KAT Harper here. Am I the only one who thinks Alan Ereira ought to narrate MORE historical documentaries? I thoroughly enjoy this 6-part series, primarily because of his delightful narration. I also appreciate the fact that he himself researched the history he relates in the programme. His hands on, personal approach makes this series, for me, at least, one of the best and most entertaining documentaries out there. Thank you so much for posting it. if there are any other historical docs narrated by this witty, erudite gentleman, please make them available as swiftly as possible. I would be forever grateful.

@thuyvuly8355

3 ай бұрын

Pppppppppppppppppppppppppp

@CasperScott-qq6ip

3 ай бұрын

yes he is good, however there are a few factual errors. however they are quite minor. unless you are an absolute history nerd you wouldnt stop it. For example he says that margret beaufort calling her son henry was idicative. it was a regal name. not strictly true within the same family ( line of jaohn of gaunt and catherine swinford) there is a henry beaufort. cardinal of the church

@bentorres4620

2 ай бұрын

Him or the stunning Bethany Hughes. They're both outstanding!

@chrisschepper9312

2 ай бұрын

Should’ve started with Æthelstan.

I thought i was the only person alive on this earth that actually loves historic documentaries but from the comments,it seems i was wrong,so very wrong,i'm so pleased to know others appreciate history as well

@scottleft3672

6 жыл бұрын

history was an ACTUAL POPULAR SUBJECT in most schools up until 20 years ago.

@lordmonty9421

5 жыл бұрын

So you thought all the people making historical documentaries were doing it for you and you alone? (You know, before you learned there were others?)

@charlesroberts3650

5 жыл бұрын

Yes we do, good for you sir. As the old adage goes: "Those who do not study history and learn from it, are doomed to repeat it", good advise to conduct our lives by.

@lasss0140

5 жыл бұрын

You are not alone, I love them! I am so fed with the american history channel here in America. Its not even on History anymore just ridiculous shows on Aliens and conspiracy theory's *rolls eyes* so I searched you tube, found so many interesting documentaries and it is safe to say I am hooked!!

@LuisSierra42

5 жыл бұрын

I'm learning History to be able to conquer the entire world under one Emperor who would be me. My empire will be called "Asgard" and i will rule as a benevolent and wise monarch but will apply force when people disobey me.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who just watches historic documentaries for no other purpose than entertainment.

This guy is the history presenter this world deserves.

@ironcladstranger4559

3 жыл бұрын

@@judaprinxbeatz.8008 wuz you nornan kangz n shieet yo?

@mattsmith656

3 жыл бұрын

@@judaprinxbeatz.8008 what are u talking about why are u mad

@judaprinxbeatz.8008

3 жыл бұрын

A PALE FACE WHO LIES ABOUT HISTORY? RIIIIIIGHT LMAO A COLONIZER WHO MAKES LIES SOUND SO GOOD LMAO

i loved this narrator, he brings excellent humour without making the whole thing seem any more or less ridiculous that it is.

@vhollund

3 жыл бұрын

He accidently said that people were "shot" before the gun was invented though

@MrThomtree

3 жыл бұрын

@@vhollund I dare say he meant with arrows.

@vhollund

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrThomtree That could be it

@fshoaps

3 жыл бұрын

@@vhollund Definitely it, fuckwad.

@crabsy6452

3 жыл бұрын

@@vhollund you can say shoot for an arrow same as fire a gun

i watc this program every few months just because it is so entertaining and educational. Wish this would have been around when i was in school. (i'm 72 now) i would have done much better in history and social studies.

@castorpollux6076

6 жыл бұрын

cshillow 👌😁

@dutchman55

5 жыл бұрын

I’m 24 and think the same thing. Schools don’t make history interesting. No self education is encouraged at all.

@keicbell

4 жыл бұрын

I learnt more in 45 minutes than fifteen years of study in school. Superb as an overview of that turbulent period

@MsKK909

4 жыл бұрын

@ cshillow I thought I was the only one who rewatched this over and over...... but I wished England’s historical figures used more than 3 or 4 names! It’s even worse in the Tudor era!

