LONG ROAD TO BECOMING THE COUNTRY WE KNOW! Canadian's First Time Reaction To The History Of England!

[@robertpearson8798]

The more knowledge you have of the past the better you can understand the present.

[@infernalsymphonytv2928]

If you found this interesting and also enjoyed Vikings, then man do I have the show for you! The Last Kingdom has 5 seasons and a finale movie on Netflix which covers the first 5 minutes of this video and the formation of England as one Kingdom through the eyes of Utred, a real historical person although nothing is known about his true deeds in reality. But the show follows his exploits as an Englishman raised by Vikings and he has to ultimately decide whether to fight for his adopted Nordic heritage or whether to side with King Alfred and King Ethelstan to unite England. Every season is top notch

[@garymeyer4243]

There is a good miniseries called the Last Kingdom about this time period in England and Alfred the great, based on a series of novels by Bernard Cornwell

[@robertpearson8798]

A great and entertaining series but I’m not sure I’d take it too seriously as a work of history. In fairness though it doesn’t claim to be a documentary.

[@rbohYSL]

one of the best series i've ever seen.

[@garymeyer4243]

@@robertpearson8798 The Uetred and Bebenburg main story is certainly not, Cornwells fiction is so great the way he weaves great characters w real historical people and events

[@scottedwards33]

I was just about to write this.

[@loremasterxp3635]

Great books & series, the movie was pretty meh though in my opinion, good thing season 5 has such a great ending so the movie can be skipped during rewatches.

[@PeterDay81]

Aethelflaed, also known as "Lady of the Mercians", was an Anglo-Saxon ruler of Mercia in England, and is considered one of the most powerful female rulers of her time: Warrior Aethelflaed was a formidable warrior and the only Anglo-Saxon known to have commanded an army. She led the defense of Mercia against Viking invaders

[@WesWsly]

We've latanised the name as it was simply Merc.. a place denoting a boundary/border in this case the middle lands. Over time its just become Mercia.

[@Trebor74]

She also commanded the troops that attacked the viking stronghold of canvey. Canvey was where the vikings who raided London and pulled down London bridge camped.

[@bevan2342]

epic history’s video on the Vikings is well worth the watch 👍🏼

[@MrSliowe-forda]

One thing that is often missed is that the Native people lived in these Anglo Saxon kingdoms living amongst the Germanic Anglo Saxon Settlers. Although its true alot of native Britons were pushed west to what is now Wales and Cornwall, it sort of hints as if the Anglo Saxons just kicked every native person out which is incorrect. A good majority of our DNA as English people actually come from the native people with our next biggest DNA coming from the Germanic people which means English people are native here. We are technically Germanicised Celts who have forgotten anything about our celtic past with a good chunk of DNA from the Anglo Saxons. Although many native Britons fled west, it also means many stayed behind and became "Anglo Saxon" culturally and adopted it as their identity and as the generations went on overtime both Native Britons and Anglo Saxons would mingle creating Anglo Saxons who are native to the land through their native Briton parent. So English people today are genetically related to both. Kinda like how Mexicans are very much ethnically native to Mexico because even though the Spaniards invaded they didn't try driving out the natives living there like what happened in North America and instead they intermingled with them so most Mexicans i believe or a good portion share 50/50 or more DNA from Mexico with a bit of Spanish in them too.. it was similar here too where Anglo Saxon settlers intermixed with the native Britons creating a people who are culturally and ethnically tied to both.

[@fabshop6359]

Stumbled across your channel, glad I did. Like that you did not talk over the video and paused so few times. I am a proud Englishman, and thought I knew English history, seems I missed some of it …😂😂🤦. Cheers for posting!

[@rbohYSL]

if you guys get it over in the US... you should 100% check out the show 'The Last Kingdom'. it's all about the early history of England and is very historical accurate. far better than 'Vikings' imo.

[@Heatwave9000]

It's not historically accurate at all lmao. The clothes are inaccurate, it doesn't even look like England because it wasn't filmed here and they got the portrayals of some of the main characters like King Edward completely wrong. Uhtred is a fictional character who was not alive at the time of the King Alfred ruled Wessex. Sure it features some key battles against the danes like the battle of Eddington but the parts in between these battles were completely made up. To say its very historically accurate is ridiculous

[@rbohYSL]

@@Heatwave9000 pinch of salt ;)

[@dorothysimpson2804]

He missed out The Beaker People who are thought to have built Stonehenge. Also, King Canute the King of Denmark, Norway and England for twenty years, then his son Harthacanute ruled. Dublin was founded and ruled by the Vikings, aswell as The Isle of Man. I am over a third Scandinavian, plus Welsh, Scottish and Irish, also some Italian.

