How was England formed?

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  • How was England formed?
    The existence of England is one that is often taken for granted and looked at far too scarcely. This may be due to the overshadowing history of the development of Great Britain and the United Kingdom, but nonetheless, in order for these unions to be formed, England had to already exist - and it actually has since 927 AD. So, how was England created, who claimed the land before the English, and how did it become the nation that we know today?...
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    ♦Script & Research :
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    ♦Sources :
    Hamerow, Helena. The Origins of Wessex.
    Stenton, Frank. Anglo-Saxon England.
    Rees, Rosemary. The Vikings.
    Albany F. Major, Early Wars of Wessex
    #History #Documentary #England

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  • @thursdayhistory7912
    @thursdayhistory7912 Před 2 lety +6759

    Since TikTok got confused about this I just wanna pop in and say - I’m the scriptwriter on this video and at the beginning when referencing “Scots” and pointing to Ireland, that’s not a mistake! The Scots/Scoti/Scotti were Gaels from Ireland around the same time that the Picts were in Scotland! I see why it confused people on TikTok and everyone here seems fine but, just in case 😂

    • @charlesbryanpagtalunan3188
      @charlesbryanpagtalunan3188 Před 2 lety +589

      Yeah cause the people in tiktok are dumb

    • @dendenmushi5458
      @dendenmushi5458 Před 2 lety +162

      Don't mind the tiktok people lol, young and dumb. Do what you do, great video

    • @tonytrismegistusroberts5124
      @tonytrismegistusroberts5124 Před 2 lety +38

      @@Bootlegger4 what about pais de gales ?

    • @JohnBedson
      @JohnBedson Před 2 lety +85

      So if I understand you right, a "United Ireland" would have to include Scotland?

    • @thursdayhistory7912
      @thursdayhistory7912 Před 2 lety +130

      @@Bootlegger4 1) I was explaining why the arrow came from Ireland - because they were not just in Scotland 2) Never heard it described as derogatory (it’s just Latin) lol. It’s the term most of our sources used so we chose to use it to differentiate.

  • @Beesechurger_73
    @Beesechurger_73 Před 11 měsíci +16

    The Last Kingdom

  • @cromwellcruiser
    @cromwellcruiser Před 2 lety +3959

    Looking at such a long period of time, it might be useful to put a year counter in one corner alongside the animations.

    • @Charmly7035
      @Charmly7035 Před 2 lety +53

      Good idea

    • @georgezee5173
      @georgezee5173 Před 2 lety +80

      My thoughts exactly! Even though he kept saying the year, it's much better being able to check the year by yourself at any time.

    • @silverjay4455
      @silverjay4455 Před 2 lety +21

      Specially if im deaf!

    • @ghostriderpa31
      @ghostriderpa31 Před 2 lety +14

      It all happened in 10:16.. 🙌🏼

    • @jesusislord6545
      @jesusislord6545 Před 2 lety +16

      Repent to Jesus Christ!!!!!!!
      “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?””
      ‭‭John‬ ‭11:25-26‬ ‭NIV‬‬

  • @HockeyLax50
    @HockeyLax50 Před 11 měsíci +169

    Crazy how the first 4 minutes of this video basically sum up the entire 5 seasons of the Last Kingdom which takes place over decades, and shows how perilous the struggle was

    • @sexyalien806
      @sexyalien806 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Fr also amazing show

    • @Emilyb21-dm3bf
      @Emilyb21-dm3bf Před 8 měsíci +3

      Just started watching it. It wipes the floor with vikings the series which was frankly garbage without a hot cast and crowd pleasing repetitive violence. The story and writing in this is superior.l

    • @freegamer6623
      @freegamer6623 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@Emilyb21-dm3bfits good man

    • @BlazingFire9
      @BlazingFire9 Před 18 dny

      Yeah also a little bit from the vikings show, the last kingdom and vikings must've been my favourite shows of all time

  • @szymonmatusiak3992
    @szymonmatusiak3992 Před rokem +545

    I am amazed how a relatively small island nation had a great influence on the world. It's remarkable that English became the most spoken language - Latin of the 21st century and the long pursued dream of having an universal/world language is becoming true. Thanks for the great video. Greetings from Poland!

    • @neilcroonM3
      @neilcroonM3 Před rokem +26

      but be honest.....you probably live in england ;) ....just kidding!

    • @chiyenyumba7135
      @chiyenyumba7135 Před rokem +19

      @@neilcroonM3 well you probably live in Brazil as your lot have a finger in every pie lol..
      Jus kidding

    • @condorX2
      @condorX2 Před rokem

      Aye.
      The Viking completely changed them, from fighting for their homeland against invaders to become the invader themselves who colonized half the world and plundering all their riches.
      Here is nice article.
      The British East India Company seized Bengal in 1757 by force. Then the British forced the peasantry to handover their produce and engineered a famine in 1770 that killed a third of the population. Following that, there were 24 famines between 1850-1899 in different parts of the country, where tens of millions of people killed. From 1765 to 1938, Britain extracted 45 trillion pound sterling from India, which was effectively the down payment for the Industrial Revolution. In 1700, India had 25% of the world’s GDP. By 1950, they had only 4%. In 1943, during the WW II, Winston Churchill diverted food from Bengal to Britain, resulted in 3 million Indians deaths. When India got independent from the British, the literacy rate was just 14%.
      From the late 17th century to the 18th century, Britain smuggled opium into China to dope the population, a strategy to turn around a huge trade deficit, after the British could not find enough silver to pay the Qing government in their tea and porcelain trades. After opium was destroyed in salt water and ports were closed by the Chinese in ordered to curb opium, the British started the Opium War I, which China lost. Hong Kong was forced to be surrendered to the British.
      After 12 years, the British got really greedy. They demanded the Qing government: 1) To open the borders of China to allow goods coming in and out freely and tax free. 2) Make opium legal in China. After being rejected, the British and French, with support by the USA, started Opium War II with China, which again, China lost. The Anglo-French military raided the Summer Palace, an estimated 150,000 pieces of historic treasures with a 1900-year span from the first Qin Dynasty up to the Qing Dynasty were raided and many ended up in the British Museum in London.
      After the Summer Palace was burned down in 3 days, the Anglo-French military then threatened to burn the Imperial Palace. The Qing government was forced to pay with free trade ports, 300,000 kilograms of silver and the Kowloon district north of Hong Kong Island was taken. Since then, China’s resources flew out freely from the free trade ports. In the subsequent amendment to the treaties, Chinese people were sold overseas to serve as labor, famously known as “piglet labor”.
      Britain, a tiny country, had turned the two biggest economies in the world into poverty stricken slumps. China and India co-existed for 4000 years without problems. Buddhism originated in India and widely adopted in China. China sent Buddhist monks to India to learn Buddhism from India. When the British were preparing for India’s independence, an ambiguity was left behind at the border between China and India, and since then, it became the point of conflicts between China and India, including a war at the border in 1962. Divide and rule, is their tactic used over and over again.
      The British colonized my country Malaysia in 1786. During WW II, when the Japanese came to Malaya, the British fled the country, and the Malayan Communists were left behind to fight a gorilla warfare with the Japanese in the jungles. After the Japanese surrendered, the Malayan Communist fighters went back to towns. Then the British came back, surrounded the towns and mass murdered them.
      Before handed back to China, Hong Kong was ruled under an iron fist, but when Hong Kong was returned to China, the UK pushed for democracy in Hong Kong.
      There are many reasons for the empire’s successes. But one thing stands out: hypocrisy.
      -Zeis Siez

    • @whiskersredwood7903
      @whiskersredwood7903 Před rokem +14

      All part of God's plan

    • @adamkhan1744
      @adamkhan1744 Před rokem +12

      In History no man has done what Prophet Muhammad pbuh did which was be successful on both a religious and political level.

  • @VarleyET
    @VarleyET Před 2 lety +2730

    Anyone who's interested in seeing how this played out in a TV series: The Last Kingdom did a great job covering it and it was very entertaining

    • @superisii596
      @superisii596 Před 2 lety +185

      The only thing, is that Uthred is a fictive role.. During Alfred reign the real Uthred from Bebbamburg was around 1-5 years old... But yes, the TV series can give you a great covering..

    • @josesantiagodiaz83
      @josesantiagodiaz83 Před 2 lety +86

      This is a great show and will show how bloody it is to hold a kingdom in that time.

