Thirty Years War - Death - European History - Extra History - Part 4

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The rider of the pale horse, Death itself, comes through and with it, plague. The plague itself was no stranger to the average medieval town. But the difference, as with most things, was scale. Having armies march for so long and in the poor sanitation conditions of war caused outbreaks of plague everywhere. And the international conflict turned the Holy Roman Empire into a mixing pot of disease.
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[@theopticyte6911]

Every other horsemen: Kills things through name related means. Horseman of Death: People die if they are killed.

Thor: Only if I die

[@rayhansaputra__]

Emiya Shirou reference

[@Punaparta]

"And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, *to kill* with sword, and with hunger, and *with death,* and with the beasts of the earth." Death is a highly effective method of killing people.

[@wdjh3434]

@@Punaparta Killing people is also an effective method to result in death

[@KasumiRINA]

Archer class is made out of archers!

[@briangarrow448]

Modern people forget that during this time, most people lived their entire lives within 25 miles of where they were born. Unless you were a soldier or a refugee from war, you would most likely spend your entire life in the valley where you were born.

[@Nightey]

Not necessarily. Many jobs back then required you to take journeyman years where you had to travel from village to village far away to learn your trade with other proficients and you couldn't come back home for years.

[@PeterEvans_music]

There are still many people who only live in their general area, for instance I know plenty of older people who have rarely if ever left their specific county while most I know have never left their states.

[@briangarrow448]

@@Nightey You are correct about craftsmen having to learn new skills and finding work. But I believe that archeologists and historians have done studies that show the large majority of people lived very insular lives in their home villages. If I remember correctly, that fact was referred to in a couple of episodes of Time Team, which I binge watched the entire series during the pandemic. I am sure that in some areas the numbers of people who moved was higher than other places.

[@jonnunn4196]

@@Nightey For every craftsmen job - there were 90+ in farming.

[@SXsoft99]

Lots of people do that now as well 🤣🤣

[@maxfieldjoyner5244]

Ah yes, the four horsemen of the apocalypse: Conquest, war, famine and skeletor. In all seriousness, its horrible that so many died in this war.

[@Heating56]

NYAAAH

[@napolien1310]

The percentage of the dead compared to the population is insane

[@hallamhal]

WHAT!

[@idealicfool]

@@napolien1310 for this reason I actually rate the 30 years war as being more deadly than either world wars based on percentage of the population lost

[@ecurewitz]

looks like everyone is noticing that death looks like Skeletor

[@ktheterkuceder6825]

Ww1: I was pointless and unneccessary 30 years war: you were not the only one.

[@Praisethesunson]

Cold war: Allow me to introduce myself

[@FieldMarshalYT]

@Lukas Roczniak élève Most wars in history really.

[@Shoreknight]

What about...THE EMU WARS?

[@hybrid_lives]

@@Shoreknight oh, so necessary.

[@OlaftheFlashy]

War of 1812 - I literally achieved nothing.

[@sielentbrat4005]

"...to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth." *cheerful music starts to play*

[@friday26th]

When they face death they're all alike: No right or wrong Rich or poor... No matter who they served before Good or bad... They're all the same Rest side by side now...

[@InquisitorThomas]

**Laughs in Egyptian Pharaohs with their ornate lapis lazuli and golden sarcophagi and pyramids**

[@lordaias7423]

Has man gone insane?

[@olivergullberg7254]

A few will remain.

[@The_Deliverer]

Who'll find the way To live one more day Through decade of war

[@friday26th]

@@InquisitorThomas need I quote Ozymandias too?

[@raptor_jesus8236]

For the section on camp diseases, Modern Military life still has this, to a lesser extent. When you get to basic you're immunized for everything possible, told to never touch your face and wash frequently, and yet recruits and instructors alike catch what is called "the crud" (a combination of cold and flu like symptoms) and pink eye runs rampant as well. Quarantines can be placed to effect for groups of recruits and more. Because even today drawing people from across the country and packing them together is still a health endeavor.

