Medieval battles are frustrating. For instance, we know that Charles the Bold gave Edward a few hundred handgunners. One would expect them to show up at Barnet, right? Nope, we don't hear about them. Similarly, Louis provides Margaret with troops, but the info on that is very obscure. At the same time, we know that Edward controlled Calais between 1461 and 1467, at the very least, and his navy dominated the channel during this period. So how come, Margaret is able to pop in and out of France between 1461 and 1464? So many questions. Anyways, enjoy, and consider supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals :-)
Controlling the channel pretty much means at the narrowest point, around the coast of Kent and Sussex to some extent. Dorset and Devon have had a very long history of smuggling through this period up until 1800's when there was a bit more control over the area. Essentially it was quite easy to sneak across with so much water to be patrolled and so many potential landing spots which are relatively far from cities.
Lessons learned: -Don't make banners similar to the enemies -Cohesion and discipline -Don't leave loose ends -If you're in trouble, get to France -Always have a backup
Went from seeing Edward as a weak, ineffective ruler to a true genius. Can't believe I was rooting for him towards the end. Great character development :')
:-) The thing is, he tried to be merciful and create a peaceful country. Even his marriage, some theories claim, was an attempt to bring in the lower nobility.
Rex Galilae well i always believed Edward to be a trully effective ruler, it was Henri for me who was incompetent, even thou becoming the head of the church was a great achievement.
Edward was a force of nature. That he was able to stop Margaret from meeting up with Jasper so soon after Barnet with his famous forced marches was incredible in and of itself. I always marvel at how different warfare became in the later middle ages. Generals would go to great lengths to avoid pitched battles in the early middles ages, where sieges and chevauches were the usual norm of warfare. It was thought foolish to commit everything to a pitched battle when so much could go wrong, and yet in the wars of the roses they happened all the time. Just an example of how embittered the conflict became, I guess.
@@KingsandGenerals TBH not a fan of it because I hate colonizing and I solely depend on England to transfer wealth to their trade node so I can syphon. So yeah, I prefer leaving England to the AI, contain it and let it do the dirty work for me.
the thing I love the most is their narrators' deep voices. NEVER change them unless of course its a decent one similar to what they have now. I used to LOVEEE the voice on extra history but then they changed it and it took me a good while to get used to, thankfully the content is still great
Edward played England on God mode and winning. I can see the parallels between this and GOT. Edward is Robb Stark and the Earl of Warwick is Roose Bolton, but the script is flipped in real life.
It is truly interesting how little use the artillery received during these two battles. After all, the Battle of Castillon (1453), which was the last battle of the Hundred Years' War, was a great lesson in the necessity of having artillery take an active role in warfare. When the Bureau Brothers encamped outside Castillon, they fortified their position and placed their 300 handguns, light artillery, and siege guns along the entire front, giving them the decisive advantage of massed firepower. When John Talbot attacked the fortification in a frontal assault, which was with an army of 6,000 men against the 7-8,000 Frenchmen, he had sealed his host's fate. Furthermore, the inclusion of an 1,800 man Breton Cavalry column that reinforced the Bureau Brothers and outflanked the English/Gascon army proved the simplistic brilliance of the one-two punch that was shock and awe. With this in mind, it does seem weird that the English failed to effectively used their artillery, as they seemed to have learned the lessons of Castillon with the purchase and creation of their own siege trains.
After so much carnage in such a short time frame, I'm bemused by the ability of the two sides to constantly raise troops and fight large (by the time period standard) battles. And that coming on the heels of the disastrous loss in the final years of the French campaign. I've read somewhere that the war claimed huge portion of England's nobility.
One thing that I have got from the sources is that the quality of the troops was getting worse with each new battle - they were now recruiting the worst of their serfs/allies/mercenaries.
