Norman Kingdom in Italy - Animated Historical Medieval 4k DOCUMENTARY

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    The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on medieval history continues with a video on the Norman Kingdom in Italy, as we learn how the Normans of the house of Hauteville create a unique state in south Italy, by fighting the Roman Pope, Lombards, Eastern Roman Empire, Holy Roman Empire, Arabs, Germans and more. We will cover their initial conquests and battles like Civitate, Cerami, Dyrrhachium, Larissa, Rome and much more and talk about the emergence of the kingdom of Sicily with the coronation of Roger II of the house of Hauteville, his struggle against the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire. This video will also cover the multicultural aspect of the Norman kingdom, as local Greeks, Latins, Arabs and others managed to create a vibrant society on the crossroads of the Mediterranean Sea, the conquest of North Africa by the Normans and the end of their rule.
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    First Crusade: • First Crusade
    Battle of Hastings 1066 - • Hastings 1066 - Norman...
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  • @KingsandGenerals
    @KingsandGenerals  ปีที่แล้ว +93

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    • @luizpires3504
      @luizpires3504 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Amazing

    • @Scorpion51123314512
      @Scorpion51123314512 ปีที่แล้ว

      When your done with the Alexander The Great series are you going to make a entire video like this? Also think we should soon start the Punic wars or the wars of Ptolemaic Egypt and The Seleucid Empire.

    • @killer5896u
      @killer5896u ปีที่แล้ว

      We are amazighs not berbers!!

    • @pascalyung1406
      @pascalyung1406 ปีที่แล้ว

      Someone please help me! Does anyone know the name of the background music at 26:10 of K&G's Alexander Balkan Campaign video? Link here: th-cam.com/video/SndWlYj9zQM/w-d-xo.html

    • @_gira_hua_insaan_8872
      @_gira_hua_insaan_8872 ปีที่แล้ว

      Make video on mughal Empire

  • @LeoWarrior14
    @LeoWarrior14 ปีที่แล้ว +994

    "Welcome to Italy, we have Greek Romans, German Romans, Muslims, and the Pope. Who would you like to fight?"
    "Yes."

    • @maddogbasil
      @maddogbasil ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Gotta respect the romans for somehow managing to keep all this land under 1 empire for so long
      (Atleast while it wasn't destroying itself)
      But my biggest question was why didn't the rest of Italy fall to the muslims like iberia did ????

    • @steffanyschwartz7801
      @steffanyschwartz7801 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@maddogbasilBecause the Ummayads had an entire massive force chucked at iberia. The taking of Minorca, Ibiza, Menorca, Sardinia, Malta, and Sicily was done by smaller states. Like the Aghlabids, Cordoba, and others. Small groups of Muslims did take over Calabria, Gaeta, and a base on the mouth of the Rhone. However the Byzantine strongholds, Benevento, Lombard lords, the Kingdom of Italy, and a coalition with the Pope held them back. Tunisian Muslims did sack Rome and 1 of the holiest churches in Christianity.

    • @syphse920
      @syphse920 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      ​@@maddogbasil They never really managed to breach the Byzantine strongpoints in Calabria, sometimes they took the defences/cites towards the tip, but the defensive Roman armies always pushed them back within a handful of years.
      Once Byzantium went on the offensive in the Balkans/Syria in the late 900's the HRE/Merchant Republis actually stepped in to defend the region from the encroaching Muslims, and after that they never really tried full-scale conquest again, instead being on the defensive from several Byzantine invasions and in decline until the norman conquests

    • @zippyparakeet1074
      @zippyparakeet1074 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      ​​@@syphse920If only Basil had left a competent successor, I'm sure they'd have finally managed to reconquer Sicily and bring the Papal States back under Caesaropapism like it was since the time of Constantine the Great up until it broke away in the mid 8th century, even bring Corsica back under the fold and have some sort of agreement with the Pisans.

