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Ten Minute English and British History #08 - 1066 and the Norman Conquest
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This episode covers the reign of Edward the Confessor including his problematic nobility and close links with Normandy. The main event is of course 1066 and the Norman Conquest, including the attempt by Harold Hardrada and the Norwegians who were defeated at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. The rest of the episode is devoted to William’s reign and the massive changes which occurred afterwards.
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Ten Minute English and British History is a series of short, ten minute animated narrative documentaries that are designed as revision refreshers or simple introductions to a topic. Please note that these are not meant to be comprehensive and there's a lot of stuff I couldn't fit into the episodes that I would have liked to. Thank you for watching, though, it's always appreciated.
"William didn't want to be seen as a Conqueror"
Well that went well
To be fair he is known as William the Bastard to us in Northumbria, he's probably the most hated king of England in history, as the only time genocide was committed against Northumbrians was by him.
^ I call him william the bastard too, that was his original nickname anyway. 🤔🍵
@@northumbriabushcraft1208 Yeah but he's known as "the bastard" because he was born out of wedlock
@@manicdgr True; but us Brit's like to call an all round rotter "a right bloody bastard" XD.
@@manicdgr Yes, that is the definition of a bastard... And?
I remember a history professor telling our class that he wouldn't expect us to remember any dates and years other than a certain three. One was 1066 and I've forgotten the other two.
Oof
One of my history teachers said that there were only 3 really important dates as well, I think another one was the fall of Constantinople in 1453
The other two are probably 1848 and 1939
@@BaneofBots That or the British empire, or Caesar.
1066 1914 1939
“The one with the most arson.”
Didn’t know I could love a phrase so much.
William: I am French! Why do you think I have this outrageous accent?
Harold: What are you doing in England?
William: *Mind your own business!*
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@@Chocolatnave123 Holy Grail.
@@ShieldSniper He lacks critical knowledge.
Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!
The Normans have an accent sounding British, you will hear the French in the accent though
To be fair 1066 is probably one of the most important and defining events in not just British, but *world* history. Anglo-French Relations until 1815 were one of the greatest driving forces in international European politics, and the path England ended up going down after the Norman Conquest would bring about everything from the USA to Richard the Lionheart to the existence of an Indian National Identity to the rise and fall of great Chinese dynasties. Had Harold won at Hastings, the world would not just be different but unrecognisable.
Since 1000 years is a lot the same could be said about almost anything at the time.
Sidney Woolf-Hoyle I think March 15 BC 46 was more important.
Robert Jarman Didn't Caesar die in 44BC? What happened on the Ides of March 46 BC?
Sidney Woolf-Hoyle Plus the English language would be way different
Indian national identity was not created by Britain but was rooted in Indian history.
Today we say goodbye to the Anglo-Saxons and hello to the High Medieval Period.
From now on there will be considerably more France in the series.
Your videos are great, I love the death thud you use. Looking forward to your future videos, thank you for making them.
"From now on there will be considerably more France in the series."
As an Englishman, this is highly distressing.
Here we go 1000 years of war with France. Allies and more often enemies.
High Middle Ages? Until the Tudors? Hopefully just a typo.
You should a Q&A at 80k subscribers.
"I used to be king of England. Then I took an arrow in the eye."
-Harold Godwinson, maybe
@Rosida Andriyana Sorry, all I see are a bunch of boxes.
There's an old folktale about Godwinson surviving. Supposedly William's heir Robert was having a crisis of faith and he went to go see a priest near Hastings. While discussing things with the priest Robert started to notice small details about the priest that didnt seem to fit the status of a lifelong priest and that seemed familiar but couldn't place. Things like a limp, missing eye, long hair, the amount of respect shown by other clergy, etc. Towards the end of their conversation these things bothered Robert so much he asked the priest who he had been before becoming a priest. The priest replied with "I was once a hero and King of my people but that was a lifetime ago. I was defeated, vilified and long thought dead."
The Crossover Series by Walt Socha takes place during this period. First Ebook is free!
