The Black Dinner - Scottish History - Extra History

The Black Dinner is a dark side of history that starts with a chain of revenge that will reverberate through Scotland and the ages. Contributing to many murders and famous stories that you hear today.

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[dripduck]

Dying because you ordered a passageway to be blocked off because you kept losing tennis balls is one of those things that we don't give a second thought to in history but would be called unrealistic in a work of fiction.

[scottanos]

What a brave and selfless lady who was willing to have her arm snapped in two just to protect her king.

[David-ludv]

That servant who put her arm in lock is a real one.

[georgewright]

St Barthomlews day massacre also has the resemblance of being at an actual wedding

[Amadeus]

Tennis has a surprising history of being adjacent to deaths of royalty. Anne Boleyn was watching a tennis match when she received the summons to a council meeting that informed her of her forthcoming execution, for example.

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[mrartdeco]

Blocking sewers to stop losing tennis balls but losing his life instead. Wow...

[DieNibelungenliad]

The thing I love about the Middle Ages is that it can be as a silly as a Disney movie and as a deadly as a John Wick movie

[Borito]

I was way exited when I saw this. Because when my uncle traced our family line a couple years back. William Crichton was the earliest forefathers he could find. Thank you for bringing this lesser known story to life.

[stevejakab]

The Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre is closer to the Red Wedding. Because, you know, it was a wedding.

[starguy]

Remember hearing from a Scottish friend that she once met a Crichton. All he had to say was that he was ‘one of those Crichtons’ and everyone in the room knew exactly what he meant.

[louthegiantcookie]

Looking forward to this one! Scotland has such an amazing, complex history.

[VelkanKiador]

You know, being stabbed to death in the sewers because you ordered it to be clogged just got to be up there with one of the more humiliating ways to go out xP

[Zveebo]

Love this – would be great to see you do some more Scottish history. Mary Queen of Scots is crying out for a multi-part series – one of the most crazy lives of anyone in late medieval history: queen of two countries, and mother of the king of another.

[johnpangarakis]

I had no idea the Red Wedding was inspired by a real event

[notme]

8:36 That pie of facts with the pinch on fiction to the smell of tales, that has to be one of the best analogies for how to describe how history is turned into the media we consume now.

Absolutely amazing, love it!

[GideonF.]

If you want another real life Red Wedding story you should make a video about the Bloodbath of Stockholm. King Christian II invites the Swedish nobility to a great feast. They party for about three days, then Christian has the guests arrested, and summarily beheaded. Around 90 people in total were executed, and it set the stage for the secession of Sweden from the Kalmar Union when Gustav Vasa, whose parents had been executed, led a revolt and took the throne as Gustav I.

[JeremyDA]

Who needs fiction when history can give us all the drama we could ever ask for? 😅

[ghw]

I read that as The Real Bed Wetting and was amused.

[LudicrousPlatypus]

I love that you are covering Scottish history. I would love to see more series about Scotland!

[RobertJW]

The legendary patrons have been legends for so long! I appreciate their contributions immensely.