Battle of Halidon Hill, 1333 - England Awakens!

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  @HistoryMarche · 2 years ago · pinned

  🚩 Give Lingopie a try using my link <a href="https://learn.lingopie.com/historymarche">https://learn.lingopie.com/historymarche</a> and get a special discount! <br>🚩 Battle of Halidon Hill (1333) played a big part in the development of English military tactics. Edward III would later use the same defensive setup to confound the mounted chivalry of France at the Battles of Crécy and Poitiers. This was Edward III&apos;s first battle and the only one that he fought in England. At Halidon Hill he witnessed the strength of the defensive combination of archers and dismounted men-at-arms already used to great effect by Edward Balliol the previous year at the Battle of Dupplin Moor in Scotland.

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  @CyborgDoge · 2 years ago (edited)

  Day 2 of asking HistoryMarche to finish 2nd Punic war series

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  @Sanj1n · 2 years ago

  My comment as a sacrifice for the algorithm but in reality is because I love this channel.

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  @nomorebrotha · 2 years ago

  I found this channel due to my addiction to total war games recently. Not gonna lie made me buy a history book too XD Love this channel.

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  @NewsRedial · 2 years ago

  As I understand it, the reason Edward was expected to bend the knee to King Phillipe of France wasn&apos;t that England was part of &nbsp;the French sphere of authority but rather Edwards lands in France were. And not going to pay homage to Phillipe could have resulted in those lands being forfeit.

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  @squaresman1031 · 1 year ago

  There’s a reason why in all my 25 years of living in Scotland, balliol hasn’t showed up once as a surname but there’s always a Bruce within a mile of you. I swear.

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  @ryanreay4965 · 1 year ago (edited)

  As someone who has lived in Berwick my whole life essentially and currently watching this late at night in tweedmouth. You did this very well. Everyone who grows up here knows the tale and it was a great watch to see it visualised.

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  @mt_baldwin · 2 years ago

  For those who haven&apos;t heard this story before, it may seem jarring and out of character for the famously honorable Edward III to arrest and kill Mortimer out of nowhere, his mother boyfriend and one that didn&apos;t seem to do anything to Edward. It only seems out of nowhere, Mortimer definitely deserved his end (and not for having killed Edward IIIs father like some documentaries make it sound like). The young Edward was a true puppet and virtual prisoner of Mortimer, who had his movements heavily restricted and was surrounded by Mortimer&apos;s spies. Mortimer&apos;s vanity and ambition grew to the point that he was even taking precedence over Edward at public events. The two final straws broke when Edward III&apos;s son was born and then quickly after rumors that Edwards mother Isabella was pregnant. There was now a real danger that Edward III would either be killed (secretly assassinated) in favor of his own son becoming Mortimer new puppet king he could use to rule for another 18 years or that he would be deposed like his father had been and killed in favor of Mortimer&apos;s own (potential) son with Isabella.<br> On the night of Edwards coup he was staying in Nottingham with his mother. While there Edwards supporters were barred from Nottingham castle and the castle guards were ordered not to obey Edwards commands (Mortimer was inside the castle, Edward and Isabella were staying elsewhere in the city). The kings supporters left the city in a very public huff but then secretly re-entered the city later that night. Edward and his friends then moved against Mortimer, entering the castle via a secret entrance in the castle using a key obtained from his mother. Mortimer was caught completely off guard and arrested.

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  @Nicole_Auriel · 2 years ago

  Idk why I’m obsessed with English longbowmem. I think it’s because they were my favorite unit in age of empires 2 but the longbowmen are just so freaking cool!

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  @jmeatball8799 · 2 years ago

  It’s funny how many medieval battles are just ‘they ran at each other’. Like, Bannock Burn is such a master class of a battle with its twists and turns and surprises, then there’s Halidon Hill which is just a ‘run at them and try not to die’ strategy. Still, I love the smaller battles that aren’t as often discussed, and HistoryMarche is my favorite place to go for them. Keep up the good work!

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  @Douwecarel · 2 months ago

  A sacrifice to the algorythm! Great episode btw

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  @everactivedad · 8 months ago

  This seems like a perfect one for Sunday. My name is Douglas you know.

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