"I once almost became the king of England. Then I took an arrow to the neck"
-Harald Hårdråde
Consequences.
No panegyric to mortal departure was ever so satisfying in its simplicity as the "death thud" of Ten Minutes History.
2066 is going to be so 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
ahafsajdfnsks the Danish family is older
Aron Johansson So.
France invade UK again
2066 will be so lit, because Brexit will be completed then
It will have ended
These videos are absolutely brilliant. Charming animations, dry humour, death thumps, and English history all interwoven into one great series. My proverbial hat is off to you :-)
Always wanted a decent proverbial Hat.. Any recommendations where to get one?
Anglo Saxon England in 1 Letter: Æ
Ænglaland*
Ængland, the land of the Ængles
germanic england 😎
Þrom þhe Germænic ðribes. *Comes the Ængle Sæxons*
Ænglalond* like Norþhymbralond (Northumbria)
Incredible that Harlod force marched all the way up to York, beat the Viking army there then forced marched all the way back down to Hastings and almost beat the Normans.
Yeah imagine if he won against the normans. Saxon people would of been treated a lot better. Damn the nomans
At least he died on his feet.
Shame that William wasn't able to attack when he'd wanted, then Godwinson would have crushed him on the beach. Instead of two forced marches a vicious battle and then having his best commanders go home to check stuff as they marched south.
@@Halbared The Norman Vikings are descendants of the brother of Ragnar, King of the Vikings
@@aliyaser7698 IRL they weren't brothers read history not Netflix nerd
When you think everything will be fine but the next episode is calles '' The Anarchy ''
Nikola Ćuković whoop whoop bring out the the forgotten king, the first queen (yes I know she wasn't a proper one and she called herself an emperors bus shhhh) and the beginning of parliament
Edward needs to stop promising the throne to others, ffs.
I honestly think William made up the whole promise to try to justify his conquest.
nah lol he had just as much claim to the land if not more
you're just 1000 years too late
@@Apollo1989V william was vonly one with claim by being of relation to edward so..
@@billdehappy1 Harold was connected to the royal family too, but it was complicated, Harold's sister was married to edward, I think. In fact every English monarch since Edward the III is related to him.
the story of 1066 and William the conqueror has been tattooed in my brain since I studied it in primary school for my English history class in Buenos Aires, was already into Egypt and greek mythology but this got me properly into history in general and sparked a passion in me to actually pay attention in English classes
I was able to see the Tapestry of Bayoux in person a few years ago. To stand in front of a nearly 1,000 year old embroidery that details the events leading to the Norman conquest was incredible.
5:28 "you throwin too many big words at me, because I don't understand em I'ma take em as disrespect"
😂
1066: ruling elite dislikes the English
2019: same
It's been the same every year since the French invasion.
Yes, and now they don't even have an excuse. It's not like Labour speaks French.
James Woodard they speak Arabic or Hindi instead
Crip Gangmembker oh hey, look, a racist!
@@jmadmaxx7295 How apt that you're named knob
One of my favorite historical ironies is that one of William’s 3 armies was from Brittany. For those who don’t know, Brittany was settled by Brythonic refugees from the Anglo-Saxon Conquest 600 years earlier. Some of the barons who conquered England actually had Brythonic (i.e. like Welsh) names.
If only history class was this interesting…
Solid video as usual, thanks for inspiring me to make my own channel!
Knowledge Headquarters i hate history class but love his channel. Way more interesting
These are a joy to watch!
The peasant revolts must have been the greatest concern for the nobility seeing as the castle was used primarily as a defence against the emerging peasant class and slavery as an institution was no longer a viable economic system for the nascent feudal system.
As a Norman I find it funny how the points of view differ. In French historiography William (Guillaume) is the lawful heir to Edward and therefore ruler of England and Harold is seen as an usurper. In the same way it is quite interesting that British people see 1066 as a brutal conquest from a foreign invader when most of British historic heritage, culture, laws, etc... comes from the continent.
Also that the Saxons brutally conquered Britain hundreds of years earlier after the Romans left.
