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  • Опубликовано: 4 янв 2021
  • Tony finds out how a knacker became an executioner, and how clothes were made in Tudor times. He also finds the Mary Rose, Henry VIII's sunken ship, and shows us how food was prepared in Tudor England.
    Tony Robinson takes an entertaining look at the past, visiting tumultuous periods of British history to uncover tales of everyday people and explores the history fo the nation through the everyday lives of ordinary people.
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  • @microsoftpainenthusiast8096
    @microsoftpainenthusiast8096 3 года назад +784

    finally someone can beat the terrific details of our grandparents‘ walk to school

  • @alneal100
    @alneal100 3 года назад +626

    "Sire, the peasants are revolting!" ..."Yes, they do stink a bit, don't they!"

    • @allissonjacobisaacson6190
      @allissonjacobisaacson6190 3 года назад +29

      Haha!!! What a wholesome joke. I appreciate this. Thank you.

    • @jamesfowley4114
      @jamesfowley4114 3 года назад +8

      Well give them a bath.

    • @rkgaustin9043
      @rkgaustin9043 3 года назад +17

      Fun fact: In the late 15th century, Queen Isabella of Spain bragged that she had only bathed twice in her whole life. Queen Elizabeth I, too, reportedly bathed once a month, “whether she needed it or no”. Her successor, James VI and I, bore a great aversion to water and reportedly never bathed.

    • @alneal100
      @alneal100 3 года назад +7

      @@rkgaustin9043 Pepe Le Pew must be based on James VI!

    • @allissonjacobisaacson6190
      @allissonjacobisaacson6190 3 года назад +8

      @@rkgaustin9043 makes me wonder if any suffered from water phobias. Similar to rabies

  • @chronic_payne5669
    @chronic_payne5669 3 года назад +225

    This was so well done and interesting, the 43 minutes went by before I knew it. Laying here with my dog (also 18 months old) thinking about him going down with the ship, way too sad. Life was so incredibly difficult in Tudor, England. I doubt they much wanted to live past 35.

    • @lindamaemullins5151
      @lindamaemullins5151 3 года назад +3

      😂😂🥰

    • @y.z.6517
      @y.z.6517 3 года назад +6

      @@drott150 400 lives lost for what? Tyrants' sport? Whoever won, the people suffered.

    • @DavidSmith-sf4rl
      @DavidSmith-sf4rl 3 года назад +7

      Scrooge McGruel So true and throw in food poisoning because of improper food storage and preparation. Also getting cut on a piece of metal could have been fatal due to infection..(tetanus)

    • @DavidSmith-sf4rl
      @DavidSmith-sf4rl 3 года назад +8

      Scrooge McGruel I do ancestry work and the way our ancestors lived is appalling. They worked hard and most died young. I admire them. Wow.

    • @binaryvoid0101
      @binaryvoid0101 3 года назад +5

      You sound very cozy. I’m watching this while taking my morning dump on a cold toilet.

  • @NeoDarkling
    @NeoDarkling 3 года назад +175

    Can you imagine being a simple, young boy who worked your way up from the bottom of the social ladder to a respectable position only to be wrongly tortured and murdered by a petty, sadistic psychopath? Poor Richard.

    • @millykani1006
      @millykani1006 2 года назад

      LL

    • @evenberg8499
      @evenberg8499 2 года назад +2

      In deed. Being an executioner was still one of the lowest rank in society.
      They were often wearing a hood, so that the victim would not recognise him, as they usually knew each other due to the small environment they lived in at the time.

  • @delloda
    @delloda 3 года назад +315

    The Knacker job was probably the origin of the British saying "I'm knackered" which means "I'm exhausted".

    • @DGill48
      @DGill48 3 года назад +10

      Funny, but I thought (as an American working there in the 90's) it was an off reference to being tired after sex

    • @sgdeluxedoc
      @sgdeluxedoc 3 года назад +10

      Well, apparently Google thinks it's a swear word, seeing as they've "beeped" it out from the subtitles.. Seriously!

    • @xebek
      @xebek 3 года назад +21

      @@Jane.Doe. Oh, please. Overreact much? Nobody's stripping your rights (especially to speech as you've ironically been able to convey your thoughts here). A private company has decided for whatever reason (perhaps merely the monetary calculation of appealing to over-protective parents) that it's going to censor certain words. That's not a rights issue. Corporations don't grant rights. Are you up in arms whenever a 7-11 requires you to wear shoes and a shirt? Can I come into your private residence and speak any way I want to your children? Words don't have special intrinsic meanings and private entities can set their own standards for speech (just like you can in your home!). If the government starts fining you for swearing, you may have a point but your knee-jerk reaction does a disservice to people whose actual rights are being suppressed. I'm not agreeing with Google or defending them. I love fucking swearing (especially for emphasis), but your argument is logically fallacious and bears no resemblance to objective reality. Can you cite how your rights are being trampled?

    • @solidstate9451
      @solidstate9451 3 года назад +13

      In Germany an "alter Knacker" is an old fart.

    • @sylvisterling8782
      @sylvisterling8782 3 года назад +6

      @@xebek BRAVO!

  • @bobs1150
    @bobs1150 3 года назад +121

    I can just see the peasant from Monty Python as they boil the cook: "Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system "

    • @j.s.connolly8579
      @j.s.connolly8579 3 года назад +14

      "HELP! HELP! We are being REPRESSED!"
      "BLOODY PEASANT!"
      "AH! There it IS! See what I'm ON ABOUT?!" LOL

    • @michealpersicko9531
      @michealpersicko9531 3 года назад +3

      @@j.s.connolly8579 I just realized King Arthur is Britran's Don Quixote(which one of these days im finishing the tomb that's collecting dust on my desk)

    • @vickiegveg
      @vickiegveg 2 года назад

      Dear God ! Monty python is awful !
      Yes, I get British humor and that's not it. Benny Hill . Are You Being Served? Now that's funny stuff.

