The Massive Logistical Challenges Of The First Crusade (With Crusader Kings III)

The Massive Logistical Challenges Of The First Crusade (With Crusader Kings III)
In this video medieval historian Matt Lewis explores the numerous logistical challenges faced by the leaders of the First Crusade, and how each was overcome. How was such a diverse military force brought together? How was the crusader army supplied? And how did it finally conquer Jerusalem and the Holy Land?
Using animated maps from Crusader Kings III, we tell the story of the First Crusade, from the disastrous People's Crusade to the creation of the Crusader States in the Holy Land.
This video was made in partnership with Paradox Interactive, the people behind Crusader Kings 3.
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[@starfed64]

Great video I’m gonna check out the game

[@Lanxe]

@@starfed64 recommend you watch some KZbin to get on how to play it. The learning curve is steep. Once you get a hang of it though it’s extremely satisfying.

[@luxuryhub1323]

"The taking of Jerusalem was widely acknowledged as brutal even by medieval standards." Now that's brutal!

[@starcapture3040]

Eastern Christians were killed too not only Muslims and jews.

[@patriciadavid1960]

Almost as brutal as Zionists crusaders are doing to the Palestineans.

[@CIA.U.S.A]

And salah alden al ayupe came and kicked they ass back to europe 🇪🇺🤣🤣 and said you wanna bamba you play with the big boy 👊🇸🇦 and the european started running like bugs back to they ship 🚢 😂 🤣

[@wrongtracksuit]

No more brutal than the 400 year subjugation, murder and depopulating of entire regions of the Mediterranean by the rise of Islam…but to state this fact is somehow not polite.

[@patriciadavid1960]

@@wrongtracksuit not all invasions are created equal ! Islam left the world with wonders in architecture, language, literature, trading, organisation skills and discipline in their army, they were merchants to the old world bringing them goods for the first time, silk, jewelry, spices, foods, animals, plants, new languages new cultures.. etc...

[@El_Bellota]

Love the crusader kings 3 to visualize the crusades 10/10

[@okiejammer2736]

THE TEMPLAR CHURCH. ❤ WHAT a setting to make this video. Highly recommended to visit while in London. Not easy to locate ... but the reward is absolutely worth the effort.

[@Chrisander90]

Concise and cogent video. The presenter is a great narrator. All in all, this is an excellent production by History Hit.

[@okiejammer2736]

VERY well done video. Matt Lewis has really done his research. Informative. Profound. Detailed. Saved and shared. Thanks.

[@josephcollins6033]

Here you are again!! Great job, and THANKS!!!

[@ElHuertodeAzul]

What a compelling overview of the 1st crusades. I always hear about the crusades, but have never delved into the specifics. Thanks!

[@josephcollins6033]

Bravo!! I just watched this again. Thank you for having Matthew Lewis!!!

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

Very nice video. Very informative. Keep up the good work.

[@patrickbarrett5650]

Excellent presentation, really well covered.👏🏻

[@uncledubpowermetal]

Glad he didn't take one side or the other; just presented mostly historical fact without bias, which is appreciated!

[@angelocpenaredondo]

Nice presentation, well done

[@angeladiane5026]

Wonderful detailed overview. Great narration. Thanks for this program. Amazing to think that so much happened within a 3-year period, and only 30 years after the Battle of Hastings. And using ancient communication systems. Fascinating. Condolences regarding HMTQ. Our thoughts are with Britons everywhere.

[@muhammadnakiabinmdbukharin5536]

Can't wait for the second part.

[@larsrons7937]

Brilliant video! Concise yet detailed, exciting, good narration and graphics, a true gem. Great job! Bookmarked for review. As as Dane I find it intriguing as this first crusade took place only 30 years after the Norman conquest of England and the official end of the Viking Age (which in reality was a process over a couple of hundred years), and shortly after this crusade the Scandinavians (and the Germans) themselves started crusades against the Baltic and surrounding areas. The Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaler seem to have been actively involved in these crusades including building fortified "round churches" on the Danish island of "Bornholm" used as a staging point for crusades.

[@ralambosontiavina7372]

Excellent work !

[@AnyoneCanSee]

Very informative and the Olde Trip to Jerusalem in Nottingham is a great pub. It was one of my favourites but it is a bit rough now.

[@prescott5328]

Awesome video

[@josephcollins6033]

Glad to see you talking about these things as well as Richard III. I much prefer your insights and careful research over some other popular historians. Looking great. And, I have that shirt!!! :))

[@Kaytecando]

This was an excellent overview. How backwards the thinking of the crusaders from our modern-day perspective.

