"Cromwell and three other members of the Parliamentary Army were also put on trial. They didn't put up a very convincing defense--being dead." God, that line makes me laugh all the time.

@craigstuart572

4 жыл бұрын

Or how the king can be charged with crimes against the Crown ?!?!?!

@kensebego199

4 жыл бұрын

😆😆dead

@lemankurtz8950

3 жыл бұрын

@@craigstuart572 Don't f*ck with the 👑

@lookman-2844

10 ай бұрын

@@kensebego199 not if you study there counter reormatio and the inquisition hundred s of thousands of Jews djed 2 Nd to Nazis what happened in ppvance

This guy is awesome. Nothing ruins a documentary like a bad narrator, but he is fantastic.

@LorraineGrant

6 жыл бұрын

He has a sardonic humour.

@shanewright2772

5 жыл бұрын

Well done to the producers for not doing the lazy thing and hiring the oleaginous and smug Stephen Fry to narrate it. This chap is the anti-Fry.

@4nub

4 жыл бұрын

He is actually th producer

@monapause8108

4 жыл бұрын

I have shut off documentaries due to bad narration. many have narrators who sound like teenagers, reading a book report in front of the classroom.

@Calidore1

3 жыл бұрын

@@shanewright2772 that’s a bit harsh! It had never occurred to me that Steven Fry would have narrated it. Gore Vidal did a great series on American history, would you have objected to him as well?

"Except in Ireland, of course!" is my favourite line in any documentary ever. Cheers, Alan!

@ebybeehoney

Жыл бұрын

I liked it when he acknowledged the nice legs of James 1's favorite.

This docu-series is seriously the best narrated-history I've ever found!

I love this guy. He's so hilarious.

What a great narrator. Rare that for sure.

@patriciasanchez3232

8 жыл бұрын

hes outstanding , love every minute of it

@jeanhodgson8623

8 жыл бұрын

Take a real history course (e.g. by reading on your own) and see if you still like the text of this program.

@texasforever7887

7 жыл бұрын

Tommy Black you are correct. the entire series, especially the last one, have several inaccuracies in them. Unfortunately it seems to stem from a political view rather than bad research. They conveniently have left out certain fact to fit their story line.

@davehallett3128

5 жыл бұрын

@@texasforever7887 at least they speak the language properly which gives them more credence than you

@ceicli

5 жыл бұрын

Now and then I find him sounding condescending.

"James entire approach was based on rational thought.. Not a English habit." Lol that is a good one

@lemankurtz8950

3 жыл бұрын

All political intrigue/theater/drama is brought about by factions existing in the population. If there were none, politics would be very simple. I love it. That's why I hate any political ideology claiming to bring "equity" and such......Humans are much too complex and diverse in thought to enforce such a thing.

@samuelwhite3207

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed si6

@crabsy6452

2 жыл бұрын

As a Brit I can confirm that is 100% true

I am French and I am addicted to these programs of Kings and Queens of England!

@tai-yomaruno3680

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome Frenchie! :)

@skycloud4802

11 ай бұрын

Rather ironic that a lot of English monarch's spoke french.

19 failed pregnancies? You can't help but feel sorry for poor Anne.

This series is great! The narrator isn't annoying like in many other docus. I have an exam tomorrow about the history of GB and Northern Ireland and this helped a LOT! Thanks

@kingoftape

Жыл бұрын

Did you pass?

I agree with most parts except for all descriptions of Queen Anne. Examples to support my point of view would be her official speech during her coronation, the fact that she is the only monarch under House of Stuart who is willing to work with the parliament and the fact that the previous monarchs were unable to form the stable political status that Queen Anne achieved after Acts of Union 1707. This proved that she is, in fact, the most achieving and the most accomplished monarch of all Stuarts. If you do not know, she is regarded by some communities as "the Gloriana of the Stuarts". Therefore, Queen Anne was not just a lady who spent most of her time playing "cards" and being sick, although she handle matters by emotion and the fact that she really is ill throughout her life.

You are ansolutely right. from the reign of James up to Anne they remained seperate kingdoms who shared a monarch. Like we currently share a monarch with Canada etc. GB didn't come into ebing until 1707.

So James I wrote the first Anti-Smoking PSA.

@Frankowillo

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, that worked well. (sarcasm)

@davehallett3128

5 жыл бұрын

And 400 years later. People still ain t listening. Tobacco s purpose is to lower the population

@gabrielaubry1334

5 жыл бұрын

A condescending pushiness that continued to this day.

@phildouglas9086

5 жыл бұрын

The KJV Bible.. From a bisexual. Isn't that just special.

