Charlemagne: The Father of Europe

[@Biographics]

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[@nickcaesar5833]

Duke of Marlborough, Duke of Wellington and Oda Nobunaga please

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Yes, and Johann Von Leers, Hannibal, and Eli Cohen.

[@digibotdotcom]

Composers.

[@angelwhispers2060]

Also I think it's super funny that skill shares your sponsor for this because if Charlemagne were alive today and had the internet he would seriously be all over your channel and skillshare without even thinking about it. Christopher Lee is a recognized descendant of Charlemagne and the reason he was able to use Charlemagne chill coat of arms on his Rock album was by permission of the Pope.

[@Rorgash]

you get one month for free usually, and if you try to cancel they will give you another month to keep you around :)

[@salviniusaugustus6567]

"I'm not the successor of Louis XVI, I'm the successor of Charlemagne" Emperor Napoleon Ier

[@JW-jd6sn]

@David Carty what?? He successfully defended France when all of Europe declared war to crush the principles and beliefs that the revolution had. Then he began to conquer or puppet state a lot of Europe with his only bad move being invading Russia, were it took natural elements to drive him back and defeat him. Napoleon along with Alexander the Great are two of the most iconic Western figures to date

[@fredbarker9201]

David Carty actually he is arguably superior to Charlemagne, look at the napoleonic code don’t speak about things you haven’t researched

[@tritonewt3344]

@@JW-jd6sn I wouldn't say invading Russia was his only bad decision. The Peninsular war in Iberia was what began his downfall

[@JW-jd6sn]

@@tritonewt3344 agreed, it wasnt his only mistake but definitely his most costly and deciding mistake that changed the outcome for Napoleon

[@tonyhawk94]

@David Carty Napoléon had a bigger impact in Europe than Charlemagne and greater military achievements.

[@shurik121]

"Heavy metal album sung by Chrostopher Lee". Can we stop for a few seconds and appreciate how awesome of a human being Christopher Lee was?

[@kvltizt]

I gave you the chance of aiding me willingly... ...but you have elected the way of... PAIN!

[@markgannon7713]

Christopher Lee was charlamanes descendant.

[@nickjans3846]

I SHED BLOOD OF SAXON MEN

[@MissCaraMint]

I swear that portrait of Charlamane looks just like Lee.

[@Spartan265]

Lee was a certified badass.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:25 - Chapter 1 - Rise to power 5:15 - Chapter 2 - The warrior king 9:50 - Mid roll ads 11:10 - Chapter 3 - Caroligian war machine 13:10 - Chapter 4 - Caroligian renaissance 15:35 - Chapter 5 - Holy roman emperor 17:05 - Chapter 6 - Private life of an emperor 19:25 - Chapter 7 - Legacy

[@BorsosGabor2023]

Fake history!

[@almighty3946]

Thank you.

[@kashfiaislam9995]

I wish King Charlemagne died instead of his youngest brother Pepin who died at age 6. 👑💍

[@officernasty6634]

Fun Fact: In addition to singing songs about Charlemagne, Christopher Lee was a direct blood descendent

[@smartacus88]

Funner Fact: Every single person of Western European lineage is a blood descendant of Charlemagne.

[@Glamosapien]

smartacus88 everyone?

[@DarkAngelEU]

@@Glamosapien Probably. It's been so long ago since he died that it would be rather hard to find any European that doesn't have a single drop of his blood lol

[@warrioroforthodoxy1729]

Danomite any one that has at least one European ancestor because Charlemagne had like 12 children not counting illegitimate children and each one of those kids had multiple children five or more so 5 x 12 and so on

[@Glamosapien]

Mr.roasts alot countless people have had insane amounts of kids

[@mizzfit02]

If you are a descendant of Charlemagne... Hello distant cousin.

[@Alexander-Hatfield]

Greetings

[@12jswilson]

I probably am. Hello cousin.

[@carlan8383]

Me too. Pretty cool

[@ascd9260]

Yes Otto here

[@laurafischer232]

Well, Cindy Crawford is.