    • @houstonwelch4253
      @houstonwelch4253 Před 2 lety +163

      I knew that Uthred was a fictional character, but I was really surprised how historically accurate the show ended up being, and it seems they are maintaining that.

    • @shutupmanful
      @shutupmanful Před 2 lety +107

      One of the best shows on Netflix

    • @georgejennings8743
      @georgejennings8743 Před 2 lety +55

      Season 5 is so good

  • @lordsiomai
    @lordsiomai Před 2 lety +5144

    Up to this day, I still find it astounding how this small island nation was able to become the "empire in which the sun never sets" later on in history.

    • @dragosstanciu9866
      @dragosstanciu9866 Před 2 lety +669

      A very strong navy allowed England to build an empire.

    • @hunting4honeys
      @hunting4honeys Před 2 lety +632

      All comes down to inventing industrialisation

    • @Daniel-fj9ik
      @Daniel-fj9ik Před 2 lety +519

      @@hunting4honeys The brtish already had a huge empire before the industrial revolution.

    • @gabevdm
      @gabevdm Před 2 lety +436

      Being an island nation is a huge geographical advantage in the turmoil of the European conquests. The United Provinces i.e. also had a strong navy but were on the main continent and more easily invaded.

    • @pashapasovski5860
      @pashapasovski5860 Před 2 lety +275

      Viking genetics

  • @wanwandokko
    @wanwandokko Před rokem +219

    Northern English words, names of towns and villages and structures are a surprising mix of Scandinavian and ango saxon words. Fascinating nation

    • @chrisstucker1813
      @chrisstucker1813 Před rokem +26

      Look at the Geordie accent in the north east. Majority of words are strongly Anglo Saxon, in fact drunken geordies abroad have often been mistaken as Norwegian or Danish, including a friend of mine 😂

    • @atlhawks4200
      @atlhawks4200 Před rokem +2

      Until the slavs take over.

    • @stephenshipley1066
      @stephenshipley1066 Před rokem +10

      I come from Yorkshire and now live in Somerset. The difference in place names is very evident.

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB Před rokem

      Lies again? Entertaining Nazri Germany

    • @oddjob1932
      @oddjob1932 Před rokem +2

      I've read 'Dale' means valley

  • @elvenkind6072
    @elvenkind6072 Před rokem +109

    Great job! I'm really, deeply interested in history, and specially English and Norse history, but I've never seen such an elegant presentation of how England came to be. You got a new subscriber, and naturally a like! Have a nice weekend everyone, from Alv, Norway.

    • @metalc0readd1ct
      @metalc0readd1ct Před rokem

      Bro change your profile picture
      Or assassins will kill you ...

    • @notgadot
      @notgadot Před 7 měsíci +1

      I love england too

  • @everything1023
    @everything1023 Před 2 lety +2191

    Imagine having such a badass name as Eric Bloodaxe.

    • @D-train.
      @D-train. Před 2 lety +84

      Edgar is typing...

    • @scintillamdei5649
      @scintillamdei5649 Před 2 lety +51

      Imagine saying "bad buttocks" to describe something impressive.

    • @cole8834
      @cole8834 Před 2 lety +18

      @@scintillamdei5649 think of a stubborn donkey that can't stop bucking. There, that's a badass.

    • @scintillamdei5649
      @scintillamdei5649 Před 2 lety +4

      @@cole8834 Donkey is synonymous with stupid so I don't see what's cool about that.

    • @superomegaprimemk2
      @superomegaprimemk2 Před 2 lety +19

      I expect that they likely earned the name Bloodaxe through battle, it doesn't strike me as a family name and they likely proclaimed that be their name to strike fear into the hearts of his enemies!

  • @GusArchievs
    @GusArchievs Před rokem +57

    Very insightful video indeed! Love and peace to my English neighbours from Scotland!

  • @CentralAssassin
    @CentralAssassin Před rokem +69

    I'm from the Philippines but dang I love the History of England and Vikings. The first shows I watched are The Vikings and The Last Kingdom🔥

    • @cbgames3945
      @cbgames3945 Před rokem +2

      My gf is in the Philippines. I hope to give her babies with Viking blood :)

    • @deuschess816
      @deuschess816 Před rokem +3

      ​@@cbgames3945 thats a bad and instant regret way to type

    • @cbgames3945
      @cbgames3945 Před rokem

      @@deuschess816 instant regret?

    • @IErfanCN
      @IErfanCN Před rokem +1

      ​@@cbgames3945 ahh yess daddy..

    • @nomoreman
      @nomoreman Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@cbgames3945 what the fuc-

  • @emkaydee6048
    @emkaydee6048 Před 2 lety +1041

    Aethelstan was buried in my hometown, alongside those from his army at the battle of Brunanburh, a very small town called Malmesbury. His remains are lost, but the memorial is in the Abbey still. Direct descendants of his army who still live locally have a society called “commoners” as they still collectively own an area of common land that Athelstan gave to those men!

    • @chudinwike6875
      @chudinwike6875 Před 2 lety +20

      What do the commoners do with the land?

    • @nevarius9010
      @nevarius9010 Před 2 lety +19

      That's amazing.

    • @psychosquirrel555
      @psychosquirrel555 Před 2 lety +26

      Love Malmesbury. I have lived in Australia for many years but am from the Cotswolds and always visit you on a home trip. It's funny but I always smile when I see the rippled glass on the homes in your town. I am descended from the 'Ley' family of Foxley, and this was my birth surname. :)

    • @oracle8589
      @oracle8589 Před 2 lety +39

      That’s incredible! I grew up in the village of Wedmore where the treaty of wedmore was signed and Guthram was baptised. Many members of my family have gotten married in the church in which it all took place, it’s crazy to find out these things they didn’t even tell us this at school.

    • @lucidmoment71
      @lucidmoment71 Před 2 lety +31

      @@chudinwike6875 Common land was used for grazing sheep

  • @casper_z1259
    @casper_z1259 Před 2 lety +1765

    English guy: ''Finally, free from Viking rule.''
    Normans: ''Bonjour?''

    • @johnbicknell4748
      @johnbicknell4748 Před 2 lety +200

      Norman's were just vikings who chose to speak French.
      The Norwegian vikings were defeated by the English and told to go back home to never return.
      The Norman's were NOT FRENCH BUT VIKINGS.

    • @casper_z1259
      @casper_z1259 Před 2 lety +177

      @@johnbicknell4748 Yeah, that was the joke.

    • @blodhevn2353
      @blodhevn2353 Před 2 lety +22

      Reminds me of Hrolf/Rollo saying hello to the french princess in vikings. he said it in french so obviously hes not a viking.

    • @dunruden9720
      @dunruden9720 Před 2 lety +17

      @@johnbicknell4748 One Norman, two or more Normans, NOT Norman IS!!

    • @_Ottho
      @_Ottho Před 2 lety +108

      ​ @John Bicknell Quit it with the english nationalist revisionism.
      They were not vikings. Genetically, William the conqueror was no more than 1/8 norse. Culturally, he didnt speak a germanic tongue, but a latin one, albeit with some norse mixed in. He pledged allegiance to the king of the franks, and adopted french customs (some made their way to England over the centuries of french rule following the normans invasion).
      Same for his men, they werent considered norsemen anymore. After ~2 centuries, the norse settler had mixed with the locals, and the men that invaded and took England were not just norman nobility, but from the people that had been there for centuries before norsemen settled in normandy.
      England = first french colony, get over it or start speaking anglish.

  • @danamania150
    @danamania150 Před 11 měsíci +102

    As an American, I am fascinated by history that occurred before 1607 😂 it’s absolutely mind blowing that English history goes so far back. Great video!

    • @AtheisticAtheist
      @AtheisticAtheist Před 10 měsíci +14

      Julius Caesar landed on British shores in 55bc. That's roughly 1,600 years of history before this battle took place.

    • @AtheisticAtheist
      @AtheisticAtheist Před 10 měsíci +7

      ​@@Supercool12345andyI don't think Genghis Khan was Chinese.

    • @Krawn_
      @Krawn_ Před 10 měsíci +1

      The U.S.A was created by the British race....

    • @williams.k4399
      @williams.k4399 Před 9 měsíci +6

      Same feeling here. I'm Brazilian.

    • @AtheisticAtheist
      @AtheisticAtheist Před 9 měsíci +5

      @@Supercool12345andy Well your comment about China never being subdued confused me somewhat. Unless you are classing Mongols as Chinese.

