The War that Changed the English Language - Mini-Wars #3

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  • @bigmansam18
    @bigmansam18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4308

    "The sun is shining"
    Me, an Englishman: *Impossible*

    • @Gage-nt
      @Gage-nt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      *laughs in American

    • @isaacjubb1234
      @isaacjubb1234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Never sunny

    • @darkahrenn1570
      @darkahrenn1570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Isn't that only a dumb stereotype?

    • @bigmansam18
      @bigmansam18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      @@darkahrenn1570 Depends which part you live in I guess.

    • @medivir6823
      @medivir6823 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol so true

  • @RobloxianGaming
    @RobloxianGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22707

    Fun fact: The 1066 battle was actually fought in Battle, England; so it would’ve really been the Battle of Battle

    • @toxsicle9753
      @toxsicle9753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1234

      wow you learn so much when you put newest first

    • @timmasson4731
      @timmasson4731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1296

      It was named Battle after 1066 not before

    • @gaminggeneral1324
      @gaminggeneral1324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      You stole this. The original comment is below this one

    • @RobloxianGaming
      @RobloxianGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +305

      Gaming General the one below says hey baby how u doin?

    • @gaminggeneral1324
      @gaminggeneral1324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Robloxian Gaming for me it was

  • @t7mf
    @t7mf ปีที่แล้ว +1920

    Fun fact: 1:12 The son actually became infamous in history for one reason. Once, when he was battling some vikings, he noticed their ship had crashed and they couldn’t form proper battle lines, and so he decided to be honorable and not attack so that they could form battle lines and regain their strength, after they regained their strength, they said “Hey, thanks man!” and proceeded to slaughter the kings entire army. The end.

    • @silentotaku8
      @silentotaku8 ปีที่แล้ว +159

      If you look hard enough you can find all kinds of funny stories of interactions Europeans had with the Vikings. Lmao.

    • @kakyoindonut3213
      @kakyoindonut3213 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      "understandable, have a nice day"

    • @prudence1420
      @prudence1420 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ok

    • @kendrashaaaa
      @kendrashaaaa ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Humanity is wild lmao

    • @tperm99
      @tperm99 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      Image that was the entirety of WW2, Hitler is just like "Oh hey you guys don't seem strong, here let me help you real quick."

  • @RandR452
    @RandR452 ปีที่แล้ว +711

    People mentioned in this video:
    0:33 Rollo the Viking
    0:37 Charles the Simple
    1:00 Eadwig the All-Fair
    1:01 Edgar the Peaceful
    1:03 Ælfthryth
    1:04 Æthlred the Unready
    1:06 Wulfthryth of Wilton
    1:10 Edward the Martyr
    1:14 Emma of Normandy
    1:15 Edward the Confessor
    1:16 Alfred Ætheling
    1:16 Goda of England
    1:28 Sweyn Forkbread
    1:46 Godwin of Wessex
    1:57 Cnut the Great
    1:58 Canute III
    2:36 Edith of Wessex
    2:39 Harold Godwinson
    2:39 Tostig Godwinson
    2:39 Gyrth Godwinson
    2:49 Grufudd ap Llwelyn
    3:06 Edgar Ætheling
    3:16 William the Bastard
    3:20 Robert the Magnificent
    3:24 Fulbert of Falaise
    3:35 Herleva of Falaise
    4:29 Harald III of Norway
    6:36 Anselm of Baggio

    • @torrinfell
      @torrinfell ปีที่แล้ว +66

      7:46 The unknown bridge berserker

    • @RicegumNeverBrokeAgain
      @RicegumNeverBrokeAgain ปีที่แล้ว +13

      the series vikings is good at potraying rollo as the strongest viking ever

    • @bonafide4874
      @bonafide4874 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I love this! This is so cool!

    • @gamecocksfan6605
      @gamecocksfan6605 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Half these characters I know from either Vikings, Vikings Valhalla, or The Last Kingdom lol.

    • @PapaSkyRooster
      @PapaSkyRooster 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      U missed Uhtred son of Uhtred

  • @Ryan-rzx3
    @Ryan-rzx3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6172

    Ironic how the man whose father gave someone a red hot poker in the eyes took a stone cold arrow in the eyes

    • @Astrotherailfan175
      @Astrotherailfan175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      j.

    • @arandomyoutubeaccount3166
      @arandomyoutubeaccount3166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Colonel Mustard Ironic indeed.

    • @CassianLore
      @CassianLore 3 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      that is just a theory about Harold's death. It might be a big lie. After all, the victors do write the history, and for all we know, he could have been stabbed once, but the Normans wanted to lie about it.

    • @chinsaw2727
      @chinsaw2727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Chris Self Don’t be a Debbie Downer

    • @CassianLore
      @CassianLore 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@chinsaw2727 true, but i am just thinking like a historian. all historians question the evidence, even though i do believe that the Normans are not lying

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6371

    I admire the fact that this video was uploaded over two years ago and it still has a very active comments section

    • @justarandomtree5328
      @justarandomtree5328 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      You again...

    • @lanceosage1072
      @lanceosage1072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Braxy It’s a different guy

    • @bruh5992
      @bruh5992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Nah it's him

    • @Verticom10
      @Verticom10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Wow youre everywhere

    • @AngelicN0va261
      @AngelicN0va261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      LanCe O'Sage
      You realize it’s the same guy. He has the same video.

  • @adampescosolido5413
    @adampescosolido5413 ปีที่แล้ว +341

    RIP Harald Hadrada. Dude lost, but he still went down in history and is remembered almost 1000 years later. He became the legend he set out to be.

    • @gordon1545
      @gordon1545 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think there are probably better things to be famous for than killing people for money. Sure, different times, but in those times most people just wanted to raise a family and put food on the table too. I wonder if 1,000 years from now they'll regard ISIS as just a bunch of happy warriors.

