Why The Crusades Were Awesome, Actually

The popular understanding of The Crusades in the West is that they involved barbaric, violent Christians invading the peaceful and enlightened Islamic world. Films like Kingdom of Heaven and Mankind: The Story of Us reinforce this narrative. But the truth is the reality of the Crusades is much, much different. In fact, it's the polar opposite. In this video on Pax Tube, I explain why The Crusades were not only morally justified, but were also a historic achievement. Buckle up for a crash course in over 1,000 years of European and Middle Eastern history!
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0:00 Intro
2:05 Origins of Christianity vs Islam
4:41 Christendom's Hand Is Forced
9:03 The Crusades Begin
13:15 Conclusion
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Citations:
'Holy Warriors: Islam and the Demise of Classical Civilization' by John J. O'Neill
'The Crusades: A Response to Islamic Aggression' by John J. O'Neill
gatesofvienna.net/2010/02/the...
'Why We Are Afraid, a 1400 Year Secret' by Dr. Bill Warner
• Why We Are Afraid, A 1...
Urban II's Crusade Speech
www1.cbn.com/spirituallife/ca...

[@Ninevehh]

Sadly this video will only be buried under the KZbin algorithm while anti-Christian rhetoric will continue to be promoted institutionally and commercially.

[@Handle0108]

Crusader Armies came based on a cnturies old irrendentist mission, and then when they conquered they massacred everyone including Jewish, Muslim and even Christian civilians who were not Catholic. It’s not anti-Christian, it’s anti-atrocities.

[@elio6861]

@@Handle0108 i'll just hold myself and say generalizing is always stupid

[@Simon_the_penguin]

@@Handle0108 no dunce do 5 minutes of unbiased research and you’ll find otherwise.

[@GDL88]

So is he not gonna talk about the Crusaders killing all innocent Jew, Muslim, women and children in their path? Which Muslims NEVER did!

[@mikesmnell414]

@@GDL88 Muslims never have done that? Are you sure?

[@poopjeans1135]

People always seem to FORGET that the crusades were a response to 800 years of Muslim aggression.

[@ashj5952]

Alternatively: 'For 800 years, Christians saw Islam progress and they boiled in jealousy.'

[@PhurLok66]

so the the 7th century to the 12th century contains 800 years, thats some great math buddy.

[@poopjeans1135]

@@PhurLok66 the first Crusade started in 1095. You may want to re-check your dates.

[@Cheezey54]

@@poopjeans1135 thats even worse bruh the math just maths less

[@PhurLok66]

@@poopjeans1135 You might want to check who's writing your history ; ) Just because a historian dubbed something as the "first crusade" does not make it the first crusade. A crusade is an invasion with religious fervor as its backing. Please educate yourself on our shared history; for that which was written was written with intention and bias. This video highlights and extremists point of view. Nothing more.

[@Dartheious]

In the Philippines, we studied the Crusades as a positive thing in schools. I was surprised that we view this history very different from Western standpoint.

[@keithwilliams3935]

This idea as a bad thing is relatively new... say within a few years.

[@moaadshahar]

Do you know why the Philippines is named as it is ?

[@stargategoku]

​@moaadshahar it was named after the Spanish King Philip II

[@stargategoku]

Even roman catholic was not good but it's good spanish managed to stop the expansion of islam in South East Asia. Indonesia for example was a Hindu majority and islam become official religion and was expanding to the Philippines but when spanish saw the muslims they thought they are the same or barbar muslim in North Africa which pushed by spanish after hundred years invasion of Christian country, Christians managed to fight back and expelled Islam. Actually I visited Malaga and all areas where emir in Malaysia settled in Malagasy like cordoba, sevilla, andalusia. Muslims invaded amd abused the people.

[@moaadshahar]

@@stargategoku there was no Islamic expansion in east Asia and never an army from the Islamic caliphate set foot in it but Islam spread by the Yemenies traders and the people actually liked it not like the Christian who sended armys and colonised it by "force"

[@kaz4184]

13:08 Can we just appreciate a lil fact that Ottomans were kicked out of Europe with a massive scar on their asses after Winged Hussars kicked them out of Vienna in Largest Cavalry Charge in the whole history. Such beautiful way to end it all in last "crusade"

[@scorptech9041]

Ottomans were defeated by Russians not some Huissars.

[@weisthor0815]

The army that defeated the Turks at the gates of Vienna under Sobiesky was predominantly german. They did the heavy fighting in the trenches and acted as an anvil for the hammer that was the polish Hussar charge.

[@kaz4184]

@@weisthor0815 yeah, german soldiers that were led by elite cavalry force, also they started retreating on sight of the charge

[@odessadmitry]

Go, Team Jesus!!!

[@weisthor0815]

@@kaz4184 Nonsense, the Hussars waited on the hill while the german and austrian infarnty did the dirty work in the trenches and on the battlefield, pinning down the turks for the cavalry charge from behind. No victory at Vienna without german and austrian infantry. A lot of people portray the battle of Vienna as a polish victory, which it clearly was not. It was a victory of combined forces from the Holy Roman Empire, Austria and the Poles.

[@Buddha_the_Pug]

It's easy to condemn the "find out" when you ignore the "fuck around" that preceded it...

[@yourlastfoe]

Shakespearean quote.

[@0xcyanid900]

Certified banger

[@bluegamer4210]

reminds me of 9/11

[@-_Nuke_-]

There is no fuck around or find out - in reality is just people wanting to control Jerusalem, because by controling that city they could control their own people. And that's what religion is for - proxy control. You give people a belief in the afterlife and at some father savior and then you impose laws and regulations on them that they won't break or they will lose their "place" in heaven.

[@ryanmarlin2974]

There was no f-k around, this video is straight half propaganda half historical falsehoods.

[@StarShadowPrimal]

Calling the Crusades an unprovoked attack on Muslim territory is like calling D Day an unprovoked attack on German territory. I can understand saying that it was sad that it ever became necessary, but it's not shameful to fight for survival or to regain what was taken.

[@skidoog]

HUH

[@Azrael_the_Crusader]

DEUS VULT

[@muslimchad9292]

Yeah more like butchering entire cities and taking the women and childern and taking everything they have in the name of ur god

[@gianlucag100g]

Have you watched Europa the last battle? Xd

[@gillesdupouy8357]

Insane comparison. It would be more like justifying Denmark invading Scania today because it used to be danish until 1658. The islamic world had not just captured Jerusalem four years before the crusades, you are either stupid or dishonest

[@captainpea7776]

Thanks for researching this topic. It is hard to be faithful in these times especially when christians from my own congregation tell me how shameful the crusades were.

[@drfenderfunk]

Why would your faith solely rest on that? Would Jesus fight in the Crusades? Did Jesus kill a bunch of Roman leaders during his time on Earth? I get the point of this video, that the Muslims were just as bad if not worse toward the end of the First Millennium, and fighting back for land was the societal way of the times, but even many Church Fathers of the Middle Ages and prior were aware that mass killing did not align with the ways of Christ.

[@gbaker1a775]

Puzzling to me is the people that attack the crusades but are oddly silent on the forced expansion of Islam.

[@Iiiiiiiiiiiic123]

حسنا نحن للطيفين مع الاسرى

[@Thanatos6]

"Forced".... Okay... LOL

[@DRpepper1575]

​@@Thanatos6 yes forced you are considered a second class citizen if your not Islamic in Islamic countries assuming they don't just kill you if your gay

[@deenman23]

islamd did bad stuff,therefore christianity can do 10 times worse?flawless logic adolf

[@user-dy9jq4lc5y]

The irresponsible manner in which the Byzantines governed the Levant and Egypt definitely hastened the expansion of Islam.

[@SwiftDeath0608]

I had to write a report on the crusades my sophomore year. I pretty much said what you’re saying here, and the teacher gave me a zero. She also threatened to fail me for the year because I defined Jihad as a holy war, even though I asked an actual practicing Muslim about the Islamic definition. This was 2014, I can only imagine how much history has been further bastardized since then

[@Wartensteiin]

Jihad means struggle, could be used in a context of holy war. But the Def is struggle, lets not be foolish here.

[@the_kimchi_kommandant2603]

@@Wartensteiin There are several different types of Jihad, and the "smaller jihad" which refers to holy war is MANDATORY for all Muslims who are able to do so as COMMANDED BY THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD. Stop doing dishonest Taqiyyah.

