You will have to have some kind of subscription service that streams Horrible Histories in order to watch the clips I've provided. I use Amazon Prime. Those links that I have used here are from youtube and add historical points to the silliness.
- Season 2, Episode 10- 0:37-4:37; The Bayeux Tapestry and Miserable Songs
- Season 1, Episode 5- 5:09-9:52; Domesday Survey Book; no more Anglo-Saxons, you're now French!
- Medieval Knights
- Season 3, Episode 2- 0:37-4:45; Nasty Knights, Castles, Sieges
- Top Ten Weird Facts about Medieval Castles
- The Tower of london
- built by William the Conqueror during the 1080s
- classic Norman architecture
- used as a residence, an armory, and most well known, a prison
- today it contains the collections:
- the royal armories
- the royal mint
- crown jewels
- for 600 years the Tower housed the menagerie of exotic animals given to the kings and queens; ostriches, elephants, lions, polar bears, etc.
- Ravens
- Those that oversee the Tower are called Yeoman Warders, and the one who takes care of the ravens is the Ravenmaster.
- During the reign of Charles II (1630-1685), the king decreed that at least six ravens be kept at the Tower to protect the kingdom. Today seven are kept-- six and a spare.
- The ravens are employed as "soldiers of the kingdom".
- They can be dismissed for bad behavior.
- There is a raven graveyard and the names of the deceased Tower ravens are engraved on the memorial.
- Tour of the Tower of London
- The Ravens at the Tower of London
- York, England: Medieval England's Second City
- Season 1, Episode 10- 14:28-18:12; Hamlin, Plague Song
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