The Most Mysterious Man of The Middle Ages...

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MedievalMadness

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@garymurphy8969
@garymurphy8969 Жыл бұрын
I hear Prester John also was selling subscriptions to masterworks.
@MrHangman56
@MrHangman56 Жыл бұрын
just so you, and everyone in the comments knows, the masterworks system is a scam. it literally says in their terms "be prepaired to hold the assets for an indefinite amount of time". which just means they never intend to sell the paintings, and even if they could, it won't be through the major auction houses that deal with art. they keep that circle of buyers very closed off to any outsider trying to "change the system"
@fidelio9301
@fidelio9301 Жыл бұрын
It reminds me of NFTS or established titles. Tbh, all KZbin sponsors are a scam, but they have to keep the lights on so what can you do…
@Jones25ful
@Jones25ful Жыл бұрын
Thank You I was wonder why a historical channel I respect was peddling this obvious scam garbage
@fidelio9301
@fidelio9301 Жыл бұрын
@@Jones25ful Like everyone else they need to make money
@MrHangman56
@MrHangman56 Жыл бұрын
@@fidelio9301 making money with a sponsorship that is an actual product is fine, because you actually get something out of it. It might not be good, but you get something. With investments and also gambling sponsorships, people can sink their entire savings into these. Especially when its falsely portrayed as being a "sure return" and ruin them financially
@fidelio9301
@fidelio9301 Жыл бұрын
@@MrHangman56 Why would anyone take financial advice from a KZbinr…Also, none of the products are actually good products. Or do what they say they do. They are all scams too.
@frankmitchell3594
@frankmitchell3594 Жыл бұрын
It seem that Prester John is a mix of knowledge of the Syriac Christian church established by St Thomas in southern India and the Ethiopian Kingdom in Africa. Both places being beyond the range of Europeans at the time.
@joshjacob1530
@joshjacob1530 Жыл бұрын
Yep.
@elvenkind6072
@elvenkind6072 Жыл бұрын
I've been thinking Ethiopia too. Both Christian and powerful at the time.
@514Exc
@514Exc Ай бұрын
What if Ethiopia/India was what we call America?
@jasonbare3472
@jasonbare3472 26 күн бұрын
​@@514ExcWest india trading company
@firstchoiceautonb5400
@firstchoiceautonb5400 7 күн бұрын
I doubt that he’s quite
@frankboogaard88
@frankboogaard88 Жыл бұрын
Masterworks: You pay so someone can buy the actual art ;) And before people complain: Yes, that is how the scam works. They also sell land in Scotland.
@beth7935
@beth7935 Жыл бұрын
Oh no, they're the same people who do that Established Titles rubbish? Definitely a scam then. That's unfortunate. KZbinrs need to make money, but they really shouldn't try to sell actual scams to their viewers.
@shoulderpyro
@shoulderpyro 5 ай бұрын
@@beth7935 General rule of thumb when it comes to these things. If a company has to reach out to youtubers to create ads, then no "trustworthy" advertisment agency wanted them on board. That by itself is a big red flag. airup, opera gx, established titles, betterhelp, all that stuff's basically a scam. just skip the ad part of the video and enjoy the rest - the youtuber in question's already been paid by them to put it in regardless, and wont be paid on how many people actually watch that specific section
@sariahmarier42
@sariahmarier42 Жыл бұрын
If you're interested in the myth of Preseter John read the book, Baudolino by Umberto Eco!! It's fantastic!!
@chillialexander
@chillialexander Жыл бұрын
Agreed! Although it's not my favourite of his works.
@sariahmarier42
@sariahmarier42 Жыл бұрын
@@chillialexander The Name of the Rose is my favorite, but all of his works are impressive. I only mention Baudolino because of it's including Prester John.
@jojolafrite90
@jojolafrite90 Жыл бұрын
I read only Foucault's pendulum. Fascinating, and it may have had an influence on my conspirationist tendencies, as I read it when I was quite young. Nice book. Saw the name of the rose, with Clint Eastwood, but didn't read the book. I don't read anymore, though. Sad, but true.
@sariahmarier42
@sariahmarier42 Жыл бұрын
@@jojolafrite90 I couldn't read at all for 5 years following a brain injury. Now that I can read again, I'm reading a lot. 56 books last year. That's a record. Haven't read Foucaults Pendulum yet tho. I started reading one book by Umberto Eco which describes a man with a brain injury suffering from amnesia and it was so close to my own experience it scared me so I haven't finished it yet.
