Francis Walsingham - Spymaster of Elizabeth I Documentary

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  • @PeopleProfiles
    @PeopleProfiles14 күн бұрын

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  • @danielsantiagourtado3430

    @danielsantiagourtado3430

    14 күн бұрын

    Love your content guys ❤❤❤❤

  • @Senacacrane

    @Senacacrane

    14 күн бұрын

    I love your videos. Keep up the excellent work.

  • @di3486

    @di3486

    14 күн бұрын

    Wooooooo!!! I requested this one just weeks ago! This is AWESOME!!!🎉

  • @Justfollowthecrumbs
    @Justfollowthecrumbs12 күн бұрын

    I am proud to have been born a Walsingham. Sir Francis has always been a hero of mine, he may have been ruthless but his loyalty to England was never in question.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @AnhNguyen-hr6wh

    @AnhNguyen-hr6wh

    9 күн бұрын

    What a puritan "No flowers in my church"...?

  • @kernowalbion4142

    @kernowalbion4142

    8 күн бұрын

  • @johnnyenglishnyc9820
    @johnnyenglishnyc982014 күн бұрын

    The selection of the Subjects for these People Profiles has really been an instrumental Illumination of Truth for the narrative of history. Thank you so very much. ⚒️⚒️⚒️

  • @Senacacrane
    @Senacacrane14 күн бұрын

    The thirst for knowledge here is awesome. Keep up the great work.

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado343014 күн бұрын

    Yes! More amazing figures of Elizabethan England 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @jeffusher9403
    @jeffusher940314 күн бұрын

    Undoubtedly a genius.

  • @peterreston6478
    @peterreston647814 күн бұрын

    Excellent documentary. The best I have seen on Walshingham.

  • @schniggs2011
    @schniggs201111 күн бұрын

    The PP documentaries are unequaled masterpieces. I could listen to Gareth’s voice all day. The best-written and best-delivered historical narration, hands down. Thank you for these. Looking forward to the rest of the British kings and queens.

  • @freckles0829
    @freckles082914 күн бұрын

    I've never caught one of your videos this early before...I picked a great one to be timely for! ❤❤❤ Geoffrey Rush will always be who I associate Walsingham with...seared into my mind! 😉

  • @kridswonderhowell4541

    @kridswonderhowell4541

    14 күн бұрын

    Ditto on both !!!!!! 🎉❤🎉❤🎉

  • @dianecrepeault5423

    @dianecrepeault5423

    14 күн бұрын

    I was just wondering whether this guy was the Geoffrey Rush character... thanks for making that clear for me.

  • @kridswonderhowell4541

    @kridswonderhowell4541

    13 күн бұрын

    @dianecrepeault5423 yes.... in the movie ELIZABETH.... Perfect casting!!

  • @di3486

    @di3486

    12 күн бұрын

    His acting was superb!!

  • @theresalaux5655
    @theresalaux565514 күн бұрын

    Wow! An excellent video! I love Tudor history! Thank you so much! ❤😊

  • @thomasduffany3952
    @thomasduffany395214 күн бұрын

    I do say, people profile does great quality videos and the catalogue is very extensive, awesome work

  • @carrickrichards2457
    @carrickrichards245714 күн бұрын

    William Cecil was the real brains, paymaster and director. Walsingham was his trusted senior officer promoted to higher (but uncertain) responsibility as Cecil's own duties widened.

  • @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

    @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

    12 күн бұрын

    Cecil was the most brilliant of Elizabeth's court. His heirs now own and control the great Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, USA....through marriage into the Vanderbilt family.

  • @sarahmarks6743
    @sarahmarks674314 күн бұрын

    👍🤘👍 Excellent as always thank you.

  • @kahhowong3417
    @kahhowong341713 күн бұрын

    Reflects the Brilliance of E1 as a Master Stateswoman.

  • @randolphstephenson
    @randolphstephenson14 күн бұрын

    Marvelous work by Gerald Roush as Walsingham in movie Elizabeth 👍🤗.

  • @rathertiredofthemess2841

    @rathertiredofthemess2841

    12 күн бұрын

    Jeoffry Rush.

  • @Senacacrane
    @Senacacrane14 күн бұрын

    YES, MORE EPIC HISTORICAL FIGURES 😎!🙌🔥

  • @donsarde
    @donsarde10 күн бұрын

    A very clever man and minister to the Queen Elizabeth I. And he kept his head !!

