Find out more about the formation of Scotland here kzread.info/dash/bejne/k5Ot0NWFYazTp7g.html

@justtruth5855

2 жыл бұрын

It will be nice when the DNA and hidden documents, shows what happened to the descendants of the original people who lived there over 300 years ago. 😱

@connsaunders9600

2 жыл бұрын

Were the Picts not an indigenous British People too ?

@irenejohnston6802

2 жыл бұрын

You're my fave history chap. I'm a Lancashire lass, on the Mersea, boundary river. c900 even part of Northumbria. Makes a nonsense of people squabbling about their ancestry. We're close enough to have more in common than the political boundaries and devolved parliaments of 20th/21st century. 300,000 Irish people came to Liverpool in 1857. Many of whom moved on later. Love history. Liverpool full of Scandi names. Age 81

@g4joe

2 жыл бұрын

Ay, and what about us "Bretons"

@irenejohnston6802

2 жыл бұрын

@@g4joe went to Brittany thirty years ago. Stayed in old farm house Leur Vihan nr. Brasparts , Breton Brasparzh. Walls more than 1ft thick. Original carved high dresser. Parc d'Amorique, Pleyben, Chataulain. The region has a definite 'air' about it.

I love this! Not a historian my ass! Lexicographer, ancient linguist, masterful pronunciation, geographer, comedian (when we get it!) a great ambassador for Scotland.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Here noo, Dinnae get above yersel

The place names in that part of Scotland are to a large part of old Welsh origin. Glasgow,Glas cau in Welsh - green hollow, Ecclefechan, Eglwys Ffychan - little church. Peebles, pabell - tent, Perth, Perth - thicket, Penicuik - pen y cog - hill of the cuckoo, Lanark , Llanerch - grove and the list goes on. In Welsh we call the Britons of Strathclyde or Ystrad Clyd ‘yr gwr o hen gogledd’ the men of the old north and the poem y Gododdin by the poet Aneurin celebrates them feasting at Caer Edin, Edinburgh castle before going to battle against the Angles at Catraeth - catterick

@Linz0440

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure about all of that but I've been told the first time the name of Falkirk (speckled church) appeared, it was in a form of Brythonic that would have been understood by the Welsh.

@YoungT18

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, cause we all(Irish, Scotts, Welsh) are Celts

@Linz0440

2 жыл бұрын

@@YoungT18 You think the Stuarts are Celts??

@YoungT18

2 жыл бұрын

@@Linz0440 yes, why not? Because their progenitor was a Celt(Scott)

@Linz0440

2 жыл бұрын

@@YoungT18 Thing is he wasn't. You should watch more of Bruce's videos! The first high steward was born of a Saxon mother and a Norman father (although he was believed to be of Celtic origin, he was culturally Norman). The Royal House of Stewart came into being when the Steward married a de Brus woman (the de Brus family descended from a Norman knight). Then, over the centuries, a great number of French people came and married into the family. My gran, one of the original Scottish nationalists, told me when I was wee that I had French blood 'fae awa back'.

I'm from Cumbria and we still have some remnants of the brythonic language in our place names and our counting system. Penrith, Blencathra, Blennerhasset, Cumrew are a few of the ones I can think of. I think Carlisle was still part of Scotland until the 12th (on and off, there was a lot of fighting over it).

@sionkembrek3812

Жыл бұрын

i believe that honestly that Y hen ogledd and cumbria should be given to wales, it is quite obviously not english making the names refer to Cymbru

