History Summarized: England

English History has a reputation for being nigh incomprehensible - what with all the kings, civil wars, succession crises, and slapfights with France. But with the right perspective (and a little royal-restraint), England can become quite a straightforward story. So let's take a look at this slice of Britain, and see how it grew into the master of the Isles.
SOURCES & Further Reading: “History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts”, lecture series for The Great Courses by Robert Bucholz, a great look at Renaissance and Early Imperial England.
“Ten Minute History of England and Britain” Parts 1-18, by History Matters, a lengthy chronicle of English history from the Roman conquest through the Union of the Crowns. Good watch if you have the time.
“Foundation” by Peter Ackroyd, the first book in a mammoth 6-volume History of England, which covers everything up to the death of Henry 7. If you really want to dig into English History, this is the book for you.
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[@glasslaughter824]

Blue: AHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Early Modern History: Why are you running?! WHY ARE YOU RUNNING!?!

[@TheShaneyman]

Such a shame. It's my favorite historic period

[@archdux]

"Age of Vanity"

[@andrewmartin9379]

I have to agree with Blue, the Roman days are the major source of all coolness in European History and the coolness radiates forward through time, dissipating as it goes from there. Someone change my mind.

[@thespectralking2364]

Because Blue is a coward

[@glasslaughter824]

@@andrewmartin9379 The Roman Era was the true Chad Era

[@katem2143]

“More monarchs than anyone should be forced to remember” Me thinking about learning all the names from the Kings and Queens song from Horrible Histories

[@theghostofchristmaspast293]

William,William,Henry, Stephen, Henry, Richard, Jhon Oy!

[@asdrubalvect6328]

​@@theghostofchristmaspast293 Henry, Ed, Ed, Ed, Rich 2 then three more Henry's join our song!

[@ethanporter8233]

Asdrubal Vect Henry, Henry, Richard third, Henry, Henry, Ed again

[@theghostofchristmaspast293]

@@ethanporter8233 Mary I, good queen Beth, Jimmy, Charles and Charles again.

[@rowan2961]

@@ethanporter8233 Mary 1, good Queen Bess, Jimmy, Charles then Charles again!

[@malady2464]

"The polite term is disorganised and the accurate term for this is gross." My lifestyle in a sentence.

[@naturalist10000]

Or Royal Family Trees in a Nutshell

[@Newbmann]

the accurate term is chaotic just like the chat Im going to cause down here.

[@cmonkaratechamp533]

flashbacks to the ptolemies podcast

[@legoworksstudios1]

@@naturalist10000 Especially when discussing the Habsburgs and the ancient Egyptian dynasties.

[@nickdelsobral9198]

I think the most accurate word would be clusterf*uck

[@odinseinherji9719]

“Has more kings than anyone should be forced to remember” Me: WILLIAM, WILLIAM, HENRY, STEPHEN, HENRY, RICHARD, JOHN. OI!! HENRY, ED, ED, ED, RICH TWO, THEN THREE MORE HENRYS JOIN OUR SONG, EDWARD, EDWARD, RICH THE THIRD, HENRY, HENRY, ED AGAIN, MARY ONE, GOOD QUEEN BES, JIMMY, CHARLES AND CHARLES AND THEN: JIM, WILL, MARY, ANNA GLORIA, GEORGE, GEORGE, GEORGE, GEORGE, WILL, VICTORIA, EDWARD, GEORGE, EDWARD, GEORGE SIX, AND QUEEN LIZ TWO COMPLETES THE MIX!!! THAT’S ALL THE ENGLISH KINGS AND QUEENS SINCE WILLIAM FIRST THAT’S EVER BEEN!!

[@NashvilleMaggie]

Odin's Einherji go off King! (No, seriously, that’s impressive)

[@a.h.s.3006]

But what about those before William???

[@amethystjade9331]

Jesus Christ

[@samuelpeare2747]

@@a.h.s.3006 it gets to complicated. Was Aethelstan the first, or should we count Edward, or Alfred? Also Aethelred Unred is embarrassing and I don't want to think about him.

[@ethanahsooleen6361]

A.H.S. Harold godwinson if you count him , then Edward the confessor before him

[@m.fernando5749]

"the surprise guest appearance of plague" I can relate

[@richmcgee434]

As can we all.

[@PlanetZoidstar]

That's rough buddy.

[@Lionstar16]

This line hits too much to home :(

[@pedroivantaveraferreira3037]

Hey! Think on the bright side, the last four generations (us included) had to go through history classes not understanding the depth of a plague, kids now will ask how long the soldiers stayed in quarantgine and what games the played inside their tents!

[@duckwhistle]

We can all relate these days!

[@toocoldforyouhere8353]

When you see a king that has face vs just a letter, you know who won.

