Crucem Sanctam Subiit but you're marching back from the Fourth Crusade

1204 worst year of my life
The prominent medievalist Sir Steven Runciman wrote in 1954: "There was never a greater crime against humanity than the Fourth Crusade." Constantinople was considered as a bastion of Christianity that defended Europe from the advancing forces of Islam, and the Fourth Crusade's sack of the city dealt an irreparable blow to this eastern bulwark. Although the Greeks retook Constantinople after 57 years of Latin rule, the Byzantine Empire had been crippled by the Fourth Crusade.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_...

[@francis9428]

- "Did you do it?" - "No" - "What did it cost" - "Lives" - "What did you achieve?" *- "Access to Heaven"*

[@03.ximipa3ahmadrinofarosmu3]

Bruh they sacked Constantinople

[@03.ximipa3ahmadrinofarosmu3]

That's like sacking the Vatican

[@03.ximipa3ahmadrinofarosmu3]

The 4th Crusade was a terrible attempt at taking the holy land. So much so that the only thing worth remembering is the sack of Constantinople

[@theemissary1433]

@@03.ximipa3ahmadrinofarosmu3 As a Christian and a fan of the Eastern Roman Empire, I like the Crusades. Execept the fourth one *We don't talk about that*

[@gdog2k619]

@@theemissary1433 I’m also a fan of the crusades but we shouldn’t forget all of the dirty stuff they did. I.E. poisoning civilian water sources, killing women and children, etc.

[@educatedfool5121]

Sometimes when I read fantasy novels, I think to myself "this is unrealistic and outright stupid! What moron would possibly think this is a good idea!?!" then I look back to events in our own history like the Fourth Crusade, where Crusaders, attempting to reclaim the Holy Land from the Saracens somehow manage to sack the City of Constantinople and throw their only eastern ally into a state of destitution that they would never recover from...

[@dragonfell5078]

History is stranger than fiction. Take Rourke's drift for example. Reads like a bad novel.

[@chuckn4851]

The Komenenos weren't exactly allies of the western kingdoms though. Do some more research and you'll find out that the Sack was actually a direct result of shitty Byzantine power plays. Not saying the 4th Crusade was in any way a good move, but there's a decent amount of necessary historical context behind it to understand that it was more so than just "WOW BIG DUMB VENETIANS"

[@ladywaffle2210]

"The only difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense."

[@an-dagda6276]

I often wondered why people saw "Fantasy" as outlandish. As a Scot our history was wrapped in bloodshed,curses and magick,gold and silver, myth and might along with a lot of eeryie fairy shite. Ill leave use the joy of researching aboot Changelings unless you already know what they are...

[@TwinPeaky]

"Eastern ally" Massacre of the Latins time

[@chickenmcmuffin2373]

“When I was sixteen I had won a great victory, I felt in that moment I would live to be a hundred, now I know I shall not see thirty.” -King Baldwin IV

[@Bannanaju007]

Repent

[@caesari3708]

"We did it Patrick! We saved Christendom!"

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

More like "We did it Patrick we are Romans Now" the Crusaders at this point were Excommunicated and went Rouge so after the sacking the remaing ones formed the Latin Empire which Died after the Empire of Nicea had Retaken Constantinople

[@AremStefaniaK]

cursed :D

[@_Gopnik_Medved_]

Teacher: We are going on an excursion to Jerusalem. Girls: Great! Israel is beautiful. Boys:

[@bouppap67]

Palestine is beautiful ..... Not israel !!

[@danilapolesciuk4316]

@@bouppap67 shush child

[@danilapolesciuk4316]

@@dabbingsquidward5748 me whose half Lithuanian half russian:

[@colddarkness1798]

Boys: VIKINGS! BARBARISM!

[@colddarkness1798]

@@danilapolesciuk4316 it's 1940 you can go here 🏭☠️

[@malasian]

I like how they didn't even chant the entire 8 minutes of the song. As if they were so demoralized by the 4th Crusade they couldn't be bothered to even chant the entirety of Crucem Sanctam.