[@jokuvaan5175]

Yea. Here in Finland we have conscription and all recruits are always warned about the easily spreading deceases and hygiene is stressed. Everyone entering service is forced to take vacciness for more serious deseases and offered a flu shot. But at least twice a year some flu pandemic a large brigade. Some units are quarantined because of some dhiarea outbreaks. And my brother for example had the red eye.

[@IrishWolfLord]

We called it the ‘shack hack.’ It could drop an entire company in a day and put a whole barracks on lockdown to keep it from the rest of the base. It always sounded like everyone was on the verge of death.

[@edgy_username]

So, that is why my DS used to say we were nasty Privates

[@tovahnvitols7614]

Yea, im at a military college here in the US currently and we have what we call the “rook plague”. rooks being the new recruits…

[@HockeyLax50]

Even in college stuff like this happened with people from all over the US and abroad. Always had waves of stuff going around and norovirus is a pretty common thing

[@darter9000]

An oddly epic embodiment of Death in a world of bean people.

[@rosiehawtrey]

... THANK YOU...

[@dannyfrantsevich727]

"And with the beasts of the earth". Love how you showed humans engaging in battle. We truly do become beasts in war.

[@xx_insert_cool_username_he6876]

Yes

[@Mert_Yanik]

What do you mean become, we have always been beast

[@orangetabby7122]

Go BACK I want to be MONKE

[@elisabethwittner5539]

I think you messed this up. Haven‘t you heard of people riding elephants into battlefields? Or using Mastiffs (HUGE dogs)? Besides of that, wolves & tigers will come if they smell lots of dead people in rural areas.

[@sobitasadullah4517]

Nobody: Thirty Years' War: *BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE*

[@KingofAwesomness14]

of course, cause human idiocy never ceases.

[@artemisgoldheart6791]

This is so terrifying due to all the death but Omg Extra Credits style plague doctors are adorable

[@billybob8257]

Hahahahaha

[@IcecreamMcGuy]

Yes...that is true

[@kitakita545]

LMAO innit

[@sanjaybhavsar4169]

Damn I thought they were some kind of grim reapers.

[@krcmaine]

Fun Fact: Lice are species specific. So different species of lice feed on different species. Their digestive systems are a tune to a certain blood from a certain animal.

[@kyokyodisaster4842]

Freaky creatures...

[@krankarvolund7771]

Another fun fact, crabs (pubis's lices) are also a different species of lices. So that means that it's been so long since we didn"t have hairs between our pubis and our head, that there was speciation between the two ^^

[@Cythil]

@@krankarvolund7771 Which is also quite unique

[@getefix3]

@@krankarvolund7771 a related fun fact - pubic lice are more closely related to gorilla lice than to our head lice

[@K__a__M__I]

*attuned

[@horstweinert7204]

3:54 that's a really nicely drawn rat metaphor, proper creepy.

[@kalendougall]

Imagine taking a cannonball to the chest oml

[@zealousdoggo]

There wouldn't be much imagining after that

[@abcdef27669]

I suggest you to watch the Kings and General's latest video about the Siege of Orleans (1428-1429). During the liberation of the main gate, the French fired a cannon to bring down an extremely tall Englishman.

[@biohazard724]

Must be nice

[@fuzzyhair321]

There's armour from Waterloo that has a cannon shot blown through the chest. There wouldn't be much left after that hit. A red mess

[@DFloyd84]

Depends on how it's propelled. The cannon that fires at a circus carny uses compressed air and probably a lighter ball. If the cannon was an authentic 17th-century artillery piece, the carny would be turned inside out.

[@olevandongen96]

"After the Dutch were knocked from the war..." What? O wait, that's Christian IV: you meant the Danes!

