Europe: The First Crusade - On to Jerusalem - Extra History - Part 6

📜 Europe's First Crusade - Part 6 - Extra History
The Crusaders now held Antioch, but not securely. The Turks still control the citadel atop the mountain and had a massive army coming to reinforce them. The situation grew worse when Stephen of Blois deserted from the Crusades, and told the Byzantine reinforcements not to bother: he believed Antioch would fall immediately. Now entirely on their own, the Crusaders held the wall in constant vigil until a mystic named Peter Bartholomew claimed to have received a vision from Saint Andrew. Guided by his vision, he discovered metal which he claimed to be the holy lance of Longinus - nevermind that the church already had the holy lance in its possession. Though the Crusade leaders had doubts, the soldiers were inspired so they launched an assault on the Turkish armies. Surprisingly, they won the day: the Turks did not fully support their leader, Kerbogha, and many took the Crusade counter-attack as an excuse to abandon the siege. Bohemond now kept Antioch, while Raymond of Toulouse - after the disastrous Siege of Maarat led the soldiers to commit acts of cannabalism - took the remains of the army south to Jerusalem. His attempt to capture a small city called Arqa along the way almost fractured the crusade army again, and did lead to the death of Peter Bartholomew. They arrived in Jerusalem to find the local wells poisoned, giving them no choice but to attack the city head-on. After days of intense fighting, they won their way inside the walls and began a massive slaughter of the people who still lived inside Jerusalem - the Christian population had been expelled, leaving only Muslims and Jews still in the city. And thus, with Antioch and Jerusalem both in crusader hands, the First Crusade came to an end.
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[@Tytoalba777]

It's still rather shocking that this complete mess of a crusade was somehow the most successful.

[@markhenley3097]

The Fourth Crusade proved it could go very wrong.

[@themadhammer3305]

Prins van Oranje I think the fourth crusade needs a harsher word invented to describe it, wrong just isn't enough to describe just how much of a garbage fire that one devolved into

[@antonteodor6305]

You would be shocked to know the complete mess the Levant was in when the First Crusade came along, which enabled the Western victory.

[@icecoldpolitics8890]

Let’s be honest here the Turks only took Anatolia because the byzantines and the sassinids fought each other so much and so ruthlessly that neither of them had armies capable of fighting the large Turkish forces

[@antonteodor6305]

@Twobit Gaming You're confusing the Arabs with the Turks ma man. Byzantines fighting Sassanids was 400 years before the first Crusades. At Manzikert the Byzantines were just on the decline overall, and the Seljuks were outstanding warriors and tacticians.

[@MsSomeone98]

Why let cannibalism get in the way of a good Crusade?

[@FireCalvinMaster]

It's not bacon.

[@MadnerKami]

+Braingears Depends. After all, many of the crusaders were clearly pigs.

[@dfddfdfdfdfdfdskyrim]

+MadnerKami They were eating Turks though.

[@AlL-tk6kw]

+Braingears turkey bacon

[@TheBoundFenrir]

+Alex Lakis XD That's horrible

[@tnyamaneko6093]

The more I see this series, the more sympathy I have for Tancred. Dude did actually play by the rules, used a convenient and bilateral subterfuge to take a city and limit bloodshed, tried his best to abate a massacre in this context, albeit the victims being from a different faith... I do think his actions were commendable in that particular context.

[@SuperHamsterhuey]

Always remember kids: With enough luck, any group of idiots with swords can take whatever land they please

[@Noctem_pasa]

Well, now it's guns, but what's the difference?

[@rubie8410]

New Philosopher I don't know , idiots would probably still use swords

[@valff5770]

I DontKnowAnymore tell that to ISIS

[@iamscoutstfu]

Idiots? I suppose that’s true, if the people defending that land are even more idiotic. Makes sense.

[@enricosalviano8333]

@@iamscoutstfu true, you should never underestimate an opponent, no matter how idiotic and chaotic they are, although, its hard not to be uncaring of those idiots that broke down easily and cant get their priority straight!

[@PINGPONGROCKSBRAH]

Look, this "Lance of Longinus" is great and all, but when are they going to find the holy hand grenade?

[@Gametuber68]

Haha I see what you did there! :D

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

+PINGPONGROCKSBRAH when the Sarracens bring some bunnies to take back Jerusalem.

[@Landis963]

+PINGPONGROCKSBRAH They won't. The holy pin was pulled, King arthur counted to -five- three, and it blew up on the killer rabbit of Caerbannog.

[@1234ahmed1000]

+PINGPONGROCKSBRAH What is this Holy Hand Grenade people keep talking about? They didn't even have grenades balk then.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

Ahmed El Gendy Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[@caramida9]

Lance of Longinus: +2 magic attack +2 magic deffense +10 inspiration with those stats everyone could win the battle...

