Máel Sechnaill was a grandson of Donnchad Midi mac Domnaill of Clann Cholmáin, who was King of Tara from around 778 to 797. Clann Cholmáin was a sept of the Uí Néill which ruled as Kings of Mide in east central Ireland. While the southern Uí Néill had been dominated by the Síl nÁedo SláineKings of Brega in the 7th and early 8th centuries, the Clann Cholmáin were dominant from the time of Máel Sechnaill's great-grandfather Domnall Midi. The Kingship of Tara, a largely symbolic title, alternated between Clann Cholmáin as representatives of the southern Uí Néill and the Cenél nEógain as representatives of the northern Uí Néill.
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Ireland's First Viking Age (800-875)
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Why Didn't the Vikings Colonise North America?
Around the turn of the millennium, a crew of Norsemen from Greenland and Iceland under the leadership of Leif Eriksson, son of the infamous Erik the Red, sighted lands that but a handful of Europeans before them had seen: Mainland North America. Despite having reached it and found it to be a fertile land of wild wheat and grapes, the Vikings spent mere decades in Vinland, before abandoning it forever. In this video I answer the question; why didn't the Vikings colonise North America?
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Vikings in Ireland 03 Amlaib, Imar, and the Ui Imar
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Fragmentary Annals of Ireland
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Around the turn of the millennium, a crew of Norsemen from Greenland and Iceland under the leadership of Leif Eriksson, son of the infamous Erik the Red, sighte...
Around the turn of the millennium, a crew of Norsemen from Greenland and Iceland under the leadership of Leif Eriksson, son of the infamous Erik the Red, sighted lands that but a handful of Europeans before them had seen: Mainland North America. Despite having reached it and found it to be a fertile land of wild wheat and grapes, the Vikings spent mere decades in Vinland, before abandoning it forever. In this video I answer the question; why didn't the Vikings colonise North America?
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#Vikings #Vinland #NorseAmerica
Around the turn of the millennium, a crew of Norsemen from Greenland and Iceland under the leadership of Leif Eriksson, son of the infamous Erik the Red, sighted lands that but a handful of Europeans before them had seen: Mainland North America. Despite having reached it and found it to be a fertile land of wild wheat and grapes, the Vikings spent mere decades in Vinland, before abandoning it forever. In this video I answer the question; why didn't the Vikings colonise North America?
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William Tell Overture - Gioachino Rossini
Mystery - Holfix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_GORUTEthM
Living Voyage - Kevin MacLeod
Sunday Dub - Kevin MacLeod
Journey to the North - Kevin MacLeod
Dub Feral - Kevin MacLeod
Echoes of Time - Kevin MacLeod
Lost Frontier - Kevin MacLeod
Expeditionary - Kevin MacLeod
Night of the Owl - Kevin MacLeod
Cambodian Odyssey - Kevin MacLeod
"Sky of Our Ancestors” - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Vikings in Ireland between 853 and 875 AD. The coming of Amlaib and Imar, the Viking kings of Dublin and the Vikings in Ireland and Britain and their activities...
Vikings in Ireland between 853 and 875 AD. The coming of Amlaib and Imar, the Viking kings of Dublin and the Vikings in Ireland and Britain and their activities.
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Primary Sources:
Annals of Ulster
Chronicon Scotorum
Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib
Annals of Clonmacnoise
Fragmentary Annals of Ireland
Secondary Sources:
James Henthorn Todd “St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland, A Memoir of his Life and Mission (1864)” and “Cogadh Gaedhel Re Gallaibh, or The War of the Gaedhil With the Gaill (1867)”
Downham, Clare (2007), Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland: The Dynasty of Ívarr to A.D. 1014, Edinburgh: Dunedin, ISBN 978-1-903765-89-0
Vikings in Ireland between 853 and 875 AD. The coming of Amlaib and Imar, the Viking kings of Dublin and the Vikings in Ireland and Britain and their activities.
My apologies to speakers of Irish and Norse for mispronunciations of names and locations.
Support my video work:
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Links:
“The Great Heathen Army” History with Hilbert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWMXvAum6AM
“The Real Ivar the Boneless” History Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3lRf6FT_pM
Primary Sources:
Annals of Ulster
Chronicon Scotorum
Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib
Annals of Clonmacnoise
Fragmentary Annals of Ireland
Secondary Sources:
James Henthorn Todd “St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland, A Memoir of his Life and Mission (1864)” and “Cogadh Gaedhel Re Gallaibh, or The War of the Gaedhil With the Gaill (1867)”
Downham, Clare (2007), Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland: The Dynasty of Ívarr to A.D. 1014, Edinburgh: Dunedin, ISBN 978-1-903765-89-0
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Monarchy of the United Kingdom
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Monarchy of the United Kingdom
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SUMMARY
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The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom, its dependencies and its overseas territories. The current monarch and head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, ascended the throne on the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952.
