@@AndyJarman So he's economically neo liberal? Not wanting to confuse things... Perhaps he's classically liberal in intellectual thought and temprement.. But not necessarily (I don't know) economically classically liberal. It such a slippery term as the US equate the word as tantamount to left wing for some unknown reason!!
The knowledge of Professor Hutton is one thing, but what fascinates an English as a Second Language student is his precise, crisp and careful pronunciation. A pleasure for the ears.
@@hildegerdhaugen7864 Of course! He's incredibly smart and profound with many many stories to tell that add a lot of life and laughter to his classes. But he's also deeply humble and always has time for his students.
Prof's whole career has been about poking at long held truths and seeing if they hold up under new evidence. That's the true beauty of science - it grows when new evidence is revealed. And what's not entirely known is rightly called "theory."
As an aside, Ronald Hutton, as many English scholastics do - not only has an encyclopedic knowledge of the subject, but also speaks without gaps or pauses in a continuous flow of ideas framed in a conversational style. Most impressive and natural.
“Ok that’s Gandalf looking at the Cottingly fairies, but you get the point.” 😂 I love how Professor Hutton is not only incredibly intelligent, he’s funny
What impresses me most is his incredible diction. His vocabulary and sentence structure. So clear, so easy to follow. He has incredible depth of knowledge but it's his ability to speak that is mind blowing.
That's how all foreign people who know English language were thinking everyone in England speaks, before they come to England and find out that they can't understand half of what people say wherever in England they are. 😄
The passage where you discuss the issue of sensationlist interpretations of historical and archaeological findings is one I will be showing my students during our media and source critique lessons. Thank you, professor, for the hard work you put in
Best lecture I’ve heard since Mr Hutton’s last lecture I listened to. He manages to make his lectures fascinating and so witty. Always a pleasure and an education.
(By which I mean, if it was me I'd have to hem and haw before I came to a definitive answer and possibly correct myself. He's right in here with absolute authority from the outset of his response to a question. This is a man at the top of his game. It's impressive).
Professor Hutton - I met you at a few various garden parties in Bristol - though I don't you'd have remembered a dorky undergrad such as myself - and it was always a delight to hear you tell stories, both of the ancient past and of the ways that historians fight to establish interpretations of it that support their current politics. Absolutely wonderful to finally hear you lecture, and bravo to Gresham College's commitment to open up lectures like this to the public. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Every time I find a new work by Prof. Hutton I can't help but feel grateful for such a gift of and to humanity. In this instance, I am reminded of Mark Twain in that I have never heard such a comprehensive and decisive exposition of "I don't know." Thanks again Doc.
I could listen to Hutton speaking about the history of sneakers and be rapt with attention. His manner is both imperious and comical at once. VERY British. He speaks with authority on a subject with scant definitive evidence. This is when history's mysteries are most alluring. Hutton knows what he doesn't know and is comfortable with that. When a new brutally murdered ancient corpse is found, perhaps we will learn more. Cheers.
Well dressed, great hair, educated, well spoken and yes he can lord it over you with a shade of Imperialism but also tongue-in-cheek and does not take himself seriously.
A razor wit, and a depth and breadth of knowledge of the history of Britain, its culture and traditions - not just of the elite, but the ordinary folk. I do like a man who is passionate about his subject... Wish I could meet one!
Stonehenge has always been my favorite Wonder. As a little kid in the 90s and early 00s, my parents got our first computer with the Britannica encyclopedia downloaded on it and I have vivid memories of sitting at the computer and reading about SH, the great wall, and manatees lol.