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Thank you for just presenting the facts without any modern day "political analysis" injected into it. Great video.

[@coffeecrimegal5968]

As a major history buff I must say kudos to you, this was very well done. The narration was easy to follow as some can become confused as to who was from where, related to whom, most important, to which empire ect.. Very well done. ❤️ 📚

[@rogerhartwell6325]

Very good. I was looking for the people's cruisade and the forst crusade, and you ceme, through giving these efforts less emphasis than I thought they diserved. The whole affair really

[@rogerhartwell6325]

..was really disgusting. The Turks ate them alive (a metaphor, stop drooling!). The next three or four crusades were just as pointless with practically nothing further gained, and they returned home with nothing except to pay literally "a king's ransom" for Richard's release from Prussia(?).

[@Suuusan28]

Another brilliant video from you, Matt. I felt like I was there. Thirsty under the burning sun, hot and desperate, far from home and far from the destination, surrounded by weird people, thinking if I will ever get home. Was it worth it?

[@okiejammer2736]

💙💜💚 Thank you.

[@thegoodlife2937]

1096 to present still the story goes on.

[@hulakan]

27:42 "...there were less mouths to feed..." To quote Stanis Baratheon, "Fewer."

[@starcapture3040]

@Histry hit make a documentary about how the cuneiform writing were deciphered

[@Khatoon170]

How are you doing sir first of all we offer our deepest condolences to royal family and all British citizens because of that sad news about death of queen Elizabeth 11 may god rest her soul . As foreigners subscribers as overseas students want to increase our cultural level improve our English language as well i gathered main information briefly topic you mentioned here it’s first crusade to holy land was lunached in 1291 when Latin Christians expelled from their kingdom in Syria where numerous expeditions holy land to Spain even to Baltic crusade continued for several centuries after 1291 first crusade about two to six million people.crusade ended in 1095 - 1291 its ended because of changes in Europe brought one by Protestant reformation. Lord Edward won last crusade . Thank you for your wonderful cultural documentary channel stay safe blessed good luck to your dearest ones .

[@Lanxe]

I thought the map style looked familiar!

[@ruthojen]

Framing the past in contemporary catchy phrases has implications invoked by impossible parallels how can events “trend” implying a speed of light transmission

[@thebomb78]

Deus Vult! ✝️

[@Mr.Martin4500]

Thank you, what an amazing job painting the story for the viewer. One point I'd like to add, its really sad how many Catholic priests decided they could grant salvation through deeds or works done on this earth. Essentially saying man doesn't need God they can work their way into heaven. Totally opposite of what the Bible describes very clearly. Titus 3:5‭, ‬7 KJV

[@1CE.]

Paradox sponsored video? I was already interested but go on

[@calengr1]

16:10 hostile terrain

[@calengr1]

11:20 supplies for horses

[@calengr1]

23:56 Jerusalem

[@johnstaley6337]

Imagine living downstream from a crossing of an army- how long is your water source ruined?

[@calengr1]

17:36 mil tactics

[@scottfoster3548]

WHOA over a thousand years ago northern European (mostly) knights in heavy metal and accompaniments traversed the hot middle eastern desert to get the Holy City.

[@briansmith9439]

Wonder what the 'victorious' crusaders would have done had they known that Edessa would be a sovereign state for just 6 years (1098-1104) or that the 'kingdom' of Jerusalem lasted for 92 years (1099-1187, 1240-1244) of the 174 years (1098-1272) of the Crusades (53%) or that Tripoli would be sole state to survive past 1272 (1109-1289).

[@jtither4646]

Think they would have gone down swinging.

[@flippy66]

@@jtither4646 The question is a bit stupid because if you know the future you can therefore change it. They would have undoubtedly done things differently to ensure that the crusader states endured longer.

[@jtither4646]

@@flippy66they wouldn't have been able change anything. Based on the information provided ,attrition still would have cost them.the kingdom I think.

[@diamondbackterrapin3401]

There was not such thing as a Vizantine empire, it was always Roman Empire. It’s the historians later used such name.

[@coffeecrimegal5968]

It’s Byzantine with a B not a V. And it was also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium. The Capitol being at the time Constantinople, modern day Istanbul. It was still apart of the Roman Empire ruling the Eastern Provinces of the Empire. Extremely religious as Orthodox Christians it was the longest lasting Mid-Evil Power which still exerts its influence today particularly in Eastern & Central Europe and Russia.

[@jtither4646]

Constantine. Dude. Built the bible.