@lindathrall5133

4 жыл бұрын

HERE IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN SMOKING HAS BEEN BANNED IN EATERIES HOSPITALS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES THERE IS A SMOKING BAN HERE IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT MEANS NO SMOKING IN THE APARTMENT SMOKING IS RELEGATED TO THE BACK COURTYARD

How The Cromwell stole Christmas.

I am binge watching the whole series. WHAT A GUY ISTG

I listen to these videos through headphones at work and they are just amazing I love them

@AlexHenry-hh8yj

Ай бұрын

Thats what im doing rn

History repeats itself so many times that I can't even begin to count.

King Jimmy The Switch Hitter was ahead of his time with the anti smoking campaign!

@GeoffsSousChef

4 жыл бұрын

💯 agree with Jimmy's assessment of smoking. i say throw smokers into the Tower!

@guardian08527

4 жыл бұрын

The sad part is, think how many millions of people who could of avoided dying from smoking if they took his pamphlet to heart!

I love this narrator so much

Tobacco was at first consumed by snorting its powder-thus the word "snuff". The court of Elizabeth I was full of nervous, irritable, nobles with long green boogers everywhere. Small wonder she hated the stuff. I smoked tobacco for 35 years*, gave it up cold turkey and never once looked back fondly upon it. My poor body recovered amazingly well. *Pack a day smoker

Did I miss the part where King James authorized the King James Bible? I think that is an important event.

@MalikBarrow16

Жыл бұрын

Not really.... Just a fun fact really

The Stuarts episode had always been my favourite one in the DVD collection. Of course this was before I could brag about being descended from James I - and oddly enough through a different line, Robert Carr.

@zbr76

8 жыл бұрын

I meant sixth of Scotland and first of England. But obviously I can claim descent from a good deal of the Scottish monarchs prior to him, due to that.

@jamesdavis8542

Жыл бұрын

@@zbr76 no one cares

OMG !! He's brilliant !! I'm an American & can't stop watching !! 🤴👩🏼‍⚖🇺🇸

Great series! Thank you for posting!

James I had it right on tobacco!

Such a wonderful series! Thank you! 👍🤗

A most interesting series. Thank you for sharing!!

This is a cheeky series. Thank you for the upload!

Interesting documentary! Makes me proud of my English and Scottish roots.

@kensebego199

4 жыл бұрын

Hear! Hear!

@analothor

2 жыл бұрын

i must admit, iv been far less interested in the other lines since so few of them were decended from Alfred the Great, funny how his name never re occurs in in royal lineage

0:34 - Spain, like twice I think. Also France went from ancien regime to republic, to constitutional monarchy, to republic

This series is fantastic. Thanks for sharing it!

Thank you for sharing this.

"it was decreed that all monarchs be numbered as from that point after the creation of the new "British sovereign state"" The new British state didn't come into being until 1707 in the reign of Queen Anne. The 1603 union was only a pesonal regal union. The countries shared a monarch like the UK does today with Canada etc but Scotland and England remained seperate states. Hence James Vi&I etc

Really love this series

i've enjoyed this series but the crappy filter on the reenactments really annoys me!

@Leiake2604

9 жыл бұрын

Jep, I agree. Shame that.

@pumbar

7 жыл бұрын

Blame Terry Jones

@cannisbar7748

6 жыл бұрын

I think its done to disguise how much the Actors look nothing like the parts they are playing. Either that or its to give the effect of 'looking back through time' through some sort of portal or something!

@saundrakielborn2201

6 жыл бұрын

Muffin of doom Agreed!

@georghieronymus9935

5 жыл бұрын

Might be to obscure the copyright dicks?

When in 1603 King James V1 of Scotland became James 1 of Britain, it was decreed that all monarchs be numbered as from that point after the creation of the new "British sovereign state". This was ignored by the English, who continued to number their monarchs as rulers of Britain.

I love this video all of them...

Can we please talk about James I argument against smoking 👌 Talk about being ahead of your time ;)

@Albukhshi

5 жыл бұрын

Why talk about it, when you can read it here: www.laits.utexas.edu/poltheory/james/blaste/blaste.html If you want a cliff-notes version: he first address why the supposed medicinal claims are bullshit, the adds his own novel reasons for why smoking sucks. The arguments rely on the outdated concept of the four humors, but that's what people thought at the time. But basically: 1-it's not good for the brain (correct, albeit with the wrong reason) 2-the medical properties are not demonstrable, and even contradict each other (also correct) 3-it stinks and is unhygienic (you should see what smoking does to the teeth) 4-it rots people (again, correct, but not the way he meant necessarily).