@fefestalex

4 жыл бұрын

Dont think is too late to study and learn, my friend! Learning is full of new discoveries, it changes how we see things.

Just watched Netflix,,The Last Kingdom. This sparked an interest in the first kings of England...A must watch.

@charlessanders

3 жыл бұрын

Try the books that the series is based off of by Bernard Cornwell

@jayneschaefer5907

3 жыл бұрын

I'll run

@cherylhutchins-swenson320

3 жыл бұрын

😥

@outdoorloser4340

3 жыл бұрын

Fate is inexorable

@rebeccaherschman1635

3 жыл бұрын

That is a great show. I love how Netflix has so many period dramas.

This narrator and whoever wrote the script are freaking great

@DaniHMcV

2 жыл бұрын

It sounds like Bill Bailey to me. He is a great narrator and a really funny comedian too :)

@leonardohopplescoth1783

2 жыл бұрын

Alan Erira, it says so at 34:38

“So a history of the queens of England isn’t like anywhere else in the world”... this just helped me realize why English monarchy is so particularly fascinating for me! You have Saxon, German, French, Norman, Welch, Scots, Dutch, German, so many cultures in one throne!

@redwaldcuthberting7195

Жыл бұрын

You mentioned German twice. Also the English called themselves as such that being 'Englisc' in old English.

I enjoyed this, but I really dislike the fact that our kings prior to 1066 are always ignored. I can't see why they don't go back to Egbert as the kings from then to William I were just as interesting as the ones that followed. The whole Ethelred the Unready/Aelfgifu/Edmund Ironside/Sweyn Forkbeard/Emma or Normandy/Cnut/Aelgifu of Northampton/Harold Harefoot/Edward the Exile/Harthacnut/Godwin Earl of Wessex/Alfred Aetherling/Edward the Confessor/Harold Godwinson/Edgar II part of English history is 60+ years of family melodrama exciting enough for a whole season of Game of Thrones.

@Swoooze

8 жыл бұрын

Got to be honest I had never heard of her books. The one focusing on the life of Emma of Normandy seems interesting though. She's a fascinating figure. Wife of two kings, mother of two kings, step-mother of two more and then step-grandmother of yet another.

@twitchypaper1391

6 жыл бұрын

Mallyoo it does but the royal line probably doesn't go that far back as theres just so much we dont know and so many years that are left up to our imagination with very little reliable sources. The royal family is no longer anglo saxon though

@onixsenju4956

6 жыл бұрын

AGREE

@rbmossx1432

5 жыл бұрын

Swoooze That’s exactly how I feel. The whole Anglo-Saxon era is fascinating but ignored.

@LuisSierra42

5 жыл бұрын

In the HIstory Channel's series, Vikings, you get to see Anglo Saxon England, it's amazing

I love it when he goes "Now how did that happen?"

@ayeshar4254

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah i was like i don't know you tell me 😂

I love documentaries....and, this is the king of documentaries. This guy is perfect to listen to.

@ttrdf

8 жыл бұрын

that's exactly how I felt. this series is unique mainly due to his commentaries and his way. Quality

@mrdarren1045

4 жыл бұрын

No this is the cheap tacky moustachiod south American dictator of documentaries

@mrdarren1045

4 жыл бұрын

@@ttrdf quality isn't quite the word I'd choose. More like poorly researched factually inaccurate horse shit. But then that's more than one word... granted.

I've watched both Schama and Starkeys history series, but THIS is a lot of history in a nutshell and I thouroughly enjoyed it. I LIKE the narrator, he gets straight to the point and I find him very humorous.

Absolutely,hands down,the best docu-series about the Kings and Queens of jolly old England..The narrator is precise ,crisp and sharp.Excellently done.....

@mrdarren1045

4 жыл бұрын

He's also full of shit and poorly researched. But if it makes you happy I guess it's a good thing.

Okay, this is a hilarious and very well research and presented documentary! You don't see them like this anymore.

This is one of the best history documentaries I have ever saw. The diction, the speech of the filmmaker is priceless.

@mrdarren1045

4 жыл бұрын

You are easily pleased

Between my books and these KZread documentaries I no longer have “free time” . Love this stuff. The tribes of the America’s is interesting stuff too but not nearly as popular as the royals of history .

