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- In this England history reaction my mind is blown! I knew the history of England was rich and complex, but I wasn't prepared for the massive amounts of changes that have taken place over the years. No way could I begin to fully understand Englands history in a single video. However, as an American that is exploring my English ancestry I find that each video I react to takes me one step closer to understanding the home of my ancestors.
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VIKING actually is a doing word .The people were Norse, Also The Norman in Old French is North Man. They were originally Norse men ,who settled in France. After going a Viking. But had started to speak French.
When I lived in Norway I learned that. They would go a Viking much like a farmer would go digging. But the Norse were not just Norwegian. Denmark, Norway and Sweden were in a similar messy mix and mish mash thing as the smaller British kingdoms were when it came to who was in charge.
Yes our language is a mix of French and old English grammar. But then you have people like me. I'm a Geordie, from the north east of England. My accent is unique to say the least. There are a lot of Scandinavian and Roman words, Gaelic and other Celtic languages in there too. There's a mix of everything. People tend to forget that we, as an Island have been invaded a fair few times.
rather than invasions, they were migrating people moving to a better place or from a worse place simply trying to fit into the economy where they found themselves
@@ianprince1698 No, there were a lot invasions, including the blood and violence that went along with it.
@@ianprince1698 no, most were actual invasions, blood, guts and everything haha.
I believe the Bell Beakers replaced something around 95% of the male population of Western Hunter Gatherers that were in Britain (though most British women I believe can be traced back to these Western Hunter Gatherers, I’m not too sure on whether Celticism arrived peacefully or with invasion, perhaps a bit of both. Then the Romans invaded, then the Saxons invaded, then the Normans. The migrations came after the invasions.
People often suggest that the Anglo Saxon invasions were more an elite replacement rather than a full scale population movement, but a recent paper suggests that on average if you are English you are around 50% Anglo Saxon, obviously the further east and south the more likely you’ll see higher percentages, but on average as a whole English people cluster closer to Danes and Dutch people (almost indistinguishable to some degrees) than to other British people.
The most peaceful invaders we had (besides the Celts) were arguably either the Danes in the Danelaw or the Normans, and they both left a mark, especially in the north for both. As the Normans kinda burned the whole place down with scorched earth tactics.
Regardless of dialect, spoken English is actually still overwhelmingly Germanic. While most of our words are of non-native origin, they are usually more formal/literary or (especially in the case of Latin and Greek words) medical/scientific terms. Vernacular English is still 80-90% Germanic in most cases, unless you're posh or working in a laboratory.
That was in massive oversimplification.There was a lot of structural, grammatical and wording/vocabulary influence, from the Scandinavian countries also.Basically there's influence from central European Languages, Nordic languages, Gallo-Roman and a dialect of Frankish(The language, the Normans spoke).This last Germanic tribe, is what was the main influence on the French language, but the point being that it wasn't French, when it 1st started influencing English, because France didn't exist yet, but it was the precursor of modern French, which is also influenced, by central European and Nordic languages
I would really recommend the languages of the British Isles if you really want to understand just how diverse the native people of the area are
I absolutely want to explore the languages. Before the past few days I didn't even know there were different languages in the British Isles. Of course I realized we used slightly different versions of English, but now I know the Welsh have a specific language and I'm guessing a number of others. I'll definitely be looking into this soon. Thanks for watching. Have a great night.
@@reactingtomyroots Hi. Start with the origins of old English and FUTHORC ;)
@@reactingtomyroots Only a handful of people speak Welsh. It is totally redundant but the English tax payers fund it. Wales is a peculiar country and the Welsh think they are above all and beyond.
@@mikemars5984 British tax payers
@@mikemars5984 wow, get over yourself little englander.
The English language is a bit more complicated than he said. The language has influences from all the previous conquerors not just French. That is the reason we have such complicated place names. Germanic languages have a big influence on English.
Mainly because English is a Germanic language
England was conquered by a Viking/Frankish faction in 1066, as there was no France "yet", in the sense that we see the French people today. The region was called the Frankish Kingdom, at the time and the Norman's were descendants of the Scandinavian Vikings and the Frankish tribe.These Vikings were given the Duchy of Normandy, in The norrth of the region we term France now, under the condition that they helped the Frankish nobles to defeat the dominant attacking Vikings, to prevent what could have led to the annihilation of the Frankish and therefore radically changing the emerging French culture which occurred over the following centuries.
The aggressive attacking Viikings, were also threatening the emergent English culture around the same time, Rampaging around the Anglo-Saxon territory of The modern English landmass.Essentially, the English and French nations pretty much emerged at roughly the same time, when Alfred the great managed to defeat the Vikings in England,, and Charles managed to defeat the Vikings in France, each with help from Viking factions
The Norman's were actually a mishmash of Frankish, Gallo-Roman and Viking iIdentity, because Normandy was given to the Viking faction, who heelped ttthe Frankish to defend their culture against the rampant Vikings and was rewarded as such.
