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20/12/2022

Bert's Battles, the Battle of Tours:

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The 10th of October 732 AD saw one of the iconic battles of medieval history take place on the road between Poitiers and Tours. An Umayyad army has crossed t...

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20/12/2022

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It's late 1069 and William the Conqueror has confronted the Danes near York. Yet though they balk at meeting the Norman king in open battle, William will not...

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06/02/2022

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Perhaps overshadowed in the pages of history by his more illustrious son C**t and certainly the later William the Conqueror, today we take a look at the orig...

Remember that time a young Julius Caesar was kidnapped by Pirates? No. Well, tune in to find out more in this video on t...
29/01/2022

Remember that time a young Julius Caesar was kidnapped by Pirates? No. Well, tune in to find out more in this video on the early life and battles of this Roman Colossus:

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While best known as the Conqueror of Gaul, victor of his Civil War against Pompey and the Optimates during the Late Republic and for his brutal assassination...

29/02/2020
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Following his great victory over the English army of the Earl of Surrey at Stirling Bridge, William Wallace conducted a counter-invasive campaign into northern England and was knighted and made Guardian of Scotland...

When King Edward Longshanks heard of the shock Scottish victory in France he immediately ordered another army assembled and in 1298 went north himself to deal with the upstart.

Sir William used scorched earth tactics to starve the large English army of supplies, sapping its morale and causing desertion from its ranks; however, by late July Wallace had been sighted near Falkirk and Edward moved to confront him...

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29/02/2020
The Battle of Falkirk (1298)

Following his great victory over the English army of the Earl of Surrey at Stirling Bridge, William Wallace conducted a counter-invasive campaign into northern England and was knighted and made Guardian of Scotland...

When King Edward Longshanks heard of the shock Scottish victory in France he immediately ordered another army assembled and in 1298 went north himself to deal with the upstart.

Sir William used scorched earth tactics to starve the large English army of supplies, sapping its morale and causing desertion from its ranks; however, by late July Wallace had been sighted near Falkirk and Edward moved to confront him...

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28/02/2020

The real hero of Scottish independence?

Robert the Bruce and his family switched sides between the patriot and English, but following his murder of John Comyn on February 10th 1306, the Bruce finally committed himself to freeing Scotland and ruling as its king.

After suffering some initial defeats, notably the Battle of Methven (June 19th, 1306), Robert rallied in 1307, showing incredible resilience, courage and intelligence, using the land of Scotland itself to defeat the English under Aymer de Valence at the Battle of Loudoun Hill (1307).

With the death of King Edward Longshanks, Loudoun Hill marked the turning point in King Robert's fortunes. After slowly retaking Scotland, he finally triumphed at Bannockburn in 1314, expelling the English from his kingdom and dealing King Edward II a crippling blow to his reputation...

Stay tuned to Past Tenz in the coming weeks as I chart the course of King Robert's fight for freedom, with the Battles of Methven and Loudon Hill coming soon...

27/02/2020
26/02/2020
The Battle of Striling Bridge (1297)

If you were an English occupier in late 1296, you may have been forgiven for assuming that all Scots resistance had been snuffed out with the crushing and decisive conquest of King Edward Longshanks that year, however, if so then you seriously misjudged the situation...

All around Scotland, small acts of defiance poked the embers of resistance into a bright flame of resurgence that found leaders in William Wallace and Andrew Murray. Having joined forces and retaken Dundee castle both men moved their army to intercept an English host under the Earl of Surrey and the hated Hugh de Cressingham, Edward's Treasurer...

The two armies confronted each other at Stirling Bridge: the English needed to remove this Scots army to advance into the north of the kingdom; the Scots resolved to stop them and had a nasty surprise in store for the English army and their King Edward Longshanks...

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23/02/2020
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During the English invasion of Scotland in 1296, Edward sent his lieutenant John De Warrene, Earl of Surrey, to recapture Dunbar castle on the route to Edinburgh.

In response, King John Balliol despatched his own small force of knights, under John Comyn, to contest the siege. The confrontation that followed was the decisive battle of the invasion...

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23/02/2020
The Battle of Dunbar (1296)

During the English invasion of Scotland in 1296, Edward sent his lieutenant John De Warrene, Earl of Surrey, to recapture Dunbar castle on the route to Edinburgh.

In response, King John Balliol despatched his own small force of knights, under John Comyn, to contest the siege. The confrontation that followed was the decisive battle of the invasion...

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22/02/2020
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John Balliol ascended the throne of Scotland in 1292, with the support of King Edward Longhsnaks, however, Balliol and his kingdom would pay a heavy price, with Edward underining Scottish law, as well as demanding money and men for his war in France.

By 1296, the Scots had had enough and a Council seized power, forcing Balliol to defy Edward. Edward responded by preparing for war, seeing the Scots and Balliol as defaulting vassals. For their part, the Scots braced for Edward's wrath as the invasion of 1296 commenced...

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22/02/2020
The Invasion of Scotland (1296)

John Balliol ascended the throne of Scotland in 1292, with the support of King Edward Longhsnaks, however, Balliol and his kingdom would pay a heavy price, with Edward underining Scottish law, as well as demanding money and men for his war in France.

