Those peasant look well fed, wonder why they are rebelling anyway
@robholloway68295 жыл бұрын
The peasantry didn't revolt, the landed gentry did.
@joellaz98364 жыл бұрын
Robert Holloway Yeah. The puritans mostly came from the landed gentry. There was also a significant number of aristocrats among the puritans (General Thomas Fairfax being the most notable). However, the soldiers mostly came from the lower classes. Many in the parliamentary side hoped that the overthrow of the king would bring about all male suffrage. They were levellers and their call for equality offended Cromwell and he had them put down. Oliver Cromwell was kind of a conservative revolutionary.
@raymondpondo96077 жыл бұрын
OMG so Amazing ! England is very clever in Historic documentary or Reenactment ! Thank uuu and More reenactment of 17century pls
@Maxwell_N.5 ай бұрын
English civil war is wild
@shottiekingsw2 жыл бұрын
I was in that fight in the lunsfords pike block. Good battles always at Detling back in the day
@KingStreetimages7 жыл бұрын
Nice film. Informative. Hope your ears were okay after recording that cannon firing. I've filmed a few (with headphones for monitoring) and it can certainly be very loud.
@pumbar8 жыл бұрын
I can think of at least two hundred contributors that need HI-VIS tabards, hard hats and "Safety circle" training.
@domestosbleach75578 жыл бұрын
There were no people pretending to be dead if 'shot' which took away from the re enactment
@JamesJohnson-zy4sf5 жыл бұрын
Saw one man dead at 16 minutes, probably from old age !
@Fizzyanims9 жыл бұрын
Im not sure there were so many obese people in that era.
@user-bh4rx8mf8g8 жыл бұрын
+Fizzyanims For reenactors of any historical era, a huge belly and a stupid chin beard are mandatory.
@hazel50498 жыл бұрын
At least in this era they did exist, in Medieval, or before, reenactments it sort of ruins the atmosphere.
@mitamajr5 жыл бұрын
@The505Guys It was pretty easy for women to disguise themselves as men in that period. If you wore pants or hose or whatever they were called back then, everyone automatically assumed you were a guy, no questions asked. If you wore pants and had a high voice and no beard, you obviously had to be a young guy. How many actually disguised themselves as men, I don't know, but it wasn't impossible at all.
@pempotfoy62064 жыл бұрын
@@mitamajr you can difference a grown up woman voice from a young boy. Also here many women are officers; it just don't make sense.
@erwin6693 жыл бұрын
Jeezus, come off it and let people enjoy their hobby. Surprised that no one is complaining that they aren't actually killing each other
@phillanghorn58105 жыл бұрын
Thought the whole idea of push of pike was to use the pointy end , no barge each other??? Got to be historically inaccurate , considering original soldiers that cut lengths of their pikes to save weight, were compromised in the push of pikes???
@pavelstaravoitau71063 жыл бұрын
Probably for safety. They're still very long pointy sticks.
@andymoore99773 жыл бұрын
@@pavelstaravoitau7106 Yep, all about safety I am sure. The front ranks were very heavily armoured so that would push the pike heads upwards off breast plates etc. and then lead to pushing, not something to risk for a reenactment!
@pavelstaravoitau71063 жыл бұрын
@@andymoore9977 I'd say even that pushing as seen here and portrayed by the artwork "bad war" really wouldn't happen very often, from a practical standpoint, as simply pushing against each other is ultimately useless.
@andymoore99773 жыл бұрын
@@pavelstaravoitau7106 That's when the swords and daggers started to play a part....
@gabrielegenota1480 Жыл бұрын
Well you see, they actually aren’t trying to kill each other
@colinp22385 жыл бұрын
Are the cannon tied down with ropes and ground spikes as they don't seem to recoil very much? I was in the RA and know how much modern artillery moved back on it's recoil dampeners during firing.
@colinp22385 жыл бұрын
@William Warner Thanks I have never witnessed artillery firing blanks in life, only through the media.
