Ager Sanguinis 1119 - Crusaders' Field of Blood - Second Crusade

[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@Guureufd]

Happy new amazigh year 2974ⵣ

[@KingsandGenerals]

@@julia2k8 we have never claimed that, what are you talking about

[@stuarthilton439]

Do you ever do any collabs? I feel like you and HistoryMarche would make a good video.

[@krips22]

This video, IT'S NOT THE 2ND CRUSADE AT ALL.

[@trangho5317]

​@@KingsandGeneralscan you make long video about second crusade please

[@thomasrinschler6783]

8:58 "Atabeg" means "guardian", and the holders of the title were originally guardians of young Seljuk princes who had been given control over various cities across the empire, but were too young to rule themselves, and thus needed said guardians. By a curious coincidence, a lot of these princes died under mysterious circumstances, and the atabegs were content to continue their rule without their charges. I once read somewhere that the atabegs are great material for historical rehabilitators once they've finished with Richard III...

[@thomasrinschler6783]

@@EnenDjhd if you're going to be literal about it. But a "guardian" and "father lord" are basically equivalent (as they weren't the princes' real fathers, but surrogate fathers to watch over them, i.e. guardians).

[@vladimirkazakov3033]

There is one mistake - the Deraa mentioned in this video has nothing to do with Dara where Belisarius crushed the Persian forces in 530, the latter being much further north in today's Turkey

[@tannerdenny5430]

Oh word? Nice

[@frankscavelli6031]

Great video. Hope the series overall retains a solid element of the Byzantine perspectice like the 1st Crusade Series, and the geopolitical interplay between Latin West, Orthodox Romans, and Muslims. Very excited this has started.

[@KingsandGenerals]

There is a shift in the primary sources towards more Frankish chronicles. Alexiad obviously ends with the death of Alexios. Will still have Byzantine events covered, but less than in the previous series.

[@hiskakun2276]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@KingsandGeneralsIn my opinion Jonh II Komnenos is very important for the events of the second crusade. He campaigned in Syria to expand the Christian states of the region, but Raymond of Antioch and Joscelin of Edessa, vassals of the Byzantine Empire, didn’t cooperate (they didn’t like the Empire). When the emperor left to Constantinople, the crusaders started losing territory again, so John II decided to come back and annex officially Antioch (and Edessa?) from the crusaders, but he died in a hunt accident in Cilicia before arriving Antioch. In my opinion the death of John II Komnenos was one of the reasons of the second crusade. Had he lived, maybe the Empire would’ve annexed Antioch and Edessa and consequently Zengi probably wouldn’t have attacked Imperial territory, so Edessa doesn’t fall.

[@ytj17thjuggalo12]

Great work you guys. Your opening scene here was a masterpiece. The stars fading out and light fading in. Had to watch it over a few times

[@adamwee382]

3:37 Baldwin of Edessa was King Baldwins cousin, not sure if you guys forgot to add that part, but he wasnt just a random baron.

[@jakekilley9037]

alot of the families were laid out in the first crusade video :D

[@nenenindonu]

The Artuqids gotta be the most influential of the early Turkish Beyliks participated in Crusades, produced great scientists, and left remarkable cultural sites

[@nenenindonu]

@@sarubet8725 Umar Al Djawbari and the legend Al-Jazari to name a few

[@sarubet8725]

@@nenenindonu uHm BuT tHeY wErE aYrAbS nOt TuRk?¿¿

[@arda213]

@@sarubet8725 There is no reliable source for the ethnicity of Al-Jazari. All we know is he worked for Artuqids.

[@nenenindonu]

@@Spartan_Disiplin The Artuqid realm doesn't stop promoting great scientists :) Biontech Ceo Uğur Şahin and nobel prize owner Aziz Sancar both have their roots from the same fertile lands

[@sarubet8725]

@@Spartan_Disiplin I know I'm just joking.

[@FLLCI]

We were never told of this part of Turkic history at schools in Turkey. Glad this channel covers it. Thanks!!!

[@sarubet8725]

most of the nonturk historians too mostly avoid using the word "Turk". They just slam the "saracen" or "muslim" and call it a day.