[@larsdewit6521]

Pretty sure dutch involvement amounted to throwing money at Allies and keeping spain mostly out, wich probably was less exhausting than the mayhem and chaos across most of the rest of Europe at the time

[@Kringles12]

Ole van Dongen is right Christain IV is a danish king

[@larsdewit6521]

@@Kringles12 dont know if it was directed at me but if so.. i was aware

[@jafrost1328]

@@larsdewit6521 also mercantile and expeditionary endeavours. William Adams reached Japan on a Dutch ship during this era. The Batavia Mutiny/Massacre off Geraldton Western Australia was also smack in the middle. They were all about focusing on that sweet exclusive revenue from the Dutch East Indies. Its like they gave up on Europe since all its opportunity came from the Colonies anyway

[@forestgirl22]

King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig

[@lkawsome1711]

War. War never changes

[@ElBandito]

Except the body count.

[@sabinamartinez7058]

Ctrl c Ctrl v moment

[@proximity1003]

"To kill with death" oh god why didn't I think of that?

[@matterhorn731]

Lol right? My guess is it's a translation issue of some kind.

[@Valery0p5]

"I looked, and behold, a pale horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth." (Yes the apocalypse was written in Greek back then, that's why Hades instead of hell)

[@twistedtachyon5877]

I guess sometimes Thanatos cuts out the middlemen.

[@NAYRUthunder99]

In this case I think "Death" stands for "Plague". The four Horsemen are one consequence of the other: Conquest brings (civil) War, which brings Famine, which causes Death (that is, Pestilence).

[@jeremy1860]

Of course there's a plague. There's ALWAYS a plague 😟

[@arnaldogangana355]

🎵 Has man gone insane? A few will remain Who will find a way to live one more day... Through decades of war...

[@The_Deliverer]

Its spread like disease There's no sign of peace Religion and greed Cause millions to bleed Three decades of war

[@IrritatorProductions]

From dawn to dawn they're fighting! Die where they stand!

[@adamv8154]

The fog of war lies thick When armies scorch the land

[@SeturnKaiser]

When all of Europe's burning What can be done?

[@DarDarBinks1986]

För kriget det kan Förgöra en man Jag ger mitt liv För mitt fosterland Men vem saknar mig? Så se mig som den En make, en vän Fader och son Som aldrig kommer hem Men vem sörjer mig?

[@jonathanh.110]

Is Name of the village, in which everyone has fled because of the plage, "Neue Kirche" or "Neukirchen"?

[@roflTiMeX]

The name might have morphed over time. I found a Neukirchen in Saxony that according to Wikipedia has indeed seen lots of plague during the 30 years war. Just 100km from where I live.

[@Landibert]

@@roflTiMeX Neukirchen seems much more likely to me. There are literally dozens of Neukirchens in all of Germany. It's a very generic name.

[@royalanempire2965]

"I am *FIRE* I am *DEATH* ."- Samug

[@theinquisitionsparrot6749]

I took an arrow to the nips

[@ChaseMcCain81]

@@theinquisitionsparrot6749 lol

[@aliskk8]

Death do be looking like skeletor: mystical version tho

[@mrbyzantine0528]

@@Clifford_Banes Mostly, it's about young people wanting to sound cool, despite such language having limited to no such effect at large.

[@marksaterapi1389]

A very educational piece, as always. I’m glad you represented the plague like a powerful shadow that ravaged lands and ripped populations apart, cause that’s just how they were. I wish you could represent other diseases during your Medical History segments in a similar light to show how dangerous and terrifying they were.

[@567secret]

5:12 that pie chart is a little confusing as you put the 64% of deaths from plague INSIDE the non-plague death section.

[@annekluthe296]

Agreed, that was really confusing

[@BaconHer0]

Imagine losing a war because your men didn't/couldn't wash their hands after pooping

[@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts]

Ignaz Semmelweis agrees.

[@davidwright7193]

There is some corner of a foreign field that is forever England....

[@grogery1570]

WWI may have been lost because Germany couldn't get enough dry socks to front line troops!

