Norman Invasion of Wales - Medieval Celts DOCUMENTARY

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The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the ancient civilizations and Ancient Celts continues with a second season. In the first episode we discussed the Medieval origin of Wales, taking a tour of the Cumbric Kingdoms of 6th to 8th century Britain and exploring the complex relationships they held with their Anglo-Saxon neighbours. ( • Celtic Britons: the Or... ). In the second episode, we talked about Wales during the Viking Age, as throughout the 9th and 10th centuries, the heirs of Arthur will continue the fight to preserve the independence of their ancient Kingdoms against not only the English, but the Great Heathen Army as well ( • Wales during the Vikin... ). The third episode will focus on how Wales resisted the onslaught of the new masters of England in the aftermath of the Norman invasion in the XI century.
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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@shaifunnessa7816]

Iraqi war please make video

[@gwynedd4023]

thank you

[@hardrocksuk]

Thanks for your recomendation. On the strenght of it, I asked for a ridge for Christmas ( Had to order it myself, but ostensiously from my wife) Can confirm after 4 months, I'm pretty happy, I still have my old wallet but have not used it since. It has become a repository of things I rarely need, but dont want to get rid of. Thanks for all your amazing content! There is always something I didn't know :) "I know one thing, that I know nothing"

[@Fkindo-europeanarechaotic]

europeans are colonial vikings

[@jacksonpettit4690]

On behalf of my ancient Norman family I thank you and will lock this video in the monastery vault

[@Liquidsback]

Simple, by speaking Welsh it confused the Normans so much that they forgot what they were doing west of England.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Tru, the road signs were super confusing, 2/10

[@loquacious-]

So how did you get here if you're not a member

[@caniblmolstr4503]

​@@KingsandGenerals Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz

[@KingsandGenerals]

@@loquacious- Patreon patrons also get early access

[@axe570]

@@KingsandGeneralsnow, imagine if you cant read nor write.

[@terry7907]

The narrator’s fluency in name pronunciation-regardless of the language-never ceases to impress me.

[@joebowden4065]

He doesn’t pronounce w’s well but he is very good

[@mokarokas-1727]

Not "regardless of the language", there are many many examples of the opposite, but it's always nice when someone does get it right of course.

[@aussiesam01]

Actually, his Welsh pronunciation is truly terrible, but I easily forgive him for that because of his great research and balanced representation of the history.

[@jozzieokes3422]

Normans doing Norman things !

[@thomasglynn9651]

Welsh weren’t conquered so easily because their bards were constantly giving them inspiration and status effects in battle

[@synkkamaan1331]

Wololo

[@KrisLapler]

Yes, but then the Normans unleashed their dragon (banner).

[@jamesgamescraig7144]

​@@KrisLapler !!

[@quantumfizzics9265]

yeah their bards were using advanced lutebots to play megalovania in battle

[@jonathangodin4775]

I have welsh friends who imigrated to canada from newport. Its no surprise they withstood the saxons for so long

[@TheGlobetrekker89]

As a Welshman I’ve really enjoyed this series. And your Welsh pronounciation is excellent!

[@lloyd9500]

It truly is. The way he pronounces all the Welsh names near perfectly without missing a beat truly warms my heart. So many names get butchered on other channels, but never here. Diolch!

[@razorbird789]

It should be noted that the Welsh frequently raided over the border into England throughout this period, getting as far as Worcester. Old laws from that era are still in existence, but clearly not used. They allowed the English to inflict various amounts of harm on the Welsh under specific circumstances including type of weapon and time of day. My town, Malvern, 2 counties from the mordern Welsh border has a beacon ontop a huge hill(sometimes labelled a mountain) which was used as a warning to Worcester for Welsh raids. The same beacon inspired the beacon of Minas Tirith in Lord of the Rings. The town was also frequented by C S Lewis as well.

[@paulduffy4585]

Interesting.

[@NicoCoeurDeLion]

Now that is awesome! Gonna read about that

[@Conorp77]

The Normans conquered England in a matter of weeks, and crushed all rebellion within 5 years. It took them 200 years to do the same to Wales, and that's not counting the Glyndwr Rebellion in the 15th century, which by all sense, should in fact be termed the Third Welsh War.

