I know that these long videos are hard to make, but on behalf of everyone, i want to say thank you for making them. It's great to see a series gathered together like this!
I watched the individual episodes but, I swing back for the complete series. You know a social studies teacher is using this in class while they grade essays.
A big thank you to the hard working and intelligent members of K&G for these long uploads, especially when this form of early industrial warfare is intriguing me so much lately!!
This has always been an area of history I’ve been unfamiliar with but this documentary has really helped me grasp how Cromwell became a leader and the end of his regime.
19:33 that was my ancestor Jenne Geddes who threw the stool at the vicker when she cried "De'il gie you colic, the wame o' ye, fause thief; daur ye say Mass in my lug?" meaning "The Devil give you colic! The hide of you! (lit. "the belly of you") False thief! You dare say the Mass in my ear?"
Tbf the English civil war wasn’t futile in the long term really. It was the start of the long decline in the monarchy’s power over England and the lead to the rise of parliament as the main instrument of power in the uk. Although it ended badly for Cromwell and the parliamentarians eventually the uk has become how they would’ve wished it to be.
Fascinating stuff. I’m an Ulster Prod myself. I remember reading that the Scots Covenanters attended their church services armed. And with sentry’s posted in all corners of the church.
I’m from Worcester (there is a fantastic little civil war museum called the commandery) it’s great to see it mentioned! Also lived in a small village between Bristol and Bath for a few years so seeing Marshfield (fantastic ice cream there btw) etc was also mad. Love the videos as always!!
@andrewbeard7625 Unemplpyed? 😂 Kidding. My family is third generation Scottish but was Irish back in the time of Cromwell. Our ancestors back then were wealthy landowners who were ruined by Cromwell because.they were catholic. Always interests me that only great histories like this one shows the kind of blood thirsty lunatic he was of you were a scot or Irish. If there's a hell I'm sure Cromwell is there now. At worst it's his summer home.
how the monarchy fell over the years facilitating for the democratic ideas to take hold of england: 3 hours 22 minutes. how the entire revolution ended with the monarchy restored: 1 minute. just magnificent.
@@DiazeDanA more indebted society where idiots choose parasites whose state interests are not theirs. Monarchy, the state's interest is yours and its interest because it is your state
I first want to say I really appreciate all the work that goes into these videos. As a slight criticism, I found the sound editing with the fireworks in the background extremely distracting - the pops kept pulling me from what was being said.
@@lollius88 as per the first battle, English Heavy Cavalry were infamous for winning the cavalry fight and then leaving the battlefield in pursuit of the enemy cavalry instead of turning round and winning the remainder of the battle. Fortunately the British had (and many would say still have, man for man) the best infantry in the world so this “strategy” often worked wonders.
You're talking about the Napoleonic wars, only, not the Civil war and not British cavalry generally. The Iron sides, Marlborough's cavalry and the British cavalry in the Crimean war were all superbly disciplined.
This was my favorite era in Colonial American history. Massachusetts Bay colony had a surge in population at this time in English history. Like a mass exodus.
Atun-Shei has a fun video about the English Civil War that focuses more on the religious, ideological, and revolutionary aspects of the conflict that influenced the early days of the American colonies. Highly recommend!
Royalists fled to Virginia. Which was considered the fourth realm after England, Scotland and Ireland. American leadership was largely drawn from this class going forward. Puritans went to Delaware. Quaker’s went to Pennsylvania. Whilst the American back country and southern states were mainly settled by the Ulster Scots, who came from the Anglo-Scottish border, which made them natural frontiersmen and guerrilla fighters.
It's weird, but it's always nice to see my local area and local history on such a massive channel. I love these long-form videos, good work yet again guys.
Amazing combination of depth and accessibility. Fantastic work! World's smallest nit: you're using modern maps so they frequently have water features that did not exist in the 17th century e.g. 52:56 South and West of Bristol shows Barrow Gurney reservoir (constructed 1852), Blagdon Lake (1905), Cheddar reservoir (1937), and Chew Valley Lake (1956)
I’ve watched several documentaries on this subject, and I must say this one is the clearest, most comprehensive, and most concise. Thank you for what you do!