[@joealyjim3029]

In fairness the video is called the history of England, the beakers were prehistoric.

[@rittherugger160]

I'm a bit of an American Anglophil. The history of Britiannia has been one of my hobbies. I loved the Vikings series abd only had one problem with it. The architecture was all wrong.There were too many buildings of a type that wouldn't exist for another 300 to 500 years at least. I knew that before I had ever seen even one episode of Time Team. The Anglo Saxons didn't 'take over' England. They, at one time, have control of what became England but Wessex took it all back. What did happen was that their culture came to be incorporated into that of the English. To a lesser extent Viking culture grew also.

[@asbjrn8108]

If you haven’t already watched it, you should check out ‘the last kingdom’ series, really good and something you’d probably enjoy if you liked vikings!

[@ssrmy1782]

The other thing is that it showed the Viking vs. Anglo-Saxon battles as being one sided. In reality the battles were roughly 50-50 in terms of victories & defeats. The show made the Vikings look like warriors and the Anglo-Saxons as weaklings, which is historically inaccurate.

[@chrisholland7367]

English/British history started long before the Roman invasion of 53 /54 B.C.

[@rittherugger160]

@@chrisholland7367 Didn't I say that I have seen every 'Time Team' episode, even the things put out just this past week? Seen it all. Right down to Phol Harding knapping flint. Stonehenge wasn't a Roman project. Nobody's history exists in a bubble.

[@chrisholland7367]

@@rittherugger160 Sorry you've completely lost me .

[@markferrett700]

England is more Saxon than anything else. The very word " England" derived from the Anglo-Saxon name of Angle land. Wessex was the West Saxons,Essex was the East Saxons, Middlesex was the " middle Saxons and East Anglia was the"East Angles". Suffolk was the " South Folk" and Norfolk was the " North Folk". All these areas still exist in England today. Over a thousand years, and our Saxon heritage is still strong🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@leejones2640]

As a Welsh speaking Welshman (Cymro Cymraeg, in our language) it is nice to hear that Barbells has some Welsh heritage. British history is indeed rather complex and bloody. My heritage is Cornish, Welsh, and Scots. But I am not a flag waving nationalist nut. We are all Homo Sapiens at the end of the day. I really enjoy your channel and I hope that your troubles with KZbin are resolved😊

[@loremasterxp3635]

Nothing wrong with Nationalism, but the rediculous & extreme levels of patriotism you see in places like say...China, that is indeed nutty.

[@dirtbikerman1000]

I live 1 mile away from a 2000 year old roman fort, a couple of miles away from a 1000 year old castle I live not far from sherwood forest (20 minute drive) Theres more 1000 year old castles nearby Abbeys that henry 8th destroyed 10 mins away Another historic thing close to me is a place called Scrooby where William Bradford and william brewster lived, 2 of the founding fathers of America lived there I pass there house on my dog walk Google scrooby, founding fathers, Austerfield too

[@StuartistStudio1964]

I'm definitely a Heinz 57 ethnic mix. English, Irish, Scottish (with 11th Century Flemish mercenary ancestry), French, German, and Native American (uncertain of which Nation).

[@ianblake815]

The show The Last Kingdom is a must watch on this topic

[@Heatwave9000]

Nah there's too many historical flaws in that show

[@TimoDyer]

They missed the people of Britain from 6000 BC to 410 AD.

[@estranhokonsta]

Not enough minutes in a youtube video for that.

[@TimoDyer]

@@Davidsword Plenty of archaeological info about the Celts and The Romans in the British Isles. The words Britain, London and many others have Celtic roots. Many cities and towns Roman roots. Many roads from Roman foundations.

