Century of Crisis - Why the 1300s Were the Worst - Medieval DOCUMENTARY

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[@jlvfr]

"Emancipated" corpses? ;)

[@KingsandGenerals]

From their mortal coil? :-)

[@warpigs9069]

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[@jackdarby2168]

@@KingsandGenerals do you have the sources for this episode made available somewhere?

[@billdehappy1]

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[@Tareltonlives]

And that's just Europe! Egypt was attacked again and again and had a bunch of teen sultans getting murdered, Syria kept changing hands, North Africa broke into three kingdoms that kept conquering each other, Anatolia and Iran imploded into a bunch of kingdoms that Timur slaughtered, Delhi was invaded by the Mongols, then after defeating them starting killing its way across India followed by coups, rebellions and Timur butchering everyone, coups and rebellions in the Majapahit, the Plague slaughtered millions more, the Yuan were kicked out in massive bloody rebellions that turned into civil war, Mali started going downhill with a ton of coups, the Chimor toppled the surrounding kingdoms, and Azcapotzalco, the Acolhua and Colhuacan went at each other and the wars created Aztec prestige.

[@huriale1617]

Indeed, the idea of the Maghreb beeing divided in tree states, each reparted in the three geographical subdivisions of the Maghreb, is trully terrific. More seriously yes, the post Almohad phase was terrible for the north african demography. We really need to wait at the really end of the ottoman / saadian period to see a recovery of the population. the demographical balance was also disturbed by the arabisation/beduinisation process with Hillalian tribes. Iberians were attacking and capturing several islands and cities. Not to mention the etatic violence with the uses of mercenary tribes (mahzen, guich) to take taxes to the peasants. Hence all these beautifull fortified rural cities and granaries you can still visit in Tunisia and Morroco. But in a cultural, architectural, political and intellectual perspective, we can deny prodigious achievments for each three of the post Almohad dynasties.

[@jacob4920]

Meanwhile, in the Americas, the Native Americans are blissfully unaware, and continuing to go about their happy lives...

[@johnronald6115]

Damn

[@Clos93]

@@jacob4920 must not know of the violent history of pre-Columbian mesoamerican civilizations like the Zapotec, Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and Inca. The Aztecs literally conquered less civilized tribes to use as sacrifices... Far from peaceful... 😂😂😂 In fact, the Spaniards used local resentment to Aztec rule to topple their empire as Cortez only had very few men and were totally outnumbered without the help of local tribes.

[@kevinyonan2147]

man 14th century was a trash century.

[@vircervoteksisto5038]

The way my college history professor put it was: "The fact that the history of western civilization didn't end in 1350 is nothing short of a miracle".

[@StrawHalo44]

Western civilization= white civilization.

[@gavinrogers5246]

I doubt it was a miracle, but historians are in disagreement why the 14th century didn't end up like the 5th-6th centuries. My hypothesis has to do with both the continuity and flexibility of existing institutions.

[@remilenoir1271]

Actually I think it has more to do with the hard work and perseverance of the people who lived to see those days, than with any miracle.

[@paulgibbon5991]

If you read accounts of the time, you can appreciate how much more horrifying it must have been. After all, we know that the plague ended and the climate changed again. At the time, every indication was saying this decline would continue until mankind was extinct.

[@genericscout5408]

Europe was far removed from the major threats of the era. At least threats that would have wanted to colonize them. When you don't have good ships, colonization is hard to pull off.

[@premiersportingkc3443]

Theologian here with some interesting history to add: Something often forgotten about is that the Catholic church was widely viewed positivity in European society up until the Black Death, since priests were often educated 2nd or 3rd sons from noble households. This meant that there was an expected decorum that priests were (in theory) supposed to behave accordingly to while operating as clergymen. Certainly there was corruption in the church, but it was far less prevalent before the Black Death. However, the Black Death killed off many of these educated men, as they dutifully executed the Last Rites to the dying, despite knowing that this would put them in danger. The most cowardly/corrupt of the clergy were the ones who shirked this duty, meaning that the most dishonorable of the priesthood were the only ones left alive after the plague had ended. Additionally, because so many priests were dying, the Catholic Church was forced to rapidly conscript anyone who would take the empty positions. In some cases, illiterate teenagers as young as 16 were put in charge of entire villages. The end result of all this was that in a single generation the priesthood had transformed drastically. In the eyes of the general public, the priesthood was no longer something to be respected, but instead a group of uneducated malcontents abusing their clerical offices. It is no surprise that we see in the aftermath of the Black Death a plethora of anti-clerical literature, the most famous of which being the Canterbury Tales.

[@markuhler2664]

Thank you for that. Had never read something like that or thought about it, but it does make sense.

[@GyroGarrison]

It is similar to our world wars. Our best and bravest men died on the land and shores. We will never get them souls back as that was an age of when men were true men. Now, we have lesser beings, we have been dumbed down just like after bubonic plague. Granted, our ancestors that survived aren't the cowards as described in the original post but these events do tend to kill off the best.

