Got another one for you to check out! My son came back from a year in Poland. Today, we were talking of his experiences. He told me of Alexander Chalmers , (1645-1703) He moved to Poland, became Aleksander Czamer. He also became a judge in Poland and was Warsaw's mayor four times-- 1691, 1694,1696 and 1702. The plaque honoring him has both the Polish and Scottish flag on it.
Great story Bruce! Very unique. I'd never heard of this fella until this glorious morning. I'm better for having watched this bit of Scottish lore. Thanks again and good morning from America!
That is such an awesome history, what is kinda ironic to me about it is I am Scot and German, my grandma said that my great great-grandfathers family fled from Russia years before to Scotland. I have always loved history and served in Germany with the Army, I haven't made it to Scotland yet. Keep up the good work, I really enjoy your videos.
Having come across you set up to do just one very short section of this outside of Marischal College I am now in awe of the amount of planning , detail of the execution of the scripting for each shot, and the number of locations used in each video. You are a legend.
Really glad that you were able to make this video. I was unfamiliar with the amazing story of James Keith. He seems to have crossed paths with most of the major events and many of the major characters of the first half of the 18th Century.
Your love for history amazes me,So much knowledge in a small video....Still dont understand why Mr Bruce is not on TV.,such a shame all those who are not getting real history ☘️
Talk about a headspinner! As you continue in your mission Bruce of peeling the onion of Scotland's history, I'm busy adapting these revelations into my understanding of human nature and our own set of politics over here in North America. A lot of parallels here in 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇲 politics!
My father was from Aberdeen and I got the story of Keith from him way back when I was a child, but somehow the Spanish episode was never mentioned, so that was real news :) How about doing an episode on James Wylie. He ended up founding the healthcare system in Russia's army and navy back in the late 1700s/early 1800s.
@@StoutProper Na, nothing to do with the climate :) Russia gets much colder and much hotter than Scotland. The Scots had been trading with the Baltic since medieaval times. They had a massive presence in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th to 17th centuries. That territory covered a very large chunk of Eastern Europe at the time, including bits of Ukraine and Russia. It bordered on the Ottoman Empire in the south, the Hapsburg Empire in the southwest, the Swedish Empire in the north and Russia in the east. Look it up, you'll be surprised. There is a Scots Quarter in Danzig (now Gdansk) and in various other more easterly towns and cities. They were known as good administrators, one of them even being elected the Mayor of Krakow three times. Krakow was the legal capital of the PLC at the time. The other aspect was that Scots soldiers had fought for the Swedes and the Poles and were known as good fighters.
@@alicemilne1444 I had no idea the Scots had such an interest in Eastern European politics. Wasn’t there enough wars in Scotland against the English at the time for them or something?
@@StoutProper War was endemic across Europe in the Middle Ages. For some people it was their only way to earn a living. There were Anglo-Irish brigades in France and Spain too. Why should the Scots be any different? But given the geographic location of Scotland, trade with Scandinavia, the Baltic and the Low Countries was obvious when war prevented trade with England.
@@alicemilne1444 I guess it made good money for mercenaries same as today. I would have thought any Scot worth his salt would have had enough battles with the English to keep them busy at that time. Maybe that’s why Scotland lost so many, because all their best warriors were abroad fighting for money instead of fighting for freedom at home.
A'reyt Bruce. As a kid I eagerly read about Alan Breck Stewart. There were many such émigrés from Scotland and Ireland even into Napoleonic times. A good story about this one. I had never heard of him before, like others have commented. The religious element reminded me again of "Oh Come All Ye Faithful".
OK dude, you were reading my mind.... I saw your video today on Hadrian's Wall. I liked the way you present history, and decided to ask you to do one on the Kieth Brothers. I am of Prussian descent, and my GGGG Grandfather Johann Friedrich Willem Schulte was a Prussian noble and bodyguard to Fredrick the Great..... and 10 minutes later, I look you up... and here it is.....lol
James Keith is named, as "Feldmarschall von Keith," in the "Fridericus Rex GrenadierMarsch" composed a century after his death, but his name is mispronounced in the song as "Kite."
Great video, thanks - Keith is an ancestor of mine. My Grandfather's labour of love was a biography of James Keith (sadly never published). A favourite story, perhaps summing up his charcter was an exchange of gifts prior to battle with his adversary the Austrian commander, Lacy
Thank you for wearing that hoodie. With a little help from Google Translate I now know what your sign off is. And thank you for this thought provoking video. We are indeed a world full of individuals constrained by lines on maps and the ideas of short-sighted men. For shame!