  • @benjaminrush4443
    @benjaminrush4443 Před rokem +6

    These quick Knowledgias are Great. Simple. You can always learn more. Some of the Comments are Tremendous for the People living in the mentioned Areas bring us the Oral & Archeological History that gets lost in time. Thanks.

  • @Clone683
    @Clone683 Před 2 lety +1346

    As a Brit, this is already way more than I learned in History class

    • @rollthetape88
      @rollthetape88 Před 2 lety +58

      there is a reason for that, the British-Norman Yoke does not want us to remember.

    • @ryanomeara683
      @ryanomeara683 Před 2 lety +94

      They want dumb workers not critically thinking past conscientious people

    • @sammycatDK
      @sammycatDK Před 2 lety +43

      As a non-brit I think you have the right to rule the waves - and demand the world as yours.

    • @waynepalmer8598
      @waynepalmer8598 Před 2 lety +18

      All you have to do is watch Seasons 1 & 2 of The Kingdom. 😉

    • @nixl3518
      @nixl3518 Před 2 lety +24

      @@waynepalmer8598 Television entertainment does not constitute historical fact. Watching anything like that has no veracity and relevance to reality

  • @Elvistek
    @Elvistek Před 2 lety +524

    After watching vikings and being interested in what happened there and how it was formed… I needed this information.. this is an amazing channel

    • @charliederrick1583
      @charliederrick1583 Před 2 lety +74

      if you watch Vikings i highly recommend the last kingdom on Netflix which does a better job of depicting historical events covering most of what we see in this video

    • @ciaranmck4469
      @ciaranmck4469 Před 2 lety +9

      @@charliederrick1583 well beyond the first season most of isn't actually that historic I suppose but everything leading up to the battle of Eddington (minus urthred) was pretty historic

    • @Knowledgia
      @Knowledgia  Před 2 lety +16

      Thank you so much!

    • @sou713
      @sou713 Před 2 lety +12

      Then you have to watch The Last Kingdom. It portrays Alfred the Great over 3 seasons and infinitely better than Vikings did. And with Season 5 dropping soon I'm hoping we're about to see everything from 3:03 onwards.

    • @ciaranmck4469
      @ciaranmck4469 Před 2 lety

      @@sou713 well its based off the book I believe, I haven't read the book so I don't really know how far it goes up to or whether season 5 is part of the book

  • @jamesharrison-king7449
    @jamesharrison-king7449 Před rokem +128

    The TV show (Netflix: Last Kingdom) is based on the books by Bernard Cornwell which cover most of this period in great detail. He is one of the leading historical fiction writers out there. Uthred in the books/show is a fictional character that he uses to weave the story through the history - giving him a key role or reason to be involved in the main events. He is inspired by the Bernard Cornwell's distant ancestor, Uthred. At the end of each book, the Author writes a small summary of the real history and the adaptions he's made to fit the story. The books also include maps from the time period, and the saxon naming with English translations - Which allows you to see the language and geographical development of the country. The show is good in general, but it has huge inaccuracies in how the period is portrayed which is a shame as the author and books cover this accurately - but i guess that is a tv screenwriting / budgeting decision. I would highly recommend the books.

    • @JuanGarcia-ds4sl
      @JuanGarcia-ds4sl Před 8 měsíci

      i've seen the last kingdom and vikings TV Shows and both are very entertaining.. looking forward to read these books thank you brother

    • @notgadot
      @notgadot Před 7 měsíci

      @@JuanGarcia-ds4sl You're welcome amigo

  • @lorrygeewhizzbang9521
    @lorrygeewhizzbang9521 Před rokem +52

    From Ireland here, our lessons are pretty broad so we learn most of this, but it would be nice to hear about places that don't get talked about as much such as Cornwall, Isle of Man and Isle of Wight.

    • @adamdriver1016
      @adamdriver1016 Před rokem

      The Isle of man isnt british.
      Cornwall has been english for 1000 years. I genuinely can't see any reasonable person willing to say it isnt. You've got 60 million nuclear armed gentlemen who welcome your attempt.
      The isle of wight. See the above answer

    • @lorrygeewhizzbang9521
      @lorrygeewhizzbang9521 Před rokem +1

      @@adamdriver1016 Are you gonna make a video about it?

    • @adamdriver1016
      @adamdriver1016 Před rokem

      @@lorrygeewhizzbang9521 let's do the Isle of wight

    • @lorrygeewhizzbang9521
      @lorrygeewhizzbang9521 Před rokem

      @@adamdriver1016 Sounds great. I'll fit it in with the 1000 other things I need to do. 🥴☺

    • @adamdriver1016
      @adamdriver1016 Před rokem

      You're so funny.......

  • @Robert-nz2qw
    @Robert-nz2qw Před 2 lety +393

    This was very good. One idea is to have added a “current year” counter in any corner.

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      @oguzhantekden2 Před 2 lety +2

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    • @hefeibao
      @hefeibao Před 2 lety

      yes please

    • @MarkWiltshire.
      @MarkWiltshire. Před 2 lety +10

      This is critically missing - gives no reference for any of the events you discuss - please add this

    • @billysummers1616
      @billysummers1616 Před 2 lety +1

      England is gay

  • @AshPrimeDCFC
    @AshPrimeDCFC Před 2 lety +1197

    Disappointingly, this is not taught in English schools, which is just ridiculous.
    Edit: I grew up in the 90s. It wasn't taught in my school. It should be mandatory teaching.

    • @connor971
      @connor971 Před 2 lety +306

      They would rather teach us about how diversity is our strength and how the British empire was bad.

    • @cowboybeboop9420
      @cowboybeboop9420 Před 2 lety +108

      How is this possible? As a foreigner I am baffled by this.

    • @leemiles3975
      @leemiles3975 Před 2 lety +17

      True history of origin is key info

    • @DirectorHMAN
      @DirectorHMAN Před 2 lety +65

      The most they taught us was the battle of Hastings, and catholics vs protestants. That was it really.

    • @IAmNinboy
      @IAmNinboy Před 2 lety +75

      @@connor971 You go dude, keep gunning for that job on GB News, Nige is going to notice you any day now x

  • @joegagliardi3984
    @joegagliardi3984 Před 5 měsíci +15

    I recently finished watching “The Last Kingdom” on Netflix. It follows the 9th century Anglo-Saxon/Dane fight for England. The last kingdom refers to Wessex, and the royal family’s determination to unite each of the kingdoms into one nation. Of course, there is plenty of directorial license, but they do correctly use many of the actual historical figures of the time, such as Edmund, the female Aethelflead, Aethelred, etc. The lead character is Uthred, who was born a Saxon, but raised as a Dane in the north of England. He ends up fighting with the Kings of Wessex, but as a believer in the “old gods” of Norse mythology, the relationships between himself and King Edmund is often strained. His stubbornness doesn’t help, but his ability on the battlefield is unmatched. His romantic relationships make the show much better, especially the love affair between King Edmund’s daughter Aethelflead, the beautiful ruler-after her husband’s death-of Mercia. Uthred’s a badass, and his loyalty is his greatest strength, although it works against him on occasion. Historically, it’s not so bad. It definitely gives you a better sense of England’s geography, especially the disparate kingdoms of the time; its early medieval culture, in particular, Christianity’s ubiquitous influence. Viking culture is also depicted, albeit exaggeratedly. It’s 5 seasons. And a movie came out this year, “7 Kings Must Die,” it’s a sequel to the show; also on Netflix. Check it out. That’s all…..

    • @notgadot
      @notgadot Před 5 měsíci

      Netflicks cannot be trusted.

  • @cosmicprotocol
    @cosmicprotocol Před 7 měsíci +3

    Excellent work Knowledgia.

  • @jinnkuntv6454
    @jinnkuntv6454 Před 2 lety +429

    Loved the middle age English history! Wish I could visit england someday and see historic places, figures and such! Greetings from Philippines!

    • @Venus20000
      @Venus20000 Před 2 lety +4

      You better visit soon, English history, historical places and figures are being destroyed by racists in the country because history hurts their feelings.

    • @barrybarnes96
      @barrybarnes96 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Venus20000 lol

    • @philk9501
      @philk9501 Před rokem +26

      I personally live right next door to Hadrians wall put up in 122. Still there in places, but this was the wall responsible for giving George RR martin the ideas for Game of Thrones

    • @tiestokygoericprydz3963
      @tiestokygoericprydz3963 Před rokem +4

      Fantastic

    • @tiestokygoericprydz3963
      @tiestokygoericprydz3963 Před rokem +8

      @@philk9501 Jr Tolkien, HG Wells, William Wordsworth, Jane Austen, Arthur Conan Doyle are way better

  • @scottheaton8469
    @scottheaton8469 Před 2 lety +574

    Bernard Cornwell's Last Kingdom series is a wonderful historical fiction through this period.

