Chicagoans React to The War that Changed the English Language Mini Wars #3 by Oversimplified

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Keep watching until the end of the video to learn how you can do it. get your first two months free I really want to try English in the middle ages the sun is shining the birds are singing yes the children are playing in the town square what a wonderful time to be alive hey you're dying of dysentery and Also, we're being mugged by Vikings, what a terrible time to be alive, it's the year 900. Europe is a wet dream for Vikings, raids galore, hey, you want to attack Paris, okay, that particular raid didn't go very well, but the king Frank said you guys are pretty tough and scary.

How about we give them land in northern France and in exchange they protect us from other Vikings? And it was agreed that the Vikings established the Duchy of Normandy and then completely converted French to Christianity. learning the language and having babies with the locals England also had its fair share of Viking problems in the 19th century. The Danish Vikings had conquered most of the country, but the Anglo-Saxons eventually managed to drive them out, although they now left behind a group of Viking settlers. This guy's king, he sucks, replace him with his brother and he said, hey baby, how are you? and he had a son and then turned around and said hey baby how are you doing, and he had another son and then he died, that's not going to be good.

He's older, not if I have anything to do with it, so he grew up and married the daughter of the Duke of Normandy and had a bunch of kids. Remember this, he's important, so his advisors came up to him and said, "Hey, all those Viking settlers that are living." Here they could band together and kill you, so why don't we kill them first? There we go, this angered the Danish king who launched an invasion and the Vikings conquered England once again, then the Anglo-Saxons conquered it and the Vikings reconquered it. the king's family had to go here, including Edward, remember, he went to Normandy where he lived for 30 years, he and his brother Alfred tried to return to England to take back the throne from the Vikings, but they were betrayed by the Earl of Wessex , who said, "Hey." Friend, I will take you to London where all the nobles are waiting to make you king.

Oh no, watch out for red-hot poker and, my God, I can't see and therefore you can't be King Edward, then I escaped back to Normandy after a few more days. The Viking kings came and went one finally died without breath and Edward was called back to England where he became king and that is where our story begins. Wow, it hasn't even started. I'm already sweating. Here's the thing about becoming king in the middle. Many times your entire country will not support you at first, you may be vulnerable to rebellions and it is up to you to take control.

Fortunately for Edward, there was already a super powerful guy who had a lot of control over England and if Edward could get his support then England would be his. Who is this guy? Don't worry, he's the guy who gave my brother red-hot poker after an awkward moment where Edward exiled Godwin from the country. In the end he had to relent and let her have his earldom, possibly after Godwin gave it to her. He gave her a lot of gold and said he was very sorry. King Edward also married Godwin's daughter and then Godwin died. His enormous fortune was passed on to his sons, who became earls, in particular this one became the new Earl of Wessex.

Harold Godwin was now King Edward's. brother-in-law, he was a close advisor to the king, a brave warrior who had proven his worth in battle against the Welsh and, in many ways, was almost like a co-king. uh-oh, Eduardo got old and is possibly on his deathbed for religious reasons or maybe because he wasn't happy about having to marry her, he didn't point out his wife and as a result he has no children, which means there is no obvious heir to the throne, which means I'm going to be king, he has a great nephew. it could be him now let's go with me just one problem I mentioned that Edward's mother was a Norman Edward grew up in Normandy and had many Norman friends the current Duke of Normandy was William the Bastard Why was he called a Bastard one day?

His father was escaping from his castle when his advisors told him where you go to the tannery to get a tan but that was a lie firstly because the tanners give you leather not tens and secondly because he was really going to see the daughter of the tanner one thing leads to another and baby William emerges, born out of wedlock, therefore, an absolute bastard. His father died when William was seven or eight and he became the new juke. He spent most of his childhood narrowly avoiding murder, which probably made him great. Tough guy who is remembered as today in 1051 the town of Alison tried to rebel against him and the townspeople beat up dead animal skins as an insult to his commoner mother.

William was furious and responded by saying "well, let's just say it wasn't pretty, that's the situation." The type of person we are dealing with here William and Edward were good friends and Edward supposedly promised that William could have the English throne after him a decade later, Howard Garwinson even visited William and made him an oath on the sacred relics promising that William could be the next king of England, although it's possible that Harold only did it because William was holding his family hostage, so when William found out that the king was on his deathbed he said, "Hurrah, I'm coming." to be king!", so now you have two extremely powerful men who think they are about to become the next king, but wait, this guy is the king of Norway.

