I would love to hear Mitchell just telling me things the whole day

I like this style of animation very much

This and Mitchell's "Unruly" book are the best 101-level starter guides for the history of Britain for anyone from the US, where our knowledge of the monarchy starts with George III. David and Victoria Coren Mitchell top the list for the people I'd most like to have over for dinner and drinks on weekends.

@davidlittle7182

27 күн бұрын

mad that he missed out that the Stewarts started to rule in 1371

"Smoke 'em if you've got 'em" - Duke Of Marlborough

Now that's the way to learn complicated history! Thank you, Mr. Mitchell.

One of the most complicated periods of British history - and that’s saying something - nicely summarised into a foundation for further exploration. Nice work.

Great work! this should definitely be a recurring series on this channel.

In the US, we have William and Mary to thank for the second oldest college in the States, College of William and Mary, established by them by letters in 1693.

A really bizarre period. - A Scottish king became king of England and Ireland, after years of uncertainty about Elizabeth's heir. - James I's son, Charles I, was beheaded. - The monarchy was restored with Charles I's son, Charles II, who had a million illegitimate children, but no heir. - Charles II's Catholic brother, James II, became king. - He was overthrown by his own daughter and her husband, who both died within six years. - James II's other daughter became queen, and died without an heir!

@helenamcginty4920

Ай бұрын

And Princess Diana was descended from Nell Gwynn. Charles' ll best knowm mistress. For some reason I cannot fathom Nell was always a heoine in my memory of school.

@suegha

27 күн бұрын

Queen May 2 died after 6 years but William 3 ruled for another 8 years, he died in 1702 which brought Anne to the throne.

@3107548119

13 күн бұрын

...although she gave birth to about 17 children...

Very interesting and informative and the Terry Gilliam style of animation is a good giggle!

Beautiful artwork!

This is only the Stuarts in England though - a century and a bit. Stuart monarchs ruled Scotland for three times as long.

@davidlittle7182

27 күн бұрын

they can't stop themselves rewriting history

This video is great. Hats off!!!!

Great illustrations!

James Vi/I. Totally underrated.

@fredbarker9201

5 жыл бұрын

Thomas Barker agreed

@TheRealUnkn0wn_289

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah definitely

The first Stuart... of England.

@bonniemoerdyk9809

4 жыл бұрын

Yes...I was hoping to hear about the Early (Stuart's) Stewart's (Steward) of Scotland....but I still enjoyed this! ~ Bonnie Steward Moerdyk

@disavowalf3351

7 ай бұрын

I love that when Mary Queen of Scots went to France to marry the Dauphin, her Valois relatives were so disgusted by her ‘vulgar’ Scottish accent and mannerisms they gave her a French makeover, which included changing “Stewart” to “Stuart”, as they considered it a much more elegant spelling…❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️ PS @DSQueenie…quite!

@davidlittle7182

27 күн бұрын

@@disavowalf3351 why do you love that?

@disavowalf3351

27 күн бұрын

@@davidlittle7182 …er…as a “vulgar” (with a sense of humour) Scot I find it v funny…thought that was fairly obvious, dude!!!

That was a great video. Lovely

Oh, i love this!

This is great!! More, more, more! PS i loved Unruly too!

Brilliant animation

Cool!

Thanks for this vedio to help me understand that period. Great job to understand history with fun..

"One walk a day, the rest of your time is your own, this afternoon im going to the museum then, big lunch a snooze"

He wasn't the FIRST Stuart, he was the SIXTH - only an English comedian could be so myopic.

@janpearce1457

28 күн бұрын

Only a scotsman could be so terminally miserable.

@davidlittle7182

27 күн бұрын

@@janpearce1457 only an Englishman would say objection to rewriting of our history is (yet again) not being able to take a joke

@daniellamcgee4251

24 күн бұрын

David Mitchell just read the script. Don't shoot the messenger!

@davidlittle7182

24 күн бұрын

@@daniellamcgee4251 David knew what he was reading

@janpearce1457

24 күн бұрын

@@davidlittle7182 he hasn't rewritten history you halfwit. He's just presented an edited version for a specific audience on a specific subject. None of the facts presented are incorrect. Methinks Jimmy has a wee deep fried Mars bar on his shoulder!

