Children's Crusade: Real Story of the Tragic Event

[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@iuliusconstantcornelio2018]

@@KingsandGenerals It would help if you put the links to the music you used inmthe descriptions.

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[@fullmetalalchemist9126]

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[@maggintons]

King of France: "Im sorry but this sounds like a bad idea for your safety and could possibly further destabilize political tensions in the reigon.." Children's crusade: "Ha a letter cannot stop us because we can't read!"

[@hiimryan2388]

And they actually can't read

[@herpyderpy2869]

Well actually, they can. There is proof in Russia of peasants writing letters to each other in their native languave/dialect. This would indicate that peasants could at least read and write in their own language since spelling was yet to be standardized and they could simply spell it out with the characters of the Latin alphabet. However if that said letter was in Latin, the Roman language, there was no reading it for them.

[@hiimryan2388]

Herpy Derpy mate they are german peasants, not Russian peasants

[@jorenvanderark3567]

@@hiimryan2388 And there is also proof that German peasants could read, much along the same lines as Russian peasants.

[@hiimryan2388]

@@jorenvanderark3567 oh ok...

[@AsiniusNaso]

Children: We’re going on an adventure! Slavers: Well yes but actually no.

[@hiimryan2388]

At least they went to pleasure island first tho

[@hebl47]

Well, it is an adventure of sorts.

[@donpascua6258]

Slavers: It's a free real estate

[@fauzul4004]

@@aqqoyunlu1203 mamluks are slave army after all

[@oliverf.68]

Many of them probably converted to Islam to be treated humanly and to be granted the opportunity to regain their freedom.

[@boldandbrash259]

Kids:wait this isn't the Holy Land Holy Music Stops

[@hiimryan2388]

*WHIPS INTENSIFIES*

[@wasaktv5008]

🤣🤣

[@nurjahanshaikh2204]

This one almost killed me

[@dflatt1783]

*record scratches to a stop*

[@fbiagent9666]

Anatolian rock music begins

[@mementomori3195]

"Quick, hop to the boat my little sla,..i mean crusader" - Boat owner

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

I'm the 65th like but those poor kids.

[@RexGalilae]

Promising safe passage only to sell them into slavery for that sweet coin is the most Genoese thing ever

[@thekingshussar1808]

@@RexGalilae F

[@TheDalemedcalf]

Religion might be the most evil thing humans have created other then money

[@temistogen]

Area 51 raid in 13th century.

[@bradycollins5267]

I laughed...........hard.........and long.

[@jasjrock6424]

hey ended up at epsteins island and bill clinton knows nothing about it

[@Akabari100]

They can't enslave all of us!

[@AdamNoizer]

“Cross the Mediterranean, the Almohads can’t catch us all!” _Yes, yes they can._

[@yonathanrakau1783]

@@comradekenobi6908 they just probably consider it either free real estate or just crazy people with a death wish but they wont cuz of moni

[@adc-isouth1486]

This is shown as a small event pop-up in Medieval II. Now I've watched a 17-minute documentary on the subject.

[@sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488]

Medivela two totla war?

[@Arthur-cc6pc]

@@sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488 nice english bro

[@thedukeofdeathpt6262]

And in CK2, as well. You can choose to support it

[@JarthenGreenmeadow]

@Eugene Kendrick He pretty much butchered every single word.

[@ArtSagGut]

@@thedukeofdeathpt6262 and it can actually succeed! xD

[@Zantides]

It could also refer to them as the children of the powerless, perhaps a way to prevent local famine in the poor areas.

[@joshuakehl5891]

Said Stalin before the Holodomor! 🥁 🤷‍♂️😉 Historical humor- everyone loves it.

[@iliketurtles5180]

@Black Wolf Slavery is condemned by Christian writing? Surely you jest. The bible supports slavery and there was slavery at the time.

[@BaltimoresBerzerker]

@Black Wolf besides the statement about paganism v christianity and it's impact on morals and historical outcome, you're mistaken, as the children were supposedly sold by christian merchants to Muslims, not north african pagans.

[@IncoherentSchizo]

@@iliketurtles5180 That was an interpretation of scripture that was pushed by Southern Plantation owners and stuck. The moral of the story wasn't to be supportive of slavery, but rather to be firm in your belief, even under terrible circumstances since you will be led to Heaven while the persecuters will not.

[@o-o2399]

@@iliketurtles5180 no they do actually but a lot of Christians like merchant's didn't follow it.

