Hey everyone! Yes, this is a re-issue, we had an error on the original video that required we do a re-upload. Apologies to everyone who saw this go live last week, but didn't get to watch it yet :). And apologies to everyone else who got excited about a few video, but had already seen it.
@@johnsaunders2109 well democracy is always a work in progress. Sadly many people cannot be bothered to get off their fat arses and vote. That is not a recent thing I can go back 50 years when I was involved with trade unions and the same applied then.
In America, we study that Cromwell was a pretty good guy. When I traveled to Ireland, 30 years ago, I got to see THEIR perspective on him. What a monster he could be too.
Cromwell was not a good person at all. I was taught that Cromwell was necessary, and so was his end. In other words, somebody needed to end what Charles I was doing, and then somebody needed to end what Cromwell was doing. There is no perfect system of government, but England got lucky in transitioning from a pure, divine right autocracy to a track leading toward constitutional monarchy in a relatively peaceful fashion. Relative to the revolutions of France and Russia, for example
This is the problem with American it's often super coated and or outright changed in the UK for the most part we teach history in all of it's gritty details.
13:40 Irish rebelion is an understatement. The Rebbelion was successful and by the time Cromwell landed in Ireland, the Irish Confederation, was set up, a fully independent irish state with its own army, currency, parliament, all since 1642. It had official state recognition from France, Spain and the Papal States.
A jumping point for the Catholic enemy states. Ever since the Reformation this had been an issue. This continued through the 18th century. Funny how some ignore the background for history to suit their own modern prejudices.
What you say is true. But there was another country that had the exact same thing, including England, and it mattered for the Confederate states about as much.
@@jpgduff just FYI the majority of the massacres he was accused of have pretty much no evidence behind them and many of the supposed victims of the massacres had been recorded as alive in parish records past the supposed date of the massacres
I tried taking a shot of jagermeister every time you said "Charles dissolved parliament" or "Cromwell dissolved parliament". I blacked out after about fifteen minutes.
I don't know why. The Stuarts turned their backs on Scotland the second they got a whiff of the English throne. They certainly did the Scots few favours during the 1600s, or indeed the 1700s.
The curse of the Stewart’s. Out of all of those who sat on either the Scottish or English thrones at legit monarchs, only James 1st/6th died if natural causes.
Maybe a rare occurrence in England, but not so rare in ancient China. Usually happened towards the end of a dynasty where the emperor were corrupted with too much wine , women and song and neglected the affairs of the state and got defeated.
The American revolution, The 1936 Spanish anarchist revolution, the Kurdish rebellion, the Irish War of Independence, and the Chiapas revolt (to name a few) would beg to differ.
@@noahsherwood2445 The American revolution was unique in that it did not collapse in on itself although it came dangerously close to doing just that. Irish revolution from 1916 until....well 90s when the violence level decreased. Not terribly successful especially when the founding members died of old age before achieving their goals. Kurdish revolution. In Iraq a success although thanks largely to the no fly zone in Turkey not soo much. Still in the resistance phase. And I'd have to look at the Spanish anarchist revolution what were the goals and end result. Very brutal civil war which became a dress rehearsal for WW2 with German fascists and Russian communist both showing up to support factions while fielding new equipment. They still have a monarchy in Spain today you realize.
Some times it's not right back to where you started, sometimes it's out of the frying pan and Into the Fire. They rise up to cast off the corrupt and oppressive current regime, and in doing so end up becoming and even more corrupt and oppressive new regime.
Cromwell's actions in Ireland did not end the rebellion at all, he was effective in seizing major cities along the eastern seaboard but most of country still had to be pacified by the time he had to return to England for the Third Civil War. He left the campaign in Ireland to his son in law, Henry Ireton, who honestly probably did most of the heavy lifting of the campaign, destroying Irish forces in the rest of island and besieging major cities like Limerick and Galway. Ireton actually died during the siege of Limerick, which was very protracted, and while organised resistance in the form of regular field armies was destroyed by this point the war in Ireland entered a new phase of guerrilla conflict. This was when things got really destructive, the British basically uprooted the entire country to deny any support and supplies for the Irish fighters who were trying to hide among the countryside and populace. Seizures and burning of crops caused huge famines that killed hundreds of thousands, along with the brutality of the fighting. This continued into 1653, the war is traditionally said to have ended with the capture and execution of Phelim O'Neill, one of the masterminds of the 1641 rebellion and last remaining Irish leaders of any note, it was also when parliament accepted the surrender of Irish fighters with the agreement made that they would simply leave the country and join foreign armies in places like Spain and France rather than continue to fight in Ireland. These surrender terms were kind of interesting since they were surprisingly lenient on the Irish fighters despite the Parliamentarians previously uncompromising brutality and implies everyone just wanted to bring this seemingly endless war to a close.
I wouldn't say lenient, quite a large portion of the population died. The imposition of the penal laws saw all Catholics lose their lands and gave way to centuries of discrimination, poverty and destitution which would play a large part in 1.5 million starving to death and 2-3 million emigrating 250 years later of which it's population still hasn't recovered.
The Irish will never know peace so long as there's whiskey within arm's reach and the Brits are down the street. My buddy from Dublin told me this. That and never give a Scotsman a reason to fight.
As a Irish person who lives in Drogheda the town that Cromwell covered in blood it's not easy for me to look past all of the bloodshed pain and suffering he caused not just to my own country but to England, Scotland and Wales as well.
Another great video. Cromwell is one my favourite parts of English history. The man who wanted to stop a tyrant king and soon found himself becoming the tyrant he sought to destroy
I worked with two gentlemen a while back. One was a descendant of Oliver Cromwell, the other a descendant of a man killed by Oliver Cromwell. One day, after discovering their historical connection, the former took the latter out to lunch as reparations. I hope it was a good meal and not just a burger and fries.
A noble gesture. Although, I personally wouldn't feel I needed to pay someone back for something my unknown relative did to another's unknown relative. Its still cool that he did. Honestly, I kinda thought it was gonna end as the guy took the other guy out to eat and ended up killing him too. ...i think ive been watching too many Criminally Listed videos and similar channels. Hehehe.
TheEverydayPrepper You worked with these two gentlemen, you know the one took the other out for a meal, but you have no idea what type of meal or where they went? Why wouldn’t you ask?
History lesson at school in 1965 , there I was slumped at my desk like zombie , trying to stay awake while my history teacher mumbled on about someone called Oliver Cromwell , It must have been a lesson of one hour but it seemed like a lifetime , luckily I did not die of boredom , fast forward 55 years to this moment , and history has come alive for me , maybe its the way you tell them , thank you for this highly informative video , keep up the good work !!
Just looked up your bio Simon, since I've been watching so much of your content. You're two months older than me. Haha. Had no idea you lived in the Czech republic, either. Keep doing what you're doing, it's helped keep my sanity, and is endlessly fascinating on all your channels!
