hey, this is just for your next game on live, Since you had just conquered France before crashing, Most of their colonies are up for grabs. Id Recommend at least taking parts of Louisiana.
Yoooooo. This is the historical context that I feel like we missed out on in American History class. It really fills in a lot of gaps in how things started and the attitude of early American settlements. Nobody just starts a country out of nowhere and makes up the culture on the spot. Underrated video.
Its a shame that often times you only get to examine these themes in college level courses where professors can really dig into a smaller timeframe and the students are engaged and can bring their own more passionate insights into the discourse.
i know! if i had an elementary or middle grade history class this is the kind of documentary id love to show to my pupils- but the cirrocumulus dictates we teach and grade upon an anachronistic narrative, divorced of but the barest context
This isn't a video. This is a professional documentary. Everyone that partook in the making of this masterpiece has my upmost respect. Brilliant piece!
I think that Atun-Shei has really outdone himself with this one. I found myself not even listening to the narration because I was so captivated by the unique style, imagery and effects used in this video. It’s amazing, I’ve never seen stuff like this in a history video! Now, I’m going to watch it again and this time do my best to actually listen to what’s being said. Epic stuff man!
@@AtunSheiFilms 38:42 Outdone? Or output? Is this a _"live _*_stream"?_* I'm laughing so hard the tears are flowing. lols Nice job sneaking that one in. Thanks for the laughs, my day is much better now. ^-^
For some reason, reminds me of one of the earliest depictions of Jesus: a mocking piece of graffiti from Rome, showing a donkey-headed man on a cross with a man kneeling in prayer in front of it. The picture is captioned, “Alexamenos prays to his god.” Years later, someone else added their reply: “Alexamenos is faithful.”
This was excellent. Not only have you strung the English Civil war, the First Thanksgiving, King Philips War and the Salem Witch Trials into a succinct narrative, but the story of the Diggers was genuinely new information for me. I never knew early Puritans were basically medieval anarchists.
I would never have sought out an hour-long documentary about Puritans in a thousand years. But Atun-Shei makes things so interesting that I couldn't resist watching
Honestly, this is the kind of thing that makes me actually try the occasional UA-cam rec. I originally found this channel that way, and about half my other subscriptions. The algorithm only fails about 95-98% of the time for me. :)
@@EdgieAlias Wonder if anyone has been bold enough to talk about "Why 9/11 changed absolutely nothing besides strengthen the foreign policies that caused it in the first place."
@@SophiaAstatine Not that I've seen. It isn't wholly accurate anyway. 9/11 might be argued to have changed nothing *for the better* but it did directly lead to the overthrow of two sovereign governments. That was change. It also (however unintentionally, imperfectly, and perhaps briefly) led to a limited respite in the repression of women's rights in Afghanistan - something which hasn't wholly reversed itself as of the time of this writing and hopefully never will. I certainly wouldn't credit any US government in the last 20 years with having deliberately caused that, but it was an outgrowth of the 9/11 attacks and the temporary ouster of the Taliban - and if I believed in afterlives I'm quite certain Osama bin Laden would be grinding his teeth over it.
@@richmcgee434 Well, overthrowing two governments sound a lot like feeding extreme salafists weapons and money to overthrow a Soviet friendly government, leading to a violent downward spiral in the middle East since the late seventies.
@@Kuronosa yeah, but the closing shot of the video felt very much like it was making the tongue-in-cheek statement that the witchfinder-general was inaccurate and/or secretly not as kooky as he lets on.
@@hawkingstar1698 why talk about depiction of puritans over a closing shot of his own, tongue-in-cheek depiction of one then? if the shot meant nothing he may as well have closed the video over a black screen.
I love how Atun-Shei in the background is basically just having a nice trip on shrooms and wandering around looking at stuff and petting trees and so on. He looks like he's having a great time.
"Puritans charges of papistry became so ubiquitous and over used that it lost all meaning" good thing there isn't a modern equivalent of this so we don't have to look back and learn the lessons of history.
@rebeccadavidge60 Yep, but not just the lefts wokeness , but the right's calls of communism as well. In the end if we are all calling each other yatsees all the time we won't see it coming when it actually does.
Historian Francis Bremer: "“Despite the best efforts of many scholars the popular perception of puritans is that they were steeple-hatted killjoys with dreadful fashion-sense who persecuted dissenters, and executed witches. These assertions are all exaggerated to various extents, but the fact is that most attention to the puritans (including the “Pilgrims”) focuses solely on the negative aspects of their beliefs and practice. In terms of legacy they are mistakenly portrayed as the source of modern evangelical conservative politics. While acknowledging the warts, I wanted to explore some elements of the story that are worth our consideration. Their belief in lay empowerment contributed to forms of participatory government in congregations, towns, and other political entities. Their belief in the importance of reading scripture led them to require all-men and women, servants and slaves-to be taught to read. Their openness to “further light” made them less dogmatic than most of their religious contemporaries, though not as open to diversity as we are. Their commitment to the welfare of the larger community as opposed to individual self-advancement provided a model social gospel, though one limited to their own small society." (Annie Thorn and John Fea (September 7, 2020). “The Author’s Corner with Francis Bremer” (Blog Post). The Way of Improvement Leads Home. Retrieved from: thewayofimprovement.com/2020/09/07/the-authors-corner-with-francis-bremer-2/)
@@lucenukem Puritans also banned Christmas in England and cut the noses off of quakers in the America. In other news, Hitler was a dog lover and banned smoking in public. Doing a few things right doesn't make you good.
Jesus man, this really is an actually powerful piece of historical education. Using the imagery of the WFG tripping from mushrooms to have several historians talk about the development over the centuries of the ideas of freedom and democracy and voicing the letter of men of conscience also showing how their accents changed really is a magnificent piece of work. Bravo and imagine a clapping gif attached.
As someone who has many books about the English Civil War and loves hearing/reading the political and theocratic differences of the times. Well. This was exceptional. A true epic of wonderful narration, excellent story telling and true immersion im history. Well done to all involved
Puritan radicals are one of my pet historical interests, and I have to say that this is a really, really great summary of the movement and its influence. It's so easy to be appalled by Puritans' violence and religious bigotry that many people overlook the fact that Puritanism was also a democratising movement that included thinkers who were centuries ahead of their time and helped build the modern world. But this film manages to give a great overview of the the whole, messy story. And all filmed in an old-school aspect ratio too. Just love it.
Also Puritanism wasn't Democratic, they're closer to Parliamentarianism and Republicanism as this fits in with Reformed Tradition and Presbyterianism.. They also believed in Theonomism which is also in Reformed Tradition where society is ruled by Divine Law and structured in a Presbyterian-like system
It astonishes me that the best history documentaries are on UA-cam, not on TV or big corp streaming, done with a fraction of the budget and with ten times the depth and rigor. This was one of the best pieces of historical divulgation I've seen on video. Sources and first accounts, solid grasp on the mentality and ways of the era, and a killer period-accurate accent. Excellent time.
You managed to give me a different view of the Puritans. This gave me so much more insight on this period of Early Colonial History. Love your channel.
I think this is one of the finest things you've done yet. These days it's the fashion to dismiss anything in history that doesn't measure up to our current standards as irredeemably tainted. That is anachronistic nonsense. It indulges the fantasy that we in the present are somehow immune to the mix of insight and error that runs through all human endeavor. An arrogance on a par with any that may be laid at the door of the Puritans.