In Britain we dont see 1066 as a brutal conquest, we view it as 3 seperate groups of our ancestors fighting for power, we are descendants of saxons, normans and vikings and we are proud of that, we dont care that the saxons lost battle of hastings because our other ancestors the normans won the battle.
@@sausagejockyGaming Norman Vikings, my friend, descended from the brother of Ragnar, King of the Vikings
You're a funny man.
Both Harold and William had very good claims to the throne. William would not be considered a usurper today if he had treated the English people better, but he chose to rule like a conqueror and so he is known as one.
He could have chosen to rule like an English king would, but didn't.
"It's over William, I have the high ground!"
"You underestimate my claim to the throne."
Still waiting for “the age of reform” episode. BRING THIS SERIES BACK PLEASE!
1066: very important event for England
966: very important event for Poland
Any other ideas?
1966: another very important event for England
1492 - the completion of the “Reconquista”, the discovery of the New World, the unification of Castille and Aragon. Big year.
Who tf cares about Poland? You hardly care yourself, except when asking for more subventions to save your misery and corrupt government! 😂
I prefer 10-53🤗
@@jacobhaddo1180 Actually for Indonesia
You'll understand mate when I say that British history before 1066 is practically given a prehistoric status in English schools. I don't remember being taught about the Vikings or Alfred or even Oswiu or Offa. The earliest history homework I remember doing once I was in secondary school was "give 10 facts about Britain before 1066" (which by now I'd be able to do much better lol,) and I can't even remember half of that!
All by design: an attempt to sever the English folk from their Ængelcynn roots.
This channel is such a joy for me, thank you for the awesome videos and the fun learning
How has 1066, along with the saga leading up to it, not been turned into a prestige period series so far?? It must be clear that there‘s an audience for it?
Because Europeans aren't allowed to have pride in their ancestry
@@porkncoke4833 Anglo-Saxon to another Anglo-Saxon, post 1066: „We‘re not allowed to be proud of our Anglo-Saxon ancestry anymore.“
„Damn straight.“
„And it‘s all because of those tyrannical Normans, and for fear of offending the brown people.“
„Well..“
„Well what?“
„Well I agree with the first part about the Normans. But brown people?“
„Yeah, the brown people! You can‘t even twirl your gorgeous Anglo-Saxon moustache or draw funny looking pictures of them, or they‘ll get cross.“
„Well firstly, those funny looking pictures are hardly an expression of pride in one‘s heritage, are they?“
„Well, if they are particularly hilariously crude…“
„Secondly, there are scantly any brown people around, are there?“
„I think I saw one on a tapestry lately…“
„It‘s really about the Normans, isn‘t it?“
„Alright, you‘ve got me. But they look the same as us, so how should I be able to tell when I see one in the street and be mad at them? With brown-coloured people there‘s no such problem…“
„Plus the Normans have pointy swords…“
„They sure do.“
@@porkncoke4833 Please dude movies and period series about European history are made all the time and way more often than of like any other region in the world. I know you really want to be a victim of some sort of cultural genocide, but for the love of god just take a look at the list of historical movies and see how stupid you are being.
Who else saw Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Battle of Hastings?
Anthony Joseph Sostre that was grevious who had the high ground. Obi wan had the ability to shoot from the lower ground. Too OP!!!
Harold underestimated William's POWER!
_So uncivilized_
Hello there
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
Remember lads, don't drink and long boat!
This series is one of my favourites, what am I saying, it is my favourite series on CZcams. Can't wait for more adventures from these historical Roblox characters
Guards- “So do you want William as your king?”
The people- “YEEEESSS *cheering*”
Guards- “whats that... burn everything you say?”
William: Harold, you bastard! The English throne is mine!
Harold: Wait, I thought you were the bastard.
William: Dude! Uncool…
Amazing to think that if the Vikings had taken over instead of the Normans then the English language, where 45% of words have French origin, would have been so different.