    • @dillonblair6491
      @dillonblair6491 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      ​@@zippyparakeet1074
      It's funny that the great byzantine emperors always appear to fix a crisis but not in time to prevent one

  • @kinguitar3000
    @kinguitar3000 ปีที่แล้ว +421

    As someone who just finished his 45 page Senior Project on Norman Sicily, this video is much appreciated!

    • @matthewsmith4710
      @matthewsmith4710 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      If only it had come out a little sooner!

    • @senseishu937
      @senseishu937 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Damn, 45 pages as for a senior project? That's sick. What was the occasion?

    • @Jonnybravo589
      @Jonnybravo589 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      What sources did you use? I have the three books and can’t find much and always look for more

    • @kinguitar3000
      @kinguitar3000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@Jonnybravo589 In terms of primary sources, look into Ibn Jubayr, Hugo Falcandus, and the Norman chroniclers Geoffrey of Malaterra and Amatus of Montecassino. When it comes to secondary sources, books like The Age of Robert Guiscard by Graham Loud and Conquerir Et Gouverner La Sicile Islamique by Anneliese Nef were some of my favorite sources!

    • @kinguitar3000
      @kinguitar3000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@senseishu937 Every Senior in my college was required to pick a topic and write a 45 page paper as a requirement to graduate

  • @Dell-ol6hb
    @Dell-ol6hb ปีที่แล้ว +336

    It's pretty sweet that these two brothers just cried and hugged it out, it's pretty rare to see that in history usually in such a situation brothers will kill each other so it's cool to see a more normal healthier sibling relationship

    • @seveng1152
      @seveng1152 ปีที่แล้ว

      Normans placed kin above everything else -- usually. I agree, pretty cool.

    • @frankibianchi6188
      @frankibianchi6188 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I dont plan on killin my brother tho?

    • @polarbear6479
      @polarbear6479 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

      That’s because you and your brother aren’t in a power struggle

    • @frankibianchi6188
      @frankibianchi6188 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@polarbear6479 yes we is how come he got the prime time new spot

    • @tonybryk3312
      @tonybryk3312 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      @@polarbear6479 power struggles for the remote can be brutal

  • @manuelapollo7988
    @manuelapollo7988 ปีที่แล้ว +596

    What an epic, adventurous and bloody history the normans gave us. Such an interesting odissey

    • @furretthefuzzynoodle3896
      @furretthefuzzynoodle3896 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Just letting you know you misspelled odyssey 😊

    • @michaelsmyth3935
      @michaelsmyth3935 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bloody, ruthless, genocidal,
      Just your typical Knights.

    • @malikmurtaza2708
      @malikmurtaza2708 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Plz can you clear the genetic,social and cultural relation between Scythians,goths,Germanic tribes and normans?

    • @frankibianchi6188
      @frankibianchi6188 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@malikmurtaza2708 no all people is the same

    • @cavemug4834
      @cavemug4834 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@frankibianchi6188No we are not

  • @TheChuckfuc
    @TheChuckfuc 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

    The conquest of Sicily is so underrated. They had to win every battle or be crushed. Yet, somehow they succeeded. Against all odds.

    • @bruhmcchaddeus413
      @bruhmcchaddeus413 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      he forgot half the battles details like misilmeri, palmero or when one of big muslim naval commander died in naval battle but i think he covered lot of things spot on in just 1 and half hour

    • @jozzieokes3422
      @jozzieokes3422 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@bruhmcchaddeus413 yeah man. it's pretty hard to fit it all in!

  • @some_gh0st
    @some_gh0st ปีที่แล้ว +70

    It’s a shame that documentaries of this caliber aren’t common on TV anymore.