    • @MarlboroughBlenheim1
      @MarlboroughBlenheim1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do you mean Harold Godwinson

    • @minelayer26
      @minelayer26 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@MarlboroughBlenheim1no harald hardrada

  • @sathreyn9699
    @sathreyn9699 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    A cool story from the Battle of Stamford Bridge, and moment of historical badassery: Apparently, before the battle, a lone English rider approached the Norwegian host and found Harald Hardrada, who was accompanied by Tostig Godwinson. Tostig was Harold Godwinson's brother, but had been stripped of his titles and exiled, so joined Harald Hardrada to get some revenge and his land back. This lone rider spoke to them and offered Tostig his land back if he turned on Harald and sided with the English. Tostig asked what Harold Godwinson would offer Harald Hardrada for his trouble, and the rider responded "Six feet of ground, or as much more as he needs, as he is taller than most men." The rider then turned and left. Harald Hardrada, impressed by the boldness of this lone rider willing to stand before the entire Norwegian host and threaten their king, asked Tostig if he knew who he was - Tostig said yes, and that lone rider was none other than Harold Godwinson himself.
    The tale may be apocryphal; it's recorded in written accounts, but they were all written by people who lived long after the battle. If true though, damn; Harold Godwinson was himself every bit as badass as the great warriors he was arrayed against.

    • @Yassty
      @Yassty ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's amazing to think that someone like Harold Godwinson could have been so fearless and determined, and that he may have been instrumental in turning the tide of the battle.

  • @heatfeurig8851
    @heatfeurig8851 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7646

    Fun fact: the actual battle was at a town called “battle” NEAR Hastings but no one wanted to call it “Battle of Battle” so they just called it Battle of Hastings.

    • @gamedummie
      @gamedummie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +564

      Realy, that would be the best name

    • @tinle9
      @tinle9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +333

      Trying to fit more words in an English paper:

    • @sadjam_793
      @sadjam_793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      There’s even an abbey there and everything
      I’d love to go there it’s be pretty interesting

    • @LOLquendoTV
      @LOLquendoTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      I thought this was a joke but its actually legit

    • @j-mez6956
      @j-mez6956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      I’m pretty sure the town was called battle for the battle of Hastings so it’s always been the battle of Hastings

  • @jaydenwright9203
    @jaydenwright9203 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3316

    "Which one should we make King?"
    *Directed to second child*
    "This one, cause he's older"
    Me: "Hold up"

    • @rohanghoshdastidar1047
      @rohanghoshdastidar1047 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      Yeah, That confused me too

    • @chadman3494
      @chadman3494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      That was the law in royal circles back then... Oldest male gets it first, then if they die the next oldest one, as along as they are male...

    • @Aquanet200
      @Aquanet200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +226

      @@chadman3494 no he meant that it was told as if the second child was the second born , because it was told in that order , but he was the oldest :p

    • @chadman3494
      @chadman3494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@Aquanet200 Oh, then I agree with Rohan... that is confusing. *cue to my head being sliced off.

    • @epicmeerkat1677
      @epicmeerkat1677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Leap year birthday
      Irdk

  • @gemsteel2010
    @gemsteel2010 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I literally can not stop laughing at "red hot poker in the eye" and the animation for William the Bast-er-Conquerer burning down the villages. And then the angry expressions and "unboinked".

    • @divineabazie8918
      @divineabazie8918 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @simond.9457
    @simond.9457 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    I'm actually srtudying for my final exam on the history of the English language. I LOVE your video!

    • @DuxpaOfficial
      @DuxpaOfficial ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Hope you passed it considering you didn’t even spell “studying” right.

    • @becauseyesisnotaword
      @becauseyesisnotaword ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao

    • @winstonchurchill586
      @winstonchurchill586 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You need to study harder.

    • @Nebulasecura
      @Nebulasecura ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How do you strudy, what's the definition of that word?

    • @vanlampham2557
      @vanlampham2557 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He rickrolled us in the start of the video lol

  • @Pan_Blazej
    @Pan_Blazej 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2584

    Oversimplified: Julius Caesar.

    • @kamradewilhelmii4072
      @kamradewilhelmii4072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Yyyy U gay
      who tf invented who tf asked

    • @pilkpog7952
      @pilkpog7952 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yes

    • @Whitneypyant
      @Whitneypyant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      What about Cleopatra?

    • @bbowman6649
      @bbowman6649 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@Whitneypyant Yes, she tossed Caesar's salad.

    • @Pan_Blazej
      @Pan_Blazej 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@imperial2252 I have, it's great, yet I'd love to see him oversimplified. :)

  • @grandayy
    @grandayy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43864

    this was honestly really good

    • @emanlio
      @emanlio 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1280

      I cant belive you are here!

    • @chewchewtrain
      @chewchewtrain 5 ปีที่แล้ว +568

      2 months and didn't get noticed RIP

    • @vkaivos
      @vkaivos 5 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      Wtf you doin here

    • @leviewings4689
      @leviewings4689 5 ปีที่แล้ว +313

      Guys, he’s obviously searching for some fresh content to put into his memes.

    • @realpotassium
      @realpotassium 5 ปีที่แล้ว +313

      Grandayy at a oversimplified video
      i have seen everything

  • @ericcook5224
    @ericcook5224 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    "Unboinked". New word for my vocabulary. Now I just have to find ways to use it appropriately.

    • @jacobwilks9204
      @jacobwilks9204 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You better. You probably don't want to use it incorrectly...

  • @riverdog_deyna
    @riverdog_deyna 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Man, this is the first “Dude, uncool.”

  • @crazycatlover1885
    @crazycatlover1885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4938

    The running away tactic is called a feigned retreat. It was very clever.

    • @ronnapoleon1087
      @ronnapoleon1087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Hm

    • @bigmansam18
      @bigmansam18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +324

      Oh, so that's where the Emus in the Emu War learnt their tactics from...

    • @crazycatlover1885
      @crazycatlover1885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@bigmansam18 🤣🤣

    • @idontcare6505
      @idontcare6505 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      NIGERUNDAYO SOLDIERS!

    • @dragonnx2843
      @dragonnx2843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Ah yes the secret Jostar technique

  • @bigludo22
    @bigludo22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5307

    ok, i've found an incorrect statement in the first 3 seconds. "the sun is shining"? in england?

    • @specialunit0428
      @specialunit0428 4 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      Yes! Surprise, we do have sunshine here!

    • @alessiodelcastillo1613
      @alessiodelcastillo1613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      @@specialunit0428 That's not the joke

    • @cleverusername9369
      @cleverusername9369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      "The birds are singing" 🎵 we're no strangers to looooove
      Lol is that how birds sing in England?