SH is a wonder? How about *Ankor Watt* temple (Combodia)? You might want to search youtube or google for ancient Indian Hindu Temples and Forts in today's and ancient India...and SH would look like a few children built it who didn't know what they were trying to do. 🙏
Back in the 90s you could be the only person at SH and wander around quite;y on your own… I used to take dowsing equipment. Now it’s an ill informed dumbed down theme park. Personally I question everything “known” about SH. That the Sun of ancient times was Saturn seems to be universal and thus the ancients were not worshipping the Sunrise as we know it. .. that the Stones were dragged from Wales… and that it should be put in context with all other stone circles around the world e.g in Africa, notably Gambia and Senegal. The dating is questionable when you factor in how carbon dating is done and that very electromagnetically affected areas/objects will show a different age from those not although maybe of the same age. IMO, SH is older that the popular belief and commemorates something a lot more spectacular than a bunch of ancient goons marvelling at the Sun. Top plasma scientist Anthony Peratt of Los Alamos labs discovered in 2005 that any axial cylindrical plasma sheath will split into 56 subdivisions. This is the number of Aubrey holes at SH. all stone circles seem to show indents of 56 or 28. Peratt went further and focused a plasma beam onto a witness plate; the result was a perfect imprint identical to SH including the altar stone etc. Peratt’s presentation is on YT as Icons from Antiquity - Anthony Peratt Talks to SIS May 2005. Or 2005 TP World. Furthermore this pattern is seen in Supernova 1987A, showing such events are catastrophic focused electrical discharges. See Holoscience dot com. Seen on a global scale such events are proven to be witnessed by humans and recorded by survivors then venerated, then mourned the loss of etc with “religions” evolving in the wake thereof depending on geophysical location and visuals held there. If you were directly under the plasma discharge your mythology is that of the Norse gods, the great circumpolar hunt etc… if you were further down in latitude your view was from a different angle and the affects on the landscape different. This is an entire study only beginning to find its proofs from analysis of global myth, the ability to run thousands of images through programs which show all petroglyphs were recordings of the same events, and also the remarkable affects of such cosmic events on terrestrial geology. The professor needs to revisit his ideas I’m afraid.
@@anurooptyagi9018 Angkor Wat is only around 900 years old so it's no wonder it has more detail as stone carving progressed over time. Stonehenge is 5000 years old and was built before the pyramids. All you've shown is how rude you are as a person by insulting our heritage.
From the way he's dressed, he's clearly the Doctor. Can he not just use the TARDIS and pop back for a look? Seriously, he's one of my favorite historians. I always love to see him in a documentary, and lectures where he gets to hold forth on big ideas on his own are extra special.
I had the option of doing my dishes to this or Spike Milligan's WW2 memoirs. this won the toss. it's heartening to hear that in this day and age of polemic for political gain, that there are still humanists who have faith in the ability of individuals to be presented with the evidence and come to conclusions of their own based on that evidence. salutations to Prof Hutton!
It's always a joy to hear the intelligent and witty contributions by Ronald Hutton. I admire him very much and have seen him on many history programmes over the years (many of which are now available on TH-cam).
A burial perhaps 34, 000 years old from a cave in South Wales ! I am rereading essays by William Golding and this is what interested him about pre-history. A wonderful lecture, thanks.
Thank you, Prof. Hutton! As a modern Pagan who has had numerous prehistoric site experiences ruined by people asking me if this stone or another was for the human sacrifices, I appreciate your scholarship on pluralism and how it can help us move forward in respect for one another.
How exactly is burning someone at the stake for 'heresy' not literal human sacrifice in the name of your religion? The only thing we can be certain of is that human stupidity and prejudice have defined every age and religion. Excellent talk, thank you.
Quite so. Capital punishment is well within the range of definitions of human stupidity simply because if it turns out you executed the wrong victim you are going to be less popular. There are heaps of other reasons as well. Prejudice is likely to come into it somewhere. No confusion there.
In most cases of heresy a trial of the accused would be held with evidence presented that could be challenged and also in most cases the "victim" could recant and ask for pardon and forgiveness.Very different to human sacrifice where nothing could save you-no trial no choice of recanting.Just look up at what Aztecs,Mayas and other pre Columbian nations did!
Because one is a punishment and warning to other potential heretics, the other is a sacrificial offering and not punishment and a warning to others. You actually define the difference yourself in your question.
@@si4632 not so sure capital punishment and human sacrifice are different. Simply eradicating opponents to one's ideals in defence of those ideals smacks of sacrificing a life to please an idea to me.
Regarding Sea Henge. The claim made by archaeologists that they had just discovered it and previously it had been buried beneath sand for centuries was, and is, a lie. My father took me there as a child in the early sixties to see it just as someone had taken him years before. The monument was well known to local people and a tourist attraction. It had survived thousands of years on its own without difficulty. So they destroyed it. A pile of manky old logs in a local museum nobody visits is hardly "preservation", it is a disgrace. A monument is inseparable from its location, not to mention the living traditions associated with it, and is incomprehensible and meaningless when you destroy that connection.
"A heartbeat away from horror." Every time I see a raven I see a dinosaur impatiently waiting for its chance to regain rule over the Earth. Leaner, more energy efficient, but essentially our worst nightmare miniaturized, watching, calculating . . .
