The Normans Explained in 10 Minutes
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The year 1066 CE is one of the largest turning points in British history, with most people today having heard of the Battle of Hastings. The year had begun with the death of Edward the Confessor, a man who would be one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings. In the end, the course of the kingdom’s history would shift as William the Bastard became William the Conqueror, the First Norman King of England.
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As a French-Norman descendant who has studied the history pretty extensively... this was spot on. Enjoyed it!!
@Delphi Oracle Hi =)
Hello this is me too. Also part Norman 😊
@@Evansdrad8515 Hiya!
@@mmhthree how's life French-Norman friend?
I'm Anglo-Norman.
My ancestors came to England 1000 years ago
@@noahtylerpritchett2682 Doing well. I do have french norman ancestors, but I'm an American mix as well. If you're English, you probably have some french normans in there, as well. All the castles were built by french normans. I didn't even know all that till I read pretty deep into the history. Best wishes, bro!!
When William the Comqueror invaded England, did he take second sons and non-noble men because such men had limited opportunities in France? Or were most of his soldiers men who were alreadt established in France and who wanted to add English land to their holdings? I read a romantic novel that featured a blacksmith who joined William's invasion force and received a title and estate in retun for his participation. Could such an increase in status due to accompanying William the Conqueror even possible?
I would say its very possible, blacksmith didn't share their knowledge with anyone, only sons or if he had none nephews , it was a secretive art but one everybody needed .
A good quality blacksmith imo would be worth keeping around and well worth giving a plot of land for himself his family even if he spent more time working in the castle forge than at his new home.
I would rather give a minor but a title none the less, to a blacksmith whose work has always been quality and reliable, his armour well made and well fitting .
I live in an ancient city, near Roman ruins and medieval buildings, but my favourite is a Norman era abbey church across the road from my home.
I often walk around inside and seem to notice something different each time .
I was looking at an old iron bracket that would've held candles ,and it was only as I got closer I noticed slight unnecessary details, tiny fleur de lys engraved around each corner, serving nothing but decorative purposes, and very hard to spot , even more so in medieval times when everything was dimly lit compared to modern electric lighting.
I started looking closer at other things like door hinges , old locks and the skill that isnt at first obvious once noticed makes the difference between plain and beautiful
Even though most people don't realise it at first.
So yes absolutely I can see that happening.
I read that when the Mongols invaded the West that they killed the military-age men except for those such as blacksmiths who had skills that the invaders needed,@@kevwhufc8640
There were many mercenary groups in the Norman army. Not surprising when you consider that they were, themselves, mercenaries. But the main force was the Norman knights, infantry and archers.
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As a white English who's surname traces back to the Normans this makes me proud of my ancestry
How can englishmen be proud of being remained the conquest and colonization of their country by the french.
@@kevwhufc8640 wtf
If you're name is Norman/ French / you should trace your ancestry, only Norman royals or lords could marry Saxons
And only if the Saxon woman had high born family.
Normans were banned from marrying low born Saxon women ,
You almost certainly come from high status blood.
😂😂😂
proud to be a Norman American with a Norman name💪🏻🇺🇲 a history not taught in American schools unfortunately
Do you know when your relatives left Europe to live in the USA ?
It really surprises me that most Americans dont know anything about their European history .
If I was American born I'd want to know, bc theres so much history your family might have been involved in famous battles or anything
@kevwhufc8640 10:04 in the US and I find it fascinating, luckily there has been a lot of people in my family that have done extensive research from our nativity in Normandy where they were Lords and 1st Chevalier and where the Landon family coat of arms was awarded, their subsequent immigration into Britain, and the first American immigrants came over in 1640.
@@kevwhufc8640 well let me question your knowledge of your family history as well. when did your relatives leave Europe? What did they do after they left? what historical battles did your ancestors participate in?
@@sergeant_salty my father is English I was born and still live in England, all we know is his name is Saxon, and quite common, and most documents were destroyed during the blitz
His parents house was bombed as was the town hall and most of north London around the cricklewood, Hendon area, it being between the airbase, and the oil/ gas depot .
London was bombed day and night for 2 months solid, as well as random bombing raids before and after the time known as the great blitz, 1940, when Hitler had the majority of his army, artillery just 20 miles away, on the coast of France, waiting for the signal to cross the channel, once the luftwaffe had defeated the RAF giving them air superiority.
As we know the RAF won what became known as the battle of Britain.
But London was a pile of rubble, the great st Paul's cathedral was hit, as was the kings home Buckingham palace .
My mother's family is easier to trace , She's Irish and like you I had family members research our family line, her maiden name O'Reilly , descended from the line of the great kings of east Breifne, the ancient seat just outside Cavan, where many family members still live today .
