Ancient Celts: Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain DOCUMENTARY
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The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the ancient civilizations and Ancient Celts continue with a video describing Sub-Roman Britain and the Anglo-Saxon invasion of the island. In this video, we will focus on how the British islands fared after the Roman Empire left the island.
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In Humankind you can add Celts to your unique civilization. Humankind is a very fun game, get it here: store.humankind.game? Our series on the Ancient Celts is now done, but there will be a series on the Medieval Celts in the future and we will release a fleshed out feature-length episode on the Ancient Celts in the next few months
Thanks for the video.
I am 10 percent Anglo Saxon
Man how long is that pacific war i cant wait to watch how the US points by points score by score teritory to teritory knock the japanese from the pacific
About you make a documentary on King Cnut
Search for the Kingdom of Sheba Or the kingdom of Himyar who ruled the Arabian Peninsula before Islam
Anglo-Saxons arrived in Britain as Germanic, Thor-worshipping pagan warriors, and then Christianized. Only to be invaded three centuries later, by Germanic, Thor-worshipping pagan warriors.
So as to have a chance to amend their errors and embrace the true gods.
What's your point here?
@@johnbest4513 karma be funny 😂
@@johnbest4513 I think his point is that cultural change and assimilation happens. His other point might be that it's sort of poetic, and that History rhymes.
@@ZubiForce who then were preceded to be beaten by the christian King Alfred the great and then crushed by his ancestors
This how England became Germanic.Between the Celts,Romans,Germanic Tribes,Vikings,and lastly the Normans you have modern English.What a history indeed!
@@glitchyikes how ?
Also African Nubians as Roman Slaves in Ancient Briton. Many British have black African Genes..Harharharr
@@damouno No.
YES ! Admittedly a minute amount but it is there hehe
@@glitchyikes what a load of bs
The history of Britain is one of the most complex fascinating histories I have ever heard. Not many people realise just how complex it is and how that complexity plays into how Britain is governed today
if you really want your mind blown, look in to Germanic and Romance languages in English and how Romance words like "mansion" for the ruling class, describe the same thing as Gemanic words like "house" for the lower classes.
Apparently England was hit with a series of invasive waves, some were aggressive, some were accepted, beginning with the Romans, and they (Romans) were Germanics whom pushed into Italy, next the Vikings, Norsemen, both Germanics, followed by the Jutes, Angles, Saxons, Normans, all Germanics. The English had been, like the Irish and Welsh, largely of "Basque" lineage. But ... What you will notice is that the "Mainstream Academics" will use "early Hunter Gathers, followed by Farmers", they refer to the Basque as an isolated group, because they speak a language that has never been influenced by "Germanic" and they are a separate line, Rh(-), and their History literally states "We are from Atlantica", (the "Mainstream Academics" deem that myth, I deem the Mainstream Stories largely Myth, but that's a separate subject, I will make a statement at the end.) *Thus, the original English in Britain were originally Basque whom had DNA added from various immigrants, and at some point, likely after the Romans, Vikings, and Norsemen, and probably during the Angles and Saxon waves, the following took place:* (At some point during this era, *the English DNA was affected leaving the following:. Maternal DNA as expected , a continuum with Anglo-Saxon/Germanic influence, others as expected, and *the Paternal/Male DNA was "reduced to less than 2%",* this indicates that all Males, Adult, Adolescent, Children, and Babies, we're removed, aka an "Ethnic Cleansing", which can only mean they were sold into slavery or they were eradicated/killed.)* On this point I find it obvious in the absence of information that someone, removed all written records 9n the subject, the "Mainstream Academics" mention it and make lightly of it, but never elaborate on what happened and when. Now, the British and the Germans are anal about Record Keeping, thus I can only expect that the Royal Family had the records expunged, likely during WWI, when they changed their name to *"Windsor from Saxe Coburg Gotha".* This is my suspicion, so don't quote it as fact, but time will reveal the facts. DNA studies show the era and other details, but I haven't been able to get access to it, I'm thinking it would be an "in person + University Credentials + a particular Gov Authorization" required to get the information. It will eventually get put on the Internet. I am amazed at the lack of interest by the British Public, or they may not know anything about the actual %. I'm not British, but I am Irish of Basque origin, my lineage is from Counties Kerry and Cork, and I was born in the USA, Chicago. ___________________________ "Mainstream Academia particularly Archaeologists" use "a 19th Century Theory based Paradigm and Linear Timeline". This stands in opposition to the Standards of "Science and Research" which forbids using a Theory as Fact. Many 9f them behave quite Dogmatic about the subject. The entire subject is most unsettling, as my degrees involved a great deal 9f emphasis on Research, and my Advisor, PhD and Head of the Department of Sociology was most adamant about the *"Standards of Science and Research"* (Sociologists are the Research hounds, the entire subject is always centered around research, studies, statistics, and data. We are the go to experts that Marketing, Advertising, and other Sciences employ when they want Accurate Data and Findings. My degrees are in Sociology, History, and Journalism, obviously I've done a few hours in Libraries, Classrooms, and on-line, searching. "Authentic Academics" follow the "Standards of Science and Research" and a strict "Code of Ethics". This subject to will find resolution, due to the works in Genetic/DNA Studies and Quantum Physics, Quantum Entanglement and Quantum Mechanics. Findings already exist to sufficiently set aside the "Theory, relative to Modern Humans", it just hasn't been discussed inview 9f the Public. (We need a Free Press) But you can book on it, it will set aside the "Darwinian Model for Modern Humans" and the "All Out of Africa Theory" as well. Both are 8naccurate. You can Quote me on that. Beth Sociologist/Behavioralist Historian
And from Britain, the modern world at large. The smallest island and least among all peoples, became the seat of one of the largest empire's the world has ever known, an empire that was not conquered, but managed to end more or less on its own terms, forming one of, still, the most prolific and advanced cultures to ever exist. The sun of the English speaking world is undoubtedly setting these days, but what cannot be denied is the impact on humanity this one tiny island had.
