The Fight for Scottish Independence | The Life & Times of Robert the Bruce

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March 19, 1286. King Alexander III, whom you might vaguely recall from the Haakon IV video as a king who existed, is dead. His only heir is his three-year-old granddaughter, who was also the daughter of the king of Norway and married to the crown prince of England, it was beginning to look like the band was getting back together! Then she died. And now, well, there was no obvious successor, and a lot of people had a claim to the throne. The council who was ruling the kingdom on the queen’s behalf decide in order to prevent civil war that they need a third party to weigh in, someone totally divorced from the situation with no interest in Scottish politics. And unfortunately they chose... the king of England. Who chose a guy, then quickly deposed him and put an Englishman in charge. Thus the stage was set for the wars of Scottish independence, featuring a lot less blue facepaint, a lot more backstabbing, and just a little bit more numberwang.
Fun fact, for some reason this video is showing up as the 6th or 7th result for Numberwang on RU-vid just because it shows up once in the subtitles. I wonder what happens if I put Numberwang in the description and tags a couple of times. Numberwang.
Music (in order of appearance):
Kevin Macleod - Scottish Jigs
Kevin Macleod - Hidden Past
San Francisco Symphonic Assembling covering Monty Python - King Arthur's Theme
Kevin Macleod - Court of the Queen
Kevin Macleod - Final Battle of the Dark Wizards
Kevin Macleod - Eternal Hope
Kevin Macleod - Reign
Kevin Macleod - Volatile Reaction

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@JackRackam 2 года назад

Ahoy there, peasants. Don't you wish you were a lord like me? Use code JRACKAM at EstablishedTitles.com/JRackam for 10% off your dedicated land

@RomanumChristum 2 года назад

I’m so pissed I never even knew this video existed and it’s a blast, also the Monty python music when we cut to London is hilarious

@JackRackam 2 года назад

@@RomanumChristum lol, technically this video isn't released yet

@RomanumChristum 2 года назад

@@JackRackam Dang it isn’t? Well hope you continue to keep at it with the amazing videos. You really are entertaining while keeping sometimes obscure historical topics known.

@princekyros 2 года назад

You are aware that these Scottish laird "titles" are scams. Right? Edit: also, these scam sites are sometimes money laundering schemes or phishing scams on top of being regular scams as well. Be very careful everyone.

@princekyros 2 года назад

I haven't seen EstablishedTitles before but there's thousands of these websites that boldly claim that you can legally call yourself a lord/laird or lady or whatever and they always put in the small print that people calling Scottish landlords "lords" or "lairds" of "Glenmore" is a colloquial term/joke and it doesn't legally entitled you to anything. The house of lords even decided to weigh in on this and the court of Lord Lyons (the guy responsible for all arms and bearings in Scotland, as well as records of noble genealogies) directly stated that: "The ownership of “souvenir” plots of land of a few square feet or thereby such as are marketed from time to time, is insufficient to bring anyone within the jurisdiction of the Lord Lyon King of Arms." As far as I'm aware the only way of "officially" buying any sort of feudal (let alone an actual peerage title) title in the UK is through manorial lordships and even that's rife with scams and the house of lord again came out and warned people to not only fall for these scams (and then call and complain to them that is) but that manorial lordships only entitle you to getting a "Lord of X Manor" on your ID and that's about it. Scottish laid titles absolutely can't be bought and sold and especially not with useless tiny "souvenir" plots. It doesn't entitle one to anything.

@melliecolesg231 2 года назад

I just find it strange how so many people skip from Wallace's victory to Bruce's, as if there weren't 11 years of buffer-zone with various other rulers in between.

@genderbender6958 2 года назад

Because this isn't a video about a certain timeline, but Bruce's history

@justinhammer3196 2 года назад

Maybe read up on Wallace's victory. I mean he was there. I'll give him that.

@joshsmith7692 Год назад

It was a 10minute video.

@lordbusiness-qs4ok 2 года назад

Do a video about Puyi, from him being a child Emperor, then losing the mandate of heaven, then puppet of warlords and Japanese, then becoming a civil servant in the PRC.

@neutralbychoice3584 2 года назад

Yeah, that would be a great video.

@user-xb4uy6jf8i 2 года назад

There’s a movie about him, The Last Emperor

@bosunbill9059 2 года назад

Imagine becoming a dedicated Communist Emperor

@me0101001000 2 года назад

@@bosunbill9059 yeah.... imagine..

