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Do the battle of de la forbie in 1244. It often considered the biggest crusader defeat since the battle of hattin and want to understand what exacly happened
Yup. Most established youtubers are child pandering sellouts. This channel is just gold though. Animated battle scenarios voiced by a silky smooth Englishman.
No idea what youre talking about, I think you should go talk with a doctor perhaps? Seeing Chuck Norris illusion can be early signs of dementia, schizophrenia and death. Hope you get well soon.
I'm from Navarra so this "battle" was fought in my region. I loved the video as a local, though I think it is quite surprising that you use Spanish names for Spanish cities, but not for Roncesvalles, which to this day remains Spanish. Or at least the Basque name: Orreaga. And to whom it may concern, Roncesvalles is part of the Camino de Santiago and a very beautiful place full of nature. Watching how narrow it can get at some points, you can see how it was an ideal place to set up an ambush.
Well, to be fair they also used the English name for Charlemagne instead of the Frankish name Karol as written on coinage and signatures. Like WHAT THE FUG :-DDD said, it's just for the sake of accessibility.
The Franks are the ancestors of the French who are their rightful political heirs Not the Spanish. Not the English. So it is normal to use French names
@@skiteufr Huh? Guess you missed that the Carolingian Empire was split into three parts one of which became Germany, and that the Franks are not the ancestors of the French but were merely a ruling minority - ruling over a Gallo-Roman population. Given that French is a Romance language whereas the Franks were Germanic, your reasoning of direct descendance makes especially little sense when applied to linguistics.
@@ohauss The fact they spoke a germanic language only highlight the fact they switched progressively to a romance one which was the language of the majority of the population and that they melted into them. So they are a part of the ancestors of the French along gallo roman population. And after all, they also founded the country and its monarchy. And a lot of Franks also settled north of the Loire river. The French are also their rightful political heirs. The centre of power of the Franks was in present day France and their territory progressively extended east. After the division of the empire, the eastern part was mostly a collection of colonised area, former germanic pagans, but not the true political centre of the Franks who established their capital in Paris from 508 (who remained the capital of France to this day)
I crossed the Roncevaux pass on foot on my way to Santiago de Compostela 4 years ago. I was aware of the battle that had happenend there but i could not imagine how it really took place centuries ago. Thanks BazBattles for the video, i really do enjoy all of your work.
Great video. Thanks for all the work you do. The context and overview you provide makes the battle much more comprehensible. Would you consider doing a battle that happened during WW1?
Uno reversed: the german speakers were the ones being ambushed (Yeah I know that most of the frankish population was Gallo-Roman but surely that army had many franks from the germanic roots)
Damn this channel is great, I just wish you guys uploaded more often but I understand that it probably takes a great deal of time to make videos this good.
There are also theories that the attack was made by Basque troops or others says that French may be attacked by basques and muslims troops, rulers of that region. Also I ve heard that the visir of zaragoza asked help against other visir, but when the army of charlemagne arrived they weren't received nor welcome. That's why Charlemagne tried to siege the city and when he returned he sacked Pamplona for vengeance and getting some loot. He also attacked Pamplona in first place so he didn't have he s back uncovered and could go back easily and not be attacked from behind.
@Historical Icons Wrong, the Franks ruled both the roman province of gaul and a huge part of Germania as well, not all the tribes, as you can see, the saxons, marcomanni aso. are outside the realm, but the western half of todays Germany is inside the Frankish empire. Thats also the reason, why this realm was later split into three parts. One french part, one german part and one middle part with both groups.
@@MMadesen ethnically, the Franks are the ancestors of both the Germans and the French. And the Dutch, do not forget them. But politically, the French are the true heirs of the Franks. France literally means "land of the Franks". Frankreich in deutsch or Frankrijk in Dutch means "realm of the Franks" too. The centre of power of the Franks has long been situated in present day France and the French royal dynasties are all of Frankish origin from 496 up until the capetians in 1848. Even Charlemagne, before being crowned Emperor, was King of the Franks and remained until his death. The term King of the Franks was technically in use until the 1789 revolution and appeared on French coins
There's a reason why they remain while the rest of pre-indo-europeans were absorbed into other language groups over the millennia. Son cosa seria. I have basque ancestry but from the french side of the Basque country.
@@Altrantis si los vascos pervivieron fue gracias a que permitieron a los romanos asentarse en la región de manera pacífica a diferencia del resto de pueblos lo cual les garantizó la supervivencia de su lengua y muchas costumbres además de los estar en una posición más o menos dominante durante la edad media.
