English Civil War Re-enactment at Northamptonshire Part 1

[TalonMercenary]

I really love the uniforms in this period, especially the Ironsides' leather coats

[DeathByCoco]

you're civil war was so much more... orderly than ours [american] DANGIT! WHY COULDN"T I HAVE BEEN BORN BRITISH!

[LJGB1]

I wouldn't mind doing this.

Dressing up as a Cavalier and trotting back and forth looking fierce in my wig. Splendid.

[aapch1]

This is very interesting.. I never knew that warfare was so...gentlemanly....

[nattygan1996]

go on dad shoot that canan woop woop i can c my mom in the pike bloke 2 lol

[alexp9999]

really...why is it knights wore plate armor and HELMETS, but the practice was abandoned once cannon hit the scene?! seems like they should have viewed helmets as a military tradition worth keeping o.o

[lordtoad16]

no the main reson they abandon the helmets and armor plating is because of new higher velosity wepons (rifles) because people started to make a newer and better wepons on the feild of battle :)

[itachi1303]

The full helmets ruined their aim, they still wore these metal versions of straw hats, and the Parliamentary soldiers wore metal caps with breastplates.

[alexp9999]

nice hats.........that's.......cert­ainly very fashionable battlefield dress  O.O

helmets, man. helmets.

[salinagrrrl69]

The Spanish do not do this. They would take up where they're civil war ended with live ammo.

[mesmerizeme]

salinagrrrl69 no they use car bombs!! and then go home and watch it on tv

[salinagrrrl69]

Unfortunately fear I Americans are ready for round II. Stay tuned.

[thomousenerdyboy]

I'm Joining these when i'm 16

[wojsport]

high level reenactment, greetings from Poland

[breakingbisley]

and yeh go SK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thatkindofguy234]

parliment FTW!!

[lHoodlum]

The British army are the best in the world.

[WestCountryCider]

Indeed they are.

[Sigurd89]

in those times... maby?

[6U4RD1AN]

maybe but their equipament seems a bit updated don´t you think.lol.

[Azog150]

In response to amigops post. No it is not our bloodiest war. We lost a lot more men in WW1 and 2- but that could be counted as British losses as opposed to English losses.

However, it is probably the bloodiest war fought on English soil.

[breakingbisley]

Fair point but if you think about the differences in the population size. You can argue that the English Civil war did loose as many men as the WW1 and WW2. As obivously the population size during those times was alot smaller than today.

[Azog150]

Good point. But again, WW1 and 2 were British casualties as opposed to just English (Then again the English civil war did take place in part in Scotland, Wales and Ireland)

[rigers0109]

I think it was about 1 in 12 men were killed. But i can't be definite on that , i just heard it on the radio.

[grobo11]

1 in 10.

[333amigops]

I've heard that the Civil Wars were the bloodiest wars in English history and people re- enact them so that something like this doesn't happen again

[dland1955]

Hey fellow reenactors..I do American Civil war reenacting (in Caifornia of all places) but thank you for trying to preserve a fascinating part of your history, just as we are doing across the pond. just a few questions though. Is the food at an English Civil war reenactment just as bad as it is at our events? (hard tack and salt pork-yuck) And is there rampant politics in your hobby as there is with ours?...Best wishes

[thatkindofguy234]

i prefer 2 go 2 the burger van XD

[hollywoodwerewolf]

What is the largest English Civil War reenactment ever staged in regards to number of participants and is there evidence of it on YouTube?

[fatu6613]

probably the festival of history by english herititge

[thatkindofguy234]

its by sealed knot :) cus they do this every year

[mrm1237]

the English civil war lasted from 1642 to 1651, but it was fought over two conflicts: 42'-46' then 48'-51'.

[Smitheeboy94]

this is really neat! what year did England have her own civil war by the way?

[Fricasso79]

England has had at least six major civil wars, and that's not even including the ones before 1066, or the Jacobite revolts after 1707. For some reason, this (1642-51) is the only one called 'The' Civil War.

[CULAVE]

Fricasso79- thats a good point. The Wars of the Roses (1459-1487) were really a civil war as well- I believe Shakespeare coined the term although many emblens were actually used.

[CULAVE]

The British Isles has indeed had a very bloody history- in fact it was considered to be 'The Balkans of the Seventeenth Century' The First English Civil War (1642-1645) was the best known of a series of conflicts known as The Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Some of the most intense fighting took place in the English Midlands. The underlying basis of the war was the stuggle between king and parliament- hope that helps...

[Smitheeboy94]

ok, thanks! =]

[CULAVE]

I made a slight mistake- the first civil war arguably ended in 1647 with the fall of Harlech Castle in Gwynedd, Wales- though most pitched battles had ended in early 1646.

[DuncanElliott1700]

nicely done, but im always dissapointed at the cannon calabire at these things, never above wasit height, its like a 2 or 4 pounder. Id love to see a 12 pounder fire....

[mesmerizeme]

Hi

The Canon at this size only needs a 'shotgun license' to use it, any bigger and its a whole new game!

[scottlatta]

rockingham castle is in corby!

[UtRexSitRex]

I'm a member of the sealed knot. I'm in the regiment of Sir Gervase Lucas. Belvoir Cormarants! (Royalist) This weekend was my first major muster, over 1,000 soldiers taking part! It was an imense battle each day, and many major injuries sadly. Some people do push the health and safety laws. I'm glad someone has uploaded a video on here, it's great too see from this point off view!

[jabbathejack]

Aye, this was my first ever time with the Sealed Knot - I didn't manage to spot myself though. Somewhere in the Royalist pike block getting squished.

[redwarff]

you could join up if you like it check out the sealed knot website

[phich65]

great vid - think it was shot on the Sunday(?) and shows a Parlimentary cannon firing at the Royalist army at the start of the battle, followed by the engagement of the opposing musket blocks and ends with the Royalist pike advancing, those in 'white coats' (who end up just left of centre) are the Marquess of Newcastles Regimente of Foote

[mesmerizeme]

Hi this was filmed on Saturday 5th May ive now uploaded part 2

[Brasidas1]

Hi what day was that filmed? When will any other parts be added?

Thanks for putting it up

[mesmerizeme]

Hi this was filmed on Saturday 5th May. I have never been to one of these events and it was fantastic. Actually being there is 1000 times better, but its nice to get an idea from the video.

[mesmerizeme]

hi ive now uploaded part 2

[Brazdolph]

you guys have such an interesting history! awesome video!thanks for putting that up!