@TheRandomGuyTheFarNoGameCat
@TheRandomGuyTheFarNoGameCat Жыл бұрын
@@sariahmarier42 that's so awesome your ability to read has returned :)
@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658
@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658 Жыл бұрын
When the Papacy first heard of Genghis Khan he was initially confused for the Mythical Prester John.
@constantinople777christens5
@constantinople777christens5 Жыл бұрын
The original timeline Ghengis Khan was Prester John, the Scottish were the mongols. Everything has been mixed up and rewritten, the Europeans were Muslim, the Arabs were Christian. It's a never ending simulation that keeps changing in a Quantum computer.
@connormcclennen5696
@connormcclennen5696 Жыл бұрын
​@@constantinople777christens5 please explain more
@constantinople777christens5
@constantinople777christens5 Жыл бұрын
@@connormcclennen5696 in every other simulation, when the Scottish people develop in a flat plains like environment along side the horse, they end conquering everyone else, enslaving all others and no other cultures develop. So they got stuck way up north on the British isles with few horses to contain them in order to see what would happen, but they were also a backup plan if the English failed.
@connormcclennen5696
@connormcclennen5696 Жыл бұрын
@@constantinople777christens5 ok you're crazy methinks
@thepants1450
@thepants1450 Жыл бұрын
​@@constantinople777christens5 nah
@xsleep1
@xsleep1 Жыл бұрын
In other words, a con man arrives in Rome in the 12th century and convinces the gullible, presumably to his financial benefit.
@KP_Macro
@KP_Macro Жыл бұрын
It's more profitable to scam the scammers, they already have everyone else's money.
@Candlewick14
@Candlewick14 Жыл бұрын
​@vodkandrpepper what a brilliant life hack omg
@tinahs8269
@tinahs8269 Жыл бұрын
Yes, East Indian propaganda...lol
@Pandaemoni
@Pandaemoni Жыл бұрын
Brought to you by Masterworks!
@huebothedog665
@huebothedog665 9 ай бұрын
How do you explain the mongol story?
@marianotorres9768
@marianotorres9768 Жыл бұрын
The legend of Prester John has a curious parallel in Mexico. In the late XVII century, historian and priest Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora claimed that the Nahua god Quetzalcóatl was indeed Saint Thomas the Apostle who had traveled from Judea to India and later to the Americas and preached the Gospel to the natives. According to Sigüenza, St. Thomas had also helped to set up Christian kingdoms which reverted to paganism centuries after his death, worshiping the Apostle as a god. Later, on December 12th 1794, the Dominican priest Fray Servando Teresa de Mier gave a fiery sermon in which he claimed that not only had St. Thomas preached to the natives as Quetzalcóatl but that he also had painted the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Relating the native god to a mythical Christian past was one of the foundational acts of Mexican nationalism as it deprived the Spaniards of any merit when it came to the conversion of the indigenous tribes.
@HexxyEEE
@HexxyEEE Жыл бұрын
It is interesting that Quetzalcóatl is the only Aztec deity that was against human sacrifice and refused to accept blood from humans.
@elg281
@elg281 2 ай бұрын
Cap
@john-ic5pz
@john-ic5pz Жыл бұрын
Sorry mate your sponsor ...... purchasing/investing in art has a long dark (as in kept in the) history with money laundering.
@fidelio9301
@fidelio9301 Жыл бұрын
Yeah no shit mate you think people are going to stop buying degas because of that? Let’s just burn it all because nobody should buy it because of money laundering.
@brianpendergast2894
@brianpendergast2894 Жыл бұрын
Damn right
@phillipmargrave
@phillipmargrave Жыл бұрын
And pedophelia/human trafficking
@MattHanr
@MattHanr Жыл бұрын
So do a thousand other industries, that’s how money laundering works - put dirty money in a clean industry. It’s not illegal, or unethical. Just don’t buy it, I highly doubt anyone will either lol
@jeremias-serus
@jeremias-serus Жыл бұрын
All I see here are upsides.
@cindysaroya1251
@cindysaroya1251 Жыл бұрын
St. Francis of Assisi went on the Fifth Crusade (this was before his conversion at San Damiano); the atrocities he witnessed on both sides of the conflict put him off of the ideas of holy wars and chivalry thenceforth.
@CsnvLsRnst
@CsnvLsRnst Жыл бұрын
You're actually referring to one (or both) of Francis's military endeavors during his youth, but none of them were part of the Fifth Crusade. One of them, around 1202, the skirmish between Assisi and Perugia, where he was taken prisoner and spent a year in jail; he was released and returned home very ill and close to dying. A few years later, around 1205, he once again enlisted in a military expedition led by Walter III of Brienne, but he deserted and returned to Assisi (allegedly because of a vision). He was certainly affected by PTSD, and those experiences (particularly his time in captivity) crushed the chivalric ideals and knightly dreams he held. Not long afterwards he had his decisive moment at the church of San Damiano. The Fifth Crusade wouldn't even begin until 1217, and by the time Francis travelled to meet Sultan Al-Kamil, he had already 'converted' and been a friar for more than a decade.