  • @kimberlymatroniano2581
    @kimberlymatroniano258113 күн бұрын

    My favorite narrator 😊

  • @theresalaux5655
    @theresalaux565514 күн бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @PeopleProfiles

    @PeopleProfiles

    13 күн бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @JangianTV
    @JangianTV13 күн бұрын

    Excellent as always! A brilliant man he was. Would recommend Ken Follett's A Column of Fire, which features Walsingham. 🙂

  • @laneoswego6989
    @laneoswego698914 күн бұрын

    Just finished, yet another entertaining piece thank you for your great work

  • @randolphstephenson
    @randolphstephenson14 күн бұрын

    Twas Sir Walsingham that placed the double 0's in front of the 7😮 for future protege James?

  • @richardshiggins704

    @richardshiggins704

    13 күн бұрын

    So he is the original "M" !!

  • @ethanjavage8181
    @ethanjavage818114 күн бұрын

    love ur middle ages docs

  • @michaeljamessmithrnnha8505
    @michaeljamessmithrnnha850512 күн бұрын

    Outstanding as always!

  • @janicestewart8291
    @janicestewart829114 күн бұрын

    What a brilliant man. Queen Elizabeth was lucky to have him by her side.

  • @moraesneto9508

    @moraesneto9508

    13 күн бұрын

    Hffg

  • @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

    @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

    12 күн бұрын

    Queen Elizabeth I was fortunate he was on her side, because he was a cold-blooded murderer who always justified his actions and those of the spies working for him.

  • @user-bl6vb3vk5q

    @user-bl6vb3vk5q

    11 күн бұрын

    Agreed so much murder within the royal family

  • @dawnwilson1529

    @dawnwilson1529

    Күн бұрын

    Surrounding yourself by smart people is a sign of a great leader...

  • @moraesneto9508

    @moraesneto9508

    Күн бұрын

    @@dawnwilson1529Especially those you can trust

  • @rosaliegolding5549
    @rosaliegolding554913 күн бұрын

    Absolutely fascinating each time I listen to information about Walsingham thank you great video 🤷‍♀️👏

  • @roooosej2082
    @roooosej208213 күн бұрын

    Could you please make one of your amazing video about desire clary ? Thank you very much Would be fantastic

  • @Onetwelvefourth
    @Onetwelvefourth14 күн бұрын

    Around this time we finally see emergence of historical figures with anglo saxon names once again ❤

  • @iainrendle7989

    @iainrendle7989

    13 күн бұрын

    Not sure of the relevance......most of the names I have seen have either biblical or of french origin. Also you do realise that Angles and Saxons were invading Germanic tribes and therefore same as the Normans.......invaders.

  • @Justfollowthecrumbs

    @Justfollowthecrumbs

    12 күн бұрын

    I think that the name Walsingham was originally taken from the Norfolk village of pilgrimage,( Our Lady of Walsingham )by Norman elite after 1066 to anglicise themselves.

  • @trueeast
    @trueeast14 күн бұрын

    painter did henry viii dirty even getting the herp in the mural

  • @richardshiggins704
    @richardshiggins70413 күн бұрын

    A man of his times who reacted to events with the means and power at his disposal . Fascinating biography with a clear and concise narration . It is said that shipwrecked Spaniards intermarried with local Irish and that their DNA is evident through people of darker complexions in the Connaught region to this day . Perhaps fanciful though DNA is indelible .

  • @iainrendle7989

    @iainrendle7989

    13 күн бұрын

    Unfortunately though the DNA bit is true (same with North East Scotland, the Outer Hebrides and Orkneys), but percentage of the DNA that came from Spanish people is very diluted. Also the amount that were shipwrecked and married or impregnated local women was so few that the possibility of their genes having any lasting impact on skin colour, especially through to modern times is negligent other than the odd regressive gene.

  • @di3486

    @di3486

    13 күн бұрын

    Since the Irish are basically translucent, intermarrying with anyone else would make them darker😂

  • @di3486

    @di3486

    13 күн бұрын

    lol the Irish are basically translucent so intermixing with any other whites (like the Spaniards) would darker their complexion😂😂

  • @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

    @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

    12 күн бұрын

    Their descendants were known as the Black Irish. The O'Sheas of my family were combination of Black Irish and Lake Country English(auburn haired).

