Fun fact... The former arch bishop of Canterbury who died during the peasants revolt (Simon of sudbury) was one of the first people I saw after signing the wedding register! His mummified head is behind a small door in the vestry of St Gregorys Church in sudbury, suffolk, and the vicar asked if we would like to meet him. 😁
The idea that 'history was written by the victors' is an ultrasimplification of history It is a very lazy and ultimately harmful way to introduce the concept of bias. There isn't really a perfectly pithy way to cover such a complex topic, but much better than winners writing history is writers writing history. This is more useful than it initially seems because until fairly recently the literate were a minority, and those with enough literary training to actually write historical narratives formed an even smaller and more distinct class within that. To give a few examples, Genghis Khan must surely go down as one of the great victors in all history, but he is generally viewed quite unfavorably in practically all sources, because his conquests tended to harm the literary classes. Or the senatorial elite can be argued to have "lost" the struggle at the end of the Republic that eventually produced Augustus, but the Roman literary classes were fairly ensconced within (or at least sympathetic towards) that order, and thus we often see the fall of the Republic presented negatively. Or the fact much of western literature regarding the Eastern Front was primarily from german officers until the collapse of the USSR
DeAD Taco EU4 and CK2 require a huge investment in a ton of DLCs before they’re really playable. Victoria 2 has one DLC and it’s a great game but very different.
Serfdom has always been in that weird category of "slavery and not slavery" at the same time. Serfdom was a form of forced labor, but Serfs weren't property (albeit a low class member of society). If I'm not mistaken, you were tied to the land in Serfdom whereas a slave was tied to his or her owner. Make no mistake, both were forms of forced labor, but being a Serf was a little bit ahead of being a slave.
being a serf is a degradation of ancient plebian status, the common folk being punished into land based zones-of-security for survival, whereas being a slave has always been an expression of massive wealth
"Hey look the english are dying of a horrible plague. Let's go attack them! I'm sure this can't back fire in any way!" Someone who was previously Scottish
I just noticed for the past 4 months, you've been focusing only on this series, and damn I did not know it would surpass 10 let alone 14, cool to know months passed by as we enjoy your videos.
Henry was not Richard II's heir - Edmund Mortimer was through his grandfather Lionel Duke of Clarence, who was Edward III's second surviving son, John of Gaunt was Edward III's third surviving son. The issue was set aside by citing Edmund was still a child and would require a regency (which no one wanted) and that Henry was the rightful heir under salic law (inheritance through the male line.) This would come back to haunt the Crown in the Wars of the Roses. Henry IV's mother tongue was French like all Plantagenet's and it's open to debate which English King was the first to speak English since the Conquest, though English had been used in parliament since the 1360's.
Marcus Drake But still Henry iv was the only King since the Norman conquest to speak English plus he encouraged his nobles to speak it and also he was also King Richard II cousin
There is evidence that Edward III was fluent in English as well as french, though in trying to secure his claim to the French throne, he often stuck with his mother tongue french. Also during the Peasants Revolt of 1381 after Wat Tyler's death, Richard II made his famous "I shall be your captain, follow me!" to the peasants army, who probably all only spoke middle english, with the exception of the few nobles and knights who were apart of the rebel army.
Right. Edmund Mortimer was the next in line, and later on his line married into the York line (which was junior to John of Gaunt’s descendants, the Lancasters) which is what gave the York claim during the Wars of the Roses some legitimacy.
The attention to detail that I find in these videos is often remarkable. The one impelling me to comment now is the tabard worn by John of Gaunt. While the details therein would be too fine to convey in this medium ("insert lions here"?), the colors are well chosen: the quartered red and white demonstrate John's claim through his wife to the throne of Castile and Leon, while the quartered blue and red show that the wearer is an English royal prince, the three tabs of that white label at the top indicating the son of a king. Bravo!
"Hey, I hear the English are having a massive plague." "Really? Hey, let's go rampage around over there, take their stuff, and bring it back home!" "Brilliant! Couldn't possibly go wrong."
