Vlad the Impaler | Extra History Complete | European History

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Hey have you guys ever thought of making a series about the 2nd french empire and napoleon the third I think that would be a very interessting subject

[@enieniz]

after this you have to do Scanderbeg man

[@mjama2132]

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[@maximolaras4473]

Can you do Stephen the Great too

[@mjama2132]

@maximolaras4473 who

[@RedWizrobe]

Now that it's been established that this will be a regular thing, I'm counting the days on my fingers until the Third Century Crisis and Thirty Years War series' get the Extra History Complete treatment.

[@GrudgeyCable]

For sure. Kinda hoping for the Jonathan wild series myself

[@classeontop7403]

I read the "third" as "end"

[@OssencsWasTaken]

Isn’t it just the 5 episodes stitched together why not use a playlist

[@classeontop7403]

@@OssencsWasTaken So you only need to watch one which is easier.

[@RedWizrobe]

@@classeontop7403 Plus these have additional context and corrections from the Lies episodes.

[@LucasCosma]

As a Romanian I always love seeing Romania mentioned in videos. And I can confirm that Vlad The Impaler is seen as a hero (in a way) in Romania Edit: There is also a saying in Romanian tradition. When someone is being unfair or disrespectful, someone would say: "Unde ești tu, Țepeș?" ("Where are you, Țepeș?")

[@lifeintheseven1603]

Now I have my next new CK3 idea, make Romania

[@SantiagoGarza-bg9wp]

HAAARD saying. That's cool

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

Oooh, that's nasty, you're basically calling on Vlad to impale the unfair or disrespectful person from beyond the grave!

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

@@SantiagoGarza-bg9wp Well, that's Vlad for you!

[@AndriPopUp]

​@@ElizabethMcCormick-s2nTrue. Also when someone scams/fools you, we say that this person 'impaled you' ('Te-a tras în țeapă")

[@briangarrow448]

I dated a beautiful Romanian woman who had immigrated to the United States when she was a young teenager. She was incredibly intelligent and would tell me about her homeland’s history. She gave me a very detailed explanation about how Vlad was a defender of Romania and Christianity. She blamed a lot of the negative stories about him on his enemies who besmirched his reputation after his death.

[@SantiagoGarza-bg9wp]

She migrated as a teen, yes? You didn't date her as a teen?

[@briangarrow448]

@@SantiagoGarza-bg9wp I didn’t meet her until both of us were past age 40. But she was a hottie back in her teenage years, I saw some photos of her. Sadly, if I had met her then, she wouldn’t have even noticed me. I was still in my shy, nerd, bookworm phase!

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

"As a teen" implies a past state of hers. Does anyone have conversational literacy anymore?

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

Yeah, that's true that he defended his home, but he wasn't exactly a saint, not by a long shot!

[@SantiagoGarza-bg9wp]

@DCMarvelMultiverse I mean, firstly, he could've dated her in the past. Secondly, I just wanted to clear up a kinda confusing sentence. Thirdly, damn bro, I'd really like to see you speak a different language and not have any single doubt

[@GdGuitarist]

Just remember Vlad the Impaler didn't start impaling people until his mid-30s. It's never too late to become a legend!! 😂

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

A scary legend!

[@orangeboy8597]

late bloomervlad

[@Sapphosroommate]

And back then? That’s pretty late in life. He died at 45

[@mjama2132]

No

[@GdGuitarist]

@@mjama2132 Yes

[@SatanBakes]

I’m allergic to garlic and burn extremely easily. Not going to lie, i’ve been preparing for vampire jokes for like a month.

[@thenexus8384]

Do you like bats?

[@SatanBakes]

@@thenexus8384 bats are so cool

[@thenexus8384]

@@SatanBakes agreed

[@SatanBakes]

@@thenexus8384 l need to hold bats at all times

[@thenexus8384]

​@@SatanBakesjust pray they don't bite you

[@quickquranrecitations3091]

It's cool that, no matter how many times I watch a different history video about the same thing, I always pick up new facts. Crazy how from a slightly different perspective you can understand things you never could before.

[@CartoonHero1986]

Something I always find funny about how horrified the Turkish Nobility were about Vlad's technique of impaling was; these were Nobles that had for the most part "normalised" fratricide as just something a person in a position of power has to do. So that just shows you how brutal witnessing something like that must have been and how terrifying it was that Vlad didn't just pick this as his punishment of choice... but found ways to make it even more painful and terrible.