There are actually quite a few saints who could lay claim to being the patron saint of Russia, such as Saint Vladimir, Vasily the Blessed, and Sergius of Radonezh, but St Andrew is certainly one of them. He may have come to Russia via a section of the Bruce family who settled in Russia and became counts and military commanders, most notably Robert Bruce, first High Commandant of St Petersburg, and his brother Jacob Bruce. the Wizard of Sukharev, a really interesting character who you should totally do a video about. Among other things, the influence of the Bruces may explain why the Russian naval flag is basically the Scottish flag with the colours reversed.
I almost skipped this one, I should know better though at this stage, great story as ever. He really had a fascinating event filled life. And yeah, such irony indeed!
On your point about freedoms etc. I don't think the situations has changed. It's still true that the rich/aristocracy can get away with almost anything. Back then working class people would rarely leave their villages more than a few times in their entire lifetime nevermind leave their country They started restricting movement and enforcing loyalty when poor people started gaining the ability to move/leave. (If the poor people leave who will plough my fields or work in my factories!)
Just recently I wanted to dig through your things to see if you've done anything in Aberdeen and Keith clan and here it is. Holy cow. Dunnottar Castle is apart of my heritage. I feel like a giddy school girl.
There's another Aberdeenshire man who pre-dates Keith about whom you could make a video - Patrick Gordon of Easter Auchleuries (b1635, d1699). You can find an entry for him in the Dictionary of National Biography. He was a favourite of Tsar Peter and the Tsar, who was present at his "right hand man's" death, ordered him to be buried with all pomp and ceremony.
Also, there are massive connections between Poland and Scotland going back to 1450 (or thereabouts) - some 350K Scots, mainly from eastern Scotland, went to Poland for a better life. It might be worth chatting to Professor David Worthington, from the University of the Highlands and Islands, as he has done extensive research into this phenomenon.
Really enjoying these videos. Slowly working my way through you back catalogue! Just finished James Clerk Maxwell and John Logie Baird. I notice you mentioned that Baird worked on a prototype of the fax machine which reminded me that an ancestor of mine, Alexander Bain is credited with the first patent for the facsimile machine. Not bad for a man born in Watten, Caithness in 1810. He invented other stuff equally important and arguably was the person whoultimately enabled TV? Perhaps worth a wee video himself?
Personal comment by Laura Botten: Bless Ye! Our constraints and rigorous tracking of today tend to fog our view of history. We come here for Scottish history and you weave it all together into the ebb and flow of world history. And bless ye for doing so! The conflicts of today harken back to conflicts of yesterday, but not as neatly as we sometimes suppose. Individual travels and choices had significant influence on historical events we "know the whole story of", and yet we don't. All the more reason racism is stupid. Even knowing ethnic backgrounds doesn't tell you a thing about an individual. Now to "59th in line for the throne"..... That must be why we love to find out that we have royal blood, no matter how watered down it is. There's always the possibility........ Like the movie King Ralph :D The fairy tale lives in the possibility.
Brilliant. Thankyou for doing these shorts. So much history (obviously) but shamefully not taught! I was hoping you might do something on travelling folk. Seems to me they're fast becoming the forgotten casual racist casualties in Scotland. Would love to see your take on their story.
Hi Bruce , love your style bro, have you ever done an episode on the amazing Thomas Cochrane ? Although his crazy life would probably take more than one. Big love from Perthshire 💪
22nd May '22. Ma hoose. Cauld.....wood fire blazing. A thick fleece, a hot chocolate and a smile at avoiding the centre of Glasgow on Scottish cup final day.....I don't like crowds. I do like stories about Scotland's past and again, ah wusnae disappointed. I loved this video. I hudnae heard of this Keith fella. I wonder if the comedy stand at Gibson street(Glasgow) would host a guy who could spin a guid story. Perhaps soon.....
@@ScotlandHistoryTours If yer down Glasgow/ Ayrshire please advertise. It would be magic to see ye live. Thanks again for the video, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I still don't know the score with regards the football. Better your videos and some old Blake's 7. It must be the hot chocolate making me like this!
Isn't this the family that Susanna Kearsley covers in her Scots-Russian historical fiction/fantasy books?? So well-researched, with such a fun twist (romance 😘) She just keeps going back and back and back...
Another great and informative story Bruce. I have to ask, is there a significance involving the buckled pushbike wheel at 1:40 (timestamp)? Or is it a universal dislike for lycra lovers? Sorry. Carry on.