    • @fluffyshinobu
      @fluffyshinobu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      The sun is never shining here

    • @fluffyshinobu
      @fluffyshinobu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@alessiodelcastillo1613 I mean it kinda is but whatever lol

  • @idontcare6505
    @idontcare6505 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Fun fact: Despite the British monarchies being descendants of William the Conqueror, they are also descendants of the Anglo-Saxon king, Alfred the Great. Henry II’s great grandmother was an English noblewoman who was a descendent of Athereled the Unready.

    • @therosijedha
      @therosijedha ปีที่แล้ว +3

      why was he the unready?

    • @Gaiaphage
      @Gaiaphage ปีที่แล้ว +30

      the epithet "unready" isn't derived from the modern word but its actually a pun
      the name Aethelred roughly translates to "well advised" and the old english word "Unraed" roughly translates to "poorly advised"
      So Aethelred the Unready basically means "Well Advised the Poorly Advised"

    • @user-sd4fx7gh4j
      @user-sd4fx7gh4j 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The modern British monarchy has nothing to do with those guys, maybe some decant from William the conqueror but King Charles now has German decant from house of Hanover from his mother and also German decant from his father side from a house that has a hard name to spell 😂 but they’re mostly just German now

    • @danwhite7894
      @danwhite7894 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@user-sd4fx7gh4jthat's not true

    • @Pikachu0071000CS
      @Pikachu0071000CS 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@user-sd4fx7gh4jyou can trace them all back through the houses, that's the beauty of European royal houses :P can't remember off the top of my head specifics but iirc there was a Sophia involved

  • @SheldonAdama17
    @SheldonAdama17 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Aleçon: (insults William’s mother)
    “This enraged William, who punished them severely”

  • @thijmen5295
    @thijmen5295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5533

    Edward left his wife unboinked
    *THIS ENRAGED HIS FATHER WHO PUNISHED HIM SEVERELY*

    • @Aphelion87
      @Aphelion87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      and then he got arrested

    • @bobbills2953
      @bobbills2953 5 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      And now there's more economic downturn

    • @bookbutterfly6613
      @bookbutterfly6613 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thijmen WHEEZE-

    • @charliegreer4507
      @charliegreer4507 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      THATS ALL WELL AND GOOD MR. MOUSELLINI, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU WANT FOR YOUR HAIRCUT?

    • @thijmen5295
      @thijmen5295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Wartime Productions let’s go with.....
      *BALD*

  • @devlinmorin7615
    @devlinmorin7615 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3481

    The villagers let out a cheer of support.
    This enraged their king, who punished them severely.

  • @guywhocantgrowabeard
    @guywhocantgrowabeard ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The last time England was captured/defeated by a naval invasion.
    Also, 8:13 LOVE that detail of the sound of the flag turning. Absolutely LOVE it.

  • @SheldonAdama17
    @SheldonAdama17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    4:00 “Dude where are your arms?”
    I really shouldn’t be laughing at that, but I am 😂😂😂

  • @Koloka_exe
    @Koloka_exe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3965

    English village: exists
    William: “And I took that personally”
    Edit: I came back 3 years later, and this is one of the stupidest things i’ve ever said. Why do you like the its garbage

    • @mrennie25
      @mrennie25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Taking things personally works, just ask Michael Jordan

    • @jaimedawg8
      @jaimedawg8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Very personal.

    • @orinb8654
      @orinb8654 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Litterally

    • @randomnessrules4971
      @randomnessrules4971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It even works without "personally".

    • @jaydenl2343
      @jaydenl2343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      big yesnt

  • @KvnDWr
    @KvnDWr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3244

    The language portion of the video was brilliantly executed

    • @aaronmarks9366
      @aaronmarks9366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      "language", "portion", "brilliant", "execute" - I view what you accomplished there

    • @Madara_Uchiha69420
      @Madara_Uchiha69420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      The both people above me are really good english speakers , they have never used a short form I guess

    • @gunk3407
      @gunk3407 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@aaronmarks9366 that flew over my head, is it anglo saxon or norman?

    • @aaronmarks9366
      @aaronmarks9366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@gunk3407 All the main words in that sentence are of Norman/French/Latin origin, leaving only "the", "of", and "was" of Anglo-Saxon origin (although the suffixes -ly in "brilliantly" and -ed in "executed" are also Anglo-Saxon).

    • @aaronmarks9366
      @aaronmarks9366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@gunk3407 Oh, and in my reply, I replaced "see" (Anglo-Saxon) with "view" (Norman/French), and "did" (Anglo-Saxon) with "accomplished" (Norman/French).

  • @Phantomforcesoreoman
    @Phantomforcesoreoman 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I remember in school when our history teacher let us recreate the battle of Hastings. We used paper as our arrows and we made shield walls. They were so fun.

  • @elramyeon
    @elramyeon ปีที่แล้ว +13

    4 years later and we finally get a series about Æthelred the Unready and his son Edward. It’s called Vikings Valhalla if you’re wondering. It follows the story of the vikings and their need for revenge.

  • @TierZoo
    @TierZoo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14330

    These videos are amazing

    • @Supericegabriel
      @Supericegabriel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      TierZoo they are top notch.

    • @vicas6952
      @vicas6952 6 ปีที่แล้ว +243

      TierZoo what the the hell are you doing here?? Go back to animating

    • @deexdead5403
      @deexdead5403 6 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      TierZoo and so are you lol

    • @dinosaurusrex1482
      @dinosaurusrex1482 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      SoGoogleLetMeChangeMy AccountNameToSomethingLong never rush an animator

    • @willofone2120
      @willofone2120 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      love your stuff man. good job . more pleas :)

  • @VolpeWhereAreYou
    @VolpeWhereAreYou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7197

    I recommend to everyone watching to visit Normandy, cities such as Bayeux, Caen, and Falaise are full of medieval castles and cathedrals all over the place.

    • @harvindersingh6917
      @harvindersingh6917 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Love from india

    • @B-17flyingfortres
      @B-17flyingfortres 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Normandy? IM VISITING OMAHA

    • @axelhvetlander2365
      @axelhvetlander2365 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@B-17flyingfortres you do you

    • @yunes6246
      @yunes6246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      all of europe islike this

    • @PianoForte9096
      @PianoForte9096 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      The "Tapisserie de Bayeux" (Tapestry of Bayeux) is a must-see if you've watched this video! It recounts the whole tale and was the basis for some of the video's art.

