Oliver Cromwell wasn't a King or anything, just a head of state who served for life and was succeeded by his son.

@user-jf5qw6vg3h

Жыл бұрын

Just like a Fascist dictator. But with a fixed successor

@jonoc3729

Жыл бұрын

​@@user-jf5qw6vg3h Well there is a communist monarchy in north korea, in all but name.

@thebandit0256

Жыл бұрын

He's Lord Protector

@miguelpadeiro762

Жыл бұрын

​@@thebandit0256 Lord Protector of the institution of hereditary succession of lifelong rulership

@orlandothompson5861

Жыл бұрын

And lived in a palace

England: fears absolute monarch England: ends up with hereditary military dictatorship Cromwell: "I see nothing wrong here."

@Elitist20

Жыл бұрын

150 years later: France: beheads absolute monarch France: ends up with emperor Napoleon: "What Cromwell said."

@ericbrown1101

Жыл бұрын

​@@Elitist20 funny how history repeats itself

@JohnDlugosz

Жыл бұрын

I think the Royal Kings are just hereditary military dictatorships that got entrenched over generations.

@raphaellagnado2082

Жыл бұрын

Russia: overthrows Tzar Russia: ends with brutal totalitarian dictatorship Lenin: at least I'm not gonna appoint my son

@ilovemuslimfood666

Жыл бұрын

“Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and that picture.” “They’re the same.”

English people: “you can do king stuff, just don’t marry a catholic. Stuart Kings: “I’m marrying a catholic.”

@Skorpychan

Жыл бұрын

Charles III married one, but we don't care so much about that these days.

@deutschermichel5807

Жыл бұрын

​@@Skorpychanreally?

@GerMFnU1848Sax

Жыл бұрын

Funny how life is, so many Englishmen had French wives, yet france was/is a Catholic kingdom I believe. England was protestant

@Hadar1991

Жыл бұрын

Assuming Camilla had children with Charles, wouldn't they be excluded from British line of succession if Camilla stayed Catholic? Edit: I have checked. Since 2015 a person married to Catholic is NOT excluded (but before 2015 Charles could not inherit throne if Camilla stayed Catholic). But Catholics themselves are still excluded from the line of succession.

@Gonzalouchikari

Жыл бұрын

English people: *OH MY GOOOOOOD!*

Trivia: The colony of Carolina was named after King Charles I, and the gray squirrel now infesting Britain is officially named _Sciurus carolinensis_ in Latin, literally the "Carolina squirrel." So the King Charles squirrel has arrived in Britain, and it is having its revenge!

@kingace6186

Жыл бұрын

LMFAO "The Return of the Carolina Squirrel!"

@karansjet3823

Жыл бұрын

see this kind of stuff is why im on the internet xD

@DISTurbedwaffle918

Жыл бұрын

The Grey Squirrels will only be repelled once the true King of England is restored to his throne. This is my prophecy, it came to me in a Zinc dream.

@cieproject2888

Жыл бұрын

The King Charles squirrel now once again in its natural habitat, under the benevolent reign of King Charles

@ecurewitz

Жыл бұрын

That will show those Roundheads!

Once watched a documentary that summed up the restoration of the monarchy to replace Richard Cromwell as “if we’re to have hereditary rulers might as well have one with the right credentials”

@4partharmony208

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the Alan Ereira series. Brilliant documentary and humor

@Elitist20

Жыл бұрын

Nickname: 'Tumbledown Dick.' He'd never have imagined that today in Australia, on the road leading to Sydney's Northern Beaches, there's a 'Tumbledown Dick Hill', probably so-called because it's steep and you might have tumbled down while walking or riding on it in pre-car days.

@francisjones174

Жыл бұрын

Yes, a British one rather than a German one

Ай бұрын

What a dumb summary

Ironically, it could be argued that the British monarchy was saved in the long run by being toppled so early. Otherwise, it may have met a similar fate to France or Russia and fallen alongside other monarchies in the 19th and 20th centuries.

@anderskorsback4104

Жыл бұрын

That, and wider British class society. While the ruling classes made concession after concession over the centuries, Britain is today still more of a class society than almost any other in Europe.

@florinivan6907

Жыл бұрын

Alternatively in that universe without the english example monarchies as a whole proved far more durable.