The oldest ancestor ( the line goes back further ) but with a lot of gaps and assumptions.
The oldest Giola Losa O'rielly, 1300ad founded a Franciscan friary , the tomb of another direct ancestor was destroyed, a plaque remembers him owen roe o'Neil, victor of the great battle of benburb, buried in mid 1600s
But only the old bell tower remains, the majority destroyed by Cromwell, his men .
A 13th century castle remained in the possession of the O'rielly it was taken and re taken from Cromwell's men , the last time by a colonel Myles O'rielly who captured and took the bishop of kilmore ( a protestant who replaced a catholic bishop) Myles held him prisoner for a year 1641-2 , destroyed by Cromwellians in 1653 .
My great uncle handed down a painting of Myles to my uncle.
He had pages about the battles and adventures of colonel Myles, but I'd have to dig out my note books to give any details
I'm just typing from memory about some of the things I remember from the holidays in Ireland and stories imprinted in my head due to the amount of times older family members spoke about them.
I could go on , but I don't want to bore you, unless you want more info / details .
There are many ancestors my uncle and others talk about, many stories, I guess researching retracing family from a town close to ancestral buildings, castle, friary, a stone seat , where new cheiftans were inaugurated,, and family never leaving still remaining in the town the county, with a museum and so much written about them , is easier.
I'm in my 60s but as a kid I loved my time in Ireland, thr older people told stories that their parents and those before etc etc.
Had been telling handing down over centuries.
No tv, a small cottage, I can describe everything, the Irish have a great tradition and way of telling stories, they pull you in , describing and changing voices and the women cutting in whenever great woman from the family were mentioned
..memories I wish I could load to my computer.
They will last with me forever, even though I tell my daughter and my granddaughter, it's nothing like the way the place whe whole environment, I heard them.
I like to hear about your family,, I think social history should be recorded, its more important than archaeology imo ,
The stories are always forgotten, lumps of wood and stone mean little without the story. ;)
@@sergeant_salty my reply was really for @stevemcqueen
He told me about his ancestors, his family members had read researched and managed to go back a 1000 years.
He told me the origin of his name, the knight ,the castle about his ancient coat of arms, which I found fascinating,
So I just replied ( without paying enough attention) assuming your question was from him.
After telling me about his ancestors I assumed he wanted to know about mine ...
Although re reading your question ,you ask about my ancestors and ( I don't know why I didn't notice before) when they left Europe..
I should pay more attention.. , I'm not sure what made you ask about when I left England, ( Europe) .
None of my posts mention me leaving England, or moving to the USA..
I love England too much to leave it , although I do have some relatives in Texas, but none are from my direct family.
Cousins of cousins, I've spent time in the USA.
But only for holidays..
Dude, watching this at work makes me feel more secure with my decision of not wanting to surround myself with low quality people especially at work. Yes I embrace my solitude and I like genuine connections but I don’t need people like this so I’m ok with being on my own 😊
Also your voice is very nice.
What do you consider as "low quality people " ?
Keeping your distance from people you work with
are you not indirectly classing yourself as low quality,
Equal, no better than your work colleagues.
Or do you consider yourself as superior to people doing the same job ?
Great videos!!! Thank you so much!
I saw Vikings, video checks out.
And because of the Normans the aristocracy in England spoke French for about 100 years, and is the reason for the change in accent that we associate with "posh" English (or what Americans just call "British"), like "dance" is pronounced "d(ah)ns".
Nah, the Great Vowel Shift didn’t begin until the 1400s. But yes, the introduction of Norman French to Britain had a massive impact on the English language and resulted in not only hugely expanding the vocabulary but also giving what was a typical Germanic language many French/Latin influences.
@@kcbarbo78 Please don't ever forget the influence of the Brythonic people and their manner of speaking. Why do you think English has no word endings, denoting whether that word is a noun, verb, object, etc., as do almost all the other languages of Europe? Instead, it's the word placement that is paramount
By the way, please don't ever knock the Anglo Saxons that lost the battle of Hastings as not being as good an army as were the Normans. 2 weeks prior they had just defeated an army lead by one of the most accomplished military leaders the West had seen in hundreds of years, in Harald Hardrada. Lead by Harold Godwinson the Anglo Saxon shield wall held off the powerful charges of the Norman heavy cavalry, UNTIL, one of the Anglo Saxon sub commanders on the right side of the shield wall, thinking the Anglo Saxons had won the battle and the Normans were retreating, stupidly lead his men down the hill and right into a Norman ambush, which ultimately caused the defeat of the Anglo Saxons. Without that huge tactical mistake the Anglo Saxons under King Harold would have held their ground and, even if they did not rout the Normans that day, would have actually won the war, as the Normans were hundreds of miles from home and logistically challenged, while the Anglo Saxons were on their home turf and could be expected to grow stronger day by day, and by hundreds, if not thousands, of additional militia (fierd) were expected to join King Harold at any day.
