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The War that Changed the English Language - Mini-Wars 3

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Published 24 May 2018

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@KvnDWr3 years ago The language portion of the video was brilliantly executed. 3208
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@nikolaosboukouvalas4492 years ago In greece we are mostly taught about hardrada as a famous member of the byzantine emperor' s varangian guard, who later went on to become a norse king. . ...Expand 3102
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@t7mf2 years ago Fun fact: The son actually became infamous in history for one reason. Once, when he was battling some vikings, he noticed their ship had crashed and they couldnt form proper battle lines, and so he decided to be honorable and not attack so that they could form battle lines and regain their strength, after they regained their strength, they said Hey, thanks man! and proceeded to slaughter the kings entire army. The end. .. ...Expand 1663
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@LateClover3 years ago When i used to do history in school, my school had a hill, so for one history lesson we got to go outside and recreate this scene, we got foam swords, . ...Expand 3768
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@roshandriyalast year People mentioned in this video:
Rollo the Viking
Charles the Simple
Eadwig the All-Fair />Edgar the Peaceful
lfthryth
thlred the Unready
Wulfthryth of Wilton
Edward the Martyr
Emma of Normandy
Edward the Confessor
Alfred theling
Goda of England
Sweyn Forkbread
Godwin of Wessex
Cnut the Great
Canute III
Edith of Wessex
Harold Godwinson
Tostig Godwinson
Gyrth Godwinson
Grufudd ap Llwelyn
Edgar theling
William the Bastard
Robert the Magnificent
Fulbert of Falaise
Herleva of Falaise
Harald III of Norway
Anselm of Baggio .. ...Expand 591
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@celkat3 years ago The pope counting his phat stacks just kills me every time 378
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@herbivorethecarnivore84473 years ago " just one problem: the wind. It was blowing the wrong way. So they waited. And waited. And william said ' screw it' and got shipwrecked because the composition on this joke was fucking godly. ...Expand 4108
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@adampescosolido54132 years ago Rip harald hadrada. Dude lost, but he still went down in history and is remembered almost 10 years later. He became the legend he set out to be. 274
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@G.P.Telemann42612 years ago " the problem with becoming king in the middle ages was that your country wouldn' t support you at first. "
every crusader kings player:
" i felt that" 678
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@simond.94572 years ago I' m actually srtudying for my final exam on the history of the english language. I love your video! 211
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@Ryan-rzx34 years ago Ironic how the man whose father gave someone a red hot poker in the eyes took a stone cold arrow in the eyes. 5877
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@jovannathebonana54483 years ago
Village: Hooray for William!
William: and I took that personally- 123
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@Temulon3 years ago I recently bought " age of empires iv" and the battle of hastings was included. It was narrated and even showed you, you are playing william, . ...Expand 507
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@sathreyn96992 years ago A cool story from the battle of stamford bridge, and moment of historical badassery: apparently, before the battle, a lone english rider approached the the tale may be apocryphal; it' s recorded in written accounts, but they were all written by people who lived long after the battle. If true though, damn; harold godwinson was himself every bit as badass as the great warriors he was arrayed against. ...Expand 187
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@MKBreal3 years ago When people dont listen to you, burn down some villages.
-sun tzu. 901
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@gemsteel20102 years ago I literally can not stop laughing at " red hot poker in the eye" and the animation for william theburning down the villages. And then the angry expressions and. 36
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@RobloxianGaming4 years ago Fun fact: the 1066 battle was actually fought in battle, england; so it wouldve really been the battle of battle. 21943
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@lparry90042 years ago This story serves as a stark reminder for britain, to never let a foreign army step foot on the mainland. There' s a reason why the only nations to . ...Expand 1204
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@nyguesswho3 years ago I like how they show edward the martyr being born second, yet being the older one some how. 293
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@idontcare65052 years ago Fun fact: despite the british monarchies being descendants of william the conqueror, they are also descendants of the anglo-saxon king, alfred the great. . ...Expand 170
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@cum31733 years ago An interesting fact is that a few years after the big fight and the norman conquest of england the pope ordered william to do something nice because of the church and monastery no longer stand because of big henry the six wives dissolution of the monasteries but the abbots quarter were turned into a country house and are now an extremely posh private school. ...Expand 319
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@ericcook52242 years ago " unboinked" new word for my vocabulary. Now i just have to find ways to use it appropriately. 9
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@bigmansam183 years ago " the sun is shining"
me, an englishman: impossible. 4097
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@Clustershag2 years ago I had a 4th or 5th grade english teacher who asked us at the beginning of the yearwhat was significant about 1066. We all answered when she asked at th didnt ever get an explanation. 25 years later. ...Expand 116
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@joshuapatrick6823 years ago Its crazy how this reads like a chapter of the silmarillion complete with some legendary hero taking an arrow to the eye. Tolkien really was a master of english. 167
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@Will-tn8kq2 years ago This is great! I always wondered about these things. I knew english was a mish mash of languages from different conquerors, but i love how you gave so many specific examples. 37
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@devyph63103 years ago I like how the doctor just calmly says: " hey your dying oflike nothing happened. 101
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@alice286392 years ago This really helped me in my history test. Thank you! 68
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@shaneschofield63033 years ago Shrewsbury castle, a strategically positioned fort above a river severn meander, was commissioned by william the conquorer around 1070 ce. Still stands kind of mind boggling how long ago this was. ...Expand 71
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@verward3 years ago I've heard that he didn't run out of food per se but that his men needed to return home to harvest summer wheat. If they didn't go home then the crop would be lost. .. ...Expand 51
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@guywhocantgrowabeard2 years ago The last time England was captured/defeated by a naval invasion.