[@Wartensteiin]

@@the_kimchi_kommandant2603 Where is that verse? Taqiyyah is not a concept Islam, it was invented by anti-Islam activists to silent Muslims. Engage in honest discussion instead of throwing terms that are the opposite of that,

[@the_kimchi_kommandant2603]

@@Wartensteiin Bro??? Now you're denying a fundamental part of your own religion??? wtf

[@Wartensteiin]

@@the_kimchi_kommandant2603 How is taqiyya part of the religion? Give me authentic hadith or quranic verses to substantiate your claims.

[@misterstaple]

I like how the christians are always condemned yet somehow the islam atrocities are consistently ignored...

[@billh673]

True story!

[@mattholt2451]

That’s just false

[@sailordiverFU]

Same with Jewish atrocities, they were always blamed on the Italians or the Russians... For their most recent atrocities the Syrians and Afghans and Iraqis get the blame

[@anannoyedpanda]

Convenient to the narrative.

[@RicardoSantos-oz3uj]

As well as the Gaza genocide.

[@UserJ-r018]

This is the KZbin channel I’ve been looking for, the kind to tell the correct history of my faith ✝️

[@danielseaburg9763]

so within 60 seconds he bullshits, and that's what you've been looking for?

[@drfenderfunk]

Anyone who would like to delve deeper into learning about the Crusades should read the book 'The Crusades: the Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land' by Thomas Asbridge.

[@aquantumtrost3590]

Can't even imagine what a crazy undertaking this was for the soldiers, after that notorious travel distance to fight an unknown enemy for months.

[@1992zorro]

they did it for the Lord

[@aquantumtrost3590]

@@1992zorro I'm an atheist, but it amazes me what strenght humans can gain if they just believe in something, hope can move mountains i guess.

[@MyMy-tv7fd]

the French/Frankish name for the Holy Land was 'Outre mer' - simply 'overseas', so unknown it was

[@ilcondottierocartografo6770]

​@@spyderman4206what interests lol. The interest wad to help Byzantium face the Seljuks, but the crusaders when advancing to Anatolia and the levant felt like Emperor Alexios did not help them enough, so the counts took the lands for themselves

[@purpleprinc3]

They were promised gold, to have their sins forgiven and to enter heaven (from the trusty, wholesome, Vatican). But they had fun murdering, looting and raping along the way. Proper gentlemen the crusaders. God bless 'em.

[@MrMutterbug]

"It took Christianity 300 years of being put to the sword by Islam, having 2/3 of the Christian world conquered - with millions butchered, and over a million more Europeans carted off across the Mediterranean into slavery before the first crusade was called."

[@CatholicCrusader__30]

True no wonder y many ignore this

[@Spacebartreal]

you know christianity also spread enourmously

[@bmetalfish3928]

@@Spacebartreal they spread through largely peaceful means at that point, Egypt, Anatolia, North Africa, Iberia, Syria, Ethiopia, Armenia, modern Jerusalem and Palestine where converted through peaceful means. they where the spiritual guides the general populace liked and kings liked how effective their administration assistance could be. only the Balkans and germanic/skandinavian raiders where converted at sword point.

[@music4you372]

@@bmetalfish3928 What about the native americans , massacre of the aboriginals of australia and natives of newzealand. Christianity also spread through colonisation, look at south america. This video is extremely biased as it ignores the massacres christians have committed during that era and later on. Anyway Religion has died not only in europe but globally, the adoption of secularism has been completed worldwide and the masses have left their religious beliefs for a secular and more free lifestyle. You and i both know this is true and its time we all accept what society has become, irreligious and secular

[@lukedegraaf1186]

​@@bmetalfish392810 When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace. 11 If they accept and open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject to forced labor and shall work for you. 12 If they refuse to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city. 13 When the Lord your God delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the men in it. 14 As for the women, the children, the livestock and everything else in the city, you may take these as plunder for yourselves. And you may use the plunder the Lord your God gives you from your enemies.[12] -Deuteronomy 20:10-14

[@mr.fetching2267]

I have always hated that film for some of the reasons outlined in this video. Good work!

[@joaoguilherme9034]

Some kings were good, other kings were trash, some spared everyone, others killed everyone, thats what happened and still happens today, but now, no one cares...

[@kathytukavkin2522]

That's right!!!

[@Master-mh9vm]

Been claims that Jesus might of been originally a woman.

[@TonuWTF]

As an Romanian I can say that our history books appreciate the crusades , especially the late ones that we participated in like Varna , because the Ottomans have been a constant threat to us until the 19th century

[@aygir839]

romani people are literally Turks that call them selves "gypsy"

[@corpseopera]

Romania was the shield of Europe for centuries

[@smplfi9859]

Turkey still are. Romania is the most direct remnants of Byzantium. Turkey is one of the most provocative countries in the world. they are why the US got involved with Saddam Hussein. They didn't have to destablize iraqs water, but they chose to because they are the wrong type of muslim to each other. Hussein always promised that if Turkey built the dams, he would blow them up. Years later after Saddam is deposed, Turkey builds the dams and cause more havoc to all the downstream countries. From Syria to Iraq. Look how those have become hotbeds now that their water has destabilized. Turkey knew the play it was doing.

[@alinafilip8431]

​@@corpseoperaNow, sadly Ucraine is the shield of Europe.

[@VencislavBelov]

As a Bulgarian I also appreciate the crusades given how much we and the rest of the Balkans suffered under Ottoman rule.

[@augustin5611]

As a french, I'm always surprised by the way the Crusades are viewed by the anglo-saxon public. I've never heard something as "The Crusade were aggression" or "a terrible crime". It was an adventure, driven by faith, and which gave rise to exchanges more than a simple fight between enemy religions. The Middle East being at the time one very diverse region, in its cultural and religious mix. Also, it should not be forgotten that, at the time of the Crusaders, the Middle East was a Christian land only a few centuries ago. Islam having only appeared in the 7th century and the first crusade taking place at the beginning of the 11th century

[@SIGNOR-G]

Ive learned one important thing from you french people: Between us europeans you are either the most cucked or the most based. Theres no in between.

[@jeffbob3311]

The 4th crusade should not have happened however, the Roman’s were Christian

[@SIGNOR-G]

@@jeffbob3311 BIG mistakes were made. I suppose that back then they were corrupted by greed

[@Fantastic_Mr_Fox]

Stylé ta photo de profil

[@DiocletianLarius]

@@SIGNOR-G Mistakes like the sacking and massacre of Jerusalem and Antioch during the First crusade, huh? That little mistake that was the sacking of Constantinople led to Ottomans' conquest, and also opened a beachhead that the Turks used to conquer the rest of Eastern Europe, they even reached Vienna in 1529! Crusaders were nut f*cks, most of them were nobility's sons who couldn't inherit and wanted to take a big chunk of land for themselves or crazy maniacs like Raynald of Chatillon, thanks to their greedy asses the Romans finally fell

[@Derek_Baumgartner]

Reminds me of the Apostate Prophet's interview with Dr. Bill Warner - was also a very enlightening vid. Thanks for this!

[@robertrenato]

I started watching Your channel (found it in looking for a Catholic perspective regarding Protestantism) and even before I got to this one, a debunking video was recommended by youtube. Doing my usual quick "check twitter profile" check revealed that youtuber to be- shockingly, I know- a COMMUNIST:D Keep up the good work!

[@jeanhunter3538]

As an atheist who has a great appreciation for learning history I’ve also been baffled by how often the crusades are portrayed as some unique evil among historical wars. Completely just ignoring the defensive nature of them and how Islamic expansion both pre and post dated them all

[@paulofelipebbraga9634]

It's utter necessary in history learning to look at the past with the eyes of the past, not the eyes of the present. You can't just segregate few events of history and decide what was right and what was wrong according to your conteporary society values. It's less than appropriate and narrows down your insight over the course of events and facts.

[@mrgarina2977]

any man saying that the muslims are the rightful owners of the holy land is an complete clueless idiot. aswell to any other religion other then the jews. king david built the place.

[@jeanhunter3538]

@adi_lowenthal_platt Oh for sure, that is why I emphasized 'portrayed as some unique evil' as in it and most wars of similar nature or around that time are evil in our retrospective morality.

[@wardswait6336]

Atheists have a unique hatred against Christians. Especially in the West, where they are seen as political/ideological enemies, as well as relics of a "shameful" past.

[@mrgarina2977]

@adi_lowenthal_platt every war in history untill ww1 had war crimes because it was normal and allowed. And i agree with that ideology because u cant win a war by just killing off an army and leaving the enemy population in the area, it Couse instability and doesn't change the place just the leadership.

