The Bloody Aftermath of the Battle of Hastings

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  • 'The Bloody Aftermath of the Battle of Hastings'
    In the winter of 1069-70 after the Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror waged a series of military campaigns to subjugate northern England and consolidate his power, where the presence of the last Wessex claimant, Edgar Atheling, had encouraged Anglo-Danish rebellions.
    The "Harrying Of The North" as it became known, saw William the Conqueror's knights lay waste to Yorkshire and neighbouring shires. Entire villages were razed and their inhabitants killed, livestock slaughtered and stores of food destroyed.
    This scorched-earth operation is one of the defining episodes of the Norman Conquest, not just from a military-political perspective but also in terms of how it has shaped modern perceptions of the Normans as a tyrannical and merciless warrior class. But why were such brutal measures considered necessary and why was the north in particular targeted? Watch this video to find out!
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  • @aaronalcock2965
    @aaronalcock2965 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    The harrying of the North never ended.
    Most of the wealth, land and power of 'England' is STILL held by the descendants of the Normans.
    The billionaire Duke of Westminster was once asked for advice on how to succeed and answered "Make sure they have an ancestor who was a very close friend of William the Conqueror".
    My ancestors were Northern.

  • @peterb3842
    @peterb3842 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    The North remembers…

    • @allenfenwick6257
      @allenfenwick6257 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It’s grim up north.

    • @guzelataroach4450
      @guzelataroach4450 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Norway is north, england is south

    • @RickPop85
      @RickPop85 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      true scots remember we bent the knee to Norman nobility bringing us the Robert the Bruce and William Wallace time nobility

    • @112chapters3
      @112chapters3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The North remembers….. still living by the same means.
      Jk

    • @Oooo-bi7bi
      @Oooo-bi7bi ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@allenfenwick6257 great tune by the KLF

  • @Lord_Lambert
    @Lord_Lambert ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I'm from the North (Middlesbrough specifically) and I've yet to meet a northerner into history that calls him the conquerer. He will forever be known as the bastard.

    • @tomhirons7475
      @tomhirons7475 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      maybe so but he conquered the north end of story ....

    • @awedgewood
      @awedgewood ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm from Thirsk and have literally never heard anyone use anything other than "The Conqueror"

    • @InduceComb
      @InduceComb ปีที่แล้ว

      @@awedgewood Facts. These dunces are just liberals enraged by the necessary acts that Wiliam had to do and thus are trying to change his legacy. Their feelings are just hurt.

    • @Leenufc
      @Leenufc 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      From. Newcastle and its defo the bastard

    • @AethelwulfOfNordHymbraLand2333
      @AethelwulfOfNordHymbraLand2333 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@tomhirons7475He may have conquered England but he never ruled the English. The divergence of Northumbrian English and Modern English shows this.

  • @davidcrawford8583
    @davidcrawford8583 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    He's still called William the Bastard in Northumberland to this day.

    • @neilbarnett3046
      @neilbarnett3046 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, because technically he was. From the bayeux museum website: "Born in Falaise in 1027, he is the natural son of Robert the Magnificent, Duke of Normandy, and Arlette, daughter of a tanner. His illegitimate birth earned him the nickname of William the bastard."
      "Natural son" here means his parents are not married. Note that tanners' daughters are not nobility!

    • @jeffebdy
      @jeffebdy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And even Canute by some

  • @OdeInWessex
    @OdeInWessex ปีที่แล้ว +21

    That was genocide, regardless.

  • @FrogLaneStudio
    @FrogLaneStudio ปีที่แล้ว +83

    What a great Documentary - You guys are quickly becoming my favourite channel on TH-cam. Fantastic to see new, young presenters cutting their teeth and breathing fresh life into Great Britain's treasured past.
    Thanks to all of you both in front and behind the camera.

  • @neiloflongbeck5705
    @neiloflongbeck5705 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    There's an old Teesside saying that dates back allegedly to the Harrying of the North. You say that someone who swears a lot is swearing like Billy Norman (aka William the Conqueror). The story is that when he came North to deal with the rebels hiding out in the marshes near Coatham near the mouth of the Tees, it was still cold at night and snow still lay in the north facing valleys. William stayed up late at night shivering by the fire swearing to keep warm.

    • @oldgreybeard2507
      @oldgreybeard2507 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unlikely - he would have forced a couple of young saxon wenches to keep him warm. Then gutted them in the morning

    • @neiloflongbeck5705
      @neiloflongbeck5705 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@oldgreybeard2507 this is the legend, how true it is I can't say.

    • @SuperStandin
      @SuperStandin ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've also heard this saying here in the Northwest Ribble valley area but its not common

    • @neiloflongbeck5705
      @neiloflongbeck5705 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SuperStandin interesting. It's a phrase that is dying out.