Consequently, the Norman language at the time was a dialect of Frankish gaps and the emergent French language, which of course, then became different gradually over time as the centuries went by, as did the English language
The structure of English is Nordic, the wording is a mishmash of Frankish and Germanic, in the sense of wording influence from many Germanic tribes. The Scandinavian influence has become more widely understood, in recent years from scholars in Norway
Most of the mist common modern words are from old English
Anglo Saxons we’re the original vikings and then became the natives of the island. Vikings came after that so us english have a lot of Viking ancestry anyways. So makes sense a lot of our language is Norse Germanic etc.
In the 14th Century France had a larger army than England, but the English army had Welsh and English 'Longbow' archers. The Longbow was an incredibly powerful war bow, with huge draw weights. It took years of dedicated practice to build the strength and skill required to use one. It decimated the larger French armies at famous battles like Crecy and Agincourt. The mounted & armoured knights of the French nobility were brought down before they could even reach the front lines of English soldiers. Virtually the entire ruling class of France was killed off.
Wow. That answers my question of how it was possible for the England to take down the much larger France army. I need to look into those battles and get a better understanding of the history of England and the UK in general. Thanks for reaching out.
@@reactingtomyroots , It's great to see you have an interest in this stuff. Frankly, there is so MUCH history for the UK it could be a lifetime project, lol. There are some great youtube videos about the Longbow for instance. And "The Hundred Years War" - we spent 800 years fighting wars against the French, from 1066 to 1815.
Some general periods of history that might be interesting are, in rough chronological order : Iron Age Britain and the hillforts ~ The Roman Invasions ~ The Saxon Invasions ~ The Viking invasions ~ Alfred The Great ~ the Norman Invasion, 1066 Battle of Hastings ~ Magna Carta in 1215 ~ Edward the First, his Welsh Castles, and Hammer of the Scots ~ Wars of The Roses (massive civil war that killed large percentage of population) ~ Henry the Eighth, creation of Church of England ~ Elizabeth The First and 1588 Spanish Armada ~ The English Civil Wars and Oliver Cromwell ~ American War of Independence ~ The Napoleonic Wars then Battle of Waterloo 1815 ~ The Industrial Revolution.
Well, those are some of the highlights 😁👍 You will know all about American War of Independence, but I included it in the timeline for a bit of context. Have fun with it. There are loads of great history videos on youtube.
@@reactingtomyroots As somebody on another video reaction said, the UK has always punched above its' weight. Check out the Falklands War by OverSimplified for an example. Best played at around 0.75 speed. Also, for a very quick and funny history lesson, have a look at Al Murray and 'Name a country... we have defeated them'.
The long bow made armoured knights obsolete
I could be wrong but isn't it still law that school boys must spend 2 hours each day practicing their longbow
The earliest humanoid activity in Britain was, 500,000 approx, years ago. Footprints were found on the beach, at a place called Happisburgh (pronounced Hazeboro) that had been exposed due to erosion and sea activity. Happisburgh is in Norfolk. So we have a long history of invasion, battles, counter invasions. Basically internal fights with time off to fight others. You should tell us where your family originates and we can point you in the direction of hearing what they would have sounded like. We have many accents in our Isles. Enjoy learning about history, its a fascinating place to visit.
Thanks for the information. My friends go there most years but haven't mentioned this? Probably because they just go for the Beer festival? Now I have two reasons to go.
The Happisburgh footprints are 1,000,00 million years old. If you want to watch something interesting on them, try Neil Oliver’s “Love Letter to the British Isles” podcast series, episode 1.
A body was found in ny town what was over 2000 year old also my area Anglo Saxon area norfolk east Anglia
Also Henry the 8th also came to my vilage and his relative lived owned college farm monkeys would walk to the church via underground tunnels
Babes in the wood was from a wood by my town where 2 kids were left to die in woods as wicked uncal wanted the house and not kids
We did have "Iron age forts", which originated hundreds of years before the Roman first invaded. Not technically a castle as you would know it but worth looking up.
Absolutely. I'll definitely look into Iron age forts. Thanks for the recommendation.
Yes and these are still visible today as mounds of earth that have a distinct shape. Maiden Castle in Dorset, for example, is absolutely massive.
They are pretty much the exact same as William’s castles, he used the Motte and Bailey which is just a hill fort with a courtyard and a ditch in front
As an Englishman I found that fellas summary pretty weak and full of holes.
And with the added 'Aren't I clever and witty' edge that is over the top. [And all at 100 miles an hour].😀
Watch David Starkey's channel. He's a brilliant historian with a wealth of knowledge on British/English history & much more. Regards from the UK, England 🇬🇧🏴
He’s a naughty man :P
But really, I would argue that there is none better than David Starkey, the man knows what he’s talking about; and is very passionate about it.
@@uutthyu4636racist? What do you mean?
@@s1lkyxo He is a top-class twat.
The Romans built forts, mainly wooden structures on hills, before this the Anglo-Saxon also had hill forts. William the Conqueror and Edward I, built stone castles that last forever.
