The Road to Crecy | Hundred Years War [Episode 3]
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- čas přidán 3. 02. 2022
- The third in our Hundred Years War series, The Road to Crecy in 1346 was littered with mistakes and missed opportunities for both English and French, and pushes Edward’s invading army ever closer to a battle he doesn’t want. In this episode of the Hundred Years War medieval history series, Kevin Hicks delves into the sieges and events that will lead to Battle of Crecy.
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This guy is really good at telling the history in an easily understandable way.
Thanks Douglas 👍🏻
I'm an English medieval reenactor, I am a man at arms as well as a war bow archer. These videos are excellent at improving my knowledge on the time period! Thank you!
You're welcome Jack - have fun with your reenactments, it's a great hobby 👍🏻
Mr. Hicks is really good with story-telling to the point that at 8:20 I can actually hear horses and men dying while trying to cross the fjord. Hundreds of arrows wheezing by the knights head while they try their best to cross and gut the enemy along the way. Really amazing story.
You sure know how to make history entertaining and tell a great story!
I'm actually loving this series, and this channel in general. Very interesting stuff. I can see this channel gaining 10's of thousands of subs within the next couple of months. Good historical content is always appreciated.
Wow, thanks! Feel free to share vids on whatever social media channels you see fit 👍🏻. Appreciated
Agreed,I'm really loving watching Kevin's vids..
They are quiet addictive.
Kevin looks and feels so real, I can imagine him hammering my live out through the visor with an educational glimps in his eyes... that's how you do it! :P
I always feel like I'm sitting around a campfire and listening to your history lessons. Something about the way you tell the history, almost like a fable, makes it really gripping.
How lovely of you, thanks!
Perry miniatures are good quality. They care about history as much as you do.
Thank you for sharing this.
Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻
My gosh! I felt I was at the battle, it was so exciting and exhausting. Edward III was a master battle strategist. Your channel should be watched by all school children, not the Brothel one, they would see how amazing and gripping this history really is. Thank you millions. Bravo!
Thanks Laura, I really appreciate you watching and your kind comments.
Great presentation. You should be lecturing in military history at Sandhurst or at West Point.
He would be great at Warwick Castle
Thank you CZcams algorithm for bringing your channel to my attention 🙏 Love your style! I'm half Welsh, so a big shout out to some of the longbow men of the past✌
Yay! I'm glad you found us. My wife is Welsh, so I have to give them their due. 👍🏻
@@thehistorysquad yeah the welsh had a great part in english warfare: the longbow was adopted from them and the welsh spearmen made up much of the invasion army that went to Crecy.
Thanks Kevin! This is a great series about a conflict that was barely touched upon during school.
You're welcome! Lots more to come 👍🏻
I just found this channel a week ago. I really love history ancient history all history for that matter. And I really enjoy looking at these CZcams videos most mornings when I get up I turn on the music and get your videos going and I enjoy my first cup of coffee for the day. Thanks Kevin
Thank you too Michele, I enjoy my first coffee of the day reading through and replying to as many comments as I can, so I do appreciate it. Welcome to the channel 👍🏻
Thank you, Kevin. You have brought to life a period of history, of which I knew very little, I'm eagerly awaiting the next episode!
Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻.
Same
@@ocrapo9327 😉 I think we're up to part 7 now 👍🏻
Mate, I could listen to this all day. If I ever come to Canada I would love to have a pint with you.
Hi David, thanks - that would be cool!
Thanks for info on the lead-up to the Battle of Crecy! Your approach lets viewers get a personal feel for what was going on with the English archers.
Thanks Craig, appreciated 👍🏻
Dear mister Hicks, if cloning would be legal and it would be possible to put a copy of you in every history class, every kid on this planet would ace their exam without a doubt. I confess my self to be an absolute junkie to your channel! Thank you very much for producing these pearls and have a merry Christmas
😂 wow! I'm sure Julie thinks that one of me is more than enough, but thanks very much & a Merry Christmas to you too.
