Thanks

@historyprofiles

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! It means a lot! ❤

The illness that Alfred had was most likely Chron's Disease from what researcher's his biographer, Asser say. Alfreds grandson, Eadred seems to have had a similar illness. This was a great video , I enjoyed it. Thank you so much!!

@historyprofiles

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! The fact that he suffered that much just makes him that much greater!

@rachelwilson86

6 ай бұрын

@@historyprofiles Yes, I love him & the actor who played Alfred in TLK did a fantastic job & the actor in Vikings did fantastic as well 👏 👏👏👏👏

@globalheart

4 ай бұрын

Thx for mentioning Eadred... i think not enough know about him. .. yes, very sad ❤

@direfranchement

4 ай бұрын

Pure speculation.

@globalheart

4 ай бұрын

@direfranchement i agree. So many possibilities. Yet, raises eyebrows when similar maladies between relatives might have been was noted.. but right! We can't really know.. But i must add, there are certain bacteria which can be ingested, which will cause devastating stomach conditions, which will eventually become fatal through process of cancer. It is painfully problematic when eating, and does become totally debilitating. I know someone suffering such, and even with today's medicine, there is no cure. Only management, food limitations.. And how foods were derived and handled or under cooked back then... !!!

Reading and watching Englands history tends to remind me of how short and fleeting our lifetimes actually are.

@norbitcleaverhook5040

5 ай бұрын

Or how far we have come in such a small amount of time.

@TracyD2

4 ай бұрын

It really is. Yesterday I was in my 20s today I’m 60 tomorrow…

@marylewis167

2 ай бұрын

So true and I feel so honored that I live in a generation that gets to have so much history at our fingertips!

@superimposedgoat6009

Ай бұрын

I concur

Very interesting video about the *_Kings of Wessex_* ! I've always been fascinated by the history of *_Anglo-Saxon England_* . I especially enjoyed learning about the *Viking* _invasions_ and how the Kings of Wessex fought to defend their kingdom. Thanks for sharing!

@historyprofiles

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for watching!!

Love how thorough you are in these videos

@historyprofiles

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I hope you enjoyed!

Watched it all. Great job.

@historyprofiles

6 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you! I hope you enjoyed!

Another Gem! One of the best editing ever! Like a still movie! Amazing! Thanks guys

"Accidentally poisoned", yeah okay sound legit 😂

@catmatt22

2 ай бұрын

Are u questioning his honor then

@catmatt22

2 ай бұрын

Sorry her honor

Excellent overview and close-in view of this period, like many others I think my introduction to the period is a mashup of TLK and the Vikings series (neither perfect historical vehicles tho TLK at least attempted to portray Alfred as vulnerable and vigorous simultaneously, the actor they chose was THE single most impressive part of that series too) - your podcast very efficiently recaps a lot of what I knew but it reinforces many details so easily lost or jumbled. And your choice of music, visuals are so compelling I was convinced they are from a series I must have missed! A last thought, not many can narrate a long complex piece without their audience tiring (I was a lecturer so I know the pitfalls) but you have just the right voice, phrasing, emphasis and modulation, if this had been a 6 hour podcast I would have still wanted more! Bravo!

So glad you uploaded it earlier. Thank you for bringing such a wonderful video! I clicked the button first thing

@historyprofiles

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Elke! More content coming soon!

@ELKE-

6 ай бұрын

​@@historyprofiles That's awesome! Can't wait 😍 Thank you Ollie

Brilliant, thank you! Very thorough and a fascinating and important period I hadn’t known as much as I wanted to. Will definitely watch again

Great video. Also one fact . After the battle of Eddington . The viking rulers of Danelaw payed money to Alfred to keep him out .

I wish we knew more about these great men! Especially Alfred.

great documentary. history is always interesting to people.

I love hearing about the Anglo-Saxon history of England. Great video, thank you.

Great video and thank you for creating and uploading this content! Only con of the video was that you kept going back and explaining historical events in depth when they were already explained previously in the video. Other than that, great content!

An amazing video once again. 🌟❤️🥰😘

@historyprofiles

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I hope you enjoyed the video!!

Excellent work old bean!

@historyprofiles

6 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly!

Well done 👍

@historyprofiles

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit! I hope you enjoyed the video!