[@davidwright7193]

@@grogery1570 The real medical issue from WWI was the 1918/19 ‘flu pandemic which was incubated and developed in British, French and US army depots.

[@grogery1570]

@@davidwright7193 True, but that hurt both sides equally

[@davidoquias6061]

Facinating, not only you explained the 30 years war and its impact.. The conclusion clearly illustrates warfare and is conditions of coflict for victory And stalemate...to the point of collapse and negotiation. Priciples and patterns i can apply even today. Thank you. This really increased my knowledge

[@ryanjapan3113]

6:33 I was expecting Howard to find a lot of bodies in the Church.

[@anderskorsback4104]

Me too. I half expected bodies to come tumbling out of it on him when he opened the doors.

[@ryanjapan3113]

@@anderskorsback4104 Makes sense, I wonder if I thought that would happen too.

[@kunai92]

I slam my fist on my desk every time the word Extra drops into place during the intro and one of these days my desk is going to collapse.

[@AtlasNL]

Whatever you do, don’t look up Joli Rouge, that desk’ll break before the song is over!

[@ThatFanBoyGuy]

I like how the EC team was like "Screw it! Flags are too complicated! Just put a footnote in the actual episode so we don't have to explain it in Lies!"

[@jarihoogendoorn5823]

Fun fact: bamboo is gras

[@adjly1824]

That fact is fun

[@iron4517]

Wait really?

[@cameroooon42]

Very cool! Thank you stranger!

[@jarihoogendoorn5823]

@@cameroooon42 no problem!

[@Kurotaisa]

My life is a lie!

[@therealcollin1201]

The final horsemen...

[@foam3132]

1600s: Illness and disease: Alright a new world record for most deaths due to illness in a war. No one is ever gonna stop me from killing more people that actual fighting is The universe: Yea, about that I&D: What? The universe: You've got a few centuries of that killing top spot in a war to go I&D: NANI? 1900s: The universe: Immas dropping a balance patch on you. Immas making humans smarter I&D: NOOOOO

[@fabianmichaelgockner5988]

Illness and Deseases: "Fine,... Uppgrade!"

[@bthsr7113]

@@fabianmichaelgockner5988 So does that make anti-vaxxers a bug in the code of humanity? Just saying this as a joke, not how Root initially would have actually chalked them up as "bad code."

[@pouinky5354]

This series is definitely one of the best you have done in the whole series. Especially for your analysis of each catastrophe-trait of the 30 years war

[@Turnil321]

Europa burning down with the 30 years war The Dutch: let's have a golden age.

[@larsdewit6521]

With everyone fighting on the mainland nobody will notice a nicked Portuguese colony or two

[@ibrahimkalmati9379]

Also ottomans

[@cant-kb8lm]

*Gustavus Adolphus* *DING DING DING DING DING DING DING, DING DING DING*

[@Damocles16]

4:14 these characters carry such expressions... A wonderfull design.

[@CactusJackIV]

Love the channel, and the content is even more amazing! Keep up the great work!

[@robynwysocki2024]

Got here early enough I could probably get the skill share free trial. But I know I probably won't be able to continue the subscription. So I won't click the link, but I hope some curious folk do so and start crafting or creating amazing new things. And great video as usual. Really like the image of the rat in the clouds for a representation of disease.

[@technomancerr]

So two things 1; once again I am so happy people are talking about this conflict. 2; I would really love to see you all do a series about how the 30 years war helped lead to the separation of church and state in European governments (And the United States). Because I think that it is something that needs to be discussed en masse.

[@fandemusique4693]

We need more episodes of the thirty years war.

[@byrdqamar36]

I pray for an end to war. We have already had enough.

[@hemidas]

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

[@imperiumCirca41]

As a swedish person,This is quite disturbing but fascinating

[@sandradermark8463]

For me too. Just having the episode start at Lützen gave me goosebumps

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

You forgot the 5th Horseman, who left due to artistic differences.