When Benjamin Franklin and John Adams came to Britain as the first official emissaries of the United States, they travelled through England to see the battlefields of the Civil War. They were shocked to find no monuments or markers, while the locals near Edgehill didn't even know its importance. To Franklin and Adams the Civil War was the seed of the "Liberties of Englishmen" they had fought to secure in America. Meanwhile in Britain, the genuine crimes of Cromwell were used to bury his historical importance and the history of the Commonwealth by returned Royalists - British school children are taught of his brutality in Ireland, while countless other and far worse excesses by English, Scottish and Norman invaders are ignored. Yet they are not taught about the abolition of anti-Semitic laws, the first genuine united British state, the Commonwealth's wars which reasserted it's power on the continent after half a century of decline, and laid the foundations of the global British Empire. They are not taught about the Putney Debates, a very crucial event for the American revolutionaries. Here hundreds of MPs, generals and others debated what form a new post-monarch government should take. Ideas ranged from the Levellers who advocated a true democracy, the Diggers who promoted Christian Communist communes and the abolition of the state, and the Fifth Monarchy Men, who wanted an Iranian-style religious republic, with an empty throne for King Jesus when he returns. It's a fascinating period that had great suffering but as usual such breeds experiments and radical ideas that had a massive impact on the history of the Four Nations and beyond.
I'm English at school we were taught about Cromwell and Ireland, as well as the Celts Romans Saxon/ Vikings , medieval Tudor etc etc. I don't know why they didn't teach the same at your school.
@@kevwhufc8640The cvil war and the ideas debated was probably one of the most Important events in world history. And we carry on like it means nothing.
Cromwell was a lot of things the foremost being a man of his times fighting against inertia. He was a horror to those who didn't fallow his beliefs. A reflection of him is Thomas Jefferson who writes against slavery as a man who owns slaves. What they know is right is often easier to speak of then to do.
Oliver Cromwell was responsible for signing the death warrant for one of my ancestors John Stawell and my family estate was partially destroyed during the civil war. Thank you for making this video!
So why did he choose the incompetent and unqualified Richard Cromwell as successor instead of the proven administrator and general Henry Cromwell who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland? I think I know why, Oliver wanted the Protectorship to collapse during Richard’s rule in favor of Parliament ruling directly.
The British started playing this name game first, but you are not alone. All the things people read about the "last emperor" of China are false. He too changed his name/title to more politically accepted form. Now that guy is formally the Chairman of the commy party, commander in chief of the military, and he chair maybe 25 committees.He is not as powerful as he used to be, yes you can look at him now without permission, but he cannot appoint his son to take over, but what he ordered is just quietly done and no one dare to question him. He is an emperor in all but name. In most countries, to be in absolute command of the military is the key to power. As Chairman Mao said,power come from the barrel of a gun. That is why British like gov. ( Canada, Au , Nz etc) are so eager to disarm the population in the name of public safety.
1:05 - Chapter 1 - Early life (England on the edge) 6:50 - Chapter 2 - The long parliament (Life during wartime) 11:20 - Chapter 3 - War & ireland (Rise to power) 16:05 - Chapter 4 - The lord protector (History repeats itself)
Sadly we saw the next one coming. Better luck next time... *Presses 3 to see what happens. Gets extra £1.60 on phone bill. Gives zero fucks as invested in gold miners before it was cool.
Hey Simon and gang, love the channels and the great work you do. Biographics, so informative and captivating learning about a single subject. So much research and charisma makes the vids so much more interesting.
I was born and bred and have lived most of my life in Huntingdon, Oliver Cromwell's birthplace and home to the Cromwell Museum. It's probably what the town's best known for. My local pub is called the Lord Protector, and there's a bar called Cromwell's where I've been to on many nights out.
@@ChaseMcCain81 A fact of history, no more and no less. Far more significant are the historical facts that Jesus was crucified, died, was buried, and rose from the dead-------------all in fulfilment of ancient Hebrew prophecy. He alone is LORD and SAVIOR of humanity. Is everything clear now?
@@ChaseMcCain81 1 1. I did not know that it was an acknowledgement, because of its brevity and ambiguity. 2. I prefer not to call it a 'religion'. No hard feelings involved at all.
Thank you for posting this . I’ve always been fascinated by this time in Britain’s history . Your voice is quite soothing and you tell the story so well . I’ve really enjoyed this video and subscribed to listen to more .
Holy crap I just learned a ton about english history that I never knew. I'm from the US and we definitely aren't taught anything about this stuff in schools.
@@j.a.weishaupt1748 In elementary school, an entire year of history class is devoted to medieval history (mostly English), Roman and Greek history. At least when I went, about 30 years ago.
Thank you so much for all the videos. This has become my favourite channel. Love learning about history in a quick 20min fix. Brilliant keep them coming, going to ensure I like every video!
Hi Simon really liked the video, an excellent attempt at what is a very complicated part of British history. Just one small note the image you display of the Duke of Buckingham is of Edward Stafford who was executed in 1521, a hundred years before the civil war. The Duke of Buckingham at the time of Charles I was George Villiers who was somewhat more dashing than Stafford (if the portrait artists are to be believed).
Brilliant! What a great recap of a truly influential but in his own right, terrible leader. A product of his time. A perfect balance of how cruel he could be and how undeniably pivotal he was,
Always interesting how the English were one of the first European powers to execute a king and then limit the power of the royalty afterward, but they are one of the few remaining European powers to still have a royal family in place.
They had several quite important conflicts limiting the powers of the monarch and drew heavily from them in synthesizing their national identity, also were not subjected to foreign subjugation, so yeah. Kinda had their bourgeoise revolutions early on and not to forget the huge pressure letoff of the colonies such as what would become the US for unruly subjects like the Puritans. Just look at what happened to Czech Hussites (kind of a proto revolution) or to the French Republic 100 years later (all the monarchies of Europe conspiring and invading to crush the revolution).
Cromwell's professional army was called the New Model Army. Considering what a pivotal role the army played in the whole Civil War period, as well as being England's first ever standing army, I'm surprised you didn't mention that.
The Model Army was not Cromwell's, it was Lord Fairfax's and his son Lord Gen Thomas Fairfax's army. They were the first Volunteer, paid army raised. Later in history they would become known as the "redcoats" They were initially funded by the Fairfax's and later received additional payment after the war from Cromwell's parliament. (leading to the belief of them being Cromwell's)
@@aarondavis8433 as far as I can remember the cavalry of the NMA (which was far greater proportion than the infantry initially) were formed from or based on Cromwell's double regiment.
@@aarondavis8433 your absolutely right about Fairfax , it kinda bugs me that majority of people believe Cromwell created the new model army, Fairfax was ahead of his time, he used to read about the great Roman generals, the discipline of the Roman legions, etc . He promoted soldiers on merit, and ability, no matter their background,
Can you do a biography on either Fredrick the great, Caroline Matilda, George Washington,Elizabeth Of York, or Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis De Lafayette?
There was a guy who lived on my road, he was a massive recluse. But he did have a bunch of paper signs in his windows. And most of them described how Cromwell “will rise again, kill the tyrant and take back the empire” etc.