[@startrack3898]

The video was talking about history of England only there wasn't even england in that time

[@DraconimLt]

It wasn't cos there was a female ruler that Mercia got taken over by Wessex, it was cos the locals overthrew her. Aethelflaed was a strong ruler, but her daughter got overthrown. Wessex's King Edward was Aethelflaed's brother, so her daughter's Uncle, he took over Mercia from those who overthrew her, because she'd lost control of it already. And ''æthel'' means "noble", that's why it came up in the names of rulers so often. ''doesn't sound like a European name'' - Vikings are European, they were from Scandinavia, which is in Northern Europe. I know what you meant though.

[@Dan-B]

Overly Sarcastic Productions has a great “History Summarized” series on the history of Wales, Scotland, The Viking Age, etc

[@FrancesThompson-e3m]

The Celts at the time of the Roman Invasion had Female Leaders like Boudicca and Cartimandua who was Queen of the Brigantes which was the biggest tribe across England. Both fearsome warriors!

[@kaiser9109]

@@FrancesThompson-e3m Yeah it appears in the records all over the place but gotta remember that was far from the norm at the same time

[@eddiec1961]

An interesting video and will help you to understand why there is so many castles in the UK thanks for the video.

[@danielferguson3784]

The Anglo Saxons came from the same regions as the later vikings, that is northern Germany & Denmark. They were essentially the same, just the A Saxons came 400 years earlier. They also were pagans in arrival, but in the 6th/7th centuries converted to Christianity. Viking is not a racial term, it is just a word meaning pirate. The vikings were Danes & Norwegians, but these were separate peoples. The Danes took part of England, which became known as the Danelaw. The Norse took much of the north, Scotland & Ireland, & eventually Northumbria. Even after Bloodaxe was beaten, & the English achieved the whole country a viking King, Knut (Canute) ruled England & much of Scandinavia for a while. In 1066 a Viking army was defeated by the English King Harold, at Stamford Bridge near York, but a week later he was defeated & killed in battle near Hastings in Sussex, by the Normans under William the Duke of Normandy, who became King William 1st of England. The Normans were vikings who had taken over part of northern France about 100 years earlier. The vikings were Europeans, just north Germans. The names seem strange but they are logical Olaf Guthrason just means Olaf son of Guthram.

[@airgun10]

glad to see you still here after your problems with you tube hopefully you will get the chance to react to " What dose it take to earn the British medal of honor the Victoria cross" the story of the medal and the men who earned it very humbling when you here about these heroes

[@VivienneHodson]

My ancestors and DNA proved I am 30% Swedish, 5 % Germanic and definitely English and have records before William the conqueror. in Norfolk. Our city was known as Norvik before changing to Norwich latter on in History.

[@MW_Asura]

Swedish and English are Germanic

[@BardOfAndromeda]

The "Ethel" names originally stem from the German "Edel" which means "noble" :)

[@WesWsly]

Although Aethel in old english translated denotes nobility, names that started with Ae like Aethel, Aelthwyn, Aethelstan etc have a more deeper importance for the peoples as it has links to the idea that Elves (which it has links in the name) and the Elvish folk were seen as high born, almost godlike and magical occupying a place below the pagan gods of old and just above normal humans. Kings would claim descent from Elves, noble born thus the names like Aethel.

[@BardOfAndromeda]

@@WesWsly Interesting, and I can well believe it. There is also the "el" motif throughout history denoting Elohim, of course. This also likely ties in with el-ves, el-egance, el-evation, el-ectricity, el-ections, el-ocution etc ...

[@stevealharris6669]

Hello from the Kingdom of East Anglia (Thetford - winter quarters of the Vikings in 869).

[@clinthowe7629]

the Anglo Saxons were a germanic tribe, Saxony is a German state, this is where the Saxons likely originated. So the English are a mixture of Anglo saxons, Vikings, Danes, and Normans. the original inhabitants of Britannia under Rome turned into the people who settled Wales, as the AngloSaxons helped overthrow the scotts and Picts, then turned on the native Britons they retreated to what is now Wales. later on some of the Anglo Saxons also retreated to Wales from the Vikings, so Wales was kind of the original Brits. 😂 I like the “fire of learning’s” video on this subject, it’s very detailed and interesting.

[@kristianjohansen5561]

One thing this video doesnt mention as it was many years after England was established, Is that a Danish viking called Sweyn Forkbeard eventually became king of England, altthough shortlived, as he died not long after. He was king of England from 1013-1014. His son called Canute the Great, became king not long after from 1016 to 1035. He was simultaneously also king of Denmark, Norway and parts of Sween. Interesting fact is that Canute the Greats spouse Emma of Normandy was first the spouse of the English king Æthelred the Unready from 1002 until his death in 1016, and became spouse to Canute in 1017.

