What Did Cromwell Do to Deserve This?

[@theloverlyladylo9158]

He canceled Christmas, committed genocide, and tried to outlaw pie.

[@kate2create738]

*gasps!* 😮

[@cv507]

civil wär€?? thats 30 years xP krönnn deLä kröönnvvell... ps häil ^^

[@Roypb01]

Worse than that! He invited the Jews back into England!

[@turmuthoer]

He also the reason Jamaicans don't speak Spanish today.

[@Tina06019]

Cromwell and the Parliamentarians. Now, they really did make War on Christmas.

[@tabithacrouse8858]

When she said, "Tabitha who took AP European history" my jaw DROPPED 😅 She's literally speaking to me omg

[@scipioafricanus5871]

She literally said she wasn't speaking to you, though.

[@Techyena]

Omg,, and your name is actually Tabitha haha

[@Cuddlebear6285]

This is the most beautiful coincidence I've ever seen oh my god... 😭

[@isoldejaneholland8370]

Me, too. And I'm so boring to watch historical films with. "Isabella of France didn't even arrive in England until four years after Wallace was executed, yet Braveheart has them having an affair?" Are you fun like that as well? 😊 👑

[@tabithaakinyi1555]

I was like girl! Why now😂

[@goblin3359]

I love the irony of a staunch Puritan like Cromwell getting a lavish, idolatrous funeral. He would have hated it, and that's hilarious.

[@kellydalstok8900]

Would he have hated it? Because people like him tend to be hypocrites too.

[@alilagrant3677]

Omg...that really is HILARIOUS 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TessHKM]

​@kellydalstok8900 As far as all historical sources convey, Cromwell, at least, wasn't. He fought against the army several times to resist their attempts to give him more power, and ultimately accepted the role of Lord Protector as a compromise because they kept trying to make him king. By all accounts, he seems to have been one of the most devoted and sincere Puritan democrats in English history - he really didn't seem to want anything more than to be a humble soldier and murder Irishmen indiscriminately.

[@joodonnell1542]

He was a dictator of sorts. His way, his religion, his society and his dress nand so many other norms or the highway. He wasn't swell. And, yes, God help if you were Irush.

[@historianKelly]

Well, is massacring the Irish as a devout Puritan any less hypocritical than massacring Kosovars or Guatemalans or Muslims or Rohingya or ANY group, really, and claiming justification because their land should belong to you, or you don't like who they worship, or you think they're inferior, or they did something bad so they deserve to be punished, etc., etc.? Every group on the planet claims some divine right to commit atrocities, and their targets claim divine right to retaliate in kind. It's the history of humanity.

[@lilithhuntress]

As an Irish person, I read the title and immediately said "what DIDN'T he do"

[@MBKill3rCat]

The English hate him too, one thing the Irish and English can agree on

[@philiprowney]

Both my folks are from Tullamore and came here in the 60's. I live in the home town of Trevor Bevis [ dozens of history books on AM ] and he put Cromwell forward in the 'Best Briton ever' poll some years back... _"Oliver Cromwell was baptised on 29 April 1599 at St John's Church,[11] and attended Huntingdon Grammar School. He went on to study at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, then a recently founded college with a strong Puritan ethos."_ The self same puritans that 'left Europe because of religious intolerance', 'we' had no time for them and was glad they left!!! The same reason my Atheist parents left Eire. Some times it is the people that left are the feckers, some times the ones that stay ;-)

[@Minime163]

​@@MBKill3rCathe banned Christmas, imagine if his politics had lasted. You'd have no queens speech and assuming we weren't extinct we'd have no excuse to get togeather with our families and fight and partake in a seething silence.

[@randompandagirl831]

💀

[@MrLorenzovanmatterho]

Nothing that Charles 1 and the Irish Royalists didn't do to the Irish Parliamentarians, first, worse and more of, Cromwell was a saint.

[@mnk9073]

"What Did Cromwell Do to Deserve This?" _*all of Ireland taking one deeeep loooong breath_ "Oh I am glad you asked. Now, let me tell you a story..."

[@Mavisdundundunnnmanston]

I'm living for all the Ireland comments. ❤

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

@@Mavisdundundunnnmanston Yeah, there's a lot of anger that's still boiling against Crommers on the Emerald Isle, for good reason!

[@simplewormonastring6869]

As Tabitha who did AP European history, I also took one deeeeeeeeeep looooooooong breath

[@kryistailbower8254]

So true

[@ismaelmullorruiz3556]

I was looking for this comment and it didn't disappoint me.

[@Mad_Rabbit69]

And when the world needed her most She returned

[@sharimeline3077]

I literally screamed - a little.

[@tko7418]

Exactly how I felt when I got a notification on my locked phone home screen and dropped everything to rush over here to see how long the video is because I was hoping it would be a long, juicy one. And it is!

[@Da_gman67]

Thank goodness listening to stories and other similar content makes nightshift fly by

[@FreshDeath1385]

🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@miippi]

@@Mad_Rabbit69 you couldn't have been more right. I survived 1683 days since the lockdown without catching the vid, and today I tested postive. So I feel like crap. And now I have Caitlin. And I feel significantly less like crap. It's like she knew I needed her.

[@CandyBlog]

Not me in Ireland watching this and saying "Genocide, that's what he fockin did ." every other minute

[@DeidresStuff]

No matter how much history I study, the bizarre obsession the English have had with tormenting Ireland will never make sense to me. Even when they owned half the world, they still had to have this one specific island.

[@sharimeline3077]

@@DeidresStuff I feel like they were thinking "But it's right there!" Like, they had the world, but they didn't have something right next to them, and it bothered them.