@lol-jp6qh

2 жыл бұрын

@@Albukhshi wow that's a long paragraph

Love this narrator, and the script. The history is accurate, too. May thanks for the upload

People complaining about filters take note. Its done so youtube bots do not take content down. Also it's FREE to watch how people can complain about stuff that's free to watch just because its not HD quality is a bit petty. 2.42 It's Bill Bailey.... how on earth did they get him to do this :) 3.44 of the Divell ?? They didn't have spell check back then. It's also a picture of the same man except God has a droopy mustache.

As an American its so interesting to hear the british side of the revolution, theres always two sides to every story, and the truth is somewhere in the middle.

@clivegoodman16

5 жыл бұрын

If you are talking about the American War of Independence, that happened during the Georgian era.

@leanie9660

5 жыл бұрын

@@clivegoodman16 yes, so "America" was still British at the time

@clivegoodman16

5 жыл бұрын

@@leanie9660. Only part of what is now thd USA was under British rule. Louisiana was under French rule, Florida under Spanish rule and much was under Nstive Americans rule.

@clivegoodman16

5 жыл бұрын

@@leanie9660. Also New York was New Amsterdam then.

@clivegoodman16

5 жыл бұрын

@@leanie9660. I looked it up. Lousiana only came under French rule after the period in question, in 1682.

I mean Oliver Cromwell was basically a king in everything but name and it's interesting that Cromwell achieved the absolute power that kings of England had sought so desperately. 🤔I guess titles do change everything, I mean perhaps the title lord protector doesn't necessarily seem to allude to kingship but in Cromwell's case it was essentially a de facto Kingly title.

@skycloud4802

11 ай бұрын

To me, Oliver Cromwell is an example of what happens when governments have too much power. I can't imagine how to terrible it would be to have a modern British prime minister have the power to become a tyrant dictator.

A constitutional monarchy is a plus for England!.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS SERIES AND FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING KEEP THEM COMING IF YOU PLEASE

The host's contempt for the monarchs is clear in his tone throughout the series.

@PresterMike

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously

Very nice!

Remember, remember, the fifth of November. Always remember V.

28:04 He waves goodbye LOL

Truly, the world had seen only a few true rulers. Having some kind of a divine touch. More than the metal in the head. More than just a title.

02:10 A single Kingdom (Greatbritain) only came about a hundred and four years later.

Cromwall's Government was like Iran's Government of today.

Ollie Cromwell outlawed Christmas. How long does Bill O'Reilly chew on that every December?

@nancyomalley6012

7 жыл бұрын

Which is why they got rid of Cromwell

@TheJonnyzeus

7 жыл бұрын

Nancy O'Malley ....he died....in office.

@Frankowillo

6 жыл бұрын

Now Bill O'Reilly is blaming god for his problems. Nobody even cares about that bigot anymore.

Pop some tea n crumpets to this banger

James I was ahead of his time when it came to smoking

It's a pity that William the Conqueror didn't set any rules to organize the succession to the crown... The French ones were harsh to the kings, as they were forced to reign even when they didn't want to, but at least our country escaped unceasing succession civil wars, and it finally solved the religious problem in the 16th c.

@gwirgalon3758

9 жыл бұрын

Did it ?

@Laure__Line

9 жыл бұрын

Yes. It came up again un 1695, but this was Louis XVI's mistake.

That 1651 coin shows a remarkably good map of the shape of England. I didn't know it could be so good at that time.

"Ha that will fox them"....it didn't fox anyone

@Frankowillo

6 жыл бұрын

'Ee buggered off!

@sumtingwong5248

5 жыл бұрын

@@Frankowillo So ee 'as, ee's scarpered!

Good comparison! Oliver Cromwell and his henchmen were exactly like the Taliban.

Is it blurry for anyone else?

@xmanxtremeable

8 жыл бұрын

AzeraV Your history is twisted and distorted. Need to catch up!

@AzeraV

8 жыл бұрын

What?

@xmanxtremeable

8 жыл бұрын

AzeraV Yes; reading, reasearching, learning, comparing with others or hearing what others say before talking.

@sundaw

8 жыл бұрын

+xmanxtremeable wtf xD he meant the video

@xmanxtremeable

8 жыл бұрын

OK!

How unfortunate it would be being a descendant of a king if you don't have the desire for power and unfit to wield the power over the people around the crown. Their rule is by the sword and gold. How unfortunate if your fate is defeated by the greed and ambition of those having claims for the crown. Nothing more.

Interesting how many people try to defend the Stuarts, but would scream blue bloody hell if THEIR rights were infringed upon.