Thank you for a really good video

@historyprofiles

6 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it! It means a lot!!!

@-RONNIE

6 ай бұрын

@@historyprofiles keep up the good work 👍🏻

Thank you! ❤

quality as always my son 💯💪🏻

Alfred really was great! Amazing video.

Thank you. Very enjoyable 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

Had guthram and halfdan not split, England could look alot different today

@historyprofiles

6 ай бұрын

Definitely! I hope you enjoyed the video!!!

This is very good!

@historyprofiles

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I hope you enjoyed the video! I have many more videos on Saxon kings!

You're efforts to reveil history to a broader audience are much appreciated. Really enjoyed this. Just wondering; where do these beautiful, filmic stills of scenes originate from? What are your visual sources?

@historyprofiles

5 ай бұрын

Most of the visuals are ai generated, and thank you so much I hope you enjoyed the video!

Thank you 😊

Thank You

Thank you, these early Kings Built England.

Thank you

I love this period, and am currently playing CK3

Quick fact. Alfred did not have the wessex line soley on his shoulders. While he is my fav and also the best man gor the job. Æthelred had a son. Æthelwold.

@davidtownsend6092

6 ай бұрын

Sorry was bugging me lol

Whoa, which, whoa!! What do you mean he died because his wife "accidentally" poisoned him??? How does one do that? I think this point should have been explained. Otherwise, this is an excellent presentation. More, please. 😊 I'd love to have the Viking chronicles. What Scandinavian country invaded where and what did that yield. Who stayed in each (UK) place and what did they contribute to history? Did any become local lords or kings? Who married whom? Who of later Viking generations outside of Scandinavia became famous? What were the Finish doing during these times? Inquiring minds want to know. Thank, again. 🎉

@SKILLIUSCAESAR

20 күн бұрын

Seriously that could’ve used another sentence or 2 😂

Nice video, but i feel a bit overwhelmed w all these fairly similar names lol

@historyprofiles

6 ай бұрын

After ecgbert story it tones down about, kings were just dying like flies during his time

Is not Cynewulf pronounced with a hard c, like cat? As well as the e. So like, "kenny wulf" or "kenna wulf".

I can hear in the names of this, the origins of J. R. R. Tolkien’s middle earth. This is fantastic. It’s just like reading something out of J. R. R. Tolkien.

@Midgard458

4 ай бұрын

I must really complement the author in this. The AI images that you have used or not nevertheless, distorted with deformed hands and faces. AI images are concise and realistic and believable. So many people put distortedAI images into their videos images with things that don’t belong, distorted hands, horses without heads and spears sticking out of bodies and peoples heads. I must complement the author on the excellent use of AI images to create realistic interpretations, without twisted, ugly distortions.

I love how its ecgbert and Æthelwulf from vikings. But alfred from the last kingdom. No sarcasm i just think that dude was a much better alfred

@historyprofiles

6 ай бұрын

That’s literally why I put him in the thumbnail instead. Make a much better captivating impression of Alfred to me than the one in vikings

At 39:59 the soldier directly to the kings left has me so confused lol . Look at this guy and try and make sense of whats going on there 😂 This isnt a criticism its just funny lol

It’s easy to understand why these names aren’t used anymore: Egbert, Offa, Ethelbert, Eckfrith, Ethelfled, 🧐

@joshmiller7489

6 ай бұрын

Normans helped out alot as well lol

Hi did the pictures of the kings come from a film about Wessex?

@MissMarie1377

4 ай бұрын

I’m guessing they are AI generated images

I love their names

When I learned about Alfred as a kid it was just the story about him letting the cakes burn. How sad that this amazing man is reduced in popular myth to this nonsense. I learned more when studying old english at university. He learned to read aged 12, lieracy was then confined mostly to clerics, but understood the importance of the written word. He ordered that the bible be translated into English so that the people could hear the teachings in their own language.

AT 23:11 it says Ecgbhert was king from 731 to 839....this is a typo?

@historyprofiles

4 ай бұрын

Yea it was a typo! Good spot!

52:32 everyone knows that it was Uhtred son of Uhtred that killed Ubba Lothbrokson beside the sea!

OMG I am so confused. I need a chart. 😂

when will someone the same type ok docu maak about thr history about the grouth of Germany from the time when the romans wanted to take Germanie when they were still scatteredtribes.

