Battle of Assandun, 1016 AD ⚔️ Cnut the Great conquers England
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➤ Narration: David McCallion
➤ Awesome online sources that helped with our research for this topic, check them out!
- Rex Factor podcast: www.rexfactor.podbean.com/ - a fantastic podcast about the kings of Britain, highly recommended for any history lover.
- Rex Factor blog: rexfactor.wordpress.com/2016/... - concise and excellently written.
- A Clerk of Oxford: aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/p... - a well researched in-depth series about the Danish conquest of England.
- Patricia Bracewell: www.patriciabracewell.com/2018... - excellent piece that also touches a bit more on the battle itself.
➤ Sources:
Swein Forkbeard’s Invasions and the Danish Conquest of England, 991-1017 - by Ian Howard www.amazon.com/Forkbeards-Inv...
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - translated by Rev. James Ingram www.amazon.com/Anglo-Saxon-Ch...
William of Malmesbury: Gesta Regum Anglorum - The History of the English Kings (Oxford Medieval Texts) - translated by R.A.B. Mynors, R.M.Thomson, M. Winterbottom www.amazon.com/William-Malmes...
The Battle of Maldon: Fiction and Fact, Ed. J. Cooper trove.nla.gov.au/work/1018287...
Chronicle of John of Worcester - translated by J. Bray, P. McGurk www.amazon.co.uk/Chronicle-Jo...
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Wow thank you for your wonderful content!
Dublin and Limerick are not in that place on the map as U shown at the start of a video.I`m not Irish[love`m
Vinland Saga. A history-inspired anime of the Viking era
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Eadric is the type of character villain in a show that everyone hopes will die in the next episode but doesn't.
Haha, exactly!
Eadric "Littlefinger" Streona
Until he does 15:25
He reminded me of littlerfingers from game of thrones.
I'm surprised that he wasn't executed, i suppose his men were not so unloyal. (by the English king)
"Eadric was executed by none other than King Cnut".
*wakes up neighbours with loud, boorish cheering*
I say that's a proper reaction to poetic justice :)
Makes sense, Eadric was clearly untrustworthy to both sides in the war and having a waffling and scheming leader like that just wouldn't do for any sensible monarch
@@Th3Kingism there is something to be said for the exercise of honour and loyalty. At least if you lose the war and pledge your loyalty to the new king, he knows that your word means something to you.
Dude! Same.
✊🏻😂
Fuck
That
guy
Lesson for those thinking to choose the role of the traitor: If his side win, the leader there can't trust a traitor.
So no matter what, the traitor has a shitty end. The worst after death, when he meets his maker.
"They divided the land and made a pact that if either should die, the other would inherit the whole kingdom". Never a good idea.
?? It’s always a good idea, for one of them!! Haha.
There was no another civil war after the death of Edmund, so the pact wasn't entirely bad.
Some other monarchs who didn't have clear successors were signing similar treaties to avoid unnecessary bloodshed.
As soon as I heard that I thought "so who's getting poisoned first?"
While all of this is happening Thorfinn is working at Ketils farm.
Cnut the Great, son of Svein Forkbeard, son of Harald Bluetooth, son of Gorm the Old, son of Harthacnut, son of Sigurd Snake-in-the-eye, son of Ragnar Lodbrok... With a family that illustrious how could he not fail to conquer England. It was in his blood! ...and a family habit :)
You know your history man.👍👍
Bluetooth ??
@@aminecj7032 Yes. Known for his blue tooths and giving the name for the technology.
But sadly, that greatness is only held for one generation after Cnut's death. After that, the North Sea Empire crumbled. Just like the empire that made by Charlemagne & Alexander the Great.
🤮🤮🤮🤮 filthy barbarians
Note: Eadric didn't live a long life after this battle. He was beheaded a year later on Christmas day, 1017 at the orders of King Cnut. Perhaps Cnut didn't care much for having a well known traitor hanging around his court.
Yes very wise on Cnut's part
What's even more amazing is that Cnut was only 19 or 20 years old when he landed in England.
@Atlas aït Amazal Well... In all fairness, you probably weren't born with an army sworn to fight for your family, as Knut was. That's a pretty big advantage when it comes to conquest.
If you were... Then you're just a slacker!
Alexander was accompanying his father Philip when he was 17/18 and leading the cavalry.