There's nothing complex about it, the majority of Britain history is about war, greed and rape It has been always like that until England started doing the same thing to other countries
@@bethbartlett5692 super interesting but wasn’t Britain once connected to Europe through Dogger Bank? I’d imagine there’s a possibility there are people left from those times?
There is a really interesting old english poem called “the ruin” from the 8th or 9th century which has some interesting reflections on Roman ruins in England. Worth a read.
Fall of Civilizations Podcast made a very interesting episode about it right here on KZhead.
@@FritsGerlich07 lol yes that’s where I learned about it, excellent channel.
@@FritsGerlich07 Link, please? Cant find it
@@gordonbryce Perhaps, but to the average Briton, a Villa like that wouldn’t have been just as much of a dream before and after the fall of Rome
Believe Beowulf is the oldest surviving Old English tale ?
These are the lesser-known chapters of history that this channel excels at!
It’s a shame this is lesser known, this is the early origin of the most expansive empire in history
No, the Anglo-Saxon and jute invasion of England is quite popular and important part of British history, it's less written and romanticized about, in comparison to the Danelaw 2 centuries later and the Norman and Norwegian invasions in 1066 though. Mainly because the course of events were migratory instead of epic battles being written about this era.
@@johnson8711 very true n later Norman invasion as well
@@celtofcanaanesurix2245 wrong, that title belongs to the mongols which this channels covers on a lot.
@@lyhthegreat British empire was larger than mongol, even in occupied land mass
"Your ancestors shed their blood conquering this land, one day you will have to do the same" - Uhtred son of Uhtred.
They fought enemies they once were like, how mind boggling
Destiny is all
@@peterkazzi9481 that's what vikings do, they fight among themselves when they have nothing to do
Wait till he hears about the Normans, christianized North-men.
@@jbo4547 AAAAAHHHHH EEEEEHHHH AAAAAAAHHHH IIIIIIOOOOOO
I'm loving the post-apocalyptic vibe of the dark ages, so damn interesting especially the events that went down in Britain. The audio, visuals, and research is so well done here. I can't express enough how much I appreciate the hard work put in to achieve these results.
From three centuries of peace and decadence, to hovels and invasion
@Jon Baxter If youre tax farming gentiles, sure. The economic decline of the dark ages begins in the 2nd century
I mean the empire that controls the economy in the area being destroyed by barbarians could probably count as at least a small apocalypse.
@@jonbaxter2254 I mean... I'd argue on the peace and decadence part. Peace and decadence only for the roman citizenry, and the few non-romans who were elevated to citizens. For the rest, you're being exploited to serve an Empire who's capital you will never see. It would be like if America occupied Vietnam and turned it into another american state, but didn't give local vietnamese the chance to vote a representative into Congress. The Celts would've been constantly fighting the Romans, so it's no wonder they pulled back.
It gets even more post-apocalyptic when you consider the volcanic winter that nearly ended humanity in the 6th century. So many civilizations humbled or obliterated by the handful of years that came after that. It’s also probably the inspiration for Ragnarok in Norse Myth.
I’m Welsh and I love our history, we haven’t had it easy at all, but we are still such a passionate country to our Celtic traditions.
What traditions are these? Not being confrontational but i'm a south walian myself and I don't see much cultural difference.
@@TheAlmightyAss Sorry should have used the word heritage.
@@TheAlmightyAss Perhaps you'd be more aware if you'd come from a Welsh speaking background?
@@serpentine6171 kick the Anglo Saxons out, retake Britannia and start speaking latin again you remnant Roman Frankenstein's monster of cultures.
@@rfkwouldvebeenaok1008 That's why the Brits had the largest Empire the world has ever seen. The best of Indo European genius. Latin dead and gone, nobody ever wanted a true return of the Roman Empire after they tasted Germanic ideas of real liberty. It didn't return, and no attempt was made to restore it. It died for good reason.
I could hear Arthur screaming for Merlin, calmly.
ARTHARDIDYOUPUTYOURNAMEINTHEGOBLETOFFIYAH
I could hear Percival and Karadoc training to kill 4 men with dried leaves.
I could hear the French farting in Arthur's general direction.
The kurgon was probably there
You're too early Napoleon!
Henry the VII used an old prophecy that Celts would take back the throne of England to legitimize his claim amongst his home Welsh lords (this along with the fact that he was the last male to carry the lancastrian claim ). That is why he named his first born Arthur.
@@swapanzameen6302 He then fucked Cymru over
@@swapanzameen6302 The Tudor Golden Age happened
And then Prince Arthur died leaving Henry VII's other son to be the heir to the throne. That's how good ol' Henry VIII became King of England.
