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This is one of the first sponsored commercials on YT that I have lost my mind wanting the product, let alone cared at all about. I'm scared what the price is going to be though.
Why? So I can be reminded that this is still how we still operate today? Specifically "the most moral army in the world" had protests about their *right* to do so
The guy in the thumbnail inserting the red-hot poker has the casual expression of someone doing a routine oil change while the king only looks slightly grumpy about all of it.
@@frankpienkosky5688 right?! lol and ONLY if you got approval for a requested day off from toiling in the fields to attend an execution 😂 can you imagine having to put down "wanting to visit town for the execution" on your day off request form? lol
I was born and educated in England and that account of the King’s death has been around forever. I tend to believe it because as you mentioned, they had beyond cruel methods of punishment and death
Such methods weren't uncommon in the medieval period. For example, impaling, as practised in SE Europe by such luminaries as Vlad III Tepes, among others. I believe the method was imported from the Tartars originally, who were quite fond of it.
Everyone had cruel methods of torture. One of the most brutal was from the Native Americans, who would bury you neck deep, build a fire next to your head; so that your brains would boil on the inside. The depictions of what it was like watching this; is like something out of a stephen king novel.
And I dont believe this particular rendition....he was a king and the point was to make it seem like he died by natural means because after all Edward was the anointed leader....however, he needed to be taken care of and so I believe he was done away with in such a manner as to not show marks or violence....I feel he was smothered or starved to death as to not blemish the rule of Edward III
I have read that the hot poker was urban legend. The actual cause of his death is lost to time but believed to be starvation. They basically shut him in a cell and let him starve to death to avoid being seen as murdering him.
@@patwilson2546 spoil sport! I could imagine the gossip. Three haggard old women sitting around the spinning wheel “straight up the ‘ol jaxie is what I ‘eard…. Red hot straight out the fire!”
If I’m not mistaken, tradition has Richard II murdered by starvation, and Edward II as described above. Being no historian, I don’t know the quality of evidence in either case.
I think if the urban legend is true the red hot poker was intentional. If he was bi- sexual it was the ultimate humiliation . A punishment for practicing sodomy.
I don't think anyone would have cared about his extramarital affairs with men at all if he hadn't nearly ruined his country twice over it. I don't remember a single English king who gave that much power to what is essentially their mistresses. However, yes, I do think it was a sick punishment for sodomy. But I don't think anyone would have been overly interested in said sodomy if Edward wasn't so struck by his lovers that it led to such abysmal choices. Talk about 🐔 whipped.
Yeah I know at least in Germany they had a book of standard punishments for crimes. Adulterers were impaled, others broken on a wheel, etc. I don't know what the English equivalent would be for a bi-sexual, but the red hot poker seems *on point*
The likely scenario when discussing nobles suspicious deaths in the middle ages, is that they were shut in a cell and partially starved, until they eventually died. None of the nobles want to be caught murdering another noble and certainly not a royal person, but death from starvation can be explained away as "he/she didn't want to eat and since we were loyal enough not to betray the king, we followed his wish, but we couldn't let him go free because of the wishes of his majesty Prince Edward the 3rd". It sounds stupid in modern eyes, but likely a good excuse at the time.
Makes it rather clear that THE PEOPLE are who fund the monarchy, sets the rules and decides who loves and dies. Yes, the individuals to the monarchy all move under their own initiatives, but they're kept in place by THE PEOPLES wishes. The People invented the royals.
@@keetahbrough The people certainly invented the royals, but there's absolutely no individual freedom in a society run by feudalism. None. At all. Their entire lives are governed by the nobles and the royals who possess the vast majority of the wealth. They do as they please and don't care about the peoples wishes. The middle ages didn't have democratic ideologies. You served your role in society and you paid your taxes to the king, the church and the nobles. You had no free will, no rights, no freedom of speech, your wishes didn't matter if they weren't in the same interest as the nobles and the royal house and your life was determined in advance from which work your family did and that family's social class. You could of course move up in the social class if you were lucky and all the circumstances were just right, but for the vast majority that didn't happen. Yes, the people created the royals and the nobility. But the people weren't in control and their wishes were rarely followed. There are countless examples of the people rising up against their king and the nobles, only to be beaten down and the orchestrators hunted and killed off, with the rest experiencing increased taxation and abuse for rising up against their rulers. One of these more notable cases are the Peasants Revolt of 1381, which you can read about here: www.britannica.com/event/Peasants-Revolt You can also read more about feudalism here: www.britannica.com/topic/feudalism
Edward II was especially reviled though for a whole host of reasons, he humiliated his own country and France and was despised in Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Even by the low standards of that day he was considered a awful person, it seems other than his gay lovers and their families he treated everyone like a dog.
@@VisiopodThis is pretty western-Europe-centric, there existed plenty of smaller-scale democratic communities throughout the Middle Ages, places like East Frisia in the modern Netherlands, Ditmarschen on the border between Germany and Denmark, and Lade in Norway. You also had the zadruga clan communities in Eastern Europe, and the noble- and merchant-dominated citystates of modern day Germany and Italy. Feudalism was the leading ideological concept of the time, but far from the only one. Averroeism for example advocated proto-democracy, much to the consternation of men like Thomas Aquinas who favoured a mixed system. At the end of the day though, the nobility retained the power and privileges.
