King Edward I "Longshanks" (1239-1307) - Pt 3/3

[AngryBroomHandler]

0:30 Classic quote.

[dreadnoughtjh]

Granted, my direct ancestor lived by sword - but he was no different than many other royals and nobles of the time period. At least he wasn't as bad as Ivan the Terrible, Tamerlane, or Caligula. Even so, I'm proud to be his descendant and proud to carry on his military tradition as an officer in the Uniformed Services of the United States

[cittiavaticano]

@dreadnoughtjh

You can't be DIRECT.

[dreadnoughtjh]

@cittiavaticano My family tree is on ancestry.com and is public. It has been verified. Yes, I am direct.

[blertdrax]

Interesting.....this chap states that Wallace was decapitated before being disemboweled. I always understood that hanging, drawing and quartering involved the guts being pulled out while the victim was still alive. 

[helmuthoorn]

Probably not the monster as portrayed in ''Braveheart'', but undoubtedly a man, who lived by the sword and was more at home in the saddle and in armour than anywhere else.

Typical Plantagenet.

Died with his boots on in the field at the age of 68.

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[Durgesuth]

I love Edward the First, England needs him today

[MrCouchmen]

Bruce:You have bled with Wallace!Now bleed with me!!

[MrCouchmen]

They can take our lives,but they will never take our freedom!!!

[MrCouchmen]

1:22 - Hamish?

[knifed91]

As usual I found out Hollywood movies give a very innacurate and heroic fairy tale style interpretation of events, which happened in a very different manner in real life, just my point proven again, if you want to learn something read a book, dont watch movies...

[Wilbtube]

@knifed91 Any movie featuring Mr Gibson is usually better to avoid. Given the man's raving antisemitism, he would have been more suitably cast as Edward. But such are the way's of Hollywood studios: they twist stories until night becomes day, and vilains heroes, and self-aborbed alcoholics actors.

[shauntheassassin]

Hitler and King Edward I of England both are alike they both hated jews.

[expecionel]

@shauntheassassin Hitler was a jew, that is way he hated jews so much ....

[supralex1]

He died and rotted like all those he killed.

[2ndsquad2]

contuary to popular belief william wallace was born from a noble scotish noble family unlike shown in the movie so he would of had knowlage of the politics so from what i have read he would of known how to gain support from the scotish nobleman in more ways then he was just fighting the english, but im coming from an unbias opinion so dont come at me with bunch of flak i am just saying what i have read and have been told

[pagola]

fuk this guy.......wallace forever

[philessexuk]

@pagola Wallace was a manipulated sap, he had no idea of the politics of the Scottish nobility nor its diplomatic relations, if you admire ignorance more fool you.

[mahdogzbite]

The trouble with Scotland.... is that it's full of Scots.

[newmemberish]

Even a documentary like this calls Wallace braveheart? Wasn't the real braveheart Robert the Bruce?

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Physically, Edward was an imposing man; at 6 feet 2 inches he towered over most of his contemporaries, and hence perhaps his epithet "longshanks". He also had a reputation for a fierce temper, and he could be intimidating; one story tells of how the Dean of St Paul's, wishing to confront Edward over the high level of taxation in 1295, fell down and died once he was in the king's presence.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

When Edward of Caernarfon demanded an earldom for his favourite Gaveston, the king erupted in anger and supposedly tore out handfuls of his son's hair. Some of his contemporaries considered Edward frightening, particularly in his early days. The Song of Lewes in 1264 described him as a leopard, an animal regarded as particularly powerful and unpredictable. Despite these frightening character traits, however, Edward's contemporaries considered him an able, even an ideal, king.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Though not loved by his subjects, he was feared and respected. He met contemporary expectations of kingship in his role as an able, determined soldier and in his embodiment of shared chivalric ideals. In religious observance he also fulfilled the expectations of his age: he attended chapel regularly and gave alms generously.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Modern historians have been more divided in their view of Edward I. Bishop William Stubbs, working in the whig tradition of historical writing, praised Edward as a king deliberately working towards the goal of a constitutional government. "...the self-regulating action of the body politic", according to Stubbs "was very much the work of Edward."