The Vikings built Dublin, they also, settled on the Isle of Man.
By the way, Essex, Sussex and Kent are counties.
I was listening to Neil Oliver and it really brought it home to realise that Skara Brae was built before the pyramids in Egypt.
I love watching your old videos!! Your knowledge of the UK and Ireland has grown so much, as have your presentation skills! 💪💪💪This is the best American reaction channel by far ❤
This history video was quite fast. I hope you can find other videos to go further in depth, especially as the history of Britain can be complicated. Sussex, Essex etc. are counties. Sussex means South Saxon, Essex means East Saxon, and Wessex means West Saxon. My ancestors came from Hastings, which is in the County of Sussex. There is a TH-camr whose name is Mike Bogatyrev and his video on Hastings is called Hastings, The Real Seaside Wonder of England. I hope you can look up this video and the town of Hastings sometime. Hastings Castle, which William the Conqueror had built, is now a ruin on top of a hill looking down over the town. Hastings Castle was built just after William the Conqueror's coronation. The battle of Hastings actually took place around the town of Battle (which is how the town got its name). Battle is a little further inland and not far from Hastings. The name Hastings comes from Haesta. It is said that Haesta was a Saxon warlord who took over the region when the Romans left England in the 5th century. So, Haesta (Hastings) means family or followers of the Saxon warlord. There are other places to visit nearby Hastings which are also interesting, for example, the town of Rye, which is an old town famous for its cobbled streets. Near Rye there is Camber Sands which has a nice sandy beach, the beach in Hastings, just a little further along the coast, has a pebble beach. Camber Sands was the location for the films Dunkirk (1958), The Longest Day (1962) and The Monument Men (2013). A very nice castle to visit is Bodiam Castle which is also not far from Hastings. It is surrounded by a moat and you need to cross a bridge to enter. The view of the countryside when you go up the castle is beautiful. There is also Camber Castle, near Camber Sands, it is a strange looking castle. You are right when you say that one takes things for granted. I was born in London, not far from Tower Bridge and the Tower of London. For me, it was normal to see these buildings, but these days, as I am older, I really appreciate them more, as well as my own country and its history, just like you, appreciating old architecture and history now that you are older. I really enjoy your videos. Take care.
I'm so proud to be a Brit. We have amazing cities, each with a fascinating history and people who changed the world. We also have beautiful churches, castles, ruins, villages etc. So much to love and so much to see.
Yes, well, it's a shame that with such a colourful, vibrant and innovative and influential history, that the current generation and probably at least the last 2,, have not pulled their weight and are not in the same league as what came before. The Brits seriously need to step their game up, if the 2nd millennium is going to have them anywhere near as influential as the 1st
England is as old as dirt and our history is phenomenal. We also take great care of our historic sites and buildings
There is or was a pub in London, it closed at the start of the pandemic, built in 987 ad ,so the Language spoken at the time Anglo-Saxon, roughly 500 years before English developed.
He really hates the monarchy to the point it clouds his view including that of the 'big picture'.
Yes, it’s very odd.
David Starkey is the best source in video format.
Hi Steve, loving your content mate. You should take a look at the English Civil War and the effect of the Republican Commonwealth on Ireland and the Irish. It may well inform your quest for history about both lines of your ancestry.
Thanks for the recommendation. I just wrote it down. That does seem like a good topic to check out to get a better understanding about both sides.
@@reactingtomyroots If there is any aspect of British history that you are particularly interested in, or curious about, there is a TH-cam channel called 'History Calling' who goes into excellent detail about all aspects of British history. I believe she is a university professor who began her channel during the Covid lockdown and she explains things in a very clear, and easy to understand, way with a beautiful Irish accent! I learn so much from her and really enjoy her content, so much so, that I began supporting her on Patreon to ensure she can keep producing her videos.
welcome brother , im from Essex . Essex is a county with lots of citys and towns within .
I like your content, I like that you ask questions and seem generally interested in learning. So I've tried to come up with 'typical' English history, that most people have a vague idea about:
1. Bonfire Night (coming up it's on the 5th November). This is a big cultural one - being able to respond "Gunpowder Treason and Plot" if someone says "Remember Remember the 5th of November"
2. Henry VIII's 6 wives (at least knowing the rhyme 'divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived')
3. The battle of Hastings in 1066 (most people will say 'this was the last time we were invaded', but that is semantics and ignoring the fact that the channel islands were occupied during WW2)
This documentary starts while into the history of the islands. The pics where here 5,000 years ago, then the Celts, Stonehenge, etc. Hill forts date back to these times with large earthworks with balustrades on top. What the Norman's brought over the idea of a central "keep" with an outer wall. Not a really good documentary, only useful for rough idea of history
Some amazing history. I'm going to find some other videos that will go more in depth. Thanks for watching.
Picts!
The Picts first mentioned in AD 297 have not been here for 5000 years, the Picts is a nickname that stuck
I believe the "Picts" ancestors are the Caledones- when they arrived is hotly debated as you know
It's thought the islands of Britain were first continuously inhabited by humans as early as 12,000 years ago.
