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@aamyjune

5 ай бұрын

Dr Starkey, please come to Australia!

The historian they couldn't hang became the historian who positively thrived. KZread equals more viewers than Channel Four.

@jamescollins3647

2 жыл бұрын

Channel four is absolute braindead shite.

@jamescollins3647

2 жыл бұрын

@@TimLondonGuitarist I've given up watching tv news.

@jamescollins3647

2 жыл бұрын

@@TimLondonGuitarist Brilliant comment

@dianeshelton9592

Жыл бұрын

@@TimLondonGuitarist are you such a wuss that you don’t understand the concept of personal responsibility? He said things he shouldn’t have done, he lost book deals and TV programmes , but here he is thriving on You tube. He has been punished for his poor behaviour now he is on his way to rehabilitation. It’s called personal responsibility for your actions and would happen in any job. Are you really trying to claim he has been “ cancelled”, no he faced consequences for his actions.

@dianeshelton9592

Жыл бұрын

@@TimLondonGuitarist yes sorry not you the op, oops 🙁

There are currently university students paying £9,000+ a year for less content than this due to ‘online learning’. What a fabulous resource Dr Starkey is giving us. Imagine if we lived in a country where the finest historians presented documentaries (full of fact) and not just people whom the BBC and other channels concludes ‘ticks enough boxes’. This channel is an absolute pleasure for us amateur history buffs.

@nickjung7394

2 жыл бұрын

@@grahamcarr17 I agree. Who in their right mind would pay to be lectured at by any of the immature, petulant lecturers and "professors" in many of our "universities".

@madfish369

2 жыл бұрын

hear, hear! I was thrilled to find out he's got a channel!

@petah-peoplefortheendlesst4668

2 жыл бұрын

Also, there are currently University students that will go on #cancel rampages if they hear anything different from their "established" worldview.

@teddyroon

2 жыл бұрын

Hear, hear. It's 5 of clock in the morning, I've been listening to Mr Starkey since midnight. His lectures are like that book that you just can't put down.

Very interesting. I had never understood just how precarious Mary's position was immediately after Edward's death.

@beverlyfletcher4458

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and how she fought for it on the hustings! Imagine a woman having to do that.

When you listen to talks like this, I'm reminded of Starkey's own words, that history is not some sort of continuous flow, but is made by events - by actions and individuals making decisions.

@jaewok5G

2 жыл бұрын

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

@Redrosewitch

2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. I never considered that about how Mary's reign failed. But, of course the fact that the poor woman never managed to have her longed for child would have left her half sister as the only remaining heir.

@somebloke13

2 жыл бұрын

@@Redrosewitch Phew, what a lucky escape!

This must be what being a history student at Cambridge must have been like... note I say ‘been’ not ‘is’....

@unnecessaryapostrophe4047

2 жыл бұрын

I have a friend who studied under Starkey. He has nothing but the best to say about the man and his teachings.

My father an EX police officer use to say. "In a confrontation never mind the big guy, watch out for the little fellow". Well the clowns who 'cancelled' him have found that out. Well done Sir. So interesting as well as educational.

@Redrosewitch

2 жыл бұрын

It's small mindedness in action. Whether you agree with things that Dr Starkey says or don't. He's a passionate historian that that brings his subject to life for us. And why on earth would you deprive history students of benefiting from his example. Simply because he said something you disapprove of. (Yet he also apologised for it. So I can't see why that wasn't the end of it.)

@chevinbarghest8453

2 жыл бұрын

I survived the "Napoleons" for my 6 years of service, but later, I was punched in the ear in pub by a 5 foot 2 leprechaun..... My dad was 5 foot 5 and told me when I was 15 that this would be happening. I worked with a 5 foot 2 marketing Director and he got foul drunk one night and looked at me through squinting eyes, and said "When I am Managing Director, I am going to fire everyone over 5 foot 8"..... Napoleon's actually height is in doubt but the principle holds...

@petah-peoplefortheendlesst4668

2 жыл бұрын

Starkey is dropping so many truthbombs & redpills on this channel. This is really sawcie stuff for KZread.

@cherrytraveller5915

2 жыл бұрын

I seem to have missed something. This is possibly the fourth reference I have read about Dr Starkey being cancelled. Can you please explain what happened as I haven't heard a thing about this cancellation. I live in New Zealand so no news of this made it over here so I have heard nothing about this.

@th8257

4 ай бұрын

​@@petah-peoplefortheendlesst4668you just said "red pill". You need to get off your play station, stop smoking weed, and get a job.