Country Patron saint Russia The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady Derzhavnaya) Alexander Nevsky Andrew Basil the Great Casimir George Joseph Vladimir I of Kiev Boris and Gleb Sergius of Radonezh Thérèse of Lisieux
that statue of rab bruce you were standing in front of outside marishal colelge in Aberdeen was put there with money from the common good fund that same king set up to help the destitute and poor
Very interesting, I live in peterhead and had never given the statue much thought. Hard to believe it was a jacobite heartland too. Full of tories and unionists now 😂🙈
Thanks for the information, I had no idea of this man until now and you done a great job of telling his story. Unfortunately you are correct regarding your quick topic of freedom and that it is almost entirely stripped from all nations now not solely Scotland. I used to think that being from Scotland I had a certain degree of freedom insilled in me from stories and movies growing up although I now see it as all a distraction based on the information you have just provided it seems that there has always been a hierarchy or kings/queens/monarchs/religions to keep the people quietly going along with it. If you have been registered into a countries birthing system and therefore have a number assigned to your name then you are that number believe it or not and you Will be treated as a part of commerce just as that number is. You were born first and you were first a sentient life which had a purpose, up until your brainwashed parents through no fault of their own carried you into a corporations office and sat down and signed a piece of paper and named you under their roof providing a birth certificate which was proof enough for the company that you were willing to be entered into the companies Trust fund as a trustee, same for generations it seems all until it was finally passed into trust law in 1933. Your birth certificate and then national insurance number are your tags and you won't be able to get much done without either one. Good luck finding a job, or getting a loan, or a new car and if you goto jail you'll be sure that number comes along with you and makes sure it's making money for the trust (ie your goverment) The beautiful part is that as well as the trustee you are also the beneficiary for this Trust, and the pot is deeply filled. Look into Trust law as well as what a beneficiary is and how to go about claiming your status as the Beneficiary. Christopher Hauser has a dedicated channel which is littered with the most life changing legal information and if you can comprehend anything which I have mentioned his channel, his extensive knowledge and life experiences with these clowns in court will be all you need to set yourself free and experience true freedom. None of this information is given at any costs and nor should it be, we are all born of this world and as such no one has control over us other than ourselves. One cannot serve two masters, it is impossible.
@@faithlesshound5621 I don't comprehend how someone can be sovereign and at the same time a citizen as a citizen can't be sovereign if you understand the meaning of both they don't combine. But na I'm just a fellow man who's been slowly finding out lots of hard truths as of late
@@andrewmoore3208 Glad to hear it. I asked because the idea that having a birth certificate or a national Insurance number makes you a Trustee sounds awfully like the American "sovereign citizens" who think that things like that give them a claim to vast amounts of wealth hidden by the US government. The "sovereign" aspect came from a (willful?) misunderstanding of a newspaper article by one of the US founding fathers on comparative constitutional law, which they somehow regard as Holy Writ. The movement started out as a scam in which people paid to attend lectures on a supposed way to use the law to get rich quick, which of course does not work. The whole thing has migrated to the internet.
@@faithlesshound5621 are you referring to the fact that before you had a birth certificate you were still obviously alive and a life and that therefore anything which you associated with it is legally a separate entity than you? I completely comprehend the facts of the matter, its very clear a man can not be a piece of paper, he is a man. The secrecy lies beneath what the government's of your region sold your birth certificates as? Because we live in fiat currency and the backbone of fiat finance is people. So the wolf of Wall Street sketch with fake bonds and insurance's created from thin air for mortgages can easily be switched for birth certificates and the people of the companies/counties are kept silent through misinformation and division and play that on repeat for 100x years atleast and that's our generations gift To the earth during our time, we got raped by rich pigs it seems. Or was it all just a dream? Hahaa Take it easy bro
@@andrewmoore3208 As you said, that pseudo-legal mythology about the magic power of birth certificates is nothing but a dream, akin to the pot of gold at the foot of a rainbow.
Nice, thank-you. The London 'Élites' as King-makers. At about 5minutes in. As ever was, is. Ps this is a history of Mafiosi poverty. And I don't like the same 'Patron me' begging bowl. Irony? What!
Educational program for the author of the video: Ukraine is Russia, always in history! Because Russia is the name of the Baptism of the territory and the people, which today is called the word Ukraine! Therefore, the war against Russia, which NATO (London & Washington) has imposed on Ukraine since 2014, is, literally, a war against Christ, which a priori will not have a positive outcome for Ukraine and NATO (for London & Washington) as a whole. Also, unlike all the modern lies that are being made up in Ukraine today, in fact, in the period of history before the advent of the USSR, there never existed a Ukrainian people, who throughout history were called the Russian people! Therefore, the mention of the term "Ukrainians" in relation to the 18th century period of the life of the main character of this video, alas, is a lie...