[@nomadicchaos406]

Finally a video on one of the greatest conquerors and kings of European history. Thank you for doing this Shell :)

[@Biographics]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@sinoroman]

25 December : Christmas Day, anniversary of the coronation of Charlemagne as emperor

[@weirdboi3512]

also today

[@SenemOz]

thank you in deed..now i know what a cruel despot charlemagne was using christianity as an excuse to conquer europe..

[@christianthompson7915]

@@SenemOz bruh. you’re really demonizing legendary rulers based on modern day principals?

[@TLSoulDude]

This is a ruler I've been obsessed with. Ruthless on the battlefield, jovial in the palace, a fastidious learner, and who seemed like a sitcom dad (big-eater, loved drinking, enjoyed singing and laughing, but a very devoted father).

[@Cougelly1999]

I really liked reading The Song of Roland which just encourages this image of Charlemagne.

[@kashfiaislam9995]

I wish King Charlemagne died instead of his youngest brother Pepin who died at age 6. 👑💍

[@kashfiaislam9995]

@@Cougelly1999 I wish King Charlemagne died instead of his youngest brother Pepin who died at age 6. 👑💍

[@noodles6390]

In my city in germany there is a big Roland statue in his honor.

[@AdalbertPtak]

Yes, and a murdering servant of the church.

[@amandab3946]

Is it bothering anyone else that he’s saying “Shar-main” instead of “Shar-le-main” ?

[@88_TROUBLE_88]

Yes. Fuckin triggered.

[@hazeldecker622]

I think he's saying all 3 syllables, just a bit slurred together.

[@Yotaciv]

Charles the magnificent.

[@inisipisTV]

Char Le Magne

[@sinoroman]

aNGERY rEACTS oNLY

[@freakfreak12345]

Biographics is a multipurpose channel for me. I love to learn about people, and this is perfect. I love to watch something while I eat, this is what I watch. But, when I feel really depressed, like I do right now...this is what I watch. Thank you so much for being so awesome for so many reasons.

[@daftirishmarej1827]

I hope you're feeling a little better now?

[@LyraMorgana]

Gero I know how you feel. I have suffered with depression in and off since I was 4. Your more than welcome to message me x

[@davidblick2192]

Read the Bible.

[@Dannypuck]

His father Charles "The Hammer" Martel sounds like a pro wrestler.

[@johnnywalker9287]

Charles was givin the name the hammer after stopping the Muslims from gaining a foothold in france

[@cmfgates]

There was a wrassler in the 80s named Charles Martel

[@thispastspring3733]

Charles "The Hammer" Martel had an incredible signature aerial finishing move.

[@Thumper17]

@@cmfgates You sure you don't mean Rick Martel?

[@cmfgates]

@@Thumper17 possible

[@TheLacedaemonian300]

Dear Simon, Charlemagne is great to see. I was hoping that you would consider the fathers of history, Herodotus, and Thucydides. Especially Thucydides though. His history of the Peloponnesian War is a masterpiece written not for the moment, but for the ages!

[@kashfiaislam9995]

I wish King Charlemagne died instead of his youngest brother Pepin who died at age 6. 👑💍

[@krissoliongco2717]

I've been waiting for a Charlemagne video for the longest time! Thanks Simon!!!!!

[@DarknetDude]

Charlemagne and the champagne campaign.

[@etho7351]

Is g a vowel sometimes

[@danielmenjivar793]

Noice.

[@NotWhiteRice]

@@etho7351 G is never a vowel.

[@matthiasnagorski8411]

@@etho7351 it must have been confused with the letter "y" back then. Like how "ye shop" was actually supposed to be "the shop", but Germans didn't realize "y" made a "yuh" sound instead of a "th" sound. In all those words, g makes a yuh sound. So it's likely G didn't exist back then. At least, that's how i see it.

[@ryderwellbrock]

Very clever.

[@kenellis6575]

When on holiday in Germany some years ago,I visited Aachen Cathedral,I was amazed to find inside,a much bejewelled coffin,inside a glass case on a high cataphalque, it contained the body of The Holy Roman Emporor, Charlemagne! I’d studied him at school as a youngster,but thought his remains had been lost in antiquity, to say I was amazed, would be an understatement!

