"My lord, the peasants are revolting!" "yes they are quite revolting."
@galatheumbreon68623 жыл бұрын
Oversimplified reference
@kemarisite3 жыл бұрын
That was my response every time I played Civilization.
@raptorshotgun41072 жыл бұрын
@R J nmgnymnhrnmmmjm I’m out. Ok Oooool
@Nyx7732 жыл бұрын
Count de Money (don’t correct me): “It is said that thee people are revolting.” King Louis XVI: “You said it! They stink on ice”
@Neil0702 жыл бұрын
Boris Johnson and his advisor....
@harrisonshone77696 жыл бұрын
John of Gaunt - Richard, the peasants are revolting! Richard II - Well of course they're revolting. They smell terrible.
@paxshmitz26655 жыл бұрын
Oversimplified.
@batavica18755 жыл бұрын
@@paxshmitz2665 dont think the French Revolution video had come out when he made this comment
@billyfox63684 жыл бұрын
It's on the cover of Horrible Histories too, but to be fair, I can imagine his thinking of this for himself.
@thememehead3 жыл бұрын
And so is their food, am I right?
@somethinglikethat21763 жыл бұрын
@@billyfox6368 it's an old joke.
@Tony-Blake7 жыл бұрын
Since more than one peasant revolted, it's the Peasants' Revolt.
@HistoryMatters7 жыл бұрын
You are absolutely correct. Bit of a stupid on my part.
@merrittanimation77217 жыл бұрын
I can imagine if it was only one "My lord, a random peasant is trying to break down the gate" "Then kill him!" (Does so)
@garymitchell98487 жыл бұрын
''On second thoughts - don't bother. Tell him to come back when he's got some friends...''
@ultra_epic_guy59666 жыл бұрын
Merritt Animation lul
@Brandon-yr3nj6 жыл бұрын
it actually might not be Peasants’ . like “This is a man’s world” and “The People’s Republic”
@SantaFe194847 жыл бұрын
Anyone who thinks that the world is crazier than it has ever been, needs a medieval history lesson.
@justynmychael87166 жыл бұрын
All history is written by the victors.
@ElusiveTy5 жыл бұрын
@@justynmychael8716 Incorrect, actually.
@justynmychael87165 жыл бұрын
@@ElusiveTy you certainly won that disagreement. You should make a historical record of all your comment victories.
@eddietuite7325 жыл бұрын
@tu tu what?
@fulcrum29515 жыл бұрын
The idea that 'history was written by the victors' is an ultrasimplification of history It is a very lazy and ultimately harmful way to introduce the concept of bias. There isn't really a perfectly pithy way to cover such a complex topic, but much better than winners writing history is writers writing history. This is more useful than it initially seems because until fairly recently the literate were a minority, and those with enough literary training to actually write historical narratives formed an even smaller and more distinct class within that. To give a few examples, Genghis Khan must surely go down as one of the great victors in all history, but he is generally viewed quite unfavorably in practically all sources, because his conquests tended to harm the literary classes. Or the senatorial elite can be argued to have "lost" the struggle at the end of the Republic that eventually produced Augustus, but the Roman literary classes were fairly ensconced within (or at least sympathetic towards) that order, and thus we often see the fall of the Republic presented negatively. Or the fact much of western literature regarding the Eastern Front was primarily from german officers until the collapse of the USSR
@jasondale198013 жыл бұрын
Fun fact... The former arch bishop of Canterbury who died during the peasants revolt (Simon of sudbury) was one of the first people I saw after signing the wedding register! His mummified head is behind a small door in the vestry of St Gregorys Church in sudbury, suffolk, and the vicar asked if we would like to meet him. 😁
@paritoshd7 жыл бұрын
"Her Maj has snuffed it." Gold!
@MindAndMyth4 жыл бұрын
"King of England and France, Lord of Ireland, Protector of the Realm, Destroyer of worlds and wrecker of your shit"
@AsbestosMuffins3 жыл бұрын
also strangely the earl of sandwich
@SouthernPotato973 жыл бұрын
Edward Vegeta!!!