@@HeroHoundoom He was protector of the Church, he would never act irresponsibly.
@@TAKE_BACK_BRITAIN Maybe one day we can have a king Arthur just keep naming your kids Arthur
Welshman here, always makes me sad yet proud to see the triumph and struggles of my people. 'Lloegr' (the land that was lost) is still our word for England today. As he says, our story goes on. Glad to see Welsh was the most learned language in the UK during lockdown on Duolingo!
And the number of speakers is rising in Wales. Also Cornish was revived as well amd is spoken by a handfull of people again.
Indeed and the English called all the Celts "Welsh" I believe. Either way, you were not strong enough to hold on to the land and it was conquered. In this time period, might is right and has been English for 1600 years now.
Are you on krak? It doesn’t mean “the land that was lost”.
@@mr.afrikaans1747 Ydy ma fe y twpsyn! Do some research mate
@@TheDataman2never knew why the Welsh hated us so much 🤣now I know 🤣
In French, "Bretons" means the people of Brittany, and it is the British whom we call "Britannique". "Bretagne" can mean either Brittany or Britain, because both were the country of the "Bretons". When they wanted to be precise, people would say "Grande Bretagne" - Great Britain. It is funny to think that name 'Armorica' disappeared because of this migration. On the other side of Gaul, 'Belgica' carried on across the centuries and is still recognizable today.
Whilst asterix books exist armorica will never disappear
'Armorica' in my opinion sounds a lot like America if you ask me.
Armorica also included Normandy, it's not just another name for Brittany.
Love how the britons called the anglo saxons barbaric pagans, and those same barbaric pagans would say the same thing to the danish vikings
Yet the Britons were very much barbaric pagans themselves when the Romans Arrived in Britain & the Roman Empire considered the Celts "Barbarians".
Basically anyone who is not "you/your people" are barbarians xD
No joke. The Anglo-Saxons adopted the word barbarian (probably from the welsh or from reading classical Roman texts) and started using it to mean pagan Danes. For instance, document dated 872 refers to “the very pressing affliction and immense tribute of the barbarians, in the same year when the pagans stayed in London.”
I'm surprised that England's favourite mythical hero is actually Welsh.
and then they named the Britons, "Welsh" which means foreigner.
*Walhaz is such an interesting word. It's "foreigner" for germanics, but it ended up meaning "Roman" and "(romanized) Celt" in many instances. Welsh are named after this one, but so are the Romance-speakers in Switzerland (Welschland, Welschwiitz), and in Tyrol the germans call italians "Welsch"; Walloons are romance speakers (of a significant, albeit I doubt complete, romano-celtic origin) in Belgium... Rumenians are called Vlachs, and Poles call us Italians "Włochy". I am sure there are many, many others. Even the Walnut plant. Slavs, on their turn, called the germanics "mute ones", but that's another story...
The term Slavs came from word Slowo which means "word" so Slavs or slavonic means people of common tounge. Thats why the first big group of people Slavs do not assimilate where Germanic people in moderb day Germany. In Slavic the word for Germany/Germans is 'Niemcy' which means mute or people who dont understood common tounge ;)
@@kosa9662 In Hungarian too Germany is sill called Németország and Italy is Olaszország (ólah being etymology deriving from the word vlach). Slovenians uses to be called Vend (from Wend which he Germans called Sorbians, Poles etc...) And Slovaks were called Tót. Also Poland is called Lengyelország (I believe this comes from Lechia or some old Polish tribe)
@@kosa9662 Proto-Slav: "*DZIEN *DOBRY" Proto-Germanic: *stares* Proto-Slav: "These axe-wielding people are obviously very polite, therefore the only plausible conclusion for their lack of verbal response is that they are mute and deaf - also none of my descendants will ever need to verify my inference."
Linquistic are very interasting
And yet the real name for the ‘Welsh’ is Cymry meaning ‘fellow countryman’. A word Originating from the Far East
loved the production on this. the depiction of Celtic Britain falling to the jutes, angles and saxons gave a real sense of the horror of a land falling to invading forces, and as an Englishman, an internal conflict that these are in fact my ancestors. but the change of tone and lifted music somewhow gave me a realisation that in fact cultures integrated in with each other a lot more than we think, and all of our shared history is there to see.
Yeah it was more of a migration of Germanic people who integrated with the Britons. Of course some battles would be fought and they were. But even some Anglo-Saxon kings had Brythonic names. I don't think it was as simple as Britons vs Anglo-Saxons, I almost guarantee that Britons fought each other too and many likely fought alongside the Angles, Jutes and Saxons.
Strange how the Angles, Saxons, Jutes are seen as a different people than the Vikings. Jutes and Angles come from Denmark. The Saxons come from Northern Germany and literally bordered Angle territory. They worship an earlier form of the Norse Pantheon(which is why I refer to it as Germanic paganism). And they sailed to Britain to raid, trade and settle. They seem to truly be an earlier wave of Vikings.
By the time the Danish Vikings had arrived to Britain. The Anglo-Saxons had developed a different culture all together.
11:30 NorthSEA Germanic, I don’t mean to be nit-picky, but that’s a very important linguistic distinction, North Germanic includes only the descendants of Proto and Old Norse. Old English comes from Proto Northsea Germanic, which was a variety of West Germanic, closer to German and Dutch, but with some Norse influences
Oof :-D
yes
I respect the hell out of finding these tiny details, I support this!
