"Obviously, this would have been amazing, which is why it could never happen." Your humour, man. It gets me.
@BazukinBelyugovich Жыл бұрын
During the War in Iraq, one of Saddam Hussein's vice presidents proposed that Hussein and George Bush should solve the issue by literally having a duel with one another, refereed by the UN Secretary General at the time.
@Fam98KK Жыл бұрын
@@BazukinBelyugovich I would pay my entire fortune to watch that sh*t
@imnotmadimdisappointed Жыл бұрын
@@BazukinBelyugovich “obviously this would have been amazing, which is why it could never happen.”
@lalalu641 Жыл бұрын
@@BazukinBelyugovich Fuck, real life truly is the biggest disappointment that would've been awesome.
@nureinjunker-mann90157 ай бұрын
@@BazukinBelyugovich no surprise that bush was too much of a pussy for a duel
@Omar-cw5gg2 жыл бұрын
1:59 “this went incredibly well… for the French” The abruptness of this gets me every time 💀
@Hand-in-Shot_Productions Жыл бұрын
It also gets me!
@jeffjefferson50956 ай бұрын
Best joke of the video lmao
@phoenix3312 жыл бұрын
"He didn't want to be the king of Sicily and the king of Sicily, he wanted to be the king of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies." That's a tongue twister if I've ever heard one.
@hunterjohnson91442 жыл бұрын
Where’s the second Sicily, Lebowski?
@nathanandsugar52522 жыл бұрын
So if it was Two Sicilies that united Italy instead would it have been called the Kingdom of the Three (Four) Sicilies?
@NAYRUthunder99 Жыл бұрын
@@nathanandsugar5252the Kingdom of Many Sicilies
@apertamono6 ай бұрын
The name is a lot simpler than the flag, though.
@ilania952 жыл бұрын
As an Italian teacher of Humanities who took a specific university course in Early Modern Italian History, I wnat both to give major thumbs-up to this (as usual) excellent summary, as it sent me ROTFLling hard, and add a couple nuances: - The nonsense of the Continental half of the kingdom retaining the "Sicily" moniker was so ridicolous its use was confined to the most formal formalities, while everybody kings included would informally refer to it as the Kingdom of Naples, as if it had originated as a city-state and eventually overbloated (which was kinda true, for Naples ended up becoming a mini-Paris or mini-London leeching riches and humanpower off minor towns). - Once the two kingdoms re-merged during the Restoration Age, king Ferdinand theoretically arranged them into a federation roughly similar to the UK after the Act of Union, and just to wrap things up he decided that Sicily proper was to be referred to as "Sicily beyond the Lightouse", while the Continet being "Sicily behind the Lighthouse" - for yes, there were twin light-houses on the Strait of Messina, and king Ferdinand would rather use them as a reference point than the Strait itself or, you know, talk about the "United KIngdom of Sicily and Naples".
@cv48092 жыл бұрын
What was the kingdom officially called before 1815 when it was united under Bourbons?
@alessiopronto4092 жыл бұрын
@@cv4809 Before 1815 they were two different and separate kingdoms ruled by the same person. The kingdom that controlled the island of Sicily was the "Kingdom of Sicily (on the other side of the strait/lighthouse)" while the kingdom on the peninsula was the "Kingdom of Sicily (on this side of the strait/lighthouse)" colloquially know as "The Kingdom of Naples"
@KeefeL2 жыл бұрын
Was curious... could formalities be informal?
@kenobi62572 жыл бұрын
In the Spanish official titles, the kingdom was (and is still referred to as) the Kingdom of Naples, curiously enough
@stephenderry94882 жыл бұрын
Can't imagine where they got the idea of trying to claim part of Italy by using it in the name of their country when the reality is they controlled a completely separate and non-overlapping entity! cough cough "Eastern Roman Empire!" cough cough "Holy Roman Empire"
@JackRackam2 жыл бұрын
The details in this one are so good, I love googly-eyed George III
@khanaratsadon2 жыл бұрын
oh wow jack
@nonameuserua2 жыл бұрын
When a child, I saw that “kingdom of both Siciles” many times and seriously thought the southern part of Italy had been called Sicily too. Then, I simply forgot about it. Now, after 20+ years of my ignorance, you have my thanks.
@rehurekj2 жыл бұрын
Well, the peninsular part was in various times and context called Sicily, too. Insular part, called occasionally Trinacria, was Sicily beyond the lighthouse and Neapolitan mainland was Sicily on this side of the lighthouse.
@nonameuserua2 жыл бұрын
@@rehurekj I might guess that context is somehow linked to the kingdom’s name, not the part of the peninsula
@rehurekj2 жыл бұрын
@@nonameuserua it was the name for the peninsular part, the whole kingdom was originally just kingdom of Sicily, one Sicily, and various lordships and duchies of the peninsular part was grouped under the name Sicily on the side of Faro and later kingdom of Naples or Neapolitania and the island was thus Sicily on the other side of Faro and officially kingdom of Trinacria, and due later partition of formerly one kingdom of Sicily into two under different rulers when it was reunified again it become known as Two or Both Sicilies.