[@christopherconard2831]

​@@sharimeline3077 Convenient target of opportunity.

[@ookaminukiba]

Same lad 😭

[@rhiannonrede]

Puritans suck.😂

[@quietone748]

"I'm so proud of me Crommie" Has me in stitches. I appreciate your videos so much, Caitlyn. Thank you.

[@Ariel-LikeTheMermaid]

“Sometimes you are filled with an unquenchable hatred but don’t have the resources for full assassination” I feel so seen

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

Same. Definitely same.

[@OneEyedJacker]

Oh, yeah!

[@snailart14]

Yep

[@1ConfidentWreck]

Yes

[@Echo_the_half_glitch]

Absolutely

[@CliffCardi]

Ireland: exists Cromwell: “And I took that personally.”

[@lexicalgap5191]

And we Irish still exist

[@krustymadrid4953]

@@lexicalgap5191 in a new cultural diversity Ireland welcoming it's newcomers

[@raquellofstedt9713]

@@lexicalgap5191 And, somewhere, far below, the devil is letting Cromwell know that.

[@ulrikjensen6841]

​@@krustymadrid4953that was a joke, I'm sure? Anyway, Cromwell resented catholicism in his puritanic madness. He is still reckoned as one of the 10 greatest British along with Churchill, Lennon, Shakespeare, Newton, Nelson, Darwin and a few others.

[@dannyarcher6370]

@@lexicalgap5191 Say that in Gaelic...

[@henghistbluetooth7882]

As a Brit - it’s always been weird to me that the two people made into statues outside Parliament are Cromwell and Richard the first. One is a homicidal, genocidal, fundamentalist lunatic who tried to create a new royal family for himself and his family, and the other is a guy who spent 6 months in England, wanted to sell London, and was one of the most incompetent rulers the country ever had and who was captured and cost, via his ransom, ten years of the country’s revenue. They may as well be called dumb and dumber.

Those two statues have been confusing me since childhood...

[@nickjung7394]

Cromwell, of course, refused the role of King and Crown. He maintained that Parliament must rule.....

[@longiusaescius2537]

@nickjung7394 in theory

[@spencers4121]

I live in Huntsville AL, it's always shocked me how we named stuff after a Nazi who used slave labor around town.

[@Starbuck2005]

LMAO! No more need be said!

[@weirdoperson4163]

In St Ives Cambridgeshire (my home town) there's a statue of Oliver Cromwell in the town centre (it's a local tradition to put a traffic cone on his head every year) at some point in town history he plays a part in destroying a section of the bridge, you can still see where it was rebuilt because the arches are a different shape than the original.

[@o.mcneely4424]

Did Cromwell deserve this? *Ireland has entered the chat* 🇮🇪

[@leaho3731]

I saw the title pop into my notifications and was like "Oh Caitlin, my sweet death mama, YOU BETTER TELL THEM" ☘️

[@desperadox7565]

@BonesyTucson Nearly everybody powerful in the past has been a complete piece of crap.

[@o.mcneely4424]

@BonesyTucson My dad’s father was a south Boston Irish Catholic, who, though a fierce liberal and adamant civil rights advocate who firmly believed in integration and equality, absolutely HATED Cromwell. The strife of Ireland was a common topic in my house even though my grandda died before I was born, and I distinctly remember the sheer relief when the Good Friday Agreement was signed shortly before my fourth birthday. Cromwell may not have started the fight, but he twisted the knife HARD and set a godawful precedent.

[@cheesi]

Oh yeah. It's easy to romanticise Cromwell as an anti-monarchist, if all you know is that he deposed the royals, but he was an awful tyrant himself at home and abroad, no better than the kings he deposed. It's interesting from an alt-history perspective to consider how things might have gone differently if he was a fairer ruler, maybe we would still have no kings to this day. But alas, he was a bastard :/

[@uncoolmartin460]

yes, absolutely. As a side note, I remember hearing a story about Tony B's first time in parliament, in an office used for meeting international guests they removed a painting and replaced it with a painting of OC. This upset the country that had gifted the original painting while at the same time causing massive offence to the Irish.

[@APrftCrclTempest]

I really appreciate the "26yrs til head' '19yrs til head' timeline notes 👍🏽

[@CineSoar]

Anticipating the head felt just like, well... anticipating the head. Then, we were rewarded with a “Year of the head”. "24 years after head" hit pretty hard tho...

[@ForestCreature7]

Yea this is the timeframe we're all interested in but personally would be too lazy to calculate every damn time xD

[@Weirdkauz]

Absolutely!

[@typacsk]

"And nobody meme that, either!"

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

... That's quite a long time to wait for some head, isn't it?

[@johnn8223]

Caitlin: "What did Cromwell do to deserve this?" Ireland: *collectively inhales*

[@rodwallace6237]

He did away with Christmas celebrations as drunken parties.

[@ScouseJazmin]

I'm not even Irish and I have this video on pause until I'm done with my mental rant against this genocidal knob

[@coweatsman]

Wexford and Drogheda.

[@Lori1Cor15]

We're from Co. Wexford. Better research this.

[@bryn494]

Britain's last dictator; flying the Protestant flag against... well, everyone...

[@bushelandpeck1501]

I'm an American who was born in England to a Brit mum & American dad. Left when i was 3 yo & went back to visit relatives a couple of times. The last time i went was in the early 80s & toured all those places with my uncle & saw Cromwell's plaques. American history is sketchy about British history & my mom filled me in a little, but thank you, Caitlin for clarifying it in a fun way! You've inspired me to have a green burial. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!! Told my sis about your channel & sharing this one with her.