[@calengr1]

13:55 nature of the Crusader army with its own agendas

[@jacovawernett3077]

Well done. I was born March 11th in Bethlehem.I'll teach you some Aramaic. Schlama means peace. Malkuth means Heaven. Hubba means love. God spoke to my right ear from Heaven. 11.17.2015 Eve Beach Waikiki,, He said, make Israel one. You are Anchor.

[@cyclingnerddelux698]

“A deep look,” in thirty minutes. 😂

[@andreidraguloiu2587]

hmm.. not bad but there is a better history channel for crusades.. thats dedicated only to the crusades and way more in depth.. Real Crusade History. u will find way more information about all of the crusading movements.

[@kazuhirala]

Imagine being part of the People’s crusade genuinely trying to save Christendom without committing any atrocity only to get executed still in Europe.

[@starcapture3040]

these fandlamnstlaits wer ethe thugs or the poor of europe getting rid of them was what europe wanted

[@ramseybarber8312]

Hi I have a Question to all of you Historians . We have had Victorians, Georgians, Elizabethans ,So what era will it be known by under Charles,????? Cheers

[@sit-insforsithis1568]

Charlesites ?

[@veronicaroach3667]

Charlatans !

[@jtither4646]

Oh please no . Theirs gotta be something better

[@jtither4646]

I got nothing

[@dnstone1127]

Carolingian era.

[@Rikard_A]

Easten roman empire or the greek empire never called themself of anyone eller did called them Byzantium while the Empire existed.

[@ritam768]

Did he call Anatolia newly Christianised? Lol, what? Also, did he mention the mad Caliph Al-Hakim, who ruled Jerusalem not too long before the First Crusades? He slaughtered Christians and destroyed the original church of the holy sepulcher, the most holy place in all of Christianity. His actions served as an important impetus for the first crusades and are very relevant for historical context.

[@WickedFelina]

Matt Lewis is an EXCEPTIONAL historian, and presentor. Much, MUCH better than Dan Snow, and that other Dan with brown hair. I forget his last name. Too skinny.

[@FARID1870]

learn the deep contrast when Caliph Omar took over Jerusalem and when the Crusaders did the same 400+ yrs later.

[@jtither4646]

I believe we killed everybody. That's the natural result of breaching a defensive after a prolonged siege with an army of religious zealots who believed that god Wills it.

[@jtither4646]

A recipe for a really bad day.

[@AnyoneCanSee]

First Crusader: Wasn't Jesus born a Jew? And brought as a child to Jerusalem? Second Crusader: Yes. First Crusader: And wasn't Jesus called the King of the Jews and killed in Jerusalem? Second Crusader: Yes. First Crusader: And we've just killed all the Jews in Jerusalem. Including the children, in the name of Jesus. Second Crusader: Yes. First Crusader: Well, you don't see anything ironic in that? Second Crusader: Whoops!

[@jacovawernett3077]

Thank you. I see this same confusion today..The chants of Jews will not replace us. They would frog March Yeshua of Nazareth to a death camp and claim they were just following orders. L'chaim. I was born March 11th in Bethlehem. Schlama. Malkuth. Hubba

[@liammiskell3522]

Might be to do with the fact that Jewish people at the time helped play a key role in Islamic conquests in Europe. Jews and Muslims working together to conquer Christendom. It's a funny old world.

[@jacovawernett3077]

@@liammiskell3522 it is. Good point. When God asked me what side of the blade are you on I also contemplated....there is nothing in the universe that is not a double edged sword. Including a cup of water, a shadow and the Singularity. I will tell you what I said to God two years prior to the global pandemic. GOD..the only way to get Trump out of office Because so many people only care about the 6 feet around them. It was declared global March 11th. .also the anniversary of the Fukushima tsunami 2011..To have a WW3 would be worse. Slava Ukraine.

[@jacovawernett3077]

@@liammiskell3522 my Covenant with God aka Elohim Adonai Hashem is to make Israel one. It means to bring peace and reconciliation between Jew, Christian, Muslim, cousins by Abraham. One of the things God told and showed me I am is Evergreen. My middle name is Sue. When the Evergreen freighter Evergiven blocked the Suez Canal right before Passover, Easter, Ramadan, I laughed with God and the entire angel team in Heaven above for I knew.