My 8x Great Grandfather Sir John Lisle also signed the death warrant for King Charles I. After the Restoration Lisle fled to Lausanne Switzerland. He was assassinated in a churchyard in Lausanne on 11 August 1664 by Sir James Fitz Edmond Cotter, an Irish soldier and Royalist agent who tracked down regicides. He abandoned his wife Lady Alice Lisle who a year later was executed for harbouring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at the Battle of Sedgemoor. She is the last woman to have been executed by a judicial sentence of beheading in England. I just recently discovered this and I am still flabbergasted.
Cromwells uprising was never about getting rid of royalty altogether, it was about getting rid of Charles I, who was bleeding England into bankruptcy, and reinstating royalty when possible which he did so no matter what happened after his death, what he did was successful
During his tenure as Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell did one notable achievement. In 1655 he readmitted the Jews back into England who had been absent since their expulsion in 1290. The Jews have lived in Britain ever since.
Thanks for this upload. I knew nothing about Oliver Cromwell nor the Puritan experience in England. It added some depth to my understanding of American Colonial history.
They never like to tell you about the Irish Massacre of 1641, "Massacre of '41". The rules of those days called for rectification of the situation according to the rules of war in fashion during those times. Cromwell was a great man! His actions and reactions were proportionate. For a true picture of Cromwell it is necessary to read "Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell" by Thomas Carlyle!
Oliver Cromwell was a Puritan , which made him anti catholic ( I understand the anti catholic part to a certain extent . I mean they hate us ) and ban everyone fun in Britain including make up and singing .
@@Valencetheshireman927 No we do not hate you! We hate what you have done in the Name of Jesus Christ. Crusades, Inquisitions, Abominable Immorality. "Now a good tree cannot bear corrupt fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bear good fruit" Jesus in the Gospels
Great video, as I studied at oxford I would love to add certain observations but in the time frame that you had you were extremely factual and as iam not a Fellow it was a very informative video. Thank you .
Arguably Cromwell kinda copied stuff Wallenstein had done a few years prior, including a system to enable him to upkeep huge armies for the time over far longer periods than most. Wallenstein was basically murdered because the holy Roman emperor war afraid of him becoming a military dictator after he was basically dominating politics because of his overwhelming military machine. I know I know, blasphemy to draw connection between anything on the British isle with what's going on on the continent...
Such tumultuous times those were. Simon, you forgot to include the fact that under Cromwell the theatre was banned. The land of Shakespeare was no more...at least, temporarily.
An excellent, concise and balanced run through a very complex and confusing period in English history, all the main points covered, no unnecessary padding.
Thank you this biography. Oliver Cromwell is an ancestor of mine on my mother's side. I learned a couple of new things. My mother's famiky is quite proud of him. As an American I tske no position.
@@jpgduff he could be, but he was one of the most important men in this nations history. The 1688 revolution doesn’t happen without the civil war. We moved away from absolute monarchy with less chaos than france or Russia
@@fredbarker9201 how is the comparison to far? He tried commiting a genocide in Ireland son That's no different to Hitler trying to commit a genocide ffs
John Hudecek probably because of its scale and the fact that most civil wars that get called such are usually between two parties that once agreed, the king in this case and Parliament in the other. But a little more juicy than the king and the Parliament crushing the people which happened on a regular
It's called the English Civil War.. and is divided into two of them. But yes, the Wars of the Roses was a civil war too, except it was against two aristocratic houses, one of them being the House of Plantagenet.
Talk about holding a grudge. They dug the man up, hung him and cut off his head? Well, it speaks to how powerful the man was alive. They were so afraid of him, they waited until he was dead to punish him.
You describe this as the first English civil war, but wouldn't The War of the Roses (1455) also count as a civil war? Also what about the earlier wars before that such as the one between Stephen and Matilda over the succession (1135) ? I thought that would have counted as civil war too.
It's a bit of a muddy idea, as it wasn't a war between houses and kings, but between the State and Monarch. The Anarchy and War of the Roses were succession wars, the Civil War was essentially a revolution except that the initial idea was not to tear down and replace the system but to enforce and enshrine the system that was laid down by Magna Carta. After all, parliament were the successors of the "Lord Tennants" and Barons who'd beaten John before.
they were all technically civil wars, as were the 13th century Barons Wars. They just weren't called civil wars. It helps to delineate between them (given that the anarchy, the barons wars, the wars of the roses, *and* the civil wars were actually collective names for a series of smaller wars grouped together and over the same issues (different for each)), by only calling one 'The Civil War(s)'.
Historians these days are tending to view the 'English Civil War' as 'The War of the Three Kingdoms' - a much better name considering how much Scotland and Ireland were involved
@@OliverRPendle It has sometimes been called the English Revolution. The second one, that rubber-stamped the new constitutional monarch position, being the Glorious one. These helped establish long lasting peace which was a contrast to some other countries like France.
The popular understanding of revolutions is that they're events that happen on specific dates. The truth is that they tend to be long, generational projects, usually coming in fits and starts. The liberal revolution could be said to have started with Cromwell, or even with Martin Luther, and to have not fully come to completion until the 19th Century. Similarly, the next turn of the historical wheel could be said to have started in Russia in 1917, or in Paris in 1871, but it won't be completed until many decades from now.
Cromwell is one of the few figures in history who is simultaneously a sociopathic, murderous heretic and a revolutionary visionary and freedom fighter.
Freedom fighter !!? Cromwell killed a king sacked parliament and made himself lord protector, he named his son as his heir. He was a hypocrite, he became the thing he was supposed to be fighting against.. A dark cloud over England during his rule , That's why the people brought the monarchy back when he died
@@kevwhufc8640this is pure Nonsense, he didn't name his son at all and he only took power after years of letting parliament rule, he took power because they became corrupt, his rule was a good time, he punished the terrorist Irish aswell
Cromwell did nothing wrong in Ireland. The so-called "atrocities" happened under the direction of other generals, after Cromwell had returned to England.
British dictator? He handed over power to Parliament once he got rid of a corrupt king.Only when parliament decided to be dishonest did he close down parliament and take the reigns.Not a dictator but the savior of the people from tyranny.
You mean the time Sweden came out of nowhere and started to beat the crap out of literally everyone? Yeah that's actually extremely interesting Then Peter The Great turned Sweden from a badass nation into the land of IKEA at Poltova.
I found a book that was owned by my late grandfather. It's called 'persecution's of Irish Catholics' by P.F. Moran and was written in 1884. It details the atrocities of Cromwells army listed here the massacres of towns such as Wexford and Cashel, bedridden priests being dragged out to be mistreated in prison then hanged, drawn and quartered, groups of people being pushed off cliffs and bridges to their death, if any Irish people were found on an accosted ships then they'd be thrown overboard to drown, Babies heads bashed against rocks, People in cities such as Cork bring forced out of their homes, without their belongs on pain of death, to which many died from exposure in the fields; The entire population forced to resettle in Connaught, any found outside it were executed on the spot and their offence was carved into their chest, Catholics had to wear identification on their cheek or chest (remember this was written in 1884, a few years before Hitler was born), Infant heads placed on pikes, Irish children used as human shields in battle, Mass rape ranging from old women to children, And after the war the children of Irish nobles were kidnapped to be 'civilised', basically brainwashed into abandon their culture and language. So goes without saying that I hate Cromwell, and from what I've read (from British sources), Cromwells Britain was as much a democratic republic as modern day Iran, that is to say it has the veneer of being democratic when it's really a theocratic dictatorship.