  • @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

    @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

    12 күн бұрын

    ​@iainrendle7989 Very evident in my own family...beautiful coloration.

  • @louispitalo7401
    @louispitalo74019 күн бұрын

    I’ve always been intrigued by Walsingham ever since I was first made aware of his no holes barred investigative tactics and his gentle touch when “interviewing” suspected criminals. LOL , in the second ELIZABETH, the golden age movie. He was played to the hilt by the amazing Jeffery Rush! ✌️❤️😎

  • @timosborn4278
    @timosborn427810 күн бұрын

    Please do William Cecil next!

  • @rathertiredofthemess2841
    @rathertiredofthemess284112 күн бұрын

    The Babbington conspirators were so stupid as to have their portrait painted in advance.

  • @shirleyanne6573
    @shirleyanne657310 күн бұрын

    thank you!

  • @frankknight7968
    @frankknight79689 күн бұрын

    Brilliant documentary

  • @mattoradio7406
    @mattoradio740611 күн бұрын

    Thank you, I asked you delivered 👍👏🏻👏🏻

  • @juliesaylor7506
    @juliesaylor750613 күн бұрын

    Great docos..good to know where and how colonisation was first established

  • @martindawson2138
    @martindawson213814 күн бұрын

    @peopleprofiles what's the name of this voice actor? I recognise him from 2010's British historical TV like Archeological digs

  • @greyfriars6540

    @greyfriars6540

    14 күн бұрын

    Gareth Johnson.

  • @2charliep
    @2charliep13 күн бұрын

    I’m always genuinely amazed nobody’s ever written a tv/book series around Walsingham, I mean the scope would be huge.

  • @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

    @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

    12 күн бұрын

    It would be bloody and involve too many historic secrets !

  • @thewayfarer8849
    @thewayfarer884913 күн бұрын

    Could we have a re-upload of William Marshal?

  • @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

    @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

    12 күн бұрын

    My favorite, who would have been England's greatest King under other circumstances. William the Marshall saved the Plantagenet dynasty and England. The most faithful knight in history.

  • @SingerBenim
    @SingerBenim14 күн бұрын

    How can I make videos like yours? Do you have any advice? 😊

  • @rathertiredofthemess2841

    @rathertiredofthemess2841

    12 күн бұрын

    Well? Don’t do them if you don’t have the historical knowledge to do so.

  • @brianfleming8561
    @brianfleming856111 күн бұрын

    Good documentary

  • @briandelanty4690
    @briandelanty46907 күн бұрын

    He certainly could teach Sir Humphrey a lot

  • @andrewfrancis7272
    @andrewfrancis72725 күн бұрын

    Shame we don't have a Walsingham in this day and age.

  • @rnp497
    @rnp49711 күн бұрын

    Elizabeth may well have wanted a more Reformed form of church, however as a extremely intelligent lady who had seen what 'radical' religious views could do she compromised

  • @sabrinanascimento5248
    @sabrinanascimento524815 сағат бұрын

    I am Catholic but I love history.

  • @sabrinanascimento5248
    @sabrinanascimento524816 сағат бұрын

    I thought the Elizabeth movie. It was great.

  • @jamesgmenzel8646
    @jamesgmenzel864611 күн бұрын

    When in Rome do as Rome. He lived his life well living by the rules at the time. We all have to adapt to the times we live in

  • @MacJaxonManOfAction
    @MacJaxonManOfAction13 күн бұрын

    I honestly thought the thumbnail was John Hurt.

  • @annmariedobbin4369

    @annmariedobbin4369

    13 күн бұрын

    Me too.

  • @turtlegrams6582
    @turtlegrams65826 күн бұрын

    His mother raised him smart to have such a smart son !!!!!!! & A Protestant !!!!!!!

  • @turtlegrams6582
    @turtlegrams65826 күн бұрын

    It wasn't an attack ! It Was The TRUTH !!!!!!!

  • @tomricketts7821
    @tomricketts78219 күн бұрын

    So he was a hairy handed gent who ran amok in Kent and later he was overheard in Mayfair if you didn’t stay away from him he’d rip your lungs out Jim

  • @jocularpaddy
    @jocularpaddy12 күн бұрын

    Can you imagine someone with that prominent a public career dying broke, even in debt, these days?