@cyrusthegreat70302 жыл бұрын
Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name
@nonameuserua2 жыл бұрын
@@rehurekj you just restored the myth I thought to be destroyed half an hour ago
@jakekn73042 жыл бұрын
I caught the alligator who ate the deluca boy
@guillaumebuffet33842 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and the ''I'll be home soon sweety'' killed me
@cyrusthegreat70302 жыл бұрын
Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name
@ClarinoI2 жыл бұрын
@@glocksmith226 Abducted by aliens and taken to the Delta Quadrant.
@actin92942 жыл бұрын
@@guillaumebuffet3384 I don't get that reference, could someone enlighten me about it?
@GarkKahn2 жыл бұрын
@@actin9294 Let's just say it took longer to go back home
@tf2godz2 жыл бұрын
"So everyone died for nothing." Sadly this can describe A lot of human history.
@Antarius19992 жыл бұрын
WWI in a nutshell.
@ilikewindows34552 жыл бұрын
@@Antarius1999 literally
@januarysson56332 жыл бұрын
Ukraine “special operation”.
@Negetive2digit2 жыл бұрын
@@Antarius1999 Actually, some borders changed and regimes were overthrown in WWI so, technically, it wasn't 'for nothing' like a white peace would have been.
@1Phase12 жыл бұрын
And that's why people eventually decided that dying for the sake of an absolute monarch who doesn't care about his subjects at all is unacceptable. Thus we deposed all absolute monarchs or took away their power, and now we get to die for politicians who don't care about their subjects instead. Much better :)
@pedrogabrielwriter2 жыл бұрын
King Ferdinand: “What about Sicily?” Congress of Vienna: “You already have one” King Ferdinand: “I’ve got one Sicily, yes. What about second Sicily?”
@TorIverWilhelmsen2 жыл бұрын
Ah, so one of Aragorn's code names was Congress of Vienna, and King Ferdinand was a hobbit. It makes sense.
@mikearmstrong8483 Жыл бұрын
The connection here is that Aragorn was both King of Gondor and a large part of Spain, but the Spanish have always had trouble pronouncing his name correctly.
@scaper121232 жыл бұрын
The fact that the french didn't rename the southern itallian kingdom when it lost Sicily sounds like one of those quirks of Crusader Kings where after conquring the namesake of a county the AI isn't programmed to be able to change its name to reflect this.
@count4872 жыл бұрын
Well, the capital of the state had been Naples for a century, so insofar as a central state existed in the vassal-oriented politics of the time, it was still intact and still busy waging war to reclaim its wayward province for decades. After that it was just a point of pride and not wanting to give up on the point of precedence.
@mappingshaman52802 жыл бұрын
For real. I'm playing the game of thrones mod and I'm the king of the trident, and I've conquered the whole crowlands including kings landing, but the kingdom of westeros is still called "the iron throne" even though theoretically i own the iron throne.
@NanarStudios2 жыл бұрын
The montage of Napoléon being bored of winning and then finally happy when losing earned an instant like
@charlestonianbuilder3442 жыл бұрын
suffering from success
@_____MB_____2 жыл бұрын
This channel never fails to be the best history channel on KZbin
@_____MB_____2 жыл бұрын
@The Philosoraptor literally carrying history. History matters is why I am interested in history, along with other channels like oversimplified and knowledgia
@vivofoottheseventh73932 жыл бұрын
The return of dave
@eduardpeeterlemming2 жыл бұрын
Oversimplified?
@TheAlteredHub2 жыл бұрын
A joint first 4 me
@Mylifesuckslol2 жыл бұрын
Tied with oversimplified
@MasterBomer2 жыл бұрын
the one frame of the well whenever you say "well" is another reason why i love this channel
@I_AM_HYDRAA2 жыл бұрын
really
@cyrusthegreat70302 жыл бұрын
Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name
@sail2byzantium2 жыл бұрын
That flew by me at first, but yeah, fantastic. Thanks for mentioning it.
@I_AM_HYDRAA2 жыл бұрын
i can’t see it
@sail2byzantium2 жыл бұрын
@@I_AM_HYDRAA When History Matters asks "Why did the Kingdom of the two Sicilies only have one Sicily?" (@ 0:18), he self-replies "WELL" and quickly flashes to a picture of a well (@ 0:22), before finishing the rest of his self-reply: "in order to find out, we need to go back to the medieval period."
@zachhalverstam28042 жыл бұрын
I think this is probably the funniest episode so far. Both from a conceptual and a joke per minute perspective. Well done
@afiffarhati45802 жыл бұрын
Agreed. So many funny bits and jokes , and the context itself is hilarious (minus the war and killing stuff of course).