Polish blood of Cnut gave him power :D
nobody . He had polish blood?
@@mig-stallion1359 His mother was probably sister of future Polish King.
Well, what do you know, Eadric? Turns out stabbing EVERYONE in the back multiple times is a bad idea!
Thank you Vinland Saga for introducing me to such an amazing person!
"Let's have Northumbrexit". You couldn't let this opportunity pass, did you?
What about a referendum for Cumbria?
@@bitTorrenter They could try that 😆
@@bitTorrenter Cumbrexit
Probably my favourite few decades of history. Fantastic take on the complicated goings on!
Yeah, not too many sources and so much speculation. Thanks, organizing all of the zig-zagging across England was 'fun' :)
Indeed. I do enjoy the romanticized version in the Last Kingdom . However they did no justice to Cnut. By turning him into an incompetent c*nt.
A fun time to study and a horrifying time to have existed.
This is why I love TH-cam history channels for the most part. I would have never heard of this Danish invasion of England from the early 1000s. Typically all you hear is the conquest of William the conquerer in 1066, but their was so much interesting information before then during the Viking invasions of the British Isles. Thank you HistoryMarche for this immensely interesting and informative video.
Thank you very much for watching.
did you know about the norwegian king who invaded just before william. most likely contributing to william winning due to english troops force marching from york to the south.
@@mazzaker18 Of course. But that's another topic. I'll probably cover it at some point.
I an surprised you haven't heard as well, I spoke to someone who thought that there were no more Viking invasions after Alfred The Great.
I'm exactly the same! Thought I knew our history quite well but i've literally never heard of this instance where we had a Danish king and were part of an overarching empire! So much more interesting than the Norman's to me
We still have a town that was named after Cnut, Knutsford in Cheshire.
I'm from Cheshire, born and bred, but not from Cnut'sford. Not far from it though and the place that my family are from originally bears my surname. We are also Angle/Saxon, not Dane.
and the Tina Turner song Cnutsville city limits.
@@buckers67buck77 asjsdajajAHHAHAAHAH shut up the Saxons were massacred by the Vikings and their children in France calling Normandy England is a mixture of French Saxon Vikings if you have a little bit of Saxon your legs shake when you hear Vikings raped they killed the Saxons for decades or centuries
'Killed by a spike when sat on the toilet...' Puts on shades 'That's a shitty way to die'
Haha!
Fun Fact: Cnut had Polish soldiers provided to him by his Ally Boleslaw I of Poland - Cnut's mother might have been Boleslaw's sister - making this and the Napoleonic wars the only times Poland and England were at war.
Baltic Slavs made a significant part of the landing force that went with Knut.. Danes were not able to access Baltic Sea due to the Slavs controlling that part of Europe for centuries before and after. R1a1 hyplogroup is the best proof.
That’s great then isn’t it, opening the weakening that let the Norman’s invade
@@hzj7920 if you weren't there can you say that for sure?
@@RLoshboughHe's over exaggerating, but the wends did often raid denmark
@nordicpatriot Those Wends lived in northern Germany not in PL, we weren't subdued and u needed our grain to feed your armies
Thorfinn Karlsefni salutes King Canute. When you know some historical figures just from mangas(Vinland saga)😅.
Anime's episode 20 coming up 😂
@Crush the lies This will be 2nd season.
me too
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@РУССКИЙ БОТ slave thorfinn is the best character development ever
Too bad Thorfin became a pacifist explorer.
it always seemed to me that Cnut's story is vastly overshadowed by William's, at least in american history books. great episode.
British as well, never heard of this guy till couple years ago.
Madness. I live down the road from where the mad King Canute tried to turn back the tide.
@@dazeng4633 he did that to show limitations as king though right
@@ComradeCommissarYuri no idea. I thought it was just because he was crazy 🤷🏻♂️
@@mijanhoque1740 bro you just weren’t paying attention in school 😅 I did plenty of homework involving this
1:57 - "NorthumBrexit" XD
I live in the United States of America on the east coast and my family on my father's and mother's side are from Scotland, Ireland, Britain, Germany and France. I have been able to trace my roots back to these areas of Europe and I enjoy learning the history of my ancestors. My family has been here since the 1600's and when I first found this out my mind was blown especially when I found out that my ancestors arrived here in North Carolina in the 1600's and we have been here ever since.
Scotland is part of Britain
NOBODY cares.