[@omiai]

My uncles last name was Cromwell. He would always make a point of saying 'we are NOT related to THAT Cromwell.'

[@tarakennedy707]

But is he sure????

[@neilbuckley1613]

@@tarakennedy707 Strictly speaking Cromwell's surname should be Williams. Back in King Henry VIII's time Thomas Cromwell's sister married a Welshman, surname, Williams. Their son, Richard, decided to take his famous uncle's surname to promote his career as a lawyer. Oliver Cromwell was one of his descendants.

[@MrJacobst]

@@neilbuckley1613how would this prove they aren’t related to Oliver?

[@The_Cloth_Surgeon]

@@MrJacobstfamily history tree, the UK is very good at its record keeping, (seriously we know my family back to the 16th century) Plus what they were saying is that technically Cromwell wasn’t a Cromwell he changed his name back to Cromwell.

[@Loralanthalas]

Good man.

[@andreachristenson7069]

The fact that you keep putting “RE-ENACTMENT” is sending me.

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

The scenes in question are from the Biopic "Cromwell" Where Charles I was played by the original Obi-Wan and Cromwell was played by the original Dumbledore.... That's a cross over you never expected!

[@coyoteartist]

@@jon-paulfilkins7820 So if you include Timothy Dalton (who played Prince Rupert), you'd have Ob-Wan, Dumbledore and James Bond walk into a pub.

[@stucook8622]

Because we know they had cameras in the 17th century :)

[@coyoteartist]

@@stucook8622 Well technically there were portable camera obscura by then. I can just see someone saying, ok, please stand here in this pose for hours and now, move and inch and hold that until they have a flip book.

[@TheMbmdcrew]

@@jon-paulfilkins7820 “You can’t win, Cromwell. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.” -Charles I, shortly before being beheaded (probably)

[@sirmintyclack]

24:37 I love how Cromwell's head out lasted the roof and was out back up when the roof was fixed. That is some definite commitment to punishment.

[@lisah-p8474]

Some workman having to take it down like a birdhouse and put it back up later like, "Oi hand me the dessicated skull on a spike would ya?"

[@petradegroot3578]

😂 yes

[@francisdec1615]

In Sweden in the Middle Ages they even dug of the corpses of politicians deemed traitors and put them on public display. If they only would do that today.

[@AludraEltaninAltair]

For real. The Petty level is 100. 😂

[@quietone748]

Gives the term "fixed installation" a whole new meaning!

[@temarisensei]

Did not expect a video about Oliver Cromwell to have me headbanging at work but then the metal portion of the outro song kicked in I couldn't help it. Excellent educational video ending in some tasty riffs. Brilliant content as always

[@phreakli]

🎶 Cromwell's head 🎶 Holy shit, that was a fever dream of an outro and I loved every second of it 😂

[@sharimeline3077]

I love when I run across someone who knows 🎶Bentham's Head. 😂I loved the outro song too, it needs to be released as a video and on Spotify 😂

[@manupetermann769]

​@@sharimeline3077Haydn's head 🎵🎶

[@Scorpia161]

It just kept going??

[@meemurthelemur4811]

​@@Scorpia161 yep! Bentham's head randomly showed up in various videos along with Hayden's head, and porpoise head.

[@nancyreid8729]

Not gonna lie, at “Cromwell’s head” (to the tune of Bentham’s head) I snorted so loud I woke the dog up and made her jump.

[@Myrtle2911]

That is the most unhinged credit roll I have ever seen.

[@Loralanthalas]

I love it 😂

[@Johannes_Exiguus]

Makes me wish I had a little acid 😂

[@jonesfamilyfarms9325]

I am SO confused about what’s going on here 😂

[@1locust1]

Like Monty Python inspired.

[@scholarlyhobbit]

It's inspired. A+, no notes.

[@SeriousSam2]

Good thing you had those reenactment disclosures put up. I went and googled those battles and sadly all the original camera footage from the 17th century was lost 🙁🙁

[@BlueBerry2283]

I don’t … that’s not-… how do I put this delicately?

[@SeriousSam2]

@@BlueBerry2283 r/woooosh maybe?

[@BlueBerry2283]

@@SeriousSam2 something like that

[@petrolhead0387]

​@@SeriousSam2 I don't think the wooshee has understood the direction of the woosh.

[@mirasmiraculouscraft]

Im dying of laughter, quick what’s the number to call 911

[@KittyJay97]

Please don't ever stop these ! From a future nurse who before always thought about being a mortician/coroner, I love your videos and your humor ❤

[@KetsuekiRose]

I wanted to thank you, Caitlin for your work. It helped a lot when my partner's estranged mom died and the funeral home tried to get him to sign a contract for a $2500 cremation just to get a death certificate! Thanks to you, I recognized the scam and got him to go through the dept. of records. Thanks for your work!

[@AlexHider]

That was a crazy scam, not to mention that $2500 for cremation is kinda expensive.

[@fixxundfertig]

​@@AlexHider not where I live lol

[@AlexHider]

@@fixxundfertig damn….direct cremation was under a grand last I checked. Inflation doesn’t account for an increase of 250%

[@fixxundfertig]

@@AlexHider Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. $3599 is the cheapest I can find but most direct cremations are around $5000. Massive scam.

[@AlexHider]

@@fixxundfertig jeez, my condolences

[@briannafries3866]

"what did Cromwell do?" *All of Ireland has entered the chat and MANY PEOPLE ARE TYPING*

[@pplesforthis]

When you did "Cromwell's head" to the tune of "Bentham's head" it made me so happy. Thank you Caitlin, you are adorable and so good.

