The Dark Ages Explained - Part 2

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Cultured

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@@benjaminrichardson4946 what's the difference between the books and the movie?

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Europeans are such a beautiful people and intelligent people. It’s no wonder they conquered the world.

[@ungolcost]

I don’t understand why at some points there maps shown on screen that are irrelevant to what is being discussed? For example, 5:34 the video is talking about Otto the 1st and the Holy Roman Empire in 900 but the map is of the Roman Empire in 117…

[@adammichalko7199]

(just a note) You have shown a wrong image of ´´Charles the IV´´ king of Bohemia did not died without an heir. The french did.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

My favorite period of history time-line

[@Antonin1738]

"Became more inquisitive" Spain heavy breathing*

[@precariouslybased]

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[@chrisanschau8169]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

[@themcool8824]

Charlemagne was crowned Emperor in 800AD. Quite a feat for someone who (so this video says) died in 778!

[@Lorisa25]

It's *BC & AD* For Before Christ & After Death The Catholic Church invented the modern calendar we use today. We should continue to use their terminologies. Especially since the before and after dates are the same coinciding with Jesus Christ's death. This wouldn't even be a debate if we were using a Muslim or Chinese calendar

[@jonfoster9514]

There wasn't one mention of the Normans - they were a significant part of the dark ages

[@ChildishBerbino]

I think I understand where you're coming from. I looked up and did some light reading about the Normans. I know I'm a year late to this comment thread, but would you mind explaining what you thought was missed in this video? When I was reading about the Normans, it seemed like they were the "filling"/"bread" in a boiling pot of a culture that was foreign to them. It intrigued me a lot when I read about how quickly and naturally the Normas adapted and modified external cultures to their own. I don't know anything on the topic other than what I've just quickly skim read, but were you dissapointed that the Normans' cultural impact was left out?

[@michaellalli7693]

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[@philip6419]

Not as compelling as #1.. but great for history geeks. Thanks!

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[@taiwoadeyemo2414]

I learned much! Thank you

[@pedrotalavera3541]

Thanks for this informative video.

[@user-gw5rx]

8:21 Haha doge funnie yellow dog

[@diontaedaughtry974]

Fantastic history lesson.

[@ronaldschultenover8137]

The Roman Catholic Chiurch would have kept us in thr dark ages

[@panamajack5972]

What painting is displayed at 16:55?

[@SBod43]

The Triumph of Death by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

[@J4-kjtdr8775]

After learning how many wars there were before my existance it has faded my belief that mankind will ever live in harmony

[@joelspaulding5964]

The natural state of human existence...the default or baseline state, is one of chaos, war and general disagreement. The idea that peace is natural is a myth. Not happy about it but " it is what it is."

[@joebone3151]

@@joelspaulding5964 not human existence just existence their mammals in nature causing pseudo wars among others of their species not just humans

[@yourgoingtohellyoutoo1282]

Mate that’s impossible because everyone was different views of life

[@naughtynhyde9328]

Why Lithuania flag is upside down?.. 2:25

[@MichaelAndersxq28guy]

At 19:40 "for the first time in history...." Actually, the Chinese inventor Be Sheng invented the first movable type printing press in 1040. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movable_type

[@roberttaylor6577]

Yeah but that’s in Chinese mate not a European language

[@nervamerc]

It was moveable but since there were many thousands of characters to use, mass production didn't happen. Gutenberg mass produced first

[@Greyhound10075]

There are tons and tons of historical inaccuracies and biases 😢 But it is still an okay documentary for those who discover for the first time that time in history

[@curls9032]

Great videos thank you.

[@tomward6689]

Charlemagne dies in 814, not 778. He was made Emperor of the Roman Empire Dec 25, 800. He couldn't have been dead.

[@stephenhirt1883]

I'm confused by the timeline. Wasn't Charlemagne crowned "Emperor of the Romans" in 800 CE? I think this said he died in 778 CE.

[@mook3204]

Meaning he died 2 years later, CE times backwards

[@jrexx2841]

@@mook3204 your reply doesn't make any sense

[@Shrektopuz]

The bigger the number in BCE or CE, the farther back in time it was. 800 CE was 22 years BEFORE 778 CE.

[@morganlee2806]

​@@ShrektopuzThat applies only for BCE, not CE. CE is just the secular form of AD. The years are the exact same as the modern calendar.

[@DevylsAdvocut]

Great video!