@kingt02952 жыл бұрын
Its conceptually the funniest, i didn’t smile or laugh but he crammed more jokes in
@ziadbaha16992 жыл бұрын
Yup it was hilarious and even with all the jokes I still laighed
@ClarinoI2 жыл бұрын
"Now obviously this would have been amazing which is of course why it could never happen".. You're not wrong, but I really hoped for a moment that you were going to tell us that this duel had actually taken place.
@RAMusicRU2 жыл бұрын
«This went incredibly well…for the French» 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@spk11212 жыл бұрын
I laughed out loud at that 😆
@weleho2 жыл бұрын
It very usual joke flrmy for History matters. And better to stay that way.
@carlossanabria79912 жыл бұрын
This channel is pure gold
@johnlander46352 жыл бұрын
That was a good line
@jeffbenton61832 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of what the Oracle of Delphi supposedly said to the Lydian King Croesus when he asked if it would be a good idea to attack Cyrus of Persia: "you will cause the destruction of a great empire."
@UIGoku592 жыл бұрын
History Matters always answers the burning questions I never even knew I had.
@enqrbit2 жыл бұрын
This is the only time he has answered a question I knew I had. hahahahaha!
@cyrusthegreat70302 жыл бұрын
Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name
@jefferybushnik30572 жыл бұрын
Me: *living my life* History Matters: *uploads video* Me: "Wait, wait wait... why WAS the Kingdom Of The Two Sicilies called that...???"
@stulog2 жыл бұрын
True 'dat
@thunderbird19212 жыл бұрын
What's hilarious is that he left out partially WHY Garibaldi was able to take southern Italy: The Royal Navy helped transport his army to the coast of Naples and make their landing. Essentially, Britain backstabbed their old Napoleonic Wars ally to adjust the European power balance.
@ragingsage39732 жыл бұрын
The Sicilian Vespers is probably one of the coolest event of the Medieval Period. The international conspiracy to remove Charles is worthy of a movie.
@ragingsage39732 жыл бұрын
Probably not the coolest event for all the slaughtered French inhabitants of the island though.
@andrewklang8092 жыл бұрын
And it has one of the coolest names too. It sounds like a conspiracy of sexy Italian snakes.
@teemusid2 жыл бұрын
I read Steven Runciman's history of the event. I like his work, as he usually gives both sides telling of events, then draws conclusions.
@princepscivitatis40832 жыл бұрын
This war gave birth to arguably medieval Europe's greatest admiral; Roger de Lauria and put the feared Almogavars on the map.
@cyrusthegreat70302 жыл бұрын
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@bernardogoncalves8252 жыл бұрын
"As you all know, Napoleon eventually got sick of sucess and tried his hand at losing." This channel never fails, i love it.
@mimikyoo Жыл бұрын
2:05 this is legit the funniest scene in any HM video
@somedude54222 жыл бұрын
"Everyone alive, even Dave" Yes.
@jonbaxter22542 жыл бұрын
I still won't forgive Dave, mark my words.
@namenamename3902 жыл бұрын
So it was called that because it had previously been united, but then split apart, with both of them adapting the same name, despite one of the two halves not being in the land it's named after, and when reunited, the term was used to describe both halves, so there were two of them, despite the fact that there is only one of the land where the name comes from? Nice.
@zacharyelliott71612 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I couldn't have put it any less clearly myself.
@gimmethegepgun2 жыл бұрын
Rather reminds me of the 5 different entities that claimed to be Rome at one point or another despite only 1 of them actually containing it.
@cyrusthegreat70302 жыл бұрын
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@lil_jackgamez89922 жыл бұрын
@@cyrusthegreat7030 oh crap not again
@cyrusthegreat70302 жыл бұрын
@@lil_jackgamez8992 you already know who it is
@worstspytf28242 жыл бұрын
I think what sells the "deadpan" humor in these videos so well to me is that unlike most people I've heard try to deliver similar jokes to the jokes made in these videos in a similar way to how there delivered here, is that you don't hear him trying to hold back a laugh or notability flinch in his delivery to make sure he doesn't giggle to himself. He just delivers the jokes in his script like he does every other line and serves to make the jokes in these videos more humorous instead of less in my opinion. Eddit: Yes, I know I just described what deadpan humor is, my comment is/was supposed to put forward that I think he does deadpan well not just "Oh look, he's using deadpan humor." And I also split it into too sentences though I'm struggling to cut down the first in size, so sorry for my previous lack of proper sentence structure.
@cyrusthegreat70302 жыл бұрын
Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name
@createyourownfuture54102 жыл бұрын
@@cyrusthegreat7030 my* And yes, for sure!
@GarkKahn2 жыл бұрын
That may look easy, but fun fact no
@chris5822 жыл бұрын
@@cyrusthegreat7030 which raises the question, why? Why would you want to rebuild the great Persian empire?
