The knowledge of Professor Hutton is one thing, but what fascinates an English as a Second Language student is his precise, crisp and careful pronunciation. A pleasure for the ears.

@lowersaxon

Жыл бұрын

True. Purest Oxford English.

@diannamaree7854

Жыл бұрын

Yes!! Love this professor

@holeshothunter5544

Жыл бұрын

It sounds WAY better played at 1.25 x speed. Precise? perhaps, but SO boring!

@emilywyatt9340

Жыл бұрын

He's an expert on the w itch trials and English folkore. I've met him in person, lovely man and very humorous in his talks.

@LeeGee

Жыл бұрын

He speaks to be understood.

Ronald is a national treasure. Utterly charming, hyper-intelligent and just a bit strange. An absolute darling man.

@AndyJarman

Жыл бұрын

And Classically Liberal to his core - Bravo that man.

@Shineon83

Жыл бұрын

( Prof Hutton is “eccentric” not “strange” :)

@virginiacharlotte7007

11 ай бұрын

@@Shineon83 potayta/ potarta

@Ted_Eddy

10 ай бұрын

Maybe just has aspie tendencies.. All part of the natural variation of the human brain.

@Ted_Eddy

10 ай бұрын

@@AndyJarman So he's economically neo liberal? Not wanting to confuse things... Perhaps he's classically liberal in intellectual thought and temprement.. But not necessarily (I don't know) economically classically liberal. It such a slippery term as the US equate the word as tantamount to left wing for some unknown reason!!

Finally, a public forum where someone has stood up and said, "Most of history is a best guess and opinion." History has no place for dogma.

@20FreeWill

Жыл бұрын

Why does this statement please you?

@HLBear

11 ай бұрын

Prof's whole career has been about poking at long held truths and seeing if they hold up under new evidence. That's the true beauty of science - it grows when new evidence is revealed. And what's not entirely known is rightly called "theory."

@ejharkness

11 ай бұрын

Ha!

As an aside, Ronald Hutton, as many English scholastics do - not only has an encyclopedic knowledge of the subject, but also speaks without gaps or pauses in a continuous flow of ideas framed in a conversational style. Most impressive and natural.

“Ok that’s Gandalf looking at the Cottingly fairies, but you get the point.” 😂 I love how Professor Hutton is not only incredibly intelligent, he’s funny

@a44489

5 ай бұрын

Dont dis, get a third eye your see more than fairies

I came for the antiquarian lore, I stayed for the sparkling wit.

It was an absolute honour to have this man be my dissertation professor while at uni. He is a well of extraordinary knowledge

@pmac5934

Жыл бұрын

It was a privilege for me just to listen to this one public lecture. Lucid and equanimical. Lucky you

@hildegerdhaugen7864

Жыл бұрын

Is he nice?

@dannyr3997

Жыл бұрын

@@hildegerdhaugen7864 Of course! He's incredibly smart and profound with many many stories to tell that add a lot of life and laughter to his classes. But he's also deeply humble and always has time for his students.

@jackiecarter5193

Жыл бұрын

@@dannyr3997 Very successful people are always humble I find. Its the wannabes who are arrogant.

@hildegerdhaugen7864

Жыл бұрын

@@dannyr3997 So cool!

What impresses me most is his incredible diction. His vocabulary and sentence structure. So clear, so easy to follow. He has incredible depth of knowledge but it's his ability to speak that is mind blowing.

@inregionecaecorum

Жыл бұрын

And not only that he speaks well.

@janskeet1382

Жыл бұрын

@@inregionecaecorum You are being naughty

@janskeet1382

Жыл бұрын

Hi Sarah, what a small world. Heh, heh

@staygulf83

Жыл бұрын

I went to school with him. He sounds exactly like he did at 15

@anotebgmot8793

Жыл бұрын

That's how all foreign people who know English language were thinking everyone in England speaks, before they come to England and find out that they can't understand half of what people say wherever in England they are. 😄

I could listen to Hutton speaking about the history of sneakers and be rapt with attention. His manner is both imperious and comical at once. VERY British. He speaks with authority on a subject with scant definitive evidence. This is when history's mysteries are most alluring. Hutton knows what he doesn't know and is comfortable with that. When a new brutally murdered ancient corpse is found, perhaps we will learn more. Cheers.