[@Ultimate_maniac]

It's also a bit of hypocrisy. Like if you or the ruler you admire and follow does it, then it's 'justice' 😇 and if your enemy does it, it's evil 😈. It goes both ways. But Vlad's methods were really extreme that even Romanians, as much as they admired him, were scared of him as well 😅

[@jokodihaynes419]

"One would like to be both the one and the other but because it is difficult to combine them it is far better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both"- Machiavelli

[@haemocyte2224]

On a related note, I really want to see an Extra history/literature on The Prince.

[@shiroamakusa8075]

"...but see to it that you never inspire hatred". Most so-called machiavellians forget that part.

[@patrickb1303]

Vlads cartoon eyes really help to enforce the mental stability of the figure. 😂

[@CapOb314]

I always liked how detailed Vlad was in this series. Makes ot clear that he was...not just one among others.

[@Gamegod-st1hz]

I kid you not, earlier today I was thinking "i want to re-watch the series extra history made about vlad the impalor to make a better Dracula character" and flew and behold, this compilation is made. Thank you, extra history, for fueling my creativity with these videos and giving me ideas for my books.

[@nicolaebriciuc1846]

Can you do a series about Stephen the great, Vlad's cousin, and the moldovian ruler?

[@dannyfenlon2476]

Ah a lovely series to listen to on a walk A very enthusiastic walk.

[@M4gpi3s_]

I see what you did there

[@Fabio-Jose-DragonKing]

You guys are the Best! Compilations rock🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@UnaOwens-g1q]

Is it okay that I’m delighted to see this video, because I regularly watch the “Vlad the Impaler” playlist to calm down? Probably to do with being the stern, humorless older sibling to a Radu the Handsome or two. Probably 👀.

[@theuralictribes5689]

Just to make some facts clear, Vampires didn't originate from Romania, they originated from Slavic Pagan Mythology where Slavic tribes believed in the existence of undead creatures who lived in caves in forests (Not Castles) who fed on human blood at night to stay alive. In fact it makes more sense for Vampires to live in caves since Bats live in Caves mostly and so it's no wonder they are associated with one another.

[@kokuinomusume]

Vampire bats live in Central and South America, so there's no way they can have influenced Slavic legends. But the vampire discourse of the 1700s began when Austrian troops took control for a while of the Balkans from the Ottoman empire, and sent home a few reports of having to let villagers stake some corpses because the locals were convinced the corpses were making other villagers ill (the Arnold Paole and Petar Blagojević cases, mainly).

[@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t]

And the tales themselves most likely originated when people observed exhumed corpses, and noticed the hair and nails had continued to grow. The gums would have receded, making the canine teeth look like fangs. The abdomen would become bloated, making it look like they had fed on something. Liquid blood would remain pooled in the heart, making it look like there was still some life in them. All of these are a normal part of decomposition, but the superstitious people of the time didn't know that. Also, if a body was poorly buried, sometimes dogs or wild animals would partially dig up a limb, making it look like the corpse was trying to claw its way out of the ground. Imagine seeing that and not having any other explanation for it.

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

Actually, there are vampire-like monsters in every culture in the world!

[@kokuinomusume]

@@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t In addition to that, during winter the soil or charnel houses would be at freezing temperatures, so corpses would "magically" appear to not have decomposed. Clearly revenants!

[@LickyTee]

@@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t also cannibalism exists

[@time_warriors]

This is a really well-made video! It's fascinating to learn more about Vlad the Impaler and how he became such a legendary figure. I'm amazed by how much cruelty he inflicted on his enemies. It's also interesting to see the connection between Vlad and the fictional character of Dracula. Thanks for sharing this informative and entertaining video!

[@louthegiantcookie]

I loved this series! Vlad is such an interesting figure to me, both hero and villain.

[@johnka5407]

The complete and corrected version is cool and all, but the best thing is intro music unique for each series

[@purpleiguana208]

Bram Stoker's failed story, "Vlad Dracula and his cousin Steve." LOL

[@sapphirejade5029]

How interesting that I'm drawing Dracula for my Draculatober drawing series. Good to see the origins still remain strong.😉

[@jareddehart9107]

Love these Complete versions. You guys ever gonna sell DVDs of these things? I'd love to buy them.

[@janoscsoma3104]

Fun fact about the siege: Before Hunyadi broke through the siege lock, he divided his army into two halves. He took the experienced soldiers with him to the castle of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade), leaving the inexperienced crusader recruits behind under the leadership of a priest, János Kapisztrán. He ordered him, under no circumstances, to attack the Turkish camp on the other side of the Sava River. On the last day of the siege, however, Capistran decided that the Crusaders would cross the river under his leadership and attack the Turkish camp. The Sultan reacted to this by using all his reserves against the Crusaders to force them back into the river. Seeing this, Hunyadi from the castle gave the order to break out and attack the Turkish positions. The siege cannons there were captured and then turned against their previous users. At least that's what they taught me.