Hi Bruce, the poor churchmouse here! Yes, Welsh is a truly great and totally bamboozling Celtic language! I fought hard one year to learn a Welsh song to sing for a solo turn at our Celtic Festival. Even got a Welsh friend to oversee my pronunciation of the words so I could give the audience a truly good example of how beautiful the language is! Afterwards, I was approached by an old man with tears flowing down his cheeks. Thinking something was wrong, I immediately asked him if I could be of any help. He took my outstretched hand in both of his and said "My God, you honestly sang in Welsh! You sang Ar Lan Y Mor! I've not heard that song sung in fifty years by anybody! Thank you! Thank you so much for singing about my homeland tonight!" We hugged and I promised to sing it at my band's set the next day. The others were miffed, but I did it alone instead of the song we had practised. He stood up from his chair and started singing it with me! So very, very cool to dig that deep and actually reach someone! I give you kudos just for tackling a name. It took me six months to get an entire song right! Now, on to the second matter: so, you're not a historian just like I'm not one. Nevermind I have liked and studied history since I was a child, have to-the-ceiling bookcases full of history books, love the debate of 'what really happened here', search the internet for what I just learned about every time I have a minute and understand that the people who came before us had lives both happy and sad, humorous and tragic. I would wager you are much the same as me in this. That makes us amateur historians perhaps (that's what my friends call me) but I fear your former teaching profession makes you belittle your own knowledge. You are a student of history but so are those with PhDs. The audience you have gathered here is proof that you love and respect history no matter what that history may be, telling the whole tale from many sides with very little bias, something that most 'historians' can't or won't do. I could talk rings around most of my professors It was something that the class actually stayed awake to hear! You once told me to be a proud churchmouse. I hope you you will consider yourself to be a proud storyteller of history!

@aprilblossom9268

16 күн бұрын

Amazing account 're the singing of the song... On historians, I feel that fellas like this should reach history in schools - bet they would all pass their exams!

Thanks for including Cumbria its early history is often ignored.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@georgefuters7411

2 жыл бұрын

@@harrisonofthenorth I think you mean several comments below. You make a fair point, but Bruce didn't get it wrong, just simplified a complex developmental stage in post Romano Britain. Strathclyde did extend south of Morecambe before it split into Rheged (Cumbria) and Dun Freis (Dumfries- the fort of the Frisians). Likewise, Bernicia in the east became Northumbria. Cumberland and Northumberland are modern constructs based on these former fifedoms

@georgefuters7411

2 жыл бұрын

@@harrisonofthenorth Oh, dear! Someone has too much time on his hands. You do realise that he earliest mention of "Arthur's Round Table" was in 1155 in a book called "Roman de Brut" by Robert Wace. I assume the "records" to which you refer are: "The Black Book of Caermarthen" (the works of Llywarch Hen of Strathclyde), "The Book of Aneirin" (the works of Aneirin of Alclut (Dumbarton), Strathclyde), "The Book of Taliesin" (the works of Taliesin of Annwn (Annan) Rheged) or even "The Red Book of Hengest" (the works of Laikoken of Tweeddale (Strathclyde - Bernicia border), you might know him by his welsh name: Myrddin or perhaps his English name: Merlin Before you start ranting about King Arthur: he was a construct based on Artos y Gododdin, referred to by Gildas as "The Bear" (Te, Ursus) and described as a war lord (Dux Bellorum) in 535AD in "De Excidio Britanniarum"

@georgefuters7411

2 жыл бұрын

@@harrisonofthenorth Rant? You were the one who brought Arthur into the equation! Ethnicity? the peoples of Strathclyde, Rheged, Cumbria and Cymru were all ethnically Pretanic (Brythonic if you prefer) Cumberland is an Anglic construct! You argue in circles! The video you commented on was called "Who made the Scottish People....The Britons", not "what part of england do you hail from" If you watch the rest of the series you will see that there is no such thing as an ethnic Scot. We're an amalgam of many ethnicities; being a Scot is being a member of a community, with a common sense of justice and equality: "wur a' Jock Tamsons' bairns", "A mans a man fur a' that", and, while you're at it "gonnae no' dae that...gonnae no'!"

@jameshazelwood9433

2 жыл бұрын

@@harrisonofthenorth But Anglo Saxon England did fall in 1066 it has live under the Norman yolk ever since

I have a Brythonic name my self and love it ... Scotland in the heart.really love this!

I am from Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, in some ways we pride ourselves in our Scottish roots more than being Canadian. We have what we recognize as our own official Tartan, you are likely to have bagpipes at special occasions or greeting tourists, and as far as place names for me to get to my friends home 15 min away I have to travel through Caledonia, Sterling, and New Aberdeen. We have even sent highland dancers over to Scotland to perform and teach.