[@edmundironside9435]

Imagine if you could get that reverb in a forest

[@ghosttrain4118]

Depends on the mushrooms you pick along the way

[@Skynightburst]

@@saulwright5663 you hike a lot?

[@kevysann7902]

@@Skynightburst i like to think he’s been in the crusades himself

[@yerassyl.sabyrrakhim]

maybe from the helmets

[@AremStefaniaK]

i can imagine a tree big enough to house a whole army and a town but thats some stick elven shit

[@cruzaider5339]

“My goodness I can't believe those heathens sacked the Constantinople!” **Awkward eye contact**

[@scottking6481]

4th crusade was certainly a thing that happened

[@someoneunknown9947]

worst thing that ever happpened

[@sonicnarutoTDpg]

@@someoneunknown9947 Protestant reformation and the bastard child of the enlightenment known as “secularism” has put the world in a worst state then the fall of Second Rome

[@jaggedplanet]

@@sonicnarutoTDpg Based

[@bigmanjoe3603]

@@sonicnarutoTDpg Cap, protestant reformation was a big W.

[@bigfoot4034]

@@bigmanjoe3603 Martin Luther wanted to Mary a nun. That’s shameful.

[@kingnothing5678]

When you're chilling in East Anglia and hear "My mother told me" from the sea.

[@Dunarcarn]

Someday I will find, Galley with Good Oars, sail to distant shores...

[@georgemann3760]

*scared anglo-saxon noises*

[@rosalinaj9717]

What is this a reference to?

[@kingnothing5678]

@@rosalinaj9717 Vikings

[@rosalinaj9717]

@@kingnothing5678 Oh, gotta watch that sometime!

[@zoidisaretardgg4087]

Imagine a modern day crusade

[@bigeddiespaghetti5618]

Russia, the EU, Britain, Armenia, North and South America all gang up on Turkey 😍

[@zoidisaretardgg4087]

@@bigeddiespaghetti5618 oh God I'm salivating

[@kilerman6969]

It would be pointless, just nuke that supposed holy land so none of the abrahamic religions can claim that sandy wasteland.

[@ZrodyApo]

It happened during the invasion of Irak in 2003, it was Bush little crusade

[@simonbrandberg1732]

@@bigeddiespaghetti5618 what Turkey? They do not own the holy land. I don't think going for the jews is such a good idea either...

[@PR-ot7qd]

Ah the 4th crusade, the sequel no one asked for, but they did it anyway because the series was so popular.

[@tylerthegamer8766]

Glad to see you back!!!

[@HistoryFeels]

Thanks man! I'll try to keep to 1 a week where I can

[@tylerthegamer8766]

@@HistoryFeels sounds good

[@BanditoBurrito]

Great song choice, this is one that’s been in the back of my mind but could never remember the name

[@nuBHoe_ny3o]

Crucem sanctam subiit, qui infernum confregit, accintus est potentia, surrexit die tertia. Alleluia Surrexit Christus et illuxit populo suo: quem redemit sanguine suo. Alleluia!

[@visorij3374]

Amen

[@ali12918]

Baldwin iv : salam alaikum Salahuddin : wa alaikum salam

[@mixinthebisquic1238]

*" IS THIS WHY YOU HAVE COME TO THE HOLY LAND!"*

[@marza339]

Love the kingdom of heaven reference

[@mixinthebisquic1238]

@@marza339 FINALLY some one gets it.

[@ReonMagnum]

> _TFW you know you're going straight to hell after sacking the greatest city in Christendom, but you try to drown out the dark thoughts with holy chanting._

[@fujikoalfonso7448]

Constantinople plebs

[@DoctorLifeMD]

The same city that murdered and spat on countless Christians? Yeah, no, the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade went to Purgatory at worst.