"Uhm, ackshually" he said, pushing the glasses up his nose.
@@thefinal9923 Well, that is a pretty important detail
Another one of those videos where script, art, and editing combine beautifully well.
Sub-roman britain has such romantic mysticism to it. I love it
His voice is horrible
Thomas Jefferson proposed that one side of the seal of the United States have Hengist and Horsa saying: “the Saxon chiefs from whom we claim the honor of being descended, and whose political principles and form of government we assumed.” The beauty of history is how deeply it is intertwined, sometimes we forget that it was a series of related steps that leads to now-even as obvious as it seems.
I imagine Hengest and Horsa laughing in heaven knowing they're still being talked about thousands of years later
Now western civilisation is dead it doesn't matter
The US President is elected through a democratic process, the Anglo-Saxons were not democratic by any means! They had a monarchical system of governance, so I don't know what Jefferson was on about there.
@@drsgme69 Yes, exaggerate some more why don't you?
@@HeroHoundoom The problem is you only see our unique system of governance and forget there is a people behind it that made all of this work, for us it's about understanding who we are and where we come from, we American's did not spring from the grass of the earth- We came from England, from Germany and Scandinavia, later on Celts and Latins would be allowed in but America is in its truest essence a Germanic Nation.
This is one of the subjects I've most wanted a video for. It's so interesting to me that the Anglo-Saxons - who were invaded by the Vikings - were once in a similar position to the Vikings who invaded them... The mixing is so interesting. And it's interesting how all of this led to a lack of record keeping which led to such a mysterious time which allowed legends and myths to arise... So cool all the way around.
The Angles and Saxons worshiped Wodin and the later Vikings worshiped him but called him Odin ?
Angles and Saxons religion was Anglo-Saxon paganism. The Vikings religion was Norse Paganism. So there was some differences like the naming of some of the gods@@ronaldgrove3283
This is definitely like when the best student gets the most interesting topic for their presentation. I love that Kings and Generals is covering the Anglo-Saxons!!
@@-ahmed121 cant find who asked.
@@-ahmed121 *Germanic NOT German! Even Old English was very different from what the people who eventually became Germans were speaking.
Love me some Arthur
@@-ahmed121 And Latin
Honestly someone had to do it it’s scattered in library’s alone lol
Native Irish Gaelic Speaker here! (Cainteoir Dúchas Gaeilge) yes, proud to say we still exist..and I’t fills me with pride to say that our ancient language, despite all efforts to wipe it out..is still being spoken on this island❤️ The 2 festivals mentioned at 7:45 ar Bealtaine and Samhain, pronounced (Byawl-tena & sawin). The land of the fairies = Tír na nÓg (teer na Nowg) the land of Eternal Youth - a mythical place where everyone stays young. Love this video. Looking forward to hopefully seeing a few videos on ancient Ireland soon:). An amazing period of history. Go raibh maith agaibh!! (Thank you)
GOD BLESS IRELAND
Thank the Gods you shared how to pronounce those lad... It drove Me nuts to hear it in video the "English" way. Slainte.
Maith an fear Dónall! I'm always sympathetic to people struggling with the pronunciations - even after 14 years of Irish education I'm inclined to butcher stuff! :)
@@conorlane1 Aye, I do the same from time to time... Still ;)
Gaelic is a wonderful language. It be a shame if Celtics languages became extinct. Hope that never happens A 'Celtophile' person :)
The Celts continue to be some of my favorite people to study in history. I would love to time travel and see what their culture was like in Central Europe. We have a cd of Celtic lullabies in our collection. The Welsh songs are truly entrancing. I am also very fond of the flowing lines of what I believe is Celtic influenced art.
What CD is it? I am curious now. Would love to share those songs with my children
As someone with both Celtic and Saxon ancestry this was very interesting to watch. I’ve been lately learning more about the past of England to try and make sense of it all. What a fascinating history.
I just found out I’m 22% England & Northwestern Europe very confusing lol
Let me guess - you’re both American?
@@Captain_tame American isn’t a nationality
@@Captain_tame Is that a problem?
@@sprucegoose568 not at all mate - I love the yanks. It just tends to be Americans who describe themselves as 22% *something* - just seems foreign to the rest of the world! No malice intended ✌️
Just a minor correction, at 11:28 you say that Angles, Jutes and Saxons spoke north germanic languages. This is a common mistake but in reality the Saxons, Angles and Jutes (+ the Frisians which were also a major contribution to the anglo-saxon migration) are classified as speaking "ingvaeonic" languages, aka north sea germanic, which is grouped in west germanic and not in north germanic. The Jutes are an interesting bunch, initially they may have spoken a transition dialect between west and north germanic. However, the Jutes in England spoke a dialect mostly related to Frisian. This is not so surprising when you consider that Frisians lived right across the channel in Flanders and the Dutch coast. In fact, many Jutes may have left Jutland around 200 CE when the Danes invaded, going through Angle, Saxon and eventually Frisian territrory before partaking in the conquest of Britain.
Plus Frisians lived in western Denmark anyway at least some Fishing villages.
And in Fryslân we're still ingvaeonically going strong ! ☺️
@@irTaeke Same with the speakers of low saxon in North Germany & Nederland :)
In terms of genetics the Frisians seem to be the largest contributer to modern English compaired to any other group. Of coarse the difference between them and the other germanic groups that arrived at that time is almost non-existant.
