Why is the Vatican an Independent Country? (Short Animated Documentary)

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  • The Vatican is the smallest nation in the world and given the history of small nations getting gobbled up raises a question: why does it exist and how did it remain independent?
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Комментарии • 1,9 тыс.

  • @ricardoguanipa8275
    @ricardoguanipa8275 4 года назад +11662

    Italian army officer: okay which one of you is a Jew? Don't be afraid nothing bad is going to happen to you

    • @mathewfinch
      @mathewfinch 4 года назад +3241

      "But seriously, we mean it this time. Its 100% not a trap. Well, it's a trap for somebody, just not you."

    • @mrdictator7030
      @mrdictator7030 4 года назад +611

      Severely underrated and first good comment I've seen in this section

    • @sitdownlad7918
      @sitdownlad7918 4 года назад +387

      ...yet

    • @JoaoOstroski420
      @JoaoOstroski420 4 года назад +68

      mathewfinch yet.

    • @Atlantjan
      @Atlantjan 4 года назад +28

      Omg dead

  • @SokolS125
    @SokolS125 4 года назад +8304

    Vatican: If you attack me, you will be excommunicated!
    Italians: *Send a Jewish soldier*
    Vatican: Excuse me What the f-

    • @thebritishguy7741
      @thebritishguy7741 4 года назад +445

      -loccinaucinihilipilification. No curse words in the Vatican.

    • @BobbyBaratheon998
      @BobbyBaratheon998 4 года назад +243

      OUTSTANDING MOVE

    • @Muhammed552
      @Muhammed552 4 года назад +147

      *Outstanding move*

    • @karansjet3823
      @karansjet3823 4 года назад +119

      Yeah the pope got T-posed into submission with that one alright

    • @slav1858
      @slav1858 4 года назад +13

      idk which of the version of this is the original

  • @MomoCrafter2013
    @MomoCrafter2013 4 года назад +5878

    *Pope:* I'll excommunicate anyone who orders an attack on Rome
    *Italians:* _Make a Jew order the attack_
    *Pope:* You weren't supposed to do that!

  • @merrittanimation7721
    @merrittanimation7721 4 года назад +4448

    Pope: "You can't fire on us without getting excommunicated!"
    That Jewish dude: "My time has come."

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 4 года назад +300

      In some Orthodox Jewish families, they will hire a non-Jewish kid from their neighborhood to turn their lights on and off on the Sabbath, since they consider using electricity to be a form of work.
      This is just the same principle in reverse.

    • @danielamselli4980
      @danielamselli4980 4 года назад +22

      Jesse Berg They can’t hire him, because that would be paying him on Shabbat, but he’d do it anyway.

    • @TheOwlofAthens
      @TheOwlofAthens 4 года назад +37

      I WAS CHOOSEN BY HEAVEN!

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 4 года назад +65

      @MinecraftPro15 Orthodox Rabbis would tell you that triggering a switch is still work, whether you flick it directly or trigger it via motion detection. What doesn't count, appearently, are automated processes initiated before the Sabbath: so elevators in Israel are set to continuously go up and down stopping on every floor for the entire Sabbath. That way people just get on and get off, but don't actually control it.

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 4 года назад +7

      @MinecraftPro15 you don't have to stay still, you just can't have motion sensors on your lights.

  • @br4054
    @br4054 4 года назад +1760

    45% of the comments “...James Bisonette...”
    45% “lol gets Jew to attack Vatican after threatens excommunication”
    10% other

    • @sassycat
      @sassycat 4 года назад +1

      This right here!

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 4 года назад +1

      Normie

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz 4 года назад +4

      B R there should be more about San Marino. Come on people!

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 4 года назад +15

      I really hate this channel's community. All they do is just endless meme-spouting and once something remotely fresh comes up, you can bet your ass they will keep repeating it ad nauseaum. It seems like 90% of the comments here are yet another piece of "dialogue" trying so hard to farm cheap likes. Basically, your only option of ever finding something actually interesting is by entering threads because the meme crap typically dies after the third reply and then actually interesting debates sometimes happen.
      I mean, this is obviously the case with almost every history-related channel out there. But Indy Neidell or Epic History TV's channels somehow seem able to attract the kind of crowd that's legitimately into history and you can learn truly cool tibdits directly from their comment sections.

    • @TerrierMartello
      @TerrierMartello 4 года назад +14

      There are more comments about how many comments there are about James bisonette than there are comments about james bisonette

  • @semc1986
    @semc1986 4 года назад +4250

    Today I learned you Vatican't excommunicate a Jewish soldier

    • @arkan5000
      @arkan5000 4 года назад +77

      nice

    • @lightningfletch5598
      @lightningfletch5598 4 года назад +43

      You earned my like.

    • @someunknownguy4931
      @someunknownguy4931 4 года назад +22

      The pope can but because he is Jewish he it wouldn’t effect him as long as he didn’t convert to Catholicism

    • @josephnarvaez9507
      @josephnarvaez9507 4 года назад +82

      Excommunication only applies to Catholics (I think). You can't excommunicate someone that does not belong to your group

    • @haris6772
      @haris6772 4 года назад +12

      protestants and orthodoxs too

  • @alec5982
    @alec5982 4 года назад +1642

    1:27 "Can't be excommunicated if you arent Christian" such a power move

    • @matthewmelson1780
      @matthewmelson1780 4 года назад +61

      Gamer move

    • @nbewarwe
      @nbewarwe 4 года назад +44

      @@matthewmelson1780 This takes on a whole new context for CK2 players

    • @matthewmelson1780
      @matthewmelson1780 4 года назад +7

      @@nbewarwe as someone with over 300hrs in ck2 i approve this comment

    • @VenomousCompany
      @VenomousCompany 4 года назад +13

      @@matthewmelson1780 Only 300 Hours? Those are rookie numbers.