[@Danishruyu1]

+caramida9 You forgot the -2 Intelligence.

[@Sniperbear13]

+Danish Abdullah and the -4 sensibility, along with -20 foresight.

[@kakashi76767]

+caramida9 They just nerfed it again... figures.

[@snaketooth0943]

+Accelerator And +999 RELIGION!!!

[@mariophreak]

+Magnus McIntyre no +9001 religion.

[@dashsocur]

Rather ironic that Tancred (the guy that had been attacking towns all along the path of the crusade) is the only one that tried to stop the slaughter.

[@mehmetyok8434]

sometimes remorse hits a little later.

[@napolien1310]

Dude he attacks towns but doesn't slaughter the people

[@tylerdurden3722]

Tancred (and Bohemond) was a Norman from the Kingdom of Norman Sicily. Where Muslims, Jews and Orthodox Christrains ruled by "Catholic" Norman Mercenaries, lived together in peace. The Normans, dispite being catholic, didn't really care too much for religion (they were basically still just French speaking Vikings). Just a few years before this they went to war against the Pope and captured and imprisoned the Pope...for months. Bohemond merely saw the Crusades as an opportunity to take Constantinople and make himself Byzantine Emperor (he had kinda come close a decade before). Anyway, this new plan didn't go as planned.

[@RenoDW]

@@tylerdurden3722 You meant "Vikings speaking French" ?

[@spaceman8935]

@@RenoDW I think he meant French (the language) speaking Vikings (the people). It'd be a bit a bit weird to call the language the Norse spoke Viking.

[@FoxEatingBamboo]

Well, I'm never again going to be able to imagine Beaumont without him prancing about with fox ears and a tail.

[@PrimusSwallows]

Beaumont the furry.

[@a.morphous66]

What does the Bohemond say?

[@Adamsnadler214]

Bohemond no swiping

[@silent_stalker3687]

bboi elmo Bohemon no crusading

[@BlackCat-tg7th]

@@PrimusSwallows Neko* big difference but whatever

[@unclesam3147]

Please do a series on the Third crusade with Saladin and Richard the lionheart

[@scribejay]

+Soviet Bear I see someone played Age of Empires II.

[@PanzerIVAE]

+Scribejay Indeed Age of Empires 2 XD Although Saladin's wasn't really my favorite campaign in there

[@labrynianrebel]

+Soviet Bear Should do the Second Crusade, we're not Steven Universe, we believe in this thing called "in order" :P

[@Zer0kx]

+Scribejay What about Stronghold Crusader brah

[@scribejay]

What now?

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

They really took the wrong weapon in Antioch. A spearhead is much less effective than the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, and they didn't even have to dig for it, they just had to borrow it in the not-Holy not-Roman not-an-Empire in the first place !

[@Halloweensmasher]

+scarfacemperor They couldn't. This was about two centuries after King Arthur pulled the pin and slayed the evil Rabbit of Caerbannog in 932.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

Cyrus Levy then making copies ! This Lance of Longinus was probably a copy or maybe even a spearhead that the mystic guy just smuggled to the digging site, but it worked !

[@Halloweensmasher]

***** Actually, that chunk of iron was probably just part of the church's architecture that fell off some time ago. Besides, you can't make copies without an original, and as I said the original blew up in 932.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

Cyrus Levy but we do know how the original looks like. They just had to watch Monty Python & the Holy Grail. Beside the not-Holy not-Romans not-really-Emperors did have a copy of the Holy Hand Grenade to show their power.

[@Halloweensmasher]

***** Um, how could they have watched a movie that wasn't released until 1975? Also, the Holy Roman Empire didn't begin until 962, thirty years after the grenade was detonated.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

i didn't know the Crusaders were not only followers of God, but also Followers of Khorne.

[@nakenmil]

+ShadowWolfRising BLOOD FOR THE PACIFIST SHEPHERD SON OF GOD!!

[@ShadowWolfRising]

Enthused Norseman Oh that is Fantastic.

[@stantrien8106]

+Enthused Norseman SKULLS FOR ELOHIM"S THRONE!

[@greycommotion]

+ShadowWolfRising Why let worshipping the Ruinous Powers get in the way of a good (Black) Crusade?

[@ShadowWolfRising]

Gareth Davies 'claps'

[@feebleking21]

well, that was depressing

[@AegixDrakan]

+shy guy YUP.

[@kittythemouse6988]

+shy guy so much for banners

[@feebleking21]

Kitty The Mouse like that was legitimately fucked up

[@catholicracialist776]

@@feebleking21 Cry more

[@sartanko]

Did the word "clusterfuck" exist back then?

[@Noctem_pasa]

No, but I'm sure that's how the word was born

[@emlynselene1096]

@@Noctem_pasa Nah, that was during the fourth crusade

[@Noctem_pasa]

100 million subscribers without videos fair point

[@BoboMagroto26]

The word was coined during this

[@DDlambchop43]

prolly something similar, but I bet it sounded prettier in Norman French.