@@wowfly6485 Yes! I am an English person who comes from the Black Country in the West Midlands.We speak the purest form of North Germanic Languages in the country.We were left alone from Norman -French influence because of the Geography very inacsessable.I studied and lived in West Germany on the north sea coast near to Bremerhaven for 12 years and made Friends with people who spoke Platt Deutsch.I agree that Friesans contributed as this is the easiest language to learn as an Englishman
Lot of Frisians came over too in large numbers. They are often overlooked and lumped in with the Anglo-Saxons but much of the Midlands were settled by them.
I was wondering why they wouldn't come over as well. The Saxon part of the germanic coastline is small compared to the frisian or dutch. I thought maybe the Dutch were too nice lol
@@22fordfx49 Frisians still exist. Do not call them Dutch. They fought for centuries to maintain their identity. They are part of the Anglo-Saxon, Jutish group.
@@stephenchappell7512 prompts me to wonder were the Angles and Frisii ever one before diverging and joining with the Saxons and Jutes
And we’ll continue to overlook them forever more as we love ignoring that fact. Keep you out in the cold where it’s Frisian
@@georgelindley6752 Dutch. Dutch. Dutch. Dutch.
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@@KingsandGenerals Kings n generals, u guys do everything that's high quality.
Double negatives fry my small brain
Thanks so much. Kings n generals, u guys never do nothing that ain't of the highest, most discriminating quality. Much respect to the grammar police.
@@reginaldinoenchillada3513 double negatives lets goo
Interestingly, Emrys (Welsh for Ambrosius) is one of the names of Merlin, part of whose name seems to have been inspired by Ambrosius Aurelianus!
See the books The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment. Trilogy. A young boy, (Merlin), son of Welsh princess but unknown father. Court held in old Roman estate, looked down on by the Ruler. Keeps his ear to the ground/low profile. Kidnapped taken to Brittany. Meets A. Aurelianus in his camp. (His father). The crystal cave gives him the sight. Glimpses of the old ones (the romano/britons) hiding in the hills. By Mary Stewart,Author who draws on many sources woven together. I read them 45 yrs ago gets 90%+ reviews. Realism n spirituality. Igraine, Arthur, Uther Pendragon. Morgana.
indeed some legends ascribe Merlin's prediction of Vortigern's fall to Ambrosius. I suppose the figure of Merlin is a composite of the Welsh Myrrdin and Ambrosius Aurelianus. Fascinating stuff
It seems that you guys will leave no chapter of Roman and early modern age untouched...and it's a great thing for us
"The greatest mistake the Celts ever made was to rough up a young and upcoming Rome" Grandad
Rome: and I took that personally
True
Or not doing their job correctly and destroying rome completly
@@illyrian9976 They sacked the city completley. They didn't know they would rise again
@@illyrian9976 that means they weren't as bad as Romans I guess. Carthage was, slaughtered, burned, raised to the ground and salted!
Britons: You have freed us! Anglo-Saxons: Oh, I wouldn't say "freed". More like, "under new management".
I am from wales and i had no idea lloyger meant lost land, we just use it as the name for England.
It doesn't mean that
the word wales also means 'foreigner' believe it or not.
The ships going to the north of Spain have reminded me of strange names in Spanish Celtic mythology: Breogan, the sons of Mil, Bretoña (Lugo), Brigantia, Maelog / Mailoc, Bishop Mailoc of Britonia, etc. After the Goths there was no more memory.
It goes the opposite way too, in Gaelic traditions it was maintained that the Gaels came to Ireland from Northern Spain.
@@malleableconcrete I guess locals in Cantabria were not very welcoming xD so they turned back
"Brigantia" is very interesting as the predominant Celtic British tribe in what is now northern England was the "Brigantes" .... Also the Britons are supposed to be descended from the Basque people of northern Spain
@@malleableconcrete They didn't - the Gaels came from Gaul. Irish DNA is North European.
Its the British who are connected to Spain - Anatolian farmers re-colonised Britain, about 1000BC.
Kings and Generals has quickly made it to my favorite youtube channel this year, the daily and quality content is astounding
That one migration here to the Northwestern Iberian Peninsula created a settlement and later a bishopric that was called Britonia, and there's still today a town named Bretoña there. Largest river here, that serves as frontier between Portugal and Spain in its last stretch, and called _Minho_ (PT) _Miño_ (ES), comes from the celtic _Mino_ , meaning "soft". Two of its tributaries are called _Deva_ , from the celtic goddess _Dewa_ . Although we cannot atribute the origin of the bagpipe to the Celts with certainty (there are bagpipes from Morocco to Turkey as well), fact is that there's a strong bagpipe tradition in the ancient Gallaecia, with varieties as _Minhota_ and _Trasmontana/Mirandesa_ in Portugal, and _Galega_ , _Sanabresa/Alistana_ in Spain.
There aren't enough documentaries about Celts in Spain and Portugal on KZhead. It's fascinating that their culture still exists
Northwestern
@@your.dark.lord. absolutelly right, my mistake - since I'm from Trás-os-Montes, I'm used to say Northeastern (Portugal), hence the error.
