Well, in this case. Portugal was already fighting the First Crusade. The enemy was Islam and Islam was already there. I am amazed how few educated Englishmen are unaware that there was a thousand year war between Islam and Christianity, with the Muslims being the more successful until, the end of the 17th century. The English were much involved with the Crusades until England and France got so involved with each other. The last King with a crusading spirit was Henry V. Had he lived long enough and managed to establish rule over France, Henry probably would have taken up crusading again. But his son was more monk than king and his advisers not men of quality, which is why the english lost France. Then came the long and savage civil wars and at long last the rule of the Tudors.
@@JRobbySh Well, I was really talking about more famous parts of the Crusades. Like the crusaders that went to Sicily to fight for the Byzantines. And the crusaders that attacked Constantinople. And the crusaders that attacked Jews in Germany, etc., etc.. These "Crusaders" seem like a confused lot.
@@californialiberationmoveme180 You try to organize a holy war with a bunch of feudal countries normally at eachothers throats with no central authority or common standards for warfare beyond some vague ideas nobody could even agree on, and we see what happens.
pretty sure they are the few that know the answer. Someone: How did Portugal happen? Spain: We went there a few times...met a scary baker...never returning there again!!!
@@bluemountain4181 and especially because the terrain that belongs to both(with minor exceptions of small towns across the vertical border) was literally liberated by each from a third entity. Spain the same cuz of the Pirenees mountains separating them from france
@@goncaloproa840 One theory of its origin states the -gal part comes from the old Celtic word cale for port, maybe there are multiple theories for its etymology never heard the "warm port" one
@@joanignasi91 Well, Portugal's name comes from the Roman name of the city of Porto, Portus Cale. "Cale" is the latin word for "hot", therefore "Warm Harbour".
It's political. Just like the Brasilians are in part taught to downplay and villainize the portuguese (the leaders of the time had to build an anti-portuguese sentiment). In Spain, talking about Portugal too much, when you guys have so much inner conflict between regions, would also no be wise. To me it's very sad, because even meeting Spanish people, as a portuguese, and having soo much in common, you can see that this sort of "indifference" has been built. There's another factor. Which is, you established a colony near to present-day United States. If Mexico was Brasil and they spoke portuguese instead of spanish...american culture (and their stories) would have been more influenced by Portugal rather than Spain :) So you won that bit more of "world relevancy" because of that. I.e - americans know about you, but not about us. As a consequence, so does the world. In practice we were countries with similar influence over the world history. Saludos :)
@@jeanlundi2141 I dont think its really like that. First of all, we werent really in any big wars agains Portugal so you dont appear as often as the british or the french in our books. You do appear a few times (the treaty of Tordesillas, Philip the second, your independence, your alliance with the british is mentioned a lot, the war of the oranges, your fascist regime alongside francos and more) so its not like we are trying to avoid you. Secondly, just like portugal, Spanish history is very long, dense and tough to explain so we dont have that much time to talk about portugal, and given that we arent really tought a lot about how asturias turned into leon and how Castilla managed to overthrow León, there doesnt seem to be a lot of time to talk about portugal. As a 12th grade student, its incredibly hard to see everything we have to go through in class before the EVAU, and even if we see more, we are very limited in terms of space and time during our exams, so we wouldnt have time to mention portugal. I do agree though, that if the “history of Spain” subject was changed and made better we would know more about Portugal
Lichtenstein was one of the german duchies of Holy Roman Empire that wasn't integrated in the German unification. See that in the german unification vid he did. 😉
@iqbal sahibil i like how youre trying to trigger some people passing by , but youre just being sad because nobody but yourself will hear the bullshit you just said as you're end up gonna be forgotten as a person who only said absurd stuff for attention
@@gangstaportugalle1653 isn't it funny that someone from such shitty country with a religion that promotes violence thinks that his country is "better" because of nukes? Lol
With the English - Portuguese alliance being one of the longest in history it is interesting that the English crusaders were so wrapped up in its creation
That English /Portuguese alliance had its serious shortcomings. When Africa was partitioned in the 19th century, the British did not allow Portugal to assume the territory between Angola on the Atlantic coast and Mozambique on the Pacific coast. This was called the British Ultimatum. Also, the United Kingdom did not support Portugal when India took over Portugal's territories.
That and there was a solid two hundred year period of history where pretty much everyone's foreign policy manifesto included the phrase "and fuck Spain." The Austrians meant it literally but everyone else juat kind of wanted them to die.
@@THX-bz8bi the Hapsburgs, Royal family of Austria, married into the Spanish line to cement an alliance against the Ottomans, and in the late 1500s supplanted the old Castilian line when Charles V became king of Austria, Hungary, Spain, Bohemia and Holy Roman Emporer too boot. He split his kingdom between his sons but Spain was ruled by Austrians until the War of Spanish succession when they decided to try out a French king instead.
For what came immediately after this video, read: "The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama" by Nigel Cliff. It's an excellent book, and he makes his case that the Portuguese basically kept on crusading their way into Africa and beyond until they ran across India. He connects the Crusader nature of Portugal to its imperialism and exploration. This connection is typically forgotten, with people discussing colonial histories as simple impulses to acquire wealth.
The Slavery thing is definitely from the Moorish influence, since the Moors enslaved hundreds of thousands in what is now Spain and Portugal. The Arab influence is what started the entire African slave trade, which is something not really acknowledged. People think colonialism is a European invention. It's not. It's what all powers do when they expand.
@@Omerath9 It's not even roman, slavery already existed in Mesopotamia during the neolithic period, slavery was a worldwide practice which developed as soon as men founded the first cities and certainly before, even if we have no traces of it.
how this is forgotten when every painting of Portuguese explorers has a cross on it and christian references and expanding Christianity was used as an excuse for imperialism even until the early 20th century.
@@Vitorruy1 Portugal wasn't that imperialist the only big time it expanded was in Brazil and it was because the Spanish and Portuguese had to split the amazons between them so they could actually have a border in America. And in the scramble for Africa it only demanded to connect Mozambique to Angola and still was denied by the Brits just because they wanted to connect Egypt to South Africa which never happened and that action committed by the Uk made the Portuguese and its African Colonies even worse to this day. Angola has a big amount of inflations from exports since its railroads dont go further then Angola itself and Congo. Portugal and the US are the biggest exporters to Angola which make their supplies run quick so the prices increase insanely.
@@Jan-su5vm Chile has nothing to fear. Chile is LOOOOOONG boi. Seriously, if you had placed the northernmost point of Chile at Cape Nordkinn in Norway, the northernmost point in mainland Europe, the southern end would almost touch Egypt, and it would extend more than halfway through Tunisia, making it longer than all of Europe. With its absurd width to length ratio it has probably the most extreme shape of any country, and it is the undisputed king of longbois.
TheKripox damn, as a Norwegian I applauds the Chilenos on their longboi accomplishments :) Norway is more curved, the northern point goes east over and therefore the edges of Finnmark is further east than Istanbul is.
@@ryhrex Extremely peaceful. It takes an extremely vile outside force to cause any one peaceful to take up arms. Theres a reason the term is "Muslim Conquest" and not "Christian Conquest".
@Machoman50ta Anti-catholic? How so? What are you even talking about? Also why even care if so? Surely there are plenty of far more blatant Catholic haters, like all the people claiming the crusades were evil and blah blah BS.
"The history of Portugal is a long and interesting one...." Can't help feeling like this would have been a perfect candidate for an old fashioned 'Ten Minute History' video.... I really miss those
I'm from Zamora (Región Leonesa, España) the city where León and Portugal signed the independence of the second one. King Alfonso of León was also happy of having several kingdoms under his domminance as he wanted to be crowned as Emperor of Hispania. We love Portugal and I think they love us back. Now this ancient border is crossed everyday by locals that make their lives in both countries.
Eu também penso assi, somos una gran familia Ibérica. Culpo un poco la educacion en la escuela (por menos em Portugal en algunos lugares) em que parece que se tenia a idea que Espanha era un 'inimigo' sempre con ideas imperialistas de tomar cuenta de Portugal a cualquier momento con otra guerra, un poco surreal pero cuando tenia 10-11 anos pensaba assi aha! Iberian childhood trauma lol
Somo los ciudadanos de la península Ibèrica. Vivimos en países distintos or culpa de las ambiciones de los monarcas del pasado i los aristócratas del presente. Independientemente del nombre del país, Somo un colectivo que comparte muchas costumbres y que respetamos nuestras diferencias. Nos debemos a la tierra que nos nombra. A la península Ibérica y la maravillosa gente que la habita. Viva los ciudadanos de la península Ibérica.