@@ScotlandHistoryTours ...Are you an ignorant person? Or a propagandist of lies in the service of the British Crown? Because you have no idea what "Ukraine" and "Ukrainian" are translated from Slavic into English, I quote your encyclopedia: "The name of Ukraine is frequently interpreted as coming from the old Slavic term for 'borderland'..." So the Slavic word Ukrainian is literally "border guard" (border men) translated into English unlike of all the modern lies sponsored by the British Crown, which manages the politics of its puppet government of liars in Kiev... educational program from the citizen of the state with the name Borderland (Ukraine)
S.H.T Are you an ignorant person? Or a propagandist of lies in the service of the British Crown? Because you have no idea what "Ukraine" and "Ukrainian" are translated from Slavic into English, I quote your encyclopedia: "The name of Ukraine is frequently interpreted as coming from the old Slavic term for 'borderland'..." So the Slavic word Ukrainian is literally "border guard" (border men) translated into English unlike of all the modern lies sponsored by the British Crown, which manages the politics of its puppet government of liars in Kiev... educational program from the citizen of the state with the name Borderland (Ukraine)
Find out about another incredible Scotsman ruclips.net/video/Uw79nvbxYKA/видео.html
Thanks for that one. Very much topical, and makes for thought.
@@mysticnovelbro he has expenses.
Mostly pies I think.
Scotland and Ireland where run buy,, Russians,, for over 700 years 😉
Got another one for you to check out! My son came back from a year in Poland. Today, we were talking of his experiences. He told me of Alexander Chalmers , (1645-1703) He moved to Poland, became Aleksander Czamer. He also became a judge in Poland and was Warsaw's mayor four times-- 1691, 1694,1696 and 1702. The plaque honoring him has both the Polish and Scottish flag on it.
Aye maybe when we have a bigger travel budget eh?😁
Magic Bruce. I've never even heard of this guy, until now! Cheers!
عمري ما سمعتش هالرجل ، حتى الآن
Never heard of this man ,until now
Bruce find the most interesting twists of history.
Wow. I had never heard of Jacob Von Keith. What an extraordinary life he led too. Loved your grappling with climbing wall of irony. Thank you.
Great story Bruce! Very unique. I'd never heard of this fella until this glorious morning. I'm better for having watched this bit of Scottish lore. Thanks again and good morning from America!
That is such an awesome history, what is kinda ironic to me about it is I am Scot and German, my grandma said that my great great-grandfathers family fled from Russia years before to Scotland. I have always loved history and served in Germany with the Army, I haven't made it to Scotland yet. Keep up the good work, I really enjoy your videos.
Having come across you set up to do just one very short section of this outside of Marischal College I am now in awe of the amount of planning , detail of the execution of the scripting for each shot, and the number of locations used in each video. You are a legend.
Ah Julie you're too kind
Thanks you😎
Really glad that you were able to make this video. I was unfamiliar with the amazing story of James Keith. He seems to have crossed paths with most of the major events and many of the major characters of the first half of the 18th Century.
I had not heard of this man. Bruce, you are truly a master at bringing all the various threads together. Thank you!
I live near Peterhead now, after most of my life lived in the south of England.
My grandmother is born Dundonian.
Your love for history amazes me,So much knowledge in a small video....Still dont understand why Mr Bruce is not on TV.,such a shame all those who are not getting real history ☘️
Totally agree Lynne.🇬🇧👍
Talk about a headspinner! As you continue in your mission Bruce of peeling the onion of Scotland's history, I'm busy adapting these revelations into my understanding of human nature and our own set of politics over here in North America. A lot of parallels here in 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇲 politics!
It's easy... we're all ogres!
Me & my son have learned & enjoyed so much from your videos, Thank you! 👍
"Summit of Mountain Irony." Bruce, not many can turn a phrase like you. Well done, great video.
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My father was from Aberdeen and I got the story of Keith from him way back when I was a child, but somehow the Spanish episode was never mentioned, so that was real news :)
How about doing an episode on James Wylie. He ended up founding the healthcare system in Russia's army and navy back in the late 1700s/early 1800s.
What were so many Scots doing running things in Russia back in the day? Similar climate?