This channel also did a video on Welsh history which is a decent introduction for beginners. You should definitely react to that at some point
There were castles in England before the Norman conquest but they were uncommon. (and I'm not counting ancient hillforts or Roman forts that had been out of use for many centuries by the time of England's formation!)
One reason for their rarity was that Anglo-Saxon society was not particularly skilled in stonemasonry, and their towns were wooden constructions. Any stone buildings larger than a glorified barn would normally rely on hiring foreign craftsmen and were consequently expensive. This meant stone being a prestige material reserved for churches and royal buildings.
Another reason was that the burgh - or fortified town, was the preferred means of regional defence. Having large palisaded towns full of levy troops formed the Anglo-Saxon military backbone.
By comparison the Normans built castles the way birds build nests. Conquer any patch of land and you can be sure a Norman lord would stick a keep on it! Unlike the English, the Normans could source excellent stonemasons from around the continent and they actually made use of engineers and architects. There was no shortage of labourers willing to work for them as there was enormous wealth to be made from building fortifications for Europe's premier bunch of pathological warmongers. Conquering, and then asset stripping the wealthy English Kingdom meant the Normans could afford an awful lot of castles! In order to keep the Pope on side with all their bloodletting, the Normans also built a load of expensive churches and cathedrals to go with them.
Incidentally, from the conclusion of the Hundred Years War in the 15th century, right up until the Napoleonic War at the start of the 19th century, France usually had a far stronger and better organised army than the British did. Land power was kind of their thing.
The Vikings Originate in Scandinavia(Norway/Sweden/Denmark and Germany
Just wanted say a massive thank you to you for your posts! Your genuine interest & respect for Britain is wonderful & through you & your lovely followers & their comments I have learned so much about the country I was born in! Keep up the great work, don't believe *everything on YT, Most is correct, some is not. Think you should set up a fundraiser to come on over for a few weeks?
Prior to 1066 we had boroughs or fortified towns, but no real castles!
England’s history is so fascinating and complicated, this video could’ve been hours long 😆
And very burtal as we call the union jack the butchers apron
@@maureenmccarthy4204 the union jack represents Britain NOT England
The cross of St George represents England - honest to fuck
The word Ænglisc would have been pronounced something like 'Anglish'. The letter æ (called 'ash') is the a in 'cat'; and sc is 'sh'. The word 'shire' comes from scir (pronounced 'sheer').
A bigger army doesn't always translate to being "powerful" quality over quantity
Britain has always focused on the Navy Gatland has never been over at army, like the French and Germ
My late husbands ancestors were Norwegian Vikings, they invaded the North of England hundreds of years ago.
There were castles in England long before the Normans arrived but they were primarily built on coasts (to protect from raiders) and on borders territories. The Normans built a lot of very well-designed castles throughout the country because they weren't just defending from outsiders, but from the English people who weren't pleased with them being there.
@@mikemars5984 No need to be patronising, I know what a castle is and I know that they varied in scale and material.
@@jackpearson5285 I deleted my answer
excellent, I'm in Essex, here we go 🙂
Personally I prefer this video in how england was formed by knowlegia, I was a little sad when he talks about the monarchy, I disagree, I love the history to do with them.
I'll have to check it out. Thanks
Watch how many countries England has invaded visually
I'm guessing quite a few. I'll definitely check that out in the near future. Thanks
@@reactingtomyroots Britain has invaded almost 90 per cent of the world's countries in its history, barring only 22 nations......
Regarding monarchs and dynasties I received an encyclopaedia amongst my Christmas presents when I was eight (1956). It included lists of all English/British monarchs from 1066 and every POTUS from 1789. There came a point very early on when I realised that I had actually absorbed them and at 74 they remain with me. Have they been of any particular use to me? Not really! Am I pleased that I know them? Yes! Do I know all the pre-Norman kings? No, they weren’t listed in the encyclopaedia so they got filed away in my brain as ‘too early to matter very much’. Wrong, but I was only eight.
My favourite origin of English explanation is that it is the outcome of Norman soldiers trying to chat up Saxon barmaids.
the normans were not french, they were descendants of vikings, they were given land to defend france from other vikings after several raids on paris before hand
17:07 'The Tudors made it work' is an incredible thing to say about something that caused hundreds of executions (in the reigns of both CofE and Catholic monarchs), contributed majorly to tensions with Scotland and Ireland, and led to huge changes to British law (among other things)
William the Conqueror built the tower of London. The original tower, now called the white tower is his bit, the rest is built throughout the next few centuries. He wasn't the 1st to build castles, he just built numerous castles across the land. The rivalry with France is still there today, justvthat today there's no swords lol
Oh wow I didn't know there was still a rivalry with France. I'm going to have to look into that. Thanks for your comment.
@@reactingtomyroots yeah, we don't like eachother and haven't for centuries because of our history and their ways. They would say the same about us lol. Check out a comedy routine countries of the world by Al Murray.