[@Mid_b]

The issue I see many modern zoomers have is the notion that the Crusades were all failures other than the First Crusade. This misconception comes from the fact that the other Crusades were unable to retake the city of Jerusalem. But to be honest most modern historians over simplify the retaking of Jerusalem as the only true goal of the Crusades. Most Crusades actually didn’t even have this goal in mind. Looking beyond the recapture of Jerusalem the Crusades actually did yield some incredible results. The Northern Crusades and Reconquista were completely successful in the long term. The Third Crusade led to the capture of Cyprus, Tyre, and Jaffa. Richard Lionheart beat Saladin in all 3 of the major battles fought against one another, despite being outnumbered. This led to a Crusader military victory where Saladin was forced to be chill with Christians and was unable to expand further into the other Crusader states. Also the Sixth Crusade actually led to direct Christian control of Jerusalem once again. Really the Crusades have become a subject of historical misunderstanding and deliberate misleading by modern cut throat ideologues.

[@cooljim1376]

It's because Christianity is an easy punching bag that can't, and won't fight back. Can't expect much from intellectually bankrupted cowards.

[@AyataHiragi]

The issue is the same as the issue has been back then, the enemies of Christ are attacking us, or who owns the holy land now? The people that killed Christ?

[@ejoji4245]

cough 4th crusade cough

[@simonst7645]

​@@ejoji4245 in the case of the original intent of the crusades to alleviate the eastern romans every crusade fails and yes the fourth crusade the most. Yet, in their own rights and intentions even the fourth crusade was a success..

[@ramudasanjuu]

"Most Crusades actually didn’t even have this goal in mind" yeah the real goal was to rape and pillage. everyone knows this.

[@Murica2001]

Nice video , is there some recommended reading you have for this ? Thank you

[@MarcelliusEgnatiusVII]

I would point to "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)" by Robert Spencer. It's surprisingly enough accessible on Amazon given how controversial it is by the standards of today's Islam-simping views.

[@kimadar13]

The Battle of Lepanto.

[@miahhawker2708]

Phenomenal!! Always an important reminder that most things deemed as “evil” throughout history are usually taken way out of context.

[@paulf3]

What was the context for the crusaders destroying Christian cities?

[@jasonlee8156]

@@paulf3 Or slaughtering the Jewish inhabitants in the Holy land?

[@Lethyss]

Fun fact: A Norwegian King was the first European king to personally lead his forces into the Holy Land.

[@Bjornerokk]

Which king?

[@K.Jerico]

​@@BjornerokkKing Sigurd I

[@deepdungeon]

He was just a teenager. He was valiant and successful and made it home, but lost his mind tragically.

[@Svarte_Vidder_Og_Sult]

@@deepdungeon he was a great king but his death caused a 110 year long civil war in norway

[@mirzamirzali5257]

no one in the world needs judastyanity

[@Whiskey_and_Steel]

When I was reading a book about the Crusades, I forget which book, but the telling of the 1st Crusade always made me giggle. "Things were going bad but then the Franks got really mad and the day was won."

[@FutureDarkJedi]

Might happen again, given the way events are unfolding nowadays 😂

[@maitres-chez-nous5609]

Another win for the Franks!!! Losing 1 war against the most advanced army of the time with some of the greatest soldiers of all time and being remembered for only that sucks. Franks have had many great battle victories. That story is funny. So remember, when they're pissed, fighting is not good!

[@littlehollow]

NEVER I remind you; NEVER... anger the Frank's... Worst mistake of my life - some ottoman guy probably

[@shahmeerahmed2496]

franks can kiss myy arrsse@@littlehollow

[@Storm-1.]

​@@maitres-chez-nous5609the crusader were also many germans and the Franks are also a germanic tribe this is not a french victory but a european.

[@MrTheKiller95]

Before I begin, I want to prefice that I am an atheist. Despite that, I do respect religion, I don't demonize it or anything, anyone is free to believe what they want. With that being said, I must point out that this video seems to be very biased and skips past a few things that I believe are important to understand the crusades. While Islamic aggression was a huge reason for the crusades, there were many other reasons for this. The Christian kingdoms of Europe didn't just go on the crusades because they wanted to protect their religion. Many kings and nobles did so because the crusades presented an opportunity to expand their domains in the east without much repercussions, allowed them to gain more wealth and influence, and more political power. The same went for the islamic states as well. The crusades were a tangled mess of politics and schemes, it was never just about protecting Christianity or spreading Islam, it was a log more complicated than that, and a lot of powerful people used the ideea of "fighting for God" as a way to gain more power, wealth and influence. The Crusades are messy, and complicated, and neither side was truly justified in these terrible conflicts. Also, both sides are guilty of committing atrocities on one another, in the name of their God. I am not bashing Christianity or Islam, however, I think the Crusades need to be looked at with a critical eye from both sides. Neither side was correct, or righteous. The crusades are indeed a stain on both Islam and Christianity.

[@katc.johnson]

As a Christian, this is the most level-headed comment I’ve seen on here

[@afriendlycadian9857]

A well thought through comment. Although I will touch on some of your points alot of crusaders int first crusades were lower tier kights and men at arms and peasants who wouldn't really benefit financially from the crusades. Still in later crusades thr major majority of crusaders were obviously from European kingdoms who had no direct holdings in the east so it would be fame and fortune as rewards which isn't a negative per day as you can still believe in a cause and want to get rewarded in some way for going to war. Religion was a major factor in both Christian and Muslim kingdoms. I will not say that politics etc didnt play a role. However regarding the crusades as a stain upon both religion I disagree with. While for some who fought on both sides their view wasn't purely religious doesn't take away that crusades were rightfully a reaction to Muslim aggression

[@456myer]

I’m a Christian and thank you for this added layer of context

[@kathytukavkin2522]

I'm an atheist and I applaud your comments. Thank you for pointing out what is so obvious, and that is money and power were behind not just the crusades, but every single war that's ever been waged! It's never about the subject they're shoving down our throats, it's always about money and power. It's that simple people. There's nothing that will ever change MY mind on the subject of wars.

[@Z329-ut7em]

@@kathytukavkin2522 this is actually not true. It’s not an equal comparison. Islam is more aggressive than Christianity ever was. The knight Templars and hospitallers could not achieve what they achieved without men fighting for what they believed was a holy cause to protect Christian holy lands. The enlightenment ideals that western atheists love to pretend they didn’t steal from Jesus were at play even during those times. The fact that they swore to never own land and reject materialism, to stay pure, and worship God. Islam, if you ever read the Quran you’d understand why, is an expansionist ideology. There’s a call to overtake the world by force baked into ideology. That’s why even today you have very violent and extreme Islamic groups, and virtually no Christian ones, because it’s actually difficult to justify violent expansion with “love thy neighbor” and “turn the other cheek”. Even the name “hospitallers” show that these knights were Christian altruists

[@Gio-ce8ob]

I truly appreciate videos like these. Most don’t understand the context of history ands what actually happened

[@benjimimin4878]

They need to make a historically accurate movie

[@aaronharlow2137]

The Hollywood overlords wouldn't allow it. Luckily we're seeing a rise in independent film studios, so maybe?

[@user-qz1yi8uv9l]

The truth hurts, especially for the christians. You can learn the truth by studying the history of free mason and how king richard made use of his people under the name of christianity, when its actually his own deep interest in black magic. Thats why, templars are closely related to magic until today.

[@Thor.Jorgensen]

It wouldn't be this one. The movie the uploader of this video gushes over is full of historical inaccuracies about Baldwin IV of Jerusalem. He was a 15-year-old teenage king who watched his men fight for him. He became unable to ride a horse at age 16 due to having lost sensation in his arms and legs, soon losing his fingers and toes, then completely disabled until he died at the age of 24. Not what this video represented, huh?

[@TheClayMann1]

@@Thor.Jorgensenhe doesn’t really mention him but an actual historical movie with that fella would be nice

[@ixisinvestigator6009]

crusades or not, jesus was a devil pretending to be god and nothing else. reading the bible is enough for me to see it

[@TaurionMartell]

The recently converted vikings went on a crusade in 1100. king sigurd the first was the first king to personally join a crusade and not a single battle was lost during his travels

[@kingpoxy2289]

Just say norse please 😭

[@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479]

"Recently" lol by the 1000's a lot of them were already Christian even in Scandinavia. Even more-so in Normandy earlier where it barely took a generation.

