The Teutonic Knights: Crusaders of the North - full documentary

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  • The history of the Teutonic Knights in a full-length documentary. Get my Crusades book:
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    The Teutonic Knights: Crusaders of the North - full documentary

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  • @RealCrusadesHistory
    @RealCrusadesHistory  4 года назад +196

    Support my work on Patreon: www.patreon.com/RealCrusadesHistory

    • @dominicschmitz4933
      @dominicschmitz4933 3 года назад +1

      That was asome!!

    • @Iranda_
      @Iranda_ 3 года назад +3

      @Roland Rubovic The original Prussians were a Baltic nation, not German. Their land was conquered by the Teutonic Knights who created a German state there.

    • @youradventure0710
      @youradventure0710 3 года назад +1

      Great documentary thank you , are you going to mention part 2 , the 15th century? thank you

    • @stephenlatchem8882
      @stephenlatchem8882 3 года назад +1

      @@johnkloss6936 Bhai

    • @GrzegorzDurda
      @GrzegorzDurda 3 года назад +2

      You didn't mention the Order being defeated by the Polish in 1410? For betrayal?

  • @timm3735
    @timm3735 3 года назад +1124

    This is what the History Channel should be like.

  • @stephenh9483
    @stephenh9483 4 года назад +883

    Seriously, the attire of the Teutonic Knights is so striking - wow! This is brilliant

    • @moochimooch6650
      @moochimooch6650 3 года назад +3

      Raf The Jaf lol that’s your opinion

    • @moochimooch6650
      @moochimooch6650 3 года назад +1

      Raf The Jaf also your opinion

    • @OblivionImperialGuard
      @OblivionImperialGuard 3 года назад +6

      Muffins McGeez I agree, The Anglo-Saxon Invasion was believed to be even worse than that of the Vikings

    • @gurugurukuma
      @gurugurukuma 3 года назад +91

      All I know German Military really know how to create badass uniforms.

    • @stevenizzard8744
      @stevenizzard8744 3 года назад +13

      @@gurugurukuma risky statement🤣😅

  • @_thoughtcriminal_9102
    @_thoughtcriminal_9102 2 года назад +25

    "They did not spice their foods nor sleep in soft beds" just like modern Germany lmao

  • @rueporter2253
    @rueporter2253 4 года назад +302

    This was like being transported in time to join in with the thread. Locales and knights exude a heavy aura along with ambiance, music, and vocal tonality are wonderfully magical. A true piece of art.

    • @RealCrusadesHistory
      @RealCrusadesHistory  4 года назад +20

      Thanks so much!

    • @dondep
      @dondep 3 года назад +6

      I agree, and in fact I'd like to get that music. Sounds alot like Dead Can Dance. I went to the link in Amazon, but alot of the music used does not appear to be on that album "Lit By The Sky" by Roman Lion (though it's a cool name for both the band and the album). Many thanks in advance for any clarification.
      One of the great tragedies of the final surrender in 1945 was the transfer of Konigsberg to Russia, henceforth known as Kaliningrad. The Kaliningrad Enclave is a curious geopolitical anomaly, made so because of this unique history.

    • @M60gunner1971
      @M60gunner1971 Год назад +2

      I enjoyed this. I could almost smell their feet.

    • @ChineseAncientStories-cb8uo
      @ChineseAncientStories-cb8uo 15 дней назад

      Very good history channel I've ever watched

  • @Arbiter099
    @Arbiter099 4 года назад +260

    Martin's story sounds like a videogame character, but even better because it actually happened

    • @AeneasGemini
      @AeneasGemini 4 года назад +40

      History is often better than fiction, it's sad more video games don't draw from it

    • @A_Moustached_Sock
      @A_Moustached_Sock 3 года назад +16

      It definitely feels like there should be a movie based on him. If nothing else for his sister and when they try to execute him and he just kills his captors

    • @user-qi6tp1te1y
      @user-qi6tp1te1y 2 года назад +6

      They should make a tv show about Genghis Khan from slave to a conquer

    • @timewellspent8137
      @timewellspent8137 Год назад +7

      He'd make a badass Assassin's Creed protagonist. A civil war between the templar order, fracturing it between the east(Kights Templar) and west(Teutonic Order). Could even see some blurred lines with Assassin's doing unseemly acts causing some to leave the order and join the Teutonic knights. Could be cool, I'm just spitballing

