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Great! Finally more Italian Wars. Honestly, I feel like this period of history doesn't get talked about enough, for all the popularity the Rennassaince has as an age.
@@mohammaddoesit if there’s one thing we can learn from history, it’s that there are no pure “facts,” it can never be purely objective. Observation (both contemporary and modern) always distorts events. Best we can hope for is finding the least biased version of events possible. Plus, the wars of the Renaissance were hardly more brutal (what even do we quantify as “more brutal” anyway?) than those of previous times
@@mohammaddoesit oh, absolutely. I find it kinda ironic that Italy, birthplace of the Renaissance and the “culprit” of giving off the impression of a time of peace, was also constantly the showplace of conflict after conflict
the battles in northern Italy started the first talks in Switzerland about a future neutral position of Switzerland, which was introduced later and is known for it to this day. In Marignano, Swiss mercenaries were involved on both sides. Italy's regions also began to compete with each other, the first banks were established in the Venice area, Italian names are still used in banking today, and the first autopsies were carried out in Bologna. Genoa became known for its famous explorers like Columbus, Florence for their art and navigators like Amerigo Vespucci, after whom America was named. This variety of small states started a renaissance throughout Europe. As Swiss i love Italian history, in Marignano there is still a memorial stone in memory of the Swiss!! Well made video as always, i know how difficult it is to present history in only 20min. nevertheless it is very accurate!
Swiss represent! Yeah, Marignano single-handedly killed the Swiss dream of ever having a sea-port. Then our ancestors spent the next two centuries killing each other in religious civil wars. Sometimes I'm baffled at how we ever became an actual country.
Les Suisses n'étaient pas mercenaires à Marignan. Ils se battaient au nom des cantons qui désiraient prendre possession du Milanais. Sforza n'était qu'une marionnette. En tant que Suisse ça m'énerve de se référer à nous seulement en tant que mercenaires, signifiant par là que nous n'avions aucune politique, que nous étions seulement des suiveurs sans ambition. Non. Vous voulez des mercenaires. A Pavie les Suisses étaient mercenaires. A Ivry ils l'étaient. A Novare et à Marignan non.
Switzerland is neutral because of Zwingli, Luther and the reformation. After Zwingli died in battle(at least he died in he war he started), and the inner Swiss Kantons being Kath. and the big cities being Ref; the swiss confederacy simply didn't join any wars because they couldn't agree on which side to enter. Then it was tradition and the swiss don't like change.
@@neutronalchemist3241 the swiss were largely not invovled in the 30 years war. But there is a great movie on the 30 years war starring Michael Cain, with he final battle being the battle of rheinfeld, my home city.
The Italian wars are easily some of the most interesting wars ever fought. Its so incredibly complex and amazing backstories we rarely see. Not to mention early modern warfare with Muskets/Arquebus troops, Heavy Gendarme Cavalry, and Pike. Glad its finally getting its attention on this Channel. Keep up the great work!
I love how the war just keeps snowballing. first it's an Italian scuffle. Then France intervenes, then the HRE...I'm surprised the Ottomans didn't throw their turban into the ring. Heck, at some point Ming China, the Khanates, and the Ashikaga Shogunate might have shown up if the war continued.
Ironically, this was arguably one of the best times for the Ottomans to take over Rome, although I believe at the time, Sultan Selim I was much more focused on the Levant and Egypt rather than Italy.
But the Ottoman *did* join. After Pavia the French and the Ottoman allied with each other and the Turks invaded some cities of Italy as well as the coastal cities of the maritime republics.
Oh the Ottomans and their Algerian vassals did throw their turbans into the ring, very much so. After the French defeat in the War of the League of Cognac (which I'd imagine will be covered in episode 6 of this series), there wasn't an Italian War that did not feature the Ottomans and Algiers.
@@TomZanovich and then Italian (Venice) joined and beat we pray not destroying all their navy and dominating the Mediterranean and Ottoman coastal lands Cyprus
The Swiss National Museum had a special Exposition about Marignano back in 2015. They offered all kinds of approaches to the battle, including real pikes just hanging in the room, just to give you a 3D image about how pikes en masse look like. Also they displayed original lists of all the missing men, back at home. Also, being "Swiss" was a label for all kind of mercenaries from other countries who could join their ranks.
@@SuperJuvexxx well if you have enough money to be "neutral" everything is possible. We are "neutral" but we helped some of the baddest people doing what they do best 🤷♂️😪
@@davidschneiter9729 What are you talking about?! The HRE, Spain, the Kingdom of France, Venice, the Sforzas, the Medicis, the Pope. Do you really think that any of them were better or worse than the others? Do you think the average Lombardian commoner gave zero sh*** if Massimo, Francis, Maximilian or the Pope was in charge? It hardly made any difference to them.
