I enjoy listening to Professor David Starkey's narration of these videos. He makes the past come alive.

@messrsandersonco5985

7 ай бұрын

Sadly, he was deeply unpopular amongst his peers but his forté was the Tudors and he created a wonderful narrative which we could all find interesting and entertaining. He brought the past to life with detail and his POV.

@Kay-xf4kl

Ай бұрын

He’s great. Love documentaries narrated by him

Anne Boleyn's friends' advice: "Don't lose your head because of that guy, whatever you do."

@nobodysbaby5048

Жыл бұрын

I gave given that advice. Very glad she listened

@jacksimpson-rogers1069

16 күн бұрын

Aye, her sister slept with him and didn't insist on marriage. She kept her head.

Excellent tutorial about a sad, benighted woman who was cursed by a king who destroyed uncountable lives during his infamous reign.

@suziemartin3587

4 күн бұрын

Fantastic ism is dangerous and that is what Mary was

If you're on the fence about screening this documentary, it is every bit as exceptionally edifying as it is engagingly entertaining. Educational and compelling, this is a history documentary done right and represents a worthwhile potential use one's time to develop a more well-informed understanding of English history. Thanks for hosting, Medieval History Docs.

@wolfthequarrelsome504

2 ай бұрын

"hundreds of subjects burned at the stake". Really?

@susanwebber9247

2 ай бұрын

WE have a Jester here

Catherine was fat? I swear did Henry own a frigging mirror ! LOL

@truecrimestorieswithcillawet

2 жыл бұрын

When he married Catherine and Anne boleyn he was said to be quite slim and handsome. Wasn't until he married Anne of cleves that he got obese

@yenh1144

3 ай бұрын

He got big later in life after a fall he had which led him to not be active & gain weight

@marcfiore4319

2 ай бұрын

Actually, Henry VIII did NOT own a mirror, as they had not been invented yet. Small, flat, polished pieces of metal gave a dim, distorted reflection of a small portion of one’s own face, but plate glass was over a hundred years in the future, and methods of turning flat pieces of glass into mirrors were even farther in the future.

@DavidBroadley-tw7ks

2 ай бұрын

@C.W9270 must have been all them German sausage se and 9 percent lagers 😆

@DavidBroadley-tw7ks

2 ай бұрын

@C.W9270 he. Got speard during a joist nearly died but I didn't want him to die before he did that bar steward Cromwell in

David always narrates history videos very well!

@CaseyBoles-bc2yk

4 ай бұрын

He rocks,yes david does

@susanwebber9247

2 ай бұрын

But not always accurately

Henry, her father, slaughtered thousands too, but he was a man, so no one calls him 'bloody Henry'

@jennifermoriarty2188

2 жыл бұрын

Peasants liked him for some reason...

@dianesicgala4310

2 жыл бұрын

He started the whole problem.

@blee-bleep3906

2 жыл бұрын

rlly explains how misogyny worked deep in history. honestly, at least mary set the stepping stones for elizabeth

@RandomStuff-yt2wz

2 жыл бұрын

History is written by the winners.

@jamiemohan2049

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't cause of her sex, but her religion. Elizabeth I killed more then Henry VIII and isn't called bloody Elizabeth

“Her usual neat handwriting begins to disintegrate” It looks like calligrapher wrote it.

@juliebarnett9812

3 ай бұрын

I thought so, too.

I love the documentaries of this professor, I like his style and his clarity. Informative and yet entertaining.

@Nae9211

2 жыл бұрын

I though it was just me…. 😌😌😌

@MzRage

Жыл бұрын

As do I!

@Bigbaymonstermare

Жыл бұрын

I do too, but he was in some hot water for racist comments: In August 2011, Starkey attracted criticism for some comments made on the BBC's Newsnight programme where he was a panel member together with Owen Jones and Dreda Say Mitchell.[71] The programme discussed the 2011 England riots. Starkey condemned "this language which is wholly false, which is this Jamaican patois that’s been intruded in England, and this is why so many of us have this sense of literally a foreign country", that listening to the voice of the black MP for Tottenham where the riots occurred "you would think he was white" and that "The whites have become black. A particular sort of violent, destructive, nihilistic, gangster culture."

@TheBinaryWolf

Жыл бұрын

Too bad he does not make the important distinction between Roman Catholicism and genuine Christianity.

@TheBinaryWolf

Жыл бұрын

@@Bigbaymonstermare Sad that many facts have become politically incorrect. Truth is now racist. Sad.

If Mary had been allowed to marry when she was younger, there might have been a Tudor dynasty as long as the Plantagenets. Because of Henry’s obsession with producing a male heir there was only 3 generations of Tudor royalty.

@aprilgosa5779

Жыл бұрын

I think she married when she wanted to she loved Phillip but h like her father only used her when it suited him

@robinlillian9471

Жыл бұрын

@@aprilgosa5779 She married because she needed Spain. She hero worshipped Philip, but he cared nothing for her.