[@MrTrellheim]

Bocaccio's Decameron is from the same time period and isn't particularly kind to clergy either.

[@fiddleback1568]

The Clergy is also one of the few places besides the military, were commoners could get upward mobility. There have been Bishops of common stock. And the Mashall of France at Agincourt, who was a commoner.

[@MrTrellheim]

@@user-io6pj8bz8h listen, I don't know how to tell you this, but I fear you have been lied to by someone who either didn't have any idea about religion in Europe in the Middle Ages or wanted to manipulate you. Either way, I suggest you check your sources. Good luck, friend.

[@Amantducafe]

This is why i love the evolution of this channel. It went from covering Kings and Generals with names that are immortalized in history to covering the common people, without names, without graves, without exploits, that lived and died without leaving a trace. This humanizes history while also leaving a cautonary warning on how lucky we are in modern times.

[@enriquetaborda8521]

"Lucky"

[@Lidon249]

While i agree with the statement they improve over time, this comment is almost two or three years late. Such topics were already briefly covered in dedicated video about Roman economy or early Sumerian history. It's not a novelty, but is always nice to be covered, mainly due to the scarcity of artefacts or documentation.

[@firstnamelastname4249]

@@enriquetaborda8521 mostly yes we are lucky maybe not as much as some 2nd half of a 20th century pleb but still luckier than most people throughout history

[@Demun1649]

Do you really believe that here, in "modern" times the poorer people leave traces? It is very rare that a poorer family has cameras, or keeps diaries. We are the same as ever. It sickens me that Jacob Reet Smugg and Nigel Das Fuhrage will be contained within history, but my family line will not. And that is because of nothing except MONEY.

[@jmmh1313]

@@Demun1649 and idiocy. What you just said is a monument to ignorance and lack of self-awarenees.

[@schoolofgrowthhacking]

No matter what you're going through in life, just say a silent prayer of gratitude that you weren't born in the 14th century 🙏🙏

[@ericthompson3402]

And, no matter what you're going through in life, try to always remember that you are a current beneficiary of a an unfathomably long line of ancestors. Your great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandparents made it through awfulness like this. You can make it through today's world.

[@effexon]

enough of them survived that we are still here now

[@tomsmith4542]

@@jonhstonk7998 source: trust me bro

[@mism847]

@@jonhstonk7998People back in the day suffered more, as they had to worry more about lack of food and water, the weather being too hot / too cold depending on where they lived, more mental and physical illnesses, less freedom and opportunities, lands being ravaged by war, poorer nutrition, more unsafe communities, less comfort in general, in contrast to unnecessary discomfort, and much more. Times are far better now than ever before in human history, and one could make the argument that some parts of the past were actually better than the 13th century, like during the five great emperors of Rome.

[@sanniepstein4835]

@@jonhstonk7998 Please use paragraphs.

[@danielconde13]

Well, here in Portugal, to add insult to injury, we had a dynastic crisis, culminating in the interregnum of 1383-85, and the spectacular clash of the Battle of Aljubarrota of 14th August 1385 - where the king of Castille tried to annex Portugal, resulting in a defeat so profound his country observed a period of mourning of 2 whole years. A new dynasty ensued, and went on to "battle the waves of the Ocean", as our writer Camões put so well.

[@muksimulmaad7413]

they should have written 'battle poseidon' instead it would have been a better burn lol

[@user-cq1cw8xz7f]

Why did you do that Daniel?

[@miguelpadeiro762]

@@muksimulmaad7413 Wouldn't fit Camões narrative (Os Lusíadas) since it revolves around the Olympian gods deciding whether to stop Vasco Da Gama's voyage to India or letting him be

[@miguelpadeiro762]

- Our King D. Fernando I spent his lifetime trying to claim the Castillian thrones, only to suffer defeat and have to be forced his eldest daughter and heir apperant in marriage. This threatned Portuguese sovereignty has his only son had died shortly after birth, but Portuguese law was strict when it came to foreigners inhereting the crown -D. Fernando dies basically heirless and the Castillian king D. Juan presses his apperant claim on the throne of Portugal - The widow queen of Portugal, now ruling, is seen with distrust by the court as she is assumed to have an affair with a Galician noble -João, master of the military order of Avis and illegitimate some of the king prior to D.Fernando, D. Pedro I, rises up and unites the Portuguese under his banner to fight off the Castilliand -D. Nuno Alvares Pereira, constable of the realm, leads his army as they take position on a hill in Aljubarrota -The battle ensues, around 6k with English aid in the side of Portugal agaimst the around 30k with the aid of France in the side of Castille. The Castillian king is thought to fall amidst the battle and morale is shattered. The Portuguese win -Nuno's only daughter and child is married to the first duke of braganca, the son of the king D. João I. The line of bragança becomes the royal dynasty after the Portuguese once again fight for independance in 1640 and D. João IV, duke of bragança, becomes king

[@12jswilson]

Just FYI, we spell it "dynastic" in English with a "y". Don't ask me why. I appreciate the extra information you provided!