Nice! Thank you for showing us this 3 hr documentary. I have 3 suggestions that I’ll like to see for the Kings and Generals channel: 1) a long documentary about the thirty years war, 2) a series focusing on the second crusade 1145-1149, and 3) French wars of religion 1562-1598 because it creates the house of Bourbon, the monarchy that’ll play a role in the French Revolution. What do you think?
@@tannerhagen774 Now, I don’t have any books to share because I learned that because History Matters, a History UA-cam channel, created a ten minute video called French Wars of Religion. If you really want to see it, you can search that in UA-cam and the video will be there. And yes, he does have books that he puts in the description of a video if you want to learn more.
King Charles 2nd couldn’t defeat his enemies in battle so he decided to use his royal immortality potion and simply out live his rivals what an absolute legend 😂
Here’s the revised version: I know these long videos are tough to make, but on behalf of everyone, I want to say thank you for putting them together. It’s awesome to see a series like this all in one place!
Really respect that you added small enagements like the battle of worcester and landsdown when you could have just reuploaded the past videos of major battles and called it a collection of videos.
A most fantastic history lesson I knew nothing about in spite of having been a student of English history at some time or other.......I was born n England too..
One of my ancestors, William Walker, fought on the royalist side in the English civil war and later migrated to American colonies after the war ended in 1652. Always interesting stuff.
As an American I appreciate you covering this I feel the sentiment our founding fathers had when creating a new country had the English Civil war in mind and wanted to prevent such wars from occurring great vid !!
You're almost quoting Adams John Adams he mentioned the fact that he wanted separation of church and state because of all the wars that Europeans and he particularly thinking of the English who routinely fought over religious issues.
Awesome work as usual guys, you continue to surprise us..If you do a similar approach for other categorical vids, like Ottomans, Rome etc... it will be more then appreciated... Cheers and long live the Kings and Generals :)
I really like the part about the battle of Worcester and I like that part because at Worcester one of my first cousin 2x removed in laws ancestors was killed in the battle of Worcester and the ancestor was her 9th great grandfather John MacNab the 13th chief of clan MacNab.
I'm not English nor British, but this subject -the "English Civil War" - is quite fascinating... probably because the more I tried to study it, the less I understood it. On the surface (and from the point of view of a foreigner) this war seemed almost like a case of an extremely TRAGIC "collective lunacy". A series of misunderstandings, inability to communicate between the parties, the King's own "pig-headed" stubbornness on one side and on the other a spreading RELIGIOUS FANATICISM within the massses and there you have it - all of a sdden you have a King waging a war against his own subjects and his subjects doing the same, but the ultimate reasons for their involvment and at times fanatical resilience (often bravery but also cruelty) more often than not escape my understanding. There was hatred on both sides and both armmies perpetrated many deeds that even then were considered something alike (with a 20th century word) "WAR CRIMES". The war spilled over into Ireland and involved even Scotland. I always thought the Scots quite liked the Stuarts - afterall they were Scottish (as far as I recall they even descended from Robert Bruce ...or so I've read somewhere!...) - so Scotts fighting against a Scottish King on the English Throne seemed beyond me. I do not understand the cruelty Parlament's Armies shown in Ireland, but - most of all - I have big troubles in understanding the fanatical cruelty against each other even on English soil. This was not some "foreign invasion" like the attempted invasion during the times of Philip of Spain's "Armada". This were Englishmen against other Englishmen and they were BOTH Protestants - with the "lines" being drawn even right through families - son against father, brother against brother & vice-versa. PS. Another thing that quite often escapes me, is all the times the King & his Royalists could finish this war, if they pressed harder (OR SO IT EEMED TO ME AT LEAST!) ...but DIDN'T or for some reasons decided not to (or maybe they could not afterall and I'm mistaken??). A King openly fighting & killing his own subjects is never in a good position. For all the proficiency and professionalism of his Army ...it seemed to me he always had tremendous problems in replacing his losses with new men - UNLIKE the Parlament's forces, that quickly "caught on" in battlefield professionalism and efficiency... and in the end they WON. THEN it turned out that without a King, there was a frightening power-vacuum in the heart of the system of power - so frightening that out of fear of new, bloody conflicts, Parlament had to resort to yet another "King without the kingly title" - Cromwell, who had probably even more power than any English King since Henry the IInd or Henry the VIIIth, and surely more power than any King after him (and correct me if i'm wrong!).