@@thehistorysquad 😂 I haven’t been married long enough to encounter this issue, but I guess I will someday
Your content its just perfect. I cant put into words how glad i am to 've found your channel. I'm watching all of your videos :))
That's great to hear, thanks very much
@matiaslupi2109 👍🏻
Another fantastic story by a true historian! Mr Hicks is a true treasure
Haha, cheers William 👍
What guts it must've taken to march across that ford in the face of enemy crossbows! What a relief finally to be within range to return shots! Crossbows are devastating, but slow, while you've shown us plenty of times how fast a motivated longbowman can shoot. I wonder, in the balance, if it would've been any tougher to fight across one of the several guarded bridges over the Somme, than to take that ford? On to Crecy! =^[.]^=
Hello Kevin. Your passion for history and story telling really shines through in your videos. I feel like I'm sitting in an English pub near a roaring fire listening to a veteran of the wars describe them to me in detail. Please keep up the great work, and thank you for your efforts.
Hi there, thank you! I really appreciate your kind words; I'm thoroughly enjoying making these videos and look forward to delivering lots more. Best, Kevin
This is brilliant and I am off to episode 4.
Awesome ship models in part 2!! And absolutely wonderfully told. You should be made part of school curriculums!
Thanks!
This is excellent and should be on the telly for a wider audience.
Cheers Brian 👍🏻
The best history teacher i've ever seen. Despite i'm not english speaker :) Subscribed&Liked every video.
Excellent, thanks very much Sergio!
Another great video Kevin, a little excitement creeping into you there 🤘
You noticed 😜
@@thehistorysquad I did 😂
I love your models great details make it easier to understand what is going on again Kevin thank u love from BirminghamUK xxx
Ah, my old home town. I was born in Nechells 👍🏻
Thank you! I'm looking forward to Episode 4!
Absolutely loving this series Kevin!
Great show keep it up!
Cheers B, will do!
Another great entertaining and educational Video, thank you!
Cheers!
You're welcome 👍🏻
Really enjoying this thank you
So glad! Cheers Wes
I need to hear more stories of middle age battles!
Great video, thanks. I like this channel.
I appreciate that!
Please tell me you are a college professor and you teach this to your students. If however you are not a professor I would suggest applying at your nearest university post haste. I can almost guarantee you that you my friend would land a position here in the states on these videos alone. It's not that you know your history (you absolutely do) but you have the God given gift to captivate those around you. I honestly believe you could make a 4 hour video entirely on the subject of drying paint and it would be interesting.
Addendum-
I have been an educator for almost 5 years now and I know I'm good...but you are otherworldly. I would kill to have a history teacher as good as you at my school.
Wow, that’s very kind of you, thanks. I don’t have a degree, but I have been an educator for almost 30 years, teaching my style of history to students in schools. 👍
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Wow...really?! You are absolutely fantastic! Thank you, thank you for sharing these videos!
Thank you Kevin that was marvellous looking forward to part 4.
Thanks, you're very welcome. Part 4 might be a week late because I'm waiting on those miniatures and then of course they all have to be assembled and painted.......I'll release a few other bits and pieces though in the meantime. I really appreciate your support and kind comments. 👍🏻
very entertaining, especially the river crossing :-)
the map was so informative too - thanks guys.
Our pleasure! Cheers John 👍🏻
Shame you wasn’t my history teacher,I would have been hooked for sure✌️
Hey Stephen, it's not too late, I hope I can hook you now 👍🏻. Thanks for watching.
Very intense!
Great stuff, love the channel. Very glad it looks like it’s gaining some traction.
Thanks buddy, I think I must be doing something right 👍🏻
Love this series so far Kevin.
Glad to hear it, thanks!
Allright, finaly subscribed and bell dinged.
ARE YOU HAPPY NOW, FATHER?!
Brilliant
Great series so far the boat battle and model you made was great!
Thanks 👍🏻
Great show Kevin
I totally enjoyed that .. I just closed my eyes and listened!
Cheers Brian, thanks for listening 👍🏻
Another great video. Just subscribed - keep up the good work.
Thanks very much, will do!
Hanging on every word. And video!
Wow, thanks! Lots more to come 👍🏻
Brilliant exposé - Big Fan after this and the Angincourt posting!!!!!!
Excellent! Thanks for watching 👍🏻
Very interesting!!! 👍👍
You’ve got a knack of making history feel immediate and exciting. Well done.
Love your props.
Cheers!
Haha, thanks for watching Allen 👍🏻
Beautiful ship model. 👍 I always enjoy seeing your painted models too.