    • @Z_BoyPanduh
      @Z_BoyPanduh Год назад

      @@timewellspent8137 that sounds awesome. And vise versa some of the knights getting fed up and joining the assassins I would play that

  • @halthammerzeit
    @halthammerzeit 10 месяцев назад +37

    I actually was born and live in former Bartenstein, city founded by Teutonic knights. All it was left from medieval times is one of the gates to the city, and fragment of walls, also old townhall foundations were dug up. Interested with the gate can type Bartoszyce in search. Great channel!

  • @LordBaronsworth
    @LordBaronsworth 4 года назад +336

    Dude, your channel is so cool.

  • @dcox5555
    @dcox5555 3 года назад +79

    This was fantastic!!! You are very good at this! You got a Fan for life!

  • @scottyfox6376
    @scottyfox6376 4 года назад +52

    Martin is an inspiration to me. What a glorious figure to inspire people to persist in resistance against the odds.

  • @Oldwhiteguy
    @Oldwhiteguy 4 года назад +162

    That was awesome, you don’t disappoint.

    • @punsher5254
      @punsher5254 2 года назад

      This is useless now Germany will be soon Islamic country churches are converted to mosques. Defeat

  • @scottyoung2986
    @scottyoung2986 3 года назад +91

    Well put together! Keep up the good historical briefing.

  • @MartinNabi
    @MartinNabi 3 года назад +46

    Really liked the inclusion of the story of Martin. Its the kind of story you don't really find when reading general history of the Teutonic Order. Really brings life to the history of the events when you hear detailed accounts of famed individuals relevant during the time.

    • @HanSolo__
      @HanSolo__ 11 месяцев назад +4

      Centuries later, all guys from other parts of Poland call us (who live in cities and towns established by Teutonic Order) "crusaders." As the ones not exclusively of Polish/Slavic ancestry.
      Also, my first name is Martin.

  • @legatvsdecimvs3406
    @legatvsdecimvs3406 3 года назад +79

    "Those who come to us with a sword.. will die by the sword." - Alexander Nevsky

    • @MalfunctioningAndroid
      @MalfunctioningAndroid 2 года назад +8

      Nope. Eisenstein.

    • @tehjamerz
      @tehjamerz Год назад +9

      Matthew 10:34 - Think not that I am come to send peace into the earth, but the sword.

    • @cilindras2952
      @cilindras2952 Год назад +1

      And indeed the Teutons did die by the sword

  • @everybodyloveschris7734
    @everybodyloveschris7734 4 года назад +12

    Still one of my favorite Channels! I really enjoy these longer videos, Especially on a a portion of the crusades that I do not know about! Thank you!!!

  • @boxbury
    @boxbury Год назад +20

    One of the best historical pieces I’ve seen! Well done!

  • @SRP3572
    @SRP3572 2 года назад +53

    I enjoy your videos. Found your channel today and have been listening to it all day. It's nice to have someone tell the history of this time in world history with no agenda, no demonizing and glorifying sides, trying to remain PC so as not to offend. You just tell us what it is, based on the historical accounts. Thank you.

  • @tiamabderezai5374
    @tiamabderezai5374 Год назад +13

    Hey man, this is one of my favorite videos of all time. I've probably watched and listened to the whole thing 10 times. The music, your voice and narration, historical facts are all carried out superbly. Really good stuff 👍

  • @Thomas-dw1nb
    @Thomas-dw1nb 4 года назад +12

    This was one of the better documentaries you've done. It was easy to follow, it kept my interest, and it often used your old RCH intro jingle that I wish you still used.

  • @cybergeek1218
    @cybergeek1218 Год назад +16

    Awesome documentary. I visited museums in Riga and Tallinn, and there's lots of stories about the knights, popes, laws of the time, just brutal history of the 11th and 12th century AD.

  • @marinazinovic2113
    @marinazinovic2113 3 года назад +8

    Amazing documentary man your channel never fails to deliver!