By 1296, the Scots had had enough and a Council seized power, forcing Balliol to defy Edward. Edward responded by preparing for war, seeing the Scots and Balliol as defaulting vassals. For their part, the Scots braced for Edward's wrath as the invasion of 1296 commenced...

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19/02/2020
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In 1286, the Kingdom of Scotland lost its king. With the death of the childless King Alexander III, the Kingdom's hopes rested on the small shoulders of his granddaughter and heir Margaret, the Maid of Norway.

Following a streak of particularly nasty dynastic bad luck - Alexander had lost his wife, then all of his children - his only heir was the daughter of Margaret, his only daughter, who had married the King of Norway.

To ensure a smooth succession, the Scots and Norse consulted Scotland's neighbour England and King Edward I stepped in arranging for his son and heir to marry the Maid in what would have eventually resulted in a union of the Crowns; however, Edward's dreams of a united Britain soon unravelled with the news of the Maid's death en route to Scotland...

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19/02/2020
The Great Cause: Scotland's Succession Crisis

In 1286, the Kingdom of Scotland lost its king. With the death of the childless King Alexander III, the Kingdom's hopes rested on the small shoulders of his granddaughter and heir Margaret, the Maid of Norway.

Following a streak of particularly nasty dynastic bad luck - Alexander had lost his wife, then all of his children - his only heir was the daughter of Margaret, his only daughter, who had married the King of Norway.

To ensure a smooth succession, the Scots and Norse consulted Scotland's neighbour England and King Edward I stepped in arranging for his son and heir to marry the Maid in what would have eventually resulted in a union of the Crowns; however, Edward's dreams of a united Britain soon unravelled with the news of the Maid's death en route to Scotland...

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18/02/2020

The Seal of Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, grandfather of THE Robert the Bruce and one of two main claimants to the throne of Scotland during the Great Cause.

The Bruces had a long tradition of collaboration with the English and, like many Scottish nobles, held lands in both Scotland and England.

Robert's claim to the throne came from his mother - Isobel of Huntingdon - second daughter of David of Scotland, brother to King William the Lion (1142-1214).

Unfortunately for him, John Balliol was adjudged to have the better claim being descended from the granddaughter of David's first daughter and hence being first in line (in terms of primogeniture, but not in proximity of blood).

However, despite never becoming king, his grandson Robert rose as Scotland's preeminent resistance leader in the Scottish War of Independence and eventually became king, sealing his hold over Scotland with his victory at Bannockburn in 1314...

17/02/2020

Margaret, also known as the "Maid of Norway" was the Queen designate of the Kingdom of Scotland following the death of the childless King of Scots, Alexander III.

Alexander had married the sister of Edward Longshanks, with the latter even attending the ceremony. The royal couple sired three children - Alexander, David and Margaret, however, each died after Queen Margaret herself in a particularly nasty streak of dynastic bad luck, leaving the king alone and childless...

When Alexander himself died in 1286 after falling from a cliff on his way to Kinghorn, all hopes for a smooth succession were pinned on Alexander's granddaughter Margaret, the daughter of the King of Norway and his own daughter.

From 1286 to 1290 she was the Queen designate and it was even arranged for the Maid to marry the King of England's son and heir Edward of Caernarfon, a remarkable prospect given this would have eventually unified the Crowns of England and Scotland 296 year earlier if Edward still died in 1307 or slightly later if it was Edward and Margaret's heir who succeeded to the Crowns of both Kingdoms.

Alas, the Maid died in Orkney, while en route to Scotland and the Succession was thrown wide open in the Great Cause...

16/02/2020
10 Facts About William the Conqueror!

Historical figures are sometimes placed into easily identifiable boxes: "Conqueror" or "The Great," but reality is rarely so accommodating and some facts about our history subvert these fine-cut labels. These are my Ten Facts About William the Conqueror!

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15/02/2020
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1282 was a year of disaster for the last native Prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffyd. Following his severe defeat in 1277-8, he was confined to the north-western ancestral territories of Gwynedd, with his traitorous brother having been gifted two of the Four Cantrefs to his east...

Dafydd, unhappy with his lands, rebelled in 1282, eventually sucking in his brother. However, as the rebellion of 1282 lengthened, Llewelyn's position became untenable: kettled into Gwynedd and facing imminent invasion from multiple directions, he managed to beat back an attack across a bridge from Luke De Tany's 2000-strong army in Anglesey...

Using this lull in the hostilities, Llywelyn struck southwards to open up another front in Middle Wales, however, his army was met with a considerable Coalition force of Marcher Lords and Powys men at the Orewin Bridge...

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15/02/2020
The Battle of Orewin Bridge (1282)

1282 was a year of disaster for the last native Prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffyd. Following his severe defeat in 1277-8, he was confined to the north-western ancestral territories of Gwynedd, with his traitorous brother having been gifted two of the Four Cantrefs to his east...

