Charlemagne was the model for many future French kings, who would emulate him by invading their neighbors, having close ties to the Pope, and naming their sons Louis.
But the counting of Louis comes from Charlemagne's son, as Louis the Pious was Louis I. Much like there were absolutely no English Kings named Edward before Henry III's son, Edward I Longshanks.
Conquering the Saxons for being violent, raiding pagans and finding the Danes on the other side is like when you think you've finally beaten a really difficult boss, only to find out that he's got three more healthbars and a final form.
Well not actually. The title Tsar is fashioned after the title caesar used primarly in the years of the tetrarchy with meaning junior co-emperor, but after that it was mostly symbolic gesture bestowed upon the emperors kinsman. The first foreigner to be bestowed the title caesar was khan Tervel, who never acually used it, but 2 centuries later Simeon I of the Bulgarian Kingdom proclaimed himself tsar of bulgars and romans, that was translated in greek as basileous, meaning emperor.
Fun fact, Charlamagne wanted to marry The Byzantine empress Irene to reunite the Roman Empire, and Irene actually was fond of this idea, but obviously others in Byzantine court were quite outraged by that idea.
There's a nice anecdote about Charlemagne, that he'd keep a scroll and quill under his pillow so that every night he could practice writing without anybody knowing.
The Franks have the biggest kingdom in Europe, and the pope is so proud he invites the king (Charlemagne) over for Christmas. "Surprise! You're the new Roman Emperor!" said the pope, pretending to still be part of the Roman Empire. Then the Franks broke their kingdom into what would later be called France and Not France (Holy Roman Empire).
there is an argument that Charlemagne should have crowned himself emperor. Would not have created this dependence on the pope for legitimacy. Which had vast consequnces for centuries. You know, like Napoleon.
Actually for century a third part of the empire existed, often called "Burgundy"... Parts of it were the Netherlands, Belgium, Altace, Lorraine, Luxemburg, Switzerland, Bourgogne etc.
Little fun fact, one of Carlemagne's most renowned knights and sometimes leader of his vanguard was Ogier the Dane/Oger le Danois/Holger Danske. He has been romanticized many times by French poets over the centuries and was buried in a great sarcophagus in the abbey of St. Faro of Meaux. Today a sleeping statue of him resides under Kronborg in Denmark and according to danish folklore, he will wake up when Denmark faces an existential threat.
I never knew about the low status of kings in the early Frankish kingdoms, i would love to learn more about how it got that way and the origins of the system.
The Capetian family line in France was born out of Hughes Capet, the... mayor of Paris. Remember this is line and its offshoots ruled France from 900 or so until 1848.
Louis Haumont. Hugues Capet wasn’t the Mayor of Paris. There weren’t any Mayor of Paris. The first Mayor of Paris was appointed in 1789. Hugues was duke of the Franks.
8:15 At that time, Byzantium was being bullied by the Bulgarian Empire, which was similar in size to Byzantium and could've possibly put up a fight against the Carolingian Empire had it come to that. On that note, it would be awesome if you did a video on Medieval Bulgarian history one day.
Yeah, I was pretty dissapointed by the statement that the ERE were the only challengers to Charlemagne while our ancestors were building siege equipment to take on the Theodosian walls. The bulgarian state, champion of threatenening the city of Constantine while never actually conquering it since 681.
Sharkalope productions Firstly, Serdica was taken from Byzantium in 809, and that's only where your misinformation starts. There is no way to estimate the population of a medieval country unless you've got writings from that period, which I'm sure wouldn't be accurate either. Also, judging a country's ability to wage war by their population is impossible. Otherwise, you're pretty close to the truth.
The Germans still call France "Frankreich" which means something like "Empire of the Franks" 👌 (yes guys chill. "reich" can be translated to empire, kingdom, realm... that's why I wrote "something like" ^^)
8:55 Fun fact: this was the very first Louis (Louis I) in the 18-Louis long list of French kings, while Charlemagne was considered to be Charles I. It all started with them, which can seem arbitrary knowing that the French name "Louis" derives from the Frankish name "Clovis", and there were four kings named Clovis before linguistical drift caused them to become "Louis". The reason for this is King Louis XI (ruled 1461-1483), who was the first Louis to use a regnal number while he was alive, and who fixed the distinction between "Clovis" and "Louis". That meant he detached himself from the Merovingian dynasty's "Clovis" kings, and tied himself to the Carolingian dynasty. Before that, Charles V (r. 1364-1380) was the first king to use a regnal number while alive.
