The Fascinating History of

[@aaropajari7058]

This alliance does NOT cover football I assure you.

[@rideandsmile822]

You are sure ? Must read the paper again. Okay, read it, next game other rules. 😂😂😂Kind regards from a portuguese.

[@aaropajari7058]

@@rideandsmile822 Thanks for giving the world Eusebio. Cheers.

[@pipercharms7374]

I think for people in England who like history this alliance is well known but for people in England who don’t care about history, which I think is probably a very large chunk of people unfortunately, this alliance is not well known. I do know that whenever I hear someone from England, my home country talking about Portugal, they always have good things to say though. It’s viewed very positively as far as I’m aware. I’ve never been to Portugal before but I’d love to visit and learn more. 🇵🇹

[@paulocorreia7942]

You are very welcome.

[@klimtkahlo]

Portugal gave Brits fish and chips and tea and England “gave” them port wine. Also Portuguese humour is quite British, we are very sarcastic and witty.

[@rideandsmile822]

You are welcome. I`m portuguese born in germany and worked several as Mechanic for the british Army in Mönchengladbach West-Germany and ever when i see them in TV i`m very proud of them. Good times and my best job in germany......😂😂😂, not because of the money...

[@ruialmeida818]

Mate, you will be very welcomed here, and I tell you what, if you ever visit Porto, feel free to give me a shout, as it would be my pleasure to show you around the city. My wife, my daughter, and I, all share the love for our city, and we tend to show it around to our mates from out of the country.

[@PeterDay81]

The Welsh archers at Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt were paid mercenaries, shooting English longbows; no longbows were ever commissioned from Wales. The scaled up 6' longbow was developed in England, between 1300 and 1320, in a large-scale English Army context . In 1136 a Welsh army defeated a fierce Norman force with a unique weapon that changed the course of military history - the longbow. The Danes used longbows, The Danish history of archery is actually quite interesting. It is possible that the people who lived in Denmark invented the first ones.

[@nedeast6845]

Thanks for the input to my learning, I believe it was the Cheshire archers from the Marches that were reputed to be the best long-bowmen, and I recall learning of how archery practice was compulsory on a Sunday

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

An interesting video , I was reminded of a few names forgotten from school days and it was pretty good given the time constraints . Certainly Portugal was a convenient ally against France and Spain with the penninsular wars not touched on , missing the chance of a few Sharpe clips . Always remember Eusabio and Torres at the 66 World cup .

[@TagusMan]

Fun fact: Queens in NYC is named after Catherine of Bragança. And the Founding Fathers toasted the Declaration of Independence over a bottle of Madeira wine. And you can find the full version of this doc is on YT. It's great.

[@HankD13]

Know the narrator very well, a popular face on our tv for most history subjects. I seem to have always been aware that Portugal is our oldest ally, and - I am not checking this - the only European country we have not actually been at war with 😁. Napoleonic War - The Peninsular Campaign, the Lines of Torres Vedras etc was probably when I first became interested in our history with Portugal. It still amazes me how convoluted and intertwined a long and active history can get. Love it.

[@Orionte9]

Technically yes England was at war withe Portugal during the Iberian Union

[@HankD13]

@@Orionte9 When Portugal was controlled by Spain? Pretty sure that is why is does not count 😁

[@Orionte9]

@@HankD13 yes that is why I said technically. Because in theory Portugal was still a county, only with the same king as Spain

[@eddieantonio5058]

In your comment you wrote county! It’s country and not county! Portugal was technically still a country! Portugal was never a Spanish “county”!

[@Orionte9]

@@eddieantonio5058 yes I misspelled it

[@jpnihil5868]