Dafydd, unhappy with his lands, rebelled in 1282, eventually sucking in his brother. However, as the rebellion of 1282 lengthened, Llewelyn's position became untenable: kettled into Gwynedd and facing imminent invasion from multiple directions, he managed to beat back an attack across a bridge from Luke De Tany's 2000-strong army in Anglesey...

Using this lull in the hostilities, Llywelyn struck southwards to open up another front in Middle Wales, however, his army was met with a considerable Coalition force of Marcher Lords and Powys men at the Orewin Bridge...

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14/02/2020

Depiction of Evesham. Simon De Montfort, in the red armour squares off with Gilbert De Clare, who had switched sides back to Royalists, after having fought with Simon at the Battle of Lewes in 1264...

The De Clares were instrumental in the Royalist victory in the Second Barons War given that it was Thomas, Gilbert's younger brother, who helped the Lord Edward, son and heir of the captive King Henry III of England, escape De Montfort's custody...

Edward then proceeded to raise an army that heavily outnumbered the Rebel Barons, trapping them at Evesham and slaughtering many, including De Montfort himself. It is probable that Thomas De Clare's assistance, helped to cement Gilbert's new alliance with the Royalists...

13/02/2020

King Edward I also known as "Longshanks" and "Hammer of the Scots" who reigned from 1272 to 1307.

12/02/2020

Thank you to everyone who watch my videos and who have followed this channel. Just a reminder: videos are published three times a week on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Coming this Saturday is the next instalment of my Edward I series: the Battle of Orewin Bridge (1282)… :)

12/02/2020
Edward Longshanks' Conquest of Wales (1282)

Following his victory over Llywelyn ap Gruffud in 1277, King Edward Longshanks consolidated his gains through the Treaty of Aberconwy in which the Prince was restricted to the north-west corner of the land, with his trecherous brother Daffyd ap Gruffud receiving lands to the east...

However, Dafydd was not content with the spoils and still coveted what he saw as his fair share of the ancestral lands in Gwynedd. In 1282, Daffyd made his move, sparking copycat attacks all over Wales that would descend into all out war for the future of Wales...

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11/02/2020

Duke William of Normandy, later King William I of England from 1066 until his death in 1087...

11/02/2020

"Not Dead Yet!" - William rips back his helmet during the Battle of Hastings to cast away any doubts that he was dead.

As the Breton left of the Norman army attacked, they faltered and broke believing that the Duke had fallen and that the battle was lost; however, only William's horse had been killed beneath him and he rallied the fleeing Bretons before surrounding a group of pursuing English and cutting them down...

09/02/2020
Edward Longshanks's Conquest of Wales (1277)

This episode follows on from my look at the events between 1267 to 1277. By 1277, Llywelyn's repeated refusals to pay homage to Edward as Prince of Wales, as well as his failure to pay agreed tribute sparked an English invasion from multiple fronts...

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08/02/2020
War in Wales: 1267-1277

The Conquest of Wales by King Edward I is generally split into two periods, with the first in 1277 and the second in 1282, however, warfare was already an ongoing daily reality in Wales during its so-called "golden age" under Prince Llwelyn's control.

In this video, I detail the causes of the 1277 conflict involving the King himself, as well as the private conflicts that began the process of Llywelyn's tragic fall and the conquest of Gwynedd...

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07/02/2020

Rhuddlan Castle, North Wales. One of Edward's key bases of power as he reclaimed the Four Cantrefs region, lost with Llywelyn's conquest and the subsequent Treaty of Montgomery (1267).

Along with Flint, it was a key stepping stone to tightening his grip on north Wales during the 1277 campaign and was instrumental in the later 1282 campaign.

06/02/2020

The Domain of Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffud, following the 1267 Treaty of Montgomery.

The Treaty was an historical landmark given it was the first time an English king - King Henry III (1216-72) - acknowledged a native Prince of Wales.

Llywelyn's conquests and suzerainty over other Welsh lords and princes was officially recognised by the English king, ushering in a decade of relative "peace" between Llywelyn and the Crown.

Other smaller conflicts continued to blight the "peace" however, as will be recounted in an upcoming video on Saturday 8th February (2020)...

05/02/2020
King Edward Longshanks' Coronation

Following the conclusion of his unsuccessful crusade in 1272, Edward Longshanks, son and heir of Henry III, King of England was met by messengers in Italy who hailed him as king...

Unusually for English kings of the period, Edward felt no need to rush home for his coronation, but why? What is known about Edward's spectacular coronation that set its own traditions...?

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02/02/2020
Ten Facts About King Harold

These are ten facts about King Harold you may not know.

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01/02/2020
Edward Longshanks' Crusade

Following his victory over Simon De Montfort at the Battle of Evesham in 1265, Prince Edward Longshanks spent the next couple of years cleaning up scattered resistance from the defeated Montfortians, however, following the conclusions of the Second Barons War Edward wanted to thank God for his victory by taking the cross.

Unlike his father Henry, Edward kept his vow to go on Crusade, under the leadership of King Louis IX of France. However, with Louis' death in 1270 outside of Tunis in North Africa, Edward headed east to the Holy Land as the leader of his own Crusade...

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