Absolutely incredible video. I love the map color change when Canut invades. You're a true inspiration man. I also love David's narration and I'm glad he's part of the team now.
Cheers mate, great to see you here!
Edmund Ironside is buried in Glastonbury Abbey. Cnut went to his funeral!
@Nobody Nobody2 Yes, he did..
His son Edmund the Exile had children and those hiers came back to England 50 years later( Edgar aetheling and Margaret of Scotland). Edgar had a fascinating adventurous life and Margerets grand daughter married the King of England, Henry II the first plantagenate king was the son of Mathilda and was from the senior remaining Wessex line, her mother also Matilda was called Mathilda of Wessex. Henry II was the great great great great grandson of Edmund Ironside.
@@tonytye8963 That could mean the Queen is a descendant of Edmund through Mathilda, Am I correct?
@@DavBlc7 Yes, through a convaluted route on the royal line, with Henry 7 and George 1 spreading the link. She has a much closer link through her other parent the queen mother, but tracible through both sides of her parentage.
@@TheSeBjo Dont think so, he was the son of Edgar, decended through, Echbert of Wessex, Alfred the great, Edward the Elder, and Eathelred the first i think, and then Edgar the Peaceful his father all of the house of Wessex. He was the younger brother of Eathelred the unready.
His son was Edmund the Exile and his son was Edgar Aetheling who was made king after Harold Godwinsons death at Hastings, but was not supported or corinated and betrayed by the church leaders, allowing William of Normandy to reign.
The ironside name was from individual prowess in battle and not passed on father to son, he may have had some relation through inter marrage though, its possible.
History Marche, thank goodness! We've been waiting for an upload!
this narrator is not bad, but we are addicted to the old one, please bring him back for narration if u can. and great video by the way
Both Alex and David are on the team, don't worry :)
HistoryMarche this is really assuring, thanks
Dilkhozai Marwat I dunno I like the way he said free.
Or make it cycle. One battle is narrated by the old one the next by the new guy.
The current narrator is better.
I’m getting Vinland saga flashbacks
Vinland saga is based off cnut and thorfinn is a real person lol
hunter christensen thorfinn is the only one that runs like that but yah
@@Gumbyfanaccount just once though in the anime. It was obviously a joke
Fried Lemons it wasn’t a joke lmao, that’s how thorfinn runs he’s done it a few times
DerekGuerrero - I think the pharmacy has something for that.
Finally! A New episode. Where have You been? I missed my fix on history lessons. Thank You HistoryMarch for giving me history i didnt know. 😀😀🤗
Ashingon in Essex also lays claim to the battle of Assandun. Saying it took place between the villages of Ashingdon and Canewdon. Sweyne and Fitzwimarc were landowners here.
genuinely interesting.....felt like 6 game of thrones episodes being explained in 15 mins in a good way.
Channel's like this are better than any History channel on TV. Keep up the great work & keep these informative videos coming.
This is so overlooked. We always look at William the Conqueror taking England but this guy ruled Norway, Denmark and England. Mad
I literally started researching this period in our history a couple of weeks ago and I was going to write a screenplay about the invasion with Edmund, cnut and eadric the turncoat. What a coincidence! It's not a well known story, I guess because of 1066, but you have really told it well and made a great video.
Thank you sir. If you're researching this period check out the Rex Factor podcast and the Clerk of Oxford blog (the Danish Conquest) series. They are both AWESOME. Links to both are in the description.
I love your style and insight! I’m a life long student of Irish history and I always enjoy the née bits you bring to light
Awesome video. Would love to see more on Scandinavian history.
Wow what a great video (as always) , and I think It's important to note the Edmund earned the epithet "Iornside" because of his talent as a commander and strength of chatacter and that it was not hereditary, or originally part if his name.
This inspired me to do a Denmark run in EU4 and restore the Danelaw!
I should get paid by Paradox for making you play their game! :)
@@HistoryMarche you definitely need to reach out. You are one of the top history visualization channels.
I always play as holland, and become the greatest continental power. In current game I've annexed Brabant, Hainaut, Liege, and am about to launch an invasion on Burgundy with 30 000 men.
@@Erectoralporicy yo same Holland is my favorite country, I like the new mission tree with emperor also.
Hey! That was a great video!
Felt like watching another one of your old videos today! And I am not disappointed!