[@kashfiaislam9995]

Charlemagne was a direct descendant of King Darius I. 👑💍

[@kashfiaislam9995]

@Yarp Yarp Of course Charlemagne was a direct descendant of King Darius I since King Darius I lived 1200 years before Charlemagne did. 👑💍

[@alexandreippoliti6898]

The german holy romain empire was created two generation after the dead of Charlemagne. Charlemagne was the son of Pépin le Bref, the new King of Francs and creat the empire carolingien Empire who was split in 3 after the dead of Louis le Pieux

[@Gugafoodsofficial]

Simon I gotta say, you make some of the most informative and entertaining content on this platform, and you inject your personality in it perfectly. Love the show, keep up the great work!

[@jJuvyCrim]

I AGREE

[@marcpeterson5115]

Just don't trust everything he says. He puts out so much, so fast, that sometimes his facts are a bit off.

[@joshuddin897]

Grifter

[@medusagorgo5146]

Charlemagne’s daughters never “formally” married but we know that One of his daughters eloped with Einhard, who was in Charlemagne’s court. Also Bertha had at least three children, of the other daughters not much is known about them.

[@Abusemtex]

Funny how that person is seen as the greatest citizen by both - the germans and the french.

[@rachelsombo9045]

Not for the French sorry ...

[@user-ys5yv2nz6w]

@@rachelsombo9045 Napoleon?

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

@Young Pappy Or Frederick the Great.

[@UltimatePowa]

Well he was a Frank, which the French and the Germans are both Franks

[@Makarosc]

Despite having killed scores of them in the name of religion

[@AftermathRV]

18:18 "Which coincidentally is my facebook status" The guy/girl making the subtitles is amazing 18:28 ""Which coincidentally is my facebook status when my mom is online"" i laughed really hard

[@RaynaRain]

Hahaha, I thought I was the only one that caught that 🤣

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

Yeah. 😝

[@mikaelfarris4214]

Joined at the right time. My two favorite persons in history. First, Archimedes and now Charlemagne.

[@julienelson6506]

Wow! As a teen my father moved our family from California to Spain. We lived in a tiny mountain village called Mora d' Ebro. I could never figure out why such a small village would have the ruins of such a huge castle. Who knew they were once so strategic! Fascinating!

[@0RecklessAbandon0]

Administrative reform? Yeah baby, that's what turns me on.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

"I suddenly remembered my Charlemagne. "Let my armies be the rocks, and the trees, and the birds in the sky." - Henry Jones Sr

[@ericgrabowski3896]

yes!!!

[@ExecutiveCounsel]

You should've sent that comment to the Marx brothers!

[@darrenabbott6264]

*angry German noises*

[@jasongeorgiou4620]

From Indiana jones and the last crusade

[@sdgilleland]

@@darrenabbott6264 don't be ridiculous. Communists don't have onions to eat 🤣

[@michealohaodha9351]

Field Marshal Mannerheim of Finland would make a most interesting episode - soldier, spy, President and voted greatest Finn of all times who lived through two world wars, the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian Revolution and a Civil War.

[@mr.columbo5262]

9.

[@billrentz]

The section about the wars with the Saxons sounded like a chapter form Tolkien.

[@highlandoutsider]

Your sponsor segues are as slick as a breaching charge, and I love it lol

[@brien1254]

Highland Outsider so that's how it's spelled

[@murzagildin]

I love this! We're learning about Charlemagne in our homeschool lessons rn.

[@bradgillette9253]

AWESOME 👍 very well done. Thanks, again; always a pleasure to see your work

[@TaliaBSJ]

This is so very informative! I attempted to research Charlemagne not long ago but kept getting side tracked and never actually learned much, so this is fantastic! Thank you!

[@roycesong6620]

You guys helped me rediscover my love of history! Keep up the great work!

[@jameerjamison724]

Could you possibly do a video on William the Conqueror?

[@kurington.blogspot7876]

I want an animated version of his fat corpse-explosion.

[@robertsollory7475]

Yes....a double one.....Harold II and William 1

[@stevenwebb3634]

He has now.

