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What a terrible shame that someone of your stature Sir, didn't go into politics. You could have made a difference of that I am sure. Glad you're back, where you should be enlightening us.
Politics? We need him to hang around for a good bit longer as a teacher. And some of the twits that we vote for (and us the voters - so who are the numpties really?) should pay attention.
@@oliverapex7924 What is this drivel? Follow his ways? "Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation." DS is talented. Your probably not. Deal with your mediocrity!
Oh another David Starkey video. Excellent. I'm about to go to bed, so I'll watch it tomorrow afternoon. Wait a minute! It's about the coronation. Damn you David Starkey, damn you!
Hello Dr.Starkey! Here we are waiting to hear all that most important historical facts you so generously present to us! Don't forget as in the street venacular we say here in the US: YOU ARE THE MAN!😊❤
@@kinorspielmann4649 since I am an American I don't know what Bollocks mean I hope you weren't being disrespectful to the greatest historian who ever 😡 lived if this is so shame on you!
Wow!! That was fascinatingly informative- thank you. You are officially the person I would nominate to have dinner with if I could choose only one. I wish you had been my professor of history.
I live next to a road called Gurkha Road :) And there is a statue of a Gurkha soldier in his British Army uniform stood to attention in the park. God bless Nepal and our brother Gurkhas. Nothing says British like the Gurkha Soldier say it! Those guys are our toughest guys.
Starkers is short-sighted to dismiss the English battle-cry at Hastings as "grunting". The "official" English battle cry there was "Holy Cross", but once the infantry blocs engaged with the mass exchange of blades hacking, thrusting, chopping against wood, metal and man in the line battle the more ancient "OUT-OUT-OUT-OUT" rhythmic chant was used, similar to a rugby scrum chant today of "1-2-3-4", or in tennis at a high-stress moment concentrating all your thought upon counting the points - "15, 30, 40, Game". It's a means of clearing & focusing one's mind of anything but winning & getting the job done like a machine. It comes from a deep understanding of human psychology & is not to be underestimated.
@@christopherbingham8722 Professor J.R.R. Tolkien articulately and wittily disagreed in his day (see his lectures "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics" and "Beowulf and the Critics" and his published letters for good examples).
Mr Starky misses two pieces of information in the reasons for choosing Bath. Firstly just nearby is Dyrham, where the King of Wessex had fought the Welsh in a titanic clash and defeated them in order to bring Saxons already living in the area under his protection. A defeat from which they had never recovered. Second nearby Wells was where Ine (ancestor of Alfred) had founded a minster there.
"The spittle" - Evelyn Waugh, in an account of his trip to attend the crowning of Emperor Haile Selassie, wrote that "the Church of Abyssinia beatified Pontius Pilate, and they consecrate their bishops by spitting on them". Maybe he wasn't joking.
English adopted French words for its fleshes, because that's what the Anglo-Saxons retrieved for their Norman masters at table: beef - bœuf mutton - mouton pork - porc venison - venaison veal - veau
@@stevewatson6839 Okay this is the second time that I have been corrected on the spelling. Give me an example of your correct spelling as opposed to the other persons correct spelling.
@Moonraker I did some searching around on my own and am aware that his is an alternate spelling of the term. Either spelling is correct, they are interchangeable. Thanks for your interest in this discussion of arcane and archaic word usage, not many people are interested in this topic of discussion much less give a damn.
@Moonraker You are correct, "of arms" is incorrect, "at arms" is the correct term. However "Serjeant" or "Sergeant" is an acceptable spelling. I'm aware that most people roll their eyes at the suggestion to "look it up on Wikipedia", but I have found it to be a reliable source for most things. I apologize for not getting back to you sooner, I have no excuse other than a bout of laziness. Good day and best wishes.
@Moonraker I do not mind in the least your pointing out my misspelling of a word, especially one that is so arcane and archaic. I am just very thrilled to have a civil conversation on-line. So many of these conversations end with the other party insulting me without presenting a cogent argument for their point of view. Then when I point this out to them they never reply back with any facts to support their argument. So thanks again for such a pleasant exchange of words. Best wishes to you sir.
