Charles Martel and the Battle of Tours, 732

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Tours, 732 - few places and dates ring so vividly in history. After the Umayyad conquest of Spain, the Emirs of Cordoba began probing the realm of the Franks. However, the Umayyads would come up against Charles Martel, the Hammer. Leading his battle-hardened Franks, Martel would face the mighty Umayyads at the legendary battle of Tours. In this documentary, we explore this incredible moment in medieval history.
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[@wladimirjohannes4383]

Jan sobiaski lll König von Polen Sieg gegen ottman in Wien

[@skymaster4743]

This battle was called, "The Battle of the Highway of Martyrs" by the Arabs. It was a devastating blow.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

That is an epic title, fascinating!

[@dawidi49haqqa98]

Arabs is black

[@jackbananas3204]

Berbers not arabs most soldiers where berbers from North Africa

[@Sham-zo8mu]

This wasn’t really a devastating blow. The franks where at home with the main military force. The Arabs are 1000s of miles away. The army was a mainly Berber force. The Arabs at this time reached the greatest land expansion. They still controlled Spain

[@TheTami4444]

Anyway ummayads needed a blow a Devestating blow ..

[@davebroad642]

Great discipline was shown by the Franks. That is what determined this outcome.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Very true!

[@AnonymousIdealist]

And God.

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

And great cowardice shown by the Aquitaines! Learn facts!

[@PhilJonesIII]

Many thanks for making this video happen. The victory at Tours was significant.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

It was a pleasure to create, glad you enjoyed it!

[@DDickinson458]

Grampa Charlie was such an absolute Chad.

[@donlucazz]

"Martel" stand for "Hammer" in Old French and Italian, well "Martello" in italian to be exact but it's pretty much the same

[@miliba]

meanwhile, oberyn martel's head was crushed like a watermelon

[@mikeylejan8849]

Martilyo in Spanish

[@elgranlugus7267]

Spanish: Martillo.

[@karlosdaniel6537]

In Portuguese: martelo.

[@rimacalid6557]

Martel the TRAITORS, today is called a hero, tomorrow a traitor again

[@davidball7111]

Best anime intro I’ve ever seen

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks very much!

[@Real_SkyRipper]

thanks Charles Martel, he pretty much saved Europe together with his army.

[@johnmguzman7491]

How?

[@Real_SkyRipper]

@@johnmguzman7491 how? the video explains it right? he defeat evil, armies of demons, from invading more into Europe

[@corpchannel2523]

​@@johnmguzman7491 the battle of tours resulted in the Umayyad forces retreat and if they weren't defeated there, they would have continue advancing throughout Europe

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

*DEPRIVED

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

You’re just a wasteman with no value!

[@jacobpaul3430]

Thanks for making this video. We were just talking about the Battle of Tours today in class.

[@maximeburguet9905]

the Father of the western world what a beast

[@smal750]

Père de la France rien a foutre de l'europe

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

@@smal750Exactly! This battle deprived Europe!!

[@mezzyvt701]

What about Karolus Magnus

[@auroramariealmeara8622]

Great video

[@-RONNIE]

Good video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@DeepCrossing1]

This was such great story telling, use of direct sources and letting them tell it in their own words.. Vivid..

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks Patrick! I really wanted this video to focus on the two oldest sources we have for the battle, which really give us the most important information concerning the clash of the Franks and the Arabs at Tours. They are very brief accounts, but they tell us a lot.

[@DeepCrossing1]

@@RealCrusadesHistory I came looking for a break-down on the Battle of Tour because I heard about it on the History Extra Podcast, "Medieval masterclass 1". Tour is such a fascinating event, it has an inevidability about it, and fascinating to think of the people who stood and faught, and whether they had any sense of the significance of the event. A lot of these battle docs use a lot of maps and stuff, having you read the old sources is the perfect preparation for watching a battle map doc, because you really do get a sense of the people and the time, both approaches compliment the other.

[@charlesmartel8446]

Ahh, sweet memories!

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

Abd Al-Rahman Ibn Abd Al-Ghafiqi, Governor of Al-Andalus is your nightmare! 😟

[@philippekogler]