What you said is too vague to have any meaning. You could be talking about literally anyone in history, the only indication that you even meant puritans is in the last sentence and very unclear. And I can’t tell if you mean their rejection of hierarchy or their bigotry against Catholics, Africans and Native Americans
@@masterspark9880 He means (I suspect!) that popular perspective on history paints things white or black. Someone is either a hero (if he murdered the other tribe and expanded our tribe) or a villain (if he murdered our tribe to expand his tribe). Recently we have started to question the morality of acts of historical figures, especially those we considered good in the past. But instead of taking a nuanced position, once more things tend to be painted in black or white light. Of course since people of the past tended to work under a different set of morals their ideas most often conflict with some of our ideas on rights of man and like. This in turn seemingly makes some people want to overcorrect previous hero worship of certain historical individuals or groups, by going into detail in which particular way we of our time could consider them terrible people. This IMO is as bad as previous blind hero worship. People of the past were... PEOPLE. They worked under a more or less different set of moral ideals. Credit for both good and the bad should be given to them, with also understanding that they were products of their times and can't be really expected to conform to our ideas of what's good. At the same time with that understanding we should also not seek to emulate them in all things because as I've said before, theirs was a diferent time. Basically, TLDR: Puritans did absolutely persecute anyone who did not subscribe to their religious beliefs and anyone they considered foreigner. But they also, for their time were radical egalitarians that pushed many of the ideas modern Western world takes for granted but were utterly alien to their time. But they would also be horrified by the lengths we took their ideas and would consider it work of devil corrupting their holy ideals. All in all they were a pretty interesting bunch that should not be painted in a singular light. But also should not be glorified.
@@masterspark9880 Hardly vague. I was not talking about the puritans initially but about how present day presumptions can distort our view the past. I would think that apparent since i began by saying "These days". When we condemn people in the past for holding a mix of views that we consider imperfect or wrong to some degree, the underlying assumption is that we in the present have it absolutely right. We fail to recognize that in this we are no different than those we condemn. They thought they had it absolutely right too. We'd do well to consider that future generations will likely find much wrong with us in historical hindsight. Hopefully that will not blind them to what we may have got right.
@walter reeves Nobody who judges historical figures claims that we today are perfect. Most of us eat food, wear clothes and have devices made by essentially child slaves. But, although our society is not perfect, we can still criticise past societies. In fact, we have to look at the evils of the past to accurately guess what future generations will criticise us for, and work on it. For example, I personally believe that our enormous wealth inequality will be criticised in the future, just as we criticise the past for their lack of equality
Historical I always found it amusing how the Puritans settled in Massachusetts specifically as their own utopia that was also free of Catholicism yet in time it became home to the Irish American community lmao
This was a very fair and even handed look at a people who have been stereotyped and mischaracterized to the point of ridiculousness. I thoroughly enjoyed the video.
@@toryquinton2677 that's a very inaccurate view of Paine. He was always quite consistent with his beliefs, and refused to give up on them. Stubbornly standing for what you know to be right isn't a bad thing.
@@toryquinton2677 you sound fun, I guess you prefer the unrepentant slave owners over the guy from a lawyers family consistently arguing for equal rights . I wonder why
@@Rynewulf it's that good old liberal "pragmatism" that always just materializes as upholding an unjust status quo, or making concessions to the right and actively helping to make shit worse.
Props for the outhouse scene! Ever notice that a scene when someone takes a crap is strategically omitted always when idealizing any people, group or era? See… everyone is truly the same and equal and human when taking a shit. It is therefore a dangerous expression of naked humanity.
I learned more about them in a college course I took last year focused on Early Colonial America, which is also probably the hardest history class Iv taken with it as my major because of the professor's standards and the Puritans being more diverse in thought than I previously knew
It's even more important considering the current political climate. They created the problems we have too deal with today. They started out on the right track. Liberalism ! But, fell pray to the same poison that had, in their eyes, corrupted the other churches. An over inflated sense of self-righteousness.
Holy crap. I didn't know JFK had to staunchly be like "i don't want catholicism to be the state religion" like that just to exist in that position. I knew there was apprehension because he was Catholic but not THAT far. As someone who was raised Irish Catholic myself (I'm not now by any means) I'm mortified.
I'm right there with you, I had no idea he had to make statements like that. Contrast that with today and the evangelical Christian Nationalism and their blatant disregard for separation of Church and State, it's kinda shocking.
If there are one million people against a state religion, I am among them. If there are one thousand people against state religion, I am among them. If there is one person against state religion, it is me. If there is no one against state religion, I have left this Earth. [November 23, 1963] Headline: America swears fealty to pope, becomes Catholic nation.
The law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose off the common But leaves the greater villain loose Who steals the common from the goose. The law demands that we atone When we take things we do not own But leaves the lords and ladies fine Who takes things that are yours and mine. The poor and wretched don’t escape If they conspire the law to break; This must be so but they endure Those who conspire to make the law. The law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common And geese will still a common lack Till they go and steal it back.
weak ending imo, a better one would be: "Thou art a wretched sinner, utterly unworthy of God's love A fountain of pollution is deep within thy nature and thou livest as a winter tree; unprofitable, fit only to be hewed down and burt Steep thy life in prayer and hope that God sees fit to show mercy on th y corrupted soul"
One thing this thesis puts me in mind of is how today we view prohibition as a regressive, conservative curtailment of rights, yet in fact it emerged out of radical progressivism and consensus politics, because alcoholism was understood as a public health issue.
@@warlordofbritannia and feminism in the 20s and 30s identified via "Prohibition sucks! And also, why are you old hags dictating us that we should see feminism and the stuff like you do?" Another issue was, that most people assumed that prohibition would forbid the hard stuff, Whiskey, Rum etc. but Wine and beer would still be allowed... a certain Mr. Volstead made certain that it wasn't to be... and so many rich people and politicians had their cellars full of booze or bought from bootleggers, while the common man was just told to take it.
@@Gaswafers Pretty certain that they and modern humans have choices. And should be held accountable for them. Those who are not prepared to give free passes to Hitler and Pol Pot as hapless men of their times, shouldn't be lecturing modern people who are not impressed by the Puritans' genocidal wars in New England or by the Taliban like government Cromwell imposed on England at gunpoint with his New Model Army and are not inclined to to grant them free passes either.
@@dpeasehead Generally people have a lot more good influences today, then people did in the past. Judging a 20th century person is different then a 17th century person. That doesn't mean you can't say someone in the past was evil, it just means the influence of the environment around them needs to be taken into account. It takes time for good ideas to evolve, we can't expect anything better.
So many awesome guest narrators - what a project 👏 particularly impressed by the switch from OP to a more recognisably modern accent with Franklin, Jefferson, and Adams. Buckled hats off to you, sir.
I originally put this video on in the background as I was doing homework. I had to turn it off and come back to it because this is the kind of video that requires your undivided attention. Fantastic job to everyone involved! Absolutely superb work!!
One of my favorite aspects of this channel is how it rightfully takes to task some of the most unpleasant aspects of world history whilst maintaining empathy and understanding to all. Definitely the greatest history UA-cam channel!
As someone who wrote her dissertation on the Levellers and the radicals in the New Model Army, and still spends far too much time trying to persuade my politically-minded friends that they can learn a lot from them, thank you.
I got a bit lost when the different factions of the parliamentarians were being discussed, the video makes it seemed like it was full of divisions but they one? And didn't Cromwell have many dictatorial powers? How was this squared with the insistence on individual rights by many puritans?
@@joshuaopatz6973 easy people are hypocrites and values are complicated. We like to pretend now that morals have to consistent or views have to make sane, but our Brains don’t care about separating our emotions from facts
@@joshuaopatz6973 From what I heard here, they supported Cromwell and parlament because they were closer to their ideals than the King who was an absolute monarch. But while parliament represented the rich landowners (only those who owned land could vote which was not a lot of people (note that one of immigrants into the colony came from a vilage where none of the villagers actually owned land)) Levelers and like wanted to go further. Once Cromwell was in power and assumed dictatorial powers, he no longer needed their assistance. Also the anti authoritarian movement was faaaaar from unified on what they wanted and Cromwell and likely Parlament played on that and kept them squabbling rather than uniting and potentially launching a second revolution.