[@twoscarabsintheswarm9055]

King with face, *exists* King with letter _"why do I hear boss music?"_

[@adame4955]

Miniforce x

[@ludicrus32]

I'm actually a little disappointed that Alfred the Great didn't get a name drop, just "the King of Wessex." While I know it's a summary, not even mentioning Alfred in a history of England is like leaving Julius Caesar out of a discussion about the Roman Empire. Sure, he was never technically King of England, but he laid the groundwork and set a gold standard for every single English King that came after him.

[@NashvilleMaggie]

Vosian beautifully said.

[@TheTrolloman]

Very true. But we come here for the pretty pictures, high production value and funny goofs. He quite literally covers centuries of history in 10 minutes, its hard to expect much in the way of complexity and completeness. We'll leave detail and rigor to the Historia Civilis, Kings & Generals, and Dan Carlin types.

[@freakymoejoe2]

I wonder how that's gonna play out in the next assasin's creed, where Alfred is like the main antagonist.

[@larrygrimaldi1400]

Doesn't Julius get his own vidio from Blue? or is that in the future?

[@matthewraynor7573]

to be fair in our history classes we never talked about alfred the great at all, and I even took GCSE history

[@aemilius5707]

Blue: More monarchs than anyone should have to remember - Every British child, ever: *you fool*

[@Sam-eq9bu]

*English

[@nathaliaelefsdrop7982]

william william henry stephen henry richard john - oi! …..

[@T0T4LG4MER5]

@@Sam-eq9bu nah, everyone in the British Isles has heard the masterpiece that is Horrible Histories Kings and Queens song

[@twahaalim5712]

@@nathaliaelefsdrop7982 Henry Ed Ed Ed Rich two then three more Henrys joined our song!

[@gem205]

@@twahaalim5712 Edward, Edward, Rich III, Henry, Henry, Ed again

[@Natibe_]

“I don’t want to bother with these monarchs!” in my head: WILLIAM WILLIAM HENRY STEPHEN HENRY RICHARD JOHN, OI!

[@Midgedoesgaming]

Aye horrible histories. A great show

[@asdrubalvect6328]

HENRY, ED, ED, ED, RICH 2 THEN THREE MORE HENRY'S JOIN OUR SONG!

[@GrahamMilkdrop]

GEORGE GEORGE GEORGE GEORGE WILL QUEEN VICTORIA!

[@blessedcocoa5729]

@@asdrubalvect6328 Edward, Edward, Rich the third, Henry, Henry, Ed again, Mary 1, Good Queen Bess, James then Charles, and Charles again James, William, (???) Anna Gloria, George, George, George, Will, Victoria

[@asdrubalvect6328]

@@blessedcocoa5729 Edward, George, Edward, George 6th and Queen Liz 2 completes our LIIISSSTTT!

[@sydneyvu1722]

The aggressive “NAY!” every time they tried to get Scotland sent me😂😂

[@tomlynmathewsjr7514]

Coupled with the bagpipes. Perfection.

[@Kei-Sarah]

I’m actually surprised it wasn’t NAW! Or is that just my City’s response? Ah well

[@Ghostrebel017]

SCO'LAND THE BREVE!!

[@robertgibson9619]

@@Kei-Sarah he's American got' t' gi'e him a pass.

[@calhof991]

Blue: *mentions Canute* Vinland Saga fans: “You had my curiosity but now you have my attention.”

[@QuinntheDruid]

Cal Hof when he said Canute I thought of Vinland Sanga!

[@ahmedamine24]

I want a History Summarized for Scandinavia, and, *gulp* Gernany

[@CollinMcLean]

@@ahmedamine24 Including before the migration period or specifically after the Germanic migration into Scandinavia?

[@mariaford5161]

Maria ford

[@devanshuk206]

Thorfin and King Sweyn to are irl people from the history iirc. Askeladd comes from a norse myth

[@zzzzzzzzzzy]

As an English person, I'm amazed you didn't mention Alfred the Great as he made England what it is today. I learnt about him in A Level History and he did so much for "England". He unified the kingdoms and brought hope to people's hearts against the senseless and brutal invasions of the Vikings. He was called Alfred the Great for many reasons that are worth mentioning.

[@guitarfrog3674]

‘With more monarchs than anybody should be forced to remember.’ Me, breaking out the horrible histories kings and queens song: you fools, I spent my entire childhood preparing for this

[@JoshuaHillmanatorHillman]

William, William, Henry, Stephen, Henry, Richard, John, OI!

[@jmurray1110]

as yes half the comment 1 guy even recited the entire song not just the chorus but each verse it is incredibly easy its been around 6 years and can still recite it perfectly

[@pinkroseperson256]

Joshua Hillmanator Hillman Henry, Ed, Ed, Ed, Rich 2, then three more Henrys join our song!

[@LegendStormcrow]

Seems many of you learned it.