@@StoutProper Na, nothing to do with the climate :) Russia gets much colder and much hotter than Scotland.
The Scots had been trading with the Baltic since medieaval times. They had a massive presence in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th to 17th centuries. That territory covered a very large chunk of Eastern Europe at the time, including bits of Ukraine and Russia. It bordered on the Ottoman Empire in the south, the Hapsburg Empire in the southwest, the Swedish Empire in the north and Russia in the east. Look it up, you'll be surprised.
There is a Scots Quarter in Danzig (now Gdansk) and in various other more easterly towns and cities. They were known as good administrators, one of them even being elected the Mayor of Krakow three times. Krakow was the legal capital of the PLC at the time.
The other aspect was that Scots soldiers had fought for the Swedes and the Poles and were known as good fighters.
@@alicemilne1444 I had no idea the Scots had such an interest in Eastern European politics. Wasn’t there enough wars in Scotland against the English at the time for them or something?
@@StoutProper War was endemic across Europe in the Middle Ages. For some people it was their only way to earn a living. There were Anglo-Irish brigades in France and Spain too. Why should the Scots be any different? But given the geographic location of Scotland, trade with Scandinavia, the Baltic and the Low Countries was obvious when war prevented trade with England.
@@alicemilne1444 I guess it made good money for mercenaries same as today. I would have thought any Scot worth his salt would have had enough battles with the English to keep them busy at that time. Maybe that’s why Scotland lost so many, because all their best warriors were abroad fighting for money instead of fighting for freedom at home.
TIL I learned about James Keith. Thanks Bruce.
Thanks for this video, I live just up the coast from Peterhead and I never knew this!
Absolutely spectacular story telling. Nice one Bruce.
Fascinating!!
hey bruce, love the videos saw you doing a tour of sterling castle today, but didn't want to interrupt you guys hope you had a great day
I hope you enjoyed
As a Keith descendant, I loved learning about this. Thanks!
A'reyt Bruce. As a kid I eagerly read about Alan Breck Stewart. There were many such émigrés from Scotland and Ireland even into Napoleonic times.
A good story about this one. I had never heard of him before, like others have commented.
The religious element reminded me again of "Oh Come All Ye Faithful".
Cheers loon! Proud to be a Keith!
OK dude, you were reading my mind.... I saw your video today on Hadrian's Wall. I liked the way you present history, and decided to ask you to do one on the Kieth Brothers. I am of Prussian descent, and my GGGG Grandfather Johann Friedrich Willem Schulte was a Prussian noble and bodyguard to Fredrick the Great..... and 10 minutes later, I look you up... and here it is.....lol
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James Keith is named, as "Feldmarschall von Keith," in the "Fridericus Rex GrenadierMarsch" composed a century after his death, but his name is mispronounced in the song as "Kite."
that was fascinating...i'm off to learn his full story now..thanks Bruce 👍
Very awesome story Bruce.
Wow! I did not know that, Great video Bruce.
Fantastic. I've seen the statue in the Blue Toon a few times but never knew the story. thanks for telling us his story.
Thank you for all you do! 🙏🏼♥️🕊🌹📿🎶✨👑👑🗺
Ah you're kind
Honestly mate your videos are easily my favourite on youtube right now 😁class video bud!🏴🏴
Ah brilliant
Great video, thanks - Keith is an ancestor of mine. My Grandfather's labour of love was a biography of James Keith (sadly never published). A favourite story, perhaps summing up his charcter was an exchange of gifts prior to battle with his adversary the Austrian commander, Lacy
Thanks for sharing!
Interesting video. You dig up some brilliant history stories.
Happy to learn about this guy from you Bruce. Never heard of him but will look into him and his history some more.
All I can think of is the TV documentary series Trawlermen as you walk around Peterhead Harbour
Thank you 🙏
Thank you for wearing that hoodie. With a little help from Google Translate I now know what your sign off is. And thank you for this thought provoking video. We are indeed a world full of individuals constrained by lines on maps and the ideas of short-sighted men. For shame!
There are actually quite a few saints who could lay claim to being the patron saint of Russia, such as Saint Vladimir, Vasily the Blessed, and Sergius of Radonezh, but St Andrew is certainly one of them. He may have come to Russia via a section of the Bruce family who settled in Russia and became counts and military commanders, most notably Robert Bruce, first High Commandant of St Petersburg, and his brother Jacob Bruce. the Wizard of Sukharev, a really interesting character who you should totally do a video about. Among other things, the influence of the Bruces may explain why the Russian naval flag is basically the Scottish flag with the colours reversed.
