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  • Written and presented by Dr David Starkey, this is the compelling story of two of England's most striking monarchs: a brother and sister, tied by blood and affection, and torn apart by religion, power, and some of the bloodiest episodes in English history.
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  • @_v-.
    @_v-. Před 3 lety +869

    I couldn't give a toss for history when I was at school but as my life has progressed it has become fascinating.

    • @carolehankinson4969
      @carolehankinson4969 Před 3 lety +40

      Xerxes - me too, I can't get enough of history now and my brain's like a sponge, problem is its full of hole's at my age and my memory's not so good. 😂👌

    • @mariealexander9545
      @mariealexander9545 Před 3 lety +11

      same here l just love history l read any book l can find on history l am now reading about the knights templars just fascinating at the moment l have about 5 books on them and l'll enjoy every minute l buy mine on Amazon kindle its cheaper that way and takes up a lot less room

    • @Cas0669
      @Cas0669 Před 3 lety +11

      History was and always has been my favourite subject

    • @ObamAmerican48
      @ObamAmerican48 Před 3 lety +4

      Same for me.

    • @wiesiahunter1133
      @wiesiahunter1133 Před 3 lety +3

      @@mariealexander9545youri

  • @cheskaa0508
    @cheskaa0508 Před 3 lety +442

    who else here thinks that videos like these are more educating than school? I'm not saying that school sucks

    • @DarkAngel71180
      @DarkAngel71180 Před 3 lety +6

      Cheska Guce so you're saying school sucks?

    • @billmather4854
      @billmather4854 Před 3 lety +5

      Depends on the kinda school you went to Cheska!

    • @GustavoRodriguez-cv5qw
      @GustavoRodriguez-cv5qw Před 3 lety +1

      @@DarkAngel71180 Learn too read air head.

    • @aliciamarcel3620
      @aliciamarcel3620 Před 3 lety +3

      Me. Plus having this kid play the role pits it prospective. U dont think king when you hear 15 year old

    • @JohnQ411
      @JohnQ411 Před 3 lety +9

      Of course its more educating than school...schools refuse to teach history anymore as it might hurt their students frail sensibilities

  • @Yasin_2312
    @Yasin_2312 Před 3 lety +964

    His death was kind of a punishment to Henry VIII, who thought that only sons can rule and not daughters. Mary may not prove that daughters can rule but Elizabeth sure did. It’s ironic how all Henry’s three children became kings and queens and yet the one Henry doubted the most would be one of the most successful monarch in British History

    • @fabolousnature3873
      @fabolousnature3873 Před 3 lety +38

      Your thought is wrong henry never liked foreign prince to rule over his daughter and his country he wants his country an english and truly protestant

    • @kayleighmariex1411
      @kayleighmariex1411 Před 3 lety +16

      I love this family and there history and your so right and Mary queen of Scots cousin of Elizabeth also was amazing queen who ruled even though people tried to get her to Mary men first king of France the an English men but she refused to be eglqual she became more powerefull its such a cool interesting family

    • @jordandavis1717
      @jordandavis1717 Před 3 lety +48

      Do you have a credible source to back up the claim of how Henry VIII thought, as you claim? Henry needed/ wanted a male heir as the tudor claim was threatened his entire life and leaving only female heirs was deemed weak. The truth doesn't fit your agenda though

    • @Alejojojo6
      @Alejojojo6 Před 3 lety +86

      Better than that, both girls slammed their father in the face, one by returning the country to Catholism and the other by non marrying and ending the Tudors Dynasty. Quite Ironic

    • @justlooking1299
      @justlooking1299 Před 3 lety +25

      I’ll argue that Mary had a good rule she was just like her grandmother tbh . Mary just needed medical care and never received it

  • @maryoleary5044
    @maryoleary5044 Před 3 lety +278

    The young actor playing Edward is very believable.

    • @johnnyki2124
      @johnnyki2124 Před 3 lety +5

      He is so irritating

    • @greatbear1092
      @greatbear1092 Před 3 lety +17

      @@johnnyki2124 Exactly. So was Edward.

    • @JoyOgbatue
      @JoyOgbatue Před 3 lety +11

      @@johnnyki2124 how? He’s a kid.

    • @andylumehriverofliferev.2254
      @andylumehriverofliferev.2254 Před 3 lety +2

      I am reading the biography of Henry the eight from the library. A Right reviting read.
      His father was a cockney mugger. A Robinhood character.
      He and his woodsmen gang mugged travelers in the Forest roads, stealing whatever they could get.
      One day the king of England was travelling to Wessex.
      The highway robbers committed a regicide.
      Henry the father took the crown from the king and put it in his head.
      .
      His fellow thieves blew the trumpet if coronation.
      That is how he became king of England.
      He lived shirt while after that and died.
      Jesus Christ is Lord.

    • @andylumehriverofliferev.2254
      @andylumehriverofliferev.2254 Před 3 lety

      @@johnnyki2124
      I am reading the biography of Henry the eight from the library. A Right reviting read.
      His father was a cockney mugger. A Robinhood character.
      He and his woodsmen gang mugged travelers in the Forest roads, stealing whatever they could get.
      One day the king of England was travelling to Wessex.
      The highway robbers committed a regicide.
      Henry the father took the crown from the king and put it in his head.
      .
      His fellow thieves blew the trumpet if coronation.
      That is how he became king of England.
      He lived shirt while after that and died.
      Jesus Christ is Lord.

  • @nancybroertjes5160
    @nancybroertjes5160 Před 4 lety +243

    Henry VIII didn't consider that he was founding a NEW church. He just considered that the Pope wasn't in charge in England, HE was.