@@joshuaopatz6973 There were radical parliamentarians and moderate parliamentarians. Moderate parliamentarians under Cromwell won leadership of the movement and crushed the radicals, who couldn't unify despite their squabbles
@@Blazo_Djurovic This is a mischaracterisation of Cromwell. He contrary to popular view was not seeking to aggrandise himself. he Certainly did try to for a functional Parliament . It just didnt work out a number of times. Now was he like some Stalin/napoleon. The vast majority of his power and effort was to try and curtail a 3rd civil war. The factionalism in the army, and intense divisions in parliament.
This is one of my favorite videos you've made, since it gives such wonderful context for where the attitudes and beliefs of early American settlers came from! A+ for providing a history lesson I should have been taught in high school!
When he simply said the editing style was the result of "drugs, lots of drugs" I knew I had to come check this out. And whew boy was I not disappointed! Excellent historical analysis and context for those of us who hadn't thought much of the Puritans past what was taught in middle school US History, with a healthy dose of shroom inspired imagery to keep attention focused!
Andy, I absolutely love how you shifted your accent from what we know as the VVitchfinder-General to a more modern accent blended in, showing the shift in language. I was hoping you would and you did not disappoint, as you never do, sir, 🙂
This was the best representation of the story I've heard so far. The epilog was particularly interesting. In the AP US history course the trials and puritan New England are kept separate revolutionary ideas. This video outlined the transition from descentors of the Anglican Church, to English subjugation, to descentors of the throne, marvelously. Good show chap.
Love the conscious emulating of A Field in England, a fantastic short film. I'll always be a moderate royalist and staunchly Anglican, but I respect this very, very fine redemption of the Puritan movement.
Toward the end when the narrative arc reached the revolutionary period, at first I found the accent when reading quotes anachronistic and incorrect. But now I believe it to be a conscious choice showing how Puritan ideas were still (are still) speaking through much later writers and thinkers even to our present day.
Utter home run, Atun Shei sir et al. I wish my American history classes in school were like this and covered what was covered here. ALSO, I AM 40+YEARS-OLD, SO WHY AM I ONLY FINDING OUT NOW THAT PILGRIMS DID *NOT* WEAR BUCKLES ON THEIR HATS?? This is more embarassing than when I realized at 40 that pickels are just cucumbers (not some mystery vegetable).
I got lucky in school and had a couple good history teachers. One, though, I didn't get his hs history class, but instead was in his sociology and economics classes. The other was a Vietnam vet who took pains to teach an accurate version of that atrocious war, and straight up told us that it was completely pointless, and a waste of life as soon as a few kids started talking about how badass he was for fighting in it.
@@antonnurwald5700 Oh, sure. But weird all those producers of all those TV shows, movies, decorations, etc won't stop depicting Pilgrims wrong. Shame at being wrong and loss of profits if customers feel shame at being wrong is the reason I'm guessing.
This was great! I really reminded me of the old school documentaries the History Channel used to air before they became the "ancient aliens"/"pawnstars" channel. It goes to show that humans are complicated and can both radical progressives and superstitious conservatives
To be fair, there is not so many WW2/Nazi documentaries you can make before you need to look "outward" for inspiration to validate your existence as a "top tier" cable channel (my god the bile that term produces in this context)
Aaah, one of my odd little specialities! Well done! The 'Ranters', the nudist colonies and other wondeful post civil war independants are just glorious in their variety! Honest John Lilburne was a true treasure. I still raise a glass for that man!
@@anarchomando7707 Yes, pretty much every distinctive social phenomenon you associate with modern 'radical' movements was already present in the late Middle Ages within the Protestant Reformation. From mystical anarchists preaching sexual liberation to Congregationalist nerds splitting over minor doctrinal differences to Anabaptist Stalinists running Munster as a totalitarian regime.
@@AtunSheiFilms Vegans eh? So my answer to the "what if you were marooned on a desert island..." question ought to be "I would simply try and impose myself on the Massachusett population as much as possible"
I love coming back to this video and watching Atun-Shei struggle to try and dig through sod and presumably some rather hard clay. Something about it is so incredibly calming.
My good friends, things cannot go on well in England, nor ever will until everything shall be in common, when there shall be neither vassal nor lord, and all distinctions levelled; when the lords shall be no more masters than ourselves -John Ball
Wow, this was huge, and it paid off tenfold. Outstanding. I hope to see more productions like these despite the fact that the scriptwriting alone must have taken ages. Shine on you magnificent man, SHINE ON!!!
@@davidroberts1689 not seeing it most modern Republicans seem to care more about their local and family dynamic then Democrats which makes sense considering Republicans tend to live in rural and suburban areas
Haven't finished watching yet, but just started reading the comments to see if anyone else got that impression. Awesome work on the film and impressive list of collaborators!
Absolutely loved this. I knew so little of Puritans before coming to the United States, what lead to the witchhunts, how quick they became ashamed of them and their later political legacy. ¡excelente trabajo! Saludos de las tierras australes de Chile.
Thank you brother, this is an amazing documentary. The social and political progress made during this time was incredible and very important and the people involved deserve just credit. We must not lose of the sight of the fact that just as working people toiled under the yoke of feudal lords who were overthrown in the western world by bourgeoise revolutions, working people today toil under the yoke of bourgeoise capitalists. Their day will come too, and we will usher in a new era - it won't be perfect, but it will be a huge improvement and an important iteration in the history of human society. We have NOT reached the end of history!!
Extensive research, a wide and diverse panel of some of my favorite history youtubers, thoroughly engaging content from start to finish... Bravo Atun-Shei sir, bravo. You never cease to amaze and captivate me, and you certainly never disappoint. Eagerly anticipating your next video. Always a pleasure to hear from you. And thank you for the upload.
An excellent piece of scholarship, well thought out and concise. I only regret I watched it after I finished my unit on puritanism with my students, I can see the limitations of our curriculum yet again in the depiction of this people group. While I always aim to teach my students that judgement is the end of thought and that it is the nature of humans to be hypocrites and not monolithic, I still see my pupils making summarian judgements. Perhaps my most important task is to cultivate an attitude of constant curiosity, to always consider that a person is the sum of their parts, but those parts are often a mosaic of conflicting pieces and jagged shapes. Thank you again for making this.
The Flushing Remonstrance was a crucial precursor to the First Amendment of The Constitution, and Arminius' followers were called "Remonstrants." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flushing_Remonstrance
The edit design, the continuity and the visual emphasis on the script deserve an Oscar nomination, at least for best documentary. This outstanding creation is the very definition of why Utube is the digital canvas of the 21th Century.
Wild & Groovy!✌ Thank you very much for teaching me the history of the Puritans! I enjoy it immensely! Let the narratives in the video know what a great job they did!👍 I like the way you used the camera and the film effect of the video!😜🎥 Great job!✋ I hope to see more videos your great talent🙏
Great job on this one. I did not feel as if I truly understood the Puritans until this video. Your choices for narration were mostly excellent. you are one of the few sources of true education on You Tube. Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into this channel.
I walk through the house watching UA-cam videos on religion and say in a loud voice; "Why can't we all just get along?" My wife, without missing a beat, pipes off and shuts me down with a truism that makes me laugh hysterically; "It's boring".
One minute in, listening to Stefans voice. Love the cross over! Just recently got into Stefans content. This hits so well. 30 minutes in, this is the most ambitious cross over since Avengers. Atun-Shei to the Moon! 🚀
As someone who lives in the historic town your American Sudbury was presumably named after, I salute you Andy. I do enjoy learning more about these sorts of things
I think this might be my favorite out of your more “serious” videos. Highly informative, well-produced, and just all-around one of the best educational videos on the topic that I’ve ever found. Well done, sir! 👏 Also, that Silence Dogood quote near the end is a gem. 👌
This is like a historical documentary made for Adult Swim's 2am timeslot on some random Thursday night. But in all seriousness, I just discovered your channel last night and I'm hooked. Already watched at least 1/10th of your videos, keep up the good work!