Reminds me of the battle of Posada here in Romania, where the Wallachian voivode was a vassal of the Hungarian king, and, rebelled im a quarrel of who to control the Bandom of Severin (Ban = Duke, i guess) and thus, the Hungarian king, i think his name was Bella, idk which one, the year was around the beginning of the 12th century. He crossed the carpathians but while he was crossing somewhere close of Targu Jiu, he was ambushed by the Romanian voivode and his men threw boulders over the Hungarian army, and did the same as the Basques here, forced the Hungarian king to abandon the idea of the patch of land. The battle isn't exactly known where it was situated, in fact, Posada means unknown, so if you are to make a video about this battle, I'm sorry for the lack of data, as there are not so many written records about romanians and the romanian voivodes up until the 15th-16th century
probably not only the battle that preserved basque culture but that ignited several centuries of unique iberian isolation, for better or worse; the counties of the hispanic march became independent before the 10th Cent
Here in the Basque Country we call that battle the battle of Orreaga. There are many songs about it and most basques are very proud of it since it is seen as a representation of the resistence of the basque people to foreign domination thoughougt our history.
In France, we have replaced the basques with Sarrasins, and we have added that Charlemagne had turned back and beat the Sarrasins with the help of God :D A defeat? Where? :D
You think the Franks would of learned their lessons and figured out the mountain passes so they could stop this from happening. There was a similar situation like this with Alexander the Great. He pulled back after a nasty mountain pass battle and sent scouts to figure out the way to the bluffs. Then he marched his army back in the pass as a distraction while his other units got behind the guys up in the bluffs and sent them over the edge lol.
Really? Against foreign domination? The basques were under foreign Roman domination since the Sertorian wars. there are villas and roads everywhere in the Basque country and the later kingdom of Navarre. Also Pamplona was part of the spanish mark. Before that and after they were under foreign moorish rule since Cassi, and after they had four foreign French dynasties, and then under the foreign spanish rule... it s myth that always resisted foreign rule.
@@nunciosidereo4070 Maybe in the valleys they could not for obvious reasons but in the mountains I dont think any of those foreign powers felt too safe to wonder around.
@@moviejose3249 it s a nationalistic myth. The Roman's have build.roads up and down all around Navarre. How could they connect the cities in the Basque country, build the cities, build roads and maintain them for centuries if they were not save. There are also villas and Roman cities all around. Also the basques helped the Roman's since the Sertorians wars. And also the grandfather of the first king of Navarre or Pamplona was casio who later was Casi because he converted to Islam and was under moorish rule. Also Inyigo Arista her mother married a moorish land lord and had a brother from this marriage, Musa ibn Musa. Later rulers of the moorish mark. What Basque resistance against foreign rule is that? Well just very little resistance if you were under Roman, visigoths, ummayad rule indeed. After that Navarre was ruled under four French so foreign Dynasties... It's a identity construction for political and nationalistics needs but it is a myth they always resisted foreign powers. It s more the opposite. Also, after Charlemagne passed and destroyed pamplona the spanish mark was founded. Navarre was under Frankish control.
Hey can you do the battle off Samar next? It’s a massive naval battle of epic misproportions where a couple of US destroyers successfully fought off the ENTIRE Japanese fleet of 7 battleships 8 heavy cruisers and 23 destroyers Also pls like so he can see this, I’m sorry for begging for likes but I’m desperate to see the battle off Samar interpreted by this channel.
There is a documentary about this battle, a historian and a bunch of local basques visited the place, which is a beatiful valley. They explained how the mountains had a sweet, regular slope, and how you only had to push a heavy stone with your foot and the rock would fall all the way down, hitting whatever is down there. In the case of hundreds of soldiers and horses, you can imagine the carnage. The melee fight was pretty minimal imho, just a charge at the end to kill the survivors and get the treasures.
In case you don't know, the battle is called "Battle of Roncesvalles" in Spain, as the name of the place in spanish is Roncesvalles, not Roncevaux. ;) Also, it's called Orreaga in the Basque language. It's known now as the first step in the "Camino de Santiago (Way of Saint James)".
Lovely video! This battle would serve as the basis of the 11th cen ‘Song of Roland’ as you mentioned. But the epic poem would greatly distort the actual events to fit the mindset of the crusading era. It was an interesting way of taking a relatively small battle and elevating it to the status of a titanic struggle.