@@luxborealis I know, it's just the most likely scenario given how European monarchies worked at the time, plus there's not really that many people who would be willing to read a detailed analysis of this particular case by going through the social structures of every European state at that time, just to analyze whether the king was murdered or not.
I think he was killed/died when they said he did. An ex-king would have been too dangerous to keep around. The only real question would be HOW he died. I've read it was starvation, and also the red-hot poker.
Here is the problem that I have with Edward II's execution: His killers (including his wife) did not want his body to have external marks in order to claim a natural death. I have unfortunately been in situations where I have had to deal with partially burned human remains. There is NO WAY you can erase that odor. In fact, the memory is such that you will 'smell it' on everything for days. Why then use a RED HOT POKER which would cause such a smell when a cold poker, properly applied would also cause death and leave no such trace? I think a poker may have been used, but the part about heating it red hot was a later elaboration.
4:55 on his wedding day he also had up his coat of arms & gaveston’s coat of arms up on the banners. Almost like he was marrying him instead of Isabella… since it was traditional to put up the coat of arms for the groom’s and bride’s respective houses. 😂❤
Let’s not forget that after Edward II death Isabella and her despot lover Mortimer were stealing from the royal treasury during Edward III early reign. Fortunately Edward captured Mortimer, tried him for treason, and had him hung, drawn and quartered. Isabella would’ve suffered the same fate but she graciously gave back what she stole and was allowed to live and retire in Castle Rising in Norfolk.
Be glad we weren't born in the medieval days friends.Times were so very brutal then just trying to keep enough food and water to survive.Not to mention trying not to die from sickness and disease or even worse-Some horrible torturing death such as this! 😧
As a sufferer of hemorrhoids, I could imagine how horrible this would be. If a simple inflamed vein can cause so much excruciating pain, this would be enough to knock you out from the pain intensity.
“The Book” is definitely a fun find! I got a couple of copies through the kickstarter campaign-one for me and the other for my sister who is a fantasy writer. Gorgeous artwork and fun content.
I'm in the urban legend camp on Ed II. I've read that the accusations of homosexuality and the red hot poker are all from over a hundred years after. The issue is that Ed II wasn't even a mediocre king. He lost battles, he didn't share power with the nobles, he liked to party with fun people and he was just generally a bit of an asshole. Was he a switch hitter in the bedroom? Who knows, who cares. How did he die? Most likely unpleasantly. What I find interesting is that if you were a king of England named Ed, if you were odd numbered you were really good, if you were even numbered you sucked
Your rule only holds true as far as Edward V. He was one of the disappeared "princes in the Tower." He didn't live long enough to even have reputation. Edward VI Zwas a religious fanatic and died young. Edward VII was a playboy, cigar smoker and humper of actresses, while Edward VIII abdicated and ran off with Mrs Simpson. And was a bit of a Hitler groupie. So I'd say Edwards VI to VIII ALL sucked.
Aaand, now I'm having flashbacks to Horrible Histories. 🎵 "Henry 3 built the Abbey, Ed 1 hated Scots... a red hot poker killed Ed 2, that must have hurt him lots..." 😀
@buster-piles he was more than just a bummer, but he was a very bad sinner & a homosexual or a queer, completely different from most other men & who liked other men too dang much, & left his beautiful young wife alone, but if she had been my wife, I would certainly have loved her and showed her how much I loved her by presenting her beauty to the kingdom 🎉😢😢😅
They didn't mess around in those days...... If he had to be dead by a certain day. Then he was dead for certain on that day. Probably just garroted him if he hadn't died of thirst by the day in question.
@@KOOLBadgeryeah, I was hit by a car doing like 90 km/h while on my motorcycle and ended up going through the windshield so hard I ended up in the back seat. Broke my right leg in 2 places, tore ligaments in my knee, broke all my ribs, front and back, on my right side, 9 ribs total on my left side, my right retina tore from the force of the impact, punctured my right lung, damaged my hearing in my right ear, and my whole body was basically one big bruise that turned a thousand colors before it went away 4 months later, also covered in random bumps and cuts all over. I was conscious through the whole thing. I was surprised how much it DIDN'T hurt. The blood clot that formed in my lung about a month later was way more painful. Crazy how your brain will just block out the pain when it realizes there has been severe trauma to the body or else pain overload.