    • @coolbreezy2053
      @coolbreezy2053 Před 2 lety +19

      Fantastic books!

    • @scottheaton8469
      @scottheaton8469 Před 2 lety +8

      @@coolbreezy2053 I liked the Napoleonic war series he did even more.

    • @realtalunkarku
      @realtalunkarku Před 2 lety +8

      Don't forget thomas of hookton

    • @aesir1ases64
      @aesir1ases64 Před 2 lety +2

      I have only read the first book so far but its amazing!

    • @scottheaton8469
      @scottheaton8469 Před 2 lety +8

      @@aesir1ases64 I love the pagan confusion over Christianity in that book, cracked me up.

  • @aleqrobinson2876
    @aleqrobinson2876 Před rokem +24

    Very interesting video. The Norse/British Isles period, will always be one of my fav historical periods.

    • @andrewhowells156
      @andrewhowells156 Před rokem

      And you are also ignorant to the ancient people of Cymru , who were always here before any of you lot were not invited

    • @notgadot
      @notgadot Před 4 měsíci +1

      Me too. North is the best past of this earth

  • @jpturner171
    @jpturner171 Před rokem +3

    Very interesting…thank you for your research and outstanding presentation!
    I have subscribed to your channel and look forward to everything I will learn from your videos!👍🏽

  • @English_Dawn
    @English_Dawn Před 2 lety +112

    Often glossed over thank you for bringing this history to the channel.

    • @oguzhantekden2
      @oguzhantekden2 Před 2 lety

      On my main channel, I make videos with subtitles in 3 languages for folk tunes of different nations. You are also invited. :)
      czcams.com/video/QzFvY39H57U/video.html

  • @dazediss6629
    @dazediss6629 Před rokem +347

    This was really interesting as I’m from Cumbria, which on the map is the part of England directly east of the Isle of Man, formally part of southern Strathclyde. It explains why my ancestors all spoke an ancient language of Cumbric, which was a blend of Celtic, Welsh & Norse. It became extinct in the 12th century - after the carve up of Strathclyde. But it does explain why the dialects & accents around where I live are so weirdly diverse, more so than any other region in the U.K.
    For instance - 3 miles up the road in Gretna, Dumfries & Galloway - everybody speaks with a Scottish accent. 2 miles east in the western Yorkshire dales - everyone speaks with a Yorkshire accent, 10 miles south in Lancaster everyone speaks with a Lancashire accent, and everyone in the Lake District (where I live) has a totally unique accent which is a blend of all 4.

    • @karenstanley8038
      @karenstanley8038 Před rokem +14

      Yes it is more than likely that your region is the most diverse today.

    • @gcluskey
      @gcluskey Před rokem +13

      The accents in Ireland vary every few miles also. Accents are very interesting a very handy way of recognizing where in the small country they’re from

    • @tinello8499
      @tinello8499 Před rokem +10

      Same thing happens here in Miami Florida… hehe, Coral Gables, North Miami, Doral, South Miami, Kendall, Downtown and the Beach áreas all have different “accents “

    • @Pwj579
      @Pwj579 Před rokem +6

      You should visit Baltimore, MD . We have some funny accents , just make sure to “ warsh” your hands with “ werm wooter” and “soooap”

    • @raymondsanchez78
      @raymondsanchez78 Před rokem +10

      In Los Angeles, there's the Valley accent, West Hollywood's "Gayccent", Watts and South Central has the "Blackccent", East LA has your Cholo foo foo accent, you got china town and little Tokyo, and of course the hills where they don't recognize any accent that makes less than 150,000 USD yearly.

  • @essel5771
    @essel5771 Před rokem +15

    I heard about The Battle of Brunanburh when I was researching my surname. The story goes that it was realised, at the time, what an important victory this was. Indeed, it was spoken of in terms of awe for many years afterwards and was referred to as "The Dear Victory" - approximate translation of "Leof Siege". Apparently, some of the protagonists took their new surnames from this and started the line which would include the Liversedges and, like my surname, Livesley. I'm not sure how much of this is accurate but it makes a nice story.

  • @teoengchin
    @teoengchin Před rokem +17

    This period of English history is fascinating. They should make a TV series about it

    • @uzaidgurjee4798
      @uzaidgurjee4798 Před rokem +6

      Their is, the last kingdom. Probably the most underrated tv show on Netflix. It even had a good finish unlike game of thrones which was inspired by another part of English history.

    • @jswen2477
      @jswen2477 Před rokem +4

      The Last Kingdom comes close

    • @gregorygause1427
      @gregorygause1427 Před rokem +1

      Yep,they should but speak the truth don’t leave out how they went to many other countries(African,India),
      where they raped,and killed.They stripped those countries of their natural resources,made plenty of $$$,then they put nothing back.Those countries,and many other are very poor places,where there’s starvation.So you’re right don’t leave that part out!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @mikehunt8968
      @mikehunt8968 Před rokem +4

      @@gregorygause1427 DILLIGAF?
      BTW we use £ not $, which predate them by a millennia 🙄

    • @gregorygause1427
      @gregorygause1427 Před rokem

      @@mikehunt8968 well whatever it was,give what they stole give back to all the natives of that land they stole from.

  • @ASHSRV
    @ASHSRV Před rokem +161

    For anyone interested The Vikings and The Last Kingdom are two great TV shows that deal with this portion of history.

    • @maximusproliferus3633
      @maximusproliferus3633 Před rokem +22

      Vikings are so freakin overrated…

    • @SonOfSassy
      @SonOfSassy Před rokem +4

      The shows are highly dramatic. Not 100% accurate

    • @sonny4997
      @sonny4997 Před rokem +2

      both amazing! take a look at vikings valhalla too!

    • @DJZO1203
      @DJZO1203 Před rokem +9

      @@SonOfSassy kinda how a show is supposed to be, no show is going to be historically accurate or else it would be very boring

    • @ftroop2000
      @ftroop2000 Před rokem

      @@maximusproliferus3633, the middle part got boring af. The last season though 👌👌👌👌

  • @DPLFC
    @DPLFC Před 2 lety +146

    Living in York is amazing and at times taken for granted the history this little city has seen.

    • @oguzhantekden2
      @oguzhantekden2 Před 2 lety

      On my main channel, I make videos with subtitles in 3 languages for folk tunes of different nations. You are also invited. :)
      czcams.com/video/QzFvY39H57U/video.html

    • @RD-jr8nv
      @RD-jr8nv Před 2 lety +9

      Not to mention you have a gigantic Viking shit on display in a museum. Quite the shite to behold!

    • @mdayubsk9266
      @mdayubsk9266 Před 2 lety

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    • @DesertGardenGoddess
      @DesertGardenGoddess Před 2 lety +11

      I’m a native Texan and I love York, England. I’ve been many, many times. ❤️

    • @Prog4Prog
      @Prog4Prog Před 2 lety

      @@RD-jr8nv I always come out of the museum smelling of goat and pillage

  • @Gollumfili
    @Gollumfili Před rokem

    Loved watching this video. Going to binge the others now and procrastinate on my responsibilities.

  • @ishmael4489
    @ishmael4489 Před rokem +2

    I'm here because I'm watching the Last Kingdom on Netflix at the moment. Very clear video. Thanks.

  • @BlackNRedBiker
    @BlackNRedBiker Před 2 lety +43

    Awesome video, I'm from London so naturally the history of not just England but all the surrounding islands and nations has always fascinated me

    • @scintillamdei5649
      @scintillamdei5649 Před 2 lety +9

      London? You mean Londonistan. :-)

    • @Knowledgia
      @Knowledgia  Před 2 lety +7

      The fact that you are from London and you have a Viking name it is kinda concerning

    • @Mo74mmad
      @Mo74mmad Před 2 lety

      Top tier video mate. I’m from London lot so naturally the history of note juss England but all the surrounding islands and nations has always fascinated me innit

    • @kacgb5315
      @kacgb5315 Před 2 lety +6

      @@scintillamdei5649 that awkward moment when it's still majority whit English....anyway is ee u every where sucking off the Spanish from central America

    • @JJaqn05
      @JJaqn05 Před 2 lety +3

      @@kacgb5315 No it's not. White English is the minority in London. I live in North London and all i see are Muslims and Arabs every day. They are even more common than black people and mixed people like myself.

