The term "English Civil War" is hugely simplistic. Not least because there were more than one of them, and most of them involved Scottish or Irish troops too. The 1640s and 50s were extraordinarily fractious and violent times. Basically if one of the British nations wasn't fighting another then it was fighting itself. England and Scotland started it all with the Bishop's Wars when King Charles tried to impose English religious practice on the Scots. This kicked off into two wars the English state ultimately lost and couldn't afford the settlement for. This lead to attempts by the crown to tax the English Futher. Combined with religious and social pressures this ultimately lead to the English splitting into Royalist and Parliamentary factions and having their own series of Civil wars. Meanwhile the Scots fell out with each other over various religious and political matters (not least who to support in the English wars) and . . . Yip . . . Had their own Civil War . Somehow during the course of all this both of them also found time to invade Ireland for various reasons. Cromwell's campaigns in Ireland were utterly utterly savage and the aftermath of those is still very much with us today. The end result of all of this was a vastly changed political and social landscape. England became a short lived Republic after trying and executing Charles I. This experiment ultimately became a dictatorship when Cromwell took control of it. He waged brutal wars against Ireland and Scotland and, generally, wasn't a very nice man at all (though a brilliant Cavalry commander). Charles I's son, Charles II was proclaimed King in Scotland after royalist factions ultimately prevailed there (after having to accept to guarantee the freedom of the Scottish Church) and tried to retake the English throne with Scottish support. This went badly wrong and he had to flee to the continent after defeat. Ultimately Cromwell's dictatorship died when he did. His son proving to be not nearly as formidable as his father was. This lead to Charles II being invited back to take the throne of England again. Which he did in the 1660s in a period known as "The Restoration". So yes . . . It was hugely violent and complex. Even the above is grossly simplified. You've got to imagine it all happening in a spirit of religious hysteria, rampantly differing political and social ideas and movements (google "The Levellers" for example for an idea of how radical things got for the period). Oh and the Puritan Zealots who'd supported Cromwell and we're kicked out when Charles II came back . . . Guess where they ended up? Yup. Plymouth Rock. It's a hugely dramatic and overlooked period of history.

@AdeboFunkyVoodoo

5 ай бұрын

Ah, The Levellers. Great little 90's band. "It was on the fifth of November, when time it went back Some say that that's impossible, but you and I we never looked back And wasn't it incredible, so beautiful and above all Just to see the fuse get lit this time To light a real bonfire, for all time And what a beautiful day (hey hey) I'm the king of all time And nothing is impossible In my all powerful mind"

@dryfesands1367

5 ай бұрын

@@AdeboFunkyVoodoo not quite the Levellers I had in mind 😀

@ralphraffles1394

5 ай бұрын

Cromwell’s invasion of Ireland was due to , what the Pope at the time described as the worst atrocities seen in Europe to date. The Pope further castigated the Catholic Irish for bedevilling his name.

@colincampbell4261

5 ай бұрын

​@@kumasenlac5504war of the three crowns.

@MillerWright-mb1ob

4 ай бұрын

The Scots and Irish never could resist interfering in England's internal conflicts which is why they had to be dealt with. Now with the help of the USA both particularly the Irish have rewritten themselves as the victims.

To be fair we have a lot more history to learn about

@user-Tony-1812

5 ай бұрын

😂

@paulmccloud9395

5 ай бұрын

US history comes on a leaflet.

@Nite-owl

5 ай бұрын

@@paulmccloud9395Postage stamp by comparison.

@skully2789

5 ай бұрын

Yes a lot, lot more 👍🏻 however if people can't even be bothered to learn the basics then you are preaching to the converted. Anybody who hasn't heard of Oliver Cromwell probably isn't going to be bothered about learning anything else 🙄

@paulmccloud9395

5 ай бұрын

@@skully2789It's a damn shame, I love studying history. I exhausted ours and moved on to Egyptian, Roman and Japanese decades ago.

There have been 3 English civil wars since 1066. The Anarchy (1139-1154) between King Stephen and Empress Matilda, The War of the Roses between the Houses of York and Lancaster (1455-1487), and the English Civil War (1642-1651)

@Lloyd-Franklin

5 ай бұрын

Not to forget the "Revolutionary" Civil War 1775 - 1783.

