@NormanZavlandid10668 жыл бұрын
+jaxgal618 Wow, I've been studying this stuff for over 30 years but I'm really struggling to get the connection of both being your great grandmothers. If Eleanor of Aquitaine was your 27th great grandmother and you're also related to Adelaide, then I presume you're descended from her second marriage to Henry II of England and not her first marriage to Louis VII of France. That would make Henry II's mother, Empress Matilda, your 28th great grandmother. Your 29th great grandmother would be her mother, Matilda of Scotland (wife of Henry I of England and daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland). Your 30th great grandmother would be Henry I's mother, Matilda of Flanders (wife of William the Conqueror). Adelaide was William the Conqueror's sister so would be an aunt, not a great grandmother, if you're descended through this line. If she's your 32nd great grandmother, then you must be descended from one of her children (Adelaide of Aumale, Judith of Lens or Stephen of Aumale) but I can't get a connection from any of these children down to Eleanor of Aquitaine. Can you give me the line of descent? I'm really curious to know.
@hugo8225148 жыл бұрын
+jaxgal618 Hi! I´m from Argentina. I´m studying to be an English Teacher and one of the subjects is English Culture and Civilization. I wonder if you could answer some questions to me since, as I can see from above, you might know many things about the Kings and Queens. For instance, it´s quite hard to me to understand The Wars of the Roses and, also, The Act of Settlement (1702). My e-mail is hugodeandreotti@hotmail.com Thanks a lot in advance.
@hugo8225148 жыл бұрын
+NormanZavlandid1066 (I´ll copy and paste the comment to you) Hi! I´m from Argentina. I´m studying to be an English Teacher and one of the subjects is English Culture and Civilization. I wonder if you could answer some questions to me since, as I can see from above, you might know many things about the Kings and Queens. For instance, it´s quite hard to me to understand The Wars of the Roses and, also, The Act of Settlement (1702). My e-mail is hugodeandreotti@hotmail.com Thanks a lot in advance.
@danconnor84226 жыл бұрын
Almost everyone in western europe is a descendant of Elanor. Just because you have someone in your tree actually doesnt mean you received any genes.from.them. Biology and mathematics are.fun.
@Denraeah086 жыл бұрын
We are family then. William the Conqueror is my great-something (pardon I don't know the exact number) Grandfather.
@cahlendavidson2921 Жыл бұрын
This specific documentary has helped put me to sleep for years now. Much appreciated. 💙
@Vanalovan7 жыл бұрын
Remember kids, don't drink and longboat
@jacksainthill89747 жыл бұрын
I think drinking it on the rocks was the problem.
@jerrysmith86477 жыл бұрын
yep
@NewGuy25347 жыл бұрын
A ye old BUI. Boating Under the Influence.
@Alex-xh7sg6 жыл бұрын
Oh, for God's sake .... go and chew a turnip as you've nothing of sense to say... >
@alexthelizardking6 жыл бұрын
Boss Umbra Friends don't let friends drink and row.
@Christine500010 жыл бұрын
I learned it growing up in Canada, always been fascinated with history and especially the battle of hastings and the reformation. I've always been fascinated with the monarchy as well.
@felixsantosferreira18916 жыл бұрын
The history of England is very good. Thanks from Brazil.
@kimberlypatton96344 жыл бұрын
Yes! In the mood to watch every single episode!
@rudyardwalker9113 Жыл бұрын
Always a great series to watch
@bakerofbedlam452010 жыл бұрын
Agree, Richard, it seems though the Romans and even the Vikings have had a better deal educational, books released and even in film than the Saxons had. Indeed it is a shame that people like Harold Godwinson, AEthelstan, Alfred the Great and several others dont get the coverage in today's society that they deserve.
@PrincessAuguste5 жыл бұрын
I love historical documentaries
@gratefulobserver774211 ай бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyed the whole series. Well presented with some tongue in cheek humour too! The closer it got to the recent monarch, especially the last one, the more incensed I became at the pure wealth and privilege of these parasites. The absolute nerve of finally "agreeing" to pay income tax! Bloody outrageous.