[@Sylocat]

This was both the funniest and the most depressing Extra History miniseries yet, which are two impressive achievements. I mean, they only kept Antioch because the Turks were almost as kneecapped by infighting as they were, and because some delusional priest lied his ass off. Then they stop wasting time in Arqa because the priest goes all Ninth Gate on himself. And then the Crusaders go on to do what people always do when fighting for a Noble Cause: slaughter those weaker than themselves. I just have one question: those Genoese ships that arrived? Who were they, why were they there, and why did they agree to dismantle their ships to aid the crusaders? Has Genoa even been mentioned in this series thus far?

[@pokemonpearl812]

+Rabbit Cube Genoa was a trade nation and it's ships traveled everywhere, so it isn't very surprising they would end up near a major city like that.

[@DevilwolftheTerrible]

Genoa was like Venice in that they traded a lot so that's probably why they was around there.

[@MasterGhostf]

+Rabbit Cube Probably the Genoese knew about the crusades and as a merchants they had interests in trade. They would want to control the trade coming in middle east from india, and china and africa. That would make them rich.

[@woodzy136]

+Rabbit Cube You can read more about their involvement here (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa) but basically they helped during the siege of Antioch and the siege of Jerusalem. They were involved with the crusade from the start, but as they were a relatively small (though rich and influential) Italian city-state, they didn't contribute a huge amount of men. Their ships were instrumental though.

[@EstelleFGC]

+Rabbit Cube Genoa around the time had more influnce in the mediterranean sea then ANYONE else even venice couldnt match their power. but ofcourse their empire went down. infact if you play EU4 as Genoa all those random missions to take provinces like gibraltar or alexandria are actually there for a reason you see genoa used to own those provinces and they used to be the byzantines best buds. ofcourse all good things come to and end eventually and they lost their overseas territories slowly over time untill they had only become a husk of their former empire

[@factsabouturmum9250]

Why let a little starvation and cannibalism get in the way of a good crusade?

[@gargoyles9999]

Homini Lupus why let a little crusade get in the way of a good Walpole

[@mykomatos5445]

Jokes asides, actually crusading more could have prevented this It's the leaders personal ambitions and having to decide who gets what that dragged down all this for months. Lesser knights and civilian pilgrims had to pressure them on focusing on the holy mission, and even blackmailed Raymond to do so by destroying the walls of a city he wanted for himself So remember kids, whenever you're hungry, it's only because you're not crusading hard enough

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

@Elite that's because, oh wait, for the first time in the world, we got data from all over the freaking globe. Data from 7 billion souls!

[@LaZodiac]

...this doesn't seem like a victory.

[@TheNekoGentleman]

+LaZodiac It isn't. And they will learn it the hard way later. P.S: Didn't expect to see you outside of Roahm's channel :p

[@Next0gen0]

+Tristan Lane Well great, Now I wanna see EC do a whole Series on the crusade's. If not, I might have to * shiver *, read a history book.

[@MajorCoolD]

+Tristan Lane Not t forget it became a mostly english crusade by then, due to the fact that Richard while somewhat passionate, was also quite an asshole towards his fellow Crusaders and drove off the french and the germans (the latter which he heavily insulted and subsequently lead to his capture when he returned from this failed crusade). Also... going to Jerusalem twice without actually besiging or assaulting it and trying to do some shady backdoor dealings with Saladin surely doesnt count as 'nearly taking it' at least by my book ;)

[@Imperiused]

+Nextgener If you do, get the Historical Atlas of the Crusades www.amazon.com/Historical-Atlas-Crusades-Angus-Konstam/dp/081604919X Full of pictures yet delivers a detailed look at all of the Crusades.

[@LtKharn]

+LaZodiac They achieved their intial objective, so it seems like a victory.

[@TurlasThe6]

It's a very eye opening thing. All this time, you're getting to know and like the crusaders, since the story follows them and their struggles, but all the while you're reminded...these are mass murderers. Cute little drawings don't change that fact. It's a story that must be told, however. Thank you EC!

[@In-The-Zone]

+Mrdavid still does "the human race hasn't advanced a step since the stone age"

[@patu8010]

+Mrdavid I'm not sure why you are defending the act of killing innocent civilians. It's savage and it's good to remember that the crusaders weren't some saints.

[@9justify]

+Mrdavid don't forget planes crashing into twin towers.it's all part of nature.Amen

[@thomasbroadbent9518]

+Mrdavid blood eagles are the worst! Imagine seeing your leaders literally ripping bones out of others leaders body if I saw that I'd let them do anything to me as long as I wasn't blood eagled!

[@In-The-Zone]

patu8010 stating facts isn't the same as defending a practice, its an explanation on why it happens and how it has and always will happen. he or she never said it was a good thing.

