How Medieval Cities Defended Themselves - Middle Ages DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on medieval history and economic history continues with a video on how the cities of the Middle Ages defended themselves against the states and feudals.
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[@LucasDimoveo]

Proto-capitalism and medieval city states are fascinating topics. Can we get a video on Venice as well?

[@LucasDimoveo]

@@ajarofmayonnaise3250 I guess?

[@pcost]

Venice??? **Genoa ftw**

[@nothuman3083]

In short the clan system of the isles and vikings mixed with the merchant guilds in Northern Europe as well as had mercenaries just wondering around. Lead to them creating city states

[@Italianplayercvu]

I think the focus on the merchant cities ignore the incredibly more interesting webs that italian inner city states created between 1100 to 1350. Constant deadlock, fraticide warfare, struggle to eradicate or integrate remaining feudal powers, intense commercial routes, economic growth and constant rise to power of newmans, ending with the consolidation of the major italian powers by 15th century.

[@bioliv1]

Medieval city states had the best urbanism ever!

[@NathanS__]

I appreciate the heavy focus on Medieval Germany lately. For so long it felt like only England and France existed in the medieval world because that's all what was ever talked about.

[@tobilandsfried8083]

it's a really hard topic because "Germany" was so decentralized.

[@nicolamutton]

Honestly to me it seems a bit assurd that they only talked about germany, while in Italy you had cities building literal city states and forming leagues for defense against the emperor of the hre, moreover there is a term for it "l'Italia dei comuni" italy of communes (not in the communist sense) because an italian state didnt exist and italy was full of small entities each projecting their own influence

[@cravenmorehead7717]

Esp difficult because many early Germanic tribes had little to no written legacy

[@tobilandsfried8083]

@@cravenmorehead7717 Tribes? Wrong time period for that pal. Maybe around Charlemagne but not during the HRE

[@morewi]

I'm sure that's because you live in an English speaking country

[@aramhalamech4204]

Random fact: German cities had notoriously bad relations with their overlords, especially bishops. The city of Mainz murdered their archbishop in 1160. The entire citizenry was excummunicated but they just hosted a big party for the holy roman emperor in 1184 who promptly ignored the will of the pope and gave them back all their city-priviliges.

[@aramhalamech4204]

@@LuisAldamiz agreed. Without Bishops most cities would have been exploited or kept small by local knights and the rural aristocracy.

[@eljanrimsa5843]

Nürnberg kicked out their Burggraf but kept the Burg :)

[@civilengineer3349]

There is no Dark Age. The Dark Age is a myth espoused by historians in the 19th century because archeology was more limited back then

[@aramhalamech4204]

@@civilengineer3349 the dark age existed, it was just not as bad as previous historians assumed and is generally called early middle ages instead.

[@corporalsoletrain2132]

Killed by a butcher no less. Also the number of times that feudals told the church to pound sand makes me think that the power of religion in the Medieval period is typically overstated. The church never seems to be able to make even the lowliest knight do anything he doesn't want to do.

[@SilverWindDub]

This channel always amazes me. Never once have I ever wondered about this topic in particular. But, as soon as I see the K&G channel releases something I have to watch it! Always so very in depth and informative. Truly wonderful what they have going here.

[@bioliv1]

I always wanted to live in a Medieval city state!

[@patrickols]

@@bioliv1 the reality would make it not that much of a good dream. It was crowded, dirty, smelly with no hygiene to speak off. Live span was short, brutal and extremely difficult. I sometime think we have it so easy in our modern world that we forget that in the past life wasn’t such a party. Funny enough cities in Antiquity were probably a much better time to be alive in.

[@bioliv1]

@@patrickols I do of course want to mix it with modern comforts:-) Like Village Towns or Markets Towns of New Zealand, although no one is still built. And I love the ownership they had to their own cities:-)

[@deron2203]

I love seeing these types of videos! Ik they don't attract a lot of viewers but seeing the development of the economies around the world is just so entertaining!

[@mrdgaming6112]

I really enjoy how kings and Generals uses symbols similar to symbols seen in games set at a similar time or with a similar subject. Like some the symbols in this video have a similar art style or remind me of Kingdom Come Deliverance. It helps me understand some of the context better.

[@arwahsapi]

He often used game engines to create scenarios and machinimas for his videos.