Thank you for this amazing episode, script, narration amd music, all great.
Wessex: The Last Kingdom
Cnut the Great: My Kingdom
Oh praise the lord, a new video from History Marche. YESSSSSS!!!
I LOVE YOU HISTORY MARCHE (AND THANK YOU FOR CHANGING THAT SOMNIFEROUS MUSIC)
Another great video and another pull into wanting to get back into history. Thinking of using that link you recommended!
There is disagreement between historians as to the site of the Battle. While some claim it was in Ashdon (as said in this video), others claim it was in Ashingdon (near Rochford, Essex). The legend goes that Cnut made his camp on a nearby hill, on which now stands Canewdon church.
Perfect
Dear HistoryMarche, Please keep up the great work! Thanks!
Thanks, will do!
Please make more of these early english history videos, really enjoyed this one
You've gotta respect Edmund Ironsides as a leader and a man, getting wounded fighting alongside his troops. Imagine if George W Bush personally led the invasion of Iraq and got wounded when his humvee hit an IED.
I think Edmund was significantly younger than Bush (or any other president) was.
(Why are we always voting for old people? They don't have to care for the future like a 30-50 year old would be forced to.)
But the idea is kind of funny. The news would be all over it like a pack of wolves.
@@Ninjakitsune978 it’s not «we» the reason old people dominate elections globally is simply because young people don’t care, they are not active voters but the older generations always vote.
What an absolutely brilliant video. Great work lads!!!!! P.s, can you make more videos on "unknown" ages in history such as this one? Thanks.
Thank you sir.
Highly enjoyable video. Thanks for the information.
I was rooting for Edmund :( but at least Canute ended up being a good king.
I watched this video 10 times and never got bored
Thank you sir.
Years ago, the "Vinland Saga" manga (now an anime) introduced me to this era in British history.
Vinland Saga anime debut is tomorrow and man it is by none other than Wit studio (the studio behind attack on titan)
peyman mostafaei I hadn't heard about that. Sounds interesting.
You may take a strange road, but as long as it gets you there.
Second seson now
I always enjoy your videos HistoryMarche keep up the good work 👍
The art and audio are just spectacular. Although I can't play favorites in which voice I liked more.
Thank you sir. Both Alex and David are on the team.
Very cool video. It is informative, interesting, and fun to learn with!
Thank you very much.
Knut went native, and became more English than the English. He even married the widowed queen of Aethlered, Emma of Normandy.
Yes, very English to marry a French queen 😂
Emma of Normandy indirectly caused 800 years of conflict with France too 😭
As always great work!
I really hope that they make a video about the making of their detailed maps
Some Pixelated dude by the name of Apollo brought me here
i like the colours in the map used brilliant
a very good job
Thank you sir.
Nice video with clear explaining of events
Great video! looking forward to the new punic war video 😃
Is it a coincidence that this vid is out the day before the Vinland Saga anime first airs ? it's in the same period
THERE IS A VINLAND SAGAN ANIME?! O_O WUT?!
@@peterspatling3151 it's coming tomorrow
Yeah, and king Cnut is one of the main caracters
nice to see some history on my home country of Denmark what a criminally underrated channel.
The Danes feature prominently in the history of Anglo-Saxon England, there's a series on Kings & Generals of the early Viking invasions and the Danelaw.
@@desmondd1984 yep i have seen them BazBattles also did some great videos on the Viking age
Thank you sir.
brilliant, love the animations
You are the best narrator on the tube. Id give u props side by side with Sir David....
Thank you.
Ogz Modern day Pead...
That's very kind of you. Thank you.
Great video!
Even after 2 years I remember every word of it
Also Channel called Pixelated Apollo talked how great you are
Thanks man, appreciate it! Really? PA mentioned my stuff? Wow, I'm subscribed to his channel for ages man!
This guy ruled the best 3 little lands in Europe. What a lucky guy
Knut is one of my favorites
Man I only just stumbled upon your channel today and you've got me hooked with the way you layout the videos and explain in great details the movements and motion of these once great army's of old
- a favour I wish to ask - please could you cover the battle of constantinople where the varangian guard backed by Anglo-Saxon warriors were defending the byzantine empire < one of my favourite battles in history > the varangian guard were absolute beasts on the battlefield and some of the most highly paid mercenary units of their time while still holding the rite and ritual of their berserker ancestors
Very well done.