@Danielle-mg5lf

3 жыл бұрын

I’m the same way lol! You should check out “On this Day in Tudor History” it’s awesome, everyday Author historian Claire Ridgeway tells you an event that happened on that day in the time of the Tudors! If you are interested in the Tudor era.

@celestebredin6213

Жыл бұрын

Tribal histories are more anthropology or politics👹 Try Middle and Far Eastern stuff for that. Try Biblical stuff for interesting surprises

Not since the great A.J.P. Taylor have we seen such an engaging history presenter. His mellifluous voice and wry ironic delivery make these programmes utterly compelling. Congratulations!

Eleanor of Aquitaine was my 27th Great Grandmother, as was William the Conqueror's sister Adelaide who was my 32nd Great Grandmother. I'm a genealogist / historian so I love watching these documentaries. It's great to be able to actually know your past and how your ancestors lived, etc.

@NormanZavlandid1066

8 жыл бұрын

+jaxgal618 Wow, I've been studying this stuff for over 30 years but I'm really struggling to get the connection of both being your great grandmothers. If Eleanor of Aquitaine was your 27th great grandmother and you're also related to Adelaide, then I presume you're descended from her second marriage to Henry II of England and not her first marriage to Louis VII of France. That would make Henry II's mother, Empress Matilda, your 28th great grandmother. Your 29th great grandmother would be her mother, Matilda of Scotland (wife of Henry I of England and daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland). Your 30th great grandmother would be Henry I's mother, Matilda of Flanders (wife of William the Conqueror). Adelaide was William the Conqueror's sister so would be an aunt, not a great grandmother, if you're descended through this line. If she's your 32nd great grandmother, then you must be descended from one of her children (Adelaide of Aumale, Judith of Lens or Stephen of Aumale) but I can't get a connection from any of these children down to Eleanor of Aquitaine. Can you give me the line of descent? I'm really curious to know.

@hugo822514

8 жыл бұрын

+jaxgal618 Hi! I´m from Argentina. I´m studying to be an English Teacher and one of the subjects is English Culture and Civilization. I wonder if you could answer some questions to me since, as I can see from above, you might know many things about the Kings and Queens. For instance, it´s quite hard to me to understand The Wars of the Roses and, also, The Act of Settlement (1702). My e-mail is hugodeandreotti@hotmail.com Thanks a lot in advance.

@hugo822514

8 жыл бұрын

+NormanZavlandid1066 (I´ll copy and paste the comment to you) Hi! I´m from Argentina. I´m studying to be an English Teacher and one of the subjects is English Culture and Civilization. I wonder if you could answer some questions to me since, as I can see from above, you might know many things about the Kings and Queens. For instance, it´s quite hard to me to understand The Wars of the Roses and, also, The Act of Settlement (1702). My e-mail is hugodeandreotti@hotmail.com Thanks a lot in advance.

@danconnor8422

6 жыл бұрын

Almost everyone in western europe is a descendant of Elanor. Just because you have someone in your tree actually doesnt mean you received any genes.from.them. Biology and mathematics are.fun.

@Denraeah08

6 жыл бұрын

We are family then. William the Conqueror is my great-something (pardon I don't know the exact number) Grandfather.

This specific documentary has helped put me to sleep for years now. Much appreciated. 💙

The history of England is very good. Thanks from Brazil.

I thought I had exhausted my study of Kings of England from Alfred to Elizabeth II.This tongue- in -cheek narration gave me some new info.

This video has over 3 million views and I think I’ve done at least 500k of them. Such a great series

@bluedatamedia

4 ай бұрын

Yes!

Agree, Richard, it seems though the Romans and even the Vikings have had a better deal educational, books released and even in film than the Saxons had. Indeed it is a shame that people like Harold Godwinson, AEthelstan, Alfred the Great and several others dont get the coverage in today's society that they deserve.

Remember kids, don't drink and longboat

@jacksainthill8974

7 жыл бұрын

I think drinking it on the rocks was the problem.

@jerrysmith8647

7 жыл бұрын

yep

@NewGuy2534

6 жыл бұрын

A ye old BUI. Boating Under the Influence.