Omg... Lmfao, I almost spit out my tea when I saw him holding up "I took your stuff". The little quotes "Ya didnae learn". ( Just like last time ). "Stop asking for more". "They got a bit murderery". I absolutely LOVE the little signs they hold up, too damn funny! Don't ever change that, so many channels get popular and then start changing the very aspects of their videos, etc that made them in demand to begin w..., rookie mistake and I hope History Matters doesn't fall into that category.
Thank you. Your many short videos are both entertaining and historically detailed. I dearly love European history and your to-the-point approach in the videos I've seen thus far, out of sequence every one, fills in gaps which invariably lead me to a renewed compulsion to deeper level research. So, my American in every way background is energized to step into the multi-European history, not of my own ancestors but rather the world in which they lived era to era. It's sort of a dot connecting trip through the Old World for the pleasure of it. So, again, thanks. Peace
0:38 "And his wife Isabella betrayed him"... After years of neglect, sidelining, adultery; and terrible rule of the country. Isabella made many sacrifices to advance Edward's plans, even putting her life at risk; begging for mercy, pleading for the lives of some rebels in order to prevent Edward from looking like a tyrant. Not to mention she was a loyal and obediant wife to a man who loved his male courtiers more than her; she went through the rigors of childbirth several times, giving him an heir - putting her life at risk each time. These children were ripped away from her and she suffered tremendous disgraces and abuses under Hugh Dispenser - Edward's new favourite; something that couldn't happen without the king's consent... Isabella, for the most part, was a loyal and obediant wife; she only "betrayed" her husband after years of neglect and infidelity. At their joint coronation; Isabella was shunned; her royal robes and jewelry being given to Piers Gaveston... That would make anyone angry. I feel that Isabella is demonised by historians - even today; she did what she did, not without reason; Edward was a bad and feeble king - as well as a terrible husband; her invasion and deposition of him was actually welcomed by the English barons. When men depose other men; it is often seen to be just or reasonable; when women depose men for the same reasons; it's seen as unnatural and villainous.
The prejudice maybe due to her French ethnicity, although technically the Plantagenets were French too & spoke Anglo Norman the lingua franca of English court.
Great work once again. I always get excited when I see one of your videos up. I think I have a decent knowledge of history but you always teach me something new as well as putting it in an easily understandable context. 10/10
Henry might’ve burned the Lollards, but Wycliffe’s writing were able to reach Bohemia where a man by the name of Jan Hus who gained such notoriety that he was condemned and burned at the Council of Constanze. At the same time, Wycliffe’s bones were exhumed and also burned. 102 years later, a man by the name of Martin Luther followed Hus’s example and began to teach the plain truth of Scripture in opposition to the one that he and his predecessors called the antichrist.
Evidence points strongly to Edward II being homosexual or at least bisexual. His assumed lover was a Gascon called Piers Gaveston and because he was the king's favourite he's enemies had him murdered in 1312.
@@calebtimes453 What is shameful about it. For King Eddy part 2 being gay was the least of his vast stretches of incompetence. Buggering stableboys on the DL was SOP for gay nobles of the time. Not placing your "favorite" in important positions. Saying his wife betrayed him is a bit of a stretch considering that she had twice already bailed his ass out of the fire and he locks her and her children up at the behest of his new "favorite". He was weak willed and foolish. I don't know how he wasn't murdered much earlier. The more I learn about European history the more I understand revolutionary France's "Kill them all" policy. Marat had a point.
*Name changes* 1: The Black Death and the Peasants Revolt 2: The Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt 3: Richard II, The Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt 4: Richard II, The Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt and Henry IV's Chaperon
There's a miniseries I can recommend about this topic "World without End". It follows medieval England under the rule of Edward III and the outbreak of the plague and the Hundred Years' War.