[@nativetube]

@@kurington.blogspot7876 nope

[@sandrafocht3051]

We are the Fleming same as Flemish Flanders ! Get your History RIGHT....WE ARE STILL ALIVE....

[@raymondwatt9773]

I visited the cathedral where he's buried in Aachen, Germany

[@timothynoak5967]

Nice

[@masterofpain120]

It was probably beautiful

[@raymondwatt9773]

@@masterofpain120 Very beautiful

[@braxtonburcham]

Basil II

[@joshuahunt3032]

Wait, so Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor out of nowhere? Huh, I thought that was a joke made by Bill Wurtz.

[@C152SharjilJafri-hd5tq]

@@BobPantsSpongeSquare97 you're right Sir.

[@blugaledoh2669]

@@BobPantsSpongeSquare97 irony

[@sinoroman]

25 December : Christmas Day, anniversary of the coronation of Charlemagne as emperor

[@gun10ck]

That’s what the his contemporary biographers wanted people to think. In reality he made several trips to Rome prior to the coronation and was in constant contact with the Pope. It was orchestrated.

[@ronronyjerardo]

This essential too since there was an absolute power void in the West after the western roman empire fell. There is also the issue of the eastern roman empire's connivance with the patriarch of Constantinople to undermine the pope's influence.

[@Liutgard]

Simon, Charles and the Carolingian culture are my primary field right now, and but for some minor quibbles, this was a damn good presentation! For a 20 minute video, you covered the highlights, without glossing over his faults. Good work!

[@lainwired3946]

Trusting you'll know: it's shar-la-maine, right? Simon's not pronouncing the la

[@Liutgard]

@@lainwired3946 Yes. I think he's just slurring over it because he's trying tocover 70-odd years of history into 20 minutes. :-)

[@lainwired3946]

@@Liutgard thought so. It happens. Thanks for the reply

[@suzannederringer1607]

​@@lainwired3946He's pronouncing it correctly in French. It's a French word.

[@robertsollory7475]

Robert the Bruce would be a good one. The Charlemagne one is Interesting and I've learned a lot but it's because I am Keen on learning about evil people. He slaughtered pagans and destroyed the ancient religion and forced Christianity onto them. However good a leader he might have been, these crimes are unforgivable

[@maxmagnus377]

Sort of ironic that thanks to this man, who even by the standards of his time, led an incredibly violent life, we don't all write/type in all caps rage mode.

[@dingusdingus2152]

Or fraktur for that matter...

[@luckyspurs]

The real test with such an empire is how to divide it among sons without endless civil war for decades afterwards.

[@Alexander-Hatfield]

Indeed

[@DarkAngelEU]

The trick would be to have it divided but let it continue to thrive as a single nation. Kinda the opposite of the EU today.

[@OneOnOne1162]

"What have you been doing for the last 9 years? Wasting your time being unskilled." You're not wrong...

[@dylanjames1878]

Could you do Owain Glyndwr? The last ever welsh prince that ruled

[@TheNoblot]

"I am torn by a great sorrow because I foresee what evil things they will do to my descendants and their subjects" Charlemagne

[@joannivaldi2106]

Extremely interesting. I didn't know much about Charlemagne until now. Thanks for the good work that you do!

[@nickcaesar5833]

Duke of Marlborough, Duke of Wellington and Oda Nobunaga please

[@eoinsweetman9263]

Wellington is dramatically overrated but then again I was born in a stable.

[@AugustusEmperator]

Hell yeah, Wellington is awesome.

[@nickcaesar5833]

@@eoinsweetman9263 39 battles Duke of Wellington commanded including Waterloo. Napoleon had 56 battles to his name including his loss to Duke of Wellington. The duke is one of the greatest military minds ever.

[@eoinsweetman9263]

@@nickcaesar5833 How would he have done on his own at Waterloo?

[@davidrenton]

@@eoinsweetman9263 what just the Duke versus the entire French Army, silly question Wellington would off won.