[@robertcuminale1212]

My ancestors moved to Normandy, France from Denmark. At that point they ceased to be Vikings Normans (Normanni, Latin) settled in the upper north of France and the area became known as Normandy. Their king, Rollo became a vassal to the French king. They became fiercely Catholic and the popes employed them against infidels. Charles Martel fought with the Muslims and forced them out of France in a battle at Toulouse. They also went to Sicily and basically chased the Greek Orthodox Church out.

[@bennyklabarpan7002]

why is that a surprise? scandinavia was converted by the sword, the ones that weren't executed or took up the sword against their kin would naturally be drawn to this. the crusades within europe were however more barbaric than the ones in the levant

[@kingpoxy2289]

@bennyklabarpan7002 it was actually kings that convinced their people to convert. i mean, hell, sweyn folk beard converted, and he still acted like a pagan while the rest of his subjects were christian as missionaries came from Germany and started slowly converting to Christianity until they were all Christian so sweyn folk beard decided to convert as his people didn't like his pagan beliefs

[@mrktm65sx]

Great video, learned so much here. Thank you sir!

[@WishUwereHere222]

Great video, couldn't agree more

[@noriksaroyan]

Don't know why the crusades are portrayed as something bad in other countries but in my country(btw, I'm from Armenia) the crusades are portrayed as fight for the sake of Christians and Christianity and at the same time, nothing bad was written about muslims. It is an unbelievable honor to be a Christian due to the fact, that my country first accepted Christianity as a state religion and due to what my nation and my ancestors had to go through to remain as a Christian country. Love to everyone and stay safe out there. Carry on the legacy of your ancestors ❤️

[@nestor1907]

Because, dear friend and brother in Christ, your country hasn't succumbed to the enemy of tradition and Christianity that is liberal laicism. The same cannot be said about my home country Spain, even if there are some like us who hold out. Hopefully we can revert this decay and restore our great Faith again. † ❤

[@noriksaroyan]

@@nestor1907 God bless you, your family, your nation, and your country ❤️

[@konnorrockkonnoisseur4970]

Western countries have a lot of socio-political snakes trying to rewrite history and shame parts of our past. It’s infuriating

[@j.a.hernandez9742]

That's cause the context of Armenia, Georgia, and even the Byzantine Empire is completely ignored in most western documentaries and movies on the events of the crusades, they kind of just put it as if catholics were simply bored of fighting each other and wanted to convert the whole world to christianity. I think in western culture and media, the crusades and colonialism are very much blended into one another, to create this appalling view of events, that Europeans have always been blood thirsty, racist group of people, that only seek to conquer. Which is very much not the case, since most of European history is actually about national stability.

[@j.a.hernandez9742]

@jackjones4824 I just want to understand your view on the umayyad caliphate and the Islamic crusades and their conquest and killings over thousands of innocent Cristians, Jews, and Zoroastrians? Also western Europe had just a much a claim to revenge as the Bzyantine Empire, the Islamic Crusades pushed well into Spain and Southern France, completing conquering the visigoths and the pieces of Frankish kingdom(both of which germanic tribes who had been converted to Christian). Also, let's not act like Islamic crusades needed to happen, or were somehow provoked, the Romes never pushed for control Arabian Dessert

[@realmikemurphy]

The Austrian flag has its origins in the Third Crusade (1189-1192). The Babenberger Leopold V was an Austrian duke. It is said that after the siege and subsequent battle of Akkon, his white robe was completely soaked in blood, save for a white stripe where he wore his sword belt. In 1191, Heinrich VI gave Leopold the red-white-red coat of arms. After the Babenbergs died out, the Habsburgs inherited the coat of arms and it became the colors of the House of Austria. It's one of the oldest, still in use, flags.

[@Kazamatigoh1221]

The Austrians started ww1

[@nootmare3095]

​@@Kazamatigoh1221who cares?

[@MicahDAmato]

​@@Kazamatigoh1221Serbia started WW1

[@Kazamatigoh1221]

@@MicahDAmato a quick search on google will tell you Austria was the ones who declared war. They were also on the German side aka the BAD side, aka the villains.

[@MicahDAmato]

@@Kazamatigoh1221 good bait man you had me goin there for a second🤣

[@saipien2868]

I have been misled my whole life about the crusades. Thank you for this video.

[@aawarrows8411]

thanks for this, was completely oblivious to this from my atheistic view but am intrigued to learn more

[@DLT-po6to]

Here in germany the crusades are not seen as a pointless aggression. The crusades were an answer to the spread of islam and that is how it is taught in school here. I was pretty surprised by the man in the intro saying the cursades where the most shameful undertaking of human history. A statement which i would consider to be ridiculous and false. The conquests of the mongols were much worse for example. People today also tend to forget that we speak of times so vastly different to our own that we can't even attempt to understand how it was for people back in the middle ages. Everyone was a fanatical believer.

[@kuiperdasniper]

And then...you open the floodgates to Islam. Smart.

[@Volvith]

I'm actually scared to open modern textbooks with how things have been going in western Europe as of late. History is being recontextualized and altered in no small part due to the demographics changing. Which is concerning, considering history should always be objective.

[@bottomtext4343]

American media, especially school material portrays the crusades as disgusting wars

[@DLT-po6to]

​@@Volvith Sadly you are absolutely right. What's happeing is very concerning.

[@xtradi]

and why are they killing Jews not Muslim then? a tradition before Nazi?

[@ruskyivanich2107]

Forget this all, I want a crusader armor set of my own.

[@alexandergreco3474]

Me too

[@jovan-noble-guy749]

I agree too. 😊

[@HadiAnimations]

I think there’s a sport in north America that does just that. U get blunt weapons, real armors, and go crazy on a 1v1 or something up to 8v8. Childhood come to life.

[@lbozo8268]

I literally wanted to sign up even before the video but now I definitely wished I could have fought to protect the holy land

[@fierceheresy]

@@HadiAnimations it's a medieval MMA place yea?

[@miovicdina7706]

Great job, Pax Tube! 👏 This so needed to be said.

[@danielseaburg9763]

within 60 seconds: ''The muslims reacted to the expansionism of Christiandom'' That's utter bullshit. The Byzantines had been begging for 8 CENTURIES for support from the Christian world AGAINST islamic barbarism.

[@rmcnabb]

Good work, I'm frankly surprised this is allowed to stay up, things being as they are.

[@costa200]

As a Portuguese I got to say that only Anglo-Saxons could come up with a version of events where the christians were the aggressors.

[@RedFrequence]

I guess they were right then. The crusade was a political move by the Pope where he disregarded all points of christianity to fulfil his dreams of a bloody conquest.

[@dindin8753]

They're

[@RedFrequence]

@@dindin8753 Nice to see there is some sense of intelligence down here.

[@hugodrax1674]

Those people in the media are all FreeMaySons which has its roots in Kabb Alism and the lsIamic world. Some of their orders, like the Shhriners, pay homage to that origin.

[@shrinidhirao8914]

Pretty much the India experience too!

[@assyrianchristian764]

As Assyrian Christian I just find the modern view of Christianity in general weird they suggested that the Christian faith has notions or attitudes that are openly hostile which they never do to any other faith especially those the modernist openly counter such as Islam

[@Handle0108]

There’s countless attacks against the Muslim faith, so I don’t know what you’re talking about.

[@petervizzini4006]

@@Handle0108 Were being played against each other

[@assyrianchristian764]

@@Handle0108 the Christians are expected to accept and tolerate the social decay and lgbt stuff that they don’t put on muslims as they are instead exotise them at the moment

[@Handle0108]

@@assyrianchristian764 that is the fault of Christians for being weak and not Muslims or the media. If you tolerate everything people will keep demanding and pushing more on you, and unfortunately nowadays Christians are not willing to stand up for their values. Muslims on the other hand stand by and defend every letter of their holy book and religion.

[@maddogbasil]

​@@assyrianchristian764 as a muslim it is quite sad to see the state of affair of religion in the modern day. Alot of Christians cater to easily to athiesm and secularism as it slowly eats away at the very core beliefs of Christianity. Nowadays it's getting hard to even tell what exactly a Christian is when so much of the religion is being changed. Some Christians think saving the faith means joining Christian fundamentalists organizations and spreading hate to other religions and all this does is push Christianity into a political ideology. The reason why islam is so successful right now is due to how robust it is, the people are both tolerant yet Intolerant, A perfect blend. I feel as though for Christianity to truly be saved in this era they must return to the source. Practice Christianity the way the early Christians did at the time of Jesus, bring back the old methods of praying, bring back the headscarf, bring back The old ways to better battle this culture war. Other wise I don't see Christianity surviving against this future, liberal, secular, Lgbt future that will eventually reach every home.

