History Summarized: The Crusades

Making a video exclusively about the crusades? That's a bold strategy, Blue, let's see how it pays off.
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[@adamd1383]

"Except the Byzantines. They're always purple." THANK YOU SO MUCH. People don't understand that some things just should be a certain way or else a map looks weird.

[@CDexie]

USA is deep yellow, spain is green and England is bright blue

[@thezeitos469]

@@CDexie I disagree with you on all 3 of those color choices.

[@CDexie]

@@thezeitos469 I do too 😂

[@thezeitos469]

@@CDexie xD

[@NDOhioan]

@@thezeitos469 I disagree on two of them, but I second Spain being green.

[@misterbubbles6389]

Crusade 1: A New Crusade Crusade 2: Muslim Boogaloo Crusade 3: Saladin Strikes back Crusade 4: Revenge of the Crusaders Crusade 5: A New Beginning Crusade 6: The Rise of Frederick Crusade 7: The Fall of Jerusalem Crusade 8: Louis' Retribution Crusade 9: Henry goes to Hell Things got stale and the series stagnated, so we thankfully never got Crusade X

[@raicattivo]

Crusade X : the last Crusade

[@michaelvalentinoyo1259]

@@raicattivo Crusader XI the rise of the crusaders

[@Mrphilipjcook]

Also Crusade Vs Jason.

[@claytondavis6835]

Wasn’t that the one were they went to space?

[@justasaiyanfromearth5252]

Yeah, they were very close to retaking space Jerusalem but they didn't expect the space mongols who crushed them in the legendary battle of alpha centauri.

[@Drivalord]

Dad: Sweetheart what do you want for your birthday? Daughter: Jerusalem

[@xyphyofthewest8208]

*Good Girl*

[@boogeymann6686]

Baldwin: ok sure

[@raspberrycrowns9494]

*puts her in the children's crusade*

[@mis_l5858]

Dad: Well if it’s a crusade you want, it’s a crusade you get!

[@bloodstoneore4630]

Wife: DEUS VULT!

[@alecchristiaen4856]

"They did many crusades, some of which almost didn't fail." *Yeets crosses at the holy land*

[@MdSolehin]

The history of the Crusades... I guess.

[@wesleyfilms]

“Nine Crusades simply wasn’t enough!” ~Blue

[@tomprice4047]

I love how well this misses the point. to the point where I feel we should all quote him on this.

[@noahogrady5274]

"200 battles in Iberia alone aren't enough" the Muslim Jihad in a nutshell

[@6272355463637]

Depending on how you count, there were plenty more crusades. But then Blue would need a different map.

[@robertfisher8359]

That's why there were the Northern Crusades. It's the crusades' expansion DLC!!!

[@Erik-pu4mj]

More like "One legit Crusade would've been fine, but instead we got nine screwed up ones." ~Blue

[@devanis]

Trivia: When returning from the second crusade, the king of France was super happy to introduce prunes to Europe, since then and to that day in France "Tout ça pour des prunes" "All of this for prunes" means you've shown no result

[@alecchristiaen4856]

*Looks at 2 centuries of destruction and bloodshed* "All this for a drop of prunes."

[@JaelinBezel]

Why does it mean that?

[@devanis]

@@JaelinBezel because, everyone at the time realized that as great prunes might be, it wasn't exactly worth the mess the second crusade ended up being. (it was a disaster, the latin kingdoms in the holy land were weaker than before, thousands had died, the muslim were more pissed than ever, and the byzantine became enemies of the French crown)

[@metarcee2483]

That's really cool. The closest thing I think English has is " and all of that for peanuts," which has slightly different connotations, if I'm right. The English expression means that you put in a lot of effort but receive little to no reward, particularly if the reward goes to someone else.

[@catherinemagtighearnan1050]

Hey, why let not liking the Crusades get in the way of a good Crusade?

[@Alusnovalotus]

Runa because, inherently, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A GOOD CRUSADE?!?!? Perhaps??

[@Rareknightking]

alus nova r/whoosh

[@MyVanir]

@@Alusnovalotus Lies.

[@swastiksarkar5097]

alus nova You didn't get it. It's an extra credits joke. Go check their first crusade video series.

[@just_xanny2777]

@alus nova aside from the reference, you're statement is blatantly untrue, engarde weirdo

[@alexlagunas]

Moral of the Story: Dimplomacy, diplomacy, diplomacy! Everything goes so much smoother when people are direct and talk things out.