@helixaether872 2 года назад

All the while being obsessed with phones

@panqueque445 2 года назад

"Who you might recall as a king who existed" The best kind of king

@JackRackam 2 года назад

Exactly! It's hit or miss with the ones who didn't exist, but when it comes to the ones that did, you always know what you're in for

@TheFiresloth 2 года назад

@@JackRackam Yeah. Grotesque tyranny. Vive la République !

@benc.3128 2 года назад

@@JackRackam and it’s not usually good tbh

@dshock85 2 года назад

"By this point Wallace doesn't matter anymore"....and the wail of millions of Braveheart bros was heard around the galaxy.

@danb9460 2 года назад

Eh I didn’t like the movie. Wasn’t historically accurate in terms of weapons and armour and such.

@justinhammer3196 2 года назад

@@danb9460 Or events that took place. I guess it was a little off.

@rejvaik00 2 года назад

Who cares lol It was just entertaining I loved the movie and the premise behind it regardless of accuracy

@thisasiankidistrashfordram374 10 месяцев назад

The irony being that the epiphet "Braveheart" referred to ROBERT THE BRUCE & not William Wallace Until Mel Gibson's movie. Robert had once made a solemn vow to go on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but never had time to do so while getting war-torn Scotland back on its feet. So, after Robert died, his buddy Sir James Douglas/Black Douglas took King Robert's actual HEART in a box while crusading in the Holy Land.

@Cara-39 8 месяцев назад

@@thisasiankidistrashfordram374 Bruce was never referred to as Braveheart/Brave Heart and his heart is buried in Melrose Abbey, as per his final wishes. He did request that his heart be taken to the holy land first but the crusade never materialized so instead, John Douglas and co took it with them to fight the Muslims in Spain. Unfortunately, almost the entire group was killed in the first battle so the heart and Douglas's body were sent back to Scotland and the heart finally laid to rest in Melrose.

@michaelsinger4638 2 года назад

Robert the Bruce is a textbook example of learning from your past mistakes, changing things up, and then winning in the end.

@knightoffailure1869 2 года назад

A rare thing in rulers, considering how failures often end, but magnificent when it happens. Heraclius certainly comes to mind for that archetype as well.

@manatarms7652 2 года назад

Or ironically Edward 1 in the second barons war

@iseeyou5061 Год назад

Right there with Emepror Alexios then

@mrgopnik5964 2 года назад

William Wallace: “Who are you?” Robert de Bruce: “I’m you, but successful… and less famous, but hey, you win some, you lose some”

@Grort 2 года назад

Less famous abroad, but ol' Bruce is the one on the notes up here.

@ishmeilmathis2218 2 года назад

D-Did he just sneak an ad into the general storytelling? Well played Rackham well played...

@greatexpectations6577 2 года назад

That made me lol

@RainintheBrain 2 года назад

A good topic for the future: Thomas Alexandre Dumas. The Real life count of Monte Cristo. He was the son of Hatitian Slave Woman. He became a high ranking general in the French Army during the French Revolutionary Wars. His son Alexandre Dumas used his father as the inspiration for his books like the Count of Monte Cristo. Also Brian Boru King of Ireland would be a great topic.

@comettamer 11 месяцев назад

Would love to see one on Brian Boru

@RainintheBrain 11 месяцев назад

@@comettamer It would be perfect of a March/St Patrick's day episode

@thisasiankidistrashfordram374 10 месяцев назад

Don't forget how Dumas won battles for NAPOLEON, then butted heads with ol Boni (who tried to restore slavery in the colonies). Taken as POW & denied pension when he got out.

@seanmcloughlin5983 2 года назад

It gives me the warm fuzzies how literally every retelling of the Scottish war for independence is more interesting than Braveheart because it uses the ACTUAL history which is already cool and doesn’t need embellishments. Edit: also interesting thing Jack didn’t have time for, John Balials (no idea how it’s spelled,) still kicking around and this entire time he’s still the papal recognized king of Scotland, so Robby and his mates write this big letter to the pope arguing that unlike most monarchs the PEOPLE of Scotland chose him to be king, and this document is still an important piece in Scottish nationalism as it basically declared only the Scottish people could choose their ruler which has all sorts of later consequences when we get to the Jacobins.

@KitchenSinkSoup 2 года назад

It's John Balliol btw.

@avantelvsitania3359 2 года назад

You mean Jacobites? Jacobins are the French hardcore revolutionaries.