Essex is now a county (my home county).
Quick word of advice don't say Ireland is in the UK, it's not, Northern Ireland is though.
P.S at the time of the 100 years war Englands population was 2m and France was 11m
The Vikings where Scandinavian in origin meaning they came from what today is Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The Vikings that attacked England and the rest of western Europe where primarely from Denmark and Norway while the Swedish Vikings where mostly focused on eastern Europe.
Also: Switzerland is nowhere near northern Europe. Americans should really stop confusing Switzerland and Sweden. Switzerland is in central Europe, South of Germany and north of Italy and has no connection to Sweden and the rest of northern Europe.
There's writing tablets in Ireland that are 5000 years old. Same time as ancient Egypt
I'm excited to eventually work my way towards Irish history as well.
There are 13 fragments from the cuneiform tablet
At the time of Agincourt 1415 England didn’t have a Navy ….but if did have a super weapon ..the Anglo Welsh long bow …the long bow won us Agincourt against a vastly bigger French army.The
Royal Navy was founded by Henry 8th about 140 years later and grew from strength to strength through the next200/300 years.
Things to remember is that France was landlocked and had possible adversary's on all sides.
They needed a standing army of foot soldiers
The UK is an Island ,, so we needed a Navy more than we needed foot soldiers , if you can sink them before they get to the UK ,, bonus !.
A few possible events which showed this ,,, The Spanish fleet sunk by Sir Francis Drake and the stragglers chased round the UK .
Then because of the Airforce at the beginning of WW2 , the cancellation by Hitler of the invasion of the UK known as Operation Sealion because he knew his losses would have been immense.
History is a great subject. Look at the Scandinavian influence of British history. Also from 1790 onwards is the start of the industrial British empire which also influences the history of the USA
The Magna Carta signed by King John - he ignored it once he’d signed it. Runnymede where the Magna Carta was signed is still a giant field and no houses built in it. OK it’s built near a dual carriageway and a road but the river’s nearby and it’s a lovely place for a walk.
It would be interesting if you would do some sort of genealogy of your roots for us to follow and help you with info.
Hello there I'm an Englishman I come from a place called the black country where they filmed the peaky blinders TV show it's situated in the West Midlands county where I'm from we have a very strong accent they call it old English we still use the words today similar to Shakespeare you could do a video on accents there is so many in the United Kingdom it's unbelievable if you want to ask me anything feel free you can WhatsApp me good luck with the channel I like the videos
Hey Philip thanks so much. I'm actually going to check out some accents within the next day or 2. I look forward to it. I wonder if it will show your accent. I've heard of Peaky blinders but haven't watched it. I'll check it out.
Carter's and old English name for sure
Mate 'Ænglisc' is basically still pronounced as 'English'
William the Conqueror invaded in 1066. Previously you had hill forts, which were smaller and wooden, with ditches and moats in some cases. Some ancient settlements were built on stilts in the middle of lakes for defence.
I love this video - and finally a narrator who can pronounce “Anjou” in France correctly. Although he then goes and mispronounces “Angevin” and “Aquitaine” 😂
England as a country is older than the “United Kingdom”, as the other countries that make up the whole, is.
England is the most dominant of the 4 current nations due to how many people live there, and how much it (overly)contributes to the U.K., etc.
But the other 3 nations are almost legendary in their own rights.
Fun Fact: Wales and Welsh people are considered the “oldest” Britons, due to being English who fled the Roman invasions 2000 years ago.
The Vikings were Norwegians back in the day. There are still a few place names based on Vikings. jorvik or York as its called now.
William built Motte and Bailey castles , a very basic mound of earth with a wooden structure on top with a wood fence round.
A "relatively" quick to build fort from which to foray from.
In more important area's they became stone fortifications.
Where does he get this stuff about Catherine of Aragon being Henry VIII’s aunt? She had been betrothed and married to his elder brother Prince Arthur who died from an infection. So, she was his sister-in-law, not his aunt.
She was the aunt of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles
The famous MAGNA CARTA. The Great Charter, signed by the Barons 1215AD. The saying goes. "It's because of this document signed in days of old. That the people of ENGLAND, can do as they want...... as long as they do as they're told. 😅🤣😂
England had smaller armies but better commanders and tacticians
The English Army in medieval times was amazingly skilled because all men from the age of 15 to 60 were required by law to train with a longbow
I'm from Essex. And Essex is a county.
Regarding vikings. Viking translates to 'Going raiding'. You can tell much of your ancestry by your surname. Mine is Harris. Which is Norwegian and came over to England during the Norse migration. Harris is also a Saxon name, meaning son of 'Harry'. Four days of the week are named after Pagan gods. Today's modern Englisc are a mixture of all those who fought for the Island. Probably why were good in wars-lol. Your blood line pribaly originated from northern Germany. Investing that the Russian still call us Saxon
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Fun Fact:
The Magna Carta is kinda the basis of the United States Bill of Rights.