[@leafygreens8624]

diplomacy, with guns

[@thejennybean]

But diplomacy is nowhere near as fun

[@F14thunderhawk]

of the something around 14 crusades, only those literally recognized as the 1st -3rd (which are not actually the first 3) are really justifiable in some way as defensive wars, while the 6th crusade is good by virtue of being the only one where people sat down and were mature about it. The last crusade although not normally called that, the War of the Protestant League, comparatively is terrible for its reasons but probably the one that had the best results. Also how it starts is hilarious with the Third Defenestration of Prague

[@joefelix2795]

Silence infidel deus vault

[@MrIse2]

Bigger army diplomacy

[@DaBezzzz]

It's a bird! It's a plane! *It's the seljuk turks* AAH! said the Byzantne Empire, who was getting so small it almost doesn't exist anymore "We need help!" They need help! So they call the Pope. "Hey Pope, can you help us get rid of the Seljuks? Maybe take back the Holy Land on the way? Come on, I know you wanna take back the Holy Land!" "Yes, I do actually want to do that. Let's do a crusade." *CRUSADE* They did many crusades. Some of which almost didn't fail. But hey, at least the Italians got some sweet trade deals.

[@CDexie]

While never reaching the heights of pre-Manzikert Eastern Rome, Byzantium hardly reached the lows of "not existing".

[@samarthmisra6064]

Two words *Bill* *wurts*

[@ethanhatcher5533]

@@samarthmisra6064 two words Bill WURTZ

[@samarthmisra6064]

@@ethanhatcher5533 🤣🤣

[@minkmuskens7563]

@@CDexie it was a reference

[@ThatSpecificIndividual]

"1 Napoleon out of 5 Russia's in the winter" Too soon.

[@fellowsinner9683]

It's been 217 years

[@kittycat-sc7je]

Too soon

[@fellowsinner9683]

@@kittycat-sc7je *217 YEARS*

[@kittycat-sc7je]

@@fellowsinner9683 Yah I said too soon

[@fellowsinner9683]

@@kittycat-sc7je are you trying to tell me you were there?

[@robertfisher8359]

Fun Fact: The Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II von Hohenstauffen, led the 6th crusade while excommunicated by the Pope (who described him as the "Anti-Christ"). This meant that, technically, he wasn't able to go on crusade in the first place, but - hey - details.

[@makyx4303]

Just imagine the anti-crusade

[@aimanmarzuqi4804]

@@makyx4303 Would've been an epic story to read in the history books. Not to mention the Hohenstaufen Dynasty is my favourite dynasty in the HRE.

[@Sgtnolisten]

Meh, why let an excommunication get in the way of a little crusade?

[@DavidbarZeus1]

@@Sgtnolisten I imagine the excommunication is WHY he went on crusade

[@voltdragon]

And even funnier, he was only excommunicated in the first place because he *didnt* go on a crusade in the first place (he was horribly sick and went home). So, out of spite, he went and did the crusade again, which got him excommunicated a second time, where he managed to negotiate Jerusalem with minimal bloodshed. Dude was baller

[@wesleyfilms]

The Crusades were a fucking mess, but we got some damn fine memes out of it.

[@vagabond_6639]

wesleyfilms without the crusades, we’d miss out on some Powerwolf and Sabaton

[@PlanetZoidstar]

"The Crusades were a mistake." - God

[@andrewjacks2716]

D E U S V U L T

[@humbleguardsman5578]

DEUS VULT! *jumps out the window to save Jerusalem*

[@dedf15]

memes are life, i guess...

[@defunctuser8281]

Here before the comment section turns into a religious war

[@Mateo-oq7ui]

*war cries in Arabic, Latin and French and an Italian trying to sell buy spice*

[@ryancasey7713]

Well the Christian's were there before and that didn't matter

[@yonokhanman654]

Judaism > Confucianism > Buddhism > Islam > Windows Vista > EA > Christianity Come at me you crusader imposters!

[@Mateo-oq7ui]

weak b8, should have invested more shekels on it

[@defunctuser8281]

SidheKnight make me

[@JarroHood]

"I'll give the 3rd crusade, Three Assassian Creeds out of For... Honor." Stop. that's hilarious

[@samwallaceart288]

Kinda' reminded me of NakeyJakey's ... "unique"... diction in naming videogames.

