As a Welsh person, the English should be proud of their heritage, it's extraordinary, I know it wasn't pretty, but who's was !?! But these days I count them as my country men and I would rather have them as my neighbour than most.
@@Parker_Douglas the scots were irish invaders in the 4th century setting up irish kingdom in the west of what is today scotland then took the rest, erasing pictish culture and language. It was the normans who invaded ireland that created the 800 years of oppression and the scottish king bending over for the normans and giving them land thus causing rifts and claims to lands from english norman lords which caused conflict. Learn your history.
This is an excellent video. I’m an ex Cambridge student and I still have connections to the university. I asked a history professor about this. He’s not aware of any re-categorisation but he’s going to investigate further. It always amazes me how much hatred England receives on the back of ill informed “experts”. I think I’ll use this video as a reference for years to come.
it takes a cursory google search to see the re-categorisation argument in cambridge university and others. ive had the misfortune of engaging with the people who advocate for it
@@firstnamelastname2197 I’m aware of the reports, but I personally don’t trust much of what I see on certain propaganda channels. It’s often just to stir up rage and give piers Morgan something else to milk.
@@kincaidwolf5184 so no one at cambridge said anglo saxon is a racist term because it was racialised by colonisers of English descent? You can google the controversy in a flash. It’s a collective name for the germanic tribes of England and Scotland between 450 and 1066 and it was used, albeit rarely, at the time
@skp8748 I have heard that rumour, apparently there is some evidence to suggest it was a high to do Welsh women, and The person passed of As Shakespeare was a ghost writer designed to hide this fact, as Women weren’t allowed to do such things in this era. One piece of evidence for it not being him was he never taught his children to read or write, which strikes one a bit weird seeing how he was this amazing author and poet.
Just because Tolkien based his creations on the mythology of other cultures doesnt mean what he produced wasn't or isnt inherently English. The same way we consider roman culture roman even though significant portions of it stemmed from the nearby Greeks and Etruscans.
@@groupewaiteYup, same with me as an American, more or less. As far as I know, most of my family lineage is English and Welsh. However, like most Americans, I am sure there are some relatively recent ancestors that were from other Western European nations. It would be a little ridiculous for me to claim English Identity though.
We Are The Ænglisc. It makes a refreshing change for a history channel to get the backstory right for the English peoples. Ten out of ten for research.
He made it sound like an organised takeover, instead of a movement of diverse peoples from the continent, as most scientists think: I mean, take a finding from an Anglo Saxon graveyard in Kent, where an African descendant was found: See: Daily Mail Updown
Also, Britain was colonised earlier by Anatolian farmers (See: Mass Migrations into Bronze Age Britain) - and they still make up the majority of the British, especially in the west of the country.
@@johnpatrick5307 Define Anatolians? Even the Prose Edda mentions a Nordic, Germanic and Brythonic influx from/through what today is Turkey, and into Greece before dispersing. It's such a narrow corridor that inevitably there have been numerous migrations funnelled through this route.
I’ve found over time I am tired of being lumped in with the “British” and am starting to embrace the “English” label much more. England is my home, my culture my family and who I am. ❤️ 🏴
Absolutely behind you on that! I had both sides of my family tree traced,and the researcher said that she’d never come across anyone so utterly English - so, like you, that’s my identity and I won’t stand for being called British (or, even worse, a Brit 🤬)
To me, the early Anglo-Saxon raids and eventual conquests in the British Isles, were but a first wave of north Germanic conquests in that region. The second major wave, of course being the Viking era. Then in 1066, a rather ironic twist… After a swinging pendulum, going between Norse and A.Saxon rule (The pendulum being on the A.Saxon side at this current time) the hybrid Normans swooped in to change, irreparably, the history of the British Isles forever.
@@safeysmith6720 I often wonder if the Normans had not invaded (or had been beaten back), how the English language had been written and spoken today. Many refer to English...as being a "bastard" language.
@@mikefraser4513 I read somewhere that if the Normans hadn’t invaded, English would be much closer to Dutch or Icelandic. England would be much more like the other Germanic countries are today.
@@safeysmith6720 the Norman’s are closely related to the Germanic people and the area. It was around Norway and the northern part of Scandinavia where the Norman’s came from. Very similar to the Anglos
People in America don’t like to claim their English heritage but are quick to talk up their Irish or Scottish. I know from DNA testing I’m over half English. I also know my moms side of the family started coming here in the 1600s from Herefordshire and Warwick.
@@dadventurer36 ethnicity is patrilineal. People identify with the father. So I'm surprised you went with the mother. Also that's so cool cause my girlfriend is Moroccan
This was exactly the comment I was about to make. This was excellent. I will be watching it again. Jam-packed full of detail and exquisitely made. Subscribed and donated.
And thank you for the tree you give us every Christmas for the help we gave back to you during World War 2. To some it may not seem much but for me it is symbolic and appreciated - and that means more than anything.
I'm an American. And I'm proud of my English, Nordic, Germanic, and Celtic bretheren! (Obviously many of the above are intertwined.) What's sad about the US of America today is this liberal lie that, 'diversity is our strength', as there is NO social science evidence to support this notion. It's the American people's common bonds that overcome our 'diversity', that make the USA strong. It's really all about culture, not any idea of 'race'.
we are now honestly dealing with preserving the European culture - it is far far along under attack. England has been an important part of European culture - a kind of stabilizer. Europe includes from Portugal to Scandanavia.
I’m Australian and so relate to the English side of me I’m so into everything English and love the country and people in it even though I’m a proud Aussie.🇦🇺🇦🇺 Stand tall and stay proud mother England for you have so so much to be proud of and the respect of many other nations. Bless.❤🇦🇺
I'm American, I take into great pride knowing most great American scientists, engineers, soldiers, politicians and inventors have English ancestry and I am proud of my own English ancestry!
Don’t let anybody fool you. The Anglo saxons were real. The English are real. The English were and are the most influential people in the whole world. Be proud of who you are. 🏴
@@Silent_SteelI agree, many people complain about the British empire dissolving, but in my eyes it still is and always will always be alive. I mean London is the economic capital of the world, and 2nd is New York, a City named and controlled by the English. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, America, all former colonies, all extremely powerful nations. The language is spoken around the world, British clothes are worn by almost every world leader, English sports are the most popular, English inventions are used around the world. It truly will always be alive, really crazy once you stop and think about it.
5:15 It's funny. I'm Italian (American) and my sister married a German (American) guy. We always joke how we Italians are a lot like the ancient Romans because we don't like the outdoors and modernly live how many ancient Romans would....... very much like house cats.....enjoying amenities like heating and air conditioning, and everything indoors. We love sitting around the table and drinking wine and just talking to each other. We hate the outdoors and camping. But my German brother-in-law is Mr. Adventure and Mr. Outdoors. I think there's something in the blood and/or just ancient habits and ways of living that are just passed down. He's a great man, by the way. Love having the Germans in our family.
As a born Bristolian now living in Spain I am moved to comment on this documentary. Well done Sir, exceptionally well researched, presented and commentated. The use of video/music and motivational commentary has created a product not only highly enlightening but also entertaining, true Edutainment. Keep up the good work Brother and may your passion reach the hearts of all seekers of Knowledge. Bless all the Wisdom Teachers of the World 🙏❤️
I believe Joseph of arethmethia went to the Bristol red hills with Mary after Jesus died.. He knew of as he traded in metals .. One of places not yet invaded by the Romans ..
1st Whites didn't have beards... so You in Bristol are that unevolved @ Periodic Table... in a beach land stolen by India Pilgrims with a haircut, to make sure Sons of Bristol can't sail to the paradise made here. Barcelona has a lesson?
Thank you, FoL for defending the English and their right to be recognised like any other ethnic group and also for being objective. You're a real fellow. I'm curious if you are English at all (most likely), but regardless, I am grateful
Issues is other ethnicities have marital and tribal customs to distinguish themselves... whereas English identity has coopted, absorbed and exalted so many other peoples it doesn't really have strong ethnic legitimacy
Hello Fortress of Lugh, a Frisian here. Thumbs up for a detailed and carefully researched history video. It means something that Frisian presence is recognised in the earliest stages of English/Ænglish history. Archeological traces, Frisian warriors (the Numerus Hnaudifridi near Hadrian’s Wall) in second and third century Roman Britain, ‘Frisian’ placenames in Britain show a presence of our ancestors in that regard. Even before the ‘Adventus Saxonum’. Maybe it’s something to look into where, frankly, no one has yet done so. Even a genetic ‘Frisian’ marker is showing up in Kent and East Anglia. But, again: thumbs up for a fantastic historical account. Wês du hiel!
I myself am of English descent, so I am a descendant of Anglo Saxons as well as a native English speaker, I regard Frisians as kind of half brothers in a sense, it's awesome to learn about our shared roots, ain't it ? Your people have such beautiful history and culture, may our traditions long endure !
The research into the DNA has been done,You can't tell the difference between a Friesian and an Englishman, they also found that the English have no DNA in common with the Welsh, The Marxist left hate this.
The English are closer to the Frisians genetically than they are to the Welsh and their language is closely related to the Frisian tongue too. Frisians and English people are very similar genetically and linguistically. It makes sense, of course
Wow! Excellent history. I'm an American of (in order of most to least) Swedish, Irish, German, English and Scottish blood, I found this documentary not only fascinating but enlightening as to my heritage. You gained a fan today.
Hahaha. You're a typical American. Like me. We all have like 5 or 6 ethnicities. 😆 We're a melting pot. I'm Mexican American, and even I have a sliver of English (British?) heritage in me. I'm less than 1/8 British, or English, etc. Two or three years after immigration, we're all mixed with like a list of ethnicities, and often times races.
As an American we often and sometime rightly get mocked for our lack of knowledge of our ancestry. As a man with strong Germanic English roots this was an excellent video that makes me proud to be descended from a beautiful country with a rich cultural heritage. Cheers 🍻
The British used to have a naval division whos job was to blockade Africa- the continent- from slavers. More white people were taken by the Moors and Berber pirates than all the Africans sent to the new world. No ones hands are clean. We all have and had good and bad to contribute.
Exactly, now some kiss arse, now they looked into the history for themselves abd not tiktok and listened to those who constantly denigrated demonised the english daily on main stream and social, the damage has been done now, and to late, i can never forgive that, they dragged our culture, heritage and ancestors through the mud, all for what, and what even worse are own leaders and media made us out to be thugs, hooligans and all the piece of shit names that come with, or then other nations trying to play our cousins the welsh, scots, and irish of against one another, sheer evil and spitefulness, English people didnt deserve that sort if vitriol which has been going on at least 3 to 4 years of daily bashing..