@@masterplokoon8803 No es que unos controlen a otros. Es que los unos i los otros se unas de forma voluntària para crear un mejor país. Un país único que respeta sus diferencias pero que avanza siempre hacia delante.
And once you've made videos on all those, start with the borders of American states & then get more suggestions from other subscribers (When I need ideas, I'm having a brain fart.)
The influence that Portugal has had on the world is out of proportion to its size. As a Goan, it has influenced our culture in terms of language, food & religion.
and actually portuguese comes from galician, still spoken in northwest spain, just above portugal. galician is basically portuguese with spanish accent, it is so similar.
Yes, but that's a world wide mistery, not a peninsula Iberica mistery, because....Spain is also close to France, which is close to Italy and Germany. Germany is close to POland, and so on...
@@greninjamastergabe6452 Does it exist tho? Im currently in a portuguese campaign and never saw such bloodline... He was the first guy i played even...
@@OProgramadoAndrade That is just not true. It just so happens that the name's variation in other languages kept(?)/added(?) the L and therefore might not see that Afonso lacks it.
Yes and no. I think we ignore one another too much. Which is ridiculous. If there was a war on a galactic scale, the closest tribe of people closer to one another we'd be us. For being seperate for so long, we are clearly the countries with most similarities. I think in Spain, the politicians strategically ignored Portugal for many years to not create more problems for Spain's own inner unity. Aknowledging Portugal probably didn't serve spanish politicians for a while. It's also true, initially, Portugal was founded on an anti-castillan sentiment. Obviously we are not anti-Spain nowadays but, well thre have been factors that made each country sort of ignore one another. But I absolutely think that should change. I think most Spanish people have NO CLUE about Portugal. Probably because since we are not as rich or poltiically powerful as say, France, we don't seem as "cool". I think culturally specially there's very little cultural interchange. Hopefully things change in the future because we only have to gain. The world is already too divided, it's imperative we become more interested in one another.
@@jeanlundi2141 Yeah, you're spot on about us ignoring each other too much. Still, any time I've been in Portugal or with Portuguese people it's been very very nice, and you probably won't find many people in Spain who have anything bad to say about them. Hating France is a national pastime in Spain, for contrast shahahhahs
@@peter-8483 well it would basiclly be a northern reconquista, southern europeans helping northern europeans, history never repeats it self but it does ryme
@@miguelluissousadias1371 The Spanish kings basically tried that during the time when they ruled Portugal in a personal union, so I guess the Spanish Armada sort of counts as that.
My own ignorance of significant chapters in World history rarely ceases to amaze me despite being a life-long learner who genuinely likes history. I’ve completed more than half of my expected life and never confronted the question, “Why Portugal?”. BUT!! With the internet at my fingertips, and the ability to discern worthy content, these gaps are becoming fewer and far between. HAH! Great video. So incisive and graphically descriptive.
@iqbal sahibil hey pal, I don't want to ruin your parade and with all due respect, I'm certain Pakistans History is surely nice but you do realize Portugal was one of the biggest Empires in world History
@iqbal sahibil My friend your lack of understanding World History is frightening and delusional. please Educate yourself before talking about places you don't know anything about. I wish you a great day since there is no sense in talking with you
What is Pakistan? A former worst part of INDIA that was an English colony? That becomed independent somewhere near 1950... We portuguese had also a colonies nearby- the best in India- Goa, Damão and Diu since 1.500... I advise this Pakistanis peasant that is barking here on this sections to sell the nukes that is country has to make money to build hospitals and schools and to pay food to the poor that have nothing to eat. I advise him to try to build a free and developed country with less dark Islam that kills people because of freedom of religion and beats woman. I advise him to clean the shitholes that are the cities Islamabad and Lahore. And I inform him also that our portuguese wife’s have real Mens with big pirocas that defeat moors in all our wars, in Portugal- they don’t need ugly peasants panisgas from 3rd world lands. Peace be upon you all.
Portugal has always fascinated me on how it has been able to exist and not been invaded so absolutely appreciate this video ..... but the Templar Knight character was awsome ( as they all are with the narration) and Im going to make a tattoo of it . Have a great day .
Sergi cb You are who? I never hear of that. Nobody has hear of that. What did you said? Do you have a speech impediment and cannot speak proper spanish?
@@sergicb1533 That sounds like a smart and classy dog. He speaks the language of royalty. You should keep talking to him to avoid being considered the dumb one, or just let him do the talk. You know, instead of babbling nonsense and pretend is a language to look "cool". Probably the world will give you people more attention. Counting neurons? That sounds rude... And long. Peace offering for you: Lets count how many "countries" have broke away from the Kingdom of Spain. None, see? It was faster and funnier
how England met Portugal would be like the start of a romance story with the line "when they first met, it was love at first sight" any two countries that ally each other would be interpreted into a relationship if they were humans. in this case a romantic one.
Fun fact: Portugal comes from porto cale ....and porto cale means port-port. How did this happen? Easy, the original name cale was Celtic and when the romans GOT there they added Porto to the old name...which unbeknown to them already meant port
Everyone: Hah, look at that little rectangle on the edge of the continent! Cut off from all major european affairs. It’s just a matter of time before Castille eats that one. The madlad Portugal: Colonizes half of South America, creates the 8th largest world economy and have it catapult the Portuguese Language to the 6th largest in the world by native speakers, beating Russian and French.
@NB a terra onde hoje está Portugal está onde costumava ser a região romana da Hispânia, que não existe mais.. o a Espanha moderna é um estado sucessor do reino de Castela, que simplesmente resolveu mudar seu nome pra Espanha. Portugal não faz parte da Espanha moderna, faz parte da península ibérica, mas não dá Espanha, nem tecnicamente, nem oficialmente, nem nada :)
We did not created Brazil, you guys were just another colony we had and are independent from us for centuries and thank God. on the rest yes, our history speaks for itself.
@@raiosdessaauroraforte6668 Considering 99% of the current population is either slaves brought by the Portuguese or European and Asian immigrants that only started coming when Brazil was a colony, Portugal very much created Brazil, that then surpassed it in almost every way.
When Portugal had an empire ages before the Brits did but people only care about the British, French and German Empires Portugal: *I used to rule the world*
German empire?! Hahahahaha I’ve never heard nothing like this 😂 Germany have never a global empire dear, the closest thing was Prussia, but Germany isn’t Prussia, it’s just part of it... I think you meant to say “British, French and Spanish empire”
I love those little signs the characters use to convey a joke so you don't have to stop the exposition; like the first king of Portugal with the "hope you like prayer" sign when he sent his mom to a convent. Very funny.
Though I cannot say that you forgot many things, due to the format, there is one big piece of information: he declared himself rex portucalesium after the Battle of Ouriques, in 1139, a major win for the portuguese (consider that the County of Portugal was still pretty small). Also, only in 1143 Leon-Castille declared that Portugal was independent, but Affonso Henriques was still called a "dux". He was recognized as a king only in 1179, by the Pope himself. To complement, portuguese relation to the Church and the fact that the rest of Hispania was very fractured and warring itself (also waging war against the iberian muslim states) explains how Portugal could be a thing... At least, until 1383, when the last king of Burgundian dynasty died without a male heir. Then, Portugal became independent through support from the nobles and help from the english.
@@Alexeiyeah It was a major power of the medieval popes that they got to decide who was a king and who wasn't. My impression is that it wasn't hard to persuade them (you probably had to give them some nice presents) unless you lived in The HRE in which case you could only be an elector or a margrave.
Very ancient scriptures have been found hidden in ver ancient ruins, that say the following: "Feel free to befriend and fight alongside the brits at any time. They are cool! But for gods sake, don't ever let them be the ones cooking the meals". 😮
Actually, arguably, Olivença/Olivenza Portugal lost it in a war. However, if spain was to ever declare war on portugal again, the treaty ceding olivenza to the spanish would be void. There was another war and Portugal was on the winning side. Because the spanish were on the side of the agressors, the previous treaty had been void, so in the peace talks, portugal asked for Olivença back. In the peace treaty the spanish wrote that they would give back Olivenza "as soon as possible". It's been 200 years. It's one of two pieces of land claimed by both portugal and spain, the other one being some uninhabited islands, that though grouped with the madeira arquipelago, are closer to the spanish canaries. They are de facto portuguese though, and the portuguese president actually spends a night there every couple of years to assert portuguese control of the islands
Suggestion for a video: why did countries like Portugal who were not directly involved in ww2 received aid from the marshall plan (and what that aid was)
@@Encovelicus bem, se reparares com cuidado é um símbolo Anti-comunista. A foice e martelo estão quebrados o que demonstra as falhas desta ideologia. Qualquer coisa menos PCP. Enfim, mal se nota isso então decidi mudar a foto.