[@matty-theperson]

It feels so good watching people talk about historical people from my own country 😂, love your workk

[@sourwinee]

LETS GOOOO EXTRA HISTORY COMPLETE DROPPED

[@thatonrabsolutenutcasecomic]

1 minute ago, 30 views, fell upwards. Always love the smell of a complete history edition

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This is great, and I am a member of Nebula, so I am happy to add to your algorithm here, too!

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Thanks for joining us on Nebula and still adding to our algorithm!

[@Chikinuggetyum]

I love all of your videos Matthew!! ❤

[@sourwinee]

KHADI

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@@sourwinee WHAAAAAT

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@@Chikinuggetyum HEHEHEEH

[@uria3679]

Vlad’s logic in making a strong country: 40K tier violence

[@DXG2]

As a Romanian I can confirm this is true

[@alexandrub8786]

To be fair he fough against the xenos (turk/muslim), the heretic (catholics/ germans) and the mutant (leeches of society from treacurous boyars,that is nobles, to the lowest beggar who didn't want to work the fields for his bread).

[@NoName-hg6cc]

Well, what would have you done in his place? 🤷‍♂️

[@LoneTiger]

+As Dracula leaves his castle forever and addresses the peasants+ Dracula: _"Have your fun. But remember this... without me Transylvania will be as exciting as Bucharest, on a Monday night."_ Love at First Bite (1979)

[@SadPizza4591]

This is so much better than watching a playlist thank you so much!

[@cgt3704]

I hope you guys will cover his cousin Stephen the Great in the future. He is also a historical figure of great importance in Romania and Moldova. He has the second longest reign in our history, went to 50 battles against all of his neighbours and won 48 of them. And he has been canonised as a saint in the Romanian Chirch

[@ArneBab]

This was awesome and fun to watch! And nicely informative! Thank you!

[@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t]

I say if you're going to make Prince Vlad III of Wallachia into any kind of supernatural creature, why not a dragon? In my own stories that are populated by werewolves and vampires, Dracula was a dragon who walked around in human form. Although some of his reputation was deserved, he was a complicated figure who was widely misunderstood. I think this is more interesting than portraying him as a straight up villain.

[@Saurophaganax1931]

I mean... It's reeeeeally hard not to depict him as a straight up villain. Sympathetic or not, the man had a corpse forest. He's not exactly beating the villain accusations.

[@Sillycar303]

This is perfect for the spooky season. I love the Vlad Dracula series the series deserved the while series video I would watch this in my grave alive or dead

[@leocormier8829]

Nailing the intro sound as alwase, love it, keep it up!

[@danielatchley277]

The complete history intro is always special fr

[@MuirlySims]

I'd love to see more super long form in depth videos like this from you in future!

[@brandondavidson4085]

The fact that Joan d'Arc lived 1412-1431 and Vlad lived from 1431-1476 is wild. I'm not saying Joan was reincarnated as a ruthless Romanian warlord who fought a Crusade against Muslim invaders but...

[@WayFinderXM]

More of these! If you guys aren't going to keep up with the playlists for your videos, at least make more of these after the lies episode comes out

[@zoltansandor7751]

Dracul in romanian doesn't mean dragon, but devil! Impaling was a common practice at the Ottoman court at the time of Vlad's stay there. Vlad was the victim of a slander campaign by the rich traders of the city of Brasov, to whom he imposed taxes to match what the wallachian traders had to pay. Vlad did not institute a terror campaign, he instituted basically sharia law he learned at the Ottoman court. Thieves had a had cut, unfaithful wives were lashed and all societies were punishing "lazy peons". The beggars weren't any beggars, they were boyars. he burned a barn full of boyars at some point. Gipsy people were slaves bought from the Ottomans, you don't conscript slaves. They are property and can be used as seen fit. Haven't heard of any gipsy soup though. But he did impale some priests that were not respecting the cloth. You know, the standard debauchery and greed thing... using faith to take from the poor and give to himself. Outside Targoviste Vlad and his troops went in in disguise and took advantage of the rivalries between the different factions in the ottoman army to start infighting that lasted till morning. And use your brain, He did make a forest of spikes and impaled people on them, but there were only men, turk soldiers. Also, he did win some battles against the Ottoman armies and I'm quite sure he was executed by the Hungarians.