Wow. I'd never heard this story. Thank you.
Thanks
Didn't know that actually
Fantastic video
I'm going yo be honest I haven't heard of this man before now thank you for telling me ! Keep making theses fantastic videos 😮
Love your videos man!
Cheers
We've got a lot to learn
Enough to last our whole lives through :)
A rather interesting piece of history
I almost skipped this one, I should know better though at this stage, great story as ever. He really had a fascinating event filled life. And yeah, such irony indeed!
Hahahaha yes Bruce you legend!!! I am from Peterhead! Love it. Still waiting on your Fitba themed episodes!! 🏴
Was that something I promised?
@@ScotlandHistoryTours No haha but I am ever hopeful … you did promise one on the Hearts Team that went to WWI though ….
Oooft, promise is a strong word. I did read a book about them, but promise?
@@ScotlandHistoryTours you said you thought about it … I’m patiently waiting …. I’m sure you know more than enough about them for an episode ;)
On your point about freedoms etc. I don't think the situations has changed. It's still true that the rich/aristocracy can get away with almost anything. Back then working class people would rarely leave their villages more than a few times in their entire lifetime nevermind leave their country
They started restricting movement and enforcing loyalty when poor people started gaining the ability to move/leave. (If the poor people leave who will plough my fields or work in my factories!)
Just recently I wanted to dig through your things to see if you've done anything in Aberdeen and Keith clan and here it is. Holy cow. Dunnottar Castle is apart of my heritage. I feel like a giddy school girl.
There's another Aberdeenshire man who pre-dates Keith about whom you could make a video - Patrick Gordon of Easter Auchleuries (b1635, d1699). You can find an entry for him in the Dictionary of National Biography. He was a favourite of Tsar Peter and the Tsar, who was present at his "right hand man's" death, ordered him to be buried with all pomp and ceremony.
Also, there are massive connections between Poland and Scotland going back to 1450 (or thereabouts) - some 350K Scots, mainly from eastern Scotland, went to Poland for a better life. It might be worth chatting to Professor David Worthington, from the University of the Highlands and Islands, as he has done extensive research into this phenomenon.
Really enjoying these videos. Slowly working my way through you back catalogue! Just finished James Clerk Maxwell and John Logie Baird. I notice you mentioned that Baird worked on a prototype of the fax machine which reminded me that an ancestor of mine, Alexander Bain is credited with the first patent for the facsimile machine. Not bad for a man born in Watten, Caithness in 1810. He invented other stuff equally important and arguably was the person whoultimately enabled TV?
Perhaps worth a wee video himself?
Who knows
This is expertly told. Thank you
This is crazy interesting
I now have the book. 👍✌️😎
Personal comment by Laura Botten: Bless Ye! Our constraints and rigorous tracking of today tend to fog our view of history. We come here for Scottish history and you weave it all together into the ebb and flow of world history. And bless ye for doing so! The conflicts of today harken back to conflicts of yesterday, but not as neatly as we sometimes suppose. Individual travels and choices had significant influence on historical events we "know the whole story of", and yet we don't. All the more reason racism is stupid. Even knowing ethnic backgrounds doesn't tell you a thing about an individual. Now to "59th in line for the throne"..... That must be why we love to find out that we have royal blood, no matter how watered down it is. There's always the possibility........ Like the movie King Ralph :D The fairy tale lives in the possibility.
Brilliant. Thankyou for doing these shorts. So much history (obviously) but shamefully not taught!
I was hoping you might do something on travelling folk. Seems to me they're fast becoming the forgotten casual racist casualties in Scotland. Would love to see your take on their story.
Hi Bruce , love your style bro, have you ever done an episode on the amazing Thomas Cochrane ? Although his crazy life would probably take more than one. Big love from Perthshire 💪
"*not actual footage" 😂😂😂
"Jacob von Keith" 😍
Battle of Sherrif Muir, I live in Dunblane, always go on walks up to the gathering stone. Have you done a video on it?
I've talked about Sherrifmuir
My brother is in Ukraine. His unit is Ukraine ghost combat rescue
A fake unit?
22nd May '22. Ma hoose. Cauld.....wood fire blazing. A thick fleece, a hot chocolate and a smile at avoiding the centre of Glasgow on Scottish cup final day.....I don't like crowds. I do like stories about Scotland's past and again, ah wusnae disappointed. I loved this video. I hudnae heard of this Keith fella. I wonder if the comedy stand at Gibson street(Glasgow) would host a guy who could spin a guid story. Perhaps soon.....