@azaria_phd

Жыл бұрын

@@florinivan6907 The example for republic wasn't England. It was the French revolution. But even without that, it would've happened either way after WWI and WWII, which saw many kings position themselves at either side of the political circus, and then get removed by the opposite side.

@florinivan6907

Жыл бұрын

@@azaria_phd If you change the history of England in the 1650s then the types of wars you would have centuries later would be different. There's no way WW1 would be the same in a world in which England never had a king beheaded in 1649. Displace one thing and the world centuries later is fundamentally different.

@uwbollema

Жыл бұрын

@@florinivan6907 No, the enlightenment and the French revolution were not caused by the English revlolution, the English revolution is more of a clash between parliament and the king and *NOT* between the people and the goverment like the French revolution. Also WWI and II were caused by the French revolution (causes the rise of Napoleon and the post-napoleontic era).

And to show how magnanimous he was, Charles II had Cromwell's body disinterred, hanged, drawn & quartered. His severed head was put on a spike on Westminster Hall until one day it blew off in a storm, and then got passed around to curio collectors and freak show operators for 300 years until it was buried in the 1960s.

@Epsilonsama

Жыл бұрын

What a nice king.

@GR46404

Жыл бұрын

@@Epsilonsama I'd rather have a king who took out his spite on the dead rather than the living.

@Carlton-B

Жыл бұрын

The exceptions to Charles II's forgiveness were the Regicides, led by Cromwell. His first Parliament passed an act of attainder against the regicides. Living ones were executed, and the estates of all were forfeit to the Crown, and Cromwell was ritually hanged, drawn and quartered. Don't sign the king's death warrant unless you are willing to take your chances.

@xan1m440

Жыл бұрын

Cromwell deserved no less, for what he did to the Irish, although I'm aware Charles probably didn't care so much about that.

@GR46404

Жыл бұрын

@@Carlton-B Well, you've got me there, carltonb5102! Thanks for teaching me more history. It reminds of a story I read long ago with the line "Killing was almost too good for them, they said as they killed them."

Honestly, "acting like a decade-spanning civil war, overthrow of the government, and execution of a head of state just...didn't happen" is probably the most British outcome of the English Civil War.

@youtube_omaro1879

Жыл бұрын

Look, we won't talk about it. But for reasons I chose to forget, the King can't enter the house of commons.

@sarasamaletdin4574

Жыл бұрын

I assume that Brexit will be reversed in similar manner in a decade or two.

@bighamster2

Жыл бұрын

The only way civil wars can ever *really* end is if people try to forget about it. I think it was fairly similar in Spain hundreds of years later

@KopperNeoman

Жыл бұрын

@sarasamaletdin4574 The established government has been working to reverse Brexit since the referendum happened. It's always been bad for them, that's why we want it.

@WilliamDeVey

Жыл бұрын

@@sarasamaletdin4574 Oue membership of the EU was the interregnum; Brexit the restoration of our sovereignty.

Run without a king, but by Oliver Cromwell who was TOTALLY not a monarch

@MasterBomer

Жыл бұрын

Just like Miklos Horthy of Hungary I guess

@zombiebrained

Жыл бұрын

Idk it's not like Cromwell didn't try to avert that situation as much as possible, Charles I kinda forced everybody's hand

@jtgd

Жыл бұрын

Or his son, who totally wasn’t assuming power because his father was king in everything but name only

@shivanshna7618

Жыл бұрын

Also after Oliver death his son became incharge hmmmm almost like a monarchy

@Firmus777

Жыл бұрын

He wasn't though.

"And cracked down on activities that they felt were immoral." Not the flower field frolicking! 😱

@davids6145

Жыл бұрын

I noticed that! Brilliant! 😜🤣

@lesyankee6129

Жыл бұрын

No skipping through daisies?! Ugh. Those Puritans were a bunch of no-fun killjoys!!

@lawrencedoliveiro9104

Жыл бұрын

That has to be the saddest part of this video ...

@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_

Жыл бұрын

That frolicking is _so_ History Matters now.