Starkey has much of interest to say, but it's the stuff in parentheses that sometimes makes me think he 's not reliable. At one point here he lashes out at Ukraine Pres Zelenskyy as the best example of toxic masculinity. Is there really not a better example to hand that Starkey could have thought of, like Putin the bare-chested invader? And how does his mind work that he turns on the victim first and not the aggressor? When I hear him say things like that I assume that similar warped biases are in play in his description of something that happened, say, in the 13th century
I think Dr Starkey meant to be ironic about the concept of toxic masculinity, not to be negative about Zelensky. He made a really odd point though, indeed. In the times of peace, Zelensky projected kindly and compassionate persona (before going into politics he was an actor and, among other things, voiced Paddington Bear in the Ukrainian version). In the times of war, he never refrains from showing emotions. He is as remote from the stereotype of toxic masculinity as it gets, to be honest.
@@AntonBryl Yes indeed. Perhaps it's a contrarian streak that makes Starkey say these things -- as you've shown his point is patently false as well as offbeam.
You probably think that _every word that doesn't agree_ with you is abuse. It's such a crap attitude, really poisonous. Have you ever been abused, outside of people just talking normally on the internet? You may view abuse slightly more sincerely if you saw what it actually is. Making a video about historical events, which you did not agree with is not abusive. Abusive would have been making a video called "Your Monarchy sucks" and comparing our great and powerful leader to somebody elses short fat useless ugly poverty stricken one legged Donkey king. For example lol see that would be abusive, but he did not do that. He just spoke with dignity about our history, if you find our history offensive and abusive I would suggest that you get therapy.
A royal Republic, really? Now I've heard some porky pies from historians but this is the final straw. Now I know for certain historians make up these stories. Does Starkey know what a Republic is? Even in the 21st century I'm very aware that UK is still run as a feudal system with a nod to something that appears to be democracy. The monarchy still largely influences the lives of ordinary people. Parliament enacts whatever the monarch wishes. Ordinary people are made to keep the monarch through taxation whether they like or support the monarchy. Ordinary people are deliberately kept poor due to deflation and political machinations so that the rich can continue to get richer while the rest are denied entry into a club that denies,dignity in life. What we have I'd a "give the dog a bone" politics. Enough to keep us quiet while the rich figure out how to keep screwing the rest of us
What's oops? It is called West Minster, and that is because it's East of the City (St Paul's Cathedral being found to it's West and therefore is called East Minster. You do realise, that if you are in the middle, and something is to your East - then by definition you must be to it's West hence WestMinster is West of East Minster. Like if I point to the left, I am pointing FROM the right. Makes perfect sense to me anyway!
@@DailyCorvid his was a minor slip. Yours is simple stupidity. Westminster is not and has never been to the east of London. Yet you claim it is east of London. Starkey had a slip of the tongue. You have written that down with time to think about it and you have written down utter nonsense. Consider basic geography and physical reality before putting such utter twaddle in a comment again.
So if Charles broke his oath and becane Catholic, would the Commons remove him? And is it a coincidence the jet Charles used after QEII's death flew from Scotland to Rome and back again the day she died?
No it wasn't a coincidence, and no it's not some odd sounding conspiracy. It's actually totally normal expected behaviour. The acting Monarch has to brings the news of the previous Monarch's death to Rome personally. The reason is that if there is no 'Defender Of The Faith' in place, then the Pope has temporary regency over the Church. It's actually in the Bible, if you have one handy you can read all about it in there. Not describing the current day arrangement but rather, explaining how the Holy authority travels between people so there is no unbroken chain of leadership. When you consider that "Protestants" were originally leading a protest against non Orthodox practices, aka heretics of the Catholics - it's not unusual at all. Ultimately they all bend the knee to Christ as the Son Of God, the schism is purely administrative only. The Pope is effectively the King of Rome, and therefore equally authorative to our King of Britain and they employ one another for various ritual worshipping tasks and such. Think of it like this : If you are one of only two dentists in town - you need the second dentist to sort out your teeth whilst you sort of everybody elses. The King goes to the Pope when he needs to confess sins, and likewise the Pope will confess only to the defender of the Faith (King Charles III currently).
I think it's more likely he is discreetly Orthodox. His dad was Orthodox and his grandmother was an Orthodox nun. Charles has been seen crossing himself in the Orthodox manner and for the first time a Byzantine hymn was included at his coronation. Now there's some material for the conspiracy theorists to get excited over!