@Ryan_Winter did i say who is the worst of them all? Switzerland is bad, every nation did bad stuff but we helped some of the worst people. I didn't say who is worse
Just saw a bunch of historical paintings depicting these battles in a Museum today, and now this episode drops. Love this series. We really need a historical Total War on this Era, just focused on Italy with all the cities and factions.
My gendarmerie is the arm which carries my sceptre; I never expose it to danger, without myself sharing myself its fatigue and glory. - François I, to his arch-rival Karl V's ambassador, when Karl demanded the elite heavy lancers to assist his army to enable the Imperials to repulse the Turks. According to François' letter written to his mother after the battle, his gendarmes charged the Swiss 30 times, which halted their advance, and eventually saved the day. This victory was considered a great feat to François' contemporaries, matching those of Hannibal's or Caesar's at least, since he had crossed the Alps and shocked his enemies, like the Carthaginian did to Romans about 1700 years prior, and crushed impregnable Swiss pikewall by charging his gendarmes with artillery support, like Caesar crushed their Helvetic ancestors with Roman army. Leonardo da Vinci regarded his last patron, François, the very king who won the battle, as a new Alexander, and considered himself as his Aristotle.
Imagine loosing so hard, that you decide to stay neutral for forever. Kind of interesting, that Switzerland's most important battle is the one, that we lost. (Though it can be debated, that Morgarten might be just as important, if not more.) Well, we wouldn't be what we are today, without that defeat, so while it is kind of sad, I'm also not complaining, that it happened. At least we got to be the badasses of Europe for two centuries.
@@Tommi414 Looking at the available information, I think it did happen. This can obviously be debated, as the sources aren't the best or most reliable. If you think it didn't happen, that's a completely good opinion. I'm not 100% certain, that it happened, but I am 90% sure that it did. Yeah, Switzerland can be a little difficult these days with foreigners. And yes, these mercenaries sure had guts.
@@Tommi414 Morgarten did very much happen. It may not have been this grand, epic battle that nationalistic myth-making likes to present it was, but it did happen. What we know for a fact is that a force from the original three cantons did ambush a small punitive expedition of like (at most) 1500-2000 dudes and forced them to retreat. Duke Leopold I may or may not have been present. That's basically it. Records from that time support this, especially family chronicles for local noble families, unless multiple nobles from the area all decided to go camping at Morgarten and all had spontanious heart-attacks there. The part that most people who mythologize Morgarten like to leave out is that the punitive expedition under the Habsburg Duke was primarily also Swiss, mostly levies from Zug and mercenaries from Zürich. The Habsburgs were swiss aristocracy originally, after all. I do find it weird that Morgarten is the battle that became our origin myth, when Sempach a few decades later was way more important. No argument on the current xenophobia though. Yeah, shit can get bad around here, it's worst in inner Switzerland. The SVP is a fucking blight on the rural population, it's completely melted their brains.
Altough it convinced the Confederation to not wage war again (the Swiss lost from almost a third to almost half of their men. That's what's usually called a massacre), Marignano had been an honourable defeat. Not by chance Trivulzio, veteran of 20 years of European wars, nicknamed it "the battle of the giants", because all the others he fought had been child plays in comparison, and the Swiss were still held in high regard, as mercenaries, after it. One could say it even went to their head. Then came the Bicocca...
I remember this war being mentioned way back in 2018. But people still wanted to see medieval content. Personally, there's not much info over the battles of the 16 to 18 centuries around. But at last the Modern Period is being more explored and its hidden gems brought up by several channels.
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Such a complicated politics especially because one of the actor in place, the papal state, has an unoredictable foreign policy depnding on whom is the pope at a given time. Great job as always!
the battle of marignano was cataclysmic. although they were soundly defeated the swiss fought valiantly. Can't wait for the next video on the pacific war, this channel has broadened my interest in world history
In french speaking world everyone knows 1515 Marignan (quinze cent quinze Marignan) as the date an name of a battle. But very few know who fought whom.
I'm from MELEGNANO (Marignano back then) and I am so glad this battle was covered in your videos! Thanks guys!🙏🏻❤️ Fun fact: another important battle was fought in Melegnano during Italian 2nd Indipendence War in 1859 :)
Thanks mate..for your research and all such informative videos....i really appreciate your hard work...but still there are many historic battles that are waiting to be covered on your channel...(btw i like battles before 1700 i.e ancient and medieval battles)
It seems that most of these Italian wars were really campaigns that always had a peace treaty signed at the end of them. With fighting only to break out again the next year. The Italian Wars were surely unique. Because how often does this sort of thing happen? My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
Just spotted a major flaw in the map at 10:12. Marseille is to the west of the Alps but the map puts it after the border. As a French I immediately saw that but it can be very misleading for your audience !