I can’t wait to see you guys cover the Anglo Dutch Wars and I can’t wait to see them because the wars included great admirals on both sides and great examples on the Dutch side are Cornelis Tromp, Maarten Tromp and Michiel de Ruyter and on the English side Robert Blake, Sir William Penn father of William Penn founder of the colonial province of Pennsylvania, James Duke of York future king James the second of England and VII of Scotland and George Monck 1st Duke of albermarle while the overlooked 4th war saw British admirals who fought in the American Revolutionary War rule the waves but also during the Anglo Dutch wars there were those who were already famous and infamous like prince Rupert of the Rhine and King Charles the second but there was also French admiral Abraham Duquesne marquis du Bouchet And If you don’t mind me asking but can you do a video on the regicide’s of King Charles the 1st and these regicides were the members of parliamentarian side who killed and also took part in signing the death warrant for King Charles the first and it’s an interesting, sad and horror story of what happened to the regicides and the story of the regicides begins when King Charles the second returns and he passes the indemnity and oblivion act which granted amnesty to those guilty of most crimes committed during the English Civil War and the interregnum but of those who had been involved in the trial and execution of King Charles the first 104 were specifically excluded from being granted amnesty and these 104 were tortured in many ways for example the ones that had already died like Cromwell, John Bradshaw and Henry Ireton were given a posthumous execution with the remains being exhumed and hanged and beheaded with the bodies being cast into a pit below the gallows and the heads being placed on pikes at the ends of Westminster hall several others were hanged drawn and quartered 19 were imprisoned for life while others fled from England to such places as the New Haven colony which is where New Haven Connecticut is some fled to the areas that would become the modern day nations Netherlands, Germany, France Switzerland, Morocco and Belgium however besides the regicides in England there were also ones in Scotland.
These long form videos are what the History Channel used to do but quit doing on historical events. Kings and Generals takes that format and perfects it.
I cannot but feel a little Deja vu seeing Oliver Cromwell rise to power like Napoleon during the French revolution though minus conquering Europe and only calling himself "Lord Protector" rather then Emperor or even King.
The Royalist foot actually used Wallenstein's squadrons instead of the "Swedish Style" at Edgehill "Archaeology of the Battle of Lutzen: An examination of 17th Century Millitary Material Culture"
The loss of life during the English civil war is staggering. It all could have been avoided if Charles had been willing to give, just a little bit. The parliamentary army mismanaged the early battles, the royalist army could not exploit that. After the first year, the chance of Charles winning the war were fading. If you can't win the war, then you must find a way to win the peace. Charles simply could not do either.
"The Wars of the Three Kingdoms, also known as the British Civil War, and sometimes erroneously called the English Civil War" Fixed that for you; If you're covering any of the details outside the period 1642-1651, it's appropriate to refer to it as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. To be fair your *primary* focus clearly is that period (and it's erroneous title is more well known so might make sense from a SEO/algorithmic perspective), but as these events tie in to the - oftentimes acrimonious - relationship between the members of the British Union and still hold political relevance today, it feels prudent to avoid the pitfalls of reinforcing the perception of anglocentrism within the retelling of the history of these islands. Otherwise, and as always, thank you for this most welcome retelling of the story.
I wouldn't worry. He can't even pronounce English place names, such as Berwick, Derby and Shrewsbury correctly, so you've got no chance with Irish ones.
King Charles I feel was somewhat underrated. He had many issues, don't get me wrong, but say during the "11 YeArS TyRaNnY" England prospered, he was a lot less of an ass to religious minorities than the puritans, and overall he was a very skilled ruler (mostly economically) and commander. He seems somewhat unfairly demonized, unlike Cromwell who despite being possibly the biggest dick in English history is lionized as a hero of the common people, despite him setting up a fanatical puritan military junta.