[@diego4438]

As someone who was born in the 1400s in Ohio, I can heavily confirm this video as a hood classic.

[@Deridus]

(Laughs in Snake River)

[@someguysomeone3543]

Funniest comment in Michigan.

[@boceksiadam]

Entirely plausable actually, if you meant the Islamic Calender.

[@atlasbeko1799]

That was really funny

[@justinaccurate347]

🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@manfredgrieshaber8693]

It all started with three, mayby four devastating vulcanic eruptions mainly in nowadays Indonesia. This events brought hugh amounts of sulfur dioxide up in the stratosphere where it joined with water and became sulfuric acid. This acid reflects the sunlight back into outer space so the sunshine was reduced all around the globe. This started a self increasing process as the spread of areas covered with snow or ice also reflect sunlight in an ever growing level. The ice cores drilled in the arctic and antartic tell us the story of this catastrophic downfall year by year. It's a chronology of calamities.

[@grahamfisher5436]

Mount Tarawera eruption 1314

[@LuvBorderCollies]

Volcanoes have altered history around the world more than most people realize. One or two volcanoes belching out countless tons of sulfur and ash will send us back to the 1300s faster than you can imagine.

[@grahm2817]

That makes way more sense than what my geology 101 professor told me, they said that it was just due to changes in strength of sunlight lmao

[@donofon101]

@@grahm2817 funny. because that is what is in the comment above. The sunlight strength ... your prof didn't have the reason why. Now we do.

[@makaluma3672]

@@grahamfisher5436 Mt Kaharoa

[@246vili]

This hits even harder as a hungarian history nerd. The Árpád dynasty, the founders of the Kingdom of Hungary and it's rulers for centuries officially died out in 1301. Talk about coincidence.

[@silasz5553]

True... but hey ,Louis became one of the strongest ruler in Europe

[@246vili]

@@silasz5553 Yeah, true. But it's still crazy that our founding dynasty died out (on the male side) literally in the first year of the "Century of Crisis".

[@salemhajj3112]

and the ottomans were born in 1299!

[@Skelingtronnn]

And Přemyslid dynasty of Bohemia in 1306. 👀

[@Kilinho98]

@@Skelingtronnn Was about to write that

[@johnronald6115]

In the grim darkness of the 1300s, there was no peace, only war and the laughter of thirsting gods

[@dipro001]

I now understand how the Ottoman empire rose out of all this.. I learned more from this one video than my entire medieval history class in college.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Check out our Fourth Crusade and Ottoman empire series for more

[@dipro001]

@@KingsandGenerals Please consider making one, of how the early modern thinking and mindset arose out of the ashes of the 1300s. It looks very much probable to me that the generation that survived all this would then go onto say things like "what can we find on the other side of the ocean?"

[@YeahButCanISniffUrPantsFist]

​@@landsknecht8654 I'd ague against that stance. Also, even today, people are asking themselves how to people lived though ww1 and 2. Since ww2 veterans are dying out, id say we are officially in the "we only have past ww2 events in our living memory" aera, so id challenge you to give an example keeping that in mind. Another thing: while 200mil dead sounds horrible in any context, 200mil dead in medieval ages has a much greater impact than 200mil dead in modern ages. First of all because back then. There were altogether less people alive in Europe, second because there was no industrialization, one dead worker meant less produce. And well, hard times affect the producing classes more than the ruling ones. Looking at what percentage of people nowadays work in agriculture/essential industry compared to back then, id say a death is more likely back then to hit an essential worker than now.. So, yeah, I'd say those were far harder times... far, far harder

[@abca14045]

@@dipro001 how othmas rose? Plague hit them just like any other nation.

[@correctpolitically4784]

Thats not surprising .

[@jonericus]

"A distant mirror" by Barbara Tuchman is an awesome book on the calamitous 14th century. I've read it many times. Great video as usual.

[@FalseNomen]

Hah, I came here just to post this. Glad to see someone already recommended it on the first page. I've seen her chapter on the Black Death reprinted by itself in other publications, too. Suffice it to say, the 14th century was not a fun time.

[@marcello7781]

Many thanks for the info. I was looking for a book that would encapsulate the whole century.

[@schroedingersdog7965]

Emphatically agree!

[@dcpack]

Yes, a great read. My first thought after seeing this video title.

[@bobbo11357]

Truly a great book.

[@davidfinch7407]

"Emancipated, bony corpses..." 7:49 They might be dead, but at least they had the right to vote.

[@GraniteStateofMind]

I came down here to see if anyone else caught that haha

[@QuasarSniffer]

"The whole of the Catholic world would fall victim to an apocalypse of fever, necrosis, and puss." This could be lyrics to a black metal album and I love it. Well done!

[@marcello7781]

I pictured in my mind Sabaton, though they aren't black metal but I think about them whenever there's something brutal in history.

[@QuasarSniffer]

@@marcello7781 To be fair, at least half of Kings and Generals scripts could double as Sabaton lyrics.

[@ulrichkalber9039]

The album should be named the bloody 1300ds.