[@TheMasterFez]

It's remarkable to think that, even though they had been cut off for months, battered down constantly, and in dire lack of leadership, the group that left Europe was crazy enough to be able to sweep through so much of the Mediterranean.

[@CloudsOfDespair]

+TheMasterFez That's what a holy fervor can do to people.

[@agentc7020]

anduin jarl they still won momentarily, they didn’t know what the future had in store for them so they did great in terms of resisting

[@MasteringJohn]

8:32 Tancred: This wasn't a good crusade...

[@baron-von-masky]

Was he the only one to actually be holy and noble?!?!

[@misterStevePikk]

@@baron-von-masky I think Raymond also tried to stop the slaughter and was generally considered a very pious man, despite being ambitious, power hungry and had a big ego

[@umartdagnir]

6:40 - Super Mario comes to the rescue.

[@PanzerIVAE]

+Dmitrij Bugajev Well you're not wrong, Genoa is in modern day Italy

[@umartdagnir]

Aerunn Allado That was the point. ;)

[@AlexSaysHi2013]

+Dmitrij Bugajev Hey! That's racist...I think???

[@jakeycross1598]

Marth from Fire Emblem converted into Christianity and followed Jesus Christ. XD (just trying to add on to the joke I don't want to sound or be blastfamous at all.)

[@TheMarkoSeke]

+Dmitrij Bugajev racist

[@sidetracker3496]

you could do: the War of the Roses the Reconquista the Teutonic Crusades the Napolionic Wars

[@Mateo-oq7ui]

+Side Tracker Reconquista, yes!

[@nathanmccallum9048]

+Side Tracker definitely war of the roses!!

[@jkwayne7174]

york mester raic fght me fgts

[@omershaik6374]

+Side Tracker those are all great topics, but i also want something less eurocentric. the haitian revolution for example was an amazing revolution and resulted in the first nation state to ban slavery (and it's also a part of the napoleonic wars, which are interesting wars but definetly can't be covered in one go while still going to detail like extra history does. so it must be broke to smaller sections)

[@brandtlucasbrandt]

+Side Tracker Hell Yeah the Teutonic Crusade was the Best Crusade. That will teach Lithuania for being Pagan.....and Poland for existing.

[@fernandogs9665]

I'm amused by the quality yet simplicity of these series. This is really how learning should be aproached instead of boring and dull data. It's important though to maintain an impartial look when learning history, but still, these are awesome. Thank you so much for your Channel, EC. Great stuff.

[@spookrockcity]

The breaking of the siege of Antioch is easily one of my favorite bits from history. Hard to find a better example of the power of belief.

[@shindari]

The First Crusade was just such a monumental series of repetitive disasters, that it is honestly MIRACULOUS that Jerusalem was recaptured at all!

[@extrahistory]

With Antioch captured, the Crusaders set their sights on Jerusalem - but morale is falling apart. #ExtraHistory

[@davidehon5806]

+Extra Credits Who are you??~~

[@unclesam3147]

Can't wait to see what the next extra history series will be

[@chalsfo]

+Extra Credits I hope you kow, but there had been much bigger killings in the holy land before, and much much later.. Good work, just shame that this little thing missed

[@unclesam3147]

+chalsfo Ya the Israelites mass genocide after the exodus was worse

[@sethparker7970]

+Extra Credits May I recommend; given our contentious relations with Russia. Maybe a bit of enlightenment as to the nature of the unification of the Rus people. And the rise of the predecessor of the Russian Empire. It has always helped explained their actions even to this day.

[@grfrjiglstan]

You know, I was actually kind of rooting for the crusaders at this point. Forgot about that whole 'massacre' thing.

[@Panory]

+grfrjiglstan Low morale, on enemy turf, every advantage seemingly in the hands of their enemies. It makes sense to root for an underdog. Just goes to show how compelling that narrative cliche can be.

[@LtKharn]

+grfrjiglstan Pretty much anyone you root for in history has done something like that so I wouldn't bother rooting for ppl ^^

[@reviveempires]

+grfrjiglstan Why let a little massacre get in the way of a good crusade?

[@invalidlogin5392]

+grfrjiglstan Considering the Muslims did similar things on a much larger scale across the middle east, north Africa, Spain and India a few hundred years earlier, I would not say either side is really worth rooting for. Although if I had to pick I would chose the crusaders, because their war (at least when they were retaking still christian territory) was justified, even if they did mess up a lot.

[@Dylanface8791]

that's why you should root for the byzantines. :D

[@petergeramin7195]

Problem 1: Walpole Problem 2: Walpole Problem 3: Walpole God damn it Walpole always ruining plans! You can literally play Where Is Walpole throughout history. Did your plans fuck up, it was Walpole. Did someone fuck you over, it was Walpole. Damn it Walpole!