Kind of. The differences are slight but can be significant. An unfree serf signs a contract with his lord where the lord is supposed to provide a plot of land, housing, justice, and maintenance for his serf, in exchange the serf must pay for his stay in whatever labour the lord wants and cannot be married or leave the land without permission. When the lord sells his land the buyer also gets the serfs. However, you sign no contract with a slave, slave cannot be married only bred, you owe a slave nothing and a slave has no access to justice. A slave is property. Not legally a human. Slaves can also be sold to another land and moved around as property, a serf is legally tied to the land he signed a contract for, you can only sell a serf if you sell the land he works on, you cannot sell him to lord on a different persons land. How closely these distinctions were respected is another thing though, this is how it was legally meant to be
Ok. Ok. I found the pattern: be born King with jealous peers. Provoke jealousies, wars, heirs and suppression to create enough friends (enemies of enemies) to keep doing that for long enough for enough friends of enemies to support your heir. Repeat for 800 years.
I was told at age 6 that Edward 2nd was allegedly murdered with a red hot iron; being 6, I remember thinking, "painful way to die,being hit on the head with a red hot iron"........................It took me 10 years to figure it out.
Really interesting research regarding the point @0:25: the Great Famine saw people across the economic spectrum similarly impacted with increased rates of mortality. While you might assume people with a higher standard of living would be better off, in fact many of the deaths are believed to be caused by disease (pandemics that began because poor diets caused a weakened immune system in the peasantry). Peasants who left their homes looking for food, like following rumors of 50 German ships landing in London with grain, then acted as vectors spreading those diseased across the English population. Check out: Morgan Kelly, 'Living Standards and Mortality Since the Middle Ages' Bruce M. S. Campbell, 'Harvest Shortfalls, Grain Prices, and Famines in Preindustrial England' and 'Global Climates, the 1257 Mega-Eruption of Samalas Volcano...' (that one includes general points of migration during famine)
2 questions: 1) How much research goes into each episode? 2) Besides book recommendations that are in the description, are there any other major sources in each video? These videos are great, and I hope this channel gets more appreciation in the future.
I just watched the new netflix (November 2019) movie "The King". It is about Henry V and his win at Agincourt although not really historical, it was based on Shakespeare's plays regarding that time period. Of course the guy who played king henry V has a french name.
"My lord, the peasants are revolting!"
"yes they are quite revolting."
Oversimplified reference
That was my response every time I played Civilization.
@R J nmgnymnhrnmmmjm
I’m out. Ok
Oooool
Count de Money (don’t correct me):
“It is said that thee people are revolting.”
King Louis XVI:
“You said it! They stink on ice”
Boris Johnson and his advisor....
John of Gaunt - Richard, the peasants are revolting!
Richard II - Well of course they're revolting. They smell terrible.
Oversimplified.
@@paxshmitz2665 dont think the French Revolution video had come out when he made this comment
It's on the cover of Horrible Histories too, but to be fair, I can imagine his thinking of this for himself.
And so is their food, am I right?
@@billyfox6368 it's an old joke.
Since more than one peasant revolted, it's the Peasants' Revolt.
You are absolutely correct. Bit of a stupid on my part.
I can imagine if it was only one
"My lord, a random peasant is trying to break down the gate"
"Then kill him!" (Does so)
''On second thoughts - don't bother. Tell him to come back when he's got some friends...''
Merritt Animation lul
it actually might not be Peasants’ . like “This is a man’s world” and “The People’s Republic”
Fun fact... The former arch bishop of Canterbury who died during the peasants revolt (Simon of sudbury) was one of the first people I saw after signing the wedding register! His mummified head is behind a small door in the vestry of St Gregorys Church in sudbury, suffolk, and the vicar asked if we would like to meet him. 😁
Anyone who thinks that the world is crazier than it has ever been, needs a medieval history lesson.
All history is written by the victors.
@@justynmychael8716 Incorrect, actually.
@@ElusiveTy you certainly won that disagreement. You should make a historical record of all your comment victories.
@tu tu what?