I have a question and i wonder if you could maybe make a short documentary video answering it: How did military recruitment and training work during the middle ages and what was it like? How did infantry, archers and cavalry train in feudal armies?
At least in feudal times, free peasants had to serve in the military a certain number of days per year(40 in England, other countries may have had slightly different laws). Archery was encouraged as a sport, and practiced on Sundays. By the late middle ages, the system had shifted to smaller, professional armies, supported by fines and taxes. Sort of like the shift to professional militaries in Western countries in the last few decades.
Don't forget the Portuguese and Spanish derive from 2 separate Germanic tribes, the Spanish and Catalans from the Visigoths. and the Portuguese and Galicians from the Suebians
two tiny tribes who rulled diferent areas with a twist portugal/galicia are dotted with coastal setlements of celtic greek & phenician origin ... thus most of the +p+uçation was already from those origins with little iberian mixed in & add some roman veterans (who could themselves originated from anywhere in the empire) suebi arrived by 400dc and integrated into the existing northwestern population visigoths were a minority and were defeated because they basically just formed a cohese nucleus on the court of the iberian king ... no intermingling with the central iberian population souteasterm iberia had lot more roman/greek colonial influence ... even carthaginese
@@ynntari2775 It happened that the Spanish Nazi Troll entered the chat (I mean Marco Peña, he's been insulting everybody in other threads, I insulted him back -- he deserves much worse).
Alt-Centrist NeoBuddhist-AnarchoBonapartist Absolutely. Treaty of Windsor, Sir John Moore, Wellington, Beresford, ... Also Torres Vedras, built by the Romans and enhanced by the English, ...
Yes, this is the sequel we need. The unusual thing about Portugal isn't that it came about, it's that sovereign Portugal stayed a thing while other Iberian Christian states like Aragon were subsumed into the kingdom of Spain.
Never knew,, never cared before. But you made a very interesting and entertaining video. You could have easily tripled the length of that video and it still would have been great.
Portugal actually dates back to the first county of Portugal, establish in 868 AD. That is when Portugal was actually founded. It can be broken into three main stages. First county, second county, and kingdom.
@Kyle P.V The Portuguese nation has its foundation in the county of Portugal that was founded in 868. If we are talking about the history of Portugal to its roots then we have to go back to 868. If we're talking about the independence and subsequent formation of the sovereign kingdom of Portugal that lasted until 1910, which then became the republic, then we go to 1128 and 1139.
Mostly not: Castile-Spain is always looking to Flanders-Belgium and how to make sure they can keep the trade with Bruggen going. That's why they invaded the Basques instead.
@@zap3231 - I know my history, man, don't be so ridiculously patronizing. Since Castile is Castile it has been devoted to serve the industry of Flanders (now Belgium), twice they invaded us Basques in order to secure a half decent harbor for their wool exports (and, unlike England, they never bothered developing their own textile industry, until very recent times at least). I live in that harbor city of Bilbao, chartered to serve the Castilian-Flemish trade some 820 years ago. I know my history better than nearly anyone. Portugal was of course an interest but just one among many, in general Castile, later renamed "Spain", looked much more towards Europe and America than to Portugal. Not only Flanders was a major interest but eventually France became Castile's de facto overlord, with some interference from Britain anyhow. Portugal is at best a side note in all that.
@@LuisAldamiz "I know my history" Spain spent maybe 2 centuries with Flanders in mind, knowing their Iberian affairs. You very clearly don't if you think that's more than nearly 8 centuries of constant invasions of Portugal. No, you don't know your history. You know shite.
Being Spaniard and like most of my compatriots, I consider the Portuguese my brothers. They were the first Iberian tribe to use common sense becoming independent from the rest when Roman rule ended. The rest of the tribes are still arguing among us still in the present. And in the course of history we each separately forged two vast empires. Considering the small population of both countries, this is a considerable achievement. In addition, it is the only case of two superpowers that did not end up trying to exterminate each other. In fact, if you ask any Spaniard to draw the map of Spain, it will always include Portugal without even marking the border. It will even take longer to draw the nose and chin of the imaginary head that corresponds to the Iberian Peninsula than to the rest. Apart from drawing attention to the Portuguese, it infuriates them a bit, we already know that. But we do it without malice and besides they already know it. I think that there is no other case worldwide: nobody adds the neighboring country on their map and even less without realizing it. Therefore we are brothers but they prefer to be at their own home and that is fine with us. Our brothers, the fearsome Lusitanians.
Long live the British & Portuguese alliance, oldest in Europe and i loved my trip to Lisbon even though im half Irish and live in northern Ireland, proud to be friends!
@@Darthwgamer true, our government simply abandoned them, BUT we do celebrate the victory now, I mean, our biggest military parade was to celebrate the 100th year since the end of the war.
Thanks. As an Australian I struggle with the concept of countries with land borders. Some are more puzzling than others and Portugal was definitely one of those. Prussia is another one that fascinates me, and that I haven't got clear in my mind.
Short course. Prussia was a conglomeration of principalities & ethnicities. It wasn't until the 19th century that the modern German nation began to take shape.
I really enjoy these videos. Sad to see, though, that the name of Portugal’s first King is mistaken: the name is erroneously written in Spanish (“Alfonso”), instead of Portuguese (“Afonso”). I confess I was expecting a bit more historical (or geographical) accuracy...
In many ways, it's more a question of, "How did Spain Happen?" The sperate Iberian kingdoms had existed for a long time before they got boiled down to just Spain and a little bit of Portugal.
Not really, Hispania existed before the medieval christian kingdoms that later formed Spain and Portugal. I'm talking about the Regnum Visigothorum et Hispanorum, which was destroyed with the ummayad invasion of 711. Spain was about to happen anyway, the question is how, when, and what political entities would conform her.
@@paununs8719 it's generally a bad idea to talk about historical events as having been inevitable. Think about for how many centuries Italy failed to happen, in spite of the precedent of Rome. Think about "The Germanies" up until the 19th century or the patchwork mess of the Balkans even now. The modern boarders of Spain were not inevitable, as its multiple separatist movements attest to. You could easily have had three or four Christian states, with a delayed reconquista, or (admittedly less likely) multiple Christian and Muslim states surviving into the modern period. What is fascinating is trying to imagine what this might have led to: Picture a unified Kingdom of Navarre as a Protestant power, aligned with the English and the Huguenots. Picture Galicia compeatiting with Castile and Portugal in exploration. Maybe even picture a Garibaldi like figure trying to unify Iberia in the 19th century.
@Jesse Berg I get what you say, but: - Separatist movements date back to the late 19th century, after the Carlist Wars...nothing to do with medieval Iberia, which is when Spain crystalised as a political project - Things could've been different, yes, but spanish kingdoms had a imperialistic idea of the future, beginning with Goticism in Asturias, in the late IXth century already; then continuing with the Imperator Totus Hispanie title used by the kings of Leon and Aragon and culminating with the dynastic union between Castile and Aragon.... The main battle cry at Las Navas in 1212, the most important battle of the Reconquista, was simply: "Spain!" - Italy and Germany are very different. But even in medieval times, people like Dante or Machiavelli would yearn for a italian political union, it made sense as they were subjected to foreign intervention all the time. Germany was embroiled with the Holy Empire, a mixture of very different "nationalities". Hispania is a bit different: it was lost after 711, which meant it had to be recovered. You know, nation states are not accidents. They may need some fortunate accidents along the way for them to happen, but most importantly, a political project is needed. Christians could've botched it, and let muslims retake spanish lands, or engage in permanent civil war, yes. But going back to your original question, "How did Spain happen?", there's some definite answers to it. Messy and complicated they are, but so is history as a whole. Cheers.
Nice short presentation, but a few small mistakes. What you called the kingdom of Leon should be divided into 4, Kingdom of Castille, Kingdom of Leon, Kingdom of Galicia, County of Portugal. This last one mostly because you saw the need to separate the county of Barcelona (that had the exact same status) from the Kingdom of Aragon. The 3 kingdoms above did have different kings at some points in history, at the time of the independence of Portugal, Castille had a different king, from the remaining 2 kingdoms. The 3 only became de facto 1 kingdom in the 13th century. Another common mistake is that the Roman settlement of Portus Cale was to the south of the river, it later grew into both margins of the river. Much later when Portugal was already an independent country it separated into "Portucale Castrum Antiquum" to the south (became Gaia) and "Portucale Castrum Nuovo" to the north (became Porto). So the original settlement that gave the name to the country was actually in what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia and not on what is now the city of Porto.
Não sabia essa história de Vila Nova de Gaia e Porto. Interessante. De qualquer maneira não sei se podemos dizer que o vídeo está incorrecto já que o nome da cidade Porto deriva de Portucale, mesmo que estejamos a falar de zonas um pouco diferentes hoje em dia.