@TheAnguisher10 жыл бұрын
What's with these shoving matches...? Wouldn't they have been smart enough to use their pikes rather than to get into such close quarters where it'd basically just become a knife stabbing match, in which both sides would lose?
@King.Leonidas10 жыл бұрын
because safety :(
@chrislinton22389 жыл бұрын
It would be wrong to think re-enactors actually accurately portray the battle fought in this period (probably more than any other)... as you say the pikes would stab at one another and probably not become the rugger scrums re-enactors love showing off... likewise reversing the muskets and using them as clubs... there is little evidence of this happening and when it did happen it was more than likely used in an assault against a fortification or town wall etc... after firing at the enemy loads of times the barrel of a gun gets extremely hot... too hot to hold and swing a heavy lump of wood about... plus of course a dagger or sword would be much deadlier than the reversed muskets... these re-enactors put on an impressive show but can never get it 100% right.
@King.Leonidas9 жыл бұрын
it is possbile :P there are more realistic fights then these
@TheBlenderblob9 жыл бұрын
Silvertread Pike man pretty much instantly die if they try and fight pike v pike without shields, they would usually break and not form contact at all
@TheAnguisher9 жыл бұрын
+That Weird Fox Guy I can understand that, but they could've kept enough distance between each other and just swung their pikes at the other group's pikes, maintaining enough distance- like a real pikeman would do, because no-one in their right mind charges into a group of pikes.
@sarahoconnell31710 ай бұрын
the pike was 18 feet to 22 feet not 16 feet in the English civil war
@2ndcomingofFritz8 ай бұрын
Think they said 18 foot
@p.istaker88625 жыл бұрын
Can not understand why it isn't referred to as the British Civil War.
@josephclout36335 жыл бұрын
The way I see it 'The Kingdom of Great Britain' wasn't formed until the 'Acts of the Union' in 1707 so it can't be 'British' per se. The first English civil war (1642-1646) was fought geographically in England and Wales contemporaneously alongside another civil war in Ireland. Scots were involved on both sides as both Scottish royalists and Covenanters. I could be entirely wrong - it's just how I see it personally. More than happy to be corrected as it is a very complex part of history!
@matteotorres90544 жыл бұрын
because this civil war was in england between the royalists and the parliamentarians. there is literally no reason for it to be called the British civil war. the war if three kingdoms is often referred to as the British civil war but this reffers to many wars in the time period, such as the irish revolt of 1641, the bishops wars and the Cromwellian invasion of ireland. these were actually fought all around Britain wheras the english civil war was fought in England
@andymoore99773 жыл бұрын
@@josephclout3633 Nice summary.
@harrykuheim61072 жыл бұрын
Nobody "Takes Hits" ?
@mythologic3 жыл бұрын
Which battle is being reenacted?
@2023skidoo3 жыл бұрын
This is the stoning scene from The Life of Brian. "Are there any women here today?" (Charles I's reign ended when he was crushed by a boulder after saying Jehovah. Look it up.)
@andymoore99773 жыл бұрын
@@2023skidoo Well observed, about 20% ladies sneaked into the ranks? Excluding camp followers.
@LazarusWilhelm4 жыл бұрын
5:21 whould he really have gotten shot 5 times in the back come on lads common sense
@AustenKime3 жыл бұрын
Oh grow up he's fine
@jamesrichardson33223 жыл бұрын
5:12 What that gentlemen Is doing is dangerous!! Standing in the front of his battilion firing line, he should be behind giving orders. As a reenactor myself I have seen very stupid things. That is the dumbest!! He could be burned or injured horribly. Accidents do happen and unforseen circumstances could happen.
@augustuscaesar11047 жыл бұрын
Them night time battles ,oh yes 5000 in a square bashing on there Roman shields cutting them long pike men to death henry the 5 would like
@tungsten44227 жыл бұрын
No enthusiasm. Nobody died. Didn't even simulate pike combat. Terrible reenactment.
@julieturner49232 жыл бұрын
Yeah so people didn't die that would be inhumane to kill people over a reenactment