@HoundofOdin5 жыл бұрын
I would love to see a documentary on the Anglo-Saxon Kings and Queens. Start with Alfred and go forward.
@hammycats69195 жыл бұрын
Me too, including Cnut, Athelstan etc. 👍😍
@jeremyfurley91705 жыл бұрын
Look up: Monarchy, David Starkey, part 1 the Early Kings on KZbin
@hammycats69195 жыл бұрын
@@jeremyfurley9170 Thank you. 👍
@jurgentreue12005 жыл бұрын
That entire era from the Roman withdrawal until 1066 is fascinating.
@mjj7894 жыл бұрын
these people would probably be considered special needs in 2019. I dont know if i would be able to believe much of it.
@krrainey772 жыл бұрын
Love this presentation. So clear and detailed. Thanks,
@eds28887 жыл бұрын
A certainly clear description for the sage of the royals. I love this !!
@Flamsterette Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload!
@lgperkins10 ай бұрын
This video has over 3 million views and I think I’ve done at least 500k of them. Such a great series
@bluedatamedia5 ай бұрын
Yes!
@RoninDave3 жыл бұрын
Love this documentary but it is part of the old school view of history - that English history begins in 1066. Although William I (really Guillaume) introduced a number of innovations from the Continent, he assumed the position of King of England which had been in existence for nearly 200 years. It can be argued that Alfred was the first King of England as prior to him England was divided into 7 independent kingdoms until the Vikings sorted that out leaving Wessex as the last Saxon kingdom. After Alfred, it was his line which expanded the "Kingdom of England" with his grandson Athelstan being considered the first King of the English. Also forgotten is the Danish Invasion of 1016 (not to be confused with the Great Army of the 9th Century) which put the crown on 4 Danish kings and in a roundabout way brought about the Battle of Hastings by sending the half-english/half-norman heir to Normandy where he picked up the French-Norman ways and allegedly promised the crown to his cousin, Guillaume. The difference is the Danes didn't try to wipe out the Anglo-Saxon culture and language like the Normans did aided by nationalistic historians centuries later. Post-Roman/Arthur to 1066 other than Alfred and some cakes has been long overlooked by historians and popular history. The Normans get top-billing but curious enough their Frenchness was so anglo-washed by later historians that most people still think Norman kings like Richard the Lionheart (a name he wouldn't recognize) of Robin Hood fame spoke English when really he spoke French and spent very little time in England during his reign even when he was free.
@geoffwheadon42772 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@sezzysays435110 жыл бұрын
This is really intriguing! Love learning more about those who reigned and tried to reign England!
@TheMOMdq3 жыл бұрын
"Henry...had vitality, intelligence, FRECKLES, and money." You know, the important stuff! I love freckles.
@jacksainthill89747 жыл бұрын
The Norman conquest did not render the royal line permanently 'foreign', as the video states. The original Wessex line was re-introduced with the succession of Henry II because his grandmother, Matilda of Scotland whom Henry I had married, was herself the great-granddaughter of King Edmund Ironside of Wessex.
@mikepro72977 жыл бұрын
Jack Sainthill. the line goes by the father both by tradition and back by genetics. and also before that there was some intermarrige with the french nobility. so the historians are right.
@mikepro72977 жыл бұрын
Jack Sainthill. the line goes by the father both by tradition and back by genetics. and also before that there was some intermarrige with the french nobility. so the historians are right.
@mikepro72977 жыл бұрын
Jack Sainthill so your claim is debunked because the norman erased the natural english culture
@jamiemohan20497 жыл бұрын
+Mike Pro He isn't on about culture he's on about the bloodline! They descend from one another they brought in a new culture but the bloodline wasn't entirely foreign!