    • @nancybroertjes5160
      @nancybroertjes5160 Před 4 lety +32

      @Ru22eLL again, Henry VIII considered himself a Catholic. He did not feel that he was starting a NEW church but believed that God made him both king AND head of the Church in England. He believed that God intended that rather than the Pope to be head of the Church in England...he wasn't intending to destroy the power of the Catholic Church, but the power of the Pope

    • @Luna.3.3.3
      @Luna.3.3.3 Před 4 lety +9

      Yes. All H VIII cared about was being able to marry and get an heir. ..I think I saw in another doc, in the end, he had Catholic words at his death bed

    • @aposterous4126
      @aposterous4126 Před 3 lety +6

      @Ru22eLL yep. And, obviously, he didn’t care at all whether he was excommunicated or not; the only thing he did care about was getting the church under his control so he could re-marry and have a viable heir to the English throne.

    • @aposterous4126
      @aposterous4126 Před 3 lety +1

      @Ru22eLL yeah, I’m not doubting his religiousness. Sorry if I came off that way.

    • @DarkMatterX1
      @DarkMatterX1 Před 3 lety +8

      @@nancybroertjes5160
      "...he wasn't intending to destroy the catholic church."
      The dissolution of the monasteries says otherwise

  • @jaybee8868
    @jaybee8868 Před 3 lety +310

    I think he was very similar in temperament to Henry VII his grandfather. Sensible, astute, intelligent and able to control his emotions which is what a king needs to be able to do. Sensible about finances, not given to excess and so on. Such a shame he died early - but there again... he clearly had a very cold streak... but I guess all rulers had to in those days

    • @graceamerican3558
      @graceamerican3558 Před 3 lety +30

      Just from this video - he sounds a bit tyrannical. He was far too young to rule as Edward was still a child.

    • @edwardviofengland8048
      @edwardviofengland8048 Před 3 lety +8

      Thanks!

    • @stevieg6418
      @stevieg6418 Před 3 lety +5

      If Only we had Edward instead of Henry! Would of been a different world. Henry was an unready petulant child even in his old age.

    • @andylumehriverofliferev.2254
      @andylumehriverofliferev.2254 Před 3 lety +1

      I am reading the biography of Henry the eight from the library. A Right reviting read.
      His father was a cockney mugger. A Robinhood character.
      He and his woodsmen gang mugged travelers in the Forest roads, stealing whatever they could get.
      One day the king of England was travelling to Wessex.
      The highway robbers committed a regicide.
      Henry the father took the crown from the king and put it in his head.
      .
      His fellow thieves blew the trumpet if coronation.
      That is how he became king of England.
      He lived shirt while after that and died.
      Jesus Christ is Lord.

    • @harrygallagher4125
      @harrygallagher4125 Před 3 lety +10

      You’re right. Edward was very much like his paternal grandfather whereas Henry VIII, from all contemporary accounts, could have been the very reincarnation of his maternal Yorkist grandfather, Edward IV. Regarding Edward’s character, he was extremely precocious and was indeed seemingly a cold fish. But one must appreciate the boy’s position in which he discovered himself.
      Although I have no historical conformation of this, I have personally speculated that Henry VIII named his son and heir Edward so he could style himself as the sixth of that name when he came to the throne, hammering home the point that the ill-fated Edward V was a legitimate king and thus adding more legitimacy to Henry’s Yorkist antecedents. Edward VI must have been very much aware of the fate of his boy royal predecessor and lived with a certain degree of apprehension throughout his short life. This might well have scarred the boy’s psyche over and above finding himself an orphan at age nine and thus withdrew within himself to a certain extent giving birth to his renown aloofness.
      One reason why he never moved against his older sister Mary was quite simply that he loved her as almost a surrogate mother, notwithstanding their profound religious differences. He once wrote her: “I love you most of all.” She, along with his longtime boyhood best friend, Barnaby Fitzpatrick, might have well been the only two people he ever felt any true and deep affection for. Quite simply, he felt safe with them.

  • @bluestrife28
    @bluestrife28 Před 2 lety +62

    His father’s son. Wow. I always hear about Edward in passing through the Elizabeth and Mary stories; but to learn more about him opens a lot more up. I can see why this is the guy who wrote over his own true successor Mary in order to put lady Jane Grey on the throne in order to preserve his fervent beliefs. He doesn’t surprise me. All of the children of Henry bore his defining characteristic: “if I decide I don’t want to do it, neither heaven nor hell will move me, I will move you.” Great documentary. 👍👍

  • @schweizz1
    @schweizz1 Před 3 lety +47

    I'm not a British but love British history. Very fascinating & so much to learn.

    • @yespls4184
      @yespls4184 Před 2 lety +8

      I'm not British either (American) but yeah it's really interesting! It's quite the soap opera lol

    • @schweizz1
      @schweizz1 Před 2 lety +4

      @@yespls4184 haha full of drama

    • @mothermovementa
      @mothermovementa Před 7 měsíci +2

      Our history is the best

  • @naomi8036
    @naomi8036 Před 3 lety +43

    His handwriting looks like a font. Perfect.

  • @margaretcooper797
    @margaretcooper797 Před 3 lety +58

    David Starkey brings history to life.He is a brilliant narrator.

  • @sangs19S
    @sangs19S Před 3 lety +66

    Very sad. I didn't know.
    Mom died when he was few days old. Dad died when he was 9. He die when he was just 15. Very sad 😔

    • @DavidBroadley-tw7ks
      @DavidBroadley-tw7ks Před 3 měsíci +1

      I feel sorry for Mary Henry didn't give a f about her and that c Cromwell help break up his marriage with Catherine off aragon

  • @joycebriault7498
    @joycebriault7498 Před 4 lety +494

    Learning more than I did at school

  • @chardz2007
    @chardz2007 Před 3 lety +86

    Dave starkey is an absolute legend of a man. I’ve met him many times as a youngster.

    • @ek7593
      @ek7593 Před 3 lety +4

      Lucky you! I admire his immense and profound knowledge. Greetings from Portugal.

    • @maryoleary5044
      @maryoleary5044 Před 3 lety +1

      He's still the best at this!

  • @michellerhodes9910
    @michellerhodes9910 Před 4 lety +167

    I always respect Dr Starkey's presentations - this is a lovely piece of history. I had grown up thinking that Edward had been coerced into excluding his sisters but it seems greatly out of his Tudor character to be so oppressed even in a last illness.