@dave_hoops

Жыл бұрын

If you like this and would like to find more truth maybe try Britain's Hidden History Ross channel

@79klkw

Жыл бұрын

That was pretty well put!

@luminous3357

Жыл бұрын

Both imperious and comical🤣🤣🤣...perfectly stated!

@dave_hoops

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊 😄(added smiley face)

@janskeet1382

Жыл бұрын

Well dressed, great hair, educated, well spoken and yes he can lord it over you with a shade of Imperialism but also tongue-in-cheek and does not take himself seriously.

The passage where you discuss the issue of sensationlist interpretations of historical and archaeological findings is one I will be showing my students during our media and source critique lessons. Thank you, professor, for the hard work you put in

Best lecture I’ve heard since Mr Hutton’s last lecture I listened to. He manages to make his lectures fascinating and so witty. Always a pleasure and an education.

@wbertie2604

Жыл бұрын

Also, his responses to questions are impressively erudite.

@wbertie2604

Жыл бұрын

(By which I mean, if it was me I'd have to hem and haw before I came to a definitive answer and possibly correct myself. He's right in here with absolute authority from the outset of his response to a question. This is a man at the top of his game. It's impressive).

You, sir, have an exceptionally well tuned sense of humor. Much appreciated.

@tonyharpur8383

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Hutton is screamingly funny in this lecture! 😁

@ruthmckay9086

Жыл бұрын

A razor wit, and a depth and breadth of knowledge of the history of Britain, its culture and traditions - not just of the elite, but the ordinary folk. I do like a man who is passionate about his subject... Wish I could meet one!

@wrayewenigmann3696

Жыл бұрын

@@ruthmckay9086 For the same wit and wisdom, please do watch the lectures by Irving Finkel - I highly recommend them! (different topic though)

I cannot thank GRESHAM COLLEGE enough for making the resources available to secure such a gifted and learned speaker….Well done!

Professor Hutton - I met you at a few various garden parties in Bristol - though I don't you'd have remembered a dorky undergrad such as myself - and it was always a delight to hear you tell stories, both of the ancient past and of the ways that historians fight to establish interpretations of it that support their current politics. Absolutely wonderful to finally hear you lecture, and bravo to Gresham College's commitment to open up lectures like this to the public. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

@Laurencemardon

Жыл бұрын

For a possible example of such a story check out minute 31!! 😮🤭👻☠️😹

Professor Hutton is an international treasure and one of my favorite scholars. Thank you for sharing this lecture.

From the way he's dressed, he's clearly the Doctor. Can he not just use the TARDIS and pop back for a look? Seriously, he's one of my favorite historians. I always love to see him in a documentary, and lectures where he gets to hold forth on big ideas on his own are extra special.

@helenamcginty4920

Жыл бұрын

He is a fan of historical re enactment. I have an old book of his, The stations of the Sun which I dip into for information.

@painstruck01

Жыл бұрын

he's new to me and I'm hooked. what would you recommend?

@vipertwenty249

Жыл бұрын

He is and he did, but there's rules you see...... not supposed to say.

@ange5673

Жыл бұрын

@@helenamcginty4920 I have the same book. 🙂

@olwens1368

Жыл бұрын

He would be the most convincing Doctor EVER. Now you've said it, it's SO obvious.

Extremely unbiased, scientific, analytical and always engaging

Every time I find a new work by Prof. Hutton I can't help but feel grateful for such a gift of and to humanity. In this instance, I am reminded of Mark Twain in that I have never heard such a comprehensive and decisive exposition of "I don't know." Thanks again Doc.

Stonehenge has always been my favorite Wonder. As a little kid in the 90s and early 00s, my parents got our first computer with the Britannica encyclopedia downloaded on it and I have vivid memories of sitting at the computer and reading about SH, the great wall, and manatees lol.