This is an absolute gem of Anglo-Saxon history. It comes during a time of hostility toward people of Anglo-Saxon descent, and other peoples who helped shape and build the world we live in today. It is as though these hostiles could not defeat the culture through direct confrontation, so they are trying to erase the heritage by way of subterfuge and the perversion of history. If people like those in Cambridge are successful, they will have committed a form of genocide without shedding blood. It's up to us to carry the torch of our ancestors, and keep the truth of the past alive. We must pass down the knowledge of all our cultures. The truth must be kept alive through our children, and our children's children. Thank you so very much for using your talents & knowledge to create this beautiful piece of artistic documentation. I think i will download it, so I can come back to it in case friends of Cambridge manage to get this deleted. Keep up the great work.
@@dadventurer36It’s not because you’re English, it’s because you’re White. Swedes, Germans, French, Aussies, Yanks etc all face the same systemic persecution.
Another English American here with an Anglo-saxon last name. Proud to be apart of this great heritage of seafarers and conquerors who then came to this land. Not ashamed of a single bit of it, but honored. The story will go on. Cheers to all my brothers across the world. Great video.
Anglo saxon is an ethnicity not a location. We are a ppl, and the ones who least appreciated who have given the most. The war of independence ended cause the British got sick of fighting other British and realised their real enemy were the French. But English, NZ, Australian or American (I mean real American, the men who made the nation) are all the same ppl. Obviously being an island means we had to find more land to go forth and multiply.
I am Ethiopian & I don't know why I like England & the English people much more than it must be...their history & influence in the world is much more inspiring...
It's because the English are, for the most part, good people! From what I've read about it, and I'm not just being diplomatic or nice, so too are Ethiopians a good and very unique people. Very unique, in fact. Btw, I sympathize with Ethiopia with your struggle against Egypt about the river dams. They have no right to threaten your country just because y'all want to build your own resevoir.
@@gandolfthorstefn1780I agree. And it's not just Americans that are ignorant of other peoples in the world. Perhaps all of humanity is, in some degree or another, ignorant of others.
I’m an American with a strong English heritage. My English ancestors came from Norfolk, Bishop Laurence Womack. I loved someone very much from Northumberland and spent extended time there getting to know their culture. The English are an amazing people and I’m so proud to have known many and know my roots are there.
As an American of German descent, when I was attending university back in 2010 in California, I wanted to do my senior thesis on, Who Are the English. My professor said my thesis should not exceed too much beyond 10,000 words. I did not do my thesis on the English. I think the research that went into the making of this video would surely have greatly exceeded 10,000 words. And my focus too would have started with the common Germanic migration and culminated with the Normanization of the entire country with the historical relation of the old Bretons influencing those conquering Normans. I often wondered how and why the Olde English drastically changed in such a short period of time? I cannot express just how much this video moved me. Thank you. And I like to think that my ancient ancestors were some of the Angles or Saxons that crossed the channel.
I’d like to add to this video that Norwegians have a long and close relationship with the English. We both fought off Danish invasions of our land. King Harald Fairhair had his son be fostered up by king Athelstan, and when this son, Håkon the Good, become king of Norway he introduced laws inspired by the English which protester Norway from Danish invasions, and St. Olaf’s bishop was English. Even king Harald Hardråde was supported by English nobility during his invasion of England, unlike the Normans who replaced the English. As a Norwegian anglophile, I have to say this documentary was great! Well done debunking the non-invasion theory! It never made sense to me that there was not a migration from Germanic tribes.
A long and close relationship with the English? Norwegians? I don't think so. I'm a Brit married to a Norwegian and living in Norway since 2013. I've never really sensed any noteworthy relationship between Britain and Norway. Nor has any close relationship ever been documented historically. Norway is certainly extracting far too much from the UK economy, though. And it begs the question why so many Brits with a legal right to reside in Norway are still waiting for a new residency card after 2 years. Including me, as it happens, with among the simplest of cases to assess, being married to a Norwegian regardless where I come from. If anything, any relationship between Britain and Norway has deteriorated badly. Personally, I expect a new British government to seize all Norway oligarchs UK-held assets at some point. That'll put the relationship into perspective.
@@johnmcmullan9741 Well we definitely have some strong historical connections. A couple of examples being the Norwegian influence on the English language. Or how in WW2, the Norwegian king and government created a government-in-exile in London. The British military also helped train and organise Norwegian commandos to attack Nazi installations in Norway.
@@BirdsfromHuntingdon Norwegian influence on the English language? According to who? Apart from a few place names on the east coast, where Norse refugees settled, after fleeing the vikings, any similarities are more likely due to having a common source from the north coast of the continent, which traveled across the English Channel or to Norway via Denmark. The probability of Norway, which has always been on the periphery of civilisation, being a source of any useful culture is vanishingly small. It's simply not how things work. The further north you are in Europe, the more of a sink you become for culture. Both the ancient Greeks and the Romans, and later the British, observed and documented Norway as 'full of barbarians of no use'. And Norway's history - missing all major periods of progress and development in Europe - the renaissances, Enlightenment, Scientific and Industrial revolutions, etc., says it all.
@@BirdsfromHuntingdon Note too that Norway was more in support of the Nazis during WWII. Churchill had his suspicions and demanded the Norwegians 'pulled their thumbs out' more than once. The resistance in Norway was tiny. Most Norwegians supported Germany, not the Allies. The levels of consensual relations and cooperation between the Nazis and Norwegian population demonstrates this, in reality. Norway undeniably helped protect much needed resources travelling from Scandinavia to Germany. The Nazis didn't invade Norway. The Norwegians accommodated them. Note the Norway government fled to save themselves. It was the Norway government who rejected an Anglo-French force being stationed in Norway. That decision had little to do with being neutral. Norway had very close relations with Germany (not Britain) going back to the 14th century and the Hanseatic League. Even today the Norwegians glorify Germany and express anti-British sentiments. You just have to listen carefully, that's all. It's almost as if many of them have never given up on the 'Greater Germanic Reich'. Norway is not a trustworthy partner of Britain. It never has been.
As an Australian i among most other Aussies see England and the U.K as our homeland...my Grandfather's Mum was English and then my Dad's family are direct Irish who bear an obvious Irish Surname...And im 15,000 kilometres on the other side of the world so you guys did something right! Cheers
The English are a mix of peoples - as much Anglo-Spanish as Anglo-Saxon, seeing how Britain was colonised by Iberian types See: Mass migrations into Britain in the late Bronze Age.
@@johnpatrick5307I cart begin to tell you how wrong you our 🤦🏻🤡 we pure English our direct descendants of the Anglo saxon English not Spanish or French 😂🤣 that right there is just bs and lies we the native ethnic English no the historical fact about us and we no our own genetic the one thing about us pure blooded english we don't like to mix that why we english our still here to day our Anglo saxon English blood is eternal and the english identity came from our Anglo saxon ancestors and that the historical fact of my people I think people who our not English just jealous of us because we pure english came from a people who was similar to the viking and that our the facts Anglo saxon English till I die 🏴✝️♥️⚔️
@@clanksshekels I hope so. Of course, as an Anglo-Saxon, I think that 'people of color' (excluding Asians), underestimate us as a people. But this underestimation will be to our advantage. As far as the Asian reference, the Japanese know that Anglo-Saxons, obviously including not just the English but also the Germans, are as formiddable as they are. I will not sit idly by, and watch the Anglo-Saxon culture, as well as the Anglo-Saxon, largely White Protestant, roots of the United States get tossed into the dustbin of oblivion by, "people of color"!
@@neilog747 There were a lot of others also. Billy Fury, The Tremeloes, The Tornadoes. Many preferred the more upbeat rock style. Not only that -Many Germans did not care for their own so called popular mainstream music or songs.
Not really, given than English people are a mix of various lowland genetics but also on AVERAGE a third Gaulish-Frankish ( similar to Briton genetics ) and a third Briton genetics and then a third, a general mix of lowland West Germanic, which we could call 'Anglo-Saxon'. The north west and south west of England has the biggest difference to that, with more Briton genetics - but not as much as the average in Wales.
@@ramadamming8498 What did you mean by 'Low Land genetics'. Did you mean from the Netherlands (The Low Lands)? It would of course stand to reason that the Dutch along with Frisians share some genetic similarities along with The Danes and those others you mentioned and with the Belgaeic tribes.
@@Lee_Enfield1895 A lot of English people already had mixed ancestories by 1066 - being the result of generations of intermarriage between Anglo-Saxons and Viking settlers, especially in the North and the East of England. The complicated, highly inflected and "synthetic" Old English language ( a bit a la modern German 😬 ) of the AS peoples was completely restructured and dramatically simplified beyond recognition (!) within just 100 - 150 years, as it clashed - or merged rather - with the closely related Old Norse language and also adopted a lot of basic ON words in the proces, as it transitioned into the analytical (caseless + more fixed word orders ) Middle English - a sort of new Germanic creole base language, which over time also absorbed a lot of French and Latin words on top of it. This is also the main reason that English even today is a fairly easy language to learn for Danes as well as the other Scandinavians with their very similar languages. These languages are in many ways like parallel worlds of an older English, so we sort of "know" a lot of it in advance 😉 Hav en god dag [day(gh)], min frænd{e} 😊
I am an eleventh generation American. My people came here in 1654 from Essex, England. Our ancestor was named Thomas Brinson. I think of myself as a transplanted English person. Thanks for this great video!
> I think of myself as a transplanted English person. You're not. You're American. You might have an English ancestor, but that doesn't make you English any more than me having a Norman ancestor makes me French.
As an English person I have a good mix of Scandinavian & German blood but it is surprising the amount of English people that deny or even have little knowledge of our Germanic ancestory.
Its a real shame that anything with "german" in it is immediately met with resistance. The English to this day are germanic folk and have a very germanic culture. I've heard some folks say the English are roman, turkish, celtic... anything but what the actual data and historical records show: the english are german/danish in blood and language, and influenced by their french neighbors, and they seemed to willfully adopt Latin words for science and legal matters.
Thank you so much for making this. Videos like this are so important for educating both those who are unafraid to think of themselves as English and those who think the English either don't exist or shouldn't. I have one piece of constructive criticism. I would have liked a sentence or two in the genetic segment which highlighted the contribution of the Britons to the English gene pool. You rightly highlight the importance of the Germanic contribution and the revelation of the Frankicised Gaulish injection, but the history of the Ancient Britons is English history too. I'm proud of my Brythonnic ancestry and proud to think of myself as Celto-Germanic. The English, like so many peoples, are both the conquerors and the conquered.
The English are all native. They're literally the direct descendants from the first settlers in the stone age. We have the DNA to prove it. The English are as you say are Celtic-Germanic peoples.
