The impromptu history lessons are great man. And really, we're history nerds watching a history nerd play a nerdy history map game. I don't think any of us have a leg to complain on
I quite enjoy the nerdy history lecture actually PS a way I found to stop the Mongol empire from getting too big is to do a murder spree on all of their rulers as soon as you can, and keep doing it until they are out of your diplo range, worked for me starting as duchess Matilda
@@gelon3333 Kinda, if you're at war you receive a malus for intrigue actions of -50% (don't remember the exact number). So while you can still do it, it's not a guarantee and you may find yourself having to actually fight the war
@@gabrieldossantos1116 ik im late responding but it you start the plot before you declare war and then once it’s ready you declare war and then press the button. It’s always worked for me and helped me get rome destroy the hre and take the Byzantine empire
I think the answer to Laith's question of why Richard the Lionheart was venerated is because he left Parliament in power whilst on campaign which Parliament obviously liked. (Why he is the only King with statue in Parliament Square if you don't include the pseudo-king Oliver Cromwell) There is also the entire mythos around Robin Hood and preferring living under King Richard rather than Prince John. Then there is the fact that Kingdom almost fell apart under King John (We lost the French territories and a French Crown Prince almost took over in the name of his wife ) so no matter how bad King Richard was as a ruler and general people still claimed he was "better"than John. Also he was the one who was credited as officially adopt the three lion flag of England so people naturally try to build a mythos round him as a result hence "the Lionheart". So the answer is King Richard had an incredibly good PR campaign after his death.
I find it fascinating how many rulers are venerated or villainized just because the nobility does or doesn't like them. I think an excellent counter-example is Emperor Nero, who is hated because the Senate didn't like him. (Don't even start on the mythology about him prosecuting Christians. Modern Christianity hardly even existed, and of he did prosecute anyone, it was likely Messianic Jews. Remember that the Messiah was thought of as a military leader in Judaism, someone to liberate the Jewish people. So there were several messianic figures at the time leaving revolts against Rome. Christos is just the Roman version of Messiah. So at worst, Nero killed terrorists.)
I think the comparison with John is a key element. For all his faults (he basically bankrupted his realm with the crusade, his ransom and his constant wars) he was very successful in his wars against Philip II of France (arguably one of France's greatest kings) while John lost almost all his continental possessions against him. There is probably also a bit of romantic heroism in his image as a crusader king. Even though he did not outright win the crusade, he was successful in thwarting Saladin for the time and his chivalrous rivalry with him certainly gave the bards a lot of material. Overall I'd say while not as great a ruler as most people imagine him, he was far from a bad king, and by the standards of his time embodied many laudable traits of a ruler, which probably shaped historic perception.
@Connor, the android sent by CyberLife Not disagreeing with this assessment. But I was more talking of the reputation of monarchs. And in this regard it is quite easy to see why Richard, who for all his faults, represented the image of a martial, victorious king, was better remembered than John, who presided over a series of disastrous defeats, alienated most of his leading vassals and the church (and most our contemporary sources, who shaped most early perception of him, were clerical) and barely managed to hang on to his throne. And while he was in many ways handed a toxic inheritance, it seems pretty clear that John's character flaws and misjudgments exacerbated things. There was just no real positive let alone heroic story to spin about his reign, whereas even Richards failures (his being held for ransom in Germany, his death in France) could be seen to have a certain tragic romanticism to them.
@@robmartino1461 Very good point but I think he was a bad king. He was an English king who didn't speak English and hated England as a country so much that when he had to go there he stayed in the French bit. He had no care for looking after his own country and for this reason was a bad king.
Hey Laith, the reason your liege took Acre was because he lost Jerusalem and had no other lands of his own within the realm, so a random province was selected and it happened to be yours
I love how the first 7 minutes were just a history lesson with visual aids. This game is actually a really good way of teaching various snapshots of history.
the nerdy lectures, and the sense of humor are the reasons i watch, you could be playing paint dry simulator, and youd still have my attention. the game play is just an added bonus. keep up the good work!
Richard got actually captured in Austria and a lot of the randsom went to Vienna. I think the duke of Austria was a rival of Lionheart. And lot of stuff was build thanks to the randsom. Like Wiener Neustadt (military acadamie and city today) and the wall of Vienna which protected the city due to Ottoman siege. So Austria says: thank you Richy!