@mikepro72977 жыл бұрын
Jack 225 I meant the heritage but used the culture because since the norman conquest the slavery if I am not mistaken was abolished and that was one of the signs for changing the english land scape forever. and read my previous comments. you can see the royal tree and you can see a lot of intermarriags. I know that you mean that Matilda had off springs but her daughter married with a french noble and the line of impurity goes on. please look at the family tree and see it for yourself. the culture changed as well as the bloodline which stoped being English.
@paulohenriquebatistadossan30347 жыл бұрын
I love documentaries, he's a great professor, he explains really well.
@mrdarren10454 жыл бұрын
He is NOT a great professor. He is a third rate poorly researched hack presenting an error strewn cock up.
@ThoTrav10 жыл бұрын
I loved this. trying to keep track of the kings gets a bit much but this video puts things in a way I can grasp it. great history teaching.
@deltaforceUSAret Жыл бұрын
Ready
@karenhall4645 Жыл бұрын
I learn more from these documentaries than I ever did in school. And they're more interesting. 🤗
@RTBurke2 жыл бұрын
I’m on my 3rd viewing. I love everything about this series. 👍
@nordlys34323 жыл бұрын
Thx for the great video and hello from a moderator of the Viking Museum Haithabu in very Northern Germany, former a part of Denmark.
@InnannasRainbow10 жыл бұрын
I'm an American but have always been fascinated with English royalty. I know more about the kings and queens of England that I know about our own leaders.
@bayareajokester94564 жыл бұрын
@Phil Ad those people know nothing. The followers of the Kardashians have mental illnesses
@davehallett31284 жыл бұрын
So you think henry the eighth was more interesting than dan quayle or strom thurmond
@brandonhalsey29473 жыл бұрын
Kings and Queens will never compare to the leaders of Free men.
@blindbookworm80195 жыл бұрын
I love this stuff! I read so much about royal Europe. So much so that I started my own book reviewing channel.
@mfjdv20204 жыл бұрын
Just by the way: what a lovely little dog you have in the photo :-)
@freshtoast3879 Жыл бұрын
*That was a really enjoyable episode! Thank you so much for uploading it.*
@bakerofbedlam452010 жыл бұрын
I'm shoulder to shoulder with you on what we have lost from that time as well, from my own meagre education from school, been taught that England commenced from 1066, cheating pupils and leaving out everyone people from Boadaceia - Alfred the Great - King Arthur and as you say the birth of England in 927. The Normans were the Nazi's of the time (especially after the harrying of the north), but there is slight solace in English outings to places like Lindersfarne, Cilurnum and several other...
@sailormoonserenity998 жыл бұрын
From this era I find Eleanor of Aquitaine the most interesting.
@snipergirl218 жыл бұрын
+sailormoonserenity99 I like the look of the actress playing her. You can see she's having fun acting out the reconstruction scene.
@paulmicheldenverco18 жыл бұрын
+snipergirl21 You mean they didn't have movie cameras then?
@sailormoonserenity998 жыл бұрын
+Paul Michel you are joking right
@paulmicheldenverco18 жыл бұрын
right.
@williamstheconqueror94578 жыл бұрын
+sailormoonserenity99 Family lore says, Great Grand mother Elle was all that. She brought the LUTE to England! She taught he maids... "Be clean like English girl, yet dirty like a French woman and Men will melt in your grasp" Lady Eleanor 1152 the day of her wedding.
@funsizeboyce91967 жыл бұрын
I love historical docs, too! who says you can't learn anything from television, lol!
@memsahibproductions4 жыл бұрын
Great deals documentary series with a fantastic narrator
@Hakumeiun6 жыл бұрын
Dysentery, Fever, and Death sounds like something out of a microbrewery in Oregon.
@pezpowerproductions26023 жыл бұрын
Or the Oregon trail Mac game from 1992
@Fe26man2 жыл бұрын
@@pezpowerproductions2602 I was literally going to comment this! I read the comment and immediately thought Oregon Trail and cholera oouuu and Ford the river haha. ♥️❤
@paulyoung24566 жыл бұрын
I saw all the episodes of this documentary. I've come to this conclusion that the Queen does have a major and not just symbolic.