    • @perpetualidiocy6622
      @perpetualidiocy6622 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@neiloflongbeck5705 certainly must be dying out. lived in Teesside all my life (53 yrs) and never heard it even once until now lol

  • @Steaksauce167
    @Steaksauce167 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I absolutely loved the History channel growing up. But… then it wasn’t the same one day. Keep going guys your doing amazing! Love it!

    • @cjclark1208
      @cjclark1208 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We all did.. it still blows my mind how fast and dramatic the change came about.

    • @kralcverdna4806
      @kralcverdna4806 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​ @CJ Clark They literally keep redesigning the logo with less and less graphic fidelity(for the seeing impaired) every 10 years...they are aiming for those 40 year olds from the 1980s...pretty obvious but not many care because the real intellectuals left that channel in the early 2000s when we were pre-teens...

    • @tashatsu_vachel4477
      @tashatsu_vachel4477 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@cjclark1208 Cant recall the name, but it was a female CEO who took over, she decided 'history is happening all the time' and that 'reality shows make more and cost less'. The History Channel forums were closed because people didnt like the new direction and the rest is displayed on the channels today. Sad.

    • @kaizen5023
      @kaizen5023 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Ancient Aliens" says it all. Sellouts.

    • @k-matsu
      @k-matsu ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The History Channel died the day they discovered the marketability of the word "Aliens"

  • @davidbarrett590
    @davidbarrett590 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This is a first rate historical documentary as so much of what History Hit produces. I am a firm Northerner and very conscious of the unique nature of the North and where it is rooted. I am also a Medievalist Historian. I am bound to say though that I think that the views of the broader historical context are not one that all historians share. That does not detract from the production values; nor from its coverage if the Harrying itself,

    • @frankb821
      @frankb821 ปีที่แล้ว

      From someone who lives in the desert southwest USA and traveled all over Europe, I can say there are no greater people or more beautiful land and communities than that northern region. Absolutely love it.

  • @NarcolypticNinja
    @NarcolypticNinja ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I now understand just why GRRM used the north of England's history as part of his inspirations for GoT, etc.

  • @DJJinxC2006
    @DJJinxC2006 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was one of the best i ever saw on here, I look forward to part 2, thanks.

  • @lukea997
    @lukea997 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    So many reasons why there's a north south divide, it's rooted in 1000 years of history

    • @tomascalder6825
      @tomascalder6825 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your right, your better of up north.

    • @col4574
      @col4574 ปีที่แล้ว

      The divide though was evident before 1066,even by Alfred the Greats days

    • @justinwillingale2086
      @justinwillingale2086 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      William tje conquer is just aegon the conquer from got

    • @mitchamcommonfair9543
      @mitchamcommonfair9543 ปีที่แล้ว

      Moslty by industrialisation and then de-industrialisation though

  • @maapata
    @maapata ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was visiting southern Italy 2009, there was a olive trees growing next to my house planted by Normans. Quite amazing

    • @rolandrothwell4840
      @rolandrothwell4840 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is truly amazing 👏 I'd get goosebumps thinking that wow 👌 norman olive 🫒 grove

  • @jenniferlevine5406
    @jenniferlevine5406 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellent documentary! Thank you.

  • @RichardBrennan46
    @RichardBrennan46 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for your video they are amazing to watch. Keep up the good work.

  • @jleechadwick
    @jleechadwick ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I subscribe to History Hit and aboslutely love it. It is worth every penny. I am mainly English and Scottish, and I love learning about their history. History was my favorite subject in school, and I majored in it at university.

  • @terencegamble4548
    @terencegamble4548 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A very powerful explanation of a pivotal point in our history.

  • @austin8775
    @austin8775 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I just started a book on William the conqueror so this is coming and the perfect time

  • @derekstocker6661
    @derekstocker6661 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks for this, most interesting and informing.
    I did not know about the "Slaughter of the Innocents" in the North, what a ghastly attack on the people by someone who, possibly could have been defeated at Hastings by Harold and his very brave but possibly depleted and tired army after the march north and then fight a battle, and then march south to fight William at Hastings.
    What has puzzled myself and others, is why little or nothing has been recovered from the site at Hastings reportedly where the battle took place.

    • @peterforden5917
      @peterforden5917 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      it is told that not a single Anglo-Saxon warrior on the march South to 'Senlac' was wound free.

  • @sylotiboy4166
    @sylotiboy4166 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great channel ❤

  • @djkelleher3557
    @djkelleher3557 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastically informative 👌 👍

  • @knightstemplar6243
    @knightstemplar6243 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The north of England has massive rich history

    • @jarraandyftm
      @jarraandyftm ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And part of it has been sold to Saudi Arabia.

    • @leeharwood9624
      @leeharwood9624 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jarraandyftm mackem

    • @jarraandyftm
      @jarraandyftm ปีที่แล้ว

      @@leeharwood9624 from Jarrow. Not a mackem.

    • @cambs0181
      @cambs0181 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wouldn't say rich.