[@michaelabonsu1086]

Joshua hillmanator hillman. Edward Edward Richard third Henry Henry Ed again

[@Enforcer6k]

"Names are Hard" 0 seconds in and I feel called out.

[@JumaquiMamani]

Hey hello yes mmhhmm yes I do exist yup thank you very much oh okay then bye.

[@celston51]

Æthelberht feels called out and would like to know your location.

[@ms_scribbles]

You know, when he first said that, I thought he was referring to the really brain-melting way the Saxons named places.

[@emmareiman64]

"pick one, names or years" me, doing a panakin anakin over choices, forgets both "shoot" No names, no numbers But I sure can remember every Pokémon! My head has poor priorities

[@ghostly_fan9829]

Blue:explains the Norman conquest in 30 seconds Me after having had a 2 hour long test where we had to write 5 pages on the Norman conquest: *years of academy training, wasted*

[@dreamer2260]

It’s the most consequential part of our whole history and deserves more detail. If only it had failed.

[@DDlambchop43]

oversimplified took 12 min. Blue is the king of speed learning.

[@Anglomachian]

“I don’t care about kings. Royal gymnastics is boring”. I’m glad we disagree on something.

[@nikhiliyengar1510]

I'm honestly surprised that a medieval history enthusiast can be uninterested in conflicts between kings and civil wars, because that's basically the grill in the burger for me. To each his own, I guess.

[@MasteringJohn]

I also disagree with the notion that these conflicts were unimportant, or can be safely ignored when attempting to truly understand the development of Britain/England as a state. Summaries are useful heuristics when introducing a topic for a ten minute video, but not for expounding on that topic in detail.

[@LegendStormcrow]

@@nikhiliyengar1510 Some of us don't care about genealogies. I'm more into individual battles and the cultures behind it. I care not a whiff about most of the "major players" instead caring about the plays. They still matter when you go into detail about the chain of events, but I'm a micro guy. Always been more impressed by stutter steps than massing units.

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

@@nikhiliyengar1510 To be fair, he's usually all about Medieval Italy, where it's more Princes & Politics than Kings & Castles. That and the Classical era of course.

[@phastinemoon]

And I have never been so proud to agree with Blue. Seriously, my experience with any story that focuses on the “royal lineage” of a person, place, or thing almost always seems to regard the people involved as points to score in a game, not real people. Which is why Blue’s video on Cleopatra (and the Ptolomies) is so amazingly interesting.

[@Lablass-]

Godwinson: I'm the true king of England. William: I'm going to ends this man's whole career.

[@carlosroo5460]

Fist of the North Star style.

[@tobyknight7397]

"I'm William the Conqueror, my enemies stood no chance"

[@z2yn]

they called me the first English king, although I come from France... The irony when you remember the 100 years war between France and England

[@Max-sc4yn]

Black Xerxes it goes even deeper, because Normandy was a province conquered by SCANDINAVIAN VIKINGS.

[@arthurpendragonsyt]

@@Max-sc4yn So can we blame the Vikings for the Hundred Years War then? xD

[@gabbinvisible]

Blue : "Take that Frenchies !" Me : *hurt Frenchy noises*

[@psychogoreman198]

Its fine. Our mothers are hamsters and our fathers smell of elderberries 🤣🤣

[@grahamkristensen9301]

Haha, longbow go FWIP.

[@siren3789]

Why can't we be friends~? 🎶 Pourquoi ne pas être amis~? 🎶

[@Memphismastermind]

You're not...Parisian, are you?

[@gabbinvisible]

@@Memphismastermind Noooooo

[@nicholaswalsh4462]

Spain: NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION! England: Says the idiots who didn't expect the English Channel.

[@rodrigogascagomez5190]

More like, ridiculous fucking storms, which is even funnier. Though everyone seems to forget the Drake-led counter-Armada that also ended in abject disaster, so a better picture is two boxers failing miserably at slapping each other.

[@greysquirrel404]

@@rodrigogascagomez5190 It wasn't the English channel where they had problems with storms. After the battle they had to return to Spain the long way round through the North Sea and then the North Atlantic. It was in the North Atlantic where storms became a big problem for them and wrecked a large number of ships off the west coasts of Scotland and Ireland.

[@jacob2808]

@@rodrigogascagomez5190 We dont talk about that one

[@dean42bean]

Stopping with the Union of the Crowns was a really bad idea. You completely left out the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution, the two defining moments of early modern English history.

[@dreamer2260]

I agree. The Civil War period is actually pretty fascinating, and incredibly dramatic. Especially Charles II’s desperate, epic escape from England after the final Royalist defeat and his father’s execution. Loyal friends and allies, many of whom were later executed for helping him, sneak him out of the country under Parliamentarian pursuit, hiding from patrols in oak trees and friendly houses, and Charles at one point disguising himself as a kitchen worker. And then the ultimate turnaround years later with the Restoration. I’m not a Royalist today but it’s an irresistible story to me; I can’t help rooting for him.

