This is really historically inaccurate and dishonest. It falsely alludes that Europeans invented slavery when it existed before modern times, and the Arab slave trade predated the European slave expeditions in Africa by centuries.
This is really historically inaccurate and dishonest. It falsely alludes that Europeans invented slavery when it existed before modern times, and the Arab slave trade predated the European slave expeditions in Africa by centuries.
It doesn't "allude that" at all 😂 He just states when the beginning of the African Slave trade starts, which is an incredibly important historical era.
Can we all just take a second to applaud Medieval Madness for not changing his videos to be full of AI generated images like so many other creators of this stuff do now. Its so much better knowing you are looking at real images that took time to research and know you're listening to a reap voice. So much of this stuff now on TH-cam is just full of lazy AI generated generic images of people with a generic AI voice and i don't know about you but i find that to be heavy uncanny valley when watching and it puts me off instantly. This is still so professional compared to all that stuff. Well done.
@@plugshirt1762 the narrator is real, the pictures are real. I don't mind a little AI in pictures, heck it's so much quicker and easier. But when a video is full of those slightly off AI pictures of faces which you can spot instantly it really takes me out of the video. There's something just now quite right about them and to me it's so obvious and a bit creepy. I'm glad this creator hasn't went down that road because it's so much easier and cheaper at the expense of the audience.
I ALWAYS want more from your channel. I fall asleep to you every night. This time line is amazing, but I do hope you elaborate more on all these stories
Man it’s insane to think that we only know these by transcripts imagine all of the other stories and transcripts that are lost that we would never know
This was actually a really awesome video. I could appreciate you going more into detail on each topic, but for what it was, (and I think what it was going for..)- just a timeline to sort of put things in perspective, it was very good. Great way to contextualize these events we've learned about, and kind of all know happened around the "Middle Ages." But centuries are incredibly difficult for the human brain to put into context.
New style of video! I have always enjoyed your focus on a particular subject, but in no way do I think this installment is inferior. Great, concise overview! Cheers 🎉
European Christians might have started buying and selling Africans in Portugal as you mentioned, but African and Middle Eastern Muslims had been buying and selling Africans for hundreds of years before that.
Yeah but the European slave trade was strongly racialized and led to the foundations for modern racial hierarchies. The Arab slave trade was significantly less racialized. Like for example, the enslaved people and their descendants from the Arab slave trade ended up being integrated into society whilst the European slave trade destroyed societies, led to the colonial system and depopulated regions in Africa.
@binmanbinman ???? Slavery is slavery mate, The Ottoman slave trade was devastating, with an estimated 1-1.25 million Europeans captured and sold into slavery between the 15th and 19th centuries. The Ottoman Empire also enslaved a large portion of its population, with about one-fifth of the population in the 16th and 17th centuries being slaves. Here are some other details about the Ottoman slave trade: Slaves sold for different prices The price of a slave depended on their race, and they were considered to be suitable for different tasks based on their race and ethnicity. Female sex slaves Female sex slaves were sold in the Ottoman Empire until 1908. The devshirme system This system involved the forced removal of children from their families and their conversion to Islam. Some of these children were trained for government service or served in the Janissaries, the Ottoman Empire's elite military corps. The Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1880 This convention was intended to address the slave trade in the Red Sea, but it was not enforced in practice. Yeah really sounds like they weren't racist considering that your prices and the jobs youd do in society as a slave was directly proportional to your skin colour. The force rape of women and young girls, the forced conversion to Islam, yeah so much better then the Europeans, and let's not talk about how the Africans would fight each other, enslave their rival tribe and then sell them on the market, I am not down playing European slavery but I am saying that slavery and the treatment of slaves are the normal in those days, Korea has the longest Unbroken tradition of slavery in human history, see everyone practiced it and everyone were assholes about it
You know it’s Anglo-centric when Alfred the Great is mentioned but the conquest of Granada (and most of Spain) is completely ignored. Extra points for acknowledging the Aztecs, though.
Going into my "Saved" videos pile on TH-cam, and I will transcribe it shortly. It is just so handy and complete a reference to keep nearby when reading historical books to be able to place events in their right place. I'd love to see one which places great works of art into their right historical place, in addition to musical artists -- that would be massively interesting and handy as well. Thanks again -- been a fan from the start, and suspect I will be here until the bitter end of all the madness!
@@Fitness4London Fun Fact: Alfred the Great is the only English King to be called "Great", but he was not King of England (which is not considered to have begun until 927 under Aethelstan) and Cnut the Great is the only King of England to be called "Great" although he was a Danish King and not English.
Great. I just discovered this. Finally a rare score for the TH-cam algorithm. I love the format. Im 62 and from the UK. I would have been so much more interested in history with this kind of presentation. More please!
I love this channel. I just subscribed. I start looking for the new videos on Thursday and am always pleased when I see I new one posted. I have learned a lot from watching the videos. Cheers!
I think that the battle of Aljubarrota should’ve been mentioned, it’s a very important battle of the medieval ages and allows the exploration age to be what it was with Spain and Portugal
Such an excellent episode! A few comments are negative, not seeing it for what it is. It was so informative as an overview and I’ll be re-watching. Thanks from a long-time subscriber!