About 800 years earlier, lol.
magna carta is what the US constitution is based on
I would recommend looking at the National Archive online, they have documents going back hundreds of years
You can still see four of the original copies of the Magna Carter in different places in England. 13 copies were originally written to take across the country. One is in the British Library and one can be seen I'm Salisbury cathedral. Sorry cannot remember where the others can be seen.
Do you really not know?
I'm not mocking or judging, I am genuinely interested how History is taught around the world because as an Asian, the version of World History I was taught was very different from what actually happened. Yeah, mind blowing, once realized.
I've just started watching your videos and am really enjoying them. So I'm not sure if I missed where you got the question of Ireland straight. Simply stated Republic of Ireland, or Eire, is a totally separate, independant country. Title of video was History of England. To get the history of 17th, 18th, 19th centuries, you need to find video on the history of Great Britain which pops up in 1707.
The Spanish Armada is an interesting slice of British history worth a video of its own, if you can find a channel that covers it.
Many English words are from old Norse too
the tax system the Geld was extremely effective and made kings like Cnut and Edward the confessor extremely wealthy. The geld was so efficent that when William the conqueror became king he kept the system in favour of more feudal systems and when he commisioned the Domesday survey in 1086 (doomsday book) he found that with the increase of trade through his to france meant that the english economy was one of the best and over about 20-30 years the taxes had increased by a lot. For example the domesday survey stated that Dover was making 17 pounds during the reign of edward the confessor but during the reign of william it was makeing 40 pounds which is a massive increase. lets just not mention the Harrying of the north.
While william did sorta invent the first castle he sorta didnt as there where castles in europe before just not as good.
The Vikings weren’t a nationality, it was more of an occupation but they came from Denmark and Norway.
East Anglia, Essex, Kent and Sussex are all current Counties in the UK and I am a proud Essex boy (just like Jamie Oliver and Russell Brand). The Vikings came from Scandanavia, mostly Denmark. In terms of teaching history it's not that different in the UK - we all start learning history at school from the war of the roses and the Tudors onwards. I think you might enjoy this: th-cam.com/video/snukwrLhu8Y/w-d-xo.html
Strictly speaking, East Anglia is not a county - it’s a region and comprises the two counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and is the big bulge on the right.
@@chixma7011 True
I started learning history in school starting with the Picts, Celts, Romans and Anglo-Saxons, then onto the Norman's etc. I always remember those history lessons, the Anglo-Saxon period was my favourite.
William the Conqueror came over from Normandy in northern France and his castles are Norman castles. There are older castles than that in the U.K.
You probably remember the Magna Carter from your own history as your Constitution was based on it.
Magna Carter???! OMG! I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
The Normans were NOT 'French' - but of the same stock as the (Danish) Vikings, who settled in Northern France (now Normandy) in the late 9th Century under their leader, Rollo. While they owed a NOMINAL allegiance to the French kings, they were essentially their own people, living in their own kingdom. And yes - the Normans were the FIRST to construct CASTLES in these islands !
Every ordinary Englishman was required to practice with the longbow to as high a proficiency as possible.
At the battle of Stanford bridge a lone viking beserker was killing any british soldier who came across the bridge ,
A British soldier got under the bridge and thrust his spear through one of the gaps in the wooden bridge right in to the viking beserkers groin ,. Naturally he he collapsed and died
The vikings seeing that happen to their mighty warrior. Ran away. And never came back ,
Best documentaries to watch on this are by Dr David Starkey.
Couple of corrections on the video you were watching. Firstly, The Normans weren't really French. The word Norman literally means "Norseman", as in Viking. Normandy (basically 'Land of the Norse Men') was founded by Rollo (same Rollo depicted in the TV show Vikings - though in reality he was not Ragnar's brother) when the Vikings invaded and gained a foothold in Francia.
You could say the Normans were French as much as the Vikings who invaded and lived in England were English. Granted they probably did integrate with locals more, partly due to Rollo making a deal of sorts with the king of West Francia - being granted control of the lands which became the Duchy of Normandy (lands already under control of the Danes) in exchange for defending it against other Vikings, ending his raiding and converting to Christianity. Over time, as newfound nobility Rollo's descendents learned the language of the Frankish courts and assimilated parts of it with their Old Norse. The Norman language was a combination of both.
William the Conqueror was Rollo's descendent, invading England from Normandy around 150 years after the duchy was established. The English King Edward's mother was a Norman noblewoman and William's great aunt, herself the daughter of Richard I of Normandy. William claimed that Edward (who bore no children) had promised him the throne. When Edward died the king's council chose Harold Godwinson, a powerful earl, to succeed him. Harold expected an attack from William and waited with an army. When no attack came he disbanded the army only for Harald Hardrada, another claimant & Viking King of Norway, to arrive in the north later that day along with around 10,000 men. Harold reformed his army and marched 200 miles in 4 days to defeat Hardrada at Stamford Bridge. 3 days later the Norman fleet arrived in England and Harold marched his army back 240 miles to intercept William but was defeated at the Battle of Hastings.