What us the music at the end? It is very beautiful Anyone?

What is the name of the piece of music at the end ?

Me watching these after one day of my British Culture exam

"The reign of the first Stuart had begun", except for the 300-years' worth of Stuarts who had already been Kings and Queens...

@davidlittle7182

27 күн бұрын

they're just so lazy at history in England

I thought so but looked it up to check. Mitchell studied history at Cambridge. Ive seen one of two other things that made me assume he had. One of my favourite comic actors.

I'm related to these guys you know!

@Yasmin-bv9gl

6 жыл бұрын

Masked Manatee I am too. A lot of people are, it's nothing special, no offense

@evaannavonbehne8605

6 жыл бұрын

So am I. So what?

@autumnbottoms5743

5 жыл бұрын

Family reunion anyone? 😂👑

@maggiecole9896

4 жыл бұрын

Same. 🙄

@TheRealUnkn0wn_289

3 жыл бұрын

Same, we are a truly great people

The base of a constitutional monarchy after the Glorious Revolution was not from an act of Parliament, it was the Declaration of rights which was written into statute later on and as the authority of those representing us, along with Act 1 and 2. Also there was no transfer of power from the monarchy to Parliament, ie the Devine rights of kings.

I can hear it.... the keyboard warriors...... they're coming to type angry shit about oliver cromwell........RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN

@cambs0181

8 ай бұрын

Run, they are going on about what a nasty man he was, in an attempt to make themselves look morally superior!

This history provides context to the America's founding fathers support of separation of church and state. This history along with Jefferson's own experiences in Virginia.

@cambs0181

8 ай бұрын

Oh thank God that theres an American to remind us that there is an America. We cannot have any historical videos on here without any relevance to the USA.

The Royal Society was founded in 1660?

My Grand father Teodoro Santillan (Guggenheim) was Salomon Guggenheim's son. And Salomon`s daugther get married with Arthur Steward Earl Of Scotland

@davidlittle7182

27 күн бұрын

there is no such person as 'Arthur Steward Earl of Scotland'

Basically history a-level

@davidlittle7182

27 күн бұрын

basic history A-Level appears to ignore Scotland exists at all

But - what happened to Lucentio?

Where are the rest of the Stuart monarchs, from James I to Mary Stuart?

@LogBarc

Жыл бұрын

He's doing the Stuarts not the Stewarts, which was the name prior to Mary, Queen of Scots even though Stewart was still the official name until 1714

@davidlittle7182

27 күн бұрын

@@LogBarc no, he's ignoring Scotland because he's English. Sophistry about their name spelling is a cop-out

@datgrrl5698

7 күн бұрын

Oi, fucknucle, Mitchell has a Scottish father, a Welsh mother, and Irish grandparents...he also has a Cambridge education... ye cannae get out ye mum's basement...get tae feck twatwaffle...

@datgrrl5698

7 күн бұрын

Oi, roomba boi, Mitchell's father is Scottish, his mother is Welsh and his grandparents are Irish... he's not english...grow up and redistribute your ire somewhere else where it can do some good...cor...

I now know. Thanks. The Queen people forget but forged the status quo.

What has my country become... First we have a Scottish king who allowed a man who he is not related to invade his most intimate life. Then we had a king who did some stupid things and lost his head Then we have Cromwell... Then we had a monarch who was so busy with his mistresses that he didn't produce an heir Then we had a Catholic king who didn't abide by the rules of the Church of England Then we had two monarchs at the same time Then we had Anne, I don't know what she did wrong I'm Catholic so don't mistake me for my grand nephew, Edward VI

@TheRealUnkn0wn_289

3 жыл бұрын

How did he allow a man to invade his intimate life?