[@MaxwellMoore-d1u]

William the Conqueror 1066 of Normandy was of Norse Hermitage. NORMAN in Old French means North Man .They had come a Viking to France but Stayed.

[@estranhokonsta]

The anglo saxon could also be called vickings if we strech the definition just a little bit.

[@chisomnzeh6249]

The Last kingdom tv series. Is best tv series to know about the history of england.

[@speleokeir]

The original books by Bernard Cornwall are much better. The TV series is still quite good but budget constraints meant they merged a few characters, left bits out, etc.

[@Heatwave9000]

To be fair you can't expect them to do 13 seasons to cover all the content of the books. Tv shows have way more constraints than books

[@croceyzx2433]

Check out the series called “English & British History” by History Matters. This video glosses over alot of stuff (understandable) but for me misses a decent amount of key info that makes things a lot more interesting and understandable. History Matters goes into great detail in great watchable videos.

[@andymaclellan4945]

Hey guys, you missed when the Normans ( once removed Vikings, from northern France) defeated the Anglo Saxons ( English) at the battle of Hastings, and their leader, William the Conqueror, became King of England in 1066...

[@barrypos55]

I'm a mongrel. Scots, Irish, touch of Italian..... chunk of German. And live in what was 'southern strathclyde'....Cumbria.

[@davidkeller6156]

Many of the place names and names of people in Norhtern England came from Viking influence. Names ending in “ton” and “son” like Washington, Anderson, etc. originally came from this influence.

[@divifilius]

What they did not mention is that Edward the Elder, King of Wessex and of the Anglo Saxons was the younger brother to Aethelflaed the Lady of Mercia who was married to Aethelred the former Lord of Mercia (installed by Alfred the Great). Edward therefore seized Mercia from his niece. The TV show; The Last Kingdom delved deeper into the interpersonal relationships of the Anglo Saxon Nobility.

[@Heatwave9000]

The last kingdom incorrectly portrays people like Athelred and King Edward though. King Edward was not some incompetent leader like portrayed in the show at all in reality and there is no evidence that Athelred abused his wife so I don't know where they got this idea from.

[@divifilius]

@@Heatwave9000 That is true. They however tried to keep the actual relationships accurate at least for the historical characters.

[@willrichardson1809]

The first Duke of Normandy was Rollo, Ragnars brother in Vikings, Rollo was William the Bastard (Conqueror) Great Great Grand Father.

[@never2late_mtb349]

Another great historical series to consider is the 1973 World at War narrated by Lawrence Olivier. An entertaining deep dive into some of the conflict's particular events such as the Battle of Britain and Britain's war in the Far East can be found on KZbin by Hardthrasher. Though his particular delivery might need you employing a bleep machine. But he really digs into the personalities, tactics, blunders, and outcomes.

[@telstar4772]

A point not mentioned is the name "England" ,it originated from the Land of the Angles to Angleland to England.

[@SazzleCam]

Aa a native Norhumbrian, this history is very simplified. For the period 500-1086, think game of thrones, but more complex & on steroids. (I say 1086 rather than 1066 for a reason BTW.)

[@williswameyo5737]

The Kingdom of England united under Aethelstan from the Kingdom of Wessex, uniting the Anglo-Saxons

[@jonbrookes9434]

this video annoyingly finished without mentioning the most noted part of Edgar's rule In 973 Edgar of England was rowed up to his coronation as Emperor of Britain by the kings of Scotland, Dublin, Isle of Mann and princes of Gwynedd, Daffid and Powys (Welsh princedoms) to confirm the English King as their overlord. this is put at the origin of a United Kingdom of Great Britain under English rule, but again, that idea doesn't run smoothly. If you liked Vikings, try The Last Kingdom. much better, more in-depth drama about the Viking invasion period.

[@merlinathrawes746]

I'm somewhat surprised there was no mention of WALES in this video. Admittedly, English history is not my particular forte. though I was aware of the Vikings in English history.

[@loremasterxp3635]

What's there to say of Wales? We came we saw we conquered. To all of my Welsh brothers & sisters I'm just kidding, you of course have your own history but we did conquer you fair & square.