  • @henk-jansteneker3422
    @henk-jansteneker3422 Před 2 lety +359

    Funny how Wales seems to be there like "have fun fighting guys, I'm fine just sitting here and reading about your adventures in the newspapers"

    • @ShadowReaper-pu2hx
      @ShadowReaper-pu2hx Před 2 lety +55

      Apparently no one cares about Wales.

    • @henk-jansteneker3422
      @henk-jansteneker3422 Před 2 lety +8

      @@ShadowReaper-pu2hx it seems 😂

    • @mr2sansw202
      @mr2sansw202 Před 2 lety +42

      ​@@henk-jansteneker3422 I'm welsh and i can say nobody dose care, London was mostly built with welsh coal money and the export of it same as are gold is owned by the crown its not even legal for me to sell it in raw form unless i can prove it was removed before time of law its stupid can barley sell are sheep we eat New Zealand lamb most of it yet thats what we are known for now we have Netflix and Hollywood using are landscape and City's because its cheaper than new York LA or any other place and they jus see it as a cheap play ground with cheap houses they can buy up even know local income is so low and for the view na fuck off lucky it ain't the old times because we murder them all think come move here and abuse it because you fucked your states and country's up dont mean you can come here after we leave europe

    • @feister2869
      @feister2869 Před 2 lety

      Alex Spragg noice

    • @KingKong-do8cj
      @KingKong-do8cj Před 2 lety +30

      Nobody could take it, like Scotland its too geographically difficult and the locals fought gorilla tactics. Even the Romans gave up on it.

  • @prawdachocbolitoprawdawasw1155

    Really good video, thanks for hard work in making this video 😊😉.

  • @ashleighuk84
    @ashleighuk84 Před 2 lety +140

    Angles, Saxons and JUTES. I'm from Kent and it was mainly the Jutes that colonized this area.

    • @torinjones3221
      @torinjones3221 Před 2 lety +13

      Kent was a jute kingdom as was the isle of white. People also forget about the Frisians also settled in britannia mostly in the Thames estuary.

    • @STEINLAR
      @STEINLAR Před 2 lety +18

      People love to throw around the word "colonized" today but to describe Kent as "Colonised" is simply untrue, in order to be colonised, your native people are subjected to the migration and immigration of yours and their people under the authority of another country, kingdom or empire, the settlers that moved to Kent did not do that on the behalf of any entity, they simply moved because they saw potential opportunities.
      Please stop throwing around the word "Colonised" especially when its use was only really prevalent from the 1630's onwards and mostly refers to an era of imperialism which was not prevalent at the time you are describing.

    • @matthewsteele99
      @matthewsteele99 Před 2 lety

      @@torinjones3221 there were also tiny Frankish settlements too

    • @jdlc903
      @jdlc903 Před 2 lety

      @@STEINLAR well the viking colonised it and the romans

    • @STEINLAR
      @STEINLAR Před 2 lety +5

      @@jdlc903 No they didn't, they conquered and settled it, they did not establish colonies on the British Isles.

  • @jeffreycihlar3072
    @jeffreycihlar3072 Před 2 lety +216

    I hope this turns into a series for other major Nations

    • @blah......4970
      @blah......4970 Před 2 lety +6

      Scotland being the first, obviously 😉

    • @northman9191
      @northman9191 Před 2 lety +9

      It is a series called The Last Kingdom. Highly recommend!

    • @theothercd
      @theothercd Před 2 lety +7

      @@northman9191 they mean a series where each video's about how a different major nation formed lmao

    • @greatermad8288
      @greatermad8288 Před 2 lety +3

      This would be nice

    • @HVLLOWS1999
      @HVLLOWS1999 Před 2 lety +2

      I'd say Spain but their origin story is extremely well known and played out. Portugal would be cool and maybe the HRE.

  • @alexvaraderey
    @alexvaraderey Před rokem +5

    That was very useful. Early English history tends to be overlooked by William the Conqueror's invasion of 1066.

  • @user-up8jx3mt6j
    @user-up8jx3mt6j Před měsícem +3

    For whatever reason, I really enjoy the history of England and the history of Egypt far more than I do my own.

  • @goj-bh1cm
    @goj-bh1cm Před 2 lety +600

    Meanwhile Wales channeling its inner Switzerland and just munching on popcorn 😂

    • @thebandofbastards4934
      @thebandofbastards4934 Před 2 lety +56

      Until it saw the english coming to pay a permanent visit to them.

    • @briantoal1880
      @briantoal1880 Před 2 lety +45

      Was hoping they would mention what was taken place in Wales during the timeline and why it was not invaded

    • @myrddingwynedd2751
      @myrddingwynedd2751 Před 2 lety +97

      @@thebandofbastards4934 By the time the English paid Wales a visit, they were essentially Normans. All the marcher lords that came to rule areas of south Wales were of Norman descent. It took around two centuries for Wales to be finally conquered by the Normans. Wales, because of its terrain, was considered unconquerable for a time, until Edward I on returning from the crusades, seeing the fortified stone castles built by the crusaders got the idea to fortify conquered regions with stone castles. It wasn`t until then that Wales was truly conquered. It was far easier for invading armies, such as the Normans, to pacify England than it was to pacify Wales. England was conquered far quicker and far easier than Wales was, and the terrain was the reason, until the fortified stone castles were built.

    • @TheMelbournelad
      @TheMelbournelad Před 2 lety +6

      I think Wessex had those “SOON” eyes on Wales since they gave the Danes a paddlin.

    • @Epicrandomness1111
      @Epicrandomness1111 Před 2 lety +17

      Wales was involved for most of this period as the princes were variously nominal subjects and vassals of England and participated both with and against the English in many of battles referenced in this video.

  • @ilias8972
    @ilias8972 Před 2 lety +877

    Basically, English people are a mix of the Anglo-Saxons, native Britons and the Normans of the 1066 invasion. Anglo-Saxons and Normans are considered Germanic people while the Britons are Celtic people. Nevertheless, the history of the formation of England is interesting since it involves all the classic medieval lore, myths and tales. Although I'm Greek, I liked the English myths since childhood. Kings, knights, wizards, dragons, christian traditions like Holy Grail and more. An island with big impact in the world ,although sometimes negative to be honest. The greatest navy of the world of that time.

    • @thomassugg5621
      @thomassugg5621 Před 2 lety +46

      I’m from England and I too loved listening to these kinds of story’s as a kid, A time of hero’s, kings and warlords. Many great battles were fought. One such battle was in 603 AD, when the king of Northumbria Ethelfrith utterly destroyed an Briton army and marched on the city of Chester in 606. Before the battle for the city it is said he sacrificed 400 Christian priests to the Anglo-Saxon war God. During the battle his younger brother was slain. 10 years later he marched south to attack the kingdom of East Anglia, but was surprise attacked. He was court with his army’s back against a river. His warriors formed a shield wall and clashed with the men of East Anglia. Some Stories say he fought with an battle axe killing several enemy combatants before he was killed himself

    • @noahtylerpritchett2682
      @noahtylerpritchett2682 Před 2 lety +66

      Normans themselves would of mix with Frankish, Gallic and Latin genetic people of Britain.

    • @enricomanno8434
      @enricomanno8434 Před 2 lety +4

      @@noahtylerpritchett2682 That's right

    • @Delgen1951
      @Delgen1951 Před 2 lety +13

      @@noahtylerpritchett2682 Well yes and No. Gallic people are Celts, more like they added more Celts' back in.

    • @antilles27
      @antilles27 Před 2 lety +39

      A fairly good summary. I think the Danes and the Romans, as in not just Romanized Britons but Romans themselves with their laws, religion and technology, are significant contributors as well to the cultural mix.

  • @thicclegendfeep4050
    @thicclegendfeep4050 Před 9 měsíci +15

    The story of England from the ancient Hunter gatherers and Neolithic megalith builders to the modern day is one of my all time favorite sagas in human history. English, and British isles history as a whole is always fascinating to me.

  • @BuzzSargent
    @BuzzSargent Před rokem

    I was reading the comments below. These are some of the most intelligent, thought provoking followers I have encountered on CZcams. Congratulations all. Happy Trails from Florida

  • @oldcountryman2795
    @oldcountryman2795 Před 2 lety +39

    This is great! Exactly the right amount of information without getting bogged down.