[@nickfoster9350]

0:25 He has the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!

[@jakesnyder9342]

3 sir!

[@careyvinzant]

The Renaissance Humanists and the Conciliar movement both challenged the autocratic Roman view of authority. The humanists, among other things, showed that the Donation of Constantine was a forgery, and the Conciliar movement argued that the Pope was not so much the ruler of the Church as its spokesman.

[@ariues]

Are we still in the Enlightenment or does it have a set end date?

[@DawnReiFaun]

No mention of the Reconquista?

[@hawkeyestiguy]

*The Doge should have started his own currency...he could have called it 'Dogecoin!'*

[@MCorpReview]

Viking population is so small it’s hard to control much land. They only control Normandy by marrying locals.

[@mechailreydon3784]

Enjoyed this

[@drycleanernick7603]

Thomas Aquinas would disagree with your statement about the Church declaring truths

[@drycleanernick7603]

@@willkrone5732 looks like *your* view of his legacy is tainted by pedophiles lol, not mine. :)

[@IrishMexican]

@@willkrone5732 Anger issues?

[@phandinhthanh2295]

Aquinas' work is mostly rip-offs of Aristotle's so I guess you're right. He should have no say in declaring truths.

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video is very underrated, must be in some kind of algorithm hell

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It is very good. I don't think it's an algorithm problem, as much as a dumbed down society problem. 21x longer than most peoples attention span, these days.

[@arturojgil]

Very, very interesting :)

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Free Ebooks? 404 Page not found. Clicking on other links on your site goes into a loop.

[@michaelogrady1002]

Curious no mention of the contribution of Irish religious orders to the preservation of Western civiliation in the 6th and 7th centuries

[@MsBabye]

As far to my knowledge, Byzantine-Frank treaty was in 812 in Aachen between Charlamagne and Michael I not 814. - that is the year of Charlamagne's death however.

[@kenolson6572]

The Viking raids could well have also been motivated by attacking those who had earlier attacked them and their ancestors.

[@overrated6650]

No it's because vikings normally raid for Christian booty 😊

[@brandonabram7954]

Missed one of the greatest of all time genghis khan, not even a quick mention

[@btowens7629]

He was mentioned in part 1

[@kimioney]

The music in the first half of the vid, have heard it before.. Anyone knows the name, pls?

[@ricferr6945]

European History teached by American historians. Amazing doc.

[@ReidHenderson]

If you lived in Scandanavia during that time don't you think they could have just been really bored and might just wanted to tear stuff up and travel to someone else's house to do so!

[@grantpenton1850]

Quite a few facts have been left out due to the focus on religulous conflicts. The call for a crusade started over 4.5 centuries after the Arab conquest of the region because the Turks had conquered the Arabs in the 1070s and reports of severe torture of pilgrims to Jerusalem reached the west. Yet the Arabs reconquered the region in the late 1090s, and reinstituted their policy of tolerance and protection for pilgrims- but it was too late, the bloodthirsty hordes of the west were closing in and they could not be dissuaded from their bloodlust...

[@bigslick1125]

There are many facts that are left out but not bad for a 21 minute video.

[@daviddejager7877]

Like when the ‘bloodthirsty’ Muslims went into Northern Africa and Spain and killed everyone?

[@martinschulz9381]

Great video. I'd like to say though that after Rome cities and towns for the most part lost their importance and faded away. Europe was in a constant state of warfare and eventually became divided up into feudal states. The crusades disrupted the feudal system and were what gave way to the rise of towns, and the renaissance.

[@danielgremio3]

what primarily gave birth to towns was the agricultural revolution that happened by the end of the first mileniumm, the renaissence was heavely influenced by the fall of constantinopla the loss of power by the church and a new middle class ascension.

[@martinschulz9381]