History: Basques ambushed and slaughtered the rear-guard of Charlemagne, inflicting him a humilious defeat. French romanced history: Roland, the bravest knight of all died heroically in a sarrasin ambush, but Charlemagne, alerted by the sound of the horn of Roland came back and slaughtered the Sarrasins, then punish the french traitor who permit the ambush. Just a little liberty with history :D
Just only the fact that they call it a battle, when it was more of a disastrous skirmish, or an extremely effective ambush, says a lot. But I'm not going to blame the French for edulcorating their medieval history. God knows in Spain we also do that a lot. Do you want to hear about El Cid, the great defender of christendom... who in reality was a mercenary that fought as much for the muslims as he fought for the christians?
@@Shoyrou Horn of Rohan and Horn of Gondor (Boromir's one ^^). Though, when you said Horn of Rohan, you mean the horn that Merry receive from Eomer in the end, right? ^^' And yes it is probably that, Tolkien knew his classics ^^
Since my surname traces back to Basques despite me being Asian, this is is the first time for me to learn about Basques in a war. And I have been researching about family crest etc. And they do indicate our surname to have been defenders and fighters, as noble families in that time. I didnt really understand the reasons of fighting all those years unless I watch videos like this. To my ancestors who won this war, rock on!
My ancestor Ingram / Anselm von HASPENGAU (735-778 Roncevalles), one of the paladins of Charlemagne, was part of the rear garde and falled at Roncevalles, so I thank You for this very well-done Presentation that allows me to better revive that memorable battle.
Hi Baz, Thanks for the upload. Always happy to see a new video from you. If you get a chance could you please do one of the medieval Irish battles? There would be plenty of information online for the battle of Clonfarf in particular but there are hundreds to choose from. Thanks again :)
This battle is the origin of the runcible spoon, so-called because of the slashed holes resembling the slashes on the bodies of the slaughtered franks.
Ço dist Rollanz : « Cornerai l’olifant ; Si l’ orrat Carles, ki est as porz passanz. Jo vus plevis, ja returnerunt Franc. » In the literary version Charlemagne came back and defeated the "Sarrasins" in a manner which would have gained the respect of Kratos from God of War, but in real history Charlemagne couldn't save his rearguard from the Basques. It's interesting to note how the literary version differs from history and how this narrative helped the political cause of the Christians during the XIe century (it was written during the time of the first crusade).
A bit of literary and common history for anyone interested: - As @Krankar Volund mentioned in his comment: there is a heroic ballad set around the ambush at Roncisvalle (Italian name), the epic is titled Orlando Furioso (Roland the Furious) , and it details Orlando's last moments during the battle, but… after he comes back as a vengeful spirit (though he doesn't know he's dead), and starts roaming the french and italian countryside in search of redemption, (if I remember well there is a part where he runs around naked with only a sword and scares the shit out of some damsel). - Though it is not the focus of this video, the Lomabardian subjugation is a very interesting and plotful event, because Adrian (the Pope) had plans to expand his territories and overall power inside the Kingdom of Lombardy, when he failed however, he appealed to Charles, promising him the title of Defender of Christianity (something along these lines), which previously belonged to the Basileus in Constantinople. Needless to say this caused tensions between the west and east. So why is it so important? Well: firstly the title would in the future grant the Holy Roman Emperors (sound familiar?) the rightful claim as protectors of christendom, which has had innumerable consequences, the main one being the creation of the HRE. Secondly, this divide between west/east would later give rise to the Triumph of the Christian Orthodox Church (787) or the Second Council of Nicea, where it was established that the worship of icons/idols was prohibited, something that the Catholic Church kept doing for centuries, even though it is against the theological dictations.
As another example of how impactful the title vested to Charles by the Pope has been: the Italian Wars (1494-1559) are a direct result of this. Since northern Italy was considered de jure HRE territory. And… the Spanish Habsburg Empire would have probably never existed without the prestige that allowed the german side of the dinasty to marry the spanish one, this last one of course is pure speculation, but it's worth considering.
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Do the battle of de la forbie in 1244. It often considered the biggest crusader defeat since the battle of hattin and want to understand what exacly happened
Can you please translate this to Arabic 😊
Today is the Anniversary of the sinking of the Bismark in 1941. ;)
@Ajlan Asiri
ص / InstentJustice
الملك ديكس فوق منطقة ريفية صغيرة ، يحصل في حالة سكر في طريقه للخروج من المناطق الريفية.