[@zackz7246]

Always glad to see this video again on the sidebar

[@REALWOCKSTR]

I see, that why the final stand by sabiton goes hard

[@houstonburnside8985]

The crusades should actually viewed as an amazing uniting conflict where many nations came together under a common cause to achieve something

[@williamrobert9898]

...that failed

[@heyo1515]

@@williamrobert9898 you didn’t watch the video huh

[@williamrobert9898]

@@heyo1515 you think a random video will alter the reality that they failed huh?

[@onlinegladiator5888]

@@williamrobert9898 🤣 LOL. Please let the butthurt Christians of this comment section live in a fantasy land where they think killing women and children and raping those who are left was a good thing. It’s funny to watch

[@niewiemjaksienazwac1652]

@@heyo1515 They failed and crippled the Byzantines even more instead of helping them. (4th Crusade)

[@AL-qo5ip]

From what I experienced, most Americans and Canadians think the crusades were terrible and have no idea what has happened prior to the crusades.

[@darby_dz]

Modern education is a cesspool

[@charsikhan9753]

You mean like the romans invading the Middle East? And North Africa or the Greeks before them or the Persians before them?

[@epiccrusadr8583]

Most other Americans could not point out where the holy land is on a map so their foolish opinions dont matter in the slightest

[@connr8691]

@@charsikhan9753 none of those were holy wars, nor were they the cause of brutal islamic conquest.

[@charsikhan9753]

@@connr8691 Not every Islamic conquest was a holy war either. Gullible commoners like you were stoked into a frenzy against “foreign” peoples throughout the ages. Rome did it, the Greeks did it, the British empire did it, the United does it. And what does it matter what the cause of conquest was? Whether political, economic, or religious in nature, conquest is conquest. Islamic conquests we’re generally benign to the natives, in comparison to western conquests in the east. As for the “cause” of the initial conquests. You may want to fine tune your history knowledge. Both the Byzantine empire (what was left of rome) and the Persians had Arab lands and Arab vassals under their thumb. What you call the initials”Islamic” conquests are in fact Arab reconquests of their own territory.

[@kingsknight7210]

What books can i read to find this information

[@Jamaal4Jesus]

What's the name of the background piano piece at the beginning part of the video? I need that.

[@rileyethier1626]

Bach's Prelude in C Major

[@survivaloptions4999]

To add further context, Mohammed himself had planned to attack Byzantium, but died in 632 before he was able to get there. The first siege of Constantinople began 42 years later in 674. By the time of the first Crusade in 1095, Muslim armies had been attacking the West for over 400 years before the European powers decided to counter attack. I think almost half a millennium of aggression is more than enough justification to take the fight to the enemy. The Europeans were definitely not the aggressors in this situation.

[@rickyyacine4818]

The crusade of Levant was actually a waste of time had they retaking Anatolia for the Byzantine or Egypt I think the crusade would last for long the levant is open bored hell hole the saljik . Ayoubid kurds abbasid fatimed it just hell

[@grimmy7481]

The Muslim-Byzantine relations became worse after the Ghassanids had killed the Prophet’s (PBUH) ambassadors which led to the first skirmish between the Muslims and the Byzantines in Mu’tah, 629 CE

[@rickyyacine4818]

@@grimmy7481 wait u sure isn't persia did this ?

[@tvbopc5416]

I have been saying this for literally my whole life. By taking the 'Holy Land' back from the Muslims most Islamic military effort was focused on regaining it rather than attacking Christendom around the Mediterranean or through the Balkans. The almost 200 years gained (1099-1291) was crucial in enabling Europe to survive.

[@SimpleReally]

​@@tvbopc5416survive what? muslim spain was around for centuries. how many wars did they have with the rest of europe? founders of oxford studied there for crying out loud, stop painting an apocalypitic threat as if there was total war and christians were killed on sight

[@liquidsnake6879]

Imagine enduring centuries of Jihad and then people going "yeah the crusades? especially evil time in human history... imagine fighting people over religion." I can almost imagine the faces of the crusaders both confused and angry in equal measure at the sheer ignorance of modern europeans on this matter

[@j.d.4697]

Imagine justifying being deranged scum with the existence of other deranged scum.

[@danielporisch2676]

Christian's. Know most crusades were declared against other Christian's, right? The video cherry picks the first few, but whether you're talking about Cathars in southern France or pagans in the Baltic, most crusades were either declared against groups not a threat to Christian lands or against fellow Christians.

[@thefool1086]

​@@danielporisch2676you mean the same cathars who where making ritual suicide?

[@seanyt14984]

Well crusades are waste literally also I know Christianty and Islam I mean Muslim ended after ottoman defeated byantizine the capital Constantine which ended it also why don't the guy mention the peace between sallhuddin and Baldwin also he hates Islam ofcourse he made this to justify crusades Templars killed all Muslims in Jerusalem I wish you respect brother I don't meant hate just explain he hates islam for jihad and terrorist

[@danielporisch2676]

@@thefool1086 literally no written records exist of the Cathars themselves so, just like rumors of witchcraft in Salem, we should take any authirs possible motivation into account for context. What we do know is that Langedouc had enjoyed more autonomy from the French crown before the Albegensian crusade and afterward was forced militarily to submit to the French crown, a major victory for the expansion of the French crown. A coincidence, then, that an Gnostic religion first recorded in Eastern Europe would have such a wellspring in southern France as to require a crusade....

[@kepppnews34]

Thank you for my eyes are now open to the history of the world

[@PertoxBR]

Reconquista and Crusades are undervalued. Nice video.

[@PM-jl6pp]

'One day for no reason at all' seems to be their go-to for why the good guys did what they did

[@rmv9194]

"Good guys", grow the fck up

[@nopenope4123]

underrated

[@markgreen6018]

The Crusaders weren't the "good guys".

[@alessandrozanzarella9203]

@@markgreen6018 there are no good nor bad guys in history

[@drunkduck9854]

​@@alessandrozanzarella9203that is not true at all

[@joshuaofili]

Christianity grew, when it was being persecuted… whereas Islam grew, when they were the persecutors.

[@ruzgar1372]

You'll never guess what the europeans did when they arrived at the americas and sub-saharan africa.

[@RebeltubeStation]

he's talking about Christianity and Islam... pot kettle black much?@@ruzgar1372

[@hurinthalion2571]

​@@ruzgar1372they built infrastructure

[@jackisgallant]

​@@ruzgar1372Aye, they built missions, universities, etc. Oh, and they single-handedly brought an end to the millions of demonic, serpent-worshipping, human sacrificing Aztecs.

[@classydays43]

​@@hurinthalion2571and millions died or were enslaved because they were not followers of the faith. Even then, there's no real reason why anyone would think building things leads to better lives. Better for some, sure, but if homelessness and diseases brought by civilisation are anything to go by, infrastructure is deadlier than whatever had been before by a huge margin.

[@cartercox2121]

As a devout catholic this is based 👍

[@SpeddyTruck]

Awesome documentary! I learned a lot.

[@willgoetz1262]

I'm no expert in history, Islam, Christianity, or much of anything. BUT I do know that my school system taught us about the Crusades, but never even so much as mentioned the Islamic Conquests. I think there is something seriously wrong with that. If we are gonna talk history, let's talk all of it, not just selective portions.

[@princessjasmine9902]

It what made me hate World History overall because they kept skipping important events. This is why I love the fact I went to seek my own understanding of history and told myself why didn’t they tell me about this in school?

[@Horrorcore_IV]

If You are from the West, You’ll be educated in Western history that’s deemed relevant to You. There is a reason the Crusades have been part of Western educational curriculum for centuries. Don’t forget, the majority of the Western World were still practicing Christians up into the 20th century and the narrative most of Us were taught about the Crusades, was only that of pilgrimage and liberation. Only, that’s not entirely true. Funnily enough, the Muslim conquests into Europe aren’t interpreted w/in the Islamic World as being necessarily positive, particularly after the first Crusade. Comparing how Our cultures interpret these events is both surprising and interesting. However, if You’re truly interested in learning about this part of history, watching Videos like the one We’re commenting on, is definitely not the place to start. I’d recommend learning about the religions and their denominations to begin with, that’ll give You a better understanding of things. ‘Usefulcharts’ & ‘Let’s talk Religion’ channels are good, credible and tangible sources of information on this topic.

[@ericpickup8601]

The Crusades are basically the geo-political equivalent of "Mom, Timmy hit me back".