    • @leeharwood9624
      @leeharwood9624 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jarraandyftmI'm from jarra there's mackems in jarra and if ya not what ya winging about newcastle from then

  • @terryyakamoto3488
    @terryyakamoto3488 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There's a similarity between what the conqueror did and what Thatcher did in the 80's. Devastating the north economically from her southern power base and causing the people severe suffering, crushing dissent with her army of helmeted thugs. Hope it's nice and warm down there Margaret

  • @lions4515
    @lions4515 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In many ways the north was the least subjugated area of England. The north is the only area of the country where Anglo-Saxon nobles retained more than a tiny proportion of landholding. The north retained an Anglo-Saxon aristocracy after 1086, especially in modern Lancashire, Durham and Northumberland. They were still never a majority, but in southern England Normans held 90-95% of the land versus perhaps 50-70% in many areas of the north.
    You can read about it in "The Norman Invasion of the North" by William Kapelle and "The English and the Normans, Ethnic Hostility, Assimilation, and Identity 1066-c.1220" by Hugh M Thomas.

  • @FreeFallingAir
    @FreeFallingAir ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I believe I'm going to love this series

  • @fluffycat087
    @fluffycat087 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice , good to see what the relatives were up to in those days. Loved it.

  • @richardmoss5934
    @richardmoss5934 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    From the numbers given here it would seem that the north was more than decimated.

    • @OdeInWessex
      @OdeInWessex ปีที่แล้ว

      William was a genocidal maniac, the Putin of his day.

  • @donmac7780
    @donmac7780 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The effects are still with us today...
    Levelling Up, my arse!

  • @MrTullomania
    @MrTullomania หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well done. Very nicely written and produced. This could become an unhealthy addiction. I'm worried.

  • @jayduke8554
    @jayduke8554 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent work!!

  • @dcallan812
    @dcallan812 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We could do with giving it a try again. great video 👍👍

  • @katherinecollins4685
    @katherinecollins4685 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good

  • @israelizzyyarrashamiaak766
    @israelizzyyarrashamiaak766 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video!!! I’m a history nerd and your channel is endless new content 🥰
    New sub 👍🏼

  • @debbiecurtis4021
    @debbiecurtis4021 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    We went to Stamford Bridge battlesite this year. There's a small plaque in a small park, in the middle of an upmarket modern housing estate. There's no museum there, just a plaque.

  • @sandman8920
    @sandman8920 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    We have never recovered from the Norman invasion

    • @Ganymede559
      @Ganymede559 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed. We also haven't really recovered from the Wars of the Roses.

  • @larrylongprong5219
    @larrylongprong5219 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My father was from Darlington County Durham. I live in Australia but am very proud of my heritage.

    • @cambs0181
      @cambs0181 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well when you get your parole hearing, you will get to come back and see it.

    • @larrylongprong5219
      @larrylongprong5219 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cambs0181 are you coming to check on the colony?

  • @Richard-fv7rq
    @Richard-fv7rq ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great channel, very informative. Don't know why some people need to leave nasty salty comments. Don't watch if its not for you!

  • @EddietheBastard
    @EddietheBastard ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Harold's army had marched 300 miles in a short time, and he'd failed to pick up reinforcements in order to get down to his family's lands which were being despoiled by the invaders. Those factors likely had greater impact than generalship. I would have been far more interested in the video if it hadn't spend too much time on Harold.
    Not sure how anyone can deny that the harrying of the north was an act of genocide.
    Equally appalled that anyone could claim William regretted his crimes, no action of his throughout his life indicated anything of the sort

  • @arkboy3
    @arkboy3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    At 25:30 you need a quick clip of John Cleese in his Sir Lancelot gear saying, "Sorry! Sorry!".

    • @helenamcginty4920
      @helenamcginty4920 ปีที่แล้ว

      No we dont. Cant stand cleese.

    • @cambs0181
      @cambs0181 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      These video's would never be the same if you didn't have an American in the comments section, being flippant in a vain attempt to cover up their ignorance of the outside world.

  • @Rusty_Gold85
    @Rusty_Gold85 ปีที่แล้ว

    Any reason for rotating each sentence around 5 speakers ? Have you got one expert that can release the information ?

  • @gooner72
    @gooner72 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I'm guessing that, as the Normans were descendants of Vikings, they get their name "Normans" from "Norse men"??

    • @GuyMaleMan
      @GuyMaleMan ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I thought the norman name originated from Normandy?

    • @Moonrunner58
      @Moonrunner58 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I understood that the Vikings, under Rollo, were granted Normandy in order to buy them off from sacking Paris?

    • @neilbarnett3046
      @neilbarnett3046 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@GuyMaleMan Normandy was named as such because of the Normans, not the other way round. @6:40

    • @ianbaker8225
      @ianbaker8225 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Norman"..."Norsemen"...."Northmen" .... 4th generation Viken (Viking).