    • @heatherjackson2455
      @heatherjackson2455 Před 2 lety +2

      Signs of the times..x

    • @heatherjackson2455
      @heatherjackson2455 Před 2 lety +2

      Thank you how do we explain any thing if we were not there a the or a matters to us how do we understand the talk be it ignorance or knowledge common sense is not often obvious until we are shown and get it,,,,

    • @jeynjohnston8085
      @jeynjohnston8085 Před rokem

      @@heatherjackson2455 thanks

  • @luulmaogi2293
    @luulmaogi2293 Před 3 lety +51

    Ironically, king Henry the eight tried so hard to have a descendants, but he never had any. All of his children died childless.

    • @iTammy
      @iTammy Před 8 dny

      Hmmm, as I’m not from the UK I start to wonder who became the king/queen than?? If none of them had children, my guess is a child from a potential uncle or aunt, or a nephew or niece????

    • @SapphireCrusader1988
      @SapphireCrusader1988 Před 7 dny

      @@iTammy Yeah, that's usually how it goes. A king dies without any successors, genealogists go up the family tree to find any living descendants who could inherit the throne.

  • @daniellegarcia7980
    @daniellegarcia7980 Před 4 lety +394

    The biggest thing that happened to me at nine was falling and getting stitches.

    • @WyattRyeSway
      @WyattRyeSway Před 4 lety +23

      Danielle Garcia.....I changed schools at 9. I had to learn to navigate a new set of rules, a new place and a new schedule. It was overwhelming! I can’t imagine being told “oh, hey you are now king”. I mean....”your daddy’s dead and you are king” (so hey, you are in charge while you are grieving your father”. Just holy shit!

    • @daniellegarcia7980
      @daniellegarcia7980 Před 4 lety +8

      Ари Фёдорович we all have our struggles growing up. But his was one hell of a struggle! Thanks for replying:)

    • @gdhse3
      @gdhse3 Před 4 lety +4

      Can't remember what I was doing at 9 years old. Glad you guys!

    • @esthernitzberg7118
      @esthernitzberg7118 Před 4 lety +1

      M gdhse3 .

    • @dea9474
      @dea9474 Před 4 lety +7

      The biggest thing that happened to me was losing my grandpa

  • @meidassecondsoprano150
    @meidassecondsoprano150 Před rokem +16

    I am glad you have found a love for history. As one who has always loved it and taught it at the high school level as a long term substitute teacher, the first question I would ask the class was: “Who here hates history?” After encouraging them to be honest and give me a show of hands saying it absolutely wouldn’t hurt their grades, i would receive a number of 🙌. I would then tell them that it was my job to make history interesting to everyone in class, but especially to each one of them. Then I asked each person who hated history to tell me what made them hate the subject. It was fascinating and helpful. At the end of that class, we agreed that 1) my job as the teacher was to deliver history classes that captured and held every student’s attention and 2) each one of the student’s job was to open their mind to the subject and learn at least one thing of real interest each class. Together, by the time I left in two weeks, my 100% guarantee was that the students would all love history. We had a successful two weeks❤
    My theory: For every person who hates history, there is a student within who never had a history teacher who brought the subject to life for that student!

  • @antoniabanoczi-gg8te
    @antoniabanoczi-gg8te Před 4 lety +86

    Dr David Starkey again doing his brilliant historic work...

    • @jimmywang1586
      @jimmywang1586 Před 4 lety +4

      This is the same person who said: "Slavery was not genocide, otherwise there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or in Britain would there? An awful lot of them survived..."

    • @melodyrichter2450
      @melodyrichter2450 Před 4 lety +1

      Jimmy Wang You’d think that the good Dr. Starkey would have thought out his words better. (Perhaps his attitudes too.)

    • @ffdv7458
      @ffdv7458 Před 4 lety +1

      @@jimmywang1586 don't worry, within 20 years this history will be erased and replaced with middle eastern and african revisionism. Enjoy these videos while you can.

    • @_Clem_H_Fandango_
      @_Clem_H_Fandango_ Před 3 lety

      @@antoniabanoczi-gg8te you take offence to those comments like you're fucking Dr. Starkey. I doubt he needs you to defend him...

  • @nichhodge8503
    @nichhodge8503 Před 3 lety +156

    Male heir Henry longed for is forgotten by time and is firmly in the shadow of his sisters especially Elizabeth who went on to one of England’s most memorable Monarchs

    • @Crows256
      @Crows256 Před rokem +11

      Imagine going through six marriages to try and get a son but then that son gets overshadowed almost completely by the sisters you excluded for so long. Big L to Henry 🤣

    • @josephine5809
      @josephine5809 Před rokem +7

      @@Crows256 Infinitely overshadowed by the daughter of Anne Boylen, no less.

    • @annapiotrowicz7494
      @annapiotrowicz7494 Před rokem

      history is different
      just my version of DNA of Kings/Queen just something that happen in the past not what will happen in the 2030 if still have Kings/Queens
      they did this with 1st male hair to be come king so the they don't end up marring their own cusin's/hafe sisters who can be their Queen with them
      girls come last in that family some marryed to strangers age 12-13 had kids of their age 19-20 that never be come King/Queen
      later on in 1500's Kings killed of their Queens 1 King have many wifes not married to any of theim have childern with each wife
      all got a mess when Kings/queens start to keep in the family marry their own cusins or worst their own hafe brothers/sisters have childern with their cusin's that later become King or Queen

  • @Julia-jane
    @Julia-jane Před 2 lety +32

    This has changed the way I thought of Edward vi - I just thought he was a very weak and sickly boy and his reign was so short it was insignificant. His reign was only touched upon briefly in history lessons at school. I am so glad to have learned so much about him. Shame there have to be ads though!