[@MerkhVision]

...Not really lol. Hardly funny let alone downright hilarious. But to each their own! I liked the video overall anyway

[@ladybugsayonaras6355]

Is that a Zuko reference?

[@edwardramos4591]

"In God we trusted, in Jerusalem we busted."-Many a disappointed Templar.

[@imienazwisko6527]

"If you clicked on this video looking for a summary of failed, multi-century attempts to recapture a small, religiously relevant municipality, then you are in the right place" Great.

[@lawbringermain9942]

the first one wasnt really a failure and jerusalem is pretty important

[@fredoriagaming4466]

@@lawbringermain9942 Yeah true. I'm trying to learn more about crusades. I know a lot more about the Reconquista and the Moors in Spain and the Spanish Inquisition.

[@georgiancountryball202]

Well I was not looking for that I was looking for any mention of my country

[@drogonaut2012]

quite a few of these were supposed to get egypt tbh

[@TormentedToast13]

There were 2 crusades launched to try and help the Byzantines keep hold of Constantinople, the Crusade of Varna and the Battle of Nicopilis. The main reason another Crusade wasn't launched after the Fall of Constantinople, is because England and France were at war, and then right after that war the English had to deal with the War of the Roses, while the Ottomans grew too powerful, while many Christians felt the Ottomans were unstoppable.

[@archbishophavel5050]

That, and it didn't help that the Crusade for Varna ended terribly for the Eastern European nations that took up the banner. Heck, the only reason the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth came to be was because in 1444 (during the Crusade for Varna) the Polish-Hungarian king died in the fighting without an heir. So with the West distracted (As you stated), central Europe very... decentralized, and Eastern Europe reeling from the defeat of one of the foremost regional powers, Constantinople was wide open for the Ottomans to seize.

[@gypsysprite4824]

mean, Poland also effectivy had a personal union of Lithuania (union of Krewo) during Varna

[@pabloarevalo5117]

Eh they weren’t actual crusades cause it was just an effor from the Balkan nations to the ottomans not really a thing all of Europe did.

[@37robinb]

and then the winged hussars arrived...

[@chloepechlaner7806]

The crusade of Varna's faliure literally set up the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth AND the rise of the Habsburgs to dominance, and the Ottomans very nearly lost. It shaped history more than most battles did.

[@missdragon5892]

Why let a little war get in the way of a good crusade

[@ghostbirdofprey]

Been watching extra history?

[@missdragon5892]

ghostbirdofprey well yeah..

[@biliminsrlar5752]

Why let some CANNIBALISM get in the way of a good crusade...

[@thezeitos469]

@@missdragon5892 what a TwISt!

[@mariustan9275]

@@ghostbirdofprey Same

[@brigidtheirish]

"The road to Hell is paved with good intentions." The Crusades in a nutshell.

[@companyoflosers]

the crusades werent even good intentioned. it was literally about resources, land and kicking the other religions and brown people off said land.

[@butitwasmedio]

@@companyoflosers well yeah, I can't argue with that

[@danielandres1579]

companyoflosers that’s bullshit

[@Kyle_Schaff]

*companyoflosers* That racism wasn’t really all that there early on, especially in regards to the leadership, for the first one from my understanding. It was straight up political influence and land conquest. Dunno anything about the later ones, but they did seem to develop that sentiment based on this video.

[@django1197]

I SMELL HERESY!

[@thesenate5913]

Random knight: but ser, hundreds will die Pope: THOUSANDS

[@screaming8435]

"Yes, I actually want to do that, let's do a crusade!" *CRUSADE~* They did many crusades, some of which almost didn't fail.

[@Sketchman911]

But at least the Italians got some sweet trade routes!

[@isabelheiner631]

@@Sketchman911 yes. just, yes :D:D:D

[@crandria2001]

I can't even focus because the Age of Mythology music XD

[@secretlyskeletor7327]

Crandria 2001 Same! 😲

[@Tarik360]

What are you talking about, it INCREASES focus!

[@vero-kd8vg]

Crandria 2001 Same! So much nostalgia! lol

[@selyphbeldor7317]

The melody to which thousands of wars were fought.

[@robbyw3770]

My favorite RTS, hands down.

[@Warbird-fm9po]

RIP Baltic crusades you tried but you didn't make the cut...