@cindysaroya1251
@cindysaroya1251 Жыл бұрын
@@CsnvLsRnst Thanks very much for the clarification! I knew about his captivity in Perugia, but I thought he'd been in Egypt on the Fifth Crusade prior to his conversion.
@remilenoir1271
@remilenoir1271 Жыл бұрын
​@Cindy Saroya It's a good thing that you accept the fact that you were wrong, but it wouldn't mean anything if you don't edit or put a disclaimer in your original comment so uninformed people don't actually believe the incorrect information you gave.
@kathleenprevost5580
@kathleenprevost5580 Жыл бұрын
@@CsnvLsRnst Thank you, your clarification ...enlightening.
@gilmer3718
@gilmer3718 Жыл бұрын
War is Hell.
@Sevenigma777
@Sevenigma777 Жыл бұрын
I always loved this myth and i remember being young looking at a copy of a medieval map and seeing Prester John on it and it was like a little mystery adventure exploring who he was over the years.
@paulskehan693
@paulskehan693 Жыл бұрын
What the hell was Prester John smoking?
@moe8577
@moe8577 Жыл бұрын
@@paulskehan693some good ass Canaanite smoke
@tl7163
@tl7163 Жыл бұрын
I love this channel, but I love that women fighting on horse back was in the same list as 3 eyed men, unicorns and 200 year old men 😂
@gilmer3718
@gilmer3718 Жыл бұрын
That sounds like a country I'd like to go visit!
@gruntsffs1
@gruntsffs1 Жыл бұрын
I’ve probably watched, especially after 2020, 15-20 videos a day on history, ancient religions, and a dose of Ancient Aliens type stuff. I’ve never heard of this cat. Thanks for putting this out there. Too many KZbinrs just recycle other people’s work. Real, partially real, myth, super cool story 👊🏼😎
@MilesNiska
@MilesNiska 3 ай бұрын
432 the Drop has a hundred plus videos on Prester John. Hopefully you can see this comment and enjoy!
@gruntsffs1
@gruntsffs1 3 ай бұрын
@@MilesNiska right on!!! Tnx
@Stunnaz84
@Stunnaz84 Жыл бұрын
Gotta love the sense of humor of this channel. I lost it when odin's wall was shown lol 😂
@SakuraAsranArt
@SakuraAsranArt Жыл бұрын
Wait, so some guy with schizophrenia wrote a bunch of letters to the Byzantine Emperor and the Pope saying that he was the king of 72 countries with a bunch of crazy animals, zombies and magic and stuff and Medieval Europe was all like "seems legit"?
@jeffwinkler1137
@jeffwinkler1137 Жыл бұрын
Its amazing how much prestige was given to being able to read and write back then huh roflmao
@OddJames
@OddJames Жыл бұрын
@@jeffwinkler1137 to be fair I don't think your average person around the world was able to read and write at that time. Only those who could afford to learn or used it in work used it. I doubt most people even spoke their own languages fluently back in the Medieval ages a lot of babies getting dropped on heads... lol
@SleazyRider86
@SleazyRider86 Жыл бұрын
I don't know these are people that and who believe in a virgin birth 😂
@bruhistantv9806
@bruhistantv9806 Жыл бұрын
Well back then, literacy was an automatic sign of high status and position. It didn't help that "soon" afterwards, the Mongols appeared and certain regional Khans were interested in Christianity, so people just made the 2+2 and were like "woooow it's Prester John's kingdom! They're huge so obviously the 72 countries fits!"
@friedrichjunzt
@friedrichjunzt Жыл бұрын
Just watch any live stream of a public school board meeting in America...
@RalphEllis
@RalphEllis Жыл бұрын
Prester John may have been St Thomas Didymas Thaddias Lebaeus - a disciple of Jesus. He was from Edessa in Syria, but travelled to Persia and India, where he founded the Edessan Church in Malabar in southern India. The Edessan Church of Malabar still exists today. St Thomas was reputed to be the twin brother of Jesus. R
@keiththorpe9571
@keiththorpe9571 Жыл бұрын
"Prester John" was a myth based on a recorded visit to the Byzantine Court and the Papacy by some rando madmen (the character may have been a composite of several different men) who told entertaining stories about lands far away and wonders unseen in the West. The Papacy then took up the stories, in order to validate their claims that Catholicism's influence stretched to all corners of the known world.
