If you liked this video you might want to know how Anglo-Saxon England came to an end. Find out more about the Norman Conquest here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mXWqmqtxYLHVaJM.html

@brokenrecord3523

3 жыл бұрын

Geez, Spoiler Alert maybe?

@HebrewHakaishin

2 жыл бұрын

Why don't you cover black history of Europe, you racist

The last kingdom is actually quite accurate for a TV show as well as being mad entertaining. King Alfred is amazing in the show as my favourite quote goes "you can't beat him because the bastard thinks"

@sheevpalpatine7056

3 жыл бұрын

The last Kingdom*

@chipsthedog1

3 жыл бұрын

@@sheevpalpatine7056 Thankyou, don't know how I did that! Lol

@sheevpalpatine7056

3 жыл бұрын

@@chipsthedog1 I hate being the person to do it so apologies but although the show got stupid sometimes I felt I had to 😂

@Skillorex

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@AndyGarcia-ch1ci

Жыл бұрын

The last kingdom gets a 10 out of 10 from me. Truly amazing show and super underrated.

But Uhtred of Bebanburgh will not be mentionned...

@AC-hj9tv

Жыл бұрын

Burbreg bof bebanburgh

@Cados52

Жыл бұрын

But, Alfred knows it to be true...

@soulofachristian8704

Жыл бұрын

😅🤣😂

@whotookmypenisissmall1019

Жыл бұрын

uhtred was born 2 year before alfred died

@Wafflefarts

Жыл бұрын

I thought about that tbh 😅

The first king of England was Alfred's grandson, Ethelstan, son of Edward.

@totallynottofu7503

3 жыл бұрын

Æthelstan (just typing for fun)

@thevampirecielphantomhive2342

2 жыл бұрын

Athelstan (Æthelstan)

@TheBlazingDead

2 жыл бұрын

On a technicality. Alfred was the first king of all of England. Athelstan was the first king of all England as it is now. Alfred had Danelaw to contend with.

@Scepticalasfuk

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBlazingDead I'm on your side because you don't use those weirdly, somewhat girly-man letters that try to combine a and e as though it's some kind of feat of intellect and erudition!

@AKJ-Editz

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBlazingDead thats what i am saying thanks

Anyone else here after listening to Hacks From the Past podcast?! I'm seriously obsessed with Alfred the Great now, can't get enough. The man had an indomitable spirit and his story is inspiring.

A great but forgotten king of England. Even here in England. I for one never learned about him in School till last year. (i knew of him before that from private study) But the fact that i wasn't taught till than goes into a deeper problem that History in general is massively under taught

@LookBackHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, generally English history classes start with the Normans. Of course, they're important but the reason they're important is because of the massive changes they brought about in England. Rarely is the question asked: what did England look like before those changes began?

@lehistoryconnoisseur1441

3 жыл бұрын

Look Back History Exactly we learn of the Romans and than a little on the Anglo saxons. But just skip the Heptarchy and the Viking kings and go to William the conqueror. Infact in School we’re were learning of the Vikings and Alfred was a side character as we were focusing on the Danelaw and Jorvik in particular.

@twitts6041

3 жыл бұрын

Alfred was not a king of England. He was the king of Wessex, a Saxon country. He was the first king to visualise a United saxon kingdom called England, which means land of the Angles. Which has made me think as to why England is not called Saxland. The first king of England was Alfred's grandson, Ethelstan.

@fredatkin1568

3 жыл бұрын

Speak for you self if it wasn’t for him are great nation wouldn’t of exist I will all ways remember this king he was a true king who fight with his men against are Viking cousins

@WeiderMystic

3 жыл бұрын

teach history to your kids - don't let the subpar schools rob your children of England's great history.

As an old man, I find it sad that in American public education, history books now ignore Alfred, sometimes altogether. When I was young, there he was, right after reading of Charlemagne...now, all gone...or, almost all gone ( I shouldn't generalize so sharply)...Alfred is the only British king to be called 'the Great' and for good reason; he did not simply unite the Anglo-Saxons together and stalemate the Vikings; he also tried to revive civilization.