@busyb1513

Жыл бұрын

And it all came to nothing , all that obsession, killing, paranoia about having a son . And in the end a girl ruled anyway So very sad and wasted

@everyonesopinionisdumb

Жыл бұрын

They're all disgusting

@colinlavelle7806

Жыл бұрын

Yes and had she pruduced an heir England might still be a cathoic country today.

I didn’t know her step mom (Anne Boleyn) was cruel to Mary… It gives her a new perspective. They always paint her mistress or a victim

@justonedwards8049

Жыл бұрын

Completely changed my view of her tbh

@--legion

5 ай бұрын

Mary has the reputation she deserves. Revisionist historians and feminists see her as a 'tragic' and 'misunderstood' figure, conveniently forgetting her murderous reign - burning hundreds, including sixty women one of whom was a nun. And do not forget the horrific burning of Perotine Massey who was pregnant: "And the said Masseys infant breaking violently out of the mothers wombe into the fire, was taken out once and presently throwne again into the fire and burnt."

@LizC29672

3 ай бұрын

I believe Mary and Anne were equally horrible to each other.

@DavidBroadley-tw7ks

2 ай бұрын

Yeah but mary was laughing when she got sliced

@DavidBroadley-tw7ks

2 ай бұрын

@--legion did liz 1 not kill anybody did Cromwell not kill anybody did james 1 not kill anybody

Queen Mary was someone “evil” that could be empathised with. She was a victim of her father’s moves, including the divorce of her parents, and subsequent mistreatments by Anne Boleyn. She wanted to prove her point, and she had to endure hardships such as not allowed to hear masses in her favourite language. These weren’t her faults. She was also educated to understand that males were more important, and so she tried her best to get a husband and an offspring, claiming someone to be used by God and blessed time and again, there was no reason why she would think otherwise. She is definitely bloody, out of the desire to clear all bad influences poised by the Reformed religions, and trying to make right of the wrongs in her eyes. And one more thing that I have learnt, is why Elizabeth I eventually chose not to marry, after seeing all these troubles from her father to her half-sister.

@aprilgosa5779

2 жыл бұрын

Jason yu also Elizabeth saw that marriage got her mother murdered

@amandajones6481

2 жыл бұрын

@ Jason yu Yes, I think you're right about Mary I and Elizabeth I. Elizabeth would have certainly been influenced by the events surrounding her, how could she NOT be? Elizabeth had seen what happened to her own mother, and to her half - sister Mary. Elizabeth spent most of her youth avoiding marriage. She even put her favourite woman in the world Kat Ashley - who had brought her up and been her governess since she was either 2 or 3 years old - in the Tower of London, simply because Ashley had advised her to marry the King of Sweden. Of course, she let Kat Ashley out of the Tower again, but it was certainly a warning - "Do NOT cross me, or you will be punished! And I won't be nearly as lenient towards the rest of you as I was to Mistress Ashley"!!! Not that she ever said this but she didn't need to say it. What she did say, however, was her famous speech to her troops at Tilbury: "I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a King. And an English King at that!"

@servraghgiorsal7382

2 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking that elizabeth was terrified before her ascension that she would be beheaded also, after she was imprisoned while young. Marriage, betrayal and death were closely connected. She herself said, " I will have one mistress here, and no Master!". I wonder if anyone has done a psychologist autopsy on her??

@scooterbob1408

Жыл бұрын

Evil woman despite her faith

@darrylrutledge6719

Жыл бұрын

Proving once again that Shakespeare was right. "Hell hath no fury than a woman scorned" Get the feeling he had Mary and Elizabeth I In mind ?

A lot of the turbulence of these times was Henry's breaking up of the monastic system and desire to have the wealth of the Catholic church added to his coffers. His people killed hundreds of priests,monks and nuns. When Mary came to power, she engaged in the same behavior to try to restore Catholicism. Her advisors and the nobles wanted it, and made it happen as necessary for their continued support. It almost always comes down to money 😐😐😐🤔🤔

@sislertx

2 жыл бұрын

Its mot money its power...money was their.way to to it...same today...just look at the corrupt BIDEN PELOSI clinton waters sheliea jackson shiftyshit brennan comey...the list.foes on and on today...

@vivians9392

2 жыл бұрын

And...thus power, of course!

@Rls_0523

Жыл бұрын

And religion

@anthonyfuqua6988

Жыл бұрын

Many nobles were Protestant and went into exile like Francis Walsingham. He returned from the Holy Roman Empire after Mary died. More people than not supported Elizabeth I, a protestant. Mary killed her 1st cousin once removed, Lady Jane Grey because Mary's brother Edward named her as successor in his will before he died aged 15.

@Rls_0523

Жыл бұрын

@Ownerthekpwner if only that were historically factual

Years and years later afters saying bloody mary multiple times in front of the mirror in the toilets as a child in primary school, i am finally here finding out who bloody mary actually is lol.