@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307
@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307 Жыл бұрын
Prester John comes from a land where masterworks isnt a scam!
@beth7935
@beth7935 Жыл бұрын
Mushing together the stories of several different people does seem to be a thing. And I can totally see the Papacy using the legend for their own religious & political agenda. Interesting.
@patrickf2671
@patrickf2671 Жыл бұрын
The Byzantines would have always considered themselves to be Christians ( Now Eastern/Greek Othodox) and would not have described themselves as Catholic. The Western (Roman Catholic) Christian Church considered itself "Catholic" only after 1208 . The term Catholic only really gains real relevance in the Reformation to distinguish various Prodestant splits from the main Roman Church. Also the Bzantines would not have gone by this name back in the day and considered themselves Roman in name and culture. Slightly off the point but..
@nattamused9074
@nattamused9074 Жыл бұрын
Stated with the authority of omniscience.
@patrickf2671
@patrickf2671 Жыл бұрын
@@nattamused9074 Which part of the above statement would you consider incorrect apart from my typo on Protestant ?
@jeffaltier5582
@jeffaltier5582 Жыл бұрын
I always found the myth of Prester John to be fascinating. But let's be clear-- it IS a myth.
@gregbors8364
@gregbors8364 Жыл бұрын
IKR, just like Slash
@MyPhobo
@MyPhobo Жыл бұрын
I mean, obviously. If there was ever a civilization that could be described as a utopia, it wouldn't ever be a monarchy lol.
@dukeof2958
@dukeof2958 Жыл бұрын
BS! I met the dude just the other day!
@jamiewilson5679
@jamiewilson5679 Жыл бұрын
​@@dukeof2958 Yeah these dude's don't know what they're talking about,he was down the white horse the other night drinking Mackesons and eating dry roasted peanuts.
@kmaher1424
@kmaher1424 Жыл бұрын
More a legend Fantastic tales with a kernel of truth at their c8re
@TJonLongIsland
@TJonLongIsland Жыл бұрын
After 2 unskippable KZbin ads, you have the balls to put lengthy sponsorship dialogue in this video? No thanks. Unsubscribed.
@pjbth
@pjbth Жыл бұрын
With all the crypto/investing scams going around these days i think I'd try and distance myself from any sponsor that deals with investing as you may be opening yourself up to liability.
@Prince_Luci
@Prince_Luci Жыл бұрын
It’s infinitely funny to me to use a sponsor that scams people on a video about a guy who scammed a bunch of people. That had to be intentional lmao.
@b-92s25
@b-92s25 Жыл бұрын
11:05 You pronounced MAGI wrong. its "MAY JEYE" not "Maggie" like Maggie Simpson.
@Tetrischan
@Tetrischan Жыл бұрын
it's the medieval version of the nigerian prince scam. keep sending us your princes and you'll totally get to rule a magical land where siamese pygmies ride goldshitting unicorns
@TrudeHell
@TrudeHell Жыл бұрын
Is there a possible link between John Presbyter and the Nestorian Church (The Church of the East)?
@kevinmcqueenie7420
@kevinmcqueenie7420 Жыл бұрын
I like to think that the letter from Prester John to the Byzantine Emperor was an early example of trolling, pulling together a bunch of stories and creating something out of (mostly) whole cloth!
@OssamabinKenny
@OssamabinKenny Жыл бұрын
Presser John seems legit. Let’s put him and his people in charge of all of our IT industry.
@leepretorius4869
@leepretorius4869 Жыл бұрын
When you study the history of South Africa there are stories of the Portuguese dumping people on the coast of Africa and encouraging them to go find Prester John.
@bobsaggat
@bobsaggat Жыл бұрын
I GOTTA saying believe Prestor John is more legit than masterworks. Don't peddle this garbage if you want me to respect you
@ironman2818
@ironman2818 Жыл бұрын
If you're willing to fall for such an obvious scam like masterworks. It makes it impossible to trust the academic integrity of the rest of your channel. Really sad TBH.
@laurenboyd7094
@laurenboyd7094 Жыл бұрын
Guernica is NOT about the Nazis its about the Spanish Civil War that was happening at the same time as WWII
@forrestlong4258
@forrestlong4258 Жыл бұрын
Yes.... Spanish fascism which was inspired by.... who?
@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking
@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking Жыл бұрын
@@forrestlong4258 Similar doesn't mean "same."
@tralfamadorian5270
@tralfamadorian5270 Жыл бұрын
It was about nazis. Nazi Germany bombed guernica as a part of their alliance with general franco.