  • @danieleriksson5587
    @danieleriksson5587 4 года назад +13

    Have been watching all of your videos recently. And I have to say I like it alot. Many don't wish to talk about crusades but you have based your entire channel on it. Respect

  • @TheLoyalOfficer
    @TheLoyalOfficer 4 года назад +10

    Wow dude, GREAT WORK! Congratulations! Great graphics, too.

  • @fireteammichael1777
    @fireteammichael1777 2 года назад +7

    My new favorite channel!!! Awesome content! Like someone else said, "This is what the history channel SHOULD be!"

  • @davedyck7718
    @davedyck7718 3 года назад +11

    This was really well done. Great job with the visuals and the narration.

  • @edreynolds8565
    @edreynolds8565 3 года назад +78

    Thank you for the amazing content! I highly appreciate that you are one of the few who don't judge and condemn the deeds of these fierce people, who lived in a harsh world very different from ours. I'll consider buying your novel for Christmas!

    • @susettesantiago5509
      @susettesantiago5509 2 года назад +2

      The harsh world of farmers..........farmers..........trying to survive..........how do we come to terms with the fact that rape and plunder was used against farmers..........we don’t............we can only forgive the crazy and try to move on from this genocidal rampage...........still..........very much alive..........but there may be hope for our war ridden world...........

    • @ayinthroposreloaded7248
      @ayinthroposreloaded7248 Год назад +1

      @@susettesantiago5509 , I come from a Family of dirt farmers from Louisiana. You may hate me or what you imagine my nature to be. I fault you not. It is beyond me to ascertain the reason for all of this savagery.

  • @bastong4124
    @bastong4124 3 года назад +2

    Freaking dope man! Thanks for putting that all together! I learned a lot

  • @HereWeald
    @HereWeald 2 года назад

    This channel is absolutely crazy, happy i found you lot

  • @yakovkratzberg802
    @yakovkratzberg802 4 года назад +3

    Wow,great video Stephen,joy to listen

  • @evolveausevolveaus
    @evolveausevolveaus 4 года назад +7

    Wow man I just found your channel, you have some excellent content. I have some bingeing on tonight 🤓

  • @aramondehasashi3324
    @aramondehasashi3324 4 года назад +2

    Great video, i really love the artwork you use.

  • @josephradgowski2934
    @josephradgowski2934 3 года назад +7

    This is a very good channel I'm so glad I found it. You people keep it up please!**

  • @eagleofbrittany7231
    @eagleofbrittany7231 4 года назад +14

    Really loved this video. I hope you also make a second part about their history in the 14th and 15th centuries

    • @Elsupermayan8870
      @Elsupermayan8870 4 года назад +3

      @Life as we know it
      I think the universal language back then was Latin, much like English is today.

  • @ottodidakt3069
    @ottodidakt3069 3 года назад +1

    impressed by the quality of your work !

  • @mattwiedenman3268
    @mattwiedenman3268 3 года назад

    This historical account is extremely entertaining to me! Great job!

  • @danielavery3706
    @danielavery3706 3 года назад +1

    That was very well put together man I really enjoyed it

  • @cliff567
    @cliff567 Год назад +7

    Thank you for giving me access to this story, I have read into the knights Templar. Great work and presentation.

  • @Claire_H
    @Claire_H 2 года назад +3

    Good content. This is what I like to see history without filler.

  • @edghlover7535
    @edghlover7535 4 года назад +13

    PERFECT! SLOW SPOKEN AND CLEAR. Thanks

  • @chevaliergryphon1308
    @chevaliergryphon1308 4 года назад

    Great work! I like this series of full documentaries

  • @PRH123
    @PRH123 4 года назад +76

    Thanks, interesting. You have somewhat misstated Nevskii's role though, he was not an autocrat or feudal prince in the western sense. He was hired and paid by the merchants of Novgorod as a temporary war leader, and was not actually allowed to enter the city. He didn't resist the Mongols, in fact he had to travel to the capital of the Golden Horde and as all princes in that area at that time had to grovel (literally) and ask for permission to maintain his title and position,

    • @BerndGSchneider
      @BerndGSchneider 3 года назад +5

      Interesting! So to speak Nevskii seems to have been a freelance warlord similar to the condotieri in italian renaissance.