@@alexanderweigand6758 It's sung by France Gall. I'd say the first line only is really well known nowadays (as far as I'm concerned). It goes like this : who had once this crazy idea to invent school? It is that darn Charlemagne! (It's literally "holy Charlemagne" rather than "darn Charlemagne" in French, but the French word for "holy" has 2 meanings and it clearly expresses here the sense of "darn". Because, you know, it's for children who want to complain about going to school)
It's definitely the facial expressions that make these History Matters videos so wonderful. Bored, irked, tired, scared, mad, surprised, etc., they all just hit the mark.
Less than Louis: 17 Louis vs 10 Charles, but a lot of the subsequent Charles were in deference to Charlemagne. Basically in France dynasties tended to keep the same name, for example Raymond for the Counts of Toulouse and William for the Dukes of Aquitaine.
Carloman is a different name than Charles, and Charlemagne is Charles I so he is counted. You could say 11 since there is 2 Charles III, the Fat and the Simple.
Welp considering the Byzantines had the muslims to the east to deal with and bulgarians to the north its no wonder they didnt want to fight the Carolingian Empire. Poor Byzantines. Always getting bullied by their neighbors. FeelsBadMan Clap
@ First of all, it's just banter. But it is ironic that the most successful colonizers of the ancient world and the successors of the Roman Empire/one of the most powerful Empires in the world at the time could always manage to make themselves out to be victims of their neighbors.
Hey! This was great. I’m an MA student whose spent the last couple of years specialising in Carolingian history and have to congratulate you on how much good stuff you packed into this video. Carolingian politics is hard to follow at the best of times so this video is really awesome. If I’m being picky, though, then Caroline Minuscule (spelt like that!) wasn’t the first script to introduce minuscule letter forms (lower case refers only to print). There had been sever minuscule scripts, like half-uncial, Beneventan minuscule, Visigothic minuscule etc., that pre-date Caroline Minuscule. Indeed, these scripts fed into CM, making it what it was. Fun fact: Times New Roman font is derived from fifteenth-century humanist minuscule scripts, which in turn was a revival of (you guessed it..!) Caroline Minuscule!
I still call them Roman although many who don't know much about history, if they know about them at all, call them the Byzantines. The Roman empire we know was for over 100 years one ruled by a Christian, for a couple hundred years had a huge Christian population, a large part of the population actually did speak Greek including most of the aristocracy even if the lawbooks were in Latin (which would become popular in Justinian's court oddly enough), had lawbooks mostly written based on the ways the classical Romans did it, and Rome actually used chainmail armour for most of it's history, not the lorica segmentata.
Red Ice He was probably the last famous Roman emperor, but there were so many more and it wouldn't be until almost a millennia after Justinian's birth that the empire would cease to be.
Also, I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed it at Verden I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed the Blood of four thousand Saxon men I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
I live in Aachen and you can still find his seal everywhere in the city there is also a statue of him next to the cathedral here. Even our spa is named after him XD
Had an aunt who was supposedly into the genealogy of the family...whenever it came up, she would go on a yarn about how we were descendant from Charlemagne....years later I learned so was most of western Europe lol never had the heart to tell her
Editorial Note: The slide at 1:22 has, "the Umayyads were there to conquer OF loot." As you realize, it should be, "the Umayyads were there to conquer OR loot." Great video.
Extremely funny stuff, but also at the same time this is super informative, and you explain MANY things skipped by conventional history. Really well done, thank you!
So this is how much of a nerd I am. I suddenly got interested in this Era after Konami released an archetype in Yugioh called the Infernoble Knights. The boss monster of the deck is called Emperor Charles, the Great, and works with another card called Infernoble Knight Emperor Charles. The deck seems to focus on the time when the Francs were having wars with all of their neighbors. The artwork is amazing, and I'd recommend anyone to look the cards over.
Watching this and your other videos has gotten me to play more Crusader Kings II as of late :D It certainly helps to know how/when the old kingdoms and empires were first founded!
Charlemagne is just a name given to Karl in the French-speaking areas. As a Frank that is a German his name was Karl. He was hardly named Charles the Great at birth.
@@ОлегВоло-с2н they most definitely did. Although at that time, it just meant that you spoke a west Germanic language. Btw, Charlemagne’s native language was Old High German.
