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The Battle of Hastings was unusual in that it was an all day affair. Despite Harold's previous battle in the North against Hardrada,they were able to take a strong defensive position that held out almost all day! If they had been at full strength perhaps William would have to withdraw. But it was not to be! And William the Bastard became a King that day!
Indeed! The Anglo Saxon shield wall was pushing the Norman’s back at one point! However under the conquerer the Norman’s were a war machine. His cavalry tactics in the end manages to win the day by outflanking the old shield wall tactic. This that day William was immortalised
At all times rulers only interests in their subjects has been exploitation as submissive workers, servants and taxation objects. All for personal ambitions of wealth and power- then and now.
This playlist of evil deeds of the Catholic Church & the all encompassing corruption of the christian faith is exactly why luther & Calvin rejected Catholicism and became protestants against it, I'm pretty sure jesus would never have condoned the evil & corruption of the Papal Church as he preached forgiveness & peace, greed in the powerful will never cease to amaze me
Nobunaga gets a lot of stick for doing what every other Daimyo of his age was doing, he was just the best at it and did it on a grander scale. He was also a maverick of the highest order too. That’s why he gets a lot of crap from a very traditional culture.
Yea my favourite unifier by far! So ahead of his time! He had iron clad warships!!!!! Imagine what would have happened if he wasn’t attacked at honno ji
@@historyprofiles my favourite too, though I massively admire Ieyasu. Ieyasu (like Mitsuhide) had good reason to dislike the Oda after he had his heir and wife killed. Hideyoshi did the Oda clan dirty with no good motivation, his only redeeming feature was he was an outstanding general (the best of the three IMO).
@@mumblingmercian3386 yeah I agree, nobunaga was too much of a maverick had no respect for his subordinate daimyos, spoke to them like crap and yes he put pressure on ieyasu to have his own wife and son killed, and ieyasu actually did it! Just goes to show how Machiavellian ieyasu was, so patient and calculating. I love nobunaga for his early victories, overthrowing the shogun, being the fool of owari! Hideyoshi was a genius, I agree by far the best general, his work ethic was unmatched but yes, betraying his old master how he did with the guise of being hidenobus guardian then taking the power for himself was dirty. That just gave ieyasu the idea to do the same thing when hideyoshi died. His time had come and after a lifetime of waiting and somehow surviving all those battles, he finally became the shogun. The title nobunaga had taken away from Ashikaga yoshiaki. Thus ieyasu was the most Machiavellian as he lifeless used his own family members as pawns for his own ambition. I don’t know why but nobunagas story just entrances me than the others. All amazing tales though
Genocide: the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group William killed all of the Northumbrian’s, estimates to be over 100,000 people with the aim of destroying them. If that’s not genocide I don’t know what is
There have been many stories written long after Takeda Shingen's passing. One of these versions was chosen by film director Akira Kurosawa for his film titled 'Kagemusha' and by British historian Stephen Turnbull. Takeda Harunobu (Shingen) did not die because of an injury but due to illness. Shingen had been ill for years and was ill during the siege of Noda castle. The departure from Kofu prior to the siege was unusually slow because of this illness. After the fall of Noda castle, Shingen was unable to continue his military campaign, and withdrew to Nagashino, and went to Houraiji to recuperate, but when his condition didn't improve, a return to Kai was ordered. Shingen's sickness was a lung illness (consumption aka tuberculosis). On his way to Kofu, Shingen retired to Shinano province, Ina district, Ikkaneki-Komanba (Modern day Nagano prefecture, Shimoina district, Achimura city, Komanba). He died on the 12th day of the 4th month, of the first year of Tensho (1573), and he was 53 years old. Takeda Katsuyori, his wife and his eldest son committed suicide at (the Battle of) Temmokuzan in (March) 1582. Not all of Takeda Katsuyori's family died in April of 1582. His youngest son Takeda Katsuchika (born in 1580) who was two years old was taken under the protection of Tokugawa Ieyasu and shielded from Oda Nobunaga and his son Oda Nobutada. Tokugawa Ieyasu ignored Oda Nobutada's order to hunt down the remnants, and hid surviving retainers of the Takeda clan. Oda Nobutada also employed farmers to kill many other people, including ministers of justice, court ladies, and anyone related to the Takeda family, whose severed heads were presented to his army. Given gold in exchange for these heads, farmers searched for important members of the Takeda clan to kill them and present their heads to Oda's army. Katusyori's youngest and only surviving son, Takeda Katsuchika lived as a Tokugawa vassal until the old age of 103, yes, 103 as he died in 1682. A few other Kai Province Takeda clan members survived as well as former vassals. The Takeda were no longer masters and owners of Kai Province.