    • @Pawel_Mrozek
      @Pawel_Mrozek Год назад

      Interesting insight. I know very little about the realities of that time in Russia. This opens up interesting paths for reflection.

  • @ccmetalhead
    @ccmetalhead 3 года назад

    Awesome channel man. I truly enjoyed this

  • @Merlin.Twiggles
    @Merlin.Twiggles Год назад +4

    What an amazing video! Narration was clear and easy to understand. Very professional!

  • @inhocsignovinces7713
    @inhocsignovinces7713 4 года назад +2

    one of your best videos, thank you!

  • @illeagle9560
    @illeagle9560 2 года назад +1

    I love this channel. I love learning about the different military orders of the past.

  • @amang1001
    @amang1001 4 года назад +29

    Hell yeah an hour long video!!!!!

  • @fredrikmelhus1107
    @fredrikmelhus1107 3 года назад +13

    Nice video! Really interesting stuff! I just would like to inform that the picture at 41:00 is not of Martin, but it is a famous painting of two Birkebeiners escorting the norwegian heir to the throne Håkon Håkonsson from the enemy territory of the Baglers during the norwegian civil war.

  • @tomgriffin477
    @tomgriffin477 3 года назад

    OUTSTANDING video, as always!!!

  • @ninokolen4300
    @ninokolen4300 4 года назад +2

    Great work, subscribed !

  • @MxK589
    @MxK589 3 года назад +41

    I knew my name was great, Martin!
    Awesome documentary btw, I really enjoyed this. My ancestry is of Slavic Baltic and Germanic descent.

  • @graneadear
    @graneadear 3 года назад +110

    as a German American (European mixed I am also: Swedish, Irish, Scottish and Dutch) and interested in Germany history and especially I have to say this order this documentary is well made thanks for this Real Crusades History I appreciate it

    • @mightykurgan3444
      @mightykurgan3444 3 года назад +10

      You must be proud
      Although our ancestors fought each other in crusades i love Germany Germans and German history

    • @sudfac
      @sudfac 3 года назад +1

      At 47:45 - picture of Russian artist V. Vasnetsov "Russian Knight at Crossroads":
      It is written on stone: “If you go straight along the road - you will not be alive, if you go to right - you will be married; if you go left, you will be rich. "
      Кnight reads stone inscription and drives straight along the road.

    • @blackdragon-po8jy
      @blackdragon-po8jy 3 года назад +5

      Youre Either German, Asian, Mexican, African Or Indian
      Their never was Other Bloodlines after those 👎😂

    • @nillynush4899
      @nillynush4899 3 года назад +1

      Seek what they purposefully keep from you. Your history.

    • @mikehunt3746
      @mikehunt3746 3 года назад +5

      You what we call American, that's for sure🤣 all countries in 1 person!

  • @jameseicher6916
    @jameseicher6916 11 месяцев назад +1

    This is truly excellent! Very well researched & superbly presented (love the accompanying imagry)! Thank you!!!

  • @a1n9t8o9
    @a1n9t8o9 11 месяцев назад +6

    Amazingly immersive experience! You do such a great job of transporting us back in time. Excellent work on this documentary!

  • @mclovin9578
    @mclovin9578 3 года назад +1

    Great job. Keep up the good work. 👍

  • @garymcatear822
    @garymcatear822 Год назад +8

    You should do a video on 'The Gallowglass', Scottish and Viking mercenaries from western Scotland who were the most feared people in the British isles and beyond. They were bodyguards to Kings and Queens and elites who paid handsome payment for their services.

  • @ScrapironRyann
    @ScrapironRyann 2 года назад +1

    Excellent Vid, seen so many of yours. I can't imagine the effort that goes into making them, so this is only the first hundred years of the Order, there's much more right ? Did you mention a part 2 ?

  • @lynnthomason6589
    @lynnthomason6589 2 года назад

    OMG ! Thank you so much for this wonderful film. I have learned more than expected about the Crusades. I’m subscribing. Lynn T.

  • @Bdady74
    @Bdady74 3 года назад +1

    Great video, informative and interesting!