    • @bonnieabrs1003
      @bonnieabrs1003 Před 2 lety +2

      I, too thought Edward had been ill most of his life. Glad to see he wasn’t. I can’t help but wonder just how tyrannical he would have been given such great power & attitude from the start of his life. He sounds like a boy with King Henry inside him. Much must have come directly from Henry’s own mouth!
      I learned one other thing from this video. How Jane Grey became Queen. I didn’t know Edward had made this will. The puzzle pieces fit now.
      Thank you!

  • @femke6313
    @femke6313 Před 3 lety +42

    Dr. Starky and Dr. Lipscomb are the only two historians I take their worth for gospel. Working on my graphic novel about the Tudor's and it being historical accurate (as possible/I'm still human) and having these documentaries are such a great help!

  • @blancamarquez8697
    @blancamarquez8697 Před 4 lety +261

    It is saddening that death corrupted him of his great dreams for his Kingdom. He could have been a true leader to his England. On the other hand, it is a relief that his sister Elizabeth was able to push through one of these dreams, i.e. the land’s Protestantism. At least his efforts were not wasted, and his works didn’t end in vain.

    • @rohansrider
      @rohansrider Před 4 lety +37

      Blanca Marquez an awful lot of people had to die depending on which side of the argument they supported. Mary and Elizabeth both in their own way despicably cruel. Not one true ‘Christian’ amongst them , just power hungry individuals. Elizabeth wanted to annihilate the Irish because she feared Philip , Mary sent Protestants to the stake and executed others including Lady Jane Grey who was of the Tudor line and a legitimate heir but a terribly religious zealot and that cost her life.

    • @monabohamad2242
      @monabohamad2242 Před 3 lety +14

      @@rohansrider I guess they've probably got their despicability and cruelty from their Father Henry VIII

    • @mangot589
      @mangot589 Před 3 lety +33

      I don’t know🤔. He was pretty cold. And a religious fanatic. Mary was pretty brutal , but at least she felt bad. To me, it seemed he was shaping up to be a despot, he seemed flatlined on emotions... I think it would have been pretty horrific for the Catholics. I think he would have blown Mary out of the water. Elizabeth did it right, she was a moderate, but she was head of the Church of England. Personally, I don’t think she was fantastically religious. That famous quote “I don’t care what people are as long as they’re good subjects”.

    • @mariafury1047
      @mariafury1047 Před 3 lety +17

      I am not happy he died, but he would have made a very cold and unfeeling king. He was not a kind person seems to have been very detached.

    • @rohansrider
      @rohansrider Před 3 lety +3

      Maria Fury yes, he would have been a Protestant zealot.He and his cousin Jane Grey were educated together and influences hugely by the new faith . I have read several books about this and she was obsessed ; so much so she died for her belief. She consistently refused to accept transubstantiation which is at the heart of the Mass.Mary Tudor could never have let her live, despite all the alleged persuasions . Jane wound have been also a zealot , had she remained on the throne. That said, her claim was strong was ( Henry’ s sister’s bloodline). It was rumoured that Edward was kept alive by the use of arsenic. He suffered terribly . Vile times . Thank goodness people can now reject all that superstitious and supernatural baloney . We are free to not believe !.

  • @Luna.3.3.3
    @Luna.3.3.3 Před 4 lety +45

    David Starkey is SOLELY to blame on my mad obsession with UK history for maybe 20 years. I've seen this and *all* his docs MANY times over...( 🙄 I don't think I can agree with his politics and other opinions, but is still a brilliant historian). Because of him, I'm HOOKED on Lucy Worsley, Dan Jones, Susannah Lipscomb, Dan Snow, Helen Castor, Kate Williams, Neil Oliver ... and on and on. All UK! Loving it all from Canada 🇨🇦

  • @crystalclear6411
    @crystalclear6411 Před 3 lety +43

    The boy who acted Edward VI is so good in writing in the middle age way.

    • @aivanandrewsaga5661
      @aivanandrewsaga5661 Před 2 lety

      I was wondering on how his hands hadn't cramped 😂. Dang he good! 😂

    • @joeybaseball7352
      @joeybaseball7352 Před rokem +7

      They used a professional calligrapher for the actual writing close ups.

  • @davidfooterman6515
    @davidfooterman6515 Před rokem +8

    Edward VI seems to have been very mature mentally, doing a lot as a king between the age of 9 and 14, if the historical narrative is to be believed. I assume most of it came as guidance from his advisors. However, he certainly had to assert his Protestant leadership with a very threatening Catholic half-sister waiting for her opportunity, and there are some written records of his own thinking in which he does some very precise and consequential editing of his written edicts. Amazing stuff.

  • @masada2828
    @masada2828 Před 3 lety +109

    As a child, I loved the movie “The Prince & the Pauper” based on Edward vi.

  • @joyoflearning3532
    @joyoflearning3532 Před 3 lety +95

    imagine being bossed around by a twelve year old with an expert eye, the only thing i was an expert at when i was twelve was getting stuck in the most unimaginable places (i got stuck in small gaps multiple times lol)

  • @pandemits
    @pandemits Před 2 lety +21

    I was fascinated by Edward VI the moment I learned that he is the Prince in 'The Prince and the Pauper' classic novel. It's tragic the fact that he was the son that so many events occurred in England order for him to be born. Yet he died so young, without descendants, from a disease that nowadays it is completely curable.

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup Před 3 lety +18

    “Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.

  • @shawnmichaelduncan5951
    @shawnmichaelduncan5951 Před 4 lety +176

    imagine he had lived and had children and grandchildren

    • @femke6313
      @femke6313 Před 3 lety +6

      @Queenie Shi his father became a tyrant only after his jousting accident. Edward weing so ... frail, i don't thing he was much into dangerous sports. So England would have become a strong England with a booming economy. But I think feminism because of Elizabeth would have pushed that issue even further

    • @themage1114
      @themage1114 Před 3 lety +5

      He dislike his sister Mary and favored Elizabeth so if he didn't die he could probably imprison and kill Mary and could also get tired of Elizabeth as well.