@@danielgremio3 Thanks for the reply, but I have to somewhat disagree. It was the crusades that initially got the ball rolling, and brought about the winds of change. Masses of Ignorant medieval country bumpkins seeing the outside world, cities, open markets, among many other things just opened up their backwards tradition bound closed off minds. Many European cities and towns like in Germany began in 1100s 12,00s and 13 in that time frame. The beginning of new secular world, knowledge, and new economic activity over time lessened peoples dependency on the church. Most of the Medieval Churches power was based on ignorance, and dogma; Knowledge was their worst enemy. I believe the Crusaders were first in Constantinople in 1000's, but did not conquer it until 1200s. I can only imagine what they must have thought having seen this advance city. When it comes to world history, farming is seldom mentioned, but has always played a huge role. The real agriculture revolution was started by the Dutch during the industrial revolution. The Dutch introduced modern mechanized scientific farming techniques that was leaps and bounds ahead of any other country. They developed advanced methods of tilling, crop rotation, as well as building up infertile soil where crops previously could not be grown. Their output per acre (or hectare) was was unfathomable by the backwards medieval farming minds of that time. Another thing that was introduced in that time that changed the world was food transport. Regions were no longer at the mercy of crop failure, famine caused by bad weather, pests or bights. Food could suddenly be transported in from other places. Off the subject, but I enjoy talking about it. I come from the farm, and I spent time in Europe traveling when I was young.

[@sloaiza81]

@@martinschulz9381 very eurocentric. The ball has been rolling for a loooong time. Before the crusades, muslims brought back greek thought and the Indian number system. Before them Alexander the great spread babylonian matemátics and greek thought to the east. Before them the phonecians invented the alphabet and spread it, before them...etc Bipedalism got the ball rolling.

[@joelspaulding5964]

Towns, villages and cities existed before, during and after the Renaissance. One can agree that the Crusades led to an increase in the size and importance of some of these areas but certainly did not give rise to them...as most were already there.

[@martinschulz9381]

@@joelspaulding5964 thanks for the comment. The first Crusade started 350 years before the Renaissance and the last Crusade ended nearly 100 years before the Renaissance. They failed to create a Holy land, but they succeeded in bringing back knowledge to backwards Fuedal Europe. including map making, ship building warfare, castle designs and building, farming, etc. etc. as well as the idea if towns, markets and commerce. Many of the towns and cities began in that period.

[@metalman78602]

Whoa, now. Charlemagne died in 814, so how could his son have succeeded him in 778? Am I missing something in the narration?

[@gmc182]

I was thinking the same thing....good catch

[@tinmen5943]

For years people fought over control and religion was there key to dominate

[@travisdelong1011]

The Greek Orthodox Church is just a subsect of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Their pope-equivalent is in Alexandria, Egypt not Greece.

[@bradhilton2283]

Imagine that , Dramatizing the whole worlds history ? Right from the beginning .

[@julianmarsh1378]

Why on earth do you use 'CE' instead of AD? CE of course stands for 'current era' but what event triggered this switch from BC? It is a bit like calling Christmas Break 'Winter Break'...people need to get a life.

[@madmike4969]

CE of course stands for Common Era.

[@julianmarsh1378]

@@madmike4969 and what makes it the common era? So, current era or common era, my point holds, I think.

[@patrickmccarron2817]

@@julianmarsh1378 It’s just a secular way of saying AD, because, you know, not everyone is Christian and we aren’t trying to completely redo the dating system. Relax. Jesus was probably born around 4-7 BC so it’s not like AD denotes anything particular either.

[@julianmarsh1378]

@@patrickmccarron2817 You are encouraging me to relax? Why not send that cheerful advice to all those who aren't Christians but apparently are bothered by 'B.C.'? It is interesting to me that I had more artistic freedom in communist China than I have in the United States, based on this concern for touchy people.

[@patrickmccarron2817]

@@julianmarsh1378 I’ve literally never seen anyone get mad when BC/AD is used, I only see people getting mad when people use BCE/CE. Like it happens so often that whenever I see it in a video I already know there are going to be people in the comments complaining about it. And quit being so dramatic lol, your “artistic freedom” isn’t being trampled on because someone told you to chill out.

[@VITORB82]

The Dark Ages people: Fight & Chill

[@doctorfeelfunny584]

How did you afford Alan Alda?!

[@tomward6689]

Louis the Pious was BORN in 778. The history here is seriously lacking in the details.

[@thisismetoday]

Lots of years missing from the maps. Some relationships well explained, but some connections of developments happening simultaneously are not well made. Lastly, some maps are shown for 1 or 2 seconds only. That's not ideal.

[@melvinvines2238]

Agreed the years 1453, la russ aka Russia.

[@ungolcost]

Yes and some of the maps shown are completely irrelevant to what is being discussed. Just randomly thrown in

[@jamespaley7139]

Royalty if there more than one heir should be pitted against each other in battle to the death. Until one survives. Now if they abidicate before, should be banished. And because that had not been supported, our God got bored.

