Loved todays podcast. I’ll be renewing my substack this week 😍. I start my History degree with OU tomorrow, so looking forward to reading and watching even more history 🤪😎
Who is the most influential royal mistress? Either she herself was influential or any children she may have had. Which ones changed the course of history? Or did any at all?
Thanks for another 'great' whatchamacallit. Am so looking forward to Essex Dogs!!
The Ankerwycke Yew is awesome.
Can recommend Bernard Cornwell's "The Grail Quest". 4 books that cover The Adventures of Thomas of Hookton, an English Archer. Yes, it's fiction but as always well researched and culminates in The Battle of Crecy. "Go with God and fight like the devil".
Edit to add: Hope it's not bad form to recommend another author's work......
I’ve often wondered how foot soldiers who had been conscripted into an army could recognise the people they were fighting, particularly in civil wars and in situations where their own side would have contained foreign mercenaries.
On the subject of wayward princes: another historian called Jones - a Michael this time - wrote a biography of the Black Prince called....The Black Prince (surprising, I know), which is meticulous and contains an extensive chapter on the siege of Limoges.
Loved the First Draft Ep 2! That Yew tree is spectacular, the description was very entertaining. Can we have more of this, a walk through Runnymede would be Great 😊. I never knew how taxing recording a audio book could be. Thank you for your perseverance, I read all your books via audio as I drive a lot with work, it’s so good having the authors read it. Looking forward to next episode 👏😊
I've always wondered about regular soldiers. I have horrible eyesight and there must have been soldiers who were like me. You would not want me on sentry duty. I would miss an enemy until they slit my throat! I watch movies where armies face off across a field and I struggle seeing the other side on tv, would never have been able to see the soldiers across an actual field.
I always enjoy your diatribes, but this one is by far my favorite. Listening to you rant about Magna Carta being "signed" to your unimpressed kiddo reminds me all too well of my yearly rant to my students about the famous American painting (done in the 1940s to boost morale) that shows all the Founding Fathers sitting together in Philly, fresh faced, well groomed and cheerful.
In reality, most of them hated each other, all of them were never in the same room at the same time, July with no a/c is miserable, AND they were fighting a mostly losing war against the largest empire in the world!
We are the middle aged curmudgeons now, Jones. Solidarity.
A great podcast and where has the year gone? Will be renewing my subscription. On the oldest Yew Tree, I do believe that is the Fortingall Yew in Perthshire which is reputedly 5000 years old.
Maybe there's a tv show in this, Dan Jones Historic Ramblings whilst Rambling. 😂
Loved todays podcast. I’ll be renewing my substack this week 😍. I start my History degree with OU tomorrow, so looking forward to reading and watching even more history 🤪😎
My substack has been renewed for another year.
I think we can all relate to the soldier whose armour / clothes no longer fit
Great podcast - 2022 the year of the Substack!
Oh man this is GREAT
Who is the most influential royal mistress? Either she herself was influential or any children she may have had. Which ones changed the course of history? Or did any at all?
https://youtu.be/ysabFm98aBE
I hope this answers some questions on sex in the Middle Ages. William IX sounds like a fun guy.
Thanks for another 'great' whatchamacallit. Am so looking forward to Essex Dogs!!
The Ankerwycke Yew is awesome.
Can recommend Bernard Cornwell's "The Grail Quest". 4 books that cover The Adventures of Thomas of Hookton, an English Archer. Yes, it's fiction but as always well researched and culminates in The Battle of Crecy. "Go with God and fight like the devil".
Edit to add: Hope it's not bad form to recommend another author's work......
I’ve often wondered how foot soldiers who had been conscripted into an army could recognise the people they were fighting, particularly in civil wars and in situations where their own side would have contained foreign mercenaries.
A delightful walk. Thank you
Well, that was enjoyable, thank you Dan.
On the subject of wayward princes: another historian called Jones - a Michael this time - wrote a biography of the Black Prince called....The Black Prince (surprising, I know), which is meticulous and contains an extensive chapter on the siege of Limoges.
Loved the First Draft Ep 2! That Yew tree is spectacular, the description was very entertaining. Can we have more of this, a walk through Runnymede would be Great 😊. I never knew how taxing recording a audio book could be. Thank you for your perseverance, I read all your books via audio as I drive a lot with work, it’s so good having the authors read it. Looking forward to next episode 👏😊
I've always wondered about regular soldiers. I have horrible eyesight and there must have been soldiers who were like me. You would not want me on sentry duty. I would miss an enemy until they slit my throat! I watch movies where armies face off across a field and I struggle seeing the other side on tv, would never have been able to see the soldiers across an actual field.
I always enjoy your diatribes, but this one is by far my favorite. Listening to you rant about Magna Carta being "signed" to your unimpressed kiddo reminds me all too well of my yearly rant to my students about the famous American painting (done in the 1940s to boost morale) that shows all the Founding Fathers sitting together in Philly, fresh faced, well groomed and cheerful.
In reality, most of them hated each other, all of them were never in the same room at the same time, July with no a/c is miserable, AND they were fighting a mostly losing war against the largest empire in the world!
We are the middle aged curmudgeons now, Jones. Solidarity.
This has been great. Just what I needed after a long day at work. It has made me smile 😊😊
A great podcast and where has the year gone? Will be renewing my subscription. On the oldest Yew Tree, I do believe that is the Fortingall Yew in Perthshire which is reputedly 5000 years old.
Maybe there's a tv show in this, Dan Jones Historic Ramblings whilst Rambling. 😂