French Wars of Religion - Part 1 - Conspiracy of Amboise, Massacre of Vassy - 4K

[@pikeshotBattles]

The story that really inspired George R. Martin to write Game of Thrones. Need I say more...? Enjoy! :D

[@itarry4]

Well GRR himself says he used the the War of Roses for his main inspiration but I'm certain he used a fair bit from this and a lot of European Middle ages history.

[@alexandrebenoin40]

Explain me the similarities plz it’s so interesting

[@pikeshotBattles]

@@alexandrebenoin40 You have the civil war that starts when the old king dies under suspicious circumstances. You have a series of ineffective boy kings - of whom Henry III was seen as "evil" by one side. You have the scheming queen mother and the scheming uncles (in place of the grandfather...). You have the queen mother who enables the crazy fanatics then grows to regret the decision. You have the massacre at the wedding. You have the most unlikely candidate winning the throne only to be assassinated afterwards. You have tons of main characters who are killed - including the "evil" boy king. You have the great siege of the capital that is defeated by a deus ex machina. Just from the top of my head....

[@alexandrebenoin40]

@@pikeshotBattles oh my god, yep catherine and cercei same queen mothers : all for their sons, even the worst atrocities But who is the unlikely candidate who win the throne in GOT ? Robert Baratheon ?

[@lt3746]

To be fair George RR Martin was inspired by a lot, including the French book series Le Roi Maudits by Maurice Druon, who said it was “The Original Game of Thrones.”

[@bertchintus4103]

YESSS! IVE BEEN LONGING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE FRENCH WARS OF RELIGION. I'm pumped!!

[@PyrrhosOfEpeiros]

Nice, a topic rarely covered on YT

[@lukalisjak2106]

I won't lie: I preferred the original voice. Good stuff though.

[@r-i5732]

This is gonna be good! I had to study this at uni but couldn't find any good video about it. I passed it but forgat everything. The Italian wars were awesome too.

[@pikeshotBattles]

Indeed! There are only wikipedia tier summaries out there. Well that's no longer the case!

[@r-i5732]

@@pikeshotBattles Thanks homie!

[@sahhaf1234]

@@pikeshotBattles Mainstream european history is very much underrated and ignored in youtube, with the exception of Vikings.

[@pikeshotBattles]

@@sahhaf1234 *underrated and often misrepresented and politicized to excess. Sadly.

[@shawnbeckett1370]

Awesome as always.

[@kingstarscream320]

Finally, time for some French action on the Pike&shot channel!!!

[@TonyAguilarFigure-atively]

I loved this and looking forward to more. Very well presented with portraits and maps. That is how you handle a complex subject. Bravo!

[@sadrashahin1532]

bring the old voice

[@nosense3246]

nah this one is good

[@zoe-mt4xk]

Thank you so much for these videos!! The visuals are incredible and the way you explain is so helpful!!!

[@FreddyBarbarossa]

Thanks for making succinct and simple a confusing point in history.

[@magimon91834]

Very well done!

[@MrTristanryan]

Fantastic, I look forward to this series. Well done good man!

[@litlpunch]

New series!

[@MrRobfullarton]

Looooove It!! I wrote a series of pieces on this topic myself, its the real Game of thrones, which Martin copied ha ha!!

[@g.sergiusfidenas6650]

What has he not copied, which to be fair and to his credit he has molded into an interesting work but it does loses part of his luster when one realizes some of his characters and events are just thinly disguised versions of real life people, think he has mentioned Les Rois Maudits when talking about courtly intrigue.

[@NukeCola1988]

loving the new narrator ! Keep on the good work .

[@adamfrazer5150]

Really appreciate the delivery on this topic, especially the way you inject contemporary 'translations'(😄) into it. Solid narration and good looking visuals, the total package (or, Le Package Totalé.....😒)

[@hashimbokhamseen7877]

can't wait for the next one

[@mortimusmaximus8725]

Amazing video, cant wait, for the rest of the series 😍

[@alangivre2474]

I love it!!!!!! I will miss the old narrator, but this is pretty neat, and the music gives me nostalgia

[@DefeatedRoyalist]

Great vid! Love this channel. Have you considered covering the Burgundian Wars or the War of the Roses after you conclude this series?

[@pikeshotBattles]

I did, I just don't know when.

[@ZillyWhale]

Did anyone take credit for putting the placard on the king's bedroom door?

[@pikeshotBattles]

Not that I know of. Certainly the leadership made themselves scarce as soon as the plot was under way (that's why they disappear on the map). Conde did know about it, and didn't tell - this was the basis for the prosecution launched against him by the Guise.

[@FFFFFFF-FFFFFFFUUUUCCCC]

I did it

[@ZillyWhale]

@@FFFFFFF-FFFFFFFUUUUCCCC Something about your name makes me skeptical about your claim.

[@JonniePolyester]

This has been one of the best ‘continuing narrative’ style docs I’ve seen. As in the historical events are really well woven together covering large tracts of time giving great context as to why how and when such events happened. Battles in particular are very well explained as are the leaders…. Catherine de Medici was particularly fascinating and could be compared favourably with her contemporary Elizabeth l. I like the fact that the money sent by England had in part been lifted by English privateers from Spanish galleons to pay for troops to fight Spain! Perfidious Albion indeed 😂

[@lessssssgooooo]

I love it great job mate lessgo

[@samih5130]

No happy with the sound but I will like it just b/c it a great channel.