    • @mijanhoque1740
      @mijanhoque1740 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well the land those Vikings settled into already had inhabitants, the Normans were a mix of Norse, Western-Franks and Gauls who assimilated into French (Frankish) culture

  • @jackwn1405
    @jackwn1405 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    As a Northern Englishman… this has royally just pissed me off… 😂 and to think my middle name is William 😅

  • @rockamaroque8189
    @rockamaroque8189 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This looks like a great series, and I'd subscribe to History Hit and watch it and many more besides IF I could access the channel through my Roku!

    • @rockamaroque8189
      @rockamaroque8189 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for your reply, but as I live in Melbourne I suspect I'm not eligible for your parcel. Cheers and keep up the good work.

    • @HistoryHit
      @HistoryHit  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@rockamaroque8189 This was a spam account that replied to you. We have removed the comment and reported the account. Many apologies.

    • @rockamaroque8189
      @rockamaroque8189 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@HistoryHit many thanks for the heads up. 👍

  • @andrewcordle2424
    @andrewcordle2424 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    What a horribly evil man William was 😱
    I was so glad I didn’t live back then !!! 😮

    • @leod-sigefast
      @leod-sigefast ปีที่แล้ว

      The Normans are still here in the landed aristocracy and their tory party. Stole our land in 1066 and still hold it with an iron grip. Trying roaming freely around OUR land our countryside of England and you will find we have very little freedoms in our land thanks to the Normans.

    • @OdeInWessex
      @OdeInWessex ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@xunqianbaidu6917 Totally agree, they were raised to be ruthless, often raised away from their immediate families and brother's could be separated. I suppose it avoided the famililal feelings that may have prevented the ruthlessness needed to gain and hold onto the most important thing to their mind set - power and control.

    • @OdeInWessex
      @OdeInWessex ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And me, especially as someone with a very, very Anglo-saxon surname! It must have been truly, truly horrific, bit like what Ukranians are going through now. Same principle but with weapons of huge destruction.

    • @tibsky1396
      @tibsky1396 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      In his childhood, he was constantly pursued by assassination attempts. He just got ruthless after that.

    • @peterforden5917
      @peterforden5917 ปีที่แล้ว

      Istill laugh with Joy at the description of HOW William the Bastard died, falling out of his coffin, which was on a table apparently he smelt so bad they could'nt get slaves to move him at first, then he rolled out of his coffin and his body burst spreadinghis rotted intestines along with maggots over his bed chamber, a fitting end,

  • @noahtylerpritchett2682
    @noahtylerpritchett2682 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Massacres and revolts across England happened but is famous in lands north of the Humba river.
    This clearly should be seen as a pseudo proto form of colonization. As after the Harrying happened, a couple hundred Bretons, Picards, Normans, Flemings and Angevins, from Brittany, Picardy, Normandy, Flanders and Anjou regions of France, is where many of William's men come from, It's no secret they colonized and immigrated into Northern England by a few hundred if not 1000. It's no secret nor surprised as well that some French etymological surname origins are found in Northern England.

    • @noahtylerpritchett2682
      @noahtylerpritchett2682 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@barnsleyman32 I've seen this study.

    • @noahtylerpritchett2682
      @noahtylerpritchett2682 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@barnsleyman32 French just means Gallo-Frankish I guess.

    • @noahtylerpritchett2682
      @noahtylerpritchett2682 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@barnsleyman32 This study is no surprise. The Medieval French source.
      I've seen the study the day it came out.
      But no one should be surprised.
      England has French cultural influences in our, culture, customs, traditions, post Anglo-Saxon catholic French interpretation. philosophy, literature, art, architecture, attire, language, legal system.
      cuisine, attire, Arthurian myths,
      all have Norman influences mix and blended with the Anglo-Saxons.
      English culture is half Germanic half French.
      As well as our ancestry.

    • @noahtylerpritchett2682
      @noahtylerpritchett2682 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@barnsleyman32 Lastly the Normans gave us Chivalry, and also a fair bit of surnames.

    • @michael3088
      @michael3088 ปีที่แล้ว

      alot more goes into ethnicity than genetics, alot of that mixing was also done prior to the migration period so to say someone isn't Anglo Saxon(at least what they culturally identify as) because they happen to have a different genetic marker isn't necessarily correct and surnames were only imposed post conquest so to say someon is Norman isn't necessarily true either if they have Norman surname if it happend to be assign which I'm sure would have happend in many cases especially if they protested Norman tax and didn't take a name of their own.

  • @darrylbutt2570
    @darrylbutt2570 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    History Hit is brilliant.