[@carlosnevarez4003]

Wow.. What a fascinating topic to cover. A mass movement of poor folk who had nothing to lose.

[@carlosnevarez4003]

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[@Erminestreet]

Very familiar

[@nimai7074]

Those high res medieval frescos are just beautiful.

[@Respekt326]

Philip II: It's too dangerous and stupid, go home plebs! Children: Ok boomer.

[@prateekkumar8846]

Philip II: told you so zoomer

[@bonar1211]

LMAOOO

[@fruitygarlic3601]

Philip II shouting at the kids because they think skinny hose are less fashionable than wide pantaloons.

[@Dopamine828]

Pope Innocent III being fond of crusades like I'm fond of cake; "I've already had two crusades, I really shouldn't have another....oh alright, just a little one, I have been good this week."

[@oliverf.68]

Pope Innocent III "Damn it kids stop overpopulating the downtown streets of Rome and go home...just leave me a few little ones under my care, (evil laugher)"

[@rune.theocracy]

@@oliverf.68 so much for having the name Innocent III...

[@CeroAshura]

@@rune.theocracy 3rd ones are always bad, The godfather 3, terminator 3, Alien 3, Shrek 3... The list goes on.

[@jekesan4221]

@@CeroAshura Spiderman 3,

[@clone3_7]

@@CeroAshura The 3rd episode of Star Wars prequels was the best! I would also say the 3rd season of Game of Thrones was also the best. But there are 3rd ones, which are terrible... Third Reich.

[@pgrothschild]

Children: We will liberate the Holy Lands! Slavers: This is free real estate

[@SumErgoCogito10]

The original candy in a van story

[@sholahverassa8582]

"Wanna try my holy land? Get on my ship"

[@calebrussell3549]

Lol

[@stalinsoulz7872]

@@sholahverassa8582 @@sholahverassa8582 you must First Pray and Kiss My DIVINE HOLY Scepter, YOUNG TEMPLAR. FOR GOD

[@MrTigracho]

@@stalinsoulz7872 Cursed comment

[@MadDogRyan]

This is so fucked but I can’t stop laughing

[@yesteryeardude370]

"what up my little crusaders, this Yo boy Rheinland, today the Mediterrean Sea will spilt. Don't forget to share, like and sub for more updates."

[@PYRESATVARANASI]

Such a tragic and dark event in our history. As a teen growing up reading about the Crusades, this chapter in it was such a dark thing for me. The fact that no one (adults) stopped them... I get that they were poor, but still. There was no way this could have a happy ending.

[@neutronalchemist3241]

Many tried. Many told them to came back home, or offered them a job.

[@bossenes5020]

@@neutronalchemist3241 offered them a job sound very modern Thats surely not as it was back than

[@neutronalchemist3241]

@@bossenes5020 Actually it was exactly what it was. Commercial cities like Genoa needed manpower, and young people were usualy employed as apprentices. They earned nothing else than the meals and clothes at first, but made experience.

[@elbentos7803]

@@bossenes5020 not really : wages for common laborers were actually paid in coins and daily, in early 13th century in large cities such as Paris (and I suppose Genoa). And work relationships back then were quite more "modern" - in these urban contexts - that what most people usually believe. The video is quite accurate when describing the evolution of european cities in the 11-12th centuries.

[@bossenes5020]

@@elbentos7803 the description in the video is very accourate But "many tried to bring them back and offered them jobs" really? İ study history but this topic is not my main focus but i know that many common people supported this and even the rich of the cities probably to get rid of them İn genoa they were forced to work for survival because they had no money to go back home Thats not like a job offer nowadays

[@fatihk1194]

'Pied Piper of Hamelin' story has its root from this event. A young boy named Rheinland convinced thousands of poor children from all Germany to go crusade. They started their journey with great enthusiasm and devotion. They believed when they reach to the sea the Mediterrenean will open and allow them to walk into the Jerusalem on foot like the Red Sea before Moses . But reaility was very different. They suffered from cold weather and hunger horribly while passing Alps. And in the end survivors journey ends not with miracle but with realizing the truth of the merciless world by being sold into slavery by some greedy Venetian merchant. Years passed and children didnt return their homes. People of the German town who lost their children become upset and angry then they convinced local authorities to hang Rheinland's parents for their lack of control over their childs actions. So the piper who hypnotized the children with his magic pipe music and make them follow him was a real person. But he was not using a magical pipe music but charm and religious fantasies of a childs innocent mind instead:( So this is the true story behind the story about 'Piper of the Rat Village' all of us love to hear before sleep when we were young. Thank you for reading

[@michimatsch5862]

Is that reallythe root? Never connected the two things but it would seem to make sense.