@Creativethinker12

Жыл бұрын

Some good things did unintentionally come from no-fun puritan policy like animal rights. *The Puritans passed animal protection legislation in England too. Kathleen Kete writes that animal welfare laws were passed in 1654 as part of the ordinances of the Protectorate-the government under Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), which lasted from 1653 to 1659, following the English Civil War. Cromwell disliked blood sports, which included cockfighting, cock throwing, dog fighting, bull baiting and bull running, said to tenderize the meat. These could be seen in villages and fairgrounds, and became associated with idleness, drunkenness, and gambling. Kete writes that the Puritans interpreted the biblical dominion of man over animals to mean responsible stewardship, rather than ownership. The opposition to blood sports became part of what was seen as Puritan interference in people's lives, and the animal protection laws were overturned during the Restoration, when Charles II was returned to the throne in 1660.[44]*

"The separation of powers and soon the separation of king Charles's head from his body." Always good to see the points are so excellently made.

@bobaoriley1912

Жыл бұрын

As a person who learned this in AP European History, this got a chuckle out of me.

@vincedibona4687

Жыл бұрын

I learned this in 10th grade World History. In NC Public Schools.

@EzraB123

Жыл бұрын

I love cooky English humor

1:23 - I feel the need to note that he was not in fact, executed with a Khornate chain axe.

@parkerconnolly2484

Жыл бұрын

I also noticed that

@Solidboat123

Жыл бұрын

Somewhere in the warp - "Who in the everliving motherfucking cockbiscuits STOLE MY CHAINAXE!?!?!?!?"

@stevenharrison151

Жыл бұрын

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!

@pbagosy

Жыл бұрын

You can't prove that!

@ViciousOS

Жыл бұрын

There is no proof that he wasn't, though

"He failed and so he bravely fled London." Such a courageous man.

@lesyankee6129

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Sir Robin from Monty Python & the Holy Grail.

@_Solaris

Жыл бұрын

Sir Robin-approved.

@Hand-in-Shot_Productions

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, this is quite "courageous"!

@ericbrown1101

Жыл бұрын

His son James followed in those footsteps a little later on.

@francisjones174

Жыл бұрын

He left to keep his wife and children safe (the whole family left at the same time) - he wanted to arrest the Five Members because they were planning to introduce a treason charge against the Queen, and to take Charles' children away and hand them over to be raised and educated by Puritan priests. If someone were coming after my wife and children, I'd being doing more than just trying to have them arrested...

There's also a fourth reason: Cliques within the military dictatorship. In particular General Monck, one of the most powerful Grandees in the army, and a turncoat who was quickly convinced to switch sides again by Haselrig. Monck had been the head honcho in the occupation of Scotland since Dunbar, and so had one of the largest divisions of the army at his command. Popular opinion had very little role in the Restoration. It was, in English tradition, the country's elite playing musical chairs.

@rflameng

Жыл бұрын

What luck that that isn't happening anymore...

@dmcc5110

Жыл бұрын

I mean I feel like turncoat was a bit harsh on Monck - he was definitely a pragmatist who wanted to avoid another civil war, while having enough power to get that done. Still I think the video should have mentioned him

@robinrehlinghaus1944

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure popular opinion still favoured Charles II

@Mordecrox

Жыл бұрын

I read that as "one of the most powerful Grenades" and expected he to pull his own pin

@RabidBogling

Жыл бұрын

@@robinrehlinghaus1944 I'd expect so too, in so far as most of the populace were probably opposed to the execution of Charles I to begin with. But frankly, the opinions of the regular joe didn't matter at the time. They couldn't vote, seldom came close to holding office, or achieve much of note. Unless the joined the New Model Army, that is. Their opinions weren't printed and disseminated. So nah, we can't be certain. There weren't exactly regularly polls back in the day. All we have to go on are the writings of the gentry, clergy, aristocracy, and urban elites. Who I suspect were no more in tune with "the people" than they are today.