[@rosiehawtrey]

Finally someone gets it...

[@georgechapman9688]

The Cancel horseman?

[@12tanuha21]

Terry Pratchet Discworld? ^^ I think his name was Soak

[@abcdef27669]

5:26 - "Earl of Arendelle and Suri". Wait a second: Arendelle wasn't that fictional country from the Frozen movie?!

[@georgethompson5407]

Arundel is a town in West Sussex with a really rather nice castle and a Roman Catholic cathedral

[@herodotus945]

@@georgethompson5407 Yes, the Howard family are among most prominent english noble families that remained Catholic to this day. Arundel cathedral was build in 1873 and is dedicated to Saint Philip Howard, a noble man who died in 1595. He spent last six years of his life in Tower of London and was never told he wont be executed so he could spend his time in fear. Although he was allowed to keep his dog as a companion so that made him feel better.

[@thomasrinschler6783]

Arundel and Surrey.

[@diranbodossian6061]

@Inés Lázaro De la Garza yeah same family even

[@yaqub3838]

This channel is the best on youtube hands down

[@brandanberg1716]

"And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder One of the four beasts saying, 'Come and see.' and I saw, and behold a white horse"

[@Phillip1220]

Lessons abour how fear can turn men into monsters was made plain during the Covid pandemic.

[@VTimmoni]

Sadly all too true.

[@mathieuleader8601]

I like how Death is drawn to look like Terry Pratchett's Death

[@509Gman]

GNU PTerry.

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the video.

[@Lukinator343]

The 30 years war definitely needs another series. It`s not talked about enough outside of german/Austrian history circles.

[@raychelleblack8366]

I just love this channel

[@darkhope97]

0:07 lion from the north of sabaton rings on my brain

[@AKAZA-kq8jd]

Charles stopped dissolving Parliament!

[@AgentGB1]

Great series!

[@jonaskravlegaard]

At 8:51 You say: “When the Dutch were knocked out”, but You show Christian IV of Denmark (who entered the war in his capacity as Prince of Holstein). Just a minor slip-up :)

[@petersmythe6462]

Social distancing then: "so we evacuated the town over one known case and burned their house to prevent travelers from getting it." "Social distancing" now: "IT IS MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO GO TO THE MALL WHEN I'M SICK AND NOT WEAR A MASK!"

[@petersmythe6462]

Obviously yes I realize a virus with 1.5% mortality isn't the same as a bacterium with 75% mortality. That being said, which one can bring the 80% of the world to its knees nowadays? Last I checked the total annual death toll from Y. Pestis was in the hundreds or something, whereas it's probably 5+ million from Corona if you go beyond confirmed cases.

[@garin6482]

Napoleonic war plizzzz

[@darshfulford]

I'm sick and have watched like 40 of these videos since yesterday, just realized that YOU have arms!

[@darshfulford]

Edit, like 100 videos

[@JasonXLV1]

listened to that prologue, brb gotta go listen to Johnny Cash

[@viralxcorner2090]

3:47 political compass moment

[@safisiddiqui6368]

I missed these videos so much. Make more of them. I WANT AN INFINITE SUPPLY OF THESE VIDEOS WAITING FOR ME TO WATCH THEM.

[@grayscribe1342]

Go rewatch old ones :-)

[@Charles-js3ri]

My favorite for horsemen story comes from, I don't remember the auther, but they were talking about the Hunnic invasion.

[@GreatgoatonFire]

GAR getting like three sentences across a four episode 30 Years War series sure is different. Not bad, just different.