Keep in mind though that this war was really a series of short wars involving one or two battles than a few years of uneasy peace or stalemate. So there was always a pipeline of young men who were boys earlier in the conflict. Also, due to the presence of proto capitalism in the rural economy, there was more intensive agriculture, rather than the three fields system where one third of the land would be fallow at any given time, England was starting to have four field agriculture where farmland was not left fallow and English farmers would plant types of crops in one year that would help to replenish the soil for different types of crops in that same field the next year. For example, you might grow: clover or hay in one field, in order to feed animals; turnips or brassicas (cabbage, kale, cauliflower, etc.) in order to get important nutrients from vegetables and ward off a variety of diseases associated with malnourishment; barley or wheat or oats and other grains, with barley being the best grain for ale and wheat being best for bread and the other grains being good to make porridge and/or to extent your barley and wheat in order to get more ale and bread which along with porridge provided 70-80 percent of a commoner's calories; and last, peas and other legumes such as fava beans or chickpeas or green peas which provided another source of carbohydrates and proteins that would last for years if stored properly. By rotating crops like that, no farm land goes to waste and since different crops use up different types of nutrients, the soil can recover what the previous crop has depleted. In some cases, the crops will put nutrients back into the soil. Legumes adds nitrogen to the soil and that prepares it for grain the next season. The four fields crop rotation provided more food but it also generated more liquid capital as well, liquid capital that can allow a nobleman to raise an army quickly. By growing crops that can feed animals, you can fence the animals into a given area where they are relatively safe from predators. You can selectively breed them since you control where they are at any given time. Moreover, the fact that you have animal feed on hand throughout the winter means that unlike your ancestors, don't have to slaughter all but a small number of animals every autumn. You will cull your herd somewhat since meat tastes good and your stores of animals feed are finite but gone are the days where you'd kill all but one breeder male and a few breeder females and have to repopulate your herd every spring. In the case of England, this means that you can have far more sheep on hand and since sheep live for several years if properly feed and protected from predators, you can produce a lot of wool and high quality wool at that because of selective breeding. The wool was basically a cash crop that could be sold to the cloth making guilds in the Low Countries and as far afield as Italy. This means that a nobleman in late Medieval England could hire mercenaries either from abroad or, as the war went one, they could hire mercenary companies that had not been paid by their opponents or they could hire Englishmen, who were trained as archers and pikemen. Late medieval England had a lot of trained (if not always experienced) infantrymen due to the Hundred year's war, England in the 1400's had the largest share of men under arms, who were neither aristocrats nor full-time mercenaries, in Western Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire. One one economic factor was lack of systemic raiding and destruction in the countryside. Whereas the Hundred Year's War was defined by English chevauchees deliberately trying to undermine both the the political legitimacy of a rival king or lord as well as cripple the enemy's economy and ability to wage war, the combatants in the Wars of the Roses did not want to destroy the villages and farmland that they hoped to soon become the ruler of. Interestingly enough, not only were the Wars of the Roses' frequent battles was made possible by proto capitalism, but the frequent battles helped to drive England towards a more centralized state that was capable of providing the material, legal, and political circumstances that allowed for capitalism to further develop in England. Since the great and powerful, landed magnates basically killed each other and wiped out many prominent family's lines, The victorious Henry VII was able to consolidate power and many functions of state under the auspices of the crown which had previously been held by the landed nobility. These functions of state needed to be handled by someone and that usually would mean a well educated, son of the urban bourgeoisie. While these men were wealthier than most people in the realm, they did not have a an independent power base and as a result the Kingdom of England became a kingdom governed by laws and royal courts rather than the whims of landed noblemen in the countryside. This allows England's already Lucrative wool trade to become even more lucrative. Meanwhile, enclosure of previously held common land, increased overall food and wool production while also displacing many people in the countryside but those people oftentimes moved to cities which could be reliably feed from the surplus from the countryside and there were increasing employment opportunities due to the growing wool trade. This new political reality also caused there to be more agricultural surplus because the way for a nobleman to gain favor with the King was no longer to raise large army of pikemen and a large retinue of Knights. The new way to gain favor with the King was to become rich by producing as big a surplus as possible, selling that surplus and being able to provide funds to the king's royal army and navy. The English nobility, in effect, became bourgeoisie in a way that continental nobility usually were not. They also became bourgeoise in terms of their regard for education. The king wanted well educated officials and military officers so if you can provide the king with funds as well as sons who were educated at university and/or by a well regarded private tutor, you will have royal favor which used to be garnered by providing feudal levies.
"Y'know, I keep hearing that G.R.R. Martin drew heavy inspiration from the War of the Roses when writing a Song of Ice and Fire. I wonder if that's true?" 3:28 .... *looks at Edward York* *looks at Robb Stark* *looks back at Edward York* "Say no more."
8:36 I'm from Barnet and I know Monken Hadley very well. There's no way the battlefield would have looked like something out of the Carpathians even back then. Hedges, greens, commons, ditches, ponds, main roads, a rolling slope as seen on the right side of the map, and oak and beech woods dominate that area now and would have done back then. Hadley Green is largely flat with a pond on it. The area hasn't been much built on. The battlefield would have been narrow. Barnet is not very far behind the battlefield - Oxford's soldiers really took their time getting back.
Hey King's and Generals! I love all of your videos and I would really like to see more battles in the Italian wars being covered. I think you could easily cover the first three italian wars of Charles VIII and Louis the 12th since the first two wars were quite short in some ways. I would really love to see a video that covers the big battles of Fornovo and Agnadello. It would also be cool if we see some of the other battles in the later Wars like the sack of Rome, and Henry the Eights campaigns against France in the sieges of boulougne. Id even love to see battles from the last war where Henry the second of France took over Corsica and then lost battles to Charles V's forces and the loss of English Calais.
