Götz of the Iron Hand - Cyborg Knight Prosthetics - European History - Extra History

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Really love the vids

[@hadtrio6629]

Ah yes the model for guts character from Berserk yep definitely deserves a like

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[@JohnSmith-ex9mv]

@Extra Credits, do you think you could do a video or series on El Cid and the Reconquista at some point? I've been watching El Cid with Charlton Heston and thought that would be a neat series.

[@aaronpaul899]

Nice too see one of my favorite youtube channels say my state

[@Jian13]

Not that I'm sure about the average life span of a medieval general, but 81 seems pretty impressive for someone who got his hand shot off before modern medicine.

[@SnarkyZazu]

Even without the hand getting shot off, getting to 81 was impressive at that time

[@Orinslayer]

Renaissance. NOT medieval.

[@thefrenchbastard1646]

@@SnarkyZazu not wen your a noble

[@Crocophant572]

@@SnarkyZazu Poor people were the ones living much shorter lives than today. Rich nobles had superiour nutrition, access to better medical treatment, lots of leisure etc. and could live into their 80s or 90s if they were lucky.

[@bnmnsmp4547]

The average life span was lower. But the main Factor was the higher Child mortality. Think of having 5 Children three die before the age of five and two get 80 you would have an average live expectancy below 35. That's one reason why summery statistics can be misleading. Especially when the variance is rarely reported.

[@PeregrineHawthorn]

As a frequent user of a prosthetic hand, the charisma bonus is real. Folks go nuts for a mechanical fist.

[@hackr6751]

It's the Cyberpunk(tm)

[@oliverpaszkowski2457]

I mean, in CK2, a prosthetic leg gives +10 sex appeal for your current monarch.

[@fabioartoscassone9305]

what, miss? O_O

[@Thoralmir]

Groovy.

[@AzureSkyCiel]

Are you also by chance and alchemist with a metal leg?

[@fantabulisticous]

fun fact, Kentaro Miura did not base the character Guts in the manga Berserk off of Gotz of the Iron Hand, Miura had never even heard of Gotz until well after he had given his character the metal arm. this is just one of those strange almost insane coincidences that happen in the world.

[@phantom8906]

I had rpg characters like that its nuts lol

[@ordelian7795]

Or he just flat out lied to appear more original.

[@phucdinh1020]

I think prosthetic hand is just badass and people tend to want to be badass I mean, look at Venom Snake

[@drewdederer8965]

@@ordelian7795 Doubtful, Miura was always quite open that his character was based on Rutger Hauer's (entirely fictional) character from "Flesh & Blood" (who WAS a roughly 15/16th Century Mercenary, just one with all his limbs).

[@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247]

Kinda like how an Austrian genocidal maniac and a Japanese manga-artist both settled on blond hair and blue eyes as a visual shorthand for "Ancient, Long-Lost Race Of Strong Guys." VERY uncomfortable coincidence, that.

[@Faenwolf]

If you ever come to visit southern Germany and want to see the iron Hands of Götz, they are on display in the museum of Burg Jagsthausen (also called Götzenburg), not far from the city of Heilbronn. In the summer you can also see the play by Goethe there. Quite a show and worth the visit 🙂

[@freakyvisser]

Its on my list live in the netherlands so its quite doable for me !!

[@illicitline4552]

Now my question is: did Gotz have a feud with that city as well? If so that would be pretty ironic

[@ty_teynium]

Is Goethe the same one who did Fuast the Tragedy? Edit: * Faust*, and by the name I was referring to was Wolfgang

[@sonkeschluter3654]

@@ty_teynium Yep

[@Faenwolf]

@@ty_teynium yes Goethe wrote Faust as well as Götz von Berlichingen, but Faust 1 and 2 are his most famous plays.

[@facundogonzalez1277]

There is a legend that said that at one point he left his usual feuding, took his sword, his armour and his metal hand and went of to fight armies of demons and their Five leaders. History does not like to talk about that period.