Such a magnificent imposing structure for its time can only have massively bolstered the mystique of the priesthood that were associated with it, and the authority of their religious pronouncements within the community. The suggestion that it may be a place where the spirits of the ancestors could be communicated with is attractive as that is a feature of so many ancient cultures and sites, but ultimately its greatest function when in use was probably the bolstering of that mystique and authority whatever the detail of the rituals involved, much as a cathedral did in the medieval period.
My nephew, who is a highly qualified archaeologist and now project manager for a very well known archaeology company, has always told me that 'you can say what you want about the people attached to an archaeological site or artifact, as nobody can absolutely prove your theory to be wrong'. This was always accompanied by a wry smile.
John Evans - my lecturer for chemistry in the BSc Arch. was of the opinion that Lindow man was in fact a mugged Saxon. He based this on his analysis of hair from the head. It had been cut with scissors, not a knife .
Professor Ronald Hutton is a marvel. Very intelligent, very interesting to listen to, a wee bit strange and with a cheeky sense of humor that creates a perfect professor!
Well that's a guess , they could have been brought closer at a different time, he says they were in a hurry to build it but also laboured to bring massive stones from 100s of miles away . Seems a contradiction
@@20FreeWill I believe they have recently located the location in North Wales where the Stonehenge bluestones were first quarried (and erected, initially). Geology dictates where different rocks are to be found, religion dictates whatever spiritual significance they may possess to their adherents.
Refreshing to hear that ritual killing has stopped being the go-to reason for ancient bog bodies etc. I always thought that was too narrow an explanation.
A very interesting item with a superb delivery. Its marvelous that someone with such great knowledge and intellect can reach out to the wider public in this way. Thank you.
I always find it interesting and ironic that the Roman’s, particularly Caesar, we’re appalled by the Droid’s alleged practice of human sacrifice…. I wonder how many human beings were essentially sacrificed in the “games” held in the Roman coliseum’s.
Thank you for the latest analysis of the death of Lindow Man. A three fold execution, hammering, cutting and garroting, all at the same time, seemed at best impractical, and more like something you’d see in a Three Stooges act. The participants would be lucky not to injure one another.
@@andrewtrip8617 He did say mortice and tenon, but does he mean a little post of stone left from chopping away round the top of the upright stone meant for a slot in the beam to fit over. Better than cutting a post out of the beam to fit into a slot on the upright stone. Not that convinced either way.
For myself, I think the takeaway is: At this point in modern scholarship, anyone who would claim to have some concrete knowledge of prehistoric European religion and/or its practices likely has something to sell.
Absolutely fascinating interesting and thought provoking I certainly like and think the idea of giving people opinions regarding for instance lindo man or peat as we called him where I’m from(Cheshire) and then let them make their own mind up regarding the way and reason he ended up in a bog is the right way of doing things as it gets people invested in his story and gets them thinking Brilliant
The best speakers, especially when discussing history always get the balance between, facts, hypothesis combined with the right amount of humour and opinion like Professor Hutton. A joy to listen to. He so aptly allows us to read between the lines (as any competent Historian, Archaeologist or any other with the suffix ‘ist’ or ’Ian’ surely ought to do) so when he uses the words ‘Guardian’ and ‘Journalist’ in the same sentence, we all know what is meant. I’d recommend that viewers might like to look up Professor Irving Finkel of the British Museum discussing Noah’s Ark and Toby Capwell of the Wallace Collection talking about arms and armour for similarly enlightening, amusing and fact-filled material.
I like how he is supporting historical fiction romantic quest novels as a way of promoting your perspective on how things may have been back in pre history
Professor Hutton reminds me of some of my older professors at Durham Univesity in the UK during the late 1970s-it’s refreshing to hear just how much modern archaeological science does NOT know about Stonehenge’ purpose or if there were sun gods or moon goddesses involv’d - they say England has no native gods ‘only Wytches and Faeries’ (yet many a River like the Thames is nam’d after local and probably native River deities unto which elaborate military accessories like shields were deliberately thrown into them possibly serving some kind of magickal-fertility-ritual function so maybe AI will one day look at all the available evidence or perhaps a team of expert psychics & remote-viewers could ‘fill in the gaps of pre-history’ for us one day, who knows?
The marvellous thing about archeology is that all we actually have is an incredible collection of interpretations of interpretations due to the lack of evidence from the past…
This is the first video I've found best viewed at 2x. Stonehenge has served as the very modest foundation of an enormous mountain of speculation. It's nice to listen to a discussion in which there are no vested interests fighting to suppress the other side.