Itd be better if they make games of various part of the era not the whole era.... like : Attila total war, Gengis khan total war, total war crusader, total war 100 years war etc.... this will give us a clearer view of history and change of geography in medieval era. I think they are already making it as total war saga and thrones of britania being the 1at one
13:47 Yeah Sumerset, murder the commander of the Center Force for NOT supporting you when you charged off like a jack-ass ruining the entire point of the defensive line. Why do I get the feeling that working for Sumerset would have been bad for my health, or the health of those around me?
I think his charge was logical. In Tannenberg, Germans defeated much larger Russian armies as the latter was divided due to terrain, and Hindenburg attacked them separately. It is same here, he may or may not thought of a possibility of an ambush, but looking at the army numbers and compositions he had to take an action as his army would eventually be defeated by his superior foe. Also, if he could have captured the king in the attack, he would have the upper hand.
This is the best channel on RUclips. I eagerly await every video and will pay patron as its crazy that such quality, informative programming has to rely on the little RUclips gives (if you don’t rack up views in the millions!)
Again, you and BazBattles upload on the same day! Also, happy Armistice day/ Veterans Day everyone! Its been 100 years since the end of WW1. Like to honor all the soldiers who lost their lives in WW1.
I've attended the Battle of Tewkesbury reenactments a couple of times. It is magnificent in its scope and realism and is the largest medieval reenactment battle in Europe. The reenactment also covers the Lancastrian flight to the Abbey where they sought sanctuary only to be caught by their Yorkist pursuers, dragged out of the Abbey, given a short trial and executed. The compline services in the Abbey are then attended by all the Yorkist combatants and their retinues making sure to leave their weapons in the entry way. To witness everyone dressed in medieval attire and to hear the monks chanting compline is a surreal experience. I heartily suggest everyone to get a chance to see it.
I can't believe how unoriginal history is, I mean it stole the plot from GOT and was like , if I don't dragons no one will notice. Jk , great vid man keep up the great work.
I was not expecting that eagle screech at 7:24 and I freaked out cuz I'm watching this outside with my headphones on. Well played, Kings and Generals. Well played.
If I could make a request... When you are finished with the wars of the roses series... could you possibly combine them all into one video and post it as a separate video. You tell the best version of the story I have ever heard and York is not far from my original hometown. It would mean so much to me.
Kings and Generals, I love your vids guys( just waiting for salary in order to give more substantial expression of my gratitude). Please, do you plan to shed some light on a largely ignored but crucial conflict - the 30 years war 1618-1648? It's such a fascinating topic and I'm baffled how little is it covered at all in youtube :( Thank you for your magnificent work once again!
Damn, you can easily tell that GOT was somewhat based on the war of the roses. I am honestly surprised that Edward has not exectuted Margaret and Henry by this point. It is clear that as long as they live they will never stop pursuing the throne. Maybe that is my inner Lannister coming out.
Yay can't wait to see how you will do the Battle of Bosworth. By the way are you guys still continuing the Italian Wars? I would like to see more of the clashes between the Hapsburgs and Valois.
Guys I am sorry for bringing this up right but there has been a long time now that I have been wanting to say this! You have done the battle of crecy for the Hundred Years' War between England and France and said that there will be more videos about that war! Since you have almost concluded the wars of the roses documentary I think that the continuation of the Hundred Years' War documentary should be next!
You are right and we explained the reasoning behind it in our Patreon QA. Anyways, we will complete 100 years war series sometime next year. Thank you for watching.
You should also cover the Battle of bosworth as well as the wars that followed after where pretenders supported by Margaret of York attacked Henry the 7th in the battle of Stokefield and the Cornish uprising.
These were some pretty bloody battles. I wonder if a movie or a TV series was ever made on the War of the Roses. It might be very popular. My compliments to those who made this video a reality.
Hello, i have another question. What software do you use to make your vídeos?I am planing to crente a history channel bus i do not know how to animate or edit.
I have a little question. Where were the most common place the european mercenaries were from? Algo, i love the pictures of Total war games in the videos. Greetings from Portugal!
Greetings! In this period Swiss, Italian and German mercenaries were very popular in continental Europe, but in England, they mostly used the local troops with some Irish, Scottish, Flemish, and Burgundian additions.