@seanmcloughlin5983 2 года назад

@@avantelvsitania3359 I didn’t get any sleep last night lol

@magivkmeister6166 2 года назад

Braveheart is still a highly entertaining movie, just not very historical

@JennieKermode 2 года назад

@@magivkmeister6166 I'm not a fan of 'Braveheart', but to be fair to it, it's adapted from a novel rather than (initially at least) purporting to be a true account of history.

@pisces2569 Год назад

Boy that ad aged like milk

@johng7003 2 года назад

I have to say Outlaw King is one of my favourite historical or historical drama movies plus that is also one of the few ones that the production and director actually tried to make it as accurate as possible(armour, everyday clothing, traditions of the time, actual events etc...). This film deserves as equal recognition as Braveheart. Robert the Bruce in general is a fascinating individual in history.

@iordanvassilev8091 2 года назад

Yeah I couldn't believe how much I enjoyed this film

@michaelsinger4638 2 года назад

Chris Pine actually doing a half decent Scottish accent.

@westrim 2 года назад

And then they screwed it all up by having a final battle that did not remotely resemble the real one/s (Battle of Loudoun Hill and Battle of Bannockburn), and placing Edwards I and II where they should not have been. Also, the everyday clothing generally lacked the most common color of Scottish clothing of the time, yellow. They get a C for effort.

@JJJBunney001 2 года назад

@@westrim I don't think its that bad, they definitely messed a few things up but they got so much right I'd atheist give it a B

@iMertin90 2 года назад

edward 2nd didnt fight at loudoun hill

@Artur_M. 2 года назад

"Okay, everyone who is isn't from the 13th century out! Out!" A bunch of guys in plate armour (most rather fantasy-looking) stay anyway. :)

@JackRackam 2 года назад

👀

@givemethelamp2652 2 года назад

Honestly, Edward I would be an interesting video on his own. Survives the Hassasin's, took over Wales, helped popularised easter eggs and escaped capture by tiring out the horses they had.

@blenderbanana 2 года назад

I'm sorry. Easter Eggs? I am picturing a euphamism?

@givemethelamp2652 2 года назад

@@blenderbanana Nope, he had 450 eggs covered in gold leaf and sent to his court as a easter present.

@blenderbanana 2 года назад

@@givemethelamp2652 And Not worth a single I-Phone Processor. Even the gifts sucked; back then 😒

@givemethelamp2652 2 года назад

@@blenderbanana Hey, could he worse - he gave Wales a ring of iron after their rebellion and, after his wife died, planted 12 crosses all across England, with the most famous one in Charing Cross.

@jessicafournerat3804 Год назад

Jack Rackam If you do a video of Edward The 1st then mention that he was a anti Semite who expelled Jewish people from England which was wrong.

@jez4900 2 года назад

As an English man i thoroughly dislike this video! Nothing but a treacherous rebellious vassal that got lucky with big pointy sticks and muddy ground. Can believe we lost to a bunch of guys in skirts with little purses on there belts. Joking btw, love the video!

@lionheart6176 Год назад

Jack...you should probably know that established titles is a scam.

@prettypic444 2 года назад

you just made this video so you could do a Scottish accent, didn't you? Also, you NEED to make a video(s) about Queen Isabella (the she-wolf of France), Edward II, and Edward III.

@TheNickcone 2 года назад

I second that suggestion.

@HistoryandOtherStuffwithBV 2 года назад

9:06 Edward II confusing the circular and rectangular schiltrons. The circular was indeed only good for defense, but Robert was using the rectangular schiltron at Bannockburn, and that one was effective on offense as well as defense. And yes, I did watch K&G's short explaining the schiltrons.

@Bobthebuilder-yq6bw 2 года назад

Wallace was the one who fought the English at Stirling

@HistoryandOtherStuffwithBV 2 года назад

@@Bobthebuilder-yq6bw Ah, I got confused due to Stirling being mentioned as the castle in video, but the battlefield not being mentioned. Will fix the original comment after posting this reply

@Bobthebuilder-yq6bw 2 года назад

It's fine just thought you wanted to know

@owenhay7154 2 года назад

@@Bobthebuilder-yq6bw funnily enough it has been debated that Andrew Murray was the true tactician behind the victory at Stirling bridge perhaps explaining the tragic loss at falkirk led by wallace

@caelcooper3515 2 года назад

Mr. Rackam, I have been saying this for a long time but you are criminally under-subbed my friend. Your content is some of the most fascinating and entertaining to watch amongst all historical RU-vidrs. I genuinely get filled with excitement as well as intrigue as soon as that notification comes across my screen. Keep up the fantastic work and I wish all the best for you in the future! Also if you would ever like a voice actor with a proper Scottish accent please let me know. I would love to just be a part of the process. Much love and thank you for all you do in this community!