[@MegaHalofan11]

Look on the bright side, they did better than the People's Crusade.

[@PersianMapper]

Yeah at least they *attacked* the enemy

[@kamronspencer4910]

Mega The Chieftain and the children’s crusade

[@commenter3843]

this was comical for all the wrong reasons . also any idea on where i could get some crusader luck ?

[@somedragonbastard]

I dunno... try some murder. That might help.

[@gogolometro235]

Fiona McCann and cannibalism. It looks like it worked for them

[@TheClassicalConservative]

Turn to God

[@anonimo2932]

2:16 GO! GO! GO! POWER CRUSADERS!

[@dasgroea2217]

you. are. a. genius.

[@herobrinesblog]

+El Presidente Jesus Tokusentai!

[@vivekkondapalli568]

lmao

[@huzaifa8665]

yeah cheer for the team that slaughters tens of thousands of civilians in cold blood

[@ThatFanBoyGuy]

So far in Extra History, we've heard so many good tales of great general with very intelligent war strategy and tactics. It was interesting to hear tales of bumbling idiots leading ill-equipped soldiers into a questionable war with mass casualties

[@Exeggutor_Enjoyer]

I hope all the crusades are like this one

[@DragonFae16]

Could the Holy Land really be considered holy any longer after being bathed in so much death and blood?

[@affan3481]

So true😔

[@kash3862]

You could argue that's why its holy.

[@publicenema8839]

Even Now with The zionist..

[@Hermit1.]

The crusaders were evil savages and followers of Satan

[@DrMattPDO]

@@Hermit1. Muslim

[@francocontreras9093]

They need a “Hans are we the baddies?” moment.

[@mj2068]

A SPECTACULAR series of videos about a SPECTACULAR story of history. As a Chinese, with very little former knowledge about this period of time in Europe, I am deeply intrigued by these epic events. And I have to say, the presentation of the videos are just, hands down, AMAZING. Good job, EC.

[@micahpharoh]

The crusaders always manage to bumble their way to victory-- truth really is stranger than fiction.

[@tomj.l7988]

+micahpharoh If the crusaders seem to be entirely disorganized the same is true of the people they were facing.

[@my_beloved_Jesus]

_"...for which he would be mocked for the rest of his days"_ Gotta love these people

[@danielw.8356]

You can always count on the Genose, that even tried to prevent the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

[@danielw.8356]

Yea....sadly you could never rely on the Venetians on the other hand. They had actually promised to send a huge fleet to help defend Constantinople in 1453, and they didn't show. At least the Sicilians had an excuse though, when they were hit by a storm, and also were in a naval battle with the Ottomans.

[@willturner9756]

Does Raymond with an eye patch and spear remind anyone else of Odin?

[@aliallail9874]

Yes

[@javierganzarain4559]

Ironic, but yes

[@BrotherRanceGwynne]

hope you talk about the other crusades

[@naga5707]

Europa Insanity especially the fourth one :)

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

Extra History seems to like to pull from the somewhat obscure, yet interesting tales. I would want to submit the idea for the 2nd and 3rd Crusades, starring Saladin, Reynald de Chatillon, Richard the Lionheart, Frederick Barbarossa, and the Leper King Baldwin.

[@marknowak8172]

@@alexanderchristopher6237 stories of Balwin IV are some of my favorites of the whole crusade! Wild they had a leper king

[@BritishRepublicsn]

@@naga5707 the fourth crusade is the worst

[@hukesama8389]

Romance of Three Kingdoms next please?

[@WanderingRurouni92]

+Huke Chong Don't mean to disappoint or seem like a douche, but comments on KZbin don't get to decide their next series. The Patreon supporters get to vote on it. But I'm with you on the Three Kingdoms period.

[@hukesama8389]

WanderingRurouni92 I know about that. A man can hope right? Three Kingdoms is the most interesting and famous history of China.

[@riquelme3764]

+Huke Chong Next one is about admiral yi :P Idk what the three kingdoms are, but that seems interesting.

[@putridspit]

+Huke Chong i wonder how many episode it will take for them to finished it, if they actually making it.

[@brodericksiz625]

+riquelme376 Have you ever heard of Dinasty Warriors? That series of games is based on the Romance of Three Kingdoms, the most ancient and most important novel in the Chinese tradition, based on real events a bit fictionalised. And it is all kinds of awesome.

[@alexbenavidez4500]

"The Lance of Longinus!' *Köm Susser-Todd starts playing*

[@cwovictor3281]

"Brb, getting Bethlehem" -Tankerhem, 1099

[@vincents.6310]

4:36 Robert of Normandy wears Robert of Flander's shirt

[@RasenFemme]

I am only just realizing how powerful this show has become in my life that when I started this episode to take a break from reality that the theme song instantly calmed me down. This show rocks.