from what i understand, alfred isnt called the great because of his miliary victories but because he was a true christian king. when he defeated his enemies, he didnt slaughter or enslave them as was the habit of the time, instead he gave them the choice to become his subjects protected under law, which meant that the vikings werent wiped out in england but instead became steadfast supporters of the english realm. theres a story i was told that exemplifies alfred: his army was besiging an enemy castle and his army had captured the young son of the the lord of the castle. it was usual to demonstate hopelessness of the beseiged by maiming of hostages. usually the son would have been made blind and tortured in front of the castle walls. instead alfred showed the son to the castle walls but rather than torturing alfred played conkers with the boy and taught him chess. this was astonishing behaviour. when the seige was ended there was no looting or pillaging, and the lord was allowed to remain so long as he pledged fealty, which he did with tears of gratitude. in later years the boy became one of alfreds most loyal ministers. This and other reasons is why he was called great. Mercy, compassion, intelligence

@5thribroarn304

Жыл бұрын

Alfred The Great was also known for starting the building of stone walls as fortification from constant attacks, which did thwart the attacks and thefts from Churches/Monasteries. He also encouraged Learning and the reading of Books which were rare in those days. Just sharing.

Amazing story, The Last Kingdom in my opinion does a better job describing real history than Vikings.

@jawadabdullah855

2 жыл бұрын

While the last kingdom gave more pov from anglo Saxon while Vikings from Vikings pov. Although the last kingdom gives more info on Alfred the great

@AJ-jv1wh

2 жыл бұрын

Vikings were never meant to be accurate tbf. They have odin show up and the valkyries taking dead ppl to valhalla in the first scene of the show . Pretty sure that was them telling us the show was fantasy based on real characters, not accurate historical documentary

@serronserron1320

Жыл бұрын

@@AJ-jv1wh Yeah they pretty much wrap up 300 years of legendary viking icons add smush them together into one family

@m_zero3009

Жыл бұрын

Vikings had a more difficult job to show real history tbf since there were more accurate saxon records than viking

@G9gravity

Жыл бұрын

Vikings and the last kingdom are not in the same time

The Last Kingdom send me here.

@kooralive5110

3 жыл бұрын

It did send me too , weird Alfred in the show did a great job I love him!

@e.mchristina5260

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, Vikings haha

@dianamiteva5554

3 жыл бұрын

@@e.mchristina5260 and what do u think was the reason I start watching The Last Kingdom 😀😀

@destinhook3826

3 жыл бұрын

Yup 😂

@brokenrecord3523

3 жыл бұрын

Wanting to understand the history behind historical fiction is the sign of an inquisitive mind. Well done.🏆 Although, LBH could have at least mentioned Uhtred. I mean, look at all he did!😉

I watched this video because of last kingdom series ♥️♥️♥️.. Video is good ✌️✌️

@neilwatkins6952

3 жыл бұрын

Just shows how important well made, entertaining TV series based at least loosely on real historical events are now that we don’t read much history and get taught it. Interesting also that our state broadcaster the BBC gave up on the Last Kingdom after two series and Netflix took it up. No doubt it was getting in the way of yet another cooking programme on the schedules...

@rudinaalrashidi9013

2 жыл бұрын

Same thing 😅😅

@Digmen1

2 жыл бұрын

I watched this video because of the Vikings tv series

@Dzendere

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

Wow, absolutely excellent video. Very clear with the pictures and animations, thanks very much.

@LookBackHistory

3 жыл бұрын

No problem!

very helpful will definitely subscribe

Very interesting video! Always enjoy learning more about European history!

@LookBackHistory

3 жыл бұрын

More to come, of that you can be assured!

Perfect for our homeschool unit. Thanks for sharing.

Brilliant video, really explains it well

Good video about an underrated era of history. I'm not being nitpicky, but I just thought you might like to know this: you know that symbol ae used in Anglo-Saxon names? They call it an ash and apparently you pronounce it like the a in 'hat'. So for a name like Aethelflaed, you would pronounce it 'Athelflad' not 'Ethelflade' like a lot of people do. I've seen a few vids about the Dark Ages in the past and plenty of people don't know this.

@LookBackHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Ahh, that makes sense I suppose, considering we pronounce Ælfred as Alfred. Stupid Normans, French-ifying my Anglo-Saxon and screwing up my pronunciations!

@snazzyquizzes2336

3 жыл бұрын

@@LookBackHistory How did you get the A and e to merge in Aelfred?