@nomvuselelomasuku5761

2 жыл бұрын

Aren't u Catholic

@urthtvbyjess

2 жыл бұрын

@@nomvuselelomasuku5761 yeah, when _the monarchy was_

It's actually the Stewarts, Stuart is a frenchified version of the name, beside all Stewarts are related regardless of the mineut differences in the spelling of the name

@joekerr9197

3 жыл бұрын

It's Stuarts after Mary I because she married a guy from the branch that "frenchified" their name due to the fact they had titles and land in France. So it's basically two different dynasties. Plus she grew up in France herself. The Stewarts that ruled until Mary I were main line Stewarts, after Mary I you have Stuarts, a junior branch of main Stewarts via Stewarts of Bonkyll who separated even before Stewarts became monarchs of Scotland.

@LogBarc

Жыл бұрын

@@joekerr9197 Mary was a Stewart, she just chose the name Stuart while in France, but her descendants still used Stewart

@joekerr9197

Жыл бұрын

@@LogBarc They didn't. Descendants of Mary and Henry used the French variant of the name even in Scotland and Britain in general.

@LogBarc

Жыл бұрын

@@joekerr9197 Most old UK documents about the monarch that use there dynastic name say Stewart

@LogBarc

Жыл бұрын

@@joekerr9197 Stuart STARTED to become adopted in the late 16th century due to the absence of the letter w in the french alphabet, however BOTH variants were used for long after

scandal at court - what? when?

Dude fr explained 100 years in 7 minutes 💀

Bem que poderia ter legenda em português!

So.. what are the stuarts?

@juanaltredo2974

6 жыл бұрын

a ham,. definitely

@TheRealUnkn0wn_289

3 жыл бұрын

My bloodline

I thought Anne ruled till 1714

@aliciarichards6634

6 жыл бұрын

Simon F yep they got it wrong.

@Munchausen45

4 жыл бұрын

Technically yes. But I think the years they put are her being a Queen of England vs Britain

Queen Anne reigned 1702-1714, you've got 1702-1707. Just saying.

@gergoturan4033

5 жыл бұрын

She reigned as Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland until 1707 and as Queen of Great Britain from the acts of union until her death in 1714.

I bet they still laughed at farts.

Anne was the most successful monarch from all the Stuarts

@davidlittle7182

27 күн бұрын

no, that would be James IV

What about Bonnie Prince Charlie and the other pretenders?

@dalvik4162

5 жыл бұрын

Tohawk Pretenders? So you love being under German rule aye?

@fredbarker9201

5 жыл бұрын

Dalvìk tbf britian flourished under the reigns of the Georgian kings.

@HSMiyamoto

4 жыл бұрын

Bonnie Charlie came to Scotland in 1745, long after Queen Anne.

Good video for children 👏🏻I would add that…Missed the chance to have a Republic 😂Now still have a King Charles, quite spoiled and very expensive.

id celebrate fireworks day if guy fawks was successful

@mrbottler9627

Ай бұрын

Barely anything would have changed

isnt it supposed to be James First instead of James sixth of scotland?

@Tasha9315

Жыл бұрын

It was James the sixth of Scotland and James the first of England. England and Scotland were still separate monarchies with the same king.

@davidlittle7182

27 күн бұрын

no

He did miss that the Stuart's were a highlandish clan

@davidlittle7182

27 күн бұрын

some of them were

Did David and whoever was in charge of the visuals on this one ever do one on the Tudor period?

@datgrrl5698

7 күн бұрын

...if you go to the top of the yt page, there is a search bar, mayhaps typing some letters into the search bar will yield an answer to your query...or mayhaps a visit to this channel's home page search bar...or, mayhaps the search bar on your favourite search engine...

but can you do it drunk? RIP drunk history

WhO'S WaTcHiNg In 1625

It's not really 'The Stuarts', is it? It's "the Stuarts from where they took over England too"

William of Orange was not the royal. It was Mary, so she should have been queen. He should have stayed Prince.

@oenrn

6 жыл бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jure_uxoris

Ever since to be known as 'England' LOL!

quite a silly title , history of the stuarts, for over a century the stuarts were monarchs of scotland, and allies of the kingdom of france.., the major enemies of the stuarts and scotland were the dreadfully english and the kingdom of england.. the tudors too originated in wales,were welsh* when england,ireland and wales had the war of the roses-cousins, the stuart dynasty was firmly in power**.. King James vi of scotland had already reigned for 15 or more years by 1603 in scotland...once again, its not UK history but a anglo-UK phobic view of history from only a english perspective, history is sometimes only intepretations not actual de-facto reality...