  • @cesaravegah3787

    @cesaravegah3787

    9 күн бұрын

    Current governments work as Mafia outfits controlling territorios, not as bloodthirsty as feudal Lords but way more greedy, no, nowdays public servants almost always get rich while on office.

  • @frankfischer1281
    @frankfischer128110 күн бұрын

    Francis Walsingham seems to have been another protege of Machiavelli. Good biography, though.

  • @bravosierra2447
    @bravosierra244713 күн бұрын

    I am familiar with a person like Francis Walsingham in my office. We call that person our ‘micro-manager’

  • @rathertiredofthemess2841

    @rathertiredofthemess2841

    12 күн бұрын

    Is your head literally on the line?

  • @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

    @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

    12 күн бұрын

    Watch your back!

  • @user-cd8xi9sb2r
    @user-cd8xi9sb2r11 күн бұрын

    Mary was gonna have the queen bumped off

  • @wesjenkins5160
    @wesjenkins51609 күн бұрын

    Why is your thumbnail John Hurt? The man's body is barely cold and you're stealing his face.

  • @philipdurling1964
    @philipdurling196447 секунд бұрын

    I think that when he witnessed the St. Bartholomews day massacre of Protestants in France, that his had a profound effect upon him.

  • @ageofechochambers9469
    @ageofechochambers946910 күн бұрын

    A venetian agent

  • @kahhowong3417
    @kahhowong341713 күн бұрын

    All His-Stories should be read as parables.

  • @user-bf3hg9wi4h
    @user-bf3hg9wi4h13 күн бұрын

    And now it's practically a Muslim country with nary a struggle😢

  • @iainrendle7989

    @iainrendle7989

    13 күн бұрын

    What a stupid comment. The Muslim religion was practiced in England safely during Elizabeth's reign, and since then the religious tolerence here has been a founding part of our country being one of the most excepting of race, creed, religion and free thought any where in the world.

  • @filmbuffo5616

    @filmbuffo5616

    12 күн бұрын

    Times change. You'll just have to adapt.

  • @DaveBloke-tg5wv

    @DaveBloke-tg5wv

    12 күн бұрын

    @@filmbuffo5616 No

  • @jaccusefashion
    @jaccusefashion12 күн бұрын

    Christ this is a ropey documentary.

  • @karengrooms4968
    @karengrooms496811 күн бұрын

    you have completely left out Queen Elizabeth , nothing happened unless she said so, when listening to your dialogue it almost seems the Walsingham decided for himself what jobs he would do, make no mistake lord Cecil was a queens man and Walsingham obeyed orders...

  • @SKILLIUSCAESAR

    @SKILLIUSCAESAR

    7 күн бұрын

    😂 Walsingham literally tricked Elizabeth that the Armada was approaching, to get her to sign Mary’s warrant. She was queen but their intelligence ring was running circles around her. She only knew what they told her, which is incredible power…luckily Cecil & Walsingham were fiercely loyal to her. When that same power was transferred to Essex & Cecil Jr., they used it to sabotage eachother’s factions of courtiers, and she was almost overthrown in a rebellion.

  • @karengrooms4968

    @karengrooms4968

    6 күн бұрын

    Thank you for your information I am also a fierce supporter of Elizabeth 1 so any little light on how we defeated our invaders is welcome...

  • @Switcharoo12
    @Switcharoo1214 күн бұрын

    4th

  • @fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602
    @fabiodeoliveiraribeiro160214 күн бұрын

    Francis Walsinghan's greatest success, securing the reign of Elisabeth I, was his greatest failure. The Protestant queen was unable to pacify England and died without leaving heirs. Tensions between Catholics and Protestants that were not resolved and dissolved again provoked a civil war in 1652, less than 100 years after Walsinghan's death in 1590. His religious intolerance and political paranoia during the period in which he held a prominent position may having played a crucial role in the events that amplified the war between England and Spain triggered by the execution of the Queen of Scotland (something that was devised by Walsinghan). A ruler, statesman or minister who allows himself to be dominated by religious preferences by fueling wars because of religion only achieves two things: wasting economic and human resources in a military conflict that could be better used negotiating and preserving peace and unnecessarily risking the country's future.

  • @janicestewart8291

    @janicestewart8291

    14 күн бұрын

    He did exactly as he saw fit...he didn't fail.