    • @poutinedream5066
      @poutinedream5066 2 года назад

      I will never understand British humor. God knows I've tried. Black Adder used to come on the public access channel. I did think that show was hilarious. But Monty Python, it's like it's so not funny, it actually makes me like angry watching it.

    • @mapples007
      @mapples007 2 года назад

      @@michealpersicko9531 uh, yeah not at all similar characters in any way.

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary 3 года назад +301

    Brewers needed cats for the same reason the ancient Egyptians did: they stored a lot of grain, and that attracted a lot of mice.

    • @alexanderlittle9786
      @alexanderlittle9786 3 года назад +11

      @John Texas go to turkey and you will see cats and dogs coexist peacefully. Literally thousands of them all over the cities and they hangout in the same places and never bother one another.
      It is just certain dogs that were bred for chasing or killing smaller animals. Let an untrained belgian malinois near a chihuahua and youre basically asking for a dead chihuahua. They are generally bred to attack stuff and chase any small animal they can. Rabits, cats, smaller dogs...

    • @DNTMEE
      @DNTMEE 3 года назад +22

      @@alexanderlittle9786
      Could also be that many of those cats and dogs grew up together. That often makes a big difference in how they get along. One reason is that the cats will often take a healthy swipe, claws and all, across a puppy's nose that they never forget, giving the cats respect in adulthood. Also, cats tend to have a huge "mothering instinct" towards any baby animals (such as squirrels and even mice) and will even nurse them, as well as, generally caring for them. Many of the dogs may have developed a strong bond with certain cats as they matured that carried over to cats in general.

    • @allissonjacobisaacson6190
      @allissonjacobisaacson6190 3 года назад +7

      @John Texas always wondered if animals find other species cute, the way we do with pets.

    • @crhu319
      @crhu319 3 года назад +5

      @John Texas There is very little evidence of foxes harming cats. In urban England cat and fox activity have been tracked & they overlap completely. Yet only a couple of instances of foxes killing mostly-sick cats.

    • @crhu319
      @crhu319 3 года назад +2

      @John Texas There is very little evidence of foxes harming cats. In urban England cat and fox activity have been tracked & they overlap completely. Yet only a couple of instances of foxes killing mostly-sick cats.

  • @liquidminds
    @liquidminds 3 года назад +97

    TIL: If I was alive in Tudor England, I'd be dead.

  • @jamesragsdale3069
    @jamesragsdale3069 3 года назад +391

    I miss when TLC and Discovery had programs like this instead of reality TV. Maybe someone would learn something instead of turning crass.

    • @KathleenMahaney
      @KathleenMahaney 3 года назад +8

      I know now it is about what the crazy level of nuts can come out

    • @josephholoubek1693
      @josephholoubek1693 3 года назад +10

      Unfortunately, enough people like to watch the reality stuff (and it is cheaper to produce) that I doubt we will ever see shows like this on those channels again.

    • @jamesragsdale3069
      @jamesragsdale3069 3 года назад +4

      @@josephholoubek1693 Sadly I agree.

    • @rustyjones7908
      @rustyjones7908 3 года назад +11

      Hell, even if it was HISTORICAL crassness it'd be better

    • @Fwootgummi
      @Fwootgummi 2 года назад +2

      I thoroughly enjoy reality tv ridiculousness and beautifully in-depth educational content like this. I think they both have their place, but it is maddening to see well researched work watered down or outright replaced by something that's purely ment for shock value and views. Scifi and The History Channel are also incredibly guilty of this.

  • @colpul2103
    @colpul2103 3 года назад +76

    'He goes no slogging Eleanor for 600 lines..." History of the first Yelp review.

    • @singenstattatmen5096
      @singenstattatmen5096 3 года назад +6

      *slagging her off
      Though slogging sounds like an interesting mixture of slagging and snogging. 😂

  • @terria.2581
    @terria.2581 3 года назад +68

    I can't get enough of this channel. I wish I could time travel to the past and see what things were really like.

    • @jcampbell4039
      @jcampbell4039 3 года назад +16

      Just for a visit, though. Not to stay.

    • @LynnAgain83
      @LynnAgain83 3 года назад +9

      I agree! Just for a one day visit lol
      This channel is a history lovers paradise! 💕

    • @TheKnitch
      @TheKnitch 3 года назад +2

      Death from things like abscessed teeth, and childbirth. Grinding poverty, living cheek to jowl with your farm animals. Oh yeah, that's definitely a desired tourist destination.

    • @terria.2581
      @terria.2581 3 года назад +5

      @@TheKnitch well people still experience all those horrid things to this day more than some people might think. Maybe not here in a small town Western Pa where I live and prob not in most parts of this country and other developed countries but the suffering hasn't stopped for many all over the world. I would simply wish to see the past in real time and though my heart would certainly break upon witnessing the tragedies of our past, I would also very much enjoy the beauty of things that were around as well. Doesn't matter when or where, humans will always face the Yin and Yang ☯️. It's the complexity of existence and I rather enjoy watching just how resilient humans are and where we have come from along the way. My fiancee thinks we're all parasites and maybe she is right, but I think we're all magnificent creatures who have created some phenomenal things. Go down that rabbit hole and your mind feels like it will burst. Stories that make us who we are personally and as a whole. We're all stories in the end, just make it a good one eh! - Matt Smith (Doctor Who)

    • @mangot589
      @mangot589 3 года назад +5

      @@TheKnitch People still die from tooth abscesses. Just sayin’. But I know what you mean. Any infection could carry you off, so easily treated now. But I’d go visit for a couple/few days in a heartbeat.

  • @poitboing
    @poitboing 3 года назад +87

    When you start talking throwing shade on henry the eighth and somebody deadass looking like his actual great-grandson steps up to offer an informed historical perspective

  • @janrees4887
    @janrees4887 3 года назад +109

    Imagine doing a job that everyone thought was necessary, was glad not have to do themselves, and yet everyone hated you for it and basically shunned you.