@Luboman4112 жыл бұрын
You just gave the definition of "deadpan humor." It's "deadpan" for a reason. ;)
@dhess342 жыл бұрын
Bro, you don’t have to say, “I hope you enjoyed this video”. We all truly enjoy every video you make.
@politicalqueso Жыл бұрын
"There are dozens of us" Garibaldi holding this sign is why i love this channel
@Mortebianca2 жыл бұрын
The more Sicilies the better. Why not Seven?
@ecurewitz2 жыл бұрын
84 Sicilians, dammit
@dalstein37082 жыл бұрын
Because then you would have seven Mafias. Maybe even more. Admittedly, that could end up in one hell of a shoot-out.
@weleho2 жыл бұрын
@@ecurewitz I raise with Kingdom of 203.5 Sicilies and county of Australian Greenland ruled by admiral Manlypower.
@markusz44472 жыл бұрын
Seven silly Sicilies
@AlexanderRM10002 жыл бұрын
Proposal to rename Sardinia, Corsica, and at least 3 regions on the Italian mainland to "Sicily".
@digittheatre41012 жыл бұрын
Did I ever think about this? No. Did I even know a Kingdom of Two Sicilies ever existed? No. But did I immediately click on the video because it was made by one of the most consistently good youtubers on the platform. Absolutely!
@cyrusthegreat70302 жыл бұрын
Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name
@Vitorruy12 жыл бұрын
clearly not a victoria player
@rasmusn.e.m10642 жыл бұрын
This is why subscriptions exist!
@GarkKahn2 жыл бұрын
That's one of the countries i discovered thanks to paradox games Like tannu tuva
@r.o.b87282 жыл бұрын
Imagine Never Playing Victoria 2
@drevno12192 жыл бұрын
0:14 WOW EVEN DAVE?!?!
@heisenburger1_2 жыл бұрын
Yes even DAVEYYY!!
@L4B055 Жыл бұрын
DAVEEEEEEY! How you doin'?
@bod-72684 ай бұрын
Michael, Did you just jump out of a blimp?!
@arpitarunmishra2 жыл бұрын
2:44 oh come on that name is good!!!
@giannb51452 жыл бұрын
0:34 that French prince, Charles of Anjou, is one of the most interesting people in medieval history. At the height of his power he was probably the single most influential person in Europe, but suffered a devastating blow with the "Sicilian vespers".
@paoloparziano62542 жыл бұрын
As a Sicilian, you can’t imagine How happy I am you made this video Amici Siciliani, facciamoci sentire carusi/picciotti !!!
@pierpaoloparisi20492 жыл бұрын
Sono figlio di messinesi in Australia. Avrebbe dovuto menzionare che l'ingiustizia delle potenze straniere in Sicilia creo' il terreno fertile per la Mafia. Vespri ricordati anche nell'inno nazionale..
@Boretheory2 жыл бұрын
Come sardo adoro e al contempo detesto vedere come siete ridotti. Vorrei solo un’italia dove anche il sud è sviluppato e i suoi cittadini stanno bene
@esti-od1mz2 жыл бұрын
@@Boretheory meh, non è che stiamo così male. Sono stato in Sardegna e non ho notato una sostanziale differenza nello stile di vita, anche se invidio il traffico agevole di Cagliari rispetto al caos palermitano (ma c'è da dire che Cagliari è più piccola). Certo si potrebbe fare di meglio...
@Boretheory2 жыл бұрын
@@esti-od1mz nah fidati si vive bene qua e le strade non crollano di continuo è molto piacevole. Diciamo che vedi la differenza standoci tanto. La mia permanenza in Sicilia e Campania non è stata “ delle migliori “. Soprattutto quando abbiamo aspettato 3 ore per mangiare mentre c’era il ristorante che serviva una “festa “ con tanta gente anziana e signore giovani e stranamente molto belle e non italiane 👀
@esti-od1mz2 жыл бұрын
@@Boretheory be', hai semplicemente avuto una brutta esperienza in un ristorante... sono stato sia in Sicilia che in Sardegna, francamente non ho notato grandi differenze: con la Svizzera (per fare un esempio) la Sicilia non reggerebbe il paragone per infrastrutture! Confesso comunque che vedere i cartelli sparati nellla Barbagia mi ha fatto un po' d'impressione...
@stevemc012 жыл бұрын
Dave is becoming a recurring character in the Matters of History channel.
@espenemilthygesen91512 жыл бұрын
Who is Dave?
@adamkerman4752 жыл бұрын
@@espenemilthygesen9151 Dave!
@stevemc012 жыл бұрын
@@espenemilthygesen9151 The man who could be a communist and even he knows the Two Siciles are just one Sicily.
@candyzevallos89812 жыл бұрын
Who again?
@dave46402 жыл бұрын
@@espenemilthygesen9151 Hello there!
@francesco80002 жыл бұрын
What's the point of living in a timeline where we didn't have the king of France dueling against the king of Aragon with the king of England as the referee?