Or a better turnout still, England remained Anglo Saxon
Try Anglish. It's a bit geeky but it is a revivalist language which brings back lost Anglo-Saxon words to replace French-Latin words that killed them off originally.
D D Even better, England remains Celtic
greyztone the normans were danes aswell
Weren't the Normans just Francophone Vikings
That last point could not be more true. As a non-Englishman the only year I know with 100% certainty from pre-1900 England is 1066.
Me too
@Proud Anglo-Saxon you seem clearly unbiased so I believe you
the last line of the video made me think "0800 1066"
I sang the jingle as I read that.
“Don’t try it” I’m dead
Harold: ITS OVER WILLIAM! I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND
William: YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER
Harold: DON’T TRY IT
William: kills Harold like a boss
Very interesting and entertaining series, I always get excited when I see a new episode
"1066 is a date ingrained in people's minds"
Me: "0-800-double 0..."
Hahahaha
Could you do the iberian reconquista please.
This is my first petition.
Sergio Milho kings and Generals covers very well the period battles.
I always knew Darth William was a Sith Lord. How did he beat the impervious high ground?
Paul Bartel no. He was secretly Obi wan. Harold was Grevious.
Strong with the force the Bastard is.
His mother simply lied about the father William was actually a child of the force.
*Execute Order 1066*
Severely dumbed down, but Harold G decided to leave the high ground like a fool
1066 is not just an English date but significant fir or Anglosphere people
it's significant for the whole world, if william didn't take over the british empire may never have existed and the USA could be speaking french
Que'll horror XD
The US would just be New Spain or New France, maybe New Holland.
@@georgeprchal3924
I never understood the assumption that the British empire wouldn't exist without William.
Playing you back at .75 speed. So much better for this American
And this Canadian 😅
That also depends on what part of the United States you are in, which is far more heterogeneous in an incredibly large number of ways than most people realize.
I remembered this all my life by saying “1066 was the day to fix.”
That's quite interesting to me that "the Geld" as the name for currency stretches this far back, as it's still the word used in German and likely other countries of Germanic language too
Austria? Nowhere else..! Sorry for ruining another German dream of superiority 🤷🏼🤗
William of Normandy was descended from Rollo, a huge Norseman. So, the Norman's were basically Vikings with haircuts and a French accent
lies cope england was conquered and colonized by the french
There's a lovely Norman castle near where I live. It is in Hedingham, Essex.
I’m here for a different reason than most likely the majority of the viewers, I am from the USA and I have some British ancestors and I decided to research British history during the night time.
Best idea for a channel ever, maximise ad revenue by having 10 minute videos and making it a theme so no one questions it. Genius.
+Ancient Hoplite All of my videos are actually 9:59 so no extra revenue for me.
William and Edward the confessor are 1st cousins once removed because of Edward the confessors. Mother Emma of normandy
If the current prince William is crowned king before 2066 and is alive for the anniversary of the 1000 years since his family rules the isles, oh boy what a party that one will be,extra special.
The current Royal Family is German, not French.
That's why we(English folk) need to ensure that the French usurpers are disposed of before then.
But they are direct descendants of William the Conqueror. @@SuperWiggler
"In a name consisting of two words, both are lies" 🤣🤣🤣
Holy Roman Empire: I can beat that.
8:04; spelling mistake: "chevalier" is right.
you sir owe us a second of british history
*”Time to conquer England!”* said William.
*the sun is a giant laser*
Woah, a fireball is streaking across the sky. I must be king, Deus Vult!
Can't wait to see how you handle the war of the roses. I have a feeling you'll struggle as we all do.
Please keep doing these i can bore my other half talking about it
Thank you!! This is good last minute revision for my exam tomorrow 😁
I love this channel
Of all the history, 1066 remains memorable.
Thanks this is very useful for my daughters revision for her exams
Very true.
I'm English and literary everyone has known the year 1066 since we were 7 (im 14 now and it doesn't show up on the curriculum untill year 7 so we didn't learn about it in primary school)
Did you study that the British royal family is a German family?