    • @LoxieWasTaken
      @LoxieWasTaken 4 года назад +4

      1000IQ

  • @brandonlyon730
    @brandonlyon730 4 года назад +2460

    Here’s another one: What was the Catholic world’s reaction on the French Alliance with the Muslim Ottoman Empire? Especially the Popes.

    • @Maseeha171
      @Maseeha171 4 года назад +133

      WHAT? Now I'm really curious.

    • @TheWeedIsland
      @TheWeedIsland 4 года назад +117

      I'm curious about the Western reaction (if any) to Dutch troops helping surpress the Shimabara Rebellion.

    • @davidboi6609
      @davidboi6609 4 года назад +17

      69 likes nice

    • @unkown686
      @unkown686 4 года назад +95

      I also wanna know how the Muslim world reacted as well.

    • @Admiral45-10
      @Admiral45-10 4 года назад +41

      Well, surely Hungarians in 1440 were so scared of Polish lie, that it's about to make an alliance with islamic Turkey, that they let Władysław Warneńczyk become their new king.

  • @Greninjia
    @Greninjia 4 года назад +797

    Pope: any catholic who attacks is excommunicated
    Italians: ok we'll get a Jewish soldier to do it
    Pope: wait that's illegal

    • @todd7383
      @todd7383 4 года назад +10

      Surprised pikachu face would be more appropriate wpuldnt you say ?

    • @chairsilver2
      @chairsilver2 3 года назад +1

      Lol

    • @boazjamesmiller6387
      @boazjamesmiller6387 2 года назад +2

      "This is for Edgardo Mortara, you son of a bitch." - Captain Giacomo Segre (probably), 20 September 1870

  • @sinfaz
    @sinfaz 4 года назад +3642

    History Matters: Here have a video-
    The comments: *J A M E S B I S O N E T T E*

    • @juanmegias9147
      @juanmegias9147 4 года назад +30

      True

    • @WordoftheElderGods
      @WordoftheElderGods 4 года назад +72

      *PARTY BOIKO*

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 4 года назад +37

      Duke and philanthropist James Bissonette*

    • @NewNicator
      @NewNicator 4 года назад +87

      Everyone mentions James Bisonette, but everyone forgets about *Spinning Three Plates* :(

    • @christianagi
      @christianagi 4 года назад +7

      @@WordoftheElderGods I always thought it was "Party Boycott", but anywho.

  • @peoplesrepublicofliberland5606
    @peoplesrepublicofliberland5606 4 года назад +3626

    The Jewish soldier thing is so impressive.

    • @asusmctablet9180
      @asusmctablet9180 4 года назад +121

      Well, it should have been expected, I mean they did kill Christ.

    • @shelbyisa
      @shelbyisa 4 года назад +205

      @@asusmctablet9180 I'm not good with religion, but wasn't that the Romans who killed Christ?

    • @asusmctablet9180
      @asusmctablet9180 4 года назад +116

      @10k Subscribers Before 2021 hey, I'm only sarcastically pointing out that the Catholic Church accused the Jews of killing Christ for 1000 years.
      PS who were Caiaphas and Barrabas then? I remember the Sanhedrin organized the trial, Caiaphas ordered him put to death, Pilate finding no evidence that he was guilty, Pilate allowing the Jews to set one prisoner free, and the Jews choosing Barrabas instead of Jesus. Did they rewrite that bit recently?

    • @imarothschild5332
      @imarothschild5332 4 года назад

      The Middle Eastern, Abrahamic mythologies are the work of the J's. The Abrahamics are inseparable.

    • @vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489
      @vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489 4 года назад +81

      @@asusmctablet9180 lol at least someone remembers that Pontius Pilate didn't want to execute Jesus cause he didn't find him guilty.

  • @B3RyL
    @B3RyL 3 года назад +451

    Fun Fact: The Pope is a king. Specifically, he holds the title of the King of Vatican, and for the purposes of conducting diplomacy with secular and non-Christian majority nations he's officially referred to as such, and not as "the Pope".

    • @michaeljasonsaputra19991121
      @michaeljasonsaputra19991121 2 года назад +75

      Not as King, but "Sovereign of the Vatican City State". However, if you mean to use king as synonymous with monarch, than technically the Pope is one. But his formal title is not King of Vatican, but Sovereign of the Vatican City State.

    • @CalvinKool-Aid
      @CalvinKool-Aid 2 года назад +37

      He’s also the only theocratically elected absolute monarch

    • @durzoblint6532
      @durzoblint6532 2 года назад +34

      Continuation on Fun Fact- The Pope isn’t just any king. He’s an absolute king. This makes Vatican City among the small hand full of nations that still have an absolute monarchy as their government on the modern era, which includes Saudi Arabia.