Skipping over a lot of important contextual detail as to the catalyst for war in August 1642, who the MP's were, Charles' motivation for arresting them and why the failure to do so allowed Parliament to raise an army against him. I would also argue the timeline of this video, mentioning the Bishops Wars frames the outbreak of Civil War in 1642 as a major factor when the Bishop's Wars 'ended' in 1640, without any acknowledgement of the Ship Tax which the five MP's (in some part) refused to pay. I will say the nod to the mention of the legislature by which the refusal to pay taxes was measured by is correct (although five judges deemed it illegal), but only on the basis that the imposition of the taxation was done without Parliamentary approval, hence the refusal of some to pay in full. There are sources which cite the fact that ships built with this money were used to transport gold to the Dutch and payment for which went into Charles' pocket alone.
Hey everyone! Yes, this is a re-issue, we had an error on the original video that required we do a re-upload. Apologies to everyone who saw this go live last week, but didn't get to watch it yet :). And apologies to everyone else who got excited about a few video, but had already seen it.
Could you possibly do one on Nebuchadnezzar....?
Do Suleiman the magnificent please
No problem si we got it in the end our kid ;)
This is an absolute gem of a channel...Great work mate!
please oh god make some audio books!!!!!
"By 1636 Cromwell was a broke unimportant nobody with zero prospects."
I feel that
He Says The Same Thing About You........!!!!!!
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It was Cromwell that put an end to the divine right of kings and set England on the path to parliamentary democracy.
@@Tridhos good to know
@@Tridhos bloody long path! Were not there yet !!!
@@johnsaunders2109 well democracy is always a work in progress. Sadly many people cannot be bothered to get off their fat arses and vote. That is not a recent thing I can go back 50 years when I was involved with trade unions and the same applied then.
In America, we study that Cromwell was a pretty good guy. When I traveled to Ireland, 30 years ago, I got to see THEIR perspective on him. What a monster he could be too.
Cromwell was not a good person at all. I was taught that Cromwell was necessary, and so was his end. In other words, somebody needed to end what Charles I was doing, and then somebody needed to end what Cromwell was doing. There is no perfect system of government, but England got lucky in transitioning from a pure, divine right autocracy to a track leading toward constitutional monarchy in a relatively peaceful fashion. Relative to the revolutions of France and Russia, for example
This is the problem with American it's often super coated and or outright changed in the UK for the most part we teach history in all of it's gritty details.
In America, you dont study! You do Multiple Choice Tests!!
@@samuel10125 I’ve heard the UK is pretty biased too
@@Dlúith Not as bad as the US most of what I was taught at school is accurate.
13:40 Irish rebelion is an understatement.
The Rebbelion was successful and by the time Cromwell landed in Ireland, the Irish Confederation, was set up, a fully independent irish state with its own army, currency, parliament, all since 1642. It had official state recognition from France, Spain and the Papal States.
A jumping point for the Catholic enemy states. Ever since the Reformation this had been an issue. This continued through the 18th century. Funny how some ignore the background for history to suit their own modern prejudices.
But no recognition from Britain.
@@alexthelizardking Britian didnt exist. you mean England?
They still kept the king though. Charles the I and II
What you say is true. But there was another country that had the exact same thing, including England, and it mattered for the Confederate states about as much.
Dam he is like the best example for the phrase "you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself the villian"
No. He was just a villan. Love, Ireland.
@@jpgduff just FYI the majority of the massacres he was accused of have pretty much no evidence behind them and many of the supposed victims of the massacres had been recorded as alive in parish records past the supposed date of the massacres
@@_im_from_hell_9729 That doesn't change what he was.
@@jpgduff yes it does
@@_im_from_hell_9729 Whats your source on this?
I tried taking a shot of jagermeister every time you said "Charles dissolved parliament" or "Cromwell dissolved parliament". I blacked out after about fifteen minutes.
This should be in the official drinking rules of Biographics.
Add in any reference to 'The Rump'
Thank god you didn't do it when the year 1848 is mentioned (not in this video ofc), or you'd have died of alcohol poisoning.
"The Scots went nuts" - we are known to do that...
Whats mean ?
@Stoic Englishman ok,not important just... 😕📖🤪
I love the understatement. 😂
oive eard scgotlands full o specky bams
I don't know why. The Stuarts turned their backs on Scotland the second they got a whiff of the English throne. They certainly did the Scots few favours during the 1600s, or indeed the 1700s.
My friend lives in Cromwell Road and has a King Charles Spaniel....supreme irony.
I wonder what Oliver Cromwell and King Charles would think about that?
Only if Charles got run over in that road
@@bryanbridges2987 *17th century beer commercial ensues*
I worry for that dogs head.
I think that's a coincidence, not irony.
The most interesting thing about King Charles the First is that he was 5' 6" tall at the start of his reign but only 4' 8" tall at the end of it.
I heard he was a head shorter
Jesus.....
He really lost his head over that one.
Wow. I’m speechless
The curse of the Stewart’s. Out of all of those who sat on either the Scottish or English thrones at legit monarchs, only James 1st/6th died if natural causes.
" Oliver Cromwell, The Man Who Killed A King. "
Roman Guards: Oh No! Anyway..
Maybe a rare occurrence in England, but not so rare in ancient China. Usually happened towards the end of a dynasty where the emperor were corrupted with too much wine , women and song and neglected the affairs of the state and got defeated.
It's called revolution for a reason. 360 degrees coming back around to where one started.
The American revolution, The 1936 Spanish anarchist revolution, the Kurdish rebellion, the Irish War of Independence, and the Chiapas revolt (to name a few) would beg to differ.
@@noahsherwood2445 The American revolution was unique in that it did not collapse in on itself although it came dangerously close to doing just that.
Irish revolution from 1916 until....well 90s when the violence level decreased. Not terribly successful especially when the founding members died of old age before achieving their goals.
Kurdish revolution. In Iraq a success although thanks largely to the no fly zone in Turkey not soo much. Still in the resistance phase.
And I'd have to look at the Spanish anarchist revolution what were the goals and end result. Very brutal civil war which became a dress rehearsal for WW2 with German fascists and Russian communist both showing up to support factions while fielding new equipment. They still have a monarchy in Spain today you realize.
@@brianschlicher59 yeah....how's it looking 4 us now smh🇺🇲
Some times it's not right back to where you started, sometimes it's out of the frying pan and Into the Fire. They rise up to cast off the corrupt and oppressive current regime, and in doing so end up becoming and even more corrupt and oppressive new regime.
Brian Schlicher tommy lee Jones, under siege lol
I'm lovin' the sass in the recent videos, makes them even more entertaining!
This, I think, is the right amount of sass.
Definitely
Definitely the best part.