@princepscivitatis40832 жыл бұрын
Charles of Anjou wasn't the King of France. He was the uncle of the King of France.
@3st3st772 жыл бұрын
Probably the least biased referee they could find. I wonder why that didn't happen.
@philipforinton58042 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most important questions in life. There'd actually probably be a billion videos about it on youtube today
@cyrusthegreat70302 жыл бұрын
Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name
@Boretheory2 жыл бұрын
@@cyrusthegreat7030 better proposal what about we reform the Roman Empire plus everything European today
@element50-me2 жыл бұрын
I can imagine a guy named Dave at work and he didn't know about it and is just freaking out.
@t-mag30042 жыл бұрын
Btw. I'd just like to add that in order for contemporary historians to distinguish between the real Sicily and other Sicily, the other Sicily is usually referred to as the 'Kingdom of Naples' after the other Sicily's largest city... Naples.
@stavroskassinos78342 жыл бұрын
yeah that's largely why I completely forgot about the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies existing. I always remember them as Kingdom of Sicily and Kingdom of Naples
@tomtomtrent2 жыл бұрын
The Sicilian Sicily is also referred to sometimes as the Kingdom of Trinacria (another name for Sicily) to distinguish it from Naples or the earlier or later united kingdoms
@SouthParkCows882 жыл бұрын
I don't know why Dave was personally attacked as a liar like that, but it was funny. 😂
@jonbaxter22542 жыл бұрын
Dave knows what he did...
@hongxiuquan692 жыл бұрын
Who's Dave?
@foldedchicken46342 жыл бұрын
@@hongxiuquan69 dave mama
@cyrusthegreat70302 жыл бұрын
Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name
@jonbaxter22542 жыл бұрын
@@foldedchicken4634 Gottem
@Old_Harry72 жыл бұрын
Sicily proper held the most ancient parliament to date, it was the home of many thinkers that during the middle ages inspired centuries later the Renaissance, it was a multicultural heaven where both Greeks, Arabs and Latins lived together in harmony. After the whole French-Aragon debacle happened the island was essentially treated as a colony by the Spaniards and after the Kingdom of the two sicilies was established sicily was plundered in favor of Naples in the inland part of the kingdom. No wonder sicilians, who by that point had become a ignorant peasant ruble, rebelled in mass when Garibaldi arrived joining Sardinia Piedmont effort in uniting the Italian peninsula.
@glif13602 жыл бұрын
Wait wasn't the most ancient one in San Marino?
@shorewall2 жыл бұрын
@@glif1360 I think that was the longest continuous one, since it still exists today.
@panzerofthelake5062 жыл бұрын
@@glif1360 apparently somehow ancient Greek and Italian councils don't count as parliaments. Even tho they were more democratic than any mediaeval parliament.
@Old_Harry72 жыл бұрын
@@glif1360 San Marino is the oldest Republic to date but the most ancient parliament is in Palermo Sicily.
@Old_Harry72 жыл бұрын
@@panzerofthelake506 still, the one in Palermo is the most ancient one.
@raptorcell66332 жыл бұрын
This is a question that has always bothered me but never enough for me to actually Google it. When I was playing Crusader Kings I created a custom Kingdom of the Two Sicilies since it didn't exist, I briefly pondered why it was called that and moved on
@TrashskillsRS2 жыл бұрын
Before 1815 it was basically the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Siciliy. The formal name for Kingdom of Naples was kept as the Kingdom of Siciliy, but never really used
@robotiq86202 жыл бұрын
I love that Peter the First was portrayed with the sword of night and flame.
@SensaiRyu2 жыл бұрын
I love how you go over the most esoteric historical stuff ever. Please never stop. We need channels like you to fill in the nooks and crannies of history.
@princepscivitatis40832 жыл бұрын
Aragonese Sicily has one of the most badass heraldry. The vertical Senyera impaled by the Hohenstaufen Eagles is just * *chef's kiss* *.
@BasicLib2 жыл бұрын
can you give a link, cant find it online.
@aleccoates90942 жыл бұрын
2:33 lmao at George III chillin in the back
@benc.31282 жыл бұрын
What’s he’s doing is a little more than chillin 💀💀💀
@amirferdhany3177 Жыл бұрын
Wasn’t he mentally unstable at that point? He apparently talked to a tree when he was supposed to be talking to the King of Prussia
@lynn-chan69372 жыл бұрын
"Thus ending the worst named kingdom ever" Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: *Am I a joke to you?*
@thomasmcgraw66292 жыл бұрын
That's what the Bosniaks said.
@windwaker1052 жыл бұрын
Well at least that is an accurate name. The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies has only one Sicily
@ryanbaker8212 Жыл бұрын
i love how personally offended he soundes in the beginning
@98raoul2 жыл бұрын
There's two little inaccuracies: 1: The first to declare himself king of the Two Sicilies was actually Murat, the Napoleonic king who controlled the continental South, as he laid claim to Sicily as well. The Bourbons just recicled the idea. 2: Toponyms for the continental South are very funky, but it was common to call it "Sicily this side of the lighthouse", so the kingdom of the Two Sicilies was composed of twl kingdoms of Sicily, sure, but it was also a Kingdom made up of two Sicilies. I don't think it was ever understood to be a wacky name at the time, but I'm not sure on that. Other than that, pretty accurate for a 3 minute video on 700 years of history!