That would be awesome. The puritans may have been fairly progressive for their time, but the Quakers blew them completely out of the water in that regard.
Interesting, informative, and beautifully presented. Atun-Shei has such a great face for historical re-enactment; what one might call, the Sudbury Look.
no words, just an absolute masterpiece. Atun-Shei and Knowing better are the only history tubers who can make an hour long vid and keep me glued to the screen!
I watched the linked JFK footage in which they mention the meeting with Houston ministers. I vaguely remember that and strongly remember the later unholy embrace between Texas branches of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Republican party. The real birth of the Religious Right. And here we are now. You have created a thought provoking historical piece with intellectual rigor. Yes, there was more to the Puritans than I knew. Further study is required But you have also given us the bonus of visual beauty, from nature studies to eye melting psychedelia. Ever richer music and eloquent narration. With the VVitchfinder's accent eventually left behind... Excellent work by you and your helpers.
Love the breaking bad shot of the camera on the shovel. A+ reference. I also suspect Atun Shei has seen Barry Lyndon. Literally the best influences, if so. Is that also a reference to John Wayne in The Searchers?
I just finished reading Eugene McCarraher's book "The Enchantments of Mammon: How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity." The timing of this video couldn't have been better!
@@cgoodm wtf? So because a scientist lives within a political system, science itself must have been tainted by politics and ideologies? What kind of fallacy is that
Simply an amazing video! Realy shows how complex and multilayered history is. I can't decide though which one of the Mathers had a sillier name, Increase or Cotton? BTW the name "Increase" is apparently a literal translation of the Hebrew "Yosëf" (Joseph), which is a fun fact I just learned thanks to watching this video. :)
Thank you! I always felt you had a surprising sincerity to how badass and radical the Puritan character was. There's so much more to Puritans than the exaggerated view of Salem and the idea of "no fun allowed". You're doing an immense service to history with this video.
Those dang Puritan hippies.
Well, some of them did take names like "Makepeace" and "Freelove."
My guy . I use your videos to teach my son history.
Mr breast give me money
that was the quakers puritans where like red coat fucknuts
Why does this excerpt at 2:01 sound like something an SJW would say about Past Racism?🤔
Well that was definitely not the editing style I was expecting when you sent me the script! Really cool stuff.
hey, this is just for your next game on live, Since you had just conquered France before crashing, Most of their colonies are up for grabs. Id Recommend at least taking parts of Louisiana.
Your first person battle videos are awesome
It's like that other weird pilgrim movie that I didn't watch past 5 minutes in.
I really liked your narration, but why refer to the wartime death of Metacomet as murder? I feel like that is an important distinction
@@paulfullshire4269 I just read a script that was provided to me.
Great video glad you called me in to ruin a few minutes of it.
Nah man you did a great job!
Ah it was your voice.
(You do good stuff too. Atun-Shei put me on to your channel a while ago.)
Histocrat this is the only time I'll tell you this... shush. You've got a great voice my dude.
The video would not have been as good as it is without your inclusion
Your channel is amazing!
Yoooooo. This is the historical context that I feel like we missed out on in American History class. It really fills in a lot of gaps in how things started and the attitude of early American settlements. Nobody just starts a country out of nowhere and makes up the culture on the spot. Underrated video.
Its a shame that often times you only get to examine these themes in college level courses where professors can really dig into a smaller timeframe and the students are engaged and can bring their own more passionate insights into the discourse.
He misses a ton of shit, that conveniately makes the puritans look like evil religious extremists.
i know! if i had an elementary or middle grade history class this is the kind of documentary id love to show to my pupils- but the cirrocumulus dictates we teach and grade upon an anachronistic narrative, divorced of but the barest context
I’m baffled that none of my United States history classes taught about the 1688 revolution and it’s effects on the colonies
@@cjstankydefinitely. There are entire 15 week courses (semester) at my university just about this early period of north American history
This isn't a video. This is a professional documentary. Everyone that partook in the making of this masterpiece has my upmost respect.
Brilliant piece!
Mr. house…….
@@ViktoriousDead What? I'm really curious what you want to say. :)
@@Research0digo Yes. MR HOUSE!
@@thescubastephen We need to Cook Mr. House! B***!!
This was pure fire!
Recognised your voice right from the start! A welcome addition 🙂
As soon as the narration started I thought "wait a minute this isn't the caveman guy's channel, what gives?"
38:42 Putting out the fire..
Famous last words of Salem witches
Emphasis in purity
This was outstanding. Thank you.
The video came out 46 minutes ago and the video is a little above 1 hour long.
@@mism847 videos like this from channels like these tend to get a soft release
Alright, I'll bite.
Thanks for your content too, Karl!
@@mism847 I had early access as a Patreon supporter.
I think that Atun-Shei has really outdone himself with this one. I found myself not even listening to the narration because I was so captivated by the unique style, imagery and effects used in this video. It’s amazing, I’ve never seen stuff like this in a history video! Now, I’m going to watch it again and this time do my best to actually listen to what’s being said. Epic stuff man!
Thanks bruv!
@@AtunSheiFilms 38:42 Outdone? Or output?
Is this a _"live _*_stream"?_* I'm laughing so hard the tears are flowing. lols
Nice job sneaking that one in. Thanks for the laughs, my day is much better now. ^-^
@@AtunSheiFilms You’re a true man of high quality atun for saying bruv
Unique style imagery and effects .... I think you may enjoy tracking down the weirdness that is Ben Weatley's (2013) 'A Field in England'
Atun 👏👏
In a run down loyalist area of Belfast scrawled on a wall, ‘No Pope here!’
Someone wrote underneath, ‘Lucky Pope!’
Y I
lol, that's cool
26 + 6 = 1
For some reason, reminds me of one of the earliest depictions of Jesus: a mocking piece of graffiti from Rome, showing a donkey-headed man on a cross with a man kneeling in prayer in front of it. The picture is captioned, “Alexamenos prays to his god.” Years later, someone else added their reply: “Alexamenos is faithful.”
@@AH-be6bu how is it that in a video like this you still find irish nationalists in the comments?
This was excellent. Not only have you strung the English Civil war, the First Thanksgiving, King Philips War and the Salem Witch Trials into a succinct narrative, but the story of the Diggers was genuinely new information for me. I never knew early Puritans were basically medieval anarchists.
Now look into the Levellers and the Ranters.
I would never have sought out an hour-long documentary about Puritans in a thousand years.
But Atun-Shei makes things so interesting that I couldn't resist watching
Nor I. In a thousand years. Look at me now, ma! Thanks Andy.
Honestly, this is the kind of thing that makes me actually try the occasional UA-cam rec. I originally found this channel that way, and about half my other subscriptions. The algorithm only fails about 95-98% of the time for me. :)
same here, his videos absolutely captivate me!
>Every other historical or political channel: “Here lets talk about why 9/11 sucks and changed history.”
Atun-Shei, probably: “P U R I T A N S ! ! !”
"Why 9/11 changed history." I wonder how much history the U.S. has changed then lol
@@EdgieAlias Wonder if anyone has been bold enough to talk about "Why 9/11 changed absolutely nothing besides strengthen the foreign policies that caused it in the first place."
What channels have you been watching, there are great channels about every little topic
@@SophiaAstatine Not that I've seen. It isn't wholly accurate anyway. 9/11 might be argued to have changed nothing *for the better* but it did directly lead to the overthrow of two sovereign governments. That was change. It also (however unintentionally, imperfectly, and perhaps briefly) led to a limited respite in the repression of women's rights in Afghanistan - something which hasn't wholly reversed itself as of the time of this writing and hopefully never will. I certainly wouldn't credit any US government in the last 20 years with having deliberately caused that, but it was an outgrowth of the 9/11 attacks and the temporary ouster of the Taliban - and if I believed in afterlives I'm quite certain Osama bin Laden would be grinding his teeth over it.