@El_Rudo Oh Man! Shit! Are you okay now? It must has been and still it brutal. I bet you know the weather before the radar even does! Im so sorry. Keep up walking abunch. That will forever keep your body lose. Lots of warm baths to melt the scars. Im a certified massage therapist so I kinda know what to do. Been doing forty years now so just try this treatment. Praying for you..🙏🫡🇺🇲
@@KOOLBadger thanks for your kind words and therapeutic advice 🙂 I am still recovering, doing kinesiology, physio, massage, and chiro to be able to walk again. One thing I realized, in a round about way, is that there are people worse off in this world than I am. Initially I was pretty angry and depressed that this happened to me (it was 100% the other driver's mistake). Now that I am through the darkness I just focus on getting better and accepting that I am lucky to be alive. Life is beautiful. Now that you mention it, you are totally right about the weather, I just realized that now... LoL
@El_Rudo 😂🤭 I have that abilty also. Rebuild shoulder, bone transplant. Plus, I was hit by a car on my bicycle in Chicago four years ago. Her fault but I was blamed so no payout. My hip and sacrum was fractured and my pelvis split in half. Im female so holding my pee now is a real test..😂🤣 I know 48 hours before the storm is even announced! We are effected by the pressure change! Try getting into a pool for therapy. It take the gravity off your pressure points of pain..
This video couldn’t have come at a more perfect time, found a book in a charity shop for 10p that was set during this time, about the Percy family. the book is set a little later 1350s ish I think, but their have been a few mentions of Edward ii so the extra context on what was going on during that time is rather helpful
THANK YOU I spent about 5 minutes scrolling on the damn XBox app of all things looking for someone else who had the same thought like bet quite a few people remembered that particular 21st night of September
1st day of History class at Grammar School and Mr Pike told us about this. Still not sure why he seemed so enthusiastic to tell 30 eleven year old boys about lethal bottom-related penetrative torture...?
I love seeing a AD on RUclips premium, if that’s what it’s called still. But it’s even better when it’s a product that had kickstarter donations to make it happen. But I guess at least he’s not trying to sell fake “plots” of land in Scotland
It’s a miracle how we managed to build such a safe and secure western world when only afew hundred years ago, this sort of thing was common practice haha
@@Donathon-f6f love to hear it! A good relationship seems very elusive these days… back door front door whatever at least you have a door to knock on lol omg I do dumb I’m joking
I appreciate the frankness with which you talk about his homosexuality/bisexuality. So many historians want to pretend that gay people have never existed so it’s refreshing to see you addressing it as the most likely explanation for everything.
0:50 without a second thought, destroy the effing thing lmao you not catching me :D the one thing I am certain of since I was old enough to want super powers hahaha
It’s not accepted. Were they there. Theres more written script from the say that talks around the poker. It’s probably the historians hoping it’s not real.
There is a theory he went to Italy and lived out his life. An excellent read covering this (hope I'm remembering the right book) is Ian Mortimer's 'The Perfect King' about Edward III. Also, judging by letters between him and Isabella - he wasn't all that bad to her, though he was a fool with Gaviston and the Despensers. Isabella also proved herself a pretty bad Mum in my opinion.
@eburel506 Monsieur J’ai suis plus d’accord avec vous, y yo creo que Eduardo era un homosexual o un queer, & me da mucho asko pensar en la manera que trató a sus amantes, que era manera completamente incorrecto, y si la mujer de él hubiera sido la mía la hubiera tratado con mucho cariño 🎉😢😢😢😢
If you liked game of thrones, read Accursed Kings by Maurice Druon. It's got that cloak and dagger king's court conspiracies vibe, with plenty of deaths and awesome characters. And unlike GoT it's finished, without the show with ruined ending. Pretty sure it was one of the literary pieces Martin was inspired by too Oh, yeah, and king in the video is one of the characters in accursed kings. I guess it spoils his arc a little bit.
@ Medieval Madness My gosh!😮🤫🤪 As far as I know; - Touchè means to touch Swords. ...Now this.. Gives a whole new meaning!😲😱 This time was horrible, Lord Thundering! Nothing but Lousy Fernal Rotten Son's of Bruts!😆 Happy to be alive, for this is no way to go😬 Sending love your way from here on the Bluenose Coast in Nova Scotia 💙
Actually: "The legend says he was murdered in 1327 with a red-hot poker, supposedly inserted as a form of torture. However, most historians believe this account was likely exaggerated or fabricated for dramatic effect, with the real circumstances of his death remaining unclear. Edward's demise is shrouded in conspiracy theories, and the lurid tale of the poker may have been a smear tactic used by political enemies."
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Did you mean Caernarfon?
What a great sponsor! I ❤ it! And MM!
Just make it up as you go along. kid. 🤡
This is honestly a great gift to any young boy
This is one of the first sponsored commercials on YT that I have lost my mind wanting the product, let alone cared at all about. I'm scared what the price is going to be though.
The guy in the thumbnail doing the inserting looks way too pleased, and the king doesn't look displeased enough.
Just your average friday night for a gay couple.
Maybe it was just warm and he liked it
Kinks are valid
Yooo 😂 the thumbnail got me rollin
The King looks as if it was boredom that killed him, not the red hot poker.
If you're ever having a bad day, just come back to this vid...
I guess it just wasn't His " day "..............................
😂😂😂 Right?!
I’m surprised billy clunton hasn’t asked for this treatment after being married to bhillery all these years !