Excellent lecture, not sure I fully agree with everything, but very interesting. But I think the title is a bit misleading. Its not about god's in prehistoric Britain, it's about the ethics of historical journalism/pop history.
Ronald is a national treasure. Utterly charming, hyper-intelligent and just a bit strange. An absolute darling man.
And Classically Liberal to his core - Bravo that man.
( Prof Hutton is “eccentric” not “strange” :)
@@Shineon83 potayta/ potarta
Maybe just has aspie tendencies.. All part of the natural variation of the human brain.
@@AndyJarman So he's economically neo liberal? Not wanting to confuse things... Perhaps he's classically liberal in intellectual thought and temprement.. But not necessarily (I don't know) economically classically liberal. It such a slippery term as the US equate the word as tantamount to left wing for some unknown reason!!
The knowledge of Professor Hutton is one thing, but what fascinates an English as a Second Language student is his precise, crisp and careful pronunciation. A pleasure for the ears.
True. Purest Oxford English.
Yes!! Love this professor
It sounds WAY better played at 1.25 x speed. Precise? perhaps, but SO boring!
He's an expert on the w itch trials and English folkore. I've met him in person, lovely man and very humorous in his talks.
My grandad always said to me "Enunciate my boy". The problem was he had a thick Scottish accent so no-one could understand him anyway.
It was an absolute honour to have this man be my dissertation professor while at uni. He is a well of extraordinary knowledge
It was a privilege for me just to listen to this one public lecture. Lucid and equanimical. Lucky you
Is he nice?
@@hildegerdhaugen7864 Of course! He's incredibly smart and profound with many many stories to tell that add a lot of life and laughter to his classes. But he's also deeply humble and always has time for his students.
@@dannyr3997 Very successful people are always humble I find. Its the wannabes who are arrogant.
@@dannyr3997 So cool!
Finally, a public forum where someone has stood up and said, "Most of history is a best guess and opinion." History has no place for dogma.
Why does this statement please you?
Prof's whole career has been about poking at long held truths and seeing if they hold up under new evidence. That's the true beauty of science - it grows when new evidence is revealed. And what's not entirely known is rightly called "theory."
Ha!
You mean pre-history and informed opinion.
All historians say this all the time. When I was doing my history degree, any course about anything old that was implied or said in variation
As an aside, Ronald Hutton, as many English scholastics do - not only has an encyclopedic knowledge of the subject, but also speaks without gaps or pauses in a continuous flow of ideas framed in a conversational style. Most impressive and natural.
“Ok that’s Gandalf looking at the Cottingly fairies, but you get the point.” 😂 I love how Professor Hutton is not only incredibly intelligent, he’s funny
Dont dis, get a third eye your see more than fairies
What impresses me most is his incredible diction. His vocabulary and sentence structure. So clear, so easy to follow. He has incredible depth of knowledge but it's his ability to speak that is mind blowing.
And not only that he speaks well.
@@inregionecaecorum You are being naughty
Hi Sarah, what a small world. Heh, heh
I went to school with him. He sounds exactly like he did at 15
That's how all foreign people who know English language were thinking everyone in England speaks, before they come to England and find out that they can't understand half of what people say wherever in England they are. 😄
The passage where you discuss the issue of sensationlist interpretations of historical and archaeological findings is one I will be showing my students during our media and source critique lessons. Thank you, professor, for the hard work you put in
I cannot thank GRESHAM COLLEGE enough for making the resources available to secure such a gifted and learned speaker….Well done!
Best lecture I’ve heard since Mr Hutton’s last lecture I listened to. He manages to make his lectures fascinating and so witty. Always a pleasure and an education.
Also, his responses to questions are impressively erudite.
(By which I mean, if it was me I'd have to hem and haw before I came to a definitive answer and possibly correct myself. He's right in here with absolute authority from the outset of his response to a question. This is a man at the top of his game. It's impressive).
Professor Hutton is an international treasure and one of my favorite scholars. Thank you for sharing this lecture.
Professor Hutton - I met you at a few various garden parties in Bristol - though I don't you'd have remembered a dorky undergrad such as myself - and it was always a delight to hear you tell stories, both of the ancient past and of the ways that historians fight to establish interpretations of it that support their current politics.
Absolutely wonderful to finally hear you lecture, and bravo to Gresham College's commitment to open up lectures like this to the public.
Looking forward to the rest of the series.