[@drycleanernick7603]

The renaissance portion of this video is a little misguided tbh but otherwise good video

[@onlyducati4]

Thank you so much. I found it a bit disagreeable from what i know

[@goldsbym]

The reality is you only know what you have been told. History is always told by the people who gained power, and those people tell their side of the story. That is why it is called HIS STORY.

[@kinguchiha6212]

Assassins Creed should’ve focused more on the Middle Ages, they bounced around history a little too much for me

[@jameskresl]

Charlemagne didn't die in 778. He died in 814.

[@mikekirylo6115]

wtf????? 12 minutes into this video I get 3 interupting video commercials??? Shame on you KZbin!!!!!

[@jurislangins221]

How did u get all the way to the renaissance and still call this a summary of the dark ages? The dark ages end at around 1000 AD. It's the post apocalyptic era that follows the collapse of the western roman Empire during which Europe begins to coalesce into empires of their own. It's fascinating and seldom explored in depth as it deserves. You tackled it with a shambles of trivia that failed to bring any of the players in it to life.

[@clementatlee6489]

Lol the dark ages were in no way post apocalyptic. This is a summary of that period and there is no concise end to he dark ages. Many historians say the dark ages never ended until the renaissance as that is when the ideas of Greek-Roman philosophy and art were rediscovered in the west.

[@jurislangins221]

@@clementatlee6489 I may have been a bit hyperbolic. It's also important to remember that the period after the fall of Rome was also very rich and vibrant.

[@doitnowvideosyeah5841]

Well he had material most don't go into. He ignored much that is also integral but I still learned something

[@crazymuthaphukr]

@@clementatlee6489 Lol what historians are you talking about ? The history channels pyramid alien conspiracy historians? No true historian would ever say the Dark Ages lasted until the Renaissance. That interpretation of this time in history is as outed as the idea that the world is only 6000 years old. Most scholarly historians now agree the dark ages ended around 900 AD around the time of Alfred. Pick up a book. Dont give into revisionism and conspiracy theories.

[@ThyFleshConsumed]

8:19 - To establish their own government they elected their first Doge

[@georgemaskell2986]

Louis the first was born in 778 and Charles died in 814

[@Kara_Pabuc]

You've comically portrayed Vikings as ultra violent barbarians.

[@doctorfeelfunny584]

In reality, they were all peaceful poets and scientists who never raided any foreign nation. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

[@Kara_Pabuc]

@@doctorfeelfunny584 Well, only fools think stuff in the most extremist way. All these "Vikings are bad" stuff coming from the Christian accounts and they are incredibly biased. This video series portrayed Germanic peoples pretty neutral, yet failed to do the same thing when it comes to the Vikings.

[@doctorfeelfunny584]

@@Kara_Pabuc "Well, only fools think stuff in the most extremist way" is very quotable. I might use it. The Teutons were certainly warlike (everyone in Europe was), but they were more civilised than the Northern Europeans due to the comparably-significant influence of the Roman Empire. It's ok if you don't know or understand that, but it shouldn't make you angry. If anything, I think Christianity dampened the evolution of those previously more influenced by Greek and Roman culture. It definitely damaged the advancement of modern sciences in that region.

[@rudolphtheodore3474]

I will be nice, please tell me where where the Dark Race of people through out all your history. Is not some of thiiis video build on a few well place-lies!

[@dcc2351]

The Byzantines didn't have a pope and didn't acknowledge the western pope.

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[@LazyRare]

Nice

[@alibakhshi8017]

You are forget lots of events in dark ages , one of the importants and tragic events in history of dark ages was fall of the ctesephone by muslims , the second large city in the world after constantinople which was the capital of sassanian empire which was the great power and big rival for byzantium. Fall of sassanid empire changed the history of middle east and world .

[@evurohardware]

It existed before the formation of Rome so it's not part of dark ages. Dark ages marked a time when Anglo-Saxon tribes finally decided to stop being cowards and sack the brown and dark skin people who brought them medicine and agriculture

[@dboggs175]

How did Charlemagne die in 778CE and then be crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor in Rome on Christmas day in 800CE. Gets your facts straight.

[@goldsbym]

History is always told by those who gained power. Those people tell their side of the story, based upon what they want you to know. That is why it is called HIS STORY.

[@edienandy]

“History” comes from the French word “Histoire”. “His story” in French is “son histoire”.

