Things You Didn't Know About The Crusades
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- What happened during the Crusades? What were the Crusades? This time is one of the most misunderstood periods of Western history. From 1095 to 1291, successive waves of Christian knights and royals, called to action by the Catholic Church, quested to the Holy Land in an effort to capture (or re-capture) it from Muslim armies.
But facts about the Crusades are much more complicated than that. The Crusades weren't just one movement, but dozens, led by hundreds of knights, kings, and dukes, and not always bent on capturing Jerusalem. They tried to free Jerusalem, but also claimed a number of ancient cities, destroying priceless artifacts and culture.
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A lot of people complaining that “this wasn’t covered” or “that wasn’t covered”
The crusades were a multi century series of major military campaigns involving many of the kingdoms and religions at the time……. I’m not sure how you expected them to cover everything in 13 minutes.
I have seen that in other videos as well. This channel is usually there to give a lot of base information of what occured, that if one wishes they can follow up with further on their own. These aren't five hour documentatries.
multiple vids? make it into a mini series
@@JustDan718 This guy doesn't do that. Stephan Molyneux had a good Crusades series that was 4 or 5 hours long but he got cancelled by RUclips. Wish I had downloaded the series before that.
I don't expect them to cover everything, but some topics are so integral to the crusades that they still should have been covered.
They were terrorists no different than Jihadists
I think my Dad fought in the Crusades. I asked my Dad about his years there, and he just glared at me. It's the only explanation.
Giggle giggle giggle and giggle some more 😋
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Maybe he thinks you’re being sarcastic and snarky bc he knows YOU fought in the crusades in a past life and he didn’t, and you’re just rubbing it in his face. Also an explanation.
So your father was islaphobic... And every Christian is nazist you know that. I just love modern times.
Wow hahaha
I remember a number of years back. I watched a documentary about the Children's Crusade on the History Channel back when they used to show things like that on History Channel.
@Arthur Morgan Yes
@Arthur Morgan aliens are real 😂
@Arthur Morgan i mean with the endless universe kinda hard to say that we are the only living organisms out there. did they ever visit us prolly not cuz we’re all a bunch of momos. but they gotta be out there like 20 thousand light years away or some shit. btw fucks with ya pfp 😂
History channel now is dogshit. Nothing but reality tv crap
@Arthur Morgan you can't deny the possibility tho
You neglected to mention when the Crusaders sacked Constantinople itself. I mean this was pretty significant.
that’s nobody’s business but the Turks….
Why did the children's crusades fail?
There wasn't enough infantry. 🤷♀️😭
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Yes high five 👋
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*slow clap* bloody brilliant, mate
I have an ancestor who was a general under Walter The Penniless. They pillaged nearly every town they passed through, and only got half way to the Holy Land before turning back...
Which explains my habit of raiding every snack in the kitchen, and then being too full to actually bother making dinner.
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I tend to rummage through the kitchen late at night like a Raccoon or maybe a black ops crusader cheese puffs be damned.
Based
Lol!
Lol I think we must be related then, cos that sounds like 1 of my ancestors lol
I think a very important fact is that Pope Urban promised forgiveness and pardons for all of the past sins of those who would fight to reclaim the holy land from Muslims and free the eastern churches. This pardon would also apply to those that would fight the Muslims in Spain. That's why entire families and poor people joined not just because @1:51 "god wills it".
Fake deity rules?
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And... That's one of the reasons Martin Luther came forward some centuries later.
Only Jesus forgives sins..
@@ophelian4646 Who? 😂
@@Geopoliticstoday2 You know, Jesus, the man who walked on water.
@@ophelian4646 😆😆😆😆
The last Islamic assault on an European capital was in 1683(Vienna). During the late 15th and 16th century while Europeans were beginning the exploitation of the Americas and enslavement of Africans Islamic raiders from North Africa and Ottomans raided/assaulted Europe. Arabs enslaved 10 million plus Africans over a 900 year old. Neither of these are discussed today when colonialism,imperialism, and slavery are discussed.
This isn’t to condemn Islam. I don’t see it as any more avaricious or brutal than Christianity. Both religions have a lot in their histories to reckon with. Rather, it is to point out how to this day history is still subject to the bias of those teaching it. We have made very little progress in teaching the past honestly.
The fact is that the I____ic conquests, enslavements, genocides, etc., went on far longer than the violence in the Christian realms, and, while the violence of the Christians was done contrary to the teachings in the Christian scriptures, the I____ic violence is explicitly commanded in the Q____.