    • @mimorisenpai8540
      @mimorisenpai8540 2 года назад +2

      @@CalvinKool-Aid besides Tibetan dalai lama

    • @CalvinKool-Aid
      @CalvinKool-Aid 2 года назад +14

      @@mimorisenpai8540 well, but the Dalai lama doesn’t control a country like the pope

  • @roadwaywiz
    @roadwaywiz 4 года назад +683

    "Why is San Marino an Independent Country?" would be a great episode...

    • @MrRedsjack
      @MrRedsjack 4 года назад +81

      Everyone kind of forgot about them,they have nothing of interest and they are essentially a fortified castle city on a steep mountain that overlooks... nothing of value. Also they don't get involved in about anything.

    • @theodoreroosevelt8261
      @theodoreroosevelt8261 3 года назад +8

      We did it for the vine...

    • @morbidsearch
      @morbidsearch 3 года назад +6

      EmperorTigerstar did it

    • @stjohnsilver9538
      @stjohnsilver9538 3 года назад +8

      There is an episode on that

    • @trla6505
      @trla6505 3 года назад +3

      @@MrRedsjack they haven't done any war crimes

  • @uncleflagzz
    @uncleflagzz 4 года назад +1384

    You may be asking: "why there are so many James Bissonette comments?"
    Well the answer is, obviously, that James Bissonette funded them.

    • @uncleflagzz
      @uncleflagzz 4 года назад +29

      @Luckimation Anime Watch until he mentions the patreons

    • @ciaotiziocaius4899
      @ciaotiziocaius4899 4 года назад +25

      Your new god

    • @-Benedict
      @-Benedict 4 года назад +28

      When a meme transcends its own meta-ness.

    • @MasterMalrubius
      @MasterMalrubius 4 года назад +6

      I actually read that in the voice of the channel creator.
      I'll just go insane now.

    • @jamesbissonette8002
      @jamesbissonette8002 4 года назад +24

      This one made me laugh!

  • @micheltanaka2420
    @micheltanaka2420 Год назад +130

    "Except for San Marino, because reasons."
    "Because reasons" is one of my absolute favorites! Even my relatives have adopted it!

  • @oxthree448
    @oxthree448 4 года назад +287

    I can see a episode in the future called "Why does San Marino exists?" Because well since you mention them.

    • @MPHJackson7
      @MPHJackson7 4 года назад +23

      It's quite the story. A monk started it during the Roman Empire and it kinda kept going on since then.

    • @oxthree448
      @oxthree448 4 года назад +5

      @@MPHJackson7 If you ask certain people about San Marino? They either say "They didn't know it existed" or "The San Marino football team" the worst international team in the world.

    • @Nikki-tx6kh
      @Nikki-tx6kh 4 года назад +3

      @@oxthree448 I mention Valentina Monetta, Serhat and a sheer lot of Eurovision Memes.

    • @ilovemuslimfood666
      @ilovemuslimfood666 4 года назад +4

      Oxthree Even worse than the US men’s soccer team?

    • @jacobtrowbridge9767
      @jacobtrowbridge9767 4 года назад +2

      @@ilovemuslimfood666 the US isn't that bad compared to some european football teams

  • @sonoftheway3528
    @sonoftheway3528 4 года назад +296

    Do these for all the microstates. Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Singapore, etc. Even Bahrain could be interesting

    • @Sara3346
      @Sara3346 2 года назад +3

      Singapore is a micro state?

    • @sonoftheway3528
      @sonoftheway3528 2 года назад +6

      @@Sara3346 Is it not? It's pretty small

    • @mufradr
      @mufradr 2 года назад +9

      @@sonoftheway3528 city state

    • @posterus4413
      @posterus4413 2 года назад +17

      @@Sara3346 And arguably the only modern state to be forced against their will into independence.

    • @vallecend6855
      @vallecend6855 Год назад +3

      @@sonoftheway3528 Well it's not on the same level as Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, or San Marino though. As in Singapore is a nation that holds significant influence and power in regional politics, unlike the other nations that just exist for the sake of existing.
      And also, in classifying whether a nation is a microstate or not, the population of said nation is also taken into account, and since Singapore apparently has more people than Norway (yes, Norway), Singapore then is not considered to be a microstate.

  • @dl_supertroll
    @dl_supertroll 4 года назад +4918

    European history in a nutshell: Napoleon happened.

    • @frindjinny6
      @frindjinny6 4 года назад +549

      Honestly this is most of it in a nutshell
      1: people fought
      2: no pope
      3: Napoleon appeared
      4: Germany

    • @idk-mi1kl
      @idk-mi1kl 4 года назад +14

      big funi I laughed out loud but not true

    • @arthurlombard5181
      @arthurlombard5181 4 года назад +130

      @@frindjinny6 I would add england and france, but theyre too busy figthing each other

    • @frindjinny6
      @frindjinny6 4 года назад +15

      Arthur Lombard, pretty accurate.

    • @frindjinny6
      @frindjinny6 4 года назад +20

      Arthur Lombard they hated each other so much they fought the longest war ever.