[@AnnaMrTony]

Such a moment. I loved it.

[@rebeccasunflower]

We’d have rioted if Caitlin hadn’t 😂

[@SunnySensei]

I just looked it up - I love it!! 😂 m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2XVqnqVZ9qYiZI

[@stephenbride1308]

As an Irishman I appreciate the joke but also did find myself taking a breath and thinking he didn't deserve such a cute reference to be made.

[@adriannecadwell527]

I literally anticipated it😊

[@doogandoggin2571]

I just looked through your anthology and realized you have produced an enormous amount of golden content. Some I had missed after at least 7 years of watching. Keep being awesome and death positive. It takes a little sting out of the whole thing😊

[@Furubatsu]

Having an Irish History teacher when being taught about Cromwell was wild back in school.

[@jetblackjoy]

I had a professor at university who absolutely hated Stalin. He called him "that mustashed [dick in Russian mat]* in his lections. He was wild too.

[@treasureturd5391]

Came for the quality documentary, stayed for the epic end credits.

[@shadowheartart3898]

Same 😂

[@pompe221]

I love that you have Enya as the picture on your phone for "Ireland calling." It frankly amuses me that Cromwell's viewing was a big spectacle that he would have hated. Because screw you and your warts, Crommie.

[@alanywalany6460]

The war in Ireland was no less brutal than the wars in continental Europe. Indeed, on numerous occasions, including the famed "massacre of Drogedha" he offered them both their lives and safe passage if they surrendered. Why was he in Ireland to begin with you may ask? Because Irish rulers backed the deposed King! They could've stayed neutral, but they chose to officially back the deposed King. This made Ireland a perfect place to launch an invasion of Great Britain from, hence it had to be taken control of.

[@seethingg]

@@alanywalany6460 modern day irish genocide denier 💀💀💀

[@PeterPan54167]

@@alanywalany6460 Genocide denier

[@avelynn5976]

​@@alanywalany6460 you also probably believe the holocaust didn't happen lmao

[@Li_Tobler]

@@alanywalany6460 what do you get out of denying and whitewashing history?

[@just_a_hampa]

Love how you put re-enactment on all clips. Like, I'm 100% sure at least one person would think that's actual footage.

[@erynlasgalen1949]

I just want to thank you, Caitlin, for your books. When my mother died in 2018, you gave me the courage to ask the funeral people if I could be in the crematory room and push the button to start the machine. To my surprise, they readily agreed, and I got the closure of performing this final act of filial duty. It was nothing like I had imagined, all bright and shiny and modern.

[@carolefreeman2544]

When my mum died, the funeral home manager brought my father, myself and my sister to the crematory room and just asked my father to push the button to start the machine also.

[@alilagrant3677]

Thanx for the information ❤

[@GoBlueGirl78]

Aren’t her books so wonderful & helpful? My dad died in July and was cremated. I didn’t want to be in the crematory room, but it was nice to know it was option, and it wouldn’t be weird to ask.

[@Capohanf1]

And all some people get to do is pull the plug!

[@EvilDMMk3]

Fun fact, Cromwell is said to have coined the phrase “warts and all” when he told the artist for the portrait you use in this video to paint him exactly how he was.

[@VestigeGG]

"What did Cromwell do to deserve this?" The Irish, pulling out the beer tap, "What didn't he do?"

[@kathrynhanson3317]

I really love your historical documentaries. Well researched, well written, informative and entertaining. And your finishing music is just brilliant in this.

[@PotatoChicken-gg1ju]

I love how you label the scenes as "reenactments", like yes, as to not be confused with the actual video recordings from the time 😂

[@Dawe0110]

“Ireland is calling, that’s weird” 😂😂😂

[@MayB_D]

It was Enya as the profile pic that ended me! 🤣

[@stuartd9741]

​@@MayB_DEnya and Ireland are synonyms to one another...

[@dontfeedthelunatic]

"BABE! Get up!, the mortician lady dropped a new video!"

[@janinewetzler5037]

You came RIGHT OVER from Bernadette, didn't you?

[@celiacresswell6909]

You have an alive girlfriend? Noob

[@TheMoises1213]

😂😂

[@L0rdOfThePies]

@@celiacresswell6909the widowed are getting heated

[@lynnfarrington8651]

Please do not stop making your wonderful videos. I have learnt mega amounts about my own country especially the museums around London

[@sideshowirl6779]

Girl, you ARE one of the most respected historians on here as far as im concerned

[@harrispinkham]

Hell yeah.

[@mhapich]

This is what I came to find!! 👏

[@linkwannabe]

The only contender I can think of is Defunctland, and now frankly all I can think of is them somehow collaborating on a video about a funeral themed amusement park.

[@sideshowirl6779]

@@linkwannabe Defunctland is amazing. That'd be an amazing collaboration

[@sirclarkmarz]

I would love to see a collaboration between Caitlin and the history guy I think they would compliment each other quite nicely .

[@IdontknowwhatImdoing539]

Fun fact: supposedly Cromwells body was smuggled upto Yorkshire by his daughter (who married into the nobility) and she had him burried in the roof of her home, Newburgh Priory. Due to how the house has been expanded over the years the part of the roof where he has supposedly been entombed sticks out within one of the attic rooms. Apparently Edward VII tried to break into it at one point when he visited the house, much to the baronets chagrin and during ww2, children who had been evacuated to the house would dare eachother to sleep on top of it at night. (I got to go visit it earlier this year. The tour was given by the current baronet, who was a rather lovely chap)

[@maracynicxx]

The bangs are extra banging in this one. Honestly the whole haircut is on point.

[@sharimeline3077]

Her hair is iconic.