He spent most of his life as a hired warrior fighting for whoever gave him the most gold. He names a place where he probably fought in a war and then in Poland, yeah. estonia, yes, against the pirates in the mediterranean, yes, the holy lands, sicily and bulgaria, yes, he became incredibly rich from it and was swimming in gold, then he returned home and became king. One of the previous Norwegian kings had made an agreement with one of the kings of England. viking kings saying that when that viking king died, the king of norway would get the

english

throne.

Hardrada felt that because of this agreement he now had a right to the English throne and was also eager to undertake one last great conquest that would make him a Legend has it that when he heard that Edward was on his deathbed, he thought he was going to invade England and then I'll be king, so now we have three extremely powerful men who think they're about to become next. king of england and that means someone is probably about to get hurt in england he's taking care of dying children edward suddenly comes out with a shocking announcement hey uh everyone get together that's it come forward don't be shy okay so i got Bad news, the king is dead, I know, very sad, yes, but good news, he said that I should be the next king, so hooray for me, so yeah, oh yeah, he said if I once told Someone else could be king, but not him.

They don't like them anymore and they should stay in Normandy and he also said that no one should ask any more questions. Okay, good talk, no curiosity, yes, no, good talk. Normally, it took months of preparation to crown a new king, but Harold rushed it. and he had himself crowned on the same day that King Edward was buried. William's advisors came to him and said: Hello, Willy, bad news. Harold Gowinson has taken the English throne and William was furious, so he sent an envoy to Harald who told him: William says you stole the throne. and demands that you give it back to him immediately let me think about that no, no, no, he said no, that bastard, wait, I thought you were the bastard guy, yeah, seriously, isn't that cool, yeah, he immediately started gathering the arms and prepare for an invasion, now killing a king was generally frowned upon in all times because they were considered to have been chosen by God himself, so in Normandy, William had to have God on his side, he needed the subsequent blessings , swore an oath to me on the sacred relics and then usurped the throne.

Can I kill? He yeah, sure, why not, oh yeah, why didn't he give William his blessing, meaning William now had God, everything was ready to go, probably just that it was blowing in the wrong direction and William had than wait with his arms, we will and Godwinson waited with his arms. army in the south of England they waited and waited and waited and then William said screw him and sailed for England and was shipwrecked because the wind was blowing in the wrong direction, so he decided to keep waiting. They waited two months and the wind never came.

Eventually, Gorwinson became bored and also ran out of food for his soldiers, so he sent him home and returned to London. The south coast was defenseless, oh man, and defeated a regional army led by the northern earls and York surrendered when Godwinson heard of this. He must have been quite upset, he had just disbanded his army and now he had to gather them all again and march all the way north. He made the grueling journey in just four days, which is incredibly fast and he caught the Vikings off guard and unprepared for In the battle, the two armies stood on either side of the river.

Derwent legend says that a Viking berserker held the only bridge across the river alone, dodging arrows and fending off attackers until English soldiers crawled under the bridge in a barrel and gave him a spear. at the jewels, this gave the Vikings enough time to form a shield wall, but because they were caught off guard, many were not wearing their chain mail and armor and the English eventually defeated them by killing Hardrada and with him bringing the viking age as king. dead one minus one to go still waiting for the wind big willy there we go and they're all the way north we go we go we go we go william 700 ships and 14,000 men set sail and landed on the English coast at pevensey and set up camp Near Hastings and Harold was still in York, his exhausted army had to march south a few days after the battle with the Vikings reached London and he considered staying there and waiting for William to come to him, but William forced Harold.

