Europe: The First Crusade - The People's Crusade - Extra History - Part 1

📜 Europe's First Crusade - Part 1 - Extra History
In 1095CE, Pope Urban gathered the leaders of the Christian community at the Council of Clermont. Urged on by Emperor Alexius Comnenos of Constantinople, he called for a crusade to retake the Holy Land from the Muslims who occupied Jerusalem. Muslims had occupied the Holy Land for over 400 years, but the timing was politically right for the Pope and the Byzantine Emperor. Pope Urban wanted to re-unite Christendom after the anti-Pope kicked him out of Rome, while Alexius Comnenus wanted to retake the territory he had recently lost in Anatolia from the Seljuq Turks. As incentive, the Pope offered crusaders a plenary indulgence: complete forgiveness for past sins in the eyes of God and the church. It worked too well. While the official armies of the Crusade prepared, a charismatic leader named Peter the Hermit began breaching directly to the people, claiming Jesus had sent him to lead them on Crusade. Walter sans Avoir joined him in France, and a man named Count Emicho of Leiningen emulated him in Germany. Both peasant groups met with and created disaster: Walter Sans Avoir's group pillaged Belgrade while Count Emicho's group turned on the local Jewish population as an excuse to slaughter them. Thus the First Crusade began with a disastrous People's Crusade.
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[@HoundofOdin]

"Thousands of Jews were slaughtered." Seems to be a pretty common phrase throughout history.

[@JJ-kd5st]

Proud2bGreek umm

[@arroyhondo]

Kicked out of 109 countries throughout centuries hrmmmmm

[@akunhun4499]

OY VEY

[@melanienebula2550]

Proud2bGreek I bet you’re a Holocaust denier

[@austinreed7343]

Dr.Bright By Germans, no less. Indiana Jones was right.

[@sinnerthesinful552]

I aways wondered why, in crusader kings 2, my king could do a pilgrimage to jerusalem without dying or something bad happening to him

[@somerandomguyfromthebeyond1821]

same reason why every empire/kingdom in that game tends to get into a civil war every five minutes

[@abbad707]

lmao.

[@noahgray543]

But something bad does happen to him, he had to travel before the industrial age. Truly terrible.

[@mop_hair7848]

Well, now it’s Crusader Kings 3

[@apalahartisebuahnama7684]

As long as king pay to local Emir or sultan then it's fine

[@awddfg]

*_-Try and take Jerusalem_* *_-Fight each other_* *_-Profit?_*

[@jano867]

Stonks

[@beeplayed8753]

༼ つ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ༽つ

[@kiri2784]

Profit.

[@kayseek1248]

The Mr. Man 420 likes

[@feynstein1004]

I know it's not a laughing matter but I find the sheer randomness of the events really amusing. Pretty much any wise guy could gather up a mob, claim to be crusaders and do whatever he wanted. And the silly cartoons don't help either.

[@nathanbruce1992]

Feynstein 100: I think that’s why I have always enjoyed history. I like entertaining a very simplified view of complex events and it’s hilarious to me every time. Don’t get me wrong I like painting the entire picture. Knowing more backstory helps build that background. It’s almost like a tv show but things that have actually happened

[@acebalistic1358]

A few young men took 2000 children girls on a “crusade” It was much worse if you see what I mean

[@aaroncohen2700]

Tyler McDaniel where do I look?

[@Crosshill]

the crusades are hilarious, from the very beginning of the very first to the ending of the last, just senseless chaos throughout

[@johnapple6646]

Germans slaughtering Jews? Well that's nothing new

[@adriannaranjo4397]

We must march to reclaim the holy land! *5 minutes later* Hey, let's just attack and pillage our own people. It's a shorter walk

[@sushikitty5621]

?

[@wilfthebig7910]

@@sushikitty5621 Crusaders attacked random village

[@sushikitty5621]

@@wilfthebig7910 thx

[@Reub3]

Literally sounds exactly like antifa and blm in our modern times. antifa: lets get those pesky conservatives who are on the wrong side of history and take over. *later the same day* loots and burns their own cities.

[@normatrujillo5036]

Adrian Naranjo im the like number 1000

[@chrischu1285]

I joined just for the Crusader trait.

[@azazeldryland3997]

+Chris Chu This is beautiful

[@markhomer6903]

+Chris Chu Not sure if MED2 joke, Or Eu

[@markhomer6903]

Still saving for that game.. for a actually good version(dlc)its like 70 pounds

[@markhomer6903]

Yeah.

[@markhomer6903]

I'm saving up for HOI4 first.

[@chaosXP3RT]

Jesus: "Killing is a sin" Medieval Christians: "So anyway I started pillaging and killing on my way to Jerusalem"

[@MrDwarfpitcher]

Also Jesus "Treat another like you would like to be treated yourself" Crusaders: "I cannot hear you over all the sounds of robbing Jews"

[@thelonegunman2622]

Read “the justification of war” by saint Thomas Aquinas

[@forty5842]

Seriously are you guyz trying to accuse him?! *DO NOT*

[@forty5842]

Seriously are you guyz trying to accuse him?! *DO NOT*

[@bigtoefungusvs.friedpochun7612]

@@forty5842 I don't think they are accusing Jesus, but the Crusaders

[@CamishPwndU]

I love the random acts of compassion by the bishops and other Christian clergy members, so unexpected at this time in history.

[@Francesco-cj3oi]

I think they were just trying to stop those crusaders from killing the wrong people

[@Reub3]

obviously there were good people all over europe that much rather live in peace than having to die.