The idea that 'history was written by the victors' is an ultrasimplification of history
It is a very lazy and ultimately harmful way to introduce the concept of bias. There isn't really a perfectly pithy way to cover such a complex topic, but much better than winners writing history is writers writing history. This is more useful than it initially seems because until fairly recently the literate were a minority, and those with enough literary training to actually write historical narratives formed an even smaller and more distinct class within that. To give a few examples, Genghis Khan must surely go down as one of the great victors in all history, but he is generally viewed quite unfavorably in practically all sources, because his conquests tended to harm the literary classes. Or the senatorial elite can be argued to have "lost" the struggle at the end of the Republic that eventually produced Augustus, but the Roman literary classes were fairly ensconced within (or at least sympathetic towards) that order, and thus we often see the fall of the Republic presented negatively. Or the fact much of western literature regarding the Eastern Front was primarily from german officers until the collapse of the USSR
"Her Maj has snuffed it." Gold!
*Fires up Crusader Kings 2*
Wayne Hitchcock I know right xD
I dont know how to play that game. Looks great. But don't even understand the tutorial
Free Spirited Cat I want to get it, but it’s expensive, what should I get? VIC2, EU4, or CK2
DeAD Taco EU4 and CK2 require a huge investment in a ton of DLCs before they’re really playable. Victoria 2 has one DLC and it’s a great game but very different.
@@Brandon-yr3nj The base game in CK2 is still very fun
"King of England and France, Lord of Ireland, Protector of the Realm, Destroyer of worlds and wrecker of your shit"
also strangely the earl of sandwich
Edward Vegeta!!!
Looking forward to the wars of the roses in this series and all the death thudding that will ensue
Without a shadow of a doubt the hardest episode to write.
Wars of the Roses
*Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud*
Anytime I see one of the characters on screen walking but slowing down, I am 99% sure they're about to kick the bucket
They're coming down with a fatal case...of the *deads*
Been binge watching this channel and it’s shown me that humanity has been fighting each other in some way forever
i laughed so hard at "the scottish thought it was punnishing the english so raided some villages and then they got the plague
Serfdom has always been in that weird category of "slavery and not slavery" at the same time. Serfdom was a form of forced labor, but Serfs weren't property (albeit a low class member of society). If I'm not mistaken, you were tied to the land in Serfdom whereas a slave was tied to his or her owner. Make no mistake, both were forms of forced labor, but being a Serf was a little bit ahead of being a slave.
being a serf is a degradation of ancient plebian status, the common folk being punished into land based zones-of-security for survival, whereas being a slave has always been an expression of massive wealth
"Hey look the english are dying of a horrible plague. Let's go attack them! I'm sure this can't back fire in any way!"
Someone who was previously Scottish
Keyword; previously
Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
I like to think that was actually an English spy 😄
ask the Hittites how that worked out ... oh you cant they all snuffed by attacking' Babylon and bringing home slaves with plague
Whoops! Half of Europe just died!
THE SUN IS A DEADLY LAZER
roy nettle bill wurtz :))
🦀🦀Europe’s population is goooone🦀🦀
Thud!
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be
How do you not have any more subs your content is amazing
I just noticed for the past 4 months, you've been focusing only on this series, and damn I did not know it would surpass 10 let alone 14, cool to know months passed by as we enjoy your videos.
There's many many more to come.
@@HistoryMatters oh
"You wanted to talk ?"
"I'll let my sword do the talking."
I like how things worked back then.
King 1: Do this.
King 2: Not only no, but I'm your king now.
Henry was not Richard II's heir - Edmund Mortimer was through his grandfather Lionel Duke of Clarence, who was Edward III's second surviving son, John of Gaunt was Edward III's third surviving son. The issue was set aside by citing Edmund was still a child and would require a regency (which no one wanted) and that Henry was the rightful heir under salic law (inheritance through the male line.) This would come back to haunt the Crown in the Wars of the Roses. Henry IV's mother tongue was French like all Plantagenet's and it's open to debate which English King was the first to speak English since the Conquest, though English had been used in parliament since the 1360's.
Marcus Drake But still Henry iv was the only King since the Norman conquest to speak English plus he encouraged his nobles to speak it and also he was also King Richard II cousin
There is evidence that Edward III was fluent in English as well as french, though in trying to secure his claim to the French throne, he often stuck with his mother tongue french. Also during the Peasants Revolt of 1381 after Wat Tyler's death, Richard II made his famous "I shall be your captain, follow me!" to the peasants army, who probably all only spoke middle english, with the exception of the few nobles and knights who were apart of the rebel army.