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Bro thank u extra history your history videos are amazing and I wish that I could work with you guys since I'm a history buff

[@decantabriaball938]

Now I’m waiting for the Justinian Complete series

[@BrokeAFDM]

38:00 I see your TTGL reference and appreciate it.

[@noodledaddy3234]

I honestly love Vlad the Impaler its weird how your school essays make you genuinely interested in something

[@Plab1402]

Cheese is amazing chat, petition to make a video on cheese history? 🧀

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

HAPPY SPOOKY SEASON ! Your compilations are the Best 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

[@nicolopanti1169]

Very cool video for a very controversial and intriguing character in history

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This channel kicks ass

[@Valhain]

Best thing for spooktober

[@LordToxicis]

Hard to think, the 1400s saw many major events brushed over in schools today. The fall of Constantinople, the wars of Europe, the Renaissance, and today being Columbus day 1492 the early modern period and the end of the medieval

[@ashley_actuallly]

Loved the og vlad series cant wait fro thisss :3

[@RichardBuzzy]

I love these new complete videos

[@xjkfo]

You guys should do a Stephen the Great video! Even if he isn't that famous around the world, he’s a very important symbol for Moldova.

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

Fun fact, Dracula is NOT based on Vlad the Impaler. The book was pretty much complete before Stoker knew about him. The character was originally called Count Wympir, which is basically a bad pun for Vampire. Stoker studied Vlad Dracula near the end of his time writing the book and changed the name, but the story and character were already pretty well set before then.

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

Of course, Mr. Stoker didn't know that Dracula means "son of Dracul" in Romanian!

[@crazyman8472]

I did not know that! 😳

[@arashimiyazawa8165]

Uh....yeah...this is in the video. Watch before commenting ;)

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

@@arashimiyazawa8165 It's a very long video and I have ADHD. I can't watch before commenting. My brain doesn't work like that. But glad it's in there. I've only made it about 20 minutes in so far.

[@arashimiyazawa8165]

@@Sam_on_KZbin Perfectly understandable. Sorry if I came off as combative :D

[@baliyae]

Since it’s getting close to Halloween, this video is very fitting.

[@Mateo_muyrandom]

Fun fact: Vlad is not the diminutive of Vladimir, its the diminutive of Vladislav. The real diminutive of Vladimir would be Vova if Im not mistaken. Edit: This only applies on Russia as far as I know, in Romania Vlad is just Vlad.

[@roscamariusiulian]

In Romania, Vlad is just Vlad. And Vlăduț is the diminutive of Vlad.

[@Mateo_muyrandom]

@@roscamariusiulian Interesting! I should've clarified that happens on Russia (maybe Ukraine too) Ill edit that, thanks bro! Greetings from Spain.

[@crazyman8472]

So many Vlads, so little time… 😜

[@Emanon...]

This is great. Was tired of the playlists that would shock you with loud commercials every 5 minutes or so.

[@charlieboone1298]

Vladislav! Baby dont hurt me! Dont hurt me, no more 🎶

[@AdriLeemput]

Slightly disappointed that this is not the November 31sr video. But still love this

[@TheAccursedWolfOfficial]

The legend of Vlad the Impaler is borne from darkness!

[@markadams7046]

It's easy to judge the cruelty of the past by our own modern standard, but in a world where you don't have the technology to more easily keep order, I think for leaders to keep order in their day, they had to resort to less than savory means for the overall order. I'm sure like today, the leaders back then could be selfish for power while convincing themselves that they were doing it for the good of their people.

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Best KBR practitioner imho.

[@Olive-oilien]

RiffTrax is amazing! I grew up on MST3K and was thrilled to find out they were still doing their thing.

[@vladsiminica2801]

Vlad The Impaler ( Romanian: Vlad Țepeș/ Vlad lll Basarab ) was ruler of Wallachia from 3 times ( 1448 ; 1456-1462 and 1475-1476 ) and one of the most notorious romanian ruler and a national hero of Romania . He was son of Vlad ll Dracul , the grandson of Mircea the Elder ( Mircea cel Bătrân / Mircea l Basarab ) which ruled between 1386-1418 and the cousin of Stephen the Great ( Romanian: Ștefan cel Mare, Ștefan lll Musat ) , who rulled 49 years as prince of Moldavia between 1455-1504 and was later canonized as saint by Romanian Orthodox Church ( Romanian : Biserica Ortodoxa Romana ) in 1992 . 🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴

[@acaydia2982]

Based Vlad

[@wayneigoe6722]

Fun fact: when he retreated, he had the shoes on his horses turned backwards to confuse the enemy

[@historyViewer1]

Man, Vlad was something else! 😂 A hero to his people but a total nightmare to his enemies. The way he impaled people just to scare others is insane 😵. History is both fascinating and terrifying! I’m not sure if I should admire him or be scared of him!

