As a South American really interested on British history, I can't get enough of your videos. Thanks a lot.
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
@bevinboulder5039
Жыл бұрын
As soon as I saw the image of the crown with the "dangly bits" I thought it looked very Byzantine. It was good to have you confirm that. Very interesting report on the history of the crown. It was really a tragedy that the existing items of the regalia were destroyed after the Civil War.
@bevinboulder5039
Жыл бұрын
@Alex Woland Interesting. I've often wondered what those strips of cloth are about.
@dukeofhaas
Жыл бұрын
Mr. Barton, it gives us great pleasure to observe an academically trained historian able to successfully disseminate their extensive knowledge to benefit anyone with access to the internet. Your videos are reminiscent of our favorite history professors, the few teachers capable of making history "come alive" through extensive yet relatable research, stunning visual references, and impeccable story telling.
@nokomarie1963
Жыл бұрын
So consistent how societies go around smashing things that symbolize what they no longer espouse. I do wish more things were consigned intact to museums. Not the nature of human society, I suppose. Thank you for your always kind reading of the past.
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure, people are often by nature iconoclastic. I wish it were not so.
@wcfheadshots240
Жыл бұрын
People, sadly, being emotional creatures, destroy things they don't like. They don't think, "Gee, I don't like this. We should put it in a museum so others can hate it too!"
@tatyanamelnikoff9578
Жыл бұрын
i heard that it was napoleon's army that smashed the sphinx's face. they were supposedly practicing their rifle aim.
@CherylK.333
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting! I'm looking forward to part 2. I'm looking forward to the coronation, and I love that, thanks to your videos, I am going to understand what I'm watching in quite significant detail!
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Cheryl. Part 2 should be out by the middle of next week.
@bobbibuttons8730
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Allan, superb as ever
@annettewillis2797
Жыл бұрын
Another fascinating and insightful slice of history somewhat overlooked and as you say, never given much consideration. It is so interesting what happens to crowns, how they interlock (or not) with previous history and even the fashion and styles of the times. It's always a treat to watch your videos!
@nickimontie
Жыл бұрын
What a fascinating story of an object still in use today, albeit only rarely. I can't wait for part 2!
@stepps511
Жыл бұрын
Once more, such intriguing history. I look forward to Part II. Thank you, Allan!
@spottedreptile2671
Жыл бұрын
Always so exciting to get a notification that Allan has released a new video! I love that you are passionate about history & are happy to share what you discover with us. Your videos are always thorough and such a nice narrative style. Well done and keep it up.
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, it is always a delight to share these things with people who appreciate them?
@ReflectionsonFaith
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating, as always, Allan. Many thanks for these informative and interesting videos!
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure as always.
@pjk1714
Жыл бұрын
Just fascinating and I'm looking forward to part 2. I knew the current crown was not the original, however I wasn't aware of the fact we have to imagine from reading what it looked like. I appreciate your efforts to share.
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure, thanks for your kind comment.
@Chris-fh2cl
Жыл бұрын
Another great video! We will all be coronation experts by May… maybe I can get a job doing the tv commentary here in the States..? :)
@TerryC69
Жыл бұрын
Hi Allen! What, at first glance, would seem to be merely a narative about a bit of symbolic furniture, within an ancient ritual, is actually a crossroads of British political, ecclesiastical, and cultural history. Additionally, I find it fascinating how each successive regime, in an effort to cement their own legitmacy, chose to venerate some aspects of their predecessors while at the same time casting down others. Thus, allowing the new rulers to rebrand the civilization in their own image while at the same time maintaining a mythological continuity with the glorious past.
@anne-marie2972
Жыл бұрын
I love to learn about history. Thank you and greetings from Finland 🇫🇮💙.
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Greetings! Thanks for watching.
@WickedFelina
Жыл бұрын
What an informative, inspiring and generous undertaking your Coronation series has proved so far, to be! Enjoyed this one very much as it delved into the mystery that is Saint Edwards crown. What a wonderful thing it would be if the crown jewels lost in the coast of Britain by King John were discovered? Are you aware of any effort made in locating them by metal detection? Or, would they have been found and taken by someone traveling with the King, who knew exactly where they had been lost? Thank you very much indeed by your impressive efforts in regard to this exciting series.
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Well the place they were lost in is about thirty miles from where I live. Despite lots of effort they have never been recovered.
@nadiabrook7871
Жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING video as usual, Allan!!👍💚💖👑
@DoingItOurselvesOfficial
6 ай бұрын
I watch these videos all the time. Simple but brilliant.