@LookBackHistory

3 жыл бұрын

By copying it out of Wikipedia where they had already done it for me :)

@tonymaurice4157

2 жыл бұрын

@@LookBackHistory King Alfred must have used archers in his army. let me know if you have any historical records of this 👍

Yes I enjoyed it A real voice for a change As a proud Englishman, I should know more of our early history. It looks like we owe a lot to Afred the great with those burghs etc

May I be picky and say that the black colour the East Anglia words on the dark blue background colour is quite hard to read on the map at begin. Maybe a better contrast would of helped. Oerall I enjoy your video is easy to understand and love all the details explained with images as I can memorise better visually. I left a thumb up and maybe in future Ill subscribe to your content.

great video!love cast

Hell yea great vid

I subscribed and liked this vid and this is cool

@LookBackHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks!

0:35 That guy is unquestionably an ancestor of Boris Johnson.

very good info

Just a quick correction: the Anglo-Saxons never drove the Britons out of England. They ruled and interbred with them, eventually changing their language and culture, but there was never a population replacement.

@tomben6180

Жыл бұрын

This isn’t true, Ancient Briton DNA is only really found in significant numbers in Wales. It was driven out of England by the Anglo Saxons and Scotland by the Scots.

@tomben6180

Жыл бұрын

This isn’t true, Ancient Briton DNA is only really found in significant numbers in Wales. It was driven out of England by the Anglo Saxons and Scotland by the Scots.

@easternlights3155

5 ай бұрын

It's actually very likely that Cerdic, the first king of Wessex (and Alfred's ancestor), was a Briton rather than a Saxon.

im just here because im watching The Last kingdom and wanted a lil more history on it :)

@jamesmoriarty9603

Жыл бұрын

Saaaaaaaame, I'm on my second run-through of the show and love it even more. I'm catching more things, getting more invested in things, and happily reliving the stories again

Thanks dude i was always finding if Alfred the great was first king of england its him.

I enjoyed watching with my sister

@LookBackHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

@AC-hj9tv

Жыл бұрын

Niec

Though Aelfred is known as "the father" of England seeing as he kept the kingdom of Wessex alive during the Viking invasion so that there could one day BE and England, her first king was either his grandson Aethelstan, or William the conqueror who sailed across the narrow sea of france and brittain with an army in order to conquer her.

@serronserron1320

Жыл бұрын

And the Normans were of Viking descent so either way they got dominated by those naughty Scaphens

@tomben6180

Жыл бұрын

Athelstan was the first King of England - William the Conqueror couldn’t possibly be classed as that, there was 139 years from England’s formation until William’s victory at Hastings.

@sebe2255

Жыл бұрын

@@serronserron1320 They had viking origins but by 1066 they weren’t remotely Norse anymore

@tedgreen6

9 ай бұрын

@Serronserron1320 I don't find scaphen in the dictionary.

Y this dude not have more subs

@alienmemesakeiakeksk5972

2 жыл бұрын

Recommendation-

Two things I think we need to know more about How many Angles and Saxons actually invaded Britain after the Roman left. Did they completly push the Britons into Wales etc or did they intermarry and just replace the language and culture? I think that one day DNA etc will help us find out the truth

@mcoeif

2 жыл бұрын

I guess they just settled on the unoccupied lands and intermingled worth those already settled

@jokester3076

2 жыл бұрын

There was a mass exodus of Romano-Britons that uprooted and fled the island to resettle in northwestern Gaul, they founded Brittany.

@TheFatController.

2 жыл бұрын

I though that the DNA shows the Angles and the Saxons interbred with the Britons, rather than replacing them or pushing them out.

@tomben6180

Жыл бұрын

@@TheFatController. Mostly displaced with some intermarrying/breeding. English people today have barely any Briton DNA, it’s mostly Anglo Saxon, some Celt, a little Briton, a little Viking, then random others from other European countries making up the rest.

Look Back History the Great

@LookBackHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Ha, thanks!

Thanks for posting this video! I just discovered that this King is one of my Forefathers

@lvbeethoven2348

3 жыл бұрын

you and me both

@YTistooannoying

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! Hi very...very...very...very distant (probably) family. Are you all pretty much related to every royal house in the UK in Scotland? You get one king in your ancestry and bam.... Plantaginates, Stewarts, Tudors, Burgandy and the Franks.

Any Last Kingdom fans here? ;)

My enjoyment The Last Kingdom has awakened a thirst for knowledge of King Alfreds reign.What happened to the all documents that he thought would be of value after his death.Do we know where they were stored?Did his successors give them to the Church for safe keeping?