Was it a conquest no body or grave,

1:12 Lee Pace?! lol

Are these pictures from a film?

@BTScriviner

6 ай бұрын

They are most likely AI-generated images.

@Romanovhundreds17

6 ай бұрын

@@BTScriviner I was wondering about that but they look so real they won't need actors soon

Hold on, other players may have united the island in a different name, you never know. What if Mercia won and the Danes met a Mercian empire after absorbing the Saxons?

@murderedcarrot9684

6 ай бұрын

Instead of England you got Elfland. I joke cause Mercian names sound very elf like to me.

@historyprofiles

6 ай бұрын

Offa nearly achieved that, but his son died early and his line ended

When I talk about Alfred, I always think about. Which is better? Ruler of the lands or ruler of the people. Alfred's title of King of the Angelo-Saxons proves that he was the king of the people, not the lands. He might have ruled the lands, but he was truly the ruler of the people. That is what makes him a great king, more than anything else.

@SKILLIUSCAESAR

20 күн бұрын

But he was the ruler of the anglo saxon lands in Britain… hence the name lol. It’s not like he was the king of Christendom, only the lands on the British island not ruled by Danes/Wales. So I’m not sure how the 2 can be mutually exclusive 🤔

@Tora-no-shi

20 күн бұрын

@@SKILLIUSCAESAR I said that he ruled the people of the Angelo Saxon lands, not all of Christendom. To me, it says a lot that they say that he ruled the people. It shows how the people saw him. A ruler of the land could be hated by the people of the land that they rule. It is important that he was viewed as ruler of the people as well as the lands he ruled.

@SKILLIUSCAESAR

20 күн бұрын

@@Tora-no-shi yes I was using christendom as an example. My point is that king of the anglo saxons WAS referring to both people and the british lands they were occupying. The map of which was in a constant state of flux. I think ur overlooking Alfred’s own ambition & propoganda, as it was very important to him that he be considered the ONLY saxon king. If he wouldn’t live to see ONE England he’d at least make sure Alfred was the ONE saxon king. (Hence making Mercia subordinate and basically taking over london) His advisors who left us the saxon chronicle crafted this legacy, which obviously caught on with the people bc he also earned it.

@Tora-no-shi

20 күн бұрын

@@SKILLIUSCAESAR In that case a lot of great people in history should be looked at differently. Propaganda and what is written about them is the main thing that we have left. I do feel that most people focus only on Alfred and not the other people who did great things to make England what it has become. Especially when it comes to the Angelo Saxon time in history. Sure he did wonderful things, but it would not have been able to be done without the others. So I look at what he did for the people. What others outside of the country wrote and said about him. For all the bad things there are a lot of good things as well.

Why was Churchill so obsessed with Anglo Saxon

What does “accidentally poisoned by his wife” mean?

@historyprofiles

Ай бұрын

Probably she wanted to poison someone else but poisoned her husband instead, or she said it was an accident and was believed

The saxons hardly conquered England. There were settlements but no mass invasions.

The batt. ett. all. The batt. Ett. All

Do wish you would pronounce places and words correctly..

@hogwashmcturnip8930

6 ай бұрын

And what is it with these automated voiceovers? I know it is going to be bad as soon as I hear that,. If you can't be arsed to narrate ate it properly, I doubt if you paid much attention to the rest.

@JohnJames-be4qe

6 ай бұрын

What does your 2nd sentence mean?@@hogwashmcturnip8930

@AvidanTheExpositor

6 ай бұрын

@@JohnJames-be4qe if i'm not mistaken, what he's saying is that if the video-maker is too lazy (can't be arsed) to narrate it or have another human do so, he was likely too lazy to create the rest of the video properly.

@JohnJames-be4qe

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for that. Now I understand.@@AvidanTheExpositor

Such tiny little kingdoms. What were their populations?

And they were all Catholic

It's just the same photos and map over and over.

@historyprofiles

4 ай бұрын

It’s actually hundreds of different images

Booorrring.....🥱

The narrator states dates and other details in the dullest possible tones. One would be better advised to read a translation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for oneself than to listen to the droning voiceover.

23:14 you’re telling me Ecgbert lived to be 92?

Dont want to watch ai pictures im.affriad. something quite evil about it.