Came for the major historical events. Stayed for the tasteful Star Wars reference.
Describing Star Wars as tasteful makes my brain hurt
I am truly loving this series and the way you tell it!
„Shavali-yey“ xD
I do love this series. Thanks!
"because shockingly he was the son of Godwin" has me creasing up XD
Can you do a series on Scotland please and thank you
Thomas Clarke You may have to wait 32 weeks
I think he mentioned once that he'll do russian history next
The problem with Scotland is that it is intertwined with England, Celtic Ireland, Vikings etc so the only good way would be to do a couole of dedicated specials but leave a note saying more information can be found in or when i do these series
@@marcusmccabe7712 The problem with Scotland is...that it's full of Scots!
0:12 I'm trying to do homework and this happened , I can't ...
the irony of the Normans conquering England and freeing them from the fear of Viking invasion- the Normans were descended from the Norse themselves... it gets to a point where you just have different descendants of Germanic/Scandinavian peoples defendeing themselves from each other. These Britons are Crazy!
The subtitles are wild
Never forget the Harrying, never forget the Conquest. Engla tocyme!
England shall rise again!
The Saxons and the Normans merged very quickly after the conquest because they were very similar in the first place. People will happily tell you that Saxon word for food was split between French and Old English. What they don’t tell you is that the vast majority of military terms remained Old English. Knights, yeoman, sword, shield. Even aristocratic titles remained Germanic long after the conquest: Earl, Baron. This is because a lot of young Norman men, very quickly adopted Saxon styles. It is quite funny when you hear the Saxons complain that their young men were cutting their their hair in the Danish/Norman style (back of the head shaved) and the Normans were complaining that their boys were growing moustaches like the Saxons.
Saxon and Norman names shared roots, so It was not hard to merge the two. Hrotgar became Roger , Hrothberth became Robert and Athelwulf became Adolf , Hemric became Henry. Similarly , Normans adopted Saxon names like Audrey, Edward, Alfred and Edith.
The Norman kings went to great lengths to maintain that they were the legitimate heirs to the monarchy. Henry I married Edgar Athelings grand daughter to merge the House of Normandy with the House of Wessex.
Anglo-Saxon (mainly)+Briton+Norman (by the 1200s)=English. If you remove any of it, it is no longer English.
I'm honestly sad the British Empire fell...the Pax Britainica provided far more stability then the Pax Americana
The purpose of both was and is to enable investment and protect profits, which often (but not always, cf. Bengal Famine) have the side effect of peace and prosperity for all. With Pax Americana you have added ideological motivations such as anti-communism and Zionism, so that often it's more sensible to have a loyal yet devastated ally than a prosperous partner with the luxury of considering switching sides.
Far fewer wars during the Pax Americana, which we are still living in.
For now
American empire is continuation of English empire
@@andrei19238 The white environment in America The majority of whites in America are from Germany
Can't wait for "Harthacnut II" in 2040.
The high ground scene at 4:54, shouldve had William holding a plaqard saying "you underestimate my power" 😂😂😂
So basically. Willy wasnt very great for the British culture
*Anglo-Saxon
When William took the throne of England, His line literally distanced themselves from the french. So even the line of the Normans was not that keen on "French" culture.
@@johnisaacfelipe6357 That only happened during the rule of the Plantagenets. In truth England was technically the first french colony after the Norman conquest as the upper class and nobility all spoke and wrote in french. That all changed though with King Edward the 3rd and the 100 years war which gave England a sense of nationality and identity and English became the common language now of the nobility.
I wonder how life or the world would be if the Saxons won at Hastings.
Succinct and informative. Excellent work.
Not only is it one of the most important years in English history, it's one of the most important years in world history
Why is that? 411, 1066, 1776, there are plenty of earthshaking events.
@@reidparker1848 Because the events of 1066 are largely spontaneous and paradoxical where really anything could've happened. All bets were off. It's a date in history that pretty much everyone remembers even outside of Britain because it's ramifications have echoed to this very day. It decided England's place in the world.
@@tsv2087So, like many other watershed moments in history.