He was my 37th great grandfather. Philippe Jean Kogler, You → Denise Kogler, your mother → Marcelle Helene Marchoux, her mother → Jean Texier, her father → Jean Texier, his father → Pierre Texier, his father → Marquis Etienne Texier de Javerlhac, his father → Marquis Etienne-Marie Texier de Javerlhac, his father → Marquis Pierre-Francois-Marie Texier de Javerlhac, his father → Marquis Henri-Bernard Texier de Javerlhac, his father → Marquis Bernard Texier de Javerlhac, his father → Comte Jean-Francois Texier de Javerlhac, his father → Henri de Texier, his father → Francois de Texier, Seigneur du Breuil, his father → Catherine de Texier, his mother → Baron Raymond de Lambertye de Montbrun, her father → Seigneur François De Lambertie, his father → Jean De Lambertie, his parent → Catherine De Lambertie, his mother → Allemande de Gontaut Biron, her mother → Gaston de Gontaut, IV, her father → Pierre De Gontaut Biron, his father → Gaston de Gontaut Biron, III, his father → Marguerite Marqueze de Lomagne, his mother → Obrie de L'Isle-Jourdain, her mother → Bernard Jourdain de L'Isle-Jourdain, Comte de L'Isle-Jourdain & de Dunes, her father → Bernard I de L'Isle-Jourdain, his father → Jourdain I de Lisle, his father → Raymond I de Lisle, his father → Emma Taillefer, his mother → Guillaume III Taillefer, comte de Toulouse, her father → Adélaïde la Blanche d'Anjou, Reine consort d'Aquitaine, his mother → Fulk II, Count of Anjou, her father → Fulko I "Le Rouge", Comte de Anjou, his father → Ingelger, count of Anjou, his father → Petronelle d'Auxerre de Gâtinais, Comtesse de Anjou, his mother → Hugo, Archchancellor of the Empire, her father → Charlemagne, Römisch-deutscher Kaiser, his father → Pippin der Jüngere, his father → Karl "der Hammer" Martell, his father

[@davidpayne5329]

Hey! We are pretty much related then. He's my super great grandfather as well. Very cool.

[@leogura6580]

Wow can you share the source I wanna see it too.

[@mampsj6326]

You doxxed yourself.

[@JohnSmith-vj8rh]

hey cousin

[@smal750]

💀💀💀

[@cryptoprepper1463]

this is my confirmed ancestor so proud:)

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

You should be ashamed if you’re a real human.

[@JohnEglick-oz6cd]

Ironically , the French knights were defeated there nearly 700 years later by the English archers @ "Tours" by Charlemagne's grandfather ,ban Frankish King . The franks were of Germanic origin .

[@Mahmoodyousef0]

As an Arabic Muslim I want to thank you for your non-biased and accurate content. It is rare these days to find a channel that tells the truth about history and your channel is one of the best 👍 This battle was as you described 100% according to Arabic resources and we call it “the battle of stoned martyrs “ Continue in this amazing content 👍

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks!

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Still convinced that islam was not spread by the sword?

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God be with you ☦️✝️

[@duman173]

@@seafoodlover7188 stop being cringe you basement dwelling troll

[@johnmguzman7491]

​@@seafoodlover7188is this just an opinion or you have academic sources that you can cite/provide?

[@ReeceDee]

George rr Martin named house Martel after Charles Martel...even the hammer of the waters which caused the breaking of the arm of Dorne was based on Martel meaning hammer.

[@kanyekubrick5391]

Let’s gooooo! 🔥

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

Nah! 👎🏼

[@nj3195]

Love this channel! I take interest because it covers the history that TV or movies largely won’t go into. I was shocked they did “The King” the movie about Agincourt. My ancestors descend from Nibelungids or Charles Martels brother Childebrand I of Burgundy. Our line is not so popular as the Pippinids. It’s funny too how my line kind of laid low in the north in Vexin. It tells me you needed distance from central and southern France drama! Looking at records I realize how dangerous it was to be royal back in those days. Childebrand’s line that survives almost intact (same last name chosen and kept for 900 years) today emerged mainly from the Tyrrell’s of the UK and their French cousins the TyreI de Poix family members in France. The Tyrel De Poix use the Chateaux De Forges, they received in perpetuity after Agincourt as a bed and breakfast in Concremiers, France to this day! I’m sure there are a lot more descendants of this line but they may have a different last name. Our family is American but my mother’s last name was Terrell, the American version. Unfortunately not enough documentation survives for every generation but we live up to Nibelung’s nickname “The Historian” our line has kept up its own history and has societies in the US, UK, Australia etc..😎.

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God is Good✝️

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Islam ☪️ is the truth!

[@blazetodd8181]

I’m related to Charles Martel. Cool video

[@G_Flash84625]

Please use more gameplay from Medieval 2 Total war, really makes for great watching with your narration

[@vicgarcia1515]

Charles Martel is my 47th Great-Grandpappy!

[@waitwhat1264]

Me jealous 😭

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@@waitwhat1264Wasteman!

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Do you plan to talk about The Bayard Knight ? Nice vid btw

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[@ShamelessSoul]

Umayyad, bro?

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

What?

[@msjoanofthearc]

Beautiful! Most know Charles as the Hammer, thank you for putting his complete title; The Hammer of GOD!