  • @Kerriangel
    @Kerriangel 4 года назад +502

    Pope: If you divorce Catherine of Aragon, I’ll excommunicate you
    Henry VIII: Who cares man?
    Pope: Oh no... apathy.... my one weakness

    • @ProjectEkerTest33
      @ProjectEkerTest33 4 года назад +45

      Seems like the weakness of all religions

    • @Admiral45-10
      @Admiral45-10 4 года назад +47

      Pope: ,,I'm excommunicating you"
      Holy Roman Emperor: ,,You think you can destroy me this way?"
      Polish Kingdom: supports the Pope and coronates new ruler
      Holy Roman Emperor: ,,Oh, c'mon!"

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 4 года назад +37

      For a small historical correction King Henry wasn’t requesting the pope a divorce. He was trying to argue with him the marriage was never legal to begin with. There was apparently some sort of old Catholic law that stated that marriage between a man with his brothers widow was illegal.
      Henry brought that up to the pope but it didn’t convince him to void the marriage he basically said, “It does not matter that we over looked this law, you said your vows and legally agreed to marry her under god, so the marriage stays.”

    • @Admiral45-10
      @Admiral45-10 4 года назад +13

      @@brandonlyon730 it's also good to mention, that divorce was and still is illegal in Roman Catholicism. What king Henri tried to convince Pope for was void, as you said.
      It is said, that Pope didn't agreed because of Siege of Rome by an Emperor, who was a relative to Catherine of Aragon and if not this siege, Pope would agreed.

    • @123MoMama
      @123MoMama 4 года назад +1

      Underrated comment

  • @sskuk1095
    @sskuk1095 4 года назад +284

    Pope: If you command the assault I'll excommunicate you!
    The Italians: *Put a Jewish soldier in charge*
    Pope: "Outstanding move!"

    • @Lazurath101
      @Lazurath101 3 года назад

      Pope: “I ain’t even mad”

  • @Noctem_pasa
    @Noctem_pasa 4 года назад +481

    San Marino in a nutshell: "because reasons"

    • @michaelrizka
      @michaelrizka 4 года назад +44

      That's to avoid giving spoiler for future video obviously

    • @RafitoOoO
      @RafitoOoO 4 года назад +35

      Garibaldi promised to not annex them because they gave him shelter or something like that, then he made the King keep the promise.

    • @kalyka98
      @kalyka98 4 года назад +5

      @@RafitoOoO Yeah pretty much

    • @ArkadiBolschek
      @ArkadiBolschek 4 года назад +6

      They're _very good_ reasons, you know.

    • @MrTheArtico
      @MrTheArtico 4 года назад +4

      Garibaldi was a G.M. Freemason. Maybe they needed San Marino as the financial heaven that it is today

  • @noambar8058
    @noambar8058 4 года назад +767

    Pope: "Any Christian that assaults the Vatican would be excommunicated!"
    Italians: Gets a Jew to do it.
    Pope: suprise Pikachu face

    • @thirteetwo32
      @thirteetwo32 4 года назад +61

      Italians : I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move

    • @nton8057
      @nton8057 4 года назад +15

      Vatican: excommunicates the guy who ordered the jewish guy to attack.

    • @mathewfinch
      @mathewfinch 4 года назад +10

      @Wacky Venky that's more or less what the Norman rulers of Sicily did during the Investiture Crisis. A large portion of their population was Muslim, so they were able to draw on them to fight the Pope for the right of the secular authority to appoint bishops.
      They lost that conflict, so these rulers were effectively forced to earn back the Pope's favor by fighting in the First Crusade that the Pope called for in order to reunify the Catholic world after the Investiture Crisis conflict.

    • @Meirstein
      @Meirstein 4 года назад

      @@nton8057 And in a wacky game of one-upsmanship, that is how Italy was ruled by a Jewish king.

    • @ilovemuslimfood666
      @ilovemuslimfood666 4 года назад

      Utube World30 I want to know that, too.

  • @saxtonfilm6138
    @saxtonfilm6138 4 года назад +22

    I think it’s great that this channel answers so many history subjects I don’t often think of. Keep em coming!

  • @RodolfoGaming
    @RodolfoGaming 4 года назад +71

    Country: exists.
    History Matters: Why?
    The shortest country can be walked through in less than an hour

    • @PANZERFAUST90
      @PANZERFAUST90 4 года назад +5

      never heard of a country described as short

    • @JamesMartin-jr8vv
      @JamesMartin-jr8vv 4 года назад +3

      History matters: Why does Nauru exist? 🤔

  • @peterwight3918
    @peterwight3918 4 года назад +584

    As a Jew I find the "I'm totally in charge bit" to be unbelievably hilarious

  • @jonbaxter2254
    @jonbaxter2254 4 года назад +25

    I'd love a full video on the Italian Unification, it's absolutley fascinating

  • @laugesan
    @laugesan 4 года назад +4

    You have THE most entertaining channel on RUclips. Not just for history but across all categories.

  • @alexandrekuritza5685
    @alexandrekuritza5685 4 года назад +15

    1:26 Outstanding play.

  • @JafuetTheSame
    @JafuetTheSame 4 года назад +18

    Im always impressed how much accuracy is he able to put in those simple characters

  • @libzbond
    @libzbond 4 года назад +37

    Pope: *You are all Catholics, can't attack your leader!*
    That Jewish man: Are you really in charge here?

    • @RealEnerjak
      @RealEnerjak 2 года назад +2

      Jewish man: You have no power here!

  • @wanderingrandomer
    @wanderingrandomer 4 года назад +44

    Everyone always memes on James Bisonette, but "Izzy?" always gets me!