Thanks!!
brilliant series Kevin, really enjoy it, your storytelling. Just read Harlequin a month back by Bernard Cornwell, so this was really great to recap and paint more of the picture.
Thanks!! Bernard Cornwall met with me many years ago as part of his research for Thomas of Hookton and the Harlequin series 👍🏻
Good story telling.
Thanks for listening, glad you enjoyed it.
This is dope series
Cheers 👍
Sounds like a chevauchée is the medieval example of what Sherman did during his march from Atlanta to the Sea, and through South Carolina during the American Civil War. As he said...
"Gentlemen you cannot define war in harsher terms than mine. War is cruelty and you cannot refine it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over!"
- Gen Willian T. Sherman
Well done sir,like the series very much😊
That's great to hear, thanks
Learning English and History at the same time 😀 thanks. Very interesting that He is landing on the same peninsula as the American hundreds of years earlier
Yes, amazing eh?
Fantastic channel just found it.. love the video's
Cheers Jupp and welcome 👍🏻
Very very good…
You've gotta be one of the most entertaining history presenters!
Cheers TiddlyWinks - that's appreciated 👍🏻
Nice video Kevin
Thanks!
....and im hooked 😂
Interesting✌️
It's getting exciting, 😀
Just gotta wait on those Perry miniatures, they might arrive next week, but then I've still got to assemble & paint them 😉
The Perry twins have a good a good reputation, for historical accuracy in their miniatures, I believe they were once reenactors themselves
It's interesting that the historian Richard Holmes described the Somme estuary as 'the fatal avenue'. A very apt description covering centuries.
For sure 👍🏻
very interesting, have seen part 1 and 2 as well and other videos about bows
Cool, thanks. I'm just working on the next one, part 4 of the series 👍🏻
Nice video Sir
Hi Kevin, great storytelling. Your enthusiasm is infectious. There’s a great story about the river crossing from a characters perspective in Ken Follett’s book ‘World Without End’ if you haven’t read it/audiobook it. Keep them coming! From one Brummie to another! What part are you from?
Hi there and thanks so much for your comment. I'm from Nechells originally, old Brum. 👍🏻
As a direct descendant of King Edward III, allow me to say Kevin that you have done my 23rd great-grandfather proud! Great presentations! Happy to be a subscriber!
Goodness me, you have some family tree there!
Did you see part one "What Sparked the Hundred Years War" yet? I have some fun with the characters.
Thank you for watching and subscribing 👍🏻
Great as always Mr hicks, we need to keep it alive and going, I use an American flatbow,which is similar to English longbow,but is cheaper,as I can't afford a longbow,I make my arrows,both new and historic to compare,
Sounds great, I was just commenting to another bowman, that to my mind it doesn't matter what you shoot, as long as you do it and enjoy doing it. All the best 👍🏻
Hello, are you going to do a bit on the Mary Rose? I think that would be a bit of history worth talking about. You do such a great job that I would definitely and appreciate you handling that bit. Just an idea. Thank you very much Mr. Hicks. My wife and I had a hardy laugh about you and the grave yard. You’re a great presenter.
Hi Thomas, yes I'll definitely get to the Mary Rose eventually. I'm keeping an eye out for a decent model of it, all I can find so far is a tiny one, but yes, it's on my radar 👍🏻
Cool, also good to know you use 25/28mm models. :D
Again fabulous storytelling and I love your passion! I do have a question for you as I hope to make some illustrations I can use when I talk with the public this year. The night before the battle - do you think the English knights would be armoured up for battle - or at least half armoured up so they are near ready just in case? I often wonder what William de Bohun, the knight I portray would have discussed with Edward III about his small campaign and experiences in Morlaix in fighting a defensive battle against the French? Looking forward to the final video on this - it's been brilliant!
Hi Paul, thanks, and thanks for watching.
We do know that before Agincourt, some of the knights were dressed at 4am, and were walking up and down to keep warm and to keep their armour working, so that might offer an insight.
Are you familiar with the term "get to the point"?