So this is how Leonardo Da Vinci came into service of King Francis I of France, Florence was under Francis' protection at the time. P.S: The next Italian War will lead to the most shocking, the most surprising and one of the longest alliances ever been made by France.
Each time there's a war involving Venice I got really confused There's so much flags like Venice's trading commodities Great job making this video without getting confused
Amazing video! This was the beginning of the age of the spanish Tercios and their dominance on the battlefields over Europe. Would love a series about the Spanish empire during this period too
I’m surprised you know about that battle as well! Not many people do. Hopefully this channel does make a video on it, if not I might just end up making it.
As Northern Italians use to say our " cousins " beyond Alps ,an they mean the French ,South of Naples ( or even south of Rome ) Cousins are the Greeks or even more than just cousins in Calabria, Apulia, Sicily
Congratulations for the great work as always. I just have one question, about the italian cities under austrian/imperial occupation, like Verona, Vicenza, Conergliano and Belluno. Were they under just military occupation and political influence or were somewhat part of the Holy Roman Empire and/or the Habsburg Duchy of Austria? Sometimes I get confused on such technicalities. I wonder if they were vassals to this kingdoms by paying fees and contributing militarily or was it a more indirect control?
as french i always had a great admiration for the swiss reislaufers but the victory was in a great part thanks to the schwarze band of landknechte who managed to stand their line during the fierce fight of ditch protection of artillery
In January 1516, Ferdinand of Aragon (not yet Spain) died, and his grandson Charles (not yet emperor, not yet the "V"... but "only", and very recently, named Archduke of Burgundy (he was 15)). Charles was crowned as King of the spanish kindgdoms (Castille, Aragon, Navarra, Granada) in 1517... this is basic to understand this period and why the "spanish" armies did not get involved in the conflict as much as they were in the first times...
His other grandfather, Maximilian I (the emperor), will died in 1519... making Charles the monarch with most territories and kingdoms in Europe (and America) and a more than likely successor to the imperial title... hope this will be included in the next video...
i have a suggestion for a series of videos for K&G. have OD pronounce the names of the cities in the countries of the romance languages. alphabetically or geographically. no matter. 1 million views each guaranteed.
Hey, can you do video/videos on the Portuguese colonial war. Its very interesting and often forgotten and barely anyone talks about it. It would be great if you do so :)
the first to fourth rank where generally equiped with various pieces of looted heavy armor, last rank where generally not, or not as much anyway. You can still find burgundian's armors from previous victory on the swiss mercenaries of this time.
Treaty of Fribourg - Win/win for both sides. The Swiss get money. Francis stops any other power from using Swiss mercenaries and get exclusive rights to them.
So in the ending credits, you mentioned the battle of Pavia and the conclusion of the Italian Wars. Does this mean you are going to redo the old Battle of Pavia video that was done like 3 or more years ago?
Cara, o dia que você fizer um vídeo sobre o Brazil seu canal vai explodir de views e inscritos. Curiosidade sobre o Brazil: não somos apenas futebol e carnaval e adoramos quando algum gringo fala da gente.
@@jaif7327 well as the old saying goes mass does have a quality to itself. That being said, Spanish Tercio's key advantage was the use of firearms, pikes and blades into a cohesive combined arms formations. During the first battles of the Italian Wars the Spanish were at a disadvantage as their infantry fought in a more looser formation to match their Moorish adversary. Against the Swiss that does not work. But change your methods, switch out the crossbow with aquebushes and use terrain, a Spanish Tercio will beat will beat the Swiss pike phalanx who are all pikemen and not a true combined arms formation. As outlandish as this sounds, all modern armies can trace their organization and methods back to the Tercio. It wasn't until Rocori in 1642 that the Tercio was defeated in open ground a d even then the Spanish Tercios were the last ones to fall due to their discipline and organization.
Come to think of it, much of our military history consists of glorious defeats: _St-Jakob an der Birse_ (1444), _Marignano_ (1515), _Pavia_ (1521), _Biccoca_ (1522), _Roma_ (1527), _Rossbach_ (1757), _La Bastille_ (1789) and _Les Tuileries_ (1792).
Great video, as usual! :) Just two mispelled names: 1) the Italian city on the north of Treviso is called "Conegliano" and not "ConeRgliano", it was also misspelled in the previous video of the series; 2) at 11:16 it is the treaty of "Gallarate" not of "Gallarte" Hope you can fix them! :)
Were there accepted tactics for neutralizing enemy cannons at this time? Forlorn hopes or a small and fast cavalry detachment? Or counter battery fire from your own cannons?