[@zollen123]

Did the demons beg for mercy?

[@alichi101]

Yeah, the manga went into a bit more detail about his adventures, too bad Extra Credits didn't have time to cover the three decades of chronicles.

[@facundogonzalez1277]

@@zollen123 He was so badass that Demons kept coming to fight him.

[@yuvalgabay1023]

Middvle doom slayer be like

[@whathell6t]

Meanwhile, a reformed mercenary unit is counterattacking a large Central Asian empire and both belligerents have supernatural strike force & calvary.

[@mutantmaster1]

This badass got his hand shredded in an age where medicine was a hope and a prayer, survived that, got two prosthetics, and passed away at 81 after a life of fighting What a mad lad!

[@ethanramos4441]

Not mention he supposedly created the Swabian Salute

[@tiringsarcasm]

@@ethanramos4441 Not created, popularized, the name however does come from him insulting the Swabians.

[@AkiKii519]

madchad ;)

[@SaiyanHeretic]

Another one of those historical personages whom really needs a movie or miniseries about them. What a fascinating life story.

[@username-ru6ul]

Hehehe, watch or read Berserk ;) the main character is Götz. 1998 version is best

[@thetruthisouthere933]

count dancula did a lad lads story on him that's worth a watch.

[@Matteus2109]

I mean, we have Berserk?

[@dariusgunter5344]

honestly there are probably countless man like him, most forgotten or barely remembered. Council leaders of cities, small knights, etc. The reason we remember him is because his story survived till our time, while many others like him probably didnt.

[@andrewvarney5687]

Gotz: Looses his hand Gets an Iron one made Gotz: "Groovy."

[@ceu160193]

Guess chainsaw wasn't invented yet, or Ash Williams would have competition.

[@ecurewitz]

@@ceu160193 maybe That’s how Gotz got the inspiration, when Ash travelled back in time to fight the Army Of Darkness

[@Jon_the_Wizard]

Who knew Ash was an homage?

[@ravanpee1325]

Götz not Gotz

[@christianokami2220]

Expect a flood of Berserk references! That being said: in a parallel universe, the life of Gutz could mirror Gotz even more after defeating Griffith. RIP Miura 🙏🏽

[@theArab__]

Guts won’t defeat griffith

[@apex2000]

Medieval Mercenary with a robot hand. With basically the same name. Yep

[@Colddirector]

@@apex2000the real gotz probably had way less PTSD though, and considering he had his hand shot off by a cannon that’s saying something

[@longwlenguyen4214]

@@ColddirectorHe more of a Conan the Barbarian type than Guts though since he made a fortune in kidnapping high ranking lords and made an enemy out of many Imperial cities and towns included religious fanatics hence the nickname Robber Knight, yet due to his thick plot armour he escape Imperial Ban (similar to mark of sacrifice instead of being hunted by daemons, Götz got the whole army of knights, Lords and fanatics on his back) twice and live a rich life with 5 healthy children to carry his name, so Götz is the anti-Guts.

[@NoQuestionsAskedd]

If only D4C exists

[@GallowglassVT]

What isn't well known is that on top of being a mercenary and poet, he also hunted demons with the aid of an elf and a sword called Dragonslayer.

[@Link6817]

That sounds suspiciously like the plot of berserk >.>

[@cant5864]

I knew someone else wouldve thought about Guts from Berserk too

[@issaicx]

I'm glad I'm not the only degenerate

[@juice_juice685]

Is this a dark souls reference

[@yamiyomizuki]

the dragon slayer wasn't made by elves

[@richardjao748]

So you’re saying this man with an iron hand made a career of going BERSERK on everybody?

[@Targe0]

I am glad I am not the only person who thought there was a lot in common there.

[@naganuina]

Miura had acknowledged that Guts is influenced by him.

[@gryphonprovenzano3156]

@nagauina I thought he said he didn’t thou when did he change his mind?

[@Klaaism]

Anyone who had the guts to stand up.