@tremendousbaguette96802 жыл бұрын
I remeber something about a Cisterior Sicily and an Ulterior Sicily. Don't know which was which, though.
@kets44432 жыл бұрын
@@tremendousbaguette9680 There was "Hither and Ultra Sicily" in the titles of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
@botsyame93262 жыл бұрын
I just love how History Matters delivers their jokes, you never see them coming and somehow they are never forced.
@Doso7772 жыл бұрын
0:21 Well
@manioqqqq Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@febrian00792 жыл бұрын
"What was Europe's reaction to the Mongol invasion?" Please, i think it would be a good question. And "Why were the Christians less tolerant towards Jews than the Muslims?"
@imperialisticvonhabsburg31492 жыл бұрын
Because the jews were closer and literally in every village?
@ys86862 жыл бұрын
@@imperialisticvonhabsburg3149 plus probably its because in medieval era there was no jewish state or jewish power base while most of the middle east and Northern africa was filled with powerful muslim kingdoms
@ys86862 жыл бұрын
So if you keep killing and persecuting muslim people in your Kingdom this can cause tensions among the muslim rulers
@hunter7042 жыл бұрын
Sigma move. Declare working with money sinful. Disallow religious minority from other specialized work. Religious minority gives loans. Religious minority owns our Debt?!? KILL Religious minority. Sigma move.
@kmmmsyr98832 жыл бұрын
@@imperialisticvonhabsburg3149 Nope. Jews in Spain lived pretty peacefully (compared to other European countries) under Muslim rule until Reconquesta, and after it Alhambra Decree happened. After Alhambra Decree, Ottomans (another Muslim country) didn't just welcome Jewish refugees, but sent ships specifically to bring Jewish refugees. Every Turkish town in Western Anatolia and Balkans also had Jewish neighborhoods (especially Istanbul, Thesseloniki and Izmir) and some Ottoman Jews held important positions, such as Sinan Reis, aka Great Jew.
@matthewmccallion33112 жыл бұрын
Very interesting Amelia Earhart joke on today, the 90th anniversary of her landing in Gallagher's field in Ballyarnett, close to my home in Culmore, near Derry City, Northern Ireland after her first solo transatlantic flight :)
@Bernat_Pascual Жыл бұрын
1:03 Pere (Peter) actually travelled to bordeus, disguised as a servant, and when he arrived, he identify ed himself to the authorities, although Charles would never dare to fight the duel
@alanpennie Жыл бұрын
Quite a romantic episode for Peter.
@Longshanks16902 жыл бұрын
0:55 Imagine helping the French and the Spanish sort out their issues. Wouldn’t be me, lmao. 😎
@gregrobinette86202 жыл бұрын
Thankyou King Edward "Longshanks" the 1st
@tercomada Жыл бұрын
Para nada sirvió, por Nápoles y Sicilia España y Francia lucharon 6 guerras, llamadas las guerras itálicas, al final de la última guerra España no solo se imponía para siempre ante Francia en Nápoles y Sicilia sino que también en Milán y el vaticano al intentar asesinar al emperador Carlos 1 de España, bueno como que no acabo muy bien el papa
@jlshel422 жыл бұрын
The humor on this channel is really ramping up and I love it
@unioneitaliana71072 жыл бұрын
The king of two Sicilies (1815-1861) had the title of "Sicilian Majesty" although the capital where he lived was not in the island but in Naples, in the continent. The same with "Sardinian Majesty", the king lived in Torino (Turin) and not in the island of Sardinia.
@davidbaptist962 жыл бұрын
I know I’m late to comment, but one often overlooked factor is that the naming of the newly formed Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was also a propaganda move made to appease the “Sicilian” part of the kingdom who wasn’t ever that happy of being jointly governed from Naples. Despite the two kingdoms being often governed together throughout history, the island of Sicily always maintained a certain desire of independence. When merging the two kingdoms king Ferdinand went even to the extra mile of starting over the regnal numeration: he was Ferdinand the IV of Sicily (island) and III of Naples (the informal name for the “continental” Kingdom of Sicily), but became Ferdinand I of the two Sicilies. While this might seem like a small thing, many times when this supposedly equal unions between kingdoms happened the monarchs kept the numeration of the stronger member in the union: When in 1701 England and Scotland were fused into the United Kingdom, the newly formed nation kept the numeration of the English monarchy (this being interpreted as a subtle sign that it was an English expansion over Scotland). Alfonso XII and his son Alfonso XIII of Spain choosing to deliberately follow the Casillian numeration over the Aragonese one signified the preference for the Castilian language over the many local ones in Spain (Aragonese, Catalan etc). When of Italy was unified in 1861 the first Italian king Victor Emmanuel II decided to keep his number instead of starting over. This was done presumably so that he wouldn’t be confused with his grandfather, but it was also interpreted as a sign that the recent unification of Italy was really a territorial expansion of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
@philipforinton58042 жыл бұрын
I love how you never run out of new ways to humourise Napoleon's defeat, even though you basically mention it in every video. XD
@thomaswinters33412 жыл бұрын
Dave needs to become a main character in your videos.