@Alex-xh7sg

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, for God's sake .... go and chew a turnip as you've nothing of sense to say... >

@alexthelizardking

6 жыл бұрын

Boss Umbra Friends don't let friends drink and row.

Thanks so much for this EXCELLENT video! A magical trip, with one of the best presenters ever. What a treat.

Man, I'm telling you Allan's sass during this entire series, makes this series 10x better,

I learned it growing up in Canada, always been fascinated with history and especially the battle of hastings and the reformation. I've always been fascinated with the monarchy as well.

This is really intriguing! Love learning more about those who reigned and tried to reign England!

I love historical documentaries

Yes! In the mood to watch every single episode!

Always a great series to watch

A certainly clear description for the sage of the royals. I love this !!

I would love to see a documentary on the Anglo-Saxon Kings and Queens. Start with Alfred and go forward.

@hammycats6919

5 жыл бұрын

Me too, including Cnut, Athelstan etc. 👍😍

@jeremyfurley9170

4 жыл бұрын

Look up: Monarchy, David Starkey, part 1 the Early Kings on KZread

@hammycats6919

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeremyfurley9170 Thank you. 👍

@jurgentreue1200

4 жыл бұрын

That entire era from the Roman withdrawal until 1066 is fascinating.

@mjj789

4 жыл бұрын

these people would probably be considered special needs in 2019. I dont know if i would be able to believe much of it.

Thoroughly enjoyed the whole series. Well presented with some tongue in cheek humour too! The closer it got to the recent monarch, especially the last one, the more incensed I became at the pure wealth and privilege of these parasites. The absolute nerve of finally "agreeing" to pay income tax! Bloody outrageous.

*That was a really enjoyable episode! Thank you so much for uploading it.*

The Norman conquest did not render the royal line permanently 'foreign', as the video states. The original Wessex line was re-introduced with the succession of Henry II because his grandmother, Matilda of Scotland whom Henry I had married, was herself the great-granddaughter of King Edmund Ironside of Wessex.

@mikepro7297

7 жыл бұрын

Jack Sainthill. the line goes by the father both by tradition and back by genetics. and also before that there was some intermarrige with the french nobility. so the historians are right.

@mikepro7297

7 жыл бұрын

Jack Sainthill. the line goes by the father both by tradition and back by genetics. and also before that there was some intermarrige with the french nobility. so the historians are right.

@mikepro7297

7 жыл бұрын

Jack Sainthill so your claim is debunked because the norman erased the natural english culture

@jamiemohan2049

7 жыл бұрын

+Mike Pro He isn't on about culture he's on about the bloodline! They descend from one another they brought in a new culture but the bloodline wasn't entirely foreign!

@mikepro7297

7 жыл бұрын

Jack 225 I meant the heritage but used the culture because since the norman conquest the slavery if I am not mistaken was abolished and that was one of the signs for changing the english land scape forever. and read my previous comments. you can see the royal tree and you can see a lot of intermarriags. I know that you mean that Matilda had off springs but her daughter married with a french noble and the line of impurity goes on. please look at the family tree and see it for yourself. the culture changed as well as the bloodline which stoped being English.

Love this presentation. So clear and detailed. Thanks,

I'm an American but have always been fascinated with English royalty. I know more about the kings and queens of England that I know about our own leaders.

@bayareajokester9456

4 жыл бұрын

@Phil Ad those people know nothing. The followers of the Kardashians have mental illnesses

@davehallett3128

4 жыл бұрын

So you think henry the eighth was more interesting than dan quayle or strom thurmond

@brandonhalsey2947

3 жыл бұрын

Kings and Queens will never compare to the leaders of Free men.

I loved this. trying to keep track of the kings gets a bit much but this video puts things in a way I can grasp it. great history teaching.

@deltaforceUSAret

Жыл бұрын

Ready

@karenhall4645

Жыл бұрын

I learn more from these documentaries than I ever did in school. And they're more interesting. 🤗

I love documentaries, he's a great professor, he explains really well.

@mrdarren1045

4 жыл бұрын

He is NOT a great professor. He is a third rate poorly researched hack presenting an error strewn cock up.