It's amazing how many stories about the Crusades involve a group of knights saying -- "we *were* going there, but we might as well attack here."
Well, in this case. Portugal was already fighting the First Crusade. The enemy was Islam and Islam was already there. I am amazed how few educated Englishmen are unaware that there was a thousand year war between Islam and Christianity, with the Muslims being the more successful until, the end of the 17th century. The English were much involved with the Crusades until England and France got so involved with each other. The last King with a crusading spirit was Henry V. Had he lived long enough and managed to establish rule over France, Henry probably would have taken up crusading again. But his son was more monk than king and his advisers not men of quality, which is why the english lost France. Then came the long and savage civil wars and at long last the rule of the Tudors.
@@JRobbySh Well, I was really talking about more famous parts of the Crusades. Like the crusaders that went to Sicily to fight for the Byzantines. And the crusaders that attacked Constantinople. And the crusaders that attacked Jews in Germany, etc., etc.. These "Crusaders" seem like a confused lot.
@@californialiberationmoveme180 You try to organize a holy war with a bunch of feudal countries normally at eachothers throats with no central authority or common standards for warfare beyond some vague ideas nobody could even agree on, and we see what happens.
@@californialiberationmoveme180 are you a commie?
Well, perhaps their mission was "enduring freedom" and they thus were attached to the place.
"Why is Portugal?"
It is questions like this we all think, but no one dared ask in history class. This could be a series: "How did country X happen?"
This *needs to be a series
How did Scotland happen?
Like seriously England, could you really not conquer us?
@@magnuspeacock5857 marshland and France. The two have nothing to do with each other
@Hernando Malinche aye that be true. But what about that time England kicked Englands ass so hard and took control of England AWAY from England?
another one like this that he should do is the Gambia in africa, it's completely surrounded by Senegal and only encompasses a river bank
The question the Kingdom of Spain asks itself every morning after coffee.
🤣
And then every evening after siesta.
pretty sure they are the few that know the answer.
Someone: How did Portugal happen?
Spain: We went there a few times...met a scary baker...never returning there again!!!
@@13dg i feel like this is a monty python ref
Leaving Portugal independent is as same as France letting "lesser Britain" or Brittany to be free...eye sore in maps
And the next 700 years in Europe be like: Borders change with every year
Portugal: lol nope
And Spain tbf
Helps when you only have one neighbour to deal with
@@bluemountain4181 and especially because the terrain that belongs to both(with minor exceptions of small towns across the vertical border) was literally liberated by each from a third entity. Spain the same cuz of the Pirenees mountains separating them from france
Portugal was already absolutist in its foundation and was kinda already a state in the middle ages if you think about it.
@@andresalgado9375 exactly the D. Dinis reforms helped us move along and start the age of naval expedictions that we are famous for
"The history of Portugal is a long an interesting one." - 3 minutes
He only talked about the independance.
And he didn't talk about Aljubarrota battle
Someone's Spanish
My thoughts exactly.
notice that his last sentence was "Portugal place in history has began"... so 3 min is just the hist of how PT became a country
In short:
There once was a guy named Afonso, someone told him "Te quiero gobernar" and he said "Até te como caralho!" and Portugal was born.
Os Leoneses não falavam castelhano...
@@AleaRandomAm falam o quê? PORTUNHOL????
@@diamondsky3787 Hablaban astur-leones o gallego
@@alexiosikomnenos7749 ye I know, but the guy said they didn't, so I joked with him
@@diamondsky3787 falavam Leonês (parecido com o mirandês) ou galego
Everybody asks "Why is Portugal" and not "How is Portugal"
it's good
It’s delicious
How is it now? A mess.
@@stevebarnes2 nothing will take away our weather tbf
Everybody?
Portugal: Exists
History Matters: why tho
The name of Portugal is the biggest question mark, it basically means portport
@@joanignasi91 Well, it comes from the name "Portus Cale", which means "warm harbour". I don't know where you get "portport" from.
@@goncaloproa840 Maybe he means the city of porto?
@@goncaloproa840 One theory of its origin states the -gal part comes from the old Celtic word cale for port, maybe there are multiple theories for its etymology never heard the "warm port" one
@@joanignasi91 Well, Portugal's name comes from the Roman name of the city of Porto, Portus Cale. "Cale" is the latin word for "hot", therefore "Warm Harbour".
As a Spaniard I'm shocked about how little I've learned about Portugal in my whole life. And and how little we were teach, too.
History is not well taught is Spain at all. Also is due to politics, regards
It's political. Just like the Brasilians are in part taught to downplay and villainize the portuguese (the leaders of the time had to build an anti-portuguese sentiment). In Spain, talking about Portugal too much, when you guys have so much inner conflict between regions, would also no be wise.
To me it's very sad, because even meeting Spanish people, as a portuguese, and having soo much in common, you can see that this sort of "indifference" has been built.
There's another factor. Which is, you established a colony near to present-day United States. If Mexico was Brasil and they spoke portuguese instead of spanish...american culture (and their stories) would have been more influenced by Portugal rather than Spain :) So you won that bit more of "world relevancy" because of that. I.e - americans know about you, but not about us. As a consequence, so does the world. In practice we were countries with similar influence over the world history.
Saludos :)
@@jeanlundi2141 We're not "taught to downplay and villainize" your country - it just so happens that YOUR COUNTRY STOLE OUR FUCKING GOLD.
@@jeanlundi2141 very insightful comment
@@jeanlundi2141 I dont think its really like that. First of all, we werent really in any big wars agains Portugal so you dont appear as often as the british or the french in our books. You do appear a few times (the treaty of Tordesillas, Philip the second, your independence, your alliance with the british is mentioned a lot, the war of the oranges, your fascist regime alongside francos and more) so its not like we are trying to avoid you.
Secondly, just like portugal, Spanish history is very long, dense and tough to explain so we dont have that much time to talk about portugal, and given that we arent really tought a lot about how asturias turned into leon and how Castilla managed to overthrow León, there doesnt seem to be a lot of time to talk about portugal.
As a 12th grade student, its incredibly hard to see everything we have to go through in class before the EVAU, and even if we see more, we are very limited in terms of space and time during our exams, so we wouldnt have time to mention portugal.
I do agree though, that if the “history of Spain” subject was changed and made better we would know more about Portugal
Heres a good one for you
"Why is Lichtenstein?"
Or "Why is Luxembourg?"
Lichtenstein was one of the german duchies of Holy Roman Empire that wasn't integrated in the German unification. See that in the german unification vid he did. 😉
Basically, when Germany unified, the people there forgot that Liechtenstein existed and never gave it an invitation
@@sephikong8323 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌👌
Aleem Baksh because Neutrality
Portugal: “How did History Matters happen?”
True
@iqbal sahibil i like how youre trying to trigger some people passing by , but youre just being sad because nobody but yourself will hear the bullshit you just said as you're end up gonna be forgotten as a person who only said absurd stuff for attention
@iqbal sahibil in how many countries is Urdu the dominant language?
@iqbal sahibil there are 230m+ native speakers of Portuguese...
@@gangstaportugalle1653 isn't it funny that someone from such shitty country with a religion that promotes violence thinks that his country is "better" because of nukes? Lol
With the English - Portuguese alliance being one of the longest in history it is interesting that the English crusaders were so wrapped up in its creation
You meant in the sense of making sense?
Not one of the longest but it the longest.
@@danielkrcmar5395 another one is France - Scotland.
most of the hard work involved in the making of Portugal was actually done by the Portuguese, with a few sprinkles here and there from the English
That English /Portuguese alliance had its serious shortcomings. When Africa was partitioned in the 19th century, the British did not allow Portugal to assume the territory between Angola on the Atlantic coast and Mozambique on the Pacific coast. This was called the British Ultimatum. Also, the United Kingdom did not support Portugal when India took over Portugal's territories.
I’m from Scotland but Portugal is 100% Europe’s most underrated country, amazing place and history
Do an EUIV run. Guaranteed you can make Portugal rated #1.
Dayvit78 EUIV?
If you like poverty, sure.
I love portugais
What about Lithuainia this country is full of history and its beautifull
Portugal: So, you want to go on to the holy land?
The English: No, I like it here.
*And that’s how the oldest alliance of our time was born.*
That's how Maddie got lost, also
That and there was a solid two hundred year period of history where pretty much everyone's foreign policy manifesto included the phrase "and fuck Spain."