@jonbaxter22542 жыл бұрын
Dave needs to get back to work...
@cyrusthegreat70302 жыл бұрын
Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name
@Miamcoline2 жыл бұрын
These are honestly still so good. You manage to pack nuance and crucial context in a way that much longer documentaries completely often fail. I don't remember ever disagreeing with your take or nuance on something. And that is unheard of. I am pedant and political analyst and you unfailingly do a great job. And you make them really fun. Really well done and thank you for this channel.
@sicily3782 жыл бұрын
Yes finally. Being a Sicilian myself I am so happy we finally got our own video. We really did deserve this and you did us justice history matters thank you very much
@Moon-nk3co2 жыл бұрын
“One of the most bareface lies in history apart from I promise I don’t want anymore of czechoslovakia.” Damn
@JakeandElwoodBlues2 жыл бұрын
Blood and Soil
@eljanrimsa58432 жыл бұрын
We will not invade.
@cyrusthegreat70302 жыл бұрын
Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name
@wordsofwisdom85872 жыл бұрын
The Holy Roman Empire is sweating profusely right now…
@Dalynx092 жыл бұрын
"I'll be home soon Sweetie" The sheer amount of Dark humour lmfao
@ivansych89562 жыл бұрын
What does this joke mean?
@JakeandElwoodBlues2 жыл бұрын
@@ivansych8956 Pearl Harbor
@ivansych89562 жыл бұрын
@@JakeandElwoodBlues Thank you.
@Dalynx092 жыл бұрын
@@ivansych8956 Amelia Earheart, she was the first female pilots in the world if I'm not wrong, and was the first to travel the whole Atlanctic by plane without stop, she died misteriously in one of her trips, which was the circumnavigation one if I'm not wrong, anyway, you can always look her up, at least it's what I understood
@samiamrg72 жыл бұрын
“This went incredibly well. For the French.” My favorite part 🤣
@hlibushok2 жыл бұрын
This was quite obvious. When saw the map of the Two Sicilies for the first time I immediately thought "Apparently, Neapol is called Sicily for some reason. Probably because Spain." I was almost right.
@joshuasims54212 жыл бұрын
Two Sicilies should have annexed Tripoli to its south, then it could have been the Kingdom of Two Sicilies and Three Cities.
@BigBeakEntertainment2 жыл бұрын
History Matters talking about Hitler: "A man with a silly mustache." History Matters talking about Two Sicilies: "THE BIGGEST FUCKING BULLSHIT I'VE EVER SEEN HOLY FUCK!"
@ToLWaM2 жыл бұрын
How are your videos so consistently funny and informative
@bobbymorse570 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been into this channel for a while and this is definitely my favorite so far, there were so many points in this video where I had to rewind or straight up pause to let myself burst out laughing for several minutes. This channel’s hilarious but they must have really been onto something when they made this one because it’s just one super hilarious joke after another
@gamerz11722 жыл бұрын
I swear this channel is entirely comprised of questions you didn't know you had its great
@eacalvert2 жыл бұрын
As always, pausing to read the "papers" never disappoints
@raychangalarza1792 жыл бұрын
I really liked Dave, Dave is now my favorite person, please don’t take away Dave
@rhodesiansneverdie15392 жыл бұрын
Me before the video: Why did the kingdom of the Two Sicilies only have one Sicily? Me after the video: Why did the kingdom of the Two Sicilies only have one Sicily?
@eljanrimsa58432 жыл бұрын
It's complicated.
@CommissarMitch2 жыл бұрын
"Edward wanted nothing to do with this because he was too busy invading his neighbours" My brain heard that past part as "Too busy invading non-England" and I feel that would have worked better.
@limerence83652 жыл бұрын
So it was once one nation called Sicily, got separated, both halfs still wanted to be called Sicily, got rejoined but not entirely unified and that's why they're named as a union of two halfs basically
@Eternalyouthenjoyer2 жыл бұрын
“I’ll be home soon sweety” ~Japanese Kamikaze pilot 1944
@teresabenson33852 жыл бұрын
Amelia Earhart.
@JakeandElwoodBlues2 жыл бұрын
The two Sicilies eventually split after they couldn’t agree on whether pizza should be round or square.
@eljanrimsa58432 жыл бұрын
Sicilians are not passionate about American fast food. If Sicily ever split, it will be over caponata recipes.