@TheRealUnkn0wn_289

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

Extremely Anglo-centric view of history

Nice summary. This is so confusing for us Americans to relate to.

@philipritson8821

5 жыл бұрын

Rick in Texas Why? Your constitution is the product of the Parliament's struggle with the Stuarts. Your war of Independence was essentially a sequal to our Civil War.

@fredbarker9201

5 жыл бұрын

philip ritson but their war of independence occurred when the Hannover family was on the British Throne. Hannovers come after the Stuarts.

@jenniferpearce1052

4 жыл бұрын

@@philipritson8821 We're so brought up on freedom of religion. (Even though we're currently in a cultural war of freedom OF religion vs freedom FROM religion) We're largely taught that our rebellion was about taxes and representation. Monarch changes and beheadings due to religious differences are just not part of our history. Except the bit where most of the Founding Fathers were of British ancestry as well as citizenship.

@cambs0181

8 ай бұрын

The 17th century was a dark time in English history. We had the civil war, black death, great fire, revolution, religious intolerances and to top it off we invented Americans!

@rickintexas1584

8 ай бұрын

@@cambs0181 We thank you for that last one!!!

Anne plunged England into a punishing war with France? The War of Spanish Succession was undisputably an English victory. The French and Dutch fleets were vanquished as were the French and Dutch treasuries. England got preferential treatment because they signed a seperate peace with France. Louis XIV's France was set to take over Europe before the war and after the war their armies were broken and they were feared by no one. England united with Scotland to form the country of Great Britain. This would have been impossible without the victories of the Duke of Marlborough during the war. Therefore the war was hardly 'punishing'. It is extremely rare for a country to do as well as England did during the war of Spanish Succession. The protestant succession was recognized by France, they got territorial concessions in the Americas as well as receiving Gibraltar from Spain. England went from a minor power to a great one and in the 50 years following the war English exports doubled.

@MateusVIII

4 ай бұрын

I believe you can say a war is a victory and a success and at the same time punishing as it is being fought. I would say both world wars are examples of complete victories by the victors, but both are certainly punishing.

@Mark.Andrew.Pardoe

Ай бұрын

Whato all Great Britain is not a country, it actually is an island but in this context it could be thought as a kingdom. England, Wales and Scotland, which make up the island of Great Britain, are still countries in their own right.

@davidlittle7182

27 күн бұрын

England coerced Scotland into union, yes. Had nothing to do with Marlborough

Cromwell is most Definitively not A Stuart

There once a guy said James James James James James Mary queen of Scot James

@davidlittle7182

27 күн бұрын

the Jameses were kings of Scots too

Thanks, but you kinda bury the lede about William and Mary, in that she was the daughter of King James.

Not bad, but isn't it a little misleading to promote the video as presented by a comedian if the video isn't funny?

@mockturtlesuppe

7 жыл бұрын

Annie Trinity Yeah, it is kind of misleading. Maybe they thought people would confuse him with the author, in which case they needed some kind of qualifier. Comedian is really the only one appropriate.

@whiskeyfarbrorn

6 жыл бұрын

But nonetheless, if you click a video narrated by David Mitchell you probably expect to hear a joke or two.

@davidlittle7182

27 күн бұрын

or that it's about the Stewart monarchs, when they missed out about 7 of them

Dude where the fuck are the other Stuarts? This is only the English Stuarts

@cambs0181

8 ай бұрын

They were Scottish, in the same way Biden is Irish😅

Why bother mentioning that a comedian is reading this if it isn't at all funny? Just clickbait for a lot of stuff I already knew.

@slevelneves

19 күн бұрын

I would assume that it's to clarify David Mitchell, the comedian, as opposed to David Mitchell, the novelist (Cloud Atlas).

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@Squidgy55

7 ай бұрын

From what I can tell, the Stuart name is not exclusive to skin colour. It's pretty cool tbh.

@Mark.Andrew.Pardoe

Ай бұрын

Whato all Charles II was known as the "Black Boy" because of his dark complexion and black wig; probably one derivation of the pub name "Black Boy"

its ok but could we please have something a lit longer than 6 mins and 54 seconds... FFS!