I always wondered who reigned after Elizabeth the 1st.

Not trying to be picky, but there is one incorrect claim made in the introduction. The claim that in Britain the monarchy was overthrown, a republic established, then monarchy restored "That never happened anywhere else!" It was: Spain in the 20th century by the Fascists they overthrew the king, established a republic, then in 1978 democracy AND monarchy re-established.

@Albukhshi

5 жыл бұрын

Well, not quite Franco had the support of the Italian and Germany governments--the latter sent the Condor legion. And as the person replying to you said: it almost immediately led to rebellion and Civil War. The English just sort of decided they wanted Charles II back, because they knew the rights and responsibilities of kingship. In fact, the parliament had offered Cromwell himself the crown, since a lord protector's function was not defined: they feared Cromwell had too much power. There was no outside interference as such (the man who spearheaded this was one of Cromwell's own Major-Generals)

Cromwell didn't believe that human beings should have a single happy moment in their lives. And he did what he could to guarantee that they didn't. I'd much prefer to live under Charles I, for all his faults, than the world's biggest killjoy, Cromwell.

This show is awesome but if each episode was two hours is would be so much better. Those so much going on with the empire in these days that doesn't get covered.

He banned everything that could even remotely be seen as a form of enjoyment because he was a misery-guts. He even made it illegal to celebrate Christmas!! That's why the people of England got fed up with the republic and welcomed Charles II with open arms. I really can't understand why they tolerated Cromwell for so long.

@alexthelizardking

5 жыл бұрын

then the stuarts fucked it up and were kicked out for the last time

@foundationofBritain

Жыл бұрын

Because the Council Governance that followed in the wake of the abolishment of the Crown was catastrophic... and after the death of Cromwell... his son Queen Dick, was deposed by the army and became Tumbledown Dick... then Parliament just abolished the office of Lord Protector... resulting in another attempt a Council Governance... with similar catastrophic results... then you just stop being a retard and go... "to hell with this shit... counter-revolution time... restore the Crown and thus... legitimacy"... then in 1688/89 you DON'T do the retarded thing again, in which you abolish the Crown... you just depose a King... and Crown another King instead.

Great little documentary series but, man, the reenactments made to look like watercolor paintings (or whatever they were going for) when viewed on a large screen makes me feel unpleasantly drunk

@bitsiebubblebee7129

3 жыл бұрын

Same awful blur on a tablet too and I know it's not the tablet at fault.

I'm glad you you've responded this way, and dropped the pretense of addressing objective fact. An excellent demonstration of bigotry! Thank you for it, and goodbye now.

Such loving daughters, Mary and Anne, to usurp their father's crown.

I've found this documentary skipping over certain things I know I'd have included, and making several errors, but fitting 200+ years of history into 45 minutes is difficult!

I felt really sorry for Charles I. ☹

GREAT SERIES....The King James segment made me think of Errol Flynn's CAPTAIN BLOOD where he was arrested for giving medical aid to a rebel and was sold as a slave in the West Indies...You just can't make this stuff up!

THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED! You tell her, Anne!

Charles laughed off the epitaph on his bedroom door. I can imagine Henry VIII would have gone bat shit over it.

I think I would be devastated if I was not allowed to celebrate Christmas!! My all time favourite holiday. To have everything taken away from you, to not allowed to have a drink - go to a brothel - and be completely above reproach must have been extremely hard in those days, impossible really.

@adrianfisher3349

9 жыл бұрын

Sez H Who knows what went on behind closed doors? Many a mediaeval monk, nun, and pope had children after swearing oaths of celibacy...

@jameccacassel

9 жыл бұрын

Even though Christmas is a pagan "yule" God celebration. It's clear your history on the matter is distorted. Never once did the apostles celebrate Christmas. Rome Catholic Church which King James calls the seat of the anti-Christ. So just do the research and learn the truth of your pagan celebration the Roman Catholic Church introduced.

@gwnjxn08

9 жыл бұрын

J Cassel Thanks J for telling the truth. I have learned much by leaving America to learn the truth. It was such a pleasant shock to my system to find the original Statue of Liberty in Paris and to find that she is a Black woman with her head wrapped, holding a lantern and dressed in white. I also found that this is so because Blacks held the deeds to Paris for hundreds of years. From France I visited museums in Scotland where I found that King James was also a black man who was the only King to rule three nations; England (Angel Land), Scotland, and Ireland. This black King James was born in 1566 in the castle in Edinburg, Scotland to Mary Queen of Scots; also a black woman. In Ireland I was shown all the black royalty and was assured that there always have been "Black Irish". Because King James was a direct descendent of King David and King Solomon, he was the arch enemy of the occult known as Catholicism who worshipped idols and still do today; the occult plotted with others such as Oliver Cromwell to bring about the deaths of James and his son Prince Charles I. The deeper I dig into our past the happier I become to know that we blacks in America are the true Jews; we are the true Israelites; we are the Creator's chosen people while the thieves occupying Israel since only 1948 will soon be caused to vacate our lands.