The monarch and his or her immediate family undertake various official, ceremonial, diplomatic and representational duties. As the monarchy is constitutional, the monarch is limited to non-partisan functions such as bestowing honours and appointing the Prime Minister. The monarch is commander-in-chief of the British Armed Forces. Though the ultimate formal executive authority over the government of the United Kingdom is still by and through the monarch's royal prerogative, these powers may only be used according to laws enacted in Parliament and, in practice, within the constraints of convention and precedent.
The British monarchy traces its origins from the petty kingdoms of early medieval Scotland and Anglo-Saxon England, which consolidated into the kingdoms of England and Scotland by the 10th century AD. In 1066, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon monarch, Harold Godwinson, was defeated and killed during the Norman conquest of England and the English monarchy passed to the Normans' victorious leader, William the Conqueror, and his descendants.
From the 1080s, the lordships of South Wales were held by a succession of Norman families inter-married with older Welsh houses loyal to the English throne, with many lordships also held by the English King in his own right. The process was completed in the 13th century when the north of Wales, as a principality, became a client state of the English kingdom, while Magna Carta began a process of reducing the English monarch's political powers.
From 1603, when the Scottish monarch James VI inherited the English throne as James I, both the English and Scottish kingdoms were ruled by a single sovereign. From 1649 to 1660, the tradition of monarchy was broken by the republican Commonwealth of England, which followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The Act of Settlement 1701 excluded Roman Catholics, or those who married Catholics, from succession to the English throne. In 1707, the kingdoms of England and Scotland were merged to create the Kingdom of Great Britain, and in 1801, the Kingdom of Ireland joined to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The British monarch became nominal head of the vast British Empire, which covered a quarter of the world's surface at its greatest extent in 1921.
In the early 1920s, five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the Union as the Irish Free State, and the Balfour Declaration recognised the evolution of the dominions of the empire into separate, self-governing countries within a Commonwealth of Nations. After the Second World War, the vast majority of British colonies and territories became independent, effectively bringing the empire to an end. George VI and his successor, Elizabeth II, adopted the title Head of the Commonwealth as a symbol of the free association of its independent member states.
The United Kingdom and fifteen other Commonwealth monarchies that share the same person as their monarch are called Commonwealth realms. The terms British monarchy and British monarch are frequently still employed in reference to the shared individual and institution; however, each country is sovereign and independent of the others, and the monarch has a different, specific, and official national title and style for each realm.
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Monarchy of the United Kingdom
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written
language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through
audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio
while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using
a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKfABj2eGyjH3ntPxp4YeQ
In case you don't find one that you were looking for, put a comment.
This video uses Google TTS en-US-Standard-D voice.
SUMMARY
=======
The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom, its dependencies and its overseas territories. The current monarch and head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, ascended the throne on the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952.
The monarch and his or her immediate family undertake various official, ceremonial, diplomatic and representational duties. As the monarchy is constitutional, the monarch is limited to non-partisan functions such as bestowing honours and appointing the Prime Minister. The monarch is commander-in-chief of the British Armed Forces. Though the ultimate formal executive authority over the government of the United Kingdom is still by and through the monarch's royal prerogative, these powers may only be used according to laws enacted in Parliament and, in practice, within the constraints of convention and precedent.
The British monarchy traces its origins from the petty kingdoms of early medieval Scotland and Anglo-Saxon England, which consolidated into the kingdoms of England and Scotland by the 10th century AD. In 1066, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon monarch, Harold Godwinson, was defeated and killed during the Norman conquest of England and the English monarchy passed to the Normans' victorious leader, William the Conqueror, and his descendants.
From the 1080s, the lordships of South Wales were held by a succession of Norman families inter-married with older Welsh houses loyal to the English throne, with many lordships also held by the English King in his own right. The process was completed in the 13th century when the north of Wales, as a principality, became a client state of the English kingdom, while Magna Carta began a process of reducing the English monarch's political powers.
From 1603, when the Scottish monarch James VI inherited the English throne as James I, both the English and Scottish kingdoms were ruled by a single sovereign. From 1649 to 1660, the tradition of monarchy was broken by the republican Commonwealth of England, which followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The Act of Settlement 1701 excluded Roman Catholics, or those who married Catholics, from succession to the English throne. In 1707, the kingdoms of England and Scotland were merged to create the Kingdom of Great Britain, and in 1801, the Kingdom of Ireland joined to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The British monarch became nominal head of the vast British Empire, which covered a quarter of the world's surface at its greatest extent in 1921.
In the early 1920s, five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the Union as the Irish Free State, and the Balfour Declaration recognised the evolution of the dominions of the empire into separate, self-governing countries within a Commonwealth of Nations. After the Second World War, the vast majority of British colonies and territories became independent, effectively bringing the empire to an end. George VI and his successor, Elizabeth II, adopted the title Head of the Commonwealth as a symbol of the free association of its independent member states.
