Thank you so much for another exhiting video... I love your presentations... As a scandinavia I am impressed vith the level of written history in Britannia (England)... ;-)
@@AlexIlesUK Well - always enjoy your longform historical breakdowns, we found the channel thanks to your Saxon origins vids & yh, they're just a really well presented account of the history of the people! plus having just got back from Northumberland am really enjoying your series on the Kings of the North which, as you've described before is rather under-explored in the usual historical content you get on the period
Thank you - really does mean a lot to me! I really enjoy sharing the history and bringing it all to life for people! I've got a few plans in the works and hope to film a lot more. I'd love to get back to twice a week but we will see what I can manage!!
Really interesting video and channel, count me as subscribed and a fan! I see most of your content is about the North (the real North) which is incredibly refreshing, we don’t get enough on the history of it. Are you from there yourself?
I've lived up here for over ten years but I'm from all over the place. I'm glad you are enjoying it! I wanted to show off British history that people don't often get to see and Covid gave me a opportunity to get out and do it! I work as a tour guide by trade and provide tours all over the North East of England.
@@AlexIlesUK there’s so many interesting historical areas in the North, Escomb Church for example in Durham is an Anglo Saxon church and not many people know about it
@@AlexIlesUK Will have to take a look at the tours! Yeah I am, family tree and DNA ancestry goes way back to still being in the area which is interesting! An ancestor captured the Scottish King in the Battle of Neville’s cross
You know it's been on my list for a while, it may not be anytime soon but I do plan on doing one! I normally make a block of filming and then release them week by week, so it'll be a part of the next block or block after - thank you for the suggestion and reminder!
So lowland Scots is the Northumbrian dialect spoken in that region. As the Scots expanded the Northumbrians who lived there accepted their rule but continued to speak their dialects. When the Normans invaded, many Northumbrians crossed the border and continued to live in that region.
@@AlexIlesUK final question. The Anglo-Scots as I like to call them, the lowlanders who descend from Northumbria. In recent decades almost a century they're increasingly Gaelicizing in culture. Not language albeit. Why have the lowlanders increasingly take up into appropriating Gaelic culture? Before the 1900s they didn't have this much Gaelic culture. Both in Scotland and their diaspora
@@AlexIlesUK yeah you mentioned Penda in the fostering of Ecgfrith. As a potential threat to him should any issues occur between Northumbria and Mercia. Perhaps it was Peada, his son?
@@benziescha5438 Penda did foster Ecgfrith, Ecgfrith was a hostage in his court. Oswiu became king of Northumbria in 642, Ecgfrith was born in 645 and Penda died in 655 in battle, but before then Merica was still a very dominant power to the south Oswiu needed to deal with.
@@benziescha5438 No, I just had to go back and check - I don't remember every video in depth so I sometimes need to go back and double-check my dates, and times and take a moment to reply! You should look at the 'Did the Anglo-Saxons exist' video to see the kind of comments I have sadly become used to!
Very interesting. Thank you.
You are welcome!
Thank you so much for another exhiting video... I love your presentations... As a scandinavia I am impressed vith the level of written history in Britannia (England)... ;-)
Thank you agian! Aye we are lucky, combination of Romans and Roman inspired people!
Now this is very interesting information
really enjoyed this one! nicely done 🙌
Thanks - just for pointers what did you like?
@@AlexIlesUK Well - always enjoy your longform historical breakdowns, we found the channel thanks to your Saxon origins vids & yh, they're just a really well presented account of the history of the people!
plus having just got back from Northumberland am really enjoying your series on the Kings of the North which, as you've described before is rather under-explored in the usual historical content you get on the period
Thank you - really does mean a lot to me! I really enjoy sharing the history and bringing it all to life for people! I've got a few plans in the works and hope to film a lot more. I'd love to get back to twice a week but we will see what I can manage!!
Really interesting video and channel, count me as subscribed and a fan! I see most of your content is about the North (the real North) which is incredibly refreshing, we don’t get enough on the history of it. Are you from there yourself?
I've lived up here for over ten years but I'm from all over the place. I'm glad you are enjoying it! I wanted to show off British history that people don't often get to see and Covid gave me a opportunity to get out and do it! I work as a tour guide by trade and provide tours all over the North East of England.
@@AlexIlesUK there’s so many interesting historical areas in the North, Escomb Church for example in Durham is an Anglo Saxon church and not many people know about it
It's one of the places I've just written into one of my tours because it's an existing Anglo-Saxon church! I presume your a North Eastener too?
@@AlexIlesUK Will have to take a look at the tours! Yeah I am, family tree and DNA ancestry goes way back to still being in the area which is interesting! An ancestor captured the Scottish King in the Battle of Neville’s cross
Well that's one prestigious claim to fame! Well done for capturing David II!
Would be great to see you do a video about William's harrying of the north
You know it's been on my list for a while, it may not be anytime soon but I do plan on doing one! I normally make a block of filming and then release them week by week, so it'll be a part of the next block or block after - thank you for the suggestion and reminder!
Thanks for the video!
You're welcome
Great video Alex cheers Mate
You are welcome!
This channel is so awesome
Thank you!! Much appreciated
Go Picts. He is written about in the great novel Credo. Worth a read
Go Northumbrians! :) I will look out for it!
Just for the sake of clarification - shouldn’t his name be pronounced like „Edge Frith”? Ecg actually comes from the Old English word for edge
Honestly it's been so long since I made this episode, I can't remember! I hope you enjoyed the content all the same
Can you explain the Northumbrian influence on Lowland Scots and the Scots language (not to be confused with Scots-Gaelic)
So lowland Scots is the Northumbrian dialect spoken in that region. As the Scots expanded the Northumbrians who lived there accepted their rule but continued to speak their dialects. When the Normans invaded, many Northumbrians crossed the border and continued to live in that region.
@@AlexIlesUK thanks
@@AlexIlesUK final question.
The Anglo-Scots as I like to call them, the lowlanders who descend from Northumbria. In recent decades almost a century they're increasingly Gaelicizing in culture.
Not language albeit. Why have the lowlanders increasingly take up into appropriating Gaelic culture? Before the 1900s they didn't have this much Gaelic culture.
Both in Scotland and their diaspora
Because Scotland has a really good marketing campaign to the world and it's easier to teach a homogeneous history than a nuanced one!! :)
@@AlexIlesUK it's unfortunate. I much like Lowland history and culture.
Wasn't Penda killed by Oswiu?
Yes, he was, it's a long time since I have made the video - did I make a mistake? Oswald was killed by Penda and Oswiu killed Penda.
@@AlexIlesUK yeah you mentioned Penda in the fostering of Ecgfrith. As a potential threat to him should any issues occur between Northumbria and Mercia. Perhaps it was Peada, his son?
@@benziescha5438 Penda did foster Ecgfrith, Ecgfrith was a hostage in his court. Oswiu became king of Northumbria in 642, Ecgfrith was born in 645 and Penda died in 655 in battle, but before then Merica was still a very dominant power to the south Oswiu needed to deal with.
@@AlexIlesUK ahhh now it makes sense. Brilliant, cheers for that mate. Sorry if I've come off as pedantic there haha
@@benziescha5438 No, I just had to go back and check - I don't remember every video in depth so I sometimes need to go back and double-check my dates, and times and take a moment to reply! You should look at the 'Did the Anglo-Saxons exist' video to see the kind of comments I have sadly become used to!
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