'It's a mad world my masters' - English Civil War Song

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  • Опубликовано: 13 янв 2025

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  • @thoorwulfn9z383
    @thoorwulfn9z383 5 месяцев назад +157

    "The tyrant's state subjects us all, but cries democracy" hits a whole different level in this day and age

    • @ThatGooberSpartan_1776
      @ThatGooberSpartan_1776 3 месяца назад +4

      true

    • @sakkra93
      @sakkra93 2 месяца назад +13

      Spineless Starmer's Britain in a nutshell!

    • @Kerys23a
      @Kerys23a 2 месяца назад

      Democracy is just the tyranny of the majority.

    • @Sonny-m1f
      @Sonny-m1f 2 месяца назад

      ​@@sakkra93Trump won. Expect change.

    • @CoreyStudios2000
      @CoreyStudios2000 Месяц назад +1

      Yeah, especially when a corrupt and convicted felon like Trump has been voted into office. Wokeness or MAGA, doesn't matter. They're both horrible. I think we really are living in a mad world right now.

  • @OlavEngelbrektson
    @OlavEngelbrektson 11 месяцев назад +81

    I really appreciate the accuracy of the lyrics!

  • @olekcholewa8171
    @olekcholewa8171 10 месяцев назад +155

    "And each doth do his pleasure
    And hasten anarchy abroad
    And sin beyond all measure"
    "The tyrant's state subjects as all
    But cries democracy"
    If only they could see today's England.... Dear Lord

    • @oddish4352
      @oddish4352 6 месяцев назад +6

      Not just England... 😔

    • @csnyc-community-announcements
      @csnyc-community-announcements 4 месяца назад +2

      Look up what "anarchy" actually means, it's the highest human state

    • @oddish4352
      @oddish4352 4 месяца назад +13

      @@csnyc-community-announcements It could only work in a world where no human is capable or doing wrong to any other. We do not live in that world.

    • @olekcholewa8171
      @olekcholewa8171 4 месяца назад +8

      @@csnyc-community-announcements You're joking right?

    • @csnyc-community-announcements
      @csnyc-community-announcements 4 месяца назад

      @@olekcholewa8171 absolutely not, study history and science

  • @julessamuels4588
    @julessamuels4588 11 месяцев назад +58

    Don’t forget to remember his feast on the 30th! Another great video.

    • @AvaT42
      @AvaT42 11 месяцев назад

      Feast on the 30th?

    • @julessamuels4588
      @julessamuels4588 11 месяцев назад +13

      @@AvaT42 Charles I was canonised by the Anglican Church and his feast day is January 30th, the day of his martyrdom.

    • @AvaT42
      @AvaT42 11 месяцев назад

      @@julessamuels4588 I never knew about this, I had to google! It was because some believed KC1st died as a martyr, is a Catholic thing. Interesting stuff. Amazing the bits of history you learn on this site.

    • @Robespierre228
      @Robespierre228 11 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@AvaT42On 30 January 1649 he was publicly beheaded in Whitehall opposite the banquet hall.

  • @hitomihuang1831
    @hitomihuang1831 11 месяцев назад +67

    This song is awesome and surprisingly I learned over
    12 new words(mostly old English words) from this song. The old English in it makes it sound so cool 😅.

    • @Imperial_Britannia
      @Imperial_Britannia  11 месяцев назад +28

      This song is in early modern English (roughly 1485 - 1688), but has a lot of old English words, for example Churchill’s speeches were a lot of old English words, Early Modern English is where a lot of old English words stopped being used so commonly, if you look on my channel I have some more Early Modern English, ‘When the King Enjoys his own Again’ from the 1640s, ‘Eliza is the Fairest Queen’ which is from around 1580, ‘Pastime with Good Company’ from 1507. And if you want to see even older English songs, I have ‘Sumer is Icumen In’ which is from 1265, which is in Middle English (roughly 1066 - 1485)

  • @cee9110
    @cee9110 11 месяцев назад +22

    at 2:54 the actual lyrics are a bell of hollow ring which makes sense rather than vale of hollow ring. the person you got the lyrics from had to reupload his video aload of times because of mistakes and thats one of the ones he didnt fix

    • @Imperial_Britannia
      @Imperial_Britannia  11 месяцев назад +7

      Yeah, I tried to get it as accurate as possible, using that video as a base. I keep the original video file for only a few days in case someone points out an inaccuracy so I can fix it, but you commented after the original file was deleted, so I can’t do anything unless I remake the entire thing.