[@AsmundUkkelberg]

@@QuasarSniffer I think this could be a brilliant line in a 1978 Superstar Billy Graham wrestling promo.

[@sammygoodnight]

The 1300s were also the era of Petrarch, often considered the first figure of the Renaissance. (He coined the term 'dark ages' to refer to the era... ahem, before him.) Geoffrey Chaucer, Nicole Oresme, William of Ockham also lived in that era. Mechanical clocks, eyeglasses, and other things also date to that time or just before. It wasn't all calamity.

[@Viktorvelat95]

Yep and also lands of the Czech crown (Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Lusatia) were thriving under the rule of Charles the IV. of the house of Luxembourg - especially the city of Prague was growing in terms of architecture

[@raczgabor659]

I think that the scientific consensus on this term is that the plague really kickstarted a cultural and technological "revolution" of europe. As mentioned at the end of the video, labour became so scarce that those who survived could become quite wealthy and the rigid feudal system started to crumble

[@YeahButCanISniffUrPantsFist]

Aha, so it was going into the right direction, when all that shit happened and brought the era down

[@aasemahsan]

2:28 Context 5:00 Little Ice Age & Famines 7:52 Wars & conquests 12:12 *Black Death*

[@zciliyafilms5508]

Your analysis is marvelous. You have a very strong knack for knowing the right words to choose to highlight the character of a situation in a way that feels truly objective, while still revealing strong underlying truths. Please keep up the awesome work. ✌️

[@Maus_Indahaus]

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[@tangodroid]

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[@ilicdjo]

Beautiful music and game with depth and fun

[@Viktorvelat95]

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[@Nameless-yw6kj]

The animations are on another level, good job man keep it up😇

[@MrGouldilocks]

Wasn't there also a volcanic eruption in the 1300s that caused several years of very little sunlight and massive famines?

[@grahamfisher5436]

Mount Tarawera erupted 1314

[@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_]

Ah ok. I was like _climate change_ back then???

[@joeunfried2148]

Are you sure you're not confusing that with the scourge of 536 AD?

[@maxxmillstein9257]

Whoever wrote the script for this video deserves a raise. Excellent

[@Wolfeson28]

So many of these factors are similar or the same as what many historians now suspect culminated in the Bronze Age Collapse of the 12th century BC. Honestly, as insane as the devastation and death that actually took place in the 13th century AD was, it's perhaps even more remarkable that nations didn't collapse then in the same way that the Hittites, Mycenean Greece, or (to an extent) Egypt did.

[@Epicrandomness1111]

It's exaggerated, these various things happened over a century, some of which didn't (flagelant orgies is nonsense), and the political history of the countries continue as usual. This video is a polemic, where they awkwardly undermine everything they're going to say in the beginning, and then make weird contextless statements about European society at the time, based more on popular imagination than real history. Interestingly the map in this video is wrong, at least where Wales is concerned, the 'welsh kingdoms' did not exist after Edward I's reign, it was all England.

[@MrSloth-sy3rh]

@@Epicrandomness1111 no one can be 100% but how do know the other stuff is nonsense I not saying your wrong just wondering.

[@API-Beast]

Throughout the middle ages the Kingdoms of Europe consistently outperformed the entirety of the rest of the world in terms of wealth and knowledge. This gave them them the resilience to weather even this storm of unlikely events. Egypt's culture was also far beyond their contemporaries, hence why they managed to survive the Bronze Age Collapse while the Hittites, Mycenaeans and Assyrians did not.

[@masseg6713]

@@MrSloth-sy3rh history is often interpretation of very substantial evidence. There probably are some records of these flagellant orgies happening, most likely even originals from the time, but the authenticity is sometimes hard to evaluate if the source situation is scarce. And conservative historians will tell you its nonsense, while more optimistic (or polemic, depending on the point of view) historians will argue for its authenticity. This is just me guessing from the little experience with historical studies that I have tho, could very well actually be verifiably bullshit without any source material at all.

[@MrSloth-sy3rh]

@@masseg6713 thank you explain my take ands it's just me is since so many people are Christan and near death they would try to avoid sexual sin.

[@chungus1219]

Another great video. (I’m so happy you made a collaboration with knights of Honor)

[@stepanpytlik4021]

Meanwhile Bohemia: *prospering for most of the century*

[@griff420blazer4]

Meanwhile Australia: digeridooing whatever they want...

[@kosa9662]

Poland too. Only King in history of Poland with name "Great" was rulling in mid 13th century

[@mykolasdobilaitis1565]

Lithuania from a minor Dutchy became one of the largest countries in Europe

[@JayTraversJT]

Besides the Hussite wars.

[@pupysb6267]

Bohemia...the home of the real Budweiser 🤤👍. Damn it's good, too bad it's hard to get in the US

[@chrisedrev9519]

This was absolutely excellent, guys. Thank you.

[@cj-hw3pv]

The animation and artwork is on another level

[@evershumor1302]

I love these sponsors! It fits the video so well and makes me want to play it to discover more.