For a possible example of such a story check out minute 31!! 😮🤭👻☠️😹
Every time I find a new work by Prof. Hutton I can't help but feel grateful for such a gift of and to humanity. In this instance, I am reminded of Mark Twain in that I have never heard such a comprehensive and decisive exposition of "I don't know." Thanks again Doc.
Once again absolutely fascinating to hear not just the interpretation being presented but the encouragement for us to interpret and challenge.
I could listen to Hutton speaking about the history of sneakers and be rapt with attention. His manner is both imperious and comical at once. VERY British. He speaks with authority on a subject with scant definitive evidence. This is when history's mysteries are most alluring. Hutton knows what he doesn't know and is comfortable with that. When a new brutally murdered ancient corpse is found, perhaps we will learn more. Cheers.
If you like this and would like to find more truth maybe try Britain's Hidden History Ross channel
That was pretty well put!
Both imperious and comical🤣🤣🤣...perfectly stated!
Thanks 😊 😄(added smiley face)
Well dressed, great hair, educated, well spoken and yes he can lord it over you with a shade of Imperialism but also tongue-in-cheek and does not take himself seriously.
You, sir, have an exceptionally well tuned sense of humor. Much appreciated.
Agreed! Hutton is screamingly funny in this lecture! 😁
A razor wit, and a depth and breadth of knowledge of the history of Britain, its culture and traditions - not just of the elite, but the ordinary folk. I do like a man who is passionate about his subject... Wish I could meet one!
@@ruthmckay9086 For the same wit and wisdom, please do watch the lectures by Irving Finkel - I highly recommend them! (different topic though)
I came for the antiquarian lore, I stayed for the sparkling wit.
What a brilliant lecturer! I like his honesty about these matters in stating we just don't know really. Refreshing change.
Incredibly eloquent, wonderfully elegant and equally entertaining
Stonehenge has always been my favorite Wonder. As a little kid in the 90s and early 00s, my parents got our first computer with the Britannica encyclopedia downloaded on it and I have vivid memories of sitting at the computer and reading about SH, the great wall, and manatees lol.
SH is a wonder?
How about *Ankor Watt* temple (Combodia)?
You might want to search youtube or google for ancient Indian Hindu Temples and Forts in today's and ancient India...and SH would look like a few children built it who didn't know what they were trying to do. 🙏
Back in the 90s you could be the only person at SH and wander around quite;y on your own… I used to take dowsing equipment. Now it’s an ill informed dumbed down theme park. Personally I question everything “known” about SH. That the Sun of ancient times was Saturn seems to be universal and thus the ancients were not worshipping the Sunrise as we know it. .. that the Stones were dragged from Wales… and that it should be put in context with all other stone circles around the world e.g in Africa, notably Gambia and Senegal. The dating is questionable when you factor in how carbon dating is done and that very electromagnetically affected areas/objects will show a different age from those not although maybe of the same age. IMO, SH is older that the popular belief and commemorates something a lot more spectacular than a bunch of ancient goons marvelling at the Sun. Top plasma scientist Anthony Peratt of Los Alamos labs discovered in 2005 that any axial cylindrical plasma sheath will split into 56 subdivisions. This is the number of Aubrey holes at SH. all stone circles seem to show indents of 56 or 28. Peratt went further and focused a plasma beam onto a witness plate; the result was a perfect imprint identical to SH including the altar stone etc. Peratt’s presentation is on YT as Icons from Antiquity - Anthony Peratt Talks to SIS May 2005. Or 2005 TP World. Furthermore this pattern is seen in Supernova 1987A, showing such events are catastrophic focused electrical discharges. See Holoscience dot com. Seen on a global scale such events are proven to be witnessed by humans and recorded by survivors then venerated, then mourned the loss of etc with “religions” evolving in the wake thereof depending on geophysical location and visuals held there. If you were directly under the plasma discharge your mythology is that of the Norse gods, the great circumpolar hunt etc… if you were further down in latitude your view was from a different angle and the affects on the landscape different. This is an entire study only beginning to find its proofs from analysis of global myth, the ability to run thousands of images through programs which show all petroglyphs were recordings of the same events, and also the remarkable affects of such cosmic events on terrestrial geology. The professor needs to revisit his ideas I’m afraid.
@@anurooptyagi9018 Angkor Wat is only around 900 years old so it's no wonder it has more detail as stone carving progressed over time. Stonehenge is 5000 years old and was built before the pyramids. All you've shown is how rude you are as a person by insulting our heritage.
@@anurooptyagi9018must’ve been mighty strong children then
@@pixelfu623 SH is only 50 odd years old ... it's been in the news already.