19:00 here's your explanation Laith: When a liege loses their last de facto territory, they'll usurp a county of de jure* land from one of their vassals as they can't be landless whilst still holding a higher title. I'm not sure if title revocation protection stops it, but I've used this to continuously finesse new land using abductions and factions whilst playing vassal starts. *(Not sure if strictly de jure or just any vassal, haven't tested thoroughly.)
I’ve learned that every history buff has their historical nemesis. Someone in history they just absolutely DESPISE and can’t avoid ranting about whenever they come up. Looks like Laiths is Richard the Lionheart.
@@liamtan865uhm, no. Lionheart only signed a treaty because taking Jerusalem was too bloody and his stupid brother was trying to get the throne. Richard just got unlucky getting shot by that crossbow I think he would have done great things
Would be cool to see you continue on this save- either trying to form the Outremer empire or even switching to the last Mongol emperor and trying to avenge your family!
Just want to reiterate that the history rants are awesome. Also I dunno why but this video was one of my all time favorites, had me laughing quite a bit. Keep it up man you’re killin it
Technically Eleanor never officially revolted against her husband it was thought that English noble men would just blame her for her revolting as a easy scapegoat. And not that Henry ii had a hoarding problem with land still one of my favorite English kings
More history lections, please. Especially when you're starting at an unsual start date it's great to understand the context and how we got here. But for any start, really, or any event or decision learning some historical context is always great. Also FYI, Strong isn't an inheritable trait in CK3. You can get it through events, and there's a small chance of getting it randomly at birth, but for the inheritable traits you can only use hale/robust/herculean.
You do realise that Henry II only got all that French land through marrying Eleanor of Aquitaine right? And Richard the Lionheart didn’t take advantage of his father it’s called inheritance. And Richard the Lionheart won against Saladin, he only didn’t take Jerusalem because it would be too bloody and his stupid brother John the Bad was trying to steal the throne
i really enjoy laith talking about history, i can see myself doing the same about my nation history, so I appreciate his animosity to talk about english history
I started watching this, stopped after your history lesson, proceeded to watch the entire Kingdom of Heaven movie, then came back to resume. I always learn something when watching these
8:37 The Uprising of Asen and Petar is actually the historical uprising that brought back the Bulgarian empire from Byzantine rule, it's actually quite a cool little historical detail as the Bulgaro-Roman rivalry is often ignored in games (which is a shame cause it's a very cool bit of history)
Immediately dropping a like just for the history lesson alone. I love it when people share info like you did. Thank you! I'd love to see some more videos for some of the historical rulers in this. There are some really impressive (whether for good or ill) figures in this period. Emperor Frederick I von Hohenstaufen "Barbarossa" of the HRE, Emperor Isaac II Angelos of the Byzantines, King Philip II Capet of France, Sala-al-Din Ayyubid. Lots of cool characters in there. Fun fact: Richard wasn't actually captured by the Kaiser. He was captured by Duke Leopold V von Babenberg (Duke of Austria) as Richard was passing through his lands. Leopold was also one of the guys who was on crusade with Richard and went home after Richard's troops threw the duke's banner into the moat. Consequently, Leopold wasn't too keen on just releasing Richard, so ransomed him to the emperor, who ransomed him back to England (as you covered).
I believe people called the Third Crusade a Victory was because after the Disaster at Hattin(Before the crusade) and Phillipe Augustus bailing out to France before Richard, no one expected him to succeed at Jaffa and secure a favourable peace deal for the Kingdom who had been reduced by 90%. But he definitely had a stupid good PR campaign to elevate himself to a legend...
People call the 3rd Crusade success because what Richard lionheart achieved was phenomenal. With his primary "ally" sending only a token force and then leaving anyway he reconquered almost the entirety of the Kingdom of Jerusalem minus Jurusalem itself and even then if he'd just stayed in the Holy Land for a bit longer he'd have seen Saladin die and the Muslims explode into infighting. In an era where seiges were incredibly difficult for the attacker he retook the entire coast of the Levant and left the Crusader States in a healthy position
Yes, please don't stop w/the history lessons. It's just a really positive addition to this game we all already love. In fact, I'd even say as much history as you can muster at the start of the video, if it's relevant, and then we see where this timeline takes us.
When the king took acre, it looks like he had lost all his personal holdings, but since he was king and still had vassals, the game gave him a random county his vassals held.
37:32 you should get a cool title like “King Joscelin of Egypt, the Bane of the Mongols”. Honestly I think high Intrigue is one of the best ways to break up the Mongols since doing it on the battlefield is so much harder lol
I'm honestly for the history lectures. I wouldn't mind an entire video of you just ranting as you play a paradox game. It is relaxing knowing there is someone who loves to rant history as much as me.