If King Harold made any mistake it was in not waiting a few more days to rest his powerful, but exhausted, army, and to replenish his ranks with those additional members of the fierd.
Nevertheless, without the Anglo Saxon defeat at Hastings in 1066, America would never have become the America it has been the last 250 years. Many of those defeated Anglo Saxons and their descendants eventually fled to the Scottish lowlands to escape Norman heavy handed rule. Many years later in the 17th and 18th centuries it was those Lowlanders, yearning for individual freedom and liberty that headed to Northern Ireland and eventually America, thanks to the Anglo-Norman aristocracy and the new British ruling class.
@@chucklynch6523 Anglo-saxon spotted
@@Olvir_Richardsson I'm pretty sure Brythonic means Celtic like Welsh, Cornish, Scottish, Pictish and Irish not Saxon which is Germanic.
300 years
Absolutely love the Normans 🥰
Your Surname sounds French so I take it your Paternal Ancestors were descended from the Normans who colonized and ruled the British Isles for Centuries.
@@BumblebeeTuna8 my surname is Cambro-Norman. You guess right.
I rather and do consider myself Anglo-Norman. With the age and culture of England from 1066-1153. Or even extending into Plantagenet dynasty 1153-1487. They had amazing technological and architectural and court inventions and culture.
I'd consider myself more from Normandy mix with the English. As the nobles and knights of my family tree. Than the Anglo-Saxons who came from Germany. To whom I love and respect of course.
I am a Anglo-Norman not a Anglo-Saxon but am still a English brother.
@@noahtylerpritchett2682 what's interesting is across Britain that even when the Plantagenet were killed off as many French Families in England were when the Tudors came to power, is that even the remaining tiny amount of surviving French in England that were assimilated into British Culture still to this Day hold Lands and have high status as their Ancestors did since the Middle Ages. People both in the Anglosphere and Francosphere assume it was Anglos fighting Francos for Centuries while it was actually rival French Elites actually fighting each other for Centuries (at least in the Middle Ages prior to the Tudors and current Hanoverian/Saxon Royal Family. I never knew this in the past until I heard about it spending countless Hours of research into the topic.
@@BumblebeeTuna8 The French aristocrats and colonial forces (frenchmen living in England or local Frenchman in France) were who the Capetians were fighting, Until around the end of the 100 years war the french culture was prioritized. Before the Plantagenets Anglicized they first Gallicized England. The courts spoke French, Arthurian legends is Breton literature, French folklore was introduced, as was the influences of their cuisine and attire, architecture too. The Normans and Plantagenets were French. They merely Anglicized when they lost their continental holdings, and their Norman and Angevin populations of Normandy and Anjou that were separated from Britain after the war became further French integrated nationals.
@@BumblebeeTuna8 Oh and of course the Plantagenets forced Gallicized England somewhat than themselves Anglicized, they did marry local English people and England has French ancestry. From these Gaul-Frank hybrids.
Very informative yet not long winded
Great
Hi from Ireland, 17th of August 2021
Hey! From the United States 👋🏼
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As a Norman American, Amen!
There sure aren't many of us! we can't let the story of our ancestors die🍻🇺🇲
Indeed Brother!@@sergeant_salty
Amerimutts lol
@@987jof your jealousy is palpable lol
@@sergeant_salty Not really. I don’t pretend to be someone else like you guys lol
Hi from the bahamas
My DNA is 64% Scandinavian from Norman Stock my Ancestors were given Land by William The Conquer Burton is a norman name many places in the UK called Burton
@@holzy1979 I think so, my friend
@@chrisburton8079 Burton is absolutely an English name .
But in Norman times regular people didn't have surnames.
Just things to do with their trade or father John's son
Or John smith , john Mason, or john from ..... whatever village.
But what has Burton got to do with the Normans.
Even William the conqueror didn't have a surname.
Just William the bastard, or Duke William of Normandy.
The Normans didn't bring French or regular people across the channel,
Just other lords and their soldiers.
There was no French or Norman migration of ordinary citizens into England.
@@kevwhufc8640 I’m thinking my Scandinavian DNA came from the Normans obviously being Norsemen, or northern man Burton, I believe, is a Norman name or name given by the Normans lots of places in the UK like Burton, Latimer Burton Cogles, Burton on Trent
@@chrisburton8079 nobody has bothered researching the family tree on my father's side.