[@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle]

Amazing video, the quality of the animation only gets better everytime! 💗🤞✨

[@Xezarious42]

7:49 I like how the emaciated corpses also happen to be "emancipated".

[@KingsandGenerals]

Skeletons emancipated from all that meat

[@schroedingersdog7965]

Wasn't sure if that was an error or Kings and Generals was being sardonic. After all, only the dead are truly "free"! 👻

[@edeide2240]

I wondered if anyone else noticed that.

[@maxwellschmidt4498]

idk how he keeps doing it but his visuals are always getting more and more stunning

[@SeanBronson1991]

One of the best videos from Kings and Generals great summary!

[@milosmaksimovic6103]

1300: ,,the worst century,, Serbia: ,,its our time to become empire and center of Orthodoxy,,

[@alcabiadiues]

I know, at 7:50, he meant to say “emaciated corpses” , but, unfortunately, I believe he said “emancipated corpses” , which, pardon my dark demeanour, brings to mind a skeleton on a horse, riding over a hill into the sunset, screaming “ FREEDOM!!!”.

[@WaterShowsProd]

For a moment I wondered if was a clumsy attempt at being poetic, as if to say they'd been freed from the horrors of the time, but then realised it was simply an error. I do like your image though.

[@notme222]

For me it brought to mind Nietzche. All these dying peasants going "At last. Only in death are we truly free." I daresay your skeleton depiction is rather cheery in comparison.

[@MasterAkob]

I'm pretty sure I love Kings and Generals because of the Knights of Honor game. The game I used to play constantly. Glad to see you both on the same side.

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for sharing the video it really makes you think how much better we have it now

[@adamjover9116]

The 14th century saw the golden age of Hungary. Two of our top 3 kings ruled in this period and the country became a major power. The plague was relatively light in the country too. I suppose this century was more apocalyptic in western Europe, some had it much easier.

[@Tareltonlives]

Down a dynasty, up everything else

[@dzenanbrkic9606]

same in Bosnia

[@Tareltonlives]

@@dzenanbrkic9606 The Kotromanićs had a good run that century. Then, like Hungary, had the bad luck of the next century being very good for Turkey

[@Tareltonlives]

The Angevins did very well for Hungary, and their momentum continued until the 16th century.

[@dzenanbrkic9606]

@@Tareltonlives we could have outheld the Ottomans with the help of the west but the pope decided that Croatia is gonna be the first line of defence since he knew about the ‘heretics’ in Bosnia and wanted the Ottomans to kill em off

[@Sid90s]

Came here to learn about the plague, instead, got some spicy medieval BDSM lore. KINGS AND GENERALS videos never disappoint!

[@TicTeckToe]

I thought today will be Pacific War series, but nevertheless all KG documentaries are awesome!

[@ibrahim.n1698]

The other series I much better mate I was waiting for it too lol

[@stanleysmith7551]

Actually the 1300's were the golden age of 1 particular European country: Hungary. The French Anjou dynasty which ruled in the 14# century is considered to be the best and most capable. The standard of living was also the highest in the 1300's due to urbanization, mining and the new gold currency, the forint.

[@silasz5553]

Yep, Too bad the Angevin Louis The Great died without a male heir

[@liamjm9278]

The Arpad dynasty did die out though.

[@QuantumSoul9]

Actually Poland was also on the rise. United in 1320 by Władysław Łokietek, and the during the reign of Casimir the Great it was flourishing. The plague did little damage.

[@GoDLiKeKakashi]

The same is true for Lithuania under Gediminas. Massive development, expansion and influx of the new with more security than ever before. Best of all Gediminas was a master of diplomacy and much of his expansion was done without requiring bloodshed, but with smart marriages and tolerance towards other faiths and cultures.

[@SidekickSam24]

It almost seemed like the narrator just wanted to focus on bashing the Christians of the 1300s. Thanks for giving some other perspectives.

[@nenenindonu]

1300's Asia didn't catch a break after the decline of the Chinggisid Dynasties, the invasions of the 1200's Mongols were simply replaced by those of the Timurids with India taking China's gap :D

[@Tareltonlives]

If the plague didn't get you, Timur did

[@seanpoore2428]

4:57 im glad you highlighted the fact that alot of this would depend on the temperament (or in some cases the mood) of the lord in question. Even in largely oppressive systems/rough times, not everyone is an ass All the time

[@chubbymoth5810]

Chivalry was also an invention of this era,

[@grimkupid8478]

A great video as always, please keep up the great work

[@jeffreydevon5665]

I've only been a subscriber for a couple weeks !I must say I'm captivated by the graphics . The contents are terrific .However we get lost in the major event how Europe rebuilt itself with such losses must have truly been a gargantuan effort ? Suffering truly breeds inventions. I find this extremely interesting to how society Recovered to the point and how it effects our current pandemic and its lasting effects on society today !

[@nathanseper8738]

With the Black Death and Tamerlane running amok, the 14th century makes the 2020s feel like a picnic.