    • @applemauzel
      @applemauzel 3 года назад +10

      Thats what we call untouchables and burakumins~ at least the tudor knackers didn't have to live separately from the rest of the community~

    • @Hippolytica
      @Hippolytica 3 года назад +38

      McDonald’s workers, garbage collectors, any non academic work? Not hard to imagine, we still have plenty of those jobs and those mindsets. Nothings changed there.

    • @cillyhoney1892
      @cillyhoney1892 3 года назад +22

      Most of the people in the world still have contempt for those who clean up after them. In many parts of the world, housekeepers and nannies are practically slaves and are treated horribly. It seems like it's every week where it's reported a maid was killed or jumped to her death to escape abuse.
      I personally don't understand it. I am so grateful for waste workers and housekeepers and janitors. Yeah, they don't always smell so nice when you meet them up close but that's no reason to despise them and treat them contemptuously. Be kind to them! Thank them for doing their hard work. At least that's what I do.

    • @st.m.3979
      @st.m.3979 3 года назад +2

      this is being a doctor im most places

    • @aluckyshot
      @aluckyshot 3 года назад

      @@Hippolytica you sound like a real bugger, you wouldn't associate with a garbage man or some one that worked at McDonald's 🤣

  • @c.w.johnsonjr6374
    @c.w.johnsonjr6374 3 года назад +215

    John was supposed to tar the ship to keep it from sinking.
    John's skeleton was found on a sunken ship
    You had one job, John

    • @desireea.thomas2419
      @desireea.thomas2419 3 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @chrisbrown8640
      @chrisbrown8640 3 года назад

      Looks like he spoiled the ship for a ' hapenny worth of tar'....

  • @nancymontgomery8897
    @nancymontgomery8897 3 года назад +131

    Henry VIII was one sick monster to boil the cook alive and laugh about it.

    • @lets_get_illuminaughty6351
      @lets_get_illuminaughty6351 3 года назад +11

      I guess he really... cooked his goose.
      ....I‘ll let myself out

    • @Vikingbiznitch
      @Vikingbiznitch 3 года назад +36

      They took 2 HOURS to kill that cook! That's intentional. And then to make jokes about it!? Definitely disgusting, cruel, and vile behavior.

    • @NeoDarkling
      @NeoDarkling 3 года назад +26

      That is truly serial killer level cruelty.

    • @Einwetok
      @Einwetok 3 года назад +7

      It's OK, the church says royals can do no wrong... "snicker". Mental screening should be part of the selection process for potential leaders, not coverups and indifference after the fact.

    • @lindacarlton3154
      @lindacarlton3154 3 года назад +7

      @@Vikingbiznitch psychopathic I'd say. He definitely was a narcissist.

  • @Thenoobestgirl
    @Thenoobestgirl 3 года назад +167

    I mean, I knew Henry VIII was a terrible person, but holy shit! D:

    • @Jack-yf9bc
      @Jack-yf9bc 3 года назад +15

      Henry VIII?? More like Henrat VIII

    • @Ashaliyeva
      @Ashaliyeva 3 года назад +25

      One of my least favorite people in history (among many others.) I tried to watch the show “The Tudors”, but couldn’t get past the second season. I finally had it after the horrid execution of the cook. Henry was despicable; talk about an abuse of power- changing the whole country’s religion just so he could divorce, remarry, and doink as many women as he wanted. 🙄😖🤮

    • @maiira3933
      @maiira3933 3 года назад +12

      @@Ashaliyeva He should’ve gotten that “humiliating” defeat, but hey! Look on the Bright Side!! Atleast he gave us Queen Elizabeth I🥳🥳

    • @Ashaliyeva
      @Ashaliyeva 3 года назад +5

      @@maiira3933 very true!! 💜

    • @ScratchthechalkBoard
      @ScratchthechalkBoard 3 года назад +6

      @@Ashaliyeva true, none of the people murdered would have had any affect on the monarchy really

  • @saracowles2722
    @saracowles2722 3 года назад +23

    Tony is a super storyteller! The experts have the coolest jobs. Keep em coming, love these shows and the information.

  • @c.w.8200
    @c.w.8200 3 года назад +48

    Imagine your boyfriend "cooks the cook" 😲
    Did Anne Boleyn know she's dealing with a total psychopath?

    • @chandracox6814
      @chandracox6814 3 года назад +16

      Of course she did. She was likely terrified of him and just trying to survive his attentions.

    • @annwilliams6438
      @annwilliams6438 3 года назад +1

      I reckon… it was why she was so keen to keep him sweet.

    • @CashelOConnolly
      @CashelOConnolly 3 года назад +3

      She was sociopathic too

  • @lburns7952
    @lburns7952 3 года назад +137

    I would not make it. After one day of any of this, I would just drop dead where I stood.

    • @goldensloth7
      @goldensloth7 3 года назад +7

      that's what i was thinking

    • @jerod5636
      @jerod5636 3 года назад +34

      You’d be amazed at what you can get used to, especially when you don’t have a choice.

    • @mauriceetal1426
      @mauriceetal1426 3 года назад +2

      You can talk about anything, but yet you can do nothing...? That is interesting

    • @bobsingh7949
      @bobsingh7949 3 года назад +10

      If you knew your life in the 21st century and then were transported back to this time I do concur. But if that was the way it was and you knew no better I think you would just get on with it.

    • @lindahughes2289
      @lindahughes2289 2 года назад +1

      Made me laugh. Thanks!

  • @miciarokiri5182
    @miciarokiri5182 3 года назад +66

    Tony Robinson is a freaking INTERNATIONAL treasure and I want more of him. Also, we need Blood and Honey on digital!