I've performed at The Stand many times
@@ScotlandHistoryTours If yer down Glasgow/ Ayrshire please advertise. It would be magic to see ye live. Thanks again for the video, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I still don't know the score with regards the football. Better your videos and some old Blake's 7. It must be the hot chocolate making me like this!
Isn't this the family that Susanna Kearsley covers in her Scots-Russian historical fiction/fantasy books?? So well-researched, with such a fun twist (romance 😘) She just keeps going back and back and back...
Oooh, now that's beyond my ken
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Highly recommend! :)
I would join patron but at the moment with the costs of living up at the moment,....
Can you do a video on M. A. Baclay de Tolly?
He was a commander in the Russian Army against Napoleon in 1812.
Love the channel! I know it's fiction/fantasy but I'd love to hear your thoughts about the Highlander movies and series. Clan MacLeod 🤘🏻😎
You're right it wouldn't really fit on the channel
Great vid Bruce. All the best for your wknd of comedy.
Yeah I didn't know that.... St. Andrew is Russia's patron steak!!
Patron steak? That sounds amazing, where can I get one of those?
@@loyalpiper Lol, that's what I get for writing a comment when I'm half asleep.
@@TadeuszCantwell Aye. You wrote "patron steak" when you meant "pork chop"... 😉
@ 🏴 Scotland History Tours w/Bruce Fummey
7:40 فإتجوز مرا روسية إللي إنمسكت أسيرة؟
(So he married a Russian woman who was held captive)
My brother is in Ukraine look them up new unit ukrainian ghost combat rescue
Another great and informative story Bruce. I have to ask, is there a significance involving the buckled pushbike wheel at 1:40 (timestamp)? Or is it a universal dislike for lycra lovers? Sorry. Carry on.
Write in Latin, "Diplomacy is 'lieing' abroad for one's country".
The verbal doesn't fit you up, till you use the Language.
Not actual footage. Class
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I was just thinking. How many roman legions were in scotland during the siege of jerusalem?
Country Patron saint
Russia The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady Derzhavnaya) Alexander Nevsky Andrew Basil the Great Casimir George Joseph Vladimir I of Kiev Boris and Gleb Sergius of Radonezh Thérèse of Lisieux
that statue of rab bruce you were standing in front of outside marishal colelge in Aberdeen was put there with money from the common good fund that same king set up to help the destitute and poor
Prince Charlie had good generals that he ignored.
Aye
A Scottish Proddy siding with empires.
Who would have thunk it ?
Can u tell me a story of dumfries ?
Very interesting, I live in peterhead and had never given the statue much thought. Hard to believe it was a jacobite heartland too. Full of tories and unionists now 😂🙈
Aye, but Jacobites were the original Tories
People are complex.
Indeed
Funnily enough he points towards the Masonic Lodge...
Of course he does
Not to mention the engraved so-called 'Seals of Melchizedek' on the statues pedestal.
It does make me ask who is Nicola Running Scotland for? peace.
Silly AND out of date
@@ScotlandHistoryTours I sometimes feel its possible my comments are not my own, I dont remember writing that comment Brucie, but I could be mistaken.
@@ScotlandHistoryTours History is totally silly because its all out of date too.
Your the Scottish version of David Attenborough
Is he not a naturalist... or is that someone who takes their clothes off?
Thanks for the information, I had no idea of this man until now and you done a great job of telling his story.
Unfortunately you are correct regarding your quick topic of freedom and that it is almost entirely stripped from all nations now not solely Scotland. I used to think that being from Scotland I had a certain degree of freedom insilled in me from stories and movies growing up although I now see it as all a distraction based on the information you have just provided it seems that there has always been a hierarchy or kings/queens/monarchs/religions to keep the people quietly going along with it.
If you have been registered into a countries birthing system and therefore have a number assigned to your name then you are that number believe it or not and you Will be treated as a part of commerce just as that number is. You were born first and you were first a sentient life which had a purpose, up until your brainwashed parents through no fault of their own carried you into a corporations office and sat down and signed a piece of paper and named you under their roof providing a birth certificate which was proof enough for the company that you were willing to be entered into the companies Trust fund as a trustee, same for generations it seems all until it was finally passed into trust law in 1933. Your birth certificate and then national insurance number are your tags and you won't be able to get much done without either one. Good luck finding a job, or getting a loan, or a new car and if you goto jail you'll be sure that number comes along with you and makes sure it's making money for the trust (ie your goverment)
The beautiful part is that as well as the trustee you are also the beneficiary for this Trust, and the pot is deeply filled. Look into Trust law as well as what a beneficiary is and how to go about claiming your status as the Beneficiary. Christopher Hauser has a dedicated channel which is littered with the most life changing legal information and if you can comprehend anything which I have mentioned his channel, his extensive knowledge and life experiences with these clowns in court will be all you need to set yourself free and experience true freedom. None of this information is given at any costs and nor should it be, we are all born of this world and as such no one has control over us other than ourselves. One cannot serve two masters, it is impossible.