    • @letsdothis9063
      @letsdothis9063 ปีที่แล้ว

      TV has become the media of propaganda. I remember when the History Channel and Discovery were all about facts. Now, they are all about an agenda.
      It's sad. I'm not interested in hatred toward anyone. I understand that it's history in the making. But, I will stick to the history that's already happened. Lol

    • @bruhmcchaddeus413
      @bruhmcchaddeus413 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      he did good but little small errors in normans vs muslims till 37:00 > after civitate, it was normans who asked pope to be ally. he made it sound like pope was just kidnapped hostage lol after 1053 Normans were popes main ally that helped him numerous times after it too like against holy romans when they attacked pope around 1084 > roger got in conflict with his brother because judith was direct descendant of first duke of normandy (rollo), marrying into high class required a man to own lot of land. roger asked for this and robert denied it, eventho it was robert who set rogers marriage up by letting judiths exiled family live in italy under him (exiled from england) > at battle of cerami, normans charged when muslims withdrew. they backed down after serlos flank but made camp and was starting to retreat, normans saw this and charged at muslims while cutting some of retreating force too > he forgot to mention details of misilmeri, after normans cut them down to man Roger had messagess written in saracen blood tied to feet of carrier pigeons which were then released to fly back to palermo to deliever news to other saracens, he forgot to cover few other bloody battles against saracens in sicily too > last emir of enna, ibn hammud converted to christianity (either because normans treated him good or for political reasons idk). He was trying to cover all the details in 1 and half hour so he missed like 20% of normans crusade on sicily against “saracens”

  • @tylertriezenberg1399
    @tylertriezenberg1399 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

    To me Rollo is one of the most fascinating historical figures of the time. We don't know all that much about him, but the circumstances of him getting Normandy in return for stopping other vikings like he had been and the huge influence the Normans ended up having is such a cool story

    • @alexhammerbekk
      @alexhammerbekk 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      he was from giske, an island close to haram (ålesund) where i was born and lived half my life :-)

    • @matimus100
      @matimus100 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He was a Christian

    • @bruhmcchaddeus413
      @bruhmcchaddeus413 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      lol he was dane, his grandson was literally called robert the dane. saint olaf a norwegian who was baptised by him called him danish, eventho all vikes were called danes back then (even if norwegian) but he specifically was danish@@alexhammerbekk

    • @bruhmcchaddeus413
      @bruhmcchaddeus413 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      and yes he was, he looked at jesus as one of norse head gods like odin but then in end he accepted jesus as one @@matimus100

    • @zoetropo1
      @zoetropo1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bruhmcchaddeus413 Calling all Vikings "Danish" is a mite naïve when many Vikings were Bretons or Moors.

  • @mynamejeb8743
    @mynamejeb8743 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

    Robert Guiscard is the true Total War player while everyone else was playing CK2

  • @PeterNygard69
    @PeterNygard69 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    This is legitimately one of the best channels on youtube

    • @dand7763
      @dand7763 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      better than netflix

    • @egesahin2498
      @egesahin2498 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      well said mr. ambatukam

  • @thomasrinschler6783
    @thomasrinschler6783 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    I'm a bit surprised the video didn't mention it, but Guiscard's wife, Sichelgaita, was on the field at the Battle of Dyrrhachium in full armor (as was her habit - she often joined her husband on the battlefield), and was the one to rally the shattered Norman right as it fled towards the beach, stabilizing the line so it could counter-attack the Varangian Guard. Anna Comnena recorded that she was "another Pallas, if not a second Athena" from her actions in the battle.

    • @Caratacus1
      @Caratacus1 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      I remember JJ Norwich describing her in his books as 'The nearest thing history has ever given us to a real life Valkyrie.'

    • @Dell-ol6hb
      @Dell-ol6hb ปีที่แล้ว +28

      What a badass holy shit

    • @SetuwoKecik
      @SetuwoKecik 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      I remember using her as one of my generals in my CK2 😳

    • @bengoloitachi2565
      @bengoloitachi2565 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Judith d'evreux was badass too

    • @juanzulu1318
      @juanzulu1318 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@bengoloitachi2565 who was that? Any link to further info?