[@johng810]

He still kinda referenced it with the dynasty x

[@johng810]

obv us brits get the context but yeah he still said about york etc which is where it happened. then he said about the union when scotland and england both were in civil war

[@kirawestenra5077]

I have lived in England since birth and am a huge history addict, and yet I still managed to learn from this. Am I embarrassed for myself or impressed by Blue?

[@stepheneveris5920]

You can be both.

[@kirawestenra5077]

Stephen Everis TRUE. And also, English tax collecting was cool. Who new?

[@nix_]

In all fairness, _Horrible Histories_ taught us more than school did

[@PIMKAMINA2]

Be dissappointed in your education system

[@kortmann9]

@@nix_ That's so true, it's scary.

[@Blazorbust]

5:20 that translates to "France has entered the cat" :p "Tchat" is French for chat, and "chat" is French for cat.

[@tommyscott8511]

*Shane Dawson wants to know your location*

[@denolaj]

C’est vrai. Only took me a second though, to realize what was going on. :P

[@flacon365]

Yeah, that was some...... unfortunate wording haha

[@darryljones3009]

Yes, that's true, I ate all of France.

[@unicornsprinkles3277]

Furries are quaking

[@hansolo4017]

Could we get History Summarized: Wales please?

[@craighooper4599]

Dwi'n cytuno!

[@franzr.yablon2839]

Yes, I want blue getting his tongue a crash course in gymnastics because of the pronunciation HAHAHAHA

[@michcalder88]

I want this as well.

[@matthewraynor7573]

yes you can!

[@qwadratix]

Baaaah!

[@thekrakenexperiment280]

I honestly really like learning about the royal gymnastics of the English monarchy. Yeah it's complicated, but it has so many backstabs and plot twists. There's a reason why Game of Thrones was inspired by the War of the Roses.

[@EntityEntity]

A perk of staying home is catching your uploads right as they come out

[@AbdulGoodLooks]

Yes

[@cmonkaratechamp533]

idk it’s just kinda weird bc there’s no comment section

[@AbdulGoodLooks]

@@cmonkaratechamp533 Yeah the downsides of being early.

[@stepheneveris5920]

Or rewatching them.

[@GraceNoel-vy8ck]

8:59 Me, almost reluctantly: Tall, large, Henry VIII, supreme head of the Church of England

[@chanhailey7848]

I was looking for this ! Yay six!

[@LadyMythos315]

Divorced Beheaded Died Divorced Beheaded Survived And tonight we are LIVE!

[@shingshongshamalama]

Never apologize, Blue. Historical economics is not only fascinating but incredibly useful for understanding how and why societies changed over time.

[@mcarr3492]

There’s a cool semi-historical show called “The Last Kingdom” about wessex in the viking century. It’s getting a fourth season soon (26April) and it’s amazing. Really recommend if you like that era.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

I've been wondering when it's being released! Thank you!

[@RoyalFusilier]

"Bernard Cornwell, OBE is an English author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo Campaign. He is best known for his novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe. He has also written the Saxon / Last Kingdom stories about King Alfred and the making of England." Absolutely love this guy's work.

[@mcarr3492]

Isa Oh didn’t know about that, thanks

[@Telsion]

April 26th? Oh damn that is amazing, didn't know it was going to release this soon!

[@csec95]

I am sorry but the rectangular shields get me to much.

[@fuckedupfuckedup1191]

Last time I was this early the fire Nation hadn't attacked

[@NoobFish23]

*hadn't

[@Valencetheshireman927]

Long live the fire nation !

[@fuckedupfuckedup1191]

@@NoobFish23 thank you

[@guntahnotarealname8817]

"Sadistically meticulous and blindingly self-obsessed" I mean, are you really complaining that they kept detailed records? Also, I think Alfred was probably worth a mention.

[@theonly6453]

Whereas if it had been the Irish or Scots he would be fulsome in his praise at how organised they were.

[@TeganThrussell]

Hey, hey Blue. You know there's a song for that, right? The Kings and Queens? It was made by Horrible Histories, and it goes all the way from William and Conqueror to today. Very handy, and I can now rattle all the kings and queens off the top of my head, in order. With a little context about each one.

[@bluequartzdragon]

"Heck." - Definitely Caesar.

[@ThomasstevenSlater]

Now that you've done England Scotland and Ireland you have to do wales to be fair

[@matthewmac5787]

I'm just wondering if he will talk about the fact england built around 600 castles just to keep the population under their control

[@epicwalrus7183]

We all saw what happened to Red after just one myth, I'm not sure if Blue could handle all our place names XD (but yes we need Wales)

[@jmurray1110]

and maybe the lesser known places like the isle of man, isle of man. the Shetland islands or gibraltar

[@emjenkins464]

Yep. And he needs to start with Wenta Silurum (The first city in Wales, and potentially created as a result of a peace treaty between the Silures and Rome). The Silures held a Guerrilla war against the Armies of Rome for over 2 decades shortly before the revolt of Jerusalem (So Vespasian was General of Caerleon).