England reminds me here of Spain, where the two strongest arguments for having a monarchy are the first republic and the second republic

@zurielsss

Жыл бұрын

Look at the fifth French Republic of France today, I’d say they should give monarchy a go again

@luketheunlucky7632

Жыл бұрын

To be fair the Second republic really fucked up during it's time

@riazortho

Жыл бұрын

@@luketheunlucky7632 Language

@luketheunlucky7632

Жыл бұрын

@@riazortho Ah sorry, didn't knew i was talking to the King of England

@riazortho

Жыл бұрын

@@luketheunlucky7632 I'm also King of Scotland

This can't be a coincidence that HM releases this video two days after Charles III's coronation

@makarabaduk1754

Жыл бұрын

"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." nudge, nudge

@stevevernon1978

Жыл бұрын

not a coincidence, but rather an announced event, and planning.

@alexanderhamilton2219

Жыл бұрын

@@stevevernon1978 r/woosh

Mad props to Charles III for keeping them name, considering there is a Lord Cromwell currently in the House of Lords.

@razeric

Жыл бұрын

idk why they named him Charles in the first place. He was heir apparent yet they chosen a named with bad history

@pedanticradiator1491

Жыл бұрын

​@razeric_ its possible he was named for his godfather King Haakon of Norway whose real name was Chatles or Carl

@ericbrown1101

Жыл бұрын

Yeah funny how nobody anywhere close to the succession has been named Richard, Henry, or Edward for a while lol.

@stevevernon1978

Жыл бұрын

@@ericbrown1101 or Arthur? why _NOT_ King Arthur?

@ChungusTheLarge

Жыл бұрын

In the business...

Your animations have gotten noticeably better over the years. Good job!

@CommanderTavos99

Жыл бұрын

How? wtf

@Galahad_Du_Lac

Жыл бұрын

@@CommanderTavos99 They look a lot smoother and more detailed.

@Raggepagge

Жыл бұрын

​@@CommanderTavos99faster, more intense

@shivanshna7618

Жыл бұрын

​@@Galahad_Du_Lac also colouring is more brighter and crisp

@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567

Жыл бұрын

meh, his animations have been top notch since even before he stopped doing 10 min videos

1:24 A valuable skull for the Skull Throne indeed. It has brought many more with it.

0:27 "be less alive" fantastic phrase, i think ill use it from now on.

I hope the habit of a king of England named Charles having difficult time ruling doesn’t pass on this far down the road

@christianweibrecht6555

Жыл бұрын

Let's see how he handles the irish reunification later this year

@johnpoole3871

Жыл бұрын

No British King has done any ruling in two hundred years. Pretty sure Charles can handle not having to do anything.

@DoninicGoland96

Жыл бұрын

@@christianweibrecht6555 As an Irish person when it happens by December and the Unionist flee (we won't hurt them they just will because they still have that whole protestant ascendency thing stuck in their heads), good luck with them, they are truly the most difficult people on earth to get along with. Also please take them we truly can't listen to DUP supporters any longer, they are bloody annoying (as the English are only starting to realise (we've had 400 years of them, that's too long for anyone)).

@deutschermichel5807

Жыл бұрын

​@@christianweibrecht6555haha good joke

@kaiserredgamer8943

Жыл бұрын

@@johnpoole3871 Yeppo, power has been in the hands of Parliament since then. What changed though, is the composition and interests of Parliament. It went from an assembly of the aristocracy and some of the bourgeoisie to an institution (mostly) free for all Britons.

I like how we were so miserable under Cromwell, we kick-started a monarchy we tried our damndest to extinguise. The man got rid of football, I mean really...

@Toonrick12

Жыл бұрын

He was literally the Swatbot with the sign "No fun allowed"

@maazkalim

Жыл бұрын

Special Weaponry and Arms Team, ​"@@Toonrick12"?

@cattysplat

2 күн бұрын

Banning Christmas feels a bit like heresy.

One of the MANY things I really like about this channel is that you don't do overblownglossy drama queen intro titles, but just crack on and BANG serve up the goodies. And then take the time to thank your funders. Great stuff.

"And soon, the separation of king charle's head from his body" That had me.

It’s because James Bisonette would become king

@MomMom4Cubs

Жыл бұрын

Over Skye Chappelle's dead (royal) body!

@jamesbissonette8002

Жыл бұрын

Never!

@danielmessi1092

Жыл бұрын

This nigga know he finna get hella likes with this comment

@an_intruder

Жыл бұрын

Kelly Moneymaker would surely overthrow him

@Icy_5811

Жыл бұрын

​@@jamesbissonette8002 yo

Oliver Cromwell succeeded by his son is like me saying "trust me guys, I am no king", after taking the imperial throne..