You missed out a quite important detail :( The Eastern Roman Empire did recognize him as basileus (which means king or emperor). HOWEVER, they refused to recognize him as Emperor of the Romans. Therefore, his crownation was still illegal and the ERE was the true and ONLY Roman Empire. (Btw. the ERE also recognized some Sassanid kings as basileus)
Charlemagne used to sleep with a "notepad*" next to his bed. He did this not to keep as a dream diary, but rather so that ideas for the betterment of his Empire could be recorded at any moment, and not just during the normal 8th century workday (google "wax tablet charlemagne" if you thought I was joking). This suggests that he wasn't illiterate. Though I've also read that he kept these materials so that he could practice writing in private. Even if this last one is true, practicing in private means he's not illiterate. If he were, he'd need a scribe/ tutor to guide him. More likely he just had bad handwriting. Considering his overall physical condition in the post 8th century world, it seems plausible. Regardless, I'm glad that you also showed his commitment to education, and not just his accomplishments as a warrior king. * = notepad for these purposes refers to Wax Tablets.
Scrolling read "CHARLEMAGNE AND THE PRANKS". Thumbnail seemed endorse imagining. Clicked. Me:《Oh, no a docu!》 Always me : 《Oh, cool, a doc! Got to watch!》
Of all of your videos, this one EASILY has the funniest signs held by the characters. I keep guffawing out loud every time Charlemagne appears with a different sign to emphasize your point.
Charles Martel did not drive the Saracens out of Gaul by himself. My hypothesis is that he convinced them to leave their interests in the area to him. Charlemagne used a letter from the pope to convince the illiterate Teutoburgs that he had a holy writ from the Vatican to depose his rivals in the nobility. The HRE had to ban reading to reduce challenges to its legitimacy.
Funny fact: The reason why Charlemagne chose Aachen as residence in his elder years is that he was suffering from the gout disease (He like meat. Like, a lot) and Aachen had a thing that helped him with the pain: Hot springs. Yes. Aachen was made capital for the hot springs. You are welcomed.
A great video, I would've loved a smaller side video talking more about the Frankish court under the mayors,, resources that were across Europe, some specifics on the learning & advancement of the sciences. Still I love this video & the channel
@@germanyball1379 1st it's Francia, and it litteraly means France in Latin. From the Baptism of Clovis in 469 to the French revolution, France was founded and led by the Franks.
@@tonyhawk94 with this logic i could say that germany took croatia because Germany was also ruled by the frankish kings. Francia is a predecessor state of france BUT france is not francia.
Charlemagne was 6 foot 6 inches tall. That’s tall as shit today. He must of been a fucking giant by the standards of the day. I AM WILLIAM WALLCE Dude: no William Wallace is 7 feet tall Wallace: yes I’ve heard he slays men by the hundred and would consume the English with fireballs from his ass!!! Wallace: I am William Wallace!!! Basically Charlemagne any time he left his house.
It frustrates me to no end when people say the HRE wasn't Holy, Roman, or an Empire. What exactly do you call a devout Christian state ruling over several other states, with close ties to Rome, and defining itself as an extension of the Roman Empire?
It refers more to the later hre, where it was unholy in the fact that half of the members were protestant and actively fighting the church, un- roman meaning it did not control italy or Rome and was just a bunch of germans, and not an empire due to the degree of independence the member states had and lack of control the emperor had.
@@awesomename2544 That makes a lot more sense, thank you. I've only ever seen it as a platitudinous remark on par with pointing out that Iceland is green, and Greenland is icy.
3:50 I bet he was singing "I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed it at Verden I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed the Blood of four thousand Saxon men I shed the Blood of the Saxon men I shed the Blood of the Saxon man!" with a Christopher Lee voice?
"thus making the map nicer to look at"
Always loved your wit.
Christian Buffum-Robbins agreed
Christian Buffum-Robbins That good ole’ English wittiness...
First thing I want to do in the ck2 start
Less countries to draw borders for
Timestamp, damn you! ;)
Charlemagne was the model for many future French kings, who would emulate him by invading their neighbors, having close ties to the Pope, and naming their sons Louis.
But the counting of Louis comes from Charlemagne's son, as Louis the Pious was Louis I. Much like there were absolutely no English Kings named Edward before Henry III's son, Edward I Longshanks.
Also Napoléon took Charlemagne as example for his coronation as emperor.
@Mallyoo Its sarcasm dumbo.
@@johkupohkuxd1697 boys boys behave and play nice. OK?
*Louis is the same as Clovis, only gayer*
If there's one thing to learn from history: Never go to war with someone who's last name is "The Great"
Ummmm I think they get the title after all their accomplishments lol. I don’t think it’s given to them as babies 😂.