[@Kaiserboo18719]

Don't you worry. The 21st Century Crisis has only just begun. I have a few things I can expect. 1. Wars (Russia has already invaded Taiwan, China is eyeing Taiwan like a predator, Western and Central Asia is a powder keg, America seems poised to enter a Civil War or at least a revolution as its elites are decadent and completely detached from reality, talks of Serbian independence in Bosnia, and so much more). 2. Economic collapse (we are seeing it already with the recent SV bank failure and inflation, and its only going to get worst). 3. Diseases (I think we already passed this phase [Covid-19]) 4. Ecological disasters (Climate change) 5. Famines (Gonna hit the developing world especially hard). And those are just the big ones. I think we are witnessing the collapse of the Post-War world order which has existed since 1945 (You could even argue that it has existed since 1923). However, I still have hope. I believe that once this crisis is over the human race will experience a rebirth of sorts. I especially have high hopes for America, if it can stay united then once the crisis has passed its gonna be poised to lead the west and humanity through a new golden age.

[@syedafzaalalishah3835]

17:03 Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, had a long and successful reign. The Empire he ruled from Prague expaned, and his subjects lived in peace and prosperity. When he died, the whole Empire mourned. More than 7,000 people accompanied him on his last procession...........

[@sasi5841]

KCD reference

[@andrzejflaga1958]

I love your narration, spoken with an impressively clear enunciation. The video just shows how commited you were . Your work deserves praise for the final effect, but also recognition for your immense effort in the project. "However, if there was a period in time when the medieval world" - are you truly referring to the entire world or just Europe? It may come off as a sweeping generalisation, and may not be true. Keep it up! Great production that shows passion. Thumbs up.

[@altvctr]

Was waiting for more than a decade for Knights of Honor 2...Can't believe they made it eventually :D

[@Conorp77]

I can't wait until the day we hear the words; This video is sponsored by Total War: Medieval III. Btw, Crecy was in 1346, not 1337

[@Deridus]

He also said "emancipated" instead of "emaciated" corspes... I encountered a few other errors... Which is unusual.

[@andrewgraham1418]

Yes, then again, maybe the bones were "free" of flesh.

[@slavchomarinov9909]

The 17th century was even more brutal. The ice age was so much deeper that the Cossacks ended up colonising the entire Siberia over furs that were in very high demand in Europe. Same goes for North America and the settlers there. Aside from all the religious wars that took place. I think John Green from Crash course history did an episode on that some years ago.

[@john.premose]

Technology was much better in the 17th compared to the 14th. Duh

[@ellidominusser1138]

​@@john.premose doesn't mean that less people died, and it's not really THAT much better either

[@john.premose]

@@ellidominusser1138 yes it was

[@john.premose]

@@ellidominusser1138 they had guns, ships that could sail across the Atlantic, there's no comparison

[@ellidominusser1138]

@@john.premose Obviously they had better technology, I'm not denying that. But nowhere near to the progress of the 19th century onward. That doesn't mean that they had much better medicine though. The mortality still was high and barely decreased in these few hundred years. I see no connection between how brutal ( which i interpret as how many people died or how low they standard of living was) a century was with guns and ships. Guns of course meant that more people would die from war, but better boats would mean that less boats sank to the bottom of the ocean. I don't get your point

[@timkoppenol2824]

Love the way you guys used all the pictograms of knights of honor II

[@Jetwill99]

Another great video. Hope you will make a video about the Taiping Rebellion some day

[@JAGzilla-ur3lh]

Good overview. I knew about most of the big events mentioned here, but it's always helpful to have them placed into context like this. There was some info new to me, too, such as the self flagellation movement. Crazy stuff. I'll have to read up on that.

[@abraham2172]

Starting the 100 years war has got to be one of the most useless things ever done in history. Well done, Edward.

[@Lenosallose]

Thanks for a really informative and good looking video!

[@drshoe9754]

Really cool using games to show the battles, never seen that in a history documentary before ^^

[@bc7138]

I was really surprised to see that Knights of Honor II has been released. I remember it being announced many, many years ago, but it fell off the radar, even though I'd occasionally check the Steam page for it. I had assumed it had been cancelled in production. I haven't seen any trailers or advertisements for it before now.

[@robbabcock_]

Wonderful video! What a terrible time for humanity, hopefully we won't face something like this again anytime soon.

[@vikasilverusa3806]

I love your channel, guys! Thank you ❤

[@Koopinator]

12:18 "Thus, it is lachrymose indeed that we have not yet touched upon what was arguably the most cataclysmic ingredient in this stew of despair." I just love this little colourful little sentence here. I had to look up "lachrymose" though.