[@maverick_ii746]

From what I remember, it must have started from the boys dream, right?

[@GoingOffTopical]

Arthur: Dutch, I think this ain't the right Saint Denis Dutch: I got a plan, just have a little faith Arthur, these people do

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

Damn you beat me too it ;)

[@yungsouichi2317]

I hate you Uncle Arthur!

[@ramoswindell5723]

Tahiti

[@dostojevskiFMnijerad]

Nobody: Kids in medieval France: Can Anton come out and crusade?

[@DarknessTemplar6]

only 1200's kids will remember

[@jamesyandsonsoutdooradvent9394]

I remember leaning about this in grade four and it gave me the idea to start our own crusade against homework unfortunately the results we're about the same

[@stefanosgrimp8990]

Were you sold into slavery?

[@batukhan1]

@@stefanosgrimp8990 slave to the employer

[@jamesyandsonsoutdooradvent9394]

Yeah slaves to homework lol

[@dodolulupepe]

were, not we're. :)

[@jakeburke3999]

“These children put us to shame, they rush to recover the Holy Land while we sleep.” - a quote from Innocent III, or Boomer Clergy reacting to Trad Zoomers

[@leanderfoster3465]

Lmaoooooo underrated

[@SaadBinAlamgir3345]

@Black Wolf That is not...... Slavery is allowed in Paul's doctrine.. Although Paul is false prophet AKA ravening wolf!!!

[@flackstar007]

@Black Wolf what exactly are you trying to prove? Because all i see is religious apologetics on display...

[@Dumpstermuffin1]

Pope - "You children are absolved of taking the cross" children- "Ok boomer"

[@Bejunckt]

Well, like it's said in the video, Innocent III was quite a fan of crusades.

[@samnatt248]

Many Palestinian families still carry French, German and English names. Most famous are the Bardawils-Baldwin as well as Le Gelat- Gallad Shuman-Schuhman Daghlas- Douglas

[@hendrifai4223]

yes

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

What the hell? That's almost as revelatory to me as when I learned that the Church of the Holy Sepulchre's keys have been entrusted to the same Muslim family for centuries.

[@BaltimoresBerzerker]

Would be interesting to find if there are people of the Geroux family there..as that's my family's surname, and by chance christian palestinians married into our family in america hundreds of years later.

[@thewarlock539]

They were allowed to stay in the levant, and a lot adopted the customs of the region, includong faith.

[@thesaracen3992]

in Lebanon there is a "al salybi" family , salybi meaning crusader , you can not get any more obvious than that .

[@spookyboi8446]

Basically the middle ages version of a "social media influencer"

[@OddZodd]

So just an influencer then?

[@hiimryan2388]

Wow i never knew tik tok influencers are contributing to child slavery rings in North africa

[@hiimryan2388]

3:36 "Hey kids, wanna _be enslaved_ I MEAN go to the holy land?" "Yes!" "THEN GET IN MA BOAT"

[@marksmith5063]

The medieval version of “Hey kids, you want some candy?”

[@oliverf.68]

Poor innocent kids after enduring hunger and fatigue they thought these Slave traders were the answer to their prays.

[@anarchonazbol6768]

They took Jerusalem once in ck2 for me. Lasted like 2 years but they took it!

[@stygian8049]

The bloodline is also nice

[@OnlyVuimo]

Must have been some codename:knd shit

[@Hiroakiarai88]

In my game they just fucking spawn on britain and die of starvation. Also i defeated them with a 20k army against a 100k army.

[@Hiroakiarai88]

@Viktor Samoja yeah they are easily defeated by heavy infantry or cavalry. and you dont even need a big army because they always split off. 20k should be enough to defeat the entire children crusade.

[@sholahverassa8582]

I got them right when the Golden Horde Reached the core Persian lands, sooo.. yeeaahhh, it was a sad story.

[@casey1571]

“teen” is a modern term. Back then you were considered an adult much earlier

[@kohinarec6580]

I come from Finland. The word _teini_ (teen) used to refer to students in medieval and early modern period. They would perform songs and mystery plays and beg for money and food. However, the word has a distinct etymology in Finnish, being a derivative of _deakonos_ through Swedish _djäkne_. The tradition of singing went on well into 1800s.