I think its not about religion, but rather people themselves
We don't give much attention to the Islamic world in general in history classes taught in American schools. We don't learn much about Islamic empires, inventions, political systems, the Saharan slave trade, etc. Given this reality, the omissions you cite are hardly surprising.
What about the ancient Aegean sea and how islands where used as political prisons to exile people not agreed with. The Island Ikaria was a prison and to this day it’s known to be one of the rare blue zones where people live longer then anywhere else on the planet.
Isn't south Sardinia a blue zone as well? My guess is that it is climate and then how the climate and geology combine to influence agricultural traditions and subsequently cuisine. I imagine it is like Southern California without the drought, and the smog, and the tacos etc. And the intravenous drug use, and the gang violence, and the normal violence, being connected to the rest of the continent insisting they waste water on almonds and other ultrawaterintensive crops and homelessness but hey aside from those 10 to 12 thing or something just the same great living conditions.
@@AnthonyRusso93 Some people can actually not stop thinking about California😂
@@AnthonyRusso93 so what you’re saying is “California without the liberals.”, while they didn’t cause the nice climate they did cause all those other things you listed.
Pretty sure it says 13 things, not an in depth documentary. 🤔
@@AnthonyRusso93 70 degrees year round, sounds worth the risk, just sayin'...
DAMN, the amount of good jokes in this video is just impressive. The narrator definitely wants to set a new record here!
How else were they supposed to level up enough to capture Jerusalem without doing any side missions?
“Men, we cannot enter the Holy Land. We need to be level 30.”
*An army’s worth of moaning*
I am disappointed that you didn’t mention the time the crusaders sacked Byzantium. It really highlighted their desire for plunder was greater than their religious beliefs so they attacked Christians instead of the Muslims.
Too be fair it's kind of the byzantine king fault who lied about having money
It was actually the venetians as they were the ones who used the crusaders to do their dirty work
Connecting events and concepts in history with pop culture idiocy. This. Channel. Is. Brilliant!!
Ye because presenting history through American pop culture is epitome of classy
I can't believe you completely skipped over the clusterf*** that was the 4th crusade.
You forgot the 500 years of jihad that led to crusades. Not that the crusades were dope, but they were a response, not an unprovoked aggression.
Cope
Mentioning that wouldn't be politically correct
Could be banned from RUclips for spreading Islamophobia
@@user-lb5hc4rj4n I think I'll correct instead, thanks tho.
@@paulshaju2806 Islam is evil.
I’m astonished! I didn’t know that Keith Urban was a pope back in the day. That’s unreal!
Yea it's odd actually, people know about Popu Urban, but not many know about Pope Rural or Pope Suburban. The more you know
Another little known fact.. The near east, north africa, and Egypt had majority Christian populations.
Another little known fact before that they had other religions so your point being?
Off course, this was before arab conquest
@@jollygoodgordon5580 yes before the Christian colonisation
Colonists were not only European, the Arabs occupied lands and call it conquests.
@@abc_cba yes because we became part of the population not looking down on them and using them that's the difference, Racism, look it up
You mentioned the split between the Western and Eastern Churches. That would be interesting
These videos are awesome for us knowledge and factoid lovers, even better for those of us history lovers out there. The commentary however puts the icing on the cake!
*Why do people always leave out the hundreds of years of Muslim invasions into Europe when talking about the crusades?* They pick up the story where it’s convenient
Why do they leave out that the whole middle east was christian territory? The crusades were to help the greeks and to RE-conquer that territory. But i guess the truth is not convenient anymore, just like your example.
They think every Christian in the world in 1095 were white dudes from Italy, England, France, and Germany.
I think we're not supposed to talk about such inconvenient facts as the centuries of M_____ invasions into Europe for fear of getting censored as "hate speech". 🙄
This video is a fucking pro muslim propaganda.
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Great stuff as always. Still waiting on the History of Lobster video I requested in your history of food. Will be keeping an eye out
“Anytime a bunch of holy people want to kill each other, I’m a happy guy!”
- George Carlin
same….
same here. They need to swoop all of them up place them in a dome with weapons and let them go at it.
I would love to hear about what happened when “War of the Worlds was aired on the radio.
Lol Me too! People thought the PLANET was under attack
You're going to be surprised when it turns out to be lies to make radio look bad and to try to keep newspapers relevant.