  • @Another_opinion_
    @Another_opinion_ ปีที่แล้ว +233

    Great video about one of the "criminally" least represented topics in the middle ages.
    From a band of adventurers to the dream of a multicultural Mediterranean Empire of King Roger II, truly, it was one of the most extraordinary adventures of that epoch.
    Would it be possible, when you combine previous works, to list the original videos, please? Well done, again.

    • @promecio8085
      @promecio8085 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "dream of a multicultural Mediterranean Empire of King Roger II", a multicultural utopia worked in Norman Kingdom on XI-XIII century and in the same time a anarcho capitalist utopia worked in iceland and the islamic gold age utopia in Fatimid Caliphate in egypt. A multicultural kingdom that make a crusades, sound likes a multircultural islamic country that make jihad.

    • @ed-te1fp
      @ed-te1fp 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@promecio8085Sounds more like America

  • @warlund6369
    @warlund6369 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    This is awesome. The Normans were badass conquerors, from England to Sicily.

    • @neilog747
      @neilog747 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They were scumbags, nothing more.

    • @Dubz759
      @Dubz759 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ⁠@@neilog747you sound like a Saxon

  • @dostawcagazu
    @dostawcagazu ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Personally i think that the history of southern Italy is more interesting to me than the history of northern Italy (with few exceptions like the rise of the Duchy of Milan under the Visconti), so it's really nice that I can watch a historical documentary focused on this for free, especially since in my home country there is pretty much nothing like the work you have done.

    • @454FatJack
      @454FatJack ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And Venice/ ,HRR -1806 , Kingdom Austria 1918

    • @gr0vestghost109
      @gr0vestghost109 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Also the Sicilian Norman’s are far more interesting than William the conqueror in my opinion.

    • @dostawcagazu
      @dostawcagazu 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@gr0vestghost109 well they did have a lasting impact on the region while William's impact is that he enabled the rise of the Plantagenets (for me, the actual creators of England)

    • @OperatoreDelMiniCalcolatore
      @OperatoreDelMiniCalcolatore 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Southern history is often overlooked

    • @theillusiveman2139
      @theillusiveman2139 9 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      northern italy gets more important in the second part of the middle ages.

  • @sidp5381
    @sidp5381 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Well done guys as usual, killing it fun fact, Roger, I was married to Adelaide Del Vasto, who was a cousin of the famous third crusader Conrad of Montserrat. They came from the same dynasty Aleramicci it was French in origin, however, was italicized

    • @kaloarepo288
      @kaloarepo288 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      More correctly Frankish as were most noble houses in northern Italy except for the ones of Longobard origin.

    • @bruhmcchaddeus413
      @bruhmcchaddeus413 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      rogers brothers son bohemond himself carried 60% of first crusade lol

    • @owennoad-watson2820
      @owennoad-watson2820 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Grammatically, this looks like you're telling Roger that you married Adelaide

  • @mattf9627
    @mattf9627 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Im visiting family in Sicily for the first time since I was 9 in August. (Im 21 now) Thank you for making this video about my family/people’s history 🤝

  • @Liquidsback
    @Liquidsback ปีที่แล้ว +190

    His palms are sweaty, spears weak, shield is heavy.
    Blood on his mail, looks like an Italian Mom's spagetti
    He is zealous but on the surface he looks calm and ready.
    To charge into battle.
    He's a Norman in Italy.
    Snap back to Christianity
    Oooh there goes Sicily
    Oooh he's taken Tripolii.

    • @adamjones4606
      @adamjones4606 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Invaded Byzantium but it got real messy ..

    • @ethansmith8813
      @ethansmith8813 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Decided against having Greek spaghetti

    • @perhaps1094
      @perhaps1094 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      🤣

    • @adamjones4606
      @adamjones4606 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@ethansmith8813 Alexios Kommenos clapped back heavy

    • @ethansmith8813
      @ethansmith8813 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Normans ran out of troops to levy

  • @kskaiseraaron
    @kskaiseraaron ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I discovered kings and Generals while i was deployed in 2019. Love the channel and the work you guys do. I used several of the videos to teach my marines examples of initiative and strategy. They loved it and we had some very good discussions

    • @jozzieokes3422
      @jozzieokes3422 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's really cool

  • @ReallyDazed
    @ReallyDazed 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    I would love to see an Assassin's Creed in the Era of Roger II. Sicily being a melting pot of Christian , Muslim, and Orthodox ideologies with Norman, Italian, Greek, and Arab cultures would make for endless content in an AC game.