The Austrians meant it literally but everyone else juat kind of wanted them to die.
emptank gross
@@emptank what did austria do? Im confuse
@@THX-bz8bi the Hapsburgs, Royal family of Austria, married into the Spanish line to cement an alliance against the Ottomans, and in the late 1500s supplanted the old Castilian line when Charles V became king of Austria, Hungary, Spain, Bohemia and Holy Roman Emporer too boot. He split his kingdom between his sons but Spain was ruled by Austrians until the War of Spanish succession when they decided to try out a French king instead.
For what came immediately after this video, read: "The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama" by Nigel Cliff. It's an excellent book, and he makes his case that the Portuguese basically kept on crusading their way into Africa and beyond until they ran across India. He connects the Crusader nature of Portugal to its imperialism and exploration. This connection is typically forgotten, with people discussing colonial histories as simple impulses to acquire wealth.
The Slavery thing is definitely from the Moorish influence, since the Moors enslaved hundreds of thousands in what is now Spain and Portugal. The Arab influence is what started the entire African slave trade, which is something not really acknowledged. People think colonialism is a European invention. It's not. It's what all powers do when they expand.
@@Paulafan5 Wrong. It's Roman. Well before the Moors invaded the Iberian peninsula there were already thousands of slaves there for centuries.
@@Omerath9 It's not even roman, slavery already existed in Mesopotamia during the neolithic period, slavery was a worldwide practice which developed as soon as men founded the first cities and certainly before, even if we have no traces of it.
how this is forgotten when every painting of Portuguese explorers has a cross on it and christian references and expanding Christianity was used as an excuse for imperialism even until the early 20th century.
@@Vitorruy1 Portugal wasn't that imperialist the only big time it expanded was in Brazil and it was because the Spanish and Portuguese had to split the amazons between them so they could actually have a border in America.
And in the scramble for Africa it only demanded to connect Mozambique to Angola and still was denied by the Brits just because they wanted to connect Egypt to South Africa which never happened and that action committed by the Uk made the Portuguese and its African Colonies even worse to this day.
Angola has a big amount of inflations from exports since its railroads dont go further then Angola itself and Congo.
Portugal and the US are the biggest exporters to Angola which make their supplies run quick so the prices increase insanely.
I’m actually looking at Afonso’s first castle in Portugal as I write this comment. In the city of Guimarães
Where did Portugal happen 😉 enjoy the king city!
@@neves190 it was not even a city in those times....thats also why he moved to Coimbra
@@br3menPT Percebes ingles hummm🤔 nao me parece!!!!
@@neves190 percebes de História? Não me parece...
@@br3menPT Vai tomar contas das vacas Manel!!
other countries: thicc bois
Portugal: long boi
Meanwhile Norway and Chile: *sweats*
@@Jan-su5vm Chile has nothing to fear. Chile is LOOOOOONG boi. Seriously, if you had placed the northernmost point of Chile at Cape Nordkinn in Norway, the northernmost point in mainland Europe, the southern end would almost touch Egypt, and it would extend more than halfway through Tunisia, making it longer than all of Europe. With its absurd width to length ratio it has probably the most extreme shape of any country, and it is the undisputed king of longbois.
Chile: longest boy
As a Chilean, I confirm
TheKripox damn, as a Norwegian I applauds the Chilenos on their longboi accomplishments :)
Norway is more curved, the northern point goes east over and therefore the edges of Finnmark is further east than Istanbul is.
I really enjoyed my time in Portugal. Seriously underrated country!
*So, the Knights Templar..."
**shows dude wearing Teutonic colors**
**Vision begins to turn red**
Dialask Isel Who’s a triggered Lithuanian, you are! Yes you are!
@@jonathanwells223 hehe
...can you hear it....?...in the distance...
...vult DEUS VULT DEUS VULT DEUS VULT DEUS VULT DEUS....
jabloko992
Such peaceful religion that Christianity ✝️⚔️
@@ryhrex
Extremely peaceful.
It takes an extremely vile outside force to cause any one peaceful to take up arms.
Theres a reason the term is "Muslim Conquest" and not "Christian Conquest".
"The way they dealt with these issues is via in depth discussions-
Just kidding crusade time"
I was in tears at that line.
@@gregm766 me too so funny
Shouldn't he mean reconquista?
@@zeitghost1321 the reconquista was basically crusades in iberia
Discussion with Muslims were always one sword against against another. Islam was established by military force.
I really like when the little characters smile. It’s nice to see the little guys happy.
@Machoman50ta Anti-catholic? How so? What are you even talking about? Also why even care if so? Surely there are plenty of far more blatant Catholic haters, like all the people claiming the crusades were evil and blah blah BS.
"The history of Portugal is a long and interesting one...."
Can't help feeling like this would have been a perfect candidate for an old fashioned 'Ten Minute History' video.... I really miss those
ten minutes isn't enough
Portugal: Exists
History Matters: “Why?”
Portugal: English, Arab and Spanish fault
lmao bro accidentally clicked on your channel but I just wanted to say you restored my faith in humanity. rock on 💪
Its called critical thinking
Because history matters.
I'm from Zamora (Región Leonesa, España) the city where León and Portugal signed the independence of the second one. King Alfonso of León was also happy of having several kingdoms under his domminance as he wanted to be crowned as Emperor of Hispania.
We love Portugal and I think they love us back. Now this ancient border is crossed everyday by locals that make their lives in both countries.
Eu também penso assi, somos una gran familia Ibérica. Culpo un poco la educacion en la escuela (por menos em Portugal en algunos lugares) em que parece que se tenia a idea que Espanha era un 'inimigo' sempre con ideas imperialistas de tomar cuenta de Portugal a cualquier momento con otra guerra, un poco surreal pero cuando tenia 10-11 anos pensaba assi aha! Iberian childhood trauma lol
Somo los ciudadanos de la península Ibèrica. Vivimos en países distintos or culpa de las ambiciones de los monarcas del pasado i los aristócratas del presente. Independientemente del nombre del país, Somo un colectivo que comparte muchas costumbres y que respetamos nuestras diferencias. Nos debemos a la tierra que nos nombra. A la península Ibérica y la maravillosa gente que la habita. Viva los ciudadanos de la península Ibérica.
@@m11071997r Os Portugueses nunca quiseram ser controlados por Castela. Seremos sempre irmãos próximos mas nunca seremos o mesmo povo.
@@masterplokoon8803 No es que unos controlen a otros. Es que los unos i los otros se unas de forma voluntària para crear un mejor país. Un país único que respeta sus diferencias pero que avanza siempre hacia delante.
So much love and yet you still haven't given Olivença back.
And not going to talk about Ceuta
This should be a series where you go around countries and explain how they came about
Finnland
And once you've made videos on all those, start with the borders of American states
& then get more suggestions from other subscribers (When I need ideas, I'm having a brain fart.)
The last time I was this early, Portugal was still a colonial empire.
Well, the internet had already been invented when Portugal was still a colonial empire. Earlycomers and lateleavers.
Our colonial empire ended in 1999
Technically speaking anyone born before 1999 was born in the Portuguese empire.
Portugal is not a colonial empire since 1951....in the 60´s Portugal had Oversea Provinces, not colonies
Madeira and azores
The influence that Portugal has had on the world is out of proportion to its size. As a Goan, it has influenced our culture in terms of language, food & religion.
So Portugal should get goa back?. Great!.
Like the Irish, celtic blood✊☘️
@@deeppurple883 cringe asf
How did portugal happen?
Almoravid empire: “mistakes were made”...
Technically it was the Umayyads' fault in the first place
How did Almoravid Empire happen?
Visighoths:"mistakes were made"
@@malster1239 Romanoi: Mistakes were mades
Malster 1 how did Visigoths happen?
Roman empire: «mistakes were made»...
More like:
Random Crusaders: "Ur welcom"
Kingdom of Leon: *Minding its own business*
Alfonso: ‘I’m about to do what’s called a pro gamer move’
Literally a kid vs a kingdom and won what a Chad
IT blows my mind how a language can split and diverge so drastically when theya re n such close proximity to eachother.
Actually Portuguese and Spanish are almost the same language. The accents are what make them seem so different.
@@jonaspereira007 Portuguese looks very similar to Italian to me
and actually portuguese comes from galician, still spoken in northwest spain, just above portugal. galician is basically portuguese with spanish accent, it is so similar.
@@euclois galician and portuguese are siblings. Galician didn't spawn portuguese
Yes, but that's a world wide mistery, not a peninsula Iberica mistery, because....Spain is also close to France, which is close to Italy and Germany. Germany is close to POland, and so on...
Sounds like Alfonso was quite the CK2 player!
Ah, a man of culture I see.
He didn't got to be called "The Conqueror" for nothing
Afonso has a bloodline in CK2. It doesn't do much besides +5 Portuguese opinion. But it does exist.