Medieval battles are frustrating. For instance, we know that Charles the Bold gave Edward a few hundred handgunners. One would expect them to show up at Barnet, right? Nope, we don't hear about them. Similarly, Louis provides Margaret with troops, but the info on that is very obscure. At the same time, we know that Edward controlled Calais between 1461 and 1467, at the very least, and his navy dominated the channel during this period. So how come, Margaret is able to pop in and out of France between 1461 and 1464? So many questions. Anyways, enjoy, and consider supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals :-)
They should do a movie about how Marget and a special ops unit might have bypassed such a feat.
the napolionic Wars????
Handguns
The tube thingy??
Great video
Can't wait for the next
Kings and Generals what a copout you missed the opportunity to cover ww1 on the 100th anniversary on the end of ww1
Controlling the channel pretty much means at the narrowest point, around the coast of Kent and Sussex to some extent. Dorset and Devon have had a very long history of smuggling through this period up until 1800's when there was a bit more control over the area. Essentially it was quite easy to sneak across with so much water to be patrolled and so many potential landing spots which are relatively far from cities.
Glad my landlord doesn't get me to fight for his claim to the throne every 5 minutes. Must have been a real drag!
My landlord is so nice, I would probably support his claim. :-)
OfficiallyDevin hhh you werent a Roman legion commander
"If you fight by my side, i promise thee new tapestries, thou taps shall leaketh no more!"
@@MrBigCookieCrumble I will fight for thee good sir, I take the knee and swear allegiance to thy good self.
@@mekonnenmuluwork3784 Arise, i dub thee Sir Mekonnen, Lord of Caretakers and Knight of the Ushers.
Lessons learned:
-Don't make banners similar to the enemies
-Cohesion and discipline
-Don't leave loose ends
-If you're in trouble, get to France
-Always have a backup
Went from seeing Edward as a weak, ineffective ruler to a true genius. Can't believe I was rooting for him towards the end.
Great character development :')
:-) The thing is, he tried to be merciful and create a peaceful country. Even his marriage, some theories claim, was an attempt to bring in the lower nobility.
Rex Galilae well i always believed Edward to be a trully effective ruler, it was Henri for me who was incompetent, even thou becoming the head of the church was a great achievement.
Cvnctator But hasn’t there been the theory he was poisoned?
Edward IV is probably top 3 favorite English kings for me. This may have something to do with the book The Sunne in Splendour though..
He was actually a very able king
I just imagine this whole series of wars and rebellions as Edward banging his head against a table and crying out
"COME ON, AGAIN!?"
It is said that he was gracious and charismatic. :-)
lol he was probably like "how many times we have to teach you this lesson old man??"
Edward was a force of nature. That he was able to stop Margaret from meeting up with Jasper so soon after Barnet with his famous forced marches was incredible in and of itself. I always marvel at how different warfare became in the later middle ages. Generals would go to great lengths to avoid pitched battles in the early middles ages, where sieges and chevauches were the usual norm of warfare. It was thought foolish to commit everything to a pitched battle when so much could go wrong, and yet in the wars of the roses they happened all the time. Just an example of how embittered the conflict became, I guess.
Not to mention Henry who spend half his life having mental breakdowns and the other half being draged along as a prisoner
Cielo Pachirisu Sir Ralph Percy actually betrayed Edward 3 times, so yeah sounds about right
Why you should focus on Stability first as England
That reminds me. Never played as England in EUIV - need to try it.
@@KingsandGenerals TBH not a fan of it because I hate colonizing and I solely depend on England to transfer wealth to their trade node so I can syphon. So yeah, I prefer leaving England to the AI, contain it and let it do the dirty work for me.
Haha. I remember you had to contend with Henry VI who was a 0/0/0 ruler for very specific reasons.
@@KingsandGenerals You can game the system by releasing Normandy/Gascony and be super strong
3 things never go away: a legacy, taxes & Lancastrian rebels
Yeah, it gets even more interesting. :-)
The Lancasters send their regards
York as well.
@@Jetsen1052 sup
Tywin Lannister 🙂👍
Thank you for your regards
But I am on guard
with 1,000 rods
help me God [against the Lancasters]
LOL
5:09 for Roberts Rebellion
Kings & Generals and BazBattles upload a video on the same day? Is this heaven?
and with the same sponsor lol
Remember this day my friends
the thing I love the most is their narrators' deep voices. NEVER change them unless of course its a decent one similar to what they have now. I used to LOVEEE the voice on extra history but then they changed it and it took me a good while to get used to, thankfully the content is still great
It is. It really is
BV The Montenegrin Mapper Basbattles uploaded, is this heaven
Woah this War of the Roses was some pretty intricate stuff.
Thank you for watching :)
George R R Martin was inspired by War of the Roses and 100 years war.
They should have turned friendly fire off.
I blame the server admin.
Happy Armistice Day!