I appreciate the vast knowledge of the presenter. I found this informative, entertaining, and highly enjoyable. Thank you.

Its estimated that between 50,000 and 70,000 people died from execution during Henry VIII's reign.

@busyb1513

Жыл бұрын

Yes so they say and Elizabeth had a lot more than Mary also Quite a big number compared to Mary I wonder who they should have called bloody ?

@geordiewishart1683

Жыл бұрын

Papacy is estimated to have slaughtered circa 50 million

@bertplank8011

Жыл бұрын

A murderous c**t in other words.

@anthonyfuqua6988

Жыл бұрын

Mary only ruled a few years and only went after Cathoic Zealots. Her father went after both and Elizabeth went after Catholics.

@susanwebber9247

2 ай бұрын

@@busyb1513 Oh dear me. Mary Tudor known as Bloody Mary burnt alive 287 Protestants in her FIVE YEAR REIGN. Elizabeth I in her FORTY FIVE YEAR REIGN had executed 200. Do some Maths and work out how many would have been killed if Bloody Mary ruled for 45 years. I know a Catholic when I come across one

Problem with people who are evil is either they believe they are doing good or they are holding onto their past or both. You can tell yourself whatever you like trying to justify your actions but i never sympathize with people who are cruel and have a tough past. If your situation is current and if you're fighting your past to overcome it that i will sympathize with you for but if you never accept what happened to change for the better or do your best to get help to overcome this problem you're doing it to yourself and you will always be sad and depressed. Taking it out on others because of your past issues isn't any excuse. Mary is no exception nor are her actions.

@NylaVox

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, Jeff~

@user-yj7ve5zv9n

Жыл бұрын

their is no evil only power

@sunnyhill5119

Жыл бұрын

Amen💯👍🤘💪

@hgji7381

Жыл бұрын

What about the Ottoman Sultans? They were seriously messed up as well but would you say the same about them?

@BloodAndGutsTV

Жыл бұрын

Well unless you are them, you don't understand and it's not your place to judge.

Every time i think about the atrocities committed by world leaders in the name of religion, I just dont understand why we still have organized religion still

@DavidBroadley-tw7ks

Ай бұрын

Correct the pain off the world over religion and there's dirt on every religion s hand thank you for great comment

@--legion

22 күн бұрын

Religious wars: 123 out of 1763 wars - that's 'only' 7% of all wars. Publicly atheist leaders: More than 50% did mass killing of their own people (source: Encyclopaedia of Wars)

@--legion

21 күн бұрын

Don't be smug. Over 50 million deaths have occurred in the cause of a Utopian fantasy by atheist leaders.

@hominidspank

21 күн бұрын

Over 50 million have been sacrificed in the cause of a utopian fantasy by atheist leaders.

How can you only have 160,000 subscribers? Great channel. Looking forward to watching all of your content

@jesusisgod3318

Жыл бұрын

I have just 12 ☝️🙈🤕

@tankc6474

Жыл бұрын

@@jesusisgod3318 you have 14 now including myself 👍

@jesusisgod3318

Жыл бұрын

@@tankc6474 thank you ...

@tankc6474

Жыл бұрын

@@jesusisgod3318 👍

@wingedunicornn

11 күн бұрын

​@@jesusisgod3318i don't understand your language but i subscribed anyways !!

Wonderful story telling, I enjoyed this. Thank you

Wow, that was her writing at 8 or 9 years old. I realize illiteracy rates were high back then, but if you were educated it seems that education far surpasses what people get today. Her handwriting alone at that age is extremely refined compared to today's claw marks.

@herrschmidt5477

2 жыл бұрын

it was quite expensive to write or draw. You couldn't simply take another leaf from your college block....

@elayshobeycurrey9496

2 жыл бұрын

As a teacher I endorse this statement

@fitthickchic6732

2 жыл бұрын

It helps to have rich parents who can afford a tutor. Not much has changed.

@davidlogan4329

Жыл бұрын

Mary was the daughter of the King. That is why she received such a fine education. Her brother and sister also received such an education.

@alyciaosborne6014

Жыл бұрын

Catherine made sure her daughter Mary received an education fit for a king not just an education for a princess. Catherine knew her daughter was going to rule England one day.

Dr Starkey right on form. Mary Tudors father was a blood soaked egomaniac. She by contrast was intent on the judicial murder of Protestants, and thus passed into reformed folklore. The most blood soaked monarch was Charles Stuart, 10% of his subjects perished in 2 civil wars of his Scottish absolutist making.