@janicewilliams557610 жыл бұрын
The narrator is brilliant, he keeps you interested right up until the end.
@douglasvilledarling29355 жыл бұрын
Janice Williams okay, but sounds like he is reading a book. I feel like I am listening to audiobooks
@999Lumen3 жыл бұрын
THANKS for posting this - I LOVE English history.
@jameslegare53943 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the VIDEO!
@wattamutt10 жыл бұрын
I loved it. I adore everything British. Thanks for the upload!
@Talisman7305 жыл бұрын
Bah! British history is riddled with bad decisions and poor leadership. It is not for nothing that .the British Lions are known to be led by Donkeys!
@mrdarren10454 жыл бұрын
@@Talisman730 it's not for nothing that in 50 years I have never once heard that said... EVER. So it's not for nothing that you make up phrases that have never existed
@mrdarren10454 жыл бұрын
@@Talisman730 and did those bad decisions cause Britain to have the largest empire the world has ever known or to create the most widely spoken language that has ever existed? Or is it simply because the british are credited with more important inventions than any other ppl. Yeah what failure. I can see why they are so famously derided
@Spike-yc5gx2 жыл бұрын
Us Brits are awesome 🤩
@painiteeclipse56474 жыл бұрын
2:20 On the right, that's Count Guy of Pontieu, not William. It this scene he is talking to Harold whom he had captured right after he landed at Normandy.
@annbush18263 жыл бұрын
Gloriously well done!
@mr.jakirhosenronnyronny47055 жыл бұрын
Thank you for knowledge, I Always LOVE kings and Queen's of England
@jinusrafezadeh24949 жыл бұрын
Thank you ! I love world history.
@evamartinezpallares701211 жыл бұрын
Thank you. It's very interesting and fantastic.
@andrewpendlebury11035 жыл бұрын
Thankyou AngelDocs,...for sharing this with us.
@KOOLBadger2 жыл бұрын
I love this! The book ' The Social History of England' is one of the best. I used it in University of London.
@nicholerichards39244 жыл бұрын
Had to make a new playlist for this Kings and queens videos. Seems the series that come out regarding these things are never long enough! 😩 Hopefully the last kingdom will have a new season soon.🤞 This was good, thank you.
@TheAnglophileChannel10 жыл бұрын
I love this. So glad it's on KZbin. Will add to my favorites on our channel, The Anglophile Channel.
@mrdarren10454 жыл бұрын
How come you use a British flag on an anglophile channel. Surely it should be a st George's cross
@Spike-yc5gx2 жыл бұрын
@@mrdarren1045 because they think Britain is a part of England 🏴
@elizabethhaggis19269 ай бұрын
Really enjoyable. I know a fair bit about that time from history books but you brought it to life, and with plenty of humour.
@sayamastropaolo33373 жыл бұрын
Learning English history has never been so pleasant
@lisaahmari71993 жыл бұрын
I love this narrator's sense of humour! He makes the most hilarious asides and he keeps superimposing his own face over the faces of the Kings and Princes! I agree with the other commentor...the one who said this guy and Terry Jones were separated at birth! Now he just needs to do one starting with the truly FIRST Kings and Queens of Britain. They were just as fascinating!
@YawehthedragondogofEL9 жыл бұрын
Simply swept away? Pshaw! The battle of Hastings was a very tightly run affair. Coulda gone either way.
@numpty48358 жыл бұрын
The english alway say that after a defeat :-)
@LoneKharnivore4 жыл бұрын
That's not what he meant. He says they lost the battle and *then* were swept away - as in, replaced at the top.
@LetsGoGetThem4 жыл бұрын
Very true actually, it's an "everything went wrong" that they couldn't have affected like weather, Norwegians invading, etc kind of thing with the Saxons.