@thelegend_doggo1062

Жыл бұрын

Y’know the book he was writing in the show with the help of all the monks? The same one he shows to Uhtred. That’s the book that was mentioned in this video I believe

great britain history is fun to watch

I'm suddenly interested in European history 😃💖

@LookBackHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@lvbeethoven2348

3 жыл бұрын

i wish they taught this in american world history

@hawks7111

9 ай бұрын

@@lvbeethoven2348 They don't teach it in England either, kinda crazy that we only learn about Henry VIII

Great video! How come there wasn't a Norsex?

@LookBackHistory

3 жыл бұрын

That is a good question... to which I don't know the answer. If I had to guess I'd say it's because the Angles had already settled north of Essex, Sussex, and Wessex so there wasn't room for a Norsex. There was, however a Middlesex which is west of Essex and north of Sussex, but it wasn't a kingdom, just a county later on. Today it's been absorbed by the Greater London area.

@AC-hj9tv

Жыл бұрын

No penis shaped territory available

@MonetizedHistory

Жыл бұрын

@@AC-hj9tv That's totally a bummer, they can have Florida I suppose.

We Anglo Saxons come from Northern Europe we had the same gods as the Viking before we converted that why I glad I come from north east of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 to me it’s Dane law as it’s was name

A True Chad

@chadwood9240

2 жыл бұрын

A true Qhaddafi

"Alfred the Great, Aethelstan and genure are my ancestors" Lanfranco de Clari de Lirac.2022.

Well, for one, he was great.

Found out that’s my ancient grandpappy according family tree

What about Otto?

Heil Ælfred the Great. King of all Saxons.

Alfred is the man

@tomben6180

Жыл бұрын

His grandson was even better

Rest in peace queen Elizabeth the second 🇬🇧

He was Ferdia Walsh Peelo

Self destruct How can a community by error ... Its a army over there outside there insane protecting them for invaders Until a point of view ... Then we can strive in good faith with metal flinging in space ... If I draw a circle its then again a district of not willing too comprehending a a idea of thought I thought just amaze me with other ways of thinking the more the best ... Letting a well preserved legacy behind I whant that too friendly contact on how too create a well preserved bond ... Starting a conversation out of nothing 😌

The image that you use for Arthur is actually a portrait his grandson King Aethelstan... Just for the record

@AC-hj9tv

Жыл бұрын

What a fuck up

What about Uthred??

@Robyn--

2 жыл бұрын

Uhtred is not regarded to have existed, he is only in The Last Kingdom - Uhtred The Bold was around some 200-300 years after King Ælfred's time.

100th like, I feel like I achieved my goals in life lmao

@LookBackHistory

3 жыл бұрын

nice

Bar wales and cornwall

This should be taught in our Schools, real history not made up minority history 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

@johnnymcblaze

2 жыл бұрын

Knowledge will always belong to those who claw it from the world.

@donthasselthehoff5753

2 жыл бұрын

It is taught in our schools...

0:47 Jutes (and so Frisians): *Am I a joke to you?*

hes my greatx43 grandad

@Robyn--

2 жыл бұрын

Your proof?

I wish uhtred really existed....

So when the Danes invaded in the 9th century they were basically warring with their ancestor clans. Interesting.

@LookBackHistory

2 жыл бұрын

In a sense, yes. Both the Danes and the peoples who would become the Anglo-Saxons were Germanic, only the Anglo-Saxons left what we would today consider Germany and Northern Europe.

@aynrandish9106

2 жыл бұрын

@@LookBackHistory Yes, what divided them was religion.

@LookBackHistory

2 жыл бұрын

@@aynrandish9106 Well, that and quite a bit of water. Physical separation breeds cultural divergence.

muito legal saber da historia

He burned the cakes. Nobody’s perfect.

@ziverbricks

7 ай бұрын

Bahaha! I love that part of the story

The Real Life Aegon I Targaryen

In CK3 hes too much powerfull

@Suleei

2 жыл бұрын

And physically strong.

He said 20,000 men when the number he was showing was 27,000 so I don’t know which one is right 😂

He wasn’t exactly the king of England but he was more English than the German princess that sits on the throne today.

@masonmccarty8551

2 жыл бұрын

Technically the English are Germans

@amanhasnoname1510

2 жыл бұрын

@@masonmccarty8551 just like they are French, danish and increasingly Pakistani.