[@TKefuna]

Guys u need to check out the series the last kingdom. That is what explains clearly the histories of king Alfred and his children, Edward and aethelfled. That happened before ragnak lothbrok and the Danes invaded England again

[@Gill3D]

When Aethelflaed was acknowledged as the ruler of Mercia, a problem arose because it was customary for the male rulers to be called 'Lords' and she was (obviously) a woman. To resolve this, they devised a new title for her; 'Lady'. Thereafter Aethelflaed would be known as, "The Lady of the Mercians". There was such thing as 'a lady' before her rule.

[@tommyLcarter20]

Big up the Channel islands!

[@knightspearhead5718]

You will want to learn about King William the Conqueror of England if you want to learn a bit more about modern day englands establishment

[@larryairgood4320]

Come December, do .... The History of Christmas. PBS has one, and there must be others. And then there is also the very good movie for your Christmas entertainment of what inspired Charles Dickens to write "A Christmas Carol", the movie being titled "The Man Who Invented Christmas".

[@captaincaveman5175]

Got to admit I did laugh when you said three shouldn't be any conflict or warfare lol .

[@williswameyo5737]

The Vikings really thrashed at the Anglo-Saxons first time at Northumberia, the Norse army led by Ragnar Lothbrok raised the monasteries too, based from the Netflix series Vikings

[@WesWsly]

Actually its never been proven that he existed or even was there. We only have a name of ragnar or something similar, there isnt even any evidence that ironside was his son.. this seems to have been added on to the story after. You shouldn't believe everything on netflix especially a show that has people fighting without any protection.

[@alexfilma16]

Vikings isn’t a Netflix series.

[@williswameyo5737]

@@WesWsly Ragnar Lothbrok did exist, records of him are found historically in the Icelandic sagas and Eddas, about his exploits- one of which was the first attack on England, especially a monastery in Northumbria- you should read History more often, you lack understanding of what you are speaking

[@williswameyo5737]

@@alexfilma16 look it up, there is a Netflix series titled Vikings

[@williswameyo5737]

@@WesWsly stories about the exploits of Ragnar Lothbrok does exist in various sagas and Eddas, probably from Iceland, written way after his death, historically he did exist, he was a legend among the Vikings or Norsemen, he did exist historically, one of the first attacks on England was raiding a monastery in Northumbria

[@darrengrande6109]

If you have watched the vikings then you have ton watch the last kingdom there's a lot of this time frame in the series through the eyes of Uhtred of bebbingburgh, you wont find this trail off 😊

[@MoodyMarco-vj3oe]

The Channel Islands aren't English. In fact they're not even part of the UK.

[@danielferguson3784]

@@MoodyMarco-vj3oe No, they belong to the Monarch directly as Duke of Normandy.

[@binxbolling]

The Vikings gave us words like want, husband, ski, sky, skin, skip(per), skirt, ugly, and egg.

[@sinisterkate5308]

yeah, this started at the end of the roman empire. original peoples of this region were dark skinned people that migrated out of Africa along the Mediterranean sea. later the germanic tribes moved in, the celts were Germanic. then came the romans and so on. i bet Sam has strong middle eastern ancestry, looking at her looks. Phil - germanic/slavic.

[@paulozavala3232]

I would be interested in Anglo-Saxon history but also of the Britons history and the celt history that where there before the Romans!

[@donjackson5522]

Cool video. I learned a lot but wish it had gone a little more in depth. For example, what was so special about Northumberland that the Vikings/Danes and the Dublin Kingdom kept attacking there? And why didn't England ever try to take over Wales?

[@loremasterxp3635]

Dublin was actually founded by the Vikings (which refers to the Danes too) & developed into their most important trading center in the western world which they eventually lost to the Irish in the early 10th century. As for why they were always attacking Northumbria? Well because it was rich but also weak making it an easy target & they were also likely drawn to the mystersism surrounding those lands, & lastly it was also because they were sailing from Scandinavia (most of the time) so it's where one would naturally end up when sailing west. Also we conquered Wales in the late 11th century, that's why it's part of the United Kingdom to this very day. Ireland used to be too for centuries until their independence in 1921, however we kept Northern Ireland.