@@CutieZalbu Ummmm I think it was a joke 😂
@@CutieZalbu I don't mean to be disrespectful but.... Wooosh
Man I forgot about this comment
@@HolyRomanSalt I hope you forget again
Conquering the Saxons for being violent, raiding pagans and finding the Danes on the other side is like when you think you've finally beaten a really difficult boss, only to find out that he's got three more healthbars and a final form.
I love this comparison
The death "animation" and sound effect will never stop being hilarious.
I know, aren't the special effects amazing?
More so is how he says it, " fortunately in (insert date) he turned out to be a little...dead"
Or "he suffered from an acute case of the...dead"
I startle every time.
"thud"
2 years later and I couldn't agree more
I lose my shit everytime you have the characters skipping through the flowers
Jayden Warran me too
6:09 _"skipping through the flowers"_ time stamp.
🌻🌸🌼🌺🌷
That and the **toc** sound when someone dies
wrrr
Let me help you find it
Interesting fact: The Czech word for king král is actually derived from the name of Charlemagne.
The words Tzar and Kaiser come from the name of Julius Caesar
Nikolay Tsankov so does the swedish kjesare
Well not actually. The title Tsar is fashioned after the title caesar used primarly in the years of the tetrarchy with meaning junior co-emperor, but after that it was mostly symbolic gesture bestowed upon the emperors kinsman. The first foreigner to be bestowed the title caesar was khan Tervel, who never acually used it, but 2 centuries later Simeon I of the Bulgarian Kingdom proclaimed himself tsar of bulgars and romans, that was translated in greek as basileous, meaning emperor.
ShtyepaanCZ the Serbian monarchs would also call themselves krajl,so I guess it's a Slavic thing
ShtyepaanCZ Makes sense, he was a proto german, his german name was Karl, so I guess Král is a version of that
Fun fact, Charlamagne wanted to marry The Byzantine empress Irene to reunite the Roman Empire, and Irene actually was fond of this idea, but obviously others in Byzantine court were quite outraged by that idea.
The Pope was also against it
And then the eastern Roman empire would be split by his grandkids.
imagine if they actually married and the roman empire was actually restored, how much history would've changed...
@Joseph Smiith they were just the eastern half not the whole thing
Man that’s so dumb. That would have been Rome reborn.
There's a nice anecdote about Charlemagne, that he'd keep a scroll and quill under his pillow so that every night he could practice writing without anybody knowing.
Was probaly lied.
@@MouldMadeMind No reason to believe that.
@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 no reason to not believe that
@@kyleangelocastro9460 The burden of proof is on him. Until he can prove with evidence that it's a lie, I'll believe that it's true.
@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 That is not how history works. I believe Charles was an alien from Mercury, now prove me wrong!
The Franks have the biggest kingdom in Europe, and the pope is so proud he invites the king (Charlemagne) over for Christmas.
"Surprise! You're the new Roman Emperor!" said the pope, pretending to still be part of the Roman Empire. Then the Franks broke their kingdom into what would later be called France and Not France (Holy Roman Empire).
The coronation wasn’t a surprise! It was very much staged and deliberately framed to fit a certain narrative. Give Charlemagne more credit haha!
Sophie Makes Up He's quoting Bill Wurtz "history of the entire world I guess" video.
r/unexpectedbillwurtz
there is an argument that Charlemagne should have crowned himself emperor. Would not have created this dependence on the pope for legitimacy. Which had vast consequnces for centuries.
You know, like Napoleon.
Actually for century a third part of the empire existed, often called "Burgundy"... Parts of it were the Netherlands, Belgium, Altace, Lorraine, Luxemburg, Switzerland, Bourgogne etc.
Basically their butlers were kings.
Imagine if Alfred was Batman while Bruce Wayne just cries in his mansion.
Sound like a cool side character in an multiverse story.
"mr bruce could you stop crying i'm trying to find out who's the joker here have some money go to a fancy party or something"
Napoleon proclaimed he was not the successor of King Louis, but of Charlemagne.
Should have atleast checked his height. Charlemagne was probaly 6'4
When ?
@@thepretorian5292successor != descendant
@@thepretorian5292don’t mean relative or anything jst successor
@@thepretorian5292people back then definitely wasn't
When I die, I hope to fall over and make a thump sound.
Don't we all!!!
Your wish is gonna be granted!
Edit: His wish has been granted people!