Love this documentary but it is part of the old school view of history - that English history begins in 1066. Although William I (really Guillaume) introduced a number of innovations from the Continent, he assumed the position of King of England which had been in existence for nearly 200 years. It can be argued that Alfred was the first King of England as prior to him England was divided into 7 independent kingdoms until the Vikings sorted that out leaving Wessex as the last Saxon kingdom. After Alfred, it was his line which expanded the "Kingdom of England" with his grandson Athelstan being considered the first King of the English. Also forgotten is the Danish Invasion of 1016 (not to be confused with the Great Army of the 9th Century) which put the crown on 4 Danish kings and in a roundabout way brought about the Battle of Hastings by sending the half-english/half-norman heir to Normandy where he picked up the French-Norman ways and allegedly promised the crown to his cousin, Guillaume. The difference is the Danes didn't try to wipe out the Anglo-Saxon culture and language like the Normans did aided by nationalistic historians centuries later. Post-Roman/Arthur to 1066 other than Alfred and some cakes has been long overlooked by historians and popular history. The Normans get top-billing but curious enough their Frenchness was so anglo-washed by later historians that most people still think Norman kings like Richard the Lionheart (a name he wouldn't recognize) of Robin Hood fame spoke English when really he spoke French and spent very little time in England during his reign even when he was free.

@geoffwheadon4277

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

Thanks for the upload!

"Henry...had vitality, intelligence, FRECKLES, and money." You know, the important stuff! I love freckles.

I love this stuff! I read so much about royal Europe. So much so that I started my own book reviewing channel.

@mfjdv2020

4 жыл бұрын

Just by the way: what a lovely little dog you have in the photo :-)

I'm shoulder to shoulder with you on what we have lost from that time as well, from my own meagre education from school, been taught that England commenced from 1066, cheating pupils and leaving out everyone people from Boadaceia - Alfred the Great - King Arthur and as you say the birth of England in 927. The Normans were the Nazi's of the time (especially after the harrying of the north), but there is slight solace in English outings to places like Lindersfarne, Cilurnum and several other...

Gloriously well done!

THANKS for posting this - I LOVE English history.

I loved it. I adore everything British. Thanks for the upload!

@Talisman730

5 жыл бұрын

Bah! British history is riddled with bad decisions and poor leadership. It is not for nothing that .the British Lions are known to be led by Donkeys!

@mrdarren1045

3 жыл бұрын

@@Talisman730 it's not for nothing that in 50 years I have never once heard that said... EVER. So it's not for nothing that you make up phrases that have never existed

@mrdarren1045

3 жыл бұрын

@@Talisman730 and did those bad decisions cause Britain to have the largest empire the world has ever known or to create the most widely spoken language that has ever existed? Or is it simply because the british are credited with more important inventions than any other ppl. Yeah what failure. I can see why they are so famously derided

@Spike-yc5gx

2 жыл бұрын

Us Brits are awesome 🤩

I love this narrator's sense of humour! He makes the most hilarious asides and he keeps superimposing his own face over the faces of the Kings and Princes! I agree with the other commentor...the one who said this guy and Terry Jones were separated at birth! Now he just needs to do one starting with the truly FIRST Kings and Queens of Britain. They were just as fascinating!

Thank you for knowledge, I Always LOVE kings and Queen's of England

Really enjoyable. I know a fair bit about that time from history books but you brought it to life, and with plenty of humour.

I love historical docs, too! who says you can't learn anything from television, lol!

Dysentery, Fever, and Death sounds like something out of a microbrewery in Oregon.

@pezpowerproductions2602

3 жыл бұрын

Or the Oregon trail Mac game from 1992

@Fe26man

2 жыл бұрын

@@pezpowerproductions2602 I was literally going to comment this! I read the comment and immediately thought Oregon Trail and cholera oouuu and Ford the river haha. ♥️❤

Thx for the great video and hello from a moderator of the Viking Museum Haithabu in very Northern Germany, former a part of Denmark.

Thank you for sharing this.

I saw all the episodes of this documentary. I've come to this conclusion that the Queen does have a major and not just symbolic.