[@72isb]

We also had Queen Boudicca of the ancient British Iceni tribe who led an army and fought the Romans around 60AD we was all pagan Celts back then, There were rumours her remains was buried under Kings Cross in Londinium the latin name for London but no remains of her have been found yet.

[@hectorsmommy1717]

When I got my ancestry DNA analyzed I got a big chunk labelled as "Broadly Northeastern Europe and England". This reflects the movements of people like the Angles, Saxons, Normans, etc. throughout northern France, NE Germany, and the Low Countries in addition to the British Isles. They couldn't pinpoint a specific area but the paper trail I have includes immigrants from England, Germany, and the Low Countries (Holland and Flanders). My Scottish genes WERE able to be pinpointed which shows how little incursion those groups had into Scotland although my surname comes from a Scandinavian (probably Danish) mercenary soldier who joined the service of a Scottish chieftain in the 13th century and was given land in the Borders as a reward for his service and the Clan still has some of the land and a 16th century castle on it.

[@hiramabiff2017]

This is why I say I am " Iceni " when asked where I come from. If a Iranian or Iraqi calls themselves Persian then I am Iceni.

[@AngelaVara-i4l]

Northumbria is 1 word not 2.

[@wasp6594]

Ironically, the Danish vikings came from Jutland, which was where the Anglo Saxon Jutes came from 400 years earlier. The Danish vikings were the descendents of Anglo Saxons. Which is why Danish and English dna is similar

[@richdiddens4059]

The Vikings weren't a people. Instead viking was a job description. It basically meant "raider". Most of them were farmers and fisherman who went raiding during the slow times of the year. They were also far ranging traders and established what are now many major cities. Dublin and Moscow both started out as Viking trade settlements. I wish they'd gone further back, too. The Anglo-Saxons (and Jutes) were at least the fourth set of invaders.

[@fastertove]

The Danish vikings were the descendents of Anglo-Saxons? - Not possible. The Danish vikings were the descendents of Saxons? - Perhaps to a modest degree. Saxons didn't settle in Denmark, populations moved in the other direction. The Danish vikings were the descendents of Anglo? - To some extent, but the Anglo people tended to join up with their western neighbours (Saxons).

[@wasp6594]

@@fastertove My point was, the Danish Vikings came from Jutland, now modernn day Denmark The Jutes were a tribe of people collectively called after the Seax. The Jutes were part of the invasion of England who settled in Kent. Other Saxon tribes, such as the Angles settled in other parts. So, the Danish Vikings who invaded 400 years after the Saxons were descended from the Jutes.

[@fastertove]

@@wasp6594 Saxon isn't a good way to describe those tribes. It causes unnecessary confusion and is misleading

[@wasp6594]

@@fastertove The Saxons were part of a mix of tribes that arrived in Britain in ships across the North Sea, starting around AD410. These tribes merged to form the Anglo-Saxons, who settled in the land that became known as England. The three largest Anglo-Saxon tribes were the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes: Angles: From southern Denmark Saxons: From Germany and the Netherlands Jutes: From northern Denmark The were called Saxons because of the short sword they carried called a seax.

[@PhilTough-hn8qj]

There is debate as to how the Saxons came to power. Newer arguments suggest that there wasn't as much fighting between the natives and the Saxons/Jutes and the transition was largely peaceful. I'm not that well informed on the subject so I can't say which side I take.

[@ssrmy1782]

I'm not sure how novel it was having a female leader in the 800s AD. Boudicca famously led the tribal Bretonnic revolt against Roman rule 750 years earlier.

[@stevenoliver3442]

They stayed becouse of the land was rich and fertile compared to all the Scandinavian countries which was pretty much cold and hard soil and lack of rain for crops and so on

[@dirtbikerman1000]

I did the my heritage dna test Im 59% English 29.9% irish 8.5% baltic (Baltic/finish was a viking group) 1.6% finnish 0.8% central Asian (gangis khan) Annd a very tiny trace of Italian (Romans) Watch a video on york England its a castle city influenced by the Romans and vikings

[@croceyzx2433]

Check out “The Last Kingdom”. It’s far more historically accurate than “Vikings”.

[@philipm06]

The Vikings would certainly like to run into Sam.

[@Suve35967]

Then came "William the Conqueror" 😮

[@starlord3496]

People don't like to talk about how many times Britain was invaded only what we invaded

[@cassu6]

Interesting that they didn't go as far as William the Conqueror? I think that was the last extremely big change for England, especially in terms of culture, language and laws.

