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American Anglophile here. I can't get enough English history. I especially enjoyed the Victorian gardens and topiary lesson, not too common in history lessons. Thank you much!
I mean you’re not gonna get a truly complete history in an hour eighteen minutes but it was still really good. I love all history hits stuff. Always good.
This is the amazing part of UK history. People just dig in their garden and find some of the most amazing stuff. That just doesn't happen in Australia and New Zealand, where I'm from and live. On a recent trip to the UK, I went to Dover and toured Fan Bay Deep Shelter. Absolutely brilliant. (It was built for WW2 to house the military manning the gun batteries) While in Dover, I also saw the "painted Roman house" discovered when a bingo hall was excavating to put on an extension. And the Bronze age boat, discovered during road works. Brilliant stuff.
Hi everyone, my name's Russel Mohan. Trinidadian Indian in Switzerland, anglophone and proud product of the Englishman's British Empire and glad to be a native English speaker who reaps the benefits of England and its civilization, truly the greatest of all time for I have an incredible life. Thank you England!
@@accountnamewithheld..But we are fast becoming a very different nation due to the immigrants being allowed to flood our great country, yes we need a few immigrants but not the overwhelming number starving us of air .
Another great one from Dan Snow - along with the other Dan (Jones) - both compelling viewing for the armchair historian! Keep them coming pls! Also the other experts on various periods, History Hit has it all!
Love early English history most. It's fascinating how England developed. Culturally we are germanic, as well as a fair bit of DNA. we are cousins to Germans/ Danish. Was hael 😊🏴
Typical chippy Celt. We Anglos were ere first. Before Norman Rollo came and ruined things innit. Bloody Viking/Jocks/Micks/Taffs/Frogs constantly wanting succour from mother Anglos teat. Leave us be we like tapestry and mead.
I love the history lesson this program provides! I love British history. I will say that I freaked out when Dan stopped the elevator in the Victorian House. My claustrophobia went off the charts.
Not as large as Stonehenge to 1066... I mean, were are LITERALLY closer to Battle of Hastings than it was to building of that monument. It's the same "Cleopatra lived closer to Internet than the pyramids meme" except with English women and... food.
They now learned the Altar stone came all the way from Scotland, they also found remains of eaten livestock that was driven down from Scotland too. Just goes to show how the people of Britain back then were part of one big community that had a shared culture and assembled at this site.
Henry Viii was a renowned horse breeder. He bred the smallest heavy horse in history - the Suffolk Punch. Not only can they pull carriages, but, they can also be ridden.
Excellent show. ty! Though, an interesting note about the blue stones of Stonehenge: Despite the BBC saying so, I believe that the origins of them (the blue stones) is still disputed amongst accredited scholars. Worth doing more research regarding the subject.
I'm surprised in a way that the Romans did not destroy Stone Henge? Excellent job Mr. Snow! I'm 1/2 English by heritage. I was told the Dysons come from Huddersfield in Yorkshire..
Why? Romans were pretty evil all things considered, but no way they had enough dynamite to blow up heavy stone structures, they didn't destroy pyramids either.
Just take out the word Complete and then it's a very good video . Of course it would need to be at least 3 times longer or more to approach completeness .
@@muddymite4936 history has always been my favourite subject from way back in primary school and I was lucky enough to have a great history teacher at secondary school. I just love it when people are experts AND great communicators. It's quite rare and such a skill!
Great presentation, love British history since my maternal forebears the Drew family has lineage all the way back to William the Conqueror and mentioned in his Doomsday Book of 1066 as Drewe! Am a direct descendant of William Drew from Devon who landed at Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1648! Went to another smaller stonehenge when I was in the famous lovely English countryside, fascinating! Dan, did you know the Snow family is one of the founding families of Cape Cod? Where I spent my summers at my grandmother's house built in 1776 and recently lived there for 36 years, along with the Nickerson family also from England who founded the town of Chatham at the elbow of the Cape and the Eldredge,Bassett, Hopkins and Winslow families. Most of the historic towns and cities on the Cape and in New England are named after the ones in England as you may know. Small world, thanks for more history, much appreciated, cheers from Yankee New England~♥💙🍺🍺
That is quite a lineage you have, glad you value it, tell your children and grandchildren. The British had a huge role in world history, inventive, empire building, fabulous academic achievements, and the country that invented industrial production. All of it in your family history.