    • @wefinishthisnow3883
      @wefinishthisnow3883 Před 2 lety +3

      It's good, but I found it far too basic and it doesn't even answer the question it asked in the beginning ("Who claims the land before the English?"). Who were the people that were already there and what was their background? Who were the Angles and Saxons? Where did the Picts and Scots come from? Why did the Romans 'fade'? What was Wales and western Ireland doing during that time? Why were they all left alone?

    • @golden.lights.twinkle2329
      @golden.lights.twinkle2329 Před 2 lety +1

      @@wefinishthisnow3883 To answer those questions would necessitate the video being much longer and no-one would watch it to the end.

  • @thomassugg5621
    @thomassugg5621 Před 2 lety +424

    Some facts about Anglo-Saxon culture, it was an elective absolute monarchy which meant even if you were the first born son that did not mean you would be king, as there was a meeting of elders called the Witan meaning the (Meeting of the wise men). Who would meet to elect the next king. Anglo-Saxon culture was all about honour and glory to your lord, If you were an English warrior and swore an oath of loyalty to your lord, you were expected to fight till the death for that lord no matter the cost.

    • @AsiandOOd
      @AsiandOOd Před 2 lety +31

      but those practices are more formalities than real practice. the witan merely recognized the king's successor and had no real say in electing a popular nobleman or someone else. also the loyalty to lord is very common in medieval chivalry as a common theme, as well as in tribal societies that preceded the walled cities and castles kind of thing. not to say that you were completely off, im just putting some of my perspective in here.

    • @thomassugg5621
      @thomassugg5621 Před 2 lety +22

      @@AsiandOOd you are true about the Witan, in theory if you were a powerful noble you could get elected like Harold Godwinson was, but in reality as you said most of the time the Elders elected the previous kings son as king.

    • @MrStillhot
      @MrStillhot Před 2 lety +12

      Somebody has been watching last kingdom lol

    • @rachitsah8305
      @rachitsah8305 Před 2 lety +5

      @@MrStillhot me too lol I reached near the end of the second season in two days. I've honestly not binged on a show this heavily since Suits back in 2015

    • @cakdwik2050
      @cakdwik2050 Před 2 lety +5

      William Normandy: thats a cute system 😂😂

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Před rokem

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!

  • @kabuteshiitake7071
    @kabuteshiitake7071 Před rokem +1

    My goodness what excellent animation and narration

  • @ACinDorset
    @ACinDorset Před 2 lety +85

    The Last Kingdom on Netflix got me interested in this period of history.

    • @trufellefurt3298
      @trufellefurt3298 Před rokem +1

      I recommend you the entire series of books by Bernard Cornwell, on the basis of which the series was made, much better than Netflix's series :)

  • @sorel456
    @sorel456 Před 2 lety +273

    I'm sure this amount of history you covered could be told for hours. I thank you for the 10 min abridgement.
    do you teach at a University? I would love to subscribe myself to your lectures.

    • @ianthenerd
      @ianthenerd Před 2 lety +22

      Very informative, but somehow ("The casualties was disastrously high") I doubt this is a university professor.

    • @tomthomassony8607
      @tomthomassony8607 Před 2 lety +22

      @@ianthenerd engaging with an audience on CZcams is totally different to an academic lecture.

    • @justinpreston4152
      @justinpreston4152 Před 2 lety

      @@ianthenerd it was sarcasm in case you missed it :p

    • @lemorab1
      @lemorab1 Před 2 lety

      Yes, thank you for being succinct and to the point, transmitting the most valuable information! Most of the time, the long-winded You Tube history videos are exasperating because the narrator is more in love with the sound of his/her own voice than the history they are imparting.
      Also, I wonder if the author of the book "The Viking," upon which the 1958 Kirk and Tony movie is based, used the actual Northumbrian king Eric Bloodaxe (great name!) as inspiration for Eric the Viking in the book and movie?

    • @fritsvanzanten3573
      @fritsvanzanten3573 Před 2 lety +7

      @@ianthenerd plenty of university professors use language like that ;-)

  • @IthacaDon
    @IthacaDon Před 8 měsíci

    Really enjoyed this video! Just happened to come up in my feed. May I suggest that perhaps you create another video that includes a timeline of the rulers (and your wonderful maps). I would really love to have a sense of how long all this took. Plus, please make a more detailed video about Edmond the peaceful and what exactly he accomplished. Twenty years is great of course but how did this play out after he no longer ruled. Again, well done!

  • @johnnyblade9272
    @johnnyblade9272 Před rokem

    Never learned any of this in school. Great video, thanks for sharing this...👍

  • @dukejukebox775
    @dukejukebox775 Před rokem +47

    "The Last Kingdom" is the best historical series out there on this subject,historical facts are pretty accurate and acting is superb!

    • @InglesDinamico100
      @InglesDinamico100 Před rokem +7

      I came here because of serie LTK to understand better england

    • @CupidCrumble
      @CupidCrumble Před rokem +1

      Umm no, but it certainly educate people who hates reading history books

    • @InglesDinamico100
      @InglesDinamico100 Před rokem +2

      @@CupidCrumble i live coutry rarely find history books from other countries

    • @justsayin4117
      @justsayin4117 Před rokem +4

      Facts aren’t that accurate. Just kind of shows what life was like and how brutal the Vikings were. And the constant struggle for power, land and wealth. Funny thing about the show is Uhtred the Bold never met Alfred the Great. Alfred was king from 871-899… while Uhtred died in the year 1016 over 100 years apart from their deaths. Many characters were based on real people just not as historically accurate.

    • @mohammedarafatlone
      @mohammedarafatlone Před rokem +1

      @@justsayin4117 yeah also shows sithric was killed by edward however this video shows he held Northumbria even after Edward's death and was later under uthred who acted as a buffer and wasn't under any oaths🗿
      I understand the show wouldn't be interesting if it was straight to the point & had no court intrigues

  • @dergaga1232
    @dergaga1232 Před 2 lety +139

    The highest compliments to you. I enjoyed the whole video getting informed about how England was formed. I have only known before that Northumbria, Mercia, etc. were existent. But how England was formed out of these conflicts was missing in my mind. Greetings from Germany.

    • @BobC250
      @BobC250 Před 2 lety +14

      Yes, it is interesting that while England often garners such nationalism, that the majority of people here (aside from descendents of the original Briton Celts and Picts, and Scandinavians), are of Germanic Saxon origin. English is full of the sons of the old German Saxons and (to a lesser extent) Angles. :o)

    • @scottmoseley3928
      @scottmoseley3928 Před 2 lety +7

      There's lots of English accents that come from the original britons.
      The Northern accent, the accent in Anglia the accent in Bristol.
      We are half anglo-saxon half briton

    • @expressoevangelism80
      @expressoevangelism80 Před rokem

      Similarly Germany has an eventful time in it’s formation, and generally we aren’t taught much about you guys until we get to the 20th century. It would be interesting to have a similar production as to how your country developed.
      It would obviously have to be broadcast in English, as everyone is aware as to very few of us know your language, apart from ‘war sprung dork technique,’ and we all think that’s to do with the Audi’s suspension.

    • @XXXTENTAClON227
      @XXXTENTAClON227 Před rokem

      @@BobC250 worth mentioning that Germany does not equate to Magna Germania nor Germanic the same way Britannia does not equate to Great Britain, they have merely borrowed former names
      Calling the English Germans is just as logical as calling Germans Russian or French… aka not true at all. Otherwise all of Continental Europe could just be assumed as the exact same too.

    • @wolfiestreet6899
      @wolfiestreet6899 Před rokem

      You're not getting it back, Saxon.

  • @aurorarain1265
    @aurorarain1265 Před rokem

    Fascinating, thank you! I have often wondered how it all began.

  • @Nethanel773
    @Nethanel773 Před rokem

    Thanks for putting this up

  • @malaysianmapping9767
    @malaysianmapping9767 Před 2 lety +335

    Edgar: This kingdom will rule the world!
    Me: Well, he isn't wrong.

  • @LurkerAnonymous
    @LurkerAnonymous Před 2 lety +307

    The Last Kingdom series has this entire period covered.

    • @scapingby
      @scapingby Před 2 lety +13

      the entire period as shown in the video? no lol.

    • @corinnZV
      @corinnZV Před 2 lety +15

      Surely you mean The Saxon Chronicles, by Bernard Cornwall. Excellent read.

    • @benoneill4318
      @benoneill4318 Před 2 lety +12

      @@corinnZV no he means the TV adaptation like he said.