😂
Why? So I can be reminded that this is still how we still operate today? Specifically "the most moral army in the world" had protests about their *right* to do so
The guy in the thumbnail inserting the red-hot poker has the casual expression of someone doing a routine oil change while the king only looks slightly grumpy about all of it.
Its an oil change, of sorts.
LMAO!!!😂😂😂
@@yootaobe5536lol!😂
they used to think if you looked upset about dying you went to hell so they didn't depict it in paintings
@Shaboomquisa maybe they were right 😂
I would rather fight my own army naked and armed with only a hankerchief.
How would you use said handkerchief?
@@victoriaisamermaid9938Use it to hold onto the poker
To protect one’s anus.
@@victoriaisamermaid9938 Hold the poker with it.
But what if you fought them... and they put a hot poker up your butt ;)
We've all been there -- sleeping through your alarm, getting your socks wet, red hot poker to the anus
Speak for yourself!😂
I came here for the comments 😂
No intention of even watching the video😂
😂😂😂
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11:20 "..'hanged until almost dead, castrated, disemboweled and decapitated'. Whew. All that while still hungry and thirsty!" 😂
💙❤💜
You think that's bad, you should have seen what happened to him after lunch!
no tv in those days....you took your entertainment where you could find it
Wtf like why?
@@frankpienkosky5688 right?! lol and ONLY if you got approval for a requested day off from toiling in the fields to attend an execution 😂 can you imagine having to put down "wanting to visit town for the execution" on your day off request form? lol
@missmiagi2147 😂
I was born and educated in England and that account of the King’s death has been around forever. I tend to believe it because as you mentioned, they had beyond cruel methods of punishment and death
Such methods weren't uncommon in the medieval period. For example, impaling, as practised in SE Europe by such luminaries as Vlad III Tepes, among others. I believe the method was imported from the Tartars originally, who were quite fond of it.
The judas chair
Everyone had cruel methods of torture. One of the most brutal was from the Native Americans, who would bury you neck deep, build a fire next to your head; so that your brains would boil on the inside. The depictions of what it was like watching this; is like something out of a stephen king novel.
And I dont believe this particular rendition....he was a king and the point was to make it seem like he died by natural means because after all Edward was the anointed leader....however, he needed to be taken care of and so I believe he was done away with in such a manner as to not show marks or violence....I feel he was smothered or starved to death as to not blemish the rule of Edward III
@@xlReGaRdLeSslxwhich tribes did that?
He got it in the end.
Wooooo. LOL. HAIL FROM OZ
@@Anthonyhillbilly He must have ended up a nervous rectum.......
He got it up the end
Snarrrrrfffffffffffff
Tee hee.
That's some poker face.
😅😆
😂
You win the internet today, nice one
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😂😂
Sounds like a P Diddy party...
"Take that, take that".
......heh heh heh.....
A "red hot poker", is NOT an egg! 😲
The man got it in the end.
BRP…big red poker
@@georgestauber2636 End-squared!
I have read that the hot poker was urban legend. The actual cause of his death is lost to time but believed to be starvation. They basically shut him in a cell and let him starve to death to avoid being seen as murdering him.
Bro quit spreading rumors.....
@@patwilson2546 spoil sport! I could imagine the gossip. Three haggard old women sitting around the spinning wheel “straight up the ‘ol jaxie is what I ‘eard…. Red hot straight out the fire!”
@@ObsidianFane You seem genuinely upset at the possibility that he did not get a hot poker shoved up his ...😀
@@TcheddyG The word jacksie is just NOT used enough these days..!
If I’m not mistaken, tradition has Richard II murdered by starvation, and Edward II as described above. Being no historian, I don’t know the quality of evidence in either case.
Lesson: Don't owe money to the baby eating Bishop of Bath and Wells.
Is that a Black Adder reference?
Great Boos up!
@@phillipmargraveit certainly is, filthy beast 😅
YOU SEE BLACKADDER I AM A COLLOSSUL PERVERT .
I.LL DO ANYTHING TO ANYTHING
MAN WOMEN BEAST OR VEGETABLE
brillant
@@Buster_Pilesthat's the episode
Which Lord and lady whiteadder the most fanatical Puritans in all of England.
Most misunderstood message: “Your highness, have I got a hot tip for you!”
Case of the mondays right there
Video starts 3 minutes in, you’re welcome.
3:00 you're welcome
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@@TommyGetTheJewels funnily enough just got in from lunch washed down with a Guinness lol
Lol, wish i’d seen this sooner
Grow some patience kid.
"Was that considerate?
Was that polite?
And not a tube of Preparation H in sight!"
(h/t Mel Brooks)
Lol, right song but wrong era. Let's face it, you can't Torquemada anything!
😂😂😂 I haven't seen that in years
I love Mel Brooks.😂
I think if the urban legend is true the red hot poker was intentional. If he was bi- sexual it was the ultimate humiliation . A punishment for practicing sodomy.
They should bring it back, in that case. Bet we'd mysteriously have fewer freaks prancing around bathing about "pRiDe" 🙄
I don't think anyone would have cared about his extramarital affairs with men at all if he hadn't nearly ruined his country twice over it. I don't remember a single English king who gave that much power to what is essentially their mistresses.