@@davidgray3321 Thanks, I have told my children and grandchildren! I think it's very important to know one's past family history! Agree with you on the British contribution throughout history and a very romantic culture as well!
@@brendadrew834 I hope you can get back here soon, June is usually a good month but you never know. One day when walking along the coast in England I came across the place when the Mayflower left our shores. Years later whilst walking in America, I found where they landed by sheer fate. Quite a journey in a small ship. All the best. The mayflower by the way is the flower of the Hawthorne tree, they are in the hedgerows in spring, an attractive white flower.
@@davidgray3321 Very interesting because our first American novelist was famous Nathaniel Hawthorne, born in Salem, MA "Halloween Central" here and was a direct descendant of a William Hathorn originally from England, who was a judge during the infamous Salem Witch trials in 1692! Hawthorne added the "w" in his surname and also had a job in customs and then lived in England and Italy for a number of years. His wife was Sophia Peabody who was an artist who described him as an "Adonis" as he was very handsome! You can read about their long marriage together in a fascinating book, "New England Love Story", they should make a movie about that!! Her older sister Elizabeth Peabody was a teacher and started the kindergarten movement here in the states and was the first woman to own a bookstore in Boston in the mid-1800s. Their other sister was Mary Peabody who was also a teacher and married education reformer Horace Mann of the Horace Mann Schools. They ere also very close friends with the famous Alcott family in Concord, MA, Bronson Alcott, a teacher and philosopher who started his progressive school, "Fruitlands" and admitted the first black child into his school in the mid 19th century! Father of famous Louisa May Alcott of "Little Women" fame! They're all buried on Writer's Hill at SleepyHollow Cemetery in Concord MA where I've been where you can tour the Alcott home, "Orchard House" and his school and the home of Nathaniel Hawthorn! They're also buried with philosophers and Transcendental writers Ralph Waldo Emerson, a close friend of theirs and naturalist/writer/philosopher Henry Thoreau! Several years ago they brought back the remains of Hawthorne's wife Sophia and their oldest daughter Uma, to be buried next to Nathaniel after 100 years. Concord had a huge funeral parade through town celebrating that historic moment in time! You can read about the famous Peabody sisters in a fabulous book, "The Peabody Sisters", Three sisters who ignited American Romanticism", by Megan Marshall available on Amazon. A great book well worth reading! The town of Peabody MA is named after the family just northeast of Boston where I was born in 1948.
The history of the British Isles (notjust England) is so rich and varied, it would take a documentary at least 10 times longer to do it full justice, so I hope you are on the case Dan! Nonetheless this was a wonderful watch.
1066. The end of one Germanic tribe, the ascension of another Germanic tribe. Saxons, Danes, NORTHMAN…all Germans. Proud German here. Even English is a variant of old Germanic tongue…your current Windsor house of Royals very German….the Rus, the Franks, Angles, Angleland
@@papapabs175 I noticed the War of roses absence also. I appreciate that English history is both complex and a massive subject, but the title is "A Complete History of England". Perhaps is should have been An abbreviated history of England with Dan Snow. Or Dan drives Around England and points out cool historic features. Both would be more accurate. ☺
Probably best if it was called a brief journey through some of England's history couple of big events/ eras bypassed completely but good enough. Always find Dan Snow good to listen to.
Starting interview with Heather at 4:52; her wide gold ring jumps from her right hand to her left hand and then back to her right hand. I find this very interesting and curious.
When you record, things are sometimes reversed. In editing they flip them back the correct way. If you look at her shirt, you will see the whole video is flipped for a few frames. It's a editing mistake.
Brodsworth Hall looks so similar to the Werribee Mansion, west of Melbourne in Australia. VERY similar interior and exterior in the Italianate style. Built in the late 1800's it was originally owned by the Chirnside family who owned most of the land across what is now the city of Wyndham.