[@AnyoneCanSee]

@@liammiskell3522 - I'm honestly not sure what you are referring to as the Byzantine Empire was still intact during the first Crusade. Perhaps you mean the conquest of Hispania but Jews were already in Spain. They certainly thrived under Islamic rule as they were allowed to freely practice their religion and be accepted members of society. Jews first came to Europe on mass when the Romans took hundreds of thousands of slaves after the siege of Jerusalem of 70 CE. They spread across Europe moving whenever they were expelled or suffered from pogroms. Anyway, perhaps you can explain what you are referring to. If some Jews from that region helped them after the first Crusade, you cannot really blame them. Not only were they massacred by Christians but they were allowed to practice their religion in Islamic lands, as were Christians, but were often expelled or even tortured and killed under Christian rule. Islam offered some freedom of religion for Jews, but Christians did not. The original Q conspiracy being repeated in the USA at this moment started in medieval Europe and the blood libel conspiracy. Many Jews died including in my old town of York. Maybe you can explain what you mean. I do not claim to be any sort of expert on the period but everything I know suggests Jews suffered under Christians for centuries, not the other way around. Christian Germans were still at it last century killing 6 million of them in the Holocaust. Anyway, waffled a built sorry.

[@cainlyons]

Usually historical documentaries are told in an interesting speech pattern. Not this one, though.

[@randyisftw]

this violent ambition veiled under the excuse of 'faith' is the very reason my adolescent and teenage years spawned a militantly aggressive attitude towards religion especially for my catholic and christian peers. it's a bummer and my unnecessary rage towards the modern form of these religions was nothing but an immature distaste for certain rituals/ceremonial habits of growing up in the united states. nowadays i'm very much tolerant and unbiased towards any of the abrahamic religions i.e. christianity, judaism, islam, i see nothing but an important part of lifestyle for people who choose or was raised to do so and if they consciously made the decision to keep these traditions apart of their lives that's fair. criticism is only kept towards the ridiculous and in my opinion totally unnecessary events such as these crusades in the past and people of faith most of the time don't completely agree with these acts of martyrs. ive finally become able to accept the reality of these conquests even if it means there will and had been subjectively countless needless casualties as a result of such ambitions.

[@Galaick]

The CK3 map lmao come on guys

[@anthonysims7636]

We must take the holy land

[@cavscout888]

Meh, I'm hearing more anti comments than pro comments. It's one of those events in history too many people like to poo on, and by the time they're done explaining it, you're sure it failed. Reality is... there was a lot of selflessness and it was a great victory.

[@Paladin966]

DEUS VULT

[@tinamargarethjohansen3539]

It is not God behind this. It is man kind how seek power

[@joshua-gk4tz]

Lol God wants it!!! LMAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CIA.U.S.A]

And salah alden al ayupe came and kicked they ass back to europe 🇪🇺🤣🤣 and said you wanna bampa you play with the big boy 👊

[@PeteV80]

Crusades were defensive. Not even possible to argue otherwise.

[@zekeyeager1458]

Much to learn, young one.

[@PeteV80]

@@zekeyeager1458 MA in medieval history. They were defensive. Within 200 years of Mohammad, Islam had spread from Saudi Arabia to Tours, France. By the sword. Centers of Christianity in Alexandria, Jerusalem, and Antioch were all taken by Islamic armies. With the Seljuk Turks threatening Constantinople, Christendom was finally united enough in the 11th century to respond, especially after the destruction of the Holy Sepulchure by Islamicists. In every way the Crusades were defensive against colonial Islamic expansion.

[@takethepowerback83]

A necessary defense and duty against hordes of desert bandits.

[@diocletian607]

Territories of the Holy Roman Empire were being encroached upon and Emperor Alexius went crying to the Pope. This is how this all got started. Even when the crusaders got there Alexius tried to assert control over the Crusaders and the territories they took.

[@johnnybracciole5490]

Sign me up !

[@niccoarcadia4179]

Looking back it's easy to say the crusades just weren't worth the effort. At the time they were doing Gods work, albeit through the Pope.

[@bashkillszombies]

Crusader Kings, like all their products, is a mile wide and an inch deep. The battle mechanic hasn't changed in twenty years and absolutely ruins the game. It had so much potential, it looks gorgeous, but it's such a skinner box and so utterly pointless. For want of a little more depth they could have made it great. Like the viking faction where you get little notes from what your expedition is doing - a king would have hundreds of such things to tend to that'd make life interesting. The build mechanics are absurd too - you'll never get your money back from building anything unless you play the same save for like 80 months straight. It's just so ill thought out. The devs are idiots.

[@billyjesus5442]

the peoples crusade made to the Turks and had over hundred thousand men, they got cleaned up real quick by the Turks.

