These 2 are among the greatest in English history For good reason

I feel like Alfred’s son Edward is pretty underrated. He managed to reconquer East Anglia and cement his rule over Mercia, he was just crushed between two giants of history

@@danielsantiagourtado3430 Yes well the men your "heroes" fought, was small landowners not even large enough to be mentioned in Denmarks history. A farmer and his 5 sons took over England, how is that being a hero and not totally pathetic? Just because dumb historians still use old propaganda and call it "the great heathen army" doesnt make it "heathen" or "great". It was probably less than 500 guys and you're divided nations fell like a house of cards.

@@Avinkwep ? Giants? In this clip a son of a small landowner did that, Ivar but you think its more impressive when a man born king and given an army does the same? How does that work? What else was he supposed to do, the nation he just became king of was under threat. You know what is underrated and never gets told? How the brits massacred their their way into Africa and America. Where's the clip on that? Not being told, because if they did that like they did this clip, prepare to be told the history like the brits are men of god trying to bring god to the savages. Will you believe that too, I wonder? And will you also call Columbus a "great man"? People need to read history differently, its not as pure and truthful as you may think. Look at how the media cover war today, is it truthful?

@@Validboy Completely uncalled for breakdown. He never said Edward the Elder was "more impressive" than Ivar, he just said he was underrated because he was sandwiched between two more important kings, suggesting that his deeds deserve more attention than they are otherwise given. This does not diminish Ivar in anyway, though Ivar too was a king in command of a large army. Regardless, the power of the Vikings was a match for that of Wessex, Ivar too commanded a large army, but he conquered East Anglia in avarice -- Edward in liberation. Edward's conquest is the reason East Anglia is a part of England; his legacy is thus of far more import than Ivar's adventures. "You know what is underrated and never gets told? How the Brits massacred their way into Africa and America." So completely and utterly false.🤦‍♂ Firstly, this is basic, common, fundamental and undeniable information for anyone with a brain. It has been told and retold a thousand times, it is by no means hidden, and few but the very few spin these events as a "good" thing, or as purely attempts by the British to proselytize the Africans and Americans. It is plain that Britain's colonization was entirely geopolitical, as but another member of a tournament of empires contending for European and -- later -- world domination. If you've eyes to see with you can search and view a host of videos on these topics if you seek them. Secondly, Britain tread no path untrodden -- the Spanish had seized most of America through much bloodshed centuries before Britain possessed there a single colony, the Dutch, too, in Africa before Britain. Thirdly, the fellow to whom you replied offered absolutely not the slightest inclination he considered Columbus a "great man". In fact, he might have suggested the opposite, as Edward fended his people and kingdom from colonization -- as one is rightly wont to do, as opposed to Columbus's indorsement of it. Fourthly, you say "People need to read history differently" which, coincidently, is exactly what the commenter is proposing in challenging the status quo of Edward's obscurity. 🤣🤣🤣

Glad you enjoy it!

Very well said, and to HistoryMarche, very well done and thank you.

@@HistoryMarche those goofy chat bubbles almost ruin it for me.. but everything else is pretty sweet.

Normally I would say those are not documentaries simply because there's usually zero critical evaluation of sources and things like battle formations are often depicted like it's a historical fact even when there is no evidence for it for the respective battle. But on a positive note, this time I liked how at least a few times certain important biases of specific sources were pointed out, at least incidentally. That's so important. In almost all so-called "documentaries" of this kind events are presented as if we knew exactly how they played out, but in reality more often than not we know very little aside from (generally grossly overinflated, especially in Antiquity) numbers of combatants. It's very rare to have actual accounts on how exactly a battle played out and if we do, you always need to question critically how reliable a source is and how they might want to paint participants in a certain light. Stuff like that is almost never mentioned in these kinds of videos and to me, that's a distinct requirement for something to be called a _documentary._ In that sense I'm glad to see it in this video, at least a little bit.

See last Kingdom It has been compared to game of thrones

‘Can’t I by god?!’

😂😂😂.

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I was kidding 😂 Lol

They were genocidal imperialist war criminals

Yet ask most English the name of their first king and they have no clue. The Normans suppressed this history far too well.

​@@EvoraGT430 Æthelstan will be remembered as the first king of England regardless of the average person's grasp of that fact

​@@EvoraGT430Almost all English people know Aethelstan is the first King of England and in a survey for the best king of England people voted for Aethelstan

Is that what the BBC based "the last kingdom" on?

@@josephlongbone4255 yes

@@josephlongbone4255yes, Cornwell even has a cameo appearance in season 3

I read his novels, they are amazing. I could learn a lot about English history thanks that series of novels. Of course I was looking into that matter every time that I finished a book, We mustn’t forget that at the end of the day they are books of historical fiction. Of course, the work is thoroughly researched, and more importantly, it triggers your curiosity about one of the most important empires has ever existed in our western history. Actually England has been one of the most important empire has ever existed in the whole world. Greetings from Argentina!

Those are truly amazing books. He is a very good author.

People just "remember" the absolute highlights of history and nothing else

I also believe hes an orthodox saint though, so funnily enough he’s only overshadowed by his own people

Edward did not conquer Eastern Mercia or East Anglia. Conquering is about f***ing people over. He simply brought them back into the fold. The King of East Anglia, Edmund, who was murdered by Danes became the patron saint of England for many centuries. This indicates what the East Anglians would have thought about the Danes and Edward's liberation respectively.

Mercia was better off independent tbh should never have joined England

@@dbz9393i don’t agree with you because Mercia fell to England because their queen Æthelflead[edwards sister] died she was basically the only thing holding Mercia together and if they didn’t submit to England they probably been invaded by the Vikings.

What language do you speak

@@botanozsan7843 oh ya non Americans exist. Sorry I forgot

Happy new year!

bro anglo saxons don't exist anymore

Shut up you're irish

Canute the Great. Well Danish but...

The Father of England and of the English.

​@@Nortrix87in English history we don't call him great, most people know him for going insane and trying to command the sea

@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 Wrong focus perhaps. "Medieval historian Norman Cantor called him "the most effective king in Anglo-Saxon history". He ruled a north sea empire. Making Alfred " the great" look small. But he was Danish. An unpopular thing among todays English. Who for some reason have adopted Anglo saxons as their identity.

@@Nortrix87 yeah, the English, adopting Anglo Saxons as their own, imagine that... (Are you dense or something?)

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Cheers man. Happy 2024!

Thanks same for u!

Thank you! Cheers!

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England is a coward home there kings 😂😂we’re crushed by the Viking

Destiny is all!

​@thegreendragoninn8730 *plot armour is all, lmao

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Thank you very much! Great to see you in the comments.

@@HistoryMarche---Your welcome. This history topic is quite interesting. Glad you covered it.

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Yep they did all the leg work lol

or richard 3rd lol

@@daviddouglas5692 that wouldn't change much, you'd still end up likely having some feuding group in the later 1400s as was the nature of medieval society

who knows theres a You tube video ---compelling actually that the real heir OF england lives in AUSTRALIA------because it does take 9 months to make a baby and the King of England was gone more than a year during the 100 yrs war--this is documentaed--yet the bastard was king later

Mine too.

Fake

Is it not Medieval Total War II?

no bro It is a game made by Easytech and for andriod. I never played total war. The ga,me I mention is turn base strategy game.@@alejandroortega7550

It's called the anglo saxon chronicles a good place to start