Great stuff. As a proud Ayrshireman, IMO the Britons of Southern Scotland and the Kingdom of Strathclyde is utterly fascinating, yet criminally ignored.

@armstronggermany2995

2 жыл бұрын

Not by me. My Mother was from Dumbarton and firefathers, one Grandfather and family from Greenock and others from Dalry. I am still proud to be Scots and British .

@MrResearcher122

2 жыл бұрын

@@armstronggermany2995 My wee Mor was from Greenock. She died recently,but I love up the road.

I may be about as English as you can get, but I love what you're doing; bringing to light the history of our island and celebrating Scottish history. I've certainly learned a lot, so thank you!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Delighted

We have a name in Welsh for that area it's Yr Hen Ogledd, literally meaning the old north it refers to northern England and Lowland Scotland.

Thank you for your clear articulation. I'm ashamed to say it but sometimes I can't understand the magnificent Scottish dialect. I don't miss a word you say.

Thank you for doing this video bruce. I'm half welsh half Scots from strathclyde and I feel strongly about the history and culture of strathclyde and hate that our history is completely ignored by the scottish education system and government

@laurencemaccarthaigh1130

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcus3060 yes they do there are lots of people I know that would say that

@laurencemaccarthaigh1130

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcus3060 no strathclyde is South west scotland I'm from North Ayrshire in strathclyde. Its definitely a thing in areas its from dumbarton to whithorn

@laurencemaccarthaigh1130

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcus3060 I think it's mostly a countryside thing feeling that belonging

@noahtylerpritchett2682

2 жыл бұрын

Same with Cumbria In England. The old North is fascinating. People focus to much on the Angles of Northumbria that settled the Lowlands but not "the old north" or the Britons that the Angles conquered.

@paulkehoe67

2 жыл бұрын

there was plenty of contact with the welsh & strathclyde through out history...

I have to say that you do a fantastic job navigating the waters of history and explaining them in a diplomatic way. It is amazing how divided we can be about our heritage and identity when we are all so closely related. We fight over a fraction of a percentage of DNA difference.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

True dat

Thanks for this. I was born in Govan, then moved to France: from the place where St. Gildas was born , to the parish named after him in Brittany---by chance!

Good job Bruce, I've read somewhere that King Arthur was a Pictish King in the 5th century, born in the Aberdeen area and was fighting the Romans and the Anglo Saxons, it appears the legend of Arthur is not English or Cornish but rather a Pictish Scotii King, why the English (Anglo Saxons) portray him as English is quite weird he was fighting the Saxons who become the English😂

My wife's grandmother was baptized in Govan Old and her great grandparents married there. They moved from Glasgow in 1928 to here in Philadelphia. We were lucky and got to visit there in 2018 and viewed all the records the staff had prepped for us for our visit. They are doing excellent work with the Govan Stones and the history of Govan.

@markalmada9662

2 жыл бұрын

My cousin Married here. Her mother in law was the Minister of this parish. An amazing church. After living near by most of my life. I found all the history the old nobles tombstones at the wedding. I hadn't realised it had become the capital of Strathclyde after the vikings attacked Dumbarton. Well worth a visit.

Am a Yorkshire man but have to say I love your vids and as a lover of history and Scotland I have learnt so much more from them... keep em coming👍👌😎

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@siarlb8115

2 жыл бұрын

Shaun, it is my understanding that the name Bryant is of Brythonic origin, it is my name also and I always thought it was French. The French part could be correct but from Brittany and it would have come to Brittany from Cornwall during the exodus of Brythonic peoples caused by the advance of the Anglo Saxons.