@firefox32497 жыл бұрын
*Fires up Crusader Kings 2*
@firefox32497 жыл бұрын
Wayne Hitchcock I know right xD
@TheNostorian5 жыл бұрын
I dont know how to play that game. Looks great. But don't even understand the tutorial
@cgkik5 жыл бұрын
Free Spirited Cat I want to get it, but it’s expensive, what should I get? VIC2, EU4, or CK2
@Brandon-yr3nj5 жыл бұрын
DeAD Taco EU4 and CK2 require a huge investment in a ton of DLCs before they’re really playable. Victoria 2 has one DLC and it’s a great game but very different.
@upmayo1004 жыл бұрын
@@Brandon-yr3nj The base game in CK2 is still very fun
@whybother76323 жыл бұрын
i laughed so hard at "the scottish thought it was punnishing the english so raided some villages and then they got the plague
@zealousdoggo4 жыл бұрын
"Hey look the english are dying of a horrible plague. Let's go attack them! I'm sure this can't back fire in any way!" Someone who was previously Scottish
@Gray-Wolf2 жыл бұрын
Keyword; previously
@fullmetaltheorist Жыл бұрын
Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
@Asahamana Жыл бұрын
I like to think that was actually an English spy 😄
@Theire110 ай бұрын
ask the Hittites how that worked out ... oh you cant they all snuffed by attacking' Babylon and bringing home slaves with plague
@wthMerhaba5 жыл бұрын
6:40 Me: "Merciless Parliament? why on earth would it be called that?" 5 seconds later: "Oh"
@ambermaccraig73163 жыл бұрын
Omg... Lmfao, I almost spit out my tea when I saw him holding up "I took your stuff". The little quotes "Ya didnae learn". ( Just like last time ). "Stop asking for more". "They got a bit murderery". I absolutely LOVE the little signs they hold up, too damn funny! Don't ever change that, so many channels get popular and then start changing the very aspects of their videos, etc that made them in demand to begin w..., rookie mistake and I hope History Matters doesn't fall into that category.
@rautamiekka4 жыл бұрын
"You wanted to talk ?" "I'll let my sword do the talking."
@chubbycatfish45734 жыл бұрын
I like how things worked back then. King 1: Do this. King 2: Not only no, but I'm your king now.
@deron22037 жыл бұрын
How do you not have any more subs your content is amazing
@juandiegoprado3 жыл бұрын
Anytime I see one of the characters on screen walking but slowing down, I am 99% sure they're about to kick the bucket
@georgeamesfort34083 жыл бұрын
They're coming down with a fatal case...of the *deads*
@JonathanAlexanderM2 жыл бұрын
Been binge watching this channel and it’s shown me that humanity has been fighting each other in some way forever
@kalashnikov50387 жыл бұрын
I just noticed for the past 4 months, you've been focusing only on this series, and damn I did not know it would surpass 10 let alone 14, cool to know months passed by as we enjoy your videos.
@HistoryMatters7 жыл бұрын
There's many many more to come.
@TheZombieTurkey Жыл бұрын
@@HistoryMatters oh
@tomg79137 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to the wars of the roses in this series and all the death thudding that will ensue
@HistoryMatters7 жыл бұрын
Without a shadow of a doubt the hardest episode to write.
Serfdom has always been in that weird category of "slavery and not slavery" at the same time. Serfdom was a form of forced labor, but Serfs weren't property (albeit a low class member of society). If I'm not mistaken, you were tied to the land in Serfdom whereas a slave was tied to his or her owner. Make no mistake, both were forms of forced labor, but being a Serf was a little bit ahead of being a slave.
@MegaGanash2 жыл бұрын
being a serf is a degradation of ancient plebian status, the common folk being punished into land based zones-of-security for survival, whereas being a slave has always been an expression of massive wealth
@Maderr47 жыл бұрын
I really love your art style! Keep up the good work Looking forward to Henry VIII and the English Reformation
@archlich4489 Жыл бұрын
Very droll humor. I love it!
@stephenfoulard3484 Жыл бұрын
The attention to detail that I find in these videos is often remarkable. The one impelling me to comment now is the tabard worn by John of Gaunt. While the details therein would be too fine to convey in this medium ("insert lions here"?), the colors are well chosen: the quartered red and white demonstrate John's claim through his wife to the throne of Castile and Leon, while the quartered blue and red show that the wearer is an English royal prince, the three tabs of that white label at the top indicating the son of a king. Bravo!