@allanbarton
5 ай бұрын
Glad you’re enjoying my channel!
@jayargonauts
Жыл бұрын
These videos are brilliant… so much detailed information which is difficult to find elsewhere👌
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
You're very kind, thank you. I'm glad you're enjoying my videos!
@deniseroe5891
Жыл бұрын
I remember the Late Queen said it was hard to wear, as it is heavy.. you can’t look down or it will fall off .
@seanycactushead6697
Жыл бұрын
Another informative & interesting video from Allan. Such beautiful precious objects. Thank you for making this and posting for us
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Thanks for watching 😊
@sealanaya4231
Жыл бұрын
can wait to see the coronations
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
I can't wait to see it too, it will be wonderful.
@trussell9899
Жыл бұрын
Can't wait for part II !!! 😊
@patrickgomes2213
Жыл бұрын
I’ve been waiting for this.
@MarkGeraghty
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting, I did not think there was anything to learn about Crowns, I see how wrong I was.
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Welcome and thanks for subscribing.
@franklesser5655
Жыл бұрын
I wish people would understand that the St. Edward's Crown and the Imperial State Crown are two separate crowns!
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
That's why I'm doing these videos.
@Floortile
Жыл бұрын
I wonder if you might at a future point consider a video on the Imperial Crown of India - worn only once when George V was proclaimed Emperor of India at the 1911 Delhi Durbar. It is, I feel, the most beautiful, delicate, of all the crowns at the Tower of London (save for Queen Victoria’s small crown, which might provide the perfect crown for Queen Camilla, thus avoiding any controversy over the kohinoor diamond). I do hope you will have a Patreon account, before long!
@joncrane7661
Жыл бұрын
It was a gift. We know that. Don't be afraid of what woke folks think. This is how you lose your culture.
@DemonCuz
3 ай бұрын
Being only worn once and just a hundred years old I'm guessing there is not much to tell. But it's absolutely magnificent. It was in its own glass display case separate to the others and not on the conveyor belt so I transfixed by it and came back three times to see it.
@marie-louisesegerlov8625
Жыл бұрын
Didn't know this,Thanks!
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure Marie-Louise.
@dannyalbertt
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful video as alway, thanks so much for sharing your knowledge
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Danny, thanks for your comment.
@markharrison2059
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating. Look forward to Part Two!
@earthcat
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for all your hard work. I am fascinated by this stuff 💖
@drdata1967
Жыл бұрын
Love your channel, new subscriber.
@deniseatkins9407
Жыл бұрын
Out of curiosity how do Anglicans get declared saints as the pope is not head of English church is it the King himself or the Arch Bishop of Canterbury
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
They don't. In truth the Catholic mechanism is later medieval and before its introduction in the 12th-century saints were simply acclaimed by popular consent of the people and acceptance by the church
@ondsinn5326
Жыл бұрын
They follow whomever The Catholic Church canonizes as a Saint. This is the reason why they venerate St Thomas More, someone that the Church of England in its early stage killed for being Catholic.
@donnalayton6876
14 күн бұрын
Most informative.
@jilltagmorris
Жыл бұрын
Thank you yet again!
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Thank you too!
@karlking1650
Жыл бұрын
Hi,does ur magazine post to Ireland? Great content keeps me company.I look forward to many more videos with ur great voice, so relaxing
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Hello Karl, yes I do post to Ireland - I already post a couple out to there. Glad you are enjoying the videos.
@donaldjenner489
Жыл бұрын
I recall having a book by an Hungarian antiquary. She takes a view that St. Stephen's crown is a reworked woman's crown, also that the bands enclosing the crown are not original, were likely taken off a book binding and repurposed. Also, somewhat later than EtheC.
@maryshotwell159
Ай бұрын
Love your work! Keep doing it!
@allanbarton
Ай бұрын
Thank you very much Mary.
@Bus_Driver_Jay
Жыл бұрын
Considering the ‘power’ behind Edwards ring, I’m surprised it wasn’t smashed during the republic.
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Too valuable to smash Jason, all the jewels from the regalia were taken out and sold - some to royalists who were only too happy to give them back at the Restoration to prove their loyalty. That is how the Black Prince's Ruby also survived.
@Bus_Driver_Jay
Жыл бұрын
@@allanbarton oh! I see. I always assumed they just smashed anything to do with the monarchy. Was this not the case?