[@ReonMagnum]

@@DoctorLifeMD Both the Byzantines and the Crusaders were at fault. The Massacre of the Latins in Constantinople deeply soured the relations of East and West, and was used as justification in the Fourth Crusade to sack the city (and also after being tricked by the new emperor who had no money). However due to the actions of the Crusaders, the Christian wall that was they Byzantine Empire was greatly weakened and eventually led to the Ottoman Turks to capture Constantinople. Europe was dangerously close to being conquered by Islamic forces, and only at Vienna in 1683 were they finally beaten. tldr: The Fourth Crusade was still a f***ing mistake.

[@frostyboi312]

@@ReonMagnum Turkey wouldn't even exist as a country today if this didn't happen

[@SpaceMarine500]

@@DoctorLifeMD It directly led to the Ottoman Empire existing as they did.

[@akramgimmini8165]

"Legio! Aeterna! Victrix!" But you´re an Roman Legionare marching trough the Teutoburger Forest

[@HistoryFeels]

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[@akramgimmini8165]

@@HistoryFeels Alright Sry and Thank you 👌🥰

[@spartan-0073]

How does he make these better than movies today

[@user-bv7nr8et6o]

4 утра. Не знаю что я забыл под этим видосом, но звучит просто прекрасно!

[@Nara.Shikamaru]

Same. It’s 2:13 am where I am and I’m both confused and content.

[@bigwillyhaver4207]

8:30 pm on Saturday. Totally worth the watch

[@Navegante2305]

Sailing towards Brindisi from Constantinople, early May 1204. It wasn't supposed to happen this way. It was a crusade, for God's sake! Jerusalem was the goal, but it wasn't. The Venetians, thrice be damned, in exchange for funding for the campaign convinced us to make a detour. "After all, the Basileus promised to pay us what was due", they said. And we marched on to THE CITY, Pearl among Cities. A little more than a month and two major attacks delayed the siege. We no longer held out hope that the Basileus, cowardly scoundrel, would pay us. So the city paid. In gold and blood. He was nobody special. Just a third son of a minor nobleman in Burgundy. He would not receive any inheritance, nor was he destined for the clergy.. The promise of glory and redemption of the Crusade was simply irresistible. He dreamed of contemplate the Holy Land and liberating Jerusalem of the Muslim hand. To re-establish legitimate Christian authority over the Holy City. It was not to end like this: First Zara, a city sacked on behalf of the Venetians, and then Constantinople. The motto Deus Vult used for this. It would be laughable if it were not so tragic. Remembering the burning city, the soldier of the cross looked up at the evening sky and asked himself: -Still feel like a hero, Gisbourne? An attempt at a snippet inspired by the video. I hope you like it.

[@cryptostormer2512]

Venetians? You mean J --s

[@dimostychalas9716]

"By God, what have we done?"

[@olekcholewa8171]

Avenged our brethren.

[@younghefner8343]

​@@olekcholewa8171 By killing fellow christians and letting the saracens take over Constantinople, one of the most important christian cities in the world?

[@olekcholewa8171]

@@younghefner8343 Western Christians literally did everything in their power to not let Islam take Constantinople. Not their fault that the Byzantines betrayed Christendom and conspired with the Muslims.

[@younghefner8343]

@@olekcholewa8171 yea sure kid, the west literally left the Byzantines to their own devices and used it's rotting corpse for monetary gain. If instead the "crusaders" went to Egypt as was intended and not Constantinople for greed maybe the levant and anatolia would be in Christian hands, but oh well.

[@ozzell]

- The greeks had it coming though right, wojak? - Y-yeah.. haha

[@olekcholewa8171]

They did, actually.

[@thecoolbyzantine24]

@@olekcholewa8171no

[@bigmetalman4257]

They did succeed to do one thing at least Kill the true successor of Rome and let a major holy city fall into disrepair

[@Miller-xo4yj]

Ave Maria

[@georgeshneerson8766]

Gratia plena

[@JoeMode213]

@@georgeshneerson8766 Dominus Tecum

[@alexanderlazowski7562]

Benedicta tu in mulieribus

[@hellenicboi14]

et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus

[@olekcholewa8171]

Sancta Maria Mater Dei

[@johnxina2333]

Me and the boys marching to pornhub studios...