Are you are "Sovereign Citizen," by any chance? Or a "Freeman on the Land?"
@@faithlesshound5621 I don't comprehend how someone can be sovereign and at the same time a citizen as a citizen can't be sovereign if you understand the meaning of both they don't combine. But na I'm just a fellow man who's been slowly finding out lots of hard truths as of late
@@andrewmoore3208 Glad to hear it. I asked because the idea that having a birth certificate or a national Insurance number makes you a Trustee sounds awfully like the American "sovereign citizens" who think that things like that give them a claim to vast amounts of wealth hidden by the US government.
The "sovereign" aspect came from a (willful?) misunderstanding of a newspaper article by one of the US founding fathers on comparative constitutional law, which they somehow regard as Holy Writ.
The movement started out as a scam in which people paid to attend lectures on a supposed way to use the law to get rich quick, which of course does not work. The whole thing has migrated to the internet.
@@faithlesshound5621 are you referring to the fact that before you had a birth certificate you were still obviously alive and a life and that therefore anything which you associated with it is legally a separate entity than you?
I completely comprehend the facts of the matter, its very clear a man can not be a piece of paper, he is a man. The secrecy lies beneath what the government's of your region sold your birth certificates as? Because we live in fiat currency and the backbone of fiat finance is people. So the wolf of Wall Street sketch with fake bonds and insurance's created from thin air for mortgages can easily be switched for birth certificates and the people of the companies/counties are kept silent through misinformation and division and play that on repeat for 100x years atleast and that's our generations gift To the earth during our time, we got raped by rich pigs it seems.
Or was it all just a dream? Hahaa
Take it easy bro
@@andrewmoore3208 As you said, that pseudo-legal mythology about the magic power of birth certificates is nothing but a dream, akin to the pot of gold at the foot of a rainbow.
Nice, thank-you.
The London 'Élites' as King-makers. At about 5minutes in. As ever was, is.
Ps this is a history of Mafiosi poverty.
And I don't like the same 'Patron me' begging bowl.
Irony? What!
yeah if he had a pow non combatant in his bed then he was around the red army to long
Old uncle James was never good with money....lol jk 😮😅
Educational program for the author of the video: Ukraine is Russia, always in history! Because Russia is the name of the Baptism of the territory and the people, which today is called the word Ukraine! Therefore, the war against Russia, which NATO (London & Washington) has imposed on Ukraine since 2014, is, literally, a war against Christ, which a priori will not have a positive outcome for Ukraine and NATO (for London & Washington) as a whole. Also, unlike all the modern lies that are being made up in Ukraine today, in fact, in the period of history before the advent of the USSR, there never existed a Ukrainian people, who throughout history were called the Russian people! Therefore, the mention of the term "Ukrainians" in relation to the 18th century period of the life of the main character of this video, alas, is a lie...
Stop yer nonsense
@@ScotlandHistoryTours ...Are you an ignorant person? Or a propagandist of lies in the service of the British Crown? Because you have no idea what "Ukraine" and "Ukrainian" are translated from Slavic into English, I quote your encyclopedia: "The name of Ukraine is frequently interpreted as coming from the old Slavic term for 'borderland'..." So the Slavic word Ukrainian is literally "border guard" (border men) translated into English unlike of all the modern lies sponsored by the British Crown, which manages the politics of its puppet government of liars in Kiev... educational program from the citizen of the state with the name Borderland (Ukraine)
S.H.T Are you an ignorant person? Or a propagandist of lies in the service of the British Crown? Because you have no idea what "Ukraine" and "Ukrainian" are translated from Slavic into English, I quote your encyclopedia: "The name of Ukraine is frequently interpreted as coming from the old Slavic term for 'borderland'..." So the Slavic word Ukrainian is literally "border guard" (border men) translated into English unlike of all the modern lies sponsored by the British Crown, which manages the politics of its puppet government of liars in Kiev... educational program from the citizen of the state with the name Borderland (Ukraine)