Cannons were slow firing (being loaded with loose gunpowder from the muzzle, a too rapid firing meant a bad end for the loader), so the Swiss many times overrun artillery simply by charging directly at it and accepting some loss. Obviously that proved to be increasingly costly, as the number of the artillery pieces and technique improved, but it had been only the general adoption of musquets that stopped the "Swiss tactic" to deal with cannons. Meanwhile, the favoured tactic became to try use light cavalry to bypass the first line and charge artillery from the side. The light cavalry of Paolo Luzasco overrunning the French artillery at the battle of Sesia in 1524, while the French heavy cavalry was massacrated by the Spanish musquets practically ended the era of heavy cavalry in western Europe, while securing a place for ligth cavalry on the battlefield until the end of 19th century.
you have the answer in your question! the swiss sent at the very begenning of the battle a Verlorene Haufen group to storm the french battery ! according to paolo giovio witness to battle
There is a debate about the fact that Francis was knighted by Bayard. It's most plausible that constable de Bourbon knighted him. But given the events that happened years after and to consolidate Francis's propaganda, this fact was replaced by the more epic story of Bayard knighting Francis on the field of battle.
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Hi kings and generals ! Please do you know when will come the next épisode of early islam conquest ?
Can you make a series on Nadar Shah afshar or the marathas?
do a video about the fearless french knight, pierre terrail seigneur de bayard.
hi wich mod u play for renassence period?
What mod do you use in this?
Great! Finally more Italian Wars. Honestly, I feel like this period of history doesn't get talked about enough, for all the popularity the Rennassaince has as an age.
we need ukranian war for indepence 1917-1921, this is what really matters right now
@@mohammaddoesit if there’s one thing we can learn from history, it’s that there are no pure “facts,” it can never be purely objective. Observation (both contemporary and modern) always distorts events. Best we can hope for is finding the least biased version of events possible. Plus, the wars of the Renaissance were hardly more brutal (what even do we quantify as “more brutal” anyway?) than those of previous times
@@mohammaddoesit oh, absolutely. I find it kinda ironic that Italy, birthplace of the Renaissance and the “culprit” of giving off the impression of a time of peace, was also constantly the showplace of conflict after conflict
Holding out for flodden
Finally we're back to the Italian wars!!! I've been waiting for this episode!
We need ukranian war for indepence 1917-1921,this is what matters right now :)
the battles in northern Italy started the first talks in Switzerland about a future neutral position of Switzerland, which was introduced later and is known for it to this day. In Marignano, Swiss mercenaries were involved on both sides. Italy's regions also began to compete with each other, the first banks were established in the Venice area, Italian names are still used in banking today, and the first autopsies were carried out in Bologna. Genoa became known for its famous explorers like Columbus, Florence for their art and navigators like Amerigo Vespucci, after whom America was named. This variety of small states started a renaissance throughout Europe. As Swiss i love Italian history, in Marignano there is still a memorial stone in memory of the Swiss!! Well made video as always, i know how difficult it is to present history in only 20min. nevertheless it is very accurate!
Swiss represent!
Yeah, Marignano single-handedly killed the Swiss dream of ever having a sea-port.
Then our ancestors spent the next two centuries killing each other in religious civil wars. Sometimes I'm baffled at how we ever became an actual country.
@@sherlocksmuuug6692 "The Thirty Years War is the war that taught Europeans that it was not worth getting killed for religion".
Les Suisses n'étaient pas mercenaires à Marignan. Ils se battaient au nom des cantons qui désiraient prendre possession du Milanais. Sforza n'était qu'une marionnette. En tant que Suisse ça m'énerve de se référer à nous seulement en tant que mercenaires, signifiant par là que nous n'avions aucune politique, que nous étions seulement des suiveurs sans ambition. Non. Vous voulez des mercenaires. A Pavie les Suisses étaient mercenaires. A Ivry ils l'étaient. A Novare et à Marignan non.
Switzerland is neutral because of Zwingli, Luther and the reformation. After Zwingli died in battle(at least he died in he war he started), and the inner Swiss Kantons being Kath. and the big cities being Ref; the swiss confederacy simply didn't join any wars because they couldn't agree on which side to enter. Then it was tradition and the swiss don't like change.
@@neutronalchemist3241 the swiss were largely not invovled in the 30 years war. But there is a great movie on the 30 years war starring Michael Cain, with he final battle being the battle of rheinfeld, my home city.
The German Landsknechts helping the French against the Swiss? Then the French make an alliance with England? Wait, that's illegal.
Just flow with it :-)
Classic Italian Wars.
I will make it legal.
