The 10 BLOODIEST Medieval Battles

[@MrCyberGal]

First! Glad to have these back on a weekly basis.

[@NizzahonHistory]

Enjoy!

[@jbiwer32]

Dude, I don't know why you don't have 3.57M subs. Your vids are excellent!

[@husseinmuhammed9278]

Awesome stuff! Greatest General in the greatest battle at no 1 ! Khalid

[@asmithgames5926]

I'm glad Nizzahon is still making these

[@olinayoung6287]

That was so so good, thank you!! Your mini documentaries are excellent!

[@AkumaDaste]

Hi, Nizzahon, I was surprised to not see the Battle of Achelous somewhere on the list, so I wanted to ask you if you have any concise information on the casualties there?

[@grimgamer1420]

Great stuff, I really enjoyed the video. At some point I'd love to see a video on Cuirassier's. There isn't much information online about the unit and they look so cool. I know the French, Germans and Prussians used them but I'd be curious to learn more about how they were used in battle and why they were disbanded. Thanks

[@rotd2158]

Another great video as always! Would you ever be interested in doing a video about how far out into the rest of the world medieval Europe had knowledge of or even relations with? The more I’ve been learning about medieval history the more evidence I see against the idea that the medieval world was not very connected and I find it really interesting seeing the limits of what people knew of back then.

[@NizzahonHistory]

The medieval world was actually quite connected. See my video on 10 misconceptions about medieval Europe

[@romandoyle6399]

Lol that’s what I’m sayin (my wording was kinda confusing though) I was just interested in how far out they got around back then

[@OrbGoblin]

Hey Nizzahon, do you think sometime you could do a video on what the rules were for Kings and nobles? A lot of modern ppl seem to think Kings could kind of just do whatever they want and I've always wondered to what extent this was true.

[@assault410]

Pre modern? You mean extended?

[@pepijnwarmerdam8784]

During the personal battle between Robert the Bruce and Henry de Bohun on the first day of Bannockburn, the Bruce split the helmet and head of Henry with his battleaxe.

[@NizzahonHistory]

Fact.

[@Ganondward]

Nizzy, do you know any good sources for learning about battle tactics throughout history?

[@mattj5772]

I wonder if a video on something like "The 10 Most Effective Battle Strategies" would make for a good video? Those Mongols going "ah, got ya bud, gonna kill ya now" was a fun little pattern to see through the video after all. On a side note, will the bulk of the videos focus on ancient history or will we see takes on more modern topics I wonder? (Top 10 Deadliest Weapons comes to mind)

[@NizzahonHistory]

This is medieval history! Not ancient. The bulk of the topics will be medieval, as that's my area of expertise, but I do videos on other periods sometimes.

[@istoppedcaring6209]

the army at the battle of artevelde was not as experienced but was relatively well equiped and most had at least had training, they most likely had equipment of somewhat better quallity to that worn in the battle of the golden spurs where most flemings had a helmet, padded gambeson or doublet with mail, gauntlets and a helmet. but given it's size it is not unlikely that many also had far lower quallity equipment given that the cities are unlikely to have funded the equipment of non citizens or at least non residents. after the battle of roosebeke there was not that much of a change asside from Kortrijk being targeted by the royal army, Ghent did not surrender and after the massacres at Kortrijk it is unlikely that other Flemish cities would have allowed the French army to enter either Paris and other French cities were also refusing to pay increased taxation, the battle of roosebeke broke their willingness to resist and in the end it seems that most of the openly revolting Flemish towns and cities retained most of their priviliges under the burgundians the french towns and cities lost theirs under the king (which likely was not unintentional as philip wanted the flemish towns under a more francophile regime but not one that could rival his own power which a stronger duke of burgundy would lead to)

[@kluchka7206]

Expected didgori to be here. But still nice!

[@SuperHorseSense]

bruh how many times are the teutonic knights gonna fall for a feigned retreat

[@DocAppalachia]

@NizzahonHistory Nice summary! No offense, but I have 1 quick pointer... Cavalry generally refers to mounted troops, and Calvary generally refers to the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ. 👍✌

[@t.f.wright9796]

Fall of Constantinople didn't make the list?

[@666Metalbassist]

I would not wanna fight medieval style. Death by arrows, swords, spears etc sounds so brutal

[@pepijnwarmerdam8784]

Even getting wounded was often fatal, infection killed many.

[@MarkVrem]

You'll be fine, you got all of the rest of the year to recover before you need to be healthy to plant your crops in spring.

[@kaydenchapman3094]

I'm gonna guess Agincourt is going to be on the list

[@NizzahonHistory]

Nope!

[@tomg7913]

Agincourt was tiny compared to these battles!

[@MarkVrem]

Yup! Apparently, Agincourt is nothing compared to these Civil wars, between Scotland and England, and France and (I forgot what part of France). I guess with Civil Wars it's a bit more personal plus those smaller regions only have one major battle in them, got to go all out! lol

[@MindGameArcade]

Battles > Saints

[@wertm123]

So I guess don't pursue "fleeing" Mongols? Or just don't fight them in the first place...

[@NizzahonHistory]

Not pursuing them is wise for sure. But people learned the hard way.

[@MarkVrem]

Once the Mongols became a bit softer after decades of luxury and elevated expectations like becoming The Great Khan, they pursued The Mamluks and the Russians straight into traps. Tables=turned lol.

[@angelmon6]

haha burgers means civilians xD ...

[@KrenelDownwellSomatosensor]

We don’t say “the” Ukraine anymore. Ukraine is Ukraine.

[@nickbalmes6640]

I've always wondered why some countries had the article "The" before their name 😯

[@KrenelDownwellSomatosensor]

@@nickbalmes6640 probably has more to do with translations and definite articles. I, like many Ukrainians, believe that using “the” in this case denies Ukrainian sovereignty.

[@nickbalmes6640]

@@KrenelDownwellSomatosensor I see, thanks for the insight!

[@MarkVrem]

Welcome to the United States. Welcome to Delaware. Welcome to Ukraine.... I actually got auto-corrected when I tried typing in Welcome to "the" Ukraine. LOL. So Grammarly agrees, it's welcome to Ukraine.

[@nickaustin8334]

Gloucester is pronounced Gloster