Celtic Britons: the Origins of Medieval Wales - Middle Ages DOCUMENTARY

The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the ancient civilizations and Ancient Celts continues with a second season in which we will continue talking about the Celtic Britons starting the with the Medieval origins of Wales.



#Documentary #Celts #Wales

[cruffatin]

As a first language Welsh speaker I have to really compliment the pronunciation in this video. It's clear that not only did they do their research but they cared enough to try and mostly they get it spot on, so da iawn!

[holyfreak]

Here in Argentina we have an important welsh community. The thrived on Patagonia.

[thomasrinschler]

Thanks for doing this series, K&G! The Celtic nations on the British Isles are far too often portrayed solely through the lens of English history, nearly always only appearing when they interact in some way with England (usually through armed incursions one way or the other) and are for the most part ignored at other times. While their interactions with England do play a significant role in their histories, they were still polities of their own, with their own internal histories, and having interactions with states other than England. Good to see this channel exploring them in their own right!

[sankarchaya]

"How do you do, good lady? I am Arthur, King of the Britons. Who's castle is that?"
"King of the 'oo?"
"The Britons"
"Who are the Britons"
"Well, we all are. We are all Britons, and I am your king."
"I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective."

[escribopapelitos]

I'm from Argentina. My great-great-grandfather was a Welsh coal miner who came over to Argentina in 1886 with his family.
I'm so happy that a well-researched channel like K&G is making this (often overlooked) part of history more accessible to us. Thank you so much!
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[TetsuShima]

*Fun fact:* For those interested in early medieval Britain, there's a pretty good series from the 70's called "Arthur of the Britons", which depicts the famous Legend of King Arthur in a very realistic way. In this show, Arthur is the humble leader of a Celtic tribe (and not a powerful king) who fights against the Saxons and Merlin is just a normal man without magical powers. I highly recommend it!

[ACColorado]

I love Wales. Every time I visit the UK, I spend most of my time there. My favorite is Conwy.

[chocobloco]

Im Welsh and so happy to see content about my country we have so much history and we are the true Britons

[Artur_M.]

It's so nice to learn about the interesting Welsh history and hear the cool-sounding Welsh names, while it all is accompanied by beautiful visuals.

[Kevin_M]

As an Albanian I admire the Celtic people. They prevailed constantly against invading foes and managed to retain their culture and identity. The same happened to us with the Romans, Slavs, and Turks. Im happy that the languages are being kept alive and their stories are told. Definitely overlooked when compared to the Anglo-Saxons or the Norse.

[ghfdt]

Thank you for covering this mostly forgotten history of Wales. Wales had a huge influence on the destiny of the British isles and even the monarchy of England due to the Tudors. Not to mention storytelling and medieval tales especially with the tales of king Arthur and of course mabinogi, a collection of famous Welsh tales that still resonates today. Especially in modern medieval fantasy and movies, video games and TV shows.

[rhoesacesrheomithres]

The Myth of the Eireann Cu Chulainn and of his son strongly reminds me of the written stories of Rustam-i Palang and his beloved son Sohrab. Both warriors had a pledge to travel and seek glory and fight with their son in hand. Both fathers killed their fiery and ambitious son by mistaken identity in battle, lamenting the loss and being stricken with a defeating grief. The Cymru and the Manx and the Gaedhlig and the Scots gaelic speakers need to keep their history alive that vacillates their name in the world. A beautiful pneuma or spirit the Celtic cultures possess that always burns inside this Iranian's heart. Go N-eiri an Bothar Leat!, excuse without the accents included...."may the road rise to you" all', who love and keep this namesake in the eternal colloquy of my favourite peoples.

[danthewelshman]

Cymru, a land of beautiful landscapes and amazing history & culture. So proud to be Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[joeallen]

As someone who is half welsh and raised in England, it's nice to know more about this part of my heritage.

[tkkxtidyxaddictx]

From canada but both sides of my family are welsh. Love the history of wales and now i got my favorite doc channel doing one. Keep up the amazing work n look forward to learning more from h=you

[aasemahsan]

2:17 Ethnicies in the Britain
4:24 Culture & Religion
7:44 Brittonic Kingdoms/Polities

[Magz]

Although I'm Australian I have very recent Welsh ancestry which as far as we can work out goes back centuries. I'm interested in this new series seeing British Isles history from a largely forgotten point of view.

[lukasmakarios]

Thank you for mentioning Aneirin and Taliesin. The Welsh bards were famous across all of Britain, Eire, Gaul, Iberia and even Germania. The whole idea of the troubadors follows from the itinerant bards, as they had come from the epic poets like Homer. We used to keep track of our history by writing epics and ballads to be sung in court and in the marketplace or taverns.

[polleonardtaliesinhywel]

Great episode! I hope you are able to make more detailed videos on Welsh and Irish rulers, wars, and events. Both the Britons and the Gaels have a rich and detailed history that is worthy of the same attention as the Vikings, English, Chinese, French, Byzantine Romans, Mongols, etc.

[robwalsh]

The Welsh have a special weapon:
They overwhelm adversaries with the amount of syllables from their mighty language