From this era I find Eleanor of Aquitaine the most interesting.

@snipergirl21

8 жыл бұрын

+sailormoonserenity99 I like the look of the actress playing her. You can see she's having fun acting out the reconstruction scene.

@paulmicheldenverco1

8 жыл бұрын

+snipergirl21 You mean they didn't have movie cameras then?

@sailormoonserenity99

8 жыл бұрын

+Paul Michel you are joking right

@paulmicheldenverco1

8 жыл бұрын

right.

@williamstheconqueror9457

8 жыл бұрын

+sailormoonserenity99 Family lore says, Great Grand mother Elle was all that. She brought the LUTE to England! She taught he maids... "Be clean like English girl, yet dirty like a French woman and Men will melt in your grasp" Lady Eleanor 1152 the day of her wedding.

Great deals documentary series with a fantastic narrator

Brilliant video learnt a lot a while ago listening to this, narrator is brilliant!

Thank you ! I love world history.

I love this. So glad it's on KZread. Will add to my favorites on our channel, The Anglophile Channel.

@mrdarren1045

4 жыл бұрын

How come you use a British flag on an anglophile channel. Surely it should be a st George's cross

@Spike-yc5gx

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrdarren1045 because they think Britain is a part of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Thankyou AngelDocs,...for sharing this with us.

I love this! The book ' The Social History of England' is one of the best. I used it in University of London.

Thank you. It's very interesting and fantastic.

The narrator is brilliant, he keeps you interested right up until the end.

@douglasvilledarling2935

5 жыл бұрын

Janice Williams okay, but sounds like he is reading a book. I feel like I am listening to audiobooks

I’m on my 3rd viewing. I love everything about this series. 👍

Ive now memorised this whole episode

I'm just here because I had a cat named Norm. He took over my house and ruled the other cats with an iron paw.

@AC-130....

4 жыл бұрын

Seems pawerful

@wahyuindrasto8307

4 жыл бұрын

@@seaweedworkers425 More like a mewrcenary 🐱

2:20 On the right, that's Count Guy of Pontieu, not William. It this scene he is talking to Harold whom he had captured right after he landed at Normandy.

Thanks for uploading this doc!

I have to say 👍 for uploading (downloading? I don’t know). these documentaries. Because of these, I know all the kings and queens from William. By heart. Apparently, it’s part of a pub game I’ll never play lol. But, thanks to these, I could probably win, even in Britain 😂. 👍👍👍 I’ve been watching these so long, I’ve actually probably made a comment long ago. But I keep coming back and watching them occasionally. And it got me interested in a LOT more besides the Tudors. Thank you!

Simply swept away? Pshaw! The battle of Hastings was a very tightly run affair. Coulda gone either way.

@numpty4835

7 жыл бұрын

The english alway say that after a defeat :-)

@LoneKharnivore

4 жыл бұрын

That's not what he meant. He says they lost the battle and *then* were swept away - as in, replaced at the top.

@LetsGoGetThem

4 жыл бұрын

Very true actually, it's an "everything went wrong" that they couldn't have affected like weather, Norwegians invading, etc kind of thing with the Saxons.

Had to make a new playlist for this Kings and queens videos. Seems the series that come out regarding these things are never long enough! 😩 Hopefully the last kingdom will have a new season soon.🤞 This was good, thank you.

This is an awesome documentary

amazing documentary Amazing documentary!

Weird place to start... what about the Saxon kings like Alfred, or especially Aethelstan, arguably the first true king of England, if not Alfred the Great.

@darcybissonpullen7125

4 жыл бұрын

i dont think the Pennock wound agree

@darcybissonpullen7125

4 жыл бұрын

Aethelstan was Cornish

@Problembeing

4 жыл бұрын

darcy pullen I don’t think so. He drove the Cornish out of Cornwall.

@Problembeing

4 жыл бұрын

It seems a bit odd not to mention whatever that there was a lineage of English kings before William.

@mfjdv2020

4 жыл бұрын

If it comes to that, what about the _real_ first monarchs of Britain: the Celts?