[@onlinealiasuk]

does the Monk duel thing have a technical term?

[@travdump209]

Theology.

[@petergeramin7195]

+Patrick Bonner (Travdump) Have a religion and I still loled

[@petergeramin7195]

+Patrick Bonner (Travdump) nice one

[@peterjumper881]

The general practice is known as "trial by ordeal" or variants thereof (sometimes referring to the type of ordeal, such as "trial by fire" or "trial by water").

[@YoHoOMirster]

trial by the lance of longinus trial by monk is that right?

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

I love the image of the bishop saying "Yeah, no. The *actual* lance is in Rome..."

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

2:30 - You mean through fire and flame they carried on. *awesome guitar riff*

[@soul6134]

This is 20x better than history classes!

[@Sparkz1607]

My History professors always told me that there are always at least two sides to every story, and history is 100% about perspective. Something that seems evil or unreasonable from the outside may seem righteous and justified from another angle. In history, *no one is truly good or evil,* because *everyone thinks they're doing the right thing.* It *ALL* depends on how you look at it, and whose struggles you focus on.

[@Wydad_forza]

Yeah all of that is good , however i'm pretty sure that eating dead turkish people ,constant pillaging, slaugthering civilians is evil no matter from which side you look at it

[@elichalfant941]

Joe Gio well considering that before the crusades happend Muslims were making gigantic piles of knights heads on Spain and hammering France Id say they would have thought they were justified

[@RoyalFusilier]

I agree with the spirit of this sentiment, however, there are in fact some things that are just atrocities, like massacre, genocide, cannibalism, etc. Regardless of who did what before, during, or after. Regardless of jusitifcations or rationales or relatavism. It just is wrong.

[@phangkuanhoong7967]

nope. massacres and genocides are evil. no sides to be considered here. a bunch of raving lunatics murdered and pillaged their way through the Mediterranean. that's all there is to this.

[@Zamolxes77]

@@Wydad_forza You fail to understand that pillaging and killing was an accepted way to get rich in 1095. Especially under the banner of Holly War. Is accepted now in the islamic states.

[@Packless1]

1:45 ...i like the 'Mythbuster'-reference...! :D

[@AlexPopRares]

I just saw a lot of these animantions.. and all I can say is that they are BEAUTIFUL.. I never been so impresed by the quality of data, animation and writing all togheter. This channel from now on is my favourite on youtube. Congrats and keep up with te good work 👍

[@toddlogg]

So the Crusaders were basically just savages

[@dumisaninkosi2288]

defenders

[@Nathan-pw9nl]

Correct

[@YatinSrivastavaProject]

A big thank you to you guys for putting in all the work and making this available to everyone. You wouldn't be studying or even hearing about all this if you didn't go to college for History and then decided yourself to do a module on the Crusades. This brought back some good old college memories

[@desiboyh]

should do a series on how the Salahuddin retakes Jerusalem.

[@desiboyh]

ye the "salad dude" kicked crusader ass if you actually pick up a history book. Basically annihilated the knights templars and killed off all those cocksuckers.

[@Amilakasun1]

There's Orlando Bloom movie

[@cyaxares5153]

Saladin was not Kebab. He was Kurdish.

[@victorhugothomaz3480]

And how he got kicked in the ass by Richard the lionheart soon after?

[@biliminsrlar5752]

@@cyaxares5153 he was Arab not Kurdish...

[@Daughterofminerva]

Fun fact on Stephen of Blois: when he came back home his wife ( a daughter of William the Conqueror) sent him back to the Holy Land to complete the job and he died there. I suspect his wife was a force to behold

[@Bram06]

The first crusade; so shit, that i want more

[@labrynianrebel]

+Bram42 Don't worry there are many sequels, the fourth is absolutely crazy.

[@internetalias1613]

+labrynianrebel Yeah but the third was obviously a cash in!

[@labrynianrebel]

The 8th was anticlimactic.

[@internetalias1613]

labrynianrebel The 6th was visionary but not quite pioneering.

[@GlueC]

That whole series is due for a modern reboot. They could just call it "The Crusade" this time.

[@joezelmoncayo6148]

Fun fact: Stephen of Blois was killed in action in 1102 while fighting the Fatimid Caliphate in the Second Battle of Ramla. He was 57.

[@sliphstream4927]

When you wage war with your Int stat at min and your Luck stat at max

[@BennysRadio]

Continue! I could listen to this a whole week, as you go through the world history :) !

[@Suger5zero]

I love that history is always way more complicated than people think. And even now there's probly many more details both good and badd that no one even knows.