@@greninjamastergabe6452 Does it exist tho? Im currently in a portuguese campaign and never saw such bloodline... He was the first guy i played even...
Yeah, Portugal getting some love.
Also, Afonso, not Alphonso
It's hard for a person that isn't a native portuguese speaker to say Afonso without the L
@@OProgramadoAndrade really? Just saying without the L is harder? Ok. If you say so
@@endo4137 It's not per se "harder", but it's more natural to add the 'L'
@@OProgramadoAndrade That is just not true. It just so happens that the name's variation in other languages kept(?)/added(?) the L and therefore might not see that Afonso lacks it.
@@OProgramadoAndrade what
As a Spaniard I love the relationship between us and the Portuguese.
I'd say we're the best neighbors in Europe, can't think of any others like us.
Yes and no. I think we ignore one another too much. Which is ridiculous. If there was a war on a galactic scale, the closest tribe of people closer to one another we'd be us. For being seperate for so long, we are clearly the countries with most similarities.
I think in Spain, the politicians strategically ignored Portugal for many years to not create more problems for Spain's own inner unity. Aknowledging Portugal probably didn't serve spanish politicians for a while.
It's also true, initially, Portugal was founded on an anti-castillan sentiment. Obviously we are not anti-Spain nowadays but, well thre have been factors that made each country sort of ignore one another. But I absolutely think that should change. I think most Spanish people have NO CLUE about Portugal. Probably because since we are not as rich or poltiically powerful as say, France, we don't seem as "cool". I think culturally specially there's very little cultural interchange.
Hopefully things change in the future because we only have to gain. The world is already too divided, it's imperative we become more interested in one another.
@@jeanlundi2141 Yeah, you're spot on about us ignoring each other too much. Still, any time I've been in Portugal or with Portuguese people it's been very very nice, and you probably won't find many people in Spain who have anything bad to say about them. Hating France is a national pastime in Spain, for contrast shahahhahs
@@Astraben we use to love France until they betrayed us, but luckily we, the Portuguese and the British managed to beat them back
Wtf, I had Portuguese friends (Erasmus) and they absolutely despised Spanish people
we Portuguese love Spain, heck i'd love to live there instead of my poortugal 😁
I'm a simple gajo
I see Portugal I click
Caralho
Mai nada meu amigo
Exato
Lusitânia gang 🇧🇷🇵🇹
Nao, España os vamos a anexar
That's indeed enough.
🇵🇹🤝🏴
Kingdoms that Crusade together, stay together
Remember when we used to crusade together back when we were kids? 😂
Might wanna resume that crusade, on English soil this time
@@peter-8483 well it would basiclly be a northern reconquista, southern europeans helping northern europeans, history never repeats it self but it does ryme
@@miguelluissousadias1371 The Spanish kings basically tried that during the time when they ruled Portugal in a personal union, so I guess the Spanish Armada sort of counts as that.
@@AlexanderRM1000 well said, but it was more of a religious conflict not a civilizational one in full.
My own ignorance of significant chapters in World history rarely ceases to amaze me despite being a life-long learner who genuinely likes history. I’ve completed more than half of my expected life and never confronted the question, “Why Portugal?”. BUT!! With the internet at my fingertips, and the ability to discern worthy content, these gaps are becoming fewer and far between. HAH! Great video. So incisive and graphically descriptive.
HistoryMatters: *Why do you exist?*
Portugal: *Am I a joke to you?*
Iberian union: let me introduce myself.
Belarus: *First time?*
cringe
edge lord bad experience so bye bye.
Portugal: Exist
History Matters: Why you Portugal?
@iqbal sahibil hey pal, I don't want to ruin your parade and with all due respect, I'm certain Pakistans History is surely nice but you do realize Portugal was one of the biggest Empires in world History
@iqbal sahibil My friend your lack of understanding World History is frightening and delusional. please Educate yourself before talking about places you don't know anything about. I wish you a great day since there is no sense in talking with you
@@ZackFair1998 spot on
@iqbal sahibil yeah right so powerfull that you r still fighting for caxemir 😂😂
What is Pakistan? A former worst part of INDIA that was an English colony? That becomed independent somewhere near 1950...
We portuguese had also a colonies nearby- the best in India- Goa, Damão and Diu since 1.500...
I advise this Pakistanis peasant that is barking here on this sections to sell the nukes that is country has to make money to build hospitals and schools and to pay food to the poor that have nothing to eat. I advise him to try to build a free and developed country with less dark Islam that kills people because of freedom of religion and beats woman. I advise him to clean the shitholes that are the cities Islamabad and Lahore. And I inform him also that our portuguese wife’s have real Mens with big pirocas that defeat moors in all our wars, in Portugal- they don’t need ugly peasants panisgas from 3rd world lands. Peace be upon you all.
Portugal has always fascinated me on how it has been able to exist and not been invaded so absolutely appreciate this video ..... but the Templar Knight character was awsome ( as they all are with the narration) and Im going to make a tattoo of it . Have a great day .
When you're older than Spain but people think your Spanish
LOL I'm Catalan, tell me something new
Sergi cb
You are who?
I never hear of that. Nobody has hear of that.
What did you said? Do you have a speech impediment and cannot speak proper spanish?
@@marcopena7638 I do speak proper Spanish, but I only use it to talk to my dog. No one talked to you here, please keep counting your neurons
@@sergicb1533
That sounds like a smart and classy dog. He speaks the language of royalty.
You should keep talking to him to avoid being considered the dumb one, or just let him do the talk. You know, instead of babbling nonsense and pretend is a language to look "cool". Probably the world will give you people more attention.
Counting neurons? That sounds rude... And long.
Peace offering for you:
Lets count how many "countries" have broke away from the Kingdom of Spain. None, see? It was faster and funnier
@@sergicb1533 I'm Portuguese; Catalonia has always been a part of Spain. Don't believe the lies they teach you in school, it's propaganda.
These are the kind of questions we need answers to.
how England met Portugal would be like the start of a romance story with the line "when they first met, it was love at first sight" any two countries that ally each other would be interpreted into a relationship if they were humans. in this case a romantic one.
So you concede money is romance?
Disgusting
Fun fact: the name "Porto" means Port in English, so it means that 200k people live inside a Port
Fun fact: Portugal comes from porto cale ....and porto cale means port-port. How did this happen?
Easy, the original name cale was Celtic and when the romans GOT there they added Porto to the old name...which unbeknown to them already meant port
@@alejandroojeda1572 I guess u watched the video by name explain?
And then you have the english translation which adds an O, making it Oporto, which sounds like "O Porto" which would mean "the port" in portuguese
@@marco5916 in spanish it's also Oporto...🤔
@@Kevin665-c3g yeah, we all watch the same channels don't we 😅😅
Everyone: Hah, look at that little rectangle on the edge of the continent! Cut off from all major european affairs. It’s just a matter of time before Castille eats that one.
The madlad Portugal: Colonizes half of South America, creates the 8th largest world economy and have it catapult the Portuguese Language to the 6th largest in the world by native speakers, beating Russian and French.
you forgot "Formed an ancient alliance with the British and shaped the entire continent"
o mundo que o português tem lá seus defeitos mas é muito mais bem sucedido do que o mundo espanhol! abraço para a terrinha!
@NB a terra onde hoje está Portugal está onde costumava ser a região romana da Hispânia, que não existe mais.. o a Espanha moderna é um estado sucessor do reino de Castela, que simplesmente resolveu mudar seu nome pra Espanha. Portugal não faz parte da Espanha moderna, faz parte da península ibérica, mas não dá Espanha, nem tecnicamente, nem oficialmente, nem nada :)
We did not created Brazil, you guys were just another colony we had and are independent from us for centuries and thank God.
on the rest yes, our history speaks for itself.
@@raiosdessaauroraforte6668 Considering 99% of the current population is either slaves brought by the Portuguese or European and Asian immigrants that only started coming when Brazil was a colony, Portugal very much created Brazil, that then surpassed it in almost every way.
Love the time stamps it’s been saving me so many seconds!
When Portugal had an empire ages before the Brits did but people only care about the British, French and German Empires
Portugal: *I used to rule the world*
Furthermore, this fact gives an understanding of Saudade origin. This is a national Portuguese emotional shock.
Chunks would load when I gave the word
Many people literally act as if we don't exist lol Even historians!
German empire?! Hahahahaha I’ve never heard nothing like this 😂 Germany have never a global empire dear, the closest thing was Prussia, but Germany isn’t Prussia, it’s just part of it... I think you meant to say “British, French and Spanish empire”
@@LHollan ummmm african german territories doesn't come to mind?
I love those little signs the characters use to convey a joke so you don't have to stop the exposition; like the first king of Portugal with the "hope you like prayer" sign when he sent his mom to a convent. Very funny.