[@gekkenhuisje]

Actually, an account by a Jewish scholar from Mainz at the time reveals that the bishops only acted to protect the communities of Jews thanks to bribes that wealthier Jews gave them. Jewish communities had to keep giving bribes to maintain their protection.

[@MrAkaacer]

There is too much BS about the Church during the medieval period. Most point out the cruelty and corruption, but few ever mention the charity and aide. During this period, priests weren't the only ones that preached, so you can have some nut case twisting the words of the bible to their advantage. They just needed to be clever enough not to be blasphemous.

[@Cecilia-ky3uw]

@Himanshu Soni not really himanshu soni the holy land was a genuine motivation and paying muslims who conquered quite a lot and who are your rivals does not sound good to me also "Alexios Komnenos" is another way i explain the crusades

[@grfrjiglstan]

Wow. I knew the crusades were a mess, but this...holy shit.

[@jacobwisner7821]

***** Yeah I kind of assumed I knew how things went down (badly), but the sheer idiotic violence and depravity of it all exceeds my assumptions.

[@connerdwsn]

I see what you did there

[@khornhole]

PINGPONGROCKSBRAH said the guy from Germany

[@tammysilverwolf1085]

***** Yeah, it's crazy what organization and a tight leash can do for (or to) a martial force and those that encounter it. If you want a little bit of extra reading check out the ill fated Children's Crusade: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Crusade Not nearly as spectacular, but every bit as tragic.

[@Quadlaser]

***** Holy shit indeed

[@ferrari528]

You can say they were very...hungary

[@lewissosa5769]

ferrari528 (takes off hat)

[@LesterRamos]

ferrari528 >:( GO TO YOUR ROOM! YOU"RE GROUNDED FOR MAKING DAT PUN!

[@Gregtami]

ferrari528 *pulls out a knife*

[@RukasuInoru]

ferrari528 **tips fedora**

[@kassh]

ferrari528 as a hungarian all i can say is that this is totally the first time i heard that pun

[@chimera9468]

It's been years since this was released. I remember my 7th grade history class played this for us on a rainy day. This video and series sparked my previously snuffed love for history. Even if Extra Credits is a shell of its former self, I'll always love these older videos.

[@CroTsar1916]

Why a Shell of its former self, if you don't mind me asking? I don't necessarily disagree with you, just was hoping you could elaborate.

[@serenisma3402]

@@CroTsar1916There's this idea (that i don't agree with), that since Dave (the narator) left, videos just havent been the same, so i think thats what he's referring to

[@CroTsar1916]

@@serenisma3402 I can see that. It took some time for me to adjust to the new narrator and direction, but I have come to appreciate it now.

[@thenoblepoptart]

Extra History comes out with heavy hitters still. Siege of Vienna, Vlad, Policing London, Haitian Revolution, 3rd century crisis, 100 years war, ETC. the new narrator is soy but the series is good as ever still

[@thelimon4338]

@@CroTsar1916it’s still the same writing and witty style I like the new narrator I do like this narrator for obvious reasons as he was the first

[@fidatogalib5485]

Church: Don’t kill Christian. Crusade: how about we do it anyway.

[@PINGPONGROCKSBRAH]

I just realized that the guy holding the bow at 1:20 is going to fail spectacularly when he tries to fire it. The string is just going to slide down the shaft and the arrow isn't going to go anywhere. Also, this video made me appreciate how awesome grocery stores are.

[@AegixDrakan]

PINGPONGROCKSBRAH OMG, you're right. That arrow ain't going anywhere. XD

[@ElFeilasouf]

PINGPONGROCKSBRAH Why makes you say this ?

[@AegixDrakan]

Khayam The back end of the arrow isn't nocked onto the string of the bow. When the guy lets go of the string to launch the arrow, the arrow isn't going to be pushed by the string and launched. XD

[@notbobby125]

PINGPONGROCKSBRAH I think we found the first addition to the lies video. XD

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

PINGPONGROCKSBRAH How to make a succesful crusade 1- make sure there are enough McDonald's (or other fast food chains) along the road chosen to reach the destination.

[@cactuarlol8288]

God, its as bad as trying to organise a city raid in WoW

[@Necroskull388]

CactuarLOL That actually happens in the Fourth Crusade. Except... Well, to put it in WoW terms, Stormwind got raided by the Alliance.

[@HolyknightVader999]

Dagda Mor Well, not really. More like they raided a neutral faction that back stabbed them.

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

If you think 1st crusade is bad, the 4th is the worst of the worst. Spoiler alert, they opened the floodgates for the Turks to expand in to Europe.

[@elroyscout]

@@neurofiedyamato8763 Litterally a total failure in terms of goal acomplishment

[@dannyruiz3329]

You know its going to be a messed up campaign when a dude motivates you without arms, but somehow has hands.

[@Neonnotecards]

To summarize: "You cant do that!" Crusaders: *bet*

[@1BlueYoshi]

Holy shit a video on the internet that vaguely references religion and yet the comments are not an absolute shitstorm? I'm impressed. This channel has some great fans, I'm proud to be a part of it :)

[@sinpar1226]

It's probably because the first crusade is a meme

[@Delta-es1lg]

Nah man, just look at the comments under all time numbers comment. It’s a mess down there.

[@fulcrum2951]

Just wait...