One of the best videos I've watched on UA-cam for a very long time. I was born in England of Irish parents. Theres a chance i may have Anglo saxon and Norman blood in me but I'll never know with certainty. What i do know is that the majority of my friends are English. My best friend is English. He the best man at my wedding and i at his. The English are unique, inspiring and inovative like no other. From the humour of monty python to the uncountable developmente in technology, its not a streatch to say that this small island is a special place. Unfortunately, its changing demographically and its happening so fast. It almost seems like an echo of the distant past where our politicians are a collective Vortegern reborn, calling upon forigners from over seas to come and conquer us 😢
Just found this video and watched it until the end. This is a better video than documentaries I've seen on television. Thanks for sharing and enlightening me to my heritage.
Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica, in this case Book V, chapter 9. In this chapter, Bede returns to the question of the tribal origins of the Anglo-Saxons: He knew that there were very many peoples in Germany from whom the Angles and the Saxons, who now live in Britain, derive their origin... Now these people are the Frisians, Rugians, Danes, Huns, Old Saxons, and Boruhtware (Bructeri); there are also many other nations in the same land who are still practising heathen rites to whom the soldier of Christ proposed to go... (8)
Why do they not teach this in school? We get the basic, maybe even less then basic.. Little bit of vikings little bit of roman and that's it?! We know not our history at all!! I will be using this video to teach my kids the history of their ancestors ❤ Thank you for keeping our history alive, thank you so so much 🙏
The Great Replacement is the answer. It would be harder for the traitors in government than it already is to maintain a multi-racial England if the English were taught that we’re indigenous to these lands. They prefer us ignorant of our own history and blood ties to the land.
Schools wanna make u think that ure Celtic like scots and Welshie but no,ure germanic not Celtic.Ur truly brother is Flemish,German,Futch and Danish not Scots and Welshie
Because your queens and kings back then and till now still have their roots in Germania or today's Germany and Denmark, and they did not want you to know where their origins were.
I'm from North Holland, West Frisian, and my whole ancestry from both sides > 10 generations back are. We all have blond hair, blue eyes and light skin. I had a DNA test done and to my surprise I am 60% Scandinavian, 40% English and 10% Irish. Having seen this documentary I can understand why! We share the same history! Thanks for the research, excellent work!
I would recon that many people from the Netherlands, Friesland have Scandinavian DNA markers for historical reasons from as early as the iron age and onwards. As a Dane myself, from Jutland I had, other than Scandinavian, Scotish/Irish and Eastern Europen DNA markers.
Great job on this video, whenever I look into English orgins I never really get a clear answer and it takes a lot of confidence for someone who does know, to explain it in a way that is easy to follow.
Imagine being from here and not really ever finding out which side I the fence you were from? Cheerio from Southern part of the Vale Of York. Close by runs the River Aire, the River Derwent and the River Ouse.
The village I live in was founded by the Saxons in 938 AD and we still have the Saxon church and on the hill above the village are the ruins of a Roman fort, outpost and stone walls stretching 2 miles across the landscape. Born English and being English is something we should celebrate and I for one now do, it is my identity and heritage after all.
There were no 'Saxons' by that point, they had lost their identity and were just calling themselves English. And most Saxon settlements were renames of pre-existing Celtic ones.
@@alexkarimi-me2ef I think you are mistaken, but St. George was Palestinian through his mother, and is buried in her hometown, Lydda, Palestine. St. George is also a patron saint of Beirut.
Many Danes doesn't even regard English a foreign language. Although Danish an English sounds very different, there are a lot of words derived from Old Norse in English. It just feels natural to us, when we speak it. Danelagen had a massive impact on old English.
I think its the mediaeval English(After Scandinavian come to England) but the earliest English,I mean 1st ancient English is actually German(from Anglo Saxon).But Scandinavian Germanic too right?idk?
Which ever people are responsible for having it taught that "there is no such thing as an Anglo-Saxon" should be hospitalized..by a descendant of an Anglo Saxon
There isn’t! Anglo-Saxon was an invention created by the De-Medici family. The people of England are in fact Lloegrians. And Henghist and Horsa were from the Cimbri Tribe of Jutland. Hence why the Cymru invited them over to Britain. They were kin!
@@WalesTheTrueBritons All kinds of different tribes of related people with different names..the Angles and the Saxons definitely existed, the Jutes did too but that name didn't become part of the title.
The Germanic people of Western Europe created this world. The rest of the world bent the knee in one way or another...music, art, literature, science (all branches), technology, conquests, philosophy, political theory and on and on. What came out of this small corner of existence changed everyone's existence.
@@davidhallett8783If being honest...Germanic nation caused it (both world wars) and Germanic nations defeated it. The United States founding fathers were of such origin. White northern european. Who speak a germanic language. English.
Really excellent exposition of our complicated English heritage. Although of necessity highly condensed for an hour-long delivery, this work leaves me with a greater understanding of our lineage, than any single source I have encountered in my near 70 years. Delivered with an exceptional level of sensitivity and empathy - normally almost totally lacking in many of our brash self-absorbed trans-Atlantic cousins. Thank you!
@@warfarenotwarfair5655 I suspect you are confusing yourselves with the Russians. 😉. In fairness, that’s easily done these days with such a similar leadership style.
@Stokie_Lad22 LOL, another Millennial that was poorly educated. How often did your father go overseas to protect foreign countries including Europe growing up champ? You know you have just come across an American veteran that has been a part of multiple conflicts in the last 20 years. I will embarrass your foreign ass on this topic and let's not get into how the United States lead and fought in two theaters of war and then went onto spend trillions in the Cold War while many of you cowards sat back at home.
Really good video. I am an American born but my Grandmother was English born and raised in London. Very well done video and fascinating facts and information.
@@haywoodjablomi2529 THANK GOD, dude why are these desperate old people trying to cling to an identity that belongs to historical foreigners? Anglo-Saxons.... Genuinely mind boggling what these uneducated fluffbrains will do next.
Basically, we all (English Descent ) have ancestors who were intrepid travellers who were not daunted by distance hardship nor battle ie Very Brave individuals from many lands
My maternal line has been in the US since 1663. We are of the Mattingly tree. Matta- Saxon the village of Mattingly still exist in Hampshire, England My fathers side is more complicated to find info, he was adopted, very young. Records are hard to come by from so long ago, but he was certainly a blue eyed-ginger..
@@benfisher1376 Maybe that's because sometimes the far right stuff comes across like the attitude the English took to other countries, or even to Ireland, Wales, and Scotland, before we come to the Americas, Australia, NZ, India, etc. I don't see why anyone would have a problem with anyone being curious about the history of these lands and being proud of all parts of their own personal ancestry. It's when it comes over as "we're better than you" that it brings a need to push back against that.
It goes to show we really are all one people's and history continues to repeat. A brilliant and well presented view of my heritage and the connections we share. Many thanks and power to your cause
This is hands down the best and most accurate documentary on our lands and people I have seen. Thank you for the effort and research you have put in to this and for the emotional fire behind it. Thank you also for highlighting the fight we as a nation are up against at the moment by those in power. Those who hail from these lands yet seem hell bent on destroying not only our name, our culture, traditions and heritage, but also the sacred landscapes we live on. England is a tinder box at the moment, filled with uncertainty, anger and disbelief. We must stay steadfast, united and summon the stoic grit, determination and strength our forebears gave their lives for.
Why should you be proud of the random event of your birth in a specific country, a decision you have nothing to do with? Work hard to improve your country and be proud of your personal achievements in doing so. Blind pride in one's country only breeds nationalism and xenophobia.
Not born in England but my family originated there. Very proud to be associated with them. Modern culture likes to route for the underdog, but let’s not for English heritage. Amazing video
Settlers in Australia, America, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and all the others countries, be proud of your English origins and where you came from🏴
Even in the United States, English ancestry is the largest group as well as the most common ancestry reported, you can find them all over the United States, especially in the northwest, rocky mountains, deep south, appalachia and new england. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Americans en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Americans
Proud to be an Englishman of many Generations going way back in time, although somewhat constrained by the British, many still believe we need to return to an English Constitution, the saying is ‘An English Constitution is the Solution’. I always remember the words penned by Gilbert and Sullivan in one of their comic operas, HMS Pinafore, “In spite of all temptation to belong to other Nations he remains an Englishman”. Thank you for this video and recognising the important part played by the English. Well done Sir.
We have always had the English Constitution and although not written, it is for most of it, embodied within the Magna Carta. Nobody has the authority, not government or any other body can change it, revoke it or remove it because it encompasses our God given rights. There is not and never has been a "British" Constitution. However, recently this government (Dominic Raab) tried to create a "British" Constitution to replace the English Constitution. He later withdrew it.
As someone from the Netherlands, are there any plans on making a video about the Franks? I noticed that a lot of people talk about the Anglo-Saxons, Norsemen, the Goths and Vandals when talking about Germanic peoples, but i never hear anyone talk about the Franks and i feel like people have a lot of misconceptions about them. I would especially be interested in their form of Germanic religion before becoming Christian and if any pre-christian beliefs and motifs continued to exist after becoming Christian.
The Franks may have been Germanic, but Many of the first leaders of “France” were of Celtic origin. Which is understandable as a lot of Gallic people remained in France after Macsens fight for his throne in Rome. Most of Western Europe are of Celtic origin as opposed to Germanic, a lot of pockets in Switzerland and Italy too.
@@WalesTheTrueBritons I'm aware that the French are mostly of Gallo-Roman descent and that the Franks were only a ruling elite, but that's why i said that as a Dutchman i would be interested in learning more about them because my language originated from them. You're also right about Switzerland, Austria is such a case too, hell Hallstatt where the proto-Celtic culture got it's name from is there.
@@kimashitawa8113 I've just watched a new Time Team episode here on UA-cam. Archeologists were digging an early post Roman cemetery in East Anglia and the most prestigious grave good that they discovered (a pendant on a female) was of Frankish origin. The team theorised that she was possibly sent to Frankia to be educated and aquired the pendant whilst there.
Thank you for making such an interesting and entertaining video. As a half English Half Australian. I often look at the English and wounder where our culture has been. Other groups of people talk about keeping their culture a live, while living with a heavy white nation. But us our selves are not keeping out own culture going. I hope us Anglos can survive and thrive in the modern world while keeping other cultures alive in the process but not forgetting about where we came from.
Well Australia is letting in so many other cultures it is at risk. Simple fact..... Reduce immigration. The UK is now struggling due to immigration levels being too high. Many English people have moved out of London for this reason.
Your culture is everywhere, it's like water every relevant person in the world speaks English and every relevant nation in the world follows the english common law.
Ah, the good ol' "feel guilty about your history because you were better". Don't see too many Mongolians apologizing for Genghis Khan or Chinese labeling the Han dynasty as bigoted. Nope, only in Europe & its former colonies are you made to view your history with shame & rebuke. This is perfectly deliberate; always refreshing to hear a thorough historical take that isn't Frankfurt school propaganda.