@perturbedbatman2009 2 года назад

"That formation is only good for defense, so let's force them to play defense!"

@DezzaTribe 2 года назад

An English account of the wars for the Scottish crown - “1291: That’s Numberwang! 1296: Yes! That’s Numberwang! 1297: I’m sorry, that’s not Numberwang. 1300: that’s it! That’s Numberwang!! 1314: Oh dear, I’m afraid that isn’t Numberwang.”

@JackRackam 2 года назад

"A history of England 1066-present as told by Numberwang"

@Jay_Johnson 2 года назад

but is it Wangernum?

@mercurysorbit5138 2 года назад

I wonder when zero first appeared on Numberwang. You haven’t made it as a number until you’re on it.

@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes 2 года назад

Pretty sure the accents for the majority of both sides in the main conflict here should be "hon hon hon oui oui baguette" Robert the Bruce and Edward were both Anglo-Normans and primarily spoke French.

@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes 2 года назад

@PHX Swan That's Gaelic mythology. Scythians are specifically Indo-Iranian which means they definitely are not actually the ancestors of Celts though. More like cousins. (though there is actually a lot of leeway here as people in the past used "Scythians" _very_ broadly to refer to numerous steppe peoples. Of course not all of these should be treated as the same as the 'real' Scythians.) It's an interesting story, but it's about the same to me as the Sagas claiming Thor is descended from Agamemnon or everyone and their dad claiming to be Trojan. At least if we think of them as the same as the Saka we actually recognize as Saka/Scythians today.

@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes 2 года назад

@PHX Swan Yeah, I know it's from his letter. I'm saying people back then made assumptions based on myths too. The English thought they were descendant from Trojans at the time. All Indo-European cultures are descended from the Yamnaya culture of the Pontic-Caspian Steppe, North of the Black Sea. They're not Scythians but Scythians are some of their descendants. The thing is Scythians are an Iranian people and don't predate the Halstatt and La Tène cultures associated with Celts. So they'd be more like cousins. Not saying it isn't fine to believe it though.

@dontgivamonkeyz 2 года назад

Exactly! Most people have no idea about that fact. Movie after movie just reinforce a false perception people have of that period in history.

@NimbleIvy 2 года назад

El Cid, and Robert the Bruce within the same week? Awesome!

@JonManProductions 2 года назад

(A song from Sabaton's "The Last Stand" album on the subject of Bannockburn begins playing ominously in the background)

@firstcynic92 2 года назад

What I learned... Robert the Bruce's life was one long Monty Python sketch. 👍

@staytuned2L337 2 года назад

I absolutely lost it at the Australian bruce 😂

@seabrain1212 2 года назад

Hey Jack, Just wanted to let you know that Established Titles is a scam that I unfortunately fell for. I was watching this with my girlfriend and we liked the idea. Anyway, I've been a fan for a long time and I hope that this was an honest mistake on your part.

@OmegaBlue-gb5bu 2 года назад

Unusual for there not to be a rug pull moment and he succeed in everything.

@JackRackam 2 года назад

Gotta mix it up to make sure the rug is still there to be pulled

@jedediahcoulbourne1791 2 года назад

It's Bobby Bruce! I love this guy in Civ 6 he's always fun to play with/against

@Kyle-qd2sy 2 года назад

God Jack Rackam, some days I think you’re the spiritual successor of Monty Python🤣🤣🤣

@JackRackam 2 года назад

I don't think I've ever heard higher praise

@timschultz7597 2 года назад

OMG Jack this has to be one of the best videos you have done so far! I couldn't stop laughing. You have got such a gift for dry humor with your quick wit! Thanks for a great end to my week. Cheers!

@vorynrosethorn903 2 года назад

This seems to be less about how great Robert the Bruce was and more about how appallingly incompetent Edward II was, guess that made it topical to pride month at least.

@GallowglassVT 2 года назад

And not a single mention of a spider. Nice one, Jack. Also, now all I want is a video about Good Sir James Douglas (AKA, Black Douglas, AKA, one of the most badass warriors in Scottish history).