[@sephikong8323]

This video popped up in my recommended just as I first started this very game a few days ago (granted I ...... don't really enjoy it that much due to how asinine the controls are and how obnoxious the UI is and how it somehow brings me out of the experience more than it enhances it, but that's another topic)

[@Luke_Danger]

Honestly for a few of them I thought they outright lifted symbols from KCD's perks.

[@hashtagrex]

there are times when they straight up use symbols/art from games, notably like from eu4 and hoi4

[@Italianplayercvu]

Meanwhile in italy: 'The emperor is under our walls, angry as hell, some valleys and most of the countryside stayed either neutral or rebelled, all the neighboring cities states took the opportunity to take us out. As long as we keep the mountain trails odds are even!'

[@dominicguye8058]

Is this about Guelphs vs Ghibellines?

[@Italianplayercvu]

@@dominicguye8058 yes, siege of brescia 1311, second direct siege of an emperor

[@luizarthurbrito]

Absolutely loved this episode. I love anything related the the history of cities in general, but the north of the Alps middle age cities have always been more interesting to me.

[@Anuradha-hg6tj]

You mean cities not influenced by Romans, right?

[@luizarthurbrito]

@@Anuradha-hg6tj doesn't matter, really. The low coutries were in Roman territories and their cities are very interesting trading centers. But yeah, mostly out of the direct Roman sphere. Northern Italy is also fascinating.

[@jeremyromero2000]

@@luizarthurbrito so you enjoy barbarism?

[@luizarthurbrito]

@@jeremyromero2000 YES! how did you get that? You've got a forensic mind.

[@tobiasaarns8920]

It would have been great, if you had talked about the role of the Reichsstldte (imperial cities), especially Frankfurt in the march to defend the besieged city of Neuss at the northern theatre of the burgudian wars. It could be stated, that it was the last big try in imperial politics of the free cities, before the territorial princes made there consolidating moves. But to focus on the exception of the Swiss confederation is totally valid, especially because it is a lesser discussed subject, at least here in Germany.

[@alexandergutfeldt1144]

Here in Switzerland we don't learn (in Sschool) what went on in the neighburing states, except for the one that were eventually included in the federation (e.g. Neuchatel, Bale). My guess is this is deliberately done to promote national unity. I would love to have learned more about the Hanse and trade routes in europe!

[@cannabiasmedia9008]

If you pay attention to the K&G videos all of their topics are low-key related to the modern issues we face in everyday life. Happy New Year K&G, one of my resolutions is to become a premium member.

[@marcusaurelius7623]

These are stories of human development. Our moment lies in that continuum.

[@abcdef27669]

"A group is coming!" "Open the gate!" "They're soldiers from the neighbor kingdom!" "Close the gate!" "They have cookies!" "With milk?" "No! Only Cookies..." "Keep the gate closed!"

[@theoutlook55]

I don't get it, it's this a reference to something?🤷🏾‍♂️

[@akagi007]

You are not alone. Only two sources of inspiration came to mind: Monty Python or Blackadder

[@DivaViews]

No, ask what kind of cookies!

[@WillyShakes]

This is far more interesting than just learning about the battles. That being said I’d love a video series on the Swiss and the battles that led to their de facto independence

[@akagi007]

Hello Bill, nice to see you thrilled by Swiss history, so could we expect some Swiss spin off to Merchant of Venice soon?

[@rowec6472]

@@akagi007 lol

[@blueeyed5074]

Nah, battles are pretty awesome :))

[@jamesdavies5386]

Is there any way you could publish your research documents? I’m a longtime fan of the channel and I’m in university now. These historical documentaries are awesome and I think looking at the source material could be very helpful. Thank you.

[@akagi007]

No, no, no. Plagiarism exists just in artistic sphere... on academic level it's called inspiration with correct footnotes :-) :-)

[@marcusaurelius7623]

Would be cool. Imagine if these videos were accompanied with a research article published in a journal.

[@dersuddeutschesumpf5444]

Would definitely be cool to see

[@panzerfist]

Man. I'd love a whole series on the history of how Germany came to be. I was born and raised in Germany and was really young when I left, I'm just now starting to really comprehend the extensive history of my Homeland. Absolutely love this channel my friend! Keep it coming, I've never wanted to learn history before I stumbled upon your channel haha

[@jlvfr]

No wonder Germany remained just a bunch of small states right till the 19th century... with all this infighting between cities...