@jameccacassel

9 жыл бұрын

Yes it's a great thing to know. My family was nobility to King James' House. So I knew a lot of it through family history. Good to know people are learning the TRUTH all around the world.

@celticwarrioress4766

9 жыл бұрын

J Cassel King James was NOT Black. You stupid White people hating,Black racist, Black supremacist half wit.

Nice to see such good comments - I agree with all of them :-)

Wasn't one kingdom they were still two separate political entities that shared a monarch, different parliaments, law and noble peerage systems.

Right, she was the younger daughter of James II who was Charles II's brother.

Kings and Queens of England!!! Stuarts are Kings and Queens of Scotland firsthand.....

Since the Civil War "[Britain]'s been pretty much immune to political feverishness. Still is, I think." Would that were still the case ...

I've always counted the restoration of Charles II as 1660. At least twice this video puts it at 1661. I don't think Anne was as weak and passive as the program makes out either.

The thing that gets me about James I being bisexual. Rather than acting with disgust or whatever, there were nobles with say a pretty young nephew who would introduce them to the king, to curry favour. Being related to a Kings favourite had it's advantages after all.

Where dose Susan Hyde ? It say Edward Hyde wheresister and Edward Hyde daughter Anne was one of the wife of James2

Still immune to political feverishness? When the hell did this come out that's certainly not the case?

LOL And even with that I'm still confused. LOL

The editorial and the crap jokes have done it for me.

Hey it stoped after 18;18..Just kept going to start???

Charles I was 163 cm tall. His grandmother Mary Queen of Scots was 180 cm tall. His Bourbon wife Henrietta was also likely short as her nephew Louis XIV was 163 cm tall. But Charles II was 185 cm tall and James VII was most likely as tall. Mary II was also 180 cm tall.

@bunney3272

9 жыл бұрын

Louis was very short, like his rival Leopold I of austria

@bunney3272

9 жыл бұрын

Louis Dieudonne was 5'5

@fariaziyad5957

7 жыл бұрын

Mary Queen of scots and lord Darnley was black.

@jamiemohan2049

7 жыл бұрын

It has been suggested that Mary could have had Marfan syndrome which would explain her height although I don't know if that is true. If it is true she may not of passed the condition to James although James father was also very tall, one of the few men who was taller than Mary. Perhaps James just wasn't eating the healthiest of food. We may never know.

@respectfulwisdom9405

6 жыл бұрын

They were of mixed blood! Not pure Black! The Alpine race were a Black people living in the Highlands of Scotland who mixed their blood with certain White tribes in the British Ises! They have erased the history of Blacks in the British Isles!

this series is epic. fuck my school.

@mud2479

6 жыл бұрын

yeah, fuck your school!

The comment about james being queen was actually in reference to him being a peacemaker in comparison to Elizabeth, although there is substantive evidence to james being bisexual, to the point of one of his palaces having a secret passage that connected hia bedroom to that of his favorite, george villiers

AFAIK Charles I was executed by sword, not by axe. Axe and noose was meant for common peoples.

@justinekessner2864

10 жыл бұрын

He did get an axed, look into it!!!

@Albukhshi

5 жыл бұрын

Axe: it's specifically recorded from the time. Luckily, Charles I had a really good executioner, for he was beheaded in one switch blow. The duke of Monmouth took anywhere from three to eight axe swings....

Queen Anne was Mrs Morley and Sarah Churchill was Mrs Freeman not the other way round.

Stewart, Mackenzie, Macgregor, Drummond 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

19 pregnancies!!wow

@annecannon7642

3 жыл бұрын

And no surviving children. I can't imagine.

How did Cromwell become a general. He was MP for Cambridge

This is the 3rd variaton I've heard of how William and Mary came to power. I think it's wise to watch more than one documentary. Another thing, I think the voice that reads the additional text sounds like "Sargon of Akkad". Weird!

Blimey. Fun as this is, there is SO much missing, especially about James II and the 'Glorious Revolution'.

is this the only thing u like on james 1st? how ´´deep´´

From the reincarnated King James of Scotts removing or adding things. Hmm

Educational and unorthodox