[@zupergozer]

I love Peter the Hermit's portrayal in this as a madman running through Europe just yelling "Crusade!". Its how I pictured him

[@a_channel2545]

Pope Urban: Okay guys, I’ve got a plan for this. We can pull this off, but you need to follow the carefully put together plan. Way Too Many People: Nah fam, we got this. Pope Urban: No. No you don’t.

[@Howto-uo8uc]

"How did they respond?"...."by pillaging the country side"😂😂

[@binifarmer4045]

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it odd that an 11th-century marketplace would have pumpkins when they're indigenous to America at the time?

[@sarahhartman3360]

Yup, the potatoes are also anachronistic.

[@addadu8031]

Magic.

[@iiiiitsmagreta1240]

Walpole.

[@HolyknightVader999]

Vikings. They reached up to North America, and they converted to Catholicism.

[@zyaicob]

+HolyknightVader999 But Walpole.

[@fabiannymands3704]

The Motto of the Guys rushing through the Balkan was probably "Hungry in Hungary"

[@KalteGeist]

Yeah they should have gone to Turkey.

[@CockatooDude]

+Dogemar Do not worry, I know all too well.

[@911Maci]

they wanted to have turkey for dinner

[@DamonNomad82]

To organize the comments on this thread into a single narrative: The peasants on crusade were on their way to have a Turkey dinner, but they got Hungary on the way...

[@nxdiaz5916]

Verne Is it possible to love and hate a quote simultaneously

[@mr.coffee6242]

Walter sans avoir Literally translates to: Walter that owns nothing Or Walter the destitute. Yeah ! A destitute man leading piss poor, destitute peasants.... thats a genius plan 😂

[@mamc1986]

I love how you used that Sharknado as an example of a mess. I enjoy these videos so much!

[@AgentTasmania]

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

[@jeromebushrid4074]

Edge

[@jeromebushrid4074]

asdf jkl; the video is actually largely incorrect

[@ariandynas]

Based on.... what claims precisely? Don't get to say you've refuted someone unless you can cite your own sources.

[@comradepootis3665]

The 6th Army tried that. Then it turned out those stupid people in large groups could make masterfully crafted large groups of tanks. And pincer maneuver.

[@archieames1968]

The Arabs magically appeared all throughout the middle east and eastern europe one day, nobody was killed at all!

[@Croiisssant]

Those three bishops need more notoriety. They are true heroes

[@Croiisssant]

zoiuduu nope I am afraid I haven't

[@user-vf5mp3vj8j]

killing innocents women and children and elders is not a heroic action to me !!

[@Crick1952]

القعقاع بن عمرو التميمي OP's talking about the bishops that protected the Jews

[@Croiisssant]

What they said ^

[@Croiisssant]

zoiuduu You're alright :)

[@christopherseton-smith7404]

I vaguely remember having to deal with this in a Medieval History A-level a lifetime ago, but it wasn't until listening to this fine narration, that it occurred to me just how stage managed Urban's acclaimation now sounds. Additionally Peter the Hermit sounds a real arch manipulator

[@user-cd4bx6uq1y]

This channel actually has all the best topics

[@SocksMacguffin]

I really connect on a spiritual level with that turnip picking peasant.

[@Crick1952]

true dat

[@Isildun9]

It was Baldrick

[@randomstuff4631]

Me too. Thats how i'm like whenever there is a new trend.

[@MrBeef-sh3lc]

"Oh well. More food for me!"

[@joshe9409]

It was walpole

[@ModelOmegaForReal]

If you think this is bad just wait until we get to the fourth crusade. Also known as the crazy one. (Hint, nobody even reaches the holy land)

[@superdark336]

ModelOmega Also known as "Lets get byzzy"

[@RunItsTheCat]

ModelOmega Too much spoilers m8.

[@OmegaLittleBob]

ModelOmega There was a Fourth Crusade??? I thought there were only 3.

[@gibzit]

OmegaLittleBob There were like 12 crusades.

[@OmegaLittleBob]

Ido Herling *Shakes Head* Good Grief

[@toocutenoirb.4278]

As a History Major i love channels like this cause its tells stories people should know! Great job

[@umerraja5715]

I'm really starting to like this channel. The best thing about this channel is they are not extremely bias or pushing worldly agendas and are historically very accurate for the most part. Unlike @theinfographic show and some other YT channels they try to stick to historical facts and records as much as possible.

[@aaronman4772]

People masquerading as people of faith in a misguided attempt to use the faith to gain power. As a Catholic man myself, it pisses me off so much when people use the faith and the faith of others to gain their own power under the guise of a holy quest.

[@AnonnymouZ]

aaronman4772 no true scotsman fallacy. it doesn't matter what we call them, what matters is religion inspired them to call themselves whatever title they wanted.

[@t3hsourcey]

aaronman4772 Orthodox Christianity has done a better job at keeping itself further from such mishaps. I don't know when and which happened, it's more circumstance driven as well.

[@Necroskull388]

AnonnymouZ Literally any label can do that. Saying that religion is wrong because some people used it to justify atrocities is the same as rejecting every belief system ever, including capitalism, liberalism, and atheism.

[@AnonnymouZ]

Dagda Mor Agreed on the label comment, however, the point is, if no religious bullshit was made up we would probably avoid stupid events like crusades, jihads and holocausts. What i'm saying is, we would be killing each other for other reasons instead. More honest ones like: -those people have a different skin color!- etc. But most importantly, we would have a chance to react accordingly. our sense of morality would be tested more honestly than any provided by "religious reasons."