[@sarubet8725]

@@julia2k8 Ottomans stagnated for long. But they not building anything is only true for delosate arab lands. Most of the flourishing cities, schools and architecture was located in anatolia and balkans. Plus the central asia you despise produced many mathematicians and astronomers during the golden age. Again, Timurid Renaissence is a thing. And the same CA/Turks were smart and dominant enough to create apartheid states in egypt (thrice: tolunids, mamluks and ottoman egypt) so I wouldnt flex much if I were you since your people had their peak in umayyid era and still didnt recover. Btw seeing you being fanaticly nationalist/racist for a society that would disown you for not wearing a hijab is funny. Arab e-girls and their nationalism lol.

[@sarubet8725]

@@julia2k8 comment racism, get racism I guess.

[@RichardEdwards40]

​@@julia2k8dont expect much from unwashed nomads other than war and raiding and sleeping with animals...

[@CengizNoker]

@@RichardEdwards40​What you said is great. They have animals, they travel the Earth, and they are amazing warriors. They established the most empires in the world additional information. Wonderful. My dream lifestyle. At the same time, their Culture and Laws are also very beautiful, you should research them too. Can you tell me the name of your country

[@KHK001]

Another great video! thank u KnG for continuing the crusade series!

[@SteelPinguin]

I cannot express how much joy this channel brought me. And fun facts for my friends 😃

[@arda213]

I am having hard time believing Ilghazi having 40.000 troops. Even Great Seljuq Empire could only muster such an army in very few occasions. Even wikipedia cites an army of 20.000. This is a mere atabeg we are talking about. Do you have any sources on this?

[@KingsandGenerals]

The more traditional number is 15-20k. We made a mistake in the narration.

[@bolubeyi8959]

@@KingsandGenerals ''Traditional number'' is exaggerated European sources. Atabegs are not likely to gather 15k-20k soldiers, the number of soldiers is probably 5-10k horsemen. Even Zengids could not gather an army of 15-20k.

[@elvice3262]

@@bolubeyi8959 No, the Turks were always in overwhelming numerical superiority since they knew that 1000 knights could destroy a large army, they were shocked by the first confrontations with the Franks, I also remind you that the Turks play at home, not the Franks, so yes the Seljuks had a large reserve of men.

[@bolubeyi8959]

@@elvice3262 Crusaders did not fight against Great Seljuk Empire's main army due to Seljuks internal problems. Clearly you dont even know what "Atabeg" title is. Even only Anatolian Seljuks killed hundreds of thousands crusaders in Anatolia. Do you think 1000 heavily armoured Frank knights can do anything to 500 light armored Turkish horse archer in openfield?

[@elvice3262]

@@bolubeyi8959 The Seljuks of Anatolia massacred most of the unarmed pilgrims but faced with the knights they were routed as in Dorylaeum, Antioch, Hab.. It is true that the quarrels of the Turkic warlords helped the crusaders

[@DrKarmo]

I hope you guys cover the baltic, iberian and georgian front too! The second crusade is often considered a failure but it had a lot of success on the christian side

[@mikemodugno5879]

Yeah, I agree. I would love to see these fronts.

[@aamnahejjab5191]

it was a failure as main objectives werent achieved....CRY hard christians

[@b.johnathanwarriorinagarde7980]

It's so interesting to hear about history in this way. You guys are priceless.

[@bfdiepictennisballbfdi2359]

10:13 There is a mistake, Ilghazi is the one who conquers Aleppo and Toghtekin is the one who conquers Homs

[@xjuliussx]

5:40min There is an mistake in the video - there was no battle of DARA in that location, which was the Dara battle in 530 (not 535), but in Asia Minor borders, where Belisarius fought and won against persians.

[@izunauchida5885]

Dang, I was going to say that. Turns out, the location that was being referred to is Daraa not Dara. I hate to say this but K&G made a big mistake.

[@theultimatedude-q4n]

That was great! Really appreciate you finally doing this battle I requested. Looking forward to more!

[@tabibmohameddhia1659]

As always a great documentary from the best historical channel ever ! can't wait for more crusades videos :D

[@RandomGuy-df1oy]

over 40 thousands? It seems toooo much exaggeration. Even in Wikipedia it uses a source that states 20k

[@jozzieokes3422]

wiki is never truly a reliable source !