@varoonnone7159

Жыл бұрын

Your son "l'aiglon" died clutching a bird in his hand

@chesterdonnelly1212

10 ай бұрын

Kim Jong Un doesn’t get called a monarch. I think a legitimate king has to come from a long line of monarchs, not just father and son dictatorship.

@Bloodlyshiva

7 ай бұрын

I dunno, given they immediately kicked him off again....

The parliament and the kings relationship is like an abusive relationship it never ended well for everybody and somehow they ended up back together at square one.

@Foxglove963

Жыл бұрын

Sadly, you skipped the fact that when the Church came to power the people lost their liberty and freedom. The bishops were warlords who at their manse were served by serfs, by slaves. Do you feel FREE?

@maazkalim

Жыл бұрын

So unlike the TP one is fed about Afghānistān, then - "@@Foxglove963".

"Turns out getting rid of the guy with the crown doesn't solve the problems."

@lightgreen3479

Жыл бұрын

My favourite HM quote

@howtoappearincompletely9739

Жыл бұрын

@@lightgreen3479 Which video is it from?

@lightgreen3479

Жыл бұрын

@@howtoappearincompletely9739 I think from the Portugal one. Another one of my favourites is "workers of the world, embrace monarchy! Or not.", it's from the vommunist monarchy in Grenada video.

2:24 , bruh that was brutal 💀

this brought back nightmares from my A level history. the rump parliament, barebones parliament, all the different types of taxes we had to learn, the 5 knights case and habeas corpus and the scottish and irish uprisings and the first and second civil war battles, the levellers, puritans vs arminians, the new model army vs traditional militia, pride's purge, the protectorate (WHICH DEFINITELY WASN'T A MONARCHY...), his aim of healing and settling, the rule of the major-generals and finally General Monck - the dude key in restoring the monarchy.

@WinstonSmithGPT

Жыл бұрын

😅 It all just came back to me in a flash. Thanks.

@RankinMsP

Жыл бұрын

😭😭😭 Thanks for the memo.. nightmares

@marciobrunoloiolagomesufc8799

Жыл бұрын

talk about the protectorate

Took my history final today, went pretty well. Your videos have been a massive help, especially the ones on the British empire, the 80 years war and the Weimar Republic. Thank you.

One thing to note is that a lot of parliament never even wished to execute King Charles. Many were fine with him being exiled. However, his performance during his trial and the refusal to recognize the authority of the court really cemented his fate. Charles the 1st had many chances to avoid his fate but he was ultimately, a very stubborn ruler.

It's fantastic that Charles I is still a Patreon to this channel, and today this video, even though it is about, in part, the separation of his head from his body. If I have one gripe it is that he wasn't elevated to the first of the thanked Patreons, in place of the ever popular James Bissonette.

“Authority to tax” I’m sure the UK never had any problems regarding taxation ever again…

@andrewespinoza2896

Жыл бұрын

And its subsequent colonies like say........the US

@TaliyahP

Жыл бұрын

It funny because the English Civil War was a big inspiration for the Revolutionaries in the US

@rykerhoppe4789

Жыл бұрын

Ok King Chuck wanted to send the Duke of Buckingham to be a bone head, and Chuck wanted parliament to raise taxes for Duke of bone head to be a bone head so parliament said no and well chuck told parliament to bugger off and that started the long list of parliament shut downs and the start of civil war

@CCNYMacGuy

Жыл бұрын

YEEHAW (Don't mind me, we just randomly do that)

@ggggg77273

Жыл бұрын

​@@CCNYMacGuyHappens to the best of us. YEEEHAAAWW!!!

I still dont understand the western obssesion to hate monarchs and anything related to them but dictatorships or heredetary republics and democracies run by a few influential families is totally fine.