What an amazingly well constructed, informative and witty lecture. I've listened to hundreds and this is at the top!
Loved Dr. Hutton in the Historic Farm series, always wondered what he got up to off screen
Just had to watch this again to pick up all that wonderfully presented information. Thank you so much, Prof. Hutton, and greetings from Germany!
One of the most brilliant minds of the current period,
Thanks Dr Hutton 🙏
From the way he's dressed, he's clearly the Doctor. Can he not just use the TARDIS and pop back for a look?
Seriously, he's one of my favorite historians. I always love to see him in a documentary, and lectures where he gets to hold forth on big ideas on his own are extra special.
He is a fan of historical re enactment. I have an old book of his, The stations of the Sun which I dip into for information.
he's new to me and I'm hooked. what would you recommend?
He is and he did, but there's rules you see...... not supposed to say.
@@helenamcginty4920 I have the same book. 🙂
He would be the most convincing Doctor EVER. Now you've said it, it's SO obvious.
I had the option of doing my dishes to this or Spike Milligan's WW2 memoirs.
this won the toss.
it's heartening to hear that in this day and age of polemic for political gain,
that there are still humanists who have faith in the ability of individuals
to be presented with the evidence and come to conclusions of their own based on that evidence.
salutations to Prof Hutton!
Professor hutton gives the most coherent unselfish senseable knowledgeable verdict on Stonehenge and is simply the best by far x
It's always a joy to hear the intelligent and witty contributions by Ronald Hutton. I admire him very much and have seen him on many history programmes over the years (many of which are now available on TH-cam).
Bravo, Professor Hutton, well done.💐
Gresham College at its best! Thank you.
A burial perhaps 34, 000 years old from a cave in South Wales !
I am rereading essays by William Golding and this is what interested him about pre-history. A wonderful lecture, thanks.
Its been a long time since I last saw Professor Hutton speak. What a pleasure it is to hear his learning and interpretation.
Beautiful voice - yes. Incredible intellect - yes. But can we just take a moment to enjoy that beautifully tied cravat.
Thank you, Prof. Hutton! As a modern Pagan who has had numerous prehistoric site experiences ruined by people asking me if this stone or another was for the human sacrifices, I appreciate your scholarship on pluralism and how it can help us move forward in respect for one another.
Prof Hutton is a great lecturer. Thank you!
Thank you, that was a brilliant lecture on a fascinating subject.
Excellent talk! Really enjoy listening to Mr. Hutton. His sense of humour is marvelous.
What a wonderful lecture and lecturer-clear, precise, logically presented and beautifully detailed.
Excellent, very much enjoyed this one. And always appreciate a learned man who hasn't a clue and will admit it.
You could check out 'The Prehistory Guys' on TH-cam; that's their entire philosophy.
Favorite British historian. Love this guy. exactly what you imagine when you think "British Historian". love him.
How exactly is burning someone at the stake for 'heresy' not literal human sacrifice in the name of your religion?
The only thing we can be certain of is that human stupidity and prejudice have defined every age and religion.
Excellent talk, thank you.
you're deliberately confusing capital punishment with human sacrifice lol
Quite so. Capital punishment is well within the range of definitions of human stupidity simply because if it turns out you executed the wrong victim you are going to be less popular. There are heaps of other reasons as well. Prejudice is likely to come into it somewhere. No confusion there.
In most cases of heresy a trial of the accused would be held with evidence presented that could be challenged and also in most cases the "victim" could recant and ask for pardon and forgiveness.Very different to human sacrifice where nothing could save you-no trial no choice of recanting.Just look up at what Aztecs,Mayas and other pre Columbian nations did!
Because one is a punishment and warning to other potential heretics, the other is a sacrificial offering and not punishment and a warning to others. You actually define the difference yourself in your question.
@@si4632 not so sure capital punishment and human sacrifice are different. Simply eradicating opponents to one's ideals in defence of those ideals smacks of sacrificing a life to please an idea to me.
Ronald Hutton: the man, the myth, the legend. Incredibly enlightening and enjoyable lecture as always.
Regarding Sea Henge. The claim made by archaeologists that they had just discovered it and previously it had been buried beneath sand for centuries was, and is, a lie. My father took me there as a child in the early sixties to see it just as someone had taken him years before. The monument was well known to local people and a tourist attraction. It had survived thousands of years on its own without difficulty. So they destroyed it. A pile of manky old logs in a local museum nobody visits is hardly "preservation", it is a disgrace. A monument is inseparable from its location, not to mention the living traditions associated with it, and is incomprehensible and meaningless when you destroy that connection.
misleading and somewhat incorrect. Just sayin....