[@Clone007Productions]

AnonnymouZ So we'd have to remove whole belief systems, take away anyone's hope for a possible afterlife to meet their loved ones again, so we can test our sense of morality? As you said, we would be killing each other for other reasons, you can even see the morality of the 'people guided by God'; they will kill others for themselves to survive, they will kill innocent, possibly richer people for personal gain/wealth. If no 'religious bullshit' was made up, the printing press would have advanced somewhat slower and we wouldn't even have the great wonders of the world (Egyptian/Mayan pyramids, Christ The Redeemer, etc)

[@AlvoriaGPM]

Whenever I see a series on the crusades, or really any event that deals with a religious group doing something, I'm always very afraid that people will come away from watching it with the message that "religion = evil" rather than the proper one of "ambitious people without much value for human life = evil". To that end, I'm really glad that you're taking the time to discuss the motivations of the groups and people involved in this horrible event; making sure to put the responsibility for both the good and ill on the people involved rather than on the faiths they claim to be fighting for.

[@tummywubs5071]

I know I am late to the party but yup. Its great to see that. Its so damn easy to just blame something when in reality their are hundreds of factors what cause something. Blaming one basic thing is naïve and ill sighted.

[@highlandcheesestick8402]

Yeah. A lot of people seem to think of the crusades as "Christians dont like that Muslims own the land. Muslims dont like that Christians own the land" when it's much more than that. If religion was the only cause, then the crusades would have happened years ago, but instead Christians made a peace treaty with the Rashidun Caliph.

[@timnergaard3831]

this was a brilliant episode! really well done. keep em comin!

[@Aannan]

Extra History is the BEST! You guys rock.

[@AegixDrakan]

That squirrel at 5:05. XD He's looking at the guy like "No, I will NOT give you my flippin' acorn. What the heck is wrong with you human people?"

[@AegixDrakan]

Aegix Drakan Also, that one smart dude with the turnip going "SRSLY?"... XD The artist had fun with this.

[@HxH2011DRA]

IKR

[@HeatherMcNabb]

Aegix Drakan :)

[@aaronpaul9188]

Arab muslims had ruled jerusalem for hundreds of years, but the turks had only recently taken the levant, in 1073. christian writings largely cease suddenly around this time, which historically does suggest persecution. Also, among mulsim and jewish sources, there is plenty of evidence of persecutions by the turks of the people of the Levant, which was still majority christian at this time. I am not saying that this is the only factor in the crusades, but its sill to dismiss it off hand.

[@aaronpaul9188]

***** Not really actually. As I mentioned, the levant had recently changed hands from the arabs to the turks with a new dynasty in power. The arabs for much of the time since the conquest did not try to change much of anything. Thanks to the Jizya tax it was beneficial to allowed the christians to keep their language, culture and religion in order to collect these taxes. It was not until after the reconquest of the levant from the crusaders that the arabs decided to arabize the population.

[@aaronpaul9188]

***** Also most of those were greek and local languages rather than latin.

[@aaronpaul9188]

***** I am also dyslexic, so it would be hypocritical of me to judge. If any errors make me misunderstand your intent, then I will simply ask for a clarification. "They" had not been ruling the levant since the 600s. Its true that the Byzantines had lost the Levant and Jerusalem in the 600s, They were taken by Abu Bakr, and the Rashidun Caliphs. Then it passed to a series of ruling dynasties. By the time of the Crusades, the Seljuk Turks were battling the Fatimid Dynasty for jerusalem, which changed hands several times. There are ample reports of christian pilgrims being attacked by various raiding parties. Neither dynasty was strong enough to guarantee christian safety even if they wanted to. Arab and islamic records have a history of white washing and removing any blame or responsibility. A Fatimid Caliph destroyed the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in 1009, for example which was likely a major contributor to the crusades. My point is that while muslims ruled the levant since the 600s, it was not one group that controlled it, and christians were facing persecutions in the land. They were small, eratic, disorganized, and lots of people lacked security at the time, but the pope only cared about the christians. Many historians and scholars noted that the arabs after the first invasions ruled over christians jews and other groups in the land. Arabs in the levant were governors and garrisons ruling over the mostly greek and christian populations. The notion that people simply changed all of their culture without coercion is silly IMHO. Especially since many of those greek christians are still in the area today.

[@aaronpaul9188]

***** Read the writings of Michael the Syrian, a contemporary of the time. Moshe Gil writes that the Seljuk conquest was a time of "slaughter and vandalism, of economic hardship, and the uprooting of populations" And sorry, but the armenian genocide did in fact occur. I am sorry their death and suffering makes the turks look bad, but that doesnt mean it didnt happen.

[@aaronpaul9188]

***** Are you referring to me, or Serhat?

[@wavestrider2160]

0:26 and thus The meme was born

[@anhbui-bc4ew]

1:18 It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s the Seljuk Turks, AHHH said the Byzantine empire

[@abdullahalmehza8345]

Is that a crash course reference?!🤔

[@anhbui-bc4ew]

Abdullah Al Mehza Bill wurts reference

[@Georgus_420]

One does not simply siege a Hungarian castle and expect to win

[@Georgus_420]

Michael Knapman i dont get it

[@Georgus_420]

Michael Knapman thats polish anyways

[@EggGaming105]

Thisismyname104 The Mongols

[@911Maci]

the ottoman and the golden horde (mongols) were tribal unions hungary is just a country not entire europe gathered under a religion

[@HurricaneHunter03]

Said no EU4 player ever

[@AlltimeNumbers]

A really interesting part of history I knew little about. Great job EC!

