Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Today we thought we would travel outside of the Middle Ages and into the early modern period. But why? We hear you shout when you have 1,000 years of medieval history to go at. Well, the answer is easy. The Great Fire of London was one of the greatest catastrophes ever to befall the City and was a tale just too extraordinary not to be told. Over ffour days from Sunday 2nd to Wednesday 5th September 1666, London was over powered by the largest and fastest moving fire that it had ever faced.
Fanned by easterly winds, it spread quickly across the city, like a relentless predator, consuming everything in its path. When the wind eventually dropped and the flames finally guttered out, the devastation was clear to see, causing the famed diarist Samuel Pepys to state that it was “the saddest sight of desolation that I ever saw”. Welcome to Early Modern Madness.
00:00 Introduction
01:21 A Whole New World
05:25 Tick, Tick, Boom!
08:13 Baker, Baker, Great Fire Maker
12:43 Bows and Arrows Against the Lightning
14:53 Hell Fire!
18:25 Burn Baby Burn
24:23 Firestarter?
27:36 Rise Like A Phoenix
Narrated by James Wade
Written by Lisa E Rawcliffe
Edited by Jamit Productions
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Today we thought we would travel outside of the Middle Ages and into the early modern period. But why? We hear you shout when you have 1,000 years of medieval history to go at. Well, the answer is easy. The Great Fire of London was one of the greatest catastrophes ever to befall the City and was a tale just too extraordinary not to be told. Over ffour days from Sunday 2nd to Wednesday 5th September 1666, London was over powered by the largest and fastest moving fire that it had ever faced.
Fanned by easterly winds, it spread quickly across the city, like a relentless predator, consuming everything in its path. When the wind eventually dropped and the flames finally guttered out, the devastation was clear to see, causing the famed diarist Samuel Pepys to state that it was “the saddest sight of desolation that I ever saw”. Welcome to Early Modern Madness.
00:00 Introduction
01:21 A Whole New World
05:25 Tick, Tick, Boom!
08:13 Baker, Baker, Great Fire Maker
12:43 Bows and Arrows Against the Lightning
14:53 Hell Fire!
18:25 Burn Baby Burn
24:23 Firestarter?
27:36 Rise Like A Phoenix
Narrated by James Wade
Written by Lisa E Rawcliffe
Edited by Jamit Productions
Thank you for watching.
DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement is intended. If you are, or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please email us at info@top5s.co.uk
Copyright © 500 AD to 1500 Top5s All rights reserved.
