The Saxons used the sax as their traditional weapon. The Trombonians and Bassoonites proved to be less successful among the Germanic tribes, and have largely been forgotten by history.
It's a shame really, the trambonians had a really interesting way of electing their new leader which involved blowing trombones into people's ears. It really is an underrated part of German history.
Jotham Bate Pfft. You think thats cool? You all forget the most underrated part of history the election of the Viking Kings. They used electric guitars and had epic heavy metal/black metal battles to see who was the most worthy for the throne of Metalnavia.
cfytcf Well have you ever heard of the Chellonians of Ancient Greece? You see they were a very advanced society, and had a advanced law system know as the Chellomonopioplisicupius were many senators would decide the direction their kingdom was going by listening to the soothing sounds of the Chello. The Romans also used this system later on, but the Greeks said they stole their idea. This erupted in the Chello Wars. It lasted from 6 AD to 10 AD and took many lives... 1 lik= on soul loust in da Chello Wars gos 2 rest 👍 😪😭
VC YT And it isn't Celtic DNA, it's Basque. The Basques emigrated into the British Isles around 4500 to 5000 years ago at the transition between the Neolithic and Copper Ages, while the Celts were Early Iron Age invaders from Central Europe who subjugated the Basques and imposed their language and culture.. Irish legends even allude to this in stories about the Tuatha te Danaan being an earlier people than the Celts.
I'm from Brazil and for some reason I've been studying ancient british and scottish history for several years. I found your video phantastic! A great sum up of this ages, i loved the drawnings!
Your problem with the Heptarchy came from forgetting Sussex. It was one of the earliest kingdoms founded, and Bede lists its founder Ælle as the first Bretwalda. But as the invaders advanced and founded Wessex, Essex, and other realms that became incorporated into Mercia, Sussex lost power and influence.
Oh wow, RU-vid actually recommended a new channel that I'd actually be interested in! Subscribed! I wish this happened more often! I look forward to checking out your other stuff.
Anglo-Saxon had a lot of sex, one for each direction except north, probably because they didn't want to name the land Norsex as that would sound like no sex.
Cheeky remarks, witty puns, thoughtful references. And a good narration of interesting events. You've got a good formula there, Hilbert. Keep it up. Glad I got this in my recommendations!
As a long time pre-gunpowder Anglo/Celtophile. I want to thank you for concisely casting much light on what has indeed been a very dark muddled period in the history of the British Isles.
Amazing video as always. Just wanted to add though that the Heptarchy included the kingdoms of Essex and Sussex as well as East Anglia, Wessex, Mercia, Kent and Northumbria.
One thing to remember, however, is despite the fact that there was a distinct Irish tradition of Christianity that developed in Ireland, it was actually always in union with Rome and was understood by all to be 'one church' rather than two. There was a bit of local practice but this often exists within eastern local churches that areceithee in union with Rome or with Constantinople
6:51 You've still forgotten how to count. Even when splitting up Northumbria you only get six kingdoms: 1. Wessex 2. Kent 3. Mercia 4. East Anglia 5. Bernicia 6. Daria The real heptarchy are: East Anglia Mercia Northumbria Wessex Essex Kent Sussex
It's worth mentioning that Hengist and Horsa are most likely mythological figures, relating the to horse-based twins that are common in Indo-European religions. Twin founders of races/countries are common as well. The overall idea of what happened is probably accurate but it's muddied by mythological ethnic origin stories.
Rome builds a wall - Celts get past it. China builds a wall - Mongols get past it. USSR builds a wall - Germans get past it. USA builds a wall - What do you think is going to happen?
The Berlin Wall was built by the communist government of East Germany, not the USSR, and it was very effective at preventing people from East Berlin fleeing into free West Berlin. I'm not a communist, but I will admit that the Berlin Wall did its job.
WE WILL BUILD A GRAND WALL AND THE PICTS ARE GONNA PAY FOR IT NO ONE BUILDS WALLS GREATER THEN ME. GRAB EM BY THE STRONG HOLD. THE PICTS HAVE BECOME AN EPIDEMIC.
14:40 - I heard that the welsh attitude was basically "Well, we have the satisfaction to know those anglo saxons are going to hell when they die." They didn't convert the anglo saxons, because they hated them too much. And, at least at the time, you couldn't blame them that much.