@shamusson
@shamusson Жыл бұрын
​@@forrestlong4258 The eternal anglo
@ummelofilo9642
@ummelofilo9642 Жыл бұрын
​@@forrestlong4258 Carlism.
@Transilvanian90
@Transilvanian90 Жыл бұрын
Considering that Ethiopia was Christian at that time, but isolated from the rest of Christianity by Muslim Egypt and Arabia, it's possible that a rare Ethiopian envoy made it to Constantinople and then Rome, and from that the rumor mill made up this fanciful larger than life character based on an actual far-off Christian Monarchy
@Luzitanium
@Luzitanium 7 ай бұрын
the Portuguese allied with Ethiopia against the Ottomans so they dont turn Ethiopia into a muslim kingdom
@amanuelboy1272
@amanuelboy1272 6 ай бұрын
@@Luzitaniumthat was way after in the 15-16th century this before that
@brianoneil9662
@brianoneil9662 Жыл бұрын
Ah yes! The video begins as all great stories do. Because "earlier this morning in my back yard..." is never nearly as interesting.
@tomaaron6187
@tomaaron6187 Жыл бұрын
Unsubscribed. The ad was ludicrous.
@Kjas11
@Kjas11 Жыл бұрын
There’s a recent song by Animal Collective titled “Prester John”
@sarah3796
@sarah3796 Жыл бұрын
😮😊
@WhozMuffinzz
@WhozMuffinzz Жыл бұрын
Love this channel! ❤️
@grindelston5968
@grindelston5968 Жыл бұрын
Fuck masterworks , we're advising all our clients to invest in canned goods and shotguns
@johnholmesinchesahead2347
@johnholmesinchesahead2347 Жыл бұрын
Yeah - we have exactly the same story but he's loyal to the Orthodox Church. My Islamic colleague says that the Muslims believed there was a mighty Iman Djinn who ruled over 72 virgins in the West (each Virgin has a mythical land ascribed to her). It is funny to hear you think this story is unique to your culture and/or religion!
@partofeverything2147
@partofeverything2147 Жыл бұрын
He never said it was unique to any culture or religion. He just looked for understanding of its existence through the lens of culture
@Hy-Brasil
@Hy-Brasil Жыл бұрын
how do you seem to know so much about history but cant properly pronounce basic english words?
@Telarii
@Telarii Жыл бұрын
About the ad. As a freelance artist, I sure haven't noticed a raise. 😐 Taking us for granted until you can profit off us...
@mat5267
@mat5267 Жыл бұрын
I think it’s another scam in some way.
@Telarii
@Telarii Жыл бұрын
@@mat5267 Yeah, that's another thing. Just speaking from a personal viewpoint here tho. Everyone wants nice looking and well designed things, covers, games, animations, comics, but also underpay creators on a daily basis.
@fidelio9301
@fidelio9301 Жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t ever try to sell my art unless I have my own brand to sell from.
@Telarii
@Telarii Жыл бұрын
@@fidelio9301 I mostly do commissions and work on contracts business-wise, plus sell prints, also going to release the first volume of my comic in print some time later this year. That's about as far as I'm willing to go.
@fidelio9301
@fidelio9301 Жыл бұрын
@@Telarii I think the best way is to build a brand on social media, doesn’t have to be art related, then just sell your art as a business from a website.
@thisaintnothang
@thisaintnothang Жыл бұрын
Having read Umberto Eco's Baudolino, I knew who this video was referring to from the thumbnail.
@bobbisparks53
@bobbisparks53 Жыл бұрын
I think St. Germaine was more of an impressive story than this guy going off the ignorance of the ppl of that day.... Him, this guy and Rasputin all had the same type of mentality it seems. 😂😂
@Dollarkat
@Dollarkat Жыл бұрын
Narcissism is very common.
@JustMe-yr5lw
@JustMe-yr5lw Жыл бұрын
8:22 oh thank god. i was beginning to believe that these stories MAY have been exaggerated
@grapeshot
@grapeshot Жыл бұрын
I remember reading some thought of him being Black.
@beesmitty3435
@beesmitty3435 Жыл бұрын
Brown more likely. Syria to India to Ethiopia are the most likely places described. There were many early branching christian sects and imo our boy PJ here is a amalgamation of far eastern churches.
@grapeshot
@grapeshot Жыл бұрын
@@beesmitty3435 dark brown black whatever the thing is they did not consider him European.
@hatendiscontent
@hatendiscontent Жыл бұрын
Prestor John was Christendom's Bill Brasky
@Reathety
@Reathety Жыл бұрын
Picasso's painting is about the horrors of the Spanish civil war. Hitler did not invade Spain.