Ck3 helped me become a history nerd, and finding ck3 channels where ppl actually explains the history of the era is the best thing ever. Schools should use games to make kids interested in what they are learning
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Laith come on man do not shy about giving historical facts and lessons in the videos. We play these games because we like both strategy games and history.
So if I remember correctly, here is the division of the Angevin empire between Henry II’s sons: Henry the young king got control of Anjou and Normandy because he was the heir, Richard got acquitaine, Jeoffrey got Brittany, and John got nothing because he was the baby and Henry couldn’t figure it out. And then the daughters all got married off
From what I've experienced, if the top level liege of a realm loses all of their counties, they take a county seemingly at random. I found this out during a Viking playthrough, where I would weaken nearby powerful realms by carving my way towards the crownlands and then declare an Invade Duchy war for their capital duchy.
Laith should give more historical lectures in CK3. If he starts a series like that I'd slam the like button so hard that it'd look like a bomb was dropped.
What a great video! You should do another campaign on this starting date. Maybe forming Novgorod and then Russia? Bc of course we all know Novgorod is only fun to play in CK3- nobody would ever want to see a Novgorod campaign in any other Pdx game.
19:10 your liege lost all of their personal domain, and thus had to auto usurp a title from a vassal, just so happened to choose your capital. Not sure if there is a specific reason why it was yours or just if it was random.
Laith's rampage about Richard the Lionheart is my hatred towards Sebastian of Portugal. The guy bankrupts the country to build an army to go against the moors, dies in battle destroying the entire army and doesn't even let a stable succession behind. He screw Portugal economically, militarily and diplomatically leaving Portugal vulnerable to be gobbled by Spain and yet he becomes a saint! I swear to God I would be in prison for treason if I lived in this time period lmao
I think you lost Acre because the king lost his last county but not the whole kingdom, so the game takes it from you or another vassal and gives it to him.
Henry II didn’t actually give his heir Henry the young king any land to rule for himself. He really had to live his life on a stipend from his father and whatever he made from Tourneying with William Marshal. He was expected to wait for his father to die before he could claim land his father left for him but Richard and Geoffrey were given lands in Aquitaine and Brittany. He was incredibly tight fisted when it came to his heir though.
For anyone interested in both king Richard and king John, Look up the channel (Dan Davis History) Because it depends on wich source you pick to use as a reference for your argument to either condemn or praise both kings.
Richard: bankrupts the realm over a failed crusade then gets captured and empties the coffers again John: *exists* The English : Richard the Lionheart and we banned the name John from futur kings
As a history student, specifically of the middle ages the short history lesson Is great, I think it helps by using ck3 as a visual medium to convey. :)
4:27 not only was he kidnapped, but he was kidnapped for a reason, when Richard sailed to the holy land, he made a stop in Sicily, the German Emperors son, Heinrich of Swabia had previously been married to the last legitimate heir of the King of sicily, Princess Constance, so by right, the sicilian throne and its Gold, belonged to her and her husband Heinrich. In Sicily, a Bastard of the Hauteville called Tancred of Lecce, had usurped the throne though, and Richard forced him to finance his crusade. When the Holy roman Emperor Barbarossa died, his son Heinrich became Emperor, he was the one that imprisoned Richard, and If we loon at the amount of money, that Richard had taken from Tancred, it adds up exactly, with the amount of money, that the English had to pay the Germans in Order for Richard to be set free again. For some reason though, most people idolized Richard and make a Villain of Heinrich. Richards problem was, he was a great General, but a horrible horrible Politician, Heinrich on the other side was not a Great warrior, although he had his Victories on the field as well and ultimately took Sicily from the Usurper, but above all, he was a great Politician and a pretty Smart guy, look up the „Erbreichsplan“, that was basically his plan for the HRE.
23:15 Trust me. Play Capua in the Ante Bellum mod. I've mentioned it before, but it's the most fun I've had playing EU4. I can't say anything about it without spoiling it.
16:42 Yeah, lets start the eugenics programme with a non-inheritable trait like "strong"! What a great idea. :D 200 IQ move, or was is it 20 IQ? i forgot.
don't forget the fact that the guy who shot richard with a crossbow was a child using a frying pan as a shield, and richard gave the boy 100 shillings before dying from the infection
So I think that the King of Jerusalem just yoinked your capital because he lost his last held province. When that happens, the liege seizes a random territory from a vassal.