Also, LOVE that detail of the sound of the flag turning. Absolutely LOVE it. 12
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@markgallagher17902 years ago The amount of times the weather has bailed england out of certain death is staggering. 25
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@kontro_16 months ago I remember in school when our history teacher let us recreate the battle of hastings. We used paper as our arrows and we made shield walls. They were so fun. 7
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@heatfeurig88515 years ago Fun fact: the actual battle was at a town called battle near hastings but no one wanted to call it battle of battle so they just called it battle of hastings. 7516
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@OR563 years ago I learned this story by playing the game 1066, it was great. And educational. 42
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@wildboy91243 years ago This video is so good and fun to watch at the same time.
thank you oversimplified. 10
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@nightillusion57410 months ago This video made me go and visit hastings! Truly a beautiful place with a great sea-view and rich history. It may be too late but thank you for the video. 5
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@SecretSquirrelFun3 years ago I just love the king of norway fight scenes.
its not only the perfect sword fighting sound effect/s, its those little additions, those little id="hidden23"lines at the end of each sword that implies movement - and in this case manic sword fighting movement. So good.
man, its awesome. Im so glad that you shared all of your hard work, thanks, much appreciated as always
p. S in fact, all the sound work in this is awesome - you even added a little sound when putting the crown on hardrada.
and dude, you even gave william a little norman hair style! So funny. ...Expand 2
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@elramyeonlast year 4 years later and we finally get a series about thelred the unready and his son edward. Its called vikings valhalla if youre wondering. It follows the story of the vikings and their need for revenge. 10
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@Monty20223 years ago Another reason godwinson lost was due to his soldiers being untrained and were mostly farmers since they lost soldiers in york. Also king edward was known as edward the confessor. 69
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@shock56203 years ago The battle of stamford bridge was the coolest part of the war the vikings made a song about it, its called ved stamford brua. 4
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@SheldonAdama172 years ago Dude where are your arms?
I really shouldnt be laughing at that, but I am 5
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@nikhilrath88703 years ago This guy makes the best videos for history, keep up the good work. 10
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@shemwilliams58146 months ago I lovecould you do one on the whole anglo saxon era: 410ad to 1066ad? Lots of awesome trickery by danes and lots of political intrigue. 5
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@Koloka_exe4 years ago English village: exists
william: and i took that personally. 3948
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@minimahoon72803 years ago We are learning about this in school and this made it way more fun and it actually kind of helped. Keep up the work! 4
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@harmfulhornet59983 years ago Thanks so much for informing people about this its actually what started my family. 2
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@SheldonAdama172 years ago Aleon: insults williams mother)
this enraged william, who punished them severely. 6
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@capteagle93 years ago I love how he keeps the ad in the end. Its just perfection. 1
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@jeremiahgoncalves16943 months ago Miniwars is very cool. Invasion of greneda would be interesting to cover. 2
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@jaydenwright92035 years ago " which one should we make king? "
directed to second child
" this one, cause he' s older"
me: " hold up" 3260
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@valentinadannunzio2 years ago Omg i laughed so much watching this i can' t believe it could have been so funny learning history ahah thank you so much (also if yes, i had to rewatch . ...Expand 9
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@fxgo45522 years ago Very interesting as a quebec francophone. Beef from boeuf, pork from porc, etc. Great video as usual! 2
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@derekmullings74383 years ago I' ve been watching oversimplified all night. Great stuff. 4
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@leonleborgne5732 years ago Being familiar with the history of england, made this more enjoyable. Most excellent presentation. 4
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@thijmen52955 years ago Edward left his wife unboinked
this enraged his father who punished him severely. 5490
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@lukemiller59865 months ago Y' all, i learned this in history class (i' m in 6th grade) and it is so cool to hear it from an oversimplified point of view. 2
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@ItzKryptek643 years ago Learned about this in one of my criminal justice classes and how it drastically changed the old cj system and gave us the one we have today in america, closely modeled after the one established in britain. 3
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@samcannon52572 years ago Over simplified should do the peloponnesian war that would be a banger. 4
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@astrobotplayz87223 years ago " the ' a' sounded more like an ' o' to normans. "
william: hey harold, i' m going to fight you!
harald: uh no my name is harald, harald hardrata. 34
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@johnteets490last year " viking king"
i love portmanteaus. This is by far the best possible way you could smoosh two words together.
vi-king.
thank you, i' ll be here all week.