  • @cesargonzalez4146
    @cesargonzalez4146 4 года назад +53

    One of the main reasons for the existence of the Vatican City State is to maintain the autonomy and independence of the Catholic Church, without it being a vehicle of italian state politics. It's something that has been in the forefront of european politics during the last one thousand years, kings and emperors trying to exert power over the church to gain prestige and power.

    • @ReapingTheHarvest
      @ReapingTheHarvest Год назад

      And they can never take over the Church because Jesus established it, and promised that the gates of hell shall not prevail. Eastern Orthodox can't say the same... and certainly not protestants.

  • @icecoldpolitics8890
    @icecoldpolitics8890 4 года назад +40

    The pope: threatens to excommunicate the man who orders the assault on the city
    Italian army: finds a Jewish guy
    The pope: this is impossible

  • @DwRockett
    @DwRockett 4 года назад +20

    1:27 one of the most baller, 4-d chess moves in military history

  • @adrielsebastian5216
    @adrielsebastian5216 4 года назад +14

    0:13 keep up with the "well" thing!

  • @tylerwray5614
    @tylerwray5614 4 года назад +18

    Would love to see a video on San Marino. Always found it interesting it was never annexed during the unification of Italy.

    • @JiafeiProducts6969
      @JiafeiProducts6969 2 года назад +1

      San Marino is independent since the Roman Empire was still going. It would be a sad thing to annex such small and innocent old country

  • @pmalone4
    @pmalone4 2 года назад +13

    Pope: "Whoever attacks the Vatican will be excommunicated!"
    Soldier: "Mazel Tov, your holiness."
    Pope: "Ah, crap."

  • @lillyie
    @lillyie 4 года назад +26

    Pope: If you attack me you will be excommunicated
    Italy: *sends a jewish soldier* You may have outsmarted me, but i outsmarted your outsmarting!

  • @luca_history
    @luca_history 4 года назад +130

    Because God has chosen so
    And Mussolini wanted some legitimacy

    • @Jame5man
      @Jame5man 4 года назад +28

      Nothing gains legitimacy points in a Catholic country quite like appeasing the Pope

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 4 года назад +2

      Problem with that, Mussolini was an Atheist.

    • @Darkfawfulx
      @Darkfawfulx 4 года назад +27

      @@brandonlyon730 The population wasn't.
      But yes Mussolini was an atheist.

    • @crispwhitesheets2175
      @crispwhitesheets2175 4 года назад +9

      @@brandonlyon730 Well he did Convert eventually some say he was in pergitory after his death.

    • @ilovemuslimfood666
      @ilovemuslimfood666 4 года назад +2

      Darkfawfulx Which makes sense, because in true fascist ideology, God is not the ultimate authority: the master race/their extreme-right political party is.

  • @SpeedyWings2323
    @SpeedyWings2323 4 года назад +15

    Fun fact on 2:19 that building with (SI) was real it was Mussolini’s headquarters and it literally had a sculpture of his face in the middle

  • @despacitoepicnaenaestyle8753
    @despacitoepicnaenaestyle8753 4 года назад +194

    James Bisonette is the one person that the pope will never dare to disagree with, otherwise he would purchase the vatican and turn it into a history matters museum

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 4 года назад +3

      Why could he not buy the Hagia Sofia?

    • @despacitoepicnaenaestyle8753
      @despacitoepicnaenaestyle8753 4 года назад +7

      He doesn't have any Turkeybucks

    • @electrom.1703
      @electrom.1703 4 года назад +11

      Kelly moneymaker would buy out James bisonette

    • @markmh835
      @markmh835 4 года назад +3

      @@electrom.1703 -- You, sir, put your finger on the obvious. You win the Internet today. Must bow before Kelly Moneymaker.

    • @juanon_industries7256
      @juanon_industries7256 Год назад

      Better yet, a mausoleum

  • @magicsparklecat7001
    @magicsparklecat7001 4 года назад +85

    Dislikes got excommunicated by the pope

    • @salsabilaziz1390
      @salsabilaziz1390 3 года назад +1

      You can excommunicated a Muslim :D.
      You have no power on me.
      Only Allah and my Parent have.

  • @Marylandbrony
    @Marylandbrony 4 года назад +145

    Everybody asks "Why is the Vatican " but now body asks "How is the Vatican?"

    • @iuliusconstantcornelio2018
      @iuliusconstantcornelio2018 4 года назад +6

      Corrupt and full of paedos.

    • @Torus2112
      @Torus2112 4 года назад +6

      I think people ask that quite a lot actually.

    • @scutumfidelis1436
      @scutumfidelis1436 4 года назад +6

      @@iuliusconstantcornelio2018 The US government: *sweats nervously*

    • @iuliusconstantcornelio2018
      @iuliusconstantcornelio2018 4 года назад +2

      @@scutumfidelis1436 LMFAO, TRUE ! =)))))

    • @nikobellic570
      @nikobellic570 4 года назад +4

      Everyone asks 'who is James Bissonette?', but no one asks 'how is James Bissonette?'