If your primary title is higher than count and you lose all your counties the game takes a random county(often the de jure capital) from your vassals, that's why you lost Acre.
You're wrong about Richard, he wanted to invade Egypt as it would destroy Ayyubid power and it would be very valuable for the crusaders but the crusaders refused as they wanted to take Jerusalem and he was jailed due to him being suspected for instigating the murder of Conrad of Montferrat.
There's also the fact the Pope decreed crusaders lands shouldn't be touched while they were away, and should be guaranteed safe passage back. When people betrayed Richard by attacking his land and taking him captive, Richard expected the Pope to follow up on his decree and excommunicate them, though nothing happened. Richard really shouldn't have been blamed for his capture, its like hating Robb Stark for being betrayed at the Red Wedding.
I don't know if you do it but i never saw it in one of your gameplay : when you have a wife strong in something (here military) change her to assist you in what she is good, you will literally gain all her military points. Exemple : you have 12 in military and she have 26, change assist and now boom, you have 38 in military
I watch disney's Robin Hood a couple months ago. I know that is definitely not a historical account but I had to laugh when they were bashing Prince John for raising all the taxes before King Richard returned when in reality those taxes were all going to pay for Richards release.
The second crusade really did mess up the situation for Jerusalem in a diplomatic sense. Where the king of Jerusalem wanted protection from nuraddin the lords of the crusade decided they needed to conquer stuff and set their eyes on egypt and damascus who up to that point where not in bad relations with jerusalem.
Laith, the reason Acre got nicked from you is that historically, the Kingdom of Jerusalem relocated its capital to Acre after the Muslims conquered Jerusalem. So I guess there's a scripted event in this mod or a decision that the king of Jerusalem can take. (Technically it went to Tyre a little bit inbetween but idk about that)
The impromptu history lessons are great man. And really, we're history nerds watching a history nerd play a nerdy history map game. I don't think any of us have a leg to complain on
Gets boring when you know what's gonna happen, why can't we have a ninth crusade?
It's nice but he got a couple things wrong. Saladin took Jerusalem before Richard arrived to the holy land.
Agreed. Its a Win-Win situation
That’s what I was thinking lol, if we didn’t like history we wouldn’t love games like this 😂😂😂
yeah true, i really enjoy those, and if you don't like em, you can just skip them
I quite enjoy the nerdy history lecture actually
PS a way I found to stop the Mongol empire from getting too big is to do a murder spree on all of their rulers as soon as you can, and keep doing it until they are out of your diplo range, worked for me starting as duchess Matilda
I’m playing duchess Matilda right now and I was finally able to realize you can kidnap and declare war to win instantly
@@Mcqdot didn't that glitch get patched? It's a thing spiffing brit found out for paradox (he got paid lol)
@@gelon3333 Kinda, if you're at war you receive a malus for intrigue actions of -50% (don't remember the exact number). So while you can still do it, it's not a guarantee and you may find yourself having to actually fight the war
@@gabrieldossantos1116 ik im late responding but it you start the plot before you declare war and then once it’s ready you declare war and then press the button.
It’s always worked for me and helped me get rome destroy the hre and take the Byzantine empire
I think the answer to Laith's question of why Richard the Lionheart was venerated is because he left Parliament in power whilst on campaign which Parliament obviously liked. (Why he is the only King with statue in Parliament Square if you don't include the pseudo-king Oliver Cromwell)
There is also the entire mythos around Robin Hood and preferring living under King Richard rather than Prince John.
Then there is the fact that Kingdom almost fell apart under King John (We lost the French territories and a French Crown Prince almost took over in the name of his wife ) so no matter how bad King Richard was as a ruler and general people still claimed he was "better"than John.
Also he was the one who was credited as officially adopt the three lion flag of England so people naturally try to build a mythos round him as a result hence "the Lionheart".
So the answer is King Richard had an incredibly good PR campaign after his death.
I find it fascinating how many rulers are venerated or villainized just because the nobility does or doesn't like them. I think an excellent counter-example is Emperor Nero, who is hated because the Senate didn't like him.
(Don't even start on the mythology about him prosecuting Christians. Modern Christianity hardly even existed, and of he did prosecute anyone, it was likely Messianic Jews. Remember that the Messiah was thought of as a military leader in Judaism, someone to liberate the Jewish people. So there were several messianic figures at the time leaving revolts against Rome. Christos is just the Roman version of Messiah. So at worst, Nero killed terrorists.)