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Old racist geezer is irrelvant.
Dr. Starkey is a cultured and talented academic. A pleasure to learn from.
Good to see you back - speaking truth 💙🇬🇧
Best historian ever - really enjoy hearing his voice . Monarchy the series is wonderful
Isn’t it great!? The only documentary I have ever watched repeatedly.
May God Bless David Starkey ❤
He's an atheist though. I thought god disliked is atheists.
@@DS9TREK He seems to dislike their going on trying to be atheists, judging by some of the interesting atheists he converted.
D. Starkey never ceases to amaze me with his knowledge, his delivery of facts....WITHOUT NOTES....CONGRATS...!!!
What a terrible shame that someone of your stature Sir, didn't go into politics. You could have made a difference of that I am sure. Glad you're back, where you should be enlightening us.
Politics? And have to toe the party line, it didn’t go well for Andrew Bridgen
First he lost the tory whip and was expelled from the party
@@lesterbeedell9725 Starkey would never utter something so stupid
Politics? We need him to hang around for a good bit longer as a teacher. And some of the twits that we vote for (and us the voters - so who are the numpties really?) should pay attention.
@@oliverapex7924 Hope your comment follows you.
@@oliverapex7924 What is this drivel? Follow his ways? "Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation." DS is talented. Your probably not. Deal with your mediocrity!
Love love love David Starkey ❤ brilliant, erudite and witty! Starting coronation day with this podcast! God save the King! 🇬🇧
Oh another David Starkey video. Excellent. I'm about to go to bed, so I'll watch it tomorrow afternoon. Wait a minute! It's about the coronation. Damn you David Starkey, damn you!
Wonderful informative lecture.
Hello Dr.Starkey! Here we are waiting to hear all that most important historical facts you so generously present to us! Don't forget as in the street venacular we say here in the US: YOU ARE THE MAN!😊❤
BOLLOCKS!
[for Brits]
BULLSHIT!
[for Americans]
@@kinorspielmann4649 since I am an American I don't know what Bollocks mean I hope you weren't being disrespectful to the greatest historian who ever 😡 lived if this is so shame on you!
Love David! ❤
Very interesting and wonderfully told by Mr Starkey 👏
Wow!! That was
fascinatingly informative- thank you. You are officially the person I would nominate to have dinner with if I could choose only one. I wish you had been my professor of history.
Love David Starkey, I will watch the video tomorrow, off to bed in a bit 👍👏
Hi from Nepal and may Goraknanth bless your King and country
I live next to a road called Gurkha Road :) And there is a statue of a Gurkha soldier in his British Army uniform stood to attention in the park. God bless Nepal and our brother Gurkhas.
Nothing says British like the Gurkha Soldier say it! Those guys are our toughest guys.
@@DailyCorvid 👍
Excellent. Thank you.
Starkers is short-sighted to dismiss the English battle-cry at Hastings as "grunting". The "official" English battle cry there was "Holy Cross", but once the infantry blocs engaged with the mass exchange of blades hacking, thrusting, chopping against wood, metal and man in the line battle the more ancient "OUT-OUT-OUT-OUT" rhythmic chant was used, similar to a rugby scrum chant today of "1-2-3-4", or in tennis at a high-stress moment concentrating all your thought upon counting the points - "15, 30, 40, Game". It's a means of clearing & focusing one's mind of anything but winning & getting the job done like a machine. It comes from a deep understanding of human psychology & is not to be underestimated.
Like a military cadence, interesting question.
He didn't dismiss the battle cry - he said the language of peasants was - grunting...
@@christopherbingham8722 Professor J.R.R. Tolkien articulately and wittily disagreed in his day (see his lectures "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics" and "Beowulf and the Critics" and his published letters for good examples).
Spectacular
Shame the BBC didn’t have you to comment yesterday instead of that racist black historian who makes things up in his books
BBC won't have him because he slaughtered the Left's sacred cow! He said what a lot of people think, but are afraid to say it!
Really good
Mr Starky misses two pieces of information in the reasons for choosing Bath.