[@stuartd9741]

Most famous bangs on YT.

[@missfeisty]

Her hair looks so sleek and glamorous ✨

[@gewehr98-f5l]

She went back to the Prince Valiant after swearing it off XD

[@missfeisty]

@@gewehr98-f5l hey if it works, it works 😁 it is iconic at this point 💖

[@nacidocoqui]

I misread the next vid in my queue as the title of this video, so seeing a doggy-on-phone vid, thinking it was an ad and looking for the skip ad button, and suddenly having it morph into everyone's favorite internet mortician, REALLY confused me as I thought this was a video for kitbashing a saintly Sanguinor! xD

[@RaelNikolaidis]

Death in European History 101 should absolutely be a series. You could do Henry the 8. His death was pretty gnarly. Anyway, love your style.

[@golwenlothlindel]

Yes! There are so many crazy stories not just about how historical figures died but also what happened to their corpses or parts of their corpses later. It would be great if Caitlyn covered them!

[@Tommy-5684]

William the Conquror exploded before he was burried if i recall correctly

[@darcieclements4880]

Yeah you know that's a good point. Maybe gets back to the whole people who do terrible things tend to think everybody else does terrible things because they projected a lot of stuff onto other cultures that they themselves did. I don't know why I didn't notice that before but yeah that was definitely a thing going on during imperialism...

[@DemocraticZombie]

@@Tommy-5684 The story behind is especially worth covering, it's harsh to say but the way his body was handled was like how beached whale carcasses are, how the body after death had to be taken care of immediately or else the gas build up in their thick torso would be dangerous. Yet, not one person bothered to touch his body for days because absolutely no one liked the man that made himself king, due to all of the morbid events he single handedly dragged England through like the Harrying of the North. It's sad reading about his backstory and how he had to grow up but he really knew how to give terrible rulers a run for their money, even Stalin who had a crazy death himself didn't bring as much drama, irony, pain, or carry as much casualties (relatively for the time, not total numbers obviously). If Caitlin does make a video on William it would be a wild ride

[@tttm99]

Your end credits. Wow... This alone would be the effort most KZbinrs put into an entire video.

[@Rice_peace]

It should be it's own video.

[@mwater_moon2865]

@@Rice_peace I will second that! because while the ending of this vid was likely fun for the creator of it, I really much preferred Caitlin's out-takes of old. I don't feel the end fit the tone of this video or the channel all that well.

[@ames522]

For real!

[@JeniJustJeni]

Maybe release it alone without the crawl? Like a music video, because that's what it is.

[@concettaworkman5895]

Caitlin, that outro was a banger. I couldn't take my eyes off, great effort. This whole video was a delight.

[@ValueOfJoy]

A masterpiece.

[@Primaeros]

A full hard rock jam. Unprecedented. Amazing.

[@Castlelong333]

He murdered all before him in Ireland burnt churchs towms villages and crops , killed cattle and then gave the best land in Ireland to his top soldiers,

[@ztoical]

As an Irish person the title 'what did Cromwell do to deserve this' sent me into a rant spiral

[@caryoulwhitty]

@@ztoical hehe, me too 😅

[@TheWolfsnack]

.......yup

[@Ahoykatieee]

I saw the title and immediately began ranting at my phone.

[@donkeykonguk]

Cromwell's invasion of Ireland - Death Toll: 400,000; Type: Ethnic cleansing; Time frame: 1649-52; from The Great Big Book of Horrible Things by Matthew White ☘️🙏

[@donkeykonguk]

@@troptop7002 thanks, great comment! What other historical tragedies should we forget about? let me get a pen...

[@timothypruitt9028]

OMG!! YOU'RE HERE!! Oh what a fantastic treat to receive today. You have been so very missed here on KZbin. Much love and every blessing. Thanks so very much for another glorious video.

[@myparceltape1169]

She is good at telling the story. Even to the End.

[@stuartd9741]

I concur.

[@kimberlyholt2241]

Agreed

[@ariesmight6978]

I am in full agreement with you.

[@marciaspiegel5280]

Agreed and thanks.

[@charlayned]

OMG, You're BACK!!!! Yay! I have been a fan for years, it seems. I bought "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs" about three weeks before my beloved husband got sick. He ended up in a coma in ICU for 4 days (and is still fighting liver disease). I took the book with me to sit with him while he was "out" and I read it out loud. The nurses were shocked, then curious, and then had to find the KZbin site and look for your books. Yes, probably morbid to read them in ICU, but I honest got to giggling at parts of it, holding my husband's hand while the machines beeped. It was oddly comforting and when he woke up, I read parts to him. He was amused as well.

[@Tardisntimbits]

I wish you both the best!

[@megmcdonald]

As someone who worked in an ICU for a couple decades I can tell you we have very dark senses of humour. I’m only surprised that some of them were shocked by this move. I had a patient’s partner read him The Satanic Bible; I think she was disappointed when we just said “Of course, go ahead, we welcome all faiths!”

[@-Cece]

Praying for his recovery and then a joyful holiday season for both of you.

[@nmgg6928]

A strange and beautiful story so glad he woke up hope you both are doing well

[@tom_4615]

Don’t forget that amongst all of the Irish people Cromwell murmured, there were thousands of women and children. He was Britain’s own Hitler

[@bettybeee]

As an Irish person, I was delighted you did not let us down.

[@davefellhoelter1343]

or US!

[@chriswalford4161]

Charles II is why there are lots of pubs called “a Royal Oak” in tribute to his hiding in one.