“At least until furious X comes out and ups the ante…god wills it” had be burst out laughing
Love you guys and your work. When you go back to this time period it’s be great to learn about Bernard of Clairvaux who was not only a massive influence that got the Crusades going but also was vital in getting the Knights Templar started. Also the Knights Templars essentially invented banking and went from Priestly Knights with a license to kill by God to vilified heretics within a couple of centuries. That’s the story in its face of course. You guys know better than anybody that it’s always more complicated than that.
With the Templers. There is no middle ground they are either saints or devil... depends on who you read.. probably in actually a bit of both....I would love to know their secret though the one none of them would reveal even under torture..
Love how they don’t mention all the Muslim crusades beforehand and afterhand
For the ones who reads this just know this is only the beginning keep pushing, grinding, and fighting. Whatever it is in life you want to do to go after it life is to short. Life is a marathon not a sprint so go out there and live it up I hope all is well and goes well for you peace and one love! ✌🏽🙏🏽
Love your channel! Can you do something on the Borgia Pope?
A video about the Home Children of England. My great grandfather was one of the few black children sent from London to Toronto. He was badly treated by local boys and ran away to the US
Do a what was life like during the down time of Revolutionary war era soldiers like British, Colonial, and Hessian and French troops
Yes. Recapture is what happens when you take something back.
Yes. Tats why We say Saladdin recaptured Jerusalem from invading crusaders. Middle East was/is not European territory for them to claim. They were and will be always invaders, even if come in the guise of crusaders, colonists or invasion armies of allied forces
@@sagaramskp lol
The Pope also was looking for a way to keep the Franks from killing each other as well
Also slavery. Muslims and Jews were trading slaves between the Muslim races. It’s where the word slavery comes from.
Thank you for this, your work is awesome!!
I don't know if this channel has touched on the Dark Ages or not but if not it'd be nice to see it on here.
Ok, so saying "They were ordered by the Pope" is not a 'little known fact' and shouldn't be on this list.
That's like saying "Hitler started WW2" is a little known fact, just no
Make your own video then?
@@drown_n are you agreeing to fund it? Because I happily will.
Also, do you have a problem with criticism, I'm sorry to hear it if you, criticism is how we grow. If I watch a video claiming to portray things I don't know, it's reasonable to expect at least things that are not basic common knowledge.
Would love to see a video about Quantrill’s Raiders.
They have to be better than McDaniels Raiders
we've all got Kingdom of Heaven in our heads "the pope has decreed that to kill and infidel is not murder, but the path to heaven" absolute head cases.
Anyone who wages holy war, Christian, Muslim, Jew and so is a serious head case.
Killing in the name of God has got to be the biggest oxymoron of all time.
Oh that movie was horrible. Waste of good actors.
Between 700-1100 half the Christian world was lost to Muslim military conquest. It was as much a strategic counter move as it was anything else.
@@bkmalone864 what r u trying to say because Christian history has been the most violent
First off, the Crusades were defensive wars designed to prevent the spread of Islam, which at the time looked to be a major threat to Christianity.
Second off, don't gaslight people from a time that you clearly don't understand to begin with. There are plenty of people around today who'll kill for political causes, some I'm sure you'd even support, the Crusades were no different
A Gobekli Tepe video would be interesting. Thanks for all the informative, interesting content!
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Do you video about the Hatfield’s and McCoy’s or something about Appalachia history in general!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Back in middle school history I was told there was a Children’s Crusade. It didn’t succeed, but I’d like to know more about what happened.
Pretty much a a bunch of kids got sold into slavery
@@JohnnyWindmill I heard that was the outcome but I’d like to know how it started and progressed into that.
"MY GOD IS BIGGER THAN YOU'RE GOD!"
"NO MY GOD IS THE BIGGEST AND THE STRONGEST!"
"OUR GOD KNOWS BEST COZ OUR GOD KNOWS BESTS"
Famous crusade proverbs -
Could you guys do a segment about the knights templar?
Thank you so much for this!!!
Thanks for sharing. Much appreciation for Weird History videos and the information you provide. History is important and fascinating to learn. Stay safe and blessed.
I love this channel and all the work you all do! Keep it up! ❤
Hello,
I was wondering if it would be possible for a video about "Audie leon murphy" i find it very fascinating.
He was born. He became a soldier. He became a wife beating drunk. He died. The end.
Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job
They did many crusades, some of which almost didn't fail. But at least the Italians got some sweet trade deals.
Most of the crusaders were not "knights". As most people have a misconception of. Men paid off to serve for a wage.
You should do a video about ptsd back in the crusades, midevil, dark ages, etc
1071 and 1041 are not in the 10th century. That's the 11th century. 10th century is between 901-1000. If you have a RUclips channel trying to teach history and information you should do a better job getting your facts straight. This is a regular occurrence on almost every video.
Yeah I've noticed plenty of errors, I watch these strictly for entertainment not knowledge.
@Mehmed Islyamov Same reason why we live in the 21st-century when it’s 2022. 20th century is the 1900s. Google
Make a video about the Knights Templar please
Thanks for this great video. I am a fan of Kingdom of Heaven and it makes me interested with Crusades. Please make a video about Papal hat/crown as well. I am just really curious about it. Thanks.
please make a video about Portuguese royal family leaving Portugal afraid of Bonaparte's empire
can you do a video about the life of Baldwin IV the Leper King
Just watch the movie Kingdom of Heaven he’s in it.
Interesting topic! The Leper King decisively defeated the legendary Saladin in Montgisard
As someone from asia, i find the Crusades fascinating. Would love to participate in those reenactments they have.
Wtf?!
@@ahmedalsukaiti3446 Have i offended you, my friend? I have read stories of Saladin and find the era very intriguing.
@@Raez_XL No not at all, but that era was full of death
I know about Civil War reenactments, but I had no idea Crusade reenactments were even a thing! That's interesting...
The Crusades is a touchy issue for many Muslims. I wouldn't dare even thinking reenacting those wars
Awesome as always WH 💙😁.
Saladin was a legendary commander
I wish you had covered the master assassin Altair Ibn La'Ahad killing Robert De Sable the leader of the knights Templar
I literally can’t get enough weird history😁
Muslims after invading Europe for 300 years: "How dare you invade us!"
Would love to hear more about the CHILDRENS Crusades that took place as well. Was not mentioned..
I love the coincidence that I’m watching this, outside window there’s a statue of the first crusader king of Jerusalem, godfried of bouillon on horseback
i like your name
At the time it wasn't called the Crusades but Carrying or Bearing the cross.
Do a video or two about the Reconquista in Spain and generally the history between Christianity and Islam on the Iberian peninsula!
Thank you for this channel.
The spectacular failure of the prople’s crusade is said to be one of the reasons the first crusade succeeded.
Expecting yet another group of starved underprepared peasants, the muslims underestimated the invasion and reacted sluggishly until it was too late
Do an episode about the second pacific squadron and the infamous Kamchatka
There was a secondary reason the Crusades happened. While mainly to attempt to reclaim the holy land (I don't know if it was this channel or another channel that likes to use recipes from Middle Ages on up) the other reason for the Crusades was to give the knights something to do. They were bored and restless often getting into fights with others and killing one another that it was said the pope had them go on the Crusade to pretty much get them out of everyone's hair. (I want to think restless young recruits thirsting for blood and no one to quench it so they caused a ruckus much to the ire of everyone having to put up with them.)
Random clergyman: "Pope, Eugenius!"
Narrator: "Later he found out, he wasn't genius"
Swords, hammers, daggers, axes, knifes, maces, bows and arrows, crossbows and bolts, shields, spears, clubs, staffs, sticks, pikes, spikes, and plenty of other weaponry choices within the arsenals yeah
What about "Peter the Hermit"? He was only mentioned briefly. I thought he was important in inspiring Christians to take up arms.
"Things you didn't know about the crusades"
1.) The crusades were ordered by the Pope.
Golly gee willikers, you don't say?
There's a great podcast called "The History of Crusades", it's hundreds of episodes and relatively in depth. The whole thing is absolute madness, it's crazy it actually happened
I’ve been meaning to get into that one, I encountered them in the History of Byzantium podcast from the Byzantine side of the narrative. Like all Alexios wanted was some Mercenaries to help him retake Niceea and Antioch. The other fact I love is the fact that the People’s Crusade somehow failed successfully because the Seljuks thought that was the actual Crusader Army.
@@brentbowman4498 I listened to it while driving over the course of months, it's an absolutely incredibly story, some of the stuff that happens is beyond what you'd believe in a movie. I still have loads to go, I haven't listened to the European crusade episodes yet, they slaughtered people in Europe too. It's mind boggling that it actually happened, the whole period of history was mental, much like every period I suppose. Humans are crazy
@@RorySinn Religious* humans are crazy.