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I think you misplaced Brentford and Turnham Green. Aren't they supposed to be south of the Thames?
@@1987MartinT nope, north. We made a mistake in the previous episodes.
@@KingsandGenerals So the Royalist army was actually north of the Thames between the battle of Edgehill and the stand-off at Turnham Green?
@@KingsandGeneralsplease make a video on Amet-khan Sultan
The (now City) of Derby is pronounced DAR-BY
I know that these long videos are hard to make, but on behalf of everyone, i want to say thank you for making them. It's great to see a series gathered together like this!
What he said ⬆️
He also speaks on my behalf! Please keep the great work.
Yes we appreciate this
I’m particularly interested in this period know. As it is overlapping into current uk politics
Not a tyrant just a pointless mouth peace for the British government
Thank you to all the staff, the editors, scriptwriters, etc. You guys are preserving the love of history and knowledge at large
I watched the individual episodes but, I swing back for the complete series.
You know a social studies teacher is using this in class while they grade essays.
70 minutes or so of new content
"Charles I kept falling into traps that he had layed down himself". Cant remember where I heard this but I feel this sums his actions nicely 😂
U bolsheviks rule today dark hair dark eyes ones.
Best history documentaries are on UA-cam channels like this. Nothing as good as this on TV anymore
so true, just cringey reenactments on the history channel
Cromwell is the embodiment of “You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”
Batman
Not really. He lived long enough to die as Cromwell
He wasn't never a hero so
Rot in hell, Cromwell!
One of the finest generals and tacticians in the world, and one of the cruelest men as well.
A big thank you to the hard working and intelligent members of K&G for these long uploads, especially when this form of early industrial warfare is intriguing me so much lately!!
I was impatiently waiting for this compilation. Thanks you so much ❤️😊
A 3 hours documentary? That’s awesome!!
That's a little bit too much for me, frankly speaking. :)
@@MaksymMinenko It is for everyone, which is why you gotta watch it in segments
This has always been an area of history I’ve been unfamiliar with but this documentary has really helped me grasp how Cromwell became a leader and the end of his regime.
19:33 that was my ancestor Jenne Geddes who threw the stool at the vicker when she cried
"De'il gie you colic, the wame o' ye, fause thief; daur ye say Mass in my lug?" meaning "The Devil give you colic! The hide of you! (lit. "the belly of you") False thief! You dare say the Mass in my ear?"
Stop talking shite 😂
The more of your works I watch, the more impressed I am the way you put this all together. It’s great! Thanks so much 🙂
Absolutely exceptional. I showing the futility of it while also showing Cromwells patience then slide into despotic rule was *chefs kiss.*
Tbf the English civil war wasn’t futile in the long term really. It was the start of the long decline in the monarchy’s power over England and the lead to the rise of parliament as the main instrument of power in the uk. Although it ended badly for Cromwell and the parliamentarians eventually the uk has become how they would’ve wished it to be.
please be so proud of your creations, these documentary’s are masterpieces.
i woke up after having the weirdest dream and realized it was because of this.
Same
Same
was it a sign you are destined to rule from divine right?
Ooh tell us what happened mate? 😊
Please explain
An underated period of history! Always wanted to know more about this time 👍
Simply amazing, you've lifted educational content on UA-cam to a new level!
Man high quality content and having multiple videos a week, KG always delivera
Fascinating stuff. I’m an Ulster Prod myself.
I remember reading that the Scots Covenanters attended their church services armed. And with sentry’s posted in all corners of the church.
I’m from Worcester (there is a fantastic little civil war museum called the commandery) it’s great to see it mentioned! Also lived in a small village between Bristol and Bath for a few years so seeing Marshfield (fantastic ice cream there btw) etc was also mad. Love the videos as always!!
😊😊ol
My family comes from the Scottish border reivers that raided both sides of the border during this time and before. This documentary hits home!
The reivers are coming, the reivers are coming...
Likewise. Im an Ulster Scot.
Or what the Americans would call “Scotch-Irish”.
Our ancestors were all border reivers. Armstrongs, Elliots etc.