    • @ivoted-5489
      @ivoted-5489 3 года назад +4

      I concur!
      He is very good at story telling with a captivating voice. Mix that with his hands on approach, he makes the best kind of historian, imo.
      Facts mixed with appropriate emotion and action is so sweet.

    • @markmitchell450
      @markmitchell450 3 года назад +5

      You know why he was so enthusiastic about tudor times its all those cunning plans and potential to get his hands on lots of turnips

    • @Hollylivengood
      @Hollylivengood 3 года назад +2

      @@markmitchell450 Oh my God, I was waiting to hear him say it!

    • @leahflower9924
      @leahflower9924 2 года назад

      History sounds so much better when it comes from a british accent lol

  • @Johnny_Tambourine
    @Johnny_Tambourine 3 года назад +67

    The last time I was this early my cow was still laying dead in the street waiting on the Knacker to finish his breakfast.

    • @zumeybear6883
      @zumeybear6883 3 года назад +1

      WHAT ?! ^

    • @carolberwindscheffler2708
      @carolberwindscheffler2708 3 года назад

      @Clinton Shaun I know a lot of people thatll love this !!! Thanks for the tip. No one will admit it m sure but they r writting down the info. Lol

    • @cillyhoney1892
      @cillyhoney1892 3 года назад +5

      @@carolberwindscheffler2708 It's not a tip. It's spam. You'll get scammed.

    • @DNTMEE
      @DNTMEE 3 года назад +7

      @Clinton Shaun
      No, no. The video was about _knackers_ not _hackers._ You need to listen more carefully, as well as, stop spamming.

    • @DNTMEE
      @DNTMEE 3 года назад +2

      @@cillyhoney1892
      "Carol" may be in on it.

  • @mariangirl3
    @mariangirl3 3 года назад +10

    I love every one of this gentleman's videos! The enormous role Britian has had in world history is astounding. Thanks from America.

  • @carmeno9635
    @carmeno9635 3 года назад +86

    When the cook was cooked, that really surprised me! How horrible that that must have been!

    • @carmeno9635
      @carmeno9635 3 года назад +7

      @Clinton Shaun wyd buddy

    • @cillyhoney1892
      @cillyhoney1892 3 года назад +12

      I'm sure it wasn't too bad once his skin sloughed off. No more pain receptors!
      People back then seem to have been empathy impaired. Some of the tortures they dreamed up were unbelievable. Like the torture of "breaking on the wheel". A skilled executioner could pulp the arms and legs without killing the person, they would weave the arms and legs through the spokes of the wheel and then hoist them up on a pole to slowly die. If the executioner liked the person they would crush their head first.

    • @carmeno9635
      @carmeno9635 3 года назад +5

      @@cillyhoney1892 I didn't know about the wheel torture...gross and horrible. Empathy impaired is a good way to put it, times were different back then though people died and had accidents more often. I still feel the guy getting boiled was horrible, but your also right about once his skin came off.

    • @debshaw680
      @debshaw680 3 года назад +6

      @@cillyhoney1892 it’s not empathy impairment. Their entire lives were brutal. They inured to cruelty and violence.

    • @cillyhoney1892
      @cillyhoney1892 3 года назад +7

      @@debshaw680 and why were their lives brutal? Because their culture was brutal and empathy was not valued. So they were empathy impaired. Their brutal culture still has vestiges of it around today. You can see it in authoritarian loving sub-cultures. They tend to be right wing.

  • @allissonjacobisaacson6190
    @allissonjacobisaacson6190 3 года назад +13

    Ten years ago, my American upbringing lacked so much history ... i craved to know more. Tony is the reason I wanted to become a historian. I can se his passion and respect for history.

    • @drott150
      @drott150 3 года назад +3

      Did America not have the internet and libraries ten years ago?

    • @allissonjacobisaacson6190
      @allissonjacobisaacson6190 3 года назад +1

      @@drott150 well, I was raised with no cable TV, internet, and other worldly things. It was.... a religious thing

    • @drott150
      @drott150 3 года назад +3

      @@allissonjacobisaacson6190 So it was a "religious thing" and not America then. Why didn't you say that?

    • @allissonjacobisaacson6190
      @allissonjacobisaacson6190 3 года назад

      @@drott150 well, American history that I learned did not include much European history. So. To me it was... both? Both things affected my knowledge of the world and how long we have been on it

    • @pansprayers
      @pansprayers 2 года назад

      @@allissonjacobisaacson6190 I hear ya. What people like Joe fail to grasp is just how deeply the US's love affair runs with religion, and how detrimental that can be for education - especially if you're born a female into a fundamental family.

  • @dagmarsigridmanondenijs-bl7156
    @dagmarsigridmanondenijs-bl7156 3 года назад +10

    Thank you, Sir Anthony Robinson for being an exceptional narrator. You bring entertaining enthusiasm, as well as deep emotional empathy to these historical programs.

  • @dannahbanana11235
    @dannahbanana11235 3 года назад +12

    I'd like to personally thank Tony Robinson for existing, thanks.

  • @sistersamich2075
    @sistersamich2075 3 года назад +9

    He’s so excited. His grin is infectious 🥺🥺🥺

  • @binkbonk7199
    @binkbonk7199 3 года назад +276

    Brittish words always sound so silly but have the darkest meanings

    • @chykim1
      @chykim1 3 года назад +20

      Because they're so damn polite... Lol!

    • @Garblegox
      @Garblegox 3 года назад +22

      I love "Bedlam". Oh, Bethlehem? Lil' Jesus place with the manger and stuff? Yeah, but no. They mean the insane asylum which, from the inside, was essentially Dante's Inferno for the mentally ill.

    • @guy_incognito7538
      @guy_incognito7538 3 года назад +29

      @Clinton Shaun spams and scams will get you nothing but bans my friend

    • @allissonjacobisaacson6190
      @allissonjacobisaacson6190 3 года назад +4

      @@guy_incognito7538 is he spamming or trolling or.... possibly just sharing the hacker info to get the name out there? So confused.