  • @alice28639
    @alice28639 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    This really helped me in my history test. Thank you!!! 😀😀😀

    • @Randomdud1022
      @Randomdud1022 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow you seriously used a video instead of studying? I mean it’s fine it just doesn’t feel right hmmmm….

    • @metsfan2232
      @metsfan2232 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Randomdud1022bro is the study police

    • @Eclipse_Nature
      @Eclipse_Nature ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@metsfan2232 bros the nerd police

    • @mtkr-tu6bm
      @mtkr-tu6bm ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Randomdud1022 I study hard and then I use these videos to summarise and help me remember through the jokes I get good results

  • @elizabetht567
    @elizabetht567 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Fun fact:the Norman’s conquest (when Normandy invaded England) was only 16 days and it is one of the shortest battles in history

  • @nikolaosboukouvalas449
    @nikolaosboukouvalas449 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3135

    In Greece we are mostly taught about Hardrada as a famous member of the Byzantine emperor's Varangian guard, who later went on to become a Norse king. Learning that he was killed in Stanford bridge is strangely like being informed that an old friend has died. Kind of wanted him to have had a better ending.

    • @fahadalghamdi9316
      @fahadalghamdi9316 ปีที่แล้ว +242

      The worst part is considering how much of a badass Hardrada was. It's like the worst possible scenario for him.

    • @harambe8372
      @harambe8372 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      If you want to hear a good song about him and their defeat at Stamford Bridge, listen to
      "Ved Stanford Brua" it's in norwegian.

    • @apexnext
      @apexnext ปีที่แล้ว +49

      I think he would think he had a good ending. 👍

    • @denlillavatten.67yearsago82
      @denlillavatten.67yearsago82 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      U hjhjjjjj

    • @FormerGovernmentHuman
      @FormerGovernmentHuman ปีที่แล้ว +41

      He probably deeply regrets not being the guy getting all the glory 1 v 1000 on the bridge.

  • @MyLowK22
    @MyLowK22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3605

    ᵒ ⁿᵒ ˡᵒᵒᵏ ᵒᵘᵗ ʳᵉᵈ ʰᵒᵗ ᵖᵒᵏᵉʳ ᶦⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵉʸᵉˢ

    • @anjavinding5412
      @anjavinding5412 3 ปีที่แล้ว +192

      *I* *CANT* *SEE!*

    • @hritishjerry8012
      @hritishjerry8012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      @@anjavinding5412 and thus you can't be king

    • @user-ut7bx1du5p
      @user-ut7bx1du5p 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@hritishjerry8012 aw piss its the guy that gave my brother the red hot poker in the eyes

    • @janicejeong3743
      @janicejeong3743 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@user-ut7bx1du5p lol

    • @thomaskawalec3740
      @thomaskawalec3740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      H O T EYE

  • @nightillusion574
    @nightillusion574 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    This video made me go and visit Hastings! Truly a beautiful place with a great sea-view and rich history. It may be too late but thank you for the video.

    • @Irohtheweirdo
      @Irohtheweirdo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you got to see it! It is really amazing isn’t it?

  • @olexgrach3627
    @olexgrach3627 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    10:30 I just realized a majority of the normand roots in their words have French words embedded… it’s like my 5th time watching this video

  • @nadarrow6554
    @nadarrow6554 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2421

    Has a son with someone first
    Has a son with another person second
    Second=older

    • @nadarrow6554
      @nadarrow6554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol I wish

    • @epicmeerkat1677
      @epicmeerkat1677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      The first was on a leap year ;P

    • @whatthefrickbro
      @whatthefrickbro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ah yeah 900AD

    • @Jmmm19
      @Jmmm19 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      could be possible. The first and second were seperated by a few days to 1 month, and the one concieved second birthed first.

    • @glitchedstudioss
      @glitchedstudioss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Vector STAB

  • @jeandehuit5385
    @jeandehuit5385 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1244

    "The sun shining in England"
    Ha!

    • @meowi6805
      @meowi6805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      In England, you open the curtains on a morning and it gets darker

    • @goofygrandlouis6296
      @goofygrandlouis6296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@meowi6805 hahaha

    • @OhCityGround
      @OhCityGround 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Every time you open your window the sun goes down until you close them again

    • @willhuey4891
      @willhuey4891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      its also almost always raining in england.

    • @theeethirdman915
      @theeethirdman915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I just got ricked roller by a bird 0:17

  • @lukemiller5986
    @lukemiller5986 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Y'all, i learned this in history class (i'm in 6th grade) and it is so cool to hear it from an oversimplified point of view.

  • @user-lg9lr9ge5i
    @user-lg9lr9ge5i 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    4:16 Fact: William made Harold think he was swearing over tables but then William pulled the cloths off the supposed tables and uncovered the relics.

  • @toast2401
    @toast2401 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1114

    Can we just acknowledge how brilliant this guy is

  • @a_channel2545
    @a_channel2545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +935

    “Just one problem: the wind.”
    Yes, Britain does seem to historically have a lot of weather-related problems.

    • @rajatsingh2956
      @rajatsingh2956 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Are you saying Boris Johnson is a consequence of bad weather?

    • @enkero1462
      @enkero1462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      normandy, rain and wind the glorious trio

    • @OhCityGround
      @OhCityGround 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The wind, the cold, the rain, just every bad weather in general

    • @SD-tj5dh
      @SD-tj5dh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its great now we know we can run our country off this crap weather.

    • @student-anjelisoobaroyen9330
      @student-anjelisoobaroyen9330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rajatsingh2956 maybe xd

  • @leonleborgne573
    @leonleborgne573 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Being familiar with the history of England, made this more enjoyable. Most excellent presentation.