  • @morganhale3434
    @morganhale3434 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    This is probably one of the weirdest Kingdoms in Medieval Europe. Scandinavians from France form an Italian Kingdom and conquer a Muslim Sicily before the crusades. You can't make this stuff up.

  • @inoshikachokonoyarobakayar2493
    @inoshikachokonoyarobakayar2493 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The narrator for K&G was born for this job. Well done!

  • @FrancescoBosco12
    @FrancescoBosco12 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    As a Sicilian, it's really nice to see you guys covering this!

    • @frankibianchi6188
      @frankibianchi6188 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      U watched Gomorrah?

    • @FrancescoBosco12
      @FrancescoBosco12 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@frankibianchi6188 I have not personally, though it's a pretty popular series overall. But that one is about the Neapolitan mafia, not the Sicilian one.

    • @frankibianchi6188
      @frankibianchi6188 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@FrancescoBosco12 it good show tho, everyone should watch it
      Good family fun for all ages,
      two thumbs up
      Is my take

    • @michaelvilliers266
      @michaelvilliers266 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm a British Norman watching this like damn my people were crazy

    • @frankibianchi6188
      @frankibianchi6188 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@michaelvilliers266 that doesn't count, they aren't 'your people'. This fellow is actually from Sicily.
      God damn anglos

  • @FulmineNero
    @FulmineNero 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    What I've learned throughout watching videos about historical battles and events is:
    - Never trust anyone.
    - It is utterly important to have a well armed, trained, motivated and loyal army.
    - Never hire or include soldiers of any foreign descent into your army. (Except mercenaries which piss off once their job is done.)
    - The native population has always to suffer the most.

  • @alessadroc
    @alessadroc ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I really have to appreciate documentaries like this. An hour and forty minutes of good content on the Normans - which is otherwise overlooked history is great to see. Thanks, team!

  • @matheussouto1579
    @matheussouto1579 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    *after years of fighting in Sicily*
    Hauteville brothers: we got it
    *Tarantulas appear at the camp* 34:00
    Hauteville brothers: I’m outta here

  • @anto-sk4ce
    @anto-sk4ce ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Im very Lucky to have the possibility to see the norman's masterpieces every day

  • @davidkillin8466
    @davidkillin8466 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Awesome bit of European/Mediterranean history that isn't as widely known. Well done K&G, as always!

  • @michaelpriestley1304
    @michaelpriestley1304 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Awesome content guys y'all never fail! It's fascinating to me that the Normans we're expanding in the Mediterranean almost the same time as they made their push for the conquest of England.

    • @michaelvilliers266
      @michaelvilliers266 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I didn't realise this either our ancestors were badass

  • @ancientsitesgirl
    @ancientsitesgirl ปีที่แล้ว +14

    A fascinating topic! I'm going to visit Castel del Monte near Bari soon ❤

  • @UrbanCohort
    @UrbanCohort ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "The communication lines were cut."
    I know what y'all meant, but my brain conjured up an image of a knight in chainmail screaming into a banana "phone" and wondering why his message wasn't getting through. 😂

    • @guyman1570
      @guyman1570 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh hahaha that's so funny! 😂

  • @geoff1025
    @geoff1025 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The story of the Hauteville family is incredible and deserves more media about it. The number of legendary figures produced by that house is truly outstanding.

  • @manuelapollo7988
    @manuelapollo7988 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Will there be a video about Frederik II, Conradin and the Sicilian Vespers? That would be as cool as this video! Great work!