[@adamsnow4979]

@@jozzieokes3422 where are the sources for those numbers

[@adamsnow4979]

@@EnenDjhd is this a Seljuk army or an army of a petty state in north Syria? Lol the copism of a crusader defeat makes people be so unreasonable

[@sarubet8725]

Even Wikipedia overestimates the Turk army numbers. That makes the defeat against Turks less humiliating or victories against them sound more heroic.

[@RandomGuy-df1oy]

​@@jozzieokes3422 Yes I know as I said even Wikipedia says its 20k. It usually has outdated sources that states higher numbers

[@ScentsOfSouthJersey]

At least Roger and his knights / soldiers went out like badasses..fighting to the death surrounded and outnumbered

[@Castor1829]

He got slashed in the face so hard that his brain was sliced in half, he went out sad if you ask me.

[@ScentsOfSouthJersey]

@@Castor1829 he still didn’t run away, I mean death was the end result regardless of how gruesome

[@brokenbridge6316]

It was kind of obvious from the start who would win and who wouldn't. Great video.

[@cnw6306]

YES YES YES YESSSSSSS FINALLY YOU GUYS MAKING THE SECOND CRUSADE DOCUMENTARY 🤩

[@hoangkimviet8545]

Probably it was one of the greatest defeats of the crusaders.

[@lionelhutz5137]

@ayoubyerboub2579 Notice he said *one of* the greatest defeats. Comprehension is key.

[@alqudzz-9864]

Kilic arslan I also gave 3 big defeates to them in crusade of 1101

[@qamarahmad1432]

How can the battle of Ager Sanginius be considered a part of second crusade its so much time for it to officially begin in 1145 after Pope issuing bull and preaching by Bernard of Clairvaux. This was battle fought between phase of no official crusading expedition. Can you just consider battle of Hattin as part of 2nd or 3rd crusades by that ? Also Illghazi's forces could not be more than 20,000 at most. 40,000 is gross exaggeration. Roger was outnumbered but not with such a massive Margin he could have 12,000 to 15,000 troops including Turcoples and local Christian levies. Some 700-800 of them heavy cavalry knights being his trumpcard against Ilghazi's mostly light cavalry army.

[@bfdiepictennisballbfdi2359]

Same reason they included Manzikert in their First Crusade series, they use the setting to tell more things about the region at the time

[@ald1144]

I love these Crusades stories. I found I have an ancestor who died at the siege of Edessa, another in 1239 at the battle of Gaza during the Baron's Crusade, and oddly another who died a hundred years after that in the same place! Maybe my ancestors were unlucky, or just not very good fighters?😬

[@ahmedkhaled8719]

How did you track those ancestors ?

[@GAarcher]

or brave

[@ald1144]

@@GAarcher I'd like to think so. That's definitely preferable.

[@silverspade8394]

@@ald1144 nah bro, even as a Muslim I gotta commend the sheer bravery and courage to journey across half the world face so many hardships and fight against armies who have major home advantage. I know war is bad and all that but the spirit of a warrior is still something to praise lose or win. I mean our ancestors also lost a ton during the Reconquista and thats fine the stronger side won like a wise man once said it is what it is.

[@williamrobert9898]

​​​@@silverspade8394hmmm I'm smelling some major dishonesty here I don't see where's the bravery in taking a journey from Europe to the holy land just so you could kill your fellow Christians alongside your enemies and make some fortune because the only reason why the overwhelming vast majority of the Crusaders left Europe was because they wanted to find a better life elsewhere 🤷🏻‍♂️ but hey they no longer exist in the Levant so the stronger side apparently wasn't strong enough and that's fine "it is what it is"

[@lpedr0l]

Eustace was one of the few who took a course of action that saw a personal sacrifice for estability and greater good. Great unsung hero for that.

[@DarkSasori1]

True, and with that in mind he truly earned the biggest sigh of relief in history when he realized that the new king had been chosen and that he could return home.

[@almighty5839]

Omg I’m so excited right now I’ve wanted a video on this battle by you guys for so long now! Can’t wait, I do hope we get more early big battles of the early crusades and videos on life within the crusader states

[@RangersFTW234]

Phenomenal as always!! Excited to see more!!