From Saskatchewan Canada So glad Prof. Starkey has launched his own channel

History told so well. Interesting and just enough detail. Brilliant.

People talk about Elizabeth's Tilbury Speech as though it was a great show of courage. Mary standing her ground in East Anglia as the Duke of Northumberland's forces were bearing down on her was a real show of courage.

@Longshanks1690

2 жыл бұрын

Does anyone say the Tilbury speech was courageous? I've always heard it described as an act meant to inspire morale among her gathered troops, not done out of personal bravery, as Mary would have had to muster at that time.

A fascinating didactic talk with David’s wit and personality shining through. Thank you. Once again the foolishness of the woke minorities and loss to Canterbury Christ Church University is our collective gain. Further enhancement of this great intellect’s status as a National Treasure we should all be proud of. The irony of these modern day left-wing fascists attacking our leading historian is even more [both] ‘tragic’ and ‘comedic’ when one understands Mr Starkey’s personal circumstances. Despite the prejudices endured due to his ‘life style choices’, David Starkey’s rise from the humblest origins to the historian of greatest respect that we celebrate today serves as the greatest endorsement of his brilliance and the ridiculous evil of the ignorant fools that attack him. History will mark the injustice of David Starkey and the guilty will be forever shamed.

@jeekels

2 жыл бұрын

I was going to comment exactly the same thing but I couldn't have put it better than yourself lol, kudos to you.

@beverlyfletcher4458

2 жыл бұрын

'Ridiculous evil' is exactly right. Thank you for that and an excellent comment.

@jamesjackson7844

2 жыл бұрын

My sentiments entirely.

@badmattam

2 жыл бұрын

Very well said.

Thank you Dr.Starkey for all your efforts, real substance in your content, in an intellectually vapid world.

Starkey the Great. I hope he considers doing some content on Henry II, the Angevins, and the early Plantagenets. As an American, I grew up watching Monarchy, the Elizabeth I series, and the later series on Henry VIII. Dr. Starkey was the historian who first kindled my fire, as it were, even as a young teenager. That fire has burned to this day and burns brightest in my interest in English history, particularly the Angevins and early Plantagenets. Whilst other children had frivolous pop culture celebrities and whatnot, I had Dr. Starkey amongst others in my burgeoning intellectual arsenal. Even now, years on, I employ that arsenal daily.

I feel sorry for Mary I, but my sympathy is tempered by the fact she would have burned me at the stake.

@pattierotondo1108

Жыл бұрын

Her father would have done the same to me.

@CanadianMonarchist

Жыл бұрын

@@pattierotondo1108I’m a Protestant, but I don’t believe in transubstantiation. I guess he would have burned me too.

I honestly feel so sorry for Mary I, who is one of the most tragic figures in history. Her father discarded her mother, effectively driving her to an early grave in her betrayal and grief before being discarded by her own father as a bastard and forced to serve her half-sister, all of which would have had profound effects on her psychology, and then cursed with childlessness later in life and a husband who never loved her. It's not hard to understand why she was such a devout Catholic to the point of burning who she saw as heretics; The Catholic Church was the only thing in her life that never failed her, never turned its back on her and never failed to give her comfort or succor when the rest of the world must have seemed determined to crush her spirit as much as possible. It's a sad and tragic story, no matter what angle you come at her from.

@kelrogers8480

2 жыл бұрын

True, but those burnings were unjustified, cruel and horrific!

@wolfthequarrelsome504

2 жыл бұрын

@@kelrogers8480 "bloody" Mary? Deserved? Should'nt that be "bloody" Henry, or indeed "bloody" Elizabeth?

@kelrogers8480

2 жыл бұрын

@@wolfthequarrelsome504 We are not talking about what Henry or Elizabeth did. We are talking about what Mary did. Let's stick to the topic, shall we? And, yes! Bloody, cruel Mary who had hundreds of innocent people brutally tortured and burnt alive, often with a green wood fire!

@raumaanking

2 жыл бұрын

@@kelrogers8480 hi I have a question for you imagine if Henry the 8 gave both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard a divorce and they were alive during Mary reign what do you think would have happened

@wessexfox5197

2 жыл бұрын

@@kelrogers8480 and? So were the Catholics who were persecuted and executed for their faith under Elizabeth. It was a different time when people actually took religion deadly seriously and were prepared to die and kill for their beliefs.

As an Irishman my knowledge of English History is abysmal and this was just a wonderfully articulated story. You had right there, back in history. Methinks my boyhood fondness for history is being quickly rekindled. Happy days👏

What a privilege it is to be able to listen to lectures from such an eminent historian. Thank-you Dr Starkey.