  • @shemwilliams5814
    @shemwilliams5814 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I love Oversimplified! Could you do one on the whole Anglo Saxon era: 410AD to 1066AD? Lots of awesome trickery by Danes and lots of political intrigue

  • @jwac8800
    @jwac8800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +514

    “Unboinked” has now become part of my vocabulary

  • @Washy_washy
    @Washy_washy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +850

    In a parallel universe 11:27
    Oversimplified: so that's why you should be thankful to be living in a ham not a home

    • @nusratparveen82
      @nusratparveen82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Imao

    • @kiwiontheinternet5810
      @kiwiontheinternet5810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      "Time to go *ham* and eat a *home* "

    • @memecliparchives2254
      @memecliparchives2254 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@kiwiontheinternet5810 hol up.

    • @thelosttomato4020
      @thelosttomato4020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      In the same parallel universe, a guy called gaming grill comments this on the same video :
      "In a parallel universe 11:27
      Oversimplified : you should be thanking the Norman's that you live in a home and not a ham"

    • @nusratparveen82
      @nusratparveen82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kiwiontheinternet5810 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂LOL NICE ONE

  • @samcannon5257
    @samcannon5257 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Over simplified should do the Peloponnesian war that would be a banger

  • @hashimashadoo
    @hashimashadoo ปีที่แล้ว +5

    10:02 shows William burning villages in Devon & Cornwall. While he did briefly lay siege to Exeter, where Harold's grandmother resided and resisted his rule, he mostly left Cornwall to his half-brother Robert, and to his Breton allies, whose ancestors had fled the region to France during the Anglo Saxon conquest. These Bretons were the ones who fought and defeated two of Harold Godwinson's sons, Godwin and Edmund, at the Battle of Northam, when they launched an invasion of Devon in 1069.
    This is not only relevant from a 'what happened to Harold's family?' viewpoint, but also from a linguistic one as it was three Cornish-speaking cornishmen who were the ones to preserve the English language when it was in danger of being eradicated by the Norman dialect of French.

  • @sarilimanto854
    @sarilimanto854 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1902

    "An Anglo Saxon might come into a room, but a Norman would enter into a chamber"
    Me an intellectual: enter a room

  • @ceburiek1006
    @ceburiek1006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1850

    i like the part of oversimlified videos when someone says "dude... Uncool"

  • @benderisgreat77
    @benderisgreat77 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had to teach a unit on the Normans on this during my teacher training and I have watched this video more than I care to admit. Thank you for your quick recap, it really helped me put together some good lessons 😅

  • @larvasupershow
    @larvasupershow 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When I used to do history in school, my school had a hill, so for one history lesson we got to go outside and recreate this scene, we got foam swords, and little foam arrows to throw up the hill, obviously the hill team won. I played the cavalry so I just got a little foam spear and just kept jabbing people with it on the hill.

  • @lightsnackproductions918
    @lightsnackproductions918 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1251

    Harold: **makes himself king**
    William: that wasn't very cash money of you

    • @josephlouwerse2105
      @josephlouwerse2105 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      This enraged his father, who punished him severely

    • @frostedcat
      @frostedcat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      i think harold is the true king of england, not william

    • @Vertex-nm3ug
      @Vertex-nm3ug 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂

    • @SundanceMLD
      @SundanceMLD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      wythos
      He protec
      He attac
      But most importantly...
      He took an arrow to the bacc
      (He didn’t get an arrow to the back, I wanted this to sound cool)

    • @WyrmDex
      @WyrmDex 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was beautiful

  • @jaydengreenberg9618
    @jaydengreenberg9618 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2043

    An Anglo-Saxon would have a talk. A norman would have a conversation.

    • @louisg6296
      @louisg6296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      I'm french and all the normans words come frome france: beef=boeuf mutton=mouton pork=porc and conversation is the same word in french

    • @whankerflanker4853
      @whankerflanker4853 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Louis Granger Norman French is basically French but different

    • @zach6867
      @zach6867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Venom Gaming yeah dude chinese is basically spanish but different

    • @whankerflanker4853
      @whankerflanker4853 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      DasTuff yeah whatever

    • @xenotypos
      @xenotypos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@whankerflanker4853 All of france had different dialects back then, but Normandy was one of the closest forms of old french to the one in the capital. Even today it's easy to read, even if languages evolved (some old french words like castel for example even changed and became chateau in france, funnily this word remained more or less the same in english (castle)). Anyway, norman french is academically considered an integral part of old french (langue d'oil), no question (just look at the wiki page of old french). The issue is only how Britain wants to view its history. If the country is willing to accept that even now that it's became insignificant.

  • @lukecarson1412
    @lukecarson1412 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    9:22 I learnt this in my History class years ago that it was actually a strategic tactic named ‘Feint Flight’ where the Norman forces would retreat, baiting the front ranks of the English force to break rank and chase the Normans allowing the cavalry to charge around the soldiers and encircle and kill them. My teacher has his masters degree and has written and published historian articles so i’d like to think this is accurate.

  • @jeremiahgoncalves1694
    @jeremiahgoncalves1694 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Miniwars is very cool. Invasion of Greneda would be interesting to cover

  • @herbivorethecarnivore8447
    @herbivorethecarnivore8447 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4123

    "Just one problem: The wind. It was blowing the wrong way. So they waited. And waited. And William said 'screw it' and got shipwrecked because the wind was blowing the wrong way"
    the composition on this joke was fucking godly

    • @KPepper.
      @KPepper. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ?0”

    • @mungelomwaangasikateyo376
      @mungelomwaangasikateyo376 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Masterful if you ask me😂😂

    • @joerichardson5036
      @joerichardson5036 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I read this just as the joke was said 😂

    • @AccClosed
      @AccClosed ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What, I did not think it was THAT funny!

    • @Syfty
      @Syfty ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joerichardson5036 Same

  • @a.w.sawtooth9469
    @a.w.sawtooth9469 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2260

    The king of Norway was defeated and died without conquering England. This angered Odin, who punished him severely.

    • @scuba9078
      @scuba9078 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Yes

    • @fatematuly6256
      @fatematuly6256 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      *The next thing you know is Mjölnir (Thor’s Hammer) Being thrown at Hardrada*

    • @michaelkeehan8094
      @michaelkeehan8094 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@fatematuly6256 But it fails, and then Stormbreaker was thrown. But it didn't go for the head, and Hardrada snapped his fingers and half the universe died. And yes I am a Marvel nerd.