@@richmcgee434 Well, overthrowing two governments sound a lot like feeding extreme salafists weapons and money to overthrow a Soviet friendly government, leading to a violent downward spiral in the middle East since the late seventies.
"Here's why Gods and Generals is inaccurate."
Later...
"Here's why the Witchfinder-General is inaccurate"
Later still...
"Here's why 'In Defense of Puritanism' is inaccurate."
The Witchfinder General is meant to be a parody of the idea, turned up to max to be hilarious.
@@Kuronosa yeah, but the closing shot of the video felt very much like it was making the tongue-in-cheek statement that the witchfinder-general was inaccurate and/or secretly not as kooky as he lets on.
@@kartoon9820 maybe overthinking it?
@@hawkingstar1698 why talk about depiction of puritans over a closing shot of his own, tongue-in-cheek depiction of one then? if the shot meant nothing he may as well have closed the video over a black screen.
I love how Atun-Shei in the background is basically just having a nice trip on shrooms and wandering around looking at stuff and petting trees and so on. He looks like he's having a great time.
what shrooms do you eat that make you disappear complete with a *pop* sound
I dont think he was on a nice trip, jogging around in those shoes, going on forgotten trails where the ghosts of bears could have attacked him.
Gotta find them witches!
Yeah, huge a field in England vibes.
The psychedelic imagery is an unnecessary distraction in an otherwise excellent storytelling episode.
"Puritans charges of papistry became so ubiquitous and over used that it lost all meaning" good thing there isn't a modern equivalent of this so we don't have to look back and learn the lessons of history.
CPT: Catholic Papist Theory
Explain pls 😢
@@TremblingKiwis I was comparing CPT which I made up as an acronym, to peoples overuse of CRT and wokeness.
@rebeccadavidge60 Yep, but not just the lefts wokeness , but the right's calls of communism as well. In the end if we are all calling each other yatsees all the time we won't see it coming when it actually does.
It's still a thing amongst Ulster prods.
Historian Francis Bremer: "“Despite the best efforts of many scholars the popular perception of puritans is that they were steeple-hatted killjoys with dreadful fashion-sense who persecuted dissenters, and executed witches. These assertions are all exaggerated to various extents, but the fact is that most attention to the puritans (including the “Pilgrims”) focuses solely on the negative aspects of their beliefs and practice. In terms of legacy they are mistakenly portrayed as the source of modern evangelical conservative politics. While acknowledging the warts, I wanted to explore some elements of the story that are worth our consideration. Their belief in lay empowerment contributed to forms of participatory government in congregations, towns, and other political entities. Their belief in the importance of reading scripture led them to require all-men and women, servants and slaves-to be taught to read. Their openness to “further light” made them less dogmatic than most of their religious contemporaries, though not as open to diversity as we are. Their commitment to the welfare of the larger community as opposed to individual self-advancement provided a model social gospel, though one limited to their own small society." (Annie Thorn and John Fea (September 7, 2020). “The Author’s Corner with Francis Bremer” (Blog Post). The Way of Improvement Leads Home. Retrieved from: thewayofimprovement.com/2020/09/07/the-authors-corner-with-francis-bremer-2/)
Love me some Bremer
Damn fine citation work. Appreciate the sourcing.
The far left actually owes far more to puritanism than the right does. The right originates with the old royal supporting aristocracy.
With quality comments like this idk where he gets the checkmate lincolnites comments from
@@lucenukem Puritans also banned Christmas in England and cut the noses off of quakers in the America. In other news, Hitler was a dog lover and banned smoking in public. Doing a few things right doesn't make you good.
Jesus man, this really is an actually powerful piece of historical education. Using the imagery of the WFG tripping from mushrooms to have several historians talk about the development over the centuries of the ideas of freedom and democracy and voicing the letter of men of conscience also showing how their accents changed really is a magnificent piece of work. Bravo and imagine a clapping gif attached.
I literally subbed 5 minutes before this dropped. Didn't know this channel came with same day shipping too.
@@firingallcylinders2949 So far loving it!
We actually talked about the Levelers and Diggers in high school but I never really thought about their influence on American Puritanism. Sick video!
Some of the most underrated egalitarians in history.
As someone who has many books about the English Civil War and loves hearing/reading the political and theocratic differences of the times.
Well. This was exceptional. A true epic of wonderful narration, excellent story telling and true immersion im history. Well done to all involved
I’m atheist and I also enjoy reading about Christian infighting in 17th century England for some reason.
@@joellaz9836 Repent and seek God
@@onioncontrolseek a shower and the gym
@@onioncontrol repent and seek gay sex
@@onioncontrolGod is everywhere! Seek him inside yourself and inside all of your fellows, even in the most unlikely of places like youtube comments.
Thy Scarlet Harlot of Rome, the so-called “Pope,” must truly tremble at this broadside!
Scarlet harlot of Rome
That's a good band name
I work at a Catholic School I want to use this now
He wears white tho...
@@legion999 SILENCE PAPIST
@@firingallcylinders2949 if you don't like Catholics then why do you work at a Catholic school?... 😒
Puritan radicals are one of my pet historical interests, and I have to say that this is a really, really great summary of the movement and its influence. It's so easy to be appalled by Puritans' violence and religious bigotry that many people overlook the fact that Puritanism was also a democratising movement that included thinkers who were centuries ahead of their time and helped build the modern world. But this film manages to give a great overview of the the whole, messy story. And all filmed in an old-school aspect ratio too. Just love it.
Built the modern world...on stolen land
I mean the Puritans did have bigotry ig, they were Anti-Catholic
Also Puritanism wasn't Democratic, they're closer to Parliamentarianism and Republicanism as this fits in with Reformed Tradition and Presbyterianism.. They also believed in Theonomism which is also in Reformed Tradition where society is ruled by Divine Law and structured in a Presbyterian-like system
This channel is a shining beacon upon a virtual hill
It astonishes me that the best history documentaries are on UA-cam, not on TV or big corp streaming, done with a fraction of the budget and with ten times the depth and rigor. This was one of the best pieces of historical divulgation I've seen on video. Sources and first accounts, solid grasp on the mentality and ways of the era, and a killer period-accurate accent. Excellent time.
You managed to give me a different view of the Puritans. This gave me so much more insight on this period of Early Colonial History. Love your channel.
Jesus, the narrators were just a veritable who's-who of the best history youtubers
@@CatherineWarr Thanks for sticking your head above the parapet, as I've now found another one of those narrators.
@@CatherineWarr needed a Black Metal riff to precede your arrival, so I reckon they're bob on
*Some of the best.
There's so many good ones nowadays, it's an eldorado of history video gold on here.
Still not as big of a crossover as Crap Guide to DMing, though
@@CatherineWarr pshh, don't sell yourself short. 👍
I think this is one of the finest things you've done yet.
These days it's the fashion to dismiss anything in history that doesn't measure up to our current standards as irredeemably tainted. That is anachronistic nonsense. It indulges the fantasy that we in the present are somehow immune to the mix of insight and error that runs through all human endeavor. An arrogance on a par with any that may be laid at the door of the Puritans.
Well said
What you said is too vague to have any meaning. You could be talking about literally anyone in history, the only indication that you even meant puritans is in the last sentence and very unclear. And I can’t tell if you mean their rejection of hierarchy or their bigotry against Catholics, Africans and Native Americans
@@masterspark9880 He means (I suspect!) that popular perspective on history paints things white or black. Someone is either a hero (if he murdered the other tribe and expanded our tribe) or a villain (if he murdered our tribe to expand his tribe). Recently we have started to question the morality of acts of historical figures, especially those we considered good in the past. But instead of taking a nuanced position, once more things tend to be painted in black or white light.
Of course since people of the past tended to work under a different set of morals their ideas most often conflict with some of our ideas on rights of man and like. This in turn seemingly makes some people want to overcorrect previous hero worship of certain historical individuals or groups, by going into detail in which particular way we of our time could consider them terrible people.