@@nikobellic570 It's pretty simple all Celts are the descendants of Japheths eldest son Gomer in the Bible.. Gomerites were the first people up into Europe
As a native Welsh speaker I can tell you Lloegr is still the modern name for England in Welsh. The word for an English person is Sais (singular) or Season (plural) literally meaning Saxon. Despite England's attempts to crush our culture and erase our language for centuries there is still 900,000 speakers of Cymraeg (Welsh) in Cymru (Wales) alone.
Preserve your roots !
That's awesome! Greetings from England, preserve your culture the best you can!
This is indeed amazing to see cultural diversity and how history can be read through it. Don't keep hostile outlooks, or thoughts, or vibes about anyone in modern days, and get in touch, but always preserve your heritage! 🙏
Why saxon though? Most of england has the same dna as you.. this myth that english people are somehow entirely different and foreign is baseless, look into it and you’ll soon see how much wales was lied to to keep it hating the english
Plus you also have loan words that come directly from Latin, which comes from Roman times. That was something that blew my mind.
'Fight bravely, and defend your lives...you are on your own now.' - Emperor Honorius to the peoples of Britain (410AD)
Fighting Goths, brb...
If the last one of you alive could please switch off the lights!
The whole Cornish language thing now makes so much sense. These little facts and suggestions are why I appreciate this channel so much.
Marth yw genev, oll an gwella. Kernow bys vycken
Cornwall's whole history is just going their own way
@@rialobran we love to bicker, but Devon loves you really
@@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire Remember we're both wrong....the scone comes first...
@@rialobran ah but is it scone or scone
As one who was in high school honors history (precursor to advanced placement) more than 50 years ago I appreciate being able to further expand upon what I learned back then. I appreciate the succinct detail presented here.
This is so beautiful. Fantastic animation, historically accurate and super entertaining. Thank you so much!
Though I am a Roman fan boy, I will always be impressed with the Anglo-Saxons. I mean, their Sutton-Hoo helmets look so badass!
I am a bit of a Germanic fanboy, but Scipio Africanus? What a guy!
Agreed. The whole Sutton Hoo regalia (helmet, sword and shield) is awesome. It has a really nice aesthethic
The history of these kinds of migrations which lead to the foundations of our modern nations is such a fascinating subjext
Even the country name comes from it: England - Angle Land - Land of the Angles
true
Notices the similarities between that migration and the current migrations in Europe. Hope in the future there wont be muslim arabo-european people calling me foreigner in my native land
@Jack Gallagher thats even worse
Thank you so very much. I'm a 53 year old Latino living in Los Angeles who finds the history of that region of the Earth fascinating. I have watched many videos helping understand the history and all the changes that lead up to modern day England your video by far is the best video in explaining the history of that part of the our planet. Wow, that was so awesome. I finally understand, not being sarcastic really. I'm sure it's a bit more complicated than that but what a perfect way to explaining it to some one with very little knowledge.
A very thorough and well produced video on a topic for which I've infrequently found good study material. I am really enjoying your channel lately
Could you do an in-depth description of the history of old Ireland? As an Irishman myself, a video in this style about this era would be super interesting.
What an excellent analysis, with Linguistic evidence to back it and make it even more clear to the viewer! Well done!
The amount of short docs you guys have is astounding. You guys work your butts off and I love your content!
I've been waiting for this for a long time. Great visuals and commentary.
Your content quality continues to improve. I've begun to seriously enjoy these sorts of stories over the more strictly battle focused ones (those are still great of course!). Can't wait to see what you make next!
Loved the episode, looking forward to the rest of this series
Love the videos history battles and wars are so interesting too learn about. Keep up the great works Kings and Generals
Cornwell in his Arthurian trilogy is an author who makes this perfect description of this Roman Celtic society, mixed and in the process of long decay of what was once the Roman Empire and the final remnants of a civilization that would be swallowed up in wars.
I’m a Swede, in love with this era of history, from the fall of Rome to the Vendel era up here north. I would be super happy seeing the Vendel era being covered or maybe. Legendary battle, such as Bråvalla or Sigurd Ringhs fights against the Curonians or the Swedo-Geatic wars!
they could do one on the Geats next. Beowulf hype when?
@@jonbaxter2254 yes I agree with you 100%, the Vendel era holds so much Swedish history that no one really cares about sadly
@Marko Milivojević Rust Yeah, they did paint their sheilds black to scare enemies.
It’s crazy that Swedes did so many manly things snd not it’s a make feminist country
@@gregkosinski2303 femo-muslim*
That’s a great overview, bravo! A tip for pronouncing Welsh words: the stress is always on the penultimate syllable. So Gododdin is “Goh-DOÐ-in”, where the dd (Ð/ð/“eth”) is pronounced like the “th” in the English words “they” and “weather”. And if there’s only one syllable, like Hen in Yr Hen Ogledd, it’s often stressed, so “HAIRN” rather than “hen”. Looking forward to your future videos!
Thank you for covering this, I have always been curious about it.
Read "The Warlord Chronicles" by Bernard Cornwell. It details the most realistic depiction of Arthur I have ever read in fiction. A fantastic read, and the prequel to "The Saxon Stories".
Thank you for yet another wonderful video :)
I had just started playing as the Celts in Total War Attila a few days ago,great timing Kings and Generals!
happy framerates
Which clan are u playing as
@@WitcherGerd Children of the Night (Picts)
Outstanding AF! I find this time in history to be absolutely fascinating! Thank you!!