But my uncle ( my mother's brother) has been researching the Irish side of my family, he started at school, living in Cavan he grew up seeing his name and being taught and told about the Orielly clan , he still lives in the same area , I've spent many school holidays in Ireland with aunts uncles, hanging out with my cousins,
There are some remains of a castle built by the Oriellys, a friary started by a well known Orielly in the 1300s , ruins also remain.
There's a hillside close by where Orielly cheiftans were inaugurated on a stone , there is a seat like slab of rock, butI doubt its the original from the 900s ad
My uncle has books and since the internet has joined ancestry and spent years doing more research.
The family tree he's built up is truly impressive ( tree is the right word, so many branches) my uncle like a lot of my Irish family, and their family, ancestors going back centuries have always lived in Ireland, and do you'd think it's easier to go back and find direct ties to famous Oriellys.
But it isn't, documentation doesn't go back far enough, there's gaps in what does survive, fire ,rot ,or just thrown out because people die or move and buildings are pulled down, all sorts of things that I wouldn't have considered without his explanation
Its great to think my ancestors were kings and many fought great battles and did all kinds of things that people would love to hear and have as ancestors.
But the Orielly clan was a tribal name, so hundreds and thousands had the same name and over the centuries, well you can imagine, if you think of the amount from 600 ad onwards ( 1400 years) even though Cavan is a relatively small area , even though many can trace their ancestry ( as far as records allow) being Irish and having the same name, its impossible to claim ( even though I at times) that I'm a direct descendant of Giola Losa Orielly, or any of the great cheiftans, victors of great battles.
Unless I had a bone that could be tested ( very very unlikely) at best all I can really say is I'm a descendant of the Orielly clan, but not a descendant of any particular cheiftan/ king, warrior etc .
But its nice to hear about stories involving our clan ,to visit ruins to sit on a stone on the side of a small mountain and imagine one of my kin was officially recognised as the new king.
The truth is its very very unlikely.
Although my uncle isnt as pragmatic as myself, he's convinced he descended from kings and all the famous Oriellys from Cavan.
As a professional archaeologist I know the realities, are slim to zero .
But I wouldn't go about the realities to him or other family members who like to believe 'we wuz kings' .
In fact we might not go back more than 500 years, it only takes one outsider to marry and take the name ,and die , leaving an adopted child, and they have kids called Orielly even though they have no Orielly blood whatsoever.
So not descended from the clan let alone any kings etc .
Lol .
Our line can be traced back to Cromwellian times, but no further back than the early 1600s ad .
...
@@chrisburton8079 your reply started me thinking about names not so much people but places, ( often one originates from the other)
It reminded me of something my brother was told and started looking into , about the amount of old English place, street names that have been changed, from something quirky and original reason lost over time.
To something simple modern and boring .
Such as a road near his village was known as porridge pot lane until a decade.
There are many examples that have and are being changed since the beginning of new millennium.
I wondered if anything like that was happening in your town , country, or if its just a british thing.
Lately I see all unnecessary changes as having something to do with woke , and wonder if it's just here or happening elsewhere.
I mean it costs money to change maps and everything from an old to new name, It seems a waste especially when the names are not offensive in any way whatsoever....
Lol , excuse my rambling,
French American Norman here.
So your born in the USA, and if white your ancestors come from somewhere in Europe .
Its Impossible to say your 'Norman " ..
If you paid for a DNA test it would come back saying
A couple percent this and that from other parts of the world but the majority would be northern European.
DNA don't do countries, or eras .
Due to changes in borders and countries that didn't exist a few centuries ago.
That's why tests are regional.
@@kevwhufc8640and surnames? My surnames Humphrey and on google it says its of French-norman origin
@@lgh2447 without searching Google, I would agree with you , a well known Duke Humphrey Henry V brother is buried in the church opposite my house in StAlbans.
He fought at the battle of Agincourt.
I read about earlier Lords , dukes named Humphrey.
Its certainly not a Saxon name.. :)
Sicilian-norman descendant here... Basically a bastard :C
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Trinidadian here, fellow elbournes where you at?
Just traced my ancestry and found out I was Norman I thought I was Anglo Saxon for the longest
How do you trace English ancestry to know you are 'Norman? and not French or ??
Are you descended from a Norman lord or baron ?
I only wonder because the regular Norman / French people didn't migrate to England, just the ruling classes, so the ordinary English Saxon people/ bloodline remained the same as before.
I'm not saying your not , maybe you are descended from a Norman lord .