I'd love to see you do a series on modern Russian history. Hopefully you get the time in the future.
On Twitter, Russian History is next
Anthony Joseph Sostre great! Thanks for the heads up.
It's called Bayeux Tapestry because it is actually IN Bayeux, so it's no lie
Bayeux is not in Kent, the tapestry is in Bayeux so it is not the Kent Tapestry, simple, basic
Not any more
Well not in 2020 at least
Ignorants Anglais / L'originale de cette tapisserie est a la ville de Bayeux en Normandie (France) que vous le vouliez ou non c'est pareil !
Great work
Guys 2020 is going to be the best year ever!
0800.....
The book recommendations are not showing up in the description.
i can see them??
4:53 *YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER!!!*
Don't try it
Earls: "I love being a powerful man of englands land."
Later on, when England become King.
Nobles: "I knew something bad was going to happen. I get Loaned???
These nobles made the Norman Vikings rulers of Britain for a very long time into the modern era
So the Normans took pretty much all land and titles off of the Anglosaxon English? Thus began the economic and linguistic class divide that persists till this day.
Absolutely. The class system, so intrinsically burnt in our English minds, began that day and has not diminished to this day. The officer class in the army (with their nasally pompous accents), the aristocracy who still own the majority of our land and the royalty with its ancestry drawn from 1066. How one is still judged on birth, location, upbringing and accent, etc.
I wish the Anglo-Saxons had just held on another 30 minutes! Two massive battles in two weeks. Much respect boys, still heroes in my eyes.
Leode Siefast Well it has begun to diminish over the last century, but it still is a major factor, unfortunately.
While the Normans did bring an end, sort of, to slavery and were a more advanced culture, their views on women's place in society was also a major factor in woman having to wait until last century to gain the same rights as men.
They economic divide already existed though.
The French have the charisma of a dry rag
How was Norman culture more advanced?
Wait who will ride through the town naked?! Fill me in Mr history teacher
Absolutely *love* the box people w/signs!!!!!!!!!
France be like: Just a quickie
10 minute history huh? You were off by 1 second tho...
The first coloni of France ! Love you from France ;)
No
Such a help these videos are!
Just one request:
Could you guys please add closed captions to your videos?
There is the transcript to follow if that helps. Its in the description.
8:15 no mention of Brittany (Bretagne) & the Breton Cavarly who came with the Normans? I know my last name traces back to a "family seat/lordship" in Devon, where they were "given" (or took back) land from when it was called Dumnonia (a couple centuries prior) & I'm sure helping free the fellow Brythonic Celts also played a role in going back across the Channel.
Wait, was Hardrada the one with the crosses on his crown?
They all have crosses on their crown, but yeah. Hardrada was a Christian, after all.
The English were literally reduced to slaves by the Normans, their language was abolished from public use for 200 years and replaced with Norman French which the Normans who were also of Viking descent had adopted and spoke. By the time English was restored as the official language of the royal court it was unrecognisable from the West Saxon language it replaced. The Wessex dialect had been replaced by a Danish dialect spoken in the East Midlands in the area known as the Danelaw. It was a hybrid of Anglian dialect and the Old Norse of Viking settlers spoken in an area that had been under Danish and Norwegian occupation 200 years before the Norman conquest. So not only were the English humiliated by the Francophones they were politically and culturally oppressed by a small minority of no more than 5000 highly skilled army made up of Normans, Bretons and Flemmings. Who took over the land and enslaved the people into paid peasantry . This act has shaped the basic English outlook of stoically accepting ones lot in life without flinching pain.
Imagine pretending you know my history. England still has its culture despite the conquest. The people still spoke English
Most of the words in any given English sentence are Old English in origin, but the French conquest definitely transformed the English language beyond recognition. Still, all European languages have been affected by Latin and French to some degree.
Party like it's 1066
Would you consider doing an episode on Rollo/Hrólfr and Norse origin of the Normans and Duchy of Normandy? " Where did the Normans come from?"
Normandie France