@harveya1a9522 жыл бұрын
James Bisonette was given the other Sicily
@michaelhoffmann28912 жыл бұрын
You were in rare form on this one. I could barely stop laughing on one quip when the next zinger came rolling! Well done, this one!
@ZechsMerquise732 жыл бұрын
My great grandpa was from Naples but everyone said he was from Sicily because he was born close enough to the end of the Two Sicilies that, apparently, the name still stuck for the region. My whole American family still says they're Sicilian.
@sebazpereyra94312 жыл бұрын
You should make a "Why does Uruguay exist?" Video. It's a pretty interesting story.
@kilpta47462 жыл бұрын
Genuinely mad we missed out on a badass duel between two kings.
@radiofreedom78402 жыл бұрын
Well, they cleverly covered it up by conjuring a second Sicily out of thin air.
@joshuacarre062 жыл бұрын
I always wondered this thanks for answer the question lol
@MaxwellAerialPhotography2 жыл бұрын
“Napoleon eventually got sick of success and tried his hand at losing.” I just about spat my coffee all over the table at work. Thanks for that dude. 😉
@nERVEcenter1172 жыл бұрын
It’s even nuttier to think that the name Sicily is likely older than writing. The Egyptians refer to the “Shekelesh” as one of the Sea Peoples who catalyzed the Bronze Age Collapse, alongside the Sherden (Sardinians) and Peleset (the Philistines, wherever they were originally from). And the Egyptians almost certainly didn’t make up those names themselves. Mediterranean sea trade spanned far and wide then, as far as Britain and Scandinavia for the daring traders.
@SlavicBoi2 жыл бұрын
The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies is by far my most favourite Kingdom due to it being a whole crash of inconsistencies and pure wacky nonsensical things about it
@polo42192 жыл бұрын
The Kingdom of Two James Bissonettes
@theechoofreality13032 жыл бұрын
They should have called it “The Kingdom of Sicily Squared”.
@zacharyelliott71612 жыл бұрын
I was thinking "A Tale of Two Sicily's"
@nunyabiznes332 жыл бұрын
What... what is this mathematics you are talking about?! *sends pigeon to Rome*
@quidam_surprise2 жыл бұрын
2 Fast 2 Sicilies
@wubbers6622 жыл бұрын
"Napoleon hated winning, so he decided to lose" gold
@jackavery71792 жыл бұрын
"...Eventually Napoleon got sick of winning so he tried his hand at losing..." lol
@matthewshipley7392 жыл бұрын
To be fair to the people that named the kingdom, what else could they have picked? You couldn't have one name without upsetting at least someone. So as a compromise, like in the Philippines, they went with a name that equally upset everyone
@cyrusthegreat70302 жыл бұрын
Wanna help rebuild the Persian empire? Read by name
@GarkKahn2 жыл бұрын
Perfectly balanced
@arx35162 жыл бұрын
The southern italian part could have been just called "kingdom of Naples" wich is how everyone akready called it.
@matthewshipley7392 жыл бұрын
@@arx3516 But then that would've left out Sicily from the picture, which the King didn't want because as a separate legal entity it wouldn't come with the power that he had as the King of Sicily
@formicidaeinc.80752 жыл бұрын
He could've called it the kingdom of Sicily
@rimabros982 жыл бұрын
Can you a video about why Thailand wasn’t conquered by Japan in WW2 or why does Angola own the Cabinda exclave and not the DRC?
@gregbone81492 жыл бұрын
This was a hilarious comedy history show. I had to rewind to hear the napoleon winning and losing joke
@r.a.acosta65282 жыл бұрын
It's little things like the split second image of an actual well, overlayed with someone saying the word "well" at 0:22, that really just add to the cherry on top that is the humor of this channel.
@barbaralanders60492 жыл бұрын
I love this channel! It not only asks the historical questions, I have too, but answers them in a fun and entertaining way!
@siregg85282 жыл бұрын
Dave is now a reoccurring character and I love it
@andriinaum14112 жыл бұрын
Finally, my biggest question when I’ve studied history!
@jacobbruce25732 жыл бұрын
As always a really interesting video topic, keep up the good work 👍
@diegoarroyo16412 жыл бұрын
I was literally doing some light research on this kingdom this morning and I lowkey can't believe that not 24 hours later you come up with this. Life is funny like that, I guess 😂
@danieleoscuro2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I am very honoured that you made a video about the Two Sicilies because I'm from Southern Italy. Please make another video talking about his richness and his power.
@ryankohnenkamp89462 жыл бұрын
2:43 "...thereby ending perhaps the worst named kingdom ever" Holy Roman Empire: "Hold my beer"
@benc.31282 жыл бұрын
The HRE wasn’t a kingdom
@yarielrobles90032 жыл бұрын
Suggestion: why do Nepal and Bhutan exist? They're two small countries that have somehow survived being in between two of the oldest civilizations on earth