[@ceilingfangroyper7604]

No terms will be acceptable

[@olekcholewa8171]

No quarter for satan

[@qr8440]

DEVS LO VVLT!

[@DaleScutchings-iq6tl]

Me and the boys on a school trip

[@DaleScutchings-iq6tl]

Good one bro

[@sovietproductions7362]

When girls play dodgeball: go easy on us! When boys play dodgeball:

[@biniaminus-1969]

Nous voulons plus de médiéval !

[@TIRFemcel]

Leading to battle and chanting this, badass

[@psychomammoth9640]

And so Dante Marched with his brothers in arms to Christ, to slaughter their God’s heathens and to once again see Beatrice. Not knowing of the hell he must face ahead….The Inferno calls.

[@phellipegalileo9225]

It was very stupid to attack Constantinople.

[@anon2427]

No

[@donjeremias4240]

Yes it was.

[@Oob144]

Worse thing that ever happened probably ever. Imagine what could have been.

[@TorquemadaBouillon]

Indeed. Even though many of those who participated in the Fourth Crusade actually went to the Levant, the ones who defected to Constantinople did catastrophic damage, in every way.

[@TorquemadaBouillon]

In fact, it was largely because of this that the Crusades failed miserably in a general context, greed and pride. After the First Crusade, it seemed that the real objective of retaking the Holy Land had been replaced by simply acquiring new possessions and money, at least by most nobles. And to think that Godfrey of Bouillon refused to be called King and wear a golden crown in 1099...

[@Starthclyde]

"Soooo are we all in agreement that we just went and got snacks, and that's it nothing else happened then?"

[@cm-co9sd]

plz do a viking one, think it could be awsome

[@wilsonwebb107]

So chill music for marching love this ❤️

[@krydas9050]

Know this song from Choir. Love to sing it, so good.

[@Tomeixx]

I learned it for fun some month ago and its amazing.

[@bigfoot4034]

Dies Irae Is the best

[@Gigachad_Oficial_]

Esse som dos passos da armadura ao fundo, eu me arrepio e suo.

[@crazy4milsurps]

Oh my god this channel is fire !!!!!!

[@anonymousexe1752]

Me and the boys in Istanbul

[@Marcos-np7ry]

Esto me hace motivarme al 1000%

[@Historia-lr1oy]

This video inspired me to create my video,u are great.

[@williamlau4151]

playing this when playing twm 2 hits so hard

[@thecureofpestilence2333]

very need i love this stuff it kinda turn me on no cap! keep the great work up

[@TheSpartanlegend]

need to get this as a wallpaper

[@vales7221]

Returning home after sacking Constantinople

[@pkerch00b1]

"I'm sure they'll bounce back..."

[@olekcholewa8171]

Based.

[@jamphire_]

love it, now we need someone to use Animatediff or Sora to make a realistic POV video of the marching and with this audio, we have everything we need to feel the real experience of being a man of god.

[@gretschmesaboogie]

Ensemble Organum 💯 -- their rendition of Guillaume de Machaut's Notre Dame Mass is pure beauty.

[@Stauroforos12]

Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed Nomini tuo da gloriam

[@johnmarston2616]

I love you guys

[@rudolfusvandetort517]

Очень понравилась история про 4-й крестовый поход. Подавление христианского хорватского города и взятие константинополя, лучшее что могли придумать благородные рыцари😉

[@firefightszz]

Yeah they where like, oh no we have no money. Let’s go raid another Christian civilization for no apparent reason

[@davidallbaugh6858]

Yes, talk about misdirection. The Fourth Crusade started out for Jerusalem and ended up sacking Constanople !

[@euroseniorknight4161]

Эта была вынужденая мера, ведь армия крестоносцев была в крупном долгу перед венецианцами, из-за отсутствия денег на их корабли. У крестоносцев не было денег на откуп и им пришлось отрабатывать путём взятия Задара в 1202г. и Падением Константинополя 1204г.