[@mysticcat7373]

Conclusion Crusaders = Barbarians

[@YouTubeWorldwideinternet]

Islam = Barbarians

[@PanzerIVAE]

What's going to be beautiful is that there are still more juicy crusades to come and such, also it's amazing how this series doesn't portray one side as the good side and the other bad,

[@parkerflop]

+Aerunn Allado It's pretty much just facts..."these guys heroically held their ground and the women were singing in the morning" and episode later, "they proceed to massacre everyone in the city"

[@PanzerIVAE]

Mustafa M True

[@Fearofthemonster]

+Aerunn Allado Even though what you say is generally true, in this one crusaders are portrayed as blood thirsty maniacs and muslims as victims.

[@parkerflop]

Fearofthemonster yup and those are the facts. If you want to see the reverse, check out Armenian Genocide

[@PanzerIVAE]

Fearofthemonster Honestly there were some moments where the Muslims were the victims and the Christians were the aggressors and surely there were also times it was vice versa Both sides are pretty much horrible in general

[@Flugmorph]

waited the whole week for this episode. god i love your videos!

[@UseZapCannon]

It terrifies me how accurate the automatic captions are. Daniel certainly has a clear speaking voice.

[@bmckelvy5717]

DANGIT crusaders! Why do you have to keep murdering civilians? It's not like it makes your job easier. And lemme check that lance of yours... Hmm... "Blood for the blood god, skulls for the skull throne." Ah. That explains it.

[@RandomguysUsername]

HERETICS!

[@Secundussy]

KILL MAIM BURN?

[@SpacePotato237]

+2 thug 4 yo bitch more like civilians ARE food amirit? lmao

[@clayxros576]

+The Gamers Remixed DESTROY THEM ALL

[@dioritbajrami8283]

Actually you are wrong, for example there were Christians, Jews and Muslims living in Jerusalem at the time. And look when turkish invaded Nicea the army was Turkish but the City population was Orthodox Christian. Most of the time Muslims never killed the civilians without a reason like the crusaders who murdered all the Jews and Muslims in Jerusalem.

[@ewanrawashdeh6375]

The Crusaders : Killing everyone. Me : U MONSTERS!! 😢 not the children, their moms, the elderly and the adults. Me again : wait... They spared no one... U BARBARIANS 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@codymcmasters4247]

Hey man ! I’m sure you won’t see this since you have a big platform . But special thanks for all your videos . I know the art takes work. Thanks man ! Your the true MVP!

[@BlueFireDudester]

You guys make History fun! Thank you!

[@skye_gazer]

8:02 Because why let gigantic innocent civilian massacre get in the way of a good crusade? =D

[@huzaifa8665]

NOT. FUNNY

[@huzaifa8665]

@TheFandrian oh ok. ur crazy no point in arguing with u. I guess u've nvr had a loved one die before so u dont know about death

[@proxy4620]

@TheFandrian you really are off your rocker. Hope somebody locks you up.

[@mijanhoque1740]

@8:15 Tancred literally reminded me of Jon snow situation in Kings Lansing where his men, the unsullied and dothraki went around murdering innocent people and he couldn’t control or stop them.

[@Alec11_43]

Still doesn’t make sense for that event to happen, but I saw that similarity as well.

[@9yearoldepicgamersoldier129]

Thank you for making this. I know i should know all about this especially because histpry was one of my favourite aubjects in school but all i know that there were crusades but didn't remember how any of them went and didnt know all these details so thank you for making this series it was really interesting. I know this series is old but still would love to see you do the same for the rest of the crusades.

[@s.a.m.3455]

You make history more fun Its like listening to a comical story Nice job keep it up!!!

[@midimusicforever]

Why let a bad crusade get in the way of a good crusade?

[@Xanrry]

To be fair, Stephen ran off to become King of England.

[@VaeSapiens]

+Xanrry Stephen of Blois (the crusader) did not become the king of England. You were thinking of his son (also Stephen of Blois) who did.

[@Xanrry]

Oh. Thank you for that correction.

[@VaeSapiens]

***** np it can be confusing.

[@spacephantomranger]

just found your channel...man! what I have been missing! so much to catch up on. love history love this channel

[@qhmplafk3042]

Great job, waiting for episodes on second and third crusade👍

[@kenabbott8585]

Even the slightest examination of the "massacre" at Jerusalem shows that it it was completely or almost completely hyperbole. Anybody wanna do the math? 231 cubic inches to a gallon, less than two gallons of blood in one person, ankle-deep running at least three inches high--if the streets were eight feet wide (a tiny street), and every drop of blood had been drained out of every victim, and every victim was a large adult male, and the street was perfectly level, you'd still need more people than Jerusalem had in it. Other accounts held that blood ran up to the horse's bridles, making it even more ridiculous.