@pattheplanter
@pattheplanter Жыл бұрын
Pretty bad error for a historical channel to make.
@marklatchford9557
@marklatchford9557 Жыл бұрын
The video doesn't say Hitler invaded Spain, it says "Nazi Germany's actions in Spain". i.e. sending the Condor Legion to fight in the Spanish Civil War. it was the Condor Legion that bombed Guernica.
@marklatchford9557
@marklatchford9557 Жыл бұрын
@@pattheplanter The channel didn't make an error - Nazi Germany did get involved in the Spanish Civil War, their forces bombed Guernica.
@pattheplanter
@pattheplanter Жыл бұрын
@@marklatchford9557 Germany and Italy were both involved in the bombing of Guernica at the request of Franco. If someone wants to shift the focus of blame from Franco to his allies, they should mention both countries who acted.
@marklatchford9557
@marklatchford9557 Жыл бұрын
@@pattheplanter I'm not really sure what point you're trying to make, The OP seems to think the Germans had no involvement in the Spanish Civil War and you agreed that was a "Pretty bad error for a historical channel to make". Simple as that. And I'm not sure why you think anyone's trying to shift any blame re Guernica. Who's trying to do that?
@Maizerage21
@Maizerage21 Жыл бұрын
Myth is a hell of a thing
@Luzitanium
@Luzitanium 7 ай бұрын
there always a bit of true and reality inside the Myth
@Luzitanium
@Luzitanium 7 ай бұрын
you didnt even mentioned the portuguese exploring africa looking for prester john and when they met ethiopia they thought they found it.
@QueenetBowie
@QueenetBowie Жыл бұрын
Hey MedievalMadness, our curiosity, are you a fan or Crusader Kings?
@nikmacfarlane6117
@nikmacfarlane6117 Жыл бұрын
7:36 on the right are a Blemmye and a Cyanocephalus. This wasn't the only country that claimed to see and interact with these beings.
@linguaLatinae
@linguaLatinae Жыл бұрын
In Germany hes know as Priesterkönig Johannes (Priestking Johannes).
@ichangedmyself4362
@ichangedmyself4362 Жыл бұрын
Your benefactor is a major player in the global Art investment scam
@benmcreynolds8581
@benmcreynolds8581 Жыл бұрын
I'd have to correct you: The most mysterious man ever is MERLIN
@Wtfevenisthepointofus
@Wtfevenisthepointofus Жыл бұрын
It's May-geye not maggie
@mrmu7ammed1
@mrmu7ammed1 Жыл бұрын
So African princely scammers have existed since 12th century😂
@thesheepersgame5199
@thesheepersgame5199 Жыл бұрын
Wow first time to watch as it was uploaded.
@mattresbert
@mattresbert Жыл бұрын
Brilliant stuff
@martryan2060
@martryan2060 Жыл бұрын
So would have a got a job in PR.
@Liboo52
@Liboo52 Жыл бұрын
My new response to people who try to convince me of outlandish things: “I’ll believe that as soon as Prester John and his army gets here.”
@McHaven07
@McHaven07 Жыл бұрын
if this character isn't in the Fate series already, then someone needs to get on that, lol
@bmeiji
@bmeiji Жыл бұрын
Omg, yes
@michaelmoorrees3585
@michaelmoorrees3585 Жыл бұрын
When I read the title, my first thought was Pester John. Some mention that it came from a Byzantine myth, but due to how the Byzantine "Romans", treated the unwashed western European diplomats, the 4th Crusade (my favorite) was no mystery.
@sonofnam4418
@sonofnam4418 Жыл бұрын
Medieval Madness gives us a glimpse of life in fairytale times we all love as kids 👍 From Guam, USA 🇺🇸
@helixator3975
@helixator3975 Жыл бұрын
And the collective madness and irrationality that grips sections of society from time to time, including the present day.
@sonofnam4418
@sonofnam4418 Жыл бұрын
@@helixator3975 Yup, it does apply 👍
@chrism9493
@chrism9493 Жыл бұрын
The Middle Ages were real times.
@sonofnam4418
@sonofnam4418 Жыл бұрын
@@chrism9493 But not unicorns, fire breathing dragons, or men with faces on their stomachs. You read and see those stuff in fairytale books. You kinda slow up there boy 🥴
@chrism9493
@chrism9493 Жыл бұрын
@@sonofnam4418 if you meant to say books then you made a grammatical error.
@vinodpaul9596
@vinodpaul9596 Жыл бұрын
So chuck norris was called by another name during the middle ages?
@ancientborneotribe4403
@ancientborneotribe4403 Жыл бұрын
Prester john is An Ancient Srivijayan King in Asia..