@jasonbarrette49802 жыл бұрын
Rewatching after almost a year. Just marking it for the next time.
@jasonbarrette4980 Жыл бұрын
Rewatching yet again after almost a year
@johnb626410 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this.
@wavemanmav90738 жыл бұрын
Episode 1: Normans? As if there were no monarchs prior to 1066.
@infjintegrityvsnarcissism72955 жыл бұрын
Exactly, shouldn't it start right after the end of Roman occupation in the dark ages, instead of beginning in the high middle ages.
@lukemcinerny82205 жыл бұрын
@@infjintegrityvsnarcissism7295 Or at least at Alfred the great who unified England if I'm remembering correctly.
@strongmngomezulu21365 жыл бұрын
Cumberland was not a part of England before the Norman conquest.
@4nub4 жыл бұрын
Episode 0: Saxons
@amberpountney55974 жыл бұрын
Justice Democrat 82594 the romans had taken over Britannia during the time im pretty sure it was a time of war and non stop battle
@Travieso787025 жыл бұрын
I understand that this is a series about England, but I don't think people understand how prolific the Norman's were. My paternal line were Norman's who took over Sicily - Ruggero I and II. Same in Spain.
@suziewheeler65304 жыл бұрын
Bunch of Vikings..so what
@Travieso787024 жыл бұрын
@@suziewheeler6530 it's all good. Just fascinating.
@imdrunk43754 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video learnt a lot a while ago listening to this, narrator is brilliant!
@crabsy64522 жыл бұрын
Ive now memorised this whole episode
@Narrowcros9 жыл бұрын
Yah I wish they started with the House of Wessex first, then moved on to the Normans
@onixsenju49566 жыл бұрын
Narrowc ross Me too
@simonbroberg9696 жыл бұрын
Only reason the Vikings were after Alfred was because he wanted to do a Charliemagne style Convert or die in England, It was because of that the Vikings decided to attack. By 1066 there were a lot less Franks around... Vikings took The monks say, Gironde, Garonne Aquitane Bordaux, Bordeaux, Perigueux, Limoges, Angouleme, Toulouse seized Angers, Tours & Orleans made deserts Rouen invaded, sacked, then set on fire, Paris (again) Beauvais & Meaux were taken & the fortress at Melun laid waste Chartres Occupied Evreux & Bayeux were looted says Ermentarius who was one of the monks who fled Noirmoutier in 835. They couldn't find Alfred. Either way, even if the Franks lost, I'd say that Church won partly at least, they held onto power for a long time, until Henty the 8th took 'em out. Not sure when Iceland, Sweden, Holland and a few other countries got rid of that plague. I know they had good reason to do so. Evil religion that one. One reason so many voted for Brexit was to stop them coming coming back and trying to enslave us once again.
@janetmccarthy65126 жыл бұрын
Narrowc ross is 5
@topbanana84386 жыл бұрын
you was but you was British lol
@flamebird22185 жыл бұрын
+R Base England (The Kingdom of Great Britain after 1707 and the UK after 1800) was the reason why an English-speaking colony was even founded in the Americas in the first place; without it, the United States would not exist (if it were to exist in this alternate timeline, it would be called something else). New York would have remained New Amsterdam, and the majority of people in the Americas would likely be speaking French, Spanish, and Dutch had England never colonised America.
@rolocena68654 жыл бұрын
What happened to Alfred the Great, the King of Wessex who united and fortified England as a Kingdom? King Alfred and his Family lived prior to the dates enunciated in this video.
@mfjdv20204 жыл бұрын
More importantly: What happened to the great Celtic Kings and Queens that reigned long before Alfred and the Saxon invader made their appearance?
@mrdarren10454 жыл бұрын
Alfred didn't unite England. The datnelaw existed in Alfred's time. Aethelstan United England
@cassiemontgomery453 жыл бұрын
I know, right? King Alfred the Great defended his kingdom against the Vikings. I cannot begin to imagine what a frightening and daunting campaign that would have been!