[@borismuller86]

Teen simply means someone between 13 and 19. It doesn’t imply childhood or adulthood. It’s simple because those ages end in “teen”.

[@joshuakehl5891]

@@kohinarec6580 brilliant! I love you!

[@chucktowne]

@@borismuller86 One of the most obvious things yet some people are oblivious. One of life's mysteries, just like how 11 or 12 doesn't end in teen even though teen is derived from ten. Teenaged means someone aged after ten and up to twenty. I guess we could've went with tennyone and tennytwo and so on like the rest of them but that sounds very similar to twenty so we went with teen.

[@weirdofromhalo]

@@chucktowne Eleven and twelve don't end in teen because Old English had a duodecimal counting system. That's why dozen to describe groups exist.

[@joihjnuhlkkmnh]

Thanks!

[@unomeacaso]

You're bringing memories of when I was in Medieval History class. Professor choose this as the main topic for some of his lessons. This and pauperism movements. I never found people talking about it again. The study of this experience really gives something about the understanding of medieval mentality. Great work

[@jasonl6130]

I'm glad you drew a connection between the Children's Crusade and the earlier Peasant's Crusade and how they relate to the theology and economics of the time.

[@arnoldbraunschweiger5920]

*A frightened Obi Wan goes back to the Paris:* "I have seen a security manuscript of him... selling younglings!"

[@gabork5055]

*Anakin becomes a slaver* Palpatine: 'Ironic.'

[@sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488]

Lol

[@kennarajora6532]

@@sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488 you have an interesting name.

[@sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488]

@@kennarajora6532 well I love islamic empires and read about islamoc empires and I've chosen a great ottoman sultan

[@kennarajora6532]

@@sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488 very cool. I think it was the Quran that said "Great is the commander who will conquer Constantinople".

[@tomsuiteriii9742]

I gotta say, the art and animation is fantastic! This channel has come a long way over the last few years. Also, a video covering the Albigensian Crusade would be great, if you haven’t done so already. 😁

[@theredtechnician]

How many people her have lost OP heirs in CK2 to this crusade

[@sultanmehmetconquerorofcon3488]

I've lost some op heirs bcs I play mostly as islamic fa tions bcs ima muslim

[@CenturionMariusVinicius]

They always win on my games, I don't know why.

[@murilofurlan3479]

​@@CenturionMariusVinicius On my games they usually win like 70% of the time...

[@SetuwoKecik]

I lost my daughter lol

[@maggintons]

Sounds like the perfect historical event for the BBC to ruin in a deliberately innacurate TV drama for kids.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Ah yes. Half the crusaders will be African of course.

[@matteusgreyling7074]

The children will all be black just l8ke in the movie troy

[@lyssilvertongue]

The boys were actually empowered girls. BBC would say.

[@JasonGodwin69]

I wonder what percentage of the characters will be sewagewashed

[@TheSasudomi]

Don't forget the Asian and latin children that were in Europe in great numbers!

[@cyberpimp29]

The story of the Pied Piper was an alegory for the childrens crusade...

[@jackiemartling5321]

No! The pied piper of Hamelin was about rats.

[@cyberpimp29]

@@jackiemartling5321 and... children being led away by a piedpiper - next time read the ending

[@cyberpimp29]

@tim james yes, thank you!

[@jackiemartling5321]

@tim james Thanks, Man! I wish a definitive history was known, but that is how Medieval history goes sometimes.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

This was one of the saddest things ever.

[@theturkish1373]

I love the way you edit your videos. It definitely helps me to remember them even after a long period of time. Thank you.

[@genshinunleashed8455]

I am so glad I stumbled upon this channel. As a passionate history obsessed guy...this channel hits the spot. Best channel on youtube..I have never heard of this event as I usually focus on early roman and greek periods so thanks for broadening my horizons.

[@GeorgeMasterclass]

The new graphics & artwork lift your history telling to another level my friend. Your videos look professional. Good move.

[@nhaaaPl]

The animations in the beginning that look like the pages of an illuminated codex are really nice. Animations are general are such high quality.

[@haplon33]

"Tragedy - now THAT'S comedy!" - Bender Bending Rodríguez

[@LPdecibal]

Stuff like THIS is why I'm a Patreon and am glad to give money to this channel. Keep it going your doing great and its much appreciated!