  • @shawnparadise6504
    @shawnparadise6504 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    This is incredibly well done. This period of history is so interesting, thanks for making this doc.

  • @dxrk7
    @dxrk7 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    You guys haven't stoped getting better, been here since 200k subs.
    edit: The fact the normans were founded in 911 hilariously fitting

    • @TheChuckfuc
      @TheChuckfuc ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ikr when I 1st subscribed to these guys. Bazbattles had way more subscribers.

    • @michaelsurratt1864
      @michaelsurratt1864 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh yeah I was their first sub ever

    • @dinte215
      @dinte215 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Emanon... they were the terrorising medieval Europe.

  • @MrBellsa61
    @MrBellsa61 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The fact that this content is free is absurd. Love this channel!

  • @jonbaxter2254
    @jonbaxter2254 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have wanted a documentry from this period for so long. Normans were kind of badass.

  • @CarlosRodriguez-nu5gj
    @CarlosRodriguez-nu5gj 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The brothers getting mad, besieging their cities and capturing each other only to forgive each other was true siblings feuding at its best.

  • @DiegoCampos_
    @DiegoCampos_ ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This documentary.... Just magnificent.

  • @valianghel3454
    @valianghel3454 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    And once again , am amazing piece of documentary crafted by Kings & Generals...incredible how much Information you guys have..just keep them coming😊😊

  • @AG-zv9jo
    @AG-zv9jo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Been looking for content related to Norman Sicily for a short while now. Reading documents regarding the matter was confusing, this has assisted me in better understanding a neglected area of history well deserved of some more light.
    Thank You

  • @skittlemen1
    @skittlemen1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Every time I see these long ones it makes my day

  • @nerduchadu
    @nerduchadu 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    The best historical doumentary i have ever seen!!
    Keep going ❤

  • @Numba003
    @Numba003 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thank you guys for another fantastic episode! I don't know a lot about the post-Roman history of Italy, so I quite appreciate this. Side note: a venomous tarantula infestation in camp just sounds horrific lol, but I enjoy learning about those sorts of everyday parts of history.
    God be with you out there everybody! ✝️ :)

    • @holdinmcgroin8639
      @holdinmcgroin8639 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That species of tarantula (Lycosa tarantula) isn't even dangerous to humans, the entire panic was just a form of mass hysteria

  • @c63amgblack
    @c63amgblack 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    You guys just do such incredible work I can't watch TV "documentarys" anymore. All fake drama and stupid interviews. K&G is the gold standard, I wish all documentarians were like this. Everybody watching should become a member (or equivalent) right now. It's totally worth it and they put your money to great use

  • @fatboy537
    @fatboy537 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Roger I "Borso" Count Of Sicily is buried in a town next to where my grandparents are from. A small villiage in Calabria called Mileto

  • @lsucountrygirl8873
    @lsucountrygirl8873 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love the longer documentaries. Keep it up, and thank you for your hard work on these!

  • @adamwee382
    @adamwee382 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is one of the best series you've done. I love hearing about the Normans.

  • @Rubior426
    @Rubior426 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    one of the best part of southern Italy history, so glorious and strong, they were so feared and envied that everyone tried to destroy them... and at the end... they succeeded. the ending made me really cry... 😭the end of a beautiful golden age. 😭

  • @drakejameson3343
    @drakejameson3343 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This has quickly become my favorite go to history channel

  • @micahstrevels6789
    @micahstrevels6789 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Very nice! These videos spoil us history buffs! Keep up the amazing work.

  • @andreas1161
    @andreas1161 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for producing such an informative and comprehensive documentary.

  • @LunarRegicide
    @LunarRegicide ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I know these are a lot of hard work, so thanks for putting these long format videos out there. Absolutely my favorites.

  • @Ryzexus
    @Ryzexus ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love your documentaries as always Kings and Generals and Thanks for this amazing video

  • @artemo.shapovaloff5577
    @artemo.shapovaloff5577 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One more masterpiece) thanks, guys!