@baraxor
Жыл бұрын
@@Bus_Driver_Jay Smash the actual representations of the monarchy--the crowns, sceptres, etc., yes, but not the valuable stones or frangible gold that could be sold off by a money-strapped Parliament to pay the Army. After the destruction of both the Ancien Regime and the Second Empire, the succeeding republican governments of France also destroyed most of the crown jewels that represented the king and emperor respectively but they were canny enough to sell off individual precious stones for profit.
@Bus_Driver_Jay
Жыл бұрын
@@baraxor yeah. I guess that makes sense. I think in my mind I picture it as more hatred towards the institution and all it stood for, more than sense, similar to the Reformation where obvious gold was taken but the rest was just smashed up.
@cinnyminny4445
Жыл бұрын
When will we be getting part II? Eager to see the rest of the story
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Coming over the weekend.
@cinnyminny4445
Жыл бұрын
Sweet!! I love the great history lessons you provide here!
@truefairytale164
Жыл бұрын
Please could you make a video about Imperial crown of India.... Cuz no body talks about it .....
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
That would be great - but I can imagine the comments box!!
@tomw5907
Жыл бұрын
You said, "A really lovely community of people has begun to gather here' TRUE
@laurag7295
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@tkelly5530
Жыл бұрын
In 7 realistic portraits of the last threes sovereigns before Cromwell, a specific crown reappears, albeit with modifications. Maybe you can identify it. Specifically, this crown appears in the portraits of: 1) Elizabeth I (the Parliamentary Robes portrait of 1585-90, and two of the Armada portraits (1588); 2) James I (two portraits by Paul van Somer (1618 and 1620, respectively); and 3) Charles I (two paintings by Hendrik Gerritsz Pot (1632)). What could it possibly be?
@baraxor
Жыл бұрын
Adding to what the ancient St Edward's Crown might have looked like, practically nobody has examined the representation of the crown shown above the shield of the arms of Great Britain and Ireland in Van Dyck's 1633 "Charles I and M de St Antoine". I suspect that most merely consider it a conventionalized heraldic crown not existing in reality, but there are to me so many idiosyncratic features, and such similarities with the St Edward's Crown created for the coronation of Charles II, that I find it difficult to accept that this was purely a product of artistic imagination, and is in fact at the very least the distantly recalled model for the re-created St Edward's Crown. I accept that the original crown has "two little bells" as so described by Spelman, and as Cyril Davenport (in A.C. Fox-Davies's "A Complete Guide to Heraldry") pointed out at least one version of the crown worn by Edward the Confessor on some of his coins was adorned with hanging pendants that could have been these bells. I will also note that the present St Edward's Crown has two little bell-shaped pendants hanging from the arms of the cross patee above the monde, although these could be baroque "pearls" created in gold, like the round "pearls" used elsewhere on the crown. Most interesting to me about the Van Dyck crown are the arches which curve slightly downward to create a slight depression in the center (less pronounced than in the present Crown), and that there are neither crosses patees nor fleurs-de-lys: instead the arches connect directly to the circlet's rim; and where one would expect the fleurs-de-lys there are instead pretty large examples of what appear to be gold foilage set with some gemstones. It's this foilage that may account for the "wirework" description, especially since the Van Dyck crown appears to have few colored stones (on the arches, unless these are only gold studs, and possibly the monde on top), only pearls and white gems that may have been crystal or paste...nowhere as impressive as the State Crown. I submit that while the State Crown of the Tudors had the well-known alternating crosses patees and fleurs-de-lys, the older St. Edward's Crown/King Alfred's Crown did not. When it became necessary to make a new St. Edward's Crown the opportunity was taken to include these ornaments that had become identified with the "crown" of England. There was a suggestion that St. Edward's Crown was set with ogive "Tudor" arches for the coronation of Henry IV, and these may have been replaced by the semi-circular arches during the sixteen century--perhaps for the coronation of Anne Boleyn--as being more elegant (compare with the similar arches on the Crown of Scotland as remodeled for James V in 1542) and better able to accommodate a fashionable Cap of Estate.