Every party did switch side a few times
The Italian wars are easily some of the most interesting wars ever fought. Its so incredibly complex and amazing backstories we rarely see. Not to mention early modern warfare with Muskets/Arquebus troops, Heavy Gendarme Cavalry, and Pike. Glad its finally getting its attention on this Channel. Keep up the great work!
I love how the war just keeps snowballing. first it's an Italian scuffle. Then France intervenes, then the HRE...I'm surprised the Ottomans didn't throw their turban into the ring. Heck, at some point Ming China, the Khanates, and the Ashikaga Shogunate might have shown up if the war continued.
Ironically, this was arguably one of the best times for the Ottomans to take over Rome, although I believe at the time, Sultan Selim I was much more focused on the Levant and Egypt rather than Italy.
But the Ottoman *did* join. After Pavia the French and the Ottoman allied with each other and the Turks invaded some cities of Italy as well as the coastal cities of the maritime republics.
Wait till Iceland takes a shot at some land :)
Oh the Ottomans and their Algerian vassals did throw their turbans into the ring, very much so. After the French defeat in the War of the League of Cognac (which I'd imagine will be covered in episode 6 of this series), there wasn't an Italian War that did not feature the Ottomans and Algiers.
@@TomZanovich and then Italian (Venice) joined and beat we pray not destroying all their navy and dominating the Mediterranean and Ottoman coastal lands Cyprus
The Swiss National Museum had a special Exposition about Marignano back in 2015. They offered all kinds of approaches to the battle, including real pikes just hanging in the room, just to give you a 3D image about how pikes en masse look like. Also they displayed original lists of all the missing men, back at home. Also, being "Swiss" was a label for all kind of mercenaries from other countries who could join their ranks.
Switzerland, a bunch of french Germans and Italians who live and coexist in one of the most efficient countries on earth. Sounds almost like a joke 😂
@@SuperJuvexxx well if you have enough money to be "neutral" everything is possible. We are "neutral" but we helped some of the baddest people doing what they do best 🤷♂️😪
How "inclusive" and "diverse" of the Swiss. This is the wokification of Swiss history, nothing more than a deliberate misrepresentation.
@@davidschneiter9729 What are you talking about?! The HRE, Spain, the Kingdom of France, Venice, the Sforzas, the Medicis, the Pope.
Do you really think that any of them were better or worse than the others?
Do you think the average Lombardian commoner gave zero sh*** if Massimo, Francis, Maximilian or the Pope was in charge? It hardly made any difference to them.
@Ryan_Winter did i say who is the worst of them all? Switzerland is bad, every nation did bad stuff but we helped some of the worst people. I didn't say who is worse
Just saw a bunch of historical paintings depicting these battles in a Museum today, and now this episode drops. Love this series. We really need a historical Total War on this Era, just focused on Italy with all the cities and factions.
My gendarmerie is the arm which carries my sceptre; I never expose it to danger, without myself sharing myself its fatigue and glory. - François I, to his arch-rival Karl V's ambassador, when Karl demanded the elite heavy lancers to assist his army to enable the Imperials to repulse the Turks.
According to François' letter written to his mother after the battle, his gendarmes charged the Swiss 30 times, which halted their advance, and eventually saved the day.
This victory was considered a great feat to François' contemporaries, matching those of Hannibal's or Caesar's at least, since he had crossed the Alps and shocked his enemies, like the Carthaginian did to Romans about 1700 years prior, and crushed impregnable Swiss pikewall by charging his gendarmes with artillery support, like Caesar crushed their Helvetic ancestors with Roman army.
Leonardo da Vinci regarded his last patron, François, the very king who won the battle, as a new Alexander, and considered himself as his Aristotle.
The italian wars are not talked enough. Glad you did.
Glamorous video as always
Imagine loosing so hard, that you decide to stay neutral for forever.
Kind of interesting, that Switzerland's most important battle is the one, that we lost. (Though it can be debated, that Morgarten might be just as important, if not more.) Well, we wouldn't be what we are today, without that defeat, so while it is kind of sad, I'm also not complaining, that it happened. At least we got to be the badasses of Europe for two centuries.
@@jarogniewtheconqueror2804 It was a gradual process. But after the Napoleonic wars, afaik they didn't participate in any war ever.
@@Tommi414 Looking at the available information, I think it did happen. This can obviously be debated, as the sources aren't the best or most reliable. If you think it didn't happen, that's a completely good opinion. I'm not 100% certain, that it happened, but I am 90% sure that it did.
Yeah, Switzerland can be a little difficult these days with foreigners.
And yes, these mercenaries sure had guts.