[@Jamhael1]

BA-DUM! Tiss...

[@NathanS__]

As a HRE stan, I've been appreciating the resurgence of its history in popular history culture.

[@TheTariqibnziyad]

There is HRE stans ? You guys are fake as the name itself

[@Toonrick12]

The clusterfuck of its existence is just so underlooked. You got nearly a millennium of stories to tell and joke about.

[@anartapoashan5714]

Neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire

[@NathanS__]

@@anartapoashan5714 shut up, Voltaire

[@danjudex2475]

> > >

[@enclavesoldier8893]

Why was the renaissance/middle era so weird, these anecdotes are always so interesting, thank you EC.

[@jarekwrzosek2048]

It's renaissance not Middle Ages tho.

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

@@jarekwrzosek2048 that's arguable. there's no cut and dry divide between the two

[@ctchimchar5258]

How the oil rig holding up soldier

[@jarekwrzosek2048]

@@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447 16th century (1500s) is without a doubt when we're talking about Renaissance.

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

@@jarekwrzosek2048 not really, many people would still consider this to be the middle ages, or a transition preiod

[@Fixxa11]

You forgot to mention that the Götz von Berlichen got his Iron Fist from the master engineers and blacksmiths in Nürnberg, the silicon Valley of medieval Europe!

[@silubr1]

Possibly. We don’t really know where either of his prostheses were made. We only know with reasonably certainty that Hans von Mittelhausen (in Alsace, now part of France), who died in 1564, owned a prosthesis from the same maker.

[@undsetmarai7116]

Ok I was hoping to see Griffith and Casca too, but good summary!

[@Valhain]

Casca the Immortal Soldier? That might be to vague a reference, but it's a book series worth reading.

[@lilqueso8190]

Griffith did nun wrong

[@Guilty2805]

@@Valhain bruh

[@Colddirector]

I’m imagining them doing an April fools follow up on Gotz but it’s just five minutes of him screaming “GRIFFIIIITH” over and over

[@harrisonhargrove4702]

Gotz is my 18th great grandfather on my father’s side. Makes me so proud to see he’s loved by many

[@rhett1029]

That’s awesome!

[@Guilty2805]

OMG FRR??? Did he have a giant sword?

[@harrisonhargrove4702]

@@Guilty2805 just a normal great sword

[@pandapajamas2532]

i think you should call them up and ask for you grandfathers hand back.

[@harrisonhargrove4702]

@@pandapajamas2532 I wish but they won’t give it up

[@ZechsMerquise195]

Götz of the Iron Hand; really sounds like an anime character.

[@hemidas]

There's a WH40K Space Marine chapter called Iron Hands.

[@lastone9744]

@@hemidas also the Iron Warriors

[@vidividivicious]

Is this a Berserk reference? I hope so

[@InquisitorThomas]

@@vidividivicious Apparently Kentaro Muira didn’t know about Gots when he was writing Berserk.

[@yamiyomizuki]

@@InquisitorThomas I'm deeply sceptical of that claim

[@TopsideCrisis346]

You may find this peculiar, but I was expecting a lot more demon-slaying in this episode. Rest in peace, Miura.

[@itsonlyafleshwound9024]

Its all a question of how you define "demon". Some elders not paying out prize money to a peasent might seem pretty demonic?

[@phil3114]

Hail to the King, baby.

[@lostastronaut5865]

I just saw cyborg and knight and warhammer 40k music starting playing in my mind.

[@joshuaghozeil8061]

I mean looking at his life.... 40k is not inaccurate

[@lostastronaut5865]

@@joshuaghozeil8061 your correct his life is more epic because had happened. 😎

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The Child and Teen Checkups ad made me so grateful to live in a country with universal health care.

[@bigsauce6645]

Americans: We’re the best country in history, I love paying for ambulance rides and surgery

[@bbirda1287]

@@bigsauce6645 Ambulance rides ain't cheap either, last time I took a taxi.