When the Normans settled England, they eventually began to adopt the local language much like they had in Normandy. Interestingly, some English words that derive from Old French are due to the Norman ruler's experiences as the elite in Normandy. Food is a good example, specifically how it is referred to when prepared for eating and when in its 'raw form'.
Some examples:
(Anglo-Saxon // Old French)
Sheep // Mutton
Cow // Beef
Pig // Pork
Deer // Venison
Anglo-Saxon itself a language mostly derived from the migration of 2 peoples from the Germanic states of Anglia and Old Saxony.
Second correction - the guy says the 100 years war went on because it wasn't recognised that conquering France would never work. Actually, Henry V married the daughter of King Charles of France and was promised in a treaty to succeed Charles as king. Since Henry was almost 20 years younger than Charles, England and France could well have been united under one king. As fate would have it, Henry died 2 years later and Charles shortly after him. Henry's son became king of England and France at only 9 months old, and the (adult) son of Charles also made claim. A few factions in France suppported Henry VI and fought against the Dauphin Charles but were ultimately beaten, with Charles being crowned king. Had Henry V lived to become king things could have ended very differently.
The vikings where Scandinavians from Norway,Sweden and Denmark
I thought they were from that area, but wasn't 100% sure. Thanks for verifying.
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Don't forget Viking was a job description not a race or nationality. There were Africans and people from the middle east that fought with the Vikings. "Viking" means, roughly translated, pillaging and raiding
William the Conqueror was decended from the Vikings, who invaded and settled 200 years before and spoke a "dialect" of French. Those Vikings hailed from Norway = Norsemen= Normandy. France as we now it today did not exist then, they were mostly made up of regions ruled by Dukes. The King of France ruled a smaller area.
The Normans were not French by ancestry. They were viking by descendancy. The French granted the Vikings Normandy. True there was intermarriage but William the Conquerer male line goes back to vikings.
Boudicca had just cause to rebel against Roman rule. Her husband left his tribal lands jointly to the Roman emperor and his daughters. The Romans ignored his will and beat her up, raped her daughters and took the lands anyway. So, she sought revenge. A relatively recent discovery of skulls in a built over London tributary to the Thames is thought to be from Boudicca’s capture of London (Londinium) when her army decapitated lots of Roman soldiers. A statue of her riding her wheeled chariot is at the end of Westminster Bridge opposite the Houses of Parliament.
I have Scottish and Northern Irish ancestry but didn't grow up with it. 🙂 I grow up in Kent. 🙂 So have a really super time finding out re your ancestry.
Americans in particular have this weird idea that England (the Britain) had this massive army and it was the most powerful in the world, I suspect this comes from the revolution or at least what Americans are taught about the revolution... Not sure if anyone ever points out that at the start of the revolutionary war the British army only had 30,000 soldiers while France in 1776 had over 110,000... Similarly French and Spanish territory is also much better for breeding horses which is part of the reason Wellington would have so much trouble in the Peninsular war, most of his army was infantry plus being outnumbered 10-1 in Spain doesn't help :)
Look at King Athelstan, he was a real hero. Those nice white buildings with black wood features you like are Tudor style or Elizabethan.
Vikings - Scandinavian. Sweden, Norway and Denmark nowadays. William the Conqueror descended from Vikings although he was based in Normandy, France. Normandy = land of the men from the north aka Norsemen = Vikings.
Switzerland is in the middle of Europe. It only has the first two letters of its name in common with Sweden. Switzerland is landlocked so didn’t tend to send ships off to conquer anywhere. The seas were the ancient highways.
The Normans might have spoken French... but not really French. Norman = Norseman (Vikings) from Rollo, who got to marry the French Princess and settle his people in Normandy.
Let's start with where the English came from: After the Roman army left the Angles, who refered to themselves as the English, came over from central western Denmark. The Angles took over the middle and north parts of England, as that land came to be called. The Jutes came from Jutland in the north of Denmark and the Saxons came from the south of Denmark and the very northern most part of Germany. That area is still called Saxony to this day. Those 2 peoples were closely related to the Angles and spoke the same language. They settled along the south parts of England.
So where did the "vikings" come from? Denmark mainly, around about 250 years after the Angles, Saxons and Jutes had. When they first started raiding the languages hadn't diverged much yet and they still understood each other.
Who were the Normans? Yep you guessed it - they originally came from Denmark too.
Why did the Vikings and the Normans want to invade? Because England was the second richest country in all Christendom at that time after Byzantium.
Where did all that wealth come from? Minerals mined in England and traded, along with wool, which was in great demand back then. England was a major trading nation even well over a thousand years ago.
You don't need castles if you are in your own safe secure land. The Normans built castles because they were definitely not in their own safe secure land and the English weren't happy about them being there. The Normans weren't even safe and secure in their own land - they were constantly fighting each other so they invented their particular types of castles right there before they ever came to England.
The idea of the castle dates away way back thousands of years before the Normans, so no, the Normans definitely did not invent the castle. They did make big improvements to the design and development of the castle though.