Let's GOOOOO. Business as usual! Still waiting on the story of the first Portuguese King, D.Afondo Henriques or his most brave Templar knight, Gualdin Pais or even the story Nuno Álvares Pereira, please! I have his first and last name!Thank You
@historyprofiles Whatever You prefer Sir. Trust Your great judgment and knowledge about medieval history! My youngest son wants to study high and low medieval history, cause of Your phenomenal content, so we really apreciate Your work! We take it all, as it comes! Thank You once more! Best chanel on RU-vid, no doubts about it.
@@NomadX7 that’s amazing!!! It’s crazy to think I have an impact like that! That really made me smile! Thank you so much for watching and showing the content to your kids it really means a lot!!
Christians may have thought they were saving us Japanese back during the sengoku era but you were mostly involving yourself in a war that doesn't involve you because you wanted land for your churches and the huge amount of silver and gold in Japan.
I prefer these kings of England, as they are mush tuffer, has warrior like. This represents the true Anglo-Saxon spirit that some of us in England still have, and also why did stop using these Anglo-Saxon names in monarchy anymore, ever since william the names of the monarchy is just French names with a different spelling
This is a fascinating video. I have learned so much and realised how little I knew/know about Æthelred. I was also delighted that the 'Norman-ness' of Edward the Confessor's court was highlighted, as this often seems to slip under the radar, with the impression given that the Norman invasion was an entirely new and unfamiliar regime. Thank you so much for this - I'm off to order books from the library about Æthelred, now that the gap in my knowledge has been exposed!
Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed it! Yes not many people do highlight that, Edward the confessor was basically a Norman, he spent the first half of his life in the Norman court, so he definitely related to the Norman lords more than the Anglo-Saxon ones
Tostig was Harold's brother. The Godwin family were collaborators with the Danish King Cnute. Edgar Aetheling's sister Margaret married Malcolm King of Scotland, and their daughter Matilda married William's youngest son King Henry I. Through the Plantagenets and the Stuarts the current dynasty decends from The House of Wessex.
I love these facts, Harold needs his own video to point out the treachery of his brother Tostitg! Harold Godwin son is one of my favourite English kings, just a shame he lasted so little time on the throne
Unfortunately there’s hardly any artwork in chronicles for 10th and 11th century England. I added the images of every chronicle and manuscript I could at the time, such as the image of Sweyn conquering England. I like to add other images though for the imaginative feel, not keeping every image the same and making the video more visually appealing
@@historyprofiles Yes, that's understandable, but I think there is a danger that some viewers will get misconceptions as to what was going on in differing periods, it's amazing what people take in, even unconsciously.
Almighty God, grant me the courage to face adversity with unwavering faith, knowing that You are my refuge and strength. Help me to trust in Your divine plan even when it's difficult to understand.
That king you’re talking about in this video is actually one of my relatives by blood. I know it sounds crazy as a random person says it’s their relative, but I have proof.
Men came from across the sea and killed his countrymen and beggared his realm so he took out vengeance against those men's families and Kin. I call that a great leader
Fair point, but at the time the Danes and northern had set up communities in the Dane law from the year 845 and the St Brice’s day massacre was 150 years after, do you know how many generations of people that is that would have settled there? At the time England was a nation for all tribes, as many living in the danelaw was Anglo-Scandinavian obviously being mixed so many would consider it evil, it wasn’t the settlers fault the Vikings came back to England and raided. The armies were then paid off and aethelred took out his wrath on innocents
IF Ethelred had really been that bad why do you think he was invited to return and take the throne after stepping away. The St Brides day massacre was not just him acting, the people also were far from happy living with who they saw as invaders still. This same division in society was inherited and remained until the Harrying of the North. Brutal times, and brutal solutions.
Fair point, but at the time the Danes and northern had set up communities in the Dane law from the year 845 and the St Brice’s day massacre was 150 years after, do you know how many generations of people that is that would have settled there? At the time England was a nation for all tribes, as many living in the danelaw was Anglo-Scandinavian obviously being mixed so many would consider it evil, it wasn’t the settlers fault the Vikings came back to England and raided. The armies were then paid off and aethelred took out his wrath on innocents
