"Very easily distinguishable orange"? What if you're a royalist and you wash your sash too often, and get mistaken for a parliamentarian? Why not go with blue or green or yellow or some other significantly different colour?
At the beginning of the war, the Earl of Essex was Captain-General of the Parliamentarian field army. Essex's heraldic colours included the unusual (in heraldic terms) colour of tawny orange, and accordingly he issued coats in that colour to his regiment, and the Parliamentarian faction used orange sashes as their field sign for the same reason. You're not wrong, though: if you were lucky, you might be from a regiment that had an identifiable uniform, like Essex's regiment or Prince Rupert's Bluecoats. If you were from a less well-supplied regiment, or if you got separated from your friends, or if (God forbid!) you were fighting in bad light and it was hard to make out what colour *anybody's* sash was... well, suffice to say that friendly fire was an issue.
@@stephenwood6663 With the civil war being very interesting to me, I read somewhere that when the new model army came about in 1645 the sashes became blue, the colour of Fairfax’s regiment as he was now commander in chief of the army due to Essex being removed when Self Denying Ordinance was passed by parliament, am I right in thinking this was the case that the sash colour changed when fairfax took charge of the army, and in 1649 when he resigned and Cromwell took charge of the army what colour did the sash become then (or was there one)?
@@openshutterfilms Light blue sashes seems very likely while the New Model were being commanded by Thomas Fairfax, yes. There are allusions to the New Model having dark red sashes by the end of the war, which, if true, must have caused at least a few friendly fire incidents, since red was the favoured colour of the Royalists, too.
Hey guys! Why is Popham wearing a Sri Lankan Kastane in the portrait? Ceylon wasn't even an English colony of Britain then so I'm quite interested as to how he may have acquired it.
May I just point out that a) the warS were fought in all parts of the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and I think Ireland, so 'English' is questionable, and b) the first war arguably ended when Charles I was captured, so a /second/ war then started. Ergo British Civil Wars is more accurate.
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms began in Scotland in 1639, then in Ireland, then in England and finally in Wales. It's misleading and inaccurate to refer to the conflict in England without putting it into its proper context.
Jeff Mansfield It’s since became more known as ‘the Wars of the Three Kingdoms’- a good, if imperfect, umbrella term, as it includes the Bishops’ Wars of Scotland (there were 2), the Irish ‘Rebellion’ & finally, the three English Civil Wars.... as I went to school in Australia- I never actually learnt any of this in school, it came about because of my own research into the period & subject.
🤣 love it, the whole appointed by God belief and then everything he instructs and does is ordained by God and his money and his spending. 🤣 - I’m here because of my English literary course on English country houses and this is mentioned. Classy act video 🤣 💓
"At the beginning its the Rebels, or Parliamentarians led by Thomas Fairfax..." erm… no it wasn't... he didn't even command and army at the beginning of the war, he was subordinate to his father, Lord Ferdinando Fairfax in the Parliamentarian Northern Association... the main Parliamentarian Army was commanded by Robert Deveraux, 3rd Earl of Essex... Thomas Fairfax eventually rises to lead the New Model Army, but that wasn't the beginning... and in truth the head honcho of the Parliamentarian faction as a whole was John Pym, until he died in late 1643.
So desperate were you to sound intelligent that you ignored what he actually said. He wasn't talking about who was leading the sides at the beginning of the war; you just heard that because a moment earlier he was talking about the date the war started. 'Who's fighting in the war' was a separate question.
The Puritans among the Parliamentarian forces didn't like the way Christmas was celebrated, they saw it as a "Papist pantomime" based on pagan traditions. Not exactly wrong, but at the same time our modern conceptions of the holiday are very different.
England or the UK has many many accents, you put a Jordy in a room with a southerner like someone from London and chances are they wont understand one another, you get Yorkshire, scouse, Scottish is practically a language in it's own same with Irish although it's still English at the end of the day. Many people in the world think us brits all speak like toffs with southern pommy accents. But we dont
In essence it was, just one bunch of landed gentry beating the crap out of another load of landed gentry with everyone else caught in the middle and laced with religious paranoia to boot. The closest England got to being a republic but they just couldn't get their act together.
Loved the video. The way he speaks is very clear and he is passionate about it making it even better. Kudos!
dont you think he ooks a lot like tom hardy
The rest of davids sruff please
I really like you as a presenter.
*_This guy is amazing! You need more attention._*
And subs
well !! thank you a bunch fir the show .. U were great in giving the overall version of the english civil war.
Life saver!!❤
Doing GCSEs on Monday and didn't understand the civil war. Needed a crash course and this was perfect 😁👏👏👏👏
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You're a good presentor, you should make videos about everything
You should do stuff like this with other wars that involved Britain.
who would have thought it the largest collection of one countries historical arms and armour is in that country
stole the words from my mouth
@@deez1321 Too be fair most countries historical positions are in Britain or at least Europe not the country of origin.
@Athos Aramis Okay sweetheart.
Very interesting! Well done.
"It's not a war of fashions" ha ha! Nicely done.
Wow, who would have thought a British museum has the worlds largest collection of arms and armory from The English Civil War. Absolutely splendid.
Looking fabulous
Loved the video. It helped me a lot! Amazing and clear explanation. 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
Thank you.
Awesmoe video man, keep it up !🤗
Great video!!
This guy is kind of awesome
Great video
"Very easily distinguishable orange"? What if you're a royalist and you wash your sash too often, and get mistaken for a parliamentarian?