  • @neptune3569
    @neptune3569 ปีที่แล้ว +364

    LETS GOOOOOO

    • @Kronr
      @Kronr ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Letsseerrrrrrr guiooooooooo

    • @neptune3569
      @neptune3569 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      LETS GOOOOOOO

    • @gimmlin1874
      @gimmlin1874 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      LETS GOOOOO

    • @addyoradz6911
      @addyoradz6911 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      LESSS GOOOIIIII

    • @theprogenitor951
      @theprogenitor951 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      YEAH!!!! 🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊

  • @peterparadis6788
    @peterparadis6788 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such an amazing format! Please do more!!!

  • @barnabaszu
    @barnabaszu 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent works as always. I love those long documentaries

  • @geno951
    @geno951 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great series!

  • @TSmith-yy3cc
    @TSmith-yy3cc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Outstanding as always! Thank you for your work.

  • @panagiotisnikolopoulos7693
    @panagiotisnikolopoulos7693 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Excellent work! Thank you for providing quality historical content!

  • @YeeeeGreg
    @YeeeeGreg ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love love love it! An excellent addition to the list of long documentaries you’ve already released. Thank you K&G!

    • @Zengids1turkmens
      @Zengids1turkmens ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you please tell me how you puted the kings and generals profile picture in your name

    • @YeeeeGreg
      @YeeeeGreg ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Zengids1turkmens I have that cause I became a channel member. I pay a monthly fee to the channel to be a member as a way of showing my appreciation and support for the channel. They have links to become a channel member in the descriptions of most, if not, of their videos in the last several months, if you’re interested👍🏼

    • @Zengids1turkmens
      @Zengids1turkmens 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@YeeeeGreg thank you so much although this comment is kinda late but I really appreciate it thank you again

  • @jcremeringful
    @jcremeringful 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This answered soooo many questions! Thank you for the effort put into this video!

  • @evansobey1083
    @evansobey1083 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Incredible research and presentation. Thank you !

  • @peterstrand1461
    @peterstrand1461 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful video. Loved every moment of it, even after watching the mini episodes before ❤

  • @lanebatts26
    @lanebatts26 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was awesome!! Great work all around. Artwork, history and narration all excellent. Great topic as well

  • @jcremeringful
    @jcremeringful 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This videos answered so many questions! Thx for all the effort put into making it!

  • @IgorSantos-pk6cy
    @IgorSantos-pk6cy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is next level work, thanks a lot for another great journey through history, fantastic content.

  • @Fubblin
    @Fubblin ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent as always! love these more in depth videos.

  • @alexlmao
    @alexlmao ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video is great. Greetings from southern Italy.

  • @CyrilleParis
    @CyrilleParis ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is absolutely brilliant!

  • @carlmanson6634
    @carlmanson6634 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolutely amazing work, thank you

  • @naveensilva2312
    @naveensilva2312 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You guys make amazing documentaries!

  • @CarlCalle
    @CarlCalle ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the best so far! Keep up the good work!

  • @davidmushal7862
    @davidmushal7862 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Another great one. Thank you.

  • @mrnice7570
    @mrnice7570 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your work is the best out there man. Thanks for making it

  • @stuarthilton439
    @stuarthilton439 ปีที่แล้ว

    Once again I just want to say thanks for the great content that you are always putting out.

  • @WayneT51
    @WayneT51 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bloody fantastic. Thank you so much.

  • @noone4700
    @noone4700 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Absolutely amazing

  • @joemama2455
    @joemama2455 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonderful video!!!! Love the stories of Norse and the Normans.

  • @scottyfox6376
    @scottyfox6376 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I use to do medieval recreation & our group focused on 1195 ad in the City of Acre in the Holy Lands. The Norman's were the premium military power for around 200yrs. Italy was described as "Meat b4 ravening Lions". I'm so happy to be watching this.