    • @thelambsauce1701
      @thelambsauce1701 Před 3 lety +10

      Then we wouldn't have had Elizabeth, one of englands greatest rulers

    • @LaLa-ig5jf
      @LaLa-ig5jf Před 3 lety +5

      I feel like he would have been a pretty good king, as he was so incredibly independent and talented, but i think his reign would lead to tyranny, being the son of henry the 8th and subconciously picking up on his qualities.

    • @kaylajames9334
      @kaylajames9334 Před 3 lety +2

      @@LaLa-ig5jf but if he married Jane Grey, I think she could have calmed him somewhat.

  • @Lulu-ut9pv
    @Lulu-ut9pv Před 3 lety +34

    Very few people will understand what pressure the royal family was ar this time, Henry tried so hard to have a male heir for many reasons, one main reason is that the Tudor house is only 2 generations old which was very young compared to the other houses in Europe, by having a son the tudor name could carry on
    Also another reason is that when a woman tried to claim the throne (of any throne in Europe) it sometimes resulted in civil war.
    So when Henry came to the throne the frist 11 heirs were females many were also married into other foreign royal houses (marget to king of scots, mary to king of france) many feared that if Henry died those kings would try to claim England.
    The true irony is that Elizabeth was one of the most successful monarchs of all time,
    Perhaps if Henry paid more attention to his girls maybe their lives wouldn't be so miserable, especially mary, from being the mighty princess of Wales to the illegitimate bastard lady mary.... would have really pissed anyone off, as a daughter of Queen, granddaughter of the catholic monarch (F and I) she had a great heritage and saw she was ment for greatness but was held back.
    Perhaps if she was married earlier and had a child to love perhaps she may have not been known as bloody mary.
    History would be very different if edward lived, he was ment to marry mary queen of Scots, it was called the "tough wooing" as the scots pulled out of the treaty.
    Maybe England and Scotland joined alot sooner?

  • @Xanthippaa
    @Xanthippaa Před 4 lety +65

    Protestantism did NOT start in Germany with Martin Luther, but a century earlier in Bohemia. Luther himself stated he was a disciple of the Bohemian founder of the protestant doctrine, Jan Hus.

    • @jonasgrumby3378
      @jonasgrumby3378 Před 4 lety +5

      Good luck trying to educate these You Tube cretins.......their mind and culture is of the Ghetto and the Tattoo parlor.....if is is not on Net Flix forget it.

    • @lali_kay
      @lali_kay Před 3 lety +10

      @@jonasgrumby3378 prejudicial arse, get a life

    • @yespls4184
      @yespls4184 Před 3 lety +2

      @@jonasgrumby3378 bitter and judgmental much? Don't sound so pretentious when you also sound like such an idiot. Kind of cancels it out lol

    • @Consrignrant
      @Consrignrant Před 2 lety +2

      @Xanthippa Socrates....... He was a Hussite not a Protestant. Hussitism was a predecessor............ Protestantism did indeed start in Germany with Martin Luther. There were several attempts, by others, to reform the Catholic Church. Hus was not the first. It was Luther that created a reformed Church that survived.

    • @Consrignrant
      @Consrignrant Před 2 lety

      @@jonasgrumby3378.... You kind of sound like an imbecile. Particularly since the original comment is incorrect.

  • @owenb8636
    @owenb8636 Před 3 lety +6

    This narrator was the king of English documentaries

  • @popcult
    @popcult Před 3 lety +7

    Nobody tells a story royale like Dr. Starkey!
    I hope he will make more fascinating documentaries!!!

  • @DD-lv4tb
    @DD-lv4tb Před 3 lety +29

    How sad his young death. Very intelligent young king. His personality seemed a "combination of several of his relatives", and much his own. John 5:28,29

    • @Elly3981
      @Elly3981 Před 2 lety +1

      Edward's death was sad since he was only a child but at the same time, who knows if he would have grown up to be just as vile as his father if he had lived?

  • @yahuchanonyakov
    @yahuchanonyakov Před 3 lety +6

    Talk about family fueds...this makes Game of thrones look like a picnic...

  • @m_t3901
    @m_t3901 Před 4 lety +132

    I aways felt bad for early death of Edward. From his memoirs it seems he was a fine boy.

    • @julianakleijn2487
      @julianakleijn2487 Před 3 lety +27

      except how he tried to keep his sisters from their birth right

    • @goodnightmyprince6734
      @goodnightmyprince6734 Před 3 lety +7

      @@julianakleijn2487 and killed his uncle

    • @angyluzarmendaris2650
      @angyluzarmendaris2650 Před 3 lety +1

      🙏💖

    • @aliciamarcel3620
      @aliciamarcel3620 Před 3 lety +1

      His dad was not there to corrupt him

    • @kayleyholland5655
      @kayleyholland5655 Před 3 lety +2

      @@aliciamarcel3620 Henry used to be a very wise and good man. If you did research you would know that he was very liked and presented as the perfect man. Something clearly caused his downfall and that was probably some sort of mental disorder that went unrecognised due to the times.

  • @delorasledge2492
    @delorasledge2492 Před 3 lety +34

    Is someone in England watching old PBS specials about the history of American Presidents the way I'm watching these documentaries...🤔🤔🤔

    • @Magumbo58
      @Magumbo58 Před 3 lety +3

      lol been binge watching too they are fascinating

    • @hapilee5844
      @hapilee5844 Před 2 lety +1

      😆 lol perhaps?!

  • @maryoleary5044
    @maryoleary5044 Před 3 lety +30

    Alison Weir's book 'Children of England' is excellent on Henry Eight offspring and Lady Jane Grey also.

  • @DytchWytch
    @DytchWytch Před 2 lety +13

    I'm really enjoying how informative and well produced this series is made.

  • @CKing-388
    @CKing-388 Před 4 lety +77

    Some of the artwork is just fascinating. Just to think everything was made by hand and how long it must have took. Henry the 8th should have taken less time killing his wives and more time rising his children. Especially Mary, she was pretty cray cray.