[@giorgilobjanidze5667]

Alltime Numbers just look up the child crusade

[@extrahistory]

Alltime Numbers Thanks, ATN! It's gonna be a pretty wild ride, so hang on tight. ;)

[@giorgilobjanidze5667]

no the one where a bunch of kids were killed in the sea

[@worldofwarcraftman2]

giorgi lobjanidze Never happened unless you read the inaccurate accounts, even in Medieval times they'd never send children into battle, its stupid in this day it is possible, thanks to AK-47s but in that time no not a chance and the way the society was it would never happen.

[@giorgilobjanidze5667]

just look it up

[@Ostentatiousnessness]

Fun fact: When a Pope and an Anti-Pope collide the both -destroy- annihilate each other. True story.

[@tjs200]

I think the technical term is "annihilate"

[@Ostentatiousnessness]

Timothy Schellin Thank you for the correction.

[@llSuperSnivyll]

Holy explosions, Batman!

[@codeblood2000]

It's very interesting the matter how many videos I watch on the history of the first Crusades everyone seems to have a different view of it... you're no exception Extra Credit.

[@MT5647]

Woah, an american who's actually capable of pronouncing german words? Respect!

[@jmlkinc]

MT5647 Well, technically he's Canadian.

[@username65585]

jmlkinc North American

[@Postalpacifist]

MT5647 I know right? I always cringe in situations like in Witcher where they mispronounce clearly Russian-like or polish names so often it seems as if it's no purpose.

[@SethCox712]

I'd assume it's because he's done a lot of research on this topic, and heard the names pronounced quite a few times. I'm a fan of German history, and I'm sure my pronunciation of German words has gotten better over time, although it's not amazing.

[@MT5647]

Seth Cox Yeah, it just takes a bit of practice.

[@Killadog1980]

History is like a reality TV show, and it never ends! I love it.

[@jonathanpowell613]

"How do they respond? By pillaging the countryside!" Jeez, I hope this doesn't become a habit! Talk about brutal!

[@MrMarinus18]

I'm still hoping for future videos on the crusades. Mostly the second and third ones. I think it would be best to make them 1 series as one was very heavily influenced by the other and they happened practically back to back.

[@travishopkins4124]

Some say the crusades continue to this very day, battles being waged across KZbin comments sections daily and hourly with sharp tongues and Bible quotes.

[@lewissosa5769]

Travis Hopkins that comment just made my day xD

[@nerdseternal1138]

Travis Hopkins and like the crusades it accomplishes nothing save a big bloody mess that makes everyone involved look bad

[@travishopkins4124]

+Nerds Eternal Precisely.

[@travishopkins4124]

bindochnetsoblöd undgebmeinennamenan Sarcasm doesn't translate well I guess. I'm sorry if I offended you, I was just making a little joke about how people get super angry in the KZbin comments section and post long comments about things that don't exist.

[@felixleidinger1670]

Travis Hopkins Im not offended. Youre right, I but I usually get a bit carried away with my commenting, I guess that proofs your point anyway.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

And on the paper the First Crusade looked like an easy success... Now I can't even imagine what happened during the Fourth, please make it after this series :D

[@vegetazzo]

***** The people's crusade is usually considered separated from the first crusade as it wasn't an official one lead by a king. Think of it more like a 0th Crusade. The first crusade was indeed a success though.

[@Necroskull388]

***** Spoiler alert: The fourth crusade is one of the main contributing factors to the final death of Byzantine Rome and the conquest of her lands by Muslim Turks. Which is precisely the opposite of what the first crusaders set out to do.

[@lewissosa5769]

***** spoiler alert in the 4th crusade the crusaders sack constatinople itself, just because they were stuck in there with nothing to do

[@Ennio444]

***** The First Crusade looked like suicide. The fact that it was a success still creates debate among historians, since it's one of those astonishing occurences of History, those events so unlikely that some historians even rely on revisionism in order to explain what seems unexplicable. Keep in mind that the First Crusade is the only one ever to succeed by force of arms. The Sixth succeeded but it was because its leader, Emperor Frederick II, was best buds with the Sultan, Al-Kamil (Salahaddin's brother) and they agreed on the outcome of the Crusade (which was mostly a stunt to boost Fred II's populatiry, since he's widely considered an atheist, even at his time he was accused of being godless). As for the Fourth one... it was a confused crusade. Led by people who were soon bankrupt and had to "default" the Crusade to their bankers, the Republic of Venice... they sacked and conquered a couple of Christian ports the Venetians wanted and then they helped a Byzantine prince so that their rear would be covered when they attacked the Muslims,. Having a firendly Emperor in Constantinople was considered important. When said Emperor was killed by the Byzantine population, the Crusaders first sacked the city and then considered that the Greeks would never be their friends again, so they created a Latin Empire in order to keep their Crusade going... which never happened, because two or three years later the Tzar of Bulgaria, Kalojan, went down from Tarnovo and beat down the main army of the new Latin Emperor, captured him and most of his knights, killed the King of Thessalonica (Bonifacio de Monferrato, the brains of the Crusade) and ended, so to speak, the might of the crusaders in Greece for good. They would never expand again. Sorry for the wall of text.