However, yes, I do think it was a sick punishment for sodomy. But I don't think anyone would have been overly interested in said sodomy if Edward wasn't so struck by his lovers that it led to such abysmal choices. Talk about 🐔 whipped.
Yeah I know at least in Germany they had a book of standard punishments for crimes. Adulterers were impaled, others broken on a wheel, etc. I don't know what the English equivalent would be for a bi-sexual, but the red hot poker seems *on point*
People were definitely killed in that way.
And slapping his in-laws in the face at the wedding.
King in the thumbnail is like, "meh. I've had worse."
These thumbnails are getting outta hand medieval madness sir!!
(I’m here for it lol 😊)
I have no intentions of watching the video, I came here for the comments lol
Brings a whole new meaning to "poker face," if we… Despense with the formalities.
@@luxborealis 😂
@@JaylaStarrgirl you are so fine I must say
In the picture the king just looks like “jeez, this is going to be a shitty day.”
The likely scenario when discussing nobles suspicious deaths in the middle ages, is that they were shut in a cell and partially starved, until they eventually died. None of the nobles want to be caught murdering another noble and certainly not a royal person, but death from starvation can be explained away as "he/she didn't want to eat and since we were loyal enough not to betray the king, we followed his wish, but we couldn't let him go free because of the wishes of his majesty Prince Edward the 3rd". It sounds stupid in modern eyes, but likely a good excuse at the time.
Makes it rather clear that THE PEOPLE are who fund the monarchy, sets the rules and decides who loves and dies. Yes, the individuals to the monarchy all move under their own initiatives, but they're kept in place by THE PEOPLES wishes. The People invented the royals.
@@keetahbrough The people certainly invented the royals, but there's absolutely no individual freedom in a society run by feudalism. None. At all. Their entire lives are governed by the nobles and the royals who possess the vast majority of the wealth. They do as they please and don't care about the peoples wishes. The middle ages didn't have democratic ideologies. You served your role in society and you paid your taxes to the king, the church and the nobles.
You had no free will, no rights, no freedom of speech, your wishes didn't matter if they weren't in the same interest as the nobles and the royal house and your life was determined in advance from which work your family did and that family's social class. You could of course move up in the social class if you were lucky and all the circumstances were just right, but for the vast majority that didn't happen.
Yes, the people created the royals and the nobility. But the people weren't in control and their wishes were rarely followed. There are countless examples of the people rising up against their king and the nobles, only to be beaten down and the orchestrators hunted and killed off, with the rest experiencing increased taxation and abuse for rising up against their rulers. One of these more notable cases are the Peasants Revolt of 1381, which you can read about here:
www.britannica.com/event/Peasants-Revolt
You can also read more about feudalism here:
www.britannica.com/topic/feudalism
Edward II was especially reviled though for a whole host of reasons, he humiliated his own country and France and was despised in Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Even by the low standards of that day he was considered a awful person, it seems other than his gay lovers and their families he treated everyone like a dog.
@@VisiopodThis is pretty western-Europe-centric, there existed plenty of smaller-scale democratic communities throughout the Middle Ages, places like East Frisia in the modern Netherlands, Ditmarschen on the border between Germany and Denmark, and Lade in Norway. You also had the zadruga clan communities in Eastern Europe, and the noble- and merchant-dominated citystates of modern day Germany and Italy. Feudalism was the leading ideological concept of the time, but far from the only one. Averroeism for example advocated proto-democracy, much to the consternation of men like Thomas Aquinas who favoured a mixed system. At the end of the day though, the nobility retained the power and privileges.
@@luxborealis I know, it's just the most likely scenario given how European monarchies worked at the time, plus there's not really that many people who would be willing to read a detailed analysis of this particular case by going through the social structures of every European state at that time, just to analyze whether the king was murdered or not.
"King of Pain." That one stings.
BOOOOO!! (total thumbs up for that one!)
His last words were “oh bugger!”
I heard it was "F me!"
@@thacustomer7342 So you get off on this ? .
lol. I thought it said bigger!
@@LordDreggarpffffffffft
I think he was killed/died when they said he did. An ex-king would have been too dangerous to keep around. The only real question would be HOW he died. I've read it was starvation, and also the red-hot poker.
Here is the problem that I have with Edward II's execution: His killers (including his wife) did not want his body to have external marks in order to claim a natural death. I have unfortunately been in situations where I have had to deal with partially burned human remains. There is NO WAY you can erase that odor. In fact, the memory is such that you will 'smell it' on everything for days. Why then use a RED HOT POKER which would cause such a smell when a cold poker, properly applied would also cause death and leave no such trace? I think a poker may have been used, but the part about heating it red hot was a later elaboration.
Everything was smelly in those days so they probably enjoyed a different odour.
Perhaps they were able to obscure the odor with pitch?
As bad as working as a "nightsoil man".
The red hot poker would cautorize bleeding. A cold poker would have caused a bleeding wound.