Very interesting. and very well presented ….Thank You 👏👏👏

Re the portrait of Henry @ 14:00 (approx) When one considers the gargantuan effort the artist must have made to flatter Henry, his face speaks volumes. I can't decide if that tiny twisted mouth is simply petulant or markedly cruel; I suppose it's both. However I think there was at least one artist who could be thankful his King was so desirous of being seen as slim, trim, and powerful he only cared not to have wrinkles exposed, or that heavy jowls and triple chins should disappear. Given his age, bulk and habits it's fantasy to think he didn't have a really obese face as well as body. That piggy face with its tiny humourless eyes and little twisted mouth are a very real indication of his nature at that stage of life imo. Remembering he probably wanted to be shown as a generous and beneficial king in the portrait, I imagine a real emporer's new clothes attitude by his courtiers.

I could listen to your lectures all day... Thank you...

*Such an informative and entertaining documentary right here.*

Whew chile! It's no wonder Mary went postal! They took everything including her MOTHER from her!! I hate to say it but I woulda burned it all to the ground!

@imonherenow3673

2 жыл бұрын

Literally everything, I've always felt so bad when I hear her story. I would've raised hell on that throne.

@complimentary_voucher

2 жыл бұрын

ITA. The treatment of her by historians is SO misogynistic. Mary was goaded to hell and back by her useless douchebag father and husband. What was she supposed to do? Just be quiet and eat shit? Her power was no more abusive than any male ruler and yet here we are.

@wungabunga

2 жыл бұрын

@@complimentary_voucherYeah. I read that when she wasn’t casually burning 100’s of people, she was actually quite pleasant. If it weren’t for White patriarchy she’d be called Goody Mary.

@fhenlizhao5406

2 жыл бұрын

Can’t deny the way she was treated. If she was inclined to violence her childhood made it far worse.

@Lucky_Chase

2 жыл бұрын

100%

Love your work sir. Keep the episodes coming!

Ĺove the commentary by this narrator seen many of his work,..... thank you this lady is not as well known to me as others....

The Tudors always make me feel better about my dysfunctional family 😂

It keeps you intrigued and interesting in history this professor why of teaching is passionate

Even though I'm a Ghanaian I'm in love with this piece

The narrator is awesome but I cant stop staring at how his head moves when he talks...

@kellydaly6289

2 жыл бұрын

David Starkey. He does an amazing job.

@chrystalblue7170

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks now I can't unsee it.

@ediitzz9741

2 жыл бұрын

Now thats all i can see lol

@davidlewis8814

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah he is something of an informative woodpecker

@Cholosaurus360

2 жыл бұрын

Just a little intellectual charm ❤

What a great history lesson!

@susanwebber9247

2 ай бұрын

But not accurate

@hallgeirpedersen4331

2 ай бұрын

@@susanwebber9247 please enlighten me then

Henry VIII was even willing to murder his own daughter. He was a monster, indeed.

@juttamaier2111

Жыл бұрын

He should gave. She was a monster as well

Great job Candace, amazing episode!

This was an excellent historical reading. I love your dictation and style, Professor. I learned a lot of details about the Tudors that I didn’t even though I’m an avid historian, esp of all things English monarchy.

@susanwebber9247

2 ай бұрын

If you want the truth read Agnes Strickland "The Lives of the Queens of England" in 32 volumes and written in old English.

Great video, thank you! ✨🙏🏻

@heatheryearwood9199

Жыл бұрын

Yeah great video I'm not sleeping ....

I absolutely think Karma was the repayment to Henry. His unwanted forgotten daughter Elizabeth not only ruled as a virginal sovereign but far out ruled her father, brother and sister.

@DavidBroadley-tw7ks

Ай бұрын

I bet Mary tudor pissed herself laughing when boleyn got her napper lopped off 🪓😅

@mrfearsmom8857

Ай бұрын

@@DavidBroadley-tw7ks I'm sure she was in the least happy to see her go. Wasn't it with Henry Jane Seymour that invited Mary back to court?

@DavidBroadley-tw7ks

Ай бұрын

Yes Jane Seymour was good to mary better than her father was he disowned her cause she wasn't a son I don't think Edward her half brother wud have got on much with Mary he was staunch prodestant but died at 14 caught typhoid I think swimming in the Thames but he would have been a nitemare for roman catholics when he got older

@mrfearsmom8857

Ай бұрын

@@DavidBroadley-tw7ks I couldn't imagine 🥴

@leeshackelford7517

Ай бұрын

She was unwed, but doubtful virginal

Elizabeth listening to Mary's last will and testimony: Sure sis, im not upset at all about you imprisoning me, calling me a bastard child, slandering my mother or trying to force me to convert to your religion.....

@juliancain3872

6 күн бұрын

It's not slander if it's true. Elizabeth was indeed a legal bastard as her parents were annulled, and that's not counting the change in religion and her marriage to Catherone of Aragon. Her mother was indeed a mistress and not exactly a saint. However, that doesn't change the fact that Henry's justification for executing her was asinine. The charges were false, and even if they weren't, if they annulled and never married, how could Anne have possibly committed adultery? And the pressure to change her religion was by far cruel. Inspite of all that she was heir to throne, but there was an argument that she was indeed a bastard.