  • @edwardsdeacon
    @edwardsdeacon 4 года назад

    Great video. Very well done.

  • @Pureblood1776
    @Pureblood1776 3 года назад +1

    Great work RCH!

  • @marijntaal1531
    @marijntaal1531 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for this, really learned more about the Teutonic Knights.

  • @garybaldwin1
    @garybaldwin1 2 года назад +1

    Loved listening to this documentary, when I was walking the the dog this morning. Very informative and insightful. You have a excellent Voice.

  • @lawrencebergeron6164
    @lawrencebergeron6164 3 года назад

    Great Job thanks for the research and the presentation i would buy this. thanks again

  • @BrandonWatson-sk3yq
    @BrandonWatson-sk3yq 3 месяца назад

    Great content. 👍 really like your work bud

  • @kevinmarker-cz3bx
    @kevinmarker-cz3bx 8 месяцев назад

    I'm very impressed with how this is presented..Well done.

  • @Czer141
    @Czer141 Год назад +1

    Man I love real crusade history best channel on YT

  • @tabletopgeneralsde310
    @tabletopgeneralsde310 4 года назад +6

    Amazing man, love this kind of videos. Absolut fantastic, der deutsche Orden is my favorite order. Thanks for this epic video.

  • @martinbudolph2656
    @martinbudolph2656 4 года назад +1

    awesome as always

  • @ironstarofmordian7098
    @ironstarofmordian7098 4 года назад +39

    Any videos on crusader infantry that you have planned?

  • @psylegio
    @psylegio 4 года назад

    Another great topic! I have a long drive tomorrow so going to listen to this then. It will be an excellent interlude between reading William Urban and Eric Christensen which is next on my list.

  • @gustav3d
    @gustav3d 3 года назад

    This is awesome quality !

  • @way2tehdawn
    @way2tehdawn 3 года назад +13

    Anyone else listen to Real Crusades History while working out? 🤔

  • @judeanzealotrometotalwar5866
    @judeanzealotrometotalwar5866 2 года назад +1

    Excellent narration. Very informative.

  • @karelleet
    @karelleet 9 месяцев назад

    Your work is amazing, very grateful to learn and enjoy from your work

  • @NikVA4
    @NikVA4 3 года назад +1

    Nice work!

  • @Johnny1.0
    @Johnny1.0 Год назад +2

    Pleasantly surprised. Well done all Round Sir!

  • @gavg89iiuktvii35
    @gavg89iiuktvii35 3 года назад +3

    Thankyou for the lesson and your energy God Bless You 💎

  • @geemanamatin8383
    @geemanamatin8383 2 месяца назад +1

    A very enlightening video about my now favorite knightly order! Great stuff!

  • @reaver5
    @reaver5 3 года назад

    Love your videos man

  • @jakeroark570
    @jakeroark570 4 года назад +1

    Great video bub keep it up.

  • @davidmccullough1913
    @davidmccullough1913 3 года назад +1

    Beautiful documentary.

  • @jpraise6771
    @jpraise6771 2 года назад +5

    hello random viewer, in this dark world, i thought i'd just let you know that God loves you and to love yourself always

  • @danvikkilmire6075
    @danvikkilmire6075 24 дня назад

    Illuminating and well done, salute

  • @bern1228
    @bern1228 4 года назад +2

    Excellent. Thank you.

  • @TFrills
    @TFrills 3 года назад +7

    This is really well done! And your narration is really smooth. Love this. I am hard to please.

  • @mr.djeathcore4279
    @mr.djeathcore4279 3 года назад

    Great episode! =)

  • @causticmedia3621
    @causticmedia3621 4 года назад +2

    Very cool video!!

  • @xico9438
    @xico9438 9 месяцев назад +26

    As an indigenous person of the ameircas i am fascinated by this history and i sympathize greatly with the Prussians and all baltic pagan tribes. Great video!!!!

    • @RealCrusadesHistory
      @RealCrusadesHistory  9 месяцев назад +2

      Glad you enjoyed it

    • @CalaverasRC
      @CalaverasRC 6 месяцев назад

      Maybe if the natives stopped killing each other they would have stood a chance.