  • @olekcholewa8171
    @olekcholewa8171 10 месяцев назад +235

    "It's a mad world my masters" and "The world turned upside down" perfectly describe how ridiculous the Puritan Protectorate was.

    • @teambridgebsc691
      @teambridgebsc691 10 месяцев назад +5

      Not about right now then?

    • @olekcholewa8171
      @olekcholewa8171 10 месяцев назад +28

      @@teambridgebsc691 Might be about right now as well.

    • @MrImpossibroGaming
      @MrImpossibroGaming 9 месяцев назад +16

      Being an absolute monarchist in 2024 is crazy 😂

    • @olekcholewa8171
      @olekcholewa8171 9 месяцев назад +41

      @@MrImpossibroGaming Not wanting to be ruled by corrupt politicians and corporations who do nothing but get rich off people is crazy?

    • @MrImpossibroGaming
      @MrImpossibroGaming 9 месяцев назад +15

      @@olekcholewa8171 yes monarchs never became corrupt or got rich off the people 💀

  • @AvaT42
    @AvaT42 11 месяцев назад +18

    This was good. A serious tone to the song but the music was lighter. But, serious stuff that civil war!

  • @sirruadhri3316
    @sirruadhri3316 11 месяцев назад +20

    Brilliant song

  • @Dbear39
    @Dbear39 8 месяцев назад +110

    King Charles I: The only king to enter parliament at 6’0, but leave at 5’6.

    • @LeowulfOfMercia
      @LeowulfOfMercia 8 месяцев назад +18

      That's vile.

    • @JD-sz5js
      @JD-sz5js 8 месяцев назад +5

      @@LeowulfOfMercia lol

    • @oddish4352
      @oddish4352 6 месяцев назад

      Charles II was even taller, and it made smuggling him safely out of England very difficult.

    • @w.reidripley1968
      @w.reidripley1968 6 месяцев назад

      His head was that tiny?

    • @richardmcarthur8568
      @richardmcarthur8568 6 месяцев назад +1

      No, Charles I was not considered tall.

  • @JuliusDofarios
    @JuliusDofarios 10 месяцев назад +78

    How The UK does not teach its history to its youth is just... unspeakable to me.

    • @olekcholewa8171
      @olekcholewa8171 10 месяцев назад +1

      It repeats itself. Republican charlatans again want to overthrow the monarchy and establish their godless dictatorship

    • @potassium1311
      @potassium1311 9 месяцев назад +20

      It doesn't? British youth here (or was, like 4 years ago)! We still learn about the civil war, the empire, etc. In secondary school history.

    • @randomtheorist251
      @randomtheorist251 8 месяцев назад +9

      Bruh what 💀 our teacher literally played us The World Turned Upside Down. It's one of the recommended historical references for exam questions.

    • @chriswashingtonbeats
      @chriswashingtonbeats 7 месяцев назад +7

      what? its drilled into us like crazy. not necessarily a bad thing but it gets boring after a while

    • @Anglisc1682
      @Anglisc1682 7 месяцев назад

      I'm almost young enough to be considered a Zoomer. In history lessons, essentially the curriculum was "everything bad whitey did" (South African Apartheid, How blacks were treated in America, slavery perpetuated by whites, N*z1 Germany, Russia), the "3 H's" (H1tl3r, Henry 8th, H0l0caust) as well as the shitty things that happened to the English ethnic group (the Black Death, the Norman Conquest, witch hunts, religious strife...)

  • @dominiquepemberton3935
    @dominiquepemberton3935 Месяц назад +4

    Only 1640's kids will remember this banger.

  • @CaesarASchanzenbachReloaded
    @CaesarASchanzenbachReloaded 11 месяцев назад +6

    Wonderful.

  • @RonaldTrumpOfficial
    @RonaldTrumpOfficial 8 месяцев назад +70

    If only they could see modern Britain, they’d be having multiple seizures

    • @Desdichadochado
      @Desdichadochado 6 месяцев назад +1

      What do you mean by this?