@iangt1171

5 ай бұрын

It's criminal that this history seems to be forgotten or overlooked. The significance of them is what shaped the world today, for good or bad! 🙄🙄

@aidankirwan9904

5 ай бұрын

York=Stark. Lancaster=Lannister.

Apart from Documentaries on Cromwell and the English Civil War Richard Harris gave an epic performance as Cromwell in the epic film CROMWELL. Well worth a watch.

English Civil War. Both sides were British. Jodi was almost on the money when she talked of one of our internecine wars.

@Thisandthat8908

5 ай бұрын

American war of indepedence also both sides were british. Up until shortly after the end. I guess some way in they stopped identifying as that, but it was definitely true in the early years. Which is why "the british are coming, the british are coming!" definitely not what what he shouted.

❤ always a great review guys

The fighting was between the Scottish and English, as it occurred before they were both referred too as British. also there were more Scottish troops fighting against the Jacobites than for them.

Easier to remember your history when you only have a few hundred years to learn! We have several thousand years!

Studied it at school. I remember Naseby, Charles 1st and I pass Oliver Cromwell's house every single day on my way to work. 😂

American history - 400 years British history - thousands of years. We have to condense history at that point.

British history- the history of the Britons, the Welsh and Cornish (not forgetting the Bretons who left)- has hardly been taught in most of UK. It has revolved mainly round English history- as if that is British and as if "England" is not land stolen from the indigenous Britons by Germanic tribes through ethnic cleansing.

Oliver Cromwell was best known for being Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland after the defeat of King Charles I in the Civil War. He was one of the main signatories on Charles I's death warrant.The Ironsides were troopers in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War. The name came from "Old Ironsides", one of Cromwell's nicknames.He was a great cavalry commander.

Everything I know about Oliver Cromwell I know through the Monty Python song of the same name.

To be honest, most of our education in the 80s and 90s when it comes to war was about WW1, WW2 and the Cold War. There has to come a point when there have just been so many wars that you cannot possibly expect kids to learn about it all. Eventually the older conflicts will fade out of our lexicon. We know there were multiple wars and battles prior to the English Civil War too, we don't learn about those because they were so long ago. There's only so much time in school, if every child was forced to learn about every war they'd leave unable to count to 10.

The random irony of Stephen Fry saying that 80% of us Brits don't know which King was executed in the Civil War is, i only know because Stephen played Charles the 1st at the time of his execution in the 1980s, in a Comic Relief Blackadder sketch. So i say to the other 80% catch up on watching Blackadder stuff, i've known it since i was about 8 thanks to Stephen (i'm 44 now).

@watchreadplayretro

5 ай бұрын

Thank you Darling!

@aidankirwan9904

5 ай бұрын

I only know it was Charles 1st from watching horrible histories. That's also how I know that Charles 2nd was the party king 😂

@user-fq8rs7rz3i

5 ай бұрын

Fry never misses an opportunity to bash his fellow Britons. Never more so when speaking to non Brits, but even on his show.

Enjoyed that👍🏽I think we just have way too much history to remember 😂👍🏽

I would have guessed the Hundred Years’ War; and was astounded when it wasn’t the answer. The siege of Paris, the battles against Joan of Arc, Henry V & his siege of Harflour & Battle of Agincourt, the battle of Orleans, John Falstof’s campaigns in the Loire Valley, etc. I guess the English longbow was just too strong back then & we didn’t suffer anywhere near the proportionate casualties of recent wars.

Glad you’re keeping it real

many people don't know after the civil war we became republic

Totally agree with you Jodi the irish accent is a delight on the ears! I could listen to that beautiful soft musical accent all day and i'm scottish! Love the Irish!

@Andy_U

5 ай бұрын

Er... The Reverand Ian Paisley? Soft? Musical? Just saying. Stay safe. All the best to you.

@anthonymcguire3618

5 ай бұрын

Which one? There are 3.

@danielleeskelton

5 ай бұрын

@@Andy_U Good point on that one.

@eirebhoy132

5 ай бұрын

The accent gets far less joyful as you go north 😂

My knowledge of the English Civil War is rather sketchy but I know that Cromwell went on to portray Albus Dumbledore and Charles I went on to play Obi Wan Kanobi.