Me and the wife love this channel! What a wonderful way to celebrate and learn more about our MacDonald heritage! And always beginning with your epic opening of "Let me tell you a story"...reminiscent of the opening lines of "Conan the Barbarian", when the wizard played by Mako uttered: "Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!". Slainte mhath!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Sgoinneil

You make me laugh! "Like GOT without the smart arsed midget" 😂 I loved this video, waiting for the rest

And to think that Scotland is considered to be a backwater- yet its tendrils wrap around the entire world.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

True

@kellybrown685

2 жыл бұрын

We Scots thing ENGLAND is backward.... and barbaric.. (-:

@adventussaxonum448

2 жыл бұрын

@@kellybrown685 We "thing" that you're happy using our language..... sort of!

@darkstarr2321

2 жыл бұрын

@@kellybrown685 Love how you mention England immediately 😂

@i_know_youre_right_but

2 жыл бұрын

@@kellybrown685 do you think you’ve ever gone a day without thinking about England? I like the Scots and Scotland, but your obsession with us is a bit creepy.

Awesome seeing history on the Strathclyde Britons that shaped this part of Scotland during its formation. Love videos on Lanarkshire related history. Thanks again Bruce.

Your channel is awesome Bruce. I'm a BIG FAN, and really like how to travel to all these different spots. Keep them coming, and I'll show up...

Fascinating

Fantastic work. Greetings from rugged and windswept Ayrshire!

Not a historian. You certainly have clarified some questions that I had about my ancestors. Thank you 😊

Always worth noting when talking about "Strathclyde Welsh" that "Wallace" is nothing more than a variation of "Welsh", suggesting that one of the most famous Scots of all time was from a Brythonic background. Also, the unique accent in Strathclyde even to this follows similar patterns to Welsh, with low pitch on stressed syllables followed by high pitch after.

You need a show fella. History is so important and you tell the stories in a way that is accessible and engaging.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

“Plus I’m not actually an historian… “. Made me lol. Thanks Bruce.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

...but I'm no😎

@PaulEcosse

2 жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Ye get 'Historians' reading the news now I see, funny old world.

@stevenwheeler5324

2 жыл бұрын

Loved this👍👍👍

@stephenreid1527

2 жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Yes yes you are

Great Video! Very fluent History telling, already watched the Scott episode. I was watching this "The Britons" episodes eating my nachos with beer, greatly enjoying the evening. But then at minute 7:46 the graffiti on the wall made me almost choke with my beers + nachos + laughter. As I am writing this my cat has masterfully reached the nacho bowl and is liking the cheese. Anyway looking forward to the other episodes.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

Every time I learn about Scotland I love it more and more

Wow I'm English and have no great interest in Scottish history but I could listen to you all day.

The guy may not be a historian but he's a great story teller.

So now you know why Scots, Welsh and Cornish people get on so well together, even if we do take the proverbial out of each other 😄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@alexandrakhodonova8811

2 жыл бұрын

Except large parts of wales have never forgiven Scots for the 1830s! “Go home and put your trousers on!” As the people of Merthyr cried!

@kennyyenotha3145

2 жыл бұрын

Jocks and Scousers get along.

@jimcy1318

2 жыл бұрын

Decent folks from all the region's get on, it's the cock heads that are the problem.🇬🇧

@eamonlyons8318

2 жыл бұрын

Scots are closer to irish than the welsh

@IqbalShadirefahmulk

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. The Scottish welsh connection is the equivalent to the french- welsh connection, historical but in modern terms non existent. The Scots ceased speaking British( welsh) around the 10th century and the Gauls stopped speaking Gaulish around the 5th century I believe. Though Scotland and England are more similar than Scotland to Ireland( though Scotland and Ireland have more genetic similarities). But ethnically the Scottish are Anglo-Norman gaels.

You relay are doing a great job here.on all of your episodes and deserve great credit as an Educator .respect to you!

ooh please, you epic bugger, can't wait for your overview of the painted people. You're the best

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Filming today

You're the man! From Massachusetts USA

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

😂

I love this series. Great story!

Bruce man this video is so needed. Thankyou Steve

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@steventhompson9875

2 жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours some comments are just incredible. Its good to get it ironed out. 😆. Thanks again Bruce

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

More steam😤

Top notch as always!