    • @DFzonefd
      @DFzonefd 5 месяцев назад

      @@Desdichadochado Britain is soon to be a Pislamic state

    • @aldogonzalez9731
      @aldogonzalez9731 5 месяцев назад

      @@Desdichadochado is a shift great Britain culture is decandecne woke And árabs. Destroy. Great Britain

    • @PeaceAndQuiet._.
      @PeaceAndQuiet._. 5 месяцев назад +8

      @@Desdichadochado some britons now woke or self hating which is sad because britain is the most influential people in history

    • @csnyc-community-announcements
      @csnyc-community-announcements 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@PeaceAndQuiet._. Woke just means aware, ie of colonialism which is now just billionaires colonizing everyone in different ways

  • @londonassassin9894
    @londonassassin9894 9 месяцев назад +13

    Sounds greatly similar to the present.

  • @TheBaptistAnglican
    @TheBaptistAnglican 8 месяцев назад +1

    I feel like this is the exact counter song to the world turned upside down (not a counter to “when the king enjoys his own again” even though they have the same Melody)

  • @malcgibbons971
    @malcgibbons971 9 месяцев назад +9

    Would it be possible to credit the band "Strawhead " for this song ? We are all members of PRS. Thank you.

    • @Imperial_Britannia
      @Imperial_Britannia  9 месяцев назад +7

      Sorry mate. I pick up a lot of these songs from secondary sources, usually without authorship on them, looked through the videos on my channel and added a credit to the band on them.

    • @malcgibbons971
      @malcgibbons971 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@Imperial_Britannia Thank you !

  • @avus-kw2f213
    @avus-kw2f213 8 месяцев назад +32

    May all those who died fighting for the king Rest In Peace :(

    • @linli2071
      @linli2071 2 месяца назад +2

      @@avus-kw2f213 Agreed! May Charles I rest in peace.

    • @stefankovachki8636
      @stefankovachki8636 24 дня назад +1

      30th January was the darkest day in British history. The God appointed King had is head cut from his holy body. I pray for this Charles III to save the English Protestant Church from being consumed by scandals, Atheists and Muslims. We must protect the King however we can. England without a King is not England. It is anarchy, the same that Cromwell spelled upon this land. God Bless You! 🇬🇧✝️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @lucario2188
      @lucario2188 22 дня назад

      But at the end they prevailed.

    • @linli2071
      @linli2071 15 дней назад

      @@lucario2188 who prevailed? Are you referring to Cromwell’s victory in the English Civil war, or the men who died fighting for The King. Please clarify.

    • @lucario2188
      @lucario2188 15 дней назад

      @linli2071 The royalist, they lost, but at the end they prevailed.

  • @The_landsknecht
    @The_landsknecht 11 месяцев назад +7

    30 January We don't forget it!

    • @stefankovachki8636
      @stefankovachki8636 24 дня назад +1

      The most sinful day in British history. That is the darkest day that we must pray to the most gracious God, to pray for our King, Charles III, to be safe and in good health. Especially because of this cancer diagnosis. His health is in God's hands. We also pray that Charles I is safe in the Kingdom of Heaven, God's kingdom. Cromwell betrayed God, King and Country but Charles being appointed by God forgave the sinners of England. God Bless You! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧✝️

    • @taoxu-cs4zy
      @taoxu-cs4zy 5 дней назад

      Me neither! King Charles I in my opinion, is a martyr. May he rest in peace.

  • @wigster600
    @wigster600 11 месяцев назад +13

    Give credit to Strawhead at least mate.