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@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache4 years ago I admire the fact that this video was uploaded over two years ago and it still has a very active comments section. 6320
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@normiesammie3 years ago I love your animations. So simple yet very informative. It shows their attitude very well. Muahhh keep up the great work.
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@lukecarson14123 months ago I learnt this in my History class years ago that it was actually a strategic tactic named Feint Flight where the Norman forces would retreat, baiting the front ranks of the English force to break rank and chase the Normans allowing the cavalry to charge around the soldiers and encircle and kill them. My teacher has his masters degree and has written and published historian articles so id like to think this is accurate. .. ...Expand 1
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@kirkhenry26522 years ago One of my students told me about this channel. Now i am hooked.
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@rahulbharadwaj71913 years ago Thanks man. Cuz of this vid, i got 100% on my assignment. This is the most helpful vid i have ever watched. 4
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@olexgrach36279 months ago I just realized a majority of the normand roots in their words have French words embedded its like my 5th time watching this video 6
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@bigludo225 years ago Ok, i' ve found an incorrect statement in the first 3 seconds. " the sun is shining" in england? 5293
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@DarthSironos3 years ago Good old feigned retreat. Possibly the most clever of all tactics. Exploits the propensity of regiments to break rank to chase fleeing enemies by suddenly . ...Expand 4
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@Lane2192 years ago We watched this in our history lesson. I am proud of my teacher. 5
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@Mike-eo5jk2 years ago My first video of yours. I enjoyed it immensely, thank you!
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@kyuu123452 years ago History teachers teach this same thing but make it go over 3 weeks when they can just make the students watch this. 23
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@nadarrow65545 years ago Has a son with someone first
has a son with another person second
second=older. 2403
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@sus20692 years ago They need to make a series on william seriously. It could be the next game of thrones. 7
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@Dr_Crime2 years ago Im sitting my gcses in exactly 12 hours and this is my last minute recap actually has helped me remember the story a lot thank you bro. 1
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@jeremymwihia3 months ago Oversimplified' s content has always been good, but watching this back made me realise how much he' s improved as a content creator
well done oversimplified.
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@KarmaChameleon30296 months ago I was recently living eith a friend in eastbourne and we often drove and chilled at pevensey castle. I loved sitting there and imagining what it wouldve . ...Expand
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@sarilimanto8544 years ago " an anglo saxon might come into a room, but a norman would enter into a chamber"
me an intellectual: enter a room. 1896
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@lornsumm32493 years ago This is a scenario you can play in civ 5, it' s pretty fun and winning as england is slightly challenging. 2
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@andrewtatescigar71223 years ago are we gonna ignore the absolute chad that did this he needs a gold medal 2
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@bullwinklefan200311 months ago What a wonderful time to be alive!!!
A few seconds later.
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@rgamesinc67514 months ago This was so funny and it helped me understand it way better. Ty so muchb. 1
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@devlinmorin76155 years ago The villagers let out a cheer of support.
this enraged their king, who punished them severely. 3461
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@DJrebel37443 years ago I struggle with a learning disability it' s very motivating that someone is powerful as him had the same struggles it goes to show you anything is possible as long as you believe in yourself.
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@Wolfs20192 years ago I learned about this in class in 1 month. Withi learnt everything i need to know in ~13 minutes. 1
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@DippfaceHQ2 years ago Thanks for this video i understand much more about the new vikings: valhalla series.
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@elizabethohlund45552 years ago Everyone need to watch the oversimplified videos with the subtitles on you get little side notes that just make is so much better!
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@isaachardingdeverson21977 months ago Thanks you helped me revise in this video so thanks. 1
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@jeandehuit53854 years ago " the sun shining in england"
ha! 1238
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@RafaelGarcia-xu9ks9 months ago Excited to watch this after finishing vinland. 2
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@justinian5362 years ago Yo thanks for this video man, helps me in my history finals for school.
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@TheMarvelousM3 years ago 1st off, i really do love this video, it' s been one of my favorites for years. 2nd, how does it feel to beat the warner brothers and the warner sister to the punch on teaching us about the battle of hastings? 3