This IMO is as bad as previous blind hero worship. People of the past were... PEOPLE. They worked under a more or less different set of moral ideals. Credit for both good and the bad should be given to them, with also understanding that they were products of their times and can't be really expected to conform to our ideas of what's good. At the same time with that understanding we should also not seek to emulate them in all things because as I've said before, theirs was a diferent time.
Basically, TLDR: Puritans did absolutely persecute anyone who did not subscribe to their religious beliefs and anyone they considered foreigner. But they also, for their time were radical egalitarians that pushed many of the ideas modern Western world takes for granted but were utterly alien to their time. But they would also be horrified by the lengths we took their ideas and would consider it work of devil corrupting their holy ideals.
All in all they were a pretty interesting bunch that should not be painted in a singular light. But also should not be glorified.
@@masterspark9880 Hardly vague. I was not talking about the puritans initially but about how present day presumptions can distort our view the past. I would think that apparent since i began by saying "These days".
When we condemn people in the past for holding a mix of views that we consider imperfect or wrong to some degree, the underlying assumption is that we in the present have it absolutely right. We fail to recognize that in this we are no different than those we condemn. They thought they had it absolutely right too.
We'd do well to consider that future generations will likely find much wrong with us in historical hindsight. Hopefully that will not blind them to what we may have got right.
@walter reeves Nobody who judges historical figures claims that we today are perfect. Most of us eat food, wear clothes and have devices made by essentially child slaves. But, although our society is not perfect, we can still criticise past societies. In fact, we have to look at the evils of the past to accurately guess what future generations will criticise us for, and work on it. For example, I personally believe that our enormous wealth inequality will be criticised in the future, just as we criticise the past for their lack of equality
I'm only 4 minutes in but I'm already in love with your shot composition. Thanks for bringing such art into education
Thanks! :)
I love how Witchfinder general has lore, he was a veteran of the English civil war
Legit one of the best arguments I’ve heard. This was the definition of cogent nuance.
My god. Even the people who did the Salem witch trials knew they fucked up. That's enlightening.
Salem was very tame by wich hunting standards
@@joshual8195 plenty of hangings though.
@@joshual8195 "More weight!"
@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl It was New World for a start. The worst witch trials were in the German speaking countries i believe.
@@joshual8195 you being sarcastic because I was talking about raw numbers
Historical I always found it amusing how the Puritans settled in Massachusetts specifically as their own utopia that was also free of Catholicism yet in time it became home to the Irish American community lmao
Let's not forget they originally landed in Province Town... If they could see the LGBTQ parades today the puritans would die of shock 😁
@@joshual8195
Shut up dude.
@@joshual8195
Yes.
@@joshual8195 lol look at the small man.
That was all right.
The air of America turned Catholics into Protestants, as JFK pointed out.
Atun-Shei is perhaps one of the best Historians on the internet with the sheer quality of his videos.
Historiographer is what he calls himself, he doesn't research history and keep it, he tells it
@@k3yr4r Huh, neat.
This was a very fair and even handed look at a people who have been stereotyped and mischaracterized to the point of ridiculousness. I thoroughly enjoyed the video.
This was as earth shattering for me as when I figured out that the founding fathers mostly hated Thomas Paine for being too radical
Which is why he's my favorite!
@@burninsherman1037 based
@@toryquinton2677 that's a very inaccurate view of Paine. He was always quite consistent with his beliefs, and refused to give up on them. Stubbornly standing for what you know to be right isn't a bad thing.
@@toryquinton2677 you sound fun, I guess you prefer the unrepentant slave owners over the guy from a lawyers family consistently arguing for equal rights . I wonder why
@@Rynewulf it's that good old liberal "pragmatism" that always just materializes as upholding an unjust status quo, or making concessions to the right and actively helping to make shit worse.
Props for the outhouse scene! Ever notice that a scene when someone takes a crap is strategically omitted always when idealizing any people, group or era? See… everyone is truly the same and equal and human when taking a shit. It is therefore a dangerous expression of naked humanity.
"Lord Tywin Lannister did not, in the end, shit gold."
I feel like this has come up in an Atun-shei film before
"Mother? Where shall I poop?"
@@AtunSheiFilms So when will Stonewall Jackson get this treatment? It would probably be closer to reality than what lost causers think he did.
@@methos1999 he did he meant he wanted to watch a movie about stonewall taking a shit lol to show humanity
An HOUR??!?!
You spoil us Atun-Shei
Thank you very much for all that you do :)
Thank the Lord, heathen; For the VVITCHFINDER General is no more than the instrument of His Divine Will!
This is perfect timing. I was learning about Puritans in both my U.S. History and American Literature classes
I learned more about them in a college course I took last year focused on Early Colonial America, which is also probably the hardest history class Iv taken with it as my major because of the professor's standards and the Puritans being more diverse in thought than I previously knew
same
It's even more important considering the current political climate. They created the problems we have too deal with today.
They started out on the right track. Liberalism !
But, fell pray to the same poison that had, in their eyes, corrupted the other churches. An
over inflated sense of self-righteousness.
Holy crap. I didn't know JFK had to staunchly be like "i don't want catholicism to be the state religion" like that just to exist in that position. I knew there was apprehension because he was Catholic but not THAT far. As someone who was raised Irish Catholic myself (I'm not now by any means) I'm mortified.
I'm right there with you, I had no idea he had to make statements like that. Contrast that with today and the evangelical Christian Nationalism and their blatant disregard for separation of Church and State, it's kinda shocking.
If there are one million people against a state religion, I am among them. If there are one thousand people against state religion, I am among them. If there is one person against state religion, it is me. If there is no one against state religion, I have left this Earth.
[November 23, 1963]
Headline: America swears fealty to pope, becomes Catholic nation.
The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from the goose.
The law demands that we atone
When we take things we do not own
But leaves the lords and ladies fine
Who takes things that are yours and mine.
The poor and wretched don’t escape
If they conspire the law to break;
This must be so but they endure
Those who conspire to make the law.
The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
And geese will still a common lack
Till they go and steal it back.
weak ending imo, a better one would be:
"Thou art a wretched sinner, utterly unworthy of God's love
A fountain of pollution is deep within thy nature
and thou livest as a winter tree; unprofitable, fit only to be hewed down and burt
Steep thy life in prayer and hope that God sees fit to show mercy on th y corrupted soul"
One thing this thesis puts me in mind of is how today we view prohibition as a regressive, conservative curtailment of rights, yet in fact it emerged out of radical progressivism and consensus politics, because alcoholism was understood as a public health issue.
Indeed-temperance was a major subcurrent of first wave feminism
Very true
And it thankfully failed.
It's often the case that the most radical progressives mix in some truly regressive elements with their beliefs. It's something I've started to notice
@@warlordofbritannia and feminism in the 20s and 30s identified via "Prohibition sucks! And also, why are you old hags dictating us that we should see feminism and the stuff like you do?"
Another issue was, that most people assumed that prohibition would forbid the hard stuff, Whiskey, Rum etc. but Wine and beer would still be allowed... a certain Mr. Volstead made certain that it wasn't to be... and so many rich people and politicians had their cellars full of booze or bought from bootleggers, while the common man was just told to take it.
Imagine the arrogance it takes to look out into the north American wilderness and think "yep, that's Satans work"
You don't have to imagine, because every man, woman, and child alive today is just is capable of that arrogance now as the humans of the past.
@@Gaswafers oh I know, it's just crazy
@@Gaswafers Pretty certain that they and modern humans have choices. And should be held accountable for them. Those who are not prepared to give free passes to Hitler and Pol Pot as hapless men of their times, shouldn't be lecturing modern people who are not impressed by the Puritans' genocidal wars in New England or by the Taliban like government Cromwell imposed on England at gunpoint with his New Model Army and are not inclined to to grant them free passes either.