[@dupeesfashionconsultant4204]

Damn, you're the busiest man on KZbin. But great video like usual, I originally found you because of biographics which I instantly fell in love with, but I branched out to all your other channels....and I'm a huge history fan and didn't watch your other channels for the content necessarily but because you kill it every video, unbiased statements based on evidence and not having any bias. So now I'm subbed to all your channels and you better believe I'm on the notification squad for all of them. Keep up the great work

[@jayshmurda5051]

Dido

[@surlygirly1926]

That glowing, lemon-flavored Life Saver in the background is so random...

[@bradypostma5167]

Lemon-flavored Sauron.

[@mmondt9440]

Yes, I can't stop looking at it...trying to figure out what it is.

[@DCZOMBI3]

I've suddenly remembered my Charlemagne: Let my armies be the rocks, and the trees, and the birds in the sky.

[@Bryan-ww9ql]

Never a disappointment. Thanks Biographics team for your hard work.

[@orvalritchie8013]

What I just saw was a team of dedicated KZbinrs working their tails off to get this vid out to us. Great work you guys! You never disappoint.

[@poorstarvingmedstude]

You guys should cover: Attila, Arpad, Svatopluk. St. Stephan. Theres some great stories in there

[@markluis8473]

Hi Simon, can you do a biography on someone from Portugal? Thx love your channel.

[@anafsantos]

YES, like Vasco da Gama!!

[@Giveme1goodreason]

Soldier million would be a good one.

[@BigSnipp]

Simon and the crew consistently put out so many good videos. I don't know why, but I'm partial to English accents for documentaries.

[@thementalist1213]

Amazing as ever. Maybe you can do one on Ludwig Boltzmann. The father of statistical mechanics. The world lost him to suicide because of depression.

[@johnfloyd8199]

0:21 "bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills, girls only like guys with great skills"

[@JoaoPedro-et5ib]

Great work! I would really like to see a Frederick de Great biography by you. Keep up the good work!

[@catholicracialist776]

He was a fanatic Catholic ruler that united Europe and crushed pagans

[@brianwilliams3329]

Finally! I'm so glad you've decided to acknowledge the late, great Christopher Lee's passion for power metal, and his time as a metal musician \m/

[@Alexander-Hatfield]

The guy who played Sauraman "The White"?

[@brianwilliams3329]

@@Alexander-Hatfield That's right, Christopher Lee had a power metal band named "Charlemagne," and may also be a descendant of said ruler

[@MinionofNobody]

Without Charlemagne, we would not have “The Song of Roland”. Without “The Song of Roland”, my kids’ dog would not be named “Roland”. Charlemagne thus continues to have a real world impact to this day.

[@TheShadowChesireCat]

Thanks for this vid. I tend to struggle with Frankish history, so this was great for an overview. Kind of cool to see kings who did a bunch of reform. I put Charlemagne in the same sort of kingly category as Alexander and Frederick II. All styled The Great, all put in great governance systems. All left great stories (the Song of Roland's a pretty interesting dive into exploring differences in fiction of personality, psychology and outcomes), though Fritz left us with a lovely shade of blue and a whole collection of really lovely flute concertos.

[@dokkedal]

Request :) some Vikings or Celtic historical figures ? maybe some Natives ? LOVE this series btw :) keep em up

[@sl3580]

Natives?

[@jeanpaulsinatra]

See, when you say 'Better known as Charlemagne,' isn't Charlemagne just the French for 'Charles the Great?'

[@SonofSethoitae]

Yeah, but the point is that more people will know who you're talking about if you say "Charlemagne" rather than "Charles the Great". Less likely to be confused with Charles XII of Sweden, too.

[@tonyhawk94]

Well he was first entitled in Latin Carolus Magnus but as it evolved to modern French in the Gauls (west Francia) he got known more as Charlemagne.

[@camilohiche4475]

Charlemagne is preferred to Charles the Great because it is closer to the original latin name from which it stems, Carolus Magnus.

[@jeanpaulsinatra]

@@camilohiche4475 or, you know, because he was proto-French

[@catholicracialist776]

@@tonyhawk94 Wrong. He is more known as Charles The Great than stupid "Charlemagne"

[@rschmitz40]

Your videos are amazing man, love it! I have a request- Sir Frances Drake, he is my favorite person in history ever (well military type person, that is). And I would love to see one of these about him. Cheers!