@@brutusthebear9050 Christos is Greek, not Latin. Christus is what you're thinking of.
I think the comparison with John is a key element. For all his faults (he basically bankrupted his realm with the crusade, his ransom and his constant wars) he was very successful in his wars against Philip II of France (arguably one of France's greatest kings) while John lost almost all his continental possessions against him.
There is probably also a bit of romantic heroism in his image as a crusader king. Even though he did not outright win the crusade, he was successful in thwarting Saladin for the time and his chivalrous rivalry with him certainly gave the bards a lot of material. Overall I'd say while not as great a ruler as most people imagine him, he was far from a bad king, and by the standards of his time embodied many laudable traits of a ruler, which probably shaped historic perception.
@Connor, the android sent by CyberLife Not disagreeing with this assessment. But I was more talking of the reputation of monarchs. And in this regard it is quite easy to see why Richard, who for all his faults, represented the image of a martial, victorious king, was better remembered than John, who presided over a series of disastrous defeats, alienated most of his leading vassals and the church (and most our contemporary sources, who shaped most early perception of him, were clerical) and barely managed to hang on to his throne.
And while he was in many ways handed a toxic inheritance, it seems pretty clear that John's character flaws and misjudgments exacerbated things. There was just no real positive let alone heroic story to spin about his reign, whereas even Richards failures (his being held for ransom in Germany, his death in France) could be seen to have a certain tragic romanticism to them.
@@robmartino1461 Very good point but I think he was a bad king. He was an English king who didn't speak English and hated England as a country so much that when he had to go there he stayed in the French bit. He had no care for looking after his own country and for this reason was a bad king.
Hey Laith, the reason your liege took Acre was because he lost Jerusalem and had no other lands of his own within the realm, so a random province was selected and it happened to be yours
That feels kinda bullshit lol
@@chasegould9728 It is
@@chasegould9728I think it's cause he still has the higher title and you can't be unlanded and hold said title.
I love how the first 7 minutes were just a history lesson with visual aids. This game is actually a really good way of teaching various snapshots of history.
the nerdy lectures, and the sense of humor are the reasons i watch, you could be playing paint dry simulator, and youd still have my attention. the game play is just an added bonus. keep up the good work!
Keep doing this history ranting thing, it's pretty dope. I can't see your viewer retention but nerds love it!
Richard got actually captured in Austria and a lot of the randsom went to Vienna. I think the duke of Austria was a rival of Lionheart. And lot of stuff was build thanks to the randsom. Like Wiener Neustadt (military acadamie and city today) and the wall of Vienna which protected the city due to Ottoman siege. So Austria says: thank you Richy!
As an Austrian, I now like Richard a lot more.
History lessons are the best parts thanks laith!
19:00 here's your explanation Laith:
When a liege loses their last de facto territory, they'll usurp a county of de jure* land from one of their vassals as they can't be landless whilst still holding a higher title. I'm not sure if title revocation protection stops it, but I've used this to continuously finesse new land using abductions and factions whilst playing vassal starts.
*(Not sure if strictly de jure or just any vassal, haven't tested thoroughly.)
I’ve learned that every history buff has their historical nemesis. Someone in history they just absolutely DESPISE and can’t avoid ranting about whenever they come up. Looks like Laiths is Richard the Lionheart.
HE IS THE WORST
@@TheSocialStreamers he's leagues better than John
@@lovablesnowman henry the second was better than both. And when It comes to the crusade Saladin comes out on top in my opinion.
This is very true
@@liamtan865uhm, no. Lionheart only signed a treaty because taking Jerusalem was too bloody and his stupid brother was trying to get the throne. Richard just got unlucky getting shot by that crossbow I think he would have done great things
Would be cool to see you continue on this save- either trying to form the Outremer empire or even switching to the last Mongol emperor and trying to avenge your family!
Just want to reiterate that the history rants are awesome. Also I dunno why but this video was one of my all time favorites, had me laughing quite a bit. Keep it up man you’re killin it
The fact you were actually able to assassinate your way to success against the Mongols is pretty amazing. This was a great game.
Technically Eleanor never officially revolted against her husband it was thought that English noble men would just blame her for her revolting as a easy scapegoat. And not that Henry ii had a hoarding problem with land still one of my favorite English kings
Mate these history rants continue to check all the boxes of my favorite historical periods and events, I'm absolutely here for it
Never gonna escape the history rants, it's one of the things I love most about thid channel.