@JJ-the-Fortnite-guy

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@amanhasnoname1510how are they Pakistani the only other countries who’s kings have been on the English throne where Danish , German , Dutch and French

Anybody else trace your ancestors back to him?

Scotland wasn't Gaelic until the Brythonic Pictish Kingdoms merged in some form or another with the Gaelic Kingdom of Dál Riata which led to the gradual extinction of Brythonic culture in Pictland and the rise of Gaelic. The Pictish people were Britos much as the Britons people of England, Wales and Cornwall only difference is a series of Brythonic tribes such as the Caledonii confederacy rebelled against Roman rule which split Britons into Romano Britons and non Romano Britons which eventually saw the Pictish people rise in Scotland who were non Romano Britons. By the time the Angles, Saxons and Jutes arrived, the Britons in Pictland were not Gaelic. It wasn't until the Irish invasion of Pictland (Scotland) and the establishment of the Gaelic Kingdom that this began to change and the devastation that was the Danes and Nords who invaded the Island of Albion that saw the change from Pictish Briton to Gaelic.

@d3thkn1ghtmcgee74

9 ай бұрын

I do love how he also dismissed britons as a cultural group too. He wanted to avoid using the term Celts. By his logic though neither the anglo Saxons nor Danes were a people group, just group of many peoples lol. Both the goidelic and brythonic groups are insular celts related to each other but have their own distinct difference in language structure most likely due to roman proximity.

@d3thkn1ghtmcgee74

9 ай бұрын

He might be a Celto skeptic by his dismissiveness. It's pretty normal for British academia to promote such even during time of empire lol

He is my ancestor! I am the rightful heir to the throne! LOL! Seriously though. I am his descendant.

@JJ-the-Fortnite-guy

5 ай бұрын

You may be related to him by his other family members but you aren’t a direct descendent as Edgar Ætheling was the last of Alfred the Great’s line ( Edgar Ætheling was the grandson of King Edmund II Ironside and Grand-Nephew of King Edward the Confessor )

Æthlestan wasn’t the First ?

@tripalongbrasil

2 жыл бұрын

He was the first king of what we know as England today. Alfred was king of Wessex.

If someone says one more think about tlk in this comment section imma scream. Its a great show but ÆLFRED IS MORE THAN A TLK CHARACTER.

Assassins Creed Valhalla makes me want to learn about England history

apples

@cfk72

Жыл бұрын

grapes

@Alexa-oy2sq

Жыл бұрын

@@cfk72 bananas

W/o ulthred he's nothing.. 😅 😅

He wasn't the first king of England, his grandson was.

UTHRED RAGNARSON !!!

@AnneDowson-vp8lg

8 ай бұрын

Alfred is my 45th great grandfather. He never even met Uhtred the Bold as he lived nearly 100 years later. Bernard Cornwell who wrote the Last Kingdom books, changed history round, I don't know why. Uhtred was pretty much as portrayed, he was married 3 times and had lots of girlfriends. He married Alfred's 3 times great grand daughter and I am descended from them. I am 72, and surprised that he is not taught in school, as I learned about him in infants school. I've only known I was descended from him for the last few years. He is a king to be proud of, good warrior, diplomat and scholar, but not good at baking cakes. No-one is perfect!

I am no historian nor i am living in englend or in part of it but after reading him and watching last Kingdom He appeared to be wise, Strategist, and will full person to do betterment of his subjects. But he didn't appear to be Just. Is it because of war time or is it that he was too ambitious ones he became king ( by his brother ) and did what fights with his brother's only son. Royalty is definitely game of wickedness. I rather not understand why his called great. All he did is duty of king.

Þæt wæs gōd cyning!

@AC-hj9tv

Жыл бұрын

True

Oh! I thought it was the other Alfred ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Hail [wtf]

lol

He was not king of England.

So the assassin creed Valhalla was a Fucking lie

Who ? Father of Alfred The Greater ? Sorry, momentary weak spell..

@JJ-the-Fortnite-guy

5 ай бұрын

Alfred the Great’s father was King Æthelwulf of Wessex and his Mother was Osburh

@user-te4of2fq5d

5 ай бұрын

@@JJ-the-Fortnite-guy Albert, I was being facetious, the reason I said momentary weak spell. Understanding of history, yes. A keen sense of the obvious, no.

Nothing native about the Celtic people. Stop that.

The English are not really British

@AC-hj9tv

Жыл бұрын

What about Wales

gostei

joia😉

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