@@willmc9612my ancestors are from strathclyde. What’s that make me
Cromwell used to have sex with little boys then eat them
@andrewbeard7625 Unemplpyed? 😂 Kidding. My family is third generation Scottish but was Irish back in the time of Cromwell. Our ancestors back then were wealthy landowners who were ruined by Cromwell because.they were catholic. Always interests me that only great histories like this one shows the kind of blood thirsty lunatic he was of you were a scot or Irish. If there's a hell I'm sure Cromwell is there now. At worst it's his summer home.
how the monarchy fell over the years facilitating for the democratic ideas to take hold of england: 3 hours 22 minutes.
how the entire revolution ended with the monarchy restored: 1 minute.
just magnificent.
It's still a pretty huge revolution though, we were able to build a better society through it either way
U money 💰 changes change everything.
@@DiazeDanA more indebted society where idiots choose parasites whose state interests are not theirs. Monarchy, the state's interest is yours and its interest because it is your state
@@DiazeDandicelo a los irlandeses
@@Mori_88”some may win, some will lose, some were meant to sing the blues”.
Due to this being Charles I's birthday you couldn't help but see the appropriate timing.
I'm so happy you included the Battle of Worcester in this film! Thank you for listening :)
I first want to say I really appreciate all the work that goes into these videos. As a slight criticism, I found the sound editing with the fireworks in the background extremely distracting - the pops kept pulling me from what was being said.
Noted, thanks!
I absolutely adore long form content. Thank you so much for your efforts.
We really do appreciate it. ;)
Devin still doing a top notch job too! :D
As I believe it was a Prussian once said, “The English have the finest heavy cavalry in the world, so long as you only need them for one charge.”
@@lollius88 as per the first battle, English Heavy Cavalry were infamous for winning the cavalry fight and then leaving the battlefield in pursuit of the enemy cavalry instead of turning round and winning the remainder of the battle. Fortunately the British had (and many would say still have, man for man) the best infantry in the world so this “strategy” often worked wonders.
You're talking about the Napoleonic wars, only, not the Civil war and not British cavalry generally.
The Iron sides, Marlborough's cavalry and the British cavalry in the Crimean war were all superbly disciplined.
2:30:22 "The artillery is stuck in a bog somewhere" - Mike Duncan of Revolutions Podcast, on the role cannons played in the English Civil Wars.
This was my favorite era in Colonial American history. Massachusetts Bay colony had a surge in population at this time in English history. Like a mass exodus.
Many do not study the English civil war as it profoundly effected America, with the royalists fleeing to the southern states. It truly is interesting.
Atun-Shei has a fun video about the English Civil War that focuses more on the religious, ideological, and revolutionary aspects of the conflict that influenced the early days of the American colonies. Highly recommend!
Royalists fled to Virginia. Which was considered the fourth realm after England, Scotland and Ireland.
American leadership was largely drawn from this class going forward.
Puritans went to Delaware. Quaker’s went to Pennsylvania.
Whilst the American back country and southern states were mainly settled by the Ulster Scots, who came from the Anglo-Scottish border, which made them natural frontiersmen and guerrilla fighters.
@@PJ-pj8lr *affected
@@jdb47games haven't cracked that code buddy, what does the star mean ?
It's weird, but it's always nice to see my local area and local history on such a massive channel. I love these long-form videos, good work yet again guys.
Very interesting. I have been a fan of the English Civil War, and this 3-hour video is a treat!
Lol how can man be fan of it lol
@@rembrandtvanleidsethey enjoy studying it i would guess?
Amazing combination of depth and accessibility. Fantastic work!
World's smallest nit: you're using modern maps so they frequently have water features that did not exist in the 17th century e.g. 52:56 South and West of Bristol shows Barrow Gurney reservoir (constructed 1852), Blagdon Lake (1905), Cheddar reservoir (1937), and Chew Valley Lake (1956)
We make reservoir and canal mistakes all the time, need to improve this. Thanks!
@@KingsandGenerals totally unwatchable in current state 🤣 keep being awesome!
I love these 3h+ videos, thank u KnG!
This is one of the most educational videos in this channel in political and historical detail.