4:55 on his wedding day he also had up his coat of arms & gaveston’s coat of arms up on the banners. Almost like he was marrying him instead of Isabella… since it was traditional to put up the coat of arms for the groom’s and bride’s respective houses. 😂❤
Umm ya I think those rumors were spot on
homiesexual.
Let’s not forget that after Edward II death Isabella and her despot lover Mortimer were stealing from the royal treasury during Edward III early reign. Fortunately Edward captured Mortimer, tried him for treason, and had him hung, drawn and quartered. Isabella would’ve suffered the same fate but she graciously gave back what she stole and was allowed to live and retire in Castle Rising in Norfolk.
@Swordslinger-hb1ns I'm not so sure she gave it back out of grace lol
@@Swordslinger-hb1ns I don't think he would've killed his mother anyways.
Be glad we weren't born in the medieval days friends.Times were so very brutal then just trying to keep enough food and water to survive.Not to mention trying not to die from sickness and disease or even worse-Some horrible torturing death such as this! 😧
TBF he only looks mildly upset in the thumbnail
Hahaha
Edward: yep that’s me you’re probably wondering how I got here
Actually, he looks like he’s bored or unsatisfied 🤔🤣
Twas due to the routine (of anal poke by hot poker)
@@Pretermit_Sound Yep. Hotdog down a hallway level of apathy, right there.
The most painfully descriptive title for a video I’ve ever seen. It also made sphincter tighten.
How tight
@@LoboBlancoMalvado Asking the real questions
@@LoboBlancoMalvado from coal to diamond in a week.
@TcheddyG not tight enough to protect you from the poker
@@LoboBlancoMalvado lol
That is also a cure for hemorrhoids.
Well, it will certainly stop you from complaining about hemeroids.
@andrewsheppard1940 Right.
Oh. So every cloud DOES have a silver lining. Lucky for him!
As a sufferer of hemorrhoids, I could imagine how horrible this would be. If a simple inflamed vein can cause so much excruciating pain, this would be enough to knock you out from the pain intensity.
“The Book” is definitely a fun find! I got a couple of copies through the kickstarter campaign-one for me and the other for my sister who is a fantasy writer. Gorgeous artwork and fun content.
I just watched a genealogy show with Courtney Cox. Apparently it was her 19x great grandfather who had Edward II killed.
I'm in the urban legend camp on Ed II. I've read that the accusations of homosexuality and the red hot poker are all from over a hundred years after. The issue is that Ed II wasn't even a mediocre king. He lost battles, he didn't share power with the nobles, he liked to party with fun people and he was just generally a bit of an asshole. Was he a switch hitter in the bedroom? Who knows, who cares. How did he die? Most likely unpleasantly. What I find interesting is that if you were a king of England named Ed, if you were odd numbered you were really good, if you were even numbered you sucked
Your rule only holds true as far as Edward V. He was one of the disappeared "princes in the Tower." He didn't live long enough to even have reputation. Edward VI Zwas a religious fanatic and died young. Edward VII was a playboy, cigar smoker and humper of actresses, while Edward VIII abdicated and ran off with Mrs Simpson. And was a bit of a Hitler groupie. So I'd say Edwards VI to VIII ALL sucked.
@@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw Yikes.
That looks dangerous, if there's gas in the bunghole it could explode.
Methane
I'd just go back to the early 90's until 2001 and then go back again over and over
then you would miss the best decade ever... the 80s trust me I was there.
I love how he's frowning in the thumbnail. "Aww shucks"
😂😂😂
Aaand, now I'm having flashbacks to Horrible Histories. 🎵 "Henry 3 built the Abbey, Ed 1 hated Scots... a red hot poker killed Ed 2, that must have hurt him lots..." 😀
Just before the procedure the nurse said this might sting a little 😂
She knew he'd get too excited if she said "you may feel a little prick".
I used to work for Edward II.. terrible king, but wasn’t a bad lad.
He sounded like a socialist
Is your name Piers Galveston..? 😏
What a Bummer
@buster-piles he was more than just a bummer, but he was a very bad sinner & a homosexual or a queer, completely different from most other men & who liked other men too dang much, & left his beautiful young wife alone, but if she had been my wife, I would certainly have loved her and showed her how much I loved her by presenting her beauty to the kingdom 🎉😢😢😅
What is the saying get a move up 🆙 y/r ass with a hot iron ? or something else akin to the frase..🎉🎉😢😢😢
I see what you did there!😅
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@robaldmessina
That’s the most serious response to the least serious comment to date
I love this channel SO MUCH! I pray every time I check that there will be a new video.
I love to look at the facial impression in the first picture of this video, it makes me laugh till death (😂😂😂)
It's like cooking a sausage... From the inside.
Sir, you had me at "red-hot poker in the anoos"...
Well, he looks bored in the thumbnail, so he must have been really into the weird stuff...
They didn't mess around in those days...... If he had to be dead by a certain day. Then he was dead for certain on that day. Probably just garroted him if he hadn't died of thirst by the day in question.
I feel like I would rather choose death by a thousand cuts than go through that
He probably went into shock and did not feel it. One's body turns off when there is so much trauma.