    • @fatematuly6256
      @fatematuly6256 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Michael Keehan I honestly have no idea on what I just read..

    • @neilisbored2177
      @neilisbored2177 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@fatematuly6256 Marvel's -blatantly wrong- take on norse mythos.

  • @johnteets490
    @johnteets490 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Viking king".
    I love portmanteaus. This is by far the best possible way you could smoosh two words together.
    Vi-King.
    Thank you, I'll be here all week.

  • @dimamatat5548
    @dimamatat5548 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    3:54 The people of Aleçon insulted William's ancestry. This enraged William, who punished them severely.

  • @phil_5430
    @phil_5430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1270

    "I need to kill this guy, can I have your blessing?"
    Pope: *eeh sure why not*

    • @timothye.2902
      @timothye.2902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @nicole nagy Oh no, apathy, my one weakness!

    • @Memelander
      @Memelander 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Venom Snek too many

    • @vibsh625
      @vibsh625 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      C na does the same with Vatican today.

    • @Pan_Blazej
      @Pan_Blazej 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was super easy, barely an inconvenience.

    • @gplaces3913
      @gplaces3913 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ironic how the man whose father gave someone a red hot poker in the eyes took a stone cold arrow in the eyes

  • @DEVVOOOOOOO
    @DEVVOOOOOOO ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m sitting my GCSEs in exactly 12 hours and this is my last minute recap actually has helped me remember the story a lot thank you bro

    • @maiq_6821
      @maiq_6821 ปีที่แล้ว

      How did your GCSE go?

    • @DEVVOOOOOOO
      @DEVVOOOOOOO ปีที่แล้ว

      @@maiq_6821 results are next months but I think I’ve definitely passed however I think I did best in my nazis exam but yes thanks for asking.

  • @KarmaChameleon3029
    @KarmaChameleon3029 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was recently living eith a friend in Eastbourne and we often drove and chilled at Pevensey castle. I loved sitting there and imagining what it wouldve been like. I often wish that the rock in the castle walls could tell me the stories that its seen. After all, it still stands almost 1000 years later.

  • @DeDaDemon
    @DeDaDemon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +878

    "unboinked"
    I love this channel

    • @HMASbogan
      @HMASbogan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Implies that she was boinked but her husband did black magic to undo the boink

    • @dankpepe2110
      @dankpepe2110 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @Kajak 05 Dude, uncool.

    • @TriNguyen-mp8lz
      @TriNguyen-mp8lz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@HMASbogan he did from back to front

    • @elliot7753
      @elliot7753 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Adam Kubas well he’s hardly gonna say “unfucked” is he 😉😉

    • @somerandomdancingbanana1095
      @somerandomdancingbanana1095 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@elliot7753 Dude, Uncool

  • @SirCreepus
    @SirCreepus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2876

    William : Time to invade England and take the throne
    Wind : *I'm about to end this whole man's career*

    • @akirangt908
      @akirangt908 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Actually the wind helped William or he would be the one died to English and Harald could took over it

    • @WreckLess_Airsoft
      @WreckLess_Airsoft 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SirCreepus I was there the whole time I saw it all,as I am immortal

    • @crxstalline_
      @crxstalline_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And they died in a tornado

    • @81cameroz28
      @81cameroz28 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which in raged Williams father who punished him

    • @frans8826
      @frans8826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They got the pope approval after all

  • @Lane219
    @Lane219 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We watched this in our history lesson. I am proud of my teacher

  • @kirkhenry2652
    @kirkhenry2652 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of my students told me about this channel. Now I am hooked. :)

  • @TJBv12
    @TJBv12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1012

    I live in Hastings. The battle didn't even happen here. It happened around the corner in the place around the corner appropriately named Battle. We don't seem to care.

    • @mrMirzam
      @mrMirzam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Change that name before someone else get an idea.

    • @CoralCopperHead
      @CoralCopperHead 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mrMirzam ?

    • @trenchrat5359
      @trenchrat5359 2 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      The Hastings of Battle

    • @mooseking7545
      @mooseking7545 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      The battle of battle don’t sound very good though

    • @matthewredman7814
      @matthewredman7814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      The Battle of Battle wouldnt sound as catchy though would it

  • @celkat
    @celkat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +384

    6:33 The pope counting his phat stacks just kills me every time

    • @josemourinho2820
      @josemourinho2820 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      and he’s using U$D 1000 years before USA lol

    • @Andinator1102
      @Andinator1102 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@josemourinho2820true lmao

  • @kyuu12345
    @kyuu12345 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    history teachers teach this same thing but make it go over 3 weeks when they can just make the students watch this

  • @RafaelGarcia-xu9ks
    @RafaelGarcia-xu9ks 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Excited to watch this after finishing vinland

  • @tiffanywang5016
    @tiffanywang5016 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1732

    Oversimplified: *talks about the Vikings without sponsoring the Vikings**
    This enraged the Vikings, who punished him severely.

    • @redflame300
      @redflame300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Have some cool hwip. It'll calm u down

    • @cheeseballgooberpants3591
      @cheeseballgooberpants3591 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Tiffany Wang
      There’s gonna be a tax for that

    • @redflame300
      @redflame300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@cheeseballgooberpants3591 🤐

    • @vishnzen6744
      @vishnzen6744 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      *THAT'S HITLER!!!*

    • @wiselychosethisname9166
      @wiselychosethisname9166 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love his this reply section is just filled with oversimplified memes
      No I'm in charge

  • @Lightman0359
    @Lightman0359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +768

    English language oversimplified: a bunch of French speaking Danes tried to teach Latin to a bunch of German speakers in Wales.

    • @ltr1745
      @ltr1745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      *in England.

    • @chuckjones7092
      @chuckjones7092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The English language is the Charles the sufferer of languages

    • @voiceofreason2674
      @voiceofreason2674 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      The Normans had been French for 300 years by then

    • @gontrandjojo9747
      @gontrandjojo9747 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The "Normans" were Franks, not Danes.

    • @gontrandjojo9747
      @gontrandjojo9747 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@voiceofreason2674
      The Normans were already French 300 years before. Some Danes settled there, but they were still a minority among the much larger Frankish population. William ascendency was mostly Frankish (of course Engaylish will look only at his Scandinavian ancestor Rollo trying to turn him into a Viking while he was Frankish). Also the invasion was lead by the duke of Normandy but the invasion was carried by knights from all over France, not only Normandy.