  • @fourshore502
    @fourshore502 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    im always surprised that they make so little mention of the danes even if the danes came very close to ruining williams plans, not once but three times!
    first in 1069-70 they invaded and took york and had to be paid off to leave (imagine that, tough guy william having to pay danegeld)
    second in 1075 they came to help the revolting earls but were too late
    third in 1085 when they assembled the largest "viking" fleet in history with supposedly over 1000 ships but for various reasons it never sailed

  • @soundknight
    @soundknight ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool looking

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow. Interesting.

  • @davejoyford1815
    @davejoyford1815 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    now you see , Ireland. its not all about you .

  • @michaelwhite8031
    @michaelwhite8031 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    No way was William l a superior general to Harold ll

    • @justinwillingale2086
      @justinwillingale2086 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      William got lucky that his opponent had to face an army and also march that same army back down south which exhaustion carried the day for William

    • @cambs0181
      @cambs0181 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, he won!

  • @KSH91
    @KSH91 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What about the Jutes?

  • @c.philipmckenzie
    @c.philipmckenzie ปีที่แล้ว +4

    5 minutes in and I’m convinced this is going to be even handed and balanced.

    • @oldgreybeard2507
      @oldgreybeard2507 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just like Britain

    • @GuyMaleMan
      @GuyMaleMan ปีที่แล้ว

      What do you mean?

    • @fion1flatout
      @fion1flatout ปีที่แล้ว

      Cynical! Must admit, I was thinking I bet he voted 'remain' in spite of his red wall front haha

    • @hannahdyson7129
      @hannahdyson7129 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@fion1flatout Fiona the Red Wall voted Remain as well . Sorry that hurts to hear

    • @hannahdyson7129
      @hannahdyson7129 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bit like British history which is taught from the perspective of the South . Anyone would think the UK= South of England

  • @danyaradimacher6581
    @danyaradimacher6581 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Harrying of the north

  • @Backwardlooking
    @Backwardlooking ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Still a different Country with a different outlook . Unfortunately we still have the same descendants and the same neglect.

    • @OdeInWessex
      @OdeInWessex ปีที่แล้ว

      Precisely, well put. The Robber Baron progeny are still in charge looking after their own interests first and foremost.

    • @justinwillingale2086
      @justinwillingale2086 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@OdeInWessexthe barons have always looked at their own interest is why they created the Magna carta

  • @jasoncox7257
    @jasoncox7257 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "350-mile journey from Hastings to London" ????? What? 70 miles in fact. Done in by satnav? Know the feeling.

  • @ryangreene7452
    @ryangreene7452 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    the north remembers!

  • @maxwellkafka
    @maxwellkafka ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In the rest of this series, we’ll explore how the North kept cracking their heads against insurmountable odds to fail, time and time again, to rebel

  • @Bloomazz
    @Bloomazz ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I don't think it's fair to otherise the North and Southern feelings towards Normans at this point. The Siege of Exeter was before this. The Battle of Hastings diminished any fighting men the South had. But actual resistance was as prevalent in the South as in the North. Although the type of fighting used by the resistance was different, certainly. And the response too

    • @johntaplin3126
      @johntaplin3126 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The North had its own distinctive difference from the South from its heritage from the Danelaw, itself an invasion. But the South as well as the North suffered from the Norman yoke. In fact, so much of the issues we still suffer from in England, Wales.Scofand and Ireland stems from that.

    • @Bloomazz
      @Bloomazz ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@johntaplin3126 I agree with you, I'm simply saying that the North wasn't especially hostile to the Normans compared to the South. At that point. I'm from Newcastle, which wasn't part of the Danelaw. Anglo-Saxon is the heritage here. I'm all for emphasising the North-South divide but I view that as a result of the Norman invasion and the years after it. Cultural assimilation of the South and the genocide of the North.

    • @stephenchappell7512
      @stephenchappell7512 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Bloomazz
      We must remember though that this fault line predates the Normans (and even the English themselves) with there existing a division in Roman Britain between the Latin speaking (civilian governed) south and the Celtic speaking (military governed) north and west

    • @Bloomazz
      @Bloomazz ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@stephenchappell7512 How much could that division have existed though given all parts of the island reverted to Celtic languages quickly enough? I think the Anglo-Saxon unification wiped that away, the only key difference being cultural links to Scandinavia in the Danelaw. Which were then mimicked in the South thanks to the conquest of King Canute.
      Just as the South resisted and was then crushed by the Normans. So was the North in our rebellion. The reality is in terms of 'Nobley resisting foreign invasion' Southerners can boast a much greater record than the North. Given we willingly accepted him on the throne because our Earls were shortsighted and selfish.