@anurooptyagi9018

Жыл бұрын

SH is a wonder? How about *Ankor Watt* temple (Combodia)? You might want to search youtube or google for ancient Indian Hindu Temples and Forts in today's and ancient India...and SH would look like a few children built it who didn't know what they were trying to do. 🙏

@ubergeraldine

10 ай бұрын

Back in the 90s you could be the only person at SH and wander around quite;y on your own… I used to take dowsing equipment. Now it’s an ill informed dumbed down theme park. Personally I question everything “known” about SH. That the Sun of ancient times was Saturn seems to be universal and thus the ancients were not worshipping the Sunrise as we know it. .. that the Stones were dragged from Wales… and that it should be put in context with all other stone circles around the world e.g in Africa, notably Gambia and Senegal. The dating is questionable when you factor in how carbon dating is done and that very electromagnetically affected areas/objects will show a different age from those not although maybe of the same age. IMO, SH is older that the popular belief and commemorates something a lot more spectacular than a bunch of ancient goons marvelling at the Sun. Top plasma scientist Anthony Peratt of Los Alamos labs discovered in 2005 that any axial cylindrical plasma sheath will split into 56 subdivisions. This is the number of Aubrey holes at SH. all stone circles seem to show indents of 56 or 28. Peratt went further and focused a plasma beam onto a witness plate; the result was a perfect imprint identical to SH including the altar stone etc. Peratt’s presentation is on YT as Icons from Antiquity - Anthony Peratt Talks to SIS May 2005. Or 2005 TP World. Furthermore this pattern is seen in Supernova 1987A, showing such events are catastrophic focused electrical discharges. See Holoscience dot com. Seen on a global scale such events are proven to be witnessed by humans and recorded by survivors then venerated, then mourned the loss of etc with “religions” evolving in the wake thereof depending on geophysical location and visuals held there. If you were directly under the plasma discharge your mythology is that of the Norse gods, the great circumpolar hunt etc… if you were further down in latitude your view was from a different angle and the affects on the landscape different. This is an entire study only beginning to find its proofs from analysis of global myth, the ability to run thousands of images through programs which show all petroglyphs were recordings of the same events, and also the remarkable affects of such cosmic events on terrestrial geology. The professor needs to revisit his ideas I’m afraid.

@pixelfu623

10 ай бұрын

@@anurooptyagi9018 Angkor Wat is only around 900 years old so it's no wonder it has more detail as stone carving progressed over time. Stonehenge is 5000 years old and was built before the pyramids. All you've shown is how rude you are as a person by insulting our heritage.

@Clapperofcheeks5000

Ай бұрын

@@anurooptyagi9018must’ve been mighty strong children then

@acelegal3854

Ай бұрын

​@@pixelfu623 SH is only 50 odd years old ... it's been in the news already.

Once again absolutely fascinating to hear not just the interpretation being presented but the encouragement for us to interpret and challenge.

I always find it interesting and ironic that the Roman’s, particularly Caesar, we’re appalled by the Droid’s alleged practice of human sacrifice…. I wonder how many human beings were essentially sacrificed in the “games” held in the Roman coliseum’s.

@Channel-os4uk

Жыл бұрын

The 'droids'? As in Star Wars??

@sustainablelife1st

Жыл бұрын

No to mention Christianity is based 100% on human sacrifice. How do they not see this?

@Laurencemardon

Жыл бұрын

Aaarr!!! We’re not just twisting to Chinese and Russian propaganda drills but still ensorcelled in that of the Holy Roman Empire!!!

@a44489

5 ай бұрын

While men get thrown into lion pits. Double standards here.

@a44489

5 ай бұрын

You mean druids

Bravo, Professor Hutton, well done.💐

You've got to love a professor who is a snappy dresser. very coordinated, right up to his glasses. Though the puff tie (such as it is) is a bit anachronistic. But the classic rabbit brown or taupe color pattern? Very tasteful. I say Edwardian looks were the high-water mark for men's fashion. Everything since then has been imitated, acquired, derived, or (and subsequently) revived in endless cycles of dilution and derivation. The old-timey get-up lends gravitas, contributes to participants' time traveling, and nudges one to understand the extreme depth of the history being discussed--- by highlighting a relatively recent phenomena the untutored might flippantly regard as archaic, but is so classic it can be revived at any time with tongue-i-cheek aplomb, as professor Hutton unabashedly professes.

