The Battle of the Standard 1138 AD

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Restless Native - Kevin MacLeod
Grave Blow - Kevin MacLeod
Impact Andante - Kevin MacLeod
All This Scoring Action - Kevin MacLeod
Narrated by Dan Boud - danboud.com
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[@Mitalmitul]

"....The Battle Was About to Begin."

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man I missed this line so much

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He's good at building the tension to set the stage.

[@davidperrier6149]

He's good at building tension. Even when I know what happened I'm waiting to find out what happened.

[@hallamhal]

"The stakes are high, battle is imminent"

[@Mitalmitul]

@@hallamhal hahaha so true

[@alarsonious2071]

"Ate too many lampreys", that's a interesting way to say poisoned.

[@ksodz1397]

Nah he was already old and sick

[@nicksmith8293]

His doctor explicity told not to eat many lampreys as they were becoming bad for his body. He didn’t listen.

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

Laughts in fat Manderly

[@ariavachier-lagravech.6910]

It's the medieval version of "Epstein committed suicide by shotting himself in the head 14 times"

[@Briselance]

Adam Larson Maybe he actually was poisoned. Maybe it actually was lampreys.

[@SouthernPotato97]

"a holy war against the Scots" well that's something I never thought I'd hear

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[@antorseax9492]

It's a standard time between episodes

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[@twizzle103]

If I'm not mistaken, the highlighting of mentioned troops during the battle line setup is new. I think it's a good touch.

[@karlwittenburg5868]

Not quite, they have done it before if you watch closely at previous videos, but it’s just been more of a golden halo rather than the tinted boxes

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@@karlwittenburg5868 lp

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I had to pinch myself just to make sure that I read that right, it’s always a great day when Baz releases a video.

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A great day or someone finally came forward to sponsor another video

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He's still my favourite

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[@Diego-fx3ud]

A new king in england: How many revolts i'm gonna face during my reign? Every peasant alive: yes

[@stevencooper4422]

Oi! You 'ave a loicense for that kingship??

[@samurguy9906]

@@stevencooper4422 some watery tart distributing swords is no basis for a system of governance!

[@jacobrackham432]

We could do with some of that now. What’s happened to the people

[@derrickbonsell]

It should be remembered that Henry himself was originally a usurper. Only his political skill (and outmaneuvering of his brothers) combined with his long reign enabled a semblance of order. It shouldn't be surprising that things fell apart after his death.

[@raylast3873]

Wouldn’t Rufus be the usurper then?

[@Normano900]

Jost a Standard battle, nothing else

[@Just_som_Ottur]

Still history.

[@michaelwong426]

Med map, Standard speed, spells disabled, reinforcements disabled, fog of war on

[@canalestrategia5353]

One of the hardest things is to control your men... not every general has the authority and respect of the masses.

[@hamarbiljungskile8953]

Thank you, armchair field marshal.

[@yajurka]

I don't think it's about general, it's about the troops themselves. Pretty much anybody could control a Roman Legion, but there's no way to control the Vikings.

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

@@yajurka Or the Scots.

[@theaverageitaliandon998]

@@yajurka you could with a strong and ruthless officer corps

[@yajurka]

@@theaverageitaliandon998 you can lead them to the battlefield and that's pretry much it.You can earn their respect, but you can't really do much strategy wise. How many times great generals lost battles simply because their army didn't follow their plan.

[@emmanuelkiross9989]

The Anarchy: A time when scholars described it as, "Christ and his saints were asleep..."

[@animod4134]

NooOOo.... Henry! My Main character. I liked that guy. He was like a father to me! And i loved him like a son. So sad bro... Too bad nothing lasts forever.

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1 millisecond after seeing a Baz Battles notification Me = TO ARMS

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Good morning, everyone! There is a new Baz Battles video out. Nothing else matters right now.

[@blockmasterscott]

Even though David lost, you have to give him credit for being able to retreat with a well organized force. No following enemy forces cutting down fleeing soldiers today. Whoever chased him would have had to contend with a fighting force that could still bite.

[@cluster4583]

Ye but the main objective halting the Scottish offensive was done in the end

[@kalebloshbough3661]

No hes a moron who should of charged behind the gaulwegans and overwhelmed lines like his son almost did if they wouldn't of just stood there watching but hindsight 20 20

[@cam6406]

Dude- Spoiler alert!