    • @CalaverasRC
      @CalaverasRC 6 месяцев назад

      Native Americans could never do what the Prussians did.

    • @Wegetsu
      @Wegetsu 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@CalaverasRCThat's what happens when 90% of your population dies to diseases from the old world before the first colonies were even set up. Especially in North America

    • @RichardJohnson1969
      @RichardJohnson1969 Месяц назад

      Cope, get colonized lmao

  • @ItsNotaCult420
    @ItsNotaCult420 3 года назад +1

    Absolutely awesome and informative

  • @rgochina
    @rgochina 8 месяцев назад +1

    Hello from Brazi. Beautifull and impressive work, thanks a lot !!!!

  • @olandewgamers9573
    @olandewgamers9573 Год назад +2

    Ah that thumbnail though... So awe-inspiring! :) 🙏

  • @edwardrichard2561
    @edwardrichard2561 Год назад +1

    Thank you. Great channel.

  • @markjenkins9640
    @markjenkins9640 Год назад

    Great video I enjoyed it very much

  • @malicant123
    @malicant123 2 года назад

    The melody in the background here is very like the air used in the old song She Moved Through the Faire. It's relaxing, and doesn't distract from the subject at hand.

  • @gabrielmasseur4944
    @gabrielmasseur4944 3 года назад +12

    Amazing voice of the narrator .So clear, I want to listen more and more histories.

    • @hugojrneves
      @hugojrneves 3 года назад

      he sounded like keanu reeves actually.

    • @tehjamerz
      @tehjamerz Год назад

      @@hugojrneves woah

  • @alexkulka8578
    @alexkulka8578 Год назад

    Fantastic work!! 🔧

  • @MrSpot41
    @MrSpot41 3 года назад

    Always wondered who these guys were. Thanks for the education. Great video.

  • @travispeterson5359
    @travispeterson5359 Год назад +1

    Love it. Keep em comin.

  • @bubbamike4743
    @bubbamike4743 Год назад +27

    I feel like such an idiot for never knowing about the Teutonic order in the Baltic states. This is incredible stuff, and a huge part of European history I was never taught…

    • @casperscott-ln9fn
      @casperscott-ln9fn Год назад

      I quite agree with you bubba mike. If you consider that the history of the past has consequences today most of western Europe are not even slightly aware of eastern European history. I only knew about Novgorod from the perspective of its dealings with the Mongols.

    • @hajoos.8360
      @hajoos.8360 Год назад

      The Deutschritter-Orden, it's original name, organised for the entire European nobilty bounty-raids, officially crusades, into the Baltics and Belarus. The simple trick is the religion. The term Slawes comes from slaves. These eastern germanic tribes, like the Poles, were all heathens. The church, means the pope in Rome, allowed it, to enslave them and to take their lands, easy business. Germans are a mixture of Celtes and Germanics ( in the EDDA called Wanes & Æsir). As more as You travel to the east of Europe people get more germanic and less celtic. My statement there are no Slawes by race will bring me a lot of enemies, mainly in the pan-slawian Russia. Iceland became a Christian island by Snorri Sturlusson to avoid the invasion of the King of Denmark and Norway. It was not allowed by the church to conquer christian countries.

    • @frontgamet.v1892
      @frontgamet.v1892 Год назад +1

      Absolutely! Proud to have German history. Lithuania and Estonia ex Teutonic States!

    • @hajoos.8360
      @hajoos.8360 Год назад +1

      @@frontgamet.v1892 Yes, but I am not a friend of the church 🙂 I prefer a pagan weltanschauung.

    • @viliuss7745
      @viliuss7745 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@frontgamet.v1892lithuania was never teutonic state

  • @inquisitorwalmarius6650
    @inquisitorwalmarius6650 11 месяцев назад

    this was a good Documentary. rarely do people mention the Schwertbrüder order in relation to the Teutonics. you did both a great service.

    • @RealCrusadesHistory
      @RealCrusadesHistory  11 месяцев назад

      Thank you sir! It's great history, and I enjoyed working on it.

    • @inquisitorwalmarius6650
      @inquisitorwalmarius6650 11 месяцев назад

      @@RealCrusadesHistory it shows, it was a pleasure to listen to it.