[@Insomnia153]

Ennio444 I guess the success of the First Crusade could mainly be explained with the lack of a coordinated defense by the muslim leaders, who were busy feuding among themselves until Saladin started uniting them. At least that's how I remember reading it.

[@nebmis]

girls locker room : eeew i hate PE boys locker room :

[@DragoniteSpam]

I could not think of a more perfect way to describe the state of my locker room in school.

[@nebmis]

@@DragoniteSpam Same

[@tylernelson4901]

Death Bone uh what?

[@nebmis]

@@doopboop8359 are you ok?

[@nebmis]

@@doopboop8359 ok?

[@rebel3202]

This channels intro is the best. Nice and simple

[@TheNetherlandDwarf]

Wait so the pope calls a Crusade, leading to a clash of cultures across the Mediterranean, and so a larger introduction of eastern culture to the West, leading to increased trade opportunities and desire for their goods. Increased trade? Accelerated economic ideas and technology, major point of this development? Naval trade. Increased naval trade leads to better ships and a desire for new trade routes also, contributing eventually to the discovery of the new world with Colombus searching for new routes to Asia and from this we get the booming colonies and their trade. Especially in Spain and Portugal who monopolise the southern routes to America. Meanwhile who looks at this trade with interest as a way to benefit himself...? That's right, *WALPOLE*. So basically the Crusades were the single main cause for the South Sea Bubble. I see why you chose this topic EC!

[@alexgibson781]

ChannelShoreyo Whoa. That's pretty mind blowing. ( Extra Credits )

[@Postalpacifist]

ChannelShoreyo So then anything that is "because Walpole" is also "because Pope Urban II"?

[@kierkiboy]

This theory has been disproven for a pretty long time now. The communication between the christian and muslim world had already been great for decades before the crusades. The crusades did not open up Europe for new Arabian knowledge.

[@TheNetherlandDwarf]

Didn't say they started it, they only increased the interplay between them with all the cultures clashing by the mediterranean sea. The words I used were "increased trade opportunities and desire for their goods"

[@kierkiboy]

Okay but you're still wrong, they did not increase the opportunities and desire for Arabian goods at all. If anything they actually decreased communication between the two worlds (who were barely separate).

[@afrothekobold]

this is probably my favorite Extra History series. Despite the...hundreds of thousands of deaths, this just gets silly at points.

[@karlbushtheII]

You like Islamic propaganda?

[@afrothekobold]

karlbushtheII What?

[@karlbushtheII]

afroblademaster This video, it was nothing but pro Islamic propaganda.

[@afrothekobold]

karlbushtheII I don't see how you came to that conclusion, considering this is a history video series, teaching about the first Crusade, where a bunch of Christians and Catholics went to go take Jerusalem FROM the Islamic people, and won in the end.

[@karlbushtheII]

afroblademaster Take back Jerusalem.

[@rampantsarcasm2220]

While these series are always interesting, why does EC never cite it's sources? I kinda wanted to go do some more reading myself

[@luska5522]

They cite in their Lies episodes

[@restreven4455]

The format seems to be you try to disprove what they say by doing the research yourself. I think.

[@luska5522]

@@restreven4455 Yeah

[@wnd9434]

Easy, Just read wikipedia. Its all there

[@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle]

*Great video, looking forward to your next videos❣❣*

[@extrahistory]

When the Pope promises absolution for ANYONE who joins the crusade, things quickly get out of hand. #ExtraHistory

[@Jedibob5]

notoriouswhitemoth "...and a few impatient a-holes going Leeroy Jenkins." That is the best possible description that could ever have been given to this. Excellent job.

[@pkmn1260]

notoriouswhitemoth yup, yeah, it annoys me too when people start spouting hate against religion and try and bring the crusades as an example.

[@wiskeeamazingdancer4964]

notoriouswhitemoth Just like what we see with Islam today. Spirituality is never the problem. Institutional religion is. Power corrupts and so forth.

[@MatthiasPendragon]

notoriouswhitemoth Exactly. The church, when put in a position of power, becomes just as corrupt as anyone else. It saddens em to no end to see how many times in history Christians have committed atrocities in the "name of God" when the bible constantly teaches us to live in peace and gives no justifications for this kind of madness.

[@axelkusanagi4139]

History is probably the most important subject. What a pack of frothing dumbasses. Good thing nothing like that happens anymore...(turns on news) I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

[@elcamp0]

Man, I have to say, you guys really do deliver on making history fun. I really never took the time to learn much at all about the stories you cover, but I am definitely hooked on these series.

[@OfficialManGo]

Found out that one of my Ancestors Odon I de la Hamaide was part of the First Crusade, he marched all the way till Jerusalem :D

[@young-blk-investor1059]

Scumbag

[@gavingrey1362]

Oh the irony they got Hungry in Hungary

[@bigtoefungusvs.friedpochun7612]

*coincidence

[@rrosski]

@@bigtoefungusvs.friedpochun7612, beautiful username.

[@PlebNC]

I can't wait until we get to the last crusade and Indiana Jones shows up.

[@CrusaderAmerica]

You did a pretty good job and thank you sooo much for mentioning the fact that the Catholic Church stood in opposition to the "crusader" bandits. I can't tell you how many times people try to claim that the Catholic Church was directly responsible for the jewish deaths. However i would like to add that there was some other justifications for choosing to attack the Muslim Empire. They still were invading and conquering Christian lands in the Mediterranean, in the Byzantine Empire, and in Christian Spain within 100 years before first Crusade. As Christendom was losing territory after territory over the centuries it was high time that Christian Europe mounted a counter offensive of some kind.