Between the fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance. After Rome collapsed its currency, military, wealth, and most of its knowledge except what was written down or told to people by the church. Rome was the richest (The whole known ancient world traded with Rome and it had the most slaves), had the biggest military (wooden ships, horse back men with swords, and a walking armored army), and was the most scientifically advanced (roads, writing, aquaducts, and philosophy), and most diverse (thanks to captured slaves and people paying finantial and politcal tribute from captured territory).
It's not too hard to imagine the Picts flipping from P- to Q-Celtic, as Irish Christianity had an enormous influence not just on Britain but on Europe in general, as they basically (re)invented (roman)handwriting, which means when they taught Christianity to the Picts, they probably taught many of them how to read, and therefore somewhat how to speak.
yes! Saxons! excellent video , this must have taken ages!! would have liked to hear you go over the crucial battle of Deorham (Dyrham -nr Bath) where Glevum, Corinium and Aquae Sulis were taken by the Gerwisse and the 3 Brythonic kings were killed. It must have been an epic battle and was decisive, after losing this strategically Important area the Romano-British were doomed, and also this is when the ethnic separation of Wales and Dumnonia occurred, and apparently also when the Cornish and Welsh languages began to diverge and become distinctly different. regardless of all that I very much enjoyed this wide-ranging and incredibly detailed video. thanks very much
+Ceawlin of Wessex Ah yes there was so much I wanted to go into detail about but didn't have time for, like the Northumbrian-Mercian Wars and a more in depth look at the conquest of the British kingdoms within England. The video did actually take me a very long time but it's worth it when I get comments like yours, thank you for all the support!
History With Hilbert no problem, I love the scope of this channel but Dark Ages/ migration period is my favourite, and you cover it so well. Pronunciation definitely warrants a mention, it's excellent. Hopefully you'll revisit this again, a video about specific battles during the conquest would be great; sources allowing of course. And as ever, more Gerwisse please as we all know they are the best ;)
How ironic. Irish and Scottish people hate the English because of "persecution", yet it were the Irish and Scottish who invaded mainland England before the Anglo-Saxons did.
Ragnar Lodbrok You're comparing barbarian raiding parties and tribes to a kingdom invasion of centuries of murder, rapes and staving people in their millions.
Geek Galaxy The tribal Celts still did everything to the Roman Celts that the English did to the tribal Celts. Not the English’ fault that you refused to assimilate and kept revolting. I’m mostly Scottish btw
I love your channel and have learned a lot watching your videos. Have you considered making a video dedicated to the Dacians and the history surrounding them? I think it would interest a lot of people. Keep up the amazing work. Cheers!
This was good, but I wish you structured it better so we’d know when one arc ends and another begins. Otherwise, I’d know which were minor details that led to major details, and which were major details. Please keep up the good work.
a minor suggestion: avoid using the term "different churches", its more accurate to say different rites, these traditions were obviously very different and is likely the institution in these specific places was highly autonomous, however all the churches in this period were in a single communion and not seprated, all the bishops of ireland and britain responded to the Patriarch in Rome, what happens later however is that the bishop of rome becomes increasingly power thirsty and in an effort to centralize the church practice they push for the inforcement of Roman rite in these places even though they were already in his jurisdiction, the same thing was done to France, Hispania, Northern and Southern Italy, Moravia and north africa to a extent
@@spraffman unfortunally it isnt, and its a well known fact, in certain cases it was even a rather violent transition, in Ireland by the 12th century local kings were tearing down historical monastic communities in order to allign with the roman rite.
supported tho, like he supported thee frankish reform that got rid of the Gallician and Ambrosian rite, obviously he didnt literally went there with his army to supress local traditions
But English still has its own wordstock, i.e. Old English (though unfortunately much reduced), that is purely English and has a directly lineage back. It has borrowed many words (many, many words!) but at its heart is a core of common everyday English words (not French, not Danish, not German, not Latin, etc.). Folk like to dismiss English as degenerate mongrel tongue that only stole words from other languages but that is not true. Anglo-Saxon English was formed and matured on the British mainland. Being one of the most literary and artistic languages in Europe at that time. Even Charlemagne was impressed with the learning and literature of the Anglo-Saxons. Do I wish we still had many of our lond-dead Anglo-Saxon words? Absolutely! Anglish for the win!