    • @allissonjacobisaacson6190
      @allissonjacobisaacson6190 3 года назад +2

      @Clinton Shaun my question is, does he do a demo for free to prove his ability? Not handing over money to someone without some evidence of his skill is what most people would say....

  • @michelleseager9782
    @michelleseager9782 3 года назад +23

    I have never heard of the Mary Rose! I would love to see a whole episode on it alone!

    • @tapsars7911
      @tapsars7911 3 года назад +4

      This ship was named after Princess Mary Rose who was King Henry's younger and beloved sister .

    • @courteneyfertitta329
      @courteneyfertitta329 3 года назад +2

      There’s one called The Ghosts of the Mary Rose and it’s excellent

    • @annwilliams6438
      @annwilliams6438 3 года назад

      Ooo. You are in for a treat. They raised the Mary Rose and the surviving half of the ship is now in a special museum where they keep it wet. There are some lovely documentaries on YT about it AND about the people who died aboard her as many of their skeletons were found and analysed. Well worth a watch. Enjoy.

  • @DocWyrd
    @DocWyrd 3 года назад +34

    Me and the host both crying about Hatch the ship's dog. HE WAS A GOOD BOY

  • @Lady8D
    @Lady8D 3 года назад +111

    I've lived in the US my whole life, never been off the NA continent. I can't help but feel as tho I'm missing out on seeing such amazing historical sites - hell, even just plain old homes/buildings from so long ago feel almost impossible to me, after seeing the dilapidated wood housing from just 50-100yrs ago or so. I can't imagine how awe inspiring it must feel to look at a castle and know it's long history #FeelingJelly

    • @Einwetok
      @Einwetok 3 года назад +4

      Some European buildings are built to last. Not the "planned obsolescence" you see here with tract housing. Soviet era mass produced housing (in old Warsaw Pact countries) not so much.

    • @lelleithmurray235
      @lelleithmurray235 3 года назад +17

      Then you must get out and explore once this whole pandemic thing is over. Even in the USA if that's where you come from are excellent 200-300 year old homes to be viewed. If you visit the UK the oldest houses I know of are in Gloucestershire,built in the 12th century!

    • @Einwetok
      @Einwetok 3 года назад +5

      @@lelleithmurray235 Those older houses are in the minority here unless you go to older states. Yes I live here, like the person I was replying to. I don't know how you could misinterpret that. The tract housing (which is what they mentioned) of the last hundred years ago doesn't stand up well. Even worse are HUD housing projects.

    • @michaelsmith2412
      @michaelsmith2412 3 года назад +2

      Visit Mexico and look at Jon Levi's , wooden nickels, Michelle Gibson's or New Earth. England is a piss pot compared and their aristocracy is still as perverted as usual. Some things haven't changed. The victims just keep getting younger. And fuck that dog by the way. No tears for humans though, typically 'british'.

    • @lelleithmurray235
      @lelleithmurray235 3 года назад +10

      @@michaelsmith2412 Good Lord man. What is wrong with this lady wanting to broaden her mind? Why does that anger you so?

  • @peace-yv4qd
    @peace-yv4qd 3 года назад +55

    One thing thats caught my attention, is that the British don't tear down old houses or the buildings to construct new modern ones They just patch up the old. Also noticed they have to bend over to pass thru the doorways of ancient buildings.

    • @jerod5636
      @jerod5636 3 года назад +12

      They take their historic sites very seriously. There are very strict guidelines and regulations that must be followed to even repair them much less destroy them. You’re not allowed to, for instance, just swap out a window with something from Home Depot. It has to be “authentic”. Period appropriate materials and techniques, etc. There’s absolutely insane fines if you get caught not abiding by the rules.

    • @juzagirlntheroom2692
      @juzagirlntheroom2692 3 года назад +9

      @@jerod5636 true in the States as well, if you live in a home that's on the Historical Registry.

    • @furiscafynn6275
      @furiscafynn6275 3 года назад

      If your building is listed (pre-1940s I think?) then you can't make changes to it. If you need to, you have to get special permission from the heritage folks. If, say, you wanted to strip a wall/get rid of some tiles, you won't be able to. Not without permission.

    • @juzagirlntheroom2692
      @juzagirlntheroom2692 3 года назад +2

      @@furiscafynn6275 not in the. US. Loads of houses built in that era are still standing, but of no real significance, historically speaking. Many poor parts of town have old homes in what was once the good part of town. And poor folk and slum lords do not/cannot pay to keep them at any standard beyond not condemned. Not sure exactly how old the home has to be, but just because its old, does not mean that anyone is out there trying to achieve an aesthetic for them.

    • @Five.catsno.dogs2
      @Five.catsno.dogs2 2 года назад

      @@jerod5636 mo

  • @retiredtom1654
    @retiredtom1654 3 года назад +55

    I enjoy the history you relate to us. The common man is most interesting. Although their lives & survival were hard, that is all they knew & expected for their "station in life." Most interesting for me was the king's flag ship. How well preserved it was & how large it was.
    As for the cook & kitchen staff. My dad was a cook on board ship(s) during WW II. He told us my brother's & I that it was one of the best jobs to have because it was warm & you always had (good) food. One evening he went topside for a smoke. A German U-boat torpedo sank the ship killing most of the galley crew where my dad would have been.

  • @amygenaille7863
    @amygenaille7863 3 года назад +18

    I just find Tony to be like a cute little old man kinda childlike. Lol he makes me laugh sometimes.

    • @fpcooper95
      @fpcooper95 3 года назад

      As someone who is six feet, learning his hight definitely reinforced this for me 😂🥰

  • @barbara3097
    @barbara3097 3 года назад +11

    PLS THAT LOVE EDIT HAS NO BUSINESS BEING THIS FUNNY 😂😂

  • @Jack-yf9bc
    @Jack-yf9bc 3 года назад +28

    3:49 BRING OUT YA DEAD *clink* BRING OUT YA DEAD *clink*

    • @DNTMEE
      @DNTMEE 3 года назад

      Does a still alive wife who won't _put out_ count?