  • @lucy-sr3wr
    @lucy-sr3wr 6 месяцев назад +3

    Beautiful just beautiful👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

  • @Dayborne
    @Dayborne 9 месяцев назад +16

    We have a king, and yet no king, for he has lost his power! For 'gainst his subjects are imprisoned in the tower. We had some laws, but now no laws from which he held his crown, we had estates and liberties, but now they're voted down! It's a mad world masters, where kings may lose their crown! And commoners take coronets, set up, yet soon put down! We have no King, we are all kings, and each doth do his pleasure, and hasten anarchy abroad, and sin beyond all measure. The Crown and Sceptre're, out of date, the mitre low doth lie, the tyrant's state subjects us all, but cries democracy! It's a mad world masters, where kings may lose their crown! And commoners take coronets, set up, yet soon put down! We were free subjects born but now, we are by force made slaves, by those who we count our friends, but in the end proved knaves. And liberate from royal grasp, we find ourselves enchained, by demagogues of humble stock, who have our king arraigned. It's a mad world masters, where kings may lose their crown! And commoners take coronets, set up, yet soon put down! The freedoms we were told were ours by those who fought the king, have now been proved mere empty show, a vale of hollow ring. Where justice was to be our lot injustice rank now grows, and from the spring of liberty a saline trickle flows. It's a mad world masters, where kings may lose their crown! And commoners take coronets, set up, yet soon put down! Arise therefore, brave British men fight for your King and State, against those traitorous men who strive this realm to ruinate. 'Tis Pym, 'tis Pym and all of his ilk, that do our woe engender, naught but their lives, and end our woes and us in safety render. It's a mad world masters, where kings may lose their crown! And commoners take coronets, set up, yet soon put down!

  • @kademcarthur5362
    @kademcarthur5362 10 месяцев назад +12

    This song would be perfect for Kaiserreich

    • @Imperial_Britannia
      @Imperial_Britannia  8 месяцев назад

      Is that some German monarchist thing or something?

    • @golf_supa
      @golf_supa 8 месяцев назад +6

      ⁠A little bit late, but the OG comment is referring to Kaiserreich: the Legacy of the Weltkrieg, a modification for the Grand strategy video games series Hearts of Iron.
      In that universe, Kaiser Wilhelm decicied against restarting the unrestricted submarine warfare, thus render the American without a legitimate pretext to enter the war. Britain, alongside her entente power allies were defeated by the central power.
      Shortly afterwards France fell to syndicalism, a far-left ideology and in Russia the white army won the civil war with the combined help the entente during the early part, later the German and their new eastern europen client states take over in support the Russian, as the result, communism is successfully contained, and not the mainstream far-left ideology as it is in our timeline.
      As for Britain, the Empire seem to carry herself at first, at least she was, until a general strike broke out in 1925, a syndicalist revolution, the same ideology that has toppled France, sweep across the country, the Labour Party become radicalized. They take over the home Island, prompting the King, the Royal Family, aristocrats and political figures from both the Conservatives tory and Liberal whigs to go to exile in Canada.
      Fast forward to the present day of 1936, the United Kingdom, now rechristined "The Union of Britain" is firmly in the grip of the federalist faction of the Labour Party for two decades now, the other two factions are the Totalist faction lead by Oswald Mosley, who sided with the revolutionary during the event of 1925. His faction favoured a more centralised state, akin to that of Stalin's Soviet Union in our world, and if is, by the player's choice, in power can proclaim himself the "Grand Protector" of the union. The last faction in the Labour Party are the autonomist, who favour a more devolved state.

  • @antoniozavaldski
    @antoniozavaldski 6 месяцев назад +7

    So was the Commonwealth a time of populist anarchy or totalitarian theocracy?

    • @suchiuomizu
      @suchiuomizu 4 месяца назад +3

      Yes

    • @antoniozavaldski
      @antoniozavaldski 4 месяца назад +7

      @@suchiuomizu Hm, come to think of it, "anarcho-totalitarianism" isn't that unusual in history.
      The Reign of Terror in France and the Cultural Revolution in China come to mind.

    • @jakobofcincy
      @jakobofcincy Месяц назад +1

      both at once, it deepened on where you were.

  • @rock280258
    @rock280258 9 месяцев назад +2

    Great song

  • @ArminiusGloria
    @ArminiusGloria 8 месяцев назад +7

    The Royal English and Scottish Martyr king Charles, was a good person with honour and virtue! He did his best to be the best king possible, always respected the laws and caref for the welfare of his people! Unlike this roundhead creatures. This song is indeed a good description of the roundhead and the so called "freedom" they did bring. For the King and Monarchy!

  • @ethanbush5496
    @ethanbush5496 Месяц назад

    Awesome song!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Flavius-Timasius
    @Flavius-Timasius Месяц назад

    really enjoy it

  • @EveryCarpet
    @EveryCarpet 4 месяца назад +1

    How do you make the beat for this? Is there any way to upload this to Spotify?