There are 4 downvotes on Starkey's analysis of a Tudor monarch. Is it because he is misinforming the viewers? No, it's simply because he's David Starkey. That's the extent of their "minds".

@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo

2 жыл бұрын

Yes they are either libtards or bitter protestants. Mind you the majority of prozzies are libtards.

@puppetoz

2 жыл бұрын

@@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo - like your stolen identity - your statement is vacuous as it is non-sensical.

@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo

2 жыл бұрын

@@puppetoz whatever sugartits.

@annacostello5181

2 жыл бұрын

@@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo ridiculous. Using this platform to spout your ignorant prejudice. Shame on you

@pattierotondo1108

Жыл бұрын

Because truth has nothing to do with how they think.

It appears to me that professor Sharkey is more relaxed and comfortable than I have ever seen him .

I just adore the comparison of Edward with Adrian Mole! Dear Adrian is a terrific favourite of mine. Thank you for reminding me of him, Dr Starkey.

Thank you again , David! :) Love your work

Yes! Right here for this one.

Thank you for the fascinating story. I stumbled upon your channel thanks to HistoryMarche.

@cognitivedisability9864

2 жыл бұрын

Same!

@miki09876

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

Great to see you back David!

This is fantastic! It is a pleasure and a privilege for this RC Irishman to listen to a brilliant historian speak so eloquently on a subject of which he is master.

@Eris123451

2 жыл бұрын

Yuck.

An extraordinary historian and a man of courage, determination and resilience. Thank you for sharing your insights and wisdom, Dr. Starkey.

@colinlavelle7806

2 жыл бұрын

He's an anti-catholic bigot!

Excellent David! Little tip, if I might be so bold - sit a little further back from the camera.

@sadwingsraging3044

2 жыл бұрын

LOL, he is the proper distance until he gets excited and bounces around like an excited kid. That's why I love this man. A true National Treasure.

Thank you David, you are much appreciated by many.

Thank you, David.

Just as a side note: Dennis Waterman looks spookily like Mary!

Thank you so much for this!! Watching from Minnesota, USA!

Love David Starkey, his passion for history is contagious, we are lucky to have him, so grateful for these videos.

Great Video. Mary I is a seriously underrated historical figure. Sandwiched between the giants of her Father and Sister respectively. I remember "The Forgotten Tudors" episode on Mary, along with Edward VI. Which were also excellent.

@pattierotondo1108

Жыл бұрын

All three of those children were affected by having that tyrant for a father. He tortured his daughters and, even though he doted on Edward, the child grew up to be as cold and heartless as his father. His persecution of Catholics and his heartless and unemotional comments when he records his execution of his uncle, Thomas Seymour, expose him as wanting in humanity.

How many times have Queens lost favour due to their lack of Fecundity.

@autodidact537

2 жыл бұрын

It didn't hurt Elizabeth I who was totally barren & became arguably England's greatest Monarch.

@Oliviawww164

2 жыл бұрын

@@autodidact537 But she did not marry. If she had there would be different expectations of her. I agree about her being Englands greatest Monarch though, with the exception of our present Queen Elizabeth.

@varsityathlete9927

2 жыл бұрын

@@Oliviawww164 probably the last decent monarch. although, history can bring up new contenders, its not the current bunch of adults.

@hannannah1uk

2 жыл бұрын

@@autodidact537 not barren but virgin. Her fecundity or otherwise was never tested.

@odinsraven116

2 жыл бұрын

@@autodidact537 SHE WAS MARRIED TO ENGLAND.

My man, i just researched abit about you and my respect has grown ten fold. Bless you. + you are the type of role model young people need. Salute!

That was pretty captivating storytelling David. Have a look at what Mark Felton does in production. Great stuff 👍

Well done David, welcome back. Although you never really left.

This was fascinating to listen to. Could listen this sort of info presented so compellingly for hours. Thank you!

Wonderful! Great video Dr Starkey- I could listen to you all day!

An excellent and accurate profile of Mary. I look forward to further podcasts. Thank you indeed.

@Eris123451

2 жыл бұрын

That's debatable, although it's a mistake to judge her entirely by the standards and values of our own time. To my mind although he paints a sympathetic and probably too generous portrait of her he fails completely to rehabilitate her well deserved reputation as, "Bloody Mary." In fact even from Starkey's own description here the phrase that springs most immediately to mind is to describe her is still, raving lunatic.

@pattierotondo1108

Жыл бұрын

@@Eris123451 I'm always amazed that people think of Mary as badly as you obviously do. Henry executed THOUSANDS more than Mary, yet you call HER a lunatic. Hardly a fair and unbiased assessment.