Jesus Christ you British people. And that's just one part of history. 😅
Right. Edmund Mortimer was the next in line, and later on his line married into the York line (which was junior to John of Gaunt’s descendants, the Lancasters) which is what gave the York claim during the Wars of the Roses some legitimacy.
Spiffy Gonzales George RR Martin lifted a lot of GoT skullduggery from the Wars of the Roses.
The attention to detail that I find in these videos is often remarkable. The one impelling me to comment now is the tabard worn by John of Gaunt. While the details therein would be too fine to convey in this medium ("insert lions here"?), the colors are well chosen: the quartered red and white demonstrate John's claim through his wife to the throne of Castile and Leon, while the quartered blue and red show that the wearer is an English royal prince, the three tabs of that white label at the top indicating the son of a king. Bravo!
Good to see a little mention of Owain Glyndwr
I really love your art style! Keep up the good work
Looking forward to Henry VIII and the English Reformation
Very droll humor. I love it!
3:25 Instant Karma
No shit XD
"Hey, I hear the English are having a massive plague."
"Really? Hey, let's go rampage around over there, take their stuff, and bring it back home!"
"Brilliant! Couldn't possibly go wrong."
I laughed at that part. XD
Your name made me stare and rethink my life
But that’s what bad karma is
Man the Archbishop of Canterbury is a dangerous title.
6:40 Me: "Merciless Parliament? why on earth would it be called that?"
5 seconds later: "Oh"
I love this series. It’s my favourite for British history on UA-cam
YA DINNAE LEARNED!
This is the best channel !! I learn more here in 10 minutes than in my school . Love the animations . Pls keep making more of this!
Omg... Lmfao, I almost spit out my tea when I saw him holding up "I took your stuff". The little quotes "Ya didnae learn". ( Just like last time ). "Stop asking for more". "They got a bit murderery". I absolutely LOVE the little signs they hold up, too damn funny! Don't ever change that, so many channels get popular and then start changing the very aspects of their videos, etc that made them in demand to begin w..., rookie mistake and I hope History Matters doesn't fall into that category.
I love this channel and these videos I look forward to every single one and will even watch some more than once
can't wait for the Tudors
Just Saying You must not be very good at math
why because there are still some episodes to come before we talk about the Tudors? still can't wait for them
Just Saying it's because tudors sounds like tutors. Like a math tutor. Twas a joke
Weird Al Spank a Bitch you must not be very good at jokes
Ben Dawson Nope, I just enjoy being cancerous
Thank you. Your many short videos are both entertaining and historically detailed. I dearly love European history and your to-the-point approach in the videos I've seen thus far, out of sequence every one, fills in gaps which invariably lead me to a renewed compulsion to deeper level research. So, my American in every way background is energized to step into the multi-European history, not of my own ancestors but rather the world in which they lived era to era. It's sort of a dot connecting trip through the Old World for the pleasure of it. So, again, thanks. Peace
You should do a series like this on the history of France/the Franks
Plus Scotland, Portugal, Denmark, Poland. There's so much to cover
1:43 'I have to die now'
Je dois mourir maintenant.
Me when I embarrass myself in public
0:38 "And his wife Isabella betrayed him"... After years of neglect, sidelining, adultery; and terrible rule of the country. Isabella made many sacrifices to advance Edward's plans, even putting her life at risk; begging for mercy, pleading for the lives of some rebels in order to prevent Edward from looking like a tyrant. Not to mention she was a loyal and obediant wife to a man who loved his male courtiers more than her; she went through the rigors of childbirth several times, giving him an heir - putting her life at risk each time. These children were ripped away from her and she suffered tremendous disgraces and abuses under Hugh Dispenser - Edward's new favourite; something that couldn't happen without the king's consent... Isabella, for the most part, was a loyal and obediant wife; she only "betrayed" her husband after years of neglect and infidelity. At their joint coronation; Isabella was shunned; her royal robes and jewelry being given to Piers Gaveston... That would make anyone angry.