@@mikeshogunlee
Thanks, but I meant that the videos would be translated into Arabic
Their mother had to mediate between them,,
"Mom!!! Charles is trying to show off again by squashing revolts!"
"Mom said its my turn on the governing"
“Mom said it was my turn to play the Xbox.”
-Carloman, circa 770 AD.
Wy Charles kill basqes
@@fawadahmed9370 Because he tought they be doing business with them Moors.
Mommy help me win against my bro
tfw the trees start speaking Basque
Sir Sh1bum *the mountains start speaking basque
@@fzzy5739 yes, thanks
Ongi etorri Euskal Herrira, frantzes madarikatua!
@@Mrkabrat Pakean utzi Iruñea!
@@AnderGdeT Orain eta betirako
Man some channels are just a blessing to see the notification from. Great job as always, looking forward to future stuff!
for me one of 2 :))) god how I love this chanell
Yup. Most established youtubers are child pandering sellouts.
This channel is just gold though. Animated battle scenarios voiced by a silky smooth Englishman.
Indeed !! (:
especially when it's not some gayass game of thrones video
So uh
Did anyone notice that Chuck Freaking Norris came outta nowhere at 3:26?
No idea what youre talking about, I think you should go talk with a doctor perhaps? Seeing Chuck Norris illusion can be early signs of dementia, schizophrenia and death. Hope you get well soon.
Nowhere is where Chuck Norris dwells since nowhere is everywhere.
Is it a verified historic fact, that Charles the Great had the picture of Chuck Norris on his bedroom wall ?
Charlemange gained his martial prowess under tutelage of Chuck Norris.the First. The Norris Dynasty was peerless indeed.
Lol, saw him. Complete with black cowboy hat.
This narrator is awesome, the way he talks, he makes it sound like a movie and so clear to hear, how can i recommend this narrator in other forums?
/bows
I'm from Navarra so this "battle" was fought in my region. I loved the video as a local, though I think it is quite surprising that you use Spanish names for Spanish cities, but not for Roncesvalles, which to this day remains Spanish. Or at least the Basque name: Orreaga.
And to whom it may concern, Roncesvalles is part of the Camino de Santiago and a very beautiful place full of nature. Watching how narrow it can get at some points, you can see how it was an ideal place to set up an ambush.
Roncevaux is the name used in the Chanson de Roland, that's why it's referenced as such.
Well, to be fair they also used the English name for Charlemagne instead of the Frankish name Karol as written on coinage and signatures. Like WHAT THE FUG :-DDD said, it's just for the sake of accessibility.
The Franks are the ancestors of the French who are their rightful political heirs
Not the Spanish. Not the English.
So it is normal to use French names
@@skiteufr
Huh? Guess you missed that the Carolingian Empire was split into three parts one of which became Germany, and that the Franks are not the ancestors of the French but were merely a ruling minority - ruling over a Gallo-Roman population. Given that French is a Romance language whereas the Franks were Germanic, your reasoning of direct descendance makes especially little sense when applied to linguistics.
@@ohauss The fact they spoke a germanic language only highlight the fact they switched progressively to a romance one which was the language of the majority of the population and that they melted into them. So they are a part of the ancestors of the French along gallo roman population. And after all, they also founded the country and its monarchy. And a lot of Franks also settled north of the Loire river.
The French are also their rightful political heirs. The centre of power of the Franks was in present day France and their territory progressively extended east. After the division of the empire, the eastern part was mostly a collection of colonised area, former germanic pagans, but not the true political centre of the Franks who established their capital in Paris from 508 (who remained the capital of France to this day)
So proud to be spanish and to be neighbour of the basques. Greetings from Cantabria.
Im a Spanish of the colonies and il never forget my distant European cousins Basques and other ancient Iberians
Somos españoles todos, viva Cantabria y la tierruca
@@vascoespañol Si, Cantabria, Asturia, Galicia, Euskaldia y mucho mas
Probably my favourite iberian culture as a germanic suebi
Roland: I would have followed you, my brother... My captain... My king.
Given the odds, I would have probably prefered to follow the basks, or the king himself
That Rome Total War Music in the background is everything
And it didn't get copyrighted. Amazing.
I began the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Roncesvalles ten years ago this June. Great video.
Ah good to see a return to early Medieval battles. I always find the period very interesting.
Every video with Asturias has it bigger and bigger. I'm proud of them.
Chuck Norris at 3:28 lol Nice work BazBattles
Damn. Chuck is older than I thought he was.