@miriamsackler50022 жыл бұрын
Alfred the Great died at 51 in 899 - successor: Edward the Elder, died in 924 - successor: Athelstan (briefly Ælfweard), died in 939 - successor: Edmund I, died 946 - successor: Eadred, died in 955, successor: Eadwig, died in 959, successor: Edgar the Peaceful, died in 975, successor: Edward the Martyr, died in 978 - successors: Æthelred II (the Undredy), died in 1016 - in the interim Sweyn Forkbeard (Danish) ruled England for about two years - successor: Cnut the Great (Æthelred II’s wife Emma of Normandy married Cnut the Great), died 1035, successor: Harthacnut (Emma’s son from Cnut), died 1042 - successor: Edward the Confessor (Emma’s son by Æthelred II; half Norman, half Anglo-Saxon), died in 1066 - Successor: Harold II of Harold Godwinson, a member of a prominent Anglo-Saxon family with ties to Cnut the Great, Emma’s second husband. He died in the Battle of Hasting. He was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon King of the English.
@carolynbatson10 ай бұрын
I absolutely love English History. I'm Irish but I love Irish and English history fascinates me that was one of my most favorite subject in school was history❤❤❤
@mangot5893 жыл бұрын
I have to say 👍 for uploading (downloading? I don’t know). these documentaries. Because of these, I know all the kings and queens from William. By heart. Apparently, it’s part of a pub game I’ll never play lol. But, thanks to these, I could probably win, even in Britain 😂. 👍👍👍 I’ve been watching these so long, I’ve actually probably made a comment long ago. But I keep coming back and watching them occasionally. And it got me interested in a LOT more besides the Tudors. Thank you!
@Problembeing4 жыл бұрын
Weird place to start... what about the Saxon kings like Alfred, or especially Aethelstan, arguably the first true king of England, if not Alfred the Great.
@darcybissonpullen71254 жыл бұрын
i dont think the Pennock wound agree
@darcybissonpullen71254 жыл бұрын
Aethelstan was Cornish
@Problembeing4 жыл бұрын
darcy pullen I don’t think so. He drove the Cornish out of Cornwall.
@Problembeing4 жыл бұрын
It seems a bit odd not to mention whatever that there was a lineage of English kings before William.
@mfjdv20204 жыл бұрын
If it comes to that, what about the _real_ first monarchs of Britain: the Celts?
@goldfish23799 жыл бұрын
The highly symbolic square mile of England at Runnymede where Magna Carta was signed is American territory: it was given by England to America in thanks for their help to us in WW2. We know how to say 'thank you.'.
@massagetherapyforinjuriesf81976 жыл бұрын
YES
@markpayne63846 жыл бұрын
Seems fitting. You would be speaking German if it wasn’t for the US.
@danconnor84226 жыл бұрын
You mean, thankyou for not making peace with the Germans and loosing the empire so the US could muscle in. Churchill gambled and he lost. Huge swathes of central and eastern europe sacrificed to the communists for nothing.
@corettaha78556 жыл бұрын
English is Germanic anyway. ‘‘Twas all for nought.
@rexultimatum25886 жыл бұрын
Coretta Hattereaux Language wise it's Germanic-based, but mostly latin derived in vocabulary. 2: linguiatics and genetics are two different things. (English people are not Germanic genetically) 3: In correction of OP's comment it was Britain that gifted America not England. Britain or the UK is the sovereign nation-state of the whole island. 4: Your beautiful France takes its name from a Germanic tribe. A chaque fou plait sa marotte.
@kkloikok Жыл бұрын
There needs to be an update to this... You know given recent events...
@bluedatamedia5 ай бұрын
Facts
@Sarah.Riedel5 жыл бұрын
Gotta say the narrator does an excellent job at engaging viewers in what might otherwise be fairly dry material.