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Stubbs' student T. F. Tout departed from this view. In Tout's opinion, "Even the parliamentary system grew up in obedience to the royal will. It was no yielding to a people crying for liberty, but the shrewd device of an autocrat, anxious to use the mass of the people as a check upon his hereditary foes among the greater baronage."

[SuperGreatSphinx]

F. M. Powicke offered a more positive perspective in his extensive work on Edward I in King Henry III and the Lord Edward (1947) and The Thirteenth Century (1953). K. B. McFarlane, on the other hand, criticised Edward's restrictive policy towards his earls, and concluded that "…he belonged less to the future than to the past."

[SuperGreatSphinx]

In 1988, Michael Prestwich released what has been called "…the first scholarly study devoted exclusively to the political career of Edward I." Prestwich's work, which is considered authoritative, tries to assess Edward by the standards of his own age, and concludes that his reign was a great one. His contributions to the development of the law, parliament and a functioning system of taxation, as well as his military exploits, stand out in particular.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

At the same time, he left a legacy of financial difficulties, political distrust and an unresolved situation in Scotland. The roots of the disasters of the reign of Edward II can be found in the reign of Edward I. Other contemporary writers have been more willing to criticise Edward for his failings, particularly his severe treatment of the Jews.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

There is also a great difference between English and Scottish historiography on King Edward. G. W. S. Barrow, in his biography on Robert the Bruce, accused Edward of ruthlessly exploiting the leaderless state of Scotland to obtain a feudal superiority over the kingdom. This view of Edward is reflected in the popular perception of the king, as can be seen in the 1995 movie Braveheart's portrayal of the king as a hard-hearted tyrant.

[TalonMercenary]

One of England's greatest kings. Scots can only dream of having a ruler as glorious as he

[mrceebees14]

@TalonMercenary  Fuck you asshole.

[TalonMercenary]

@mrceebees14 No fuck you scot

[KrakenRouge]

@TalonMercenary I agree, he was a great king and a warrior.

[bfandreasyt]

@KrakenRouge ...and yet, Simon de Montfort left a longer lasting legacy. I'd even argue THE most important legacy of whole post-roman Europe and North America. Longshanks was small fries compared to that.

[dmax631]

@bfandreasyt I don't agree, Edward I founded the modern parliamentary system of raising taxes and producing laws through statutes, this is the foundation of parliamentary democracy.

[331JoseA]

@bfandreasyt It is sad that Simon de Montford is hardly ever mentioned as one of the key founders of modern representative government.

[timenyart]

@bfandreasyt what are you talking about, Edward continued Mondfort's work, Edward did what Montfort could not, that is he legitimized the Model Parliament, ever heard of the Model Parliament of 1295, the only differance between Montfort and Edward was that Montfort was in rebellion against the crown, Edward wore it

[lobbotekka2019]

@TalonMercenary

Robert the Bruce was impressive. Probably as good as it would get but he deserves some mention as a ruthless but tough and flexible commander.

[bobbydylanio]

@lobbotekka2019 The thing is every leader in this era did ruthless, violent things. To judge them on by todays standards is phenominally ignorant but people seem happy to do it on youtube.

[lobbotekka2019]

@bobbydylanio

Precisely. And Roberd the Bruce was very ruthless.

[BDollScream]

I knew the story of Braveheart was based off of true events, but I had no idea that it was also based off of a real person. Love this series!

[CahanTiarnan]

May England and the USA fall as Rome! May Rome Fall once more!

[anomalousclouds]

@CahanTiarnan Oh Canadian, you are so cute and harmless. Our nations will battle it out again in the sport of hockey though, in the trials known as the Stanley Cup playoffs. Once again a US team will emerge victorious. Perhaps you're still bitter about 2004 when Calgary lost to FLORIDA team. Mwaahahah.

[Reichstadto]

One of the greatest king of England, almost uniting the British Iles

[guitar19904]

WALLACE!

[zerker12568901]

Stirling bridge is a really good idea nice one wallace the English should have known better

[AndreHiltre]

Edward was a truly Great King. England needs another like him today to save us.

[gabrielsdescention]

Great King Edward the longshanks!!!