I'm from Portugal, we briefly learn about the Anglo-Portuguese alliance in school to mention that England's help was crucial in the Battle of Aljubarrota, followed by the Treaties of Methuen in 1703 which opened Portugal's trade to British products, and the Peninsular Wars. Most people assume it began with the Treaty of Windsor but the first treaty between both kingdoms was signed in 1372, known as the Treaty of Tagilde - we can say Windsor formalized the previous commitments. It was only in high school that I learned the Treaties of Methuen, namely the dispositions about trade, pretty much set the course of Portugal's economy as agrarian, whereas British fabric and cloth enjoyed tariff-free access to Portugal, making PT a net importer of manufactured goods which led to a delayed industrialization. Later in uni in my Pol. Science lectures our professor added more meat to this, but you have to nerd it up a bit to know more about it. During the Napoleonic Wars the British provided fundamental assistance to Portugal. They fought with the Portuguese to repel the French during the three French invasions (1807-1810 - as a side note, on occasion of the first French invasion the Portuguese court along with the state administration, higher nobility and clergy leaders transferred to Brazil and set up the government there, which meant France had only invaded the European territory of Portugal). What happened is that after the defeat of the French, the court remained in Brazil for several years more and Portugal became practically a de facto British protectorate, with a military government led by the Count of Beresford that acted on behalf of the Portuguese crown in Brazil. Unsurprisingly discontent, especially among people who had learned about revolutionary experiences in France and Spain, and in 1820 there was an uprising in Porto which in Portugal is known as the Liberal Revolution and which led to the country's first constitution and separation of powers. Let's say our allies overstayed a bit and the royal court didn't help either. Another episode of the Anglo-Portuguese alliance came with the British Ultimatum of 1890, for reasons related to both countries' colonial projects. After the Berlin Conference, Portugal claimed the lands between Angola and Mozambique (what are now Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi) but Britain didn't accept the claim, as it was an obstacle to Britain's project to link Cairo to the Cape under British control. Britain demanded Portugal to abandon its claims and facing the reality of Britain's greater military power, Portugal acquiesced and withdrew its forces - this was seen as an affront by the population, and it's regarded as the event which triggered the growth of republicanism amid Portugal's most radical sectors, culminating in the regicide of 1908 and republican revolution of 1910. There are a lot more things that deserve mentioning about the Anglo-Portuguese alliance but are outside of my scope right now - the funny thing is the alliance did not have a time limit, legally speaking it still stands, but its function was obviously superseded by NATO and other elements of our bilateral relations with the UK. One final note about people stomping on grapes to make wine - when I was 6-7 I lived in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, in a small town where wine was the main industry. On first grade, my very first school field trip was to the town's winery - I hated it, hated the smell and I was about 19 when I finally drank wine for the first time. The funny thing is, I'd seen people stomping grapes on TV programs but when we got there they had these moden machines where sharp blades cut the grapes that fall in there, my guess is that was result of EU funding in the late 80s :)

[@IRISHATLANTIC]

England hasn't existed as an independent country since 1707. England is not the same thing as the United Kingdom.

[@jpnihil5868]

@@IRISHATLANTIC I'm well aware, I only mentioned England when referring to the treaties signed in the 14th century, from the 1700s onwards I always referred to Britain/the British.

[@arthurrussell-r3e]

You are by no means a "dumb" American but clearly intelligent and thoughtful. This is my first time here but I will be back (as your man said).

[@rdusuper8]

Fun fact about the word TEA, it came from portuguese ships, where the tea was stored as Transporte de Ervas Aromáticas (Aromatic Herbs Transport)

[@nickyfield137]

Had a works event a couple of Christmases ago where we had a go at archery, this is in England but we have a Frenchman. I apologized to him in advance before giving a proud two fingered salute with lots of jeering. It occured to me that I may never again have the opportunity to use the V-sign in its proper context. It was most satisfying !

[@johnp8131]

Mike Loades, Historian, writer, television documentary presenter and director. Plenty of his documentaries on KZbin, ranging from the BBC war gaming TV programme "Time Commanders" replaying famous battles, to re-enactments and historical weapons effect videos as "Weapons That Made Britain" series.

[@joaoconchilha2231]

and he lives in Portugal as he said in part two of this episode.

[@dinismantas7265]

"Were they Australian?" 🤣 The Greek- Persian battle you are referring to is most likely the Battle of Thermopylae, famous battle of the 300 Spartans (and a couple thousand other Greeks, that are often ignored). Just some added info: - The Commander at Aljubarrota was the Constable Nuno Álvares Pereira, the Constable Saint. He was actually canonized in 2009 by the Pope. He is also the Patron Saint of the Portuguese Army Infantry. He was the field commander who chose the battle ground and the tactics to be used at Aljubarrota. - The union between King João Master of the Order of Aviz and Phillipa of Lancaster gave rise to the Dinasty of Aviz. Their sons became known as the "Illustrious Generation" and they were the ones that started the age of discoveries in Portugal.

[@tpmiranda]

If I remember, this documentary was significantly longer, and it does cover the Iberian front of the Napoleonic wars

[@manuelbernardes5587]

If you like history see the battle of Diu and understand the power of the Portuguese navy at the time

[@stirlingmoss4621]

Marathon you say, John. Dont forget the Battle of Thermopylae (lit. Hot Gates) was fought in 480 BC between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes I and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Sparta under Leonidas I. Lasting over the course of three days, it was one of the most prominent battles of both the second Persian invasion of Greece and the wider Greco-Persian Wars and used a 'funneling' effect, too.

[@bravo2zero796]

Really interesting video 👍

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

There is a Port wine in America for sale but it's not the same as the one sold in GB because as said before the GB wine if fortified ( Taylors etc etc ) It's great with most cheeses and digestive biscuits

[@bigenglishmonkey]

Windsor castle started getting built in 1070 by William the conqueror so its likely that the castle has always been quite prominent, and i think the only building older and as prominent is Westminster abbey stared in 960. and yes Portugal was quite prominent in India, for some reason people misunderstand that time frame in India, Britain never ran the entire thing directly and half of it was ran by Indian rulers loyal to Britain, you can see maps where it looks like patchwork on who ran which parts. but Portugal was actually the last colonial power to leave India, they had Goa until 1961.