[@Loralanthalas]

I stayed at a hotel a king hid at in Worchester. Worst place I've ever stayed. It was 45 and they didn't turn on the heat. Was sick the rest of the trip. The tudors suck.

[@marklatimer7333]

"The King's Head" a tribute to his Dad?

[@dshe8637]

​@@marklatimer7333 🌟

[@kieranpriest9609]

@@Loralanthalas which king? Are you saying 45F? What does it have to do with the Tudors?

[@SmugglersWench]

I am full of interesting, some say "useless" facts (I disagree, they're all useful in their own way) & now I have another, Thanks Chris, I did not know this one...& I already had a small collection of pub facts.

[@adam_p99]

It’s now in Sidney Sussex college, Cambridge To answer your question, the master is the only one who knows where it is. I’m from Cambridge. We have plenty of other stories of decapitated corpses here.

[@666lianne666]

Neat.

[@brianmacphee1635]

Fun fact - there's a small portrait of Cromwell in the senior common room. When dining, and the loyal toast is made to the monarch, small curtains are drawn to conceal the portrait. Nice touch.

[@MiscellanyTop]

Heady stuff indeed.

[@acesartgallery9117]

I hope I'm not the only person that thought the first couple seconds of the intro was an ad and instinctively hit refresh

[@linneawahlund]

That ending song was the most beautiful thing I have ever witnessed.

[@sharimeline3077]

We need it as its own video.

[@marciaspiegel5280]

I truly needed this video.

[@ClaireWhiteheadIrl]

Here in Ireland you hear "Cromwell"- even if you can't remember the specifics you immediately know he's "the bad guy".

[@ladyeowyn42]

My mum raised me to hate Cromwell. I’m American and raising my son to hate Cromwell. As it ever was.

[@Peannlui]

​@@inconnu4961 Read a book, the after effects are still felt today.

[@marsi1111]

That outro was a fever dream 10/10

[@CitizenJane-]

Wonderful content as always. TY Caitlin.

[@repeat_defender]

If you don't stick around for the musical montage at the end, you're doing yourself a great disservice. Caitlin, it's SO GOOD to see you!!! Your videos really make my day. p.s I loved the callback to "Bentham's Head;" every time I watch a history doc that mentions him, the jingle pops into my own head and gives me a giggle.

[@SewardWriter]

I have, on occasion, been buying groceries or other everyday necessities, and suddenly blurted, "🎶Bentham's head!🎶". As of this time, I have not been committed.

[@barbarak2836]

Thank you for this; I had paused the video before the musical ending, but went back. It was GREAT.

[@repeat_defender]

@barbarak2836 haha oh good!

[@repeat_defender]

@@SewardWriter 😂

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Death mom is back! Fun fact: there is a band called Bentham's Head Thought everyone should know

[@TheMeloettaful]

Thank you for the... "heads" up 😁! Alright I'll see myself out 😅...

[@thejudgmentalcat]

@@TheMeloettaful 👉🚪 🤣

[@TheMeloettaful]

@@thejudgmentalcat I'm sorry OK! I had to do it! It was WIDE OPEN lol 🤣!

[@lisachiappetti6092]

FANTASTIC I LOVE THIS FACT

[@klisterklister2367]

@@TheMeloettaful you reall wanted to get ahead with that joke

[@heidiharris_]

I’m sure you’ve heard this a thousand times, but ‘Smoke Gets in Your Eyes’ tremendously helped. A very dear loved one took their life and were cremated. I almost felt morbidly obsessed w every bit of the process they were they before being cremated. I am so so grateful for you and your willingness to teach. You’ve helped me a lot.

[@TheMoises1213]

You recommend reading the book?

[@kalishajnz]

Thanks, Caitlin. We don't get to see you much, but I love whenever you grace us with your presence. 💜

[@PatKellyTeaches]

As an early 2000's pop punk guy, I first learned of Cromwell listening to Flogging Molly. Thank you for being this generation's pop punk education.

[@laratheplanespotter]

Hello you! I was binge watching your videos today. Love them!

[@vitaminanime]

Tobacco Island, by any chance?

[@PatKellyTeaches]

@@vitaminanime That's the one. It's an incredible song to hear live

[@PatKellyTeaches]

@@laratheplanespotter That's kind of you, thank you!

[@desperadox7565]

@@laratheplanespotter I just looked him up because of your comment. Looks interesting.

[@KJayPlays]

The “this does not spark joy for me” part had me spit take my hot cocoa. Thank you 😂❤

[@darcieclements4880]

I had to dig a while but somebody finally made that comment!

[@merri-toddwebster2473]

I don't think the Irish are gonna forget Cromwell any time soon

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

Or forgive him!

[@joshuahunt3032]

@@ElizabethMcCormick-s2nIt’s unclear if I even have any Irish blood myself, and *I* don’t plan to forgive him!

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

@@joshuahunt3032 I've got some Scot-Irish on my dad's side, I don't know if that really counts, though

[@kirkmorrison6131]

I am Scots, Welsh, and Irish on one side, Cherokee on the other. I don't plan on forgetting or Forgiving him in the next world either

[@davefellhoelter1343]

WHO? never to soon?

[@leoniewilliamson2811]

Thank you girl, really enjoyed watching and listening to this episode.

[@Michael.Larsen]

Not having Alan Rickman's Sherriff of Nottingham saying, "and call off Christmas!"... missed opportunity ;).

[@stuartd9741]

Alan Rickman legend. .. Yes he was definitely pissed when he said that part in the movie.

[@dewardroy6531]

40 years young and six vertical ft. of drop dead gorgeous Caitlin! So thrilled to see you again on this channel, darling deathling!💖

[@Loralanthalas]

Shes that tall? Thats it. Official girl crush.