@@jarogniewtheconqueror2804 Well, France invaded us, we couldn't exactly do much about that. After Marignano, Swiss expansion essentially ended.
@@Tommi414
Morgarten did very much happen. It may not have been this grand, epic battle that nationalistic myth-making likes to present it was, but it did happen.
What we know for a fact is that a force from the original three cantons did ambush a small punitive expedition of like (at most) 1500-2000 dudes and forced them to retreat. Duke Leopold I may or may not have been present. That's basically it.
Records from that time support this, especially family chronicles for local noble families, unless multiple nobles from the area all decided to go camping at Morgarten and all had spontanious heart-attacks there.
The part that most people who mythologize Morgarten like to leave out is that the punitive expedition under the Habsburg Duke was primarily also Swiss, mostly levies from Zug and mercenaries from Zürich. The Habsburgs were swiss aristocracy originally, after all.
I do find it weird that Morgarten is the battle that became our origin myth, when Sempach a few decades later was way more important.
No argument on the current xenophobia though. Yeah, shit can get bad around here, it's worst in inner Switzerland. The SVP is a fucking blight on the rural population, it's completely melted their brains.
Altough it convinced the Confederation to not wage war again (the Swiss lost from almost a third to almost half of their men. That's what's usually called a massacre), Marignano had been an honourable defeat. Not by chance Trivulzio, veteran of 20 years of European wars, nicknamed it "the battle of the giants", because all the others he fought had been child plays in comparison, and the Swiss were still held in high regard, as mercenaries, after it. One could say it even went to their head.
Then came the Bicocca...
I remember this war being mentioned way back in 2018. But people still wanted to see medieval content. Personally, there's not much info over the battles of the 16 to 18 centuries around. But at last the Modern Period is being more explored and its hidden gems brought up by several channels.
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Such a complicated politics especially because one of the actor in place, the papal state, has an unoredictable foreign policy depnding on whom is the pope at a given time. Great job as always!
the battle of marignano was cataclysmic. although they were soundly defeated the swiss fought valiantly. Can't wait for the next video on the pacific war, this channel has broadened my interest in world history
General Patton claimed that Palermo was the most conquered city in history. I'm beginning to think that it was Milan instead.
The visuals in these videos are what really makes me love them! They are amazing! The narration is also on point.
In french speaking world everyone knows 1515 Marignan (quinze cent quinze Marignan) as the date an name of a battle. But very few know who fought whom.
Thanks!
The amount of history in Italy blows my mind every time.
I really enjoyed this. I need to know more about the wars of the early modern period. Thanks for your great work.
Intressant som vanligt på denna kanal.
Another incredible presentation by YT's best, K&G.
Your services to the world are appreciated, admired and respected my friends.
Thanks much. :)
I'm from MELEGNANO (Marignano back then) and I am so glad this battle was covered in your videos! Thanks guys!🙏🏻❤️
Fun fact: another important battle was fought in Melegnano during Italian 2nd Indipendence War in 1859 :)
This is the best series I've seen in a while, this and the Ottoman series.
I love these types of videos! These are the best on the channel!
Was waiting for this episode!! Perfect study break.
Thanks mate..for your research and all such informative videos....i really appreciate your hard work...but still there are many historic battles that are waiting to be covered on your channel...(btw i like battles before 1700 i.e ancient and medieval battles)
Awesome video! Every aspect of these presentations has improved- graphics, music, research, etc. Thanks!⚔🏹
Two battle videos back to back! heck yeah
Finally, a sequel to this series.
I was stationed in Vicenza. Wish I had known all this while I was there!
Great work plz keep making videos around this time period
It seems that most of these Italian wars were really campaigns that always had a peace treaty signed at the end of them. With fighting only to break out again the next year. The Italian Wars were surely unique. Because how often does this sort of thing happen? My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
The video was great as always and I hope to see even more italian war content because its so great really well done!
Just spotted a major flaw in the map at 10:12. Marseille is to the west of the Alps but the map puts it after the border. As a French I immediately saw that but it can be very misleading for your audience !
This was an episode I had not heard of before.
So this is how Leonardo Da Vinci came into service of King Francis I of France, Florence was under Francis' protection at the time.
P.S: The next Italian War will lead to the most shocking, the most surprising and one of the longest alliances ever been made by France.
@@twahaalim5712 Yes.
Leonardo da Vinci came in France in 1516 after the battle of Marignano, François I and Da Vinci first met in december 1515 in Bologna
Each time there's a war involving Venice I got really confused
There's so much flags like Venice's trading commodities
Great job making this video without getting confused
Amazing video! This was the beginning of the age of the spanish Tercios and their dominance on the battlefields over Europe. Would love a series about the Spanish empire during this period too
Vicenza changes hands 36 times. However it still has such amazing architecture from this period.