I feel that Isabella is demonised by historians - even today; she did what she did, not without reason; Edward was a bad and feeble king - as well as a terrible husband; her invasion and deposition of him was actually welcomed by the English barons.
When men depose other men; it is often seen to be just or reasonable; when women depose men for the same reasons; it's seen as unnatural and villainous.
The prejudice maybe due to her French ethnicity, although technically the Plantagenets were French too & spoke Anglo Norman the lingua franca of English court.
Well, she DID betray him. The fact that she felt like she has the right to do so, does not remedy the fact.
@@MarkoFTW He betrayed her too, but that's somehow ok?
@@marinatebbenham4011 Where did I say that his abhorrent behaviour was ok? I just pointed out that she did betray him.
@@MarkoFTW And he betrayed her
I just love the simple but effective art style with plenty of surprise sarcasm
6:22 - 'Why are we in a field?'
8:25 - 'But were successful at being beheaded'
😄
☮
Great work once again. I always get excited when I see one of your videos up. I think I have a decent knowledge of history but you always teach me something new as well as putting it in an easily understandable context. 10/10
“BUT were successful in being beheaded”🤣🤣🤣
The videos just get better and better! Keep up the great work!
English. Do you speak it? At 9:12 had me laughing so much.
Shame he had to keep it pg 😂
That was amazing
Peasant 1: There's no food
Peasant 2: Oh *drops dead*
all the episodes be like
"until he died"
THUMP
I thought of it as more of a thud, but to each their own
I love the narration of this channel!
I got to say it...
"Sire, the peasants are revolting!"
"And the royalty don't look too good either!"
"You wanted to talk?"
*Richard walking forward slowly with a sword* "yeah bro ofc."
“Her maj has snuffed it”
I freaking love this channel
Henry might’ve burned the Lollards, but Wycliffe’s writing were able to reach Bohemia where a man by the name of Jan Hus who gained such notoriety that he was condemned and burned at the Council of Constanze. At the same time, Wycliffe’s bones were exhumed and also burned. 102 years later, a man by the name of Martin Luther followed Hus’s example and began to teach the plain truth of Scripture in opposition to the one that he and his predecessors called the antichrist.
Ironically, though, the Protestants ended up teaching that the Bible alone is the authority even though the Bible never says that.
Evidence points strongly to Edward II being homosexual or at least bisexual. His assumed lover was a Gascon called Piers Gaveston and because he was the king's favourite he's enemies had him murdered in 1312.
The Black Prince shame
@@calebtimes453 What is shameful about it. For King Eddy part 2 being gay was the least of his vast stretches of incompetence. Buggering stableboys on the DL was SOP for gay nobles of the time. Not placing your "favorite" in important positions. Saying his wife betrayed him is a bit of a stretch considering that she had twice already bailed his ass out of the fire and he locks her and her children up at the behest of his new "favorite". He was weak willed and foolish. I don't know how he wasn't murdered much earlier. The more I learn about European history the more I understand revolutionary France's "Kill them all" policy. Marat had a point.
*Name changes*
1: The Black Death and the Peasants Revolt
2: The Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt
3: Richard II, The Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt
4: Richard II, The Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt and Henry IV's Chaperon
There's a miniseries I can recommend about this topic "World without End". It follows medieval England under the rule of Edward III and the outbreak of the plague and the Hundred Years' War.
0:37 the mans so unlucky that he is slowly turning into the background just by standing
Never laugh out so early in a video like this one when Edward the second appears with a puppy face and the banner "everything's terrible"
Love this channel.
The references are hilarious!!! 🤣🤣🤣
"English mother f***** do you speak it!?!?"
I was searching the comments to see if anyone noticed this
"Not slaves" just slave in nearly every way but not called "slaves".