Brilliant info. again Bruce!

"Smart-Ass Midget" LOL.... Tyrion Lannister was one of the best characters in GoT ! I think we can all agree that Peter Dinklage is a GREAT actor.

Glad you made this video,its sad that people don't know the interesting history of the making of Scotland and that Glasgow area was the longest single welsh kingdom. Also Glasgow is a welsh name ,i think it means green field but i could be wrong.

@Valhalla88888

9 ай бұрын

Question: why is Hadrian's wall mostly in English territory, there were no Britain's or Welsh above the Wall it was controlled by the Caledonian Picts?

I appreciate the work that you do and ideas that you promote

Thanjs for another interesting story

Fascinating. Another one to share with my family.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

Hen Oedd, the Old North in Welsh. Another highly entertaining yarn. Thanks

@OldNavajoTricks

2 жыл бұрын

Hen Ogledd 👍

@paulcannell7188

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for the correction :)

@OldNavajoTricks

2 жыл бұрын

No worries marra, intended in good faith 👍

I absolutely love this series and hope you will do more videos on the formation of Scotland. As an aside, it would be great to see you do some collaborations with channels like Suibhne and The Armchair Historian on this topic, as I feel it's an undertold story.

As a Welshman living in England I am not naturally inquisitive about Scottish history. But your infectious enthusiasm and wonderful delivery makes your videos fantastically entertaining (and it doesn't even matter that you can't pronounce Welsh names!!). The downside is that it looks like I am going to learn much more about Scottish history from now on than I ever thought I wanted to! Well done - you have another subscriber! PS. Some comments below ascribe place names in Strathclyde as being of Welsh origin. But it is more accurate to say, as you suggest when you talk about the derivation of Cymru, Cumbria etc as being from the old British for "compatriots", that they are old British names and that Welsh is what is left of the old British language.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. I hope you learn loads of Scottish history

The hills of Old Kilpatrick are beautiful, great views over the Erskine bridge and towards Renfrew…Sorry did I say beautiful 🙄😂 Loved when you walked past the graffiti with the words “Peados”…In Govan too 😂😂

Great Vids Bruce , cant wait for the Picts !!!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

You'll have tae. It's no done yet😂

more pearls of wisdom , excellent !

Great start to Christmas Day!

I have some Scottish ancestry and I never have had a real opportunity to learn about Scottish history. I learn so much from your videos and truly appreciate the work and effort that you put into it. I suppose all I'm really trying to say is thank you.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

I just love this man's voice!

Love your Channel Bruce, it's educational and fun. Keep up the good work and look forward to watching more, thank you Bruce.

loving more AND MORE this chanel.

Another guid one Bruce! Nice wee mention of Mungo there... his dad, allegedly, was Owain mab Urien, son of Urien of Rheged, who becomes the Owain of the Arthurian legends. Mungo's first seat as a bishop was at Hoddom, by Ecclefechan and traces of his monastery can still be seen there (as lumps and bumps) but have a look at the location if you ever stop by.. there's a muckle big hill right by a broad curve in a river and Mungo plonked his kirk on the flat land there. When he got to Glasgow.. well, there's the Cathedral, right by a big hill, a river running by... and it's not that different to the layout over at Traprain Law, where his mither got kicked off in a barrel by her faither.. what a charmer he must have been... for getting pregnant by that guy Owain. Come on wee man, there's a story waiting to get telt there, eh? :)

Slowly 🐌 becoming my favourite ever channel, be it KZread or Sky. Great work, amazing information and great entertainment. Love it. 💘

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Yay!

Just want to say your videos really are great. History is a love of mine, but not everyone has the gift of retelling it in such a way so as ignite interest, captivate and leave the viewer with the need to find out more about the topic. You have that and if more people had your gift then a lot more people would have an interest history. You say your not an historian, but one thing I can asure you is that people need history teachers like you. Have a brlliant day and thank you for the great content!