@@John.Flower.ProductionsI would argue for the Chinese, Aztecs, Arabs, Indians and Turks. All of those built civilizations and managed to form empires. Also all of those managed to influence their regions culturally as hegemons. If one does not few the Russians and US-Americans as Europeans those two cultures certainly also can't be overlooked here.
@@derKrampus I would not deny the respective histories of those people(s) but the question is: _Who else, besides other European peoples and perhaps the Japanese, have a history worth erasing?_
Indian/Pakistani muslim here. I think the Saxon history is very cool. Aside from the vibes being very cool, the record keeping is unmatched. I grew up thinking Muslims were the only religious people that died with the conviction they had for their beliefs. The west is no longer anything like how it was when the Nords, Saxons, and Frank's initial inception. I can see now that modern day scholars are trying to erase this history. English people should be proud of their heritage. From Arthur to Alfred, you guys had many leaders that died with immense conviction for what they believed. Filled with honor and the ambition to unite your ancestors.
I am Indian and let me tell you that English people should be as proud of themselves as any other ethnic group. You people have shaped the world so much and are perhaps the most influential maybe from the 18th century.
Thank you for recognizing our ethic group. If a person is indigenous from England they are English. If from other foreign countries, they can be called British. British and English are different
@@andrewwhelan7311 that mixed in with the iron age Britons, did you even watch the video you moron?, he literally says the romano british assimilated a mixed with the English, one was found in an Germanic burial ritual even. It's been 1600 almost and do you know how many generations that is? how many millions of people?, they married into Brythonic noble families and i'm pretty sure free peoples married in between each other for generations so by today it's proven and easy to say the english have as much Brythonic blood as anglo saxon, actually the have more, the English have more Brythonic DNA then Germanic. the new Zealand maoi only inhabited new Zealand for a thousand years and are considered indigenous
this has been happening my whole life- if you are white and even show the lightest hint of being proud of it.... we all know what happens. but ANY other race can outright say "yourracehere power!" and you are a hero
@@Owen-hd3oqWhen you’re discriminated against in your own country, take the RAF referring to applicants as “useless White male pilots” for example, it’s done on the basis of your race not your ethnicity. You’re White, and you’ll be seen and treated as such by those that like and despise you, whether you like it or not.
I really enjoyed this video.Not just for the content , which was expertly edited, but for the narration, which was perfectly scripted and the voice was pleasant, engaging and assuring. I just subscribed.
I love our history, good or bad, as this is what made us who we are. I have traced my family back to the Saxons. Im very pround to be English and our heritages. ❤❤
I'm an Anglo-Celt and proud of all my ancestors and Germanic cousins....we are a proud people in the mists of decline, brought on from those within and from without. As long as we stay true to our ancestral spirit, we'll always be leaders in the whole of humanitie's story.
@@hannah51238 How do you mean? Oh yeah sorry, some research my family has done and also DNA tests and research I've done. We were able to trace our family back to the doomsday book and from that you can basically deduce that Side of my family most likely came over with the Anglos and the Saxons...the other sides name and family are old Brythons so post Roman invasion they can take their side to Wales. The other sides in Ireland are a lot harder but both names go waaay back, up in the north and south. The one name I can say is (Ryan) which has a lot of history behind the name.
As a Welsh person, the English should be proud of their heritage, it's extraordinary, I know it wasn't pretty, but who's was !?! But these days I count them as my country men and I would rather have them as my neighbour than most.
Scotland & Ireland says different on the neighbour you love .
@@Parker_Douglas Xenophobe.
Welshmen seem to forget the first lot of Anglo-Saxons married Briton women, for a while. I am Anglo. England is my Fatherland
@@Mercian-Lad
As a Mexican American, I am so confused by this thread. So, Welsh, Britons and Anglos aren't all English? Or British?
@@Parker_Douglas the scots were irish invaders in the 4th century setting up irish kingdom in the west of what is today scotland then took the rest, erasing pictish culture and language. It was the normans who invaded ireland that created the 800 years of oppression and the scottish king bending over for the normans and giving them land thus causing rifts and claims to lands from english norman lords which caused conflict. Learn your history.
This is an excellent video. I’m an ex Cambridge student and I still have connections to the university. I asked a history professor about this. He’s not aware of any re-categorisation but he’s going to investigate further.
It always amazes me how much hatred England receives on the back of ill informed “experts”. I think I’ll use this video as a reference for years to come.
it takes a cursory google search to see the re-categorisation argument in cambridge university and others. ive had the misfortune of engaging with the people who advocate for it
@@firstnamelastname2197 I’m aware of the reports, but I personally don’t trust much of what I see on certain propaganda channels. It’s often just to stir up rage and give piers Morgan something else to milk.
The university is simply trying to say they called themselves English not Saxon
@@kincaidwolf5184 so no one at cambridge said anglo saxon is a racist term because it was racialised by colonisers of English descent? You can google the controversy in a flash. It’s a collective name for the germanic tribes of England and Scotland between 450 and 1066 and it was used, albeit rarely, at the time
@@kincaidwolf5184They did call themselves saxon though
"From Beowulf to Shakespeare to Tolkien ..." What a wonderful line to draw through English history! Great work, FoL!
Tolkien was German. Shakespeare was Welsh.
Tolkien based his mythology of England on the far older British (Welsh) and Scandinavian (Norwegian and Finnish) mythology.
@skp8748 I have heard that rumour, apparently there is some evidence to suggest it was a high to do Welsh women, and The person passed of As Shakespeare was a ghost writer designed to hide this fact, as Women weren’t allowed to do such things in this era. One piece of evidence for it not being him was he never taught his children to read or write, which strikes one a bit weird seeing how he was this amazing author and poet.
His family came from Prussia, he was born in South Africa, but he grew up in England and considered himself English.
Just because Tolkien based his creations on the mythology of other cultures doesnt mean what he produced wasn't or isnt inherently English. The same way we consider roman culture roman even though significant portions of it stemmed from the nearby Greeks and Etruscans.
I'm Canadian but mostly of English decent. I am fascinated by the history of English people.
You are English
@@deitchj003 He’s Canadian, his ancestors were from England.
@@groupewaiteYup, same with me as an American, more or less. As far as I know, most of my family lineage is English and Welsh. However, like most Americans, I am sure there are some relatively recent ancestors that were from other Western European nations.
It would be a little ridiculous for me to claim English Identity though.
We Are The Ænglisc.
It makes a refreshing change for a history channel to get the backstory right for the English peoples.
Ten out of ten for research.
He made it sound like an organised takeover, instead of a movement of diverse peoples from the continent, as most scientists think:
I mean, take a finding from an Anglo Saxon graveyard in Kent, where an African descendant was found:
See: Daily Mail Updown
Also, Britain was colonised earlier by Anatolian farmers (See: Mass Migrations into Bronze Age Britain) - and they still make up the majority of the British, especially in the west of the country.
@@johnpatrick5307
If you're talking about Neolithic and/or Bronze Age migrations then you're talking about the entirety of Europe
@@eardwulf785
No - the Indo-Europeans were replaced in Britain by the Anatolians - reversing the White takeover.
@@johnpatrick5307
Define Anatolians? Even the Prose Edda mentions a Nordic, Germanic and Brythonic influx from/through what today is Turkey, and into Greece before dispersing. It's such a narrow corridor that inevitably there have been numerous migrations funnelled through this route.
Never apologize for your heritage or ancestry. Always be proud of who you are
Based
Nothing to apologize for or be proud of tbh.
Be proud of your heritage and ancestry even if your father is Jimmy Savile.
Exactly.
Proud to be Anglo-Saxon-Celtic
I’ve found over time I am tired of being lumped in with the “British” and am starting to embrace the “English” label much more. England is my home, my culture my family and who I am. ❤️ 🏴
Don’t let anyone take that away from you💪🏻🔥
Absolutely behind you on that! I had both sides of my family tree traced,and the researcher said that she’d never come across anyone so utterly English - so, like you, that’s my identity and I won’t stand for being called British (or, even worse, a Brit 🤬)
"Britain is just England with bits added on." -- Dr David Starkey
Right on brother. I’m English and won’t be called anything else. I don’t associate with being called British.
@@Mind-your-own-beeswax
Why not British ?
I am just curious
As a Norwegian, English history is very interesting. Much respect ❤
To me, the early Anglo-Saxon raids and eventual conquests in the British Isles, were but a first wave of north Germanic conquests in that region. The second major wave, of course being the Viking era.
Then in 1066, a rather ironic twist… After a swinging pendulum, going between Norse and A.Saxon rule (The pendulum being on the A.Saxon side at this current time) the hybrid Normans swooped in to change, irreparably, the history of the British Isles forever.
@@safeysmith6720 I often wonder if the Normans had not invaded (or had been beaten back), how the English language had been written and spoken today. Many refer to English...as being a "bastard" language.
@@mikefraser4513 I read somewhere that if the Normans hadn’t invaded, English would be much closer to Dutch or Icelandic. England would be much more like the other Germanic countries are today.
@@safeysmith6720 the Norman’s are closely related to the Germanic people and the area. It was around Norway and the northern part of Scandinavia where the Norman’s came from. Very similar to the Anglos
@@mikefraser4513 How can English be a bastard language? It's spoken clearly in most countries like any other language.
People in America don’t like to claim their English heritage but are quick to talk up their Irish or Scottish. I know from DNA testing I’m over half English. I also know my moms side of the family started coming here in the 1600s from Herefordshire and Warwick.
I am literally mostly of English ancestry. Yea I am pretty quick upon and proud of my English heritage.
I am mixed race. Mum English dad Moroccan. I claim my English side proudly but i see other mixed race people denying it. Sad.
@@dadventurer36 ethnicity is patrilineal. People identify with the father. So I'm surprised you went with the mother.
Also that's so cool cause my girlfriend is Moroccan
@JackSonEFla2 nah man. My mother was there for me. You can't decide what i am.
@JackSonEFla2 yeah but i don't go by that. Wonder who came up with it
I’ve seen a lot of documentaries and read a great deal on this subject, but this was by far the best documentary that I’ve seen on English history
Agreed!
Aye and well done by a proud Gael at that.
This was exactly the comment I was about to make. This was excellent. I will be watching it again. Jam-packed full of detail and exquisitely made. Subscribed and donated.
Yes.
Yep ! ❤
Irishman here , that was an amazing story and the english should be proud of your culture and people
Thank you😊
We are, as you should be of your own good sir!
@@TheMercian13 I appreciate that friend .
Thank you and so should the Irish Scots and Welsh.
@@markmorrid8144 And Cornish, too
As a Norwegian, I am proud of my English cousins :)
We English respect our Norwegian cousins too.Yours Sir Kevin Parr Bt
And thank you for the tree you give us every Christmas for the help we gave back to you during World War 2. To some it may not seem much but for me it is symbolic and appreciated - and that means more than anything.