I plan to run this series right through to the Wars of the Roses and probably beyond 😉
@@thehistorysquad Thanks for the great reply and that is definitely an insight from what you have said about Agincourt, I had suspected this might be the case when in such a position as the English were in during these campaigns but also that's a great bit to also with keeping themselves warm and armour working! Good luck with your future episodes 😀
Greetings from Alabama, always enjoy your presentations, wish you had been my history professor!
Cheers Sandy, that's kind of you to say. 👍🏻
I really get a boost seeing other European Americans , especially us Southerners hahaha interested in our ancestry or history of our peoples back home in general...
Hiring mercenaries but not paying them is hilarious man.
Hi, love the channel. Were you the bowman at Warwick Castle around 2001-2002 by chance?
Yep, that was me. I was there until 2005 👍🏻
I adore these videos and recently discovered and subscribed to your channel, but wouldn’t it be the Cotentin Peninsula where Edward landed?
Edited: *your*
Caen was a pretty interesting battle in itself.
Have you by any chance read The Road to Crécy by Livingstone and Witzel? I'd be interested to know your thoughts on it if you have.
Hi, no I haven't read that one, I'll keep an eye out for it.
I've been know to burn some Poissy back in the days 😅
uhh this series is gonna be great. i really love the books written about this time: my favorite authors are Bernard Cornwell (holy Grail series and his book Aginmcourt) and David Gillman (Master of War series) who cover the Hundred years war really good. 1 point i like to make Kevin: the name of the crossing: its Blanche Taque (spoken Blanch Tak) but thats just a minor thing to me :) keep it up.. i will watch every vid and when you are done i will binge watch it again. BTW will you do a video on the totally crazy system of the arrow industry at that time? i love that they had this kind of system at this time.
Hi Raik, thanks for watching & yes, your request is already on the cards.
Interestingly, in addition to being a fan, I'm also an acquaintance of Bernard Cornwell, he used me many years ago as his research for the grail quest series..........I am Thomas of Hookton 😉. I had the pleasure of shooting for Bernard and the Harper Collins team for the book launch at Agincourt 👍🏻
All the best Kevin
@@thehistorysquad wow... just wow...great to know that some authors really do their homework before writing. and thanks for the reply. keep up the good work
Logistics ‼️‼️‼️
One thing i noticed from the map was the time to offload supplies and materials and string them into a wagon train....something like 6 days⁉️
I draw that conclusion by the time it shows to move ever so slightly (map distance) to the next town or village....from the 12th to the 18th ....so even if a day or 2 is traveling, the offloading took a Monday-Friday type effort.....just imagine, howd they get horses off ships? Or did they commandeer those in Normandy ❓then rowing the rest to the beach then unpacking and bringing inland to the camp ⛺️......And this was just normal and routine as can be for those involved😳😳 .....nuts
Excellent comment, thank you!. Just to help out, from what I can tell, they swam the horses to shore from boats specially configured to load, transport and unload them. People miss your point, but it's documented that Edward III had one of the finest wagon trains and supply system even equal to the Duke of Marlborough in 1704. It's actually a point I'll be covering in another film. Thanks for watching H 👍🏻
Brilliant this. What were the French army doing in Gascony?
From what I can remember they were trying to push into Gascony
Third comment :How about a cool video or two about the famed Genovese crossbowmen who here certainly experienced their most crushing defeat at Crécy under the idiotic orders of the foolhardy Duc d'Alençon. I understand that they engaged battle as a vanguard (most unusual for the time) and without a lot of their battle equipment that was in the centre of the advancing column. They were nonetheless nearly as feared as the Swiss mercenaries throughout Europe.
I'm currently making a pavise 😉
Brilliant video, it’s such a fascinating war.
I’d love to get your take on why the British had such success against the French, was it strategic, tactical, quality of men or something else
In my opinion it was a combination of all the above, and we failed only when leadership failed. 👍🏻
Thanks for watching.
@@thehistorysquad great video could you please make a video about the wars of the roses that explains about king Richard III of England and what would history of England be if king Richard III of England won the battle of bosworth against Henry tuder who is Henry 7 and father of Henry 8
Because when Henry tuder won the Tudor dynasty in England began during the renaissance period
If you could make a video about it and about Richard III it would be great because there is little information about king Richard III of England and what type of king he was
Yes absolutely the Wars of the Roses will be coming down the line once I've finished the Hundred Years War series 👍🏻
@@thehistorysquad yeah the leadership of the English in the hundered years war played a pivotal role in this war. The english king never was far from the battle mostly. He was amongst the men in the battle or his heir was(like in Crecy). So the english soldiers stood next to their lord. They knew they wouldnt be captured but they could earn the thanks of their lords for defending them from capture.