I like this version of game of thrones
Yeah, historical version is better. :-)
medieval total war tunes :)
Indeed. :-)
Wait how is this comment posted
10 hours ago
When kng uploaded
30 minutes ago
Or maybe RUclips sponsor
Tally Ho! ;)
"We will slaughter them my Lord, we shall engage!!!"
Edward always have reserves who end up outflanking enemy
Wise choice.
Edward played England on God mode and winning. I can see the parallels between this and GOT. Edward is Robb Stark and the Earl of Warwick is Roose Bolton, but the script is flipped in real life.
I think, this conflict is more complicated than that. :-)
Warwick's history is the convination of all the maquiavelics character's of got
Do the Russo-Persian wars
British conquest of India
I love your use of Total War game play in these videos
Glad you are enjoying it!
It is truly interesting how little use the artillery received during these two battles. After all, the Battle of Castillon (1453), which was the last battle of the Hundred Years' War, was a great lesson in the necessity of having artillery take an active role in warfare. When the Bureau Brothers encamped outside Castillon, they fortified their position and placed their 300 handguns, light artillery, and siege guns along the entire front, giving them the decisive advantage of massed firepower. When John Talbot attacked the fortification in a frontal assault, which was with an army of 6,000 men against the 7-8,000 Frenchmen, he had sealed his host's fate. Furthermore, the inclusion of an 1,800 man Breton Cavalry column that reinforced the Bureau Brothers and outflanked the English/Gascon army proved the simplistic brilliance of the one-two punch that was shock and awe. With this in mind, it does seem weird that the English failed to effectively used their artillery, as they seemed to have learned the lessons of Castillon with the purchase and creation of their own siege trains.
After so much carnage in such a short time frame, I'm bemused by the ability of the two sides to constantly raise troops and fight large (by the time period standard) battles. And that coming on the heels of the disastrous loss in the final years of the French campaign. I've read somewhere that the war claimed huge portion of England's nobility.
One thing that I have got from the sources is that the quality of the troops was getting worse with each new battle - they were now recruiting the worst of their serfs/allies/mercenaries.
Keep in mind though that this war was really a series of short wars involving one or two battles than a few years of uneasy peace or stalemate. So there was always a pipeline of young men who were boys earlier in the conflict.
Also, due to the presence of proto capitalism in the rural economy, there was more intensive agriculture, rather than the three fields system where one third of the land would be fallow at any given time, England was starting to have four field agriculture where farmland was not left fallow and English farmers would plant types of crops in one year that would help to replenish the soil for different types of crops in that same field the next year. For example, you might grow: clover or hay in one field, in order to feed animals; turnips or brassicas (cabbage, kale, cauliflower, etc.) in order to get important nutrients from vegetables and ward off a variety of diseases associated with malnourishment; barley or wheat or oats and other grains, with barley being the best grain for ale and wheat being best for bread and the other grains being good to make porridge and/or to extent your barley and wheat in order to get more ale and bread which along with porridge provided 70-80 percent of a commoner's calories; and last, peas and other legumes such as fava beans or chickpeas or green peas which provided another source of carbohydrates and proteins that would last for years if stored properly.
By rotating crops like that, no farm land goes to waste and since different crops use up different types of nutrients, the soil can recover what the previous crop has depleted. In some cases, the crops will put nutrients back into the soil. Legumes adds nitrogen to the soil and that prepares it for grain the next season.
The four fields crop rotation provided more food but it also generated more liquid capital as well, liquid capital that can allow a nobleman to raise an army quickly. By growing crops that can feed animals, you can fence the animals into a given area where they are relatively safe from predators. You can selectively breed them since you control where they are at any given time. Moreover, the fact that you have animal feed on hand throughout the winter means that unlike your ancestors, don't have to slaughter all but a small number of animals every autumn. You will cull your herd somewhat since meat tastes good and your stores of animals feed are finite but gone are the days where you'd kill all but one breeder male and a few breeder females and have to repopulate your herd every spring.
In the case of England, this means that you can have far more sheep on hand and since sheep live for several years if properly feed and protected from predators, you can produce a lot of wool and high quality wool at that because of selective breeding. The wool was basically a cash crop that could be sold to the cloth making guilds in the Low Countries and as far afield as Italy. This means that a nobleman in late Medieval England could hire mercenaries either from abroad or, as the war went one, they could hire mercenary companies that had not been paid by their opponents or they could hire Englishmen, who were trained as archers and pikemen. Late medieval England had a lot of trained (if not always experienced) infantrymen due to the Hundred year's war, England in the 1400's had the largest share of men under arms, who were neither aristocrats nor full-time mercenaries, in Western Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
One one economic factor was lack of systemic raiding and destruction in the countryside. Whereas the Hundred Year's War was defined by English chevauchees deliberately trying to undermine both the the political legitimacy of a rival king or lord as well as cripple the enemy's economy and ability to wage war, the combatants in the Wars of the Roses did not want to destroy the villages and farmland that they hoped to soon become the ruler of.