The United Kingdom and fifteen other Commonwealth monarchies that share the same person as their monarch are called Commonwealth realms. The terms British monarchy and British monarch are frequently still employed in reference to the shared individual and institution; however, each country is sovereign and independent of the others, and the monarch has a different, specific, and official national title and style for each realm.
- Watch my latest history documentary:-
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Around the turn of the millennium, a crew of Norsemen from Greenland and Iceland under the leadership of Leif Eriksson, son of the infamous Erik the Red, sighted lands that but a handful of Europeans before them had seen: Mainland North America. Despite having reached it and found it to be a fertile land of wild wheat and grapes, the Vikings spent mere decades in Vinland, before abandoning it forever. In this video I answer the question; why didn't the Vikings colonise North America?
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Living Voyage - Kevin MacLeod
Sunday Dub - Kevin MacLeod
Journey to the North - Kevin MacLeod
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Echoes of Time - Kevin MacLeod
Lost Frontier - Kevin MacLeod
Expeditionary - Kevin MacLeod
Night of the Owl - Kevin MacLeod
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Vikings in Ireland between 853 and 875 AD. The coming of Amlaib and Imar, the Viking kings of Dublin and the Vikings in Ireland and Britain and their activities.
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Primary Sources:
Annals of Ulster
Chronicon Scotorum
Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib
Annals of Clonmacnoise
Fragmentary Annals of Ireland
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James Henthorn Todd “St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland, A Memoir of his Life and Mission (1864)” and “Cogadh Gaedhel Re Gallaibh, or The War of the Gaedhil With the Gaill (1867)”
Downham, Clare (2007), Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland: The Dynasty of Ívarr to A.D. 1014, Edinburgh: Dunedin, ISBN 978-1-903765-89-0
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Monarchy of the United Kingdom
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written
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- reduce eye strain
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The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom, its dependencies and its overseas territories. The current monarch and head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, ascended the throne on the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952.
The monarch and his or her immediate family undertake various official, ceremonial, diplomatic and representational duties. As the monarchy is constitutional, the monarch is limited to non-partisan functions such as bestowing honours and appointing the Prime Minister. The monarch is commander-in-chief of the British Armed Forces. Though the ultimate formal executive authority over the government of the United Kingdom is still by and through the monarch's royal prerogative, these powers may only be used according to laws enacted in Parliament and, in practice, within the constraints of convention and precedent.
The British monarchy traces its origins from the petty kingdoms of early medieval Scotland and Anglo-Saxon England, which consolidated into the kingdoms of England and Scotland by the 10th century AD. In 1066, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon monarch, Harold Godwinson, was defeated and killed during the Norman conquest of England and the English monarchy passed to the Normans' victorious leader, William the Conqueror, and his descendants.
From the 1080s, the lordships of South Wales were held by a succession of Norman families inter-married with older Welsh houses loyal to the English throne, with many lordships also held by the English King in his own right. The process was completed in the 13th century when the north of Wales, as a principality, became a client state of the English kingdom, while Magna Carta began a process of reducing the English monarch's political powers.
From 1603, when the Scottish monarch James VI inherited the English throne as James I, both the English and Scottish kingdoms were ruled by a single sovereign. From 1649 to 1660, the tradition of monarchy was broken by the republican Commonwealth of England, which followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The Act of Settlement 1701 excluded Roman Catholics, or those who married Catholics, from succession to the English throne. In 1707, the kingdoms of England and Scotland were merged to create the Kingdom of Great Britain, and in 1801, the Kingdom of Ireland joined to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The British monarch became nominal head of the vast British Empire, which covered a quarter of the world's surface at its greatest extent in 1921.
In the early 1920s, five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the Union as the Irish Free State, and the Balfour Declaration recognised the evolution of the dominions of the empire into separate, self-governing countries within a Commonwealth of Nations. After the Second World War, the vast majority of British colonies and territories became independent, effectively bringing the empire to an end. George VI and his successor, Elizabeth II, adopted the title Head of the Commonwealth as a symbol of the free association of its independent member states.
The United Kingdom and fifteen other Commonwealth monarchies that share the same person as their monarch are called Commonwealth realms. The terms British monarchy and British monarch are frequently still employed in reference to the shared individual and institution; however, each country is sovereign and independent of the others, and the monarch has a different, specific, and official national title and style for each realm.
Máel Sechnaill was a grandson of Donnchad Midi mac Domnaill of Clann Cholmáin, who was King of Tara from around 778 to 797. Clann Cholmáin was a sept of the Uí Néill which ruled as Kings of Mide in east central Ireland. While the southern Uí Néill had been dominated by the Síl nÁedo SláineKings of Brega in the 7th and early 8th centuries, the Clann Cholmáin were dominant from the time of Máel Sechnaill's great-grandfather Domnall Midi. The Kingship of Tara, a largely symbolic title, alternated between Clann Cholmáin as representatives of the southern Uí Néill and the Cenél nEógain as representatives of the northern Uí Néill.