[@rowingaway]

@@Dreagostini You're correct on nationalism, since that wasn't a thing until the 19th century anyway. However there was some sense of a common German identity, but it was a rather loose bond of language and culture compared to lets say the French. On the other hand, the Holy Roman Empire already added the "of the German nation" to its name in the 15th century, so there was a territorial idea of Germany back then too already.

[@jlvfr]

@@Dreagostini I know, but most european countries (Italy being the other messy one) had their borders set long before the 19th.

[@maxmustermann369]

@@rowingaway you should keep in mind that mediaval france was highly decentralized. probably less infighting than in the hre, but there nonetheless. brittany, elsass, lothringen, gasconny and okzitania are examples where many people would prefer to self rule their region even to this day ...

[@olenickel6013]

@@rowingaway It's even looser when you consider that there were several German languages. Low German and Bavarian, for example, aren't just dialects, but languages in their own rights with distinct cultures attached to them. It's often forgotten that German Nationalism also involved a very conscious political effort to unify and codify a common language, while suppressing other German languages. If history had gone differently, we may now look back at a distinct Low Germany and would maybe talk about the Hansa in terms that would make it seem inevitable that an independent and distinct Low German nation would arise from it...

[@JRobbySh]

@@Dreagostini The Reformation was a major reason for the failure to unite the Reich.

[@Mr_M_History]

Kings and Generals being the channel we all wish we were!

[@TheTokkie]

early captialism vs feudalism is an underapeciated subject, really nice video!!

[@Hvinnir]

I live in Bern and I learned so much from this video - thanks for the great work!

[@eljanrimsa5843]

I live in the territory acquired by Bern, and I'm really proud of my canton now. Show restraint when you are most successful, that's long-term thinking.

[@SimuLord]

Playing the Patrician series taught me to trust in pirate-killer ships and well-fortified walls...or to just bribe the princes.

[@ottovonbismarck2443]

Aaah, good old times. I still play Port Royale 3.

[@bobettethedestroyerthebuil1034]

I would love if you also highlighted the strength of cities outside of Europe! What comes to mind usually is Malacca or Palembang or the Cham cities, but Chinese clans and southern Chinese cities are also highly Proto-capitalist, and say Gujarat sultanate, Tamil clans in southern India, and the Swahili cities on africa

[@inigopanos]

You may be interested in the Castillian Hermandad de las Marismas, formed in northern spain in 1296 as a comercial league to protect their interests against the king of Castille.

[@inigopanos]

@@LuisAldamiz Yes, of the Marismas which by that time most likely meant of the Sea. The town members were Castro Urdiales, Guetaria, Santander, Laredo, Fuenterrabía, San Sebastián and other cantabric coastal cities. They went to war against the english and french independently.

[@pvo3669]

It's nice to see you covering the German Empire instead of the usual England/France. I was born and raised in a free "Reichsstadt" south of Ulm and this period of time is a big part of the city's identity to this day.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

We French defended our medieval cities by mocking our foes, and fart at their general direction from the parapet of the walls, not to mention hurling animals.

[@greenkoopa]

Their grandparents smelled of elderberries

[@itshistorysenpai2895]

Hahahaha

[@MrEvilproductions]

Which is why we invaded you. NO-ONE FLINGS A COW AT ARTHUR, KING OF THE BRITONS, SLAYER OF A FAMOUS HISTORIAN AND GETS AWAY WIT.. *sees another cow heading his way* JESUS CHRIST! RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY! *flees*

[@jkasiron2275]

It's a good thing you already had a holy grail. 😂

[@buzzbladz7142]

Awesome content as usual keep up the good work. Thx you simply Devin

[@lucasa5363]

The quality and detail from this channel are incredible. I have gotten so much

[@megawackoking]

Love the channel watched every one of the videos beginning to end thank you for the free, informative and animated content!

[@georgehirsch9152]

What a wonderful topic! Thank you!

[@michaelpothoven1041]

The EUIV music was a nice touch for the time period, excellent video as always!