I'm an American. And I'm proud of my English, Nordic, Germanic, and Celtic bretheren! (Obviously many of the above are intertwined.) What's sad about the US of America today is this liberal lie that, 'diversity is our strength', as there is NO social science evidence to support this notion. It's the American people's common bonds that overcome our 'diversity', that make the USA strong. It's really all about culture, not any idea of 'race'.
Thank you.
we are now honestly dealing with preserving the European culture - it is far far along under attack. England has been an important part of European culture - a kind of stabilizer. Europe includes from Portugal to Scandanavia.
It's nice to hear an American speak so lovingly and respectfully about the English. Rightly so too I say! Young whippet snapper 😊
I have nothing but respect for the English. I’m American.
If you're speaking about the narrator, his accent sounds Canadian.
I’m Australian and so relate to the English side of me I’m so into everything English and love the country and people in it even though I’m a proud Aussie.🇦🇺🇦🇺 Stand tall and stay proud mother England for you have so so much to be proud of and the respect of many other nations. Bless.❤🇦🇺
I'm American, I take into great pride knowing most great American scientists, engineers, soldiers, politicians and inventors have English ancestry and I am proud of my own English ancestry!
@@noahtylerpritchett2682 what about the English that raped when they went and stole land lol filthy dogs
Always was always will be Aboriginal land
@@shabbaranks7968 true but Its currently under foreign management analogous to Tamazgha being under foreign management
@@shabbaranks7968 I am Australian born, I am am thankful for this great land that we all share.
Don’t let anybody fool you. The Anglo saxons were real. The English are real. The English were and are the most influential people in the whole world. Be proud of who you are. 🏴
Never fear... the Anglo-Saxons impact on the world is too deeply evident to ever be erased
America is right behind you!!!
American here. You are my lineage ❤
@@Musician12345 I’m American too actually, point still stands though 😅
@@Silent_SteelI agree, many people complain about the British empire dissolving, but in my eyes it still is and always will always be alive. I mean London is the economic capital of the world, and 2nd is New York, a City named and controlled by the English. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, America, all former colonies, all extremely powerful nations. The language is spoken around the world, British clothes are worn by almost every world leader, English sports are the most popular, English inventions are used around the world. It truly will always be alive, really crazy once you stop and think about it.
5:15 It's funny. I'm Italian (American) and my sister married a German (American) guy. We always joke how we Italians are a lot like the ancient Romans because we don't like the outdoors and modernly live how many ancient Romans would.......
very much like house cats.....enjoying amenities like heating and air conditioning, and everything indoors. We love sitting around the table and drinking wine and just talking to each other.
We hate the outdoors and camping. But my German brother-in-law is Mr. Adventure and Mr. Outdoors. I think there's something in the blood and/or just ancient habits and ways of living that are just passed down. He's a great man, by the way. Love having the Germans in our family.
As a born Bristolian now living in Spain I am moved to comment on this documentary. Well done Sir, exceptionally well researched, presented and commentated. The use of video/music and motivational commentary has created a product not only highly enlightening but also entertaining, true Edutainment. Keep up the good work Brother and may your passion reach the hearts of all seekers of Knowledge. Bless all the Wisdom Teachers of the World 🙏❤️
I believe Joseph of arethmethia went to the Bristol red hills with Mary after Jesus died..
He knew of as he traded in metals ..
One of places not yet invaded by the Romans ..
1st Whites didn't have beards... so You in Bristol are that unevolved @ Periodic Table... in a beach land stolen by India Pilgrims with a haircut, to make sure Sons of Bristol can't sail to the paradise made here. Barcelona has a lesson?
@@pamelawinson3192green peace just announced all UK rivers toxic, no foot in a U.K. beach without crap possibly... what Son held Her hand white?
I'm from Kent, what do you say to people who say we, the English, have no real identity or culture?
@@benfisher1376 envy
I already knew English history quite well, but this is one of the most concise and best videos I've seen on it in awhile.
You only know what you get told ?
And that is made up .
The Celtic were there before all this. Redheads mainly in the North now
@@vinchenzo678 yes thank you
Thank you, FoL for defending the English and their right to be recognised like any other ethnic group and also for being objective. You're a real fellow. I'm curious if you are English at all (most likely), but regardless, I am grateful
Issues is other ethnicities have marital and tribal customs to distinguish themselves... whereas English identity has coopted, absorbed and exalted so many other peoples it doesn't really have strong ethnic legitimacy
@@skp8748 …where are you from?
@@skp8748 You mean the entire world has adopted English culture to the point where they don't recognise it originated from them.
@@Supahdenning No.
@@skp8748 So, schizophrenia it is?
Watching this documentary has been a wonderful learning experience on English History and Heritage!!
Hello Fortress of Lugh, a Frisian here. Thumbs up for a detailed and carefully researched history video. It means something that Frisian presence is recognised in the earliest stages of English/Ænglish history. Archeological traces, Frisian warriors (the Numerus Hnaudifridi near Hadrian’s Wall) in second and third century Roman Britain, ‘Frisian’ placenames in Britain show a presence of our ancestors in that regard. Even before the ‘Adventus Saxonum’. Maybe it’s something to look into where, frankly, no one has yet done so. Even a genetic ‘Frisian’ marker is showing up in Kent and East Anglia. But, again: thumbs up for a fantastic historical account. Wês du hiel!
I myself am of English descent, so I am a descendant of Anglo Saxons as well as a native English speaker, I regard Frisians as kind of half brothers in a sense, it's awesome to learn about our shared roots, ain't it ? Your people have such beautiful history and culture, may our traditions long endure !
The research into the DNA has been done,You can't tell the difference between a Friesian and an Englishman, they also found that the English have no DNA in common with the Welsh, The Marxist left hate this.
I’m a Yorkshire man and now want to visit The Frisian area
The English are closer to the Frisians genetically than they are to the Welsh and their language is closely related to the Frisian tongue too. Frisians and English people are very similar genetically and linguistically. It makes sense, of course
Frisians and Anglo-Saxons are the same thing historically. One just went to the islands and the other stayed on the coast.
Wow! Excellent history. I'm an American of (in order of most to least) Swedish, Irish, German, English and Scottish blood, I found this documentary not only fascinating but enlightening as to my heritage.
You gained a fan today.
Hahaha. You're a typical American. Like me.
We all have like 5 or 6 ethnicities. 😆 We're a melting pot.
I'm Mexican American, and even I have a sliver of English (British?) heritage in me. I'm less than 1/8 British, or English, etc.
Two or three years after immigration, we're all mixed with like a list of ethnicities, and often times races.
all of us did not mix
As an American we often and sometime rightly get mocked for our lack of knowledge of our ancestry. As a man with strong Germanic English roots this was an excellent video that makes me proud to be descended from a beautiful country with a rich cultural heritage. Cheers 🍻
I like I live in a time where my people and history are scorned and despised. Thank you for making this.
The British used to have a naval division whos job was to blockade Africa- the continent- from slavers. More white people were taken by the Moors and Berber pirates than all the Africans sent to the new world. No ones hands are clean. We all have and had good and bad to contribute.
Come on dude, that’s not true. Sure there are always some radicals that claim so but the 95% of the world doesn’t care. No need to victimise yourself
Such is the life of successful people. We are the envy of the world
Exactly, now some kiss arse, now they looked into the history for themselves abd not tiktok and listened to those who constantly denigrated demonised the english daily on main stream and social, the damage has been done now, and to late, i can never forgive that, they dragged our culture, heritage and ancestors through the mud, all for what, and what even worse are own leaders and media made us out to be thugs, hooligans and all the piece of shit names that come with, or then other nations trying to play our cousins the welsh, scots, and irish of against one another, sheer evil and spitefulness, English people didnt deserve that sort if vitriol which has been going on at least 3 to 4 years of daily bashing..
yeah, we are under attack.
This is an absolute gem of Anglo-Saxon history. It comes during a time of hostility toward people of Anglo-Saxon descent, and other peoples who helped shape and build the world we live in today. It is as though these hostiles could not defeat the culture through direct confrontation, so they are trying to erase the heritage by way of subterfuge and the perversion of history. If people like those in Cambridge are successful, they will have committed a form of genocide without shedding blood. It's up to us to carry the torch of our ancestors, and keep the truth of the past alive. We must pass down the knowledge of all our cultures. The truth must be kept alive through our children, and our children's children.
Thank you so very much for using your talents & knowledge to create this beautiful piece of artistic documentation. I think i will download it, so I can come back to it in case friends of Cambridge manage to get this deleted.
Keep up the great work.
So I'm not the only one who sees the hate for the English.
@@dadventurer36 everyone openly admits to their hatred of us. I see it is a way to hide their envy.
@@dadventurer36It’s not because you’re English, it’s because you’re White.
Swedes, Germans, French, Aussies, Yanks etc all face the same systemic persecution.
You’re right. Mass migration to only White countries and it’s effects tick every box in the Geneva Convention for genocide.
I am truly grateful for what English people have achieved which contributes a great deal in shaping the modern world that I live in.
Yes, England is the envy of the world. Thanks
@@Angelcynn_2001amen: pure jealousy
@@CarolWoosey-ck2rgnobody is jealous of the English
@@carymnuhgibrilsamadalnasud1222
Thats true - and they're Spanish anyway!
Good to see this video. Although I am mostly Scottish I'm glad to see the English get recognition in a positive manner.
the scottish have english DNA too, northumbria went all the way into scotland to edinburgh
Good inventors and good soldiers, the Scots
I’ve always had the upmost respect for the Scott’s, honest, loyal, tough people. The kind of people you want next to you in a fox hole
Another English American here with an Anglo-saxon last name. Proud to be apart of this great heritage of seafarers and conquerors who then came to this land. Not ashamed of a single bit of it, but honored. The story will go on. Cheers to all my brothers across the world. Great video.
Glad you're proud of your roots
It just so happens yeshua is anglo saxon.
@@theredeemeriamare you talking about Jesus?
Anglo saxon is an ethnicity not a location. We are a ppl, and the ones who least appreciated who have given the most. The war of independence ended cause the British got sick of fighting other British and realised their real enemy were the French. But English, NZ, Australian or American (I mean real American, the men who made the nation) are all the same ppl. Obviously being an island means we had to find more land to go forth and multiply.
@@savannahrichardson254
That would be correct!
I am Ethiopian & I don't know why I like England & the English people much more than it must be...their history & influence in the world is much more inspiring...
British history is interesting. So weird how a bunch of little tribes built an empire
Cheers mate
It's because the English are, for the most part, good people! From what I've read about it, and I'm not just being diplomatic or nice, so too are Ethiopians a good and very unique people. Very unique, in fact. Btw, I sympathize with Ethiopia with your struggle against Egypt about the river dams. They have no right to threaten your country just because y'all want to build your own resevoir.