I’ve watched several documentaries on this subject, and I must say this one is the clearest, most comprehensive, and most concise. Thank you for what you do!
Nice! Thank you for showing us this 3 hr documentary. I have 3 suggestions that I’ll like to see for the Kings and Generals channel: 1) a long documentary about the thirty years war, 2) a series focusing on the second crusade 1145-1149, and 3) French wars of religion 1562-1598 because it creates the house of Bourbon, the monarchy that’ll play a role in the French Revolution. What do you think?
Any good books for number 3?
@@tannerhagen774 Now, I don’t have any books to share because I learned that because History Matters, a History UA-cam channel, created a ten minute video called French Wars of Religion. If you really want to see it, you can search that in UA-cam and the video will be there. And yes, he does have books that he puts in the description of a video if you want to learn more.
@@josephsarra4320 I’ll check it out, much appreciated!
@@tannerhagen774 You’re welcome. ;)
Masterful, you are doing so much for informative learning. Wish I could do more.
King Charles 2nd couldn’t defeat his enemies in battle so he decided to use his royal immortality potion and simply out live his rivals what an absolute legend 😂
Charles Stuart wasn’t crowned until the Restoration in 1660.
What a chad
Awesome channel and yet another fantastic video, well done! ❤
Learned more in a 3 min documentary about the English civil war than I have done in a week long history class at school.
This is terrific stuff and it must have been very labor intensive to throw together. Thank you!
Here’s the revised version:
I know these long videos are tough to make, but on behalf of everyone, I want to say thank you for putting them together. It’s awesome to see a series like this all in one place!
This makes my heart happy ❤ . We don't deserve yall, the hard work you all put in is greatly appreciated.
A huge thank you to the K&G team! You guys do top-notch work!
Thats was the fastest 3 and half hours iv watched in a while. Well done!
My next playlist as I sleep.
Really respect that you added small enagements like the battle of worcester and landsdown when you could have just reuploaded the past videos of major battles and called it a collection of videos.
Gawd, I love this channel. As a Total war, EU4 fan and history buff, this channel scratches all my itches
Amazing content as always, thank you for this.
A most fantastic history lesson I knew nothing about in spite of having been a student of English history at some time or other.......I was born n England too..
As a Yank that knows nothing of English history, this was totally fascinating!
This has got to be one of my favourite videos on UA-cam
An extraordinary brilliant work! Thank you so much!
One of my ancestors, William Walker, fought on the royalist side in the English civil war and later migrated to American colonies after the war ended in 1652. Always interesting stuff.
Going to play this for movie night tonight.
Ah, a man of culture!
You can appreciate the impact Marvel's Civil War made, it was so famous that the English decided to have one!
And like with Marvel it all went to the top and then crashed badly.
I would like to say thank you I love these documentaries and there format
As an American I appreciate you covering this I feel the sentiment our founding fathers had when creating a new country had the English Civil war in mind and wanted to prevent such wars from occurring great vid !!
I wonder how the English colonies in North America were affected by the civil war?
You're almost quoting Adams John Adams he mentioned the fact that he wanted separation of church and state because of all the wars that Europeans and he particularly thinking of the English who routinely fought over religious issues.
and yet, 85 years after American Independence they fight an even bloodier Civil War
Love the work, keep going!
Awesome work as usual guys, you continue to surprise us..If you do a similar approach for other categorical vids, like Ottomans, Rome etc... it will be more then appreciated... Cheers and long live the Kings and Generals :)
I really like the part about the battle of Worcester and I like that part because at Worcester one of my first cousin 2x removed in laws ancestors was killed in the battle of Worcester and the ancestor was her 9th great grandfather John MacNab the 13th chief of clan MacNab.
