Four historical pictures side by side: a 1786 painting of the Battle of Bunker Hill, the 1588 Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I, Abel Buell’s 1784 map of the United States, and a 1410s manuscript page of haymaking.
Four period works, side by side. Image credits.

History YouTube channels

Footnotes

The small stories history left in the footnotes.

History for curious viewers of all ages.

Who Footnotes is

Footnotes is a family of four history YouTube channels. The name is the brief: the small stories history left in the footnotes.

The aim is accurate, enjoyable history you can learn a little from.

What makes it different

The episodes are researched. Period art on these pages is identified with the artist, title, and date, and sources are credited when an episode supplies them.

The four channels

One card for each channel. The episodes themselves live on that channel’s page.

Publishing week

One new episode each weekday.

  1. MondayFootnotes of Freedom
  2. TuesdayFootnotes of Medieval Life
  3. WednesdayFootnotes of the Crown
  4. ThursdayFootnotes of Medieval Life
  5. FridayFootnotes of Statehood

Contact

Questions: [email protected]