[@LuccianoBartolini]

I understand if you see the Crusaders as mass murderers, and you're right, they were, but remember that their morale was low (probably to the point of depression), they were probably low on food, no wells means that there is a chance that for those 2 days of assault before opening the doors they could have succumbed to thirst for the lack of water, I mean, just try to imagine assaulting that city for 2 days under the heat, with no well nearby to refresh yourself and while wearing those chain mails that were VERY heavy, there is a very high chance that by the time they entered they were close to be psychotic, delusional or totally nuts, they had to be to ignore a flag from one of the princes and slaughter innocent civilians. Remember how 2 episodes back these guys made an Iron wall to protect the civilians from the turks, that was at the beggining of the crusade, by this point the man that made that Iron wall was having its own city and the religious leader was dead, heck, they won in Anthioch by sheer desperation and hunger. And I'm not trying to justify them or excuse them, but think about it, if you were there and were under the very same conditiond they were (Depression, Hunger, Thirst, Despair and whatever Psychological illness they could have gotten by this time) HOW DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD HAVE ACTED?

[@gayboi8049]

I think its important to look from other peoples perspective even if the are doing horrible things

[@khairulbakhtiar7083]

In any war...there will always be death...

[@imawormbeforeiamaman4261]

@@khairulbakhtiar7083 and refugees lol

[@khairulbakhtiar7083]

@@imawormbeforeiamaman4261 yeah also a thing as well

[@thedravenclaw7081]

Ah, that was my favourite series, I would like to be able to afford supporting so I could vote for a series on the second crusade, I just love hearing Dan talking history

[@Silphanis]

The whole bit about the Lance is super interesting. Very reminiscent of the role of the sword Lightbringer in A Song of Ice and Fire, super interesting to see how much of history has those little wrinkles that make for great storytelling.

[@Flow86767]

Robert of Flander historical favorite sentence : k.

[@lotus1117]

Should we ever expect another series for the 2nd and the 3rd crusade?

[@hvitekristesdod]

Brilliant series!! Amazing job

[@PurpleTentacle17]

Love the crusades topic. Wish you did more videos of the other ones such as the third crusade.

[@EnoshII]

cities that don't surrender were almost always sacked, that has been like this for ages since the antiquity (siege of Tyre with Alexander, the previous sieges of Jerusalem under the Romans, the burning of Athens from the Persians, etc etc) with few exceptions and will continue like this in history for quite a while further

[@MadnerKami]

+EnoshII Actually, most cities that were under siege came out victorious or without being sacked, unless they were sieged by romans of course. City walls are so prevalent, exactly because sieges were a time- and resource-consuming thing, that many an attacking force wasn't able to sustain.

[@Gooong]

+EnoshII Has it ever stopped? Berlin was sacked. That was 1945.

[@CsnvLsRnst]

I'd love to see your take on the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade.

[@sethdominickortiz]

Great video, loved this whole series of episodes! I would love something on the hundred years war possibly?

[@fanfan1184]

we dont even get to see the one guy drown we realy need a part 2 and also justinan 2 and the Japanese invasions of Korea and bismark and the 3 punic war man i love this show

[@efgwrgergeg]

+dir egal fu U mean a part 3, because Barbarossa was in the third crusade i swear

[@australiaisntreal2727]

2:19 literally the final battle in endgame

[@linforcer]

Every new episode serves to remind me why it is I'm supporting you guys (even if it is for the rather stupid amount of a buck a month)

[@nathanwilburn147]

With the Lance of Longinus removed, Lillith will begin to grow again... better get the EVA's.

[@HeatherMcNabb]

+Nathan Wilburn You don't know how hard I tried to figure out a way to draw the EVA lance into this, but it was just too confusing for the non anime folks!

[@nachohangover5104]

Getting the Evas won't matter because Shinji wouldn't get in his. He's off being an annoying little piece of crap somewhere. That or jerking off. One or the other.

[@nachohangover5104]

DERFabzAn Why let an annoying protagonist get in the way of a good anime?

[@mikesholler27]

+Heather McNabb it was for the best to leave out evangelion....oh the cross references...

[@mikesholler27]

+AaronArcLOL NO WAIT THATS NOT WHAT I MENT BY CROSS REFERENCE!!! NOOOOO!!!!!1

[@TADOfficialHandle]

Could you do the next crusade kinda like a series doing all of them?

[@justinreyes8082]

Best KZbin series I've ever watched

[@ronielukurawak935]

Thank you for extra history on Crusades.

[@joehoe222]

So in practice the Flanders guy was the only reasonable...

[@ryanjapan3113]

joehoe222 him and Robert of Normandy

[@joekennedy4093]

What was Robert of Flanders doing?

[@vennonetes4805]

Another awesome series! When the notification of this video appeared on my phone I immediately started crying for joy and all the support I received was my mother telling me I was crazy 😂

[@hoyigi7112]

every creative! big thrumb up first time feeling history is so interesting and easy to understand like this!

[@budicaesar1213]

1:27 *NGE OP starts playing*

[@monstar730]

What a beautiful history to say the least