We got taught all this in the 70s at school , fae S.W.Scotland , maybe now not taught as much

The English civil war was nearly 400 years ago to be fair, over 100 years before American independence! Most Americans don't know their history from 50 years ago.

Scotland were previously independent, but the majority of Scots currently want to remain within the UK. It has a party for independence who govern currently, but there is little appetite for independence right now. Where the issue has arisen between the UK government and Scotland is over leaving the EU. Scotland voted to remain in the EU, but left because they were part of the UK. However, they were two different referendums so we stayed in the U.K. and left the EU. As things stand, most polls show that many people have changed their minds about leaving the EU, but there is no prospect of another referendum to rejoin. However, there is now a growing potential for the UK to return to the customs union at least, which would solve a lot of the cross border issues and trading restrictions we now face in the UK.

Yes, Cromwell is remembered by the Irish and hated to this day.

Nick, far from Britain entering WW2 "not long after it started," Britain technically started WW2. After Hitler invaded Poland (which WASN'T the start of WW2,) Britain gave Germany an ultimatum to withdraw from Poland by a certain time, which, if not met, would mean a state of war would exist between the two countries (Britain and Germany.) This was because Britain had signed a mutual pact - along with France - with Poland. Germany had not declared war on Britain, indeed it didn't "declare war" on any of the countries it invaded, it was Britain who effectively declared war on Germany by giving them an ultimatum, Hitler just ignored that ultimatum and the rest - as they say - is history. The English Civil War, wasn't the only civil war that took place in England. The War of the Roses was also a civil war that took place a couple of centuries earlier, and one of its battles - the Battle of Towton 1461 - was the bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil.

@nicholasbuttery511

5 ай бұрын

Japan invading China 7th July 1937 including British and American Pacific districts in Asia for natural resources that was the turning point of WW2.

1812 there were 3 major wars on going, not just the French Indian war,US Canadian(British) war Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman River, and invades Russia. French British peninsula war. Argentine revolutionary war

I would like to see you react to a history video of this period.

The comment you made about us as British not knowing our own history is only correct when asking the younger generation! History was always taught in schools and I was taught all about the civil war and it's cause. Today events like this are rarely taught which is so sad. Yes we have a massive amount of history but the major events were always taught.

@mizofan

5 ай бұрын

But not the difference between it's and its.

It all depends on what era of history is taught in schools. Do all schools teach different historical periods?.

American War of Independence (8 years) was a pretty low key, low casualty affair - 8,500 British, 7,000 Germans, 7,000 American Loyalists + another 5000 from disease. US losses were much, much higher mainly due to disease - smallpox! For context, the Peninsular War, thirty years later, lasted 6 years and cost 53,700 British dead, plus another 60+ thousand Spanish and Portuguese allies vs the 306,000 French dead). The Napoleonic War was much, much closer, much bigger and much more of a national threat - and so is much more remembered. The US is just one of 65 countries that celebrate independence from Britain! The English Civil war (which actually covers 3 wars) is reckoned to have killed 180,000 people from a population of about 9 million.

This was highest proportion of course of the population of the time, wasn't the highest actual number, that belongs to WW1.

That was interesting, my guess was WW1. We never had a civil war in Australia luckily. We had the Rum Rebellion where the soldiers of the colony guarding the convicts rebelled against Governor Bligh (same Captain Bligh from the mutiny on HMS Bounty) over cuts to their rum ration. So the story goes they found him hiding under his bed.

@aidankirwan9904

5 ай бұрын

You also lost a war against emus 😂

@goodshipkaraboudjan

5 ай бұрын

@@aidankirwan9904three men with a gun didn't effect a cull so a bounty on pelts was introduced and it worked. The Major wrote a comical "Battle Report" that apparently idiots think is history due memes.

@aidankirwan9904

5 ай бұрын

@gnarkillkicksass I was just being silly. However, multiple sources do say that Australia is considered to have lost that war due to the amount of bullets used not being worth the number of emu casualties

The film ''Cromwell'' starring Richard Harris [ original Dumbledore ] and Alec Guiness [ original Obi Wan ] might be a good starting point to learn about the war.