I crossed the Roncevaux pass on foot on my way to Santiago de Compostela 4 years ago. I was aware of the battle that had happenend there but i could not imagine how it really took place centuries ago. Thanks BazBattles for the video, i really do enjoy all of your work.
FINALLY A NEW VIDEO FROM BAZBATTLES! I'VE WAITED MORE THAN A MONTH!
Evan Scammell I don’t know I lost count 😂
I'm waiting you for so long
Keep going and publish more videos please
i'v felt so empty for the last month without a new Baz video, keep up the great work
>when you shout to the mountains and listen for the echo but it sounds a bit like it's saying "Han soldadu frantziarrak daude, hiltzeko!"
Translation please?
@@Poffean "There are French soldiers, kill!"
Eh txo! Pasaidazu haizkora frantziatar hoiei erakazteko
batua didnt exist yet
I want more history from you, you are incredibly talented
Great video. Thanks for all the work you do. The context and overview you provide makes the battle much more comprehensible. Would you consider doing a battle that happened during WW1?
So this was Charlemagne's Teutoburg Forest moment.
"Give me back by Paladins Charlie!" - Probably Charles Martel
Uno reversed: the german speakers were the ones being ambushed (Yeah I know that most of the frankish population was Gallo-Roman but surely that army had many franks from the germanic roots)
Damn this channel is great, I just wish you guys uploaded more often but I understand that it probably takes a great deal of time to make videos this good.
There are also theories that the attack was made by Basque troops or others says that French may be attacked by basques and muslims troops, rulers of that region.
Also I ve heard that the visir of zaragoza asked help against other visir, but when the army of charlemagne arrived they weren't received nor welcome. That's why Charlemagne tried to siege the city and when he returned he sacked Pamplona for vengeance and getting some loot.
He also attacked Pamplona in first place so he didn't have he s back uncovered and could go back easily and not be attacked from behind.
Frankish*
@@MMadesen hahaha yes you are right. My bad.
There was second battle at the same place in 824. Another frankish defeat
@Historical Icons Wrong, the Franks ruled both the roman province of gaul and a huge part of
Germania as well, not all the tribes, as you can see, the saxons, marcomanni aso. are outside the realm, but the western half of todays Germany is inside the Frankish empire. Thats also the reason, why this realm was later split into three parts. One french part, one german part and one middle part with both groups.
@@MMadesen ethnically, the Franks are the ancestors of both the Germans and the French. And the Dutch, do not forget them.
But politically, the French are the true heirs of the Franks. France literally means "land of the Franks". Frankreich in deutsch or Frankrijk in Dutch means "realm of the Franks" too.
The centre of power of the Franks has long been situated in present day France and the French royal dynasties are all of Frankish origin from 496 up until the capetians in 1848.
Even Charlemagne, before being crowned Emperor, was King of the Franks and remained until his death. The term King of the Franks was technically in use until the 1789 revolution and appeared on French coins
Only found your channel recently and its brilliant. Thanks for the good content.
I'm stunned that there was no mention of Roland whatsoever! 🤔
Only at the very end in the papers after the narrator stop talking but yeah they didn't mentioned him by his voice
Friendly advice from a Spaniard: don't mess with Basques
There's a reason why they remain while the rest of pre-indo-europeans were absorbed into other language groups over the millennia. Son cosa seria. I have basque ancestry but from the french side of the Basque country.
@@Altrantis si los vascos pervivieron fue gracias a que permitieron a los romanos asentarse en la región de manera pacífica a diferencia del resto de pueblos lo cual les garantizó la supervivencia de su lengua y muchas costumbres además de los estar en una posición más o menos dominante durante la edad media.
@Julián patxi, prestau bomba-lapa osobuko honentzat
@Julián lo de la bomba lo decía de coña, pero joder un par de oxtias ya tienes ya
@Julián levanto 100kilos a pulso y no llego a 70 que me hablas de morroskos, payaso
It is about time someone did a video on this battle. Awesome work!
Reminds me of the battle of Posada here in Romania, where the Wallachian voivode was a vassal of the Hungarian king, and, rebelled im a quarrel of who to control the Bandom of Severin (Ban = Duke, i guess) and thus, the Hungarian king, i think his name was Bella, idk which one, the year was around the beginning of the 12th century. He crossed the carpathians but while he was crossing somewhere close of Targu Jiu, he was ambushed by the Romanian voivode and his men threw boulders over the Hungarian army, and did the same as the Basques here, forced the Hungarian king to abandon the idea of the patch of land.