    • @GBfanatic15
      @GBfanatic15 3 года назад

      it's all I thought about XD

  • @kayland.5724
    @kayland.5724 3 года назад +48

    "Families going to war!"
    Okie
    "POISON"
    Okie
    "STDS and scandal!"
    Okie
    "Hatch died"
    Oh my god that's fucking terrible how could they live like that this is tragic I'm sobbing -

  • @hashtag415
    @hashtag415 3 года назад +29

    When the cannibals had lit a fire under the cauldron containing a hapless missionary, the tribal chief asked the man if he had any last requests. The missionary just smiled and said "Yes. Do you have any toilet paper?"

  • @Boudica1313
    @Boudica1313 3 года назад +71

    Those people were as tough as hell. I am so glad I was born now and not then. I don't think I would have been able to cut the mustard.

    • @DavidSmith-sf4rl
      @DavidSmith-sf4rl 3 года назад +5

      I study ancestors and history. Our forefathers were tough hardened people. Most of the sissies today wouldn’t have survived childhood. Not directed at you but I would have folded too.

    • @peredavi
      @peredavi 3 года назад +6

      Life before the 20th century was nasty, brutish,and short!

    • @DavidSmith-sf4rl
      @DavidSmith-sf4rl 3 года назад +3

      P Davison yep and that’s putting it mildly.

    • @jeffreypierson2064
      @jeffreypierson2064 3 года назад +3

      Now is the best time. www.bbc.com/future/article/20160928-why-the-present-day-could-be-the-best-time-to-be-alive

    • @Boudica1313
      @Boudica1313 3 года назад +1

      @@DavidSmith-sf4rl I have just studied history, but agree completely.

  • @amandadonegan2137
    @amandadonegan2137 3 года назад +3

    I lived in Porchester as a child. I watched her rise up from her grave live on TV.
    My Step Dad worked on the restoration. He had also worked on restoring HMS Victory.He is gifted with woodworking talent.

  • @maximilianlagerfeld2403
    @maximilianlagerfeld2403 3 года назад +12

    Very good documentary. The host makes it engaging and fascinating.

  • @mereditheyusten7732
    @mereditheyusten7732 3 года назад +5

    I love how this video is just one rabbit trail after another and it's way more that just the title of the video

  • @OLD_CROW
    @OLD_CROW 3 года назад +47

    The oldest recorded use of the word "knacker" dates to 1812, meaning "one who slaughters old or sick horses" and in 1855 "to kill, castrate", and is believed to be the same word as the earlier knacker/nacker "harness-maker" from the 1570s, surviving in 18th century dialects.[3] The sense extension is perhaps because "knackers" provided farmers with general help in horse matters, including the disposal of dead horses. The word is of uncertain origin, perhaps from the Scandinavian word represented by Old Norse hnakkur saddle and related to hnakki "back of the neck", possibly relating to neck.[3]

    • @robertdegroot8302
      @robertdegroot8302 3 года назад +1

      I know in German and Dutch the word ´knacker/knakker´ means ´cracker' or 'breaker', which I suppose is cognate.

    • @karenax254
      @karenax254 2 года назад

      @@robertdegroot8302. Ja zeker.

    • @leahflower9924
      @leahflower9924 2 года назад

      If the peasants wanted more food i wonder if they said please sir i want some more lol

  • @amberbaker4842
    @amberbaker4842 3 года назад +24

    I guess he had a "knack" for it. Sorry guys, couldn't resist

  • @safiiiyyyaaa
    @safiiiyyyaaa 3 года назад +48

    Wasn't sure what a knacker was lol sounds interesting I think I'll stay for the whole video

  • @Scondoro
    @Scondoro 3 года назад +10

    Dang, literally one bad turn and the pride of the fleet just tips over. That has got to be humiliating for everyone involved, not to even begin to mention the hundreds that died due to mere bad driving.

  • @fyeelessarndra3392
    @fyeelessarndra3392 3 года назад +7

    Me on lunchbreak: Let's watch some history documentary hosted by the great Tony Robinson while having lunch!
    Me throughout the documentary: *slowly pushes lunch away*

  • @maudietriplett
    @maudietriplett 2 года назад +3

    In 2019 I got to visit the Mary Rose. It is a fabulous museum, & really requires a long time to see, & take in. I recommend it to everyone! 👍🏻🥂

  • @snuijt8815
    @snuijt8815 3 года назад +19

    15:47 Baldrick finally got his turnip.

    • @AyeGee721
      @AyeGee721 3 года назад

      Haha I was reminded of the episode when he got his giant turnip!

  • @katcoe1079
    @katcoe1079 3 года назад +10

    When I was at high school we knew a family that did this. They mainly collected dead cows/calves. And would skin them and sell the skins. And probably sold the carcass to a pet food manufacturers. They had several kids and the whole family helped out. This was in the early 2000's. They had a dedicated barn though haha didn't do it in the house 😂.

    • @leahflower9924
      @leahflower9924 2 года назад +1

      Was this appalachia or ozarks by any chance? Lol

  • @mandychapin9411
    @mandychapin9411 3 года назад +17

    Love this episode! So intriguing! Grateful that English history can be shared with us here in the states, where we're stuck at home, and not able to see it in person.

    • @melvinjansen2338
      @melvinjansen2338 3 года назад

      Yall never leave the continent anyways

    • @lburns7952
      @lburns7952 3 года назад +2

      @@melvinjansen2338 Not true Melvin sweetheart. There are 350 million people in the US. That would be millions of people I'm sure have left the continent just based on sheer number. I've personally left the continent three times myself, and know many others as well. But, Melvin you're probably right because you know all things.