Interestingly enough, not only were the Wars of the Roses' frequent battles was made possible by proto capitalism, but the frequent battles helped to drive England towards a more centralized state that was capable of providing the material, legal, and political circumstances that allowed for capitalism to further develop in England. Since the great and powerful, landed magnates basically killed each other and wiped out many prominent family's lines, The victorious Henry VII was able to consolidate power and many functions of state under the auspices of the crown which had previously been held by the landed nobility. These functions of state needed to be handled by someone and that usually would mean a well educated, son of the urban bourgeoisie. While these men were wealthier than most people in the realm, they did not have a an independent power base and as a result the Kingdom of England became a kingdom governed by laws and royal courts rather than the whims of landed noblemen in the countryside. This allows England's already Lucrative wool trade to become even more lucrative. Meanwhile, enclosure of previously held common land, increased overall food and wool production while also displacing many people in the countryside but those people oftentimes moved to cities which could be reliably feed from the surplus from the countryside and there were increasing employment opportunities due to the growing wool trade.
This new political reality also caused there to be more agricultural surplus because the way for a nobleman to gain favor with the King was no longer to raise large army of pikemen and a large retinue of Knights. The new way to gain favor with the King was to become rich by producing as big a surplus as possible, selling that surplus and being able to provide funds to the king's royal army and navy. The English nobility, in effect, became bourgeoisie in a way that continental nobility usually were not. They also became bourgeoise in terms of their regard for education. The king wanted well educated officials and military officers so if you can provide the king with funds as well as sons who were educated at university and/or by a well regarded private tutor, you will have royal favor which used to be garnered by providing feudal levies.
As always, cohesion among units and allies are one of the things that wins wars and battles.
Yeah, feudal armies really struggled in this regard.
As a RTS gamer, I cringe every time I see only one part of the army advance and then overextend, only to be flanked on all sides and cut down.
They do reenactments at Tewksbury every year in mid july, I think it may be the largest in Europe and is definitely worth a visit
One day :-)
"Y'know, I keep hearing that G.R.R. Martin drew heavy inspiration from the War of the Roses when writing a Song of Ice and Fire. I wonder if that's true?"
3:28
.... *looks at Edward York*
*looks at Robb Stark*
*looks back at Edward York*
"Say no more."
You know something is about to go down when the song at 2:30 plays. Always so epic! Love this series already!
Thanks! Seemingly, something was always going down in this period. :-)
@@KingsandGenerals what song is that please?
Would you know?
Been waiting for this series for a while now! The wait was definitely worth it! Thanks for this guys :-)
Thanks for watching!
8:36 I'm from Barnet and I know Monken Hadley very well. There's no way the battlefield would have looked like something out of the Carpathians even back then. Hedges, greens, commons, ditches, ponds, main roads, a rolling slope as seen on the right side of the map, and oak and beech woods dominate that area now and would have done back then. Hadley Green is largely flat with a pond on it. The area hasn't been much built on. The battlefield would have been narrow. Barnet is not very far behind the battlefield - Oxford's soldiers really took their time getting back.
Two of my best youtubers uploading on the same day. 😌
Your welcome stranger on the internet.
Thanks, Bob. :-)
Hey King's and Generals! I love all of your videos and I would really like to see more battles in the Italian wars being covered. I think you could easily cover the first three italian wars of Charles VIII and Louis the 12th since the first two wars were quite short in some ways. I would really love to see a video that covers the big battles of Fornovo and Agnadello.
It would also be cool if we see some of the other battles in the later Wars like the sack of Rome, and Henry the Eights campaigns against France in the sieges of boulougne. Id even love to see battles from the last war where Henry the second of France took over Corsica and then lost battles to Charles V's forces and the loss of English Calais.
Thank you! We'll get there!
Great video and serie.
No plans for reconquista series? im sure there is a lot of interesting battles and intrigue between countries..
Thank you! I am not sure, we'll see.
we need medival total war 3
I'd love to play that!
Itd be better if they make games of various part of the era not the whole era.... like : Attila total war, Gengis khan total war, total war crusader, total war 100 years war etc.... this will give us a clearer view of history and change of geography in medieval era. I think they are already making it as total war saga and thrones of britania being the 1at one
Have you tried stainless steel 6.4
British Flowers : Total War
@@mayazmahmud8432 I don't understand though. The games that do this are much less popular and interesting
I'm so excited to see how you guys analyze Bosworth Field!