[@VintageLJ]

John Bohler I agree, I'm not sure if it is the 1st crusade, but a New Sultan took over the Muslim empire and began attacking Pilgrims, which led to the formation of the Knights Templar as a protective force. Edit: Woops I actually made a bit of a mistake. It wasn't the Muslim empire, it was the Turks who had been attempting to invade Asia Minor.

[@Heliophanus]

John Bohler Although they may have opposed the banditry, the Catholic Church and the Popes had incited people into violence against Jews for centuries. Which made them an easy target to pick on. Just because there were couple of people -- even Bishops -- who were against it, doesn't chance the fact that the Church as a whole had wanted the Jews dead or gone for a long time.

[@CrusaderAmerica]

Yeaaah, care to point to examples of that? The Crusader Bandits are the only examples people can seem to point to and Extra History blew that myth to smithereens quite nicely here. lol

[@Knoloaify]

VintageLJ Yeah, a huge point that they missed is that the Turks of that time weren't as nice as the other muslims. They kicked the christians out of Jerusalem and forbid pilgrims from entering the city, there's also tales of massacres that might have happened. So yeah, even beyond his personal interests, Urbain II had a pretty good reason to call for a crusade. However, the big problem was that the Fatimid took back Jerusalem right after Urbain II called for a crusade. But informations network weren't really effective back then, and it's not like anyone could have stopped the crusade at this point. Yeah, it was a mess.

[@farmerboy916]

Or, you could argue that it wasn't at all about mounting a "counter offensive," and was primarily a power play.A masterful one at that; by creating the idea and calling the crusade the pope gave himself legitimacy, got rid of his anti-pope troubles, completely dominated his secular rivals, temporarily solved the HRE problem, removed their powerbase, fix the church's income, move people toward "correct" doctrines, quelled popular fears about violence and having too many men who did it by moving it all somewhere else, move forward the idea of faith being involved in combat (albeit in a different way than the peace and truth of god movements), allowed the peasants and nobility to interact more with the faith and getting loyalty that way, possibly bringing the byzantines back into the fold, allowed a bunch of second sons to have an opportunity to gain power elsewhere, and many more. You have to remember that this pope was a micromanager, extremely busy, very intelligent, and accomplished damn near everything he set out to do. I'm sure he thought about most of these at the time. The medievalists I've heard talk about the crusade haven't even mentioned the concept you bring up as being one thought about.

[@mackenziecampbell2411]

thanks for this video it really helped me!!!

[@ninetails8471]

Wow the animation style has really improved. That's cool to see.

[@Insomniac2969]

Been a huge fan of Extra History so far, looking forward to more of the first crusade and the rest.

[@boinkohh8394]

Just wanted to say I enjoy your history videos; They help pass the time, keep doing what you doing.

[@exhaustedbaking]

Got to love the irony of trying to earn your way into Heaven by guaranteeing your place in Hell.

[@pros4206]

5:54 deja vu i've seen this before ♪

[@MrKelsomatic]

So excited about this series! I've always wanted to know more about the crusades and there really isn't another place I'd rather learn about it from. :D

[@texaschizophrenic]

I freaking love these episodes. Please keep them up!

[@JadeSilvestris]

Jesus “ Thou shalt not kill” Christian Crusaders: NO

[@sillypinklaffytaffysplt8655]

This was helpful and the crusades were fun to learn about!

[@monsouranda2822]

I really want a full version of this in one video. Buts still great job. You got a new subscriber

[@CuleChick11]

"I've done horrible things and killed people. I know how I'll get into heaven; I'll more more horrible things and kill some more people!"- Great logic there. Face/palm.

[@edwardjucao]

Cule Chick its the middle ages, what did u expect? "LETS ALL BE PEACFULL AND STUDY BACTERIA!" *face palm*

[@superdark336]

Cule Chick the church earned money by selling people literal tickets to heaven. AND PEASENTS BOUGHT THAT.

[@AegixDrakan]

Superdark33 And that's exactly why I have no trust in organized religion. -_-

[@Funebreuh]

Aegix Drakan This was a thousand years ago. We don't do that anymore.

[@Lalle524]

Funebreuh now we stay in our churches and marry couples

[@blaizeakpakwu6147]

Good video and animations. You re great.

[@jejeakle]

Ok, I'm subscribed after a few of these awesome vids

[@horesfan400]

imagine if they had Pokemon GO in those days the only reason they'll go to Jerusalem is to catch all the pokemon

[@apples6684]

yeah, true. that's the only reason I want to go to lots of places, to catch all the pokemon

[@thoughtfulpug1333]

Carter Coullard Same

[@GodRabbit90]

I live in Jerusalem, and I can tell you that we have shit pokemon here. Not worth the crusade

[@JitenderKumar-rp4lu]

Dor Shlush Still I am coming . Be prepared. 😈😈😈

[@JacobMcDaid]

lol, edgy boi, edgy edgy boi

[@aaronadams9129]

Was very good. I just wish they had mentioned that 2/3 thirds of the Christian world had been conquered since the coming of Mohammad. The fact that Muslims where in Spain and launching raids into France was also a large factor.

[@principetnomusic]

Aaron Adams You mean Mesopotamia and Egypt?

[@willsinger3]

Imperios no by then Spain was kinda disputed territory

[@principetnomusic]

willsinger3 Moorish Spain by itself isn't 1/3 of the Christendom.