@mrdarren10454 жыл бұрын
There's nothing dry about English history
@Sarah.Riedel4 жыл бұрын
@@mrdarren1045 usually the extent of what's taught in schools (or at least American schools) is more or less a bunch of family trees
@bakerofbedlam452010 жыл бұрын
Wonderful literture, i read Tolkein's works when i was in the middle east working, loved the lord of the rings and the nordic influence i can certainly see, another excellent work was Geoffrey Hindley's brief history of the Anglo-Saxons, and he certainly emphasisis the Saxon legacy been alive very much today. Also love Durham, been a while since i've been up there seeing the cathedral, castle and the Wear...due another visit i think, Dorset is also wonderful country, Thomas Hardy country.
@johnhawkins65063 жыл бұрын
Very interesting being a descendent of William The Conqueror!!
@pezpowerproductions26023 жыл бұрын
This is an awesome documentary
@annarisse-knitter51996 жыл бұрын
amazing documentary Amazing documentary!
@charlesmhorn4 жыл бұрын
I like how he called an eleventh century monk homophobic, a term that was invented some 12 years ago.
@guardian085274 жыл бұрын
Wanna play a drinking game, take a shot every time the narrator says homophobic or makes a reference to homosexuality. You will be shnockered by the time you get through Edward II's segment!
@mrdarren10454 жыл бұрын
And yet I have still not met a single person who is actually irrationally frightened of homosexuals.
@mrdarren10454 жыл бұрын
I think you'll find he was making a joke.
@sallyreno62963 жыл бұрын
@@mrdarren1045 Wow. You don't get out much do you?
@bipolar1989m11 жыл бұрын
wow i love english history specially medieavel ages ,, cheers from germany
@cambs01814 жыл бұрын
Oh now we couldn't of done it without you! If you hadn't turned up in your boats after the Romans. Cheers for the language.
@Danielle-mg5lf3 жыл бұрын
LoL same here, I’m obsessed with it! (My Family was from England) *cheers from America* 😁🥂🍻
@katkadeprague51626 жыл бұрын
I love viasat history Whenever i fall ill instead of pesting I immediately switch viasat h.on and enjoy every single document. Everything is interesting. thanks
@annettenelson8820 Жыл бұрын
A wonderful video. Thank you for making this video! :)
@jketheridge3 жыл бұрын
William also had a blood claim to the Throne, something not mentioned. William also lived in a world based upon the feudal system. The combination of a promise by Harold and his blood claim, must have made William furious. There was also evidence that Harold's brother Tostig had communicated with William before he joined the Norwegian invasion; I wonder if this implies a direct and coordinated invasion as William had been all but ready to invade for months. Overall, a lot missing from this...
@DominionFenrir9 жыл бұрын
Have read numerous books on English royal history and have yet to find one who mentioned Louis as King of England.
@Wombat19169 жыл бұрын
He was never crowned as King. The barons who supported him reverted to allegiance to John Lackland's son Henry (III) when John died (of a surfeit of peaches?) and Louis skedaddled back to France. Read up on the Treaty of Lambeth for the outcome.
@dennisconn53706 жыл бұрын
Domi Nion of
@petretepner80276 жыл бұрын
The other King of England who doesn't get much of a mention is Philip of Spain, though he certainly co-ruled with Mary I.
@tico12898 жыл бұрын
When they used to teach me this here in USA in global history I used to fall sleep and find it boring but is something about this documentaries that makes it so interesting for me to watch when I'm stress to
@masada28284 жыл бұрын
Alberto Jesus - it’s all about ‘good’ teachers that bring a subject alive.
@dr.barrycohn54612 жыл бұрын
I bought a huge tome that was dated 1910 and it discussed English Hx. It was great. Love the tapestries.
@CIMAmotor9 жыл бұрын
Were this guy and Terry Jones separated at birth?
@olivias3644 жыл бұрын
”as we all know” ”a date that everyone knows” way to make me feel dumb my guy 😭😔