[@ashmirrahnashihinzahlan8786]

It’s been a while since I heard about Children’s Crusade! Thank you so much for posting this!

[@baggaop9572]

Hi.. I am from Pakistan. I like history. So, love for you in helping my interest.....

[@Smittenz1]

I watch all of these! The members alert is always a joy though the topic may not be at times as war rarely is.

[@leeboy26]

The children suspected something was up when they ended up in a long line leading out of a house made of gingerbread.

[@oliverf.68]

Yeah, the smart ones just returned home, the faithful ones either starved, frost to death or were sold as slaves.

[@rome_way]

Great job

[@hiimryan2388]

When you need to levy soldiers but you don't want to wait

[@barbiquearea]

I learnt about all this in 8th grade history classes and textbooks. Thought it was crazy that a bunch of kids thought the seas would dry up to allow them to walk to the Holy Land and fight Muslims, and instead they got captured by pirates and sold into slavery. And what makes it worse is that this was encountered by the papacy when even kings weren't willing to commit children to fight in the Crusades.

[@Jumpoable]

People have this idealised version of a fantasy past. I mean we've got Covid & all our societal problems now but I'm pretty sure you DON'T want to live in the Middle Ages. Lots more deadly diseases & psychopathic people running countries & churches.

[@PureDeenClothing]

Yeah they kinda got too excited

[@tf2664]

I remember seeing this as an event in medieval II total war

[@theonewton8455]

Crusade in Jean's is a good book about a time traveler being trapped in medieval Europe joining the children's crusade. Highly recommend

[@joellaz9836]

Thanks for the recommendation. I love reading books set around the high Middle Ages.

[@CarthagoMike]

I remember reading the children novel of Thea Beckman on this crusade. It is one of the books that got me into history. Great seeing a K&G video on the topic!

[@ezandman6804]

Very good video K&G ! :-)

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

These days, those visions would be brushed off as mad or hallucinations.

[@ifrazali3052]

That man he saw must have been satan trying to cause blood shed

[@angela_merkeI]

@Vinnie P He probably means that telling people that you met Jesus Christ at night, telling you to deliver a letter to the president and reclaim the Holy Land from the "godless heathens" would make you seem in need of psychiatric help for most people.

[@anonymousincognito7831]

I would have liked to see the supposed Jesus' signature on that letter. lol

[@anonymousincognito7831]

@Vinnie P Jesus wasn't a prophet.

[@jax2728]

@Vinnie P u forgot to tip your fedora

[@Themain1ofall]

@14:50 I was waiting for you to mention that Crusade !

[@Miamcoline]

Very interesting social, economic and cultural look at explaining a strange episode in history.

[@areebkhan549]

Thanks to this channel I can brag about my knowledge in history with my friends. Having a good history knowledge is always useful. Through this channel I learnt of many histories not taught to us but are equally important.

[@wahlex841]

Fun fact - some japanese madlad actually went and created a manga based on this event.

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

What is the name of this manga?

[@wahlex841]

@@MedjayofFaiyum Innocents Shounen Juujigun

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

@@wahlex841 thx u

[@motauman1372]

KINGS AND GENERALS you guys are AWESOME

[@hoboronin]

I'm always impressed and genuinely thankful for the research and hard work you put into making these short videos.. you are also an excellent narrator

[@chadnbcprior880]

Awesome video, like always.

[@johnyricco1220]

I see Joan of Arc came from a long tradition of pious peasant child petitioners

[@JohnDoe-ox1uw]

Gonna have to check out this MegladonTV sometime.

[@casper6405]

In the Netherlands we got a book about it It's called crusade in Jeans It's about a guy who goes back in time and joins the crusade

[@Malo-os9kk]

Hi officiallydevin! Great to hear you excellent voice on such a big channel

[@marycavender7136]

I had heard about The Children's Crusade but never realized the story behind it and always wondered to know more! It has a simplistic tale even with the challenges along the way! Thank you for the clip. Was interesting!🎧🎭🤔🌹👍❗

[@leonidassid128]

Amazing artwork !

[@JahRandom]

This has got to be approaching the tenth time I've posted a version of this same comment but I simply cannot help it... Kings and Generals is *_THE_* greatest channel on KZbin, hands down. Most interesting topics, and the best visuals that I've seen to go along with them. Keep up the good work, never stop!!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

We appreciate it, thanks!