@goranpersson7726

5 ай бұрын

*some* of the west, spain still has it's monarchy. denmark,norway and sweden still have ours too (am swedish, and honestly? the day the monarchy is gone,if im still alive by then, is the day i move)

@goranpersson7726

5 ай бұрын

btw, technically every realm in the commonwealth (I.E places like canada) are monarchies aswell as they do have a monarch as their head of state (the head of government is the prime minister but the head of state is whoever sits on the english throne). belgium and the netherlands still have their monarchies aswell along with a bunch of the smaller european states (andorra, monaco, liechtenstein and luxembourg)

@goranpersson7726

5 ай бұрын

like, unless you got a headstart like russia and france with the removal of monarchies most of the ones that are gone in europe were removed during the world war periods usually by the influence and actions of countries like the USSR,US or like france.

Thank you, Mr. Matters. I always enjoy and learn from your clear and succinct explanations.

I cannot stop watching history matters. I binged it all a few months ago an now I am just scratching my neck waiting for the next one to release.

How fitting considering our 3rd King Charles has just been crowned

@DoninicGoland96

Жыл бұрын

and will soon be beheaded

@livonian_knight9351

Жыл бұрын

Civil war time!

@richardalex4516

Жыл бұрын

Plenty of years left for regicide

@robinrehlinghaus1944

Жыл бұрын

Let's hope he keeps his head up

@Hand-in-Shot_Productions

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, it is fitting!

Love the History Matters version of the Van Dyck painting at the end! Superb!

Charles was found guilty by only a difference of one vote in his trial... Also, great video as always!

@Whoami691

Жыл бұрын

Only because those who voted against him feared retribution if they failed.

@Wolfeson28

Жыл бұрын

As Louis XVI would be much later.

@mattandrews2594

Жыл бұрын

Just to add to that, Cromwell and his gang REALLY had to bribe, coerce and outright threaten those at the trial to sign the King's death warrant. Hence why they stopped after getting the simple majority.

@_blank-_

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of how the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679 was passed because one of its supporters was so fat that the other MPs jokingly counted him as 10 different people.

@maazkalim

Жыл бұрын

You meant deliberately, "​@@_blank-_"?

Outside Ely Cathedral is a captured Crimean canon on the green, which I think was gifted to Ely by Queen Victoria or gifted by Ely to Queen Victoria. Either way, Queen Victoria was involved with it because the important bit is that it is pointing directly at Oliver Cromwell's house (which was the Tourist information place when I was last there).

@bighamster2

Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised it survived. A lot of those old captured cannons were sadly melted down for the "war effort" during WWII. Made almost no difference beyond the symbolism

Cromwell was too serious to skip through the flowers. He risked the wrath of Aslan when he abolished Christmas.

0:10 😂 I didn't aee that coming lmao. Love it

Love the abruptness of how vid ended. Great comedic timing!

2:07 This Puritan Christmas joke is hilarious because also Santa having a black eye is a reversal of the historical St. Nick who punched out the heretic Arius at the Council of Nicaea.

@alanpennie

Жыл бұрын

A very recondite joke indeed.

@seronymus

Жыл бұрын

@@alanpennie nigga broke out the thesaurus I see, btw I love Online Etymology Dictionary.

Thank goodness they got the sense to put monarchy back in place alongside the government

I was wondering this earlier thanks for making a video of it

Amazing as always

I noticed the Khornate axe the executioner had. BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!

@ekuahmartreb9082

Жыл бұрын

Well, he did mention religious troubles...

@Siltarius

Жыл бұрын

SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!! nice 40k comedy.

@NicoBabyman1

Жыл бұрын

@@Siltarius MILK FOR THE KHORN FLAKES!!

@epiendless1128

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I wondered what was up with the axe! I get it now.

i really wish he covered the glorious revolution/ fall of stuart on his British history playlist

@marciobrunoloiolagomesufc8799

Жыл бұрын

up

Thank you for talking slower in this video. I find it also easier when I don't try to read the slide text whilst you're reading out. Great explanation again. Thanks.

Another amazing video

All those from republic should really watch these videos

"and the separation of powers, and soon the separation of King Charles' head from his body" Man whoever writes these scripts needs a raise.

This is the best video History Matters has ever produced, quality-wise.

Keep up the great work

As always, this is quite a witty ("the separation of King Charles's head from his body" was humorous) and informative video! In short, the monarchy returned because Charles II would be a more lenient leader, and the realm would be less deadlocked with a monarch than with a republic. Because of these factors, a second Charles got his crown in 1660, and a third would get his crown only days before this video came out (good timing!). Thanks for the video!