If not I genuinely wonder how you would find out or how anyone would know that you were actual Norman ?
Most people on this island have the same or very similar DNA, simplified " northern European " , a mix of Celtic , Germanic, Scandinavian, blood.
From pre Roman times onwards.
Its almost impossible to separate the mixture of our past northern European blood from 2100 years ago to a single 'people ' .
Pre Roman ( no actual roman Italian people came or settled)
Just , Britons , Welsh, Gauls, belgic, Vikings ( Danes ,etc ) southern Denmark became northern Germany, or the other way around, Saxon Jutes Germanic , etc ..
Its basically all very very similar and mixed up over millennia.
That's why I'm interested in how or who can separate, and identify you or anyone as being Norman..
@@jonnyneace8928 the French, who come from Normandy, brittany, before the king gave land to rollo and his men, had closer ties to west and south west Britons than eastern or southern French, for centuries they married each other, traded, regularly crossed the sea, moreso than travelling north or east mingling trading with brits beyond their "lands".
Things like that make it almost impossible to narrow down to specific countries let alone which part or time period of any country.
Which is why , as I've already said, results come back as north west Europe.
But having an ancestor , you can trace back, such as yours who joined Williams army, is one of the only , the best ways to narrow down a country, the region and the time.
Much better than any DNA tests.
And a lot more interesting, a family line , and looking into other members and their stories over a 1000 years.
I would love to have ties like that, I would spend most of my spare time going through the history of his family before and after him .
It must be fascinating, my mother's side are Irish and my uncle has spent years tracing our family line, before and since search engines existed.
He's gone back to a direct ancestor from the 1300s
But my father has a common Saxon name, and its been impossible to go back more than a couple of centuries.
The Vikings that settled in what became Normandy were very minimal. The Peoples of Normandy are of Gallic Stock just like the Franciens, Aquitanians, Provencals, Bretons, etc.
yes
@@rawrxd9156 you fail to realize that modern French across most of France (Normandy included) are of Gallic Bloodlines because previous Invaders and Occupants were not only minimal in size in comparison to the native Populations but also Intermarriage too was very minimal as most Gauls married other Gauls rather than the former Occupant. Sure modern France is a former majority Catholic Country that's now secular who have some influences from the Roman and Frankish Languages but because the modern French/Gauls aren't Pagans like their Ancestors doesn't make us any less Gallic than they were. Yes Gallic Influence is evident across Europe from Britain to as far as Russia but that doesn't make them Gauls as British, Germans, and Italians (to name a few) are still as Britannic, Germanic, and Italic as their Ancestors despite the Fact that the Gauls and others have at One time occupied their Countries.
@@rawrxd9156 are you from the Middle-east? Ask cause profile picture
@@rawrxd9156 You wouldn't understand tribalism being from a young country like the states. You have your own splits over there.
The Normans are not French
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Turbo charged Christianised Viking conquerors.
I want to go on a raid to Saudi Arabia. I've got a dinghy who's with me?
We should take Canada they are just pissing it away.
Ireland of the land of Ire, meaning, malcontent, aggression, anger. It was a slight against the people of that region, that island, named by the POWERS that be for their nature.
Its not a long standing traditional name they used to describe themselves, as they collectively didn't have an agreed upon name for their homeland, some calling it one thing and others calling something else. The cantankerous nature of the people and their willingness to slap the piss out of someone for looking at them the wrong way could be one of the reasons the name never washed off.
It may very well be that this nature was due to the inclusion of Nordic tribes that interbred with the natives. Either way, its what they call it now and the people seem to have no issue with this distinction be attributed to them.
Ireland's name comes from Eire, who is a spirit of fertility and growth.
@@M_Dun So it's named after some demon? That makes it even worse.
"There shall be NO GODS BEFORE ME!"
@Raymond Well she's just a spirit. Perhaps she's an angel. The tales tell that she granted Ireland her fertile soil and green fields.
@@M_Dun
I assure you, she didn't grant anything other than confusion, lies and false worship.
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Go vikings!!!
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… or was it History that borrowed from George RR Martin?
It never occurred to me that Norman was a viking name. Everybody look out here comes Norman. “Duttchy and Francy sounds like a lesbian couple.”
As a surname it may indicate Viking origins. But as a given name not so much.
Norman was the Name of the small amount of Vikings that settled in and created Normandy, aside from that, most of the Norman Population was/is of Gallic Stock.
the Vikings were animals
NORMANS WERE BLACK
And your a green alien living on the moon eating cheese
Im the whitest person I know
Right…just like africans were white.
😂😂😂
Jesus Christ is savior
Little of the background of the Normans. Poorly done.