@staytuned2L337 2 года назад

Your ad transitions are completely flawless and incredibly amazing.

@CairnsG 2 года назад

In my town there is a park where Robert the Bruce fought a battle against the English and won. John Bailol’s wife Lady Divorgilla carried his heart to a town and it’s still in the abbey

@manatarms7652 2 года назад

Which battle was it?

@CairnsG 2 года назад

@@manatarms7652 I don’t know it’s name.

@padairua8129 2 года назад

That wee island mentioned is Rathlin (Reachlainn) off the coast of County Antrim, there’s a folk tale about how Robert was sheltering in a cave when he watched a spider successfully weave a web no matter how many times the wind blew it apart. A good future video to follow on would be Robert’s attempt to get his brother Edward made Ard Rí (High King) of Ireland

@mortache 2 года назад

Is that the story about "third time makes the charm"?

@alexernst9448 2 года назад

I didn't even notice the yellow bar creeping acrols the screen until that one nobleman yelled, "Oh my god, I think we're in an ad".

@NetherTaker 2 года назад

Sabaton fans, wya? NOW THAT THE TIME HAS COME TO FIGHT, SCOTLAND MUST UNITE!

@pohhers8649 2 года назад

WE’LL MAKE A STAND ON STIRLING GROUND

@nicholasyoung3786 2 года назад

That add. I'm crying. That was so funny

@tehredmage 2 года назад

"Oh Lord, I think we're in an ad!"

@drkmwinters Год назад

I'd edit out the scam ad

@me0101001000 2 года назад

The sponsorship killed me. That was fuckin amazing

@ratatatatattaattaatat5773 2 года назад

I just downloaded the entire series for watching offline then I scrolled down and found this

@ragzaugustus 2 года назад

Established Titles is NOT a real, you don't get anything at all, the Laird title is limited to ONE per property and cannot be divided like that, more importantly, your "souvenir plots" can't be registered due to a prohibition as per Land Registration (Scotland) Act 2012, s 50 (2).

@SymphonyZach 2 года назад

I’m still waiting on your John Paul Jones episode. Man had balls denser than the sun and an absolutely unquenchable thirst for British blood

@ThomasTrue 2 года назад

And he too was a Scot. John Paul Jones was born in Arbrigland, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

@legateelizabeth 2 года назад

Today on ‘every American thinks incorrectly they can do a Scottish accent.’ Seriously imagine putting on an ‘Indian’ accent for a history of Chakravatin.

@kell2859 2 года назад

The Outlaw King was a pretty good movie

@eldorados_lost_searcher 2 года назад

The English should've studied how to defeat an enemy armed with pointed sticks rather than fresh fruit. Otherwise, Bannockburn may have turned out differently.

@isaacsorrels4077 2 года назад

I gotta say thank you for these videos; just spent two days in and out of consciousness getting through covid and playing your videos on repeat was my lifeline.

@trevorgerstin2490 2 года назад

Even back in the Middle Ages the English we’re watching Numberwang. Learn something new everyday

@therongjr 2 года назад

"Well, it's a bit chilly, innit?" made me laugh out loud!

@metalheadjackass 2 года назад

Lost my schit with the That Mitchel and Webb look reference...no wonder your accents are so surprisingly good! And thaaaaaat's Numberwang!

@jacobsmith919 2 года назад

Kinda skipping over the leprosy (or other debilitating illness) he contraxted in lager life and the story of his heart - which would be a good short.

@oliorig4373 2 года назад

The Monty Python music transition was perfect

@CollinMcLean 2 года назад

Jack I knew you cared

@carrie4696 2 года назад

Only half a century?

@robertkirchner7981 2 года назад

@@carrie4696 Maybe he meant half a millennium?

@CollinMcLean 2 года назад

@@robertkirchner7981 I did. I didn't notice that a first.

@Nundevwizer 2 года назад

In other words, your typical sibling rivalry between neighboring countries

@spore1176 2 года назад

I like how he released this one during the platinum jubilee in England

@garrymartin6474 2 года назад

It's also the Platinum Jubilee in Scotland

@dontgivamonkeyz 2 года назад

The Queens mum was Scottish.

@CollinMcLean Год назад

@@dontgivamonkeyz I thought Elizabeth I was born in England?

@magivkmeister6166 2 года назад

As a kid , I heard the story of the king Robert and the spider who never gave up. I realised later that the King was Robert Bruce.