[@itsolivier]

theres something amicable about the vikings i cant quite put my finger on ... from their humane dealings with natves and trade, to their only plundering of lands and returning to scandanavia as opposed to conquering and settling makes them a cool bunch of people, if youj subtract all the savage deaths attritibuted to them their trade instead of wars with the native peoples leaves much more to be learned, today that area of the world in terms of prison systems and justice are more humane than the west... Its something to look at for your next video.. ``

[@HoldYourBreat4]

Native North Americans were attacked by Viking explorers looking to settle there. Repeated raids by the natives, drive them away. It’s chronicled in the Icelandic sagas

[@EmperorZaph1512]

"Yeah the constant murder and pillaging was bad but its kinda wholesome that they didnt do permanent land grabs and kill brown people"

[@HoldYourBreat4]

@@EmperorZaph1512 advance in technology and warfare or be conquered… it’s the same story all over the globe

[@itsolivier]

@@HoldYourBreat4 true i dont think it would be feasible to invade, conquer or enslave people on a landmass you found propabley by accident. Newfoundland was found early than colombus and it didnt involve a genocide like that in my native lands of Haiti/Hispaniola, from what we know sure there may have have been killings, with graves to be discovered but the facts remain vikings didnt cause the the damage upon humans there that they did in Europe all across the west tens of thousands were killed by Repeated viking raids, other countries like China and RuS or indigenous people of the north engaged in trade with them and thats acknowledged by their coins and furs found as far as Russia.. maybe these states were more militarily able to ward of Vikings and thus more in eyes of vikings deserving of equal trade.

[@craigwilliamsSeekTheLord]

Jesus gives us freedom from our sins and eternal life. Science gives us the Wuhan’s Virology Lab and Anthony Fauci. Yeah, I’ll stick with God.

[@MegaJuniorJones]

This is not well organized.

[@meeravinod7165]

i agree. khan academy videos are much better

[@chriscangelosi9438]

It was said the myth of Santa Claus started from a viking legend

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

"The Holy Roman Empire" Neither Holy,or Roman or An Empire. :-)

[@nickkuiper32]

Jup, it was a great meme at the time!

[@amakowsk1]

It should be “nor,” not “or.”

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

@@amakowsk1 I'm going to go stand in the corner now.

[@jimmieglass3744]

You forgot one of the most important periods of the dark ages. The Norman Conquest of 1066. Come on!

[@nancyjohnson7147]

That is the point that ends the dark ages and starts the middle ages. 😂

[@wanderingrandomer]

@@nancyjohnson7147 But the scope of this video clearly goes beyond the Early Middle Ages anyway

[@haps2019]

Charlemagne died in 814, not 778.

[@RomaZeal]

Charlemagne died in 814 not 778

[@gkess7106]

The Vikings were the hillbillies of Europe.

[@Bullets632]

A moment of remembrance to the people, men, women, and kids alike who's lives were tragically cut short because a couple of men disagreed on how to run a certain religion.

[@tinogomez6944]

That’s a lot of history. Dark Ages is misleading. Makes you think the history of that time was unclear.

[@jamespaley7139]

Battle Royale. To save the BBC, and England a romantic games between royalty, for the right of England's people's, at the o2arena 50.00quid a ticket. The ultimate showdown. Bet ya queen would still win knock em all down with a feather

[@colinreed5068]

Pk

[@gabevirs185]

1337

[@symbioticmango]

Gutenberg invented moveable type that allowed mass production. Printing presses were invented long before in China.

[@freezingcathedral]

the modern world existed before china.

[@MrCardinalzboy]

Monarchy is disgusting

[@TheSkipAd]

Basically 95% of all the strife, pain, destruction and ignorance stems from religion. #EVOLVE

[@Bassplayer2735]

doge lol

[@itsv1p3r]

lol doge

[@donovanburkhard]

Doge?!

[@krits.8112]

Explain in Hindi or English not foreiger voice.

[@onlyducati4]

The information about renaissance is disagreeable. You need to get the right information.

[@PShawtx]

Holy Roman empire aka the first reich. Christianity was never only West or East. There has since christianity began christian churches that were neither part of the east or west main churches. People of faith came up with inventions during the renaissance and age of enlightenment. People did not turn away from God because of those periods. For lots it strengthened the faith in God. Don't blame God if people don do as he instructed and have problems because of it.

[@MS-715-7Y]

The video is not concerned about the "Dark Ages" beyond the borders of Europe. It should be titled: "Europe's Dark Ages".