[@anomwibisono1850]

Legends told that he once fought 100 soldiers alone to rescue a general. He was known since then as the hundred-man-slayer.

[@gryphonprovenzano3156]

Did he fight for a man named Griffith in a group called the band of the hawk and when they all suddenly disappeared he began hunting him down?

[@jasminemiller7485]

I had a really bad day yesterday. Thanks Extra Credits, I needed some animated history today

[@serbianbro5322]

Same

[@garrettnoid8681]

As a person with Cerebral Palsey, and a lover of history I love this episode

[@burebor9940]

You missed the part where he fought demons with a cannon attachment to his prosthetic arm and a giant sword

[@maninhu9837]

Wow that surely is a good stort, they could make a videogame out of this

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

I’m sure Anakin took the same path as he did… just not in the same arc as Götz did.

[@florians9949]

Luke is ore like Götz in this regard, minus the sailor language.

[@euansmith3699]

@@florians9949 Han, "Travelling through hyperspace isn't like dusting crops, boy!" Luke, "FEUD! FEUD! FEUD! FEUD! FEUD!"

[@GodsDumbLamb]

I mean you can make the claim that Anakin was just declaring feuds on children

[@zachbonney7372]

This is the EC video/series that I did not know I needed. As a history lover, especially of the Early Modern period/HRE, era this brings me great excitement and joy to watch!

[@jasonl6130]

Part III of the Knights series on Curiosity Stream spends a lot of time talking about Gotz. Definitely worth a watch.

[@wyattwanders]

You seriously can't do a video on Gutz without talking about BERSERK baby. Best manga/anime ever

[@Bee-zr5pb]

Gotta love when history makes a berserk reference

[@aaronareese1997]

*Blood and Guts intensifies*

[@creativepop8196]

What you guys have missed in the video is the story of how Gotz is fighting Ganishka's, Kushan Emperor, monster underlings with a wizard, a boy, two fairies, a Christian knight and her servant

[@danielhuneke5862]

Gotz, I believe, is what we might call a chad.

[@The13thclam]

Spends his entire life fighting in renaissance era warfare as a mercenary, gets summoned by the Emperor to fight the Ottomans in his 60s, and lives to 81. With a clockwork hand. He should be called Götz of the Iron Balls.

[@zuckertorte5782]

Thanks for creating this video! Götz is a true legend! I was even more facinated when i found out that he lost his hand in the city of my birth.

[@Jungoguy]

Dude, that is so badass.

[@vertabun427]

This is so cool! I had no idea Guts from Berserk had a real life inspiration

[@titusjames4912]

neither did kento miura

[@vexaris1890]

I'm sad that you didn't pronounce Götz correctly. An ö isn't an o! But I really love that you shined some light on Götz von Berlichingen - he's one of the most famous germans of all time and, sadly, seems to slide into obscurity.

[@FFKonoko]

Its hard to write the exact sound for us English, but I think it's a little like geutz? Or geotz?

[@TheVoiceOfReason93]

But now we remember he exists, and boy will we remember him fondly. LECK MICH IM ARSCH!

[@andrewsuryali8540]

Guts!

[@okj579]

@@FFKonoko It's the same vowel as good

[@richardmangelmann4975]

Yeah but they don’t have that letter, they also pronounce I wrong in any other English video. As much as it annoys me, I don’t think we can expect people of another language to pronounce everything as we do, although it would’ve been nice if he looked online on how to do it beforehand

[@captainvalourous6668]

"Iron within, Iron without" -Iron Warriors ( WH40k )

[@Double_D__]

I would love if EH worked on other wacky actors in history. I'd love to see their take on Mad Jack Churchill, or Joseph Beyrle.

[@Shaun_Jones]

“…where this absolute jewel of a photo was taken. This is the face of a man whose captors should fear him.”

[@bitzovhadez7214]

Real life Guts

[@iang257]

My man's living the dream here. Gets a badass hand and spends his life kicking ass and taking names. Absolute madlad

[@seannguyen7586]

How is the renaissance this awesome? This comes straight out from an adventure novel.