@jordanoliphant5292 2 года назад

Did u know that his daughter had married a guy called William Oliphant, Lord of Aberdalgie and he is part of my family so am I a royal person kinda

@ethancash8870 2 года назад

Please do a video on Baldwin IV his life is short but glorious defeating one history’s greatest generals

@arawn1061 2 года назад

Greatest leaders? Yes. Greatest general? Ehhhhh.

@ethancash8870 2 года назад

@@arawn1061 Saladin actually made up for the loss and conquered Jerusalem

@arawn1061 2 года назад

@@ethancash8870 Yeah and it only took like 10 years

@ethancash8870 2 года назад

@@arawn1061 But how he did it was incredible

@arawn1061 2 года назад

@@ethancash8870 That i wont deny. Saladin is THE Goat

@JM-yg1kz 4 месяца назад

wow this Ad aged horribly, seeing as established titles is a scam and don't actually make you a laird.

@Kookiiss 2 года назад

I found you from UsefulCharts and at first I thought, “OMG so rowdy 🙄 ” - 2 mins in... OMG ! 🤣 Subscribed!

@teh_vasraf2445 2 года назад

I have a short video recommendation about a really obscure figure. Been studying some differential equations and the name Wronski came up. The guy was quite strange. Look him up

@teecee1827 2 года назад

I think a vid on the frankly embarrassing end of the Burgundian Dukedom to the hands of an alliance of smaller states (including the old Swiss confederacy which were basically peasant states) could be a fun vid that would fit your style.

@marcn.3768 2 года назад

These "peasant states" as you refer to them, would go on to not only assemble the most fearsome central and western European mercenaries of their time, becoming papal guardians, serving as the inspiration for Maximilian I´s landsknechts (which they would promply defeat in the Swabian war) and redefining a new era of warfare, whose implications can be observed even as far as the spanish tercio. The host of Charles the bold was of formidable strength, so the three big battles in which Charles was defeated by the Swiss before his death were not as embarassing as one may think. Those peasants were nothing less than experienced and organized fighters. In addition, if I remember correctly, Charles also had trouble with unrest in his lands, so I would personally abstain from calling the defeats Charles suffered an embarassment.

@teecee1827 2 года назад

@@marcn.3768 Calm down man, I'm Swiss I know what they are. It's just how the world saw them at the time, since they just had a few battles like Sempach and battles that probably didn't happen like Mortgarten under their belt.

@teecee1827 2 года назад

@@marcn.3768 And Burgundy was at the time one of the richest states in Europe, with one of the most modern army and doctrine of the time.

@teecee1827 2 года назад

I also know that capturing all of the Burgundian cannons, which at the time were top of the line, set back the Swiss decades in Artillery use since they became complacent and didn't look for newer weapons for a while.

@marcn.3768 2 года назад

@@teecee1827 Fair point regarding the Swiss being considered as peasants by nobility. I thought you were refering to them as farmers as an insult, my bad. Still, I would not go so far and call Charles defeats embarassing. What I meant to say was, that he was not beat by ordinary peasantry, but by professionells who would regularily sell their services as mercenaries and thus be both experienced and well organized. Furthermore, they used tactics which were very much ahead of their time, only being employed by very few other forces in Europe at that point (Scotland, the Flemish).

@PHENOXSPARTAN 2 года назад

I love the little touch of Monty Python Holy Grail music.

@christopherjustice6411 2 года назад

Robert The Bruce. The OG King in the North.

@loganmoore6340 2 года назад

Yeah talk all you want about pointed sticks but imagine if the scottish had fresh fruit.

@dionadair8195 2 года назад

I legit yelled "YES!" when I saw the thumbnail. Bruce was a bada**, and we need more content about him.

@seanentzel9616 2 года назад

An honor to be here Lord Jack Rackham!

@MLaserHistory 2 года назад

lol I love the try at the Scottish accent :D I am sure there will be pissed people about it but I found it very entertaining.

@PoorlyEdited540 2 года назад

I hate this guy just cause my grandma always tells me we're related to him

@danb9460 2 года назад

The fact you mentioned numberwang is bloody amazing mate.

@nathanfarrell5083 2 года назад

yo I love your videos so much. I am scottish and I find the history so epic tbh.

@kennyhagan5781 2 года назад

I just have to admire the way that the advertisement was every bit as ridiculous as the rest of the video. I love how they do history here, it's like having Dudley Moore and Peter Cook teaching history from the stage.