Trouble with English/UK history is that there's just so much of it to learn everything. Almost 1500yrs compared to about 250yrs of America.

At the beginning, so curious how they're going to make sense of the question.

The "QI: XS Quite Inappropriate" compilation is worth a look.

Cromwell was so evil that his own daughter said on her deathbed that he would go to Hell. He claimed to be a godly man, but had at least two mistresses and giggled as he watched a priest drowned on his orders. He also murdered one of our best Kings.

To be fair we have a lot of history to cover and we don't just focus on our own country, i did touch on it at some point in history lessons but that was a while ago now, also we had 2 civil wars.

@vaudevillian7

4 ай бұрын

Three civil wars in what’s traditionally called the English Civil War, and various other dynastic wars

Either the civil war or the Jacobite rebellion English and scots I would say we see after your reaction although mercenaries used .

I believe World War One had more military deaths but because of developments in air power and weapons in general WWII had more overall when you include civilians.

0:50 "1812's only one year"....um, no, the War of 1812 started in that year but went on until 1815. To the British it was just a side issue to the ongoing Napoleonic Wars. In the 3 years of the war there were a total of about 35,000 deaths on all sides. The Napoleonic Wars lead to about 2 million dead, 300,000 of them British. In fact the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, Borodino (which didn't involve Briain, it was France vs Russia) had around 65,000 dead in one day; nearly twice the deaths of the whole War of 1812!

The problem with Britain is, that we have such a long history. It makes it impossible to know it all. As a kid, I couldn’t take it all in and teachers couldn’t possibly teach us everything. It was, to me, like throwing mud at a wall. Some stuck but the majority didn’t. I have learned much more as I have got older. Good luck.

@Dunk1970

5 ай бұрын

That was my initial thought as well, but this war was one of the most key moments in our history.

Technically could it be the American war of Independence...As again..everyone was technically still British until America was actually founded...Just a thought.

@stephenquigley6617

5 ай бұрын

No not true there was german troops fighting in the war of independence the germans were a mercenary army at the time then it turned into the continental war which involved the french Spanish dutch and others but the americans today claim they beat us it seems that they are not taught 100%the truth

In English state schools the only part of English history kids learn is ww1&2 and the Victorians.

The British Civil War(s) are key to the context of the Revolutionary War

I just started watching but I agree with you in thinking WW1 with the trench warfare was the most devastating in the number of troops killed!!

@kumasenlac5504

5 ай бұрын

WW1 can be seen in context at St Symphorien which was right on the front line in 1914. The first UK fatality is buried there. So is the last - with no overall ground gained or held. They lie separated by a few paces and the 888,244 dead from the UK and Empire.

You should research the Pilgrim Fathers, you'll find they were descended from The Roundheads

In my secondary school we learnt about British History. In my last School we covered world history. I went to school over 45 years ago so it would be hard to remember it all. I do know a lot of main points and yes I know of Oliver Cromwell.

@somerandomguy2073

4 ай бұрын

What the hell are you talking about? I can assure you, as someone who left school only a few years ago, that we still learn all of this stuff.

@bobby666666

4 ай бұрын

@@somerandomguy2073 Maybe it's been reinstated, but it was done away in a lot of schools.

@vaudevillian7

4 ай бұрын

You have to study history until GCSEs when it becomes optional which it’s how it’s been for years, it’s never been done away with - sounds like a headline in some rag of a newspaper twisting some minor technicality

@bobby666666

4 ай бұрын

@@vaudevillian7 Maybe.

The Storming of Bristol. I live in Finland and a bomber plane called Bristol Blenheim is stuck in my mind.

@Bodneyblue

5 ай бұрын

Bristol Blenheim very rare...only one or two still flying..at least was...been a while since I saw one fly (about 20+ years ago)....And the one in the UK did suffer a bad landing and needed funding to get repaired....Again was sometime ago.

@dryfesands1367

5 ай бұрын

Medium bomber hastily converted to a proto night fighter. Ultimately it spawned the Bristol Beaufighter which was a hugely formidable aircraft. The "ultimate" Bristol aircraft for me is the F2b which was one of *the* great aircraft of WW1

It depends who you ask about our history. Pryor to the ‘90s we were taught British history, after we were not. Fry knows this but doesn’t choose to mention it.