Kind of. The differences are slight but can be significant. An unfree serf signs a contract with his lord where the lord is supposed to provide a plot of land, housing, justice, and maintenance for his serf, in exchange the serf must pay for his stay in whatever labour the lord wants and cannot be married or leave the land without permission. When the lord sells his land the buyer also gets the serfs. However, you sign no contract with a slave, slave cannot be married only bred, you owe a slave nothing and a slave has no access to justice. A slave is property. Not legally a human. Slaves can also be sold to another land and moved around as property, a serf is legally tied to the land he signed a contract for, you can only sell a serf if you sell the land he works on, you cannot sell him to lord on a different persons land. How closely these distinctions were respected is another thing though, this is how it was legally meant to be
I imagine this video will have many *thuds*
Edit: Yep
Here's a pie chart of my investment in this channel: History: 10% Humorous delivery: 100%.
Ok. Ok. I found the pattern: be born King with jealous peers. Provoke jealousies, wars, heirs and suppression to create enough friends (enemies of enemies) to keep doing that for long enough for enough friends of enemies to support your heir. Repeat for 800 years.
“Her Majesty has snuffed it”
1:43. The little signs...
Hilarious! Never thought a history lesson could be comedic entertainment !
I love the thumb sound
7:33 FINALLY after so many years I know what that medieval hat is called. very strange looking hat
I’ve never clicked on something so fast in my life, thanks for all the hard work!
"I have to die now," sign being carried around by the King of France. Ha!
i was expecting a LOT more >THUD
that satisfying thump when people die, love it.
I was told at age 6 that Edward 2nd was allegedly murdered with a red hot iron; being 6, I remember thinking, "painful way to die,being hit on the head with a red hot iron"........................It took me 10 years to figure it out.
"English, do you speak it!" 😂😂
“Doing the only thing befitting an English king….Invade Scotland “….. 😂
Really interesting research regarding the point @0:25: the Great Famine saw people across the economic spectrum similarly impacted with increased rates of mortality. While you might assume people with a higher standard of living would be better off, in fact many of the deaths are believed to be caused by disease (pandemics that began because poor diets caused a weakened immune system in the peasantry). Peasants who left their homes looking for food, like following rumors of 50 German ships landing in London with grain, then acted as vectors spreading those diseased across the English population.
Check out:
Morgan Kelly, 'Living Standards and Mortality Since the Middle Ages'
Bruce M. S. Campbell, 'Harvest Shortfalls, Grain Prices, and Famines in Preindustrial England' and 'Global Climates, the 1257 Mega-Eruption of Samalas Volcano...' (that one includes general points of migration during famine)
France always loses meme
Capetian Dynasty: what?
I really like your videos. Thank you for making them :)
"Mysterious, probably murder-related circumstances".
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hiya, i just wanna say thanks again, good vids and they re very helpfull
1:42 "I have to die now" hahaha
Your channel brings me so much joy ❤
“You didnae learn.” Hilarious!
That invade Scotland line gets me every time.
Underrated channel
Scotts see English suffering from plague
Scotts: this must be gods work invade😆
Plague comes to Scotland
Scotts:😐
"...but were successful at being beheaded."
A win is a win.
Richard II: You're fired
de la Pole: Why are we in a field
Narrator: Edward III was Duke of Gascony...
Edward: I have a beard now
1315, and three quarters of Europe..... is dead
LOL that guy named Wat... "u wat?" "yes that's me"
"Why are we in a field?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
1:32 if you count hot iron being stuck up his arse by his nobles then yeah it's murder
Nice!
These videos are a delight
2 questions:
1) How much research goes into each episode?
2) Besides book recommendations that are in the description, are there any other major sources in each video?
These videos are great, and I hope this channel gets more appreciation in the future.
I wish you'd do a series just like this about the Dark Souls series.
I Love these videos. My only criticism is that they move so fast its hard to keep up
I just watched the new netflix (November 2019) movie "The King". It is about Henry V and his win at Agincourt although not really historical, it was based on Shakespeare's plays regarding that time period. Of course the guy who played king henry V has a french name.
"They got a bit murdery."
3:58 basically medieval return to office mandates😂
"English, do you speak it?" Nice paraphrase :D
"Your Majesty, the peasants are revolting"
"You're right, ... they stink on ice"
I like this channel more with each video.