[@bethwilliams4903]

About 9 mins in the comment that Crecy was won by peasants with the longbow, who didn’t even have the “decency to speak a civilized tongue” -being Welsh - made me smile in spite of myself. The French would in fact win that debacle known as the Hundred Years War (I refer to it as just the French Wars as the conflict had distinct phases and despite a couple notable victories the English couldn’t hold any of the territory they claimed as theirs). Worse, when the French altered the tactics to better suit their situation it was the English who would begin the painful and financially crippling cost of ransoms. If you want to know the real Roots of the so-called War of the Roses just look at a couple generations of me for whom France offered no glory, no vast fortunes to be made free booting and claiming ransoms, no stalwart king to lead them, instead, decades of losses, inept and greedy commanders, and back biting amongst the nobles, no one wanted to take the blame for losing France (again).

[@jf5466]

That was everyday life back then and here we are today crying over a latte that wasn’t made perfectly. Love you videos and always am excited to see more!

[@callusklaus2413]

I mean, life is brutal in places that aren't most of Europe and North America. Being alive in the Levant is pretty hard, the horn, west and central Africa, brutal cartel violence from Brazil to Mexico, Georgian death camps for queer people, Ukraine, Chinese repression of Muslims, War in south and north east Turkey against political and ethnic minorities waged by the state, abject poverty in Los Angeles, New Dehli and Manilla, it's fucking brutal to be a person in many places. It may be the best time to be alive, but it's still rough for a lot of humans in the world.

[@patrickhebdo5423]

I mean its a video about the worst year of the middle ages so maybe it wasn’t like this all the time.

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@DasNetzwerk]

Hyped for the game! Currently downloading while watching the video!

[@TeamJB865]

I remember playing the original KoH about 15 years ago, great game, I’ll check it out! Thanks for your great content!

[@sateysabil8261]

Meanwhile the scenario in Bangladesh under the Bengal Sultanate was different Bengal was in it's greatest era of peace and prosperity as an independent state.

[@user-ti6uu6my8y]

All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within.

[@dandylion7745]

Commenting because I love this channel and as an offering to the KZbin gods to bless K&G

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@Daimon7861]

Thank you for another focused, educating and thrilling told episode of history! I have one question about the map at 11:20, regarding golden horde. As far as I remember, golden horde was split into blue (left) and white (right) hordes. Am I wrong, or it there a little mistake?

[@Moribus_Artibus]

If anybody is interested in the literature of this time I recommend The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio

[@KingsandGenerals]

Spicy

[@Moribus_Artibus]

@Gary Allen I understand but I don't think it's a good idea to ban this book from public libraries and other places. If you are offended by that then you could also say Shakespeare is offensive and so on about many classic writers.

[@Moribus_Artibus]

@Gary Allen Nevermind, I saw your channel, you're interested in literature, sorry about my previous comment, I thought you were trying to say that Boccaccio is offensive and should not be read. Yeah, its a little dorky but it has some cheeky stories

[@stockjock1222]

Fascinating! I've just started getting more interested in European history, and this is an excellent overview of the 14th century. Even the comments section is full of great information! Smart viewers!

[@Charmayne7]

Wonderful documentary. I learned a lot. Thanks so much.

[@thomasglynn9651]

And the reason for all this misery: the Mongols. So many people died under their conquest that global temperatures decreased sparking the little Ice Age. And because they opened up the Silk Road, the Black Death spread across Eurasia

[@Argacyan]

15:10 There is an annotation for Basel here, however you can find similar things elsewhere in Switzerland. Relatively close to the parliament building there's an information thingy you can visit irl indicating that that part of town had been torched in antisemitic persecutions, as part of the history of the plot where the capitol now stands & where there used to be a synagogue until the mid-14th century.

[@giannisnifiatis6712]

The plunder in the start of 14th century was a great prologue of what was going to follow in Europe the next century. The "old guard" of empires was going to an end and new powers were risen.

[@alexeysaphonov232]

Some researchers attribute canibaliam cases of Hänsel und Gretel, Rotenkäppchen(the little red hat) , der kleine Daumling (Hop-o-my-Thumb) to the period.

[@goshlike76]

1300s European doomer: - eats rotten corpses to survive -home swept away by blizzard -village well poisoned by the duke of Gascony who has a feud with local lords -born too late to live the liberation of Jerusalem, too early to witness the Age of Colonization -hopes for ships to bring food, they bring the Plague instead -half-Scandinavian but lives in Italy

[@ilikethiskindatube]

At least he can knock off Chad noblemen off their high horses with a modest longbow.

[@zakariaalami1491]

Here in morocco the plague discimated almost half the population in cities like fez and marrakesh lost almost 80% of their populations , but the merinid dynastie prouved itself a cultural hub in wich morocco reached a high level of culture and learning despite these calamities

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Just think, we are all descendents of people who survived these wars and the plague!

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

I would love videos going over what was happening in different regions around the world at the same time in the 13th century!

[@user-cp3hx6qy7w]

Thank you for the video. 9:05 Battle of Crecy was in 1346 not 1337

[@GinGerani]

Well structured documentary!

[@doravraham2398]

Fell in love with your channel. always waiting for new conent to appear.

[@PershingOfficial]

I always question people who want to live in ancient centuries, not realizing how fortunate they are to live in an age with modern medicine, etc. Anyways, amazing video!