It's very interesting. I live in Suffolk, so I definitely need to visit Framingham castle

I love the fact that we have such documentaries to look back to always

Thank you for the information presented in as non judgemental a manner as possible. History by its very nature must be viewed through the lens of the viewers experience. Thank you for supporting my love of learning.

Thanks timeline

Sad. The Queen forgot. Vengence us mine sayth the Lord. Thank you for this history video God blrss

i think of Mary, as a scorned woman. by her father and family, her own husband didnt want her. so for her to express her anger and sadness she lashed out to innocent people. blamed them for her misfortune.

I would love for starz or showtime to make a series on Bloody Mary

@alyssawhite8657

2 жыл бұрын

I would also love to see a show about Mary and Edwards life there are so many movies about Elizabeth

@jackierico449

Жыл бұрын

@@alyssawhite8657 a little late but way too many!! I’ve been trying to find a movie about Mary but no success 😭😭 we sure do need at least one movie or like mark mentioned a STARZ or showtime serie!!

@vilmacarande-kulis7769

Жыл бұрын

@@alyssawhite8657 The new movie “becoming Elizabeth, it shows you a lot about Mary and Edward.

I've already seen every single episode about the Tudors, and the Wars of the Roses, as well as every monarch who came after; most of which I've watched multiple times and yet here I am, click baited with a new thumbnail and yet I can't look away. What is wrong with me?!?

@servraghgiorsal7382

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing is ---- well, maybe something is wrong with you, but this ain't it. I'm obsessed with the adult writings of Louisa May Alcott. Have been amazed at the subjects she approached, up to and including opium/ hashish usage, child bride marriage, tattooed women, bigamy and priestley secularism. Who knew???

@heatheryearwood9199

Жыл бұрын

You are interested ....that's good..it makes you happy 😊

This channel is awesome. Very educational. Thank you. This was not available at my university’. I especially love it because I don’t have to take anything so I am at the end of the class!👍🙆‍♀️

@kathrynjordan8782

2 жыл бұрын

I agree 100% I'am learning more that what I did in my world civilization class in my freshman year in high school. This sure wasn't available at the college I went to. I love it!

@xavisanchez7522

2 жыл бұрын

There are a few gaps. Spanish is not a sole language. Caterina Darragon was a heir from the Catalan Darragon Crown,name distorted in order to fullfil a fake narrative of spanish empire that never existed as explained in books or in official history.

@susanwebber9247

2 ай бұрын

Good job to. You wouldn't pas your BA, MA or Ph.d if it had been

If the loss of her beauty and figure had been the only (according to Henry VIII) Catherine’s only “failing”he would likely have contented himself with mistresses. Anne Boleyn’s cannily guarded maidenhead would not have been the ultimate bargaining chip. Henry would have moved on to more accommodating “game”. Henry’s determination to rid himself of Catherine and remarry was that Catherine had born no surviving sons. Miscarriage and infant mortality were more the norm than the exception in the 16th century. Catherine’s first first pregnancy had taken far longer than normal. It and several other pregnancies ensued in sorrow and disappointment. The death knell of even fondness on Henry’s part was that Catherine had born no surviving male heirs. At the time, infertility and the gender of babies they did conceived were blamed squarely on women. Already older than Henry, adding in the fact that her appearance were the opposite of alluring to Henry, made made their even trying for another pregnancy let alone succeeding very unlikely. The irony for poor Catherine is that Henry’s succeeding marriages resulted in progressively fewer pregnancies, and only one more child. It’s now speculated that it was Henry VII himself who had fertility issues.

@tochukwuifeanacho3843

24 күн бұрын

It wasn't him, could probably being a genetic issue, he was fertile to be having children but only girls who survived while male children end up in miscarriage meaning something was off genetically in his lineage

Hard to believe she was so cold to burn people on the fire. She had all the riches, but sadly she had no heart

@busyb1513

Жыл бұрын

No different from many of her time . One of the men she burnt Cranmer quite happily sought the ruin and execution of Catherine Howard and her supposed lovers What goes around comes around Many were pretty bloodthirsty at that time ,it was a way of life Maybe we ought not to judge people who we don’t understand

@tochukwuifeanacho3843

24 күн бұрын

Circumstances shape people, so easy to judge when you are not in their shoes

Thank you Professor Starkey for this excellent analysis of Mary I. My father introduced me to your channel, and I love listening to your lectures on the Tudors in general, and, of course, on Henry VIII in particular. I know you have studied him your whole adult life and I really want to get hold of one or two of the books you've written on the subject, are they available here in Melbourne, Australia do you (or anyone else) know??? Warm Regards and all Best Wishes, from an Australian fan 😀 ❤, Amanda Jones

@smithamy1982

2 жыл бұрын

Check Amazon or Kindle

@colinlavelle7806

Жыл бұрын

David Starkey might be learned but nevertheless he is biased, bigoted and anti-catholic!