@@dinoxman8584 Lmao
That is why I hope to die standing
the last thing youll hear: "bryce long promptly d-"
Carolingian empire bordering Denmark
Danes: So anyway, we started raiding
Little fun fact, one of Carlemagne's most renowned knights and sometimes leader of his vanguard was Ogier the Dane/Oger le Danois/Holger Danske. He has been romanticized many times by French poets over the centuries and was buried in a great sarcophagus in the abbey of St. Faro of Meaux. Today a sleeping statue of him resides under Kronborg in Denmark and according to danish folklore, he will wake up when Denmark faces an existential threat.
@@johan8969 How did he not wake up during WWII?
@@staffan- well denmark survived ww2 after all
@@staffan- because the Germans did not threaten the existence of the Danish people. If anything, he should wake up now.
@@staffan- The news of the invasion didn’t reach him before it was over
I never knew about the low status of kings in the early Frankish kingdoms, i would love to learn more about how it got that way and the origins of the system.
I'll definitely do an episode on King Clovis and the Merovingians at some point.
Archetypal Histories just read about agnatic gravelkinde
10 Minute History- So... tomorrow?
The Capetian family line in France was born out of Hughes Capet, the... mayor of Paris.
Remember this is line and its offshoots ruled France from 900 or so until 1848.
Louis Haumont. Hugues Capet wasn’t the Mayor of Paris. There weren’t any Mayor of Paris. The first Mayor of Paris was appointed in 1789. Hugues was duke of the Franks.
8:15 At that time, Byzantium was being bullied by the Bulgarian Empire, which was similar in size to Byzantium and could've possibly put up a fight against the Carolingian Empire had it come to that.
On that note, it would be awesome if you did a video on Medieval Bulgarian history one day.
Yeah, I was pretty dissapointed by the statement that the ERE were the only challengers to Charlemagne while our ancestors were building siege equipment to take on the Theodosian walls. The bulgarian state, champion of threatenening the city of Constantine while never actually conquering it since 681.
would love a video on the Bulgarian empire!
I never knew there was a Bulgarian empire. Any good books you'd recommend on the subject?
Yea that would be nice to see a vid on medieval bulgaria if not all of bulgarian history, they dont get enough attention
Sharkalope productions Firstly, Serdica was taken from Byzantium in 809, and that's only where your misinformation starts. There is no way to estimate the population of a medieval country unless you've got writings from that period, which I'm sure wouldn't be accurate either. Also, judging a country's ability to wage war by their population is impossible. Otherwise, you're pretty close to the truth.
Your "running through the fields joyfully" animation is honestly the best thing ever
The Germans still call France "Frankreich" which means something like "Empire of the Franks" 👌
(yes guys chill. "reich" can be translated to empire, kingdom, realm... that's why I wrote "something like" ^^)
Realm of the Franks
Le pays ou la terre des francs.
Melkus Pinot Mais ils osent clamer un héritage franc ahah ce sont plutôt des prussiens appaisés !
The exact translation would be "the Frankish land" i think. (reich is not exactly and empire per say)
@@rachelsombo9045 Non, c'est l'inverse, c'est eux qui nous appellent encore les Francs
Why everytime i see this i want to play Crushader kings 2?
because you are a man of taste
And I cant get why Age of Empires doesnt have a Charlemagne campaign.
@@Paulitica and there are a lot more campaigns/scenario's if you have the steam version of aoe2
Any plans for an incestual horse king?
@@fulcrum2951 no
8:55 Fun fact: this was the very first Louis (Louis I) in the 18-Louis long list of French kings, while Charlemagne was considered to be Charles I. It all started with them, which can seem arbitrary knowing that the French name "Louis" derives from the Frankish name "Clovis", and there were four kings named Clovis before linguistical drift caused them to become "Louis".
The reason for this is King Louis XI (ruled 1461-1483), who was the first Louis to use a regnal number while he was alive, and who fixed the distinction between "Clovis" and "Louis". That meant he detached himself from the Merovingian dynasty's "Clovis" kings, and tied himself to the Carolingian dynasty. Before that, Charles V (r. 1364-1380) was the first king to use a regnal number while alive.
We have a silly children's song in french blaming Charlemagne for school.
Really?? That's so funny. In France?
What’s it called?
@@lightningfletch5598 « Sacré Charlemagne »
@@lazaredylon5219 Is there a Link to the Text/Lyrics?
@@alexanderweigand6758 It's sung by France Gall. I'd say the first line only is really well known nowadays (as far as I'm concerned). It goes like this : who had once this crazy idea to invent school? It is that darn Charlemagne! (It's literally "holy Charlemagne" rather than "darn Charlemagne" in French, but the French word for "holy" has 2 meanings and it clearly expresses here the sense of "darn". Because, you know, it's for children who want to complain about going to school)
It's definitely the facial expressions that make these History Matters videos so wonderful. Bored, irked, tired, scared, mad, surprised, etc., they all just hit the mark.