  • @rhasijadi
    @rhasijadi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Fascinating story and journey, wish they would make a tv series on Norman conquest of south Italy and Sicily

  • @orange3dam
    @orange3dam ปีที่แล้ว +3

    oh man you guys do such a good job on these videos

  • @carthagodelenda9014
    @carthagodelenda9014 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for this video - it's fascinating and surprising bit of history that noone seems to know about. You are legends for bringing it to a bigger audience. 😀

  • @marcello7781
    @marcello7781 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Of these kings of Norman ancestry my favorite of all is Frederick II, son of Henry IV Hohenstaufen and Constance de Hauteville, perhaps one of the best kings in all history of the Italian peninsula. ❤

    • @spyridon3089
      @spyridon3089 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      frederick II is not norman

    • @kaloarepo288
      @kaloarepo288 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@spyridon3089 His mother was the daughter of the Sicilian king who were descended from Normans like the great king Roger. Frederick made his capital in Palermo the Sicilian Norman capital and is buried in the cathedral there close to where the Norman kings are buried.

    • @spyridon3089
      @spyridon3089 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@kaloarepo288 yet he is not Norman, an interesting Figure

    • @kaloarepo288
      @kaloarepo288 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@spyridon3089 He had Norman heritage - but you do realize that even the Normans themselves (People from Normandy) were only partly "Northmen" perhaps only a fraction - most people from that region would have been Gallo-Roman, Frankish, Breton and probably from other "ethnicities" as well!Frederick adopted his tolerant policies from his Norman ancestors -the Sicilian Norman kings had Greeks, Arabs, Moors etc working for him as well as "Latins".

    • @spyridon3089
      @spyridon3089 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@kaloarepo288 a Person such as Frederic cannot be defined in narrow Terms like norman, he was exceptionel in every Respekt

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Glad to see a video on this period in history

  • @jeffa.2092
    @jeffa.2092 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another excellent video, good job!

  • @thisismacke
    @thisismacke 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fantastic! This is one of the best I've seen.

  • @EAsp100
    @EAsp100 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was fantastic, thank you

  • @John333Scout
    @John333Scout 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    this Norman kingdom in Sicily was a very interesting and significate area of medieval europe that i didnt have much knowledge on, but now that i do it will be probably one of my next campaigns I play in the Medieval 3 TW or in a 1212AD campaign. Awesome stuff guys love learing new things about interesting parts of history and seeing how it ties in with other events like the Crusades and where Bohemond came from and his formattable father, uncle, and cousin that made this Kingdom into what it was etc.

  • @Vodal_Kressh
    @Vodal_Kressh 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This documentary is just so good

  • @Ramonryf64
    @Ramonryf64 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very well done. I learned so much from this video. I love History!

  • @SirBran
    @SirBran ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of your better ones for sure! Enjoyable!!

  • @GAMEFREAK330
    @GAMEFREAK330 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoy these long form videos. Not all the time, since its not always easy to have the 2+ hours to watch it.
    But on occasion its nice to just sit back and dream of conquest.
    Good stuff as always!

  • @jimbeaux89
    @jimbeaux89 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No better way to start my Sunday!

  • @1998topornik
    @1998topornik ปีที่แล้ว

    Another fantastic documentary!

  • @apfolklore
    @apfolklore ปีที่แล้ว

    AS ALWAYS! Fantastic job K&G guys.

  • @samuelmargueret9626
    @samuelmargueret9626 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is great !! Kings and generals doing a new big documentary !! Thanks a lot it's Christmas early !! Keep Going on you have my full support

  • @brianpack369
    @brianpack369 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Everyone gangsta until the venomous tarantulas show up.

  • @RoboticDragon
    @RoboticDragon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am always here with you guys every video since the beginning. Including the exclusives on patreon. Liked, Subscribed, and commented. Always appreciate these compilation videos. Make for a nice video to watch while painting.

  • @AKAZA-kq8jd
    @AKAZA-kq8jd ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is why we love the Normans.