Whatever one does, do not turn this episode into a drinking game on 'dissolve parliament'. Would be rather dangerous.
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Hic!
Just use gulps of beer.
Too late
😂😂💀
Cromwell's actions in Ireland did not end the rebellion at all, he was effective in seizing major cities along the eastern seaboard but most of country still had to be pacified by the time he had to return to England for the Third Civil War. He left the campaign in Ireland to his son in law, Henry Ireton, who honestly probably did most of the heavy lifting of the campaign, destroying Irish forces in the rest of island and besieging major cities like Limerick and Galway. Ireton actually died during the siege of Limerick, which was very protracted, and while organised resistance in the form of regular field armies was destroyed by this point the war in Ireland entered a new phase of guerrilla conflict. This was when things got really destructive, the British basically uprooted the entire country to deny any support and supplies for the Irish fighters who were trying to hide among the countryside and populace. Seizures and burning of crops caused huge famines that killed hundreds of thousands, along with the brutality of the fighting. This continued into 1653, the war is traditionally said to have ended with the capture and execution of Phelim O'Neill, one of the masterminds of the 1641 rebellion and last remaining Irish leaders of any note, it was also when parliament accepted the surrender of Irish fighters with the agreement made that they would simply leave the country and join foreign armies in places like Spain and France rather than continue to fight in Ireland. These surrender terms were kind of interesting since they were surprisingly lenient on the Irish fighters despite the Parliamentarians previously uncompromising brutality and implies everyone just wanted to bring this seemingly endless war to a close.
I wouldn't say lenient, quite a large portion of the population died. The imposition of the penal laws saw all Catholics lose their lands and gave way to centuries of discrimination, poverty and destitution which would play a large part in 1.5 million starving to death and 2-3 million emigrating 250 years later of which it's population still hasn't recovered.
That was a great read, thank you!
The Irish will never know peace so long as there's whiskey within arm's reach and the Brits are down the street. My buddy from Dublin told me this. That and never give a Scotsman a reason to fight.
@sean walters Your a known Brit troll, Walters. 🤣
Let the Truth be told no matter who did what.
As a Irish person who lives in Drogheda the town that Cromwell covered in blood it's not easy for me to look past all of the bloodshed pain and suffering he caused not just to my own country but to England, Scotland and Wales as well.
Porterdown.
Did the Irish cover Scotland or any where else with blood?
@@frankedokpayi4359 the British were committing massacres in Ireland until the 1960s
@@fort809because Irish were doing the same to British and protestants, even now their government is full of terrorist supporters
It was a long time ago FFS.
Another great video. Cromwell is one my favourite parts of English history. The man who wanted to stop a tyrant king and soon found himself becoming the tyrant he sought to destroy
The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown.
@@jackdubz4247 🤨🤔😁💨👑🧦☘🍀💯👌👀
"You were supposed to destroy the [kings] not join them!"
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
The historical embodiment of tim pools song " will of the people "
I worked with two gentlemen a while back. One was a descendant of Oliver Cromwell, the other a descendant of a man killed by Oliver Cromwell. One day, after discovering their historical connection, the former took the latter out to lunch as reparations. I hope it was a good meal and not just a burger and fries.
yes, actually, it did
At least burger, fries and beer.
TheEverydayPrepper absolute bollocks
A noble gesture. Although, I personally wouldn't feel I needed to pay someone back for something my unknown relative did to another's unknown relative. Its still cool that he did.
Honestly, I kinda thought it was gonna end as the guy took the other guy out to eat and ended up killing him too.
...i think ive been watching too many Criminally Listed videos and similar channels. Hehehe.
TheEverydayPrepper You worked with these two gentlemen, you know the one took the other out for a meal, but you have no idea what type of meal or where they went? Why wouldn’t you ask?
"Chaos is a ladder " - Lord Baelish
Chaosh*
"...Lord Bealish?" - Sansa Stark
Laddah*
Someone robbed a ladder just the other day from a nearby restaurant. ...meaning...?
@@thereforeayam There's gonna be some chaos
History lesson at school in 1965 , there I was slumped at my desk like zombie , trying to stay awake while my history teacher mumbled on about someone called Oliver Cromwell , It must have been a lesson of one hour but it seemed like a lifetime , luckily I did not die of boredom , fast forward 55 years to this moment , and history has come alive for me , maybe its the way you tell them , thank you for this highly informative video , keep up the good work !!
I highly recommend the 1970 film "Cromwell" starring Richard Harris, Alec Guiness, and Timothy Dalton. It is on RUclips's free with ads movie list.
Good movie .
Compared to The Patriot and Braveheart!!
ON TUBI as well, if you have that.
Just looked it up, have to watch tomorrow, been with Simon too long today.
Alec Guiness looks almost like a clone of Charles I.
The most explosive parliament? I thought that was 1605.
Heh
The bomb of 1605 never blew up
@@franciscomm7675 The only bomb the IRA got wrong lmao
It would have been
Remember, remember the 5th of November. Gunpowder *treason* and plot...
Just looked up your bio Simon, since I've been watching so much of your content. You're two months older than me. Haha. Had no idea you lived in the Czech republic, either. Keep doing what you're doing, it's helped keep my sanity, and is endlessly fascinating on all your channels!
When Benjamin Franklin and John Adams came to Britain as the first official emissaries of the United States, they travelled through England to see the battlefields of the Civil War. They were shocked to find no monuments or markers, while the locals near Edgehill didn't even know its importance. To Franklin and Adams the Civil War was the seed of the "Liberties of Englishmen" they had fought to secure in America.
Meanwhile in Britain, the genuine crimes of Cromwell were used to bury his historical importance and the history of the Commonwealth by returned Royalists - British school children are taught of his brutality in Ireland, while countless other and far worse excesses by English, Scottish and Norman invaders are ignored.
Yet they are not taught about the abolition of anti-Semitic laws, the first genuine united British state, the Commonwealth's wars which reasserted it's power on the continent after half a century of decline, and laid the foundations of the global British Empire.
They are not taught about the Putney Debates, a very crucial event for the American revolutionaries. Here hundreds of MPs, generals and others debated what form a new post-monarch government should take. Ideas ranged from the Levellers who advocated a true democracy, the Diggers who promoted Christian Communist communes and the abolition of the state, and the Fifth Monarchy Men, who wanted an Iranian-style religious republic, with an empty throne for King Jesus when he returns.
It's a fascinating period that had great suffering but as usual such breeds experiments and radical ideas that had a massive impact on the history of the Four Nations and beyond.
But that would've been about 150 years after the English civil war had ended,
What did they expect to see ?
I'm English at school we were taught about Cromwell and Ireland, as well as the Celts Romans Saxon/ Vikings , medieval Tudor etc etc.
I don't know why they didn't teach the same at your school.
@@kevwhufc8640The cvil war and the ideas debated was probably one of the most Important events in world history. And we carry on like it means nothing.
Cromwell was a lot of things the foremost being a man of his times fighting against inertia. He was a horror to those who didn't fallow his beliefs. A reflection of him is Thomas Jefferson who writes against slavery as a man who owns slaves. What they know is right is often easier to speak of then to do.