@@KOOLBadgeryeah, I was hit by a car doing like 90 km/h while on my motorcycle and ended up going through the windshield so hard I ended up in the back seat. Broke my right leg in 2 places, tore ligaments in my knee, broke all my ribs, front and back, on my right side, 9 ribs total on my left side, my right retina tore from the force of the impact, punctured my right lung, damaged my hearing in my right ear, and my whole body was basically one big bruise that turned a thousand colors before it went away 4 months later, also covered in random bumps and cuts all over. I was conscious through the whole thing. I was surprised how much it DIDN'T hurt. The blood clot that formed in my lung about a month later was way more painful. Crazy how your brain will just block out the pain when it realizes there has been severe trauma to the body or else pain overload.
@El_Rudo Oh Man! Shit! Are you okay now? It must has been and still it brutal. I bet you know the weather before the radar even does! Im so sorry. Keep up walking abunch. That will forever keep your body lose. Lots of warm baths to melt the scars. Im a certified massage therapist so I kinda know what to do. Been doing forty years now so just try this treatment. Praying for you..🙏🫡🇺🇲
@@KOOLBadger thanks for your kind words and therapeutic advice 🙂 I am still recovering, doing kinesiology, physio, massage, and chiro to be able to walk again. One thing I realized, in a round about way, is that there are people worse off in this world than I am. Initially I was pretty angry and depressed that this happened to me (it was 100% the other driver's mistake). Now that I am through the darkness I just focus on getting better and accepting that I am lucky to be alive. Life is beautiful. Now that you mention it, you are totally right about the weather, I just realized that now... LoL
@El_Rudo 😂🤭 I have that abilty also. Rebuild shoulder, bone transplant. Plus, I was hit by a car on my bicycle in Chicago four years ago. Her fault but I was blamed so no payout. My hip and sacrum was fractured and my pelvis split in half. Im female so holding my pee now is a real test..😂🤣
I know 48 hours before the storm is even announced! We are effected by the pressure change!
Try getting into a pool for therapy. It take the gravity off your pressure points of pain..
This video couldn’t have come at a more perfect time, found a book in a charity shop for 10p that was set during this time, about the Percy family. the book is set a little later 1350s ish I think, but their have been a few mentions of Edward ii so the extra context on what was going on during that time is rather helpful
What's the book called?
Ah yes, I can most definitely imagine myself with crippling asthma on the medieval battlefields 😅
The king getting violated with the poker is like just another day at the office...
That title, Jesus Christ, you’ve got quite a story to tell it seems. Legend
Today's leadership should fear such punishment
11:53 my brain: 🎶DO YOU REMEMBER, THE 21ST NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER??🎶
What song is that from?
@@I-Luv-2-Hack Earth Wind and Fire - Dancing in September.
@@markmillward9733good song, lol
THANK YOU I spent about 5 minutes scrolling on the damn XBox app of all things looking for someone else who had the same thought like bet quite a few people remembered that particular 21st night of September
The video starts at 3:00
Thanks, I despise those ads
1st day of History class at Grammar School and Mr Pike told us about this. Still not sure why he seemed so enthusiastic to tell 30 eleven year old boys about lethal bottom-related penetrative torture...?
Did you all behave yourselves in his class though…xx😂
@@susanlansdell863 yeah, to be fair we did!
@@Fanny-Fanny 😂😂
Love your medieval Madness vedeos good work keep it up Medevil.
Madness guys😊😊😊😊
Yeah, that checks out. Most people would probably die if you did that to them.
Guy with the poker: You may feel some pressure 😂
I love seeing a AD on RUclips premium, if that’s what it’s called still. But it’s even better when it’s a product that had kickstarter donations to make it happen. But I guess at least he’s not trying to sell fake “plots” of land in Scotland
Yo this mfer actually PAYS MONEY for RUclips 😂🫵
If there was ever a facial expression that personified me on my way to work on Monday morning, this is it.
I laughed so hard at the thumbnail 😭he looked so unbothered like he been doing that type of stuff before 😂💀
And the fact that the other guy looks like he's playing Silent Night on a harp 🤣🤣🤣
@HerrinSchadenfreude 😑😂💀⚰️
Nowadays you have to pay extra for that.
🤣😂
First time I’ve ever seen a book as a sponsor. It’s a win for me.
Thumbnail looks like what my Dad acted like a prostate exam would be like
Thats one hell of a medieval way to go out in history 🙈
Not just ancient history, Israelis do it to women and kids today.
Rectum damn near killed him😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Edwards face in the thumbnail seems to suggest…he’s forgot to put the bins out.
Experimenting with new ways to keep warm when youve had your winter fuel allowance stopped 😂
It’s a miracle how we managed to build such a safe and secure western world when only afew hundred years ago, this sort of thing was common practice haha
Diddy freak-offs ain't new, then?
Jews been sexually blackmailing for aeons.
Nope. Look even further back. The Greeks and Romans were pedos as well.
Times haven't changed..
They're still in charge and perverting the world
.....heh......