The battle isn't exactly known where it was situated, in fact, Posada means unknown, so if you are to make a video about this battle, I'm sorry for the lack of data, as there are not so many written records about romanians and the romanian voivodes up until the 15th-16th century
Always a pleasure to see a video from BazBattles.
Great job as always! A big hug from Zaragoza!
Zaragoza is the name for Caesar Augusta, right? Im not sure
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 yes
probably not only the battle that preserved basque culture but that ignited several centuries of unique iberian isolation, for better or worse; the counties of the hispanic march became independent before the 10th Cent
Here in the Basque Country we call that battle the battle of Orreaga. There are many songs about it and most basques are very proud of it since it is seen as a representation of the resistence of the basque people to foreign domination thoughougt our history.
In France, we have replaced the basques with Sarrasins, and we have added that Charlemagne had turned back and beat the Sarrasins with the help of God :D
A defeat? Where? :D
You think the Franks would of learned their lessons and figured out the mountain passes so they could stop this from happening. There was a similar situation like this with Alexander the Great. He pulled back after a nasty mountain pass battle and sent scouts to figure out the way to the bluffs. Then he marched his army back in the pass as a distraction while his other units got behind the guys up in the bluffs and sent them over the edge lol.
Really? Against foreign domination? The basques were under foreign Roman domination since the Sertorian wars. there are villas and roads everywhere in the Basque country and the later kingdom of Navarre. Also Pamplona was part of the spanish mark. Before that and after they were under foreign moorish rule since Cassi, and after they had four foreign French dynasties, and then under the foreign spanish rule... it s myth that always resisted foreign rule.
@@nunciosidereo4070 Maybe in the valleys they could not for obvious reasons but in the mountains I dont think any of those foreign powers felt too safe to wonder around.
@@moviejose3249 it s a nationalistic myth. The Roman's have build.roads up and down all around Navarre. How could they connect the cities in the Basque country, build the cities, build roads and maintain them for centuries if they were not save. There are also villas and Roman cities all around. Also the basques helped the Roman's since the Sertorians wars. And also the grandfather of the first king of Navarre or Pamplona was casio who later was Casi because he converted to Islam and was under moorish rule. Also Inyigo Arista her mother married a moorish land lord and had a brother from this marriage, Musa ibn Musa. Later rulers of the moorish mark. What Basque resistance against foreign rule is that? Well just very little resistance if you were under Roman, visigoths, ummayad rule indeed. After that Navarre was ruled under four French so foreign Dynasties... It's a identity construction for political and nationalistics needs but it is a myth they always resisted foreign powers. It s more the opposite.
Also, after Charlemagne passed and destroyed pamplona the spanish mark was founded. Navarre was under Frankish control.
Hey can you do the battle off Samar next? It’s a massive naval battle of epic misproportions where a couple of US destroyers successfully fought off the ENTIRE Japanese fleet of 7 battleships 8 heavy cruisers and 23 destroyers
Also pls like so he can see this, I’m sorry for begging for likes but I’m desperate to see the battle off Samar interpreted by this channel.
Planeboy 2520 Drachinifel have a very nice video on it already, you should check out his channel
Steven Li yes I have seen it, along with literally every other video he has made lol
Didnt the US have a larger fleet with the Australians during the larger battle that consisted samar?
Cough Balearic islands were still Byzantine.
True, excellent observation
Niiiiiiiice, I had a feeling a video would come out today.
A well researched and clearly presented account of a generally mis-interpreted battle. Full marks.
Great vid, informative and very nicely done, congrats from France for illustrating a page of our History...
Thanks to the booty recovered by the Basques the new independent Kingdom of Pamplona (later known as Navarre) was founded.
There is a documentary about this battle, a historian and a bunch of local basques visited the place, which is a beatiful valley. They explained how the mountains had a sweet, regular slope, and how you only had to push a heavy stone with your foot and the rock would fall all the way down, hitting whatever is down there. In the case of hundreds of soldiers and horses, you can imagine the carnage.
The melee fight was pretty minimal imho, just a charge at the end to kill the survivors and get the treasures.
Do you have a link to the video?
Can't find it, but look at 2:00 that's exactly the place that I mentioned earlier ruclips.net/video/N7MJMeIyotg/видео.html
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This guy here, this guy gets it
More Charlemagne battles? His conflict with the Saxons could be cool.
boy is it a bloody mess. It would take him a lot of work
When a more advanced civilization fights against tribesman or barbarians you already know it's gonna be bloody hell.