  • @vampyr3rat
    @vampyr3rat 8 месяцев назад +3

    Where did you get the awesome footage

    • @Imperial_Britannia
      @Imperial_Britannia  8 месяцев назад +2

      Mostly from a documentary about the war, it’s on RUclips, ‘English Civil War Documentary 1992’

  • @arthurmosel808
    @arthurmosel808 9 месяцев назад +13

    A common thread in revolts were legal governments are replaced by ideologues of any species. The Parliamentarian, represented eventually led essentially by Cromwell, eventually were put down by Cromwell. He took the reins of power and essentially running a religious dictatorship with an extreme form of Christianity. Vehemently opposed to Catholicism, his actions in putting down Stuart sympathizers in Ireland helped feed the sectarian violence there since his time. My point is that offen th e preceived cure for bad government by revolt isn't the best option, like it or not, the US Constitution prevented ideologues from seizing power by making it d8fvicult for a demagogue from xiezing power.

  • @KongoMüller420
    @KongoMüller420 8 месяцев назад +46

    Monarchism should rise once more

    • @Sir_Guardus
      @Sir_Guardus 7 месяцев назад +8

      No it should stay dead or heavily restricted. You people always praise the “good kings.” But throughout history there were always more bad kings than good ones.

    • @nikostsiantas4060
      @nikostsiantas4060 7 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@Sir_Guardus ok tell all the bad king of random Europeans nations history and then tell all the others that history has forgotten because they were just some normal good king who didn't do much

    • @meislouis1381
      @meislouis1381 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@Sir_GuardusAnd Charles I wasn't even a good king he was one of the shitters

    • @Sir_Guardus
      @Sir_Guardus 4 месяца назад +4

      @@nikostsiantas4060 ah the classic “History is written by the victors.” Completely ignoring the fact that until the 1900s Europe was dominated by nobles.

    • @linli2071
      @linli2071 2 месяца назад +1

      @ Santafelipe I Agree with you! Long live Great Charles, Our king!

  • @thomasveen2955
    @thomasveen2955 10 месяцев назад +1

    From where have you taken those videos?

    • @Imperial_Britannia
      @Imperial_Britannia  10 месяцев назад +3

      A majority of the film clips are from a documentary about the English Civil war from 92, just search ‘English Civil War Documentary 1992’ and you can see the full thing, it’s pretty good.

    • @thomasveen2955
      @thomasveen2955 10 месяцев назад

      @@Imperial_Britannia Thank you for the info.

  • @foundationofBritain
    @foundationofBritain 11 месяцев назад +26

    If you listen to the lyrics carefully, it's referring less to "the roundheads strangle over England"... and more to effectively a sort of Parliamentarian lamentation of realising that what they had fought for... 'restoring English Parliamentary Monarchy by limiting the power of the King to at least Elizabethan levels'... had not materialised.
    Why?, well everything went so wrong with Charles I being far to arrogant, uncompromising and unwavering belief in his and his father's unconstitutional claim of "indefeasible hereditary right", (something that was alien to Englishmen even at that time), despite losing the first Civil War, and then the second... and this traditional English concept of Parliamentary Monarchy being all but lost and thrown to the wayside by the likes of Pym.
    It should be mentioned that Oliver Cromwell was not the leader of the Parliamentarians until after Fairfax gave up his position as leader of the Parliamentarians in protest at not just the the execution of King Charles I but indeed his trial and also Fairfax was instrumental to the Restoration, both of which meant he was pardoned by King Charles II, unlike many other Parliamentarian leaders.

    • @The_Christian_Cavalier
      @The_Christian_Cavalier 11 месяцев назад

      You really like speaking bollocks don't you?

    • @JonathanSaxon
      @JonathanSaxon 11 месяцев назад

      If you hate absolutism so much, you should really hate what we have now. Which is absolute democracy, where our dear elected leaders do as they please with zero regard for God & the ancient constitution of England. You can't even order your own wife to make you a sandwich in England. Some freedom.

    • @danielmaher964
      @danielmaher964 6 месяцев назад

      Great comment, this history is so relevant for our future yet so many rushing to take a side aren't learning anything

  • @jamesbaker8831
    @jamesbaker8831 3 месяца назад

    that's a bell of hollow ring, not a vale

  • @MaelPlaguecrow6942
    @MaelPlaguecrow6942 8 месяцев назад +8

    King Charles I never really could keep his head on straight, huh?