The reason why most kids don't know much about British history is because there's so much of it.

I think Qi might be wrong on this. In WW1 Britain lost over million, might even be 1 1//2 million men.

Edge Hill was next to my school and we had to run to the top of this Civil War battle site which also included a long muddy wet ditch on the way where i remember having one of my running shoes sucked off[excuse the expression] into the freezing cold water .There were tales of a headless horseman ghost that would cross the road at the bottom of the hill . Those were the days. I would suggest that our teachers are responsible for educating our school children along with parents and it would appear to be some truth in the teachings being anti British Empire and though this was a civil war it becomes part of the evil just as Churchill is thought of as a war criminal by modern teaching all of which must come under generalization, as statistics are not always reliable and there must be some different thinking among teachers though perhaps as the syillabus comes from senior officials there could well be a political influence as in almost everything.

I know of the English Civil war, but it's true I don't know about many of the battles. Another rabbit hole for me to dive down.

Hi guys, I know you all like QI here, something that will blow your minds. Look for a QI video about the real James Bond theme. (Called Bad Sign Good Sign ) by a guy called Monty Norman. You guys will wet your pants.

I thought I knew a fair bit about the English Civil War, turns out I do and really actually only know about the haircuts of each side, so he was right! Although I did know that after Cromwell died, 2 years later with the restoration of the monarchy his body was exhumed and given a posthumous execution - which is both pointless, and macabre, probably why I remember it.

@vaudevillian7

4 ай бұрын

And that’s not even accurate, they both looked exactly the same for the most part 😁

Decimated!

It’s a terribly Fraser question, proportion of what , the number of British soldiers ? The number on the side the British were fight for , the total number of deaths in the war . It’s either the war of the roses , or the cavalier vs Roundhead where all the protagonists were British .

Fun fact: if you speak german NOT like you know who (which is what english humor and impersonations ususally focusses on) it doesn't need to sound "harsh".

Britain didn't so much lose to America as they left as they had more pressing business in Europe...plus it was the french who were the biggest problem over there,and the french helped America to try to pull British armies from Europe.

Yorkshire vs Lancashire...war of the Roses

Jodie you can practice your accents on here any time you like, love. If they are really bad i might laugh at them, but if it's any consolation my impression of an American accent is terrible.

Not watch this yet but id say the 100 years war??

Game of thrones was based on the English civil war

By the time the English Civil war 1642 - 1649 was happening England and Scotland were already in a union in 1601 James VI of Scotland was invited to become James 1st of England & Scotland. The civil war was between the royalists those that supported the Crown and the Parliamentarians those who wanted to limit the power of the crown. The Royalists lost the civil war and the King that was executed was Charles 1st who was James 1st son. The country had period of time without a King as Oliver Cromwell the leader of the Parliamentarians became he became Lord Protectorate of England and led a very puritanical regime which was not popular with ordinary people. When Cromwell died the English reverted back to royalty and appointed Charles 2nd son of Charles 1st as their King.

England has actually had lots of civil wars and historians are arguing all the time about which count - war of the Roses and the anarchy, lots of rebellions - lots can happen over 1000s of years :)

History is really complicated and that’s what makes it difficult to come into the moment. You think these were the good guys and the other lot were the bad guys you find out the good guys did a lot of bad things in the bad guys main fault is they lost. When the Parliamentary troops were on their way to the first battle of the Civil War, they got to a small town called Wendover inexperience troops stop refreshment in the first casualty of the war was young lady who was shot by one of the muskets, going off an innocent victim the first of many to die during the Civil War

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British is Welsh, Scotland, Ireland. England. Wallace (BraveHeart). Was England getting it's butt kicked by the Scots. Wales was never defeated by England. Independence from England is an ongoing issue for Scotland Wales & Ireland.

Your being very simplistic with the Irish and Scots, a lot of the time it was Irish vs Irish and Scot vs Scot - and of course the Irish had no problem taking American Indian lands of them.

@zaftra

5 ай бұрын

@@HelloHello33333 Point out to me what is not factually correct. When in doubt throw phobia about, it's the new trendy thing.