I just woke up and this video was playing
watch it, it is fun
I'm not English nor British, but this subject -the "English Civil War" - is quite fascinating... probably because the more I tried to study it, the less I understood it. On the surface (and from the point of view of a foreigner) this war seemed almost like a case of an extremely TRAGIC "collective lunacy". A series of misunderstandings, inability to communicate between the parties, the King's own "pig-headed" stubbornness on one side and on the other a spreading RELIGIOUS FANATICISM within the massses and there you have it - all of a sdden you have a King waging a war against his own subjects and his subjects doing the same, but the ultimate reasons for their involvment and at times fanatical resilience (often bravery but also cruelty) more often than not escape my understanding. There was hatred on both sides and both armmies perpetrated many deeds that even then were considered something alike (with a 20th century word) "WAR CRIMES". The war spilled over into Ireland and involved even Scotland. I always thought the Scots quite liked the Stuarts - afterall they were Scottish (as far as I recall they even descended from Robert Bruce ...or so I've read somewhere!...) - so Scotts fighting against a Scottish King on the English Throne seemed beyond me. I do not understand the cruelty Parlament's Armies shown in Ireland, but - most of all - I have big troubles in understanding the fanatical cruelty against each other even on English soil. This was not some "foreign invasion" like the attempted invasion during the times of Philip of Spain's "Armada". This were Englishmen against other Englishmen and they were BOTH Protestants - with the "lines" being drawn even right through families - son against father, brother against brother & vice-versa.
PS. Another thing that quite often escapes me, is all the times the King & his Royalists could finish this war, if they pressed harder (OR SO IT EEMED TO ME AT LEAST!) ...but DIDN'T or for some reasons decided not to (or maybe they could not afterall and I'm mistaken??). A King openly fighting & killing his own subjects is never in a good position. For all the proficiency and professionalism of his Army ...it seemed to me he always had tremendous problems in replacing his losses with new men - UNLIKE the Parlament's forces, that quickly "caught on" in battlefield professionalism and efficiency... and in the end they WON.
THEN it turned out that without a King, there was a frightening power-vacuum in the heart of the system of power - so frightening that out of fear of new, bloody conflicts, Parlament had to resort to yet another "King without the kingly title" - Cromwell, who had probably even more power than any English King since Henry the IInd or Henry the VIIIth, and surely more power than any King after him (and correct me if i'm wrong!).
What a great long documentary, thanks for the making. Great to see videos like this, filled with history information and insights!
As im listening to this Im working in windmill hill in bristol and i can see brandon hill from the scaffolding. Awesome
I can’t wait to see you guys cover the Anglo Dutch Wars and I can’t wait to see them because the wars included great admirals on both sides and great examples on the Dutch side are Cornelis Tromp, Maarten Tromp and Michiel de Ruyter and on the English side Robert Blake, Sir William Penn father of William Penn founder of the colonial province of Pennsylvania, James Duke of York future king James the second of England and VII of Scotland and George Monck 1st Duke of albermarle while the overlooked 4th war saw British admirals who fought in the American Revolutionary War rule the waves but also during the Anglo Dutch wars there were those who were already famous and infamous like prince Rupert of the Rhine and King Charles the second but there was also French admiral Abraham Duquesne marquis du Bouchet
And If you don’t mind me asking but can you do a video on the regicide’s of King Charles the 1st and these regicides were the members of parliamentarian side who killed and also took part in signing the death warrant for King Charles the first and it’s an interesting, sad and horror story of what happened to the regicides and the story of the regicides begins when King Charles the second returns and he passes the indemnity and oblivion act which granted amnesty to those guilty of most crimes committed during the English Civil War and the interregnum but of those who had been involved in the trial and execution of King Charles the first 104 were specifically excluded from being granted amnesty and these 104 were tortured in many ways for example the ones that had already died like Cromwell, John Bradshaw and Henry Ireton were given a posthumous execution with the remains being exhumed and hanged and beheaded with the bodies being cast into a pit below the gallows and the heads being placed on pikes at the ends of Westminster hall several others were hanged drawn and quartered 19 were imprisoned for life while others fled from England to such places as the New Haven colony which is where New Haven Connecticut is some fled to the areas that would become the modern day nations Netherlands, Germany, France Switzerland, Morocco and Belgium however besides the regicides in England there were also ones in Scotland.
Great documentary. Thank you.
Brilliant video. Although as someone who is Irish, your pronunciation of Drogheda made me die a little inside.