Hope you enjoyed this full series on the History of England! Please make sure to like, subscribe and comment on the videos so we know which topics we should do more of. Thanks!
I'm just passing by, and now a subscriber.
Do you even know what "woke" means? It indicates awaken to the realities of being a human being!
@@joycestewart4893 Really?! Then I am an angel who falls asleep in this reality.
@@kimyip4207it's true bud. Just deal with it.
@@CollectiveVibe_DJs Ha!
American Anglophile here. I can't get enough English history. I especially enjoyed the Victorian gardens and topiary lesson, not too common in history lessons. Thank you much!
Dan Snow is an excellent presenter- he is just right!
you know nothing dan snow
I enjoyed watching his dad too. They make history fun to watch
I stll love watching the earliest episodes with his dad..... thanks dan for doing more england history
Seems like an unnecessary dig at Eleanor of Aquitaine. Where is your source for that?
Just like his dad.
Dan snow is my fav. More of him plz.
He wants the UK to be dominated by foreign powers 😢
@@hjr2000 Not happening.
MR
Dan Snow and History Hit make English history awesome. Thank you 🇬🇧🇺🇸
English history IS awesome. That's the material point.
He said USA was founded by freemasons
like his dad he is a left wing elitist
Dan is handsome and tall, you forgot to mention that.
its not complete history he missed the jews
I mean you’re not gonna get a truly complete history in an hour eighteen minutes but it was still really good. I love all history hits stuff. Always good.
This is the amazing part of UK history. People just dig in their garden and find some of the most amazing stuff. That just doesn't happen in Australia and New Zealand, where I'm from and live.
On a recent trip to the UK, I went to Dover and toured Fan Bay Deep Shelter. Absolutely brilliant. (It was built for WW2 to house the military manning the gun batteries)
While in Dover, I also saw the "painted Roman house" discovered when a bingo hall was excavating to put on an extension. And the Bronze age boat, discovered during road works.
Brilliant stuff.
Shame Dover itself is a horrible rundown tired place to stay, but with so much beautiful history… it’s an oxymoron 😊
Thanks!
Total quality
The mark of reliability and interest!
Dan Snow is a legend of historical storytelling.
Absolutely brilliant
Hi everyone, my name's Russel Mohan. Trinidadian Indian in Switzerland, anglophone and proud product of the Englishman's British Empire and glad to be a native English speaker who reaps the benefits of England and its civilization, truly the greatest of all time for I have an incredible life. Thank you England!
Britain is a fascinatingly beautiful place..and the history is also.
We don't find it too bad living here, either!
@@accountnamewithheld..But we are fast becoming a very different nation due to the immigrants being allowed to flood our great country, yes we need a few immigrants but not the overwhelming number starving us of air .
Love my country,to the depth of my Soul,good,bad and indifference.Thankyou for this video.
Best watched in bite size chunks, this is a real tour de force, most enjoyable!
Nice one Dan and team. 🌟👍
Another great one from Dan Snow - along with the other Dan (Jones) - both compelling viewing for the armchair historian! Keep them coming pls! Also the other experts on various periods, History Hit has it all!
Very enjoyable flash run thru British history.
Nice job Dan. Short and straight to the point. Can't squeeze everything in. So big thumbs up.👍
Love early English history most. It's fascinating how England developed. Culturally we are germanic, as well as a fair bit of DNA. we are cousins to Germans/ Danish. Was hael 😊🏴
Lots of my ancestors rest in, and lived upon, the soil of England.
Is there a complete history of Ireland, Wales and Scotland on History hits?. If not please make them they would make a great series.
Typical chippy Celt. We Anglos were ere first. Before Norman Rollo came and ruined things innit. Bloody Viking/Jocks/Micks/Taffs/Frogs constantly wanting succour from mother Anglos teat. Leave us be we like tapestry and mead.
It’s difficult to fill a whole episode, I’m Scottish BTW.
@@sullacicero2610 what?
Your cousin Billy did a world tour of Scotland. Near enough.
If one is ever made, @stephenconnolly3018, I doubt Dan Snow will make it. He doesn't seem to have much interest in Ireland, Wales, or Scotland...