11:39 this moment on battlefield changed the history of England ...who knows what events will be further if Edmund was victorious in this battle... once again ,the history is written by the winners...
Indeed.
The same thing happened a few times in English history. Richard III had a supposed ally at the Battle of Bosworth who watched from the sidelines as a neutral, before deciding to fight against Richard when the tide turned in Henry Tudor's favour.
4 years ago you guys released this, wow. Time sure flies.
Reverse upon reverse upon reverse... truly one of the most exciting history videos
15:14 and THAT's one of the reason I am allways hesitant to go to the outhouse... ;)
ROFL
Ah, earlier this morning I saw Cnut throned as King of England... in Vinland Saga xD
your narration is really good ❤
Always the best quality available. I also happen to like this new narrator.
Good job, again!
Thank you sir.
Both Alex and David are on the team
new narrator? nice
old narrator? also nice
nice
Vinland saga s2 LETS GOOOO
Damn good job on that ad, made me actually want to check out CuriosityStream
Welcome to the channel :)
3:05 the sound of Æthelred gathering his army made me look over my shoulder to see if my cat was puking behind me!
This time period would make a most excellent hbo show.
It has everything. Badass Viking warlords with awesome names, inept English king who flees in exile to Normandy, conniving second wife queen who alienates and splits the royal family apart, kickass warrior princes of Aethelred - including one Chosen One who dies at the worst possible time and another who takes his mantle in Ironside. Backstabbing and doublecrossing vassal. Other vassals infighting and destroying the royal fleet, and the hope of England with it. And general treachery, bloodshed, warfare, mayhem, tragedy, and loss everywhere.
I mean, Aethelred’s reign begins with treachery with his mom killing his brother. It ends with treachery. And you could even extend the series through Cnut’s reign, when Aethelred’s younger sons - Edward the confessor and his brother - come back to England years later. The Confessor’s brother comes back from Normandy on invitation from another “loyal vassal” only to be stabbed in the back by the guy, loyal to Cnut the whole time. And then it’s down to the Confessor to save the Wessex house.
Just an excellent time period. I’d devour a good show or movie based on it.
“Let’s have a Nortubriabrexit” lol
Reading the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles at the moment and this video helped understand this particular moment in history. One needs to read and absorb Englands history often for it to sink in. There is so much going on but very interesting.
i watch with my headphones and the thumping effect always trips me out lmao
Vinland Saga Season 2.
I seem to remember that Cnut standardized many weights and measures which greatly increased trade.
Here's how I imagine it:
Eadric did not care who ruled, and thought he'd rather preserve his subjects.
Cnut catches up to him
They negotiate, Cnut let him know he'll die
Eadric says he did nothing wrong
Cnut says "no, you manipulated everything within the rules"
"But you'd be an idiot if you thought I'd let you live"
Eadric is executed
Cnut rules like Ragnar desired to in the Vikings
The End
That’s literally what happened
I have read that Assandun probably is Ashingdon in South Essex. Nearby is a place named Assandune Close.
Yes, Ashingdon and Ashdon have been proposed as potential locations for the battle, but this is the first time I heard about a place named Assandune Close, thanks for the info!
Great video!!!
Love the maps
Subscribed
Thank you very much. Welcome to the channel.
King Canute.
worth a Netflix series me thinks.
alastair knowles I mean he has an anime
watch vinland
Netflix would ruin it with their SJW and PC ideals. Should just get HBO or Amazon to do it.
Vinland Saga or Vikings Valhalla
I like this narrator a top bloke
I don’t know if you intentionally did this, but I just watched the battle of Maldon, and it gives me a great reason to go back and rewatch the next battle that comes up immediately after, the battle of Assandun 😉
Awesome video
Brilliant.
Great video. May i suggest the battle of la forbie (1244)?
I'll be doing the battle of Ain Jalut in August, but la Forbie is definitely on the agenda as well.
You have some very awesome maps
Brushing up on Viking history, I've heard of cnut but do not know his true tale. Thank you historymarche for providing this knowledge. It is a privilege
Ooh I’m early let me come up with a joke.
Cnut sounds like a rude word hehehhe
rofl!
Should I say it?
C*nt the Great? jesus lol
I'm from gainsborough where sweyn forkbeard and cnut held a base so was tought about cnut in school and it was very funny to the kids who court on
what a cnut