[@Conorp77]

@@muhammadadeel8639 and the Anglo Saxon population?

[@shawnv123]

@@Conorp77 they accepted the new norman overlords after a while

[@danmatthews4288]

Herod the wake was a few years after Hastings, not weeks

[@danmatthews4288]

*Hereward

[@Mirko1913]

There's not a single history topic Kings and General will ever miss. What a blessing this channel is!

[@corne1717]

Dutch history 😔

[@bernieone1]

Is there a Norman invasion of Ireland. I can't seem to find it here?

[@imlaughinq7445]

was waiting for this one, Wales is my favorite Celtic nation❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@saxglend9439]

What is your second favourite Celtic nation?

[@gwynedd4023]

@@TheRealFurBallz pfft joe biden lladd duhyn

[@saxglend9439]

@@TheRealFurBallz Lervish

[@imlaughinq7445]

@@saxglend9439 I’m part Scottish so I’d say Scotland as number two 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@saxglend9439]

@@imlaughinq7445 What is your third favourite?

[@NeilABliss]

Best read the news....... it appears that that desire for independence was not "Snuffed out" completely. Wales may be part of the UK, but it has always had it's unique aspects , held fiercely by it's people

[@umutuludag8711]

Im so Fascinated by Norman History. They Defeated the Turks, Italians, Eastern Rome, Lombards, Sicilians, Egyptians, Saracens, , Irish, Scots, French so many more. Good Jesus, Those Christian Vikings, The Normans Always Were, Are And will be The Best 💘

[@a.d.clarke4990]

Harold was not related to Edward by blood. He was not his half brother, he was his brother-in-law. Edward married his sister Edith. Harold had been Earl of East Anglia until around 1053, but succeeded Godwin as Earl of Wessex in that year. He fought his Welsh campaigns as Earl of Wessex.

[@rebeccaorman1823]

True.

[@lloyd9500]

As a Welshman I feel inclined to provide unsolicited advice for pronouncing our words. Not that the narrator got any of them wrong. In fact, he pretty much nailed it. Anyway for those interested, the key bits to understand are: 1) "dd" is pronounced "th" as in "thing" 2) "c" is always a hard c, as in "king" 3) "f" is equivalent to "v" 4) "ff" is equivalent to "f" 5) "ch" is a glottal "kh" sound, similar to "loch" in Scots Gaelic 6) "ll" is probably the hardest for non-native speakers. Closest would be a "thl" sound, but even that isn't quite right 7) "w" is an "oo" sound, as in "loo" 8) "y" is an "uh" sound, unless at the end of the word where it is pronounced "i" as in "if" 9) "r" is always a rolling r, similar to the Italian or Spanish pronunciation 10) "rh" is a "hr", as if you're hissing air out at the same time as rolling an r. So "rhino" becomes "hrino" There's a lot more, but this is a good starter for 10! Diolch

[@randomelite4562]

Do you think the narrator is Welsh/speaks Welsh?

[@lloyd9500]

@@randomelite4562 quite possibly because he gets all the names bang on. That or he's done his homework. Either way, massive kudos

[@jozz2248]

Always wondered how the Welsh held out so long. I knew some of it was landscape, but certainly couldn't explain it all. TY

[@rebeccaorman1823]

Harold Godwinson is Edward the Confessor brother-in-law. Edward was married to Harold's sister Edith. However, they definitely weren't half brothers.

[@RKGrizz]

I pretty much watch every single Norman history video I find. Here is to hoping you keep making more of them.

[@lerneanlion]

Will this series continued onto after England annexed Wales? After all, seeing how many Welsh rebellions that happened after the final conquest and how the Welsh people lived their lives under the rule of the English monarchs are just as important as seeing them living as independent people.