Well put!
But a professional reputation is very important among academics
@Ксенія♡укр protect them from whom?
@Ксенія♡укр Lot of presumptions in your statement with no real prerogative other than "archeologists do this"
A wonderful voice. I've seen this man on TV before. So knowledgeable.
this man is amazing. wish i had taken one of his classes.
"A heartbeat away from horror."
Every time I see a raven I see a dinosaur impatiently waiting for its chance to regain rule over the Earth. Leaner, more energy efficient, but essentially our worst nightmare miniaturized, watching, calculating . . .
Check rock pigeons...bright red eyes! Those will really make you wonder...
@@howler6490 creepy 😳😬
Dinosaurs are FAKE dude.
I do my bit to keep birds in check by eating plenty of chicken.
@@Tom_Quixote Lol.
What a lovely teacher!
Ronald Hutton is excellent
Such a magnificent imposing structure for its time can only have massively bolstered the mystique of the priesthood that were associated with it, and the authority of their religious pronouncements within the community. The suggestion that it may be a place where the spirits of the ancestors could be communicated with is attractive as that is a feature of so many ancient cultures and sites, but ultimately its greatest function when in use was probably the bolstering of that mystique and authority whatever the detail of the rituals involved, much as a cathedral did in the medieval period.
What a brilliant speaker and very informative and entertaining speech!
Excellent Thoroughly enjoyed that, Thank you Prof. Hutton,
What a very cogent and entertaining lecturer!
I'm a confirmed atheist BUT I love history and am delighted to be looking forward to this series.
Why the 'but'?
BUT? WHY?
Well done. Fascinating and informative. Love the attitude and the accent.
What a thoroughly enjoyable lecture. Prof Hutton is clearly a natural teacher.
One of the best talks I've heard lately. Funny, intelligent and so much truth in his words.
My nephew, who is a highly qualified archaeologist and now project manager for a very well known archaeology company, has always told me that 'you can say what you want about the people attached to an archaeological site or artifact, as nobody can absolutely prove your theory to be wrong'. This was always accompanied by a wry smile.
Thankyou so much for the privilege of listening to such a wonderful lecture from this astonishingly erudite man!
John Evans - my lecturer for chemistry in the BSc Arch. was of the opinion that Lindow man was in fact a mugged Saxon. He based this on his analysis of hair from the head. It had been cut with scissors, not a knife .
He looks like he could give Jacob Rees Mogg a lesson on proper dress and etiquette, the young whipper snapper. Great lecture, insightful and humorous.
Fascinating, particularly the final part on the limitations on the way the past is currently publicized
It's so nice to hear someone discuss this. Thank you 🙏
Just absolutely spellbinding.. Professor Hutton is a World treasure 🌹
One of the most entertaining and informative lectures I have ever listened to. Very well done. Thank you!
Professor Ronald Hutton is a marvel. Very intelligent, very interesting to listen to, a wee bit strange and with a cheeky sense of humor that creates a perfect professor!
I didn’t know that the Stonehenge builders brought the stones from so far away. That’s truly amazing.
Well that's a guess , they could have been brought closer at a different time, he says they were in a hurry to build it but also laboured to bring massive stones from 100s of miles away . Seems a contradiction
@@20FreeWill I believe they have recently located the location in North Wales where the Stonehenge bluestones were first quarried (and erected, initially). Geology dictates where different rocks are to be found, religion dictates whatever spiritual significance they may possess to their adherents.
not mid-wales?
Refreshing to hear that ritual killing has stopped being the go-to reason for ancient bog bodies etc. I always thought that was too narrow an explanation.
A very interesting item with a superb delivery. Its marvelous that someone with such great knowledge and intellect can reach out to the wider public in this way.
Thank you.
I always find it interesting and ironic that the Roman’s, particularly Caesar, we’re appalled by the Droid’s alleged practice of human sacrifice…. I wonder how many human beings were essentially sacrificed in the “games” held in the Roman coliseum’s.
The 'droids'? As in Star Wars??
No to mention Christianity is based 100% on human sacrifice. How do they not see this?
Aaarr!!! We’re not just twisting to Chinese and Russian propaganda drills but still ensorcelled in that of the Holy Roman Empire!!!
While men get thrown into lion pits. Double standards here.