Loved Dr. Hutton in the Historic Farm series, always wondered what he got up to off screen

Regarding Sea Henge. The claim made by archaeologists that they had just discovered it and previously it had been buried beneath sand for centuries was, and is, a lie. My father took me there as a child in the early sixties to see it just as someone had taken him years before. The monument was well known to local people and a tourist attraction. It had survived thousands of years on its own without difficulty. So they destroyed it. A pile of manky old logs in a local museum nobody visits is hardly "preservation", it is a disgrace. A monument is inseparable from its location, not to mention the living traditions associated with it, and is incomprehensible and meaningless when you destroy that connection.

@chiseldrock

Жыл бұрын

misleading and somewhat incorrect. Just sayin....

@MWhaleK

Жыл бұрын

Well put!

@christopherellis2663

Жыл бұрын

But a professional reputation is very important among academics

@christopherellis2663

Жыл бұрын

@Ксенія♡укр protect them from whom?

@JesseP.Watson

Жыл бұрын

@Ксенія♡укр Lot of presumptions in your statement with no real prerogative other than "archeologists do this"

How exactly is burning someone at the stake for 'heresy' not literal human sacrifice in the name of your religion? The only thing we can be certain of is that human stupidity and prejudice have defined every age and religion. Excellent talk, thank you.

@si4632

Жыл бұрын

you're deliberately confusing capital punishment with human sacrifice lol

@jacpratt8608

Жыл бұрын

Quite so. Capital punishment is well within the range of definitions of human stupidity simply because if it turns out you executed the wrong victim you are going to be less popular. There are heaps of other reasons as well. Prejudice is likely to come into it somewhere. No confusion there.

@kaloarepo288

Жыл бұрын

In most cases of heresy a trial of the accused would be held with evidence presented that could be challenged and also in most cases the "victim" could recant and ask for pardon and forgiveness.Very different to human sacrifice where nothing could save you-no trial no choice of recanting.Just look up at what Aztecs,Mayas and other pre Columbian nations did!

@JesseP.Watson

Жыл бұрын

Because one is a punishment and warning to other potential heretics, the other is a sacrificial offering and not punishment and a warning to others. You actually define the difference yourself in your question.

@AndyJarman

Жыл бұрын

​@@si4632 not so sure capital punishment and human sacrifice are different. Simply eradicating opponents to one's ideals in defence of those ideals smacks of sacrificing a life to please an idea to me.

Favorite British historian. Love this guy. exactly what you imagine when you think "British Historian". love him.

What a brilliant lecturer! I like his honesty about these matters in stating we just don't know really. Refreshing change.

Gresham College at its best! Thank you.

"A heartbeat away from horror." Every time I see a raven I see a dinosaur impatiently waiting for its chance to regain rule over the Earth. Leaner, more energy efficient, but essentially our worst nightmare miniaturized, watching, calculating . . .

@howler6490

Жыл бұрын

Check rock pigeons...bright red eyes! Those will really make you wonder...

@watcher805

Жыл бұрын

@@howler6490 creepy 😳😬

@theshamanarchist5441

Жыл бұрын

Dinosaurs are FAKE dude.

@Tom_Quixote

Жыл бұрын

I do my bit to keep birds in check by eating plenty of chicken.

@cleoldbagtraallsorts3380

Жыл бұрын

@@Tom_Quixote Lol.

It's always a joy to hear the intelligent and witty contributions by Ronald Hutton. I admire him very much and have seen him on many history programmes over the years (many of which are now available on KZread).

He looks like he could give Jacob Rees Mogg a lesson on proper dress and etiquette, the young whipper snapper. Great lecture, insightful and humorous.

Ronald Hutton is excellent

John Evans - my lecturer for chemistry in the BSc Arch. was of the opinion that Lindow man was in fact a mugged Saxon. He based this on his analysis of hair from the head. It had been cut with scissors, not a knife .

A burial perhaps 34, 000 years old from a cave in South Wales ! I am rereading essays by William Golding and this is what interested him about pre-history. A wonderful lecture, thanks.

Just had to watch this again to pick up all that wonderfully presented information. Thank you so much, Prof. Hutton, and greetings from Germany!