I've been a history need all my life, Why have I never heard that (the part about the Stuart's), particularly put so simply! Just subscribed👍👍👍👍👍

Oh just another wee thought... about that Welsh / Scottish Brythonic link. That new kingdom that sprung up, Strathclyde, was as you say Strath Clwyd, or more accurately, Ystrad Clwyd. can it get any more Welsh looking. (Seriously, have a wee swatch at the use of Ystrad in mordern Wlesh place names in Welsh Wales) I'm down here in Ystrad Annan which, by the time of Wee Bobby Bruce, was lumbered with Ystradannanderdale, a right hodge podge of Cwmric and AngloNorse. Latha math dhut, a charaid.

Cymru am beth Bruce . As a Lanark born expat who has lived in Wales for the past 30 years I've frequently pointed out to the locals that I'm possibly more Welsh than they are (immigration into Wales by Anglo Normans and Irish) Wallace gets his name from his Brythonic ancestry and King Arthur probably came from Scotland

@TS-bn7zt

2 жыл бұрын

@@harrisonofthenorth Very interesting comment,

@danieljennings6814

2 жыл бұрын

King Arthur isn’t Scottish. He was welsh born in Cornwall(was apart of Wales)

@coinneachreid8971

2 жыл бұрын

@@danieljennings6814 Absolutely but I didn't say he was , said he came from Scotland. There is a strong possibility that the Arthur described by Nennius may have been a dux bellorum of the Gododdin (Votadini) coming from trapain law or Dinas Edyn (Edinburgh) or Northumbria (which would make him English LOL). Most of the Nennius battle sites could be on the Forth . Which would make perfect sense a military career honed by constant battles with the Picts. I dont disclaim he was a welshman, but as I stated earlier so potentially am I lol

@mcallisterwill

2 жыл бұрын

@@danieljennings6814 see now we always claimed he was from Cumbria, in a place called Arthuret. Bruce is right to talk of the Britons getting largely forgotten about outside of Wales. I blame that Geoffrey of Monmouth fella.

@davidpaterson2309

2 жыл бұрын

I believe that Wallace was referred to by Gaelic speaking allies as “William the Briton” which may only have been because he came from the area that they historically associated with Britons but it is an intriguing coincidence that “Wallace” derives from “Wealsc” (= Welsh = “foreigner”) the word used by the Angles and Saxons to describe Britons specifically, wherever they found them. Perhaps his mother tongue was a Brythonic language? Not as odd as it might seem as it’s quite likely that variations on the Strathclyde/Cumbrian variant survived in SW Scotland until well after Wallace’s time.

Brilliant mate.

Love your videos & information ty for posting & continued success!!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Rhydderch Hael in Welsh would be prounounched Rhuh-therch (th like th in "THis", ch like German ch) Hael (combine H with isle). Cymru and Cymry both pronounced Come-ree.

I am a blend of DNA that would make you look like a slightly translucent Scotsman. But by all that is good my heart is Scottish. Let no man deny that! I am a Scotsman!, and South African:)

@khumphrey2231

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a McKellar. Are you in Scotland? We are in the States, but my grandad was born in Dunoon.

@emilmckellar4932

2 жыл бұрын

@@khumphrey2231 No sorry mate. I am South African, My great granddad came to kick the Boer ass when the English failed and loved the country, and a Boer woman, so he stayed. My blood is so mixed, "war and peace" would look like "the hungry hungry caterpillar" by comparison. But my Heart is Scottish that I can tell you with no doubt!

If you ever get time I'd like to see a dedicated video on king Bridie and the end of the golden age of the kingdom of Fortrue. I think you make factually sound videos that are still highly entertaining my friend and that is a real rarity which I appreciate very much. Thanks for sharing your passion and a healthy dose of humour with us

Proud reiver from Moffat!

I like it when he lists the names of everyone involved and I start to loose grip on perception

you make me want to come back up north and tour round Scotland to visit lots of historic places ive not visited yet

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

My work here is done😎

@andrewkirk6595

2 жыл бұрын

also just seen my name on screen as a patreon thanks

found this channel few days ago, love these videos and ur a great host keep it up bro

@eldorados_lost_searcher

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it!