[@Mrkabrat]

Messing with Vytautas was a bad idea

[@Skinineful]

Neither did the Cathar Crusade :/

[@nickllanes8030]

I appreciate Blue having a sympathetic and charitable tone to a bloody period in Christian history. You guys are becoming my favourite history channel for getting the gist of the matter.

[@Tolstoy111]

It was a bloody period in Muslim history as well.

[@Sumschmuck]

@@Tolstoy111 they deserved it

[@sECUREij]

most people forget the Muslim conquest that lead up to the first crusade.

[@smtxs9274]

​@@sECUREiji think they often forget those details or glaze over them. Like how they just said "heyy let's just not talk about that" or something when they came up to the heathen-taxes and other messed up things that the ottomans did to other religions in their empire

[@scambammer6102]

@@sECUREij and the muslim in-fighting

[@Snow-sx5ev]

from a scale from 1 to invading Russia in winter how stupid is your idea?

[@Zerpderp0]

kitty cat fighting Prussia without Railroads

[@nathanjora7627]

Technically, Russia wasn't invaded in winter (neither in the napoleonic case, nor in the stupidly named barbarossa case)

[@freyastuchbery7130]

Invading Finnland in the winter while dressed in green uniforms. *Happy hunting, Simo.*

[@bloodstoneore4630]

Stabbing Caesar to restore the republic

[@walsh9080]

Where does chasing the Sparrows away because they're imperialists that steal grain rank? - I honestly think that has got to be the single most stupid policy of any major figure of a major power. Not only incredibly stupid but soooooo many people died because of it. More than any of the invasionary forces against Russia.

[@onetwothree9]

There was also that one time thousands of children were rallied to march into the Holy Land, only to either die in the Alps or get sold into slavery. That one was probably the saddest one of them all.

[@sariannach]

Yeah, even if it wasn't an official declared-by-the-Pope Crusade, I was surprised Blue didn't mention it!

[@NeoCat1993]

@@sariannach afaik it's debatable if that one actually happened

[@JaelinBezel]

Real Christian guys. I’m sure Jesus is proud of you.

[@whiteeye3453]

If that was real

[@gotzvonunentberlichingen1452]

Because that one was just historical fiction.

[@josephsalmon6435]

You talking big smack for someone in crusading distance

[@xeagaort]

The Crusade of Varna had JUST ended with the deaths of the rulers of 3 major European countries. It was a disastrous loss for Europe. They weren’t in a position to just go and do another crusade when Byzantium fell.

[@lukeofender2071]

The Crusades were like most longrunning franchises that started in the 80s: The 1st one was cool, the next 2 range from slightly better than the 1st to absolutely terrible, and all the rest were a mistake

[@dracosol4415]

Clearly they peaked at the 3rd release. They should’ve just ended the series after that

[@somecadejos6543]

I’m honestly just learning about this so I can make jokes in accordance to actual historical events while wearing a helmet.

[@Masonxx12]

I like to imagine the Crusades started with a conversation like this: Byzantine Empire: Hey Urban my man you mind gathering some knights to help us retake our eastern territory from the Turks? Pope Urban II: Could we go to the Levant and retake Jerusalem while we're there? Byzantines: I mean sure if you really- *rumbling in the distance* Crusaders: JERRUSSSAAAAALEEEEEEEEEMMM!!!!!!!! *sprints through Anatolia and headbutts into the Levant*

[@crusader2603]

Jotaro Kujo 😂

[@RisenChaos]

Great video blue, but I would also like to mention the not as well known crusades like the peasants crusade and the saddest in my opinion, the children's crusade. If you were to ever revisit this subject, I would like to hear more history on those 2, cause I'm wondering what some of them were thinking at that time.

[@metarcee2483]

The peasants crusade was a mob, plain and simple.

[@JackieA0601]

I really like Blue's voice, is that weird?

[@aria5614]

Nah, I feel the same. His voice is very soothing. I wouldn't mind listening to it all day if I had the chance.