@alexrafe2590
Жыл бұрын
It’s a shame that Henry III’s fascination and reverence for Edward the Confessor didn’t extend to his preserving and recognising the history of other Anglo Saxon kings of England prior to the Norman Conquest. I have read that there was a vague realisation at the time that in England’s past there had been several King Edwards but no one was quite sure how many, so they just ‘reset’ back to ‘first’ for Henry III’s son, which was a bit silly since it disregarded the point that there was certainly more than one, as otherwise ‘Edward I’ wouldn’t have been named Edward at all. But surely that’s an untenable situation now? So far it hasn’t been a problem in terms of numbering other new kings, because no other Anglo Saxon king’s name has been given to potential future kings. But what if someone named Edmund became king? Or Harold, or Edwin? If we followed the current system would we just ignore that a new King Edmund would be the third one since England became one nation? If so, does it mean that our numbering somehow means that English kings are numbered not in terms of how many kings of a particular name England has had since it became one Kingdom, but rather arbitrarily by how many it has had since a great many 11th century knights, nobles, and their retainers from a province in another country across the Channel came over and took control of the country? While there’s no denying that that was a very important event it didn’t signal the end of England as a country, nor the beginning of it as a new one. Now that we are far better informed about England’s history preconquest, wouldn’t it make much more sense, since only one name is affected, to renumber the king Edwards, and thereby recognise the place of all England’s monarchs since Althestan was recognised as England’s first? Then Edward the Confessor could properly be recognised as Edward III, and Henry’s son be recognised as Edward IV.
@isobellardner548
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm British who lives as a citizen of Britain. Could you do a video on the history of Buckingham palace? No pressure buddy!
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
That would be fun to do along the line. I will add that to my list.
@isobellardner548
Жыл бұрын
@@allanbarton Thanks. You seriously don't have to if you do not want to. If you feel pressured by my ask please tell me, I will delete the comment immediately.
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
@@isobellardner548 I have always been rather fascinated by Buckingham Palace - it would be great fun to do a series on all the royal palaces. Thanks for your suggestion.
@isobellardner548
Жыл бұрын
@@allanbarton no problem, sir. Make sure to take a break in-between!
@adbraham
Жыл бұрын
I could swear I saw part 2 up a few moments ago??🤔
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
It is up.
@brendatenorio5721
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant recitation of history
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!
@ChillingWithMel22
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video!!!
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@gammamaster1894
9 ай бұрын
It's tragic what Parliament did to the regalia after the Civil War. The King being crowned with a 17th century crown is one thing, but a 10th century crown would be something else.
@chriscaughey1103
Жыл бұрын
When is Part 2 coming out?
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Probably the middle of next week.
@EllenCFarmGirl
Жыл бұрын
❤️
@kimhaas7586
Жыл бұрын
Darn, I do wish they’d commission a new st edwards crown that would look more like the Hungarian crown, minus the pandella. It’s minimal. It could be very elegant in the hands of the right artist. I like Alex Surplus’ work for something like it.
@irmuggle
5 ай бұрын
I wonder why the Queen and the black & white photo has a glove on a right hand but in the colorized photo she doesn't have a glove on.😮
@lroman384
Жыл бұрын
Great info.. nothing Holy about a crown though.
@PoulsenBlog
Жыл бұрын
Why does the king only have that crown once
@Mike-iv3hy
Жыл бұрын
Yes, and why does it have the Flur de li of France on it ? DML
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
It is not primarily a symbol of France, it is first and foremost a symbol of the Virgin Mary.
@ednaeverhart4398
Жыл бұрын
What do scottland have a coronation for the kind
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
No, this coronation stands in for both. The last British sovereign to be crowned in Scotland was Charles II.
@jedwardtong243
Жыл бұрын
What happened to part 2?
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Coming up this week.
@mnfrench7603
Жыл бұрын
Ok…. Where’s part 2
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Coming on Friday.
@AulicExclusiva
Жыл бұрын
...crowned with a Catholic relic in a purloined Catholic church near the shrine of a displaced Catholic saint...
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
The irony, the deep irony. Not that I have an axe to grind here, I'm Orthodox.
@Abk367
Жыл бұрын
You left out one important detail ,the saint was an english king who was part of the english church (which at that time was in communion with rome.Well regardless of what you think,Britain is the only place you will find that keeps many of the so called catholic traditions alive .no catholic monarch is crowned in such an elaborate manner.
@michellegutierrez2119
Жыл бұрын
First class relics are items directly associated with the events of Christ life Second class relics items are the relic associated by the saint who wore them 👑third class relics connected to the first and second class relics.. according to ,Catholicism..
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Indeed.
@TwmUkLive
Жыл бұрын
I don't see the crown as having a monetary value
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
Putting a monetary value on it, which the commissioners of the Commonwealth who were given the task of converting it into coin did in 1649, is helpful in giving us an indication of its weight, size and the lavishness of its decoration. That is useful historical evidence.
@allanbarton
Жыл бұрын
@Bluebell Flora I couldn't care less about the value people put on them now, they are impossible to value in any case. However, it is really interesting to have a historical record of the value in the past as we have with the Commonwealth inventory of 1649. In the absence of the objects themselves, it gives us solid historical evidence and an indication of their origin and significance.
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