[@cravenmorehead7717]

In terms of safety not every country in this world is safe now. If you think from the perspective of a first world person you wouldn’t understand why, but for some in this world it would be a better experience. Also, the world then was more social and less stressful in many ways. People worked less days as well, at least in England.

[@cravenmorehead7717]

Also, if you discount infant mortality, life expectancy wasn’t ridiculously low

[@cubaj8723]

For me it isn’t even Modern medicine, but Modern Sanitation. Do you know how kickass toilets are? Before them the only alternatives were a) shit in a hole like a peasant or b) shit in a bowl and then yeet it into the street. Or even more grossly the river. Yeah that’s gonna be a no for me chief.

[@Matthew10950]

@@cubaj8723 Agreed. You would be dirty always...however you would also have much more freedom. Tough choice.

[@michaelmoorrees3585]

Modern medicine is overplayed. The civil engineer, with clean water supply and well run sewer systems, have done more to improve human health and life span. There are many parts of the 3rd world, that still live in medieval conditions. One of the first things you'll see an aid organization do, when they go to a 3rd world region, is to establish a clean water supply, and teach proper sanitation.

[@iLovePyRo_]

Could you make a video about the danish crusades? If it would be interesting for you :)

[@iLovePyRo_]

@Aloha well primarily the Danes who went with the Germans to Latvia and Estonia, under Valdemar Sejr

[@iLovePyRo_]

Bastards betrayed us tho >:(

[@arawn1061]

Or the Careers of Valdemar Atterdag and Drottning Margrete

[@iLovePyRo_]

@@arawn1061 well true, uniting the kingdom, or forming one of the greatest unions at the time

[@arawn1061]

@@iLovePyRo_ Yeah im currently studying this very topic in its relation to Visby and Gotland. So a video on this topic would be pretty convenient

[@fouadhoblos3611]

This might be the most frightening video by this channel so far

[@dmaxho]

Great consice overview, thanks. 👍

[@dambigfoot6844]

Even before the bubonic plague rats would contaminate food. It was a part of life to find tons of rats on farms and where people stored food. When they eventually found out about the diseases rats caused dogs were bred to kill them and stray cats were allowed to roam around

[@mitch1488]

Just a quick heads up . The hundred years war started in 1337 . But crecy was fought in 1346 . Other than than this was great . Thank you !!!!

[@kdnorwich]

15 years ago, my first medieval history course at Bangor University in north Wales was "Apocalypse Then: The Crisis of the 14th century" (though I don't remember us covering the flagellant orgies).

[@KingsandGenerals]

Missed all the fun

[@Julien-uo9qf]

@Kings and generals Very good video, but when you'll update the video of the 2nd siege of constantinople and guadalete?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Working on them!

[@lyleslaton3086]

My brother and I were talking about the middle ages and he said " some people lived to be 30" . I always thought that was very profound.

[@neschopak]

And yet, the 14th century is considered, at least here in Bohemia (now Czechia), as one of the greatest episodes in our history. All thanks to emperor Charles the IV., who is also called Father of the Nation. Castels were built, cities grew, universities and other institutions were established as Bohemia and especialy Prague became the political and cutural center of the HRE.

[@erikgedde640]

never stop making videos!

[@shantirowleyart]

Really love this channel

[@vardenispavardenis4881]

In addition: Lithuania during 1300's was in constant warfare as a target of Baltic crusades, suffering constant invasions by Europe-fed Teutons and plundered annually or sometimes several times a year. East-western part of the country become uninhabited wasteland and was consumed by forest. Bubonic plague did not affected as much though.

[@DovahFett]

The plague didn't affect a lot of Eastern Europe too much. Low population densities meant that it had a more difficult time jumping between populations centers. As a result, descendants of people from places like Poland are genetically different from the rest of Europe, as their ancestors survived despite not having the genes needed to do so.

[@FROST76608]

I can relate considering the history of the Second Bulgarian Empire 1330's onward

[@SB-129]

-France: "Dont make us come over there." -Flanders: "Please do, it's a fuckin' party over here."

[@FROST76608]

Dem Battle of the Golden spurs vibes..

[@Christan_Moreno]

Artwork is looking really great 👍 👌 👏

[@victorangeles655]

0:00 Intro 2:28 Overview of Europe From 500 C.E to 1000 C.E 3:00 Europe between 1000 to 1300 the Medieval Warm Period 5:00 1300's little Ice Age 8:00 War in the 1300's Overview 8:30 2nd War of Scottish Independence 8:50 100 Hundred Years War 10:35 Mercenary Groups Pillaging the Countryside across Western Europe 11:25 Byzantine Empire Collapsing 11:45 Conflicts between States and the Mongol Khanates 12:25 Bubonic Plague 14:40 Antisemitic Attacks in Western Europe 16:50 Self Flagellation 17:15 Loss of Credibility in the Catholic Church 18:15 After effects of the period 18:40 Positive impacts of the Period 19:15 Outro

[@rodchallis8031]

Most common line spoken by 14th Century comedians: "whoa... tough crowd..."