What did he mean by 'context', /his/?
>it's a Matt skirts around the atrocities committed by the British Empire during the colonial era episode
>>867771
He dun giv a fook
Did you see his video where there's a big Union Jack behind him.
>>867771
ultimately, the world would be a worse place without British imperialism
>>867771
Matt Easton is there for the weapins really, not to start a political shitfight in the comments section/
How do you win a sword duel against him?
>>867811
pocket sand
>>867771
He is like lindybeige except he is competent and actually backs up his information. Also he isn't an arrogant asshole.
>>867794
The world would be so different that there's no way to know if it would be better or worse off.
>>867836
He seems less autistic too
>>867687
If this is serious, he just means the situation the weapon/armor/other thing was designed to be used in.
>>867687
>normans aren't french, 1066 was not a french victory
he's a retard who still buys into the french-english rivalry
>>869432
Well they're not french either.
Just a bunch of Normans looking for real estate. Only this time, it's the duke himself whose into it.
Normans love creating Kingdoms and States.
>>869445
normandy had existed for over 100 years by the time of 1066, and they had mixed with the french so much they they were effectively a french subculture, william the conqueror was a frenchman
>>869455
What I'm trying to say is it's a cunt out for dynastic concerns, not national ones. Willy the Bastard had claim to England, and he paddled over there to get his due. He wasn't claiming it for the French king or anything.
But if we're gonna talk of identity formation then yes, while Normans were Frenchified, they did talk of "Gens Normanorum" (lit. Norman Nation/Tribe/Lineage) and how distinct they were from regular Frenchmen as they had "Normanitas."
>>869476
Other anon.
They did still speak a French language though, as well as made good use of French heavy cavalry.
THe Kings didn't even start to speak English till somewhere around the 100 years war, seem to have had their main strategic interests in France as well as introducing lots and lots of French words to the English language.
They were genetically norsemen mixed with franks
French and English is a fucking stupid at this point
>>869768
This. Barely anyone was French. The 'country' was a mess of mutually un intelligible different languages and very regional identities and loyalties.. Why do people insist on approaching the past with a modern nationalistic view point?
>>869432
His point is actually spot on. It was a DUCHY of Norman victory, not KINGDOM of France. The adjective is used NOT in the sense of ETHNICITY, but of NOBILITY TITLE.
Fuck off, pseud.
>>867771
Lindybeige is way worse in that regard.
>>867838
Of course we do. The pre industrial world sucked balls. Thanks to the empire we don't live in that world anymore.
>>870095
Industrialisation and colonisation are two different things bruh.
Also Belgium was the first country from continental Europe to industrialise, and that's not a British colony now is it?
>>870438
It actually was.