[@yamiyomizuki]

or possibly a famous and tragically cut short manga series.

[@seannguyen7586]

F for Miura😢

[@frostymug5939]

This fits so well into my D&D world Thanks for the perfect example of prosthetics in the era

[@connormclernon26]

This is the high end level of prosthetics of the era

[@frostymug5939]

@@connormclernon26 i know. But he also mentioned other types of prosthetics, and in a fantasy world I can make even more types. Like with kanekuo’s Video on the subject

[@rullmourn1142]

Mad respect to my man Götz.

[@jordandino417]

5:57 Favorite line lol XD

[@beep-beep]

I love stories like these about disabled men like Götz who rejected a life of comfort and meritocracy he easily could’ve lived and chose instead to keep pursuing glory. He could have retired, and no one would blame him, but he lived for the fight and doesn’t seem the type to piddle through life on pity. In no small way, his tenacity and his own peculiarity earned his place in the annuals of history.

[@MouldMadeMind]

Meritocracy, do you even know how monarchy works?

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[@TheCreepypro]

this is one of my favorite historical figures and you guys totally did him justice I can't think of a better way to close out this year thank you so much EC!

[@valeriejames4675]

AND he lived until 81!! Man literally to angry to die

[@nicholasroberge4399]

I love this channel, this episode is one of the most interesting I've seen. New life goal is to go to Germany and see the Iron fists!

[@joinmarch76]

I admit, Gotz was belligerent, but I can't deny...he has a hustle to rival Ned Kelly! In fact, the two are eerily similar in certain aspects. Probably a coincidence, though, they were from completely different parts of the world. Maybe Convergent People Defense...?

[@KelsaRavenlock]

He was one of the inspirations for the evolution of Ash Williams in the Evil Dead franchise. Not simply his hand but also his response to authority and crass retort. With out Gotz we never would have had the perfection of the scene where Ash gets his new hand =)

[@christophermote1019]

Duuuuude, people in history like this are a major reason why I'm learning to build prosthetics today!

[@comradebusman3]

I have been asking for this for ages! Such a cool story, and one of my favorite historic figures

[@ranger24ff]

RIP Kentaro Miura. Do what you love to the very end.

[@InquisitorThomas]

GRIFFITH!!!!!!

[@aaronareese1997]

CLANG CLANG

[@LaeticiaYgddmillennia]

So put your grasses on

[@jroden06]

Awesome!! Thanks for the mid week episode EH!

[@lars573]

Also inspired a Space Marine Primarch and Legion. Ferus Manus of the Iron hands.

[@Klamdeff]

Me to yeah

[@IzBeReal]

Love hearing about one of my favourite people from history!

[@robertlarson7224]

Absolutely geeked that y'all covered my single favorite historical figure of all time

[@ItsXodious]

You had me at "Cyborg Knight"

[@internetkurator9256]

Marvelous Video as always. Götz really deserved more attention.

[@25usd94]

Guts

[@shawnheatherly]

What a legend. That's awesome.

[@CraigLYoung]

Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year to the whole Extra Credits staff and their families.

[@bernardoheusi6146]

Happy New year!

[@NeonBrocolli]

Yesss you guys are doing a video on him! Learned Guts from Berserk was inspired by this person

[@Spikeskawaii]

Oh man this is so cool! I'd love to see ya'll do a history on protheses if that's in the cards

[@euansmith3699]

Jean Danjou, of the French Foreglen Legion, is another holder of the Bad Ass With A Prosthetic Limb Award.

[@inquisitorgarza312]

Strap a cannon on that hand and he would have been an absolute legend for even fantasy nerd.