[@Jason_g_kennedy]

Looking up human evolution & migration of Europe and archaeology and then the mythology of each civilisation. Huge ass pieces of history have never been taught in schools.

[@Fireballun]

All of it? Extremely impractical.

[@themanwiththegoldengooch9811]

I remember my history teacher in high school very much pushed this idea about the crusades. he even lamented the fact that charles martel stopped the muslims from entering europe because that would have stopped europe from entering the dark ages. And then taking history in university I've pretty much learned the complete opposite when it comes to medieval history

[@theguybehindyou4762]

Muslims attacked the west, then played the victim once the west responded. Some things never change.

[@baudouiniv9766]

Then your teacher is crazy

[@kyrptonite1825]

Western civilization would have never gotten this far then

[@baphometic8767]

@@kyrptonite1825 we'd be 600 years behind

[@Imperials2b2t]

Charles Martel didn't do it against Islam btw, Islam was not even fully established, it was rapidely expanding and it was seen as another christian heresy. Muslims were doing razzias (raids) on Aquitaine region, and Martel stopped them in a battle that didn't seem so important for the muslims. Then he proceeded to raid Aquitaine too and sack many cities

[@user-zq4ov3hb4v]

This video inspired me to create a song and it's probably the best song I ever created; I started the project "Poor & Pure" and today the first song, "Crusader" was released; hope you like it too

[@user-kg5yp8le5v]

The whole world needs to watch this

[@danm7298]

Ive often wondered how things wouldve been different during the third crusade if barbarossa hadnt died and the french hadnt abandoned richard the lionheart. Its amazing he had any success on his own against saladin

[@taasch2505]

The Lionheart truly earned his name and was a true Champion of The Faith.

[@anonnymousperson]

You're thinking of the third crusade, not the second.

[@danm7298]

@@anonnymousperson oops thanks i got my crusades mixed up lol

[@FlinckShinesOn]

I only recognize these names thanks to Age of Empires 2 xD

[@CETGale]

The Lionheart NEVER lost a battle to Saldin...

[@ozzymandias7346]

One group you failed to mention who were instrumental in the Crusades were the "Italians" and Sicilians (I put quotes because Italy did not exist at the time). Venice, the Papal states around Rome and of course the Sicilians (recently under the Normans) were the transporters and fighters since they knew the Mediterranean region and how to navigate supplies by boat (i.e. through Messina).

[@_hunter_hunter1048]

Another group who was instrumental in the liberation of Jerusalem from the muslim invaders was the Maronites . No one mentions them

[@thequacken6301]

Yeah but the Venetians also destroyed Byzantium in the fourth crusade

[@royegabrieli5858]

Not to mention any blow to Islam meant less raids on their lines lands and lines of commerce.

[@thenamesianna]

I mean there was the title of king of Italy but I get your point.

[@ProvisionalPatrioticAlliance]

​@thequacken6301 they fucking destroyed the greatest Christian city in the entire world and 100% opened the doors to Ottoman expansion later on. They almost ended Christianity by doing that. It's very plausible Vienna is taken and Islam keeps marching.

[@mnj01777]

Great video! Thank you.

[@user-dq6hs4ry6z]

Maybe the inital ones, but the crusades devolved into nothing but fighting for own greed and power. Let's not forget how the crusaders invaded their own christian brothers

[@andrewwarren8474]

It blows my mind how modern narratives are basically that the bad guys are good and the good guys are bad, and nobody knows enough about the history to question it

[@hbfrsg42]

History is a work of construction, not discovery. It's important to remember that history is only 20% chronological events and 80% narrative interpretation; Jules Michelet's account of the French Revolution rivaled Victor Hugo for its romantic rhetoric, and Alexis de Tocqueville's rendering of that same event was a tragedy worthy of Racine. During this time period, only the wealthy and upper social classes were taught the privilege of literacy; so history carries their perspective.

[@lanthanumlanthanium6373]

It's safe to say, if you're a Christian fighting to keep land away from the government and migrants, protecting your communities and families and keeping them homogenous, you're on the right side of history.

[@hrtdeq5432]

I loved crusaders when I was little but then as I got a bit older, I found out that they sacked Constantinople in 1204, that one sack decimated the Eastern Roman Empire and ultimately weakened them enough that they fell in 1453. Eastern Roman was one of my favourites. Christians attacking Christians, killed and looted their own brothers.

[@martincostasvigliecca8984]

that some racist sht right there @@lanthanumlanthanium6373

[@wurstwurfel2283]

Everyone who knows enough history knows, that there are no totally "good" or "bad" guys

[@Apple2-ux8uo]

One small addendum: Christianity had spread to east Africa early like 50ad, and the kingdoms east and south of Egypt adopted Christianity as their official region about 100 before it became the official religion of the Roman Empire in the 320’s. They’re some of the oldest churches are in that region. But it is slightly different branch than became Catholicism.

[@austinsavage5962]

Alot of people believe that ethiopia may have predated armenia as the first christian country very cool

[@XSquibX]

People also forget about the many Christians that existed on the eastern side of the middle east and into Asia. Maybe not majorities or countries defined by Christianity, but they were there.

[@user-yb4xv2xx4d]

नमस्कार, क्या आपके दांत साफ होना संभव है? आप किन तरीकों का इस्तेमाल करते हैं?

[@Anton33175]

We should also mention that in Rome there was a strong opposition and, even though the faithful had to go underground for many years, Christianity was there. When Christianity was officialised by the local states is not really relevant. Both St. Paul and St. Peter went to Rome where they were both killed in 67ad. Peter had the authority given by Jesus to found His Church.

[@markstein2845]

it's the Etiopian Church, who believes in the same principles as the Roman Catholic Church. The communion of the Saints and Mary, Images aren't idolatry but rather works of art to celebrate Christian Saints and God, etc. All these early christians have the same basically principles of the Roman Catholic Church because they are were founded by the Apostles of Christ, if I'm not mistaken it was Thomas who founded the Church of Etiopia.

[@DN_123]

With everything that's been going on these days, especially on how violent and things haven't really change on the other side. We need the crusade back now, more than ever.

[@justafella69]

Not all of Iberia was conquered due to the geograohy of the north. Overall though, some really great context to a complex past situation.

[@TheMerioz]

Thanks for the video. As an Arab Christian, of course, they never show this side of history and during school, the Crusaders were often described as barbaric, while the Muslims of course are merciful. I wish we could all learn pure history with no biases.

[@sohaibravi7352]

you know that the crusaders killed even the Christians amongst the muslims? no ?

[@samirSch]

(Ignore my arab name, I'm syrio-brazilian) Wait, do you mean in what country? Because with so much communist revisionism, I'm almost sure western education pictures crusaders much worse than muslim world education.

[@ihatemotionblur_3255]

obviously.. im sure the brits know next to nothing about their own cruel colonial history.

[@kennywong489]

The ayyubis were indeed more merciful by the standard of their time. Saladin was remembered in europe and earned limbo in dante poems. His descendants were also more inclined to be merciful to subsequent crusading knights. In history there are no black and white. The past is packed full of diverse characters each deserving more than the stereotypical images which we project onto them.

[@eldeebcampeador]

Funny how the Christians were so kind to the people of the Americas, the people of the North Caucasus when the Teutonic Knights went on gruesome crusades to eradicate paganism. What mercy was that? When did Muslims ever treat you Christian Arabs badly? On the contrary, those crusaders killed Orthodox Christians indiscriminately during the First Crusade. This is the kind of rule you wanted to live under?

[@kyrogeorgi1170]

Thank you pax, as a Coptic Christian, I’m glad some one is talking input our history of persecution and all other Middle Eastern Christians. God bless

[@SpacedudeProductions]

@@al-muwaffaq341 the Muslims were far worse. That’s like asking a Jewish person, would you rather live in Nazi Germany, or Rome? Of course I’m choosing Rome, even if they did suppress the Jews they weren’t nearly THAT bad in comparison!

[@nooneknowsidc]

You're funny bruh, coptic sect is the most prosecuted group before islam exist

[@al-muwaffaq341]

@@nooneknowsidc literally before the Arabs conquered Egypt the Byzantines literally persecuted them and any other denomination of Christianity that wasn’t Orthodox. That’s why these people submitted and joined the Arabs.

[@houseofwisdom798]

haha, just remind me why did the Coptic betray the Byzantine multiple times..? is it because they were persecuted? The coptic and the semites were persecuted for racial and rhetoric beliefs wasn't it..? Do you remember what happened to the pagan coptics by the romans and the christian coptics..?