[@SmokeyMtnRobin]

This reminds me of a southern saying. When someone holds a grudge against a dead person they might say, "I just want to dig him up and stomp his bones!"

[@annafdd]

Frankie Boyle commenting on the cost of Thatcher’s funeral (in a thick Glaswegian accent): “You give each Scot a spade and we’ll hand her to the Devil personally for free!”

[@benroe3071]

Nice to see you back. Hope you can continue with the stories. Missed them and enjoy your style and humor.

[@Cheesybiscuit404]

Oh my god "The Lord Protector" during the credit song was so startling. I'm just jamming with headphones on and then y'all went binaural on me and I felt it IN my ear

[@sierrasouthwell9237]

I need to know who wrote/performed that song. Why are there no song credits 😢

[@sierrasouthwell9237]

I need to know who wrote that song. Why are there no song credits? 😢

[@Meggyp0p]

Thank you for the warning

[@BroonParker]

​@@sierrasouthwell9237you want to torture someone?

[@LordMizumaru]

@@sierrasouthwell9237 Darrencorp

[@sinswept]

Maybe they are singing "40 year old woman of the lord" but I definitely hear "40 year old woman overlord" and I prefer that 😌

[@adrianjanssens7116]

Excellent content and presentation. Thank you Caitlin. I spoke about you while I was arranging a pre-paid funeral for myself and the agent didn't know about you. I told her that you had over a million subscribers. Now I see you are over two million. Congratulations and cheers from Canada.

[@inconnu4961]

Most of those subscribers are bots.

[@auntheidi9389]

Prove it

[@dianeroth2857]

Caitlin, this is inspired! Delightful!

[@crewkid52]

"Hold on...Ireland is calling? That's weird." Literally just guffawed at my desk Also the quick cut to Muppet Christmas Carol - the *best* version of A Christmas Carol - was perfection

[@guerinpayne3878]

I had to go tell my very Irish boss. She loved it.

[@hiiras]

the photo of enya 😂😂

[@joiedevivre2005]

It made me laugh so hard, I snarfed coffee out of my nose.

[@Kat-tr2ig]

The way I shrieked when I saw the Muppet Christmas Carol clip

[@sarahp6512]

Muppet Christmas Carol is my favorite Christmas movie and I somehow missed it??

[@inerlogic]

I think we can all agree that Ms. Caitlin is KZbin's leading head historian. If you need head Information, or you want to know about giving and getting head, you've come in the right place.

[@mariannetfinches]

Ever since coming across Caitlin's channel, I have the best head ever

[@MelhorAinda]

She really does, all the different head clips and descriptions are so educational. Funny.

[@nickroberts1596]

I'd really love to see her collab with someone like Atun Shei or Kaz Rowe. Would be awesome.

[@GoddessNeith]

what did he do? Genocide, stopping the theater, ending joy and happiness, he also murdered the king, all of which isn't considered friendly.

[@judyfoley5824]

So happy to see you back online!!

[@arualblues_zero]

I wasn't ready for the musical number. Total banger.

[@sophiekm26]

The tree thing - Charles II hiding in an oak tree - is true, and the site of it is less than 10 minutes from where I live. A lot of pubs around here are called The Royal Oak. The original tree was destroyed by tourists cutting off pieces in the 16-1700s. The oak tree there now is descended from the original and has been there since the 1725-ish, it’s nicknamed ‘Son of Royal Oak’

[@therealhousewifeofballtown]

It was in Boscobel Woods I think

[@avereth]

This gives a whole new light to my favorite charcoal brand, Royal Oak. XD

[@deehampton8331]

Apparently, it was difficult for Charles II's supporters to hide him as he was unusually tall for the time. The 'wanted' posters read 'over two yards high'.

[@shingshongshamalama]

Let's be real, the parliamentary uprising wasn't about fighting for the emancipation of Britons against the crown's tyranny, it was about the aristocracy wanting to kick the king out and replace him with their own hand-picked king. They never had the interests of anyone else in mind.

[@julilla1]

And also about religious zealotry. The Puritans were outraged that Charles I had married Henrietta Marie, a *gasp* Catholic!

[@leod-sigefast]

The levellers were certainly more revolutionary. Shame their proposals were ignored. But Parliament was basically the gentry still, not the common man.

[@Lori1Cor15]

Well the inquisition was problematic for many...

[@coweatsman]

The English Civil War was continued a century later as the American War of Independence. Many of the ideas of the revolutionaries came from the English Civil War.

[@tumbleddry2887]

And that beat goes on...still

[@charliesmith4072]

You teach British history so much better than my professors...

[@AliceBowie]

He tried to exterminate the Irish, and Catholics in general. He was also staunchly anti-fun.

[@Hugh.G.Rectionx]

staunchly anti paedophile

[@Badficwriter]

@@Hugh.G.Rectionx He was a wealthy oligarch who empowered his friend oligarchs, murdered anybody who protested his tyranny and deliberately set the English commoners against the Irish in mutual self-destruction. Studies on organizations controlled by religion suggest sex crimes occur similarly in protestant as well as Catholic.

[@longiusaescius2537]

@Hugh.G.Rectionx Cromwell was pro Rabbi though??? Most pragmatic NI prot

[@28_futaba]

​@@Hugh.G.Rectionxyet he was pro jewish lol... make it make sense

[@inconnu4961]

@@Badficwriter Theres them 'studies again! do they have names, or are they confidential studies? I dont know ANY protestants who got boinked by their pastors in protestant organizations to ANY degree that the Catholic church did, AND covered it up! Thats why we hear about the Catholics for years upon years, and NOT the Protestants!

