How was England conquered? ️ Battles of William the Conqueror (ALL PARTS)

Very good. Thanks for putting this together

Ah my 30th Great-Grandfather!

Harold doesn't get enough credit, he had to rush north to smash an invasion force before booking it back south to defend against the Norman's invasion... if his army hadn't abandoned their position on the high ground to pursue the retreating Normans he likely could have repelled their attack as well

Like other accounts, this one misrepresents Harold's march north to Stamford Bridge. Mobilizing an army and marching it north almost certainly took at least 10 days. Medieval armies traveled at an average rate of between 15 and 20 miles per day. Harold would have been foolish to have force-marched an army north only to it arrive exhausted and unprepared to face the Norwegians. Additionally, no mention is made of Harold's tactical errors at Stamford Bridge that resulted in significant English casualties. The heavy losses at the Battle of Fulford (which was not the one-sided battle implied in this video) and at Stamford Bridge almost certainly impacted the outcome of the Battle of Hastings.

If Harold, after the previous battle, had not marched quite so fast, and given his men time to recuperate, and not decided to rush off into his final battle but instead take the time to raise a larger army he probably survives and wins.

Étrange de voir les noms français ou normands transformés en noms anglo-saxons. En France Guillaume le Conquérant n'est jamais nommé William. Sur la tapisserie de Bayeux non plus d'ailleurs.

After 1066 the French have subsequently built a large number of our current castles, it is a great heritage of this time.

Guillaume le conquérant pas William

I had to translate the bateaux tapestry in my Latin classes in high school. There’s a surprising amount of “so and so went” (so and so went to a location) because they tried to minimize grammar due to the fact that they gotta embroider the words.

WOUNDERFUL VIDEO. NOW TIME FOR MOUNT AND BLADE BANNERLORD XD

very informative and well narrated. many thanks and godspeed!

Fascinating

Why has Oliver stone not made an epic about him? 🤷‍♂️ P.S. Napoleon looks amazing

william. my grandfather.

Damn, William did what Mongols would do 200 years early

Ah yes, the old French colony

Has this channel become a.i 😮

Is anybody else ashamed Harold forgot he had an entire country’ that could fight if he would’ve had patience and strategy. Even William expected a “ long campaign”

Narrator has a Sean Bean thing going on, a rising tremulous pitch toward the end of a sentence

Scotland be like: false alarm, false alarm

Didn’t Harold take an arrow through the eye. Probably should have kept his visor down ….

Oh can you imagine a big budget (historically accurate) telling of William I ‘the Conqueror’ in a movie trilogy 😍 such a fascinating man and his story.

William's early years sounds more like a marathon of anime betrayals

This is probably the least biased channel that makes this type of content. I feel like its pure education and no propaganda. Great content

88 years, so maltilda was not of williams line? remember there are no plantagenet only geoffery, they all till richard III saw themselves as descendants of the KING. shakespeare started the whole plantagenet and roses crap, nobody paid attention to it until the victorians decided to change history and tell it their way. (like folks are doing today) let no one forget the lions geofrey didnt have em only the line of william

Can someone please explain why King Henry I of France invaded Normandy? I have rewatched clips of seconds to see if I missed something, but I wasn't able to find anything. I tried doing some research and apparently King Henry I attacked Normandy since he saw Williams marriage with Matilda as a threat to his throne. But why if he suggested the marriage, as explained in the video? Did he want William to marry Matilda, only to use it as an excuse to later invade Normandy. Also according to the video it stated that William defeating William to Talou, enraged King Henry. But why?

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It got conquered by its loose immigration policy. Used to be an empire now it’s a broke island nation

Great stuff, thanks

Napoleon And Hitler take notes

If you look through the victories of Alexander the Great to Hannibal to Julius Caesar to William the Conqueror, a lot of battles were won through straight determination, refusal to admit defeat.
Typically in warfare, you want to take advantage of your enemy's retreat. It is a moment of vulnerability when the battle can be won and the enemy routed. The mistake wasn't breaking the shield wall the first time. The mistake was not ordering a general advance and winning the battle then. Once William was able to successfully withdraw his infantry from the line, it was a mistake for the English infantry to pursue the retreating cavalry. Nothing good was ever going to come from that.

What’s crazy is the fall of humanity in Europe after Rome. 7000 v 7500 in a battle for England!!! When Caesar landed on England there was more resistance haha.

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I'd always heard the famous stuff, but now I know the full story. Thank you.

A sacrifice to the algorithm...

And we think we got it bad. I could not imagine trying to survive through one day in that era. Unbelievable brutality and very little compassion or regard for human life.

As someone from anglo saxon heritage.. feck the normans

Sees Harold Godwinson declaring himself "Protector of the Realm" and has a flashback to Westeros from Game of Thrones


Harold Godwinson, First of his name, rightful ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, King of the Anglo-Saxons, Earl of Wessex and Protector of the Realm

Duke of Normandy: Right....
Me: Yeah no. Harold is a usurper!

GUILLAUME LE CONQUÉRANT.
William n'en est que la traduction anglaise.

Ah, the good old days, before women were allowed to do as they please...

I had no idea Hardrada was so highly thought of that people in the comments genuinely believe he had a chance at taking England? I know he was an extremely professional soldier and highly respected, but attempting to conquer England was doomed to failure. Godwinson was no Aethelred the Unready, and England was highly fortified and united by this point. As many hidtorians agree, Godwinsons undoing was facing two invasions at the opposite ends of the country essentially at once.

Better late than never: A Huge (even a "Yuge") thanks for making the series! Many of us peons forget what, as Paul Harvey put it, the Rest Of The Story as to do with the main event.

This made me reinstall Crusader Kings 2.

The battle of Hastings: Never chase a fleeing enemy

Very good job indeed! Bravo! Music, video, plus information! A++

what is d. 928/31 AD what are the letters ? before the numbers D, T, C, R ??? So rollo died in 928 or was born in 928 AD ? and died in 31 AD ???

Stop referring to Harald as a Viking. Vikings were pillagers and looters. A king of Norway was not a viking.

great work though William was not a "great king of England". His reign was basically about crushing every saxon resistance & massacre the local population. After the conquest, he spent most of his time in Normandy where he died in 1087.

INGLATERRA DE NORMANDIA CONQUISTADOS POR LOS VIKINGOS AL FINAL