[username1me]

Mon the Scots!!!great vids thanks for uploading animegirlUK

[talitakoomi]

So, he butchered the English barons, the Welsh, the Jews and the Scots- and he had the title "Defender of the Faith" ?! This S.O.B. was probably really surprised to find himself in the nastiest part of HELL when he died! "The Faith" does not allow for wholesale murder of thousands of people, nor the brutal torture of one's enemies simply because some arrogant earthly king wants to "unite" an island! Monarchy frequently lends itself to wicked behavior.

[oarfrost]

@talitakoomi "So, he butchered the English barons, the Welsh, the Jews and the Scots- and he had the title "Defender of the Faith" ?! "

No. He was the wrong man to cross and he was a hard, unforgiving enemy, but like most successful kings he preferred to do deals rather than rely on brute force. And the first English king to be called Defender of the Faith was Henry VIII.

[lvcivs11]

@talitakoomi lol all franks saxons any northern tribe worshipped wotan and thor the valkyries spirited him away to valhalla he refused to die in his bed he went to scotland at an ancient age and when he died he ordered his bones to go with the army he feasts with wotan unto this day

[lvcivs11]

@talitakoomi what is the difference between marxism republicanism and democracy? nothing the masses are far more wicked the king of qin yen cheng became shi huang ti he killed a ,million men to do so but it brought an end to centuries of war blood and death begat blood and death until a talented man arises then blood and death begat peace and order time to put it away eirsh and scots im from america i have scotch and eirsh blood dont care unite unite now and bring an end to the warring states

[username1me]

@lvcivs11 u means scots "scotch is a drink,as for eirish think u mean irish

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

mass murdering bastard

[lobbotekka2019]

@BRUTUALTRUTH

No doubt. But most (if not all) great kings were.

[philessexuk]

@BRUTUALTRUTH bit biased really, especially considering Scotland waged war on England

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

@philessexuk No............I have seen Braveheart many times LOL

[philessexuk]

@BRUTUALTRUTH hahaha

[HerpDerpUrp]

@BRUTUALTRUTH Boy.....your really the accurate historian.....basing historical accounts off of a movie.......Wow........how old are you? 12 years old? Go read some history books then come back and just for the record to provoke you, William Wallace never had sex with Isabelle.

[timenyart]

@BRUTUALTRUTH Braveheart was incredibly biased and innacurate, it portrayed the scots as uncivilized hill tribes even their nobles, it should be considered insulting to both English and Scottish

[NorceCodine]

Always surprising to hear that a monarch as powerful as Edward, and yet had to be buried in a simple wooden casket if he could not pay for even a little ornamentation.

This dichotomy of egalitarianism when it came to money just defies medieval order somehow.

[11nytram11]

Andrew de Moray was a more successful commander in opposing the English rule than Wallace and his rebellion actually forced Longshanks to get involved personally - Longshanks twice sent powerful armies against de Moray but both failed. Wallace's rebellion was a minor annoyance compared to de Moray. In fact it was far more likely that de Moray was the man who planned the battle of Stirling Bridge, Wallace got all the credit because de Moray died.

[oarfrost]

Actually, the drawing bit didn't refer to the removal of poor William's insides, but to the fact that he was drawn on a hurdle to the scaffold. And to be really pedantic, he wasn't quartered. His body was cut into 4 bits but first his head was cut off, so there were five bits, which meant he was quintalled.

[MDGravey15]

@oarfrost that's actually a contentious issue regarding the drawing of the victim. The general consensus now is that when drawing is uttered as in "Hung, drawn and quartered" then it is in reference to the disembowelment of the victim.

[oarfrost]

@MDGravey15 " that's actually a contentious issue regarding the drawing of the victim. The general consensus now is that when drawing is uttered as in "Hung, drawn and quartered" then it is in reference to the disembowelment of the victim."

I dare say you are right and I don't suppose it interested Wallace overmuch. However the execution was carried out it still bloodly well hurt. That said, if his head and limbs were cut off he was at least quintalled rather than quartered.

[tribetng]

Wallace was never called bravehart that was the name given to Robert the Bruce when he won Scottish independence and ever after his brave hart was carried ahead of Scottish armies to insure victory.