3:55 Charles: Don't mind me and my army. Just coming through to see the Pope.
Italy: [profound sweating]
"Yeah man the Pope invited me personally, so I thought why not bring several thousand of my closest friends?"
you meant Lombardy
In case you don't know, the battle is called "Battle of Roncesvalles" in Spain, as the name of the place in spanish is Roncesvalles, not Roncevaux. ;)
Also, it's called Orreaga in the Basque language.
It's known now as the first step in the "Camino de Santiago (Way of Saint James)".
con razón me sonaba cuando leí el título, pero no me salía el nombre
because Roncevaux is the french name ^^
I do know.
But I also know some might not be aware of the french name, but will know the spanish name. Thus my comment. ;)
@@ZonkPJ oh ok sorry^^
@@gisrele no need to apologize. ;)
Greek independence wars (1821), might have interesting material to work with, BB. Lots of war heroes and crucial battles...
Lovely video! This battle would serve as the basis of the 11th cen ‘Song of Roland’ as you mentioned. But the epic poem would greatly distort the actual events to fit the mindset of the crusading era. It was an interesting way of taking a relatively small battle and elevating it to the status of a titanic struggle.
What a great treat for Memorial Day! Thanks!!!
History: Basques ambushed and slaughtered the rear-guard of Charlemagne, inflicting him a humilious defeat.
French romanced history: Roland, the bravest knight of all died heroically in a sarrasin ambush, but Charlemagne, alerted by the sound of the horn of Roland came back and slaughtered the Sarrasins, then punish the french traitor who permit the ambush.
Just a little liberty with history :D
Just only the fact that they call it a battle, when it was more of a disastrous skirmish, or an extremely effective ambush, says a lot.
But I'm not going to blame the French for edulcorating their medieval history. God knows in Spain we also do that a lot. Do you want to hear about El Cid, the great defender of christendom... who in reality was a mercenary that fought as much for the muslims as he fought for the christians?
Wait... is that the origin of the horn of rohan from LotR?
@@Shoyrou It kinda is, yes.
@@JohnnyElRed ok but that's good cuz the muslims were nice, right? Religious tolerance, classical learning, what's not to like?
@@Shoyrou Horn of Rohan and Horn of Gondor (Boromir's one ^^). Though, when you said Horn of Rohan, you mean the horn that Merry receive from Eomer in the end, right? ^^'
And yes it is probably that, Tolkien knew his classics ^^
In the spirit of narrow pass ambushes - you could look into the Battle of Pliska (Battle of Vărbitsa Pass). Diversify Europe's regions and actors. :)
Do The Battle of Bannockburn next
@# We'll make a stand on Stirling ground
To put a challenge to the crown
Yes please
@# JOIN THE SCOTTISH REVOLUTION
FREEDOM MUST BE WON BY BLODD
You have bled with Wallace!
I made the some comment before looking through the others 😂😂😂 I want him to do bannockburn or Stirling Bridge!
Ps love all the Sabaton lyrics 😎
Well done! Amazing work as usual!
Ah I’ve walked it several times. A lovely hike. Thanks for the video.
Since my surname traces back to Basques despite me being Asian, this is is the first time for me to learn about Basques in a war.
And I have been researching about family crest etc. And they do indicate our surname to have been defenders and fighters, as noble families in that time.
I didnt really understand the reasons of fighting all those years unless I watch videos like this.
To my ancestors who won this war, rock on!
cool i hope you do more battles in this time period
Was just watching your vids last night, pleasant surprise :D
I always love watching your channel and your vedios are amazing keep up the good work 😊
About half way through the video, I was like “wait, is this _that_ Charles?”
Brilliant video! I didn't have a clue something as significant as this has ever happened.
When the mountain rocks speak Basque
Song of Roland. Beautiful.
The best history channel out there
RIP Paladins of Charlemagne.
Mastery of the terrain and the element of surprise can do wonders.
Le chanson de roland was a crusader propaganda
And paladins are nothing more than weakling idiots
Gonna Cry ?
@Christian Apocalypse Paladin that’s great
Love this channel so much
All these vids on battles we hardly hear about, well done
its early christmas when baz uploads
YES!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE BAZZ BATTLES AND HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE NEXT VIDEO!!!!
Do a video on the Battle of Cerami.
It might beat the Winter war as a meme.
What happened?
for so long you came back we're welcome you with an open arms.
