Battle of Hastings 1066 Part II (England at war)

[noblew357]

learning modern German being a English Speaking American was very easy. Looks like this battle brought over more than just chain mail, wine, and weapons.

English is Eastern Germanic, hence why the british isles became "english" and then brought it to america. The Dutch are who is to blame. Raiders, Banking Guru's, Slave Traders, War Mongers, and the list goes on. These are a very material people who understood the position of materials in terms of war. They just followed Roman suit.

[Huscarl666]

what about the saxon rebelions? there were a few

[DibbersPage]

I have to disagre with the time William became King of England, he didnt become King untill Christmas Day 1066. He may have won that battle but he had far from won the war. First he marched his army through southern England, crossing the Thames at Wallingford then headed for Berkhamsted where he took final surrender from Archbishop Ealdred, the Bishops of Worcester and Hereford, Earls Eadwin and Morcar, and the chief men of London, who swore allegiance to him, and offered him the crown.

[chill579]

kwl lots of help man im doin an essay on how war has changed over the course of time and i have used this as a source so youre in my bibleogra[hy, well done :)

[100Manunited]

great video, I'm currently learning about this battle 1066, and it helped a lot, thank you very much

[Burningcheeseable]

I am honestly just on this vid cause my mum asked me what i was doin on u tube

[Anquetil79]

Well as a Norman I stand with my forefathers and our great William (Willaume in Norman) but I do respect the Anglo-Dane Harold who of noble Danish and Anglo-Saxon blood. Two Normans castrated and cut Harold to peaces something that William was horrified by and he had these knights punished.

[24878281]

I have a lot more respect for Harold than William. Harold died like a warrior and soldier defending England.

While the Norman tyrant fell off his horse and later died of his injurys.

I will remember Harold's before William's.

[GRIDKEEPER]

I agree. Harold was also the first and last true King of England.

[starryian007]

I totally agree. As an Englishman we all remember brave King Harold. He was desperately unlucky during the battle. His men loved him and he would have been a great king had not William the 'bastard' cast his ambitious and greedy eyes on England. Harold was twice the man William was. William was an evil tyrant who effectively used England to as a means to further enrich himself. He cared nothing for it's people. His sons turned out to be much the same.

[jackh4eva]

They weren't British, they were English, they were no Welsh or Scots in the army.

[219970]

English didn't really exist anyway as we know it - they were Anglo-Saxons - effectively German settlers with Viking blood, who spoke a different language.

[jackh4eva]

They called themselves English and referred to their language as English.

[219970]

Source for this?

They didn't speak English - even Chaucerian English (later than 1066) is pretty challenging to read. They were Anglo-Saxons - very different from the English we now regard ourselves. Ironically, it was the Plantaganets who laid the foundations for the birth of the English state (Magna Carter etc) and its common law - and they were from FRENCH descendants!

[jackh4eva]

The language they spoke was called Englisc by its speakers.

[219970]

No, that is not a source, that is just you repeating the same point again. Please tell me the source that shows the Saxons spoke or referred to their language as English? Either a book or an internet source is fine.

As I say, Chaucer's language (some years later) was nothing like present English - so Anglo-Saxon "English" would have been incomprehensible.

[ChristopherYnot]

very focused argument thank you all

[Huscarl666]

@219970 there are a few words you can recognise if you look up anglo-saxon translation or somthing. but i heard that england spoke tree languages (saxon-poor norman-rulers and latin-monks)until somone comprimised them all

(sorry if this is a load of bull')

[noblew357]

@219970 English is a eastern germanic language, so it is possible that it took over as a dominate language as the normans defeated the anglo saxons who mainly spoke celtic/gallic/ and other local tongues. Also there is a bit of latin going on here on these isles considering juilas cesaer

[chrisconil]

very focused it's all there

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History in the making! :)

[0B0Eriec]

nice!

[ChristopherYnot]

Thank you for that comment it appreciated.