Wonderful literture, i read Tolkein's works when i was in the middle east working, loved the lord of the rings and the nordic influence i can certainly see, another excellent work was Geoffrey Hindley's brief history of the Anglo-Saxons, and he certainly emphasisis the Saxon legacy been alive very much today. Also love Durham, been a while since i've been up there seeing the cathedral, castle and the Wear...due another visit i think, Dorset is also wonderful country, Thomas Hardy country.

I bought a huge tome that was dated 1910 and it discussed English Hx. It was great. Love the tapestries.

great program about great history

Episode 1: Normans? As if there were no monarchs prior to 1066.

@infjintegrityvsnarcissism7295

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly, shouldn't it start right after the end of Roman occupation in the dark ages, instead of beginning in the high middle ages.

@lukemcinerny8220

4 жыл бұрын

@@infjintegrityvsnarcissism7295 Or at least at Alfred the great who unified England if I'm remembering correctly.

@strongmngomezulu2136

4 жыл бұрын

Cumberland was not a part of England before the Norman conquest.

@4nub

4 жыл бұрын

Episode 0: Saxons

@amberpountney5597

4 жыл бұрын

Justice Democrat 82594 the romans had taken over Britannia during the time im pretty sure it was a time of war and non stop battle

What happened to Alfred the Great, the King of Wessex who united and fortified England as a Kingdom? King Alfred and his Family lived prior to the dates enunciated in this video.

@mfjdv2020

4 жыл бұрын

More importantly: What happened to the great Celtic Kings and Queens that reigned long before Alfred and the Saxon invader made their appearance?

@mrdarren1045

4 жыл бұрын

Alfred didn't unite England. The datnelaw existed in Alfred's time. Aethelstan United England

@cassiemontgomery45

2 жыл бұрын

I know, right? King Alfred the Great defended his kingdom against the Vikings. I cannot begin to imagine what a frightening and daunting campaign that would have been!

@miriamsackler5002

2 жыл бұрын

Alfred the Great died at 51 in 899 - successor: Edward the Elder, died in 924 - successor: Athelstan (briefly Ælfweard), died in 939 - successor: Edmund I, died 946 - successor: Eadred, died in 955, successor: Eadwig, died in 959, successor: Edgar the Peaceful, died in 975, successor: Edward the Martyr, died in 978 - successors: Æthelred II (the Undredy), died in 1016 - in the interim Sweyn Forkbeard (Danish) ruled England for about two years - successor: Cnut the Great (Æthelred II’s wife Emma of Normandy married Cnut the Great), died 1035, successor: Harthacnut (Emma’s son from Cnut), died 1042 - successor: Edward the Confessor (Emma’s son by Æthelred II; half Norman, half Anglo-Saxon), died in 1066 - Successor: Harold II of Harold Godwinson, a member of a prominent Anglo-Saxon family with ties to Cnut the Great, Emma’s second husband. He died in the Battle of Hasting. He was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon King of the English.

A wonderful video. Thank you for making this video! :)

Learning English history has never been so pleasant

”as we all know” ”a date that everyone knows” way to make me feel dumb my guy 😭😔

@samanthahamilton7078

4 жыл бұрын

You know now. So you clearly aren't dumb. 😏

@alysononoahu8702

4 жыл бұрын

1066

@mfjdv2020

4 жыл бұрын

Well, 1066 _is_ a date that everyone knows.

Yah I wish they started with the House of Wessex first, then moved on to the Normans

@onixsenju4956

6 жыл бұрын

Narrowc ross Me too

@simonbroberg969

6 жыл бұрын

Only reason the Vikings were after Alfred was because he wanted to do a Charliemagne style Convert or die in England, It was because of that the Vikings decided to attack. By 1066 there were a lot less Franks around... Vikings took The monks say, Gironde, Garonne Aquitane Bordaux, Bordeaux, Perigueux, Limoges, Angouleme, Toulouse seized Angers, Tours & Orleans made deserts Rouen invaded, sacked, then set on fire, Paris (again) Beauvais & Meaux were taken & the fortress at Melun laid waste Chartres Occupied Evreux & Bayeux were looted says Ermentarius who was one of the monks who fled Noirmoutier in 835. They couldn't find Alfred. Either way, even if the Franks lost, I'd say that Church won partly at least, they held onto power for a long time, until Henty the 8th took 'em out. Not sure when Iceland, Sweden, Holland and a few other countries got rid of that plague. I know they had good reason to do so. Evil religion that one. One reason so many voted for Brexit was to stop them coming coming back and trying to enslave us once again.