  • @di3486

    @di3486

    14 күн бұрын

    You sound like a Catholic Habsburg 🤣

  • @dankurth4232

    @dankurth4232

    14 күн бұрын

    What a nonsense! Judging history by completely inapplicable unhistorical categories! The Elizabethan era was the foundation of Britain‘s rise to the worlds greatest power for more than 500 years

  • @iainrendle7989

    @iainrendle7989

    13 күн бұрын

    The religious issues have still not been resolved......and certainly the era of Puritan England oppressed rather than resolved any religious schism, and could be seen in the Wars in Ireland after James 2nd was removed and the Jacobite rebellions. I think you are confusing Charles 1st and James 2......though Charles' religious beliefs were not helping his cause, the civil war was more to do with who held the power the King (absolute as per Charles' view and Parliment) and nothing to do with religion (remember that the High Church of England follows a more catholic structure even today and service/ceremony than Protestant structure) Elisabeth 1st, if you look at the records of the times wished tolerance and not dominance or resolution....under her reign anyone was able to follow your religeous views and beliefs freely, which included Catholic, Lutherism, Islam and Judeaic.....so on this point she was immensely succesful. Please do not confuse people using Catholicism as the basis of challenges to her rule.....remember she was a woman in a mans world, and there was a lot of people with potential grounds of being ruler. If someone challenged Elizabeths reign it was put down very harshly.....and never once did she condone religious persecutions after the events. Regarding Spain, again your knowledge is somewhat slanted and inaccurate.....first of all the animosity between England and Spain goes back to the treatment of and the divorce of Catherine by Henry 8th, and the break away of England from Rome. At the time Spain was the muscle of the Papalcy and there was a standing order to bring down the English protestant rulers. Also the support of the Protestant princes of the Spanish Lowland ie Holland and Flanders, was a bigger issue for Spain having an issue with Elizabeth than anything else. If you want to speak about religion being a driving force of negativity and destructive behaviour then Spain's Catholic fervour and zealous during this time is more noticable than in England. Regarding Mary Queen of Scots and including her mother, Mary of Guise, you can not be more inaccurate and misinformed. The Catholic rulers of Scotland had ties with France and not Spain, and Spain was as much against France as England at the time. Mary of Guise was French, Mary Queen of Scots was educated in France, the plots against Elizabeth by people connected with Mary QS was supported by France and no involvement of Spain, the Rise of the North was supported financially and with mercenaries from France. So Mary QS execution had absolutely no bearing on Spain or their desire to bring down the English monachy. Are you confusing Norfolks histotical links with Spain and his involvement in uprisings supported by Spain and included Spanish troops that was nothing to do with Mary QS. Regarding Mary's execution again your knowledge and information is somewhat inaccurate. Walsinghams involvement was more around the 'Act of the Queen's Safety' which meant the death of 'anyone' that threatened Elizabeth's life.....which included Mary QS. Most of the work done to prove Mary's guilt was most likely by William Cecil her official spy master but there was enough evidence outside this to have Mary executed under the 'Act of the Queen's Safety' so not sure why you single Walsinghams involvement. It must also be remembered that Scotland was going through its own Protestant revolution and Mary QS was forced to abdicate and flee to England and seek Elizabrth's protection. In regard to Elizabeth dying childless, I am unsure of the relevance or what that had to do with Walsingham. He certainly wanted Elizabeth to marry and letters remaining can show this. Reasons that Elizabeth decided not to marry have been questioned and discussed by historians and biographers for decades. So your assertions are very questionable if not just out and out inaccurate. The main one painting him as some religious zealot is very far from the truth, someone that wanted to protect the protestant religion after the massacre of the Hugenouts. If anything his zealous nature was more towards the protection of Elizabeth and his religious beliefs were in step with his dislike, distrust of the Papalcy and Catholic Spain (as well as France) who were seen as and were actually the biggest threat to Elizabeth's life. The last time I saw such poor narrative was from a Catholic using a very squewed Catholic version of the Anglo-Spanish conflict that effectively lasted for 250 years, until the ultimate decline of the Spanish empire.

  • @di3486

    @di3486

    13 күн бұрын

    Taking like a Habsburg Catholic 😂

  • @secretagent7888
    @secretagent7888Күн бұрын

    I love the history but the voice is pedanticly boring.

  • @Brett-gl8ev
    @Brett-gl8ev2 күн бұрын

    This narrator is soooooo boring in his delivery...

  • @elenariddle5595
    @elenariddle55957 күн бұрын

    God, it's so boring!!!