@zaftra

5 ай бұрын

@@HelloHello33333 Why would I? tell me honestly, do you know every single phobia there is?

@zaftra

5 ай бұрын

@@HelloHello33333 um, good. You got anything better to do?

@zaftra

5 ай бұрын

@@HelloHello33333 oh dear.

Yup we sure are lilty :)

The Jacobite Rebellions weren’t wars for Scottish independence

War of the Three Crowns.

I don’t know huge amounts about the English civil war- I know it was in the 1640’s and basically consisted of people who supported the king and people who supported parliament and the supporters of parliament wanted to negotiate more power- as far as I know until the civil war the King/Queen had all of the power in decisions for the country with little to no input from parliament- the Navy was on the side of parliament. Thats about all I know- I need to watch some documentaries on this if I’m honest 🙈🤦🏻‍♂️

@chassetterfield9559

5 ай бұрын

King Charles was a firm believer in the " Divine Right of Kings "; meaning that God had placed him in that position, and he was omnipotent - nobody could challenge his will or whim. Cromwell was something of a religious zealot, but more fundamental, hence the desecration of churches mentioned, banning holidays & maypoles [for instance], and anything 'fun'. Cromwell wanted rule by 'Parliament', although not an elected one as we know today. He would go on to set himself up as 'Lord Protector' - a de facto Dictator. He put King Charles on trial, which lead to his execution. Cromwell died in office, to be replaced by his son Richard [ what a surprize thing for a dictator to do ]. However, when the restoration of the Monarchy took place, & Charles II came back to the throne, he had his revenge. As leader of the Regicides, Cromwell's body was exhumed, and his head was cut off & displayed on London Bridge on a pike - a typical fate of treasonous traitors ( His head subsequently 'vanished', & nobody really knows where it is, to this day. Some say that it is in his old college in Cambridge. ) This was really the second stage in the formation of our constitutional Monarchy of today, following Magna Carta some centuries earlier.

@ianoo23

5 ай бұрын

@@chassetterfield9559 thanks, I should know more on this really- I have a wider knowledge of world wars and individual battles having visited the sites like Battle/Hastings- I recently went to see the Magna Carta at Salisbury cathedral and that was very interesting and an amazing building, I live not too far from Sutton Hoo and last year went to see all of the artefacts that were unearthed there- fascinating place! When I was younger Castles were my thing and visited almost every one in the north east of England and learnt a little about each of them- in the process I learnt that Northumberland has the most castles of any county (I believe 39) but don’t quote me on that 🤣

Those born after 1980 would be less likely to have been taught English history to the depth that previous generations had been. After 2000 certain areas of British history were becoming a simple foot note left for those who would later take further education academically. Modern life in the 21 century has given the young to much unnecessary distraction for them to take interest in the past and often less in the future, so distracted are they the even the present has become an after thought! history was a minute ago!

Which Irish accent? There are more than one.

I would have never gueesed that one. Cromwell was a complete bell end, thats why he didn't last long.

@cathemeraltheenby6840

5 ай бұрын

He lasted all the way until his death, it was the regime he implemented which was reverted immediately when he was out of the picture.

I sure many Irish were drafted into this

The ignorance issue is that progressive educationists in the UK decided that our history was something we should be embarrassed about and lessons were restructured in a way that seems to have left many of the younger generation far less knowledgeable than their parents were on leaving school. The older generation may not have an encyclopaedic grasp of history but they know the basics such as roughly when the Norman invasion (actually exactly for that one) took place, Magna Carta, Henry VIII, Francis Drake & Armada, Gunpowder plot, Great Fire of London, (Nelson Wellington Napolean), Industrial Revolution, Victoria, WW1 & WW2 - with a more rote-style of learning and a traditional curriculum, children would be able to put all these and more in order and know what they were. We seem to have shifted to an age where children aren't taught in the same way perhaps because people think they can just google it.

There's been two actually (more accurately English civil wars) The war of the Roses & the one in this video.