You mean druids
Extremely unbiased, scientific, analytical and always engaging
Thank you for the latest analysis of the death of Lindow Man. A three fold execution, hammering, cutting and garroting, all at the same time, seemed at best impractical, and more like something you’d see in a Three Stooges act. The participants would be lucky not to injure one another.
I always enjoy, Hutton!
Note: The Ironbridge at Ironbridge is also put together with carpentry like techniques.
I never knew the Ironbridge was built by the druids. You learn something new every day.
@@tcm81 It is so ancient that no one can remember, etc... Let it rust.
Dovetail joints are joinery not carpentry !
A better idea than trying to weld wood.
@@andrewtrip8617 He did say mortice and tenon, but does he mean a little post of stone left from chopping away round the top of the upright stone meant for a slot in the beam to fit over. Better than cutting a post out of the beam to fit into a slot on the upright stone. Not that convinced either way.
Absolutely riveting. If there's a clearer more engaging overview of this subject, I haven't seen it. So much to consider and think about.
Thanks for posting as always superb analysis, presentation and insights, looking forward to watching more in this series.
What an altogether wonderful lecture! Wonderful fellow! Wonderful scholar! He never disappoints! Always fascinating!!
There was a 1500BC migration from Syria (Albyne), then Brutus of Troy and his people in 500BC who lived in South Wales.
Excellent talk thank you.
Mr Hutton also has a unique fashion sense.
For myself, I think the takeaway is: At this point in modern scholarship, anyone who would claim to have some concrete knowledge of prehistoric European religion and/or its practices likely has something to sell.
misleading title, but fascinating insights about stonehenege and Lindow Man
Wonderful lecture, I really enjoyed this.
I'm still arguing with people about Lindow Man and the human sacrifice thing. This has given me so much more ammo!
Part of my education was to look at facts and reflect on them . Splendid discussion
Absolutely fascinating interesting and thought provoking
I certainly like and think the idea of giving people opinions regarding for instance lindo man or peat as we called him where I’m from(Cheshire) and then let them make their own mind up regarding the way and reason he ended up in a bog is the right way of doing things as it gets people invested in his story and gets them thinking
Brilliant
The best speakers, especially when discussing history always get the balance between, facts, hypothesis combined with the right amount of humour and opinion like Professor Hutton. A joy to listen to.
He so aptly allows us to read between the lines (as any competent Historian, Archaeologist or any other with the suffix ‘ist’ or ’Ian’ surely ought to do) so when he uses the words ‘Guardian’ and ‘Journalist’ in the same sentence, we all know what is meant.
I’d recommend that viewers might like to look up Professor Irving Finkel of the British Museum discussing Noah’s Ark and Toby Capwell of the Wallace Collection talking about arms and armour for similarly enlightening, amusing and fact-filled material.
I like how he is supporting historical fiction romantic quest novels as a way of promoting your perspective on how things may have been back in pre history
What. He said this the only way to reach a popular audience not that he supports it.
Rational & Honest. Honor to his profession
Love his sense of humor, that sly edge is a kick.
Wow what a wonderful and riveting presentation and hypothesis.. 👏👏👏👏👏💜
Great lecture. Thank you.
Professor Hutton reminds me of some of my older professors at Durham Univesity in the UK during the late 1970s-it’s refreshing to hear just how much modern archaeological science does NOT know about Stonehenge’ purpose or if there were sun gods or moon goddesses involv’d - they say England has no native gods ‘only Wytches and Faeries’ (yet many a River like the Thames is nam’d after local and probably native River deities unto which elaborate military accessories like shields were deliberately thrown into them possibly serving some kind of magickal-fertility-ritual function so maybe AI will one day look at all the available evidence or perhaps a team of expert psychics & remote-viewers could ‘fill in the gaps of pre-history’ for us one day, who knows?
absolutely fascinating, thank you.
thank you for the lecture! 🌺
The marvellous thing about archeology is that all we actually have is an incredible collection of interpretations of interpretations due to the lack of evidence from the past…
This is the first video I've found best viewed at 2x.
Stonehenge has served as the very modest foundation of an enormous mountain of speculation.
It's nice to listen to a discussion in which there are no vested interests fighting to suppress the other side.
Wonderful lecture. Very entertaining. Wonderful mix of knowledge and humour. Thank you.
Great lecture.
An impressively honest scholar.
Excellent lecture, not sure I fully agree with everything, but very interesting.
But I think the title is a bit misleading. Its not about god's in prehistoric Britain, it's about the ethics of historical journalism/pop history.