Probably my favorite Kings and Generals video, I love this subject so much.
I'm glad this video clears up the idea that the Anglo-Saxons were peaceful. They did to the Celts exactly what the Danes and Norwegians would do to the Anglo-Saxons a few centuries later. It's the Normans that baffle me - essentially Latinised/Romanised Norse men who had a complete contempt for the Germanic and Scandinavian people's and cultures that they conquered in Britain, pretending instead to think they were actually French. 🤔
A lot of the men of William army were britons from bretagne, poetic 🤔
I'm not sure about Normans having contempt for Germanic cultures. I mean, they identified as being Norsemen in Francia, the Normans used Norman as an endonym while Frank was used by the Anglo-Saxons as an exonym for them. The Normans in England were also a mixed group, many were Bretons or Normans of Breton origin, some were Flemings, some were just French / Franks and more still were just Normans and not Franks. Another thing to consider is that the Normans likely felt more kinship with the Normans in Sicily than with other non-Norman Frenchmen. Some Anglo-Normans were massive Anglophiles. Oderic Vitalis is a good example. The fact that the Anglo-Normans had to know English to effectively live in England meant they increasingly appreciated the people and country until they stopped being Norman and became exclusively English in identity. Another historic irony is that some of the Norse ancestors of the Normans (and even Bretons) would have been Anglo-Danes from the Danelaw.
@@voiceofreason2674 The Normans only got Normandy around 911, They effectively were a different people alongside the Bretons
You can say the fought under leadership of Norman prince, definitely there were French Britons among their ranks and Gallic French ppl. Nowadays, it doesnt matter, french and british are all united under the rainbow flag, marching in pride parades, taking warlike refugees and opening their hearts and minds and pussies and mouths to them. Africans and Middle easterns are new Normans and Anglo-saxons and Vikings.
_"Latinised/Romanised Norse men who had a complete contempt for the Germanic and Scandinavian people's and cultures that they conquered in Britain, pretending instead to think they were actually French."_ As opposed to what, the Germans who rebranded themselves "English" and pretended instead to think they were British? :)
Even though I technically knew most of this already, your clear and concise summary helped tie it all together - and, as a result, I feel like I understand the whole topic a lot better. Thank you!
Amazing and very detailed description, thank you for sharing this knowledge.
Great vid as always. Thanks for all your hard work.
Aside from King Arthurs stories and legends and also his probable real timeline , the period of Sub Roman Britain meaning 5th to 8th century AD is in my opinion one of the most interesting,mysterious and fascinating periods of human history. Celto-Roman cultures with a mix of Celtic,Latin and Abrahamic religions meet,fight or trade with Gemanic ones and also each other.
yeah Romano British are really cool.
John G The Europeans were Japhethites after all.
Excellent, a new KoG video to make me forget that my summer holiday is almost over
I love these little known stories. Great job on this history!
Love your Videos man. I watch every episode even the 2 hour ones. Just gotta get my popcorn ready.
Im from Turkey And I love these kinds of videos because our education system does not teach us European history they only teach us the Ottoman and Turkish history
It is sad because even in the Anglo world we do not learn about this, even though it is the foundation of English culture and language. English ‘history’ starts in 1066, ignoring nearly 500 years of history.
@@frankdecron1306 either 1066 or the Viking invasions
@@frankdecron1306 education system is completely fucked up here, im bored of history of muslim turks. I want to hear more about turks of central asia, mongols, vikings, roman empire, franks, anglo saxons and celts. I want to know all of the history of the world but this education system does not teach me any of these
@@frankdecron1306 No it doesn't schools teach everything in this video and more, don't fall into that "we don't learn it either" stuff.
Where the Turks came from central Asia
That is one hell of a send off for the Celts. You guys always show respect and the best side of the cultures you review.
A send off? Where are they going? 😊
Not really a send off. We're still here although we're definitely not thriving
I always love the beautiful art work that accompanies these videos
You talk about topics that are not so popular, but super interesting and i love that
just a quick side note, the Celtic months of ‘Samhain’ and ‘Bealtaine’ are not pronounced ‘Sam-Hane’ or ‘Bell-Tine’ but rather as ‘Sow-in’ and ‘Byowl-Tin-Ah’. hope this helps :)
Was looking for a comment such as this!!
This narrator literally has and will continue to be tasked to pronounce names from languages alive and dead, from native american to mongolian. Tis not a task to envy and at a certain point I think they probably accept inevitable failure.
@Roads Were Meant for Journeys Irish never has been and never will be a phonetic language. that’s just the nature of the language and languages in general.
@@alukuhito sounds wrong and silly to those who know the language.
@@alukuhito Billy is your authority here? As opposed to those who still speak this living language? I hope someday you say it like that to someone who speaks the language.
I really wish they would do more videos going in depth about welsh and cornish history because the illustrations they do are great and it's hard to find historical illustrations about the Britons in the early medieval period
FINALLY! I've been waiting for this video
I personally love how you guys have been improving your story telling skills. Some of your previous videos put me off your channel for a while because they were a bit boring and seemed more about producing as much quantity as possible but now you are producing both quantity and quality witch is what i like to see. I enjoy binge watching your videos on the weekend with a nice drink. NOTICE ME SEMPAI! lol :D
_"I enjoy binge watching your videos on the weekend with a nice drink."_ Are you sure you didn't mean "I enjoy binge drinking on the weekend with watching your nice videos."? :D
Looking forward to the next chapter in this series. The syncretism in Ireland is a fascinating topic.