    • @stephenchappell7512
      @stephenchappell7512 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Bloomazz
      It's uncertain how widespread the Latin language was spoken in southern Brythonic lands
      Although the urban settlements were already in decline, the great southern villa centered rural estates persisted into the so-called 'Dark Ages' especially in places such as the Cotswolds with the lands of the celtic Dobunni matching almost exactly those of its successor the saxon Hwicci
      We need to also consider that the Angles and Saxons were already here in 410, settled as foederati in similar fashion to the continent
      Back to persisting fault lines we can see in the Balkans that although slavs settled either side of the western (catholic) and eastern (orthodox) empire dividing line they were nevertheless affected by it even though they arrived a couple of centuries after its creation
      In similar fashion the formerly military governed celtic lands of the north and west became what's referred to as 'the north' whereas the south and east became 'the south' with any map of the north/south divide confirming this

  • @paulgee1952
    @paulgee1952 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In more recent times , it is becoming clear that Romano-Celtic Society imported many slaves to work estates and fields. So while larger group may have come after the fall of the Roman Empire , it seems after the authority of the legions left , that there was a large base of Germanic peoples already in Britain by the 5th century.

  • @Treeman196
    @Treeman196 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    And now we are being replaced again

    • @dnstone1127
      @dnstone1127 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      1066 the Englsh nobles replaced, 2066 the English people finally replaced.

    • @Treeman196
      @Treeman196 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dnstone1127 yes before that I think

    • @Grenadier311
      @Grenadier311 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You're still above 80%. Hold the line.

    • @JJaqn05
      @JJaqn05 ปีที่แล้ว

      Then have more children. If it wasnt for the immigrants coming in our population would be declining

    • @Treeman196
      @Treeman196 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JJaqn05 I've got 5

  • @matthewmann8969
    @matthewmann8969 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Reigned in.

  • @987jof
    @987jof ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Think she meant to say it was a Norwegian invasion in 1066? Especially since Harald Hardrada had failed to claim the throne of Denmark

    • @neilbarnett3046
      @neilbarnett3046 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No, she is right. Maybe it wasn't clear which invasion she was on about, though.
      The narrative explains all this, including how Harold Godwinson repelled the Northern invasion by his brother and Harald Hardrada who were both killed at the battle of Stamford Bridge.
      William's was a "Norsemen" invasion, if you must, but via the two centuries they spent growing to dominate Northern France.

  • @frankb821
    @frankb821 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favorite aspect of this show is seeing all the young people passionate about sharing their country's epic history. Gives me hope yet. We could use a few folks like that here in the states!

  • @knockshinnoch1950
    @knockshinnoch1950 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great stuff. I've often wondered why thee has never been a big budget Movie or TV series about the Norman Conquest. We're constantly bombarded with Vikings and Tudors while the Norman conquest has so much to offer. NETFLIX? BBC?

    • @raytrevor1
      @raytrevor1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Normans_(TV_series)

    • @jackwhitehead5233
      @jackwhitehead5233 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nobody in England would watch it I imagine lol

    • @borleyboo5613
      @borleyboo5613 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would as long as it wasn’t made by the cretins that made The Tudors or The White Queen. Dear God! I still haven’t recovered from them. 😳😖

  • @TimesInfinity101
    @TimesInfinity101 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They thought they could sneak Emma Watson in and we wouldn't notice,

  • @nickdonaghy6360
    @nickdonaghy6360 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great documentary as always. I'm a northerner from a long line of northerners (with the odd Irishman thrown in for good measure) and firmly agree with the sentiment that we never really recovered from the precedent set by the harrying

  • @martinwarner1178
    @martinwarner1178 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The northern Barron's failed to aide Harold at the battle of Hastings. Harold had requested that horse men should join him to fight William. Peace be unto you.

    • @samsativa245
      @samsativa245 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's because they'd just spent their blood at Stamford Bridge 2 weeks earlier

    • @martinwarner1178
      @martinwarner1178 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@samsativa245 And, Harold was warned, by his mother, not to rush to battle William, but the fellows record tells us that he was head strong. All the advantage was with Harold, the length of the battle tells us that. The results of that loss gives us the class system of the present day(as some people believe, including me) Peace be unto you.

    • @samsativa245
      @samsativa245 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@martinwarner1178 It also gave us things like the Magna Carta, a trial by jury and the abolishment of slavery

    • @helenbarton4910
      @helenbarton4910 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@samsativa245 Those things could still have happened even if the Normans had been driven back into the sea in 1066, given that the moral arc of justice always bends forward in the long term.

    • @peterforden5917
      @peterforden5917 ปีที่แล้ว

      As I recall,an English historian ,Toynbee (probably misspelt!) said that the european feudal system, was originally based on the pre-islamic Iranian(Persian if you will, after the greek pronounciation of the word for the Iranian tribe, the Pers, the Medes were also Iranians )culture that Mohammed had destroyed. They the Iranians 'invented' the feudal system, according to Mr T .

  • @justanotherbrickinthewall2843
    @justanotherbrickinthewall2843 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was expecting something from "The Shield Ring" ... 🤔

  • @nigelmansfield3011
    @nigelmansfield3011 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Even though my family is Anglo-Norman, I can't forgive the conquest and what it did to us. A least William's death and the abuse and desecration of his body was a suitable end for the bastard of Normandy.