If only history was like this at school. Absolutely fascinating.
Cheers Paul 👍🏻
11:51 Wait you're based in Canada? Awesome.
Do a video about Battle of Castillon. Let’s enjoy the last ride of this old bastard John Talbot ! Ah !
For sure, I'm slowly working my way through what's going to be a full series and I do plan to cover that battle and the end game and then move onto the Wars of the Roses. Thanks for watching.
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Those nanes in Normandy just leap off the page due to the Normandy Invasion of WW2. Carentan, St Mere Eglise, Caen, St.Lo, Cherbourg.
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Who do you think was Edward's best Commander? To name a few for example Northampton, Arundel, Warwick, Oxford or Sir John Chandos.
I have two favourites, and they are the Earl of Northampton and the Earl of Warwick, however my favourite is down in Brittany, Sir Thomas Dagworth - he's worth checking out. 👍🏻
It is quite notable how often the theme of "And things might have gone very differently... but then the mercenaries left or didn't show up at all" repeats in these accounts. I understand how mercenary soldiers were simply a fact of warfare for many countries back then, but it is slightly humorous how often it comes back to bite them in very crucial moments (though of course there were many successful, uneventful mercenary deployments for each one of these).
A bit off topic but can show us how you make your arrows, if you make them by yourself?
Hi there, yes for sure I make my own and will definitely do a film on it. I just have to clean up my workshop first 😉
@@thehistorysquad Great! I am asking because I have a hard time with glueing them with rabbit glue.
I am trying to get the look like arrows found on the Marry Rose/British paintings.
I tried different ways.
Put glue on first, then binding with sweing thread.
Or binding it first and then put on the glue.
But everytime the rabbit glue is extremly uneven, clumpy here and there or the binding damaging while shooting... :/
Hey, first of all, do you use a jig? The fletchings have to be glued first then pressed into the shaft, if need be, thin out the glue. Do each fletching individually. When all 3 fletchings are set and dried, do the binding which is called whipping (using linen thread). I'll show you how to do the hidden knot at the top and bottom of the bindings on the video. 👍🏻
Random question but seeing the bodkin point reminds me, why is it so long? I’d of thought a shorter but stouter bodkin would’ve been a better arrowhead for using against armor
The longer bodkins were perfect for penetrating mail, padded jacks and leather jerkins, and as armour developed so did the arrowheads. The later designs were shorter and stouter. 👍🏻
@@thehistorysquad ohhh ok I understand! Thank you sir! I wouldn’t want to patch up those wounds! Henry V wounds were just dreadful from the bodkin
Is that windlass gizmo for winding up a crossbow? Do you have a demo? I didn’t know that you live in Canada. I live in Prince Rupert, BC👍🇨🇦
Yes, it is. Here's a link to the video I did on the crossbow 👍🏻
czcams.com/video/QOlRPxvCZrI/video.html
I've lived here in Canada for 3 years now. I'll be wanting to visit BC someday.
If only my teachers had been telling these stories like You do.
I would not have hated it and not received a 5 or even a 6, which are the worst ranks in the german school system of that time.
Now i´m having fun and know more than what they would have asked me.
Sadly they are not interested in testing me again and maybe correct my rating. They say , thats history.
Glad you've been enjoying the videos 👍🏻
Question for you: i thought that the longbows had greater range, but you said that they had to get within range and were being hit by crossbow bolts? did you mean that they couldn’t fire back while fording the river or did those crossbowmen have the actual range advantage?
At first the crossbowmen had all the advantage as they had cover, and to engage them the bowmen had to cross the river because they couldn't see them.
I have a question about the average person owning a Longbow at this time since by law they had to practice once a week, where they previded by the King or local Lord for practice and for when they went to war or was the peasentry were actually able to own weapons like the longbow at this time and especially after the Norman conquest?
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Hi there, yes, you did have to own your own bow, and the archer was a higher status than peasant.
@@thehistorysquad cool thanks
Oh snap you're in canada?!?