The Danish Vikings' advancements in seafaring led them to traverse seas, ultimately bringing them to England, where their leader Ragnar Lodbrock was captured and killed. Ragnar's death vow for vengeance spurred his sons to further incursions, including the siege of Paris, which resulted in King Charles III granting them Normandy.
Richard the Lionheart befriends Robin Hood and they start helping each other
Robin Hood decides to steal from the rich to give to the poor (mostly saxons) from the Sherwood woods
He then gets mad because his friend doesn't cooperate with his plan, and Beckett ends up being killed because of this.
Henri II names his friend Thomas Becket the new bishop because he wanted to have control over the church's power
Richard The Lionheart helped the saxon after the norman inasion
A Noble Saxon allows a peasant to hunt for food in his land. This will lead to the beginning of the story of Robin Hood
Eleanor and Henri have three children; Richard the Lionheart goes to the crusades so John the Landless takes the throne.
The crusades brings the knowledge of the Sufis, which leads to romance and influences the creation on Love Tribunals by Eleanor
Eleanor of Acquitaine marries the king of France. They divorce and she marries Henri II
The firsts crusades start at the time of William's son
England and France are crossed in history because of Norman presence
Normandy is still more important than England; William's son will become Duke of Normandy
Royalty becomes Norman since then (1066)
At "The Battle" William The Conqueror completely defeats the Anglo people
Shakespeare is inspired from this history to write many of his plays related to kings and nobles.
That's when William The Conqueror arrives on scene. He starts loosing this war by far
He organizes a great dinner with Denmark nobles and kills them all
His son Edward will marry a Norman princess and will destroy the peace effort.
He gets lost in a swap and the legend says he's still there trying to unify both people.
Divides England in Shires and wants to make peace with Scotland
King Alfred of Wessex unifies Denmark and England
At the same time he tries to fins coexistence with the Celts, so he gives them some territory from the highlands. Since then they are considered Highlanders
This war continues for years until Alfred The Great (king of Wessex) decides to try and mix both cultures
Ragnar's sons decide to start a war with the Anglo-Saxon
Ragnar Lodbrock (Danish king) is caotured and thrown into a pond filled with snakes in England. before dying he swears his sons will take revenge
They territorize people and even take part in the "Siège de Paris". King Charles III signs peace with them in exchange of Normandy. Since then they are called the Normans
They arrive in Ireland and stay there for some time, until they arre completely repelled in Wessex. They go South and arrive in France, Hambourg and even Spain
Danish Vikings learn to make boats with sails, which allows them to go through seas
With the Vikings arrive the Goblins, which are evil and invasive creatures. They become enemies from other creatures that live in the woods
Arrival of the Vikings thanks to their well-developed navigation system
the Germanic People impose their habits in the territory
Legend of Tristan and Isolde
Golden Era for the Celts: Development of legends
They lived in peace for a long time and their legends start developing
He dies on March 17th which becomes Saint Patrick's Day
They get to Ireland and Wales. Many people start coming, including Saint Patrick, who evangelices them.
The Germanics help them but stay at their territory, so the celts have to find another territory
The attacked ask the Germanic people for help (Saxons and Germanics)
These celts are attacked by the ones who didn't have any Roman influence
Romans leave the Celt territory (South side of the Adrian Wall)
Pants get to Italy where Pantaleon starts using them and it becomes the trend
Emperor August starts using them
They then realised how practical they were in terms of weather
When Romans get to England they find pants funny
Minutes 1-8 (Chapter 2)
When Romans leave and the Wall is taken down the people that were separated because of it are now in conflict due to their strong differences.
She talks about Saint George of England, a knight that creates the culture of chivalry. His red Cross is represented in the English and British flag. He was also an inspiration to fight the pagans, and the importance of honor is highlt due to him.
Ireland and Wales don't suffer from this because they were far away
Celts, who create the first culture of Great Britain (myths and literature) are separated by Romans when they build the Adrian Wall to separate themselves from "Barbarians"
Pixies: First inhabitants of England
Celts and their contact with Phoenician after the Bronze Era
Mentions mysterious Stone-hedge
Recalll of the foundation of England
Minutes 48-End
The only way of having peace back is to get the Holy Grial
Their affair ruins peace because of this
At a meeting with many kings from other places their love becomes a little obvious
A friend of Arthur's falls in love with her and so does she.
He wanted to marry Guinevere but Merlin tells him she had a curse. nevertheless Arthur decides to marry her
The king would be he one who managed to get Excalibur out of the stone. Arthur manages to do this and becomes King.
Minutes 40-48
King Arthur's Legend: British that unified the land with Excalibur. Son of Kin Uther who falls in love with igraine (Queen, already married), so he asks Merlin to transform him into her husband to have a night with her. Merlin agrees on the condition that the kids from that night would be given to him. They have Arthur and give him to Merlin. Igraine has a daughter called Morgana who later on becomes a witch
The English nation is born from the Anglo, the Saxon, the Celts and other people
Relation between french Britain and english Great Britain
The Germanics stay there and it is named the land of the Anglo which becomes "Angleterre"
South celts defeat northern celts and establish on the Islands
they install the Wall of Adrian which creates a conflict between separated people
Romans stay for 400 years because Celts had looted Rome so they wanted vengeance
Saint Patrick also helps christianize England. Perfect syncretism with the magic world of the Celts
The Celts become christians to go against Romans
José de Arimetea goes to England with the Holy Grial and christianizes the British islands.
Minutes 32-40
Joseph of Arimathea
Adrian's Wall
Romans try to modify English legends
Julius Caesar arrives in England
Presence of fairies and Leprechauns
Minutes 24-32
With them also come the leprechauns, who were their shoemakers
They have glamour which allows them to walk around mortals without being seen, and creates attraction when they want to. They can manipulate men based on desire and obedience
They feared that the sky would fall upon them, which is what happens when Romans get there. Their cultura was based on mythology, and when fairies get there (with Romans) they start fighting with the creatures that were already there. They are the origion of stories like Sleeping Beauty
The Celtic people also have a developed religion with many different gods.
Minutes 16-24
Good people were sent to an endless party
You can't be happy in the forest because there's many treasures that get stolen from you if you try to take them. Mix between heaven and hell
Avalon was an absolut paradise. There is The Lady of The Lake
Their culture starts getting mixed up and ends up being something more christian. Their culture spread along Europe
The Celts had a Village called Bretons, form where comes te term Britain
Many popular stories come from this tradition
Oral tradition is very important. Land is formed by gnomes and elves
They develop their own culture until Romans invade them
The Celts arrive in the year 1500 b.c with many different tribes that end up in Ireland and Scottland
Minutes 8-16
Only white magic on this island. the day of the death of King Arthur the Island sinked into the water. it is told fishermen can still see its lights
Lost Island on the Atlantic that disappears. It's paradise. Beautiful people where there and knights and ladies went there to seek rest
Elfs, Pixies and Pocks start inhabiting english woods and become an essential part of he development of their history.
There's a mix of roman, germanic and scotish people; irish people don't get mixed because they were far from the others
The Celts (means brave) start moving around Europe and finally get to England
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Minutes 1-8 (Chapter 1)
This land wouldn't be much known until the Roman Era
This brought Tin and Copper which was used to make Bronze