What about the Anglo Saxons?
There seems to be a lack of coverage of the period between the Roman's leaving Britain and 1066.
Saxon history is so interesting! it deserves its own video for sure!
it is called the Dark Ages for this very reason, not much written about this period.
@masalika it not known as the Dark Ages but is referred to as Early Medieval and a lot is known about the period
theres not much history then anglo saxons were primitive
@@lemcakes32422not true
What a fabulous production! Thank you, I enjoyed it very much.
I love the history lesson this program provides! I love British history. I will say that I freaked out when Dan stopped the elevator in the Victorian House. My claustrophobia went off the charts.
Sir, one of your best, I thank you and of course your team.
This was well worth my time to watch! Well done !!
Thankyou Dan the nation needed this, i needed this!
Dan absolutely loved it .Thank you
Brilliant - Dan Snow always is!
Quite the jump from 1066 to the Tudors.
Poor Henry 1 through 6.
Bro really just skipped the War of the Roses and 100 years wars
Not as large as Stonehenge to 1066... I mean, were are LITERALLY closer to Battle of Hastings than it was to building of that monument. It's the same "Cleopatra lived closer to Internet than the pyramids meme" except with English women and... food.
Not so complete
I so enjoy your history stories. Thank you for the details and the incredible work you do. Well done.
Proud of the fact that I was born in England.
♥♥ This proud Brit-American/Anglophile's motherland ever since 1648! Cheers from Yankee New England!🍺🍺
you shouldn't
I wouldn't be proud of the British Empire
@@rp2320 your mother and your father arent proud of you
@@rp2320 To each his or her own!
Yeeeess love it.
The Uk is very much in need of a bit of reflection and perspective right now
Incredible! 👍🏿❤️
0:05 Really thought he was about to say "And full... of sheep."
🤣🤣🤣
@@HistoryHit
Dan: ”And full… of sheep”.
Sheep: BAAAAAAAHH.
I remember going in the Top Secret tunnels at Dover. Fascinating place, was used during the war. Makes you proud to be British. ❤
They now learned the Altar stone came all the way from Scotland, they also found remains of eaten livestock that was driven down from Scotland too. Just goes to show how the people of Britain back then were part of one big community that had a shared culture and assembled at this site.
Henry Viii was a renowned horse breeder.
He bred the smallest heavy horse in history - the Suffolk Punch.
Not only can they pull carriages, but, they can also be ridden.
England is a country that can enrich your mind, heart and soul. So much more of it’s past is just waiting to be discovered in the future.
It's a police state now. It used to be good.
@@castlerock58 oh grow up
Now mudslims enrich it
So are France ♥️🤍💙 Scotland and Ireland 🍀 and Bengal.
Your future is sharia law.
Excellent show. ty! Though, an interesting note about the blue stones of Stonehenge: Despite the BBC saying so, I believe that the origins of them (the blue stones) is still disputed amongst accredited scholars. Worth doing more research regarding the subject.
Absolutely fascinating story on this history ! Thank you for the wonderful narrative !
Love the beautiful Broadsworth garden and the amazing library!
Fascinating. Buildings from antiquity have an aura a presence difficult to quantify.
Oh boy. I needed something good to watch ❤❤❤❤❤
Drone footage has revolutionized history documentaries.
I adore Dan Snow, would love to have dinner with him and talk about history, would be so fascinating
England in 118 minutes: A few revolting peasants, several Kings called George and a Dachshund named Colin!
I think you meant a Corgi called Maurice! And that bastard Blackadder stirring the pot in the background!
78 minutes
Absolutely brilliant!
Glad you enjoyed!
My only complaint? Not long enough! Wonderful tour through the ages.
Thanks! So enjoyed that!
I know more of Britain's history than of my own's country, simply because there are so many interesting yt videos on the subject.
I'm surprised in a way that the Romans did not destroy Stone Henge? Excellent job Mr. Snow! I'm 1/2 English by heritage. I was told the Dysons come from Huddersfield in Yorkshire..
Why? Romans were pretty evil all things considered, but no way they had enough dynamite to blow up heavy stone structures, they didn't destroy pyramids either.