[@syedasharimam]

Great content sir 👍👍 keep it up ❤️

[@-RONNIE]

Always good information 👍🏻 keep it up

[@lordInquisitor]

I definitely prefer these historical videos over battle reports

[@SarimDeLaurec]

9:10 Frankfurt seems a bit far south on that map. And a bit to much on the Rhine and not enough on the Main. :D I think you might have swapped it with Straßburg.

[@dillonblair6491]

No

[@kennyhagan5781]

Another great video. Your research skills are on a pro level. 👍

[@FARROUK_]

Almost always great content! Love it!

[@corporalsoletrain2132]

This is absolutely fascinating

[@davidherbek9212]

History has always been my baleywick of interest and antiquity. Great video. Thank you. David

[@thedude9461]

Love the videos. Btw Iove the EMPIRE TOTAL WAR SOUNDTRACK in the back ground.

[@fedethefico]

Great video as always! Could have touched more on the Italian city states though, as they were the most representative of the topic you were discussing.

[@holup6051]

Love the Empire Total War music in the background, it's very fitting for this video.

[@felipepereira214]

I think it'll be pleasant to watch a video in this ver kind about the Italian city states and merchant republics!

[@madschristianandersen9639]

I love your work, Keep it up!

[@Numba003]

Another interesting historical documentary. I especially enjoy these where I don't know much of anything about the topic going in. I get to learn so much 😄. Thank you! Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends! :)

[@siciidxuseensucuudi9750]

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[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

Very cleanly explained. Nice work.

[@MichaelGalt]

A whole lot of stuff that I didn't know - thanks for the video!

[@michaelguzman4136]

Loved this video, thank you

[@brokenbridge6316]

This was a very well-informed video. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

[@zhshsG7]

This is one of the most interesting videos I have seen. Immense quality.

[@Simpson17866]

I was LITERALLY just looking for good research about this over breakfast this morning :D

[@ash12181987]

This is Such a cool topic, think you so much for this one.

[@beniciobecka666]

Great video. Could we get a video on the wars in Flanders that you mentioned?

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , K&G . 🐺

[@ageingviking5587]

Great job Ks and Gs. Happy New Year !

[@jasonjames8739]

Great work!

[@FreeFallingAir]

Really enjoying learning about this side of medieval warfare!

[@maxkaufmann833]

Curious about reading more on the Hanseatic League, are there any good books on the subject?

[@azazzelx]

learning new to this

[@bugvswindshield]

Thanks! I love my Ceasar World Tour T !!! It always gets a chuckle when people read it :)

[@hoolioh3721]

@Kings and Generals this was a great video. Have you covered the battle of Kasserine Pass? I think that would make an interesting episode.

[@piatpotatopeon8305]

6:10 That road idea is terribly creative. I'm going to have to use that one.

[@windsoftime]

It is interesting how this evolved into the "Bastion Fort" (trace italienne) during the early modern period This change was a consequence of the fall of Constatinople, the new weapons, such as gunpowder cannons, made it possible and necessary

[@Sergio1Rodrigues]

The history of the small german states is something very interesting and yet quite hard to research. I'd love to see more videos like this

[@bastemantuano2888]

Medieval geopolitics fascinates me

[@Melanrick]

Thanks for that. As a writer I needed that video.

[@Legionaer666]

I live near Ulm and loved to hear more of it´s history here.

[@gamingpc8268]

Interesting video, I appreciate the Empire Total War music!

[@obebinarufavourobhuo7549]

Thank you, Mr. Vincent Greer II, for referring me to this documentary.

[@MrSamgillis]

The franco flemish war of the beginnign of the 14th century is perhaps the best example of medieval cities standing up for themselves, that war would make a very intresting video series

[@pawstravel]

That was quite interesting to hear, especially parts about Hansa league and HRE I'm playing a lot of Europa Universalis IV and I mean who hasn't played a HRE city state 🏰

[@konradzatonow5078]

genial video :) love it

[@prescott5328]

Awesome video

[@an0o0rak15]

I felt in love of your channel almost 2 years ago, and I just became addict to your content. Greetings and love from Russia 🇷🇺!!!

[@cornelccc5888]

A video about Dacians would be amazing

[@memofromessex]

Can you do a video on the Kingdom of Africa? It was a short-lived quasi-state located in North Africa owned/coopted by the Normans of Sicily

[@arozes8324]

Middle Ages DOCUMENTARY hell yea!