[@raminhafezi472]

I'm totally gay for that voice

[@OCTBOI]

no i like it too lol

[@valentinarunko67]

"So Pope Urban takes up his keyboard and starts 'deus vult' spamming like mad" 😂😂😂 It's little gems like these that make me love this channel. You guys make history fun, and I don't even have to study it for an exam 😅😆

[@JohnSmith-dz2dc]

I recently saw the crusades in a new light when I found out it wasn’t just Christianity vs Islam. There were armies of Christians and Muslims who fought together against other armies of Christians or Muslims

[@TH3G3N3S1S]

Kinda late to the party, but really enjoying this Age Of Empire OST :) Really like your videos and always learn something new, blue

[@GGattuso1991]

Love your videos my dude. And I must say, the Italian in me loves the salty Greek side of you. The 4th Crusade was indeed messed up as all hell, but I personally would give it it 4 Bronze Horses out of One Body of St. Mark Stolen from Egypt

[@itayeldad3317]

Crusades are like die hard movie First one is great, second one is liek the first but in adifferent setting, third may be better than the first, forth doesnt make any sense, no one remebers from the fifth onwards

[@MyShadowOfTheNight]

I love the nostalgia trip you gave me with the Age of Mythology soundtrack in the background

[@Dominic.Dybala]

I never noticed this before, but I want to let you know I noticed and appreciate your copies of The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid on your bookshelf (can't quiet make out the other titles). Superb video as always! Big help for my Crusades midterm tomorrow, haha

[@juanernestorey5477]

How does this channel not have more views? Like,seriously!! History,mythology,classics,all things that I enjoy learning about in a fun and short discussion.

[@mariustan9275]

I dunno man. I was just watching Extra Credits or something, my brother snatched my phone and began tapping at random. At one point, someone started talking really quickly about Journey to the West, and after I found the channel, I became hooked.

[@drogonaut2012]

honestly lots of it is rather shallow, but I guess that's the point of this channel

[@gentleshark972]

I am not sure about what you said about the third crusade. This crusade wasn't simply religious, it was a trap set by Fillips II August to get Richard into problems. Fillips made Richard get kidnapped so he could return and start a centralization policy. At the time France was EXTREMELY split between lords trying to get more power and the king didn't have much power. Fillips wanted rebuild a roman empire (that's why he made people call him August after our good old badass pall Octavianus) but he had one major problem and that was England, his vassal. The lord of England had a ton of power to and would intervene. With Richard kidnapped and so Englands great ruler gone. He was able to drastically expand his personal land. (As an added bonus, the emperor of the holy Roman Empire also died, dealing with his second big threat) In the end Richard did come back and waged ware against his lord with the help of Flanders (who pulled brabant in) and big boy Roman Empire. But lost afer the battle at the battle of Bouvines. And Richard died with his heir being his brother Jan without land (the antagonist of Robin Hood). Sorry for spelling/gramatical mistakes, i am not an native Englisch speaker)

[@nathanjora7627]

From what I've read, it wasn't a trap at all, even though by the time of the end of the crusade, they were so pissed of at one another that it effectively began to be one. But the French king just seized the occasion, I don't think he created it.

[@kellent8798]

Hey Overly Sarcastic Productions. Thank you for presenting a pragmatic and objective analysis of a tumultuous subject with incredible controversy throughout, avoiding bashing anything but humanity's sad urge to destroy ourselves. Good to see people taking the craft of history seriously and decently.

[@Vinemaple]

Deeply underrated comment! I appreciate it too!

[@Cendoria]

I recommend everyone to watch Extra Credit's series on the Crusades, they make it an extremely entertaining and humerous story Edit: After finishing this video, of course.

[@andrews3199]

I don't expect you to reply since your comment is more than a year old, but this is for people who want to learn more about the crusades. If anyone looking at this wants to learn more about the crusades, watch Real Crusades History because the dude has made tons of videos discussing them and they are extremely interesting and informative. You will probably get a better idea of the crusades by watching his videos than Extra Credits videos on it.

[@RedVelvetBlackleather]

Extra credits is for soy boys who like leftist garbage spoon fed to them by cartoons

[@kevinbayu7621]

Dann right. Fuk em

[@madaranotsoanonymousnowuch1539]

@@andrews3199 Real crusades history is an alt-right propagandist dumbass

[@andrews3199]

@@madaranotsoanonymousnowuch1539 wtf is wrong with you? The same thing can be said about this channel except this one could be considered "alt-left." RCH is far more of a reliable channel due to the research he puts into it which can be seen with the sources used in it. It's also not as "alt-right" as you say because it's just the main subject of the channel so of course he's going to talk about it the most. Watch RCH if you are truly curious about the Crusades and watch channels like this if you just want some entertainment. Other channels I suggest looking at are; History Matters, Knowledgia, and Modern History. They are great channels that give a wide range of information on a lot of historical topics.