@janetmccarthy6512

6 жыл бұрын

Narrowc ross is 5

@topbanana8438

5 жыл бұрын

you was but you was British lol

@flamebird2218

5 жыл бұрын

+R Base England (The Kingdom of Great Britain after 1707 and the UK after 1800) was the reason why an English-speaking colony was even founded in the Americas in the first place; without it, the United States would not exist (if it were to exist in this alternate timeline, it would be called something else). New York would have remained New Amsterdam, and the majority of people in the Americas would likely be speaking French, Spanish, and Dutch had England never colonised America.

I absolutely love English History. I'm Irish but I love Irish and English history fascinates me that was one of my most favorite subject in school was history❤❤❤

"But that was then, and this was now" I am going to make that my new motto XD

I understand that this is a series about England, but I don't think people understand how prolific the Norman's were. My paternal line were Norman's who took over Sicily - Ruggero I and II. Same in Spain.

@suziewheeler6530

4 жыл бұрын

Bunch of Vikings..so what

@Travieso78702

4 жыл бұрын

@@suziewheeler6530 it's all good. Just fascinating.

Were this guy and Terry Jones separated at birth?

Finally, the comments are up again. I enjoy such documentaries, a series documenting a civilization over the years. Does anyone else know of such documentaries for other parts of the world? I have watched the rise and fall of rome.

I love viasat history Whenever i fall ill instead of pesting I immediately switch viasat h.on and enjoy every single document. Everything is interesting. thanks

The highly symbolic square mile of England at Runnymede where Magna Carta was signed is American territory: it was given by England to America in thanks for their help to us in WW2. We know how to say 'thank you.'.

@massagetherapyforinjuriesf8197

6 жыл бұрын

YES

@markpayne6384

6 жыл бұрын

Seems fitting. You would be speaking German if it wasn’t for the US.

@danconnor8422

6 жыл бұрын

You mean, thankyou for not making peace with the Germans and loosing the empire so the US could muscle in. Churchill gambled and he lost. Huge swathes of central and eastern europe sacrificed to the communists for nothing.

@corettaha7855

6 жыл бұрын

English is Germanic anyway. ‘‘Twas all for nought.

@rexultimatum2588

6 жыл бұрын

Coretta Hattereaux Language wise it's Germanic-based, but mostly latin derived in vocabulary. 2: linguiatics and genetics are two different things. (English people are not Germanic genetically) 3: In correction of OP's comment it was Britain that gifted America not England. Britain or the UK is the sovereign nation-state of the whole island. 4: Your beautiful France takes its name from a Germanic tribe. A chaque fou plait sa marotte.

wow i love english history specially medieavel ages ,, cheers from germany

@cambs0181

4 жыл бұрын

Oh now we couldn't of done it without you! If you hadn't turned up in your boats after the Romans. Cheers for the language.

@Danielle-mg5lf

3 жыл бұрын

LoL same here, I’m obsessed with it! (My Family was from England) *cheers from America* 😁🥂🍻

hello fellow struggler, in this dark world, i thought i'd just let you know that God loves you and to love yourself always.

Thanks for the VIDEO!

This was a great series from what I remember from the first time watching it. I do have to wonder however, why they didn't start with the Anglo-Saxon Kings, since they were the first true English Kings.

@lampad4549

Жыл бұрын

So the celts don't even matter?

Saladin was a great Leader and very respectful and honest man really!

When they used to teach me this here in USA in global history I used to fall sleep and find it boring but is something about this documentaries that makes it so interesting for me to watch when I'm stress to

@masada2828

4 жыл бұрын

Alberto Jesus - it’s all about ‘good’ teachers that bring a subject alive.

Rewatching after almost a year. Just marking it for the next time.

@jasonbarrette4980

Жыл бұрын

Rewatching yet again after almost a year