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

He was an infidel!

[@Hickokboy]

What is the m2tw mod featured in the video?

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

7:12 That was 100% rightfully theirs!

[@BentHeWiLdER]

Sadly France suffers from guilt and they gave the Muslims the keys to France all in the name of French honor

[@TirabintaToktik-hz1lx]

Charles Martel 🔥🔥🔥

[@moneyn100]

Is this a reupload?

[@JockoJonson17]

1:27 is Odo of Aquitaine the Odo from Vikings TV show?

[@tonial6483]

no

[@presidentstevenking]

my ancestor. I have the x's M'S W'S crescent moon lines on my palems and my fingers have the rare one in two million inheirted problem where I cant straighten them out.

[@davidp7178]

Is that Sheldon Cooper at the end of the video?

[@johnwhitedud8024]

Pipen the short & Charles the hammer Martel 🤘

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

Abbasid-Carolingian Alliance 🤝🏼

[@1989ElLoco]

Hey real crusades history watchers, which video do you recommend to get a good overview of the crusades? I am interested in the history, but to be honest not as much that I want to see a 2 hour video on each battle :)

[@Chilly_Billy]

While it has its faults "Kingdom of Heaven" is a good movie. I also enjoy "El Cid" starring Charlton Heston.

[@1989ElLoco]

Chilly Billy thanks for your reply, but I meant a video on this channel :)

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​@@Chilly_BillyCharlton Heston never disappoint us. Great Actor indeed he was. 😅😊❤

[@lokkotez]

Carlos martillo el mejor martillo

[@danielandres1579]

Why re upload this?

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Had to fix a couple of things.

[@beardedroofer]

I'm related to "the Hammer", on my mother's side.

[@UncleMustardo]

MC or Charles?

[@beardedroofer]

@@UncleMustardo Charles

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

👎🏼

[@codymiller5748]

What was charles the duke of? Or was he just the mayor of the palace?

[@hussainashraf5179]

france was a third world nation🤣🤣🤣

[@Friton3v1]

He was the mayor of the palace, making him the true leader of the Frankish Kingdom, because the frankish kings were more and more powerless after the reign of the last great king Dagobert the first (629-639). The term of "duke" didn't exist at that time, but he came from a powerful nobility family.

[@gavinjanise7680]

I’m related to the hammer

[@mikeylejan8849]

Charles Martel and Charlamagne!

[@khalidibnal-walid5703]

The Arabs were planning a large-scale attack on France in the year 739, but the great barbarian revolution broke out, and in the Battle of Noble and Qadarah the Berbers killed more than 110,000 Arab armies, and in the Battle of Idols and the Century, the Arabs killed 220,000 Berbers.

[@dawidi49haqqa98]

😂🤣 fake.

[@naturesbeauty5086]

@@dawidi49haqqa98 Do you stand with the ummayads or the franks?

[@alekjwrgnwekfgn]

What is that computer game?

[@RorytheRomulan]

I think that's Mount and Blade

[@trauma50disaster1]

I think it's Total War: Medieval 2

[@GEOHHADDAD]

Pepin the Short?

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

Abbasid-Carolingian Alliance 🤝🏼

[@memer1271]

Basically, Tours was Christianity's Ain Jalut and Ain Jalut was Islam's Tours.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Fair enough.

[@memer1271]

@@RealCrusadesHistory Thank you for responding.

[@Rafale01]

Mmh

[@EPHZAM]

Guys the man is here ☺️🤣🙏. Good day sir.

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God bless you bro ✝️☦️

[@zackhartley4718]

Good ole Medieval Total War 2

[@donnymoney4222]

200 years before the campaign starts

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@@donnymoney4222 the background film that is being used

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[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Next video in the series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJTHmIlvYrqMgLM

[@EC-ge7qg]

What books would you recommend on Clovis, Charles Martel, and Charlemagne? It's hard to find other more in depth studies of the major Frankish kings outside of Edward Gibbon.

[@wladimirjohannes4383]

Karl martel der Hammer Germanische König

[@tonyhawk94]

Germany and France were one entity back then. Your comment is anachronistic.

[@stormbringer2840]

He wasn't a king but mayor of the palace . His son Pepin the short did become king and his grandson Charlemagne ( carolus magnus , karl der grosse ) did become emperor afterward tho .

[@nj3195]

Also Martel means Hammer so you’re saying it twice. It would properly read Carolus or Karolus Martel. I have seen text in Latin. His brother ( My ancestor) Childrbrand’s name back then was Childebranno in Latin. They spoke a Germanic language but writing was in Latin officially. Oh and Germany and France should be proud! The boders that exist today are artificial.

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