[@legacyvaultchannel]

Wow, Vlad’s life was full of so much political intrigue and betrayal. It’s sad how he was constantly caught between larger powers, and while he’s often remembered for his cruelty, it’s clear his reign was way more complex than just impaling people.

[@westsidermetalhead4997]

43:22 Beautiful piece of art. This is from the Bulgarian painting "Fight for Shipka" by Dimitar Gyuzhenov. The fight was during of August 1877. 1878 is when we won our independence alongside other Balkan countries.

[@geoandrew8159]

Hey I know you do Literature simplified but you should also so operas!! It’ll be so interesting and helpful!!

[@chrisnewhard5863]

Cool video!

[@knightofarkronia9968]

0:55 Is that a face reveal?

[@Jsterman23]

He's done a lot of that for sponsorship deals in the past month at least

[@knightofarkronia9968]

@@Jsterman23 Oh.

[@a50ftfall6]

No he shows his face in nearly every sponsorship

[@MimiChen-g3f]

I think so

[@bvillafuerte179]

Good video.

[@smallebige]

Hey guys when you do these in the future can you put the lies episode at the end too while you’re at it?

[@caseyjones-esque]

The artists had SO much fun with this, didn’t they?

[@antontvircun1432]

Please please please do a history episode of Moldova, we have awesome stories in store!!!

[@ThatKenBoi88]

I love these covers of the E.H. Theme!

[@deanbuss1678]

Zoe's " meow", woke my cat up!😅

[@razvandumitru7145]

There is also one story about him, that in his time of ruling, no one dared to steal anything because they feard him and his punishments. To test the people Vlad left a golden cup engraved with precious gems at a well so that anyone could drink water with it, even tho the cup was unguarded , it remained there until Vlad took it back.

[@monjettgraham2989]

This is very informative and entertaining, however, dates of the events would make it better.

[@GHoPLAYZ69420]

Yay a min so that Vlad doesn’t go to my house at 3 AM 👇

[@LittleImpaler]

You did Vlad the Impaler! ❤

[@rexjekic2070]

Have you ever considered making a video about Dusan the Might. He had many acomplishments and is considered one of best rulers in Serbian history

[@BIGHSM]

Nice

[@trisharaichatterjee2578]

5:42.... I don't know why, but the chicken looks puzzled. And I have the biggest smile and muffled giggles. Poor chicken.....

[@EMantraOfficial1]

As much Vlad the impaler was famous was not even close to his cousin Stephen the Great who basically fought with enemies from 4 sides all his rulling life..you should do also a series about Him..good video regardless

[@Sirbattlecats-xu7pz]

Guys the history dude just uploaded

[@SayantikaSarkar007]

Can't believe I'm this early 😍❤️ !!!!

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

He's our legend. Our treasure.

[@the_gork]

I'm very glad to learn that Bram Stoker's phenaticism of Dracula is similar to my own hyperfixation of anything. Read like 2 sources and just run with it telling everyone "Hey did you know-"

[@bryansylvestrew5024]

Even though this is one of the extra history series I watch at least every other month, I will always give this channel of view 💚. Keep up the good work yall

[@McAllisterVideos]

Can yall create more playlists.... I love the episode labels. But having to hunt through a playlist with 225 videos for a specific series of 5 videos is a little insane

[@warmonster12345]

Oh my mom is going to love these

[@lancesmith5645]

yep. been to "Dracula's Castle". was great. and ye, the tour guide explained to us that Vlad never stayed in that castle. It Got its name when they original crew behind filming the Dracula Movie were touring the countryside looking for a creepy looking castle to film the movie in. gotta say... its a pretty good spot.

[@katerandazzo8432]

“Robb didn’t know that people actually ship historical figures, but now he can’t unknow it.” You guys found the Elveo fanart didn’t you 😂

[@masterthnag105]

The thumbnail makes vlad look like an angry Canadian with that mustache looking like an open Canadian mouth

[@Lucafdsv]

I like this starter music really good❤❤ at history❤

[@TheCybroid]

6:52 he looks adorable

[@666mrdoctor]

Can you do Skanderbeg next?❤