@Eris123451

Жыл бұрын

@@pattierotondo1108 As unbiased as anyone who's taken a reasonably serious interest in that period and the personalities can be looking at it through modern eyes, although there isn't a completion for being, "most brutal," an all of them were pretty bloody handed and I definitely regard her as having been a raving lunatic and a religious zealot, (I'm an atheist,) of the most horrible kind. So no I don't agree with you at all.

@versenelol5083

10 ай бұрын

@@Eris123451The most horrible kind would be Elizabeth, who for all her so-called Protestant tolerance, oversaw the extermination of hundreds of thousands of Irishmen, but Mary gets the disgraced reputation at far less the atrocity. An atheist of the modern period has little weight on the reality confronted by historical figures during the most violent religious upheaval in Europe. That Elizabeth or Mary or Henry killed religious opponents is never in doubt. The narrative that someone is the lesser or greater evil is the work of propaganda, you are being asked to pick a side when evil prevails on both sides.

Great to have you back David Starkey!!!

Wonderful exposition of a fascinating and crucial topic. So looking forward to the full video! Thank you Dr Starkey.

Wonderfully thorough, balanced and scholarly analysis of a complex woman and queen. Thank you for this.

I know she had the best lines in 'The Tudors'! :)

A lovely piece of work on Mary I (and probably last) - most illuminating, thank you DS.

I always find it fascinating that Mary summoned Elizabeth to witness the birth of her child. Mary was trying to inflict the same suffering on Elizabeth that Anne Boleyn had done to her. It really does show how petty Mary was that she was trying to inflict revenge on her sister for Anne Boleyn actions.

@pbohearn

Жыл бұрын

However, one must remember that Mary had a very good opportunity to have executed her half-sister after the plot to overtake the throne was discovered, Mary called Elizabeth to London and Elizabeth dithered in a very obvious show of guilt, but she did not execute her and showed throughout her reign that she would not act on that revengeful feeling. Unlike Elizabeth, who did execute her Catholic cousin Mary, queen of the Scots, who would have inherited the throne had she not been.

@nomahope3182

Жыл бұрын

If Mary was petty and vengeful. She would have executed Elizabeth. The fact that she did not do that and even named Elizabeth as her heir shows she loved her sister despite all the politics. If the roles had been reversed Elizabeth would have executed Mary just like she did with her cousin Mary of Scots.

A captivating story, and an informative one because I learnt a lot about Mary. I have already learnt a lot from David Starkey's channel.

So glad you set up this channel, really enjoying your content - thanks so much 📚

a wonderful summary of a complex and interesting Queen

Thank you!!! I love your channel, your documentaries, everything!

Wonderfully presented as always by you, Dr. Starkey! I look forward to your full treatment of Mary in an upcoming episode!

This is so interesting and delivered so powerfully. Thank you

Thanks for this channel David. Very educating, I love history.

So glad I found your channel!

Beautiful piece of history talk. Greetings from Brazil

That was a delight. Thank you Dr

Amazing historical content for free!! Thank you David, my favourite subscriber by a country mile.

Love your lectures, David! Well done spreading education and awareness. Appreciate your videos. 🙏😊 Best wishes from New York, Patrick

A very fair, balanced and interesting discussion on one of England’s most tragic Monarchs.

Wonderfully lucid! Thank you!

A breath of fresh air, thank you DR Starkey, I am very much enjoying my daily lesson from you, I loved History at School and did well in it, that was thanks to two wonderful, engaging and very enthusiastic History Teacher's Mr Grigg's and Mr Holmes and I think back fondly on them both. I didn't do particularly well in much else and I don't really remember any other Teachers to be honest. But my love of history and great memories from those lessons well over 40 years ago, still remains, you are a very engaging Historian too, the cancel cultures loss and very much our gain, thank you.

Q & A is great to mix it up with the standalone lectures.

These are amazing videos!

A fantastic talk ! So fascinating !

Wow, what an awesome video/historian. His ability to tell a story is extraordinary! He was merely answering a quick question in his study but I felt like I was actually living the history. I felt like I was watching a movie. The storytelling is gripping, exciting, and educational. I’m a new fan- can’t wait to watch more!

Wonderful video. The failure of Mary has always interested me, it’s great to see it explained with such knowledge and eloquence

Love these videos!!

I'm so happy I have found this page !! This makes me want to learn more about Mary the first

Thank you for your deep knowledge, wisdom and courage!

Wonderful, our very own historian...