    • @melvinjansen2338
      @melvinjansen2338 3 года назад

      @@lburns7952 haha yes i am.. because sheer numbers dont matter. Its the percentages. And you thinking your own trips are important to mention are even Funnier because it beats the purpose of your own arguement. You are just one person... you thinking thats important enough to put in a message is beyond me.

    • @melvinjansen2338
      @melvinjansen2338 3 года назад

      @@lburns7952 and i dont care if "you are sure they must be millions ". Millions can mean anything.. leaving me with a big margin of interpretation.

    • @melvinjansen2338
      @melvinjansen2338 3 года назад

      @@lburns7952 so yes. Im smart and you dont know how to make a good case for yourself.

  • @valeriebartz4549
    @valeriebartz4549 3 года назад +8

    This makes me so happy!!! I love history and I love Tony Robinson!! ❤️❤️

  • @coertmommsen731
    @coertmommsen731 3 года назад +5

    Dear AH, thank you for such a wonderful program. At school, there weren't many subjects I found particularly interesting except for one... and that was history Made alive, stimulating, and vibrant by a teacher who instilled in us/me a deep empathy for historical figures and a need to understand the historical dynamics of human behavior and interaction. Thank you for carrying on this wonderful contribution. Please consider distributing a DVD series for educational institutions to acquire. Coert Mommsen D.Phil.,Potchefstroom, South Africa

  • @shelbyclark3733
    @shelbyclark3733 3 года назад +15

    This is the kind of history I like to learn about

  • @sandyvanderlinde237
    @sandyvanderlinde237 2 года назад +2

    This was the best told history ever. Wished our teachers were like that, then I would not of zoned out into another dimension from boredom so much. Very humorous and really interesting. Sad though about the puppy. Did anyone eles hear right at the end when Tony went into the house. A faint voice saying phew. Obviously he told how the pig stayed indoors. HA HA, can just imagine going out and going back into the house.

  • @scottbrandon9390
    @scottbrandon9390 3 года назад +3

    I still think of Tony Robinson as Baldrick in the Blackadder series.

    • @missg.5940
      @missg.5940 Год назад

      That is where l know him from! Thank you, was bothering me!

  • @GBfanatic15
    @GBfanatic15 3 года назад +15

    the part about the dead dog was the most upsetting and I'm not sure what that says about me

    • @CashelOConnolly
      @CashelOConnolly 3 года назад

      Questionable priorities

    • @caeandstars
      @caeandstars 3 года назад

      @@CashelOConnolly but are they really questionable?

    • @WeRNthisToGetHer
      @WeRNthisToGetHer 3 года назад

      I didn't like how they showed the old dying horse and made a joke about it. That was unnecessary.

  • @atlascheethac7869
    @atlascheethac7869 3 года назад +5

    On the topic of execution and of the executioner in South Africa capitol punishment was a thing up until the mid 60s and the guy doing it was called a “laksman” and one of these ex-executioners plays golf with my dad

  • @LadyJ_88
    @LadyJ_88 3 года назад +49

    "John, who would've looked something like this": *stick figure*

  • @NoSuffix
    @NoSuffix 3 года назад +90

    Life was sure hard then. No wonder most got religious and put all their hopes in their afterlives.

  • @akio_kuro
    @akio_kuro 2 года назад +3

    I'm such a wuss I started crying when they mentioned that there was a little dog on the ship 😭😭 Poor little Hatch..

  • @TDCflyer
    @TDCflyer 3 года назад +15

    "also, horses....mmmmh, this one's got potential!"

  • @MrBandit711
    @MrBandit711 2 года назад +2

    I watch lots of historical documentaries
    this is sooo great BTW God bless you!

  • @waterdamnaged
    @waterdamnaged 3 года назад +78

    English to English translation: Pants are underwear.

    • @N1RKW
      @N1RKW 3 года назад +12

      Thanks! I wondered about that, seeing as they had already mentioned trousers. A bit confusing for one brought up on American English which doesn't include all of those excellent English insults and slang terms.

    • @waterdamnaged
      @waterdamnaged 3 года назад +15

      Clarification: in American English the use of "Pants" is derived directly from the Italian word "Pantalone" a type of leg shaped garment, while the British seem to derive it from the character "Pantaloon" an old comedic italian male character who'd wear women's underwear.

  • @muurrarium9460
    @muurrarium9460 3 года назад +13

    Pigs are very easy to housebreak (they are a lot smarter than dogs!), because they are really very clean creatures. So shame on you Tony! (All that mud is just anti-parasites and sunscreen, do not let that fool you.). Love those episodes btw.

  • @als3022
    @als3022 3 года назад +5

    Wait he did a series like this other than the Worst Jobs series? Awesome. Good to see.

  • @fretlessfender
    @fretlessfender 2 года назад +2

    The quality of these episodes are excellent. The presentation of Tony is totally TimeTeam, and I love it!

  • @mysticchicken6292
    @mysticchicken6292 3 года назад +2

    Tony Robinson is a truly engaging host and narrator. I think this must've been his calling.

  • @mkivy
    @mkivy 3 года назад +4

    I really enjoy ur delivery sir... much more entertaining and with a smidgen of humor...thank you sir...

  • @Sydney-ui3ce
    @Sydney-ui3ce 3 года назад +6

    Imagine marching towards a knight with a wool vest and a salad bowl 😂

  • @rivermanzanares3378
    @rivermanzanares3378 3 года назад +2

    I love you the way these docs are directed. They aren't boring =)

  • @Teresa-ih4sn
    @Teresa-ih4sn Год назад +2

    I've always wished I could live back then, and with Sir Tony it would be a ball! He even says 'Hello to the sheep he passes! Lol

  • @2_thumbs_up_baby
    @2_thumbs_up_baby 3 года назад +4

    Great programs !! 👍 not boring old history here! 🤓

  • @LG-jb9zs
    @LG-jb9zs 3 года назад +18

    i dont know what it says about me that I could immediately tell that's a frozen-thawed feeder rat

    • @technopoptart
      @technopoptart 3 года назад +1

      says you've seen at least one wild rat in your life XD

    • @Fr34k1ng0ut
      @Fr34k1ng0ut 2 года назад

      As a pet rat owner it shook me to the fucking core and made me want to slaughter the entire production team. Such a stupid, shitty move.