Burning a bunch of villages, Howard's army set out and met Williams on 14 October 1066 and both sides prepared for the Battle of Hastings. The English were on a hill, so they decided to stay there because it was a good defensive position. the normans approached and the two sides probably spent some time shouting at each other william and the normans had some tactical advantages over the

english

the first were the archers the norman sent volley after volley of the english from arizona who formed a shield and defense then william sent his infantry up the hill, the english threw everything they had at them and the normans couldn't get through their emus, then the next tactical advantage of the normans came into play, william sent his cavalry up the hill, but even they fought for break through the shield while the defenses Wave after wave of infantry and cavalry came and all Harold had to do was let the Normans wear themselves out and he would win, but then something a little strange happened, it is possible that the Normans incorrectly believed that William had been killed, perhaps they lost the will to fight against the shield or perhaps it was an intentional deception tactic, but suddenly the Norman forces turned and fled from the English believing they had won, the English broke their wall of shields and pursued the retreating and cut them off in the chaotic fighting that followed. harold garwinson was killed the most popular theory is that he took an arrow in the eye the english were defeated and william had won he was no longer just a bastard now good idea first the english nobles were reluctant to make him king but william burned some more villages and The nobles finally gave in and offered the crown while coordinating it.

The local villagers in Westminster let out a cheer of support, but William thought it was a riot, so he burned the village. William had to undertake a long and costly campaign of putting down rebellions and burning towns across England to force the people. I mean, it makes sense. England underwent a massive transformation under its new Norman rule. The English nobles were replaced by Normans, they built castles and great cathedrals, but one of the most interesting changes occurred. Within the English language, theNormans brought their French dialect to England and emerged with Old English in forms we still live with today.

First of all, the Normans were obviously the ones in power, so words related to power like the government judge's castle and the crown come from the Normans. The words that are considered elegant are more refined generally are the Normans. at first the Anglo-Saxons were probably not so friendly to the Normans while the rules were probably not so friendly to the Anglo-Saxons in which an Anglo-Saxon could enter a room, but a Norman would enter a chamber and the Anglo-Saxons could buy a shirt, while that a Norman would buy a blouse and although that filthy peasant's new shirt may be fair, the Norman blouse is absolutely beautiful, the Normans actually consider themselves Anglo-Saxons. words so crude that I can't even say them on YouTube.

Ask an Anglo-Saxon what job he does and he might respond with some low-level trade, such as a baker, miller or shoemaker, but a Norman has a skilled trade such as a painter, tailor or merchant, Anglo-Saxon farmers who worked in the fields possessed many cows, pigs and sheep, but once served at a Norman banquet they became beef, pork and lamb, and written English also

changed

, as many Anglo-Saxons could not. writing the written language wasRomanticized his annoying friend who says Cool Whip could be speaking an old English dialect as originally written by the Anglo-Saxons, when, where and what, but the Normans swapped the w and h around a vowel that sounded more like a or for the Normans, so you can thank them that you live in a house that is not a ham.

Hey, fun fact about William, the man couldn't read or write. Not in French. Not in English. Not at all. What if I told you that there is a place where you can learn French and English? Japanese, if you wanted to kill, share, pick a musical instrument, I don't know games, so dare I say it, we learned not only about fighting but also about words halfway, that is, probably less than that, I forgot what it was about of what, uh, war that changed the English language I was like I was like oh I was just enthralled and you know how the war turned out so what I could be wearing is considered just what you're wearing is very beautiful oh many thanks there we go, I appreciate it, let's learn something, a-e-i-o-u and guess what, sometimes why, but I was rooting for my boy William, I actually know about the Battle of Hastings, I thought you knew because I played Medieval Two Total War and one of The tutorial uh battles is the battle of hastings and surprise surprise I want it for my boy William I was one of his best there you go there you go there we go you're welcome by the way it's interesting to see some of those uh uh historical videos just because you know what you see these families fighting and then marrying the daughters of the same men who killed your father like very strange like can you imagine Thanksgiving?

There was probably no thanksgiving, but maybe maybe like a family. you have dinner like you think it's bad now you see that your father-in-law says uh you know, like the father-in-law does he makes a strange run like oh, by the way, how is your brother?, yes, yes, yes, yes, oh, sword, sword theme, yes. That's right, I killed your brother, do you remember when I took out his eyes, yeah, and you said no, I love him, he's my older brother, no, Alfred, right, yeah, Alfred, yeah, yeah, Alfred. Alfred wasn't always interested in the view, though here we go.

Okay, well, thanks for watching, guys, I'm Kira, this is Kit, this is Chicago. Don't forget to like, share and subscribe too if there is something you would like us to see. He comments in the comment thread below, thank you, bye. bye