@susanwebber9247

2 ай бұрын

You won't get the truth.

That actress with the gabled hood that plays with little Mary at 4 mins 57 very much reminds me of the sitter of the the portrait that was attributed (but is disputed to be) Mary Boleyn. She has a very nice, soft and medieval looking face

I truly appreciated this video! Thank You for this neutral recount of history. ❤

@busyb1513

Жыл бұрын

Not quite neutral

@busyb1513

Жыл бұрын

How do you it’s neutral Were you there ?

@woowah32

11 ай бұрын

@@busyb1513 Why’s that, Sherlock?

@busyb1513

11 ай бұрын

@@woowah32 you tell me Dr Watson

@woowah32

11 ай бұрын

@@busyb1513 I didn’t question it, you clown..🤦🏻‍♂️ Why is it not neutral? Can you not back it up?

So unfair for starkey to just say “Catherine had grown fat and ugly” - As a lifelong researcher of this topic that’s not so easily stated. Maybe she did maybe she didn’t. She definitely got heavier but for a historian to just state that, really distasteful. State that Henry was besotted by a new person, and Henry had grown bored knowing Catherine was past her childbearing years. Respect her.

@sucrette69

2 жыл бұрын

Catherine wasn't ugly...

@sucrette69

2 жыл бұрын

Henry was...

@poleen000

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same.

@SecretSquirrelFun

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that line really bothers me too. It sends the worst kind of message to younger viewers. I absolutely agree with your comment.

@Cbd_7ohm

2 жыл бұрын

@@SecretSquirrelFun Triggered.

So, in actuality, the burnings were not ordered out of vindictive objectives. Mary had the notion that she was being punished by God becshe was too lenient in the punishment of the heretics. When Mary gained the throne after Edward's demise, John Dudley (Duke of Northumberland)Guilford Dudley ( his son) and his wife, Lady Jane Gray (Queen of Nine Days) weren't executed, just held prisoner in the Tower. She gained the nickname "Merciful Mary" and the respect and love of her people for her forgiveness. In my opinion, her change in thinking was brought about by several factors. After Wyatt's Rebellion, she realized that things weren't all peaches and cream, and not all of England wanted to be under the thumb of the Pope, and of Spain. (They remembered the not-so-distant past and the harsh reality of the Spanish Inquisition. With the anguish, the embarrassment, the degradation of the "baby that wasn't) added to everything else, I'm sure she was mentally incapable of processing everything at once. Therefore, she did what countless monarchs, before and after have done. She blamed it on God. God was angry with her. God wanted her to burn the heretics. God wouldn't allow her to get pregnant. And so evolved...Bloody Mary.

@Palimbacchius

29 күн бұрын

Lady Jane Gray (Queen of Nine Days) wasn't executed? You're an ignorant fool.

He said no woman ever reigned England before Mary. What sbout Maud around 1000-1100 ad. She nominated herself emperor Maud. It was a short reign though

@heatheryearwood9199

Жыл бұрын

Wiw l like her chosen title

@libiusperseus

3 ай бұрын

You mean Empress Matilda ? She was supposed to become queen of England but never really did because her cousin took the throne first. As for her title of empress, it came from her first marriage to the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

@andrem.thomas332

2 ай бұрын

They'll write women out of history any chance they can.

Timeline sent me. I think I'm going to stay. Subbed.

@ChronicleMedieval

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard :)

@patcheezy1985

2 жыл бұрын

Samething happened to me aswell!

@ericchristian6710

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a scythian.

@lorisewsstuff1607

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@BadgerBabe89

2 жыл бұрын

Same 😁

The Great Schism is actually the splitting of the Roman Catholics and Orthodoxy.

@selecttravelvacations7472

2 жыл бұрын

He was using the phrase as satire.

Elizabeth executed more opponents than Mary

@michaelmiranti4359

Ай бұрын

Powerful winners write history... sadly

Henry VIII was the Joseph Stalin of his day, as indeed it could be argued that the entire Tudor clan were the Bolsheviks of that age.

I always felt sorry for poor Lady Jane Grey.

@anthonyfuqua6988

Жыл бұрын

Mary was going to let her live but Jane's father and other men led a rebellion while Jane was in the Tower so Mary decided Jane was too dangerous to live. Jane had a strong claim as she was Henry VII's granddaughter.

@colinlavelle7806

Жыл бұрын

Yes and so do I....one person (amongst many) was Thomas Cranmer the protestant Abp of Canterbury who against the WILL (document) of Henry VIII promoted Lady Jane as Quenn.

@gymynycricket1722

7 ай бұрын

Wrong place wrong time

Greenwich Palace was also called the Palace of Placentia, for obvious reasons if you understand Latin

I love this series!!!