I think there is a mistake at 11.15, its the treaty of "Gallarate" and not "Gallarte" (my hometown in Italy is less than 20km from Gallarate)
There needs to be a video on the Battle of Akroinon. Very important battle that I feel is never discussed.
I’m surprised you know about that battle as well! Not many people do. Hopefully this channel does make a video on it, if not I might just end up making it.
Ah, Itlay. From owning the world, to being the battleground of Europe for stronger powers.
Great documentary. Thank you Kings and Generals Team!
As Northern Italians use to say our " cousins " beyond Alps ,an they mean the French ,South of Naples ( or even south of Rome ) Cousins are the Greeks or even more than just cousins in Calabria, Apulia, Sicily
These videos are excellent!!!!!!
Y’all should do a video on the Zanj rebellion
This is so interesting
The battle that every Frenchman knows but does not know why
I love how this channel uses Total War to recreate battles and troops.
Will you please do the English Civil War and cover the people involved like Oliver Cromwell and Guy Fawkes?
I think I heard the BVS Dawn of Justice soundtrack during this video.
Thanks for the video. I didn't know about this subject.
22:23 Yes, *that* Catherine d'Medici...
Another way to start my day off Great 👍
Congratulations for the great work as always. I just have one question, about the italian cities under austrian/imperial occupation, like Verona, Vicenza, Conergliano and Belluno. Were they under just military occupation and political influence or were somewhat part of the Holy Roman Empire and/or the Habsburg Duchy of Austria? Sometimes I get confused on such technicalities. I wonder if they were vassals to this kingdoms by paying fees and contributing militarily or was it a more indirect control?
Waiting for Pavia! And Bicoca batle would be very interesting in this channel as well.
Hehe as a spanish i'm waiting for Pavia's battle, knowing the result but not the modus operandi
as french i always had a great admiration for the swiss reislaufers but the victory was in a great part thanks to the schwarze band of landknechte who managed to stand their line during the fierce fight of ditch protection of artillery
In January 1516, Ferdinand of Aragon (not yet Spain) died, and his grandson Charles (not yet emperor, not yet the "V"... but "only", and very recently, named Archduke of Burgundy (he was 15)). Charles was crowned as King of the spanish kindgdoms (Castille, Aragon, Navarra, Granada) in 1517... this is basic to understand this period and why the "spanish" armies did not get involved in the conflict as much as they were in the first times...
His other grandfather, Maximilian I (the emperor), will died in 1519... making Charles the monarch with most territories and kingdoms in Europe (and America) and a more than likely successor to the imperial title... hope this will be included in the next video...
No Spoilers bro xS
Imagine the feeling of the soldier in middle of the fray that couldnt tell his brother from his murderer.
i have a suggestion for a series of videos for K&G.
have OD pronounce the names of the cities in the countries of the romance languages.
alphabetically or geographically. no matter.
1 million views each guaranteed.
When will you continue the ottoman wars mates?
Hey, can you do video/videos on the Portuguese colonial war. Its very interesting and often forgotten and barely anyone talks about it. It would be great if you do so :)
Will you continue the series on napoleonic wars
*League of Cambrai video: Begins with "All This" by MacLeod*
Well now you KNOW it's going to be epic.
Hi! Love this series, but can I help you with the pronunciation of city names? :) Astonishing work btw
Did the Swiss pikeman wear armor? I had thought they were lightly protected.
the first to fourth rank where generally equiped with various pieces of looted heavy armor, last rank where generally not, or not as much anyway. You can still find burgundian's armors from previous victory on the swiss mercenaries of this time.
@@fredzoltan784 That makes sense!
This new Francis Ist sound like a great king, i bet nothing WRONG will happen to him.
I'm sure that with his great military skills he will never be captured by his enemies 😉
Saluzzo citizen here! :-)
Treaty of Fribourg - Win/win for both sides. The Swiss get money. Francis stops any other power from using Swiss mercenaries and get exclusive rights to them.
You guys rock
Swiss: Gib money and we will fight.
Rest of Europe: ok
Swiss: Gib money and we go home.
Rest of Europe: ok
The French artillery, the best of the world during centuries.
So in the ending credits, you mentioned the battle of Pavia and the conclusion of the Italian Wars. Does this mean you are going to redo the old Battle of Pavia video that was done like 3 or more years ago?
Italian Wars lets goooo!
we need ukranian war for independence 1917-1921
Hi!! I really enjoy your work!! Just one question?? What is the name of the music themes you use and where can one get it??
Thanks!!
