The Galloglass: Ireland's Axe Wielding Mercenary Class
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We want to entertain people with history which is entertaining, visually pleasing and grounded in scholarship at the same time. Our golden rules: 1) We only use academic sources and always try to stick to the consensus opinion. 2) We always list our sources in description of our videos. 3) We make clear when we deviate from the prior two rules. Education: Between the two of us we hold two Master's degrees in history from the university of Bern and one degree as a history teacher from the Bern University of Teacher Education. Both of us worked at the University of Bern as teaching assistants. We wrote an article about our experience as content creators (ed. by Dr. Kilian Baur and Robert Trautmannsberger): https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110792898-005/html We also held a few talks about our journey on YouTube at the universities of Eichstätt, Fribourg and Zürich. We taught a seminar about history on YouTube at the University of Zurich in spring of 2024.
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Get 50% off Blinkist premium and start your 7-day free trial by clicking here: https://blinkist.com/sandrhomanhistory. This offer is valid only until May 29th. The Galloglass were some of the most fearsome mercenaries in history. Truly professional, selected carefully only from the strongest, and equipped with head-splitting axes, these warriors decisively shaped Irish history and warfare between the 13th and 16th century. The Galloglass were an elite warrior infantry, both highly effective in battle and very well suited for protection duty. Starting off as simple mercenaries traveling from the rough coasts of northwestern Scotland, they evolved into a sedentary class of warriors in Ireland. Their family networks provided all of Ireland with deadly warriors who could easily match English knights. In this video we explore how contemporary historiography explains who the Galloglass were, what made them so effective, and finally, how they fought. Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/sandrhomanhistory Paypal (thank you: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/SandRhomanhistory Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sandrhoman Bibliography Duffy, S. (ed.), The world of the galloglass Kings, warlords and warriors in Ireland and Scotland, 1200–1600, Dublin 2016. Hayes-McCoy, G. A., Scots Mercenary Forces in Ireland, 1565-1603, Dublin 1937. McInerney, L., The Galloglass of Thomond: Gallóglaigh Thuadhmhumhain, in: North Munster Antiquarian Journal, vol. 55, 2015Marsden, J., Galloglas. Hebridean and West Highland Mercenary Warrior Kindreds in Medieval Ireland, Edinburgh 2003. Prendergast, M., SCOTS MERCENARY FORCES IN SIXTEENTH CENTURY IRELAND, in: France, John (ed.), Mercenaries and Paid Men. The Mercenary Identity in the Middle Ages (History of Warfare vol. 47), Leiden/Boston 2008, pp 366f. Price, L., Armed Forces of the Irish Chiefs in the Early 16th Century, in: Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 2:2 (1932). Spenser, E., Ireland Under Elizabeth and James the First, Described by Edmund Spenser.
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