If you really wish to study British history read the history of Ireland. We are witnesses yet to its crimes.

@daniellamcgee4251

24 күн бұрын

True. Interestingly Ireland invaded England and Scotland first. That is no excusing any of the British atrocities, however.

@damienflinter4585

24 күн бұрын

@@daniellamcgee4251 You are going back to before 'Ireland', 'England' or 'Scotland', as such existed. The tribes on both islands fought and traded across the linking sea, it being a sea 'road' for commerce as much as a barrier. England takes its name from the Teutonic Angles, while in Gaelic we indentify the Sassanach (Saxon) as the tribe responsible as the collissions progressed. Scotia is one of the Gaelic names for what in English became 'Ireland'. Scotland derived its current nomination from the Gaelic kingdom of the Dal Riada, which bridged the narrow channel between Antrim and its neighbours. Ireland had barely united when the Anglo-Normans were invited in to back a Leinster warlord against his rivals, and Britain was just flexing its first steps towards empire, at least partially inspired by its earlier Roman occupation. These Anglo-Normans were, at least initially, Welsh feudal warlords who had landed in with William in 1066, before dropping over to test the Guinness. Ultimately the problems derive from the feudal property and inheritance ideology general across Europe in that age, married to the Roman militarist war cult's policy of 'divide et impera' pi££age, now transferred and magnified by Ang£o-U$ tunnel vision white supremacism. Britannia was practising fascistic totalitarian monocular supremacism before Mussolini set up his Roman revival of Caesar's ambition and Adolf imitated his narcissistic methods. We need to get post-tribal before we conquer humanity itself. Britannia's offspring (one of them) Fort Zion in Palestine looks increasingly like a detonator as Netanyahu rattlles his Samson Option. His WA$P sponsors seem infatuated with their FranKKKen$tein.

I love when monarchs lose their heads, its about time it happens again in the UK

Why is it relevant that he is a "comedian , David Mitchell" if he isnt being bloody funny?

@MrAlbondigo

7 жыл бұрын

Maybe because he is widely known as a comedian. I don't think he'd qualify as "historian, David Mitchell". And "David Mitchell" on its own maybe a bit unspecific... it's not like he's got a rather unique name. I don't think that he has to be "bloody funny" every time he opens his mouth, especially when he is in fact quite intelligent and able to talk about different things. Still, he is known as a comedian. Nothing wrong with that.

@applethem

7 жыл бұрын

There is another David Mitchell who is an author. It's to distinguish them

@y_fam_goeglyd

7 жыл бұрын

botsalo Definitely qualifies as historian. Studied it at Oxford (and got the degree before anyone goes off on one). But his "day job" is as a comedian and for those of us who get the opportunity to watch him at work, he's incredibly funny, as well as incredibly intelligent. Watching him rant about something off the top of his head can leave you open mouthed at the amazing fluency and knowledge he manages to combine. So you two were both right & wrong (mildly speaking, am not flaming anyone!). He's a historian and comedian.

@ricardoperalta4252

7 жыл бұрын

Mandy B oh I wouldn't disagree with you... I just tried to make a point for the initial pretentious comment.

@Thefreakman8

6 жыл бұрын

He studied it at Cambridge, and studying History doesn't make you a Historian he has not done it professionally.

King James was black and so where the Scottish Stewart’s

@TheRealUnkn0wn_289

3 жыл бұрын

No he wasn't lol if he was black I would and the rest of the stewarts (stuarts) would be mainly black, I'm pale as fuck

@2Muchpjp

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheRealUnkn0wn_289 the black royal family lines were bred out of england. Id bet if you go back far enough youd find black women in your famiy line.

@davidlittle7182

27 күн бұрын

@@2Muchpjp no you wouldn't

Tha Stuart dynasty didn't begin in the 17th century, typical English shite! It wasn't the reign of the first Stuart.

This wasn't funny, bad comedian

Nope, this is too sanitised, and leaves out too many importantfacts to be of any use.

The Stuarts reigned from 1371. WTF are these bellend dates about?

David Mitchell has never been a ‘comedian’.