What an amazingly well constructed, informative and witty lecture. I've listened to hundreds and this is at the top!

Excellent, very much enjoyed this one. And always appreciate a learned man who hasn't a clue and will admit it.

@Mirrorgirl492

Жыл бұрын

You could check out 'The Prehistory Guys' on KZread; that's their entire philosophy.

Prof Hutton is a great lecturer. Thank you!

Thank you, that was a brilliant lecture on a fascinating subject.

What a lovely teacher!

I didn’t know that the Stonehenge builders brought the stones from so far away. That’s truly amazing.

@20FreeWill

Жыл бұрын

Well that's a guess , they could have been brought closer at a different time, he says they were in a hurry to build it but also laboured to bring massive stones from 100s of miles away . Seems a contradiction

@philroberts7238

10 ай бұрын

@@20FreeWill I believe they have recently located the location in North Wales where the Stonehenge bluestones were first quarried (and erected, initially). Geology dictates where different rocks are to be found, religion dictates whatever spiritual significance they may possess to their adherents.

Mr Hutton also has a unique fashion sense.

this man is amazing. wish i had taken one of his classes.

Thank you, Prof. Hutton! As a modern Pagan who has had numerous prehistoric site experiences ruined by people asking me if this stone or another was for the human sacrifices, I appreciate your scholarship on pluralism and how it can help us move forward in respect for one another.

A wonderful voice. I've seen this man on TV before. So knowledgeable.

Refreshing to hear that ritual killing has stopped being the go-to reason for ancient bog bodies etc. I always thought that was too narrow an explanation.

What a very cogent and entertaining lecturer!

Professor hutton gives the most coherent unselfish senseable knowledgeable verdict on Stonehenge and is simply the best by far x

For myself, I think the takeaway is: At this point in modern scholarship, anyone who would claim to have some concrete knowledge of prehistoric European religion and/or its practices likely has something to sell.

Excellent Thoroughly enjoyed that, Thank you Prof. Hutton,

Such a magnificent imposing structure for its time can only have massively bolstered the mystique of the priesthood that were associated with it, and the authority of their religious pronouncements within the community. The suggestion that it may be a place where the spirits of the ancestors could be communicated with is attractive as that is a feature of so many ancient cultures and sites, but ultimately its greatest function when in use was probably the bolstering of that mystique and authority whatever the detail of the rituals involved, much as a cathedral did in the medieval period.

Excellent talk! Really enjoy listening to Mr. Hutton. His sense of humour is marvelous.

One of the most brilliant minds of the current period, Thanks Dr Hutton 🙏

misleading title, but fascinating insights about stonehenege and Lindow Man

Note: The Ironbridge at Ironbridge is also put together with carpentry like techniques.

@tcm81

Жыл бұрын

I never knew the Ironbridge was built by the druids. You learn something new every day.

@Foxglove963

Жыл бұрын

@@tcm81 It is so ancient that no one can remember, etc... Let it rust.

@andrewtrip8617

Жыл бұрын

Dovetail joints are joinery not carpentry !

@himoffthequakeroatbox4320

Жыл бұрын

A better idea than trying to weld wood.

@jacpratt8608

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewtrip8617 He did say mortice and tenon, but does he mean a little post of stone left from chopping away round the top of the upright stone meant for a slot in the beam to fit over. Better than cutting a post out of the beam to fit into a slot on the upright stone. Not that convinced either way.

I'm still arguing with people about Lindow Man and the human sacrifice thing. This has given me so much more ammo!

What a wonderful lecture and lecturer-clear, precise, logically presented and beautifully detailed.

Excellent lecture, not sure I fully agree with everything, but very interesting. But I think the title is a bit misleading. Its not about god's in prehistoric Britain, it's about the ethics of historical journalism/pop history.

My nephew, who is a highly qualified archaeologist and now project manager for a very well known archaeology company, has always told me that 'you can say what you want about the people attached to an archaeological site or artifact, as nobody can absolutely prove your theory to be wrong'. This was always accompanied by a wry smile.

What a brilliant speaker and very informative and entertaining speech!

An impressively honest scholar.