[@ShinkoNet]

@@al-muwaffaq341 Catholics that killed orthodox/copts or force-converted them were excommunicated from the church later on

[@nateman9]

that 4th and 5th and 6th and several smaller unsuccessful crusades did range from monstrously evil to at best misguided.

[@zeusback5025]

Greatest and truest video ive seen on you tub.

[@howdydobuckeroo1204]

I read a history book on the crusades, and it covered every crusade in very deep detail. Ever since then, I have been waiting for something like this to finally enter public view. Edit: I finally found the name of the book. “God’s Battalions: The Case for the Crusades”

[@ctl9139]

What’s the book called?

[@howdydobuckeroo1204]

@@ctl9139 I found it, “God’s Battalions: The Case for the Crusades”

[@ctl9139]

@@howdydobuckeroo1204 thank you!

[@fizzbrew]

Nice thank you brother I'll have to read this.

[@neoachilleos6891]

I want something more.A new crusade to drive the mongrels even further Islam is disgusting they only bring pain and suffering upon this world the Greek empire brought civilization and wealth whereas the Islamic people only know how to destroy.

[@MichalisG1821]

As a Greek and a historian, I can safely say that this interpretation of the Crusades is not so present here in my country - Somewhat encounterable on the societal level, but certainly not on the academic level whatsoever. Our cultural heritage aligns with the Byzantine/Eastern-Roman Empire, which at the outbreak of the Crusades had been slowly losing territory first to the Fatimid and later Seljuk Empires for well over a century at least. As mentioned, the reason the Crusades even took place is because Emperor Alexios called upon Christendom in the West for help in a losing war when the Seljuks were nearly at the gates of Constantinople. In their own way, the Crusades were simply another phase of the Byzantine-Seljuk Wars. Our own cultural point-of-view is one that disproves the more modern western interpretation of the Crusades.

[@montemasters9330]

I'm not aware of any other culture so full of self-loathing as modern western countries. It's bizarre.

[@cruelhumor9154]

I am a bit taken aback by this video, because it makes this interpretation of the Crusades as mainstream, but even in the West (US) this is not a very academically-rigorous interpretation.

[@MaceWinduDuHuen]

there were many crusades

[@XristosArgyropoulos]

​@Byzantine Historian From what I see, here in Greece people see the crusades as a very positive thing, those who know a little more dislike the 4th crusade for obvious reasons But generally speaking we Greeks think the crusades were cool

[@MrOx85]

Europe would be Islamic if not for the crusades, I'm an atheist but I can appreciate wanting to hold on to culture and way of life.They did what they thought they should, and was the only time in history Europeans stopped fighting each other for a time and made relations between Christian nations much less hostile.

[@B4LP3T3K]

Thank you for making a banger of a video that contradicts it self on the 4th minute

[@dean532]

Well done. This was supressed by a then communal govt. in the curriculum. Nonetheless, a resilient history teacher taught us well during after classes; the public authorities(kings) were fighting crime more like the Judges Gideon, Deborah etc.

[@dean532]

These stories are always linked with good goosebumps

[@Marcus-nn6js]

I'm not even Christian, and this video still spoke to me. Love this video!

[@Hibblesonk]

Your LDS?

[@pjthehomelessmage]

LDS are Christians though, just not Nicene Christians

[@Hibblesonk]

@@pjthehomelessmage i know, but he had a beehive that resembled the Utah Flag one, so i was asking.

[@Marcus-nn6js]

@@Hibblesonk My profile picture is the cropped flag of Utah because it's my favourite flag

[@Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n]

@@pjthehomelessmage gnostic occultists are christians too i guess

[@jeffzeiler346]

It always amuses me when one-time tyrants and conquerors cry and whinge when the tables turn.

[@a1phamalestud]

Facts

[@Saberu_o_oppai_de_momu]

what do you mean by that

[@ilnessuno]

Just like Xerses.

[@katarinatibai8396]

💯💯💯 The fallen tyrants are the biggest "victimes." They are crying loudest when it's pay- back time.

[@jasonprice800]

@camaradacamarada1620 What Christian countries are claiming to be victims exactly? Couldn't help but notice you didn't include any specific information in your comment hahahaha 🐁

[@clips_nd_thoughts9502]

I'm glad I stumbled upon this video

[@Justalil27]

Greatest History lesson ever I’m so glad I watched!! ❤

[@Aku-sn9mu]

I am Armenian, and due to church records I know that I am related to Levon I the Magnificent , who was the ruler of Armenian Cilicia, one of the main Allies of Western Europe during the crusades. I have lots of stories passed down that I could share too. Overall pretty neat stuff and it’s sad almost 0 Armenians live in Cilicia these days. I also speak western / Cilician Armenian , the Constantinople dialect to be exact, which is unfortunately almost extinct. I’m really glad you mentioned Armenian Cilicia in this video. 💪💪

[@alexanderchenf1]

You should start your own KZbin channels

[@kebman]

Make sure you write it down. The most important words. The ancient words. And the terms. It is important. I did the same for some archaic North Norwegian words. And it turns out, I find them in Norse dialects all over Scandinavia now. Language is our history, so remember it! Much love from Norway!

[@themanwithnoname3636]

Pretty cool.

[@chico9805]

Armenia's story is one of the most tragic, yet inspiring in history. The fact your nation still remains is a testament to God's grace.

[@lfcmike12]

I hope your people manage to preserve your history and culture long into the future, God be with ye.

[@sciencerapt]

my cultural teacher was demonising Christianity and I am a believer in Christ I was not able to defend my faith but now that I have the information thank you good sir for helping me find a way to open the eyes of my classmates

[@dlemon9016]

There is no such thing as a just war and if you think Jesus would accept any war then you are insane

[@dgenmaxi]

"demonizing Christianity" lol get real. christians have done terrible things in the name of Jesus. many would argue they brought it upon themselves with their own actions.

[@buffaloefilms3079]

@@dlemon9016I think the Bible says if you are being forced to go against what the Bible says, then you can break that law. This might be an extension of that. In addition, the conquering of Jerusalem was a just war, as were the other wars David waged in the Old Testament

[@dudebro91-fn7rz]

You're obviously not a very good christian if you couldn't even defend your faith from some woke professor

[@buffaloefilms3079]

@@dudebro91-fn7rz I mean, if they’re a professor I’m sure theyve had a long time to gather evidence and examples against you, and that could be hard to combat at the beginning. Eg. the genocide in the Old Testament(which was acceptable because the people were offspring of demons so they weren’t actual humans, but you wouldn’t know that without context)

[@macaroni12]

Though I consider myself agnostic, I still massively respect Christianity and Catholicism and the awesome shit they did in the past, including the crusades

[@elephantalk]

It's killing me how he says "my favorite crusade" like it's a franchise lol (I aded lol at the end cuz some peapole think I posted this comment cuz I dislike this video, wich isin't true at all)

[@adaptivegamer9905]

That’s what you took away from allll of this? Really?

[@omarsabir1210]

​@adaptivegamer9905 he's just grasping at straws lol. "Noooo ridly Scot is an atheist therefore he hates christians but somehow loves Islam." How does that even make sense.

[@d3vd4s]

​@@adaptivegamer9905 he's just pointing it out, wienerschnitzel

[@elephantalk]

@@omarsabir1210 it's cuz Ridly Scot live in a left wing society like all of us, so if you are not cristian you'r conditioned to hate cristianity and to think muslims are victims of history

[@elephantalk]

@@adaptivegamer9905 it didn't took me from this video, I just think it's fun lol

[@oolooo]

As a Hispanic Latin Christian , I can tell you my Peninsular ancestors were more than justified in their struggle to liberate their homeland from foreign Pagan invaders .The Crusade was a restablishment of sovereignty against an agressive foreign presence . And think of all the splendor of the Ancient World that was erased by the Islamic invasion .The Latin and Hellenistic speaking groups in Western Asia , the Coptics , the Armenians and many more Christian cultures and cities of old .And they complain about the Crusades as unjustified .

[@superspy-xv9sx]

Well the Caliphate of Cordoba allowed christians to worship what they wanted, plus they brought great wealth and development to the land

[@oolooo]

@@superspy-xv9sx 1- Under the Jizyah humilliation and more than common killings . 2- The great wealth of al-Andalus was mostly propaganda and for the Arabs , no one else , not even the Berbers .

[@superspy-xv9sx]

@@oolooo Well how were they able to build so much amazing architecture then? Plus, the Caliphate was also split off from most of the rest of the Arab world

[@oolooo]

@@superspy-xv9sx That "amazing Architecture" was post al-Andalus , during the Taifah of Granada .And it was still Islamic .