More history lections, please. Especially when you're starting at an unsual start date it's great to understand the context and how we got here. But for any start, really, or any event or decision learning some historical context is always great.
Also FYI, Strong isn't an inheritable trait in CK3. You can get it through events, and there's a small chance of getting it randomly at birth, but for the inheritable traits you can only use hale/robust/herculean.
You do realise that Henry II only got all that French land through marrying Eleanor of Aquitaine right? And Richard the Lionheart didn’t take advantage of his father it’s called inheritance. And Richard the Lionheart won against Saladin, he only didn’t take Jerusalem because it would be too bloody and his stupid brother John the Bad was trying to steal the throne
i really enjoy laith talking about history, i can see myself doing the same about my nation history, so I appreciate his animosity to talk about english history
The history ranting is good, please keep doing them
I started watching this, stopped after your history lesson, proceeded to watch the entire Kingdom of Heaven movie, then came back to resume. I always learn something when watching these
8:37 The Uprising of Asen and Petar is actually the historical uprising that brought back the Bulgarian empire from Byzantine rule, it's actually quite a cool little historical detail as the Bulgaro-Roman rivalry is often ignored in games (which is a shame cause it's a very cool bit of history)
Immediately dropping a like just for the history lesson alone. I love it when people share info like you did. Thank you!
I'd love to see some more videos for some of the historical rulers in this. There are some really impressive (whether for good or ill) figures in this period. Emperor Frederick I von Hohenstaufen "Barbarossa" of the HRE, Emperor Isaac II Angelos of the Byzantines, King Philip II Capet of France, Sala-al-Din Ayyubid. Lots of cool characters in there.
Fun fact: Richard wasn't actually captured by the Kaiser. He was captured by Duke Leopold V von Babenberg (Duke of Austria) as Richard was passing through his lands. Leopold was also one of the guys who was on crusade with Richard and went home after Richard's troops threw the duke's banner into the moat. Consequently, Leopold wasn't too keen on just releasing Richard, so ransomed him to the emperor, who ransomed him back to England (as you covered).
I love your history talks, hope to see more of them in the future :DD
I believe people called the Third Crusade a Victory was because after the Disaster at Hattin(Before the crusade) and Phillipe Augustus bailing out to France before Richard, no one expected him to succeed at Jaffa and secure a favourable peace deal for the Kingdom who had been reduced by 90%. But he definitely had a stupid good PR campaign to elevate himself to a legend...
People call the 3rd Crusade success because what Richard lionheart achieved was phenomenal. With his primary "ally" sending only a token force and then leaving anyway he reconquered almost the entirety of the Kingdom of Jerusalem minus Jurusalem itself and even then if he'd just stayed in the Holy Land for a bit longer he'd have seen Saladin die and the Muslims explode into infighting. In an era where seiges were incredibly difficult for the attacker he retook the entire coast of the Levant and left the Crusader States in a healthy position
Yes, please don't stop w/the history lessons. It's just a really positive addition to this game we all already love. In fact, I'd even say as much history as you can muster at the start of the video, if it's relevant, and then we see where this timeline takes us.
When the king took acre, it looks like he had lost all his personal holdings, but since he was king and still had vassals, the game gave him a random county his vassals held.
"Please stop trying to sleep with me... I play Paradox games. You don't know what you're up against." 😂😂
The history lessons are actually making the videos more enjoyable
37:32 you should get a cool title like “King Joscelin of Egypt, the Bane of the Mongols”. Honestly I think high Intrigue is one of the best ways to break up the Mongols since doing it on the battlefield is so much harder lol
'This is why intrigue is really fun, you can just murder people'
Thank you Laith
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"So, I can see that you've successfully captured all of my land. However, no u."
I'm honestly for the history lectures. I wouldn't mind an entire video of you just ranting as you play a paradox game. It is relaxing knowing there is someone who loves to rant history as much as me.
King Richard had the best nickname, the best PR team, and the least honor.
I love your historical dissertations so hard, I want one on every video
Ck3 helped me become a history nerd, and finding ck3 channels where ppl actually explains the history of the era is the best thing ever.
Schools should use games to make kids interested in what they are learning
Laith come on man do not shy about giving historical facts and lessons in the videos. We play these games because we like both strategy games and history.
I really enjoy the 'history lessons with Laith' segments of your videos. Keep them up!
The crossbow bolt thing is hilarious. He basically goaded a kid using kitchen equipment as armour into shooting him at a siege.