@j3xor253 2 года назад

Jack Rackham knows what numberwang is. JACK RACKHAM KNOWS WHAT NUMBERWANG IS

@StevenFox80 2 года назад

Absolutely love all the Monty Python and the Holy Grail references!^^

@brandonk8948 5 месяцев назад

He's 3 times my grandfather and twice uncle. He's also related to my badass Scottish grandmother, Black Agnes 😎

@Xalerdane 7 месяцев назад

2:02 Oh wow, it’s an ad for that ‘Scottish land’ scam a whole bunch of RU-vidrs shilled for. I’d actually forgotten that happened.

@9wowable 2 года назад

Any chance on a video on Owain Glyndŵr from yourself? He’s a pretty interesting character and story that would 100% fit your video style.

@villevalste1888 2 года назад

Just FYI, you are not a Lord, if you buy a souvenir plot of land and you don't technically speaking own that piece of land either.

@lukesmith1818 2 года назад

A numberwang reference. That's numberwang!

@synkkamaan1331 2 года назад

Holy bagpipes Batman! I can't believe you did it! I wish you had covered the Bruce's invasion of Ireland too though.

@CollinMcLean 2 года назад

Oh man that is a fustercluck worth a video on it's own.

@Reuel-Jazwa 2 года назад

Being a Lord in the UK is not buying a very cheap plot of land you cant even use. Its called being a Landlord, and you need houses to rent them to people to become one of the Lords of the British Isles.

@boarfaceswinejaw4516 2 года назад

i really wish there was a hundred years war show akin to HBO´s rome.

@elkingoh4543 2 месяца назад

Robert the Bruce and Lei Loi is the two guy that start as rebel noble become king of his own country win guerrilla warfare

@Crossark1 2 года назад

Makes sense that Jack Rackam would be a fan of Mitchell and Webb, but for some reason it threw me off anyhow.

@augusto_tron 2 года назад

And that's numberwang!!! you score 17.8!

@phunkyzilla 2 года назад

Jack did you checkout the people selling plots? I’ve seen news articles about how they just pretend to sell land and pocket the cash

@niclasjohansson5992 2 года назад

That's numberwang!

@The-Plaguefellow 2 года назад

_Rally all the clans,_ _Englishmen advance!_ _Blood of Bannockburn,_ _Point of no return!_ _Join the Scottish revolution!_ _Freedom must be won by blood!_ _Now we call for revolution!_ *_Play the pipes and cry out loud!_*

@dontgivamonkeyz 2 года назад

The only people on the island in that period who played pipes were the English and Edward I had his own piper he used when going into battle.

@00i0ii0 2 года назад

Yooo, you should make a Playlist with your videos in historical order

@nomisbman1826 2 года назад

Maybe one about Michiel de Ruyter an admiral who coated his ship on butter to fight pirates, and he defeated the royal navy in their own port

@Notto-tn9dy 2 года назад

Ah ha! I already know all this because I studied it as part of my Higher History course! I have bested you at last Mr Rackam!

@princekyros 2 года назад

@mhug162 2 года назад

Counterpoint, nobody thinks they are going to waltz into the House of Lords by buying one of these things. It's a bit of fun.

@inqy8339 2 года назад

@@mhug162 though often linked to shady Channel Islands “charities” not registered in Scotland who are very shifty with hiding their finances. These types of companies are well known in the UK legal systems at this point.

@baneofbanes 2 года назад

The entire point of these plots is for the silliness.

@princekyros 2 года назад

@@baneofbanes so tell people to print their own certificates for a few cents rather than paying between 50 to 500 dollars for the same thing. The plots are virtually worthless because they're tiny, you can't legally do anything with them and they're shared with like a few thousand people or something.

@princekyros 2 года назад

@@mhug162 it's a literal scam though, by the very definition of the word. You give them money for something they promised and they give nothing in return (not even that useless plot of land is really yours, you share it with like ten thousand people). And you can't say nobody falls for this because people have literally complained to the British government about it, it's why they released numerous statements similar to the one I quoted. Hell, even the ad in the video acknowledges that a lot of people who buy these things think they're actually getting an actual legal title in return. Sure it's a comparatively small scam that "only" robs you of 50 to 500 bucks but it should still be called out imo. Besides, I really really don't trust a scam business on their charitable promises and if they're making enough moolah to buy a RU-vidr's soul they're probably scamming a whole lot of gullible people.