[@johnnyb8412]

Basically Portuguese introduced tea to England and the alliance has stood strong since, once Portuguese had no rule over the sea's to their close neighbour Spain... which Lost to England in Spanish Armada in 1588 and Portugal always been safe since🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿l 🇵🇹 and thats why English can go fighting other English on Spanish soil🤣🤣 be British now obviously due to time frame

[@ruialmeida818]

Mate, I've been in the US a few times, and American people don't even know that the signing of the declaration of independence was celebrated with a toast of Madeira wine. This little piece of trivia unites Portugal and the US, albeit with in a very simple matter, and for some reason, people are completely oblivious to this fact.

[@DesmondsDonders]

I was aware of the alliance but not how far back it went beyond the Napoleonic Period. I have some reading to do lol.

[@trytellingthetruth.2068]

Strange when Americans say they don't have a long history. Unless you're a first nation, your history is just as long as those in Europe or the British isles or wherever in the world your ancestors came from.

[@lawrenceglaister4364]

I tell them that American history may have started in 1776 but they mustn't forget the 13 colonies before that and that's what America is fully based on and all the British history before 1776 is also theirs

[@eddieantonio5058]

Absolutely! I’m aware that Early American history is not well known … yet! But the “New world” is not that new, people lived in it, there were civilisations and I guess it is just a matter of time that Americans will discover more about their ancestral homeland ( indigenous cultures always inhabited the US, they too are part of History and living history, let’s not forget that)!

[@RayViolet-k1y]

Loock to part 2

[@lxportugal9343]

Nice video But he forgot to mention that our General during Aljubarrota is a Saint Nuno Álvares Pereira

[@anibalfernando3027]

Only the Portuguese knows that...very few British knows that...we were used by the english for centuries

[@lxportugal9343]

Yes ... we alianed with England against Napolean

[@mattsmith5421]

I remember this narrator from about 15 years ago on discovery history i couldn't stand him back then but i guess knowing what i know now about tv discovery probably put him upto narrating things like he was one of the soilders there plus he was younger and far more loud and energetic and annoying literally used to ruin programs for me. I remember him well because id just bought a pair of white tracksuit bottoms a day earlier i was watching a history program and smoking a joint with my mate i was sat on my bed and he came on tv the joint was in an ashtray right next to me and when he came on swinging a sword i started ranting about him being irritating didnt notice the joint roll out of ashtray onto the side of my pants a burn a dirty great hole in the side of them to the huge amusement of my mate telling me the narrators just got one over me. He seems far more likeable in this more relaxed and about them rather than him.

[@binalcensored2104]

We cant understand the full picture of European history if we focus just in the modern concept of "nation". Afterall, Europe has much of its history deriving from families blood ties, allies. regions diferences, geogaphic divisions or approaches and frienships that came to origin the countries as we know them nowadays.

[@pedromarques1920]

well, if you really want to learn something new, go an study a bit more about portuguese history. In my opinion, one of the world.overachiever. What those guys did and when they did it is amazing. Just to start, a quote, sometimes attributed to “a Roman general” from the 3rd century B.C., sometimes to Julius Caesar: “There is, in the westernmost part of Iberia, a very odd people: they refuse to govern themselves and they refuse to be governed!” Start there.

[@salomenunes573]

🇵🇹🇬🇧🍷🍷

[@diannegooding8733]

Agreed but nobody who actually saw him can deny that Eusebio was a close second in skills to Brazil’s Pele!

[@KeesBoons]

And still the UK doesn't seem to acknowledge their dependence on other countries. I don't think the interconnectivity is much more understood in the UK than it is in the US of A unfortunately.

[@gama69ful]

England did not invented the long bow! Long bows date back to the Neolithic times!

[@tozecunha2026]

little story... worse mood

[@johnveerkamp1501]

THE DUTCH AND DE PORTUGAL ,HAS AN FAR MORE HISTORY WITH EACH OTHER THEN THE ENGLISH.

[@arthurrussell-r3e]

A little more historical context on this would be really interesting John. Of course in these early days the Netherlands was a mere province of Spain really but I am too ignorant at the moment to know whether the Netherlands independence from Spain preceded any alliance your country had with Portugal. I'll read up on this but thanks for your enlightening comment. Mind you, you could save me time by just letting me know. Regards, A.

[@andypurdie1917]

Technically broken during WW2 I imagine

[@luissilva6970]

Yes... several times, we battled the Dutch in Brazil, Angola, India, Malasia, Japan Sea, Ceylon, Timor...

[@antoniopalmeiro8872]

Viva Portugal.