Ethiopia has a long and great history too that not enough people are aware of. Very friendly and good people.👍
@@gandolfthorstefn1780I agree. And it's not just Americans that are ignorant of other peoples in the world. Perhaps all of humanity is, in some degree or another, ignorant of others.
I’m an American with a strong English heritage. My English ancestors came from Norfolk, Bishop Laurence Womack. I loved someone very much from Northumberland and spent extended time there getting to know their culture. The English are an amazing people and I’m so proud to have known many and know my roots are there.
Nice mate
There are still Womacks around Diss in South Norfolk.
As an American of German descent, when I was attending university back in 2010 in California, I wanted to do my senior thesis on, Who Are the English. My professor said my thesis should not exceed too much beyond 10,000 words. I did not do my thesis on the English. I think the research that went into the making of this video would surely have greatly exceeded 10,000 words. And my focus too would have started with the common Germanic migration and culminated with the Normanization of the entire country with the historical relation of the old Bretons influencing those conquering Normans. I often wondered how and why the Olde English drastically changed in such a short period of time? I cannot express just how much this video moved me. Thank you. And I like to think that my ancient ancestors were some of the Angles or Saxons that crossed the channel.
I’d like to add to this video that Norwegians have a long and close relationship with the English.
We both fought off Danish invasions of our land. King Harald Fairhair had his son be fostered up by king Athelstan, and when this son, Håkon the Good, become king of Norway he introduced laws inspired by the English which protester Norway from Danish invasions, and St. Olaf’s bishop was English. Even king Harald Hardråde was supported by English nobility during his invasion of England, unlike the Normans who replaced the English.
As a Norwegian anglophile, I have to say this documentary was great! Well done debunking the non-invasion theory! It never made sense to me that there was not a migration from Germanic tribes.
A long and close relationship with the English? Norwegians? I don't think so. I'm a Brit married to a Norwegian and living in Norway since 2013. I've never really sensed any noteworthy relationship between Britain and Norway. Nor has any close relationship ever been documented historically. Norway is certainly extracting far too much from the UK economy, though. And it begs the question why so many Brits with a legal right to reside in Norway are still waiting for a new residency card after 2 years. Including me, as it happens, with among the simplest of cases to assess, being married to a Norwegian regardless where I come from. If anything, any relationship between Britain and Norway has deteriorated badly. Personally, I expect a new British government to seize all Norway oligarchs UK-held assets at some point. That'll put the relationship into perspective.
@@johnmcmullan9741 Well we definitely have some strong historical connections. A couple of examples being the Norwegian influence on the English language. Or how in WW2, the Norwegian king and government created a government-in-exile in London. The British military also helped train and organise Norwegian commandos to attack Nazi installations in Norway.
@@BirdsfromHuntingdon Norwegian influence on the English language? According to who? Apart from a few place names on the east coast, where Norse refugees settled, after fleeing the vikings, any similarities are more likely due to having a common source from the north coast of the continent, which traveled across the English Channel or to Norway via Denmark. The probability of Norway, which has always been on the periphery of civilisation, being a source of any useful culture is vanishingly small. It's simply not how things work. The further north you are in Europe, the more of a sink you become for culture. Both the ancient Greeks and the Romans, and later the British, observed and documented Norway as 'full of barbarians of no use'. And Norway's history - missing all major periods of progress and development in Europe - the renaissances, Enlightenment, Scientific and Industrial revolutions, etc., says it all.
@@BirdsfromHuntingdon Note too that Norway was more in support of the Nazis during WWII. Churchill had his suspicions and demanded the Norwegians 'pulled their thumbs out' more than once. The resistance in Norway was tiny. Most Norwegians supported Germany, not the Allies. The levels of consensual relations and cooperation between the Nazis and Norwegian population demonstrates this, in reality. Norway undeniably helped protect much needed resources travelling from Scandinavia to Germany. The Nazis didn't invade Norway. The Norwegians accommodated them. Note the Norway government fled to save themselves. It was the Norway government who rejected an Anglo-French force being stationed in Norway. That decision had little to do with being neutral. Norway had very close relations with Germany (not Britain) going back to the 14th century and the Hanseatic League. Even today the Norwegians glorify Germany and express anti-British sentiments. You just have to listen carefully, that's all. It's almost as if many of them have never given up on the 'Greater Germanic Reich'. Norway is not a trustworthy partner of Britain. It never has been.
What a wonderful son in law you must be@@johnmcmullan9741
Absolutely wonderful! Great work. This makes me proud of my English ancestry.
As an Australian i among most other Aussies see England and the U.K as our homeland...my Grandfather's Mum was English and then my Dad's family are direct Irish who bear an obvious Irish Surname...And im 15,000 kilometres on the other side of the world so you guys did something right! Cheers
The English are a mix of peoples - as much Anglo-Spanish as Anglo-Saxon, seeing how Britain was colonised by Iberian types
See: Mass migrations into Britain in the late Bronze Age.
@@johnpatrick5307I cart begin to tell you how wrong you our 🤦🏻🤡 we pure English our direct descendants of the Anglo saxon English not Spanish or French 😂🤣 that right there is just bs and lies we the native ethnic English no the historical fact about us and we no our own genetic the one thing about us pure blooded english we don't like to mix that why we english our still here to day our Anglo saxon English blood is eternal and the english identity came from our Anglo saxon ancestors and that the historical fact of my people I think people who our not English just jealous of us because we pure english came from a people who was similar to the viking and that our the facts Anglo saxon English till I die 🏴✝️♥️⚔️
All the blue-eyed Australians are of Irish descent.
English history is not over. We will rise again and we will keep achieving as we always have.
We will reclaim our Fatherland
Reclaim your motherland youll have better luck 🍀
The English-Speaking peoples, anyway. (And whoever said English history was 'over' in the first place?)
@@samr.england613 No, I mean genetic Anglo-Saxons. We will prevail.
@@clanksshekels I hope so. Of course, as an Anglo-Saxon, I think that 'people of color' (excluding Asians), underestimate us as a people. But this underestimation will be to our advantage. As far as the Asian reference, the Japanese know that Anglo-Saxons, obviously including not just the English but also the Germans, are as formiddable as they are. I will not sit idly by, and watch the Anglo-Saxon culture, as well as the Anglo-Saxon, largely White Protestant, roots of the United States get tossed into the dustbin of oblivion by, "people of color"!
No wonder English rock bands found such a warm welcome in Hamburg in the 60s---they were coming back to the ancestral Saxon homeland!
The Beatles and their genius was mainly Hiberno-English, but I like your point!
@@neilog747 There were a lot of others also. Billy Fury, The Tremeloes, The Tornadoes. Many preferred the more upbeat rock style. Not only that -Many Germans did not care for their own so called popular mainstream music or songs.
Curiosly it was people from that same area that killed so many people in Britain through out centuries.
Not really, given than English people are a mix of various lowland genetics but also on AVERAGE a third Gaulish-Frankish ( similar to Briton genetics ) and a third Briton genetics and then a third, a general mix of lowland West Germanic, which we could call 'Anglo-Saxon'. The north west and south west of England has the biggest difference to that, with more Briton genetics - but not as much as the average in Wales.
@@ramadamming8498 What did you mean by 'Low Land genetics'. Did you mean from the Netherlands (The Low Lands)? It would of course stand to reason that the Dutch along with Frisians share some genetic similarities along with The Danes and those others you mentioned and with the Belgaeic tribes.
That's the History lessons and documentaries I love studying and watching all over again, with place origins and ethimologies. Thanks a lot!!!!
Thank you for making this video. I'm very proud of English, Scottish, Viking & German/Prussian heritage.
A truly terrifying mix 😉
Viking was a profession, not heritage. It was ended by the English 1066AD
@@Lee_Enfield1895 A lot of English people already had mixed ancestories by 1066 - being the result of generations of intermarriage between Anglo-Saxons and Viking settlers, especially in the North and the East of England.
The complicated, highly inflected and "synthetic" Old English language ( a bit a la modern German 😬 ) of the AS peoples was completely restructured and dramatically simplified beyond recognition (!) within just 100 - 150 years, as it clashed - or merged rather - with the closely related Old Norse language and also adopted a lot of basic ON words in the proces, as it transitioned into the analytical (caseless + more fixed word orders ) Middle English - a sort of new Germanic creole base language, which over time also absorbed a lot of French and Latin words on top of it.
This is also the main reason that English even today is a fairly easy language to learn for Danes as well as the other Scandinavians with their very similar languages.
These languages are in many ways like parallel worlds of an older English, so we sort of "know" a lot of it in advance 😉
Hav en god dag [day(gh)], min frænd{e} 😊
@@Bjowolf2 That would be quite an army!
Viking heritage lol
I am an eleventh generation American. My people came here in 1654 from Essex, England. Our ancestor was named Thomas Brinson. I think of myself as a transplanted English person. Thanks for this great video!
Thats so cool you know that. I'm from Essex.
> I think of myself as a transplanted English person.
You're not. You're American. You might have an English ancestor, but that doesn't make you English any more than me having a Norman ancestor makes me French.
Do people in England have something against Americans with English ancestry? @@bobmarkey1086
As an English person I have a good mix of Scandinavian & German blood but it is surprising the amount of English people that deny or even have little knowledge of our Germanic ancestory.
Its a real shame that anything with "german" in it is immediately met with resistance. The English to this day are germanic folk and have a very germanic culture. I've heard some folks say the English are roman, turkish, celtic... anything but what the actual data and historical records show: the english are german/danish in blood and language, and influenced by their french neighbors, and they seemed to willfully adopt Latin words for science and legal matters.
Normans built your country before the norman invasion it was a prehistory country
@@christophedel2642 no., otherwise it would be normanland, not England
Large amount of Celtic blood.
@@ShireTommy_1916_Somme-Mametzcope cope cope. Normans built England
Thank you so much for making this. Videos like this are so important for educating both those who are unafraid to think of themselves as English and those who think the English either don't exist or shouldn't.
I have one piece of constructive criticism. I would have liked a sentence or two in the genetic segment which highlighted the contribution of the Britons to the English gene pool. You rightly highlight the importance of the Germanic contribution and the revelation of the Frankicised Gaulish injection, but the history of the Ancient Britons is English history too. I'm proud of my Brythonnic ancestry and proud to think of myself as Celto-Germanic.
The English, like so many peoples, are both the conquerors and the conquered.
The English are all native. They're literally the direct descendants from the first settlers in the stone age. We have the DNA to prove it. The English are as you say are Celtic-Germanic peoples.
Proud Englishman. Who's afraid?
Unfortunately, these days, the conquered.
I am half English. Proud to inherit a glorious heritage, England, the England which created the modern world.
Half English means nothing. 100% English or not English
What is your other half ?!
@@AngloSaxonVanguardhardly any of us are full English mate. I’m mostly Russian but grew up in Yorkshire.