    • @carolrademacher7002
      @carolrademacher7002 Před 3 lety +1

      He was married to Cathrine for 20 years. Until she turned 40 and new she probably wasn’t gonna get that boy.

    • @gidzmobug2323
      @gidzmobug2323 Před 3 lety +2

      Look at what happened to Mary over the years. Regarded as the heir for years, then pushed aside in favor of a younger half-sister. Simply ignored and threatened by her father and ordered to sign away her patrimony, only to have it partially restored later. Hated by two of her father's wives (Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard).
      She was living with quite a bit of stress, which can be difficult to live with.

    • @susanmccormick6022
      @susanmccormick6022 Před 3 lety

      @@gidzmobug2323 I thought Kat Howard tried to be friends.

    • @gidzmobug2323
      @gidzmobug2323 Před 3 lety +1

      @@susanmccormick6022 On The Tudors, yes. Will have to look that up when my books are back on the shelf (painting now).
      I don't think Mary liked Kat Howard much because Kat probably reminded her of Anne Boleyn. Also, Mary was much older than Kat.
      Elizabeth? Maybe. She would have been related to Kat via her mother.
      Edward? Not likely. He probably would have treated her with due deference, but he was usually not at Court (Henry was afraid he'd be sick).

    • @pbohearn
      @pbohearn Před 2 lety +1

      Not really. That’s the Elizabethan propaganda

  • @michaelmatthew8010
    @michaelmatthew8010 Před 4 lety +44

    Seen it a few years ago and loved the documentary! I am a Numismatist and I have a beautiful example of an Edward VI Shilling. My favourite coin ❤️

    • @Luna.3.3.3
      @Luna.3.3.3 Před 4 lety +8

      @Micheal Matthew I'm guessing I learned a new word today... Numismatist is a coin collector (?) 😊

    • @princesspatriot1544
      @princesspatriot1544 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Luna.3.3.3 was totally headed to google it . I love hearing new words .

  • @jamescairns4051
    @jamescairns4051 Před 2 lety +6

    David S is soooo engaging. Really pulls you into the topic. Thanks for uploading

  • @toocuteforwords9976
    @toocuteforwords9976 Před 3 lety +8

    The music and scenes of the English countryside is so beautiful and enjoyable as part of this interesting documentary.

  • @diorocks5858
    @diorocks5858 Před rokem +3

    Dr Starkey's presentations are amazing and all-encompassing, he can tell a story like few others

  • @petah-peoplefortheendlesst4668

    Lord Sudeley was actually beheaded because he attempted to break into Edward's apartment with a loaded pistol. When the King's spaniels started barking, Sudeley shot one of them. Sudeley was even given the opportunity to appear before the Privy Council to explain his actions, but never showed up and on top of that, had been conspiring with pirates operating in the Irish Sea to help overthrow his brother.

  • @WM37980
    @WM37980 Před 2 lety +5

    I was absolutely agog throughout this, I relished it to the last drop.
    Edward's last devise was thrilling!

  • @princesskayla1400
    @princesskayla1400 Před 2 lety +14

    It’s a shame that Prince Arthur of Wales has never became king himself cause he had died fairly young the same age as Edward VI. I often wondered what it be like if he had lived. We probably wouldn’t have Henry VIII and his children though.

    • @bcent5758
      @bcent5758 Před rokem

      Maybe all the religious conflicts wouldn’t have happened.

    • @LaKellita
      @LaKellita Před rokem +1

      ​@@bcent5758it would depend on whether Catherine of Aragon had fertility issues or if it was a Tudor fault. We don't know how Arthur would have handled not having a male heir. Henry might have ended up King anyway.

    • @Iamfrostie
      @Iamfrostie Před 10 měsíci

      Arthur would be happy tho if a girl was born

    • @LaKellita
      @LaKellita Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@Iamfrostie we don't know that

  • @Visplight
    @Visplight Před 3 lety +11

    I think that for Somerset you have to remember the fate of the Princes in the Tower. Everyone knew what had happened the last time an uncle had locked up his child-king nephew for "safekeeping" and so Edward was like "Oh hell no."

    • @susanmccormick6022
      @susanmccormick6022 Před 3 lety +1

      Legend,not proof or fact

    • @Visplight
      @Visplight Před 3 lety +7

      @@susanmccormick6022 No, the "fact" was that they were never heard from again. That's enough to make Edward shut it down.

  • @aileenhovorka9207
    @aileenhovorka9207 Před 3 lety +11

    I have always loved history! There is just SO bloody much of it at my age (old is all u need to know!). Keep up the good work!

    • @sandeshkaur9533
      @sandeshkaur9533 Před rokem

      I always looked forward to history lessons in school found it very interesting and still do up until this day

  • @lalli566
    @lalli566 Před 3 lety +10

    Can't believe how intelligent and mature Edward was for his age!

    • @AussieBrit
      @AussieBrit Před 3 lety +2

      Are you serious? All this documentary shows is just how lacking they were in the humanitarian sciences. These days, nobody would revere the ramblings of a six-year-old boy! It is a ridiculous concept!

    • @lalli566
      @lalli566 Před 3 lety +2

      @@AussieBrit in this day and age yes....but we're not talking about now are we?!?....this was a different period in time and things were very different back then! And yes, I'm perfectly serious. This young boy had very strong opinions and ideas ahead of his age. I'm sure he would have been a great king, had he have lived longer.

    • @AussieBrit
      @AussieBrit Před 3 lety +1

      @@lalli566 So are you claiming that children's brain development has regressed since his time? Children don't have optimum critical thinking skills until about the age of 25!

    • @lalli566
      @lalli566 Před 3 lety +3

      @@AussieBrit nope. Critical thinking development starts at about 5-9 years old. And he wasn't six when he was crowned, by the way, he was nine and died when he was 15 so he had time to develope his own thoughts and ideas with the guidance of a regency council. I think you just need to get off your high horse, basically.