Professor Hutton reminds me of some of my older professors at Durham Univesity in the UK during the late 1970s-it’s refreshing to hear just how much modern archaeological science does NOT know about Stonehenge’ purpose or if there were sun gods or moon goddesses involv’d - they say England has no native gods ‘only Wytches and Faeries’ (yet many a River like the Thames is nam’d after local and probably native River deities unto which elaborate military accessories like shields were deliberately thrown into them possibly serving some kind of magickal-fertility-ritual function so maybe AI will one day look at all the available evidence or perhaps a team of expert psychics & remote-viewers could ‘fill in the gaps of pre-history’ for us one day, who knows?

I'm a confirmed atheist BUT I love history and am delighted to be looking forward to this series.

@edelgyn2699

Жыл бұрын

Why the 'but'?

@eshaibraheem4218

Жыл бұрын

BUT? WHY?

Just absolutely spellbinding.. Professor Hutton is a World treasure 🌹

Nice to know we are all going round in circles, suspected it for some time. I blame it on the weather.

Great bloke. I would prefer to see a program done in a pluralistic way. Thank you very much. Nice to hear sense instead of ego. 👍

Its been a long time since I last saw Professor Hutton speak. What a pleasure it is to hear his learning and interpretation.

when Brutus came to Albion he found it populated by "giants". These beings became "gods" to future generations of Britons

Well done. Fascinating and informative. Love the attitude and the accent.

One of the most entertaining and informative lectures I have ever listened to. Very well done. Thank you!

Imagine if Ronald Hutton was your Uncle .... 😊😊😊😊

Part of my education was to look at facts and reflect on them . Splendid discussion

Excellent talk thank you.

It's so nice to hear someone discuss this. Thank you 🙏

What a thoroughly enjoyable lecture. Prof Hutton is clearly a natural teacher.

Great lecture. Thank you.

Fascinating, particularly the final part on the limitations on the way the past is currently publicized

Rational & Honest. Honor to his profession

I visited Stone Henge years ago, before it was fenced off at around 2am, I will never go back, I got out of there as fast as I could go.

Never heard of this guy until now, absolutely brilliant. My chick is a gnostic Christian with pagan aspects n she'll be loving this cat. He de man.

@therealhellkitty5388

Жыл бұрын

Read some of his books.. and check out Joseph Campbell too.

@joseph1980.

Жыл бұрын

@@therealhellkitty5388 will do. Thanks

Blessed be the all-maker, the all-mother, the all-father 🙏🏻 a beautiful blessing to learn about the gods of our forefathers and foremothers

Great lecture.

Love his sense of humor, that sly edge is a kick.

Going to Stonehenge this year. Looking forward to that inspired feeling as discussed. Wonderful lecture - thank you

I always enjoy, Hutton!

Thankyou so much for the privilege of listening to such a wonderful lecture from this astonishingly erudite man!

Thank you for the latest analysis of the death of Lindow Man. A three fold execution, hammering, cutting and garroting, all at the same time, seemed at best impractical, and more like something you’d see in a Three Stooges act. The participants would be lucky not to injure one another.

One of the best talks I've heard lately. Funny, intelligent and so much truth in his words.

absolutely fascinating, thank you.

thank you for the lecture! 🌺

At first I thought he was an just another unbearably arrogant British academic. But after 5 min I was hooked, an irreverent critical mind. Thank you..

Wonderful lecture, I really enjoyed this.

I like how he is supporting historical fiction romantic quest novels as a way of promoting your perspective on how things may have been back in pre history

@danieltarr1825

Жыл бұрын

What. He said this the only way to reach a popular audience not that he supports it.

Really enjoyed that .cool guy

Thanks for posting as always superb analysis, presentation and insights, looking forward to watching more in this series.

Wonderful lecture. Very entertaining. Wonderful mix of knowledge and humour. Thank you.

Hutton is the Man 🇬🇧👍👍

Incredible and so informative!

Absolutely fascinating interesting and thought provoking I certainly like and think the idea of giving people opinions regarding for instance lindo man or peat as we called him where I’m from(Cheshire) and then let them make their own mind up regarding the way and reason he ended up in a bog is the right way of doing things as it gets people invested in his story and gets them thinking Brilliant