@foxboy92mp777 жыл бұрын
Whoops! Half of Europe just died!
@roynettle68647 жыл бұрын
THE SUN IS A DEADLY LAZER
@mate542577 жыл бұрын
roy nettle bill wurtz :))
@graysonguinn19435 жыл бұрын
🦀🦀Europe’s population is goooone🦀🦀
@nb2008nc5 жыл бұрын
Thud!
@joycebirrey7255 жыл бұрын
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be
@mrdog6527 жыл бұрын
3:25 Instant Karma
@USSAnimeNCC-7 жыл бұрын
No shit XD
@Wolfeson287 жыл бұрын
"Hey, I hear the English are having a massive plague." "Really? Hey, let's go rampage around over there, take their stuff, and bring it back home!" "Brilliant! Couldn't possibly go wrong."
@chronikhiles7 жыл бұрын
I laughed at that part. XD
@Theturtleowl7 жыл бұрын
Your name made me stare and rethink my life
@charliestoops88155 жыл бұрын
But that’s what bad karma is
@marinatebbenham40115 жыл бұрын
0:38 "And his wife Isabella betrayed him"... After years of neglect, sidelining, adultery; and terrible rule of the country. Isabella made many sacrifices to advance Edward's plans, even putting her life at risk; begging for mercy, pleading for the lives of some rebels in order to prevent Edward from looking like a tyrant. Not to mention she was a loyal and obediant wife to a man who loved his male courtiers more than her; she went through the rigors of childbirth several times, giving him an heir - putting her life at risk each time. These children were ripped away from her and she suffered tremendous disgraces and abuses under Hugh Dispenser - Edward's new favourite; something that couldn't happen without the king's consent... Isabella, for the most part, was a loyal and obediant wife; she only "betrayed" her husband after years of neglect and infidelity. At their joint coronation; Isabella was shunned; her royal robes and jewelry being given to Piers Gaveston... That would make anyone angry. I feel that Isabella is demonised by historians - even today; she did what she did, not without reason; Edward was a bad and feeble king - as well as a terrible husband; her invasion and deposition of him was actually welcomed by the English barons. When men depose other men; it is often seen to be just or reasonable; when women depose men for the same reasons; it's seen as unnatural and villainous.
@muhammadshehreyarkhan18515 жыл бұрын
The prejudice maybe due to her French ethnicity, although technically the Plantagenets were French too & spoke Anglo Norman the lingua franca of English court.
@MarkoFTW2 жыл бұрын
Well, she DID betray him. The fact that she felt like she has the right to do so, does not remedy the fact.
@marinatebbenham40112 жыл бұрын
@@MarkoFTW He betrayed her too, but that's somehow ok?
@MarkoFTW2 жыл бұрын
@@marinatebbenham4011 Where did I say that his abhorrent behaviour was ok? I just pointed out that she did betray him.
@marinatebbenham40112 жыл бұрын
@@MarkoFTW And he betrayed her
@soundwaveca2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@Knight8607 жыл бұрын
Henry was not Richard II's heir - Edmund Mortimer was through his grandfather Lionel Duke of Clarence, who was Edward III's second surviving son, John of Gaunt was Edward III's third surviving son. The issue was set aside by citing Edmund was still a child and would require a regency (which no one wanted) and that Henry was the rightful heir under salic law (inheritance through the male line.) This would come back to haunt the Crown in the Wars of the Roses. Henry IV's mother tongue was French like all Plantagenet's and it's open to debate which English King was the first to speak English since the Conquest, though English had been used in parliament since the 1360's.
@ethanramos44416 жыл бұрын
Marcus Drake But still Henry iv was the only King since the Norman conquest to speak English plus he encouraged his nobles to speak it and also he was also King Richard II cousin
@Knight8606 жыл бұрын
There is evidence that Edward III was fluent in English as well as french, though in trying to secure his claim to the French throne, he often stuck with his mother tongue french. Also during the Peasants Revolt of 1381 after Wat Tyler's death, Richard II made his famous "I shall be your captain, follow me!" to the peasants army, who probably all only spoke middle english, with the exception of the few nobles and knights who were apart of the rebel army.