A great video again, but there is one mistake: The Anglo-Saxons didn't speak a North Germanic language. The spoke West Germanic dialects. To be precise they spoke Ingvaeonic dialects, which are also called North Sea Germanic. Up to the 10th century people from England and Lower Saxony - like Emperor Otto I. and his wife Eadgitha, sister of King Aethelstan - could understand each other. This could not be the case if in English would have descended by a North Germanic Dialect. Furthermore was their no reason for Angles, Saxons and Jutes to change their language when moving to Britain. The Jutes vanished from history after the Danish invasion of Jutland. The Danes brought their North Germanic dialect with them, why today the Danish language is spoken in the greater part of Jutland. Some Frisians still speak their Ingvaeonic language, but the language of the Saxons in northern Germany became more similar to the German dialects during the middle ages. Today it's somewhere between German, Dutch, Danish and its' Ingvaeonic origins. It differs from village to village and it was supposed, that it did so within the dark ages.
I don't think I've ever seen this topic been done before. Great stuff keep it up 👍
I absolutely LOVE how you pronounced the Celtic names.
Leave the sixth century welshman alone, it's kind of crazy to think how widespread the Celts used to be and that those of us in Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, Brittany and the Isle of Man are the last of the Celts. Still, we made it to the modern era and a lot of peoples and cultures didn't so I figure we did well.
The Celts once inhabited mainland Europe too even once inhabiting what is now Turkey. The Irish,Scots,Cornwall,Brittany aren't the last of the Celts that is a myth, The English despite being Germanic in language,culture are still Celtic in regards to genetics.
@@johna.bishop9314 Not that they will admit that…..
@@johna.bishop9314 You can't possibly determine whether an English person is more Celitic or Germanic because the only identifiable difference between the two is culture and language. Celts and Germans aren't a separate genetic group.
@@jaydenbecker9740 what about somebody of the Italic ethnicity descending from north central Italy?
Sadly most of western Europe is dying now, rip
This was a masterpiece. Thanks for covering such a challenging and scant historical period, this was very well researched and produced. I learned an awful lot from this.
This video is fantastic. Great info delivered clearly.
always entertaining and informative, thank you.
If anyone wants a Story of Arthur actually during the Saxon invasions check out "The Winter King" by Bernard Cornwell. It's got shield walls, cults of Isis and Mithras, and other cool stuff.
Good job :)
Absolutely fascinating.. I love this channel!
Truly fascinating! Thank you!!
Celts: Thank God those Romans are finally gone. Hey look! It's some boats with some Germans on it! Y'all wait here I'll go see what they want.... 400 Years Later Saxons: Hey look! It's some boats with some Northmen on them! Y'all wait here I'll go see what they want... 200 Years Later Saxons: Hey look! Some boats with some Normans on them...I've gotta bad feeling about this.
Modern-day English: Hey look! Some boats with some Paxtanis on them...
The Britons were Romans, not Celts
@@keyos1955 they were romanized celts
Germanic not germans
@@zuzudernegger9721 well it was the English that went looking for them first xD
Bernard Cornwell`s series on Arthur is great and set in these times.Great trilogy that starts with The Winter King.Thanks for this mate it was great.
Warlord Chronicles! So good, they're making a tv show for it too next year
@@jonbaxter2254 Cool i`ll be watching.Hope they don`t stuff it
@@jonbaxter2254 Thanks! I just found out from you, will have to check it out
@@waynemcauliffe2362 you better get ready for an african looking Merlin, or an arabic Gwinevere
@@medicinerik I`m sure it`s on the cards mate.Cultural misappropriation
This answered so many questions! Thank you!
Hey man love your work. Cant find part 2
the modern flag of kent in england still shows the saxon steed (sachsenross), which is also still on the flag of the state of northrine-westphalia in germany, the ancient home of the saxons (the modern state of saxony has very little to do with the ancient saxons). also the names hengist and horsa both mean horse or pferd in german, whereby hengst (hengist) means stallion.
Its also on the Lower Saxons states flag.
"Yeah I'm mixed race. Half Anglo, half Saxon"
I know that is a joke so I don't need to pedantically say Angles and Saxons are Germanic. But saying anyway just to be pedantic
@@Evansdrad8515 the same can be said between Anglo-Saxon and Celts, we're all of the same race, which we now call European or White.
@@twilightknight2333 I wouldn't refer to skin as racial. Anyone who does is a fool. I would cut the skin of both a black man and a white man. Making them skinless. And asking them if they were still different races despite having no skin sense one identifies skin as race and not genetics or phenotypic skullshape. In any case. On the Anglo-Saxon Celtic topic you would be right as both intermix and both descend from Bell-Beakers anyway that to call them the same race would be accurate.
@@twilightknight2333 There is no "white race" just like how there is no "black race" we are all different a germanic has different genes then a greek and a ugandan has different genes than an ethiopian
Everyone currently in the world is mixed race. Most are even a mix of Hominins. You are all my brothers and sisters, love to you all.
This was really mind-blowing! 👏👏
An enjoyable summary, thanks!
I was watching the Celtic playlist when this video was released. How do you know to time your uploads so well?
This is my kind of history.
England is my city... wait.
The quality is phenomenal guys