[@frostfire4636]

Looking forward to a Welsh history video, have my fingers crossed

[@CazTails]

"More monarchs than anyone should be forced to remember"? Blue, allow me to introduce you to WILLIAM WILLIAM HENRY STEPHEN HENRY RICHARD JOHN (HOY!)

[@fifirodriguez52]

It took me way longer than it should have to get the “France has entered the chat” joke bc I was wondering why someone would be entering the cat (le chat).

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

redlettermedia collab when

[@psychgeekgirl3037]

So I’m summary: England wants Scotland, Scotland says NAY! Then Scotland says: fine, but only if we’re in charge. Sounds bout right

[@MysticCouchPotato]

Then England ignored that and pretended that they conquered Scotland the same way they conquered Ireland

[@naheleshiriki5496]

NAY!

[@dunndudebemelol]

The auld alliance with France kept England in a two front war and well the union was not exactly popular at the time, and it was even less popular earlier on when the crowns merged.

[@dolphindiverbct8297]

Then England took charge because 55 million people is a lot more than 5 million people

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

lol at the idea that Scotland's in charge. the outcome of the 2016 referendum, and, well, every recent general election but especially 2019, says hello

[@pokezette7785]

Unimpressed knight does not care for your empire.

[@daredgobbo4535]

Unimpressed longbowman puts up his archery fingers

[@superspicy8740]

Da Red Gobbo ☝️☝️

[@mal8359]

Alfred the Great: *exists* Blue: Y'all hear somethin?

[@sodapop3575]

I loved the battle of Hastings and learning about it in school. The way blue summed up what was a whole term of learning for me and my class, in a few seconds, was spot on🤣😂

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Last time I was this early, Romans were still trying to invade the island.

[@GrahamMilkdrop]

I like your name.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Which time? You've got Julius Caesar's first and second attempts, Caligula's expedition that turned into a war against Poseidon ("Think you're bigger than me!?"), or that time they actually succeeded?

[@jmurray1110]

@@eldorados_lost_searcher yeah jeremy was more of a lover than a fighter

[@clayxros576]

That profile picture, I know it. Hello warship waterbender

[@Riastrad-hq6ds]

I need to share this with my AP Psychology teacher. She is also one of the history teachers at my high school and actually majored in English history and I’d love to see her reaction to it.

[@NoobFish23]

Sounds like Godly

[@wesleyjones6499]

yo i really love this channel so much that when i think about how much i love it i start crying, i love history so much like I'm honestly thinking of being a history teacher and this channel does so well at representing history the way it was and i love you two so much for that

[@Ninxz21]

Yes Blue! I've been waiting for this one for a while! You guys are amazing, keep up the good work!

[@leefletcher7580]

"Wealth means rich people & rich people mean armed robbery" HAH

[@euansmith3699]

Yep, how else do we think those people got rich? :)

[@franciscomartins8920]

Last time I was this early for a vid, the Byzantine Empire hadn't gone through a crisis yet

[@martinprados8932]

As a person who's living in england and was born here I'm ashamed you're teaching me more in one video than all of highschool

[@jmurray1110]

try horribe histories if you are inclined to learn more its how i got high grades in years 8 to 10

[@ashleyburns6752]

All nations/civilisations conquer other nations at some point (some get really successful like England and conquer many nations, and all tend to get conquered/colonised at some point. England hasnt been conquered or invaded in nearly a thousand years - unless you count 1688 - which is an incredible achievement when you look at most countries on Earth.

[@Eadric_The_Wild]

We're being invaded now lmao 20% of the population of England has been replaced in less than 30 years. English people are only 70% of the population now, according to the 2021 census... We're going to become a minority in our own country in 1 or 2 decades.

[@fonk7661]

8:59 Henry 8: 1590 - 1547. He went back in time?

[@Lionstar16]

No, Blue just got the date wrong - Henry VIII's date of birth is 1491

[@alexemy2463]

2:40 “Northumbria can have a little Golden Age. As a treat.” *offscreen whirring as Thatcher spins in her grave*

[@OValger]

I started saving up your videos for a quiet evening with a coffee when I can enjoy them twice. As a non-native speaker I can say that what you do is not only educational and humorous, but also the best listening compherension exercise of my life!)

[@goldilocksguy5170]

Blue's headcanon that the English weather is a nightmare always gets a chuckle out of me, it's really not that bad.