  • @Ponko_93
    @Ponko_93 4 года назад +285

    The main reason is because James Bisonette's the real pope.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 года назад +117

    Fun fact: The Vatican has its own railway. Which makes the Pope a trainspotter

    • @miniatureben3558
      @miniatureben3558 4 года назад +9

      I see you everywhere

    • @NotAmira_
      @NotAmira_ 4 года назад +6

      Wasn't it the bricks guy that told us this? (HAI)

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 4 года назад +2

      @@miniatureben3558 he is really James Bizonette

    • @nicopavvi8494
      @nicopavvi8494 2 года назад +3

      This also makes the Vatican City the smallest railway company in the world

  • @euanwalsh7604
    @euanwalsh7604 4 года назад +195

    I put my nephew to sleep last night and instead of saying Goodnight he said "and a special thanks to James Bissonette" because he thought it meant goodbye 😭

  • @reddtank1626
    @reddtank1626 4 года назад +53

    Next time: "Why is San Marino an independent country?"

    • @TheMikael78
      @TheMikael78 4 года назад +7

      Reasons!!! 😉

    • @mathewfinch
      @mathewfinch 4 года назад +18

      San Marino was originally just a guy who went up into the mountains, seceded from the crumbling Roman Empire and formed his own separatist micro-nation, similar to fringe groups nowadays. He just got lucky that his micro-nation was formally a Catholic republic before that was cool, so the Pope formally recognized them as a legitimate independent nation after the Pope came to prominence. The continual support of the Pope kept them independent for centuries.
      They survived Italian Unification because they sheltered Giuseppe Garibaldi for a bit while he was a bit of a fugitive. In repayment for their help, Garibaldi promised them continued independence.

    • @FlagAnthem
      @FlagAnthem 4 года назад +1

      Don't read wikipedia

    • @TheShadowwarrior80
      @TheShadowwarrior80 4 года назад

      Italy: Good Question!

  • @borkerman
    @borkerman 4 года назад +38

    Vatican: who ever led the attack on Rome will be excommunicated.
    Italy: I am going to do a pro gamer move

  • @kilerik
    @kilerik 4 года назад +46

    *Small countries around the world:*
    *History Matters:* Why do you even exist?
    *HM Fans:* James Bisonette lol...

  • @Jonthecool44
    @Jonthecool44 4 года назад +160

    The Vatican wouldn't exist without James Bissonet's support

    • @mrdictator7030
      @mrdictator7030 4 года назад +1

      Jesus just stop it's lame

    • @Gabriel-pn4wd
      @Gabriel-pn4wd 4 года назад +7

      @@mrdictator7030 Stop resisting James Bisonnet power

    • @mrdictator7030
      @mrdictator7030 4 года назад +1

      @@Gabriel-pn4wd well at least this response is new... unlike the 50 James Bisonette comments under every fucking video

    • @nicolasgainous5936
      @nicolasgainous5936 4 года назад +1

      @@mrdictator7030 Finally, someone said it. These James Bissonnette memes are as funny as watching paint dry

    • @electrom.1703
      @electrom.1703 4 года назад +1

      Nick Heritage don’t disrespect our god heathen

  • @batataacelerada4698
    @batataacelerada4698 4 года назад +128

    So they used a Jewish soldier to fight the Pope? Absolute madlads

    • @dannyarcher438
      @dannyarcher438 4 года назад +9

      I wonder how he felt about it. Picked up some Jewish Sargent to be in charge of the Assault of the Vatican... Insane

    • @DISTurbedwaffle918
      @DISTurbedwaffle918 4 года назад +6

      Disgusting betrayal of Christ. Everyone in the Italian army who died that day went to hell.

    • @lightningfletch5598
      @lightningfletch5598 4 года назад +9

      Imagine if it was a Muslim soldier. The Pope would’ve been screaming.

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 4 года назад +2

      @@dannyarcher438 I expect he was rather nervous. The fact that they wanted his help then didn't mean they wouldn't turn on him afterwards to placate the Church.

    • @ArkadiBolschek
      @ArkadiBolschek 4 года назад

      They totally did it.

  • @JordonBeal
    @JordonBeal 3 года назад

    The humor of this channel warms my heart.

  • @nickmcgargill6216
    @nickmcgargill6216 4 года назад +13

    *The Pope:* "Anyone who orders an attack shall be excommunicated!"
    *Jewish-Italian Commander:* "We come from different Temples, signore. That's not how that works."

  • @Gonzolicious
    @Gonzolicious 3 года назад +2

    Please do a video on San Marino! I went there some years back and its a very beautiful place!

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY 4 года назад +72

    “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
    ― Voltaire

    • @nandinhocunha440
      @nandinhocunha440 4 года назад +2

      Self defence?

    • @zejdland
      @zejdland 4 года назад

      There needs to be support of other people.. you have that you can do anything.. even fly to mars

    • @br4054
      @br4054 4 года назад +4

      What a foolish thing to say

    • @janpiorko3809
      @janpiorko3809 4 года назад +4

      Voltair was an idiot.

    • @ilovemuslimfood666
      @ilovemuslimfood666 4 года назад +1

      Nice smack down of warmongers.

  • @HaventheDemoness-vy9lx
    @HaventheDemoness-vy9lx 3 года назад

    The figures you make for your videos are just adorable

  • @bebos1262
    @bebos1262 2 года назад +4

    2:30 This is probably the most important part to understand.