  • @Percievingeyes
    @Percievingeyes 3 месяца назад +1

    Monarchy prevails always

  • @Spindacre
    @Spindacre 11 месяцев назад +2

    GSTK

  • @Sonny-m1f
    @Sonny-m1f 3 месяца назад +1

    🦄⚔️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚔️🦄

  • @Ggdivhjkjl
    @Ggdivhjkjl 11 месяцев назад +35

    Commoners should never have been allowed any governing power. It's like asking a giraffe to fish. They're simply not made for it.

    • @foundationofBritain
      @foundationofBritain 11 месяцев назад +5

      Well that was something both the Cavaliers and early Parliamentarians had common ground on... until Charles I became more autocratic... which even Cavaliers like Monk, (who fought for the King until capture), were not very happy about... but still fought for the King... even the Jacobite's were worried about both of pretenders autocratic tendences. Hence why the Stuarts made themselves very unpopular and why the Jacobite Cause ultimately failed, that and the fact that by far the majority of Jacobite's, at least in 1715 were in fact protestant but James simply refused to concede to the conditions which he needed to accept if he was to have any hope of regaining the throne of Scotland let alone England and Ireland, (yes Ireland was minority protestant, but the governing class of Ireland was majority protestant), so his refusal to embrace Protestantism went down like a lead balloon.
      "Democracy" is fundamentally incompatible with Parliamentary Monarchy... we have been voting for our MP's to send to Westminster since Parliament began in the 13th century... but we were and still are not a "Democracy"... a wide franchise is the most we can have... but universal suffrage dose not nor will ever work.

    • @DemocraticConfederalist33
      @DemocraticConfederalist33 11 месяцев назад +10

      equality is good, actully

    • @jonhstonk7998
      @jonhstonk7998 11 месяцев назад

      @@DemocraticConfederalist33 no equality isn´t good, it´s never good in fact because it´s a fucking lie and people are not equal and as such no one can raise the naturally inferior up, so the only way to enact equality is to tear down those naturally superior individuals which is an injustice and a disservice, hence equality has nothing to do with justice or fairness.

    • @christovitchjames5612
      @christovitchjames5612 11 месяцев назад +10

      There should be a balance. But before any Emperor, Christ is King.

    • @DemocraticConfederalist33
      @DemocraticConfederalist33 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@christovitchjames5612 Ther should be nothing above the indavidual, nor below

  • @mikerilling6515
    @mikerilling6515 7 месяцев назад +5

    It’s crazy to me that for several years during the 17th century,
    you had no king
    and yet for some reason you chose to restore the monarchy

    • @קעז-מענטש
      @קעז-מענטש 7 месяцев назад +14

      Because Monarchy is þe best form of government.

    • @Zadir09
      @Zadir09 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@קעז-מענטשhe doesnt get it yet.

    • @קעז-מענטש
      @קעז-מענטש 7 месяцев назад +11

      @@Zadir09 He hasn't been crownpilled yet 😔

    • @danielmaher964
      @danielmaher964 6 месяцев назад

      Interesting isn't it 😏

  • @NetheritePig
    @NetheritePig 5 месяцев назад +5

    This is modern day lol

    • @lucario2188
      @lucario2188 3 месяца назад +2

      No, you can find the song on the book Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 of Charles Mackay.

  • @mohi6699
    @mohi6699 8 месяцев назад +17

    Oliver Cromwell was fucking based, as in, his power-hungry attitude and great statesmanship and generalship. Supporting him is insane, but he was a definite genius.

    • @Imperial_Britannia
      @Imperial_Britannia  8 месяцев назад +15

      I’m an adamant monarchist, but I can concede that it’s quite impressive how Cromwell managed to drag himself to his position of absolute authority.

    • @louthegiantcookie
      @louthegiantcookie 8 месяцев назад +5

      @@Imperial_Britannia I'm curious, what do you think of the English dictator Roger Mortimer? And how do you think he compares to Cromwell? I don't think highly of regicides, but Mortimer is one of the most fascinating figures in English history. I've never seen a man with a more heroic story fall so hard into tyranny before.