2:07 the image of Santa with a black eye is now engraved in my memory thanks to this scene

I love the cartoons you use for these videos. Cheers.

Always a good day when History matters posts

More sophisticated and detailed historical thinking then (you would think) could be crammed into three minutes and nine seconds. Good show, chaps!

Ironic also that those who hold up Cromwells military dictatorship as an example of a British Republic also forget it was a theocratic Puritanical regime.

@iMakz07

Жыл бұрын

Religious rule is based, the problem is that it was protestant

@Foxglove963

Жыл бұрын

@@iMakz07 Surely the very problem is that Abrahamism was enforced upon the European pagan peoples.

@greywolf7577

10 ай бұрын

@@iMakz07 Religion is mythology so religious rules are by nature crap.

@GAMER123GAMING

8 ай бұрын

@@Foxglove963 And yet the tribe from the levant (not going to name any names) are here to enforce back upon the European people Paganism. Huh interesting

@jonathanwebster7091

3 ай бұрын

Oliver Cromwell: making it impossible for anyone to take seriously the idea of a British republic since 1658.

Great mini doc on a very underviewed part of history

A day when you upload is a good day

Because he loved the people and the people loved him He was the king that brought back partying!🎉

Thanks, now I know about Charles I and Charles II. I wondered since the UK's current monarch is Charles III.

@edwardblair4096

Жыл бұрын

You can also see why there has been a noticeable dearth of kings named Charles in the intervening years.

@prussianpolydactyl836

Жыл бұрын

@@edwardblair4096 You'll notice how every king between Victoria and Elizabeth II was either George or Edward.

@Hand-in-Shot_Productions

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, this is quite helpful right now!

@Hand-in-Shot_Productions

Жыл бұрын

@@edwardblair4096 The 1649-1660 events _do,_ indeed, explain why it took until just a few days ago for someone to be crowned "Charles III"!

@Hand-in-Shot_Productions

Жыл бұрын

@@prussianpolydactyl836 An interesting pattern!

Great video 👍

I've studied Cromwell and this period extensively and some of what you summarized here had never been pieced together properly, thank you for your nutshell account. I thoroughly enjoyed the part about the Puritans opposition to Christmas, didn't know about that one though I should have.

Keep up the good work bro! Love your stuff!

Methinks that people came to realise their error. Fortunately a better balance between the King and the people was realised andd we kept our monarchy. Long may our King reign.

Just learning about this in school. Thank you ❤

Great timing

James Bissonette approved of the restoration of the monarchy. Edit: plot twist he didn’t

@jamesbissonette8002

Жыл бұрын

Nah

@TheTrex9000

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesbissonette8002 Than what was your opinion on the monarchy's restoration, my good sir?

@riazortho

Жыл бұрын

He only approved it so that History Matters could make a video out of it

@geoffreyherrick298

Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: No.

Imagine if the English preserved the head of Charles I, would have been a fine addition to thier future museum. The British were chopping off heads way before the French made it cool.

@Malabarista1

Жыл бұрын

"This one we stole from King Charles I"

@georgehh2574

Жыл бұрын

The British Isles have been chopping heads since the early medieval times, probably even before then. But also I think the ancient greeks chopped a head or two, if greek mythology is anything to go by.

@neilbuckley1613

Жыл бұрын

The Parliamentarians sewed his head back on his body then dumped the body in the grave of HenryVIII and Jane Seymour.

@shubhanjalshukla3879

Жыл бұрын

​@@georgehh2574 ah cool mate I was just talking about how Britian would brag about the worst things they did before the French did the same

I love this channel

I love the executioner with the kornite chainaxe at 1:24 😂 such a great easteregg ❤

Could you do a short on the reaction of Scotland to the execution of Charles I? The history of the English Civil War is largely focused on England (hence the name) but I think it's worth bearing in mind that King Charles I of England was also King Charles I of Scotland as well.

The Netherlands had a republic and now they have a monarchy....just saying.

@maazkalim

Жыл бұрын

And who's the incumbent Opposition Leader over there? Just asking.

This was great. Just listened to a podcast from Talking History on Charles the 1st during the week.