Last time I was this early the princess was in another castle
Please cover french revolutionary war
Please make a video about Cossac Hetmanate state and Khmelnytsky Uprising
Cara, o dia que você fizer um vídeo sobre o Brazil seu canal vai explodir de views e inscritos. Curiosidade sobre o Brazil: não somos apenas futebol e carnaval e adoramos quando algum gringo fala da gente.
Excelente video
12:43 Rabble is surely too flattering of a word to describe Italian commoners of the time, is it not?
Return of the Italian Wars!!!
I only know where Novara is because the goddamned Milanese keep placing Lvl 8 forts next to that province.
Good stuff
It is obvious Swiss are the most badass soldiers of middle ages.
Sadly no. The best infantry of that time is the Spanish infantry: pikes, swords and arquebes. Courtesy of Gonzalo de Cordoba, El Gran Capitan.
@@destroyer0685 and then came Rocroi when the French replaced the Tercios.
@@jaif7327 well as the old saying goes mass does have a quality to itself. That being said, Spanish Tercio's key advantage was the use of firearms, pikes and blades into a cohesive combined arms formations. During the first battles of the Italian Wars the Spanish were at a disadvantage as their infantry fought in a more looser formation to match their Moorish adversary. Against the Swiss that does not work. But change your methods, switch out the crossbow with aquebushes and use terrain, a Spanish Tercio will beat will beat the Swiss pike phalanx who are all pikemen and not a true combined arms formation. As outlandish as this sounds, all modern armies can trace their organization and methods back to the Tercio.
It wasn't until Rocori in 1642 that the Tercio was defeated in open ground a d even then the Spanish Tercios were the last ones to fall due to their discipline and organization.
@@AlexC-ou4ju Rocroi is overrated
@@jaif7327 not true, but had 30% of arquebus in their ranks and more % as the time pass... swiss only have 10% of firearms, that caused ther doom...
Come to think of it, much of our military history consists of glorious defeats: _St-Jakob an der Birse_ (1444), _Marignano_ (1515), _Pavia_ (1521), _Biccoca_ (1522), _Roma_ (1527), _Rossbach_ (1757), _La Bastille_ (1789) and _Les Tuileries_ (1792).
Bastille is a W
@@KingsandGenerals Well, from the Swiss soldiers of the Salis-Samedan regiment point of view, it's not, they surrendered and some were killed.
@@marcmonnerat4850 oh, thought you are French, sorry
@@KingsandGenerals By the way, many thanks for your videos.
Great video, as usual! :)
Just two mispelled names: 1) the Italian city on the north of Treviso is called "Conegliano" and not "ConeRgliano", it was also misspelled in the previous video of the series; 2) at 11:16 it is the treaty of "Gallarate" not of "Gallarte"
Hope you can fix them! :)
Damn France having to deal with the English, the Spanish, the Germans,the Swiss and all of italy except Venice.
Well to be fair before the 19th century we had by far the biggest population in Europe, so it we weren't as disadvantaged as you think.
Merkur Bua Shpata
i need the music names!!! the song at 12:15 especially
Were there accepted tactics for neutralizing enemy cannons at this time?
Forlorn hopes or a small and fast cavalry detachment? Or counter battery fire from your own cannons?
Cannons were slow firing (being loaded with loose gunpowder from the muzzle, a too rapid firing meant a bad end for the loader), so the Swiss many times overrun artillery simply by charging directly at it and accepting some loss.
Obviously that proved to be increasingly costly, as the number of the artillery pieces and technique improved, but it had been only the general adoption of musquets that stopped the "Swiss tactic" to deal with cannons.
Meanwhile, the favoured tactic became to try use light cavalry to bypass the first line and charge artillery from the side. The light cavalry of Paolo Luzasco overrunning the French artillery at the battle of Sesia in 1524, while the French heavy cavalry was massacrated by the Spanish musquets practically ended the era of heavy cavalry in western Europe, while securing a place for ligth cavalry on the battlefield until the end of 19th century.
you have the answer in your question! the swiss sent at the very begenning of the battle a Verlorene Haufen group to storm the french battery ! according to paolo giovio witness to battle
I'm a bit confused: The Swiss signed the treaty, and then immediately went to fight the French? (Marignano)
A group of them refused to accept the treaty
@@KingsandGenerals Thanks!
Bern, Solothurn and Freiburg came back home. Would have been there these 2 days, the victory would have been swapped.
What's the music in the background in the battle?
Very nice
Can u do Ukranian war for independence 1917-1921? grets from Ukraine
There is a debate about the fact that Francis was knighted by Bayard. It's most plausible that constable de Bourbon knighted him. But given the events that happened years after and to consolidate Francis's propaganda, this fact was replaced by the more epic story of Bayard knighting Francis on the field of battle.