King Edward I - Longshanks Documentary

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Great job on your history series. As a historian, I believe these should be shown in schools around the world.

I absolutely love this particular narrator! The quality of his voice, the cadences, the volume, and the enunciation is all perfect. Excellent documentary, as always! Give this narrator a raise! 🙂💰

Patrick McGoohan made the role of Longshanks his, it was the performance of a life time. It was memorable when his son's lover told Edward that he was skilled in the art of warfare and Edward replied "ARE you?" and threw him out a high window.

I just love his narration, and as a Welsh person his pronunciation of Welsh names and places.

Superbly done....fantastic. I really enjoyed the quality and the narration wasn't destroyed by overbearing pointless music !!

Robert Bruce said he feared Edward I bones more than he did the living Edward II. Given the time period we are studying here, a fearsome warrior king would have been infinitely preferable. And let us not forget the major reforms he made in Parliament and the legal system, on the back of his father’s and grandfather’s terrible rule, including the 2 Barons Wars. He learned greatly from his fathers mistakes and his own at the Battle of Lewes, appointed the loyal and brilliant Robert Burnell as Chancellor which set the importance of Chancellor as we know it today, re-established the Royal Prerogative whilst pacifying the disgruntled barons, set up an efficient system of raising royal finance, including the reissue of coinage which made £25k profit (and establishing faith in coinage needed at the time of a growing cash economy which was replacing the feudal system) and his expulsion of the Jews in 1290 came as a result of the requirement put in place by Parliament in return for the taxation he needed rather than purely to do with his own anti-Semitism. And he was a loving husband to Eleanor to boot, her death in 1290 partially explains his increasing brutality and fearsomeness in the time thereafter. I could go on and on but what I’m trying to do is balance out the negative portrayals this brilliant king receives in this day and age. Yes he was brutal. So too was the time period in which he reigned.

The man known to history... I love when I hear these words on my autoplay

Great video, I highly appreciate the detail. Personally, I would disagree with the notion that Edward was a poor administrator, financier and logistician. He read books, oversaw law disputes, engaged in complicated diplomacy and managed the supply of his armies on a scale that was possibly never seen before in England and which led to the military successes that his predecessors and successors failed to reciprocate. I will emphasise however, that evidence is lacking and it’s possible that all this was also done by capable subordinates. Great video, keep up the great work. 👍

I can't wrap my head around how people lived back there. There seems to have never been a day of peace and stability. War was as common as Starbucks today. Insane.

This narrator's voice is really calming

Hollywood should make a blockbuster about him! His story is fascinating.

There's the line from "The King And I": "The worst barbarian is a weak king!" Something applicable to Stephen and Henry VI, but NOT to Edward I.

I have a hammered silver penny from Longshanks reign. A weird feeling holding it, knowing it was being used all those years ago!

One of England’s greatest kings. Not only was he known as Longshanks, he was also called Hammer of the Scots. Excellent documentary on Edward I.

Side note: Edward's avatar is a picture of Patrick McGoohan, the actor who portrayed Longshanks in the film Braveheart. I agree with a comment made by one that McGoohan was in fact perfect for the part. I consider it a bit of casting genius. For those of us old enough to remember, McGoohan also was the star of the TV show The Prisoner, which, coincidentally, can be seen on Primewire. An obscure, well produced British spy show. Dry as hell, too. 🧐

"A man does good work, when he rids himself of shyte."- Edward Longshanks Ruthless but efficient

my favorite English King, seeing his stone coffin in Westminster Abbey was a highlight for me. It was actually opened in the 18th century and his remains were examined... I wonder how much of him is left these days.

The most underrated King of England ever to my opinion and again to my opinion, one of the greatests ! Greetings from Eastern Europe!

Thank you, very much for this! This man has a nice, well-focused voice AND I CAN UNDERSTAND EVERY WORD HE SAYS!!! Well-presented throughout and so informative.