[@dtice69]

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j If that's the case, then Germany and Denmark won lol

[@Swift-mr5zi]

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j Henry Viii was raised by the Yorkist side of his family and he identified more as English than Welsh

[@Swift-mr5zi]

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j I've got a feeling you've not actually studied much English history

[@Swift-mr5zi]

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j I am aware, but identity is not determined by such matters alone

[@lerneanlion]

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j I am not a Welsh. But I am glad to hear that the Welsh people are now having the good lives like back then or even better than back then.

[@pissedoff-is1mt]

Excellent to see that not everyone ignores us. Thank you!!!

[@mrmr446]

Fascinating video was surprised to see the 'Welsh Marches' dividing the country and not referring to the border areas between England and Wales but also the area dominated by Normans in the south.

[@mrmr446]

They were there when the saxons arrived, that would make them indigenous.

[@mrmr446]

@@alfieingrouille1528 Perhaps look up the definition of indigenous then, no one really knows when Celts first arrived on the islands.

[@idigashi7690]

Can you please do a video on Illyrian history, as an ethnic Albanian i think the illyrian history is very important and very little talked about, i would really apriciate it !!

[@manatarms7652]

For King Gruffydd ap Llewelyn (much like the creatively named Llewelyn ap Gruffydd in 1277) the biggest enemy wasn’t the invading English. It was the Welsh that he had conquered in order to gain a “unified Wales”, or more accurately, an enlarged Gwinedd/Powys (Gruffydd was king of both). Without Welsh infighting , the Saxons/Normans/English would have gotten nowhere in Wales.

[@richardthomas9497]

4:00 Edward the Confessor was Harold Godwinson's brother-in-law NOT half brother.

[@richardthomas9497]

@@dutchgiggloff6590 I would if I could but I don't know anything about making animated videos like Kings and Generals. I could learn but I don't have much time to give, and it wouldn't match the quality of this channel or others. Though it's not outside the realms of possibility in future.

[@KingNoTail]

Simple mistake that definitely isn't made to often.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , K&G . 🐺

[@apachethehun]

Your Welsh pronunciation is impeccable. How many times did you have to rehearse those words?

[@yunisbinmuktar751]

King and general....thanks for this documentary ❤❤

[@hendersongriffith3990]

Actually proud to be a Griffith after watching this TBH. Thanks a lot to the creators.

[@lloyd9500]

go the extra mile and revert the spelling back to the original Gruffydd ;)

[@treyprice-wl6kg]

Great stuff, love this series!

[@vulpoiul7538]

You're doing a million dollar job. Keep it up. This is the way

[@Inquisitor_Vex]

I’m pretty sure the first mention of longbows in battle, (what we think of now as a longbow), was Crug Mawr in Ceredigion or modern day Cardiganshire in South Wales. Used to defeat the Norman’s.

[@brokenbridge6316]

I wonder how different history would've been had that one Welsh King that united Wales stayed alive till old age?

[@beachboy0505]

Excellent video Wait for next episodes

[@robbabcock_]

Terrific video! ⚔🔥🏹

[@RetroAiUnleashed]

Great Series Well Done Bravo! Kings and Generals ☺

[@arturoliveira748]

Thanks for the video !!!

[@aliosman0]

Great video as always!

[@Braverocker]

welsh is like listening to elvish

[@DerakosZrux]

Yay more Wales! Great pronunciation!

[@parrythetrojan]

Great video brother!

[@mikemodugno5879]

Great job on those Welsh pronunciations. Any way we could get a series on the wars of Charlemagne?

[@daicymru1764]

Its a tear jerker

[@-RONNIE]

Good video 👊🏻

[@Miamcoline]

Good stuff!

[@matthewbarr2264]

Come for the history. Stay for the Welsh pronunciation.

[@Artur_M.]

Same. 😉

[@theawesomeman9821]

Cool fact, Game of Thrones author, GRRM based most of his lore for his fictional province of the Vale from Welsh history and culture.

[@Foe704]

Found out I have traits of Pictish heritage which I have never heard of and now after a couple of hours of research I'm obsessed with them. Great grandad was wild.😂

[@maddogbasil]

*"Yo Kings And Generals"* 👋👋 Can we get a video on the cushite people They have such an underrated history, Land of Punt, Macrobia, Adal, Ajuraan and even the very underrated Dervish movement that fought the British for 20 years.