What are you talking about? Old English is a Germanic language, and the Anglo-Saxons were Germanic as well. The language before that was Celtic/Latin, with the Romans leaving surprisingly little, and before that it's unknown. Yes, there are words that have no root in Germanic or French/Latin (for instance dog), but they are rare. English is a Germanic languages, with a ton of words from elsewhere, mainly French.
Have you heard the hypothesis that "Hengist and Horsa" were mythical, like Romulus and Remus, and that mention of them just means ancient roots, not actual ancestors? The first Saxons in Briton likely date from staffing the Saxon Shore and Carausius' Rebellion of ~280CE. Also, the "Jutes" were really a subgroup of Franks from Belgium. This is proven though Kentish placenames, and archaeological recovery of pottery and jewelry. "Jute" is likely a variation of "Ghent." The Angles, meanwhile were Frisian, not Danish. Again, proven by linguistic analysis, recovered artifacts and placenames.
I read one historian who argued persuasively that the "Jutes" were really Cherusi, a Frankish ally, with Franks settling them in SE Britain as a federated buffer state, just like the Romans had done to other tribes. Why? Because Byzantium was resurgent and Franks feared that Romano-British would ally with Constantinople. So the Franks secured the channel by settling Cherusi in Kent and on the Isle of Wight. The Frankish weaponry and fine goods support Kent being more closely allied with the Franks than with their Saxon neighbors.
Love your vids, very informative! They should show these in schools here in the UK. One tiny tiny gripe, and I appologise for being so pedantic, but Dyfed is pronounced 'Duh ved'. Your Welsh is pretty damn good otherwise fair play to you!
Don’t think I’ve met an Ulster Unionist that denies their Irish heritage, it’s a current affair. NI is British at the moment and likely will be for the foreseeable future.
Why it was Arthur of course and Camelot. Just remember that he united all of Asia under one kingdom and in doing so brought balance to the Light and Dark sides of the Force and bended all of the four elements to save Middle-Earth and its capitol Neotokyo from the four Chaos Gods and The Heartless. And he was the world's first Pokemon Master! All this other stuff is speculation and mythological nonsense.
Doing a crash course in the history of Britain in preparation for Thrones of Britain TW game coming out next year. A very informative and entertaining group of videos.
Probably there were already considerable settlements of Germanic mercenaries on the 'Saxon Shore' of post-Roman Britain before Hengist and Horsa arrived. Hengist probably organized them, made them more effective, and greatly augmented their numbers wit fresh recruits before he eventually rebelled against Vortigern and established Kent as a Jutish kingdom. Thereby he opened the floodgates to further waves of invaders who founded the other kingdoms.
I would go further and say that a germanic language had been spoken in eastern Britain for quite some time by most of the population, hence no celtic place names. The Celtic language may have started being less popular after Boudica.
I guess I know where the Wildlings, the North, and the Wall came from on Game of Thrones. Wildlings are the descents of the first men who were the first human people of Westeros. Wildlings live in a frozen waste land held in by a giant wall made of ice. Created to keep a race of magical zombies out of Southern Westeros. Wildlings can't escape due to a group ofor knights called the Mights Watch because the Watch think the Wildlings are barbaric, primitive, theifs. Lancaster Monarchy of the Andal people rule Southern Westeros after taking over the continent. gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Free_Folk
Great vid, just a tip on the welsh, as it is a single d at the end of dyfed, it is pronounced like an english 'd', as apposed to the name Dafydd, which is pronounced like a 'th', also in north wales the -dd is pronounced more like a -v than a -th, once again great vid, keep up the good work!
Scanned the title way too fast and read The Politics of British Dancing and thought, "Ah, a chance for ooh-ooh-ooh feeling good". But it was just a re-flex.
I think it's accepted that the Romano-British weren't displaced by the Anglo-Saxons and driven west, rather that there was a transfer of power at the top of society and that their culture was overlayed; much like as happened at the time of the Norman conquest.
MISTAKES 1. The jutes couldnt invite their friends as didnt have any, for Vortigern invited all. 2. the uprising never happed as was a dispute with 1 fort in kent of britons, NOT the native celts who comprised the majority in britain.