[@EinsamPibroch278]

"They unleashed their Viking Rage."

[@kennbiggs9311]

Charlemagne was one “badass” Dude!! The Dude ABIDES!!

[@kari7403]

His personal mantra was likely, "Calmer than you." I'll drink a White Russian to him being a Badass!

[@kennbiggs9311]

Well put Kari!!!!

[@tacklecentralfishing1051]

*See's new biographics* *Clicks so damn hard*

[@lakesheppard5466]

That's whatever I do when I find s good pine cone

[@thenifell]

May I ask what the name of the song at 13:07 is? Please and thank you. Also, another great video! I love your content!

[@RaoulGodinez]

Very cool presentation, sir.

[@Ch0ckl8]

Great stuff! Feels like you might have more information that could be interesting around this period...

[@Dust337]

Charlemagne is now one my heroes. Thank you Biographics

[@commie3393]

Thanks For Admiring Me

[@dmitrivlad8538]

"May my Armies be the Rocks and the Trees and the Birds in the sky...."

[@lakesheppard5466]

Slutty army.

[@inkdreams5113]

Chirp, chirp, chirp... Ahhhh BANG!

[@michaelhurley3171]

Also said by the great Sean Connery!

[@gjlipana881]

Hey simon! Im hoping you could do Gambino and Lucky Luciano next?

[@andreiovidiudan1761]

Superb bio. More bios about the european kingdoms.

[@recklesskelly7521]

"The worst of humanity are always filled with passion and intensity. While the best lack all convictions."

[@axeljohansson370]

I think Alexander Hamilton would be a good video.

[@ki-adi-mundi6421]

Justinian please, we need the Byzantine Empire!

[@nickjans3846]

Ki-Adi-Mundi what about the droid attack on the Wookiees?

[@braxtonburcham]

Basil II

[@matthewpettipas8233]

I think a video on Judah Maccabee would be quite interesting too see.

[@thomasarnoldcoe6527]

Spot on

[@sylvainprigent6234]

Hi! Great video as per usuall. May I request you to make a video about the life of Lafayette. Since he is implacated in the revolutions both American and French

[@thehallwayofhistory4657]

Great video - lots of interesting history

[@pureownageftw]

When is the Augustus Biographics coming tho?

[@Vatroh]

I’ve watched so many of these things that when he said he died at the age of 72 I literally thought, “wow, he lived a long ass time” XD

[@bigsawdust4726]

Wdym?

[@chaowingchinghongfingshong3109]

@@bigsawdust4726 Making it to 72 in the 800s is quite good

[@Cougelly1999]

I agree. Frederich I Barbarossa (2nd Reich) made it to 70, and died after cooling off in a river while en route to a Crusade.

[@Makem12]

43 generations is what separates me from my direct ancestor, Charlemagne. Since this is 2020, let's put me in charge of Europe as a continuation of the rule of Charlemagne's bloodline!

[@davyroger3773]

from the look of the comment section you'd have a hell of a lot of contestors

[@oriraykai3610]

Your ancestors lived to an average age of 300?

[@Makem12]

@@oriraykai3610 Are you doing the math right? I think you may want to check again.

[@smaffoo]

I love how self aware the SkillShare plug was

[@jimcronin2043]

I appreciate the technique in these videos of flashing the relevant dates on the screen. It really aids in better understanding the presentation.

[@bobbycooper3014]

Great video. Could you guys please do a biography on Micheal Collins the Irish Reveloutionary trust me it would be really interesting and im Irish 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@darthsidious6753]

Charlemagne expanded nearly to Spain and even into Southern Germany.

[@thepretorian5292]

Till croatia

[@mmescarlettziegfieldvonbis4551]

Fridrich The Great, please. You will have a huge amount of interesting facts with this one!!!!

[@Princessnyha556]

Best channel ever!!

[@leolinguini260]

Give a raise to whomever wrote the script for the sponsorship!!!

[@JP-ro1fw]

I love your channel and enjoy learning these important historical figures through your concise yet thorough format. Can you please create a content on the life and story of Jose Rizal? Thanks.