[@Loremeister737]

Not gonna lie I kinda would like to know about the horn of Africa 😅😅 I'm aware of somali and Ethiopian culture It seems like a pretty unknown place, I'm certain it has a truly old and unique history.

[@hydrolifetech7911]

A Cushite here. I am yet to encounter a single well-made history video on the Cushites on KZbin. If there is a channel that will do it justice, it will be K&G

[@lmnop286]

Cushites? You mean Somali people. Because that's our history. Cushite is a larger group that includes other ethnicities. They have their own history. I hope they decide to do a video on Somalia's history one day. It would help with all the ignorance about Somalia and the Horn in general I see on the Internet. They have a big audience.

[@victormartins8654]

Awesome

[@markusskram4181]

Love The vid

[@fatihk1194]

Dont forget to mention about half Viking half Roman hero Askeladd. Rightful heir to Brittania throne. He killed King Sweyn of Denmark in front of everyone and sacrificed his life in order to protect Wales, his homeland. He was a hero like his ancestor Roman general Artorius😁

[@hydrolifetech7911]

He is the one true 'Mad Lad'!

[@alvinlin8140]

Did this actually happen IRL?

[@fatihk1194]

This character is from the anime Vinland Saga. It is just a joke.

[@hanzup4117]

I should've joined the channel sooner :)

[@weisthor0815]

what is the music in the background please? it´s great!

[@garethmcguinness377]

I love this series lmao

[@Vanillagorilla1529]

Can you do one on the lombards ?

[@ksb1050]

Probably, the Normans are decendant from Rolo (A viking who became a King in France)

[@KingNoTail]

Rollo was not a king. He was the Duke of Normandy.

[@ksb1050]

@@KingNoTail Yep my mistake, he was the Duke actually

[@PrimeroVorian1]

We all live to see an independent Wales.

[@wasfureinbua]

very interesting

[@chadhill455]

Cymru am byth

[@peterrollschjnning9983]

What is the background music called? The one after the ad?

[@Phdiddel]

I thought it was Harold Godwinson that defeated Harald Sigurdsson at Sterling Bridge not Willam the conquer, a mistake perhaps in the script? As well as being in September not October.

[@jimmythegod3]

Will there be a 4th episode

[@KingsandGenerals]

yep, working on it

[@davidweissman219]

What’s the name of the song in the background

[@anarchopupgirl]

VERY impressed at your welsh pronunciation here, which is weird to me because how you guys pronounce "kokoda" has been driving me mad for months

[@Desperate-Drive3423]

I know this has nothing to do with this video but could you make a series about the roman invasion of britain (43-96 AD )! I am tryinbg to watch your videos chronological :)

[@ManinderSingh-nf9re]

This is the most difficult history I have learnt welsh are really hard nut to crack

[@Samsok013]

What program you use to make these awesome maps?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Photoshop

[@rayhamilton4775]

thumbs up if that bays name at 2:29 sound like ur car trying to start with no oil in the engine

[@tonyhawk94]

Invaders always end up breaking their teeth at one point on an unexpected location...(yes I am looking at you too Russia). A video about Louis XIVth wars would be interesting btw. :)

[@Aginor88]

Interesting.

[@perhapsyes2493]

@ the video editors: The text that is presented in those scrolls seems to be rendered in a lower resolution, or ends up blurry through some other reason. Might want to check that in coming releases. :)

[@roooo8327]

4:06 is correct?? Was Harold Godwinsson King Edward the Confessor's half brother??

[@terry7907]

No, brother-in-law.

[@nosceteipsum6411]

Oh my sweet Welsh and Britons. What did Angles-Saxons do to you? Love from Galatia (Ankara)

[@immortalwarlock307]

A video about the Slavic slave trade

[@jonbaxter2254]

Somewhere in the distance, Askeladd's ears are burning...

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Wales could've ended the campaign right there with a cultural victory... but they chose to focus on making armoured knights for a military victory.