[@tobyspeakman7688]

This is fuckin beautiful

[@joegeorge2023]

I get the vibe you should have put the “Dies Irae” in somewhere

[@Nersonis]

born to crusade

[@karvouniarhsn2694]

ποτε δεν ξεχνώ ☦️☦️☦️

[@1805bbd]

1204

[@anonymousexe1752]

Πουτσα 😂😂😂😂

[@animesamurai3081]

When "Aleluia" kicks in, it becomes even more Holy!

[@havreus5929]

I love Crucem Sanctam Subiit

[@EtowahEdits]

Only acceptable march during the month of June

[@richardwilliams4786]

I wonder if these soldiers realized that the failure of the fourth crusade would lead to the fall of Constantinoble, a failure to retake the holy land, and eventually the protestant reformation. I wonder if the crusaders realized, when walking home in the rain, they not only failed their ancestors but God himself ⛪️

[@someoneunknown9947]

Could you do one with a byzantine chant ?

[@captainfordo1048]

*Let's go lads to through the jerusalem!*

[@vielplaysdagames2298]

WALTZING MATILDA WALTIZING MATILDA YOU WILL COME A WALTZING MATLIDA WITH ME

[@bigounce4293]

It is a good day to reclaim the holy land.

[@Ezra.B]

Professional street nogga

[@idkbad694]

doesn't seem like that necessarily worked.

[@democracy.superiority.enjoyer]

This should've been the last stand

[@Nara.Shikamaru]

Lmao do we have to be marching back from history’s ABSOLUTE WORST CLUSTERFUCK?

[@joeligma4721]

We did it Patrick! We saved Christianity!

[@olekcholewa8171]

One of history's great moments*

[@joeligma4721]

@@olekcholewa8171 it was actually really bad since the crusaders accidentally attacked one of christendoms greatest cities and destroyed it

[@olekcholewa8171]

@@joeligma4721 Greeks had it coming. They massacred Catholics living in Constantinople a few years earlier and allied with Muslims during the Crusades.

[@CrazyGopnik1]

Crucem sanctam subiit, Qui infernum confregit, Accintus est potentia, Surrexit die tertia. Alleluia Surrexit Christus Et illuxit populo suo: Quem redemit Sanguine suo. Alleluia! Crucem sanctam subiit, Qui infernum confregit, Accintus est potentia, Surrexit die tertia. Alleluia Surrexit Christus Iam non moritur: Mors illi ultra Non dominabitur. Alleluia! Crucem sanctam subiit, Qui infernum confregit, Accintus est potentia, Surrexit die tertia. Alleluia Surrexit Christus Lapidem quem reprobaverunt Aedificantes: hic factus est In caput anguli. Alleluia! Crucem sanctam subiit, Qui infernum confregit, Accintus est potentia, Surrexit die tertia. Alleluia

[@hellenicboi14]

Modern Catholics: The sacking of Constantinople was one of the biggest mistakes the church ever made, and we need to apologize for it. TradCaths: *I'LL FUCKIN DO IT AGAIN*

[@hfuihfenieu4776]

Orthos can stay mad, Byzantium deserved its fate for not allowing the passage of the crusaders.

[@easypete3630]

@@hfuihfenieu4776 they do have a fair reason for not allowing their passage

[@scutumfidelis1436]

Damn right!

[@user-eh4hu2nr2v]

@@hfuihfenieu4776 you just wanted to raid our holy empire , you weakned us, so we were voulnerable to ottomans .

[@anon2427]

It was God’s punishment for the utter degeneracy of the ruling class of Constantinople for the 600 years prior. Read the Secret Histories by Procopius

[@thaxtoncook5427]

For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son

[@Frito774]

La Marseille but the Prussians have broken the lines at Waterloo

[@johnbroh4030]

The pope has excommunicated all of the crusaders and you are praying to God for forgivnes because you have betrayed him and his sign .

[@IQXLYI]

We March on towards Jerusalem for god and king we shall win

[@sicor94]

Great jobs fellas, you just made the turks's job easier for them!

[@5.7moy]

Incredibly based

[@johngaelnox5447]

So… huh… how do we tell them about the sack of Constantinople?