[@zoron8952]

Only reason christopher lee did charlamagne stuff was because he was a direct descendant of charlamagne

[@Robbi496]

I had a History Teacher who sarcastically stated: the Holy Roman Empire was neither Roman, nor Holy, nor an Empire :)

[@Cougelly1999]

Your teacher was quoting Voltaire.

[@Dr.s3RTH]

Thanks for the great video simon

[@istoppedcaring6209]

the battle of roncevaux pass was an ambush and only really included charlemagne's rearguard and wagontrain, by the time he came to the rear of his collumn he realised that there was nothing that could be done without incurring huge losses, the basques would have no chance in an open field but here they had expertly carried out an ambush, they had also cut of the wagontrain by pushing boulders down the slopes of the pass , they then manned the obstruction when they saw reinforcements coming down , which combined with the darkness and the less than ideal fighting conditions got charlemagne to simply agree that there was nothing that they could do and turn around, and his armies would later return and take over the entire area anyway, (and the loot was mostly the result of raiding Basque villages and towns anyway, had he not done so (and honestly he pretty much did it cause he assumed they would side with the arabs against him and perhaps mostly to fill his coffers thinking they couldn't do anything anyway, so he would likely not have been ambushed had he left them allone)

[@taylorswiif4378]

Can you do a video on the controversial Richard Wagner?

[@guisseppistrombopolis9082]

Taylor Swiif I think he already did

[@johnsinth8261]

@@guisseppistrombopolis9082 no he didn't

[@meandmetoo8436]

How is he controversial ?

[@lionhenrich2000]

@@meandmetoo8436 Because on the one hand, he crafted musical masterpieces that will last throughout the ages, on the other hand, he was a well-known antisemite and early sympathizer of what later became the Nazi-ideology

[@inisipisTV]

@@lionhenrich2000 - I don't think that is quite controversial. Him being anti-Semite is nothing unnatural at that time Europe, in fact it's quite the way things were at that time. Wagner in fact had Jewish friends. Wagner is more pro-Germanic and romanticize Teutonic culture, since it's the era when the Germanic kingdoms are slowly unifying and, spurned on by the French revolution, the idea of a single Germanic state is in every one's heart. I believe Wagner himself would be appalled at Nazi and at how they misappropriate his works to their cause.

[@sandysandy8184]

Europe needs a modern day Charlemagne..... The old middle East been a pane to Europe for years

[@HabboCoolcattim]

Its called Boris Johnson and no we are not doing this again!

[@sandysandy8184]

@@HabboCoolcattim fair enough 🤣🤣

[@heatherhenninger-rollins1690]

Simon, I could listen to you read the ingredients off of a box of cereal you're so clever and suave. The fact that you're giving us excellent, well researched history, with a side of humor thrown in, just makes it just, well, fantastic. Keep it up, and more women in history if possible, please!!

[@Alexander-Hatfield]

There really aren't any significant woman in history. He should just give a shout out to the mothers of each historical figure he profiles. For example; Olympia was one of the most significant woman in history because she gave birth to and nourished Alexander of Macedon.

[@kashfiaislam9995]

I wish King Charlemagne died instead of his youngest brother Pepin who died at age 6. 👑💍

[@footshotstube]

another inspired and detailed presentation , Thanks

[@alexvlk]

Excellent episode!

[@SmokinJokin40]

So cool to see him have a second career as a Hip Hop radio / social media personality!

[@Bob-dv1hx]

Daddy Charlemagne one of my favorite monarchs in history.

[@corm1000]

I actually think Christopher Lee was the oldest person to ever put out a metal album.

[@Untapped8819]

He was actually descended from Charlemagne which makes it even cooler that he made a metal album about him

[@Alexander-Hatfield]

The guy who played sauraman "the white"?

[@Untapped8819]

@@Alexander-Hatfield Yeah he was Saruman, Dracula in Hammer Horror, Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes to name a few

[@margiepico]

This is right up my alley!! Love Medieval History!!

[@jessaguilar4747]

Me too!!! It fascinates me! I love reading about the castles, daily life, and the care people received from the “doctors” lol