[@Flo-ez5my]

"Down they fell like the children of Eden, down they fell like the tower as the land relinquished her ghost. Heed the sirens, take shelter, my lover, flee the fire that devours. But the sight held me fixed like a bayonet against my throat. Neither plague or famine tempered my courage, nor did raids make me cower. But his translucent skin made me shiver deep within my bones. It was a pale white horse with a crooked smile, and I knew it was my time... It was the raging storm of a foreign war, and a face I'd seen before. "

[@yze]

is that christian the 4th at 8:51 as fare as i know he is not dutch

[@luigicampo4008]

If you want a good account on the plague I highly suggest to read The Betrothed (in the original language "I Promessi Sposi") an historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni,in chapter 31 to 33 he describes how the plague reached Northern Italy and its effects; in chapers 28 to 30 he also talks about the effects of famine and war on the same area.

[@sophiepedigree7139]

5:13 Now THAT looks like a 64/36 pie chart! Much better than in the tulip video.

[@WaywardVet]

Don't you dare change your storytelling style, you master of the craft!

[@99thTuesday]

3:54 is a great visual for the bubonic plague

[@hamzaferoz6162]

Alright i now get why Germany went berserk on everyone 3 centuries later

[@pugwash1]

The grim reaper won’t come when your ready

[@rehobothbitege4560]

Sabaton's music on the 30 Years War is cool.

[@DarDarBinks1986]

I have a good chunk of their music (both English and Swedish) on my phone.

[@rehobothbitege4560]

@@DarDarBinks1986 Which one is/are your favorite?

[@sandradermark8463]

@@DarDarBinks1986 det låter bättre på svenska eller hur?

[@DarDarBinks1986]

@@rehobothbitege4560 Lejonet Från Norden and En Livstid i Krig.

[@rehobothbitege4560]

@@DarDarBinks1986 Lion From the North and Lifetime of War are incredible songs

[@SpasticSpelunker]

This was a great thing to watch while eating breakfast …

[@tbode9369]

4:39 : tiny correction. the spanish netherlands is located in todays belgium. Nevertheless great video ^^

[@curiousworld7912]

Just as an aside; I have a coloring book of medieval tapestries. One of my favorites is of 'Death on a Pale Horse'. Not a coloring page one finds very often. As to this Thirty Years War - oh, what a bounty for all involved... sigh.

[@JoshIdstein]

5:53 I'm going out on a limb here and saying this is probably not Neue Kirche, but Neukirchen, a town in Hesse not so far from Frankfurt.

[@mattkuhn6634]

People often comment about how, well, grim German fairy tales tend to be. The 30 years war is actually a big reason why that's the case. When I was getting my degree in German studies I read a lot of contemporary accounts of the 30 years war in German, and this video series is a lot less graphic than they were. These were not good times to be a continental European.

[@someonefromfinland3915]

The horsemen are drawing nearer On the leather steeds they ride They have come to take your life...

[@MegaRoflgames]

I honestly don't know why but I've always liked the 4 horsemen verses especially revelation 6:8.

[@ModelAAA90]

And people wonder why we are pushing for hygienic practices and vaccination today… PS- Can I please get recommendations for Classes on KZbin Videos and Storytelling Skills from Skill Share? Thanks by-passers!

[@ecurewitz]

I wonder why idiots are pushing AGAINST hygenic practices and vaccination today

[@mrbyzantine0528]

@@ecurewitz Because all they've ever known is the safety of good heigene, and without any experience/acceptance of the bad, they cannot truly appreciate the good.

[@ecurewitz]

@@mrbyzantine0528 perhaps, but that still doesn’t change the fact that they are still idiots

[@James-en1ob]

@@ecurewitz misinformed not idiots, they need to know the importance of cleanliness

[@ecurewitz]

@@James-en1ob a lot of them are idiots, but a lot are also both

[@TheCreepypro]

an interesting way to apply the final horseman

[@jesseoor9529]

8:10 yoooo thiccboi is back

[@jesseoor9529]

8:49 again way too thicc

[@barubary218]

“You know me, we’re old friends you and I. You know me. I am death and you all took my treasure from me.”