@dryfesands1367

5 ай бұрын

There have been vastly more than that. Hell the "English Civil War" referred to here was more than one war in and of itself. And don't go googling Stephen and Matilda if you want to stay sane

@johnnyuk3365

5 ай бұрын

Yes, the War of the Roses. You could extend that even further e.g Empress Matilda v Stephen in the 12 century, King John v the Barons (13c), Henry III, Edward II, Richard II v Henry IV, James II v William and Mary. This country was in almost constant civil war for centuries.

@davidmannion7333

5 ай бұрын

That whole period from Stephen through to Henry IV seemed to be a continual power struggle between monarchs, rivals to the throne and the barons. There were lots of wars and uprisings throughout. Yet it's a period that never gets covered very much.

Innocent enough comment about English not knowing their history but it is just a bit longer than a couple of hundred years.

Scotland was NEVER "once England"

@davidhuggan6315

5 ай бұрын

We don't even like haggis

It's strange how in school we would learn about the likes of Cromwell and Henry VIII as if they were heroes. Then in later life as you learn beyond the superficial, that they were absolute monsters. I hope that modern education is far more accurate in teaching history than it was in my day. The only problem there is, that people who only learned the superfice of history, label that as woke education and rewriting history. Unaware that is them that has been fed a sanitised, rewritten understanding of our past.

I knew it was Charles, I just couldn't remember which one. That's the problem with English history. How are you supposed to remember which Henry it is when there are 8 of them? Also I don't know about everyone else, but in my school, we learned about nothing between the Romans and William the Conqueror.

@cathemeraltheenby6840

5 ай бұрын

Yea, Anglo-Saxon history is very much forgotten in schools. The Mercian Supremacy, The Danelaw, Alfred the Great (the only monarch in British History to ever have the epithet "the Great") are all ignored. Shame as it's one of my favourite parts of history.

@joepiekl

5 ай бұрын

@@cathemeraltheenby6840 I learned most of it from playing Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

'The Scottish & the British'....

#longestdescriptionhashtagever cheers guys

"The war between the Scottish and British...." That one is still ongoing. 😏

@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo

5 ай бұрын

The Scottish are British.

There are so many English accents you shouldn’t generalise.

You shouldn't mock the British for not knowing all the British history, it covers thousands of years before Roman time, Stonehenge is 5000 years old, how much do Americans know about Native American history. US history is a weekend course. Not having a go, just find your comment funny, I am Welsh and the Welsh language is one one of the oldest languages in Europe if not the oldest, dating back to 400 AD thought you were teachers, this is tongue in cheek comment. I love your channel . Hope I have not offended you.

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Use Brits have a few 1000 years of history going back to Stonehenge going back to 2500 BC, how much of native history do Americans know, American history is a weekend course, so I think its not the thing to say we don't know our history, every child covers hundreds of years of history. My be not specific things.

When I was at school we were taught about british history and American history the reason the kids aren't taught about history because it offends the woke brigade

@BoringReviews

5 ай бұрын

That’s true to a point. But the bigger issue here is education is all about testing. The scores come out low and so the districts here require more time on just reading and math. It’s sad

war between "the Scottish and the British". just look at a map.

Best example of different languages/accents being hard/soft is the phrase "I love you". It's fairly neutral in English. In French, it's "Je t'aime" with a soft "j": it's silky smooth, easy to imagine whispering in your lover's ear. In German it's "Ich liebe dich": seriously, I can imagine shouting that at someone I hate more easily than I can imagine whispering it in a lover's ear.

Brits don't know their own history because we have so much history. Our history goes back 6000 years +

@Lloyd-Franklin

5 ай бұрын

People first settled on the land now known as Britain 33,000 years ago. A little more than 6000 years hence your plus.

@dirtbikerman1000

5 ай бұрын

@LLOYD19851012 15 miles from me in England is a bunch of ice age caves dating back over 20,000 years. I'm a history boff so I thought saying 6000 would be far enough back for most people

the older generation would know their history far better then the younger ones. our schools have become quite woke and try to promote an agenda that makes the kids feel ashamed of our past. they don't teach a lot of the history i was taught in the 60's and 70's. you can't judge modern life with the past, people acted in a way that was acceptable then. both our countries have had civil wars, i fear they will both have another one in the not to distant future, your country is ahead in that reality sadly.

The stats on children in the UK not knowing about the Civil War was shocking, dumbing down as usual.

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