So if I remember correctly, here is the division of the Angevin empire between Henry II’s sons: Henry the young king got control of Anjou and Normandy because he was the heir, Richard got acquitaine, Jeoffrey got Brittany, and John got nothing because he was the baby and Henry couldn’t figure it out. And then the daughters all got married off
From what I've experienced, if the top level liege of a realm loses all of their counties, they take a county seemingly at random. I found this out during a Viking playthrough, where I would weaken nearby powerful realms by carving my way towards the crownlands and then declare an Invade Duchy war for their capital duchy.
I enjoy the chill tangent sessions, it's like having a silly little friend in my talking box
Definitely keep doing the history rants, all the history nerds love them, and basically everyone here is a history nerd including myself!
Love you talking about History. Maybe you could make some videos on what's going on in specific areas at the start date of different paradox games.
We love the history rants/chats!!! We're history-loving people watching a history game with a history nerd playing it. Don't doubt yourself! :D
Laith should give more historical lectures in CK3. If he starts a series like that I'd slam the like button so hard that it'd look like a bomb was dropped.
What a great video! You should do another campaign on this starting date. Maybe forming Novgorod and then Russia? Bc of course we all know Novgorod is only fun to play in CK3- nobody would ever want to see a Novgorod campaign in any other Pdx game.
you should add the mod you use in the description
I absolutely love the history parts of the video, if anything it’s what keeps me coming back.
19:10 your liege lost all of their personal domain, and thus had to auto usurp a title from a vassal, just so happened to choose your capital. Not sure if there is a specific reason why it was yours or just if it was random.
Laith's rampage about Richard the Lionheart is my hatred towards Sebastian of Portugal. The guy bankrupts the country to build an army to go against the moors, dies in battle destroying the entire army and doesn't even let a stable succession behind. He screw Portugal economically, militarily and diplomatically leaving Portugal vulnerable to be gobbled by Spain and yet he becomes a saint! I swear to God I would be in prison for treason if I lived in this time period lmao
That part of England's history is well explained in the novel by Ken Follet "Pillars of the Earth". One of my favorites history novels.
Nestorian Mongols... I gotta try that myself
Richard out here making sure John Lackland lives up to his moniker
I think you lost Acre because the king lost his last county but not the whole kingdom, so the game takes it from you or another vassal and gives it to him.
Your liege lost his final holding but still held the title of king. so the game takes a single provinces from another vassal to give them a capital
the nerdy stuff is part of the reason i continue to come back for videos, laith!!
Henry II didn’t actually give his heir Henry the young king any land to rule for himself.
He really had to live his life on a stipend from his father and whatever he made from Tourneying with William Marshal. He was expected to wait for his father to die before he could claim land his father left for him but Richard and Geoffrey were given lands in Aquitaine and Brittany. He was incredibly tight fisted when it came to his heir though.
For anyone interested in both king Richard and king John,
Look up the channel (Dan Davis History)
Because it depends on wich source you pick to use as a reference for your argument to either condemn or praise both kings.
Richard: bankrupts the realm over a failed crusade then gets captured and empties the coffers again
John: *exists*
The English : Richard the Lionheart and we banned the name John from futur kings
As a history student, specifically of the middle ages the short history lesson Is great, I think it helps by using ck3 as a visual medium to convey. :)
I need more history lectures with grand strategy games on the background
4:27 not only was he kidnapped, but he was kidnapped for a reason, when Richard sailed to the holy land, he made a stop in Sicily, the German Emperors son, Heinrich of Swabia had previously been married to the last legitimate heir of the King of sicily, Princess Constance, so by right, the sicilian throne and its Gold, belonged to her and her husband Heinrich.
In Sicily, a Bastard of the Hauteville called Tancred of Lecce, had usurped the throne though, and Richard forced him to finance his crusade.
When the Holy roman Emperor Barbarossa died, his son Heinrich became Emperor, he was the one that imprisoned Richard, and If we loon at the amount of money, that Richard had taken from Tancred, it adds up exactly, with the amount of money, that the English had to pay the Germans in Order for Richard to be set free again.
For some reason though, most people idolized Richard and make a Villain of Heinrich.
Richards problem was, he was a great General, but a horrible horrible Politician, Heinrich on the other side was not a Great warrior, although he had his Victories on the field as well and ultimately took Sicily from the Usurper, but above all, he was a great Politician and a pretty Smart guy, look up the „Erbreichsplan“, that was basically his plan for the HRE.
As a fan of history I always love the mini history lessons, you speak in a way small brained people like me can understand haha.