[@rosiehawtrey]

THE RITE OF ASH'KENTE ALL OVER AGAIN. WHAT DO YOU WANT THIS TIME? AND WHO IS THIS "SKELETOR"...? Pterry must be spinning in his grave.

[@andresperez4141]

hello ...big fan from colombia here... i would really like to see a series of videos about the story of Rodrigo Diaz De Viviar (El Cid) thanks for all the work :)

[@justicedunham4088]

I feel like this should have been the horseman Pestilence, not death

[@tobiasbremner9623]

The biblical four horsemen are Conquest, War, Death, Famine and Death The "Pestilence" horseman is a modern twist on the original four horsemen from the Book of Revelations.

[@justicedunham4088]

@@tobiasbremner9623 isn’t conquest and war the same thing?

[@tobiasbremner9623]

@@justicedunham4088 That is a good question. That is what I first thought when I learned about it in Catholic School. But some Biblical scholars speculate that "Conquest" is actually a good horseman unlike the other three. They theorize that Conquest represents God's inevitable conquest of the Earth. That is just one theory and based on my very limited biblical knowledge.

[@setcheck67]

@@tobiasbremner9623 We just went over this in World Religions and Philosophies. Conquest is most definitely not referred to as a good thing and does not refer to God's conquering of the earth(for a long time scholars thought it did, but it didn't explain why Christ has two entries saying almost the same thing). Conquest corresponds to false prophets and more particularly the false prophets masquerading as Christ, which is why many people confuse this particular verse. The crown being given to him refers to the people willingly submitting to the rule of the false prophet and this false prophet then uses his ill-gotten faithful to convert others to "conquer". War corresponds to the inevitable division of the people resulting from this and really comes into play later on in revelations 19 when the TRUE christ appears also riding a white horse, "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war." Famine and Death compared to the first two are really more like side effects of the first two lol.

[@NAYRUthunder99]

@@justicedunham4088 Conquest, armed with a bow, represents war between kings and armies, overstepping boundaries and invasion. War, armed with a sword, represents the damage to civilians, village burnings, pillages and sacks. Conquest brings War, which causes Famine. Death (that is, Pestilence) follows.

[@gyurhanaziz7676]

Ok because you guys explained most of the famous big wars in Europe i think now its time for the history of the European Union. (It will be nice if you also add how the union works and what have done until today) Of course I know you are working hard and its completely your right to choose the topic but I will be really happy if you make it🙏

[@rparl]

, What are the two colored buttons on one cuff of the speaker's coat?

[@marseldagistani1989]

HAS MAN GONE INSANE!

[@carolousrexwittelsbach2184]

The lion of the north finally attack, and died

[@orangetabby7122]

"who are you?!" "I am... Death."

[@-NGC-6302-]

I know a couple people who go to a college named after Gustavus Adolphus

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

Kinda reminds me of the stories about Pesta a bit.

[@johnstuart1338]

Seven Years war please!

[@damienwong2742]

When you wanted to play CK2, but ended up playing plague inc

[@rallis3937]

30 years war is more eu4 than ck2

[@Siritoons]

I still wonder about europe actually surviving to the modern day with those diseases

[@HauptgefreiterB]

Well, we modern Europeans are the descendants of the people who survived the plagues and diseases... all the others were killed off. It's cruel, but it is a pretty good illustration for natural selection. Thank god for modern medicine and vaccinations.

[@legatilegions8055]

Johnny cash - when the man comes around

[@killianweisedesbois]

And one thing that is scary : France stayed at war against Habsburg Spain. So the war technically dragged on even longer, and 1648 is only when Austria was knocked out of the war

[@xenotypos]

Yeah, but it wasn't as destructive for the civilians. It looked more like a "normal" conflict, even if there was always civilian suffering in any war.

[@CrazyYurie]

Another 11 years no less.

[@ardi.wibowo]

All these conflicts and i couldn't even get out from thinking that the 30 years war was pointless

[@danand75]

Feeling dead With 8 million others