    • @AussieBrit
      @AussieBrit Před 3 lety

      @@lalli566 Yes well, I see you have been accessing Dr Google. Do some real research about the prefrontal cortex of the brain and then get back to me, or, maybe not. Have a good day.

  • @essbee1720
    @essbee1720 Před 3 lety +9

    Thank you for a superb history lesson.

  • @Star-up7cw
    @Star-up7cw Před 4 lety +34

    The thing that really satisfies me is that it is exactly 48:00.

    • @beckygarcia107
      @beckygarcia107 Před 3 lety +3

      His death was a punishment to Henry VIII, who thought that only sons can rule and not daughters. Mary may not prove can daughters can rule but Elizabeth sure did. It’s ironic how all Henry’s three children became kings and queens and yet the one Henry doubted the most would be one of the most successful monarch in British History

  • @stevenwinterhill7576
    @stevenwinterhill7576 Před rokem +7

    I love this video so much!
    The first 3 minutes always gives me chills!.
    I love the enthusiasm Dr Starkey puts into that Tudor gathering and feast of that happy day☺️☺️
    So incredible!

  • @donnadao3712
    @donnadao3712 Před 4 lety +16

    ThNk you for putting so much work and effort into creating videos like this. I throughly enjoy it very much!!

  • @MrMuppetLover
    @MrMuppetLover Před 2 lety +4

    The kid that plays Edward VI is amazing!

  • @sbam4881
    @sbam4881 Před 3 lety +61

    That's actually some damn fine prose from a 6 - 9 year old.

    • @honeypoet9389
      @honeypoet9389 Před 3 lety

      Sorry but what is a prose

    • @sbam4881
      @sbam4881 Před 3 lety +5

      @@honeypoet9389 It's the use of language in writing. Sentence structure, word selection and usage etc.

    • @honeypoet9389
      @honeypoet9389 Před 3 lety +2

      @@sbam4881 ohhhhh ok thanks!

  • @nataliemeenakshithegreat7780

    Super the narrator goes straight to Edward sparing us from the rest that we already know thanks happy new year 2023

  • @dalehoward3704
    @dalehoward3704 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I love Richard Starkey's narration ❤

  • @jaybee9269
    @jaybee9269 Před rokem +5

    He seems like a very intelligent, if rather cold, young man.

  • @juttamaier2111
    @juttamaier2111 Před rokem +5

    Poor Lady Grey. She never asked for it, she was just put in that position that cost her her young life.

  • @milikacabanuik6612
    @milikacabanuik6612 Před 2 lety +2

    Wow fascinating. I enjoyed listening to this piece of history.

  • @melaniehenderson2573
    @melaniehenderson2573 Před 2 lety +2

    I've always been fascinated with Hystory of past eras, good reading.

  • @verablexitasap858
    @verablexitasap858 Před 3 lety +9

    I sometimes wonder (in my obviously busy life) whether the reason Edward's teachers had to "tone down" his language when referring to the papacy was not because Edward himself was "fervent" but because that's the way they spoke about the papacy in private around the boy and then they had to teach him how to tone it down in writing. 🤭

  • @amandamiller7736
    @amandamiller7736 Před 4 lety +9

    Excellent.

  • @josefinarodriguez3508
    @josefinarodriguez3508 Před rokem +1

    This is really fascinating. I have always loved history

  • @thomasbaye4805
    @thomasbaye4805 Před rokem +1

    I love this I can listen time after time history is so informative.

  • @MicaRayan
    @MicaRayan Před 4 lety +13

    Most of his portraits are funky and fashionable 💙

  • @rheahinlo
    @rheahinlo Před 3 lety +10

    Dang, that penmanship!

  • @rjwalker4153
    @rjwalker4153 Před rokem +1

    Very well done. Very informative. I had not known he had such a high intellect. The kid could speak 5 other languages, that astonished me.

  • @germaineboatwala-sidhva1079

    Notorious past monarchs of English history, yet they have left something of historical interest for posterity.

  • @LindaTCornwall
    @LindaTCornwall Před 4 lety +23

    The 900 prisoners who where bound and slaughtered, were my fellow Cornish-men, other Cornish-men in different units could hear their kin screaming. We were punished again later after the defeat when officials with swordsmen went into our villages and towns and slaughtered the men of those places from very young to old. It took 500 hundred years for an apology from the Church Of England, given by the Bishop of Truro.

    • @rohansrider
      @rohansrider Před 4 lety +9

      Monarchy and religion: part of a toxic mix of cruelty, mendacity, superstition, and highly successful over the centuries due to brainwashing through the mediums of fear and punishment. The biggest driver of fear is death.

  • @marilynmitchell2712
    @marilynmitchell2712 Před rokem +3

    History is people. In my spare time I read biographies of famous people for fun.

  • @21whichiswhich
    @21whichiswhich Před 3 lety +69

    I wonder if Edward Vl did not died young? Will Tudor Dynasty still runs today?

    • @10ksubsforred37
      @10ksubsforred37 Před 3 lety +15

      Denfinly yes

    • @Btsarmy-og6ld
      @Btsarmy-og6ld Před 3 lety +5

      Yes I guess

    • @slytherinserpent73
      @slytherinserpent73 Před 3 lety +6

      So sad...he is just like Tut....died too early

    • @josmith2031
      @josmith2031 Před 3 lety +1

      @@slytherinserpent73 the water witch 🧙🏻 put pay to it

    • @WillyYum55
      @WillyYum55 Před 3 lety +6

      Maybe but they were pretty inbred so idk l. But It’s all good tho cuz my boys from Scotland finessed the crown🤪

  • @CrazyMama75
    @CrazyMama75 Před 3 lety +24

    It amazes me how quickly Christians are to condemn other religions human abuses and how quickly they forget the lives sacrificed for their modern religious freedoms.

    • @berenwarrior6276
      @berenwarrior6276 Před 2 lety +2

      And it amazes me the ignorance of people like you about who were and are really Christian .