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Ah yes, The War of the Roses AKA IRL Game of Thrones

[@psychogoreman198]

Actually.....pretty much yeah 🤣🤣

[@explosiongames11]

@@psychogoreman198 not pretty much yeah, its is the irl game of thrones, george said he based the war of the 5 kings on the war of the roses and Lancaster and Lanister are too similar for it to be coincidence.

[@ashleyhansen4479]

Except it had a better ending than Game of Thrones. We all know that.

[@LiveErrors]

Laughs in medival Danmark

[@gemodorgon]

If the show went like how things did in WotR then I imagine it would have resulted in some sort of marriage between two of the feuding houses. Possibly Jon Snow and Cersei Lannister because the show was unfair and did not care about people's shipping.

[@binifarmer4045]

Technically it doesn’t stop with James I, as Great Britain didn’t come into being until the Act of Union in 1707, a good *century* after you stopped. So you’ve gone and skipped over the Stuart dynasty and all of the juicy bits like the colonization of the Americas and the English Civil War.

[@galutproctar11145w]

While that is the case I think that the establishment of a personal union between Scotland and England / Ireland is a good ending point.

[@intergalactic92]

Glad it wasn’t just me.

[@sagacious03]

These are one of your kinds of videos I most look forward to, alongside Miscellaneous Myths! Thanks for uploading!

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

"We're going to sex up our places' names!" *Vikings:* "Oh, those places' names aren't the only things going to get sexed up..."

[@ashleyhansen4479]

King William: “omae wa mo shinderu” Godwinson: “nani?!?!” William: **laser eyes** Blue: “And that’s the Norman conquest in a nutshell”

[@carlosroo5460]

Or as I like to call it, the Fist of the North Star narrative style, England Ver. 01

[@z2yn]

it's more *oversimplified*

[@requiembeeblebroxx]

Thank you for helping my sorry ass google this meme

[@HVLLOWS1999]

It's not inaccurate.

[@professorsogol5824]

William Osama was taking lessons from Fujiwara no Yorimichi?

[@TheAnon03]

"our earliest documentation for England comes with Ceasar in 54BC" Pytheas of Massalia: "BS!" Phoenician Traders: "noobz"

[@Inucroft]

I mean, where else did blue think the Bronze Age Civilisations of the Med get their Tin besides Cyprus & Anitolia?

[@KingOfSciliy]

I don't know, my dealer won't tell me where he gets it.

[@Inucroft]

@@KingOfSciliy ayyeee

[@biliminsrlar5752]

@@KingOfSciliy because the Sun is a deadly laser.

[@larrygrimaldi1400]

@@Inucroft Afghanistan

[@kaysonoleen5261]

if i remember correctly, the War of the Roses was actually fought using a children’s card game. And Henry Tudor had a REALLY crazy hairstyle. And the house of York was really nuts about white dragons with blue eyes.

[@ferntheplant5204]

Blue really do be helping us with our history lessons, this is much more fascinating than any history teachers class. Thanks red and blue!

[@geo7725]

coming soon: History Summarized: England 2 - Colonial Boogaloo

[@galutproctar11145w]

@BLABLABLA He didn't really though. He covered a period from about 50 BCE to 1603 CE. That's pretty much the entirity of English history (discounting the last century) and three quarters of combined British and English history as a whole.

[@MrCliffybiro]

I really love this approach of not bothering with the royal dynasties. In our history lessons we're literally taught everything solely in terms of which House was on the throne at the time, literally 'Tudor times, Stuart times, Georgian times' etc so this really helps to declutter all that memorisation shit and see the through lines.

[@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle]

Amazing video, the quality of the animation only gets better everytime! 💗🤞✨

[@gruauchaudassse3337]

wow man your videos are so good! you two of you are awesome

[@mylesjude233]

Cool video, was wondering in the future if you'll cover the country of Georgia: primarily for its mythical reputation as Colchis ( home of the golden fleece, Promethesus imprisoned there, etc./ during the rule of King Tamar- famed ruler who brought about Georgian golden age).

[@vasoandguladze3239]

are you from Georgia?

[@mylesjude233]

@@vasoandguladze3239 no, just been reading the country and thinking has an interesting history.

[@vasoandguladze3239]

@@mylesjude233 well thanks for appreciating our history :)) doesn't happen frequently

[@mylesjude233]

@@vasoandguladze3239 Your welcome, I've been reading about the Golden Age of Georgia and King Tamar, and I gotta say is really fascinating, ( as well as its past as being depicted by Greece as a prosperous and magical place, as well as being one of the key countries prized by the likes of the Persians, Romans, Byzantines, Etc.)

[@vasoandguladze3239]

@@mylesjude233the Greek part was what surprised me. Not even a lot of Georgians are aware of that.

[@Aedanthefirst]

5:24 I don't think you intended to say "France entered the cat"

[@kevinarteaga3824]

Wondered if anyone else noticed that, lol

[@TheDrumstickEmpire]

Blue is Shane Dawson confirmed?

