Comments by "SantomPh" (@SantomPh) on "The People Profiles" channel.

  1. Edward insisted that English be used in court but not officially in other respects. He spoke French as a first language. Henry IV was the first King to openly use English and encourage its usage. However the first King to actually declare English to be the sole official language was Henry Tudor (Henry VII) who ironically lived in France during the War of the Roses but pushed through his decree. His son and grandaughters all could still speak French but it became a personal ability rather than an official requirement. Henry VIII signed his letters as "Henri" and Elizabeth spoke French to diplomats-but both championed English.
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  2. Wallace never sought the crown, he was a supporter of John Balliol.
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  3. well they ruled Britain, so they were the English/British nobility.
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  4. the HistoryMarche narrator?
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  5. @sneksnekitsasnek the Normans and others were Christian at this point and men cut their hair short with knives and crude scissors (not invented yet) both to resemble monks and for practical reasons. As kings were meant to be the head of their respective churches (though not as literal as Henry VIII) they had to be presented as such
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  6. Context. For us who have longer attention spans than yoy
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