[@neverable2]

Imperios He means North Africa and the better parts of Spain as 1/3. To be honest though most Europeans wouldn't care about Africa. Pillaging France however isn't really all that important since border disputes and raids like that were common absolutely everywhere.

[@MrDarthBaker]

Aaron Adams Yeah it kind of annoys me how that part is glossed over. Why do you think the Christian population believed these stories os readily? Because the Moorish Muslims had gone as far as Tours in the late 400s. Sure, that was hundreds of years ago, but people nowadays are still haunted by ghosts hundreds of years old (the "Crusades", to name one).

[@karanmankar7156]

Really love your videos. I have learnt a great deal of world history from your videos. Your videos have become a new past time for me. Keep up the work of edifying the world about major historical events

[@riotants4018]

The intro music is legendary

[@AndrewMeyer]

Man, watching this just made me realize how much I've already learned about medieval europe by reading the 1632 series. Pretty great series.

[@camiloroldan1292]

Why internet is better than TV? Channels like this is why.

[@teejayaich4306]

I wish this stuff was included in grade/high school history courses. Anyone who says "I just find history boring" either doesn't understand what the word means (I mean, history is everything that ever happened anywhere ever until the moment you are reading this), and/or had a horribly boring teacher. It's one thing to not find certain periods or locations in history boring (i sure do) but if you can't find one place and time in all of the universe until this moment, that's strange. This sort of video might get more people's toes in the water where they might find that, believe it or not, a ton of really interesting weird and cool stuff has happened that wasnt literally today.

[@FlashPointHx]

Lovely rendition on the First Crusade. It is amazing that this disorganized mob - including the later Princes - who lacked central leadership and logistics; managed to get so lucky and take Jerusalem.

[@connorfirth3963]

Could you do a short episode on character movement speed? In every game there are a lot of tricks that must be employed to make movement, FoV, and just general scale feel natural. Yet, this can backfire in certain ways, especially in multiplayer, and there seems to be no perfect answer to this problem.

[@Ideabot_69]

Ahh the crusades, reminds me of a game of Medieval 2: Total War I played. Playing as England, I had just finished off the Scottish when the pope called a crusade. I, of course, decided to go. I sent my king, along with a sizable group of soldiers by boat to Jerusalem. I even recruited a fair amount of mercenaries. However, my king decided that "halfway to Jerusalem" was the perfect place to just die, which left the army without a leader. Then they just stopped being my army.

[@CoconutsLord]

Shinigami192837 once when i played as portugal, the pope called a crusade for jerusalem and demanded i send my king there, so i took my king, raised some mercs and joined the crusades, i was planning to go through france and italy raising men and then go to jerusalem by boat, so i set forward from toledo to venice. the journey was going just as planned, but the pope had other plans, and so i found my king excommunicated by the pope while carrying out the pope's will in the middle of hostile milanese territory, and to make matters worse my WHOLE ARMY deserted me on the next turn. tl;dr my king got excommunicated while on crusade

[@thekaiseriswiser4451]

My HRE Kaiser died on the way back after taking the damn city, and shortly gave it away, and that is why I call crusades on Mongolia.

[@soyusmaximus7176]

Minor correction: as the crusades happened prior to the Columbian exchange, Europeans didn't farm pumpkins.

[@rubenpompilio3142]

This is slighty historicaly inacurate. The Pope never actually said going on a crusade would get you a free ticket into heaven. He said that crusaders would recieve remission of penance, not remission of sin.

[@VaeSapiens]

Addendum: To anyone wondering Alexios Komnenos was actually a very good Emperor. He faced almost impossible odds and overcame them, fighting Turks, Pechenegs, Normans and even on his deathbed he took his last victory against the Seljuk Turks, starting a period called the "Komnenian Restoration" (for more details look to his biography written by his daughter - Anna - yep, a woman wrote a book in the 11th century). His descendants almost retook whole of Anatolia. And everything was going well....until Angelids took over and the 4th Crusade hapenned...

[@VaeSapiens]

***** I hope so. Many people never heard of him.

[@TurlasThe6]

Oh man, one of my favorite periods in history to learn about and discuss. It has everything...epic battles, genocide, religious fervor, propaganda wars, political intrigue...the Crusades is THE time for any medieval scholor to really get into some of the good dirt of history. Really looking forward to this series! Great start, too. :)

[@masteryeet3600]

The fact that the people’s crusade’s actions actually angered me when these events happened almost a millennia ago both amuses me and disturbs me

[@unchartedsteppes7138]

This gave me a topic for my Midterm three years ago so I just wanted to say thanks.

[@pragmat1k]

I always get giddy when these videos get released.

[@FreedomR115]

Tiny nitpick ahead. Seeing potatoes and pumpkins in some of the illustrations. Those wouldn't exist in Europe for another 500 years.

[@theappc9043]

I blame Walpole..

[@bubby6539]

These are hella fun to watch with a beer

[@lianhua3608]

So helpful thank u

[@orionfight2973]

7:26 Count Emicho: Let us in. We're crusading. King of Hungary: Nope! I'm having none of this!

[@patrickv4062]

Ah yes, the good ol days

[@android18hater56]

Spare coochie?

[@amitabhakusari2304]

Please, please, make the 2nd part of the series, I am just done reading up on this one, and trying to not get spoilers, inspite of the very old episode.

[@eyeamnotellingu8061]

Best part about some of these videos is I use them for revision for my University Exams.