The nature of humanity: what is a disadvantage to me is tyranny, what is an advantage to me is Justice
Jefferson owned more slaves than any other American president. Over 600
Oliver Cromwell was responsible for signing the death warrant for one of my ancestors John Stawell and my family estate was partially destroyed during the civil war. Thank you for making this video!
wow, that sucks dude. Why did he executed him? I am sure it's not only because he's a loyalist
Owned lmao
you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
Rekt
My ancestor sir Robert musgrave gave King Charles his horse when the kings was shot out from under him in battle of Preston
Can you do Frederick the great?
@@Justin.Martyr YES
r/whooosh
That would be necrophilia. Ew.
@@Psychol-Snooper what are you talking about?
Nothing I could explain to *SomeOrdinary Idiot,* I fear.
“Lord Protector is but another name for King, and you're a cruel one.”
So why did he choose the incompetent and unqualified Richard Cromwell as successor instead of the proven administrator and general Henry Cromwell who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland? I think I know why, Oliver wanted the Protectorship to collapse during Richard’s rule in favor of Parliament ruling directly.
The British started playing this name game first, but you are not alone. All the things people read about the "last emperor" of China are false. He too changed his name/title to more politically accepted form. Now that guy is formally the Chairman of the commy party, commander in chief of the military, and he chair maybe 25 committees.He is not as powerful as he used to be, yes you can look at him now without permission, but he cannot appoint his son to take over, but what he ordered is just quietly done and no one dare to question him. He is an emperor in all but name. In most countries, to be in absolute command of the military is the key to power. As Chairman Mao said,power come from the barrel of a gun. That is why British like gov. ( Canada, Au , Nz etc) are so eager to disarm the population in the name of public safety.
1:05 - Chapter 1 - Early life (England on the edge)
6:50 - Chapter 2 - The long parliament (Life during wartime)
11:20 - Chapter 3 - War & ireland (Rise to power)
16:05 - Chapter 4 - The lord protector (History repeats itself)
Simon et al: this incredibly good, well-produced and well-written. Thanks!
“You have selected regicide. If you know the name of the king or queen being murdered, press 1.”
Sadly we saw the next one coming. Better luck next time... *Presses 3 to see what happens. Gets extra £1.60 on phone bill. Gives zero fucks as invested in gold miners before it was cool.
DOH !
I believe Mary, Queen of Scots got the regicide treatment, as well.
Or Protector (Cromwell) or Regent (Horthy) or Tsar (Nicholas II) or Kaiser (Wilhelm II) or Emperor (Napoléon)
Simon, it seems your beard is trying to escape.
I was wondering if anybody was going to comment on that. lol
I couldn't not see it. XD
I had to cover that part of my phone lol it started messing with my OCD lol
The man forgot to brush.
I was starting to get jittery, and I don't even have any OCD's.
Hey Simon and gang, love the channels and the great work you do. Biographics, so informative and captivating learning about a single subject. So much research and charisma makes the vids so much more interesting.
I was born and bred and have lived most of my life in Huntingdon, Oliver Cromwell's birthplace and home to the Cromwell Museum. It's probably what the town's best known for. My local pub is called the Lord Protector, and there's a bar called Cromwell's where I've been to on many nights out.
“King Oliver” sounds like a children’s animated series!
DA Champs of Mile High
King Oliver was the stage name of a prominent African-American jazz bandleader of the 1920s.
@@jesusislordsavior6343, hm
@@ChaseMcCain81
A fact of history, no more and no less.
Far more significant are the historical facts that Jesus was crucified, died, was buried, and rose from the dead-------------all in fulfilment of ancient Hebrew prophecy.
He alone is LORD and SAVIOR of humanity.
Is everything clear now?
@@jesusislordsavior6343, why are you preaching me your religion when I was acknowledging your comment?
@@ChaseMcCain81 1
1. I did not know that it was an acknowledgement, because of its brevity and ambiguity.
2. I prefer not to call it a 'religion'.
No hard feelings involved at all.
Aston: "He who can take Drogheda can take Hell!"
Cromwell: "And I took that personally."
Thank you for posting this . I’ve always been fascinated by this time in Britain’s history . Your voice is quite soothing and you tell the story so well . I’ve really enjoyed this video and subscribed to listen to more .
Holy crap I just learned a ton about english history that I never knew. I'm from the US and we definitely aren't taught anything about this stuff in schools.
Nic Halabicky I’m curious... what exactly do Americans learn of Europe’s history?
@@j.a.weishaupt1748 pretty much nothing aside from napoleon, ww1/2, American independence
Do Americans have history ?! I'm kidding, of course you do. Its just a short lesson !
We glossed over it, probably about a page dedicated to Cromwell or a passing mention.
@@j.a.weishaupt1748 In elementary school, an entire year of history class is devoted to medieval history (mostly English), Roman and Greek history. At least when I went, about 30 years ago.
This guy is going to get me through my GCSE’s I’m telling you now!
You're welcome ;)
Biographics
What do u mean “winky face”?
Surely you can already spell your name correctly?!?
@@Biographics ñ
This was MASTERFULLY done! Just an amazing job of making a complicated period of English history simple to understand! Thank you
What a great and meaningful summary of Cromwell. Loved hearing "both sides" of the story. Thank you sir!
Kingslayer
Jaime fuckin Lannister
A man without Honour.
@@MaxwellAerialPhotography say that to his face mate you wouldnt have a face after
@@Dfthg-bz3hp Jamie Lannister or Oliver Cromwell?
@@MaxwellAerialPhotography Cromwell 😂Jaime only has one hand whats he going to do against you 😎
Thank you so much for all the videos. This has become my favourite channel. Love learning about history in a quick 20min fix. Brilliant keep them coming, going to ensure I like every video!
Hi Simon really liked the video, an excellent attempt at what is a very complicated part of British history. Just one small note the image you display of the Duke of Buckingham is of Edward Stafford who was executed in 1521, a hundred years before the civil war. The Duke of Buckingham at the time of Charles I was George Villiers who was somewhat more dashing than Stafford (if the portrait artists are to be believed).
Saw that too. 👍
Glad I went though the comments before making another one. Referring Simon to George Villiers.
Oh good I'm not the only one who thought "but that guy's wearing Tudor-era stuff"
Brilliant! What a great recap of a truly influential but in his own right, terrible leader. A product of his time. A perfect balance of how cruel he could be and how undeniably pivotal he was,
You definitely had fun doing this video lol. Good one man.
Always interesting how the English were one of the first European powers to execute a king and then limit the power of the royalty afterward, but they are one of the few remaining European powers to still have a royal family in place.
They had several quite important conflicts limiting the powers of the monarch and drew heavily from them in synthesizing their national identity, also were not subjected to foreign subjugation, so yeah.
Kinda had their bourgeoise revolutions early on and not to forget the huge pressure letoff of the colonies such as what would become the US for unruly subjects like the Puritans.
Just look at what happened to Czech Hussites (kind of a proto revolution) or to the French Republic 100 years later (all the monarchies of Europe conspiring and invading to crush the revolution).