@Jacqueline Davis fear of the unknown and arrogance to go along with it. People haven't changed much
@@dpeasehead Generally people have a lot more good influences today, then people did in the past. Judging a 20th century person is different then a 17th century person. That doesn't mean you can't say someone in the past was evil, it just means the influence of the environment around them needs to be taken into account. It takes time for good ideas to evolve, we can't expect anything better.
So many awesome guest narrators - what a project 👏 particularly impressed by the switch from OP to a more recognisably modern accent with Franklin, Jefferson, and Adams.
Buckled hats off to you, sir.
I originally put this video on in the background as I was doing homework. I had to turn it off and come back to it because this is the kind of video that requires your undivided attention. Fantastic job to everyone involved! Absolutely superb work!!
One of my favorite aspects of this channel is how it rightfully takes to task some of the most unpleasant aspects of world history whilst maintaining empathy and understanding to all. Definitely the greatest history UA-cam channel!
This was wonderful. It truly gave me a new perspective on the Puritan's ideological legacy. Thank you.
As someone who wrote her dissertation on the Levellers and the radicals in the New Model Army, and still spends far too much time trying to persuade my politically-minded friends that they can learn a lot from them, thank you.
I got a bit lost when the different factions of the parliamentarians were being discussed, the video makes it seemed like it was full of divisions but they one? And didn't Cromwell have many dictatorial powers? How was this squared with the insistence on individual rights by many puritans?
@@joshuaopatz6973 easy people are hypocrites and values are complicated. We like to pretend now that morals have to consistent or views have to make sane, but our Brains don’t care about separating our emotions from facts
@@joshuaopatz6973 From what I heard here, they supported Cromwell and parlament because they were closer to their ideals than the King who was an absolute monarch. But while parliament represented the rich landowners (only those who owned land could vote which was not a lot of people (note that one of immigrants into the colony came from a vilage where none of the villagers actually owned land)) Levelers and like wanted to go further.
Once Cromwell was in power and assumed dictatorial powers, he no longer needed their assistance. Also the anti authoritarian movement was faaaaar from unified on what they wanted and Cromwell and likely Parlament played on that and kept them squabbling rather than uniting and potentially launching a second revolution.
@@joshuaopatz6973 There were radical parliamentarians and moderate parliamentarians. Moderate parliamentarians under Cromwell won leadership of the movement and crushed the radicals, who couldn't unify despite their squabbles
@@Blazo_Djurovic This is a mischaracterisation of Cromwell. He contrary to popular view was not seeking to aggrandise himself. he Certainly did try to for a functional Parliament . It just didnt work out a number of times.
Now was he like some Stalin/napoleon. The vast majority of his power and effort was to try and curtail a 3rd civil war. The factionalism in the army, and intense divisions in parliament.
This is one of my favorite videos you've made, since it gives such wonderful context for where the attitudes and beliefs of early American settlers came from! A+ for providing a history lesson I should have been taught in high school!
When he simply said the editing style was the result of "drugs, lots of drugs" I knew I had to come check this out. And whew boy was I not disappointed! Excellent historical analysis and context for those of us who hadn't thought much of the Puritans past what was taught in middle school US History, with a healthy dose of shroom inspired imagery to keep attention focused!
Andy, I absolutely love how you shifted your accent from what we know as the VVitchfinder-General to a more modern accent blended in, showing the shift in language. I was hoping you would and you did not disappoint, as you never do, sir, 🙂
Now that the Witchfinder-General visited Salem, we need Hans to visit Argentina.
Johnny Reb could head down to brazil and hang with the Confederados.
@@boomanchu2 that’s even better.
Frozen 50's man episode taking place in (East-)Berlin 😍
This was the best representation of the story I've heard so far. The epilog was particularly interesting. In the AP US history course the trials and puritan New England are kept separate revolutionary ideas. This video outlined the transition from descentors of the Anglican Church, to English subjugation, to descentors of the throne, marvelously. Good show chap.
Love the conscious emulating of A Field in England, a fantastic short film. I'll always be a moderate royalist and staunchly Anglican, but I respect this very, very fine redemption of the Puritan movement.
Toward the end when the narrative arc reached the revolutionary period, at first I found the accent when reading quotes anachronistic and incorrect. But now I believe it to be a conscious choice showing how Puritan ideas were still (are still) speaking through much later writers and thinkers even to our present day.
Utter home run, Atun Shei sir et al. I wish my American history classes in school were like this and covered what was covered here. ALSO, I AM 40+YEARS-OLD, SO WHY AM I ONLY FINDING OUT NOW THAT PILGRIMS DID *NOT* WEAR BUCKLES ON THEIR HATS?? This is more embarassing than when I realized at 40 that pickels are just cucumbers (not some mystery vegetable).
the government is lying to you, pickles are totally a separate fruit grown in mysterious farms :)
I got lucky in school and had a couple good history teachers. One, though, I didn't get his hs history class, but instead was in his sociology and economics classes. The other was a Vietnam vet who took pains to teach an accurate version of that atrocious war, and straight up told us that it was completely pointless, and a waste of life as soon as a few kids started talking about how badass he was for fighting in it.
"pickels" ?
I think the pickles are slightly more embarrassing.
@@antonnurwald5700 Oh, sure. But weird all those producers of all those TV shows, movies, decorations, etc won't stop depicting Pilgrims wrong. Shame at being wrong and loss of profits if customers feel shame at being wrong is the reason I'm guessing.
This was great! I really reminded me of the old school documentaries the History Channel used to air before they became the "ancient aliens"/"pawnstars" channel. It goes to show that humans are complicated and can both radical progressives and superstitious conservatives
To be fair, there is not so many WW2/Nazi documentaries you can make before you need to look "outward" for inspiration to validate your existence as a "top tier" cable channel (my god the bile that term produces in this context)
Aaah, one of my odd little specialities! Well done!
The 'Ranters', the nudist colonies and other wondeful post civil war independants are just glorious in their variety! Honest John Lilburne was a true treasure. I still raise a glass for that man!
Wait nudist colonies?
Joseph Misinec Oh yeah. Nudists, hedonists, vegans... it was a party, man
@@AtunSheiFilms wow
@@anarchomando7707 Yes, pretty much every distinctive social phenomenon you associate with modern 'radical' movements was already present in the late Middle Ages within the Protestant Reformation. From mystical anarchists preaching sexual liberation to Congregationalist nerds splitting over minor doctrinal differences to Anabaptist Stalinists running Munster as a totalitarian regime.
@@AtunSheiFilms Vegans eh?
So my answer to the "what if you were marooned on a desert island..." question ought to be "I would simply try and impose myself on the Massachusett population as much as possible"
This was tremendously enlightening. Honest, yet nuanced. I loved it. You have set a damn high bar for history content.
I love coming back to this video and watching Atun-Shei struggle to try and dig through sod and presumably some rather hard clay.
Something about it is so incredibly calming.
In the 1300s, John Ball asked, "When Adam delved and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman?"
Silence, Lollard! 😂
My good friends, things cannot go on well in England, nor ever will until everything shall be in common, when there shall be neither vassal nor lord, and all distinctions levelled; when the lords shall be no more masters than ourselves
-John Ball
He was executed in my hometown, St Albans
A national hero I wish was better known.
That slogan was also used during the 1520s German Peasant Wars...
And more than collection of Marxist texts includes Thomas Müntzer as a "precursor"..
I recognise the Florian Geyer lied
Wow, this was huge, and it paid off tenfold. Outstanding. I hope to see more productions like these despite the fact that the scriptwriting alone must have taken ages. Shine on you magnificent man, SHINE ON!!!
“A puritan is such a one as loves God with all his soul, but hates his neighbor with all his heart.”
Sounds like my countrymen.
So basically Republican.
@@davidroberts1689 Or a modern christian.