That and the deaths
2:28 look Merry I have become King of Frankia! The first Hobbit to become King.
Dams get out.
10 bucks they'd run out of beer and weed within weeks
Damnit I thought I saw it first
Jayden Warran *ale
Dams dams my bad
Charles/Carl seem to have been popular names for Frankish royalty doesn’t it.
Less than Louis: 17 Louis vs 10 Charles, but a lot of the subsequent Charles were in deference to Charlemagne.
Basically in France dynasties tended to keep the same name, for example Raymond for the Counts of Toulouse and William for the Dukes of Aquitaine.
10 numbered Charles plus Charlemagne and Charles the Bald as well as Carloman, so really 13.
Carloman is a different name than Charles, and Charlemagne is Charles I so he is counted. You could say 11 since there is 2 Charles III, the Fat and the Simple.
I stand corrected.
Lmfao totally forgot there was a charles nicknamed "the simple" 😂😂😂😂
Welp considering the Byzantines had the muslims to the east to deal with and bulgarians to the north its no wonder they didnt want to fight the Carolingian Empire. Poor Byzantines. Always getting bullied by their neighbors. FeelsBadMan Clap
Pupper Man Greeks had it tough.
Pupper Man Except when they were the bullies.
They were basically the early medieval equivalent of Poland then 🙄
@@arng111 what is wrong with you?
@ First of all, it's just banter.
But it is ironic that the most successful colonizers of the ancient world and the successors of the Roman Empire/one of the most powerful Empires in the world at the time could always manage to make themselves out to be victims of their neighbors.
I love how they always make their videos exactly 10 minutes. Definitely living up to the name
Yes but then you relise that at the end there is a 10 seconds at the end of silence and nothing happening, it looks a bit strange.
Hey! This was great. I’m an MA student whose spent the last couple of years specialising in Carolingian history and have to congratulate you on how much good stuff you packed into this video. Carolingian politics is hard to follow at the best of times so this video is really awesome.
If I’m being picky, though, then Caroline Minuscule (spelt like that!) wasn’t the first script to introduce minuscule letter forms (lower case refers only to print). There had been sever minuscule scripts, like half-uncial, Beneventan minuscule, Visigothic minuscule etc., that pre-date Caroline Minuscule. Indeed, these scripts fed into CM, making it what it was.
Fun fact: Times New Roman font is derived from fifteenth-century humanist minuscule scripts, which in turn was a revival of (you guessed it..!) Caroline Minuscule!
Ten Minute History you really are one of the best history channels out there! Greeting from Ecuador
You should do a series on the Roman empire (Byzantines) after the fall of the West. I'd love to see that.
I still call them Roman although many who don't know much about history, if they know about them at all, call them the Byzantines. The Roman empire we know was for over 100 years one ruled by a Christian, for a couple hundred years had a huge Christian population, a large part of the population actually did speak Greek including most of the aristocracy even if the lawbooks were in Latin (which would become popular in Justinian's court oddly enough), had lawbooks mostly written based on the ways the classical Romans did it, and Rome actually used chainmail armour for most of it's history, not the lorica segmentata.
I know. It's all very interesting...
Extra History did a good mini series on Emperor Justinian
Red Ice He was probably the last famous Roman emperor, but there were so many more and it wouldn't be until almost a millennia after Justinian's birth that the empire would cease to be.
Basil II to the First Crusade would be cool. Re-rise and then spectacular failure.
Excellent video on Charlemagne! Thanks so much.
Your channel teaches me more in 10 minutes than my history teachers do in a month. Keep up the great work!
Man you got to do one on the collapse of the Carolingians to the eventual Ottonians. Also, Merovingians might be interesting
Marcus McCabe Merovingians would be amazing
Also,
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
I shed it at Verden
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
I shed the Blood of four thousand Saxon men
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men!
> .
YES ! I've been looking for this one !
Jesus: Am I a joke to you ??
God acts by the Franks !
Then depose the Franks lol Saxons become True emperors and burn the frankish nobles
4:26 thank you Charlemagne for making the map nicer to look at
Thank you, i'm french and you learned me some things, this time period is taugh at 8years olds students....
I've been a subscriber since the start, and it still fascinates me
Thanks so much for putting your sources! Great video, hit a lot of the points our class discussed this semester!