Dan snow is history hit 🤛🏻🔥💯
Fantastic video, as always
There wont be an English story left if English heritage have their way.
Just take out the word Complete and then it's a very good video . Of course it would need to be at least 3 times longer or more to approach completeness .
300 times longer
An hour of Dan Snow?
I'm in.
He's a great communicator
@@Electricdreams21 I love how you can tell that he is absolutely fascinated by history
@@muddymite4936 history has always been my favourite subject from way back in primary school and I was lucky enough to have a great history teacher at secondary school. I just love it when people are experts AND great communicators. It's quite rare and such a skill!
Fasten your seatbelts!
Great presentation, love British history since my maternal forebears the Drew family has lineage all the way back to William the Conqueror and mentioned in his Doomsday Book of 1066 as Drewe! Am a direct descendant of William Drew from Devon who landed at Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1648! Went to another smaller stonehenge when I was in the famous lovely English countryside, fascinating! Dan, did you know the Snow family is one of the founding families of Cape Cod? Where I spent my summers at my grandmother's house built in 1776 and recently lived there for 36 years, along with the Nickerson family also from England who founded the town of Chatham at the elbow of the Cape and the Eldredge,Bassett, Hopkins and Winslow families. Most of the historic towns and cities on the Cape and in New England are named after the ones in England as you may know. Small world, thanks for more history, much appreciated, cheers from Yankee New England~♥💙🍺🍺
That is quite a lineage you have, glad you value it, tell your children and grandchildren. The British had a huge role in world history, inventive, empire building, fabulous academic achievements, and the country that invented industrial production. All of it in your family history.
@@davidgray3321 Thanks, I have told my children and grandchildren! I think it's very important to know one's past family history! Agree with you on the British contribution throughout history and a very romantic culture as well!
@@brendadrew834 I hope you can get back here soon, June is usually a good month but you never know.
One day when walking along the coast in England I came across the place when the Mayflower left our shores. Years later whilst walking in America, I found where they landed by sheer fate. Quite a journey in a small ship. All the best. The mayflower by the way is the flower of the Hawthorne tree, they are in the hedgerows in spring, an attractive white flower.
@@davidgray3321 Very interesting because our first American novelist was famous Nathaniel Hawthorne, born in Salem, MA "Halloween Central" here and was a direct descendant of a William Hathorn originally from England, who was a judge during the infamous Salem Witch trials in 1692! Hawthorne added the "w" in his surname and also had a job in customs and then lived in England and Italy for a number of years. His wife was Sophia Peabody who was an artist who described him as an "Adonis" as he was very handsome! You can read about their long marriage together in a fascinating book, "New England Love Story", they should make a movie about that!!
Her older sister Elizabeth Peabody was a teacher and started the kindergarten movement here in the states and was the first woman to own a bookstore in Boston in the mid-1800s. Their other sister was Mary Peabody who was also a teacher and married education reformer Horace Mann of the Horace Mann Schools. They ere also very close friends with the famous Alcott family in Concord, MA, Bronson Alcott, a teacher and philosopher who started his progressive school, "Fruitlands" and admitted the first black child into his school in the mid 19th century! Father of famous Louisa May Alcott of "Little Women" fame! They're all buried on Writer's Hill at SleepyHollow Cemetery in Concord MA where I've been where you can tour the Alcott home, "Orchard House" and his school and the home of Nathaniel Hawthorn!
They're also buried with philosophers and Transcendental writers Ralph Waldo Emerson, a close friend of theirs and naturalist/writer/philosopher Henry Thoreau! Several years ago they brought back the remains of Hawthorne's wife Sophia and their oldest daughter Uma, to be buried next to Nathaniel after 100 years. Concord had a huge funeral parade through town celebrating that historic moment in time! You can read about the famous Peabody sisters in a fabulous book, "The Peabody Sisters", Three sisters who ignited American Romanticism", by Megan Marshall available on Amazon. A great book well worth reading! The town of Peabody MA is named after the family just northeast of Boston where I was born in 1948.
nice to know you're an immigrant
Some interesting nuggets in this (extraordinarily in)Complete History of England
Immensely interesting! Well done, and cheers from the U.S.