  • @carmie5881
    @carmie5881 Před 3 lety +8

    Ruthless father and ruthless son.

  • @christopherfritz3840
    @christopherfritz3840 Před 3 lety +11

    Makes me think of 'Damien' from the movie "The Omen" 💀

  • @elizabethfuhr5527
    @elizabethfuhr5527 Před 3 lety +2

    History class in school made me sleepy. This video kept me awake.

  • @catherinebroughton6059

    Brilliant, thanks.

  • @user-ww5gr1kp6d
    @user-ww5gr1kp6d Před 2 lety +3

    What a wonderful young actor - The Boy King)

  • @mikes878
    @mikes878 Před 4 lety +23

    This is just the timeline documentary put onto this channel...

  • @georginaspeirs6097
    @georginaspeirs6097 Před rokem +1

    My mother followed history. New it inside out. Wasn't interested until I aged. Nice to know some of your history

  • @coopsevy5664
    @coopsevy5664 Před 2 lety

    The artwork to structures are breath taking

  • @MahaliaSilverStacker
    @MahaliaSilverStacker Před 4 lety +15

    Very-educational-thank-you....
    Love-seeing-the-Queens-Beasts-statues-in-Hampton-Court....The-Yale-Of-Beaufort,The-Lion-Of-England,The-Griffin-Of-Edward-the-III

  • @myhappynest6125
    @myhappynest6125 Před 3 lety +33

    That was fascinating. I think Edward would have been a great King had he lived longer. It was not to be.

    • @greatbear1092
      @greatbear1092 Před 3 lety +9

      The little sociopath would have been worse than his father. A religious fanatic in a position of power is never a good thing.

    • @HallsofAsgard96
      @HallsofAsgard96 Před 3 lety +4

      @@greatbear1092 tbf a king/prince in his day was supposed to be stoic. Historians hav also theorized it partially due to trauma losing his father and then having uncle after uncle executed.

  • @migdaliajimenez3093
    @migdaliajimenez3093 Před rokem

    I really enjoy this episode

  • @racoonman100
    @racoonman100 Před 3 lety +1

    Outstanding

  • @cristinajerry4141
    @cristinajerry4141 Před 4 lety +25

    Some Tudor music would have been more appropriate for this video.

  • @hollyb6885
    @hollyb6885 Před 4 lety +16

    When I think of how much grief and pain have been caused by religion I think of John Lennon’s lyric from Imagine, “Imagine no religion.....’ Too many people use religion to advance their own wants and wishes.

    • @arenasification
      @arenasification Před 4 lety +6

      In communist countries religion is always prohibited - so??? People will always find sth to advance their own agenda

    • @monabohamad2242
      @monabohamad2242 Před 4 lety

      I almost thought that the REAL root and core of maybe ALL religions is to believe in God or something

    • @brendareed8412
      @brendareed8412 Před 4 lety +5

      Religion also helps many people to live better, kinder, more thoughtful lives, too.

    • @hollyb6885
      @hollyb6885 Před 4 lety +3

      Brenda Reed But too many people use it for evil and to
      “prove” their own prejudices. That’s sad.

    • @monabohamad2242
      @monabohamad2242 Před 4 lety +1

      @@hollyb6885 so the problem is with people NOT religion cuz the religion that I've been taught growing up seems to encourage Equality kindness patience forgiveness self-control and self-restraint when being angry as well as how people ought to respect other people's different choices different ideas different religions and different beliefs and faiths and what not so that somehow seems like the complete polar of something that's "evil" imo

  • @spontaneous_kat
    @spontaneous_kat Před rokem

    I love this channel so much.

  • @nikkimae813
    @nikkimae813 Před 3 lety +1

    Enjoyed the video, always think the narrator looks like Michael Whitehall though 🤣 think I need my glasses lol

  • @AussieBrit
    @AussieBrit Před 3 lety +6

    It is inconceivable today that anyone would revere the writings of a six-year-old boy. It is proof positive of how far we have come in the science of humanity.

  • @ziontakizaki7343
    @ziontakizaki7343 Před 3 lety +29

    He's Edward from The Prince and the Pauper, right? I know that's only Mark Twain's novel. It'd be interesting if he actually met a pauper who looked like him in real life.

  • @hugopresentado4752
    @hugopresentado4752 Před 3 lety

    Amazing facade in the Church. Excellent detail and the workmanship to build it. I hope I will be able to visit Sunday. Retuning to Philadelphia from Miami tomorrow. GMonther passed away and they want me to RETURN ASAP. More Later. Hugo V. 11-June-2021

  • @jeenamariamascarenhas7118
    @jeenamariamascarenhas7118 Před 10 měsíci

    Thank you for sharing…. 😘

  • @iamthescorpioking333crysta8

    THIS BLOKES VIDEO'S ARE TRUTH.

  • @AbdulGani-ji9hd
    @AbdulGani-ji9hd Před 4 lety +5

    *🙏🌎**#Thank** you very much for your History Information, "Real Royalty Channel"🇬🇧🌎🤝🙏*

  • @henrytudor6982
    @henrytudor6982 Před rokem +1

    I’ve always been fascinated by history…

  • @nataliemeenakshithegreat7780

    Dr. David voice is perfect

  • @josephbrink278
    @josephbrink278 Před 3 lety +10

    Yeah I live in America so I never got to learn this stuff in School only American history the closest to any of this stuff was back in the day the colonies vs the British lol woulda loved to learn English history as well because I find the kings and queens of England and English history very enjoying.

    • @mikelastname1220
      @mikelastname1220 Před 3 lety

      I would love to know where you went to school. What State? I taught history in high school and we covered all the monarchies while studying European History. Usually, high schools offer two history courses (most make the mandatory to take). Besides European History, there was American History. I'm dumbfounded you would say you never had a history class that covered the English monarchy!!!!

    • @josephbrink278
      @josephbrink278 Před 3 lety

      Patapsco highschool Maryland its In Dundalk