    • @corinnZV
      @corinnZV Před 2 lety +5

      @@benoneill4318 which hardly covers half the material that the book does.

    • @jgbecker24
      @jgbecker24 Před 2 lety +30

      I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred, brother of Uhtred and I am from Bebbenberrg!"

  • @originalunoriginal4055
    @originalunoriginal4055 Před 11 měsíci +3

    WOW! I've learnt about the formation of Great Britain/United Kingdom in this 10 minutes video. Yet, despite spending 15+ years in compulsory education, I don't recall a single former teacher giving me (and the classes I was in) a history lesson of such pivotal learning material.
    P.S.
    Every overseas arrivals looking for citizenship in this country, should be tested on this history lesson.

    • @ericc1258
      @ericc1258 Před 6 měsíci

      as if England needs any more foreign citizens diluting their dying empire... what it really needs is more invading Normans

    • @user-xd5pr4qd4z
      @user-xd5pr4qd4z Před 4 měsíci

      Why when you didn't even know this

  • @michaelpolley01
    @michaelpolley01 Před 2 lety +110

    That was an interesting lesson about the formation of my own country about which I previously knew very little. History at school was never this interesting. Thanks for sharing.

    • @connsaunders9600
      @connsaunders9600 Před 2 lety +2

      Britain is a Country - Scotland and England were Kingdoms that existed in the Middle Ages. No other Country on the Planet recognises either of them as Countries.

    • @ov9322
      @ov9322 Před 2 lety +1

      Do you also want to know that you killed, looted and unstablised your ex colonies to get where you are now 🧐

    • @connsaunders9600
      @connsaunders9600 Před 2 lety +3

      @@ov9322
      I've never killed anyone - how about you ?

    • @bobsappe7628
      @bobsappe7628 Před 2 lety

      @@ov9322 😭😭😭Boo-hoo, so sad

    • @Adam-uz9sc
      @Adam-uz9sc Před 2 lety +1

      @@ov9322 name a country that hasn't done that

  • @enricotiberi7872
    @enricotiberi7872 Před 2 lety +97

    As an Italian, I must say England had a great history of unification!

    • @pablosaintmarr3223
      @pablosaintmarr3223 Před 2 lety +3

      Not met many English people have you Enrico ? they despise each other like no other race or country .

    • @enricotiberi7872
      @enricotiberi7872 Před 2 lety +16

      @@pablosaintmarr3223 unfortunately I never went to UK, I can't confirm it, I could trust you about this. But every folk around the world has its pros and cons... we Italians too, of course. 😂😉

    • @lesdodoclips3915
      @lesdodoclips3915 Před 2 lety +33

      @@pablosaintmarr3223 the fact you have a Scottish banner of the the jack shows you are either
      Incredibly bitter and hate English
      A troll

    • @jareno5496
      @jareno5496 Před 2 lety +40

      @@pablosaintmarr3223 that's straight up not true. Northerners and southern joke with each other based on stereotypes but that's that far from hate

    • @devlin7575
      @devlin7575 Před 2 lety +6

      Your own country’s unification I studied at school and found it very interesting

  • @allanovelha1969
    @allanovelha1969 Před měsícem

    Your channel is fantastic, I must say

  • @fahadaljasmi9106
    @fahadaljasmi9106 Před rokem +43

    The last kingdom was too accurate

    • @bluehatmusique
      @bluehatmusique Před rokem +3

      Nowhere was the name "Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg" mentioned 😅

    • @martinkerr2721
      @martinkerr2721 Před rokem +1

      @@bluehatmusique lol know what killed me with the show ,Uhtred trying to sound like a viking shocking voice ,Destiny is all , even my fellow Scot h Mark Rowley plays Finan great actor ,Osferth how was wee mong in their band ,now pays Amon in HOTD 1 with patch on his eye

    • @nitotech
      @nitotech Před rokem

      Vikings more fun though

  • @CarlOttersen
    @CarlOttersen Před 2 lety +15

    Really good graphics! One of the cleanest presentations ever :-)

  • @BlueKnight0007.
    @BlueKnight0007. Před 2 lety +10

    Would love to see more of these for more countries around the world and possibly for the whole length of time they existed. Great work!

    • @sentinal2343
      @sentinal2343 Před 2 lety

      They will never allow or do such a thing as it would expose the consistant theme running through out time, which would become apparant to the average person and such a project would simply expose it for the whole world to see, they are currently trying to stop that particular group, but its too late, geni is out the bottle and its getting worse for you and them that they are actually fabricating historical so called "finds" to sure up your non exsistant history(s)!

  • @aleksandard.3311
    @aleksandard.3311 Před 6 měsíci

    well, that was amazing explanation ! well done !

  • @TheBlackzman
    @TheBlackzman Před rokem +3

    Thx of the explain 😄

  • @kapilbusawah7169
    @kapilbusawah7169 Před 2 lety +95

    I love this video. For the next history lesson, it would be great to have a timer in one of the corners so we can better appreciate the timeline between events

  • @achatzia
    @achatzia Před 2 lety +13

    Wow, this was a great piece of info! Excellent presentation and graphics.

  • @marccarter1350
    @marccarter1350 Před rokem +1

    I have lived in the Wessex area all my life. We still refer to it as that here in the south/south west. Even the local Water company are called Wessex Water Maybe not in London anymore, or over in the south East.

  • @janicesmyth1713
    @janicesmyth1713 Před měsícem +2

    And that’s how we become great and Ruled an Empire, we never took no for an answer.

  • @YeeeeGreg
    @YeeeeGreg Před 2 lety +15

    Great video once again! If you’re able to fit it into your future plans, I think a follow-up video about the period between William’s conquest of England in 1066 and the outbreak of the Hundred Years War would be awesome!

    • @oguzhantekden2
      @oguzhantekden2 Před 2 lety

      On my main channel, I make videos with subtitles in 3 languages for folk tunes of different nations. You are also invited. :)
      czcams.com/video/QzFvY39H57U/video.html

  • @ShelbyFarrow
    @ShelbyFarrow Před 2 lety +13

    This was a great video. I have always been interested in the history of my English ancestors and this was concise and to the point. Very well explained.

  • @TRUTHorSTFU
    @TRUTHorSTFU Před rokem +11

    Good explanation of the very early days of England. Do you have another video describing how England's monarchy down to the late QE2 developed out of this period of chaos?

  • @MindBlower18
    @MindBlower18 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Great documentary 👍
    Thx from Munich 😉

  • @meh3277
    @meh3277 Před 2 lety +35

    Im glad I watched this. My history studies felt lacking only covering 1066 so thanks.

    • @cbroz7492
      @cbroz7492 Před 2 lety

      Bernard Cornwell says pretty much the samevthing in his addendum to the final chapter/novel of his "Uthred of Bebbenburg" series...his history in school onlybpicrd upbwithbrhe Nirman Invasion...omitting the history ofvthe Isle up to that point...if you've never read one if his books...do ao that nan can spin a yarn!!!

    • @KalonOrdona2
      @KalonOrdona2 Před 2 lety

      @@cbroz7492 fluent thumbese you're speaking :P

    • @VCYT
      @VCYT Před 2 lety +1

      When i was a teacher i tried to cover this era for the kids sake.

    • @sentinal2343
      @sentinal2343 Před 2 lety

      You,ve just deepen your delusion if you think you,ve learnt something, your now even futher from the truth, why do your people love fantasies and make believe? is it because your reality is so terrible you prefer others? sounds Asianish !

    • @oguzhantekden2
      @oguzhantekden2 Před 2 lety

      On my main channel, I make videos with subtitles in 3 languages for folk tunes of different nations. You are also invited. :)
      czcams.com/video/QzFvY39H57U/video.html

  • @1giblesp
    @1giblesp Před rokem +77

    Thanks for the enjoyable video.
    The first Viking raiders actually came from Denmark, as did the Jutes and Angles. It wasn't an army that raided Lindisfarne, the first raids were small bands that hit hard and fast.

    • @medusaslair
      @medusaslair Před rokem +11

      Yeah, hence Danes.... People from Denmark = Danes.

    • @chrisstucker1813
      @chrisstucker1813 Před rokem +7

      In hindsight, filling a monastery on the North East coast of England full of riches and having only monks to protect it may have not been a good idea.