I look forward to that more full video on Mary I. As a Catholic, it is tempting to look for some kind of vindication for Mary's failures, but they were what they were. She was neither as bad as is often painted nor the saint her promoters through history often made her out to be.

@marcokite

2 жыл бұрын

true but had she lived and had offspring the protestant heresy would have been extinguished in England

@DavidOatney

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcokite realistically speaking we can't know that, we can say that it would have been severely hampered, but repression did not knockout protestantism in France (Huguenots) or Italy (Waldensians)

@colinlavelle7806

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcokite Exactly!!! and England might be a catholic country today!!!

@davidevans3227

Жыл бұрын

i wonder if mary had been a king (if you know what i mean?) like um.. Henry the ninth or something.. and behaved the same, how would that have been looked at? she seems no different to a lot of others.. monarchs. they all seemed pretty brutal at that time.. didn they?

@pattierotondo1108

Жыл бұрын

Henry put FAR more people to death. Mary is unfairly viewed as "bloody" when her father executed thousands more people. I think the only reason she gets that name is because they wanted to sully her memory because she was Catholic. That's what the "victors" do when they write history.

Brilliant as always.

Truly enjoy your documentaries as well especially your voice. Thankyou.

I absolutely loved this Mr Starkey, thank you.

That was so fun to listen to!

Thank you Dr. Starkey for your wonderful conversation on British history.

Was she that bad? She had one of my relatives burnt at the stake for alleged heresy in Oxford on 21st March 1556. That strikes me as quite bad.

@arcadian78

2 жыл бұрын

But it’s not just Mary I is it….we could say that a large number of English monarchs have been bad if we go on how many people have been executed during their reign.

@harmlessdrudge

2 жыл бұрын

No other English monarch burned as many people for heresy as did Mary.

@arcadian78

2 жыл бұрын

@@harmlessdrudge I don't see that the method of execution makes any difference or the crime,just the numbers......Gloriana herself had over 600 people executed at just one time in her reign due to a rebellion against her reign so let's not pretend that Mary I was alone in having large numbers of her subjects executed.

@harmlessdrudge

2 жыл бұрын

@@arcadian78 You don't see a difference between people being executed for taking up arms against the sovereign and being burned for holding a different faith? Mary burned more in her five years reign than did Elizabeth, and Elizabeth ruled for over forty years.

@arcadian78

2 жыл бұрын

@@harmlessdrudge That's actually not true...as I already said Elizabeth had 600 executed after one rebellion and that was a rebellion that started because despite what a lot of people think Elizabeth was not tolerant of Catholics.

Fascinating summary about the sad fate and reign of Mary I. What an irony that this childless , rather unglamorous queen have her name immortalized by a BOOZE! I can’t wait for Dr. Starkey’s other videos on the Tudors and other dynasties.

Surely Edwards will was law and he did not need parliament to agree on the succession? Surprising the document laying out his wishes survived, How different history would have been if Jane Grey had prevailed.

Fantastic 😊 👏👏 thank you so much.

Brilliant David, thank you.

Mr Starkey is is Historys finest Jewel, simply Briliant.

Superb thank you.

That was a very interesting summary on Mary I. Enjoyed that

Great stuff.

Thank you Dr Starkey

Brilliant. An extraordinary analysis of Queen Mary Tudor. Such beautiful storytelling. I was riveted. 😊

Dear David. At school, Professor Elton was our authority on Tudor England and as I remember saw Cromwell as important in building the importance of Parliament and of taking England from a medieval to a modern bureaucratic government. I know he was your tutor and you talk about a disagreement. I'd love to know your views and the nature of the disagreement.

@nickjung7394

2 жыл бұрын

Thomas? Or Oliver?

@elkpaz560

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickjung7394 Thomas.

What a boon to have you here Dr Starkey.

Fascinating explanation of Mary!

Wonderful!

This is just too good!

History Marche was the one that let alot of us know your on youtube now ! Would love to see you work with some of the other great history channels on here like History Marche, Kings and Generals, Invicta , Flash Point History and History Time!

Superb!

Who would have thought that Denis Waterman was a cross dressing time traveller.

Absolutely love this

Cash is tight in our house ... If I manage to get a proper source of income I will be delighted to pay a membership to Dr Starkey ... I owe him a beer.

Very informative

Dr. Starkey, do you dabble in hypothetical / alternative history? What could of been or how things would of differed had an important event or battle been different. How would things of been different over the course of English history and development had King Harald defeated Duke William at Hastings and maintained an Anglo Saxon England? Would the feudal system of been different? Would there of ever been a magna carta?

Brilliant!