  • @DippfaceHQ
    @DippfaceHQ ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this video I understand much more about the new Vikings: Valhalla series.

  • @bullwinklefan2003
    @bullwinklefan2003 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What a wonderful time to be alive!!!
    0:20
    A few seconds later.........
    0:24

  • @housesports000
    @housesports000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1733

    William: **burns village**
    Burning forests? *There is a tax for that.*

    • @ljubomirjovanovic2666
      @ljubomirjovanovic2666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      To the guillotine

    • @XeroShiroyuki
      @XeroShiroyuki 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Which lead to More economic downturn...

    • @mikehu2451
      @mikehu2451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      oh nooooo

    • @jaredsergent857
      @jaredsergent857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@ljubomirjovanovic2666 Robspierre Sent William to the Guillotine
      *THIS ANGERED HIS FATHER WHO PUNISHED HIM SEVERELY*

    • @glorytoidk595
      @glorytoidk595 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mi nu

  • @Galaxia7
    @Galaxia7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +855

    Yep, that's why all the "higher vocabulary" is close to French in English

    • @joshuamclean4588
      @joshuamclean4588 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Thats why people say “pardon my french”

    • @Galaxia7
      @Galaxia7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@joshuamclean4588 Isn't that usually said for swears ? XD

    • @joshuamclean4588
      @joshuamclean4588 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Galaxia7 U mean the Anglo saxon word instead of French? Think about it: whats the “acceptable” word for “swearwords,”

    • @peterharrison5833
      @peterharrison5833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Galaxia7--yeah, that's right. If you're interested, check out "Native Tongues" by Charles Berlitz. He wrote a whole chapter on this.

    • @lichkinggamer5708
      @lichkinggamer5708 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Galaxia7 yes and here’s a warning don’t ever start an argument with a Brit

  • @Mike-eo5jk
    @Mike-eo5jk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My first video of yours. I enjoyed it immensely, thank you!!

  • @RTheStoryteller7
    @RTheStoryteller7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Out of all Oversimplified video that's need a revisit, this one is definitely need to have some rehearsal. There's soo much information that being tossed around and glossed over without much breathing room to process and understand.
    If you already know about this historical event, the video is pretty good, but for those who's not, they gonna get confused a lot by the first half. The second half is far better paced and have a lot of breathing room to digest the info.
    Seeing the recent Oversimplified videos, it makes me wonder how he's gonna handle the first half of this video if he looked back

  • @vozz4826
    @vozz4826 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6449

    This makes history exciting. They should use this in schools

    • @chadchadson3894
      @chadchadson3894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      People want everything dummed down and on a silver platter now. Its lightly educational and good entertainment but it wont make good students.

    • @vozz4826
      @vozz4826 2 ปีที่แล้ว +442

      @@chadchadson3894 are you a teacher? I’m 100% certain if any kid saw this in school they’d actually watch it beginning to end paying full attention instead of being asked to find a quote in an outdated textbook that they’re just basically copy and pasting without actually trying to understand what’s happening

    • @vozz4826
      @vozz4826 2 ปีที่แล้ว +212

      @@chadchadson3894 to simply it for you, it will make kids interested in history

    • @chadchadson3894
      @chadchadson3894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Youre probably the sort who think the kids will relate to rapping about educational concepts. Its cringe and panders to the lowest common denominator.
      > 100% certain - is it more amusing? Yes. Is it more conducive to learning? No
      > blindly copying and pasting from an outdated textbook- thats not good teaching either. A false dichotomy.

    • @vozz4826
      @vozz4826 2 ปีที่แล้ว +211

      @@chadchadson3894 I’m not gonna sit here and argue with a kid who needed to edit his original post and who’s name is chad chadson

  • @charles-qm4ss
    @charles-qm4ss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +558

    William: "You insult my mother"
    "Oh, there is a tax for that."

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      And by a tax, I mean a tax on your lives

    • @alexhngu
      @alexhngu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @RENA SUZANNE VILSON a reply? There's a tax for that

    • @adityas3587
      @adityas3587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @RENA SUZANNE VILSON taxing? There is a tax for that

    • @admiralyifan9326
      @admiralyifan9326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@adityas3587 trying to collect tax? There's a tax for that.

    • @alexhngu
      @alexhngu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @RENA SUZANNE VILSON a reply to a reply to my reply? There's a tax for that

  • @BlueSphereBalling
    @BlueSphereBalling ปีที่แล้ว +4

    0:16 Oversimplified just rickrolled us 4 years ago

  • @Ollie.H-2301
    @Ollie.H-2301 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    My History teacher showed us this last week. Absolute perfection

  • @SpagettiSpeltWrong
    @SpagettiSpeltWrong 4 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    "Oh no look out red hot poker in the eyes."
    "I can't see!"
    *"And thus you can't be king."*

    • @pazpuiggros5715
      @pazpuiggros5715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      *"Aw, piss its the guy who gave my brother the red-hot poker in the eyes!"*

    • @raresmincan634
      @raresmincan634 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Laughs in John the Blind*

    • @user-cf3cv5oc5j
      @user-cf3cv5oc5j 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      NICe tactic@

  • @gabedababe3007
    @gabedababe3007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2454

    Nobody:
    William: *_*bUrNs VillAge*_*

    • @johndanielson3777
      @johndanielson3777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      8:35 dance break

    • @thebreadyisready7397
      @thebreadyisready7397 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Dude, uncool

    • @Yuki-bk2my
      @Yuki-bk2my 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's all he did

    • @christophershen6692
      @christophershen6692 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      **That enraged William who punished them severely by burning down villages**

    • @SANGSAFE
      @SANGSAFE 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gave me mount and blade warband flashbacks

  • @topejagun7
    @topejagun7 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are the best. You made incredible modern differences between Anglo and Wiliam. That is modern that brought light to England. OK, however, Anglo -Saxon also did a great job. Thank you so much.