Why not go with blue or green or yellow or some other significantly different colour?
At the beginning of the war, the Earl of Essex was Captain-General of the Parliamentarian field army. Essex's heraldic colours included the unusual (in heraldic terms) colour of tawny orange, and accordingly he issued coats in that colour to his regiment, and the Parliamentarian faction used orange sashes as their field sign for the same reason.
You're not wrong, though: if you were lucky, you might be from a regiment that had an identifiable uniform, like Essex's regiment or Prince Rupert's Bluecoats. If you were from a less well-supplied regiment, or if you got separated from your friends, or if (God forbid!) you were fighting in bad light and it was hard to make out what colour *anybody's* sash was... well, suffice to say that friendly fire was an issue.
@@stephenwood6663 With the civil war being very interesting to me, I read somewhere that when the new model army came about in 1645 the sashes became blue, the colour of Fairfax’s regiment as he was now commander in chief of the army due to Essex being removed when Self Denying Ordinance was passed by parliament, am I right in thinking this was the case that the sash colour changed when fairfax took charge of the army, and in 1649 when he resigned and Cromwell took charge of the army what colour did the sash become then (or was there one)?
@@openshutterfilms Light blue sashes seems very likely while the New Model were being commanded by Thomas Fairfax, yes. There are allusions to the New Model having dark red sashes by the end of the war, which, if true, must have caused at least a few friendly fire incidents, since red was the favoured colour of the Royalists, too.
hey, does anybody know what the type of hat he's wearing is called?
It’s a cavalier hat, though a lot of people wear them cocked
Skinny, historic Tom Hardy talk English Civil War.
can anybody tell me what a 'deal-board' was in the civil war. they are mentioned in Clarendon.
very good video lived very close to oliver cromwells grave and wanted to understand moe about him didnt help much but was a good video
And we have the largest collection of arms and armor in the entire WORL- Christmas is Cancelled
Thanks Loved it !
This is going to help me with my exams. 👍
It isn't the English Civil war. It was the British Revolutionary war.
Hey guys! Why is Popham wearing a Sri Lankan Kastane in the portrait? Ceylon wasn't even an English colony of Britain then so I'm quite interested as to how he may have acquired it.
Probably just coincidence that his sword looks similar to Kastane
May I just point out that a) the warS were fought in all parts of the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and I think Ireland, so 'English' is questionable, and b) the first war arguably ended when Charles I was captured, so a /second/ war then started. Ergo British Civil Wars is more accurate.
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms began in Scotland in 1639, then in Ireland, then in England and finally in Wales. It's misleading and inaccurate to refer to the conflict in England without putting it into its proper context.
Jeff Mansfield
It’s since became more known as ‘the Wars of the Three Kingdoms’- a good, if imperfect, umbrella term, as it includes the Bishops’ Wars of Scotland (there were 2), the Irish ‘Rebellion’ & finally, the three English Civil Wars.... as I went to school in Australia- I never actually learnt any of this in school, it came about because of my own research into the period & subject.
Don't let him stop talking.
🤣 love it, the whole appointed by God belief and then everything he instructs and does is ordained by God and his money and his spending. 🤣 - I’m here because of my English literary course on English country houses and this is mentioned. Classy act video 🤣 💓
"At the beginning its the Rebels, or Parliamentarians led by Thomas Fairfax..." erm… no it wasn't... he didn't even command and army at the beginning of the war, he was subordinate to his father, Lord Ferdinando Fairfax in the Parliamentarian Northern Association... the main Parliamentarian Army was commanded by Robert Deveraux, 3rd Earl of Essex... Thomas Fairfax eventually rises to lead the New Model Army, but that wasn't the beginning... and in truth the head honcho of the Parliamentarian faction as a whole was John Pym, until he died in late 1643.
Go home old man.
So desperate were you to sound intelligent that you ignored what he actually said. He wasn't talking about who was leading the sides at the beginning of the war; you just heard that because a moment earlier he was talking about the date the war started. 'Who's fighting in the war' was a separate question.
with the sashes what if they where color blind. he he :). good video though
Battle of ideologies. Interesting poor vs poor rich vs rich
Popov doesn't sound very English?
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I believe it’s Popham
it has exactly 1000 likes and dislikes all together imma make it 1001 XD
Xmas is canceled? Is that the much talked about war on Xmas?
The Puritans among the Parliamentarian forces didn't like the way Christmas was celebrated, they saw it as a "Papist pantomime" based on pagan traditions.
Not exactly wrong, but at the same time our modern conceptions of the holiday are very different.
It feels like he climbed into a time machine to come and tell us about the past. Could you trim off the Christmas is cancelled bit? It startles me.
The English Civil War explained by a Horrible Histories Cavalier
I couldnt understand his accent, is he English, speaks funny like
England or the UK has many many accents, you put a Jordy in a room with a southerner like someone from London and chances are they wont understand one another, you get Yorkshire, scouse, Scottish is practically a language in it's own same with Irish although it's still English at the end of the day. Many people in the world think us brits all speak like toffs with southern pommy accents. But we dont
Definitely an English accent.
Where are you from that this accent is not understandable?
This is standard English. I understand him just fine.
The English Civil war was fairly pointless.
In essence it was, just one bunch of landed gentry beating the crap out of another load of landed gentry with everyone else caught in the middle and laced with religious paranoia to boot. The closest England got to being a republic but they just couldn't get their act together.
He need some milk
alec guinness fights richard harris. irish lose.