FINALLY! I HAVE ASKED THIS FOR A WHILE

Charles the First helped sponsor this video. Apparently wanted his story told.

An interesting point about this is that I believe Scotland immediately recognised the new king, and while Cromwell and allies had the actual power, Charles II officially was still recognised in exile. Due to that while England was briefly a republic Scotland technically was not.

@crustysnake123

Жыл бұрын

Most likely because the Stuart dynasty was Scottish and the states of England and Scotland were still separate at the time.

@TheMoonRover

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Charles II even had a coronation in Scotland in 1651 (2 years after Charles I was executed) but was forced into exile later that year. The Monarchy was restored in 1661.

@cass2239

Жыл бұрын

Cromwell essentially ruled Scotland from 1651. They'd been beaten at Dunbar in '50 and then Charles' failed invasion with Scottish forces in '51 after which Scotland was essentially under military occupation with support from a puppet Scottish Council of State.

@JD-wn3cc

Жыл бұрын

It's the eternal childishness of the Scots. Whatever England does, they have to try and do the opposite, just out of principle, no matter what the subject is.

@marythomson8537

Жыл бұрын

@@JD-wn3cc Tut Tut,what a cynic.Little knowledge of history between the two nations.

1:25 Nice Khornate Chainaxe there, a 40k reference is always a nice touch.

I actually thought about this not too long ago, now I can finally find out!

Also, the Lord Protector was a hereditary absolute ruler so the difference between him and a king was hard to figure out. England could choose between a king and a “king” and decided that Charles II would do a better job.

@joebloggs396

Жыл бұрын

It wasn't really established as hereditary, there was just nobody ready to take over.

I love that Charles I sponsored a video about his own beheading. I just hope James Bisonette doesn't lose his head next.

Loooove the Khorne chain axe, beauty little touch there haha

The inclusion of the Khornate chainaxe in the Charles I execution scene was a nice touch.

How close were the Soviets to surrendering during WW2?

@mrsigmagrinder8737

Жыл бұрын

I don't think Stalin would ever have surrendered

@lars9925

Жыл бұрын

​@@mrsigmagrinder8737 Sure, but at some point he would have been ousted. The 3rd Reich wasn't particularly near to this point, though.

@yigitoz8387

Жыл бұрын

​@@mrsigmagrinder8737 i mean Hitler didn't surrender either. Stalin could ,in some way, "disappaer" and Stavka could choose to surrender if it ever cane to that level.

@bigbad25

Жыл бұрын

Not even remotely close. Even with the fall of Moscow I doubt any general would have had the guts to suggest to they surrender. Now a more intresting question is how would have Russia managed without the artic convoys.

@nvmtt1403

Жыл бұрын

same as Russia in the current war. Not even close.

I totally lost at "No fun allowed" 2:02

You had me worried. A couple weeks with no videos. The world needs your lessons!

Reciting the crazy names of your Patrons is worth watching to the end.

The squints at 0:40 (40 seconds) are to narrow that I can't really tell where the pupils are. I know where they are because the characters are supposed to be angrily squinting at each other but it really just feels like their eyes are closed because there's so little space between their eyelids that I can't really perceive their pupils and it looks off even if I push my face right up to the monitor. I recommend broadening the width of the squint by a few pixels at least. In your other videos it's a lot easier to see the difference between the whites and pupils so it's a lot easier to understand "these people are narrowing their eyes while looking at something" instead of getting "these people are weirdly closing their eyes or trying to do an impression of Brock from Pokemon".

Wow... Skipped right over Oliver Cromwell's retaliation on Ireland there bub

I love that Khorne reference there

the no galavanting in the flowers was a brilliant touch.

funny and informative ! also, the executioner really wants to please khorne with skulls it seems

Cromwell: No more kings! Also Cromwell: I’ll prop myself up as a dictator, and when I die the title will be passed to my son. Again, totally not a king.

@chrisducker1975

Жыл бұрын

No, not a king. But a dictator and, technically, "Lord Protector." Not all Heads of State are monarchs!

Love the Khorne berserker chain axe at 1:25. Not very sneaky.

I would like more years and dates mentioned throughout the video. Having a clear timeline in my head about what happened when helps me remember. Also "this nerd" made me laugh, thanks!