[@hawk-eye654]

At the time Analotila was not a homeland for Turks. They were just a new minority. Most of the population were Christian. Turks had just started to enter Anatolia after 1071. their numbers were not that great. Turks who actually came to live in Anatolia were trying to find new land and a bit more free life away the from sultan's authority. Sultan in Isfahan has no real authority over them. When you look at a map you see a big Seljuk empire, in reality, it's a just coalition of beylik nothing more. Especially in Anatolia. In most of the cities, only the guards were Turks.

[@thehacker4771]

We still won and kept it Later ☪️💪

[@sit-insforsithis1568]

And whose is it now ?

[@stevenlester2606]

Let’s call this video for what it really is. An elaborately produced commercial for the game Crusader Kings III.

[@diocletian607]

Ill take crusader content any way i can take it 😂

[@jenna2431]

This looks great. Very appealing and well-explained. Not much to do for the rampant Christian hypocrisy.

[@darnellgrape-drinker4916]

As if they have a monopoly on hypocrisy.

[@zekeyeager1458]

@@darnellgrape-drinker4916 don’t think he said that mate

[@darnellgrape-drinker4916]

@@zekeyeager1458 You watch anime, your baseless opinions are invalid.

[@zekeyeager1458]

@@darnellgrape-drinker4916 correct, but the one above still stands quite strong ;)

[@CumbrianMush]

It's a shame Europe never sent enough people to hold the holy land for good. Now we are left with the Islamic problem to this day.

[@RM-yw6xe]

And you better mention the actual, non-religious, reason. So, why even bother to make this if you're not going to even touch upon the FINANCIAL and TERRITORIAL reasons for the Crusade? 3:34, I'm done wasting my time.

[@julianshepherd2038]

It's what Jesus would have wanted 🤨

[@CIA.U.S.A]

It's what God wants the boss of the bosses the real king of oll kings not ❤️Jesus Christ God bless him❤️ any way And salah alden al ayupe came and kicked they ass back to europe 🇪🇺🤣🤣 and said you wanna bampa you play with the big boy 👊🇸🇦 the european started running like bugs 🤣🤣🤣

[@joshua-gk4tz]

Threw the power invested in me by god 😂😆😂🤣🤣. I the pope disolve your sins🤣🤣 LMAO. Dam people were gullible as hell back then

[@jtither4646]

Worse they charged you for it every Sunday.

[@quartz6239]

Jesus loves you,

[@minnumseerrund]

Stop simping for Paradox. They need to fix their shit instead of releying on modders and DLCs

[@xxjaime562xx]

CK3 works just fine. Wtf? Crybaby.

[@marcuscall8376]

You stole your music from PETE at history time. Who by the way makes way better history videos and he’s only 1 guy working alone. Anyone who loveS KZbin history should check out his page as this one is boring

[@veronicaroach3667]

I do not agree - this guy's narrative was very good, very well told & interesting. I find that Pete terrible to listen to, he has an awful whiny voice !

[@vasileiosstavropoulos832]

Please stop using the adjective “Byzantine”. That term was used in the 16th century for first time, 2 centuries after the fall of Constantinople. The real term is Roman Empire!

[@jtither4646]

Byzantine was original part of Roman empire.

[@vasileiosstavropoulos832]

@@jtither4646 the only Byzantine that existed back then was the fact that Constantinople or New Rome was built on top of the city of Byzantium.

[@jtither4646]

No it was Rome it split the east became the Byzantine empire.

[@lavernejones1973]

Jesus is Alive he love us all you heard the loud voice that you couldn't see get away and look up to heaven

[@CaptMWI]

this is defos an american

[@mufasaiam7794]

Jesus didn't die for this crap. It always baffles me how the most religious people are often the ones who understand it the least.

[@starcapture3040]

Jesus never said he was a god!

[@jonlinin9682]

I suspect that even you know this is complete nonsense.

[@zekeyeager1458]

I’m glad that we can all agree in unison that this is utter propaganda bullshit

[@0animalproductworld558]

Traveling by land is the most dangerous 🐓 People can ambush you and stab you in the back after you are deep inside their land 🦃 Sea is safe but make sure your ships can handle a sea battle if someone chooses to challenge 🦩 Sea also gives you a lot of time to prepare as you know if the enemy is coming and it takes a long time before they can reach you on sea 🦤

[@0animalproductworld558]

I like this channel talks about christianity in such an interesting way 🦃 Christian and god speaks supernaturally in peace and joy 🦃 Very cool and great that they won against an army doubled their size! 🦮 God surely gave them the victory huh 🦤