Lol, I was looking for someone to say this. I thought that one was great.
Its a shame that we learn so little about our neighbors to the west. Love from Spain.
FINALLY A VIDEO ABOUT MY COUNTRY THANK YOU! Everything is accurate and well detailed in the space of time covered in the video!
So the Portuguese originally had more land in Iberia than the Spanish did?
@@karenryder6317 yes because spain only existed from the late 15th century onwards. Whilst portugal existed from the 12th century
Though I cannot say that you forgot many things, due to the format, there is one big piece of information: he declared himself rex portucalesium after the Battle of Ouriques, in 1139, a major win for the portuguese (consider that the County of Portugal was still pretty small). Also, only in 1143 Leon-Castille declared that Portugal was independent, but Affonso Henriques was still called a "dux". He was recognized as a king only in 1179, by the Pope himself.
To complement, portuguese relation to the Church and the fact that the rest of Hispania was very fractured and warring itself (also waging war against the iberian muslim states) explains how Portugal could be a thing... At least, until 1383, when the last king of Burgundian dynasty died without a male heir. Then, Portugal became independent through support from the nobles and help from the english.
The famous "battle" of Ourique that almost all historians say it never happened? :)
@@MrChefjanvier I mean, yeah. I was reading older sources at the time and I found this bit very interesting.
@@Alexeiyeah
It was a major power of the medieval popes that they got to decide who was a king and who wasn't.
My impression is that it wasn't hard to persuade them (you probably had to give them some nice presents) unless you lived in The HRE in which case you could only be an elector or a margrave.
I love these clips as they open up my curiosity...thank you for making them!
“Just kidding, CRUSADE TIME”
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Deus Vult?
Roland Deschain Yer God damn right it is. DEUS MOTHAFUCKIN VULT, YEE HAW!!!
*LOADS LMG*
Calm thy tits.
And the English said this place is nice we'll keep coming back every year after that 😂
Always welcome bifes! 😂😂
Very ancient scriptures have been found hidden in ver ancient ruins, that say the following: "Feel free to befriend and fight alongside the brits at any time. They are cool! But for gods sake, don't ever let them be the ones cooking the meals". 😮
@@heldersilva6672 and on the very bottom of that it says "and fuck spain
My grade 6 teacher is Portuguese and was very chill and proud of her heritage.
I always love a good run through the flowers whenever I learn some interesting history! Your videos rock! 😂🤣😂😎👍🏻
Please do more about Portugal! I'm from Wales but this really intrigued my interest
Portugal has so much history ... this is not a "short" documentary this is a hiper-hiper short documentary.
You meant ‘hipster’?
*Europe for much of the last 700 years*
We will change our borders! And how we look!
Portugal: Nah, I'm ok.
Actually, arguably, Olivença/Olivenza
Portugal lost it in a war.
However, if spain was to ever declare war on portugal again, the treaty ceding olivenza to the spanish would be void.
There was another war and Portugal was on the winning side. Because the spanish were on the side of the agressors, the previous treaty had been void, so in the peace talks, portugal asked for Olivença back.
In the peace treaty the spanish wrote that they would give back Olivenza "as soon as possible". It's been 200 years.
It's one of two pieces of land claimed by both portugal and spain, the other one being some uninhabited islands, that though grouped with the madeira arquipelago, are closer to the spanish canaries. They are de facto portuguese though, and the portuguese president actually spends a night there every couple of years to assert portuguese control of the islands
Hugo Garcao just to correct: both territories are by international law and historical possession portuguese. No discussion about that.
Yes, they are "de jure" portuguese, but "de facto" spanish or something like that, right?
Hugo Garcao Olivença de “jure” portuguese “de facto” Spanish. The islands selvagens are both “ de jure and de facto portuguese”
@@hjs8092 Yes, my bad, didn't read it right
This was a great video! I'd like if this would be made a series, explaining how countries, we know today, happened.
Suggestion for a video: why did countries like Portugal who were not directly involved in ww2 received aid from the marshall plan (and what that aid was)
Nice suggestion
Good question.
Oh boy finally some well made and accurate video about my country's history
Why would you care commie
Guilherme Sousa damn bro you really got him there
@@Encovelicus bem, se reparares com cuidado é um símbolo Anti-comunista. A foice e martelo estão quebrados o que demonstra as falhas desta ideologia.
Qualquer coisa menos PCP.
Enfim, mal se nota isso então decidi mudar a foto.
também iria chamar-te de comunista, parei para analisar a imagem e percebi meu erro
@AJCdEdT bruh
I have a question and i wonder if you could maybe make a short documentary video answering it:
How did military recruitment and training work during the middle ages and what was it like? How did infantry, archers and cavalry train in feudal armies?
At least in feudal times, free peasants had to serve in the military a certain number of days per year(40 in England, other countries may have had slightly different laws). Archery was encouraged as a sport, and practiced on Sundays. By the late middle ages, the system had shifted to smaller, professional armies, supported by fines and taxes. Sort of like the shift to professional militaries in Western countries in the last few decades.
This also explains the long link between England and Portugal. Thanks for that!
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Oh, so some English settled in Portugal. That explains why my 23andme showed English or Irish ancestry.
Greetings fellow Anglo Saxon. ;D
Portuguese are ancestors to the Celts as well.
96% of native Portuguese up North are Celtic and 65% of the population in the South have Celtic ancestry!
Exactly. That and many other times the English went Portugal to join the Portuguese fighting the Spanish.
Celts went to Ireland from Galiza and North Portugal so... That explains it
Portugal ♥ and this is a very summed up video, our history is much more beautiful and interesting.
Don't forget the Portuguese and Spanish derive from 2 separate Germanic tribes, the Spanish and Catalans from the Visigoths. and the Portuguese and Galicians from the Suebians
two tiny tribes who rulled diferent areas with a twist
portugal/galicia are dotted with coastal setlements of celtic greek & phenician origin ... thus most of the +p+uçation was already from those origins with little iberian mixed in & add some roman veterans (who could themselves originated from anywhere in the empire)
suebi arrived by 400dc and integrated into the existing northwestern population
visigoths were a minority and were defeated because they basically just formed a cohese nucleus on the court of the iberian king ... no intermingling with the central iberian population
souteasterm iberia had lot more roman/greek colonial influence ... even carthaginese
"How did Portugal happen"
This question keeps me up at night
I've *always* wondered this and nobody could ever give me an answer!! Thank you so much!!! 😁😁😁
My beloved country, very good quick video about the origins of Portugal, simple and straightforward
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Ah, the “glorious” Empire of Brazil. Would be cool if there was a short about it here.
brazilian gamers be like alguem br?
Cassiano Neto
Who? Never heard of that.
Maybe if you corrected your speech impediment people would be able to better understand your babbling.
What just happened here?
Nobody wants to talk bout the inglorious empire of brutal slavery.
@@ynntari2775 It happened that the Spanish Nazi Troll entered the chat (I mean Marco Peña, he's been insulting everybody in other threads, I insulted him back -- he deserves much worse).
I love these kinds of videos, the whole idea of "But why though" is hillarious
The sequel will be "How did Portugal stay a thing?"
Kathic Easy. Defensible borders.
Battle of Aljubarrota. :)
England
Alt-Centrist NeoBuddhist-AnarchoBonapartist Absolutely. Treaty of Windsor, Sir John Moore, Wellington, Beresford, ... Also Torres Vedras, built by the Romans and enhanced by the English, ...
Yes, this is the sequel we need. The unusual thing about Portugal isn't that it came about, it's that sovereign Portugal stayed a thing while other Iberian Christian states like Aragon were subsumed into the kingdom of Spain.
Another interesting tidbit, the alliance between Portugal and England is one of the longest continuous alliances in history.
Not "one of the". It's THE oldest ;)
Never knew,, never cared before. But you made a very interesting and entertaining video. You could have easily tripled the length of that video and it still would have been great.
I’ve been watching this channel for sometime. These signs never get old let me tell you lol
Portugal actually dates back to the first county of Portugal, establish in 868 AD. That is when Portugal was actually founded. It can be broken into three main stages. First county, second county, and kingdom.
@Kyle P.V The Portuguese nation has its foundation in the county of Portugal that was founded in 868. If we are talking about the history of Portugal to its roots then we have to go back to 868. If we're talking about the independence and subsequent formation of the sovereign kingdom of Portugal that lasted until 1910, which then became the republic, then we go to 1128 and 1139.
Thanks for all of these!
I think Spain wonders this every night as it tosses and turns and thinks about what could have been...
Spain tried to conquer us thousands of times.
Only partially succeeded once. We broke free 60 years later.
We're friends now though.