[@gryphonprovenzano3156]

He just needs a massive thick heavy slab of iron too rough to be called a sword…

[@ninototo1]

@@gryphonprovenzano3156 Germans did have swords like that such as the zweihänder

[@gryphonprovenzano3156]

@@ninototo1 I know of Zweihänder’s however they are not 200lbs of raw iron I was going for that metaphor actually…

[@richardjao748]

@@gryphonprovenzano3156 Maybe throw in some customized armor that’ll suck out your soul while forcing your body to continue to fight even if you’re half dead. But what kind of madman would ever commission such a thing….

[@IaMaPh1991]

And a wrist mounted, crank powered crossbow

[@quadeevans6484]

The original struggler

[@Dragonite43]

Great to see you are doing a story about Gotz of the Iron Hand! :D

[@Spartan265]

I can't believe I am only just now learning about this man. Dude is a badass.

[@theotherbaratheon1895]

1) inspiration for a certain manga 2) Hollywood should cash in on this

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

Götz - Putting "Feud" back to "Feudalism."

[@RazeAVillage]

As a person w/ a prosthetic eye and a fake ligament, I think this story is amazing! Thanks for sharing.

[@zaydmerhab6167]

Nice video as always.🙂

[@ontheedgeofshadow2790]

oh, yeah.. there's documentation for prosthesis in Egypt too.. they also did dental surgery back then too.. fascinating stuff

[@weldonwin]

*(Gotz looking at his new hand)* "Groovy..."

[@GamesCourier]

Watched a video about the play just a few days ago and today I get the historic background. Perfect timing I would say!

[@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17]

Historical figures are less awesome than fictio- Gotz: Hold my badass metal arm Finn and Elric shakin in their boots

[@marcus4046]

Rocket:Sure thing bud....im taking this thing

[@FREETHEBAY]

However guts

[@Zeknif1]

He proceeds to strap on his other badass metal arm and thanks you.

[@jakarnilson]

Corum Jhaelen Irsei just shrugs with his cursed prosthetic hand.

[@titusjames4912]

@@FREETHEBAY guts and gots would get along nicely.

[@thatoneguyii5458]

NGL "Gotz of the Iron Hand" sounds like a name of a Space Marine Chapter Master

[@rdapigleo]

Brilliant! I’ve worked with Amputees in TV, and I hope they see this, and how awesome humans can be. So inspirational. Thank you for making this. ✊🏼

[@wikiuser92]

What a good EH video to finish the year with!

[@TADMOORE]

I'm here for the Berserk Easter Egg, and I hope I'm not disappointed in that regard!

[@Michael_Brock]

A hearting example where supreme ability and courage overcame every obstacle. Pity about the anger.

[@gamewatch6861]

The title looks like something out of 40k.

[@jovanvelovski5670]

Im such a fan of you guys, you and OverSimplified helped me Ace 2 history tests! Waiting for that collab! ;)

[@No_Name6716]

My man was the Holy Roman empire's version of Thanos

[@RaphBlade7]

Who would have thought Ash Williams' metal hand from the Army of Darkness actually had a historical equivalent! Still mad respect for blacksmiths of the time!

[@therethan-family1234]

Hmm... Pelinal Whitestrake and Tyr with the silver hand. There are seemingly so many characters he inspired.

[@JacobL228]

This dude is my new hero.

[@DoctorDex]

Why don't we teach this in History class?! I'd never thought about historical prosthetics aside from peg legged pirates!

[@wrencormier513]

i made a dnd one shot character based off this man a while ago, he spoke in a lot of bad haiku and was so fun

[@jeremyrossi2716]

Dude was literally built different

[@carlpult5235]

Literally the bases for my current long running pnp character.

[@blackegret666]

Götz after getting his new hand: "Goovy."

[@giftspinne]

I live like 5 km away from the castle of hornberg, where he lived. I never expected a video so close to me lol

[@ng855]

“No coffin can contain me”

[@UtahSustainGardening]

Thanks folks!

[@mr.shepherd_1776]

Iron within, iron without.

[@boi5922]

yes i've been waiting for y'all to do an episode on götz

[@elishaschoonover8914]

Guts and blood and Götz and iron hand.

[@________________________5901]

Please do a full series on this!!!!