[@xlilsnailx]

What I didn't realize I so desperately needed on a Friday Night; Caitlin giving me a dive into Oliver Cromwell's corpse. So lovely to see her bangs grace my screen.

[@jonesfamilyfarms9325]

Please tell me you stuck around the end credits 😂 I didn’t know I needed that in my life

[@justasupportivemom]

I started watching you when your cat passed on, and Mine had just as well, it was cathartic and very interesting in the way you corelated any death to the same sort of proceedings, I was hooked and watched every bit I could of you. Forward to this March, my dear dad passed away unexpectedly. He lived in So Cal. still, I was all the way In Manitoba Canada. I flew home to him sick in hospital, and three days later he was gone. I was alone in his tiny one room apartment, and had to do Everything on my own. I had only ever witnessed the loss of our cat, so this was insane and intense. But I referred back to all the information you had taught and shared through your videos, and I trucked through, every moment I didn't find morbid or to much. I did things and witnessed my father in ways I would swear to you months before I could never handle, but I did it. The human mind is amazing, and what I retained from your videos, Changed me and helped me when i needed it most. Thank you for all you do, for the Living and the Dead! So happy to see you post again, just wanted to share this with you!

[@Loralanthalas]

Im sorry you had to do all that alone, but glad that you could do that for him. Fate prepares us for challenges we don't want to go through. You have a very good attitude and your strength comes through in your words. Thank you. 🤗

[@justasupportivemom]

@@Loralanthalas Thank you for your very kind reply. Much appreciated, and yes you are correct. We are all truly capable of so much more, when pushed to those points in life. 😊

[@menmykrazycat8129]

Girl, the Re-enactment overlays - 😂😂. Your channel is hilarious AND also educational 👏

[@HeavenRamirez444]

Mother has returned!!!🖤

[@enginesummer99]

I have not yet watched the video, but: HE KNOWS WHAT HE DID.

[@inconnu4961]

He is laughing all the way to heaven at ALL the butt hurt children! Anyone here would had done the SAME thing if they were in HIS shoes!

[@therobertfaulkner]

I honestly wait for these videos. Caitlin your turn of phrase is splendid. Cromwell was a monster. After visiting all over Ireland this last summer, there was not a place that we did not go where his “legacy” is remembered.

[@mikemiller5257]

You have one of the best channels on youT..fan forever💯

[@phreapersoonlijk]

That "RE-ENACTMENT" had me on the floor !

[@minuteman4199]

It's a good movie. You should see it if you haven't already.

[@zoeycharlottetaylor1438]

What's it called?​@@minuteman4199

[@hunkhk]

Gurl you are the most respected historian on this platform. Anyone saying otherwise better watch it. We've missed you and welcome back❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@sid1gen]

She did skip a tiny bit on Cromwell's and Ireton's rampage through Ireland, dedicating a whole 70 seconds to it in a "oh, this is so funny" tone, with sound effects and spooky accents. She clearly doesn't think much of it, although she did mention the highest estimates of the Irish death toll, which have been contested forever by other historians. In fairness, as I observed before, Cromwell's body did not suffer the outrages it did because the old monster was cruel to the Irish, but because the English royalists hated him with an unquenchable passion for having decapitated Henry I. That's why his body (and Ireton's and Bradshaw's) were exhumed in 1661, tried for treason, and decapitated.

[@katbairwell]

I always find it kind of odd, that the most celebrated portrayal of Cromwell, on film, is this one; 1970's "Cromwell" with Irish actor Richard Harris in the title role. Anyway, thank you Caitlin and team, for another abso-flipping-lutely brilliant video, I hope you are all well as we go into the best time of year (it's spooky season witcheeeesssss!)

[@UtahDelaCruz]

Wasn't Richard Harris Irish? Talk about irony....

[@katbairwell]

@@UtahDelaCruz Yeeeuuuup!!!

[@dominaevillae28]

Cromwell would not be pleased that 1) some enacted his life, and 2) that someone was Irish😆. The island of Ireland has really been through it but her diaspora is part of the fabric of many other nations. My MIL, who I think of as having a mainly Filipino heritage but is half white, recently had a 23&Me done and has a significant Irish heritage as well.

[@jfxl1977]

Another incredible video! Thank you from all of us in the industry!

[@TheNighthawke502]

Somebody had way, way too much fun doing the credits!!! LOL Loved it!

[@daphne8406]

Yes, Cromwell would hate it, I’m sure 😝😂😂

[@nonotthatone605]

The way I cheered at "Cromwell's heeeeaaaddd" 🤣

[@auntheidi9389]

I waited for that!

[@smooshiebear80]

😂😂😂

[@knghtcmdr]

I would answer that it was him being a brutal, genocidal fanatic monster who slaughtered his way through Ireland during his wars there, turned England into a dour Puritan dictatorship, persecuted Catholics, killed his king and ushered in a reign of pure oppression over the Three Kingdoms.

[@gleggett3817]

He was the head of a military dictatorship but people seem to overlook the army officers and lords who put him there.

[@knghtcmdr]

@@gleggett3817 He was still the one ultimately in charge

[@gleggett3817]

@@knghtcmdr Yes. But the complexities of English politics at the time are fascinating. With Cromwell a moderate compared to the Levellers, General Monck being a Royalist, then loyal to the Parliamentarian cause and suppressing Scotland, and then helping the Restoration.

[@wuzittooya]

So, Trump?

[@deborahfedge3823]

@@wuzittooyaI was thinking the same thing!

[@johngerson7335]

Your uploads never fail to educate _and_ entertain Caitlin, thank you!