  • @isaachardingdeverson2197
    @isaachardingdeverson2197 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks you helped me revise in this video so thanks

  • @wanali4504
    @wanali4504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +790

    “Hey we are going to invade England and we even have god on our si-“
    Wind: hi

    • @shrektheswampless6102
      @shrektheswampless6102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Maybe the wind helped because they fought the vikings first and their army was exhausted for the next battle with Normandy.

    • @WorldinJeopardy
      @WorldinJeopardy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@shrektheswampless6102 Maybe William truly was chosen by God to be England's next king.

    • @Andre-rt5hg
      @Andre-rt5hg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@WorldinJeopardy that’s a fairly popular theory, there are accounts of people in Harolds army seeing Halley’s Comet and believing it to be an omen that they were doomed, with the wind later being associated to gods work

    • @RailwayPenguin
      @RailwayPenguin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Andre-rt5hg I'm pretty sure a popular theory is that there was no wind, and William was purposefully waitinh for Hadrada to strike up first as the Norwegian climate would make campaigning season end earlier.

    • @ommsterlitz1805
      @ommsterlitz1805 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@shrektheswampless6102 Napoleon waited for 5 months for a good wind to invade England and then Trafalgar happened and destroyed his fleet and navy capacity to conquer england, so wind changed everything in history.

  • @JuggerKnight717
    @JuggerKnight717 6 ปีที่แล้ว +492

    The village let out a cheer of support
    *This enraged William who punished the village severely*

    • @gruntmaster1
      @gruntmaster1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Truly a bastard.

    • @adamantobserver8655
      @adamantobserver8655 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Badass

    • @karlosdeevs
      @karlosdeevs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're a Blackguard (Blaggard) , Jon Snow !

    • @theretard5825
      @theretard5825 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dead Sea *SEVERELY*

    • @MrYoyo200
      @MrYoyo200 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Viking settlers were killed to prevent an uprising.
      This enraged the Viking King, who punished England severely.

  • @millasharp5105
    @millasharp5105 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey oversimplified!! really enjoyed this video! helped me so much, keep being you and dont listen to the hate. you have just gained a follower for life

  • @jacekgornas8898
    @jacekgornas8898 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Over simplifed i thank you becose of the fact that i remberd this video i knew a answer to a question to a very important quest

  • @unwantedmacguffin5611
    @unwantedmacguffin5611 4 ปีที่แล้ว +534

    Harold: "It's over Willam I have the high ground."

    • @kyledymond7958
      @kyledymond7958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Having the high ground? There’s a tax for that

    • @numismaticcollecter1017
      @numismaticcollecter1017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      You ubderestimate my power

    • @numismaticcollecter1017
      @numismaticcollecter1017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Also thurs a tAx for that

    • @robchissy
      @robchissy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@numismaticcollecter1017 there's a tax for that tax

    • @PeruvianPotato
      @PeruvianPotato 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@numismaticcollecter1017 Harold: "Don't try it!"

  • @marc7423
    @marc7423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +652

    "Thus, an absolute bastard" 😭😭

  • @PatrickCarolan-fm3vm
    @PatrickCarolan-fm3vm 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Dumb fact:As soon as William landed in Hastings he jumped ashore and fell flat on his face.His soldiers said this was a bad sign so he grabbed a handful of sand and said I have just seized some of Harold’s land.

  • @CheaplyAnimatedLenin
    @CheaplyAnimatedLenin ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I have a dream" - Martin Luther King
    "we shall never surrender" - Winston Churchill
    "I don't know whether you fully understand that I've been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a bull moose" - Teddy Roosevelt
    "all these years I have spent in the service of mankind has brought me nothing but insults and humiliation" - Nikola Tesla
    "a lie told often enough becomes the truth" - Vladimir Lenin
    "the ballot is stronger than the bullet" - Abraham Lincoln
    "dude, uncool" - oversimplified

  • @ed_5655
    @ed_5655 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1572

    I used to be a king like you, then I took an arrow to the eye.

    • @missyyolo2362
      @missyyolo2362 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Aren’t you an actor or something?

    • @dk-sky3820
      @dk-sky3820 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I was looking for this comment.

    • @vgm_29
      @vgm_29 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      More like a red hot poker

    • @clareatkinson9528
      @clareatkinson9528 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Aren’t you famous

    • @clareatkinson9528
      @clareatkinson9528 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hold on this is a parody account isn’t it

  • @ourtube1128
    @ourtube1128 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1912

    “the vikings went full on french, converting to christianity, learning french, and making babies with the locals.”
    well I didn’t know that was a requirement to be french.

    • @Videokirby
      @Videokirby 6 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Must be the "Fraternite"

    • @connorbriggs5169
      @connorbriggs5169 6 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      I'm Canadian, and every single French Canadian is/does all these things

    • @7Sinai7
      @7Sinai7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      He was referring to their integration into the French society and culture

    • @marylight9700
      @marylight9700 6 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Tbf, the nords wer the few men to _actually bathe/groom_ themselves, so how could a lady resist? ^^

    • @themoosemanguy1537
      @themoosemanguy1537 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      nah fam. its just low key the only thing the French are good at

  • @SArmagh681
    @SArmagh681 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you Normandy

  • @Franc-ve8fw
    @Franc-ve8fw 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    6:54 waiting for oversimplified to upload

  • @anartismal
    @anartismal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +735

    The little bit at the end about how the Normans influenced the english language is super eye opening and interesting

    • @vseslavkazakov356
      @vseslavkazakov356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      also very sad. Imagine how cool the English language would be today if it wasn't for them. And how much more English the English culture would be.

    • @thatonetime8812
      @thatonetime8812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      @@vseslavkazakov356 Eh, considering how many cultures the English colonized, I can't feel bad. Besides, cultures are much better off when they share and integrate things from other cultures. It happens in every culture, like tea ceremonies in Japan that originally came from China. When cultures are completely destroyed by force-- yes, that's tragic, but change such as this is natural. And frankly, I like the Norman words lol.

    • @xisleofmanx8832
      @xisleofmanx8832 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@thatonetime8812 you can't destroy culture only suppress it.

    • @Twigs1836
      @Twigs1836 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@vseslavkazakov356 I agree, I feel so bad for people who have to learn English as a second language. At least we get to blame it on the French.

    • @augustus9708
      @augustus9708 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@xisleofmanx8832 you can destroy it if the people forget about their origins and assimilate to the new culture