    • @ALFAGOMMA
      @ALFAGOMMA Před rokem +3

      The Angles came from southern Schleswig, interfacing with the Saxons further to the south. They were not Danes. Centuries later the Germans and Danes had wars over this area of land, both claiming it as their own. This gave rise to the 'Schleswig-Holstein Question' that Lord Palmerston famously remarked, "Only three people have ever really understood (it)....the Prince Consort, who is dead, a German professor who has gone mad, and I, who have forgotten all about it."

    • @andersjohnsen5856
      @andersjohnsen5856 Před 2 měsíci

      For the first viking raids:
      The common belief is that those who attacked Lindisfarne came from modern day Norway. But if you have contrary sources I would love to hear them.
      A google search also talks about a raid 3 years before:

      Archbishop Alcuin of York on the sacking of Lindisfarne. The first known account of a Viking raid in Anglo-Saxon England comes from 789, when three ships from Hordaland (in modern Norway) landed in the Isle of Portland on the southern coast of Wessex.

  • @EverGameStudios
    @EverGameStudios Před rokem

    i liked the video, but i wish it didn't stopped there. would of been nice to have multipart videos, from that one, up to the 20th century. with 10-20 minutes episode each.
    either way, it's a thumbs up from me 🙂

  • @thejedicrusader4606
    @thejedicrusader4606 Před rokem

    Excellent video, one I love coming back to!

  • @vlonewaki968
    @vlonewaki968 Před 2 lety +486

    Thank you to the Assassins creed franchise for teaching me these historic events😂😂

    • @rufiorules
      @rufiorules Před 2 lety +14

      I live a couple of miles from Ravensthorpe and let me tell you it's nothing like the game. You really wouldn't want to live there...

    • @rayulena720
      @rayulena720 Před 2 lety +2

      @@rufiorules wait so ravensthorpe is a real-world place?

    • @rufiorules
      @rufiorules Před 2 lety +8

      @@rayulena720 sure is! On the road between Dewsbury and Huddersfield in Yorkshire. It was quite funny to hear there was a game being made based around it. It is NOT worth a visit. There is a lot of history in this area, which is why I'm looking forward to playing it at some point to see if there's anything I can recognise. Sandal castle and Pontefract castle are local and important places, but I think they're a lot later on in the timeline, more War of the Roses than The Vikings.

    • @rayulena720
      @rayulena720 Před 2 lety +1

      @@rufiorules why it's not recommended to visit?

    • @MoviesNGames007uk
      @MoviesNGames007uk Před 2 lety +1

      @@rufiorules The Ravensthorpe in Valhalla looks like it's in Nottinghamshire on the map

  • @bigbadword
    @bigbadword Před 2 lety +18

    That brief summary at the end was perfect. I wish more channels did that.

  • @simonbennett5844
    @simonbennett5844 Před rokem +1

    The Anglo-Saxons by Marc Morris is brilliant, covers this topic in great detail.

  • @fs.pureblood
    @fs.pureblood Před rokem +1

    Just a point I think worth mentioning. Eric bloodaxe was killed in battle on stainmore pass near where the A66 runs now from scotch corner to Cumbria.

  • @filipieja6997
    @filipieja6997 Před 2 lety +130

    Goodness sake, the Germanic tribes were everywhere, even infiltrating the Roman armies back in those days. Great to know I am currently living and enjoying the landscapes that still preserve some of their trails till to this very days - today's northern Germany, North Sea and Denmark. Great video!

    • @jacobandrews2663
      @jacobandrews2663 Před 2 lety +13

      Well, to be fair, They were all that were left. The Celts and the Romans were basically one mixed people throughout the continent, so naturally, when the central authority of Rome fell at the hands of the Goths and the Huns, the Only people left to fill the power vaccum seized the opportunity and took it: Germanic tribes.

    • @ebos9651
      @ebos9651 Před 2 lety +2

      The Roman / Celts mix took on Anglo-Saxon culture. Not Anglo-Saxon's were invading Britain, but the people used to be rained by Rome, looked for cultural inspiration elsewhere, after Rome sieced influence. Like when you just take on Japanese clothes, this does not make you Japanese. So many archeology sites found Anglo-Saxon culture items, assuming they had invaded the territory, but it was the local people using diffrent expessions really.

    • @CharlesHapsburg
      @CharlesHapsburg Před 2 lety +3

      @@jacobandrews2663 the Celts mixed with Germanic people. Not like the Romans who mixed with Mediterranean peoples.

    • @jacobandrews2663
      @jacobandrews2663 Před 2 lety +5

      @@CharlesHapsburg there's a reason why we say the Romano-Celtic Britons were invaded by the saxons in contrast with the the Celtic Britons were invaded by the romans. By the time of the migration people the celts were culturally assimilated and took part in Roman custom and way of life in syncretism with celtic traditional structurally druid culture. They weren't isolated

    • @CharlesHapsburg
      @CharlesHapsburg Před 2 lety +5

      @@jacobandrews2663 no one says Romano Britons, you’re forgetting about the Celts all over Europe not just the British isles, Celts are closely related to Germanic peoples, they aren’t mixed race whatsoever. Look at the average modern day Welsh, Irish or Scottish person to see the similarity between Germanic peoples and Celtic peoples they all have blue eyes. The romans where what they would call pure for a long time until they mixed with other Mediterranean peoples, and adapted to their surroundings, and then later the Spaniards and Portuguese also became a mixed race ethnicity through the Muslim conquests of the Iberian peninsula more unwillingly of course than the Romans.

  • @WJCharliee
    @WJCharliee Před rokem +2

    Excellent history! You definitely do an outstanding job! That recap at the end shows that you’re a master. Very rarely do I see other videos give a concluding remark. Intro body conclusion the three points of any good lecture. Keep up the good work👍💯🎯

  • @RJavierYepesDeV
    @RJavierYepesDeV Před 9 měsíci

    Awesome video!
    Quito-Ecuador 🇪🇨
    2023

  • @atomicbarbarian7372
    @atomicbarbarian7372 Před rokem

    This is my favorite period and region of history. There are thousands of interesting stories here.

  • @BoxerRick
    @BoxerRick Před rokem +16

    Love this video and all Dark Age history. My family was supposed to have first come from Ireland to fight in the battle of Heavenfield for King Oswald. Thanks for this entertaining and informative take.

  • @adampalmer5399
    @adampalmer5399 Před rokem +12

    I’m late to this piece but this was really good. I knew a lot about the start of the Viking Invasion & then Alfred taking back Wessex but I didn’t know everything after that so great job while keeping it interesting!🤟🤯💯

  • @mezroth
    @mezroth Před rokem

    Nice documentary and nicely narrated. It would be nice if you could mention the dates on each event and perhaps display them . I got a little bit confused due to my dyslexia. 😕

  • @kelseyblack2686
    @kelseyblack2686 Před rokem

    great informative video!!!! thank you

  • @ianwatson6148
    @ianwatson6148 Před 2 lety +14

    Absolutely brilliant,loved it.
    As a keen amateur history buff loved the kings of the different regions and the way which king was more successful than others.
    Thank you

  • @muhammadsameerdar1091
    @muhammadsameerdar1091 Před 2 lety +33

    Sir, I am a student and love the subject of history so keeping making videos on different rulers of different kingdoms of different countries. The way you explained was brilliant and the video was very interesting.

  • @pr0chszy
    @pr0chszy Před rokem +1

    Very nice video, however the lack of timestamps throughout the events being described makes things a little confusing, since we don't know for sure how much time has passed between events

  • @kassimkhan5524
    @kassimkhan5524 Před rokem +1

    Thanks for the history lesson

  • @gonzalovidal7766
    @gonzalovidal7766 Před 2 lety +9

    Beautifully explained! I enjoyed it thoroughly. Thank you.

  • @antoniomari2730
    @antoniomari2730 Před 2 lety +13

    The history of England is so fascinating and wonderful, and this video explain very well! I always was so attracted, beside the differents movies that made about that

    • @sentinal2343
      @sentinal2343 Před 2 lety

      Black history is like that, thats why we are thee only people you chase across time and the planet, nothing compares

    • @oguzhantekden2
      @oguzhantekden2 Před 2 lety

      On my main channel, I make videos with subtitles in 3 languages for folk tunes of different nations. You are also invited. :)
      czcams.com/video/QzFvY39H57U/video.html

    • @jackwhitehead5233
      @jackwhitehead5233 Před 2 lety +3

      Thanks dude, you'll have to come to England for a visit some time. We'd love to have you ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @antoniomari2730
      @antoniomari2730 Před 2 lety

      @@jackwhitehead5233 thanks dude, yes, in fact I was always planning to go there 1 day