[@tamimmahairy8321]

You are the best channel on youtube.

[@Lonewanderer6666]

12th Century: Children's Crusade 21th Century: Kings and Generals advertising for sponsors.

[@MedievalGenie]

"21th"?

[@Killerwale-hk4wy]

the book 'Crusade in Jeans' by Thea Beckmann is centereb about this event. It follows a guy who teleported there because he wanted to see a duel but ended up going along with a crusade of kids and eventually the slavers. She also wrote another book on a crusade centered arround a little boy who goes along with the king to fight in Jeruzalem. But my favourites are: the trilogy about the 100 years war. It is inspired by historical evidence and the works of a trouvère named Jean Cuvelier, who wrote a book about Bertrand du Guesclin who was sort of the Jeanne d'arc in the early part of the war. It's the most historically accurate with it even describing battles like Potiers, Najèra and the siege of Rennes. Although the book glorifies France a lot this is actually because of good writing, all the characters are French and the smartest characters are the only ones who dare question the French nobility. The book starts at some years before Potiers and ends a year after Najéra that's a lot of time where a lot of things happened. Most events are actually accurate (like the rumors that were spread by the king of Navarra) but some only involved small scale knights and lead roles who didn't exist.

[@steyn1775]

holy shit, the artwork in this video is so stunning, that you can use them for desktop backgrounds

[@tylertrotter7707]

I love the art you guys use.

[@Slavomir66653]

I love when you focus on medieval ages! More videos of these and roman histories, please!

[@HannahHäggAutisticTransWoman]

The fourth crusade had been a disaster from the start, they didn't have enough money to get enough ships when they got to Venice so they decided to go to the Croatian city of Zadar which was in a union with Hungary at the time and they destroyed the local force and sacked Zadar which angered the pope that excommunicated the Crusaders, to not cause panic in the ranks the leaders didn't told the cruisers about it. Then Alexios the son of the former emporor of the eastern Roman empire/ byzantine empire got the news about an excommunicated crussader army in Zadar took his chance and hired the Crusaders to take the thrown of the eastern Roman empire/byzantine empire so in 1203 they set sail towards Constantinople and they manged to get past the chain and over the small sea walls and Alexis become Alexis IV, then he rezlied that the previous emporor alxios III had taken most of the state treasury with him, he ordered to steel all treasures from the churches to make coins to pay the Crusaders but then after a few months the Crusaders stated to get bitter and angry that they weren't on they way towards Jerusalem, kicked alxios IV and put alxios V on the thrown but within a month the Crusaders started to lash out towards the Muslim minority in Constantinople and when the citizens in the city defended the Muslims it turned the Crusaders into a rioting mob who first started with kicking alxios V from his thrown and then the crusades stated to steal and burn everything in the city. Then the crusaders decided to put their own leader on the thrown instead.

[@SetuwoKecik]

And basement crusader LARPers be like: "muh ottoman destroyed constatinople to ruins"

[@SetuwoKecik]

@@damienb2074 still doesn't make sack of Constantinople in 1204 a good cause tho 😁

[@SetuwoKecik]

@@damienb2074 I'm not biased though. I'm more inclined to "there are more factors as to why Constantinople was destroyed" and fourth crusade was one of those. Those LARPer guys tend to forgot about this one event, while always talk about ottomans.

[@Akabari100]

Good on Phillip Agustus just telling these kids to go home before they got themselves needlessly killed.

[@TheOldBlackShuckyDog]

Would love to see a video on the 5th crusade. Not many videos on KZbin about it

[@samuelmargueret9626]

This video was great, that story is too often missed because it's not very important in European history or either because that show what a religion Can do even at young age !! Keep Going on you have my support

[@stephensmith3708]

It is important, brother. These children were lied too. Christianity is forgiving not revenge.

[@samueljohnston1043]

​@@stephensmith3708craziest thing about religion is that in a thousand years some Christian could say the complete opposite and how Christians of the 2000s were wrong

[@franl155]

Very interesting, thanks. I've read "the children's crusade" by Geoffrey Trease, which is the sold-into-slavery version. This gives it some context.