@spiffygonzales58995 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ you British people. And that's just one part of history. 😅
@gerstelb5 жыл бұрын
Right. Edmund Mortimer was the next in line, and later on his line married into the York line (which was junior to John of Gaunt’s descendants, the Lancasters) which is what gave the York claim during the Wars of the Roses some legitimacy.
@gerstelb5 жыл бұрын
Spiffy Gonzales George RR Martin lifted a lot of GoT skullduggery from the Wars of the Roses.
@McRocket Жыл бұрын
6:22 - 'Why are we in a field?' 8:25 - 'But were successful at being beheaded' 😄 ☮
@isuckateuclideangeometry95396 жыл бұрын
This is the best channel !! I learn more here in 10 minutes than in my school . Love the animations . Pls keep making more of this!
@GeneralPrincessDaisy6 жыл бұрын
"They got a bit murdery."
@CommissarMitch6 жыл бұрын
Man the Archbishop of Canterbury is a dangerous title.
@stenbak887 жыл бұрын
I love this channel and these videos I look forward to every single one and will even watch some more than once
@Kuna96137 жыл бұрын
I love this series. It’s my favourite for British history on KZbin
@zakback99377 жыл бұрын
1:43 'I have to die now'
@jamestang12277 жыл бұрын
Je dois mourir maintenant.
@CristalcatXP5 жыл бұрын
Me when I embarrass myself in public
@chancellorjake7 жыл бұрын
English. Do you speak it? At 9:12 had me laughing so much.
@jdawg73744 жыл бұрын
Shame he had to keep it pg 😂
@georgeamesfort34083 жыл бұрын
That was amazing
@christianbuffum-robbins89047 жыл бұрын
YA DINNAE LEARNED!
@susieguglielmino46255 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Your many short videos are both entertaining and historically detailed. I dearly love European history and your to-the-point approach in the videos I've seen thus far, out of sequence every one, fills in gaps which invariably lead me to a renewed compulsion to deeper level research. So, my American in every way background is energized to step into the multi-European history, not of my own ancestors but rather the world in which they lived era to era. It's sort of a dot connecting trip through the Old World for the pleasure of it. So, again, thanks. Peace
@ed26357 жыл бұрын
Great work once again. I always get excited when I see one of your videos up. I think I have a decent knowledge of history but you always teach me something new as well as putting it in an easily understandable context. 10/10
@0ld_Scratch7 жыл бұрын
can't wait for the Tudors
@sherk32867 жыл бұрын
Just Saying You must not be very good at math
@0ld_Scratch7 жыл бұрын
why because there are still some episodes to come before we talk about the Tudors? still can't wait for them
@sherk32867 жыл бұрын
Just Saying it's because tudors sounds like tutors. Like a math tutor. Twas a joke
@benjammin94717 жыл бұрын
Weird Al Spank a Bitch you must not be very good at jokes
@sherk32867 жыл бұрын
Ben Dawson Nope, I just enjoy being cancerous
@tobybw07 жыл бұрын
Good to see a little mention of Owain Glyndwr
@AimeeRose227 жыл бұрын
The videos just get better and better! Keep up the great work!
@donaldstein38514 жыл бұрын
I love the narration of this channel!
@IndiIngle3 жыл бұрын
I just love the simple but effective art style with plenty of surprise sarcasm
@tHeWasTeDYouTh4 жыл бұрын
I love the thumb sound 7:33 FINALLY after so many years I know what that medieval hat is called. very strange looking hat
@blueknight17067 жыл бұрын
I’ve never clicked on something so fast in my life, thanks for all the hard work!
@kevinboyle538 Жыл бұрын
Love this channel.
@justanotherbaptistjew56593 жыл бұрын
Henry might’ve burned the Lollards, but Wycliffe’s writing were able to reach Bohemia where a man by the name of Jan Hus who gained such notoriety that he was condemned and burned at the Council of Constanze. At the same time, Wycliffe’s bones were exhumed and also burned. 102 years later, a man by the name of Martin Luther followed Hus’s example and began to teach the plain truth of Scripture in opposition to the one that he and his predecessors called the antichrist.