@sanguillotine
@sanguillotine Жыл бұрын
He was mythological figure
@donavan835
@donavan835 Жыл бұрын
One thing is for sure, Prester John must have been smoking something extra strong and downing some spirits that are extra pure
@fiilisboa
@fiilisboa Жыл бұрын
I believe in Prester John. I can only imagine what happened to his great kingdom.
@lukespread
@lukespread Жыл бұрын
Aliens. They zapped it with rayguns.
@129jasper1
@129jasper1 Жыл бұрын
@@lukespread nope. The Muzzies got him.
@JcoleMc
@JcoleMc Жыл бұрын
It's obvious that the so called Prester John's country is really just Ethiopia
@johncarter1288
@johncarter1288 Жыл бұрын
Why do still people today assume the human perception was the same from old times? Evolution obviously did not only took place on the body but also in the mind and spirit , that is still evolving. Obviously the perceptions and understanding of things in general were not the same as today so why keep looking at the remote past with today´s perception?
@sanguillotine
@sanguillotine Жыл бұрын
That’s nonsense and not how evolution works. Do you mean cultural change? Most historians tend to take into account culture and historical context. Only a pseudohistorian or pseudoarchaeologist would ignore such things.
@johncarter1288
@johncarter1288 Жыл бұрын
@@sanguillotine Thank you for your response. I just give you one simple example. If someone from present time would travel back in time to say, Ancient Greece, the peoples at first sight would most likely perceive it as a divine person that came to them. In present time, someone from the future appears and is going to be perceive as anything but divine.
@collettewhitney2141
@collettewhitney2141 Жыл бұрын
Hello there I am new subscriber. But I am very happy I found this channel. Your documentary of the medieval world is beyond me. Look forward to seeing your next contents ❤
@ernestolombardo5811
@ernestolombardo5811 14 күн бұрын
While watching the video, my mind playing games with words came up with this: "...Saint Thomas was sent to Kerala, India, in AD 1052 to preach the Gospel. There, he converted Hindus into Christians and Christians into Hindus..."
@joelmcentire1
@joelmcentire1 Жыл бұрын
The George Santos of Medieval times.
@jeremybamber5729
@jeremybamber5729 Жыл бұрын
Tl;dr Christianity has always been a haven for con men
@TheCatsofVanRaptor
@TheCatsofVanRaptor 9 ай бұрын
Well… a Minotaur is obviously just an allegory of a well hung dude, makes me think this guy didn’t lie, just bent the truth
@allenatkins2263
@allenatkins2263 Жыл бұрын
The Steven Seagal of his time.
@theprecipiceofreason
@theprecipiceofreason Жыл бұрын
The original "John from Texasland" asking old people to buy giftcards.
@2729Jandr
@2729Jandr Жыл бұрын
I used to work with a guy that told stories like that. He would swear they were true too. I never knew what was wrong with him.
@bobar57
@bobar57 Жыл бұрын
Maggie?
@tealion
@tealion Жыл бұрын
Ugh. Don’t take money from a product you don’t understand with too good to be true promises.
@kaloarepo288
@kaloarepo288 Жыл бұрын
I think one of the main historical facts that fueled this legend was that a substantial % of the Mongols in Genghis Khan's time were Nestorian Christians and one of the imperial consorts was a Christian and mother to later Khans. At the time of the later Crusades the French king and other Catholic potentates sent envoys to the Mongols and vice versa hoping to set up alliances against the common foe - the Islamic world. Another factor may have been that Europeans who had early contacts with the Buddhist world were intrigued by the similarity between the Buddhist hierarchies and with those of Catholicism -after all both religions had monks and nuns and monasteries and even the religious garb was quite similar. Rhinos common in south Asia may explain the unicorn legend and crocodiles and giant pythons the dragon stories.
@Paul-ki8dg
@Paul-ki8dg Жыл бұрын
What people's were in the ranks of the Mongol is quite surprising, but the Kahn died and all retreated as the story goes.
@nemo6686
@nemo6686 Жыл бұрын
_"Three magi who visited Jesus after his birth..."_ You know, you don't have to rely on carol singers for your Biblical knowledge - there are plenty of sites online where you can read it yourself for free. Here's the relevant verse: _Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,_ (Matt 2:1)
@Lawh
@Lawh Жыл бұрын
The first Indian scam.
@dearbrad1996
@dearbrad1996 Жыл бұрын
Do I get to hang my Renoir on my wall?