It's an AI voice. Hence it can pronounce "Shrewsbury" but not "Derby" or "Berwick".
These long form videos are what the History Channel used to do but quit doing on historical events. Kings and Generals takes that format and perfects it.
>Thanksgiving is upon us
>Drops an absolutely kino video of the English civil war.
I will be sacrificing some pie for the algorithm next this week.
The county I live in Virginia (United States) is named after Lord Fairfax. Apparently he owned a lot of land in the "new world".
Great content and music selections.
Love your content, please never stop!
Just found a new fix to help clean the house to, thank you🙏🏾
A most excellent video!! Thank you for your efforts!!!
I cannot but feel a little Deja vu seeing Oliver Cromwell rise to power like Napoleon during the French revolution though minus conquering Europe and only calling himself "Lord Protector" rather then Emperor or even King.
Preceded by Sir William Wallace being appointed Lord Protector of Scotland.
The Royalist foot actually used Wallenstein's squadrons instead of the "Swedish Style" at Edgehill "Archaeology of the Battle of Lutzen: An examination of 17th Century Millitary Material Culture"
I have loads of civil war musket balls found with my metal detector, one is amazing as it’s very deformed and has a piece of bone sticking out of it.
The loss of life during the English civil war is staggering. It all could have been avoided if Charles had been willing to give, just a little bit. The parliamentary army mismanaged the early battles, the royalist army could not exploit that. After the first year, the chance of Charles winning the war were fading. If you can't win the war, then you must find a way to win the peace. Charles simply could not do either.
Fantastic episode as usual !
Thanks kings and general!
Thank you for the amazing content!!!! Of course you have my sub and like!
Whoever's idea it was to put ronald there deserves a raise 1:56:10
Best history channel on UA-cam by far IMO
Thanks!
"The Wars of the Three Kingdoms, also known as the British Civil War, and sometimes erroneously called the English Civil War"
Fixed that for you; If you're covering any of the details outside the period 1642-1651, it's appropriate to refer to it as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. To be fair your *primary* focus clearly is that period (and it's erroneous title is more well known so might make sense from a SEO/algorithmic perspective), but as these events tie in to the - oftentimes acrimonious - relationship between the members of the British Union and still hold political relevance today, it feels prudent to avoid the pitfalls of reinforcing the perception of anglocentrism within the retelling of the history of these islands.
Otherwise, and as always, thank you for this most welcome retelling of the story.
Indeed, a SEO decision.
Drogheda is not quite pronounced like that but otherwise well done.
@@MarkMcGoran The real name is Droichead Átha. The English term is a butchered form of the original Irish, no matter what way its pronounced.
I wouldn't worry.
He can't even pronounce English place names, such as Berwick, Derby and Shrewsbury correctly, so you've got no chance with Irish ones.
@@Murdo2112 hilariously true
I really wish yall would do a video on culloden. and more early modern vids in general. Like the 7 years war or the war of the triple alliance.
I live for the compilation videos.
Exceedingly cogent presentation. Much thanks.
You guys are awesome!!!! Keep it up
King Charles I feel was somewhat underrated. He had many issues, don't get me wrong, but say during the "11 YeArS TyRaNnY" England prospered, he was a lot less of an ass to religious minorities than the puritans, and overall he was a very skilled ruler (mostly economically) and commander.
He seems somewhat unfairly demonized, unlike Cromwell who despite being possibly the biggest dick in English history is lionized as a hero of the common people, despite him setting up a fanatical puritan military junta.
Did anyone else notice the small detail at 5:23? It’s so cool!
It’s nice when you search for something on youtube and get exactly what you want.
I was looking for a song by The Clash, but I stuck around for this great video instead. Cheers! 🍻🏴
When I read War of the Three Kingdoms I spent a few seconds confused as to why would English be having a civil war in China 🤦lmao
XD
Excellent, simply an excellent video! English History students will find this extremely helpful ❤🎉😊
Revolution Glory is one of my favorite stories, I love history but this is the most important to me.
Your true skill is in making complex, multi-layered conflicts with a dizzying array of names and issues comprehensible to a layman.
Thank you again for making these
Wow, great content. Thanks so much