@@deitchj003U can't be 100% English but u can be 100% Germanic(Dutch,Flemish,German)
He's half Mongolian
Native texan here, very proud of what the English folks have done for the world, big howdy to you English folks,
Howdy pardner
Native Texan 😂 your surname is McBride which is Gaelic.
@@jamesparke6252 The Gales preceded the English in England didn't they?
Nice one Tex!
WOO! TEXAS
One of the best videos I've watched on UA-cam for a very long time.
I was born in England of Irish parents.
Theres a chance i may have Anglo saxon and Norman blood in me but I'll never know with certainty.
What i do know is that the majority of my friends are English.
My best friend is English.
He the best man at my wedding and i at his.
The English are unique, inspiring and inovative like no other.
From the humour of monty python to the uncountable developmente in technology, its not a streatch to say that this small island is a special place.
Unfortunately, its changing demographically and its happening so fast.
It almost seems like an echo of the distant past where our politicians are a collective Vortegern reborn, calling upon forigners from over seas to come and conquer us 😢
Dna test will clarify for you
@@noahtylerpritchett2682 I'm not comfortable having my DNA on record with a 3rd party.
Call me sceptical but it could be abused so I decline
@@danharte6645 I did a DNA test, I even straight up told them make clones out of me if you ever develop the technology.
No joke.
I call myself British, because I am I am Irish/English. I embrace both.
Just found this video and watched it until the end. This is a better video than documentaries I've seen on television. Thanks for sharing and enlightening me to my heritage.
Far better!
Far better!
Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica, in this case Book V, chapter 9. In this chapter, Bede returns to the question of the tribal origins of the Anglo-Saxons:
He knew that there were very many peoples in Germany from whom the Angles and the Saxons, who now live in Britain, derive their origin... Now these people are the Frisians, Rugians, Danes, Huns, Old Saxons, and Boruhtware (Bructeri); there are also many other nations in the same land who are still practising heathen rites to whom the soldier of Christ proposed to go... (8)
Why do they not teach this in school?
We get the basic, maybe even less then basic..
Little bit of vikings little bit of roman and that's it?!
We know not our history at all!!
I will be using this video to teach my kids the history of their ancestors ❤
Thank you for keeping our history alive, thank you so so much 🙏
The Great Replacement is the answer.
It would be harder for the traitors in government than it already is to maintain a multi-racial England if the English were taught that we’re indigenous to these lands.
They prefer us ignorant of our own history and blood ties to the land.
Schools wanna make u think that ure Celtic like scots and Welshie but no,ure germanic not Celtic.Ur truly brother is Flemish,German,Futch and Danish not Scots and Welshie
*Dutch
Because your queens and kings back then and till now still have their roots in Germania or today's Germany and Denmark, and they did not want you to know where their origins were.
I'm from North Holland, West Frisian, and my whole ancestry from both sides > 10 generations back are. We all have blond hair, blue eyes and light skin. I had a DNA test done and to my surprise I am 60% Scandinavian, 40% English and 10% Irish. Having seen this documentary I can understand why! We share the same history!
Thanks for the research, excellent work!
I would recon that many people from the Netherlands, Friesland have Scandinavian DNA markers for historical reasons from as early as the iron age and onwards. As a Dane myself, from Jutland I had, other than Scandinavian, Scotish/Irish and Eastern Europen DNA markers.
Thank you for this. Proud to be English🏴
You can be very proud.....🇩🇪🇬🇧👍
@@ndie8075 Brothers🤝
With a normandy flag 🤦♀️
@@Anglo-Saxon_familie yeah? Im descendant of a duke of Normandy. Why feel the need the be negative?
@@TowardtheFlames bruh. You descend from the very bast.Duke.
Why would I, an Englishman, be positive about that?
Great job on this video, whenever I look into English orgins I never really get a clear answer and it takes a lot of confidence for someone who does know, to explain it in a way that is easy to follow.
Imagine being from here and not really ever finding out which side I the fence you were from? Cheerio from Southern part of the Vale Of York.
Close by runs the River Aire, the River Derwent and the River Ouse.
The village I live in was founded by the Saxons in 938 AD and we still have the Saxon church and on the hill above the village are the ruins of a Roman fort, outpost and stone walls stretching 2 miles across the landscape. Born English and being English is something we should celebrate and I for one now do, it is my identity and heritage after all.
There were no 'Saxons' by that point, they had lost their identity and were just calling themselves English. And most Saxon settlements were renames of pre-existing Celtic ones.
@@ajrwilde14 There is ango Saxon churches and castles just like norman and Roman site's
Seems kind of late in the game to think of themselves as just Saxons.
I thank the English for my native language, the Enlightenment, Shakespeare, Tolkien, Burke, the Pilgrims, the Constitution, and America.
One of Shakespeare parent was from Lebanon 🇱🇧 and he copied Persian great poet poems for his poetry.
@@alexkarimi-me2ef I think you are mistaken, but St. George was Palestinian through his mother, and is buried in her hometown, Lydda, Palestine. St. George is also a patron saint of Beirut.
Absolutely fantastic video. Content like this sustains me. Literally one of the only creators that keeps me on UA-cam.
Many Danes doesn't even regard English a foreign language. Although Danish an English sounds very different, there are a lot of words derived from Old Norse in English. It just feels natural to us, when we speak it. Danelagen had a massive impact on old English.
I think its the mediaeval English(After Scandinavian come to England) but the earliest English,I mean 1st ancient English is actually German(from Anglo Saxon).But Scandinavian Germanic too right?idk?
Which ever people are responsible for having it taught that "there is no such thing as an Anglo-Saxon" should be hospitalized..by a descendant of an Anglo Saxon
Word, its my last name
So you're german?
@@skp8748 I, like lots of Europeans, am a kind of European mutt I guess. Irish, English, German and Norwegian make the bulk of my ancestry.
There isn’t! Anglo-Saxon was an invention created by the De-Medici family. The people of England are in fact Lloegrians. And Henghist and Horsa were from the Cimbri Tribe of Jutland. Hence why the Cymru invited them over to Britain. They were kin!
@@WalesTheTrueBritons All kinds of different tribes of related people with different names..the Angles and the Saxons definitely existed, the Jutes did too but that name didn't become part of the title.
Excellent work! Very well done in my opinion. As an American of English, Scottish, Irish, and German ancestry I love the history and love who I am.
All germanic people are brothers ❤️
The Germanic people of Western Europe created this world. The rest of the world bent the knee in one way or another...music, art, literature, science (all branches), technology, conquests, philosophy, political theory and on and on. What came out of this small corner of existence changed everyone's existence.
Tab in internet There a lots of germanic tribes search of information about theme and read there cultures
All people are brothers. That s why you lost two world wars The people rose up against you
@@davidhallett8783If being honest...Germanic nation caused it (both world wars) and Germanic nations defeated it. The United States founding fathers were of such origin. White northern european. Who speak a germanic language. English.
Cringe
Really excellent exposition of our complicated English heritage.
Although of necessity highly condensed for an hour-long delivery, this work leaves me with a greater understanding of our lineage, than any single source I have encountered in my near 70 years.
Delivered with an exceptional level of sensitivity and empathy - normally almost totally lacking in many of our brash self-absorbed trans-Atlantic cousins.
Thank you!
The cousins that saved your behind against our other cousins, the Germans.
@@warfarenotwarfair5655 I suspect you are confusing yourselves with the Russians. 😉.
In fairness, that’s easily done these days with such a similar leadership style.
@Stokie_Lad22 LOL, another Millennial that was poorly educated. How often did your father go overseas to protect foreign countries including Europe growing up champ? You know you have just come across an American veteran that has been a part of multiple conflicts in the last 20 years. I will embarrass your foreign ass on this topic and let's not get into how the United States lead and fought in two theaters of war and then went onto spend trillions in the Cold War while many of you cowards sat back at home.
@@mikegray8776 Another civilian Millennial thinking he knows anything about the American military let alone the Soviet military 🤣.
I thoroughly enjoyed this, its given me even more of an insight into my heritage than I could imagined.
Really good video. I am an American born but my Grandmother was English born and raised in London. Very well done video and fascinating facts and information.
Thank you so much for this. We will not be denied our heritage, culture, and history.
Spread the word.
Nobody is trying to, don't be so desperate to be a victim, it's cringe
@@haywoodjablomi2529 THANK GOD, dude why are these desperate old people trying to cling to an identity that belongs to historical foreigners? Anglo-Saxons.... Genuinely mind boggling what these uneducated fluffbrains will do next.
@@haywoodjablomi2529Cambridge University does. Did you listen to what the narrator said in the beginning of the video?
@@electrominded8372 yes and it's bollocks
@@haywoodjablomi2529 yes let’s leave that for the blacks, be proud don’t seek pity
Very refreshing in a recent world of Anglophobes.
They are butthurt and jealous, but they will always speak English
@@Lee_Enfield1895what are they jealous of?
@@savannahrichardson254 Greatness.
@@savannahrichardson254what isn't there would be a better question
@@Lee_Enfield1895✊🏻👍🏻
I am proud to be English. Though my family has been in America for a few centuries now. We still are English
Based
And same
I am very proud of my Irish-English heritage. My last name still has tribes in both countries with castles to boot.
Basically, we all (English Descent ) have ancestors who were intrepid travellers who were not daunted by distance hardship nor battle ie Very Brave individuals from many lands
My maternal line has been in the US since 1663. We are of the Mattingly tree. Matta- Saxon the village of Mattingly still exist in Hampshire, England
My fathers side is more complicated to find info, he was adopted, very young. Records are hard to come by from so long ago, but he was certainly a blue eyed-ginger..
Actually no, you are an American
Brilliant Kevin....as usually; objective, analytical...and straight to the point !
This concept of an Ænglish people must be rediscovered.
Won't be allowed. You may have noticed we aren't exactly popular these days, and any exertion of english identity is viewed as "far right" wing
@@benfisher1376 popularity be damned. The survival of a culture is at stake.
I agree if that includes *everything* and not just Anglo Saxon.
@@benfisher1376 Maybe that's because sometimes the far right stuff comes across like the attitude the English took to other countries, or even to Ireland, Wales, and Scotland, before we come to the Americas, Australia, NZ, India, etc. I don't see why anyone would have a problem with anyone being curious about the history of these lands and being proud of all parts of their own personal ancestry. It's when it comes over as "we're better than you" that it brings a need to push back against that.
@@JM-The_Curiouswhat’s wrong with being better?
It goes to show we really are all one people's and history continues to repeat.
A brilliant and well presented view of my heritage and the connections we share.
Many thanks and power to your cause
This is hands down the best and most accurate documentary on our lands and people I have seen.
Thank you for the effort and research you have put in to this and for the emotional fire behind it. Thank you also for highlighting the fight we as a nation are up against at the moment by those in power. Those who hail from these lands yet seem hell bent on destroying not only our name, our culture, traditions and heritage, but also the sacred landscapes we live on.