[@arnavdharadhar5198]

It seems K&G is going to cover all the Crusades. I would appreciate it if you could also make a video on the period between the First and Second Crusades

[@KingsandGenerals]

This is that period

[@arnavdharadhar5198]

@KingsandGenerals Oh! My bad. Thank you for commenting, and keep up the good work!! 😊

[@wretchedegg2208]

Yes ! I was hoping for this series

[@jesenjin8467]

Just the thing to watch while having dinner! Do continue good work

[@balkangamer01]

Great video.. been following this channel and all for long time… would like to see a Bosnian Crusade 1235-1241a.d. Pretty sure would be a great video from KaG channel ❤

[@oneshotme]

I enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@jozzieokes3422]

keep up the great work!

[@ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΟΣΤΣΙΟΤΣΙΑΣ]

Excellent start of a new interesting series!!

[@jayleeds]

Quality Video K&G!

[@kumebannerlord]

This is lovely. I hope to see consistency from this serie, maybe 1 video per week? 😂

[@KingsandGenerals]

Nope. Monthly

[@mostafa_hafiz]

Awesome as usual thanks for making such amazing videos

[@JCM-jj1rj]

Hi! Great vid. Can you guys make a video of Irish history specially about Brian Boru. Thanks!

[@evranirnek]

the turkish lord who names the armenian eunuch trying to hold his laughter: 'you will be called "Yaruqtash" (cracked rock)

[@starhalv2427]

Great video, as always. On a side note, I just thought it would be quite interresting to learn about the battles from the Polish-German wars of 1003-1015, since I have no idea how both armies fought despite learning about that war in school, and I'm quite curious how Polish Druzhina could match Germans on the battlefield. It was also interresting how it was a series of conflicts, with a whole year or two between each campaign.

[@ItzQuantum]

I love your videos, even when there are conflicting sources you take both into account and unbiasedly give us an awesome video! Love you guys❤

[@realbaresoles2]

The knight shown in the thumbnail, in a great helm (“barrel helm”) and surcoat with heater shield, is absurdly anachronistic. That’s a knight from about 150 years later (because of the ailettes on his shoulders). Knights in 1119 would look essentially identical to the knights at Hastings, although some may have mail chausses (leggings) by this period. It’s rather like doing a documentary about the 1944 battles around Caen in WWII and showing illustrations of British infantry in the Iraq War.

[@realbaresoles2]

It appears to have been changed to a fanciful 19th c illustration. I give up. 😅

[@jakekilley9037]

@@realbaresoles2 it was never a problem why'd you make it one ?

[@realbaresoles2]

@@jakekilley9037 what?

[@jakekilley9037]

@@realbaresoles2 you made something that didn't need to be, its literally a thumbnail like how are you hurt by that? your calling it anachronistic, its a thumb nail to invite people to watch it. that's as dumb as calling out every single streamer for there 900 bait thumb nails at least its related to the topic, then you degrade it comparing it to a ww2 mistake.

[@farazaltaf1421]

Thanks ❤ man I was waiting for this

[@YoussefDaanBenAmor]

Crusade’s series is finally back!

[@mileymarielow3850]

Another amazing upload from K and G's

[@aner6223]

5:40 - Not the same battlefield. Belisarius fought at Dara (modern-day eastern Turkey) the Daraa here is in Syria.

[@MultiEvil101]

Another great video.

[@jozzieokes3422]

Will your team talk about or do a future video about King Fulk ? he is a fascinating figure in history!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Will consider

[@jozzieokes3422]

@@KingsandGenerals thank you for replying

[@robbabcock_]

Fantastic! I can't get enough material on the Crusades!⚔🔥👏

[@Iraqi_baathist2009]

Kings and general this video was amazing but i want you to do one thing in the second crusade video can you mention that zengids where irak turkmens history we arent really known i would really be happy if you mention it and at the end i want you to show a map of zengids in ther max extent 1174 when they ruled egypt thank you so much for the video and i would be delighted if you mention these or answer this comment and inform me if you do so or not

[@KingsandGenerals]

We will get there when we get there

[@Iraqi_baathist2009]

​@@KingsandGeneralsok thank you for replying

[@calidone7661]

contemporary crusader chroniclers report about the number of Turks, however, most modern historians do not be "cautious" when it comes to number of Turks and they assume a small petty beylik in southern Turkey could raise such huge army.

[@NB_Strikers]

That is an excellent photo of the “lunatic”.