[@cs_fl5048]

where is the narrator from that he does Cymraeg pronunciation so decently?

[@tbnralextbnr4273]

Yoo get them to 4 milion subs 👍👏😩🤴 love the siege of Vienna

[@alittlepeaceandkarma]

How was Harold Godwinson the half brother of Edward the Confessor?

[@EssamAtallah]

where is the download button?

[@edwardlogan267]

The Welsh tradition of splitting ones inheritance between sons largely precluded any chance of lasting Welsh unification?

[@thomasnelson6161]

I went to south Wales as a teen from Florida. It could be so hard to tell wtf was going on around me. Impossible to pronounce place names and hanging fog everywhere. The people are speaking English to you, but I'd bet you'd have a hard time recognizing it.

[@welshed]

Ah that’s right, blame the Welsh. It could possibly (bare with me here) have been you that wasn’t listening properly. This attitude really irritates me. It’s not hard to understand any English speaking accent if you actually try.

[@thomasnelson6161]

@Welsh Ed haha... I agree they could possibly be understood and u was in their world. Not their fault, I wasn't up on the dialect, but I think u misunderstood my impression of the place. I loved it. It was magical, but I was clearly not in a place that was culturally English. Also, I went because I have family there. I'm part Welsh.

[@welshed]

@@thomasnelson6161 of course Wales is culturally distinct. As is Scotland, Ireland and Uzbekistan. What did you honestly expect?

[@lloyd9500]

@@welshed too right mate. I'll put it down to Americans being typically American.

[@conanmcdonagh2619]

Small note: "Powys" is pronounced "POE-iss", not "POW-iss". In Welsh, the letter "w" acts something like the letter "u" does in English.

[@giannisa2337]

Kings and generals save up your energy to end the loved series of the roman civil wars and the arab conquests

[@vermicelledecheval5219]

If only the french kings had done intels on what was going on into these welsh wars against the normands... They would have been able to countermesure the deadly english longbows while being less complacent as underestimating H5 at Azincourt... Renacting the roman turtle formation added with somekind of A3 phalanxes which where somewhat efficient to deflect arrows... Rather than emphasizing heavy cavalry charges. As always you should rather know your enemy instead of staring at him as an underdog...

[@ThereseGray-hc4go]

Not 'Norman/French'. The Normans were actually Vikings who had settled in Normandy. The 'French' would eventually form from the Carolingians and Capetians. Normans and Angevins had an element of independence from them

[@BitspokesV2]

They were Norse who had integrated with French noble society. They spoke contemporary French.

[@keng293]

​@@BitspokesV2But we were not part of france : )

[@BitspokesV2]

@@keng293 Normandy was a duchy in France. Wrong again.

[@keng293]

@@BitspokesV2 "Mainland Normandy was integrated into the Kingdom of France in 1204."

[@BitspokesV2]

@@keng293 they were under French Suzerainty previously.

[@jankusthegreat9233]

Hi

[@mrgunn2726]

Many many beautiful castles were built by the English in Wales.

[@-JA-]

👍

[@Thanadeez]

as a fleming it's nice to hear we were involved lol

[@johnarnold7984]

Harold Godwinson was NOT the half-brother of Edward the Confessor. He was his brother-in-law, Edward the Confessor was married to Harold's sister Edith. They were NOT blood relations.

[@malice9830]

Can u do medieval norway invasion of Ireland n scots

[@shaifunnessa7816]

Iraqi war please make video

[@bigsarge2085]

✌✌

[@Kobrag90]

Yma o hyd!

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

Oh dear, how can you get something so simple so wrong? Edward the Confessor was married to Edith of Wessex, a sister of Harold Godewinson. This makes Harold and Edward as brothers-in-law not half-brothers.

[@cs_fl5048]

Abertawe.... Swansea is saesneg.

[@samwill7259]

No wonder the Welsh language is so insane Wales are meant to communicate through echolocation!

[@callofyourbooty]

The ridge wallet intro was hilarious 😅

[@arda213]

Battanians vs Vlandians.

[@adaw2d3222]

Way too many ads in a 19 minute video!!!