Man I’ve been watching this channel for so long. Are you thinking about doing a 2000s series?
At 8:00 the music louder than the narration. Hard to understand in spots. Thanks for all your work and knowledge. Appreciate.
You should do the Muslim conquest it’s pretty interesting too.
What about the allegation that Christian pilgrims en route to Jerusalem had been attacked for many years by robbers and slave traders from the Turkish/Saracen (I____ic) realm? I thought that making those routes safe for Christians to travel was a major motivation for the Crusades. (Can't safely spell out the "I-word" for fear I'll get censored.)
Holy shit people are so unrealistically scared for no reason.
Islamic.
ISLAMIC.
See, no censorship.🤦♂️🙄
@@jonhall2274 I'd love to believe i need not fear censorship. The problem is, i happen to know better, as i'm not living in a "bubble" like you seem to be.
@@jonhall2274 Not yet.
Keep making great videos…… god will’s it
I love history videos. Great short info.
The crusades failed because of:
1. Hubris- Tactics were non-existent. A huge army left Jerusalem instead of utilizing siege warfare, crossed a desert in the middle of summer to fight a battle, and nearly died of thirst before they even got there. Few survived,
2. Infighting - Various nobles fought each other for glory. Richard the Lion Hearted insulted the Duke of Austria so much that the Duke took his huge army and returned home, causing the crusade to fail. The Duke got his revenge though!
3. Dwindling population of knights/Christians - Most warriors fought for treasure and glory. They hated the Middle East and had no interest in staying in such an inhospitable region. Most went home. There were only a few hundred knights left to defend Jerusalem when it fell to the Muslims
4. Lack of support from Europe - people just stopped caring.
Couldn't even imagine being alive during these time periods man sheeesssh
I love how @1:58 the horse seems to be having such a fun time smiling in its cartoon battle
The Christian West has always been at 'war' with Islam in one way or another. It's morre than just religious views...it's also cultural. BTW The Siege of Malta in 1565 should make an interesting video....it should make a great movie as well.
East Romans were always at war with Muslims in reality , but Westerners decided they want to be at war with Muslims and actively looked for it
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And of course, in Spain they were at war for 700 years.
@@henryperez606 there is no such thing as " Christian West" as political entity unified in the face others, volumes are written to document wars among constituents of this "Christian West" body .In Iberia there were a number of Islamic and Christian states, at war among and against each other, sometimes Muslim states made alliances with one Christian state against another Christians state , and sometimes also against other Muslim states. This is standard Real Politik, nothing special, no holy wars.
@@henryperez606 in the context of Crusades you can't say Western states were not actively seeking war, their campaigns were wars of aggression, no Muslim ever attacked Britain, Venice, or the German states, all those by their own choice decided to build armies that traveled thousands of miles to attack Islamic Levant & Egypt.
How about a video on the destruction of the Knight's Templar.
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Great vid, always enjoy your videos! Although, I just want to make you aware that you are pronouncing Muslim incorrectly, it is pronounced with more of and “s” sound rather than a “z” sound.
On my way to becoming bald, I have found myself a new hero. Bernard of Clairvaux. What a man! He definitely knew how to rock baldness. May he rest in peace.
Thanks for this! 🏰
Where do tou get your information from? There was no Turkish Sultan called "Atsız" - it literally means " no horse" in turkish. I think you wanted to write "Adsız" which means "no name". Great research....
0:27 “but BIFFOH we get started!”… 😂
I found this informative. I think fighting for religious reasons is irony. Could you do a video on the great flood of 1937 around the midwestern states along the Ohio river like Indiana and Kentucky?
The tongue in cheek sarcastic judgement doesn't really add to a historic understanding.
The truth is interesting enough, no need to try to juice up the delivery.
Thank you for not belittling my intelligence and memory and correctly identifying Palestine as such. Your information is more trustworthy to me for this.
Please make video about the rise of the Normanns
You know, in thinking about modern-day Turkey, I often think that maybe one day the United States can make a move to conquer Canada and we can call it modern day Chicken. Just a thought.
Still waiting on that video about the Great Molasses Flood of 1919.
I don’t agree with the leaving out of the atrocities that led to the first crusade.
Christians were being tortured and massacred in the holy land and along the pilgrim road
LOL. In hind sight I'd say rightfully so!