By unnecessarily attacking Pamplona, he brought blood on his head
Twice he did it! Hope his conscience wasn't too affected as to why he got attacked
Thank you ! Great work !! 👍 👍
t's amazing how much of an impact one battle can have
I just read about this battle day before yesterday, and now suddenly this video is suggested to me.
My ancestor Ingram / Anselm von HASPENGAU (735-778 Roncevalles), one of the paladins of Charlemagne, was part of the rear garde and falled at Roncevalles, so I thank You for this very well-done Presentation that allows me to better revive that memorable battle.
My ancestors Lope " por Lobos " Artero a Basque Knight lead the ambush on the Frank rear guard at Rouzenvaux. From what I understand.
Hi Baz,
Thanks for the upload. Always happy to see a new video from you.
If you get a chance could you please do one of the medieval Irish battles? There would be plenty of information online for the battle of Clonfarf in particular but there are hundreds to choose from.
Thanks again :)
Great job as always!
I am a simple man, I see a notification from BazBattles, I watch the video immediately!
A long line of exhausted troops stretches out in a valley ... that is an ominous start already :)))
Notification popes up.
Me: What ist it?
BazBattles uploaded a video
Also Me: Stops everything, watches video.
I didnt even get notification :/ Gladly i was checking youtube
It's the middle of may of the year 2019, and this video is gonna be awesome
La chanson de Roland de Roncevaux ! Nice Vidéo !!!
ROFL!!! I almost fell out of bed laughing when I saw Walker, Texas Ranger. :))))) You made my day. :)
Love your videos keep uploading and love and best wishes from India.
This battle is the origin of the runcible spoon, so-called because of the slashed holes resembling the slashes on the bodies of the slaughtered franks.
The Narrator once the Advertising hits: "I am speed"
The Legend of Roland
I was reading about this very battle a few hours earlier and now this popped up in my notifications :)
Every man and women in the spanish peninsula could have told the king that it is NEVER a good idea to mess around with the basks.
More please... 👍👍👍👍 Very impressive.
About bloody time.
Love you
Thanks for the video. It was good.
Don't think I didn't notice Charles Norris in the background there.
God I love this channel
Great! Can you do Hussite wars with Jan Žižka and battle of Sudomer? I think it would be interesting.
It's impossible to explain how I feel when I see a notification from your channel! You deserve 1M subscribers!
I love this channel! I'm glad I found it. All videos are easy to follow.
Ço dist Rollanz : « Cornerai l’olifant ;
Si l’ orrat Carles, ki est as porz passanz.
Jo vus plevis, ja returnerunt Franc. »
In the literary version Charlemagne came back and defeated the "Sarrasins" in a manner which would have gained the respect of Kratos from God of War, but in real history Charlemagne couldn't save his rearguard from the Basques. It's interesting to note how the literary version differs from history and how this narrative helped the political cause of the Christians during the XIe century (it was written during the time of the first crusade).
A bit of literary and common history for anyone interested:
- As @Krankar Volund mentioned in his comment: there is a heroic ballad set around the ambush at Roncisvalle (Italian name), the epic is titled Orlando Furioso (Roland the Furious) , and it details Orlando's last moments during the battle, but… after he comes back as a vengeful spirit (though he doesn't know he's dead), and starts roaming the french and italian countryside in search of redemption, (if I remember well there is a part where he runs around naked with only a sword and scares the shit out of some damsel).
- Though it is not the focus of this video, the Lomabardian subjugation is a very interesting and plotful event, because Adrian (the Pope) had plans to expand his territories and overall power inside the Kingdom of Lombardy, when he failed however, he appealed to Charles, promising him the title of Defender of Christianity (something along these lines), which previously belonged to the Basileus in Constantinople. Needless to say this caused tensions between the west and east. So why is it so important? Well: firstly the title would in the future grant the Holy Roman Emperors (sound familiar?) the rightful claim as protectors of christendom, which has had innumerable consequences, the main one being the creation of the HRE. Secondly, this divide between west/east would later give rise to the Triumph of the Christian Orthodox Church (787) or the Second Council of Nicea, where it was established that the worship of icons/idols was prohibited, something that the Catholic Church kept doing for centuries, even though it is against the theological dictations.
As another example of how impactful the title vested to Charles by the Pope has been: the Italian Wars (1494-1559) are a direct result of this. Since northern Italy was considered de jure HRE territory. And… the Spanish Habsburg Empire would have probably never existed without the prestige that allowed the german side of the dinasty to marry the spanish one, this last one of course is pure speculation, but it's worth considering.
Great video! Proud to be of Spanish heritage.