  • @arkan5000
    @arkan5000 4 года назад +2

    We owe so much to history
    to History Matters
    but most importantly
    The Patreons
    specially James Bisonette and Kelly Moneymaker

  • @alexandrekuritza5685
    @alexandrekuritza5685 4 года назад +6

    2:00 the swiss guard...
    *The Last Stand Starts Playing*

  • @vilena5308
    @vilena5308 4 года назад

    I really like that the title is in the form of a question. I answer in my head and then get thoroughly amused while checking the answer.

  • @alphacore2448
    @alphacore2448 4 года назад +4

    I love how its been many years and we still don't know how James Bizonette is properly spelt

  • @joeleaver875
    @joeleaver875 4 года назад +1

    Love the video keep up the good work wish they where longer tho

  • @michaelrizka
    @michaelrizka 4 года назад +112

    "You can't excommunicate someone who isn't Christian"
    Have you ever heard of crusade?

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 4 года назад +15

      That's just plain killing of the heretics.

    • @michaelrizka
      @michaelrizka 4 года назад +9

      @@merrittanimation7721 exactly. The man leading the siege was a Jew, therefore the Pope can declare crusade against him

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 4 года назад +11

      @@michaelrizka You don't send crusades against single people. You just have them killed.

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 4 года назад +8

      They tried one on the Ottomans and that one failed spectacularly, it even got Hungary’s and Poland’s Kings killed.

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 4 года назад +8

      Technically, they can excommunicate whoever they want.
      It's just that anyone who isn't Catholic isn't going to care.
      What's interesting is that the Italian Army either didn't have any Protestants, or they did and they still chose to have a Jew do it instead.

  • @joshuaarroyo7235
    @joshuaarroyo7235 4 года назад +1

    I love your videos bubba. Shame that they're so short, but I can understand why because of RUclips's policies. Keep up the good work and don't stop.

  • @z4m01
    @z4m01 4 года назад +13

    2:42 I have a suspicion that these are not the real names of your patreons...

  • @brenatevi
    @brenatevi 7 месяцев назад +1

    I wanted to listen to this channel again but could not remember the channel name. So I typed in "Why Vatican". You were the first result.

  • @Draxis32
    @Draxis32 4 года назад +42

    90% James Bisonette
    10% "He sent a jew to attack Vatican!"
    0% Kelly *Moneymaker* HELLO?!

  • @joewilly2238
    @joewilly2238 Год назад +1

    Love these videos

  • @anderskorsback4104
    @anderskorsback4104 3 года назад +13

    That just goes to show how the Nuremberg Defence was universally accepted until it no longer was. To threaten to excommunicate soldiers for following orders would have been unthinkable.

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 2 года назад

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff!

  • @AndresRamirez-fi5uw
    @AndresRamirez-fi5uw 4 года назад +9

    In high school my history teach asked "what is the smallest country in the world?" I replied with "Vatican City." And he said i was incorrect, I am still pissed about that.

    • @marcomd4093
      @marcomd4093 4 года назад +5

      Vatican City is officially recognised as the smallest country in the world by size. But after reading this comment i thought maybe the smallest country is your teacher ass! 😂😂

    • @AndresRamirez-fi5uw
      @AndresRamirez-fi5uw 4 года назад

      @@marcomd4093 Yes! He refused to acknowledge he was incorrect when I challenged him on it. Good one haha

    • @izzuddinlukman7106
      @izzuddinlukman7106 4 года назад +4

      @@AndresRamirez-fi5uw Well, my teacher asked about the biggest nation on earth. I reply, "Russia." "Wrong", she said. "It was Siberia."

    • @AndresRamirez-fi5uw
      @AndresRamirez-fi5uw 4 года назад +1

      @@izzuddinlukman7106 No way?! Bless your teacher's soul lmao

    • @FlagAnthem
      @FlagAnthem 4 года назад

      State? sort of

  • @sethkroenung3024
    @sethkroenung3024 4 года назад

    Nice videos man keep it up!

  • @slyasleep
    @slyasleep 4 года назад +3

    01:06 of all the facial expressions, I like the "oh-face" (in this case the pope's) best.

  • @pyrotechnick420
    @pyrotechnick420 4 года назад +2

    every time you do that well joke my mind first interprets it as an editing mistake lol
    I have to go back each time and rewatch it hahah
    I blame you Rob Waterhouse

  • @edwin1justforfun285
    @edwin1justforfun285 4 года назад +25

    Italians: Makes a Jew order the attack on the Vatican
    Also the Italians: Yeah, this is big brain time

  • @samleone2667
    @samleone2667 4 года назад +1

    Its a intresting video
    And a
    Verry good video

  • @hardikchoubey8232
    @hardikchoubey8232 4 года назад +20

    Italy: Uses Jewish soldier to get around the Excommunication threat.
    Pope: "You can't do that"

    • @gezzarandom
      @gezzarandom 4 года назад +1

      Italy “I can, and I have!” 😂

  • @ticler
    @ticler 4 года назад +1

    Only channel where I sit through the Patreon name list. I don't know why.

  • @FlagAnthem
    @FlagAnthem 4 года назад +6

    If you are planning a San Marino episode, I can provide assistance on those 'reasons'
    Also, fun fact: the Italian laws adopted were written by a rabid anti-clerical lawyer. The Irony...