Thanks for this video series! I love that you are shining some light on a little-known topic.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@2realtruthbritton

2 жыл бұрын

It is a little known topic for sure! I was amazed to read this from a very old book... "The emissary of Rome demanded that these Christian churches acknowledge the supremacy of the sovereign pontiff. The Britons meekly replied that they desired to love all men, but that the pope was not entitled to supremacy in the church, and they could render to him only that submission which was due to every follower of Christ. Repeated attempts were made to secure their allegiance to Rome; but these humble Christians, amazed at the pride displayed by her emissaries, steadfastly replied that they knew no other master than Christ." Great Controversy 1888 edition p 62.4

@soccerchamp0511

2 жыл бұрын

@@2realtruthbritton The church in Britain and Ireland was somewhat independent for a long time, utilizing different practices such as private confession/penance, the style of tonsure, and the date of Easter. It wasn't until about the 10th century that they had become pretty much completely Romanized.

@2realtruthbritton

2 жыл бұрын

@@soccerchamp0511 Oh, wow. Thanks for sharing! That confirms another quote from the Great Controversy... In Great Britain, primitive Christianity had very early taken root. The gospel received by the Britons in the first centuries, was then uncorrupted by Romish apostasy. Persecution from pagan emperors, which extended even to these far-off shores, was the only gift that the first churches of Britain received from Rome. Many of the Christians, fleeing from persecution in England, found refuge in Scotland; thence the truth was carried to Ireland, and in all these countries it was received with gladness. GC88 62.2

So Scotland’s great hero William Wallace was of Strathclyde, British heritage. The name Wallace deriving from Old Norman for Welshman

"Basically, medieval Scotland was like Game of Thrones without the smart arsed midget." Made me fall out of my bloody chair laughing.

Love these videos so much

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

So glad!

I'm looking forward to you putting all this into a specific section of re-watching on KZread. There's a hell of a lot of information you're putting out and I think I will need to watch all the vids together to understand it. I'm learning so much here, man. I really appreciate it.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Some stuff's organised into playlists and when this series of five is finished it will go into a playlist for sure

@darriendastar3941

2 жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours When this becomes a playlist, I think I'm going to have to listen to it a couple of times. You're putting one hell of a lot of historical and anthropological information into this and it needs to be properly digested. I'm so impressed that you can know and explain all this. Your brain is the entire cake and trifle while I'm just nibbling around at biscuits.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

One page ahead o' the bairns lad, one page ahead o' the bairns😜

Ivor the Boneless and Olaf the White led the viking force that sacked Alt Clud

Here in East TN, especially Greene County (Greeneville), Britton is a common family name. Am I safe to assume this is where it originated? That’s probably a silly question, but history and origins can be strange.

Love watching these back. Seriously love Scotland and have been all over our beautiful country. Seen a lot of the world but as Glenda the good witch said first "theres no place like home".

Wow! I look forward to all those video's. For someone who's not a historian, well you fool me. I love to learn about British history and your video's about Scottish history, well with out wishing to give you a big head I think are excellent. You have a great easy going style in your presentation. As always I look forward to your next offering. All the best from cloudy Thailand

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Aye, come to Scotland for the sun😂

I'm no linguistic authority, but I *think* Rhydderch Hael would sound like "Rhith-erch Isle". I know he's mentioned by Taliesin and he was related to Owein Rheged (Malory's Black Knight)

@anonUK

2 жыл бұрын

In Welsh, y is u and u is y. Hence, Cymru is pronounced Cumry.

Great video, thanks! And see - you don’t need to be quite so upset about having to have British on your passport - it’s part of all of us on this island’s heritage, Scottish, English, or (even more) Welsh!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

😜

@IqbalShadirefahmulk

2 жыл бұрын

British means inhabitant of Great Britain. The original meaning was a speaker of British( welsh) but after the 16th century the English used the term British more commonly.