Great speech by Queen Mary in Parliament

She suffered a lot , disowned by her father and treated harshly by the upstart Anne Boleyn . The death of her dear mother must have left her feeling completely alone and abandoned . I do feel very sorry for her indeed As for the killings she committed, people often try and judge the medieval world with our modern standards of morality, without realizing how starkly different morality and life was back then. Mary wasn't the only ruler to kill people, her sister Elizabeth killed lots of people too but she's not demonized for it

@DavidBroadley-tw7ks

3 күн бұрын

Liz 1 killed catholics james 1 killed witches that wernt witches Cromwell what a butcher Edward 1 slaughtered Berwick don't get started on the plantagenet s they wud slit there granny's throat for the crown

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Her own father tossed her aside, kept her from her mother, nothing ever went right for her. I feel for her, I really do.

@david6532

2 жыл бұрын

dont feel sad for her,in many ways she was a tyrant like her dad,its lady jane that deserves sympathy

@madameghostie

2 жыл бұрын

Plus all of her health issues… imagine overseeing an entire country whilst potentially suffering from ovarian cancer.

@bornagain1589

2 жыл бұрын

To you feel for a the people she murdered?

@jessiewhitman8688

2 жыл бұрын

@@david6532 I feel for her too. But look what happened to Mary, it's not surprising she did the things she did..

@jessiewhitman8688

2 жыл бұрын

@@madameghostie Very true

Katherine had a hint of that infamous 'Hapsburg Jaw'...eewww

What gives any person whether they have the position of power or not the right to do such dreadful things? These people weren't followers of Christ. She had a sad life but was a monster

@JustReed

2 ай бұрын

Approx. 40,000,000 we're put to they're death in the 3 inquisitions. That was Christianity at this time. Believe or ELSE!

If only henry would've been happy with his daughter succeeding him. Alot of troubles would have been avoided

@aprilgosa5779

2 жыл бұрын

I googled and it is said there was very little or no hard evidence that Mary was mistreated or abused by Anne Boleyn and actually that Mary was the one who refused to recognize Anne as Henry's wife or as Queen

@jomc6734

2 жыл бұрын

It was about extending the Tudor dynasty. If a daughter succeeded him, married and had children, the reign of the Tudors would end as the child would take the name of the father. For instance, when Victoria became Queen, it was the House of Hanover reigned but when she married Prince Albert, it because the House of Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. A similar thing happened on the current Queen's accession. Prince Philip's uncle was gloating about the House of Mountbatten and, I think it was Churchill and the Queen Mother, who convinced Elizabeth to announce it would continue to be known as the House of Windsor.

@dianesicgala4310

2 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@busyb1513

Жыл бұрын

Very true

@gymynycricket1722

7 ай бұрын

No chance

Excellent documentary!!!

@ChronicleMedieval

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for tuning in!

Um , you skipped over Jane Grey's execution, after only nine days, who was accepted by everyone, even king Charles. Completely innocent young girl.

@nobodysbaby5048

Жыл бұрын

Valid point.

@urmomisanicelady6760

9 ай бұрын

True it was skipped over but it was A little more complex, he originally didn’t want to execute Jane, (janes story is pretty tragic as she never even wanted to become queen but that aside) Jane wasn’t necessarily completely innocent but she was heavily manipulated. But back to the point originally Mary forgave Jane, but due to the actions of Janes father in attempting to get Mary to renounce the throne and so on Jane was executed after months of Mary refusing to sing janes death warrant

@tarielkaroldan4106

6 ай бұрын

​@@urmomisanicelady6760*sign

@DavidBroadley-tw7ks

2 күн бұрын

Mary tudor didn't have have her executed Jane didn't even want the throne

Love Dr Starkey :-)

Great storytelling 👍

Its crazy how man made rules bring such calamity.

I would love to see these documentaries made into movies.

@kathrynjordan8782

2 жыл бұрын

I would too. They would probably be more accurate than what we see in the movies that Hollywood produces these days.

@saramason8554

2 жыл бұрын

In 2020, Showtime produced “The Spanish Princess” which ended after one season…☹️

@annacostello5181

2 жыл бұрын

They have been. Ad nauseam

@christineh2843

2 жыл бұрын

@@saramason8554 it actually lasted 2 seasons but wasn't completely factual.

@laureluresalyer4557

2 жыл бұрын

You can watch The Tudors on Netflix and watch the whole story. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Why am I promoting Netflix? Ack!!

Has anyone ever seen Lady Jane, starring Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Jane Grey and Cary Elwes as Lord Guilford Dudley ? I wonder how much of it is historically accurate.

@endo2th

Жыл бұрын

Great movie.

@toffanful

Жыл бұрын

Mick Jagger and the R Stones sang about Lady Jane in the 60's. There is a great live version of the song on YT on the Ed Sullivan Show /Rolling Stones Song: Lady Jane

@leahs7024

Жыл бұрын

Curiois! I wached a film about Henry the 8th where Helena Bonham Carter played Anne Boleyn!