Not in the least .
Players change, game stays the same.
Makes Taco Bell and Chipotle seem like light spices.
Coulda served his bunghole at Sizzler.
How interesting. When I saw that thumbnail I thought it was a video about a P. Diddy party 😂
Guess I’ll apologize to my bf… because clearly his request wasn’t as bad as I thought lol
Fabulous... I've got to show this to my gf now 😂😂😂
@@Donathon-f6f lol tell her it could definitely be worse lol
@@JaylaStarr Jayla ...I'm Very lucky to have met her... especially at my age.... honestly, I'm praying that I don't z' Constanza ' this one.... Peace
@@Donathon-f6f love to hear it! A good relationship seems very elusive these days… back door front door whatever at least you have a door to knock on lol omg I do dumb I’m joking
what was his request
King - "Well this certainly didn't turn out as I had expected it to"
I appreciate the frankness with which you talk about his homosexuality/bisexuality. So many historians want to pretend that gay people have never existed so it’s refreshing to see you addressing it as the most likely explanation for everything.
0:50 without a second thought, destroy the effing thing lmao you not catching me :D the one thing I am certain of since I was old enough to want super powers hahaha
It's hard to listen when music is louder than your speech :(
I'm sure folks with ADD can't listen to this video at all. VERY distracting!
Yep, the music is super annoying
He might have been a bad king but he was a hard worker and nobody can say that he couldn't be arsed 😅
It's generaIIy accepted that the "red hot poker" is a myth and Edward was either smothered or starved to death.
It’s not accepted. Were they there. Theres more written script from the say that talks around the poker. It’s probably the historians hoping it’s not real.
How could I not click on a vid with this gem of a title? It should be renamed *'The First King of San Francisco'*
There is a theory he went to Italy and lived out his life. An excellent read covering this (hope I'm remembering the right book) is Ian Mortimer's 'The Perfect King' about Edward III.
Also, judging by letters between him and Isabella - he wasn't all that bad to her, though he was a fool with Gaviston and the Despensers.
Isabella also proved herself a pretty bad Mum in my opinion.
The red hot poker is supposedly a much later invention.
Adding this to my list of "Ways I hope not to die."
I do feel bad for his wife he treated her very badly.
He did and for a long time she totally supported him 😟
@eburel506 Monsieur J’ai suis plus d’accord avec vous, y yo creo que Eduardo era un homosexual o un queer, & me da mucho asko pensar en la manera que trató a sus amantes, que era manera completamente incorrecto, y si la mujer de él hubiera sido la mía la hubiera tratado con mucho cariño 🎉😢😢😢😢
Everybody always did.
The King: "Well I don't like this very much. I don't like this very much at all. In fact it kind of sucks."
Poker guy: "mmm... Yes...."
Happy Friday? OMG dude. Have a pleasant weekend, mate.
It was the Chuck Berry reference that made me subscribe. Well done.
Some real Game of Thrones stuff back then. Minus the dragons. And magic. And Hodor.
“Hodor…” 😜
Actually GoT is Medieval England plus dragons shits
There's plenty of Hodors, they were just called fools back then.
This definitely reminds one of the King Renly scenario.
If you liked game of thrones, read Accursed Kings by Maurice Druon. It's got that cloak and dagger king's court conspiracies vibe, with plenty of deaths and awesome characters. And unlike GoT it's finished, without the show with ruined ending.
Pretty sure it was one of the literary pieces Martin was inspired by too
Oh, yeah, and king in the video is one of the characters in accursed kings. I guess it spoils his arc a little bit.
Being horse drawn and quartered always seemed like an excessive death. It's like the multiple endings of the last Lord of the Rings movie.
@ Medieval Madness
My gosh!😮🤫🤪 As far as I know;
- Touchè means to touch Swords.
...Now this.. Gives a whole new meaning!😲😱
This time was horrible, Lord Thundering!
Nothing but Lousy Fernal Rotten Son's of Bruts!😆
Happy to be alive, for this is no way to go😬 Sending love your way from here on the Bluenose Coast in Nova Scotia 💙
Homeboy did not look happy! Lmao 🤣
“Berkeley” is pronounced “Barclay” when it’s in Gloucestershire.
At the VERY end of the video you can hear the glass being set back down on the table...
He Legit raised a glass while saying "Cheers"
😃👍🤘🍻
Historians don't know whether it actually happened
I love the way Isabella took her revenge. She was a cool lady.
I’ll remember this title next time i think about eating Taco Bell
The reverse flaming poker
Omg 😂😂😂
Remember it after eating pickled peppers😂
These were the people who called themselves “civilized.” What a scam!
Actually:
"The legend says he was murdered in 1327 with a red-hot poker, supposedly inserted as a form of torture. However, most historians believe this account was likely exaggerated or fabricated for dramatic effect, with the real circumstances of his death remaining unclear. Edward's demise is shrouded in conspiracy theories, and the lurid tale of the poker may have been a smear tactic used by political enemies."
Lmao @ the thumbnail 😂😂😂
There's people out there that pay money to have this done to them. 😂