  • @ericlemos3552
    @ericlemos3552 4 года назад +1

    Me, when i watched my first History Matters video: this is kinda cool but the animations are very odd
    Me, now, seeing a new video: (runs happily on a flower field)

  • @williamtheconqueror7807
    @williamtheconqueror7807 4 года назад +31

    The swiss guard, that's why. For the grace for the might of the Lord, for the home of the holy!

    • @ziomeke5580
      @ziomeke5580 4 года назад +8

      For the faith, for the way of the sword

    • @ziomeke5580
      @ziomeke5580 4 года назад

      Abdulmajid Nasir Nooooooo

    • @williamtheconqueror7807
      @williamtheconqueror7807 4 года назад +1

      @@ziomeke5580 Edit your comment to continue the chain. For the grace for the might of our Lord, in the name of His glory!

    • @sakataginko9092
      @sakataginko9092 4 года назад

      And the Winged Hussars arrived... 😛

  • @sIeeperagent
    @sIeeperagent 4 года назад +1

    I love that you put a reference in there to Mussolini's weird "Si Si Si Si Si" thingie

    • @Admiral45-10
      @Admiral45-10 4 года назад

      That was something that was in reality.

    • @crispwhitesheets2175
      @crispwhitesheets2175 4 года назад

      @@Admiral45-10 Yes and it won lots of public appeal.

  • @TigerofRobare
    @TigerofRobare Год назад +3

    The really fascinating thing is that the Pope is also the head of another sovereign entity, which actually exchanges ambassadors with nation states and is regarded as existing as such since the fourth century: the Holy See, which is a stateless abstraction of the Papal office. The Vatican isn't needed for the Holy See, but helps keep things in the Westphalian system.

  • @marcl.1346
    @marcl.1346 4 года назад

    I love the small details in the back like the "Si Si Si"-building of Mussolini's head.

  • @hitrapperandartistdababy
    @hitrapperandartistdababy 4 года назад +6

    Okay, I never once imagined that the Vatican technically is older than Italy as a country.

  • @backhandbreaks9690
    @backhandbreaks9690 3 года назад

    Very good content, in all of your videos.

  • @ferrjuan
    @ferrjuan 4 года назад +23

    Pope: I will excommunicate who ever orders the siege!
    Italian Army: Guess we have to do a pro gamer move!
    Jewish Soldier: Siege away!

  • @jansalomin
    @jansalomin 4 года назад

    Amazing episode!

  • @KillerJack669
    @KillerJack669 4 года назад +17

    I just love the fact that the French, basically created a united Italy and that's oddly really funny to me.

    • @seb217able
      @seb217able 4 года назад +6

      And despite that, they hate us, talk about gratitude

    • @boratsagdiyev9829
      @boratsagdiyev9829 4 года назад +2

      But the french were protecting the pope aganaist the kingdom of italy.

    • @FlagAnthem
      @FlagAnthem 4 года назад +4

      France was actually planning for a more... dependant Italy

    • @Briggie
      @Briggie 4 года назад +1

      The French were capable of anything when it came to spiting Austria.

    • @ivanf.482
      @ivanf.482 3 года назад +1

      @@FlagAnthem Yes. They planned to have Italy as their bitch

  • @luisalmeida1391
    @luisalmeida1391 3 года назад +1

    2:19 - is this a reference to the "Inglorious Bastards"' "yes, yes, yes"-scene?

  • @thespanishinquisition8617
    @thespanishinquisition8617 4 года назад +8

    Vatican: Order the attack and get excommunicated.
    Piedmont-Sardinia: I’m gonna do what’s called a pro-heretic move.

    • @a2falcone
      @a2falcone 4 года назад +1

      It was already the Kingdom of Italy.

  • @RickJaeger
    @RickJaeger 9 месяцев назад +2

    it's even weirder now _not_ hearing THE FEZ-WEARING ITALIAN MAN. funnily.

  • @catatonicbug7522
    @catatonicbug7522 4 года назад +4

    Sounds like there is a whole lot more to that thousand-year history than a 3-minute video! This should be expanded to an hour-long documentary!

  • @davido3026
    @davido3026 3 года назад +1

    You presented a fairly accurate version of true history!!!

  • @limerence8365
    @limerence8365 3 года назад +5

    It's weird. I'm Irish we learned a lot of history. Irish history, some British history, world wars, reformation, Romans, industrial and french revolution, even some American history but no one had ever mentioned Napoleon.

    • @plumebrise4801
      @plumebrise4801 Год назад +2

      In France our history lessons (Since the reform that happened at the start of the 2010's) are those :
      1->Mesopotamia
      2->Political system of Ancient Athens and Roman Republic
      3->Life of French monks in the XI/XIIth century
      4->French revolution (Only from 1789 to 1795)
      5->World War I
      6->World War II
      7->Cold War
      8->Iraq War

  • @MrPantera1987
    @MrPantera1987 4 года назад

    Man, you guys should have subscribers in millions.

  • @project22-ab88
    @project22-ab88 4 года назад +18

    Pope: You cant beat me! You're Catholic!
    Italians: I know but he can
    *Jew bursts through the wall*

  • @Drossys
    @Drossys 4 года назад

    Love your videos !

  • @Vollification
    @Vollification 3 года назад +7

    1:28
    Italy: "I'm about to do a pro gamer move..."

  • @jordanbradley6001
    @jordanbradley6001 3 года назад

    Well to begin....so many bangers just low key added