English History is fascinating.
The history of the British Isles (notjust England) is so rich and varied, it would take a documentary at least 10 times longer to do it full justice, so I hope you are on the case Dan! Nonetheless this was a wonderful watch.
thank so much
The breadth of history versus the realisation that people are always 'just people' is simultaneously hilarious and reassuring.
Heartfelt greetings from Moscow, RF.
Thank you that was enjoyable
Battle commemorated on a wall tapestry...gives the whole lowdown in stitches.
Just love this
Enjoyed that.
I was hoping to see more about King Cnut in this and his reign! please do a series on this :)
Fun summary, thanks! 🇬🇧😃😃😃
I remember this guy from 20th Century Battlefields, I didn't know he still does this stuff.
Oh you're in for a treat! Check out our channel
They built it then. Nobody can begin to repeat this landmark with all the technology and equipment of today. Not even close.
Great video
Good show thus far
Wow what an accomplishment!
I wish your government was as passionate about your home as you are. R.I.P., England.
Truly
Oh for God's sake
their government is run by usa now
@@davidsullivan7743for Allahs sake. Get it right.
@@Bogbastardo Same God. Abraham's God. Just different names and ways of worshipping.
excellent show
thanks to sharing from story, I exited to watch'
Great docu. Thanks, enjoyed it a LOT 👍
Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱, TW.
Very nice information
Very interesting program
Greetings from a fellow Balliolite! Mr Dan Snow, you are a shining star of Balliol (unlike a certain recent PM who made a total fool of himself)! 🌟
1066. The end of one Germanic tribe, the ascension of another Germanic tribe. Saxons, Danes, NORTHMAN…all Germans. Proud German here. Even English is a variant of old Germanic tongue…your current Windsor house of Royals very German….the Rus, the Franks, Angles, Angleland
Luv it more of Dan 👍👏
Better than a podcast slideshow history documentary.
I will save this for a nice Winter's night.
Extremely wonderful introduction documentary about 10000 years of England 🏴 🇬🇧 history..
a lesson and very timely video
All well done in breife a great teacher.
Really enjoyed but I also feel short changed … no mention of Vikings
We've got plenty of shows on the Vikings! Just couldn't fit EVERYTHING into one series
nothing existed before 1066
Excellent.
Virtually no mention of the Viking invasions outside Harald in 1066?
And no mention of the War of the Roses. To be fair English history simply cannot be crammed into the time of Dan Snows vid.
@@papapabs175 I noticed the War of roses absence also. I appreciate that English history is both complex and a massive subject, but the title is "A Complete History of England". Perhaps is should have been An abbreviated history of England with Dan Snow. Or Dan drives Around England and points out cool historic features. Both would be more accurate. ☺
I guess it’s because he’s basing it around historical tourist attractions. So as he didn’t go to Bosworth field, no mention of the war of the roses.
Snow has not studied English history pre 1066AD.
1066 is where britain starts up until now
Tremendous 🧐🌸🧡
Dover Castle and The Tower are fascinating places
Probably best if it was called a brief journey through some of England's history couple of big events/ eras bypassed completely but good enough. Always find Dan Snow good to listen to.
Does anyone know the location at the opening of the video at 00:01- Purbeck?
For St. George and ENGLAND !
Don't forget Ahmed and Abdi Mustapha Mercedes
St. George from Palestine
Sovereign but never Fascist 🇬🇧✌️
Starting interview with Heather at 4:52; her wide gold ring jumps from her right hand to her left hand and then back to her right hand. I find this very interesting and curious.
When you record, things are sometimes reversed. In editing they flip them back the correct way. If you look at her shirt, you will see the whole video is flipped for a few frames. It's a editing mistake.
Weird
Brodsworth Hall looks so similar to the Werribee Mansion, west of Melbourne in Australia. VERY similar interior and exterior in the Italianate style. Built in the late 1800's it was originally owned by the Chirnside family who owned most of the land across what is now the city of Wyndham.
Great Britain, the Greatest Empire the World Will Ever See.
at 5:30 are the the Precession lines?