  • @raymondmalone9721
    @raymondmalone9721 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is this from 1066 or 2022!!

  • @Necrovamp101
    @Necrovamp101 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    30 minute Documentary, 15 minutes intro about the battle of hastings and 15 minutes on the actual harrying, with hardly any detail and a million 'talking heads'. Should have had a 5 minute intro and gone into much more detail about what happened

  • @HoopTY303
    @HoopTY303 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I admit, I like that coat!

  • @wicklowpiper1812
    @wicklowpiper1812 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The thumbnail title says 'harrying of the North' jump to 21:00 when there is just 10mins left, for the actual harrying. Only 4 minutes describe the harrying, and the remainder is the aftermath

  • @manuelkong10
    @manuelkong10 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    William did not exhibit superior generalship....he'd STILL be fighting to take that hill Today if not for that arrow.
    and I don't remember reading anywhere that the arrow to Harold's eye KILLED him....it seems it was a grievous wound but that he was hacked to death later

  • @andrewbradley1753
    @andrewbradley1753 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I say we go again. Who's with me?

    • @TheThejatsman
      @TheThejatsman ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just me and you then

    • @lukea997
      @lukea997 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wishes for Northern independence have never died

    • @lukea997
      @lukea997 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Viva la revolution

    • @OdeInWessex
      @OdeInWessex ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me too. I'm a bit old, not much of a fighter but I'll bring the tea and biscuits.

    • @hesterwright3674
      @hesterwright3674 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@OdeInWessex how very civilised

  • @ThreadBomb
    @ThreadBomb ปีที่แล้ว +4

    By "decimated", do you mean devastated?

    • @fionaanderson5796
      @fionaanderson5796 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well, 4.5% of the population of England would amount to 10-12% of the population of the north, so "decimated" is mathematically correct. Roughly 1 in 10 killed one way or another.

  • @tonymcnamara9368
    @tonymcnamara9368 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Strange how when I first learned about Roman Britain, the Angles, the Saxons, the Norse, the words, "Multicultural, and Diverse society " were never used.
    Amazing, how when there's an agenda to serve, these sound bytes are added to our Historical texts.

    • @sorrysirmygunisoneba
      @sorrysirmygunisoneba ปีที่แล้ว

      100% it’s like when they try to say the Angles, Saxons and Jutes just migrated over peacefully and wasn’t actually an invasion. It’s trying to condition people into being submissive serfs.

    • @obscurazone
      @obscurazone ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep! Absolutely brilliant isnt it! It's so fantastic that the agenda of diversity (and how important it has been to the progression of British society) is now being directly referenced in relation to our history. Quite rightly so. Thanks for making your salient comment and highlighting a wider point about the importance of inclusivity in our societies.

  • @CheshireRing
    @CheshireRing ปีที่แล้ว

    Phrases like "We can speculate" "this probably" suggest there is little documentary evidence, other than perhaps the Domesday record?

  • @conradmanley2180
    @conradmanley2180 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Always great to have more insight to our collective past.
    I have been told ( some sources are vague) The Manley family were loyal to William during the uprising. We gained our family crest as a result of our service to him.
    A black hand , palm showing , fingers raised. On a silver field trimmed in red. Known as the black hand of vengeance.

  • @stc3145
    @stc3145 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    10:15 Danish invasion? It was King Harald of Norway who invaded not Denmark

    • @thelasteinherjar6115
      @thelasteinherjar6115 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The vikings tended to be classed as Danes even if they were not just from Denmark as most of the viking invaders into England did come from Denmark so they basically got lumped into the same category

    • @josephrobinson6171
      @josephrobinson6171 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The English often called any Scandinavian a Dane. They just lumped them into the same group.

    • @apanapandottir205
      @apanapandottir205 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@josephrobinson6171 Danes are not scandinavian, they are north-germans.

    • @BamberdittoPingpong
      @BamberdittoPingpong ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah that threw me off too, but then again all Vikings according to Anglo-Saxons were "Danes" no matter if they were Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, or Norse-Gael, they were all the same to the Anglo-Saxons and so were lumped under the Dane category. But then again, 1066 is pretty late into the Viking age where Norway and Denmark were well established nation-state Kingdoms and the English knew of their difference, so yeah it’s weird to use the term Danish here.

    • @LarsPallesen
      @LarsPallesen ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@apanapandottir205 Danes are most definitely scandinavian! If you insist on calling Danes north-Germans then you might as well include Swedes and Norwegians in the same group. We're the same ethnic group with the same root language.

  • @anthonydoyle7370
    @anthonydoyle7370 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    350 miles from Hastings to London? Silly mistakes like this and omissions of facts spoil what is otherwise a decent documentary.

    • @lanterner6565
      @lanterner6565 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like he went on a pillaging spree on the way to intimidate the surviving Lords in London to submit- is it possible he didn't take a direct route?