  • @markjohnson7508
    @markjohnson7508 2 года назад +2

    Love his narrating skills. Great video

  • @SkipsAngel
    @SkipsAngel 2 года назад +1

    So glad I found this site. I LOVE History!!

  • @davidroddick91
    @davidroddick91 3 года назад +10

    The nobles getting decapitated rather than hanged would have been a privilege. While a proper decapitation meant instant death, a proper hanging in those days meant choking for several minutes before finally losing consciousness and eventually dying.
    So the Mary Rose went into battle and was sunk not by the enemy fleet but by an error in her own maneuvering? Interesting.

    • @juzagirlntheroom2692
      @juzagirlntheroom2692 3 года назад

      Well, as to losing your head back then goes, having it lobbed off usually took numerous blows. The real privileged ones had special axmen hired, as Henry did for one of his exes. The really good ones only took a single whack. Mary Queen of Scots was far less fortunate when Henry's daughter had her put to death. Chop, chop, chop

    • @alanbud5181
      @alanbud5181 2 года назад

      The Mary Rose was ill designed, too many cannon, and not balanced. Wonder what happened to the designers? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

  • @cillyhoney1892
    @cillyhoney1892 3 года назад +44

    Argh! At 16:53 He mentions that the average life expectancy was 35. Implying that people had short hard lives. But that is not what average life span means. It does not mean the average person dropped dead at 35. The average is so low because of high infant mortality. It was not uncommon for a woman to have 5 children and only 2 or 1 survive to adulthood. Once they were past the age of five, most people lived about as long as they do today.

    • @theMOCmaster
      @theMOCmaster 3 года назад +22

      as long as people do today is a bit of an exaggeration

    • @danamonterey4925
      @danamonterey4925 3 года назад +6

      @@theMOCmaster Just a bit. We have outrageous means of extenuating life in sickness and old age.

    • @BlueUncia
      @BlueUncia 3 года назад +3

      @Dem Stinkies To add an example to that: Charles V was completely spent at age 50. He was also inbred, which I imagine would have been a contributing factor, but he was the Holy Roman Emperor and likely had access to good food and medicine (for the standards of the time).

    • @debshaw680
      @debshaw680 3 года назад +9

      Not the poor. They had no healthcare, inadequate food, working 90 hours a week in poor living conditions was deadly. And women died in childbirth very often, not just the infant mortality.

    • @thomasr3805
      @thomasr3805 3 года назад +5

      Doubtful in the ages of barber surgery.

  • @Kusunoky
    @Kusunoky 2 года назад +2

    As usual, amazing documentary and the presenter is always my fav.

  • @oldgamerchick
    @oldgamerchick 3 года назад +2

    Great history. Thank you for sharing

  • @Trallalinda08
    @Trallalinda08 3 года назад +13

    I was just thinking Thank You people of the past for all you did to allow us to be here now.

  • @debshaw680
    @debshaw680 3 года назад +7

    I love Tony. He’s my favorite presenter.

  • @sarag1158
    @sarag1158 3 года назад +1

    I binge watched this channel all weekend. I love this channel!

  • @loganmpe7559
    @loganmpe7559 3 года назад +2

    I just found this, great to see Tony Robinson again! Hello from America 👋🏻😁🇺🇸
    I've watched "Timeline" for years!

  • @arthurfilemon6038
    @arthurfilemon6038 3 года назад +6

    The painting/illuminure @3:05 Looks like it's just a person killing a hog. The hog seems alive and the basket the women is carrying is to collect its blood to make sausages etc.

  • @ShenJones
    @ShenJones 3 года назад +4

    Y’all make history so fun ❤️

  • @nerrissarichards
    @nerrissarichards 3 года назад +1

    I love these videos, very interesting and educational!

  • @joethegeographer
    @joethegeographer 3 года назад +2

    Fascinating and informative, thanks for sharing!

  • @amethyst5538
    @amethyst5538 3 года назад +6

    I actually really enjoyed this episode!

  • @spiritofatlantis8739
    @spiritofatlantis8739 3 года назад +5

    For a moment I thought he was going to talk about the British executioners in the time of HenryVIII... lol. He did!

  • @ghostlightwhisper6802
    @ghostlightwhisper6802 Год назад

    Mr. Robinson always smiles, but when he got to see the Mary Rose, his smile could have lit up the whole planet.

  • @Casper61378
    @Casper61378 3 года назад +1

    Another amazing job ! Bravo !!!

  • @kasvinimuniandy4178
    @kasvinimuniandy4178 3 года назад +3

    Awww poor Hatch... I'm crying.

  • @catrinlewis939
    @catrinlewis939 3 года назад +6

    John the Sailor: Immortality? Fine. But--- but--- my name was Ralph!

  • @ingerfaber3411
    @ingerfaber3411 Год назад

    I so appreciate Mr Robinson's way of relating to the human part of the stories he tells.

  • @notavailabletilltomorrow
    @notavailabletilltomorrow 3 года назад +1

    The editing in this show is very special. Love it.

  • @daedubois9428
    @daedubois9428 3 года назад +4

    I love these history lessons.

  • @VickieV1333
    @VickieV1333 3 года назад +3

    I love these productions.

  • @stevvie69
    @stevvie69 3 года назад +1

    I so enjoy your channel !

  • @jbflores01
    @jbflores01 2 года назад +1

    fascinating video! great infomation!