Firstly just nearby is Dyrham, where the King of Wessex had fought the Welsh in a titanic clash and defeated them in order to bring Saxons already living in the area under his protection.
A defeat from which they had never recovered.
Second nearby Wells was where Ine (ancestor of Alfred) had founded a minster there.
Oh my god, 1303 I knew it was Edward II. All that history I've read was worth it.
Ok, let's continue 😊
1308, dear heart.
"The spittle" - Evelyn Waugh, in an account of his trip to attend the crowning of Emperor Haile Selassie, wrote that "the Church of Abyssinia beatified Pontius Pilate, and they consecrate their bishops by spitting on them". Maybe he wasn't joking.
David Starkey didn't say anything wrong.
He never does ...
Prince William of Wales was arrested on Thursday for driving while in his patrol in northern
thank you Dr, David, i wish the voice was a bit laouder,
I’m closing my eyes, when they crown Camilla !!!
Even kings deserve forgiveness by his subjects. Camilla was Charles’ true love.
@@pfranks75 how do you know that ?
She’s not my queen.. should have been Diana.. she should still be Parker Bowles. Disgusting woman. Much worse than Wallace
@@pfranks75 she was his replacement mummy and lover
If they ask “will you take this man to be your king?” Can anyone present say “I object!”?
Prince of Wales is a great movie
English adopted French words for its fleshes, because that's what the Anglo-Saxons retrieved for their Norman masters at table:
beef - bœuf
mutton - mouton
pork - porc
venison - venaison
veal - veau
Prince Charles of Wales was arrested on Thursday for driving while in his patrol in northern
Will you be releasing the q&a of this talk?
He released the Q & A of the last one, I expect so this one.
I hope it's the last one we are bothered with..
"The Sergent of Arms"
Serjeant at Arms, dear Madam.
@@stevewatson6839 Okay this is the second time that I have been corrected on the spelling. Give me an example of your correct spelling as opposed to the other persons correct spelling.
@Moonraker I did some searching around on my own and am aware that his is an alternate spelling of the term. Either spelling is correct, they are interchangeable. Thanks for your interest in this discussion of arcane and archaic word usage, not many people are interested in this topic of discussion much less give a damn.
@Moonraker You are correct, "of arms" is incorrect, "at arms" is the correct term. However "Serjeant" or "Sergeant" is an acceptable spelling. I'm aware that most people roll their eyes at the suggestion to "look it up on Wikipedia", but I have found it to be a reliable source for most things.
I apologize for not getting back to you sooner, I have no excuse other than a bout of laziness. Good day and best wishes.
@Moonraker I do not mind in the least your pointing out my misspelling of a word, especially one that is so arcane and archaic. I am just very thrilled to have a civil conversation on-line. So many of these conversations end with the other party insulting me without presenting a cogent argument for their point of view. Then when I point this out to them they never reply back with any facts to support their argument.
So thanks again for such a pleasant exchange of words. Best wishes to you sir.
Starkey has much of interest to say, but it's the stuff in parentheses that sometimes makes me think he 's not reliable. At one point here he lashes out at Ukraine Pres Zelenskyy as the best example of toxic masculinity. Is there really not a better example to hand that Starkey could have thought of, like Putin the bare-chested invader? And how does his mind work that he turns on the victim first and not the aggressor? When I hear him say things like that I assume that similar warped biases are in play in his description of something that happened, say, in the 13th century
I think Dr Starkey meant to be ironic about the concept of toxic masculinity, not to be negative about Zelensky.
He made a really odd point though, indeed. In the times of peace, Zelensky projected kindly and compassionate persona (before going into politics he was an actor and, among other things, voiced Paddington Bear in the Ukrainian version). In the times of war, he never refrains from showing emotions. He is as remote from the stereotype of toxic masculinity as it gets, to be honest.
@@AntonBryl Yes indeed. Perhaps it's a contrarian streak that makes Starkey say these things -- as you've shown his point is patently false as well as offbeam.
He is poking fun
President George is expected on Monday evening in his speech in Paris House City where his party has pledged not
President
And it takes decades to fullfil the previous order with another lets say better people.
Starkey's reinvention of Cartesian philosophy:
I abuse therefore I am.
You probably think that _every word that doesn't agree_ with you is abuse.
