This was really informative its the period of the monarchy I always find confusing but you've really helped me understand it a lot better thanks as always Philippa
Interesting how, even though it's on the map and the former name of the New Forest (Ntene - Jutish - Forest) people only mostly mention Kent or the Isle of Wight as lands settled by them but they actually held a fair bit of Southern Hampshire as well.
Roman soldiers weren’t mostly from Rome, they were from all over the Roman Empire and locals were eventually brought in. Locals prior wouldn’t be kitted out with swords, shields and other armor. The average person before or after wouldn’t have formal armor. They’d have axes, staffs, and other practical tools for defense.
@@BritishHistory all’s well here. I always start my English Lit lessens with the Anglo Saxon Conquest. The Frisians are from the Dutch province of Friesland, they have their own language and some of their words are used by the English as well, e.g. tsies= cheese, bern for children ( used in Scotland I think) I’ll show my pupils some bits from this video and brag about our friendship at the same time 😉
Ive never really understood much about this period so thank you for a great explanation . As usual nothing in our history is nice and simple , lots of names that take a while to sink in 😂
It's Anglo Saxons that are criticised for later empire building and not Normans, probable as the kingdom is Anglo Saxon. although the Ruling Class are not Anglo Saxon.
@@Bjowolf2 false.....the homeland of the germanic Saxons have been mainly in Westfalia , Lower Saxony, and Twente in the netherlands......Westfalia, Lower Saxony, Kent and Twente shares the Saxon Horse of their Flag.........the south of Germany has no germanic ancestry......
@@ndie8075 Yes, I know - but these Germanic peoples were not Germans - Germany didn't exist yet in any recogniseable form, you see. 😉 - and they did not speak (Old) German either.
@@Bjowolf2 germanic people were not germans, but germans are grand children of the Germanic people . German Empire was formed in 1871 after German confederation led by prussia against Napolion's French empire. French empire is another germanic empire. And their traces goes back to 4th century unlike the german empire.
@@subutaykhan9387No, the Germans are just the descendants of SOME of the many Gemanic speaking tribes that lived all over North-Western Europe. Check out the brilliant video from Langfocus called "Viking Influence on the English Language" to see how English is formed by several Germanic influences at its core - and of course the many borrowed words from Normannnic, French & Latin.
Very clearly done. I had no idea that the Romans prohibited Britons from owning weapons. It does kind of make our Second Amendment a bit more understandable. Lordy knows I am not a crazy gun nut though. But it makes it more clear why.
This is an ‘Introduction to…’ not a comprehensive guide to pre Norman Conquest England. Edgar Aethling as a great-nephew to Edward the Confessor had a blood claim however, he had no political or military power and, crucially, this is at a time when blood claim was not the primary consideration.
Very annoying that you forget to mention the Frisians. Old english and old frisian being the most equal languages and Frisians being the closest to England.
80 % of my own ancestry is of that "ethnic element", and these WERE " the Dark Ages" ... i.e., stupid Christian religiosity, illiteracy, ignorance, and gratuitous violence. But all of this pertained to most of Europe LOL.
This was really informative its the period of the monarchy I always find confusing but you've really helped me understand it a lot better thanks as always Philippa
Lucid and authoritative - just the Introduction I was looking for. Liked and Subscribed. : )
Thank you, and welcome 😀
3:35 the 1 thing the Scot’s always love to ignore lol.
The entire reason their land was invaded was because of their raids in the first place
Interesting how, even though it's on the map and the former name of the New Forest (Ntene - Jutish - Forest) people only mostly mention Kent or the Isle of Wight as lands settled by them but they actually held a fair bit of Southern Hampshire as well.
Love this, thank you.
Love this! You made a confusing time very understandable
I’m so glad you found that. It is a complicated time,
so that was my aim for this 😄
Thank you : )
Outstanding
Roman soldiers weren’t mostly from Rome, they were from all over the Roman Empire and locals were eventually brought in. Locals prior wouldn’t be kitted out with swords, shields and other armor. The average person before or after wouldn’t have formal armor. They’d have axes, staffs, and other practical tools for defense.
Yes, because to be Roman meant being a citizen of the Roman Empire, not that you were born in Rome.
"He then married one of his sisters."
Whaaaaat??????
"to the Viking ruler of Yorvik."
Phew........
Thank you so much for this video!
You’re so welcome Helga. Thank you for watching and leaving a comment 😊
A banger of a video
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it.
Fantastic Philippa! Really enjoyed this
Thank you Femmy! I hope you are well 😃
@@BritishHistory all’s well here. I always start my English Lit lessens with the Anglo Saxon Conquest. The Frisians are from the Dutch province of Friesland, they have their own language and some of their words are used by the English as well, e.g. tsies= cheese, bern for children ( used in Scotland I think) I’ll show my pupils some bits from this video and brag about our friendship at the same time 😉
Ive never really understood much about this period so thank you for a great explanation . As usual nothing in our history is nice and simple , lots of names that take a while to sink in 😂
Lots! 😂
Damn… you jumped three centuries between Hengist and Horsa and great fred.
Thank you anonymous viewer
It's Anglo Saxons that are criticised for later empire building and not Normans, probable as the kingdom is Anglo Saxon. although the Ruling Class are not Anglo Saxon.
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Saxons were not Germans 😉
@@Bjowolf2 false.....the homeland of the germanic Saxons have been mainly in Westfalia , Lower Saxony,
and Twente in the netherlands......Westfalia, Lower Saxony, Kent and Twente shares the Saxon Horse of their Flag.........the south of Germany has no germanic ancestry......
@@ndie8075 Yes, I know - but these Germanic peoples were not Germans - Germany didn't exist yet in any recogniseable form, you see. 😉 - and they did not speak (Old) German either.
@@Bjowolf2 germanic people were not germans, but germans are grand children of the Germanic people . German Empire was formed in 1871 after German confederation led by prussia against Napolion's French empire. French empire is another germanic empire. And their traces goes back to 4th century unlike the german empire.
@@subutaykhan9387No, the Germans are just the descendants of SOME of the many Gemanic speaking tribes that lived all over North-Western Europe.
Check out the brilliant video from Langfocus called "Viking Influence on the English Language" to see how English is formed by several Germanic influences at its core - and of course the many borrowed words from Normannnic, French & Latin.
Very clearly done. I had no idea that the Romans prohibited Britons from owning weapons. It does kind of make our Second Amendment a bit more understandable. Lordy knows I am not a crazy gun nut though. But it makes it more clear why.
And you forgot to name Edgar as a succesor to Edward the confessor.
First choice, not crowned.
This is an ‘Introduction to…’ not a comprehensive guide to pre Norman Conquest England.
Edgar Aethling as a great-nephew to Edward the Confessor had a blood claim however, he had no political or military power and, crucially, this is at a time when blood claim was not the primary consideration.
Very annoying that you forget to mention the Frisians.
Old english and old frisian being the most equal languages and Frisians being the closest to England.
It was out of scope by some
margin for an Introduction to Anglo Saxon England video.
80 % of my own ancestry is of that "ethnic element", and these WERE " the Dark Ages" ... i.e., stupid Christian religiosity, illiteracy, ignorance, and gratuitous violence. But all of this pertained to most of Europe LOL.
Lindisfarne 793 were Norwegian..
Angles and Saxons were Germans.
They were not British.
Normans were French.
They were not British.
The Normans were vikings by way of Normandy. France/Frankia was a separate entity.
She is wrong - they didn't come from Germany. It didn't exist yet 😉
Less than 30 seconds in up pops an advert & its time for me to go. Bye.
Bye
I didn't get any adverts.