@greywolf7577 Жыл бұрын
Ironically, though, the Protestants ended up teaching that the Bible alone is the authority even though the Bible never says that.
@R521773 жыл бұрын
I got to say it... "Sire, the peasants are revolting!" "And the royalty don't look too good either!"
@theblackprince13467 жыл бұрын
Evidence points strongly to Edward II being homosexual or at least bisexual. His assumed lover was a Gascon called Piers Gaveston and because he was the king's favourite he's enemies had him murdered in 1312.
@calebtimes4537 жыл бұрын
The Black Prince shame
@Snipergoat13 жыл бұрын
@@calebtimes453 What is shameful about it. For King Eddy part 2 being gay was the least of his vast stretches of incompetence. Buggering stableboys on the DL was SOP for gay nobles of the time. Not placing your "favorite" in important positions. Saying his wife betrayed him is a bit of a stretch considering that she had twice already bailed his ass out of the fire and he locks her and her children up at the behest of his new "favorite". He was weak willed and foolish. I don't know how he wasn't murdered much earlier. The more I learn about European history the more I understand revolutionary France's "Kill them all" policy. Marat had a point.
@Phoenixgaming-zf4tu4 жыл бұрын
all the episodes be like "until he died" THUMP
@thememehead3 жыл бұрын
I thought of it as more of a thud, but to each their own
@MrChubbysuperhero7 жыл бұрын
You should do a series like this on the history of France/the Franks
@thelaziestguyuveverknown5 жыл бұрын
Plus Scotland, Portugal, Denmark, Poland. There's so much to cover
@calebroberts54225 жыл бұрын
“BUT were successful in being beheaded”🤣🤣🤣
@chakraborty19893 жыл бұрын
Never laugh out so early in a video like this one when Edward the second appears with a puppy face and the banner "everything's terrible"
@cult_of_odin2 жыл бұрын
"Not slaves" just slave in nearly every way but not called "slaves".
@MrWaterlionmonkey5 ай бұрын
Kind of. The differences are slight but can be significant. An unfree serf signs a contract with his lord where the lord is supposed to provide a plot of land, housing, justice, and maintenance for his serf, in exchange the serf must pay for his stay in whatever labour the lord wants and cannot be married or leave the land without permission. When the lord sells his land the buyer also gets the serfs. However, you sign no contract with a slave, slave cannot be married only bred, you owe a slave nothing and a slave has no access to justice. A slave is property. Not legally a human. Slaves can also be sold to another land and moved around as property, a serf is legally tied to the land he signed a contract for, you can only sell a serf if you sell the land he works on, you cannot sell him to lord on a different persons land. How closely these distinctions were respected is another thing though, this is how it was legally meant to be
@hueylongdong9007 жыл бұрын
0:37 the mans so unlucky that he is slowly turning into the background just by standing
@aishai31837 жыл бұрын
hiya, i just wanna say thanks again, good vids and they re very helpfull
@dusanradomirovic9097 жыл бұрын
I really like your videos. Thank you for making them :)
@jmsgridiron56283 жыл бұрын
"You wanted to talk?" *Richard walking forward slowly with a sword* "yeah bro ofc."
@wagwanbennydj60032 жыл бұрын
Your channel brings me so much joy ❤
@piko9680 Жыл бұрын
“Her maj has snuffed it” I freaking love this channel
@meer11202 жыл бұрын
Peasant 1: There's no food Peasant 2: Oh *drops dead*
@flynn6596 жыл бұрын
*Name changes* 1: The Black Death and the Peasants Revolt 2: The Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt 3: Richard II, The Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt 4: Richard II, The Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt and Henry IV's Chaperon
@0202-t3h Жыл бұрын
There's a miniseries I can recommend about this topic "World without End". It follows medieval England under the rule of Edward III and the outbreak of the plague and the Hundred Years' War.
@JasonWeakley5 жыл бұрын
The references are hilarious!!! 🤣🤣🤣 "English mother f***** do you speak it!?!?"