6:52 _how many gods?_
Great video
Learnt about carolingian miniscule for the first time
Three
I'm pretty sure I've watched this specific one like 20 times. Great job
I live in Aachen and you can still find his seal everywhere in the city there is also a statue of him next to the cathedral here. Even our spa is named after him XD
I mean his skeleton is still in Aachen.
@@onurbschrednei4569 oh yeah that too
Augustus sees Charlemagne as "Roman Emperor": *Savage*
Had an aunt who was supposedly into the genealogy of the family...whenever it came up, she would go on a yarn about how we were descendant from Charlemagne....years later I learned so was most of western Europe lol never had the heart to tell her
I never tire of your channel. Education, tempered with your deadpan wit is delightful.
“His two sons carloman and pippin” wow the lord of the rings sequel got insane
Editorial Note: The slide at 1:22 has, "the Umayyads were there to conquer OF loot." As you realize, it should be, "the Umayyads were there to conquer OR loot." Great video.
I love this animation it's so kid friendly
Extremely funny stuff, but also at the same time this is super informative, and you explain MANY things skipped by conventional history. Really well done, thank you!
I have never laughed so hard at a history lesson so I just had to share my appreciation of this video.
So this is how much of a nerd I am. I suddenly got interested in this Era after Konami released an archetype in Yugioh called the Infernoble Knights. The boss monster of the deck is called Emperor Charles, the Great, and works with another card called Infernoble Knight Emperor Charles. The deck seems to focus on the time when the Francs were having wars with all of their neighbors. The artwork is amazing, and I'd recommend anyone to look the cards over.
I just love the thud when someone dies lol
Your videos always make me happy to be alive in 2018
Yup, pretty amazing our people survived the constant wars, illness, etc of Europe in those days... but here we are!
Pipen as a king? That's terrifying. No fool of a Took should Be king
CHARLES LE MAGNIFIQUE!
Great video, love the visuals and the narration; you do a great job summarizing very important events into the easiest to understand basics.
Watching this and your other videos has gotten me to play more Crusader Kings II as of late :D It certainly helps to know how/when the old kingdoms and empires were first founded!
Charlemagne is just a name given to Karl in the French-speaking areas. As a Frank that is a German his name was Karl. He was hardly named Charles the Great at birth.
The Franks did not call themselves Deutschs
@@ОлегВоло-с2н they were germanic not french french is moslty latín, germanic can be Either germanc danés etc..
@@francoisdaureville323 Carlton Kuhn wrote that most Franks had Celtic genes
@@ОлегВоло-с2н they most definitely did. Although at that time, it just meant that you spoke a west Germanic language. Btw, Charlemagne’s native language was Old High German.
@@onurbschrednei4569 Charlemagne was born in Liege, his language was Latin
the animations are gold.
You missed out a quite important detail :(
The Eastern Roman Empire did recognize him as basileus (which means king or emperor). HOWEVER, they refused to recognize him as Emperor of the Romans. Therefore, his crownation was still illegal and the ERE was the true and ONLY Roman Empire. (Btw. the ERE also recognized some Sassanid kings as basileus)
Carloman found himself "slightly dead." That'll help Charlemagne's campain against his brother, ever so slightly..
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never knew he was this cool
Great video! Inheritance of Rome is a very good read too.
Charlemagne used to sleep with a "notepad*" next to his bed. He did this not to keep as a dream diary, but rather so that ideas for the betterment of his Empire could be recorded at any moment, and not just during the normal 8th century workday (google "wax tablet charlemagne" if you thought I was joking). This suggests that he wasn't illiterate. Though I've also read that he kept these materials so that he could practice writing in private. Even if this last one is true, practicing in private means he's not illiterate. If he were, he'd need a scribe/ tutor to guide him. More likely he just had bad handwriting. Considering his overall physical condition in the post 8th century world, it seems plausible.
Regardless, I'm glad that you also showed his commitment to education, and not just his accomplishments as a warrior king.
* = notepad for these purposes refers to Wax Tablets.
"... thus making the map nicer to look at."
I think this line from A Few Good Men fits most Frankish kings to a T:
"I have no responsibilities here whatsoever."
Fate/Extella somewhat brought me here and I have fallen in love with Charlemagne more than ever.
Dont forget about his first paladin C:
He's going to cheat on you.
Scrolling read "CHARLEMAGNE AND THE PRANKS".
Thumbnail seemed endorse imagining.
Clicked.
Me:《Oh, no a docu!》
Always me : 《Oh, cool, a doc! Got to watch!》
7:36 nice graph bro
Of all of your videos, this one EASILY has the funniest signs held by the characters. I keep guffawing out loud every time Charlemagne appears with a different sign to emphasize your point.