England is a tinder box at the moment, filled with uncertainty, anger and disbelief. We must stay steadfast, united and summon the stoic grit, determination and strength our forebears gave their lives for.
Amen patriot
The English should be proud to be English. Love from Australia.
No such thing anymore really.
The first nation British share a common ancestry from before 1275.
Anglo-Saxons make up about 25% of our dna.
Prince Andrew loves this silly comment
Why should you be proud of the random event of your birth in a specific country, a decision you have nothing to do with? Work hard to improve your country and be proud of your personal achievements in doing so. Blind pride in one's country only breeds nationalism and xenophobia.
Some of us are 🏴🇬🇧🏴
@@stephfoxwell4620I'm English and more mate- and proud of it 🏴🏴
I love English. Thank God for England and their contribution to world civilization.
Mass immigration
@@lionroar26 never let women and foreigners be leaders
@@lionroar26knobhead
@@CarolWoosey-ck2rg It's true.
Mascare in order and till today..........
Not born in England but my family originated there. Very proud to be associated with them. Modern culture likes to route for the underdog, but let’s not for English heritage. Amazing video
Settlers in Australia, America, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and all the others countries, be proud of your English origins and where you came from🏴
Even in the United States, English ancestry is the largest group as well as the most common ancestry reported, you can find them all over the United States, especially in the northwest, rocky mountains, deep south, appalachia and new england.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Americans
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Americans
❤ down under 😅
Nah mate
@@robinstewarthood1378.. she'll be right
I certainly am.
Proud to be an Englishman of many Generations going way back in time, although somewhat constrained by the British, many still believe we need to return to an English Constitution, the saying is ‘An English Constitution is the Solution’. I always remember the words penned by Gilbert and Sullivan in one of their comic operas, HMS Pinafore, “In spite of all temptation to belong to other Nations he remains an Englishman”. Thank you for this video and recognising the important part played by the English. Well done Sir.
I thought that we always had a English constitution. Its the British government that removed our laws
We have always had the English Constitution and although not written, it is for most of it, embodied within the Magna Carta.
Nobody has the authority, not government or any other body can change it, revoke it or remove it because it encompasses our God given rights. There is not and never has been a "British" Constitution. However, recently this government (Dominic Raab) tried to create a "British" Constitution to replace the English Constitution. He later withdrew it.
As someone from the Netherlands, are there any plans on making a video about the Franks?
I noticed that a lot of people talk about the Anglo-Saxons, Norsemen, the Goths and Vandals when talking about Germanic peoples, but i never hear anyone talk about the Franks and i feel like people have a lot of misconceptions about them.
I would especially be interested in their form of Germanic religion before becoming Christian and if any pre-christian beliefs and motifs continued to exist after becoming Christian.
The Franks may have been Germanic, but Many of the first leaders of “France” were of Celtic origin. Which is understandable as a lot of Gallic people remained in France after Macsens fight for his throne in Rome. Most of Western Europe are of Celtic origin as opposed to Germanic, a lot of pockets in Switzerland and Italy too.
@@WalesTheTrueBritons I'm aware that the French are mostly of Gallo-Roman descent and that the Franks were only a ruling elite, but that's why i said that as a Dutchman i would be interested in learning more about them because my language originated from them. You're also right about Switzerland, Austria is such a case too, hell Hallstatt where the proto-Celtic culture got it's name from is there.
@@WalesTheTrueBritons Lol your attempt at being a smart ass failed :D
@@kimashitawa8113
I've just watched a new Time Team episode here on UA-cam. Archeologists were digging an early post Roman cemetery in East Anglia and the most prestigious grave good that they discovered (a pendant on a female) was of Frankish origin. The team theorised that she was possibly sent to Frankia to be educated and aquired the pendant whilst there.
I would love this also
The Darkest Period of British History is now.
Indeed.
@msmissy6888 "Grooming" Gangs!
Brexit
I’m an American with English and Irish ancestry and I’m proud to be from these cultures and all their accomplishments.
When people from a small island with limited resources form the largest empire the world has ever seen is something more than special.
Great account of origins. Thankyou. I'm fascinated by old myth so it's great to hear some of the old mythical stories of North Europeans.
Thank you for making such an interesting and entertaining video. As a half English Half Australian. I often look at the English and wounder where our culture has been. Other groups of people talk about keeping their culture a live, while living with a heavy white nation. But us our selves are not keeping out own culture going. I hope us Anglos can survive and thrive in the modern world while keeping other cultures alive in the process but not forgetting about where we came from.
Our culture comes first in our lands. If ours is threatened no thought should be given to others until ours is saved.
Well Australia is letting in so many other cultures it is at risk. Simple fact..... Reduce immigration. The UK is now struggling due to immigration levels being too high. Many English people have moved out of London for this reason.
Your culture is everywhere, it's like water every relevant person in the world speaks English and every relevant nation in the world follows the english common law.
There is no such thing as “half Australian”!… Did you mean half English and half Austrian?
I'm proud of my Grandma English, kept library's, Dexter,and all her ancestors in history alive. Power thoughts researchers. ❤.
Ah, the good ol' "feel guilty about your history because you were better". Don't see too many Mongolians apologizing for Genghis Khan or Chinese labeling the Han dynasty as bigoted. Nope, only in Europe & its former colonies are you made to view your history with shame & rebuke. This is perfectly deliberate; always refreshing to hear a thorough historical take that isn't Frankfurt school propaganda.
Could you imagine if somebody said the same thing but going in the other direction? Tried to erase another group of people's ethnic history
Who else, besides other European peoples and perhaps the Japanese, have a history worth erasing?
@@John.Flower.ProductionsI would argue for the Chinese, Aztecs, Arabs, Indians and Turks. All of those built civilizations and managed to form empires. Also all of those managed to influence their regions culturally as hegemons. If one does not few the Russians and US-Americans as Europeans those two cultures certainly also can't be overlooked here.
@@derKrampus I would not deny the respective histories of those people(s) but the question is:
_Who else, besides other European peoples and perhaps the Japanese, have a history worth erasing?_
Indian/Pakistani muslim here. I think the Saxon history is very cool. Aside from the vibes being very cool, the record keeping is unmatched. I grew up thinking Muslims were the only religious people that died with the conviction they had for their beliefs.
The west is no longer anything like how it was when the Nords, Saxons, and Frank's initial inception. I can see now that modern day scholars are trying to erase this history.
English people should be proud of their heritage. From Arthur to Alfred, you guys had many leaders that died with immense conviction for what they believed. Filled with honor and the ambition to unite your ancestors.
I am Indian and let me tell you that English people should be as proud of themselves as any other ethnic group. You people have shaped the world so much and are perhaps the most influential maybe from the 18th century.
Incredibly well done. Thank you for bringing those histories back to life, even for just a short hour.
Absolutely loved this video - excellent research, content and delivery. Thank you
Incredible video! Outstanding production, many congratulations. I have subscribed.
Greatest people on earth
Thank you for recognizing our ethic group. If a person is indigenous from England they are English. If from other foreign countries, they can be called British. British and English are different
U are the same mate come on ..
@@Peter-o9o8dBritish = English, Scottish, Welsh, Manx, and Northern Irish.
The Britons are the indigenous native peoples of the whole island. English are Johnny come lately types with a mere 1500 years of history in Britain.
@@andrewwhelan7311 that mixed in with the iron age Britons, did you even watch the video you moron?, he literally says the romano british assimilated a mixed with the English, one was found in an Germanic burial ritual even. It's been 1600 almost and do you know how many generations that is? how many millions of people?, they married into Brythonic noble families and i'm pretty sure free peoples married in between each other for generations so by today it's proven and easy to say the english have as much Brythonic blood as anglo saxon, actually the have more, the English have more Brythonic DNA then Germanic. the new Zealand maoi only inhabited new Zealand for a thousand years and are considered indigenous
I'm Mexican American. And I am confused right now.
I thought British and English were the same thing
Fascinating Celts, Angles, Saxons, Jutes Germanics, Romans, Vikings and Norman's.
Also slightly frustrating when you know not of which tribe you were spawned from?!
Funny the Normans conquered the Anglo Saxons.
@@Off-Grid-World 🌼& 🌼Israelites 🌼,,
this has been happening my whole life- if you are white and even show the lightest hint of being proud of it.... we all know what happens. but ANY other race can outright say "yourracehere power!" and you are a hero
This comment is cringe worthy
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Tell us why please Rabbi
But I am not "white" I am English. Sure my skin is "white" but I have no loyalty to "whiteness" it has nothing to do with my identity.
@@Owen-hd3oq Agreed
@@Owen-hd3oqWhen you’re discriminated against in your own country, take the RAF referring to applicants as “useless White male pilots” for example, it’s done on the basis of your race not your ethnicity.
You’re White, and you’ll be seen and treated as such by those that like and despise you, whether you like it or not.
I m Ethiopian and simply amused by the English tribe that shaped the world where we are living right now:Small Island great accomplishment 👏
Keep doing these origin videos they are great!
Very insightful and well -produced. Thanks!
This was fantastic. Thank you for making & sharing this.
I really enjoyed this video.Not just for the content , which was expertly edited, but for the narration, which was perfectly scripted and the voice was pleasant, engaging and assuring. I just subscribed.
Absolutely outstanding. Very informative, answered all my questions.
Never let anyone tell you, “you have no culture”
I love our history, good or bad, as this is what made us who we are. I have traced my family back to the Saxons. Im very pround to be English and our heritages. ❤❤
Brilliant documentary. Great job. From a proud Englishman 🏴🇬🇧👑
I'm proud to be an Englishman🏴
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@@RavageRaven666 So British then.
The English have been intermarried with the British since 1275.
@@stephfoxwell4620 are you dumb
@@stephfoxwell4620 Did they delete their comment?
I'm an Anglo-Celt and proud of all my ancestors and Germanic cousins....we are a proud people in the mists of decline, brought on from those within and from without.
As long as we stay true to our ancestral spirit, we'll always be leaders in the whole of humanitie's story.
How did you work that out? Family knowledge or research?
@@hannah51238 How do you mean?
Oh yeah sorry, some research my family has done and also DNA tests and research I've done.
We were able to trace our family back to the doomsday book and from that you can basically deduce that Side of my family most likely came over with the Anglos and the Saxons...the other sides name and family are old Brythons so post Roman invasion they can take their side to Wales.
The other sides in Ireland are a lot harder but both names go waaay back, up in the north and south. The one name I can say is (Ryan) which has a lot of history behind the name.
@@hannah51238even the English are predominantly Anglo-Celts.
@@gazibizi9504 Shhh! I think with some Anglophiles this is not too popular, Celtic DNA throughout English family tree's! It is amazing!
@@kevinquinn225why’s that not popular?