[@samueltheil4032]

I have heard or read before that the recruitment of youths to the crusade (by perhaps Stephen of Cloyes?) is the origin of the Pied Piper story, taking the boys away to never be seen again; later turned in folklore to things like removing the rats from the city or something more benign and less grisly, without the implications of the actual loss so many experienced. Carried them away with songs of valor & victory for the faith, distinction and a manner of coming to age and making men of themselves.

[@denniscleary7580]

I remember my friend told me about this when he learned it in his western civilization class, they truly felt that they were pure due to their age and could defeat any army

[@reececapps6721]

Great art in these latest episodes!

[@Ey_man]

The last scene with the flag gives me goosebumps I would really like it as a wallpaper

[@robertprince3197]

Very knowledgeable "upon further research"

[@fkr9032]

Always amazed by the art in your videos. Victor does an incredible job

[@MustardSeagull]

The graphics are great in this vid

[@pandawok301]

Veteran Knight: Stay home young squire, you’re not ready to retake Jerusalem yet.

[@pandawok301]

@Ted Hubert Pagnanawon Crusio Veteran Knight: (looks at Constantinople and nervously chuckles) Yeah, we’re not perfect...

[@hiimryan2388]

They want to speed run the crusade

[@veran6219]

Above excellent. very informative

[@fgoogleinthea7475]

How disgusting do you have to be to enslave a child.

[@thetproject2266]

Millions of children became slave in Africa specialy this who lived in East Europe when it was occupied by Ottoman Empire

[@googane7755]

Well it happened everywhere and many children were often born as slaves too.

[@fgoogleinthea7475]

@@googane7755 I'm smelling some ottoman apologetics in this comment threat. Disgusting.

[@googane7755]

@@fgoogleinthea7475 I don't know why you're trying to act like I have an agenda and all surprised, slavery has existed since the dawn of civilisation and up to even now. I'm not defending the ottomans for what they did but you have to realise that slavery was extremely widespread at the time.

[@fgoogleinthea7475]

@@KingDanny9 I don't care about Native Americans being enslaved, they did it enough to themselves and Europeans, nice try though.

[@carlospolesso6649]

The increasing quality of this channel is amazing, great job!

[@StumpfForFreedom]

Genonan merchants: "Hey, kid, want a job?"

[@KunglawAdy]

CHILD LABOR ACQUIRED

[@MichaelDavis-mk4me]

"New Journal Entry added" Speak to the merchants.

[@weirdofromhalo]

@@KunglawAdy You can still apprentice as a teen these days.

[@kawikaahina1759]

the animation is getting so much better

[@doraorak]

Meanwhile in ck2: 947 million kids spawn in jerusalem and they easily kill all of your units and form a kingdom that you spend next 50 years to reconquer

[@stygian8049]

Almost all of them are light infantry tho

[@cesareborgia6431]

Another excellent video. I saw a couple of days ago a 2-hour German documentary on this topic and honestly I learned more here.

[@mramish5556]

Probably this is the finest way of conveying history.

[@guillermoadrianolopezdomin1860]

Stephen and Nicholas: Can we copy your homework? Peter "the hermit": O.k, but don't make it too similar. Also I noticed that "Kingdom of Heaven" theme cover/reprise at the middle of the video.

[@sapphyrus]

Always be concerned when Genoese offer you transportation.

[@15Akbar]

Wow this illustration is so good

[@vectorstrike]

There were details in this video that I didn't know before! I thought they really were shipped to Tunis. It's great to get the closest-to-reality accounting of it. And the art is awesome! I hope we'll see more of it. PS: that thicc HRE... ❤

[@5ynth3ticNZ]

And I thought going down the road to the store for my parents, when I was a child felt like a crusade. Never again.

[@bannerofislam8119]

What the heck was wrong with the adults who allowed them to embark on this journey? Such a sad event in history to read about 😔

[@erickbehari6740]

Looks like mafia existed since middle ages and the main boss was church , child abuse at its highest

[@valak-thescaryabess1504]

@Tarun Singhwhat is' jihad'? Explain

[@ifrazali3052]

@Tarun Singh You don't even know what Jihad is

[@ivanpetkov8430]

@@valak-thescaryabess1504 Like Holy War ?

[@saf4433]

@@ivanpetkov8430 nope, jihad just means resistance. That resistance can be resistance against ignorance, materialism, oppression or an aggressing attacker. There's the intellectual jihad against ignorance and illiteracy, the jihad of faith against worldly sins and materialism, monetary jihad against poverty and also the well known military jihad, which specifically applies to defensive wars, not offensive.