[@gretamckenzie4245]

yes please

[@stevenoliver3442]

Bernard my man we’re not vikings we’re a mixture of all sorts as is everyone on the planet, every country has been invaded at some stage throughout history, the reality is no one on the planet is 100% pure

[@TreyMessiah95]

Idk what’s shocking, the video or the fact that you revealed you’re self as Canadian.

[@LynxLord1991]

Funny think Jutes, Saxon and the Angels are all north Germanic and Danes in the first place and later on Denmark ruled England later down the line

[@sharkygames9633]

They left out King Canute who ruled the unified crowns of England and Scandinavia

[@True_Heretic]

As far as I know, Channel Islanders are not English because the islands are not part of England in a physical sense. I knew someone from Jersey and she considered herself British, not English.

[@patrickbriscall7934]

Of course it didn’t start with the Romans. There were people living on the British Isles before the Romans arrived, the Britons who were Celts. Their DNA is still present in the gene pool of Britain… and there were people in Britain before the Britons arrived. Their DNA is still around.

[@Heatwave9000]

One can assume that the native britons still came from similar areas of continental Europe since they didn't just spawn on the island.

[@Bernard-np2fq]

We didn't fend off the Vikings we are the Vikings❤❤❤

[@starlord3496]

Na ivar did OK to carry the show after Ragnar went but yes Ragnar was the show

[@binxbolling]

England would eventually be conquered by the French-speaking Normans, which would change the language considerably and bring knights, castles, and chivalry.

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

0:50 - 'I am English because my mother was born in the Channel Islands. - er, pardon moi? The channels islands are not part of England, or Britain, or the UK. They are a Crowd Dependency, and are just off the coast of France. Your mother isn't English.

[@rjart4]

That wasn't the end of the Vikings

[@CharlesWrice-qw6yg]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

[@danielroche114]

The real game of thrones

[@LlejaSwordsinger]

Just to let you know the Channel Islands are not English or In the UK, they are a Crown Protectorate so you do not have English ancestors but Channel Islander ancestors.

[@prasad_ranade]

No more Napoleon reactions?

[@Gidjoiner]

Ref to how much the Romans affected - 'Britannia is the national personification of Britain as a helmeted female warrior holding a trident and shield. An image first used by the Romans in classical antiquity, 👍 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia

[@kaiser9109]

Btw the vikings were not as any more savage/violent than any of the other kindoms at the time. We just have records of the vikings from people that the vikings raided because the vikings didnt write much down, so you you can see the bias there against them.

[@ivylasangrienta6093]

I'm not a mutt, lol. I only had to sections in my DNA test, one for 97.6% and the other 2.4%.

[@Uatu-the-Watcher]

This doesn’t go over the Norman occupancy.

[@MrDaiseymay]

Complicated, isn't it ? depending on the age of the pupils, maybe that was why your educators avoided so much detail.

[@williswameyo5737]

The Anglo-Saxons pushed out the Celtic Britons from England and pushed them west,they later formed seven Kingdoms- most place names in those lands have the suffix -ex, like Sussex, Wessex, Middlesex, other kingdoms including Northumberia, East Anglia, Mercia and even Kent

[@wotislife2410]

I think the root is -sex as in Saxon.

[@davidrogerson-pj6yh]

What about the Norman invasion in 1066 when English people spoke French for 400 year

[@danielferguson3784]

@@davidrogerson-pj6yh Only the Norman Lords spoke their version of French, the English didn't.

[@perryedwards4746]

Pip Pip!

[@justhuman7962]

similar name becouse all scandinavian and england kingdom Germanic heritage

[@chipperfish01]

Angles > Angleland>England

[@anitaherbert1037]

What doesnt seem to be known Brits were enslaved by Romans Vikings and Barbarry pirates.

[@DraconimLt]

''Not very military or conflict based'' - that aged well - not. Lol. 🤣

[@frankgunner8967]

Then the Normans showed up

[@john0597]

Yeah hi guys I like your videos but where is the one about Napoleon like you didn't have any on Saturday is that what you were going on about KZbin wouldn't know that you show it

[@mariusdiaconu1050]

HEEELLO where is William the conqueror???