The Truth about the History of Wessex

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One of the main reasons for the success of the West Saxons was its leadership. A series of strong kings ruled this kingdom, expanding its borders, maintaining prosperous alliances, and leading their people into a better future. Wessex was one of the richest kingdoms, and it is no wonder that law and education prospered here. The kings of Wessex understood the significance of the written word, and it is from here where most of the written records come, and these records survived the ages to tell us their stories.
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@CaptivatingHistory 2 года назад

Correction: Around 6:55 - Æthelwulf was Alfred's father, not brother.

@ShubhamTiwari-od8zf Год назад

Yes Alfred was the son of Aethelwulf and Osburh

@Fummy007 2 года назад

This needs more views. We have such a deep history.

@aleksaradosavljevic4001 2 года назад

Doing personal research on these things would make you learn and know more about the kind of history that this channel posts

@michaelmccomb2594 2 года назад

this is normally a decent channel, but they've made a major mistake, Æthelwulf was Alfred's father not his brother, even in Vikings they get this right. They also forget to say that after Ecgbert had overlordship over Northumbria, the Northumbrians rejected this after a year

@tracykarol 2 года назад

For more in depth information, read the books by Captivating History on these same topics. Great stuff. Ebooks, paperback, and audio.

@jonlinin9682 10 месяцев назад

Got as far as Caedwalla before i gave up. This is like a school report by an 11 year old who failed to pay attention during the lesson. I'm sure my teachers would have written on my homework (in red pen !) - MUST TRY HARDER.

@michaelmccomb2594 2 года назад

I think calling King Æthelred a 'military genius' is a bit too far, he faced the Vikings five times and won once. In fairness, this 'victory' was the first Anglo-Saxon victory against the Great Heathen Army

@sebbisdee2177 Год назад

plus the victory might not have been down to his 'genius'. We will never know if his delay was genius, cowardice or purely accidental. Not that I wanna hate on Aethelred, guy tried his best. But yeah, genius is abit far.

@michaelmccomb2594 Год назад

@@sebbisdee2177 yeah the story of the battle is of course from Asser, thus possibly Alfredian propaganda.

@sebbisdee2177 Год назад

@@michaelmccomb2594 Are you suggesting that the story itself could be invented? I've certainly heard that interpretations of the story would be Asser's propaganda, but not that the story in its entirety. I kinda like the idea though can't lie, although would there not be other eye witnesses? Powerful aeldermen and so forth?

@michaelmccomb2594 Год назад

@@sebbisdee2177 Asser was certainly writing his account to glorify Alfred, so yes it is absolutely Alfredian propaganda. Whether the story of the battle is true or not is hard to tell, especially because we don’t have written accounts from the Danish side. But we should obviously be wary of aspects of it that glorify Alfred, but I wouldn’t question the fact that the West Saxons won the battle, that Alfred was a commander of troops and that he played a key role in the battle. We also don’t know exactly who Asser’s target audience is. Some have suggested, it was aimed at the Welsh elites, in order to win them over to Alfred’s side, but we don’t know for certain.

@mindyerownbusiness-p7t Месяц назад

There was no soft C in Old English...just the k form. The Saxon word for king was cyneg....hence cinegils ("king of the river").

@TacticFanatic0 Год назад

the lands we all walk on are ancient and holy . wow

@deev3282 Год назад

Another error: At 6:30 Æthelwulf wasn't "one of six impressive brothers". He was the only recorded adult son of King Egbert. Æthelwulf had 5 impressive sons including Æthelred the first who was not his brother.

@iainhughes6637 Год назад

A thousand years of defending this country only for our politicians to throw it away within the last 30 years

@craiggibbons8228 Год назад

Well said

@ruthomas8942 3 месяца назад

Well, hundreds - till the Normans came in 1066 and took it away 😂

@SpaceCadete101 Месяц назад

@@ruthomas8942 I like me a little French.

@Dx_Hearted Год назад

In game... alfred about to get assassinated by Aelfred the Seax and then retiring from becoming king and the Leader of Order of the Ancient

@shaundutoit2798 11 месяцев назад

Same as the assassin's creed valhalla

@stephenbesley3177 3 месяца назад

The Britons hadn't left! This is a persistent myth. The rulers may have been Saxon but native Brits survived here and there especially in Cornwall where Cornish - a Brythonic language related to Welsh - has survived to recent times. It is true that many Brits served Rome and a great many settled in modern Brittany in northern France. To say though that the Britons somehow evaporated into the ether is pathetic and wrong!

@SpaceCadete101 Месяц назад

Briton and proud!

@iainhughes6637 2 месяца назад

Athelstan, the first and best king of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@Bl34CK 2 года назад

"Accidentally" poisoned

@lalex3431 2 года назад

Right? 😂 seems like his wife knew exactly what she was doing

@michaelmccomb2594 2 года назад

it was actually accidental, or so the story goes She was trying to poison one of the king's favourites and ended up poisoning them both She then fled to Francia and Charlemagne asked her, would you rather marry me or my son, she said the son, so Charlmagne said (from wiki) "Had you chosen me, you would have had both of us. But, since you chose him, you shall have neither." He instead offered her a position as an abbess of a convent which she accepted. Soon though she was caught in a sexual affair with another Saxon man and, after being duly convicted, was expelled on the direct orders of Charlemagne, penniless, into the streets. In her last years she lived as a beggar on the streets of Pavia.

@charlesdavis9937 2 года назад

I’m related to King Aella.

@SpaceCadete101 Месяц назад

jolly good

@Jack-cd5dj 2 года назад

7 Anglo Saxon kingdoms? I thought there were only 4 (Wessex, Mercia, East Anglia and Northumbria)

@lorenzodocx4021 2 года назад

sussex, essex and kent

@Zederok 2 года назад

Bernicia and Deira too.

@lorenzodocx4021 2 года назад

@@Zederok those came together and formed northumbria

@asahel980 Год назад

Wales?

@dylanmurphy9389 Год назад

@@asahel980wales is not Anglo Saxon

@Apollo1989V 2 года назад

I have never heard any story of Arthur born in Wessex. If he did exist, he lived in Wales or a Britonic holdout area in what is now England. I guess he could have been born in what became Wessex.

@SpaceCadete101 Месяц назад

I doubt it's authenticity.