Cromwell's professional army was called the New Model Army. Considering what a pivotal role the army played in the whole Civil War period, as well as being England's first ever standing army, I'm surprised you didn't mention that.
Thought “New Model Army” was a band from the 80’s? 😉
The Model Army was not Cromwell's, it was Lord Fairfax's and his son Lord Gen Thomas Fairfax's army. They were the first Volunteer, paid army raised. Later in history they would become known as the "redcoats" They were initially funded by the Fairfax's and later received additional payment after the war from Cromwell's parliament. (leading to the belief of them being Cromwell's)
@@aarondavis8433 as far as I can remember the cavalry of the NMA (which was far greater proportion than the infantry initially) were formed from or based on Cromwell's double regiment.
@@aarondavis8433 your absolutely right about Fairfax ,
it kinda bugs me that majority of people believe Cromwell created the new model army,
Fairfax was ahead of his time, he used to read about the great Roman generals, the discipline of the Roman legions, etc .
He promoted soldiers on merit, and ability, no matter their background,
@@smoochym Fairfax was responsible for creating the new model army, not Cromwell
“Buckingham’s Boneheaded Buccaneering” has become my new favorite phrase.
4:03 they needed George Bush Sr to say: “read my lips, no new taxes”
I'd love to see Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell covered
I was 100% sure a video about Cromwell was already up 😮
Scorpion Flower it was I guess this is just re-upload it to fix and a mistake or something
Me too. But then again, Barenstein bears, am I right?
It's Groundhogs daaaaaay!
They reuploaded it, check description
Extra credit.
Can you do a biography on either Fredrick the great, Caroline Matilda, George Washington,Elizabeth Of York, or Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis De Lafayette?
Would love to see all of those especially Frederick and Lafayette
I would Love a Lizzie Of York (Sorry I'm a historian I have nicknames for Historical Figures).
Victoria Einarsson /
Vicky better do one
On the Marquis de Sade--just sayin.
There was a guy who lived on my road, he was a massive recluse. But he did have a bunch of paper signs in his windows. And most of them described how Cromwell “will rise again, kill the tyrant and take back the empire” etc.
My 8x Great Grandfather Sir John Lisle also signed the death warrant for King Charles I. After the Restoration Lisle fled to Lausanne Switzerland. He was assassinated in a churchyard in Lausanne on 11 August 1664 by Sir James Fitz Edmond Cotter, an Irish soldier and Royalist agent who tracked down regicides. He abandoned his wife Lady Alice Lisle who a year later was executed for harbouring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at the Battle of Sedgemoor. She is the last woman to have been executed by a judicial sentence of beheading in England. I just recently discovered this and I am still flabbergasted.
Who will be the most irony person in England?
Anyone that is named Charles Oliver Stuart Cromwell XD
Gonna watch this now before it's removed again.
And reposted again? I watched this last weak (sic)
It was not removed in my country (portugal)
PLEASE do one on Voltaire
YES!
he was almost assassinated in my town once sadly the assassin failed
That was really great ! It's the first time I've actually understood the sequence of events :) Thanks for that !
Good episode, nice glasses, do one on Michael Collins ;)
I hope you mean the free stater and not the astronaut
Hear hear one life
@@charliebrown4573 lol
charlie brown no the football manager
@@charliebrown4573 he wasn't a "free-stater". He was a irish republican
Love history and this was beautifully presented...thank you!! Excellent video, as always!
Cromwells uprising was never about getting rid of royalty altogether, it was about getting rid of Charles I, who was bleeding England into bankruptcy, and reinstating royalty when possible which he did so no matter what happened after his death, what he did was successful
Nothing more poetic than this guys rise. Almost like he was born to avenge his own ancestor.
During his tenure as Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell did one notable achievement. In 1655 he readmitted the Jews back into England who had been absent since their expulsion in 1290. The Jews have lived in Britain ever since.
Thanks for this upload. I knew nothing about Oliver Cromwell nor the Puritan experience in England. It added some depth to my understanding of American Colonial history.
Love these videos! Would love to see one about the famous Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, Marie Laveau
They never like to tell you about the Irish Massacre of 1641, "Massacre of '41".
The rules of those days called for rectification of the situation according to the rules of war in fashion during those times.
Cromwell was a great man! His actions and reactions were proportionate.
For a true picture of Cromwell it is necessary to read "Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell" by Thomas Carlyle!
Oliver Cromwell was a Puritan , which made him anti catholic ( I understand the anti catholic part to a certain extent . I mean they hate us ) and ban everyone fun in Britain including make up and singing .
@@Valencetheshireman927 No we do not hate you! We hate what you have done in the Name of Jesus Christ.
Crusades, Inquisitions, Abominable Immorality.
"Now a good tree cannot bear corrupt fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bear good fruit"
Jesus in the Gospels
Maybe Cromwell had brain damage from his illness. Sounds like it to me.
@@alicehopkins5567
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Proverbs 26:4
@@WmTyndale Cromwell did horrible things in Ireland and treated us as "sub-human" how can you say he was a good man?
Great video, as I studied at oxford I would love to add certain observations but in the time frame that you had you were extremely factual and as iam not a Fellow it was a very informative video.
Thank you .
Great job, at times you speak a bit fast, but I can always back up the video! Great job. Oliver's Army is here to stay!
"The New Model Army" the most professional army of the day and the beginning of the British army as we now know it .
Good band too
Arguably Cromwell kinda copied stuff Wallenstein had done a few years prior, including a system to enable him to upkeep huge armies for the time over far longer periods than most. Wallenstein was basically murdered because the holy Roman emperor war afraid of him becoming a military dictator after he was basically dominating politics because of his overwhelming military machine.
I know I know, blasphemy to draw connection between anything on the British isle with what's going on on the continent...
@@nickyfield137 Dammit, bet me to it. Kudos to you.
The Duke of Buckingham pic used is the Duke from 1521 not George Villiers, the Duke of this story,
we need to dissolve the comments
*Thanos hath entered the chat*
at some point the youtube comment section does need a reset
Such tumultuous times those were. Simon, you forgot to include the fact that under Cromwell the theatre was banned. The land of Shakespeare was no more...at least, temporarily.
An excellent, concise and balanced run through a very complex and confusing period in English history, all the main points covered, no unnecessary padding.
A great general maybe, but he can never be forgiven about the atrocities in Ireland.
Thank you this biography. Oliver Cromwell is an ancestor of mine on my mother's side. I learned a couple of new things. My mother's famiky is quite proud of him. As an American I tske no position.
Proud? He was a monster.
He's the English version of Hitler
@@jpgduff he could be, but he was one of the most important men in this nations history. The 1688 revolution doesn’t happen without the civil war. We moved away from absolute monarchy with less chaos than france or Russia
@@swaglad9728 you can hate him, but that comparison is a step way too far
@@fredbarker9201 how is the comparison to far? He tried commiting a genocide in Ireland son
That's no different to Hitler trying to commit a genocide ffs
Simon has got to be one of the most engaging hosts on RUclips.