    • @danielmaher964
      @danielmaher964 6 месяцев назад +3

      I think it's important to understand Cromwell's circumstances and his suicidal refusal to accept the crown before making assumptions about his ambitions. The civil wars are epic tragedy akin to the Trojan War, and taking a side now is equally pointless. One side was fighting for traditional loyalties and the other for traditional rights. Both sides had a righteous cause but were gradually corrupted by the war. Let us beware how we follow their footsteps even as we emulate their conviction and courage.

    • @hyperboreanmakima
      @hyperboreanmakima Месяц назад

      @@mohi6699 No he wasn’t

    • @Sonny-m1f
      @Sonny-m1f 24 дня назад +1

      U r lost af dude. He let the Jews back in. He ain't based at all.

  • @andrewwhitehead2353
    @andrewwhitehead2353 5 месяцев назад +1

    Parliament every time

    • @reluctantheist5224
      @reluctantheist5224 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@andrewwhitehead2353 Except this Parliament voted a King( well Lord Protector) , who dissolved Parliament.. In the same way the previous King had

  • @RhombusOfTheJ
    @RhombusOfTheJ 8 месяцев назад +2

    Down with the Tyrant!

    • @uploade1019
      @uploade1019 7 месяцев назад +2

      Cromwell or King Charles? there's more than one lol

    • @danielmaher964
      @danielmaher964 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@uploade1019 too many tyrants even now

    • @RhombusOfTheJ
      @RhombusOfTheJ 6 месяцев назад

      Well for when this was written Charles the First lol. Then Cromwell.​@@uploade1019

  • @DemocraticConfederalist33
    @DemocraticConfederalist33 11 месяцев назад +13

    Hot take: both sides of the English Civil War were awful

    • @Spindacre
      @Spindacre 11 месяцев назад +24

      Cavaliers the better side, however you look at it.

    • @DemocraticConfederalist33
      @DemocraticConfederalist33 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@Spindacre Why is an absolute monarchy good?

    • @Spindacre
      @Spindacre 11 месяцев назад +22

      @@DemocraticConfederalist33 I think an absolute monarchy would’ve been preferable to Cromwell by far, had I been living at the time.

    • @DemocraticConfederalist33
      @DemocraticConfederalist33 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@Spindacre Why would a absolute monarchy be any difrent from Chromwells system?

    • @JonathanSaxon
      @JonathanSaxon 11 месяцев назад +1

      How can you ask that? The Stuarts were not Puritans, so would not have banned Christmas and the Theatre for a start.@@DemocraticConfederalist33

  • @Bearded_Tattooed_Guy
    @Bearded_Tattooed_Guy 5 месяцев назад +4

    We have a king, and yet no king,
    for he has lost his power!
    For 'gainst his will
    his subjects are imprisoned in the tower.
    We had some laws, but now no laws
    by which he held his crown,
    we had estates and liberties,
    but now they're voted down!
    It's a mad world my masters,
    where kings may lose their crown!
    And commoners take coronets,
    set up, yet soon put down!
    We have no King, we are all kings,
    and each doth do his pleasure,
    and hasten anarchy abroad,
    and sin beyond all measure.
    The Crown and Sceptre're,
    out of date, the mitre low doth lie,
    the tyrant's state subjects us all,
    but cries democracy!
    It's a mad world my masters,
    where kings may lose their crown!
    And commoners take coronets,
    set up, yet soon put down!
    We were free subjects born but now,
    we are by force made slaves,
    by those who we did count our friends,
    but in the end proved knaves.
    And liberate from royal grasp,
    we find ourselves enchained,
    by demagogues of humble stock,
    who have our king arraigned.
    It's a mad world my masters,
    where kings may lose their crown!
    And commoners take coronets,
    set up, yet soon put down!
    The freedoms we were told were ours
    by those who fought the king,
    have now been proved mere empty show,
    a vale of hollow ring.
    Where justice was to be our lot
    injustice rank now grows,
    and from the spring of liberty
    a sullied trickle flows.
    It's a mad world my masters,
    where kings may lose their crown!
    And commoners take coronets,
    set up, yet soon put down!
    Arise therefore, brave British men
    fight for your King and State,
    against those traitorous men
    who strive this realm to ruinate.
    'Tis Pym, 'tis Pym and all his ilk,
    that do our woe engender,
    naught but their lives,
    and end our woes and us in safety render.
    It's a mad world my masters,
    where kings may lose their crown!
    And commoners take coronets,
    set up, yet soon put down!