I've watched his entire series on the monarchy I love professor David Starkey especially on crappy cloudy days or when migraines hit me

This “documentary” leaves so much out!

Anything that David Starky does is good. Btw Catherine of Aragon and Mary both had a stronger claim to the English throne that Henry.

30.27 she was N O G O O D ROULER ......... She was a MONSTER......

I would really enjoy these so much more if KZread didn’t stick a random commercial in literally every 5 minutes KZread this is truly ruining people’s videos. I would accept 1 solid 15 minute stage of commercials per day if it meant you wouldn’t constantly disrupt the subjects I am trying to enjoy!!!

What a last statement in the video!

Mary's biggest downfall well one of them was she blamed Anne and Elizabeth for the things her father had done to her and her mother when she should have blamed him

@fhenlizhao5406

2 жыл бұрын

You have to remember that she had a front row seat to abuse of her mother and the whole stepmother not liking you thing made it worse. Sooooo yeah.... none of them were angels.

@theendofanerror4173

Жыл бұрын

So we're just going to ignore the part where they said the homewrecker used to slap and find ways to humiliate Mary… By HER OWN volition. Of course Starkey doesn't mention to fans of the beloved homewrecker how she was looking for ways to KILL Mary. Making HER OWN plans to kilI. She had EVERY RIGHT to blame that thot but I guess that's Henry's fault as well. 🙄

@annabanana7659

9 ай бұрын

Definitely not Anne who told her servants to physically abuse the child and call her a bastard when Mary's own mother was the legitimate wife and queen while Anne was a side chick who seduced her way to the king's bed : /

Faith I learnt is not spread with armour more but with love , endurance and convalesence..

@dorianphilotheates3769

2 жыл бұрын

History teaches that, more often than not, “Faith” is spread by fire, blood, and iron.

@annacostello5181

2 жыл бұрын

Lololol

@tonybiddle6668

Жыл бұрын

@@dorianphilotheates3769 Exactly. They have to resort to violence because there is not a shred of reason in their satanic superstition

Good history story!

17.48 Is that a photograph behind David Starky? lol!

Amazing that Henry called Catherine "fat and unattractive." He must have smelled awful back then.Not to mention to this day there was no one fatter than him.

@jamieorourke767

Жыл бұрын

No one bathed,so no one cared

@DavidBroadley-tw7ks

2 ай бұрын

​@jamieorourke767 I think Henry was talking about Anne off cleves not his daughter Mary who wasn't fat or ugly her mother Catherine off aragon was a buety at a young age

Not really much about how she earned her reputation. The why was answered, certainly. We learned why she did it and it was because of her upbringing and how she suffered at the hands of her father. Going by the title, (how she earned her bloody reputation), it should have been concerned with the burnings themselves and particularly how she reacted to the various rebellions by Protestants. How people begged for her clemency, various times she wrote about the burnings and how she may have felt they were making an impact. At what point she went from a popular queen to Bloody Mary, perhaps. What her subjects were saying about her. But no, just a bit about some burnings.

Tried to sign up for History Hit but discount code did not work…?

Hank stayed an RC.

I don’t know why i burst out laughing at “some said the foetus was a monkey” 😂😂😂😂😂😅🤣🤣🤣 Maybe she just had fibroids 🤷🏽‍♀️

@mariavillenas1-1

Жыл бұрын

Yeah.

The ginger who shall remain nameless looks a lot like Henry. Beady eyes, thin tiny lips, russet hair, large nose. His name is Henry as well.

@jimmymalone9139

2 жыл бұрын

Correct. Prods

@nicoleserenalauer3027

2 жыл бұрын

.... but much more handsome! 😂😂😂

@buffyjosmom

2 жыл бұрын

+Southamericangirl42 LOL not only that but Henry VIII also referred to himself as Harry LO. Its true, he ended a poem he wrote called "They Say Youth Doeth Rule Me" as "so sayeth the king the 8th Harry".

@servraghgiorsal7382

2 жыл бұрын

Henry was handsome, agreeable, sexually active and athletic in his youth. Bad diet,lots of alcohol, sexual ennui and the need for money a chronic debilitating infection , and challenges to his power shaped his life at the end.

@sunnyhill5119

Жыл бұрын

I like that term for redheads..'ginger'. Prince Harry is AMAZING.

David Starkey. Instant like

I wish I could watch this... either I can't hear the audio and the ads don't Blair. Or I can hear the audio up to the point the first ad plays and now I'm deaf.

The narrator wrote a good book on Elizabeth I.

We are all whims of fate , decisions made by the powerful and rich few years ago and today 😢

@mariavillenas1-1

Жыл бұрын

Be careful whom you choose to rule over you

A very nice documentary 0:05 Does anyone know the music playing?

🤴🏼👸🏼💪🏻😎.....Very tough , strong and sisphstcated and complex people in those days