The British Royal Navy had a slow and rather wobbly start, and in wasn't until the later part of the 1700's that the worst of the corruption was ironed out enabling Britain to end up with an empire. Really the empire only had one purpose - trade. But it is now long past the time for empires, which is something Putin doesn't understand.
Once Britain had got its empire, the other nations of Europe got jealous and wanted one too. That ended up kicking off a naval arms race because without a navy you can't get an empire, and that ended up with tensions building between Britain and Germany who wanted to become equal to Britain at sea. Then a critical point happened - Britain invented the Dreadnought type battleship in 1905. To give you an idea, the battleship USS Texas is a good example of a fairly early dreadnought type battleship.
This made all previous battleship designs obsolete, including the British ones, and effectively reset the clock on the naval arms race. Germany thought they could therefore catch up (spoiler alert - they couldn't) and the dreadnought building race stepped up big time until the outbreak of WW1. Germany was still outnumbered in battleships and ended up prettly much confined to port after the British won the Battle of Jutland - not in numbers of ships sunk - that went to the Germans - but in terms of what the Germans were able (or rather more accurately, unable) to do afterwards.
castles are french and are older over there then in england or wales.
as for laughed here is a good exaple beef is what the french call a cow. lamb or mutt is what they call sheep. it is a mix of both along with some viking thrown in too. hope this helps
The vikings were from Scandinavia, mostly Norway.
My local pub is older than the usa think about that my vilage is in the dooms day book also
The French army was much larger but the English and then British armies have always been far more professional and effective.
The Navy came much later.
There is a lot of Franco/Germanic languauge is English
I have researched my family tree and via my maternal Grt Grandmother ..her line goes back to a Norman Knight by the name of, Sir Peter Gaunt d'Or. "Knight of the Golden Glove"..c.1035 As he had Golden Gauntlets on his shield....I also have a smidge of Swedish DNA..which would be of Viking origin...This was discovered before I had my DNA analised. My cousin was having blood tests for some reason..(what I do not know). And during these tests his doctor asked him where his Swedish connection came from?....He said he had no idea as we had no connection to Sweden..But the Doctor said you must have as he had something in his blood which is only found in people from the Scandinavian region..particularly Sweden...As I was researching our family tree...my aunt (not blood related) asked me if I had found a Swedish, Scandinavian connection..And I had not..and still have not!...I have been researching since 2008.....I believe she thought it might be through her line rather than my uncle's ( he is the blood relative)......I have done a fair bit of research on her line and had not found any link...I then had my DNA tested about 3-4 years ago...And it did show I had the link...And yet I have not found a link in my tree...So it must be an ancient link...Vikings...The strange thing is I am nearly 25% Scottish..yet have found no Scottish links what so ever...Yet my second Grt Grandmother was Irish and I only have 6% Irish blood!...So where the Scottish link comes from is bizarre!....because with nearly 25% ..It should roughly mean one of my Grandparents should be Scottish..but their not!..not one of them!.....it's crazy!...I'd love to know where this Scottish blood comes from as I have lived in Scotland for 16 years despite being English.....I might have a link to the US proper (though I do have links to the US where ancestors have emigrated to the US)..There is a story about my grandmother who had a fling with a US GI in WW2 and had a child by him which was taken back to the US with the GI..She stayed here in the UK...Now through research I found my Grandmother did indeed have a child in 1942 before she married my Grandfather...But what has become of that child i do not know..and I have not been able to find any more records regarding him other than a birth cert...And unfortunately the birth cert does not contain the name or occupation of the father....So whether is was a US GI or not..I will never know....But if true..I have an half uncle who is American in nationality....or at least if he is stil alive....But it could mean there are possible relatives in the US that know nothing of me.
The video gets a major point wrong. Although England and Scotland came under the same Crown in the early 1600s, they were still ruled separately. They didn't form the Kingdom of Great Britain and use the early form of the Union flag until 1707.
The Vikings mainly came from Denmark, so just across the North Sea from us.
At the start of WW1, the British Navy was bigger than Germany, Russia and USA combined.
Great Britain is not a country; it's a landmass. It is known as 'Great' because it is the largest island in the British Isles.
Britain is England and Wales
Not to be confused with ‘Briton’ which was a Roman term for the locals.
England is derived from the Anglian people who settled post Roman.
The North of England was never really Anglo Saxon but more Danish /Scandinavian
The UK is the official name and it is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
With such a mixture of people and a small area it is not uncommon for someone who lives here to have English , Welsh , Scottish and Irish only a couple of generations back.
*cough* and Scotland.
If you want to know the Start of when England became a country - without raiding the Library - I highly recommend watching 'The Last Kingdom' series, based on the books by Bernard Cornwall - This was deeply researched, with major archaeological evidence - Especially as Cornwall is descended from this line. (ps I personally know one of the Archaeologists who helped with the research) - Vikings were also known as Northmen (Norway, Sweden and Denmark mostly)
This was performed at The Royal Albert Hall - thought you'd like a watch!
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