@@ktheterkuceder6825 so a republican
@@davidroberts1689 not seeing it most modern Republicans seem to care more about their local and family dynamic then Democrats which makes sense considering Republicans tend to live in rural and suburban areas
One of the greatest history docs I've ever had the pleasure of finding. Informative, well paced, accessible but full of deep ideas. Great stuff.
Sir, you have outdone yourself with this video, not just on an educational level but also visually! This is the reason I absolutely love your channel.
This was a well constructed argument, and an hour long history of Puritanism is awesome. Good video.
Huge ‘A Field In England’ vibes, this editing is fantastic
Haven't finished watching yet, but just started reading the comments to see if anyone else got that impression. Awesome work on the film and impressive list of collaborators!
Absolutely loved this. I knew so little of Puritans before coming to the United States, what lead to the witchhunts, how quick they became ashamed of them and their later political legacy.
¡excelente trabajo! Saludos de las tierras australes de Chile.
Less than a minute in and I hear Stefan's voice! Two if my favorites collaborating?!!! This is going to be great!
Thank you brother, this is an amazing documentary. The social and political progress made during this time was incredible and very important and the people involved deserve just credit.
We must not lose of the sight of the fact that just as working people toiled under the yoke of feudal lords who were overthrown in the western world by bourgeoise revolutions, working people today toil under the yoke of bourgeoise capitalists. Their day will come too, and we will usher in a new era - it won't be perfect, but it will be a huge improvement and an important iteration in the history of human society. We have NOT reached the end of history!!
This is a legit professional level documentary o_o
And we got this for free
Fantastic - I think when folks tell the story of this era from an Anglo-centric perspective, it should be done in this way.
Could you expand your idea?
What u mean? It should be Angloscentric or not?
@@pink_kino Generally it shouldn't, but if one must this is an example of anglo-centrism done right.
Extensive research, a wide and diverse panel of some of my favorite history youtubers, thoroughly engaging content from start to finish... Bravo Atun-Shei sir, bravo.
You never cease to amaze and captivate me, and you certainly never disappoint. Eagerly anticipating your next video. Always a pleasure to hear from you. And thank you for the upload.
An excellent piece of scholarship, well thought out and concise. I only regret I watched it after I finished my unit on puritanism with my students, I can see the limitations of our curriculum yet again in the depiction of this people group.
While I always aim to teach my students that judgement is the end of thought and that it is the nature of humans to be hypocrites and not monolithic, I still see my pupils making summarian judgements. Perhaps my most important task is to cultivate an attitude of constant curiosity, to always consider that a person is the sum of their parts, but those parts are often a mosaic of conflicting pieces and jagged shapes.
Thank you again for making this.
This has to be one of my favorite pieces of content not just released on this channel, but on all of youtube.
Puritan: “For an Arminian is the spawn of a Papist”
Free Will Baptist: “Say that again motherflipper, I dare you”
The Flushing Remonstrance was a crucial precursor to the First Amendment of The Constitution, and Arminius' followers were called "Remonstrants."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flushing_Remonstrance
@@astrobullivant5908
The word "Protestant" was already taken.
But you've gotta keep on protesting.
Kinda are though
Puritan chad😂😂
@@alanpennie8013 they were Protestant tho?
The edit design, the continuity and the visual emphasis on the script deserve an Oscar nomination, at least for best documentary.
This outstanding creation is the very definition of why Utube is the digital canvas of the 21th Century.
Wild & Groovy!✌ Thank you very much for teaching me the history of the Puritans! I enjoy it immensely! Let the narratives in the video know what a great job they did!👍 I like the way you used the camera and the film effect of the video!😜🎥 Great job!✋ I hope to see more videos your great talent🙏
First?
How tf you comment 9 hours ago and the video says it was posted 14 seconds ago💀
@@brandonshore984 patreon
Eh
@@brandonshore984 patreon or something like that probably.
Great job on this one. I did not feel as if I truly understood the Puritans until this video. Your choices for narration were mostly excellent. you are one of the few sources of true education on You Tube. Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into this channel.
I walk through the house watching UA-cam videos on religion and say in a loud voice; "Why can't we all just get along?" My wife, without missing a beat, pipes off and shuts me down with a truism that makes me laugh hysterically; "It's boring".
One minute in, listening to Stefans voice. Love the cross over! Just recently got into Stefans content. This hits so well.
30 minutes in, this is the most ambitious cross over since Avengers.
Atun-Shei to the Moon! 🚀
As someone who lives in the historic town your American Sudbury was presumably named after, I salute you Andy. I do enjoy learning more about these sorts of things
I think this might be my favorite out of your more “serious” videos. Highly informative, well-produced, and just all-around one of the best educational videos on the topic that I’ve ever found. Well done, sir! 👏
Also, that Silence Dogood quote near the end is a gem. 👌
This is like a historical documentary made for Adult Swim's 2am timeslot on some random Thursday night.
But in all seriousness, I just discovered your channel last night and I'm hooked. Already watched at least 1/10th of your videos, keep up the good work!
You've been killing it and to have a collab like this, ofh thus is the chef's kiss please stay strong and don't get lost in the sauce
This was truly one of the best documentaries I have seen in years.
Do Quakers next. I'd love to see a video on Benjamin Lay!
That would be awesome. The puritans may have been fairly progressive for their time, but the Quakers blew them completely out of the water in that regard.
*stands and applauds* You knocked this one out of the park. Absolutely brilliant work.
Interesting, informative, and beautifully presented. Atun-Shei has such a great face for historical re-enactment; what one might call, the Sudbury Look.
no words, just an absolute masterpiece. Atun-Shei and Knowing better are the only history tubers who can make an hour long vid and keep me glued to the screen!
Haven't watched the video yet but props to him if he does the whole thing as the witchfinder with the accent and costume on the whole time.
Literally just did the diggers last lesson... Absolutely brilliant as always Atun Shei!
I watched the linked JFK footage in which they mention the meeting with Houston ministers. I vaguely remember that and strongly remember the later unholy embrace between Texas branches of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Republican party. The real birth of the Religious Right. And here we are now.
You have created a thought provoking historical piece with intellectual rigor. Yes, there was more to the Puritans than I knew. Further study is required
But you have also given us the bonus of visual beauty, from nature studies to eye melting psychedelia.
Ever richer music and eloquent narration. With the VVitchfinder's accent eventually left behind...
Excellent work by you and your helpers.
Love the breaking bad shot of the camera on the shovel. A+ reference. I also suspect Atun Shei has seen Barry Lyndon. Literally the best influences, if so. Is that also a reference to John Wayne in The Searchers?
Really great to hear Yorkshire's Hidden History & Stefan Milo YT channels on here!
I highly recommend both, thank-you Atun-Shei!
I just finished reading Eugene McCarraher's book "The Enchantments of Mammon: How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity." The timing of this video couldn't have been better!
Both capitalism and communism and even socialism are religions
@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl So is science, as it exists in the arms of institutional propriety.
@Aditya Chavarkar it was and is still used as a religions system
@Aditya Chavarkar Would you agree that science is still carried out by humans who exist within power dynamics that are shaped by political ideology?
@@cgoodm wtf? So because a scientist lives within a political system, science itself must have been tainted by politics and ideologies? What kind of fallacy is that
Simply an amazing video! Realy shows how complex and multilayered history is.
I can't decide though which one of the Mathers had a sillier name, Increase or Cotton? BTW the name "Increase" is apparently a literal translation of the Hebrew "Yosëf" (Joseph), which is a fun fact I just learned thanks to watching this video. :)
This was a hell of a video. Really gave me a more nuanced view of the Puritan Pilgrims that I never learned in school.
Thank you! I always felt you had a surprising sincerity to how badass and radical the Puritan character was. There's so much more to Puritans than the exaggerated view of Salem and the idea of "no fun allowed".
You're doing an immense service to history with this video.
Great work❤️I always love to learn new stuff on your channel and expand my knowledge of history.Thanks from Germany #WhoDat🏈⚜️