[@superspy-xv9sx]

@@oolooo The Cordoba Mosque?

[@lore9828]

I'm not from Europe, yet the crusades were never seen in a "bad light", they were seen and teached as the Christian response to the Islamic agressions, but even with that, it is great to see a video that talks about it in depth.

[@hashira9223]

(I'm not from Arabia, but the terrorist bombing attacks were never seen in a "bad light", they were seen and teached as the Muslim response to Christian aggression) imagine if a Muslim said that, you hippocrates would went crazy

[@Jebusmike3]

Where you from, man?

[@lore9828]

@@Jebusmike3 Colombia, like, the South American country, not to be confused with the many Columbias that exist.

[@etholus1000]

@@lore9828 Right on, I'm actually very glad the crusades are being taught rightly down there. Love from North America 🙏

[@joseloera5849]

​@@lore9828 Here in México there's a lot of propaganda against the crusades, against the catholic church in general.

[@EducationalChannel28349]

Name of song in the beginning?

[@user-dy9jq4lc5y]

This video coincidentally omits how the Crusaders lost popularity among Christians in the Middle East. Most Coptic Christians (who numbered 2-3 million at the time) initially supported the Crusades, but that all changed when the Crusaders invaded Egypt and massacred scores of inhabitants in the city of Bilbeis, outraging the Coptics, who began to side with the Muslims from then onwards. Similar events went down in the Levant, where the Crusaders killed scores of Armenian Christians, Syrian Christians and Greek Orthodox Christians, which only gave the Byzantines further justification for siding with the Muslims during the Crusades after Acre. The later-waves of crusaders found little success in convincing the local Christians to assist in their "holy" mission. To make things more difficult, the crusaders didn't fare well in the Middle Eastern climate, and the Crusader kingdoms were built to fail because their heavy taxation had the same effect on the local inhabitants that Eastern Rome's heavy taxation did centuries prior. These taxes were substantially higher than the local "jizya" imposed on by the Muslims, and even despite this, Muslim lands still had far more in their coffers to supply the war. It's ironic, because the Crusaders looked down upon the Eastern Christians and considered them inferior, while the Eastern Christians looked down upon the Crusaders, and saw them as foreigners invading from Europe, which they saw as a backwater.

[@justsomeguywithawhitebeard5639]

Another reason why the byzantine empire was defeated was a huge epidemic which crippled it's economy. Before that they were on their way up since the fall of the roman empire and wanted to reconnect with the west again.

[@Michael_the_Drunkard]

*western empire. If you're gonna use the term Roman either use it for both or use east or west, instead of calling one empire Roman and not the other one.

[@theguybehindyou4762]

Satan couldn't have the Christian world becoming too successful, so he sent his servant Muhammad to change that.

[@TheLittleBasher]

The Byzantine Empire wasn't really on the way up though. After Basil II's reign, there were civil wars and infighting which severely weakened the empire in the 11th century, leading up to the defeat at Manzikert in 1071 and the Turkish takeover of Anatolia.

[@VergiliosSpatulas]

As a proud Byzantine, all I have to say is that the 4th crusade was a rather cringe event.

[@MrMustang13]

To be fair, and just to be clear, the crusader army was excommunicated before it even got to Constantinople. That crusade went off the rails really right off the bat.

[@lucasbrant9856]

I blame the venetians

[@olekcholewa8171]

IV Crusade was a terrible misunderstading which never should happen and even Pope excommunicated those people.

[@williamrobert9898]

Lol Christians out here trying so desperately to explain the 4th crusade is so hilarious 😂

[@MrMustang13]

@@williamrobert9898 we’ll if you knew it, we wouldn’t have to explain it lol unless you prefer your ignorance of the subject, in that case move along

[@squid-gs4xo]

Man the thumbnail is hilarious though i need that image

[@Irisdlv]

Excellent video. This information needs to be spread. Thank you. If we don't learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it. People just don't seem to understand how bad the Muslims were.

[@lazyenthusiasm9891]

Not gonna lie, we might be needing a new crusade.

[@barvin1185]

They are already trying to kill off innocent Palestinian children

[@quackcake91651]

its already happening

[@edgylord2092]

@@quackcake91651 where i need to join lol

[@Christopher-tf7kw]

​@@quackcake91651how and where?

[@miovicdina7706]

We're getting ready.

[@sammyyoursampaii3656]

I loved crusaders when I was little but then as I got a bit older, I found out that they sacked Constantinople in 1204, that one sack decimated the Eastern Roman Empire and ultimately weakened them enough that they fell in 1453. Eastern Roman was one of my favourites. Christians attacking Christians, killed and looted their own brothers.

[@dr.skillz77mgpl92]

religion is not inherently bad, but it can be used for evil purposes by evil people, The same goes for its good side, a knife can be used just as much for consuming food as it can be to stab somebody. Someone once said (I think it was Nietzsche): "God is dead", yes he was right, we let capitalism and secularisation and satanic worshippers let god die, because god resides within every human's heart and soul. And just look at what the world has become today ( a chessboard ) and compare it to back then, no matter the technology and barbaric practices, can't really call our world any better today :>.

[@pokemata1035]

Thank you someone reasonable being a christian like myself and liking the crusades are two very different things the Byzantine called for help the pope scammed a bunch of poor people promising they could go to heaven very fucked. They massacred people from Europe more then the damn turks the modern pope is pretty good but back then the papacy was an oppressive system used for powergrabs.

[@OduThickness]

I came to this video to say the same. Such a huge loss of history with how badly the city was pillaged and looted.

[@iBacon]

evidence of human greed throughout history regardless of religion

[@sammyyoursampaii3656]

@@iBacon the best way to put it

[@JameaJimea1175]

Violence begets Violence Humanity will never learn

[@thomasmasoniii2730]

So true, thank you for sharing

[@omnitrix1279]

Thank you for outlining this. I knew the Crusades were preceded by Islamic wars far latger, longer, and more atrocious, but this goes a long way to put it all together. God bless you.

[@omnitrix1279]

@dukedase7 You're welcome to put forth your own evidence, but I've seen this kind of take verified by a prominent ex-Muslim who had everything to lose by doing so.

[@mustafahussein1858]

@@omnitrix1279 cope harder, you lost the crusades and we have the key to your holy sepulchre.

[@omnitrix1279]

@mustafahussein1858 Enjoy it. Christ's not using it anymore. ;)

[@HeLpLOstGOdAny1]

@@dukedase7 ​ Islam mandates lying though, so it's not like anyone is likely to believe the other side of the story.

[@dukedase7]

@@HeLpLOstGOdAny1 It's clear what your biases are, I hope you know that. And the sources don't even have to come from Muslims.

[@CrazyPortal11]

As a Jew who grew up going to Hebrew/Jewish school, I never understood the excessive self hating sentiment amongst Christian’s when I began going to a normal secular high school and interacted broadly with Christians. Believe it or not, in “Jewish school” we receive very straightforward/no bs lessons in history, including one which explained the nuance and defensive nature of the crusades. I think misinformation or more so these mainstream oversimplifications of history and reality to the point of them being false is a more a consequence of the general lethargy/decay of society that has come with secularism. People like being retarded

[@smokeyhoodoo]

Your people committed genocide against all of Europe

[@JE.1985]

The problem with secular schools, at least in England where I’m from, is that the history is taught to portray our country in a negative light, and be ashamed of our past. It’s like an attempt to make up for any wrong doings that the country committed.

[@chico9805]

​@@JE.1985 It's framed as repentance for wrongdoing, but in reality its an agenda of demoralisation to make Europeans hate themselves. For whatever reason, the powers at be want to destroy Europe.

[@smokeyhoodoo]

@@JE.1985 Like when we forced them to collect our taxes

[@smokeyhoodoo]

@@JE.1985 Did you take what I just said seriously?

[@ivanskrljac894]

Idk about awesome, but it does seem like it may have been necessary

[@kurisari1937]

Ever since learning the truth about the Crusades as a European, I have changed my mindset a lot. Our ancestors weren’t the savages-the Jihadists were and still are. Christianity has since become peaceful and accepting (even lax) whilst Islam has never stopped being full of hatred, violence and the clear goal to destroy all infidels. I feel immense gratitude for these brave (if ruthless) men who protected Europe and paved the way for us. Europeans must remember how much our ancestors have fought for. They weren’t given this land. They defended it for centuries. I’m filled with love and respect for their sacrifices.