[@kendromeda42]

It's a bird, it's a plane. IIIIT'S THE SELJUK TURKS.

[@kariscoyne1886]

AAH

[@bthsr7113]

Having seen a series on the 1st crusade, I think the fact that it was one of the best speaks volumes to the asinine bloodbaths the later ones must have been.

[@willowdog5084]

ok not only did this video make me laugh but it make my test soooo much easier! thank you for this lovely video

[@BlackTearDrop]

Could you do a Third Crusade video? Would be so interested to here about all the nuances and maybe the Knight Templar as well? Their banking system they had going and their eventual fall and execution of some of their number is fascinating to me.

[@sliceyboi5343]

So I just found this channel.....AND I CAN'T BELIEVE HISTORY CAN BE THIS COOL!

[@TheKahn14]

Well they not all failed the Spanish Reconquista was quite successful.

[@samwelltarly6700]

Well he can't mention that one cause it does not fit the leftist revisionist narative that the crusades were unprovoked and pointless.

[@BonDieu617]

It was succesful in destroying the Alhambra, extinguishing centuries of peaceful cohabitation between Muslims, Christians and Jews. Together with the destruction of the great libraries of Alexandria and Baghdad I consider it one of history's greatest tragedies. Also Samwell, just... get out. Please. This channel tries to get rid of misinterpretations and prejudices, not reinforce them. Trying to radicalise others and bring them into your warped little cult won't wok here. Try Fox News videos or something.

[@rodrigosantoscienceros]

Samwell Tarly It didn't take place in holy lands therefore not an official cursade Also pretty sure he mentions throughout the video that both Christians and muslims were assholes

[@Fluffy52600]

Rodrigo Calzada What about the Teutonic crusade involving pagans, mongols and eastern europe/russia. Then the Christian vs Christian crusade between disputing popes? Some consider the American revolution a crusade, fighting for freedom to worship. Crusades are all over the world guys.

[@rodrigosantoscienceros]

Gloryseeking Spaceman I pretty sure the crusades only refer to the military campaigns in the "holy lands," but I could be wrong. Humans have been fighting holy wars long before either religion exsisted

[@TheWhoshoyu]

Good stuff. Just found this channel. Subscribed right away. Keep it up. Cheers!

[@raf015_2]

Frederick II (or as I usually call him, Federico) did a great job when he negotiated instead of fighting with Sultan Al-Kamil for the city. Good job, buddy! I'm so happy South Italy had a king like you! Gregory IX did wrong when he excommunicated you!

[@franciscomm7675]

Long live frederick ii

[@pangea7251]

what a great way to start a video

[@itsvairen334]

*grabs lucky charms ....yep this is going to be fun

[@TheMasterLight]

Oh my, I love the fact that there was Age of Mythology music in the background. Blue, thanks for being awesome! Stay classy my friend!

[@yodasodabob]

I love the choice of music for this video, gave me a nice burst of nostalgia! For those who don't recognize it, it's some of the ambient music from Age of Mythology

[@astuckraccoonwithaphoneand2876]

"I just want to say, no matter who you are, what your beliefs are, you can't not respect the dedication of men who saw they were a bit less than 200 against twenty thousand men, and still decided to make a stand for what they believed in. There is no way in hell any of those swiss guards thought they would win, thought that they might even survive, but they stood anyway, because that's what they believed in. This is what beliefs are about; through thick and thin, through the heat and flames, you stand by those words you lived by, even if it kills you. When you stand next to your brothers-in-arms, your friends, and see that each and every one of you would have to take out over a hundred men to emerge victorious... purely ridiculous, no way you'll make it, right? Well, we stand, and fight, either way. This, this is what strength is." The Theory

[@helekin2000]

There's no denial in respecting those men. The men who used their faith and beliefs to achieve their motives are the ones to blame.

[@kindram]

YEAH!!! I got a little to pumped up for this video...

[@caporaldxl835]

What the heck is that ranking system of yours xD Nice video though, Shad brought me to your channel a few days ago and I subscribed since the very first video. Nice stuff you guys!

[@dankmemes212]

Man I love this channel

[@roisin9401]

something about the Age of Empire soundtrack makes me feel warm and fuzzy :)

[@aleksandravukotic655]

D E U S V U L T

[@tsarzamancorpdna]

W E W I L L T A K E J E R U S E L E M they said over nine times

[@itzplant3196]

Deus vult bröthers

[@yuvalsela4482]

Devs vvlt

[@edenromanov]

*DEUS VULT!*

[@Shadowkiller-dq2ju]

DEUS VULT

[@jonnyeverywhere2023]

This is informative and simple. Thank you.