  • @thearousedbrick2
    @thearousedbrick2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There were also the Jutes, who settled in Kent. Also it was 927, not 937.

  • @jezzaus2124
    @jezzaus2124 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can't imagine marching that far, let alone fighting when I got there 😄

  • @josephbateman7742
    @josephbateman7742 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "William did say 'sorry' "

  • @marktaylor6491
    @marktaylor6491 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Because they saw what Thatcher did and they tried to break her record.

  • @tooyoungtobeold8756
    @tooyoungtobeold8756 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting video, thank you. William was a able leader but he had never led an army like the one at Hastings. And the battle at Hastings was a very close thing, William nearly lost. If Harold had waited for the rest of his army to catch up, he, Harold, may have won. The current battle field at Battle is not the place the battler took place. It is a mile further inland at Caldbec Hill, where the French cavalry struggled up the steep hill. This video is, I think incorrect. There was no luring of the English down the hill. A lot of estates held by the aristocracy stem from William's time. Stolen land still held by his successors.

    • @TheThejatsman
      @TheThejatsman ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Harolds mistake was marching north to take on the Danes, he should have waited and defeated William first

    • @csc7225
      @csc7225 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheThejatsman Hardrada invaded first so was dealt with first. If Harold waited, he might have defeated William, marched north and then be defeated by Hardrada and Tostig. Back to the video, Hastings wasn't as lopsided a fight as stated. Curiously, I saw no author with a book titled "Harold Godwinson" asked to join to provide a balanced interpretation.

    • @peterforden5917
      @peterforden5917 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheThejatsman The NORWEGIANS Under Harald Hadrada (or Harald Hadråda or Harald Hard counsel)weren't Danes!

    • @TheThejatsman
      @TheThejatsman ปีที่แล้ว

      @@peterforden5917 oops, of course. I should have used Vikings

  • @zaki2dunya321
    @zaki2dunya321 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When the kings chronicler says "god will punish him", you know you f'd up. When he died his "friends," shiw his true colors.

  • @leighcoulson2148
    @leighcoulson2148 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Nothing seams to have changed for the north (Durham in my case). However I've ancient Briton, Celt, Gael, Viking, Pict and Norman (including William) ancestors ...I'm ready to rebel but don't know who I should rebel for =¬)

    • @joshuafrimpong244
      @joshuafrimpong244 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rebel against all of them, and be loyal to them at the same time

    • @mrnice7570
      @mrnice7570 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pictland calls you too arms

    • @OdeInWessex
      @OdeInWessex ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That can be something of a problem and I share your predicament but from a philosophical point of view I'd have to rebel against the Normans.

    • @joshuafrimpong244
      @joshuafrimpong244 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@OdeInWessex good choice
      now play ck3 to find out how

    • @OdeInWessex
      @OdeInWessex ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshuafrimpong244 No idea what ck3 is, sorry!

  • @obscurazone
    @obscurazone ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As a Northerner from the Leeds/York area, the only thing I'll say is that I'm deeply saddened we don't have the same level of determination to fight vile, oppressive, regime based overlords anymore. It's hard not to draw the comparisons between how we suffered then, to how we have been forced to suffer (and continue to) under Tory rule. Yes the violence is incomparable, but the effects have been equally wicked.

    • @stevenwood2436
      @stevenwood2436 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree, we need that fighting spirit again! 💯

  • @wilsontheconqueror8101
    @wilsontheconqueror8101 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well that was nice of William to say he was sorry for annihilating the North.😅

  • @richardjohnston3359
    @richardjohnston3359 ปีที่แล้ว

    What do you think they did to the south when they first arrived they didn't bye em all drink and say that's it were in charge now ..

  • @sjl197
    @sjl197 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cmon, over three minutes at start saying what ‘we’ll tell you about’.... how about you instead tell me about it.

  • @chicktait5544
    @chicktait5544 ปีที่แล้ว

    waiting for bob n vic

  • @richardpack8655
    @richardpack8655 ปีที่แล้ว

    No u wont mate

  • @damienwilloughby
    @damienwilloughby ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WOW the pom's knew how to kick it off.😲

    • @cambs0181
      @cambs0181 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, then a few hundred years later we started to crack down on it using some heavy law enforcement. That's how we invented Australians.

    • @damienwilloughby
      @damienwilloughby หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@cambs0181 🤣

  • @TheMormonPower
    @TheMormonPower ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aire Apparent of UK... William 😱

    • @Dryhten1801
      @Dryhten1801 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yet Ironically the most English-blooded King in the past 300 years

  • @sandman8920
    @sandman8920 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Most beautiful part of Britain

  • @ConstantineofRome
    @ConstantineofRome ปีที่แล้ว

    We will come back

  • @michaelbuzanowski207
    @michaelbuzanowski207 ปีที่แล้ว

    Because it was there