We'll get there! :-)
13:47 Yeah Sumerset, murder the commander of the Center Force for NOT supporting you when you charged off like a jack-ass ruining the entire point of the defensive line. Why do I get the feeling that working for Sumerset would have been bad for my health, or the health of those around me?
Reminds you of one of your bosses? :D
@@KingsandGenerals Nah, I just think that if I was noble or Lord at the time, I would keep my sword VERY close at hand when Sumerset was nearby.
I think his charge was logical. In Tannenberg, Germans defeated much larger Russian armies as the latter was divided due to terrain, and Hindenburg attacked them separately. It is same here, he may or may not thought of a possibility of an ambush, but looking at the army numbers and compositions he had to take an action as his army would eventually be defeated by his superior foe. Also, if he could have captured the king in the attack, he would have the upper hand.
This is the best channel on RUclips.
I eagerly await every video and will pay patron as its crazy that such quality, informative programming has to rely on the little RUclips gives (if you don’t rack up views in the millions!)
These battles are insane.
It gets better (worse?). :-)
Greatt work you guys!!!! I just put Greek subtitles.
Appreciate your help!
Thanks Dimitris
Kings and Generals you should say Ευχαριστώ haha ;)
Again, you and BazBattles upload on the same day! Also, happy Armistice day/ Veterans Day everyone!
Its been 100 years since the end of WW1. Like to honor all the soldiers who lost their lives in WW1.
I am so happy I found your channel !!!!
Welcome aboard, 2 new videos each week. :-)
these videos are brilliant. i love reading history,but i think its easier to learn this way.
Thank you!
I've attended the Battle of Tewkesbury reenactments a couple of times. It is magnificent in its scope and realism and is the largest medieval reenactment battle in Europe. The reenactment also covers the Lancastrian flight to the Abbey where they sought sanctuary only to be caught by their Yorkist pursuers, dragged out of the Abbey, given a short trial and executed. The compline services in the Abbey are then attended by all the Yorkist combatants and their retinues making sure to leave their weapons in the entry way. To witness everyone dressed in medieval attire and to hear the monks chanting compline is a surreal experience. I heartily suggest everyone to get a chance to see it.
this video was very, very good. each new video quality increases. congratulations
Thanks for watching!
The medieval 2 total war music was so perfect. The end music gave me crazy goosebumps.
Agreed, great soundtrack!
One of your best videos.....Thanks
Thank you for watching!
Brilliant! My favourite period of history & I loved it!
Thank you for watching!
Outstanding! Thanks for the Sunday history lesson.
Thanks for watching!
I can't believe how unoriginal history is, I mean it stole the plot from GOT and was like , if I don't dragons no one will notice.
Jk , great vid man keep up the great work.
Thanks, we will :-)
Off to take part in the reenactment of Tewkesbury today, wish me luck.. i hope i surive
Again a superb video ! I wait all day and week to see a video of yours in my notifications :)
Thank you very much :-) As usual, more on the way!
I was not expecting that eagle screech at 7:24 and I freaked out cuz I'm watching this outside with my headphones on. Well played, Kings and Generals. Well played.
Another great video thanks for making mornings less boring
Thanks for watching!
@@KingsandGenerals No problem!
Great content as always
Thank you very much!
If I could make a request...
When you are finished with the wars of the roses series... could you possibly combine them all into one video and post it as a separate video.
You tell the best version of the story I have ever heard and York is not far from my original hometown. It would mean so much to me.
Planning to do that in 2019 :-)
@@KingsandGenerals
Sweet. I look forward to it!.
really loving the videos, the music from medieval 2 total war is an excellent choice
Thank you! More on the way!
The sound of a square perishing will never stop being satisfying
Awesome, don't wanna see the end of this, its very good!
There is always more on the way :-)
Kings and Generals Right on, English Civil War is very interesting and you guys are making it even more so. Always appreciated!!!
This made my day a whole lot better
Happy to hear that!
Video from Baz battles and kings, it’s a good day 😁👍
Glad you are enjoying your Sunday :-)
Great job as always, another great series.
Thank you very much :-)
Kings and Generals,
I love your vids guys( just waiting for salary in order to give more substantial expression of my gratitude).
Please, do you plan to shed some light on a largely ignored but crucial conflict - the 30 years war 1618-1648? It's such a fascinating topic and I'm baffled how little is it covered at all in youtube :( Thank you for your magnificent work once again!
Thank you very much, my friend! Yes, we will cover that conflict. I don't know when, but it will happen!
Foggy afternoon, english medieval history video of KeG...what else?
A few beers won't hurt, to be honest. :-)
Good Work guys
Thanks!
One of the most interesting things that reoccur on every video, despite geography, is rebellion.
Oh yeah, non-stop.