[@aoishiro6622]

Great video.

[@9zero187]

Thank you! Really liked it

[@HVLLOW99]

Meanwhile in Japan ,The Sengoku Jidai

[@lucasvanderhoeven3760]

I still hope the original narrator will return!

[@christdiedforoursins1467]

Those placards are funny thank you .

[@bokonoo77]

3:21 that is gone too far

[@ZillyWhale]

Amazing that it took them almost 200 years to go from mild vandalism of the palace to "Your majesty your head looks heavy let me relieve your shoulders."

[@bokonoo77]

@@ZillyWhale those radicals must be loves to toy with the king

[@ZillyWhale]

@@bokonoo77 When you're a French peasant the only thing to do is pray, drink, and mess with your local lord.

[@bokonoo77]

@@ZillyWhale A life was great back then

[@pikeshotBattles]

@@ZillyWhale Any attack on the king's person was an attack against the whole system. It didn't have to be a direct death threat to be taken seriously. And the Protestants knew this well.

[@szalard]

Hey, great video! And I hope you make an episode also about the freedom of religion proclaimed for the first time in the world in Transylvania in 1568 by the Hungarian king John II., and the Unitarian bishop Ferenc Dávid.

[@thinkandthank7406]

Because Transylvania was under Islamic rule (the Ottoman invasion) while part of Hungary was under the rule of Habsburg where the counter-reformation was working, and tolerance ended after the liberation

[@AlexC-ou4ju]

and this is why France is so very emphatic on Secularism today.

[@jordanlindo9703]

Can you do the History of the Republics of Venice and Genoa? I haven't seen much detailed videos on those states.

[@chrisedrev9519]

I know you want to create some free time for yourself, but if quality is your main concern, your voice was definitely better. You don't have that much intonation, but you read with a lot of understanding, so it's easier to listen to your voice. Still liked for the algorithm naturally, and good luck whatever you decide to do. Good effort from the new narrator of course.

[@chrisedrev9519]

On second thought, by the end of the video the narration started feeling natural, so I'm excited about the upcoming series. :)

[@MrWhy6]

Death by ear infection the past was truly horrific.

[@jakm1264]

bring old voice back please :(

[@matthewmann8969]

And many religious and spiritual skirmishes still happen

[@justinpachi3707]

@Pike & Shot Channel, did you get a new narrator?

[@Raadpensionaris]

We were staying in Paris🎶 -Calvinist nobles in 1572

[@pikeshotBattles]

They should have watched GoT to know what's gonna happen.

[@itarry4]

Yonk!! OK we'll move to Scotland. That'll teach France we're going to nick their best mate... 🤔

[@jasonhaven7170]

It seems to only go up to 1440p, is 4K locked?

[@Δούρειος_96]

Isn't 1080 an up 4k?

[@martinchristian597]

fuck this guy is a fucking legend, he did it, yeah my favourite history huguenots :). I knew this guy was the right guy cos he gets into details and really great. So much admiration cos, everybody wants to do the easy one but this guy will dig deep and look for the gems :) thanks very much

[@sahhaf1234]

It would be more understandable if family trees had been shown.. In this age and time we may not care much for relatives but family was dead serious business when aristocracy ruled europe and when wealh and power generally came in the form of inheritance/birth.. So it is very important to understand properly who is related to whom.. Ignoring these is one way of imposing our values on a bygone age..

[@pikeshotBattles]

I was thinking of doing a short summary at the end of the last episode. I can include a who is who table there. For now I didn't want to overload the viewer with a lot of information, since my main point was to explain how dynastic motives got intermingled with ideological ones.

[@sahhaf1234]

@@pikeshotBattles I think something like a colorful graph would work better than a table.

[@pikeshotBattles]

@@sahhaf1234 There will be a long chronological list of all the major events + family trees like you saw in the Kingdom of Naples video.

[@bloodyplebs]

i can't take this video seriously with the funny sound effects and signs.

[@JanHans]

You confused bern with Basel. Also it was geneva - strassbourg - geneva.

[@pikeshotBattles]

Did he flee to Bern first? The way I know it is: Basel > Strasbourg > Geneva (he is kicked out after a short period) > back to Strasbourg > again to Geneva

[@JanHans]

@@pikeshotBattles sorry my fault. I meant you placed basel on the map where bern is located. Calvin was as far i know never in bern. Your order above is the correct. Some place in france - Basel genf strassbourg genf. Good video by the way :)

[@sadrashahin1532]

seriously this new voice dosent match you channel

[@GoogleUserOne]

Ummm what happened to the middle eastern dude?

[@aleksapetrovic6519]

Ah yes, the French Revolution before French Revolution.

[@ChristosGoulios]

Nice

[@Casmaniac]

Interesting stuff. Algorithm comment all the waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

[@AGS363]

Something topical, funny and profound.... (Just kidding! It is the obligatory comment to please the almighty algorithm.)

[@lordstephan467]

Reign is so misleading