Excellent analysis 👏
Excellent episode Bio team. Thankyou.
I did a course on English History yet I've learnt more about Cromwell in this 23 minute video than I ever learned it that course.
Why is it the first English civil war? I thought England had a ton of civil wars by this point.
John Hudecek probably because of its scale and the fact that most civil wars that get called such are usually between two parties that once agreed, the king in this case and Parliament in the other. But a little more juicy than the king and the Parliament crushing the people which happened on a regular
They did. The Wars of the Roses was 15th century, I believe. That was pretty much a civil war.
It's called the English Civil War.. and is divided into two of them. But yes, the Wars of the Roses was a civil war too, except it was against two aristocratic houses, one of them being the House of Plantagenet.
The only thing that could’ve improved this vid would’ve been a counter in the top-right called “Dissolved Parliament”
Talk about holding a grudge. They dug the man up, hung him and cut off his head? Well, it speaks to how powerful the man was alive. They were so afraid of him, they waited until he was dead to punish him.
This was great and to the point.
You describe this as the first English civil war, but wouldn't The War of the Roses (1455) also count as a civil war? Also what about the earlier wars before that such as the one between Stephen and Matilda over the succession (1135) ? I thought that would have counted as civil war too.
It's a bit of a muddy idea, as it wasn't a war between houses and kings, but between the State and Monarch. The Anarchy and War of the Roses were succession wars, the Civil War was essentially a revolution except that the initial idea was not to tear down and replace the system but to enforce and enshrine the system that was laid down by Magna Carta. After all, parliament were the successors of the "Lord Tennants" and Barons who'd beaten John before.
they were all technically civil wars, as were the 13th century Barons Wars. They just weren't called civil wars.
It helps to delineate between them (given that the anarchy, the barons wars, the wars of the roses, *and* the civil wars were actually collective names for a series of smaller wars grouped together and over the same issues (different for each)), by only calling one 'The Civil War(s)'.
Historians these days are tending to view the 'English Civil War' as 'The War of the Three Kingdoms' - a much better name considering how much Scotland and Ireland were involved
@Lockjaw The armchair ones do
@@OliverRPendle It has sometimes been called the English Revolution. The second one, that rubber-stamped the new constitutional monarch position, being the Glorious one.
These helped establish long lasting peace which was a contrast to some other countries like France.
He's also known as the Father of the British Army, raising the first troops later to be popularly called Red Coats.
Fairfax created the new model army, nothing to do with Cromwell,
This is where you see how serious they are about their content reposting to fix a mistake in it bonus point for integrity
The popular understanding of revolutions is that they're events that happen on specific dates. The truth is that they tend to be long, generational projects, usually coming in fits and starts.
The liberal revolution could be said to have started with Cromwell, or even with Martin Luther, and to have not fully come to completion until the 19th Century. Similarly, the next turn of the historical wheel could be said to have started in Russia in 1917, or in Paris in 1871, but it won't be completed until many decades from now.
Fantastic Summary! Educational, entertaining, engaging and enthralling. Brilliant !!!
I always think of Richard Harris when I hear Oliver Cromwell.
A great film a classic
He got some flack playing Cromwell since he was Irish Catholic as I recall.
@@kevinbergin2225 Irish protestant actually !
Cromwell is one of the few figures in history who is simultaneously a sociopathic, murderous heretic and a revolutionary visionary and freedom fighter.
True ... but that's usually the case with revolutionary freedom fighters!
Freedom from what exactly? Sounds like when he died the country was free from Cromwell.
Freedom fighter !!?
Cromwell killed a king sacked parliament and made himself lord protector, he named his son as his heir.
He was a hypocrite, he became the thing he was supposed to be fighting against..
A dark cloud over England during his rule ,
That's why the people brought the monarchy back when he died
@@kevwhufc8640this is pure Nonsense, he didn't name his son at all and he only took power after years of letting parliament rule, he took power because they became corrupt, his rule was a good time, he punished the terrorist Irish aswell
Cope
Cromwell did nothing wrong in Ireland.
The so-called "atrocities" happened under the direction of other generals, after Cromwell had returned to England.
Thank you for the Biographics. Very informative, very well done. Oscar nomination ..
British dictator? He handed over power to Parliament once he got rid of a corrupt king.Only when parliament decided to be dishonest did he close down parliament and take the reigns.Not a dictator but the savior of the people from tyranny.
I wouldn’t call the trial of King Charles a mock trial... it was one of the most important and influential trials in human history
They were all mock trials in those days! Look at the trials of Thomas More, Ann Boleyn and Catherine Howard!!!
The king was that the outcome was predetermined, the trial was just a formality
Could you please do one on Gustavus Adolphus? He is never talked about.
You mean the time Sweden came out of nowhere and started to beat the crap out of literally everyone? Yeah that's actually extremely interesting
Then Peter The Great turned Sweden from a badass nation into the land of IKEA at Poltova.
I found a book that was owned by my late grandfather. It's called 'persecution's of Irish Catholics' by P.F. Moran and was written in 1884. It details the atrocities of Cromwells army listed here
the massacres of towns such as Wexford and Cashel,
bedridden priests being dragged out to be mistreated in prison then hanged, drawn and quartered,
groups of people being pushed off cliffs and bridges to their death,
if any Irish people were found on an accosted ships then they'd be thrown overboard to drown,
Babies heads bashed against rocks,
People in cities such as Cork bring forced out of their homes, without their belongs on pain of death, to which many died from exposure in the fields;
The entire population forced to resettle in Connaught, any found outside it were executed on the spot and their offence was carved into their chest,
Catholics had to wear identification on their cheek or chest (remember this was written in 1884, a few years before Hitler was born),
Infant heads placed on pikes,
Irish children used as human shields in battle,
Mass rape ranging from old women to children,
And after the war the children of Irish nobles were kidnapped to be 'civilised', basically brainwashed into abandon their culture and language.
So goes without saying that I hate Cromwell, and from what I've read (from British sources), Cromwells Britain was as much a democratic republic as modern day Iran, that is to say it has the veneer of being democratic when it's really a theocratic dictatorship.
I just watched the movie "Cromwell" on youtube.......and your vid certainly filled in many of the holes in the movie.......well done!
Skipping over a lot of important contextual detail as to the catalyst for war in August 1642, who the MP's were, Charles' motivation for arresting them and why the failure to do so allowed Parliament to raise an army against him. I would also argue the timeline of this video, mentioning the Bishops Wars frames the outbreak of Civil War in 1642 as a major factor when the Bishop's Wars 'ended' in 1640, without any acknowledgement of the Ship Tax which the five MP's (in some part) refused to pay. I will say the nod to the mention of the legislature by which the refusal to pay taxes was measured by is correct (although five judges deemed it illegal), but only on the basis that the imposition of the taxation was done without Parliamentary approval, hence the refusal of some to pay in full. There are sources which cite the fact that ships built with this money were used to transport gold to the Dutch and payment for which went into Charles' pocket alone.
Well written! Well presented. Loving this channel more and more. Please keep going👍