[@vince_morano]

Awesome as always ⚔️🛡️

[@philippesauve9376]

My god I was waiting for the second crusade I am so happy now!!!!!

[@EnclaveEmily]

That intro had me hooked

[@mazenaljayousi49]

Great Video.. keep on old time videos 👍🏻

[@dudeboydudeboy-zj8kd]

imagine you guys go insane and make one big video of the 1st-4th crusades!

[@georginhoweahvic3977]

Thank you!

[@peruamorrortubarrenetxea5300]

I myself had this misconception 5:45, but the current city of Daraa, in southern Syria, and the Byzantine fortress of Dara are not the same. Dara was in what currently is Turkey, so the battle locations don't match up.

[@giod6266]

Oh, nice! Looking forward for next one! What will happen after this disaster..

[@yaohuixue8040]

There are many series of videos, but if I want to watch from the beginning, it is hard to know which one is the next.

[@kristian2497]

Hi, why did you never release the last part of the 1st crusade as a stand-alone? Prefer the small video format to the larger ones 😊

[@KingsandGenerals]

Algorithmic reasons, sorry. Thanks for supporting us!

[@saratmodugu2721]

@@KingsandGeneralsis the production finished for the crusaders vs mongol series?

[@jbo1092]

we love your vidos

[@Syiah-Slayer]

New playlist!

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the video it was good

[@janpindak7950]

Awesome episode

[@leonardoflores7946]

Really well done

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

[@ashtonbarwick6696]

Whole long doc about the 2nd crusade pls?

[@Meows217]

Awesome!

[@Resistmediasupression]

Here for 2nd crusade one question is there a episode 17 somewhere for 1st crusade after the Jihad episode

[@KingsandGenerals]

Nope

[@londonbudgetgardner5205]

Excellent video Eustace wasn’t interested in the kingdom anyway.

[@-NovaRoma.]

5:45 i thought that the battle of dara took place at 532?

[@MrSedrack]

3 years later Ilgazi bit more than he could chew, in Georgia at the valley of Didgori, where his entire contingent was crushed.

[@AnatolianHittite]

Georgians are alive for us to laugh.I even know Georgians who say they defeated Timur. Hahaha

[@MrSedrack]

@@AnatolianHittite Where's Timur's "empire" now? 🤣 Ahh you sheep diddlers are all the same.

[@Historyteller346]

​@@MrSedrackI can also say where is the glorious Georgian Empire...

[@MrSedrack]

@@Historyteller346 Never existed.

[@Historyteller346]

@@MrSedrackYeah yeah. You all claim that you controlled all of modern-day Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan but where is that glorious empire now ? It's also gone...

[@DAVITI15]

@Kings and Generals Please make a video about the battle of Martqopi, I think this video will be very interesting.❤

[@TheAureliusRex]

How many hours needs the 2nd crusade to cover the full story?

[@KingsandGenerals]

I think we will end up around 5 or 6

[@briankalbfleisch1074]

isnt't/wssn't the city of Dara in Southern Turkey?

[@ruifilipegutschmidt7113]

Dara, were Belisarius had his great victory over the Persians, is way up north in western Mesopotamia, isn't it?

[@KingsandGenerals]

yep, we made a mistake

[@ruifilipegutschmidt7113]

Ok. Nobody is perfect😉

[@elvice3262]

It was not really a great victory since less than a year later he was defeated by the Sassanids at Callinicum.

[@kyriakoskyrousis5052]

@KingsandGenerals Qinnasrin, modern Al 'Is was a fortress to be found south of Aleppo not to the north east. Except if you were going for Qabasin which is a township north of Al-Bab.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Ego is the downfall of these crusades.

[@rickjames18]

So another crusader army was slaughtered because the nobles were inpatient? typical. I can only imagine what could be in the region if crusader forces had held out until now.

[@cenktuneygok8986]

They are still there.

[@RafaelOliveira-gl8jd]

Faz um canal em outras línguas, Contrata um narrador em português brasileiro.

[@theawesomeman9821]

Had the Crusaders not constantly warred with the Muslims and actually cooperated with one another sufficiently, their Christian nations might have survived into modern times.

[@napolien1310]

Why do you guys call Al-Gazi and Toghtekin warlords and not princes (Emiers)?