@6:38 lel love Augustus calling him a savage.
Love your videos, I’ve been watching them for a week now!
This was excellent. Thank you.
great king, great leader, great general , great Cristian , great conqueror he absolutely deserves the great as title
It's nice how he's waving at us at the end. Thank you for that. :-)
Charles Martel did not drive the Saracens out of Gaul by himself. My hypothesis is that he convinced them to leave their interests in the area to him. Charlemagne used a letter from the pope to convince the illiterate Teutoburgs that he had a holy writ from the Vatican to depose his rivals in the nobility. The HRE had to ban reading to reduce challenges to its legitimacy.
I like how at 2:27 he has merry next to pippin. Lotr. Love it.
Funny fact:
The reason why Charlemagne chose Aachen as residence in his elder years is that he was suffering from the gout disease (He like meat. Like, a lot) and Aachen had a thing that helped him with the pain:
Hot springs.
Yes. Aachen was made capital for the hot springs.
You are welcomed.
0:15 - Hmm, it even sort of looks like a hammer
he was also married around 5 times. just a fun fact
That time Frankia got hungry and ate half of Europe
Frankia not france. Learn history
Frankia is not France, moron
@@pasplegaming9652 Francia
@@overlord5068 Francia
The scribble and "You Tried" sign is hilarious!
Totally giving me "End Of Ze World" vibes right now! 😊😂
This video is great! Love the witty comments and animation
Characters just falling over with a "thud" when they die will never stop being funny.
A great video, I would've loved a smaller side video talking more about the Frankish court under the mayors,, resources that were across Europe, some specifics on the learning & advancement of the sciences. Still I love this video & the channel
France took Croatia
The irony
Frankia ≠ France
Frankia's child is occidental Francia+ midle Francia + oriental Francia,
Occidental Francia = France
so Frankia = France
@@germanyball1379 1st it's Francia, and it litteraly means France in Latin.
From the Baptism of Clovis in 469 to the French revolution, France was founded and led by the Franks.
@@tonyhawk94 with this logic i could say that germany took croatia because Germany was also ruled by the frankish kings.
Francia is a predecessor state of france BUT france is not francia.
@@tonyhawk94 france wasn't led by the Franks til the french Revolution.
Charlomagne is one of my inspirations
Charlemagne was 6 foot 6 inches tall. That’s tall as shit today. He must of been a fucking giant by the standards of the day. I AM WILLIAM WALLCE
Dude: no William Wallace is 7 feet tall
Wallace: yes I’ve heard he slays men by the hundred and would consume the English with fireballs from his ass!!!
Wallace: I am William Wallace!!!
Basically Charlemagne any time he left his house.
and for some reason my crusader kings 2 play threw ends with charles murdered by this brother or died of cancer smh :/
"He found himself slightly dead."😂
It frustrates me to no end when people say the HRE wasn't Holy, Roman, or an Empire. What exactly do you call a devout Christian state ruling over several other states, with close ties to Rome, and defining itself as an extension of the Roman Empire?
It refers more to the later hre, where it was unholy in the fact that half of the members were protestant and actively fighting the church, un- roman meaning it did not control italy or Rome and was just a bunch of germans, and not an empire due to the degree of independence the member states had and lack of control the emperor had.
@@awesomename2544 That makes a lot more sense, thank you. I've only ever seen it as a platitudinous remark on par with pointing out that Iceland is green, and Greenland is icy.
you can also translate "Charlemagne" as "Big Charles" which is hilarious
I'm not learning anything because I'm laughing too much.
9:23 Eh, sounds a lot like he came up with that as justification for invading and subjugating all the lands around him
Awesome video, thanks!
paper roblox dudes..
"Thus making the map nice to look at". 😂😂😂
Franken are Germans . Chideric, Chlodwig , Karl Martell, Karl der Große were german speaking Gerrman
Then there was no German))))), they spoke Latin and are the parents of the Old French language
Franks in Latin francus.
Francus=Français
They could not be Germans because they had a Celtic physical appearance and did not call themselves Deutsch
@@ОлегВоло-с2н Franks one of the most Importen germanic Tribes. Germania Tribes Tage the complet Roman Empire, Lern bevor speaking
@@dirkheunemann1387 Carlton Coon refers them to the Celts
3:50
I bet he was singing
"I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
I shed it at Verden
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
I shed the Blood of four thousand Saxon men
I shed the Blood of the Saxon men
I shed the Blood of the Saxon man!" with a Christopher Lee voice?
I love the little signs, that the figures hold up