@willmosse3684

2 жыл бұрын

@@IqbalShadirefahmulk True. Though I guess originally originally it was a geographic name, more like it is now. What the Romans called the people who lived on the island they called Britannia (Briton at least, if not British). Then, their language was named after the name the people got because of where they lived (Brythonic any way, if not British). Then, when other people with different languages came to live on the island, it became an ethnonym for those original people who lived on the island and spoke the British language so as to distinguish them from the others. And all of the nations on this island today descend at least in part from these Britons/British people, though all have taken different names for their peoples. And now, it is once again simply a name for people who live on the island of Britain. Full Circle! ⭕️🤩

Love what you do, thank you Bruce! Tell us a story;)

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

I do my best Prof

Thank you for the videos Bruce. Really enjoy watching and listening to them. Can’t wait to visit Scotland again (in October)once we are all released properly. Darren from Bristol.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome

My surnames Lennox, I was born in north east England though. The only thing I know is that name originated in Dumbarton and that there is a derelict castle there named Lennox castle. Which was used as a hospital during one of the world wars. Interesting stuff, cheers for the content.

@ajrwilde14

2 жыл бұрын

names ending in X suggest a French origin

@maryanderson9835

Жыл бұрын

My family are also Lennox from central Scotland

@rozyb007

Жыл бұрын

Lennox castle hospital is in Lennoxtown which is in the region of East Dunbartonshire, different area and a good 40 mins drive from Dunbarton.

@roystonarmstrong

8 ай бұрын

Lennox is the changed version of Levenachs. Achs means ' belonging to' or 'of'. As for example sassenach; of the Saxons i.e. English. The leven part refers to the river Leven that runs from Loch Lomond to Dunbarton by the castle there and into the larger River Clyde. The River Leven flows through the valley or Vale of Leven. So Levenachs(shortened to Lennox) refers to the wider area around the Vale of Leven or the people from there

@roystonarmstrong

8 ай бұрын

Lennox was used as the name of the earldom of that area( in older times called the Mormaerdom of Lennox) . There is still an Earl of Lennox though the seat is ,I think, now at Lennox love Castle East of Edinburgh in Lothian.

Loved the graffiti in Glasgow

@gav2759

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, started off great with spelling, but let themselves down with extraneous apostrophe.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

😂What is it wi NEDs and extraneous apostrophe's

Probably my favourite history subjects in Scotland's History.

Dun Alclwyd - Rock of the Brythons! Fascinating video.

I've been retracing my ancestry and have both scottish and cornish heritage. It's interesting that they actually share a lot of surnames

@eamonlyons8318

2 жыл бұрын

Scottish?

Can't wait for the next parts.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

You'll have to. They're no written😜

Geddon did I hear you say kernow ? We're still fighting the fight and banging the drum down here 😎 kernow bys vykken ✌

Who are the Britons? You are, and I’m your king!

@eldorados_lost_searcher

2 жыл бұрын

Well I didn't vote for you!

@scottfergusson8411

2 жыл бұрын

Run away......run away !!!!

@okiwatashi2349

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottfergusson8411 I drive past Doune castle most days, which always prompts my daughter to say “I fart in your general direction!” And fits of laughter

@ayrshireman1314

2 жыл бұрын

Bloody peasant!

The Migration period is really when everywhere got a good kicking... not the best time to be alive.

you might not be a college educated historian. But to me you are my favorite historian. I love your videos. I learned more from watching you than I ever have watching other historians.

Great video. Lovely locations.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

You're not a historian, you say? Historians need to be accurate+objective about the past and to tell a good story. I think you pass well on both counts. Lang may ye'r lum reek.

We're all basically affrican, ahh Walter Strand most be frothing at the mouth🤣🤣🤣🤣. Love the vid Bruce veery interesting slán abhaile for now

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@stanleyshannon4408

2 жыл бұрын

Of course, we're also all basically vertebrates...only different...

This channels awesome well done big yein ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@ScotlandHistoryTours

5 ай бұрын

Ah thanks

A very interesting point about the legend of King Arthur.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Every few videos I say something interesting😜

@webkelpie

2 жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours, true, true... and often several times in between 😁