[@MichaelSmith-ij2ut]

22:51 "Is this the end of Antioch? Find out next time on Dragonball Z!"

[@300fusionfall]

I'm a bit confused on the maps, if someone more knowledgeable can help that'd be great, but Cilicia is supposed to have an armenian kingdom in there right, I'm trying to do research on this but I can't figure out where it's placed on the map.

[@KingsandGenerals]

It was a semi-independent principality at this point, with various factions allying with the Crusaders and the Byzantines and even the Seljuks at times. We should show it on the map, obviously. Thanks!

[@300fusionfall]

@@KingsandGenerals Ok thanks, wasn't meant to be criticism by the way, was just curious because I was doing some research

[@KingsandGenerals]

No, it is fine to criticize

[@superfrycook6360]

Roger: I have the higher ground!

[@azzeloth9368]

i wish that you guys whould cover rise of serbia, nemanjic dinasty and fall at kosovo. I know that you have done the battle of kosovo. but you should do the rise of Emperor Dusan ❤

[@duelinglectrics]

So it was kinda like a before hattin

[@neonwasabi8017]

Little did Ilghazi know that surprise awaited him in Kingdom of Georgia just after 2 years from this victory

[@sarubet8725]

"muuh didgori" said the georgian nationalist whose fathers relied on Kipchak mercenaries for protection. Nice cope tho.

[@neonwasabi8017]

@@sarubet8725 Thanx :D it did it's job though

[@Castor1829]

But Timur Tamerlane did…

[@eeeertoo2597]

@@sarubet8725 hilarious cope, being that you're a nationalist yourself

[@vectorstrike]

As usual, the person advocating for pacience is ignored... and thus disaster happens.

[@kkupsky6321]

What? I have February 0728. One of clocks is off.

[@silley15]

Wait you call him a warlord... for defending his people and land from invaders, but he's a warlord. No no no my friend that's not on that

[@KhalilBehri]

I don't get the warlord thing . if its a guy leading an army to war then the crusader commander would be nicknamed a warlord but no he's in the video an honorable knight and great fighter i'm sure he is and i'm sure ilGhazi is as well but the warlord thing is only applied to him.

[@silley15]

@khalilbehri5436 I really like this channel have been watching it for years but lately iv noticed afew little one liners here and there when it comes to the Muslims. But calling him a warlord is not right at all

[@hazzard8785]

So where the part at that mah boy boards the Vengeful Spirit and gets spanked by his big bro Horus?

[@leverage2279]

Does anybody know why the crusders were mostly french? It is understandable that it is not spanish, becauae they have their own crusade in Iberia.. Understandable that they're not mostly Germans because they have their own crusade against pagans in the north.. But shouldn't it be more Italian? Italy is the closest to the holy land, the easiest to travel.. Why are crusaders mostly french?

[@KingsandGenerals]

There were just more French knights than in other countries, both due to demographics and social policies. Germany had a comparable number of knights, but the HRE was often at odds with the popes during this period.

[@leverage2279]

@@KingsandGenerals thanks for the reply! 🙂 Why were the french have a lot of knights? That makes me curious. In england, they have more archers and foot soldiers than knights..

[@KingsandGenerals]

@@leverage2279 for centuries land grants implied military service. France was big and populous.

[@leverage2279]

@@KingsandGenerals thanks for the reply 🙂

[@zainulmuqsit877]

Even the great Seljuk emperor alp arsalan fought with 20k soldiers in battle of manzikert .how an atabeg field 40k troops ? Sorry great exaggeration

[@elvice3262]

No, the Turks were always in overwhelming numerical superiority since they knew that 1000 knights could destroy a large army, they were shocked by the first confrontations with the Franks, I also remind you that the Turks play at home, not the Franks, so yes the Seljuks had a large reserve of men

[@Jimmyjimb123]

Yup yup

[@faiyazali8719]

Why use word "sarasin" is being used for arab armies

[@realbaresoles2]

Saracen is what was commonly used in Europe at the time.

[@KhalilBehri]

he uses the word franks many times as well so i guess its fine but then the two words are the stereotypical way both parties call their enemies and this video isnt told by a medieval historian so why not drop the nicknames all together.

[@ChristopherAlfie]

Moral of the story. The Cross wasn't true and there is not anything as a true cross.

[@TheTarihpk]

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