Mostly not: Castile-Spain is always looking to Flanders-Belgium and how to make sure they can keep the trade with Bruggen going. That's why they invaded the Basques instead.
@@LuisAldamiz You honestly think Spain cares more about the low countries than Portugal?
Bruh, read an Iberian history book.
@@zap3231 - I know my history, man, don't be so ridiculously patronizing. Since Castile is Castile it has been devoted to serve the industry of Flanders (now Belgium), twice they invaded us Basques in order to secure a half decent harbor for their wool exports (and, unlike England, they never bothered developing their own textile industry, until very recent times at least). I live in that harbor city of Bilbao, chartered to serve the Castilian-Flemish trade some 820 years ago. I know my history better than nearly anyone.
Portugal was of course an interest but just one among many, in general Castile, later renamed "Spain", looked much more towards Europe and America than to Portugal. Not only Flanders was a major interest but eventually France became Castile's de facto overlord, with some interference from Britain anyhow. Portugal is at best a side note in all that.
@@LuisAldamiz "I know my history"
Spain spent maybe 2 centuries with Flanders in mind, knowing their Iberian affairs.
You very clearly don't if you think that's more than nearly 8 centuries of constant invasions of Portugal.
No, you don't know your history. You know shite.
Being Spaniard and like most of my compatriots, I consider the Portuguese my brothers. They were the first Iberian tribe to use common sense becoming independent from the rest when Roman rule ended. The rest of the tribes are still arguing among us still in the present. And in the course of history we each separately forged two vast empires. Considering the small population of both countries, this is a considerable achievement. In addition, it is the only case of two superpowers that did not end up trying to exterminate each other. In fact, if you ask any Spaniard to draw the map of Spain, it will always include Portugal without even marking the border. It will even take longer to draw the nose and chin of the imaginary head that corresponds to the Iberian Peninsula than to the rest. Apart from drawing attention to the Portuguese, it infuriates them a bit, we already know that. But we do it without malice and besides they already know it. I think that there is no other case worldwide: nobody adds the neighboring country on their map and even less without realizing it. Therefore we are brothers but they prefer to be at their own home and that is fine with us. Our brothers, the fearsome Lusitanians.
The final sentence gave me thrills, thank you for this video
Saw my country - instant click!
Long live the British & Portuguese alliance, oldest in Europe and i loved my trip to Lisbon even though im half Irish and live in northern Ireland, proud to be friends!
Such a shame!
As a Portuguese, i dont know why we exist, but im grateful to my ancestors, for fighting for this beautiful land.
Can you do a video on Portugal's involvement in World War I?
Good suggestion. I think most people don't even know Portugal participated in WWI.
Wasn't even a point sense the Portuguese didn't even celebrate the soldiers coming back home...
@@Darthwgamer true, our government simply abandoned them, BUT we do celebrate the victory now, I mean, our biggest military parade was to celebrate the 100th year since the end of the war.
@@luismendes3307 That's nice of you guys, I also celebrate it sense im a Portuguese my self well American Portuguese anyway.
@@Darthwgamer oh, cool!!!
Can you do a video on Dom Pedro II? I’ve always wondered about his reign and there isn’t as much in English as in Portuguese.
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!!!!!!!!
History matters :How did portugal happen
Me :how did balkan happen
You don't wanna go there
Ah shit…Ruby you’ve gone on and asked the question that just might trigger 🇦🇱 🇧🇦 🇷🇸 🇭🇷 🇽🇰 🇲🇰 🇲🇪 🇸🇮
Time to get the lighter
I blame Diocletian.
Please never stop doing these I'm absolutely loving them
The happy skipping through the “crusades”-field is simply glorious. Imagine that without any context
Thanks. As an Australian I struggle with the concept of countries with land borders. Some are more puzzling than others and Portugal was definitely one of those.
Prussia is another one that fascinates me, and that I haven't got clear in my mind.
Short course. Prussia was a conglomeration of principalities & ethnicities. It wasn't until the 19th century that the modern German nation began to take shape.
0:49 lmao you got me there for a second
I love how the title implies Portugal is an event rather than a country
I really enjoy these videos. Sad to see, though, that the name of Portugal’s first King is mistaken: the name is erroneously written in Spanish (“Alfonso”), instead of Portuguese (“Afonso”). I confess I was expecting a bit more historical (or geographical) accuracy...
Mas está certo, o Afonso Henriques era galego e escrevia se Alfonso nao Afonso, nos é que demos esse por razões de patriotismo
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@@MartimCorreia10 se bem que eu saiba no galego também se usa Afonso. Alfonso é castelhano
In many ways, it's more a question of, "How did Spain Happen?"
The sperate Iberian kingdoms had existed for a long time before they got boiled down to just Spain and a little bit of Portugal.
Well....that question needs a few hundreds years more 😅😅😅
Not really, Hispania existed before the medieval christian kingdoms that later formed Spain and Portugal. I'm talking about the Regnum Visigothorum et Hispanorum, which was destroyed with the ummayad invasion of 711.
Spain was about to happen anyway, the question is how, when, and what political entities would conform her.
@@paununs8719 it's generally a bad idea to talk about historical events as having been inevitable. Think about for how many centuries Italy failed to happen, in spite of the precedent of Rome. Think about "The Germanies" up until the 19th century or the patchwork mess of the Balkans even now.
The modern boarders of Spain were not inevitable, as its multiple separatist movements attest to. You could easily have had three or four Christian states, with a delayed reconquista, or (admittedly less likely) multiple Christian and Muslim states surviving into the modern period.
What is fascinating is trying to imagine what this might have led to: Picture a unified Kingdom of Navarre as a Protestant power, aligned with the English and the Huguenots. Picture Galicia compeatiting with Castile and Portugal in exploration. Maybe even picture a Garibaldi like figure trying to unify Iberia in the 19th century.
@Jesse Berg I get what you say, but:
- Separatist movements date back to the late 19th century, after the Carlist Wars...nothing to do with medieval Iberia, which is when Spain crystalised as a political project
- Things could've been different, yes, but spanish kingdoms had a imperialistic idea of the future, beginning with Goticism in Asturias, in the late IXth century already; then continuing with the Imperator Totus Hispanie title used by the kings of Leon and Aragon and culminating with the dynastic union between Castile and Aragon....
The main battle cry at Las Navas in 1212, the most important battle of the Reconquista, was simply: "Spain!"
- Italy and Germany are very different. But even in medieval times, people like Dante or Machiavelli would yearn for a italian political union, it made sense as they were subjected to foreign intervention all the time. Germany was embroiled with the Holy Empire, a mixture of very different "nationalities". Hispania is a bit different: it was lost after 711, which meant it had to be recovered.
You know, nation states are not accidents. They may need some fortunate accidents along the way for them to happen, but most importantly, a political project is needed. Christians could've botched it, and let muslims retake spanish lands, or engage in permanent civil war, yes. But going back to your original question, "How did Spain happen?", there's some definite answers to it. Messy and complicated they are, but so is history as a whole.
Cheers.
Actually, they were baked into Spain, not boiled.
I am an Englishman, and I love Portugal. We are brothers, in many ways 🇵🇹❤🏴
Portugese history is very underrated
Nice short presentation, but a few small mistakes.
What you called the kingdom of Leon should be divided into 4, Kingdom of Castille, Kingdom of Leon, Kingdom of Galicia, County of Portugal. This last one mostly because you saw the need to separate the county of Barcelona (that had the exact same status) from the Kingdom of Aragon.
The 3 kingdoms above did have different kings at some points in history, at the time of the independence of Portugal, Castille had a different king, from the remaining 2 kingdoms. The 3 only became de facto 1 kingdom in the 13th century.
Another common mistake is that the Roman settlement of Portus Cale was to the south of the river, it later grew into both margins of the river. Much later when Portugal was already an independent country it separated into "Portucale Castrum Antiquum" to the south (became Gaia) and "Portucale Castrum Nuovo" to the north (became Porto). So the original settlement that gave the name to the country was actually in what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia and not on what is now the city of Porto.
Não sabia essa história de Vila Nova de Gaia e Porto. Interessante. De qualquer maneira não sei se podemos dizer que o vídeo está incorrecto já que o nome da cidade Porto deriva de Portucale, mesmo que estejamos a falar de zonas um pouco diferentes hoje em dia.
These short history lessons are the Crash Course of Crash Course History, and I'm here to enjoy them! :)
Crusaders: aight, imma head out.
The English: You know what? I think I might stick around
English holidaying in Iberia since the medieval age lol
Welcome to Portugal! We've been England's holiday home for centuries!
Knights would be like: I've made my contribution to the crusades now lets catch some waves and check some babes at the beach
All those British "expats" roaming Iberia willy nilly since medieval times....