Edward is a true badass! Great General and nice king!
Damn, you can easily tell that GOT was somewhat based on the war of the roses. I am honestly surprised that Edward has not exectuted Margaret and Henry by this point. It is clear that as long as they live they will never stop pursuing the throne. Maybe that is my inner Lannister coming out.
Oh yeah, Martin admits that history is a major inspiration for him.
Yay can't wait to see how you will do the Battle of Bosworth. By the way are you guys still continuing the Italian Wars? I would like to see more of the clashes between the Hapsburgs and Valois.
Glad you are enjoying it! We will get back to the Italian Wars eventually - I love this era.
@@KingsandGenerals Me too. Charles V and Francis I had a really epic rivalry.
Yes the wars of the roses, Again!!!
Glad you are enjoying it!
Guys I am sorry for bringing this up right but there has been a long time now that I have been wanting to say this! You have done the battle of crecy for the Hundred Years' War between England and France and said that there will be more videos about that war! Since you have almost concluded the wars of the roses documentary I think that the continuation of the Hundred Years' War documentary should be next!
You are right and we explained the reasoning behind it in our Patreon QA. Anyways, we will complete 100 years war series sometime next year. Thank you for watching.
Kings and Generals my pleasure, love your vids!
Thank you :-)
Hear , hear. The battle of Castillion for example - one of the first major European engagements where gunpowder played a decisive role.
nice work
Thanks!
Superb video as always, excellent attention to detail!! I thoroughly enjoy your work, so much so that you have earnt another Patreon supporter!! 👍🏻
Could you make a video on an iconic battle of WWI?
We will make something.
Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Medieval 2 Total War music on the background, brings back amazing memories :)
Yep :-)
I'm so glad they're doing a series on the Wars of the Roses. I'd really love to see a series on the first War of Scottish Independence!
On the list. ;-)
Forget HBO this is the real game of thrones
Agreed. :-)
great episode ,thank you for your effort
Thank you for watching :)
Looking forward to more on my favourite Richard is history
Richards everywhere!
please use two different colors for the two side. It's a bit confusing. (not during battles, but more like on the map). Many thanks, love your videos.
Thanks! We used white for the Yorks and Red for the Lancasters.
*The Enemy are badly blooded! If we remain True and Steadfast, Victory shall be ours!*
You should also cover the Battle of bosworth as well as the wars that followed after where pretenders supported by Margaret of York attacked Henry the 7th in the battle of Stokefield and the Cornish uprising.
We will
Loved the video as usual great presentation ❤️ please more soon..
Thank you for watching :)
Thats what i call an eargasm
Thanks :-)
what's the name of the sountrack that plays at 2:30 you use it as battle music for many of your videos.
Dat medieval total war kingdoms music oh yessssss.
Yep, right in the nostalgia feels. :-)
Perfect use of the Kingdoms soundtrack!
One of the best game soundtracks ever.
Thank you .
today 100 years ago the war to end all wars ended rip all people that lost their lives
I grew up near Market Bosworth - is there going to be one on that?
Yes.
These were some pretty bloody battles. I wonder if a movie or a TV series was ever made on the War of the Roses. It might be very popular. My compliments to those who made this video a reality.
@Spencer York---Indeed
Oh god that medieval 2 music takes me back to being a 14 year old Emperor of Europe and conqueror of the middle east even the papacy bent knee to me
After seeing the discipline of ancient armies I felt someting died in me seeing this battle
Yeah, we are spoilt by the Ancient conflicts.
Good video. The war of the roses was a very bloody affair.
The third one is even worse (better?). :-)
Oh, that Medieval 2: Britannia music is giving me such nostalgia...
Yep, right in the feels!
Out of curiosity, how do you make these maps? Is there a specific program you use?
Yes, we use Adobe suite.
@@KingsandGenerals Ah, thanks.
Finally! A battle!
Well, every Sunday...
I'm sure you've probably been asked this before but what soundtrack is played around 11:55?
love how you used the medieval 2 total war music..
Some of the best gaming soundtracks ever.
Will you continue with Diadochi wars?
Working on something really special.
@@KingsandGenerals and then Roma arrived nom nom nom
Planning to cover that, too.
Goodjob 👍
Hello, i have another question. What software do you use to make your vídeos?I am planing to crente a history channel bus i do not know how to animate or edit.
Its not crente but create. Sorry.
I have a little question. Where were the most common place the european mercenaries were from? Algo, i love the pictures of Total war games in the videos. Greetings from Portugal!
Greetings! In this period Swiss, Italian and German mercenaries were very popular in continental Europe, but in England, they mostly used the local troops with some Irish, Scottish, Flemish, and Burgundian additions.
Good Vid.
Thank you for watching :)