[@tariannaruiz4582]

thanks Blue this actually help more than I thought it would

[@amixofletters]

Henry VIII: *Gets mentioned* Me: *SCREAMING SIX THE MUSICAL LYRICS*

[@LadyMythos315]

Divorced Beheaded Died Divorced Beheaded Survived And tonight we are LIVE!

[@emperordaniel9595]

Listen up, let me tell you a story…

[@justintime3656]

@@emperordaniel9595A Story that you think you heard before

[@emperordaniel9595]

@@justintime3656 We know you know our names and our fame and our faces…

[@justintime3656]

@@emperordaniel9595 Know all about the glories and the disgraces

[@eid8fkebe7f27ejdjdjduyhsvqhwu2]

3:20 That's false. Danelaw comes from the old English term "Dene lagu" and is contemporary, not a later invention by historians.

[@BirdEgg123]

Contemporary means modern

[@kyphe.]

@@BirdEgg123 Contemporary means living or occurring at the same time. So for us, contemporary music is that which is modern, of our time as opposed to classical for example, which is from the past. Dewy says that Danelaw is a contemporary term that existed in the time we ascribe it too and therefor not modern.

[@NashvilleMaggie]

Dewey Dezimal I came here to say this. Thank you!

[@duyguecemertan8521]

You: Henry the VII Me: *Six the musical flashbacks*

[@LeilaSomaa]

Duygu Ecem Ertan *Henry VIII

[@duyguecemertan8521]

@@LeilaSomaa *facepalm* I can't type

[@jmurray1110]

me: horrible histories divorce beheaded and died, divorce beheaded survive

[@chanhailey7848]

@@jmurray1110 and just for you tonight we are divorced behead LIIIIIIIIVE!

[@LadyMythos315]

@@chanhailey7848 listen up let me tell you a story!

[@keelanc1681]

"England has never been taller!" Killed me

[@TheOneGuy1111]

I've always wondered what it was like for the average English person during times when power was constantly changing hands, often by force.

[@tatiana_adelaide_crimson3825]

"Julius Cheekbones Ceasar" Me: PFFFT- HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@jo_ovin1482]

How much does Blue like using Bill Wurtz references? Oh wait, bad question

[@grahamkristensen9301]

That video is God's gift to History KZbinrs. It'd be a disgrace to NOT use it.

[@PatTriesAgain]

I love all of your videos !!! You guys make culture even more fun then it already is

[@MyPieIsSpiffy]

As someone studying a Masters of Divinity who had to write a painstakingly long and complex essay on Henry VIII's religious reforms..."diet-protestant" is an absolutely fantastic description! Great job on that whole section, wish I could have snuck a citation of this video into that essay :D Love your work

[@carpathianwolf3523]

Nobody: Not a single soul: Scotland: *NAY!*

[@LiveErrors]

That meme was originally about things nobody wanted, like JK Rowlings revisionist HP lore this does not apply to Scotland refusing to be conquered

[@pinecone9619]

Ni

[@nyxshadowhawk]

*Scotland the Brave intensifies*

[@unicornsprinkles3277]

Actually more like England: Please England:Now Scotland: Nay

[@anonymousmind8402]

PSA: In case anyone has too much difficulty remembering the names of all the English monarchs from William I onwards (in order no less), there is a catchy little song made by the Horrible Histories TV show which neatly condenses them down. Or just watch CGP Grey's video on them for the more gritty details. Both works.

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

Of the various English Civil wars, The Anarchy of Stephen vs Matilda ought to be worth a look at. Certainly it gets overlooked vs the 2 big ones.

[@TalkieWalkie1]

From a lad who lives only a few towns down the coast from Lindisfarne in Northumberland, thanks for giving us a Golden Age!

[@nicktheloser2974]

5:59 nice reference to "History of The Entire World I Guess"

[@keelanmorningstar7800]

I’m fascinated by language, I’d love for someone to be a video like this but also inserting when the language changed from old English, to Middle English to late Middle to modern

[@csec95]

language change is gradual so no dates are concrete, old English was spoken from the time of the saxon migrations in the 5th to 6th centuries to about the 12th century, then middle English was spoken in the time frame of 13th to the late 15th century. After that you will start to be able to kind of read the language as early modern English.

[@csec95]

Mind this is all approximate and even old English changed in its time, though not because it got any celtic or latin in it, English wouldn't really start taking in a lot of loan words and such until the Viking age. There are actually more old Norse and Norman French words in modern English than old English ones, which is why the change to middle English starts after the Norman invasion. It is the language changing to reflect its changed structure and vocabulary from the proceeding 200 years of interaction with the Danes and Norwegians and also the recent arrival of the French ruling class.

[@csec95]

There is actually a new, but not widely excepted, theory out there that middle English is not actually derived from old English, but old Norse. I don't personally support that theory though, but the fact it exists says a lot about how much English as a language has changed from the one the Angles and Saxons spoke.