@Sevenigma777
@Sevenigma777 Жыл бұрын
I had always thought that Prester John was just a coping mechanism created by European Christians who couldn't come to grasp why the Holy Land wasnt occupied by any Christians. So this super powerful wise immortal sage king John was such an alluring and comforting idea for those in Europe. The truth about Prester John i think prob came from the Crusades where there were many fraternal organizations like the Knights Templar all fighting out in the Holy Land and its a very good possibility a powerful knight of some order who instead of returning to Europe had made his home somewhere in the Holy Land. There were some knights able to maintain hospitable relations with some Muslim and Saracen leaders throughout the Crusades so its very likely they had built a city or a stronghold of sorts for themselves whose power and reputation was incredibly embellished as one does during the Medieval times.
@dawnfire82
@dawnfire82 Жыл бұрын
The Holy Land WAS occupied by Christians. Copts, Syriacs, Orthodox, Nestorians... Their oppression was the original justification for the first crusade. There are Christians there now. There have been continuous communities of Christians in Bethlehem for nearly 2k years, just like there have been Jews in Jerusalem for going on 3k continuous years. How do you not know this?
@PersonOfTheInternet280
@PersonOfTheInternet280 Жыл бұрын
I always say how he was the Crusaders Nigerian Prince scam.
@existentialcrisisactor
@existentialcrisisactor Жыл бұрын
your sponsor is a scam
@bigzach7778
@bigzach7778 Жыл бұрын
Count of St. Germaine is most mysterious dude from back in the day.
@tuomasmattila283
@tuomasmattila283 Жыл бұрын
read Umberto Eco: Baudolino
@rafaeljuniorsierra-9708
@rafaeljuniorsierra-9708 Жыл бұрын
Aren't the names Jahan, Jahazal, Jahalal, Jahasua common in INDIA? 1100s-1500s?
@brianwilliams1281
@brianwilliams1281 Жыл бұрын
You know this isn't a real person, right? He can also be confused with Ghengis Khan, bc of an old ass game of telephone.
@prairiedog9524
@prairiedog9524 Жыл бұрын
Sometimes everything you are talking about can be solved by taking your wife on a vacation to the Mayan Riviera in Mexico
@TheEudaemonicPlague
@TheEudaemonicPlague Жыл бұрын
I won't sub to a channel that promotes scams. This is an excellent video, though, so I'm hoping you get your act cleaned up soon. I've read and heard about Prester John many times, but this gives far more detail than anything previous.
@marilynwells5393
@marilynwells5393 5 ай бұрын
Love your content, and just so you know, in the word apostle, like the words whistle and bustle and hustle, the letter t is silent.
@koalawithacompass9241
@koalawithacompass9241 Жыл бұрын
Obviously a lot of the stories are bull but there were man Christian groups throughout Central Asia. At it’s core Christianity was an eastern religion not a western one
@elg281
@elg281 2 ай бұрын
432 Drop
@ageg3572
@ageg3572 8 ай бұрын
Priest king David is the prestor
@edwinlee4262
@edwinlee4262 26 күн бұрын
The Tower of Babel was located at Louis Babel Ecological Reserve in Quebec, Canada. UBTV, "I FOUND THE TOWER OF BABEL! *** The Garden of Eden was in Torreya State Park in Florida, as per E.E. Callaway and Old World Florida, in The Gulf of Mexico is the True Fertile Crescent. *** The Exodus crossing was at the Sea of Cortez, formerly known as the "RED SEA" or Vermillion sea on old maps. Prester John was King of America until 1202, 432 The drop Radio, khandrop 2020 | Prester John Pt. 52 | The World War, Genghis Khan vs. King David and the Xia Dynasty ***America was the true old world. Kurimeo Ahua, In "Atlantis" (America) Was Recovered Ancient Egypt And The Promised Land / Freemasonry Teachings
@larapalma3744
@larapalma3744 Жыл бұрын
What a liar lol
@benisaten
@benisaten Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. Cheers from 🇨🇦✌️
@FeedScrn
@FeedScrn Жыл бұрын
Good video. I didn't know about Priester John. - One thing however... I always chuckle when I see some medieval drawings... looking like an 8-yr old made them. Others are quite good. I blame the catastrophic failure of the quality of European drawings on the fall of Rome... It took hundreds of years for European art to recover.
@Paul-ki8dg
@Paul-ki8dg Жыл бұрын
Uh, have heard of St Thomas of India and is noted in Hindi history but never heard this wild story.
@Nickeltony
@Nickeltony Жыл бұрын
Your telling me the hype for this guy was so large they sold the 5th crusade because of him? What a bastard
@peter81083
@peter81083 Жыл бұрын
"HAH... I cant believe they bought that crap!!" - Pester John
@orwellboy1958
@orwellboy1958 Жыл бұрын
Me thinks someone needs to lay off the wacky backy.
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