[@robertprice6758]

Hey dude they can still bite dude

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Dam spoiler hang him!

[@matthewworthington767]

"Was the battle any good mate?" "Meh it was standard"

[@WyrmrestAccord]

Imagine spending your whole life trying to sabilze a kingdom just to die by eating too many lampreys

[@aidyna9613]

As a graphic designer myself, I must to say that the aesthetics of the graphic should be proclaimed as a Standard, comparing to similar channels such as K&G, History March and others. Love it with great appreciation! Please keep up it this way

[@oneloyalclonetrooper3939]

I'm not sure what half of that means but love it to the graphics are realistic and simple to understand

[@Btrackx]

Known today as "The dance of the Dragons"

[@theoveranalyzingcinephile983]

Yeah, GRRM sure likes not at all subtly ripping off English history

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

@@theoveranalyzingcinephile983 yeah, about as subtle as bull in a china shop

[@1987MartinT]

So Henry I's favorite tactics of dismounting the majority of his knights to form a strong central infantry line while keeping a small number of mounted knights in reserve stayed in use after his death. Hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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*1 second after notification* me: CHARGE!

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tepid

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I really want this channel to upload more like kings and generals

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This is just one dude though, K&G have plenty of people. Also the rarity makes this videos even more precious.

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Finish History Marche's new video just for this to pop up Nice

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Reporter : '' David you had 6,000 more men ...how did you mess up ''... David : '' Well actually it was super easy barely an inconvienience ''

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The Dance of Dragons, IRL version.

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I like the new animation for mounted knights dismounting into infantry units. Little things like that add a lot of quality to the videos.

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Finally, a battle up to the standard!

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[@pionosphere]

I enjoy how you not only discuss the battle, but its context in history.

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To be fair, it would be extremely short if he didn’t include context because the sources on these ancient battles are relatively scarce.

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Great video, thanks. I’m from Northallerton nice to get a mention. Disappointed reason for being called battle of the standard not included, the bishop used a ships mast as the standard.

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[@Koma_Wa]

I will never understand battles like these. David yielded to the demands of Galwegians, they rushed and charged at the enemy and everthing is fine up until here. What i don't understand is why David hesitated to support the Galwegians with the rest of his army. He outnumbered the enemy and still managed to lose. Galwegians wanted to be on the first line and charge first. Their wishes were fullfilled so it's not like David didn't support them because it would be a dishonorable act for them. Can someone explain it to me 😕?

[@Harrier_DuBois]

My thoughts exactly, surely it's important to deploy all your strength at the same time to overwelm the opponent - not offer half your army to them, while the rest sit back and watch. They must have not had room to deploy I guess. Or maybe David wanted the Galwegians to die, who knows.

[@icantthinkofaname940b2]

From some stuff I've read about the battle, it seems that King David may not have had full control of the army on the day of battle. There seemed to be quite a bit of debate of who got to lead the first assault. The Galwegians demanded they lead it due to some ancient tradition and/or due to their recent victory at Clitharoe. Some of the nobility, who included Normans (who may have felt insulted by playing 2nd fiddle to Scots), challenge this proclamation and told David to stick to his original plan. David however, relented to the Galwegians and when the battle occurred, David "may have" ordered the remaining men forward, but the nobles "may have" refused his orders. Once the Galwegians broke, David apparently dismounted to lead the remaining men on foot, but they turned and ran. Here's a really good article that covers this battle if you want to know more. warfarehistorynetwork.com/2015/11/17/battle-of-the-standard-august-22-1138-ad/

[@Harrier_DuBois]

@@icantthinkofaname940b2 Interesting, thanks for the info!

[@_aullik]

david was no stranger to tactics but just stood there while his troops perished.

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Finally! This is the way.

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Pretty standard episode, all in all.

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These videos should be in every classroom.

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Awesome final video of the year, assuming this is your last one. Would love to see more of The Anarchy.

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Anarchy is an awesome period to study. In general tho (but yes, material IS hard to find- hence the 'Dark Ages' moniker. French period from Charles Martel to Norman Conquest is awesome. You have the powerful baronial factions all "duking" (get it? Dukes? Lol) it out for supremacy while a weak king was often powerless to stop it

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Battle of DIDGORI will be very interesting

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Dude battle of the standard sounds kinda sick bro

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The Dance of Dragons is inspired by this Anarchy. GRRM really does love English history.