[@JohnTLyon]

This is the way history should be taught. Thanks, Blue!

[@DamienConcordel]

There was another motivation for the Crusades: With the established feudal system, many knights, not peasants but not quite noble, found themselves disenfranchised in their 'in-between' role as neither producers nor consumers and started turning to banditry. So this was considered a good way to let them let off some steam and pick on someone their own size for a change

[@Miniredfoxette]

His first sentence I thought he was going to say "then you're in the wrong place" and I just thought "noooo that's why I'm here" 😂

[@Gormathius]

Red's fiction and mythology stuff has stopped leaping out at me so now I'm here for some Blue history.

[@2twentysix]

I have recently and very happily discovered your channel. Love it! Just a small request...please slow down your speech, I often need to go back a few seconds and listen again. If you had a slow down icon button if would be useful. Thanks for the content, it's amazing!

[@Spencer481]

Byzantine's: *laughing* "I'm in danger"

[@joshuaclare4860]

The Fourth Crusade is probably my favourite. It’s a Monty Python sketch of characters and events all leading to a stupid conclusion. Also there’s our boy the Doge at the head of things.

[@noukan42]

The fourth crusade is basically Dandolo moneymaking scheme going horribly wrong(or right if you are Venetian.) He was basically IRL Tywin Lannister.

[@gracchiii5232]

you should do a follow up video talking about the Northern Crudades

[@BlackBirdGuardian]

That "Age of Mythology" background music..... Excellent choice of music. *nostalgia kicks in*

[@ericcartman9009]

lmao blue really reminds me of Alex from AlternateHistoryHub...they have almost the same voice

[@boredpotato2291]

Watching this after Turkey declared its going to convert the Hagia Sofia into a mosque☹️

[@zoofan9280]

I mean it’s been held by the Turkish since 1453 so I don’t think it’s that big of a deal

[@boredpotato2291]

Zoo Fan But the Turkish govt. is supposed to be secular though.

[@boredpotato2291]

Dick Kickem What if suddenly Trump announced the US will be Christian Nation tomorrow? He was also democratically elected..... All countries should be secular. The Hagia Sophia was originally Christian Church....Why not give it to Christians then? P.S. I’m not actually saying that it should be given to Christians. It should have remained a Museum, respecting all religions.

[@savant7288]

@@boredpotato2291 turkey is still secular. Erdogan doesn't wanna let go of the power so to maintain the public support, he did that. But the Turks won hagia Sophia fair and square. And we aren't even gonna talk about the mosques turned into washrooms, bars and dance clubs in China Greece. Meanwhile hagia Sophia is still open to tourists.

[@boredpotato2291]

@@savant7288 By that logic, you could say Israel won back Jerusalem fair and square.

[@PatrickFournierTheMusicMan]

LOVE YOUR SOUNDTRACK

[@batquad8889]

Nice job of providing a succinct summary.

[@user-nu1uo9jf3y]

"YeS MuM iM sTuDyInG fOr mY ExAmS"

[@dylan8443]

Thanks to the crusades we got assassin's creed, memes and sweet looking helmet.

[@chrisg5219]

I love how the Army of Richard the lionheart named their catapults stuff like "bad neighbor"

[@IvanMoncure]

If you’re looking to understand how people at the time justifies them, try focusing in on the first crusade and how much the peasantry chose to participate without being asked.

[@ilyaelric9539]

So there you are sitting and saying that if 500k+ people signed for area 51 raid we can't concoct 5th crusade and retake Constantinople?

[@TheUnforgiven59]

Wat? What?

[@diabeticalien3584]

Muslim cities: are the most developed and scientifically Knowledgeable in the known world at the time Crusaders: *H E R E T I C*

[@youngbloodbanana3376]

Can we go back to that I want to go back to that

[@CedricThePlaystation]

They got all of their knowledge through....conquest

[@youngbloodbanana3376]

@@CedricThePlaystation yaaaah its not like they can trade or anything

[@diabeticalien3584]

@@CedricThePlaystation Ah yes, mr Playstation Logo is my Profile Picture

[@CedricThePlaystation]

Diabetic Alien nice ad hom

[@hopetrick750]

Hi Blue! My western civ class told me to watch this and I thought that was neat

[@basvandevendel3694]

I love the age of mythology theme on the background

[@glamourgirl656]

I wish he delved a little deeper on Crusade 9. They sent a bunch of children out, I believe. That was horrible

[@torinodeguzman4243]

glamourgirl656 actually it was more like some children wanted to participate and tried to go, but the pope told them to go home.