23:15 Trust me. Play Capua in the Ante Bellum mod. I've mentioned it before, but it's the most fun I've had playing EU4. I can't say anything about it without spoiling it.
I love seeing Laith go off on tangents and totes his history knowledge
23:20 Mayor Gargamel? Better look out for the Smurfs.
16:42 Yeah, lets start the eugenics programme with a non-inheritable trait like "strong"!
What a great idea. :D
200 IQ move, or was is it 20 IQ? i forgot.
Good history talk. "Lionheart" is just a really cool epithet.
Dude I'd love for you to full on make a history channel and link it so all us history fans can watch/listen to you explaining parts of history
You can't inherit strong as a trait, if you're wondering about why the hale and strong did not produce a child with traits.
Glad we can both agree how much of an utter UNIT Henry II was
the thing is with the Mongols being Nestorian it is possible you could go for an sort of franco-mongol alliance in the game
God, the reason I come to this channel for ck3 content is for history lessons
Laith talks about history, and thinks (foolish as he is) we would skip it.
We love you talking about history Laith!
The king always has to have 1 county so if he loses it in a war he automatically gets one, not sure how random that is, but thats the reason.
Why is Ghengis Khan always Nestorian in this mod?
Man...Hank2 is my historically face Englishman(he's French, I'm Irish) too, but you did Eleanor dirty with that summary.
don't forget the fact that the guy who shot richard with a crossbow was a child using a frying pan as a shield, and richard gave the boy 100 shillings before dying from the infection
The only thing better than the history lessons are the history rants. Laith needs to play as The Lionheat. And really get into the RP, too.
whats the mod for this start date?
So I think that the King of Jerusalem just yoinked your capital because he lost his last held province. When that happens, the liege seizes a random territory from a vassal.
If your primary title is higher than count and you lose all your counties the game takes a random county(often the de jure capital) from your vassals, that's why you lost Acre.
You're wrong about Richard, he wanted to invade Egypt as it would destroy Ayyubid power and it would be very valuable for the crusaders but the crusaders refused as they wanted to take Jerusalem and he was jailed due to him being suspected for instigating the murder of Conrad of Montferrat.
thought that was the order of assassins in the the Persian Highlands
@@marcus4046 I meant as the one who ordered it
@@marcus4046 the hashashins?
There's also the fact the Pope decreed crusaders lands shouldn't be touched while they were away, and should be guaranteed safe passage back. When people betrayed Richard by attacking his land and taking him captive, Richard expected the Pope to follow up on his decree and excommunicate them, though nothing happened. Richard really shouldn't have been blamed for his capture, its like hating Robb Stark for being betrayed at the Red Wedding.
I don't know if you do it but i never saw it in one of your gameplay : when you have a wife strong in something (here military) change her to assist you in what she is good, you will literally gain all her military points. Exemple : you have 12 in military and she have 26, change assist and now boom, you have 38 in military
I watch disney's Robin Hood a couple months ago. I know that is definitely not a historical account but I had to laugh when they were bashing Prince John for raising all the taxes before King Richard returned when in reality those taxes were all going to pay for Richards release.
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Phiillipe II also get seriously ill while on the cursade and that's also partially why he left?
Day 36 of demanding an eu4 colonial Novgorod game (no forming russia)
Jesus Christ you get here fast
@@dexterjanes8836 i stay awake until i finish his video
We're all nerds that love ourselves some history here, so ranty history lessons are always more than welcome!
strong is not an inheritable trait (it was in ck2)
The second crusade really did mess up the situation for Jerusalem in a diplomatic sense. Where the king of Jerusalem wanted protection from nuraddin the lords of the crusade decided they needed to conquer stuff and set their eyes on egypt and damascus who up to that point where not in bad relations with jerusalem.
His last character even looked like the ck3 trailer guy
I follow you for this history stuff. Keep it going
How do I play this start date? Because I think I have almost all the dlc and I can only play the first 2.
Laith, the reason Acre got nicked from you is that historically, the Kingdom of Jerusalem relocated its capital to Acre after the Muslims conquered Jerusalem. So I guess there's a scripted event in this mod or a decision that the king of Jerusalem can take.
(Technically it went to Tyre a little bit inbetween but idk about that)
Last time I was this early the Kingdom of Jerusalem still existed
I need a Henry II play through where you take over France and Jerusalem
Maybe theres an event that gives the king of Jerusalem Acre like the historical changing of the capital?
Henry II is up there as one of my favourite kings too