It's such a crap attitude, really poisonous.
Have you ever been abused, outside of people just talking normally on the internet? You may view abuse slightly more sincerely if you saw what it actually is.
Making a video about historical events, which you did not agree with is not abusive. Abusive would have been making a video called "Your Monarchy sucks" and comparing our great and powerful leader to somebody elses short fat useless ugly poverty stricken one legged Donkey king.
For example lol see that would be abusive, but he did not do that. He just spoke with dignity about our history, if you find our history offensive and abusive I would suggest that you get therapy.
A royal Republic, really? Now I've heard some porky pies from historians but this is the final straw. Now I know for certain historians make up these stories. Does Starkey know what a Republic is? Even in the 21st century I'm very aware that UK is still run as a feudal system with a nod to something that appears to be democracy. The monarchy still largely influences the lives of ordinary people. Parliament enacts whatever the monarch wishes. Ordinary people are made to keep the monarch through taxation whether they like or support the monarchy. Ordinary people are deliberately kept poor due to deflation and political machinations so that the rich can continue to get richer while the rest are denied entry into a club that denies,dignity in life.
What we have I'd a "give the dog a bone" politics. Enough to keep us quiet while the rich figure out how to keep screwing the rest of us
"It's called West Minster because it's to the east of the City."
Oops!
What's oops? It is called West Minster, and that is because it's East of the City (St Paul's Cathedral being found to it's West and therefore is called East Minster.
You do realise, that if you are in the middle, and something is to your East - then by definition you must be to it's West hence WestMinster is West of East Minster. Like if I point to the left, I am pointing FROM the right.
Makes perfect sense to me anyway!
@@DailyCorvid his was a minor slip. Yours is simple stupidity.
Westminster is not and has never been to the east of London. Yet you claim it is east of London. Starkey had a slip of the tongue. You have written that down with time to think about it and you have written down utter nonsense.
Consider basic geography and physical reality before putting such utter twaddle in a comment again.
So if Charles broke his oath and becane Catholic, would the Commons remove him? And is it a coincidence the jet Charles used after QEII's death flew from Scotland to Rome and back again the day she died?
Yes, it is a coincidence.
Yes. And yes
He could not be Roman Catholic and king.
And it was a coincidence
No it wasn't a coincidence, and no it's not some odd sounding conspiracy. It's actually totally normal expected behaviour. The acting Monarch has to brings the news of the previous Monarch's death to Rome personally. The reason is that if there is no 'Defender Of The Faith' in place, then the Pope has temporary regency over the Church.
It's actually in the Bible, if you have one handy you can read all about it in there. Not describing the current day arrangement but rather, explaining how the Holy authority travels between people so there is no unbroken chain of leadership.
When you consider that "Protestants" were originally leading a protest against non Orthodox practices, aka heretics of the Catholics - it's not unusual at all. Ultimately they all bend the knee to Christ as the Son Of God, the schism is purely administrative only.
The Pope is effectively the King of Rome, and therefore equally authorative to our King of Britain and they employ one another for various ritual worshipping tasks and such. Think of it like this : If you are one of only two dentists in town - you need the second dentist to sort out your teeth whilst you sort of everybody elses. The King goes to the Pope when he needs to confess sins, and likewise the Pope will confess only to the defender of the Faith (King Charles III currently).
I think it's more likely he is discreetly Orthodox. His dad was Orthodox and his grandmother was an Orthodox nun. Charles has been seen crossing himself in the Orthodox manner and for the first time a Byzantine hymn was included at his coronation. Now there's some material for the conspiracy theorists to get excited over!
President Clinton is expected on Monday evening in his speech in Paris House City where his party has pledged not an apology to President
President Obama is expected on Monday evening in his speech in Paris House City where his party has pledged not an apology to President
Princess Diana warriors in my city and the rest is my religion but they have to go in my house
President republicans called phone lines
CHARLES MUST ANSWER FOR DIANA
he's gotten away with it so far
Great speaker and historian...shame some of his right wings views creep in now and then..i mean his view on Zelensky just odd.
Getting rid of bad kings ? ....what a good idea ! 😂
Why stop there, let's get rid of the lot. I'm sure we can put the many castles, properties and land to better use AND save some money in the process