[@maverikmiller6746]

Man you GOTTA love Holy Roman Empire. Literally the miracle of Medieval Europe. Would like to see an in depth video of HRE's workings or even a series about it.

[@TheGilfarod]

Greetings from Nuremberg very nice video. 🙂

[@brucepaul1376]

Can you consider doing a episode on the Combat of the Thirty or Jeanne de Clisson. Big fan of Breton War of Succession.

[@mrmu7ammed1]

Very entertaining content

[@SwirlingDragonMist]

I feel using topographic maps would bring allot to your videos. Allowing viewers to see a realistic view of world geography, rather than an inaccurate stylized map. The “terrain” mode of google maps is a great example of how insightful pinpoint awareness of geography can help us understand why borders were drawn the way they were. If the rights usages are prohibitive, Perhaps you could use a topographic map as a guide to trace over your own stylized map, which still captures a high degree of geographic fidelity. As you get more into the alps it may be very revealing just how clustered sections of mountains and valleys defined the flow of history. Perhaps even revealing the flows of armies through Canyon passes, or the migration route of the Etruscans into Northern Europe.

[@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886]

Topographic maps are severely underrated ad underused tools for understanding History.

[@zddxddyddw]

Please make a video about the Battle of Carmen de Patagones, the only battle fought in Patagonia in the post-colonial period. It had naval and land warfare components!

[@stacey_1111rh]

Good stuff

[@martinpoldma6393]

Thanks!

[@jon_j__]

In the subtitles, there are numbers that look like footnotes - eg. @4:20 "Ghent actively recruited nobles and knights [4]" - but there's nothing in the description. Any chance we could get the footnotes/references for these?

[@pawstravel]

Merry Christmas and especially happy new year 🎉 I wish to all of you a successful and safe 2022 folks 🥳

[@Vena23]

Thank you

[@KingsandGenerals]

Don't forget to check out our new channel - so much fun fantasy and sci-fi content on the way! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmnae2qfp5iWn5o Similar format to this channel with tactical battles!

[@robbabcock_]

Wow, things were convoluted!

[@DerFoerderator]

Nice a video to see where my town of my childhood is mentioned.

[@pofel90]

the maps....love them...

[@suvradri]

interesting. any book suggestion on this topic - about these independent cities and commercial cities?

[@dillonblair6491]

No

[@aldyhabibie9717]

The first BGM used puts me on high alert for nearby enemy columns.

[@tisucitisin1]

I'm glad that there is a history channel on KZbin that doesn't focus solely on France, England and Vikings. Good job Kings and Generals!

[@yarglandn1630]

Can you post a video about the battle of maritsa, it's really interesting war

[@TheTariqibnziyad]

hope you can do the same for France and Spain, they went through similar processes

[@EduNauram]

Great video! Does anyobdy know which were these 4 main guilds of Cologne? I'm curious

[@aramhalamech4204]

I'm a little bit clueless as to what kind of guild they are refering to in this documentary because in Germany there is a distinction between merchant-guilds (Gilden/ Hansen) and non-merchant guilds (Zünfte). Cologne had a lot of both and I can't find any literature explicitely mentioning four specific ones. After getting rid of Bishop oversight, Cologne was ruled in it's first few years of independence exclusively by Patrician merchant families (who formed temporary guilds based on circumstances). The four biggest of those families were the: Overstolz, Birklin/de Cornu, Hardefust, Aducht/Marspforte. Maybe they are refering to the Zünfte instead, but the importance of those changed constantly so there weren't four specific ones for the entirety of the middle ages. The most prevalent and reoccuring ones would probably have been the artisan, weaver, blacksmith and cloth shearers. The third option would be that the makers of the video are talking about the largest or most powerful of the 'Gaffel' units, which were 22 political factions/ guild federations, composed of multiple guilds or 'Zünfte'. Four of those were merchant dominated: -Eysenmarkt -Windeck -Himmelreich -schwartzhauß

[@EduNauram]

@@aramhalamech4204 wow, thank you!!!!

[@aramhalamech4204]

@@EduNauram No problem.

[@karanacharya7689]

Please make a video on the Hanseatic League

[@dirckthedork-knight1201]

I would like to see a video covering Simon De Montforts Parliament

[@loods2215]

Italian city states video next!!

[@inbarasansamidurai7974]

Please make a video on the Chola Dynasty.