[@Erorikok98]

Someone should do a viking version

[@chspg_alvis]

Viking? They spoke Latin but they definitely don't believe in Jesus.

[@maxydal3512]

@@chspg_alvis I'm almost positive they spoke Old Norse

[@chspg_alvis]

@@maxydal3512 That's their main language, latin is another language they spoke because of the romans constantly ruining their peace.

[@ivangivorachederfritzdanha4276]

ottomans got hands

[@tamplerdepaien6701]

Crusade...

[@EddyOfTheMaelstrom]

SALVE REGINA but you're a the last Templar in Spain

[@crissal3443]

Crucem sanctam subiit, qui infernum confregit, accinctus est potentia, surrexit die tertia. Alleluia. Lapidem quem reprobaverunt aedeficantes factus est caput anguli, alleluia.

[@imbranded8591]

I celebrated for them in the name of the Holy Christian Church. I ridicule them in the name of Rome

[@germania2276]

⚔❤✝️✝️❤⚔

[@conceptualization9212]

How can i find the wallpaper sir? Can you give link for it?

[@HistoryFeels]

Just Google crusades march it should come up

[@conceptualization9212]

@@HistoryFeels Thanks kind sir, i appreciated! Nice video btw, liked it.

[@Bismort]

What about psalm 135 but you’re a Varangian defending Constantinople in 1204?

[@karlwikman3874]

And youve been excomunicated by Pope Innocent III for being the biggest dissapointment in history

[@Russell3267]

*When the West retakes Afghanistan* "Now for the rest of the Holy Land, brothers!"

[@KongoMuller69]

Man tf you talk about? Afghanistan under taliban isnt that bad cause if the former government of Afghanistan returned guess what? fucking ISIS will be the government because many Afghanistan government officials joined ISIS

[@Z7SMAD]

never

[@Touchmyspaget]

Virgin 4th crusaders vs Chad 1st crusaders

[@nifty3000]

Deus vult my brothers!

[@m0scl963]

DEUS VULT

[@georgeshneerson8766]

Ave Maria!

[@donjeremias4240]

Doos Voolt

[@FCN1LebenLang]

None of the crusader knight orders did participate in the fourth "crusade".

[@muhammadyudhi1338]

Nasyid song whatever it's title but you're losing Jerusalem from crusader army in first crusade war

[@pepperidgefarms1772]

Big dubs boys

[@user-tx1pg1yq8k]

Who is dubious about going to the promontory? We will take our land back from the barbarians

[@MiM3-3]

why did they do it ?

[@olekcholewa8171]

Vengeance.

[@knotdead5783]

Ahh infidels

[@issamacraman7010]

Just imagine with meyou are a solider wth him but you see salah din come to you wth his army hhhh

[@wierdyankee710]

Sack of Constantinople. God's vengeance upon schism and heresy?

[@Veriox22]

Just human envy and stupidity.

[@Veriox22]

@@Callum_Summer0972 You will sack istanbul again? Yes please. Although I don't think you can make it worse than the turks have already made it.

[@Callum_Summer0972]

@@Veriox22 Fortunately, there is no Greek massacre currently happening to justify another sacking or another crusade.

[@Joemama-qg8ob]

All my homies hate the 4th crusade. Its how we lost one of the best churches in Christendom.

[@flabby2142]

DEUS VULT!

[@user-ko1de1jp6w]

I admit that the real Christians were only the Templars.

[@mikotheinsane3872]

Are any of them Saints?

[@user-ko1de1jp6w]

@@mikotheinsane3872 hmm, no, that's because they thought it was paganism. this one will give gold, this health, this one children, paganism is not otherwise,only the Lord can bestow everything.

[@mikotheinsane3872]

@@user-ko1de1jp6w If none of the Templars are Saints why are you making the claim that they are the "only true Christians"?

[@user-ko1de1jp6w]

@@mikotheinsane3872 because they worshiped the Almighty as the creator of the world, they were like the first Christians whom Rome did not allow to exist.

[@pkerch00b1]

You do know what they did in Constantinopel and Jerusalem right? Children weren't sparred.