[@keolas6916]

There is a lecture from Modern Scholar called The History of the English Language by Michael Drout where he does this. He is a great lecturer and covers your question. I found it at my local county library.

[@teigenb829]

I really wish you were my history instructor! I remember memorizing a bunch of king's names and what they did. It was SO confusing! I honestly barely remember any of it now. This really cleared some stuff up

[@cfosburg]

I really like your art pics for England and France. I’ve studied this history many times and could never understand why England was so obsessed with parts of France - got it now! 👍

[@KarolOfGutovo]

Current mood: Scotland playing obnoxious handpipes whenever poked..

[@lime__time]

"has more kings than anybody should be forced to remember" you can tell that to GCSE history 😒

[@shingshongshamalama]

Nothing more infuriating than british schools teaching us all the names of Henry's wives but never once mentioning y'know the guy who created the NHS.

[@Epicrandomness1111]

@@shingshongshamalama the guy? Attlee or Beveridge? And if you did the recent history gcse for 'medicine throughout the ages', you'd know we literally were told about this lol.

[@cmbeadle2228]

@@Epicrandomness1111 neither of those people created the NHS: Beveridge just released a vague report and Attlee was always a hands off PM who trusted his ministers to shepherd their own projects into existence. It's Bevan that brought it into existence imo.

[@shingshongshamalama]

@@mypenisisunbelievablysmall5258 So they've actually improved since I was a child way back in dinosaur times? Thank fuck.

[@jmurray1110]

and yet a good number of people can recite all but the Saxon kings of all England (but only as a song)

[@jasoncampbell8469]

On my second semester of British history and sad won’t be able to finish in class absolutely love it

[@Draiocht012]

Thank you for answering a question i never would have thought i needed answering.

[@rodrikforrester6989]

Last time I was so early, the celts still ruled the british isles.

[@christianbuffum-robbins8904]

"Bonjour" "Hwaet?"

[@carlosroo5460]

"¿Que pasa, calabaza?"

[@HVLLOWS1999]

@@carlosroo5460 What happened pumpkin ...

[@HVLLOWS1999]

"I shat fart in your general direction... kinuggets!" Frenchie person

[@mhfromnh1421]

suppose you have to do Wales next, since you got the other parts of the region. the phonology will be delightful.

[@Mark_Bickerton]

Time to break out your wet-suites!

[@calinsa3880]

LOVE THE MEMEAGE IN THIS ONE! KEEP EM UP!

[@joedredd1168]

Normans were Vikings who setteled in France and spoke French.

[@marcustulliuscicero5443]

Also settled in southern Italy

[@solisemporium]

Last time I was this early, Britain didn’t exist yet

[@drewpamon]

The island didn't exist?

[@jadenk1409]

@@drewpamon *doggerland intensifies*

[@SonicCam04]

If only...

[@SonicCam04]

Beetlejuice English, only cause the twats decided I should. If I was taught Scots at first I’d love it

[@SonicCam04]

Beetlejuice the very fact you are getting this agitated at a coy joke I made months ago implies that you probably have something of a bone to pick

[@003mohamud]

Would love to see a video dedicated to Wales. It's sad that they are always over looked :(

[@mizzpearlgearl]

i just finished binging The Crown! great timing!

[@ethanGuitar]

Gotta get Wales cmooooon

[@rachelhanger888]

5:25 *flashbacks to the monarch song*

[@Valaame]

7:37 : Yeah, about that... I'm afraid that is simply not true. While England's army was no longer made of poorly equipped peasants but well-trained archers, the French army was anything but poorly equipped. The issue for the french was actually that they would ONLY have knights in their army, which limited their number a bit (you don't want to know what it would have been like if France had enrolled the same ratio of its population as England). Also, they were completely unused to fighting on the field, as they were mainly accustomed to besieging or doing skirmishes, so their strategy was quite lacking. Basically, the initial victory of England against France was a fight of a ratio of one well-trained english archer with good strategy against two well-trained french knights who didn't know how field battle worked. France eventually figured that up though, and, with the help of gunpowder and a certain Jeanne d'Arc, that's how they managed to get the upper hand. Maybe don't trust english historians too much when it comes to France. Nor the other way around.

[@unicornsprinkles3277]

The way blue says Tudor😂😂😂 I can’t lol.

[@neppyweppy1955]

We're 1 of a kind no category 2 many years lost in his-story We're 3 to take our crown and glory 4 5 more minutes We're 6! 💛💚🖤❤️💜💙 ;w;

[@z2yn]

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived Glad that's in my head instead of financial advice. Edit: oh, wrong song

[@neppyweppy1955]

@@z2yn boy in a band! 👈😎👈

[@chanhailey7848]

I shall be happy for the rest of the day