[@sodainthewatersupply]

Yeah, from what I heard in my history class, a "prophet" had a vision of a total war waged by childern, so he got together a couple hundred child. But when they got on the ship, they were taken to another place and sold into slavery. It was absolutely horrible.

[@marcelob.678]

glamourgirl656 I remember hearing that during the 3rd crusade some children wanted to participated but instead drowned at sea before reaching the holy land.

[@laraa739]

glamourgirl656 I believe that there were one of adults that didn't end well while the children one was modtly stopped in time. But I think that everyone is correct with the ship part

[@volimNestea]

Weren't they sold into slavery for the most part?

[@8-ball350]

The v*rgin “sacking contanople” *VS* The chad “RETAKE THE HOLY LAND!!!”

[@rimanb]

There were also Northern Crusades. Would love to see you cover those.

[@dregonzo2012]

You should do a video on the Northern crusades. Those were...a lot.

[@richjs990]

Wow look my favourite KZbinrs posted

[@chnmrri]

Devon Sampson same.

[@biancac0llins]

When your teacher want you to watch this and doesn't realize that this video has nOnO wOrDs

[@beatrizlamas5162]

Loved this!

[@closethumper]

Love the age of empires, europa universalis kind of music in the background :D

[@csskullflame]

DEUS VULT

[@Infinite_Beverage]

CSskullflame Damn. You got here before I did.

[@deadlordification]

Blue- crusades after the 4th one: booo. Blue- the library in constantinople was sacked: DEUS VULT INFIDEL

[@ferhat4425]

ALLAHU AKBAR

[@iaet585]

HeWhoDwells Its actually DEUS VULT SACAREN

[@mrward6510]

Unoriginal Username Oh you sarencen!

[@thecommander7552]

Well, there was a crusade to curb the Ottoman expansion, the crusade of Varna, where the armies of Poland, Hungary, and other minor powers fought the Ottomans in the Balkans, with originally some success, but ultimate failure after the defeat at the battle of Varna, where the Polish king was killed. That happened in 1444, and after that, there weren't really any powers strong enough to muster enough troops to fight the juggernaut that the Ottomans had become. Specifically, Poland and Hungary were out of the game because of previously mentioned Varna, England and France were in the last phase of the 100-year war, Castile (the dominant power of Spain) was preparing to finish the Reconquista through the conquest of Granada, ad Austria was having HRE problems.

[@matt_9112]

It should probably be mentioned that Fredrik II. was actually summoned to crusade years before, but had business he deemed more important to do. When he finally set off he was already excommunicated by the pope, hence why it wasn't considered an "an official crusade©", but since being excommunicated by the pope was a decent source of trouble for HRE rulers, I'd say the main motivation here was still/again religious at core, since retaking Jerusalem was basically the only thing to be waived at the papacy while yelling: "hey papa, no matter what you say, me still faithfully Catholic" in an attempt to pacify his actual realm.

[@beast_boy97]

The AOM music you play throughout all your videos makes me want to play it again really badly, but my new laptop doesn't have a disk drive :( guess I should buy an external disk drive...

[@Samm815]

I plan to write a comedy about the first crusade!

[@aria5614]

Go for it!

[@aleksasavic219]

The setting has potencial.

[@andreshone5385]

That basically writes itself.

[@saidlaaroua1178]

Those who really know history do appreciate Mankind and are never Anti-others. I appreciate your work.

[@arthurlee2948]

Hey man, recently found your channel. Great stuff! Just a comment about how there was no attempt to save Constantinople around the end of the Eastern Roman Empire: Pope Eugene IV did call to action the Crusade of Varna, with multiple European Powers answering the call. They just were defeated handily because Janissary + Timariots = unstoppable force. This was probably not to save the Roman Empire / Christian Culture, but more for geopolitical reasons, but to be fair they did try.

[@noahweathers4408]

Don’t know if you saw my previous comment regarding the Hashshashin, but now I just wanted to say thanks for the video.