@DavidElendu4 жыл бұрын
I was searching the comments to see if anyone noticed this
@JethroTClampet Жыл бұрын
I like how Brave Heart ended where Edward III was actually William Wallaces son because she slept with him. I wouldn't rule out that Isabella slept around because Edward II was gay. Perhaps Edward III got his wits from Phillip IV who destroyed the Knights Templar for their money. Though what Phillip IV did was awful, he did go from rags to riches over it.
@DorkJedi963 жыл бұрын
"I have to die now," sign being carried around by the King of France. Ha!
@varianschirmer9375 Жыл бұрын
1:43. The little signs...
@machtrebel5 жыл бұрын
These videos are a delight
@lisamurdoch25256 жыл бұрын
Hilarious! Never thought a history lesson could be comedic entertainment !
@boilerhoer39062 жыл бұрын
“Her Majesty has snuffed it”
@sally2324 жыл бұрын
I imagine this video will have many *thuds* Edit: Yep
@andrewsalmon1002 жыл бұрын
Ok. Ok. I found the pattern: be born King with jealous peers. Provoke jealousies, wars, heirs and suppression to create enough friends (enemies of enemies) to keep doing that for long enough for enough friends of enemies to support your heir. Repeat for 800 years.
@ivovanderavert12693 жыл бұрын
Here's a pie chart of my investment in this channel: History: 10% Humorous delivery: 100%.
@charlotte-mg9wj7 жыл бұрын
I was told at age 6 that Edward 2nd was allegedly murdered with a red hot iron; being 6, I remember thinking, "painful way to die,being hit on the head with a red hot iron"........................It took me 10 years to figure it out.
@zaerdna6 жыл бұрын
Underrated channel
@Pages_of_Time_3400BC7 жыл бұрын
Great video! Can you do one on asia (China - Japan) or do you mainly focus on europe?
@pabloneizion2592 Жыл бұрын
1315, and three quarters of Europe..... is dead
@mxk6104 Жыл бұрын
3:58 basically medieval return to office mandates😂
@slubbert2 жыл бұрын
"English, do you speak it!" 😂😂
@Adnanbin19855 жыл бұрын
that satisfying thump when people die, love it.
@wynterginger2 жыл бұрын
“Doing the only thing befitting an English king….Invade Scotland “….. 😂
@cmdrvarna3 жыл бұрын
I Love these videos. My only criticism is that they move so fast its hard to keep up
@SeverityOne Жыл бұрын
Parliaments gad such cool names in the past. The Wonderful Parliament, the Merciless Parliament... One wonders what historians would name the current parliament. At a guess, it's not going to be "wonderful".
@dorylaions7 жыл бұрын
Nicela. Thanks for the upload mate
@Fatamerican1014 жыл бұрын
Really interesting research regarding the point @0:25: the Great Famine saw people across the economic spectrum similarly impacted with increased rates of mortality. While you might assume people with a higher standard of living would be better off, in fact many of the deaths are believed to be caused by disease (pandemics that began because poor diets caused a weakened immune system in the peasantry). Peasants who left their homes looking for food, like following rumors of 50 German ships landing in London with grain, then acted as vectors spreading those diseased across the English population. Check out: Morgan Kelly, 'Living Standards and Mortality Since the Middle Ages' Bruce M. S. Campbell, 'Harvest Shortfalls, Grain Prices, and Famines in Preindustrial England' and 'Global Climates, the 1257 Mega-Eruption of Samalas Volcano...' (that one includes general points of migration during famine)
@JenniferinIllinois5 жыл бұрын
I like this channel more with each video.
@bleachedout7 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid!! Really enjoyed this
@Protoman854 жыл бұрын
LOL that guy named Wat... "u wat?" "yes that's me"
@David-fm6go5 жыл бұрын
France always loses meme Capetian Dynasty: what?
@michaelmoore40437 жыл бұрын
Good video as always
@mantea34815 жыл бұрын
1:32 if you count hot iron being stuck up his arse by his nobles then yeah it's murder
@jaewok5G6 жыл бұрын
i was expecting a LOT more >THUD
@Ruminations097 жыл бұрын
2 questions: 1) How much research goes into each episode? 2) Besides book recommendations that are in the description, are there any other major sources in each video? These videos are great, and I hope this channel gets more appreciation in the future.