Bc it basically focuses mostly on the Anglo world, completely ignoring the reconquista of Spain or other important events going on in other parts of Europe
He also left out the Battle of Manzikert of 1071 in which the ERE were defeated, The Navas de Tolosa of 1212, 1204 Sack of Constantinople during the 4th Crusade, The Great Schism of 1054, etc. Otherwise great video.
I really enjoyed this episode. It's rare to find anyone who includes global civilizations external to Europe in medieval history. I am curious to know how you feel about 'Pope Joan.' I know that *common* historical texts exclude her as a possibility, but there are too many oddities in the papal authentication practices to totally exclude it.
I know you had just 15 minutes to cover a thousand years of worldwide history, and you did a splendid job. So I know, something like this, you can only pick the highlights. I would have chosen the Nika Revolt in 536, where political tensions united the people of Constantinople against Justinian, who was on the verge of fleeing when his wife, Theodora, talked him into standing up to the crowd, which resulted in the slaughter of maybe 30,000 citizens at the Hippodrome. That event salvaged everything Justinian accomplished, from kind of reuniting the Roman Empire to his codified laws which you mentioned, and it kept the Byzantine Empire going, which survived until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, which again you mentioned. Had Justinian abdicated, the remnants of the Roman Empire would have died with him. Some scholars, believing the Byzantines continued the Roman Empire right up to the dawn of the Renaissance, believe Rome in all its forms lasted over 2000 years; had the Nika Revolt been successful, that would have been shortened to about half that.
The format is great, and it's a good basis for understanding a lot of medieval events. However, I feel that the selection of dates is a bit strange at times. The exploration of the Western European timeline is generally good (the Moorish invasion of Spain would've been relevant to mention, as well as the Cathar civil war and the Viking explorations over the Atlantic), but the video glosses over a lot of significant events in the East or Central Europe; a few examples: the invasions of the Huns, Magyars and Mongols into Europe; a lot of significant Byzantine events are ignored; if I had to pick one, the 1204 Sack of Constantinople is probably one of the top 10 most significant events in medieval history. The 1299 Fall of Acre, ending the Crusader presence in the Holy Land, also significant, as was the fall of Jerusalem in 1187. I'm not saying non-European history is insignificant, but just mentioning the Aztec Empire and some Japanese novel is a bit odd too. The Inca Empire was also significant, for one thing.
1071 - Manzikert should also be in the video. This battle meant the beginning of the end for the Byzantine Empire, which lost control of the Middle East. One of the major triggers for the First Crusade 20 years later.
I always thought that Medieval times ended Aug 22, 1485 with the death of Richard III at Bosworth. I guess it depends on which historian you listen to. Great job and thanks for posting this video. 👍
Periods and Eras of history are themselves made up by historians, so it's not surprising they may disagree on exactly what event marked the boundary. Especially since most such events don't have immediate effects across the whole planet.
Wow, a lot of information about a kind of "black hole" in my history. Some basic building blocks there that established the West as we know it today. The voiceover has a kind of pedestrian quality, as if running through a list of boring grocery items. However, I very much appreciate the fast and efficient summary format.
I really enjoyed this. I did find myself wanting to stop the narrative and click on a link for more information about the current event and what happened next; for example, the Black Death lead to the end of feudalism (not enough workers left to support the feudal system). Don't get me wrong, I'm thoroughly enjoying this, and want more!
Many people think that the fall of the Roman Empire was a bad thing. Consider - scientists have studied the bones of people who died in different periods. They discovered that the common people were better nourished after the Empire fell than they were during the Empire. Also, the feudal system did not arise after the Empire. It gradually came into being during the Empire. It's what remained after the Empire disappeared.
You know Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth or Commonwealth of Two Nations as it is properly known was created in a Renaissance period in 1569, the unions between Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania like does in 1385 or 1413 didn't merge it into a single state unlike the 1569
One of the first assignments of my bachelor study in history was to create a timeline of important events. Only to show that it is completely random and meaningless without such things as a clear goal, scope and selection criteria.
Schwerpunkt is a real history channel who has hundreds of hours of quality content for anyone who wishes to really learn something about all kinds of different facets of the past. I strongly recommend him to anyone who seeks any meaningful knowledge about the medieval period.
3:16 Hold on the Vikings killed “Russians”? According to Frankopan and many others, if I understood this correctly, in the 8th and 9th century there are no Russians there, yet, but rather, the Vikings who first raided and then settled in Eastern Europe would _become_ the Kievan Rus, and they killed and enslaved _Slavic_ peoples. Could you explain what you mean?
@@tochukwuifeanacho3843 No, I don’t think so. The Rus‘ aren‘t Slavic, but Norse. Not in the time we are talking about. (Dark ages ‘till the founding of the Rus state in 862. Only later would the Norse melt together with the Slavs.
If this interests you, there's a GREAT book called "Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages" by Frances and Joseph Gies that all will LOVE. A most fascinating book and one of my faves.
536 is considered the worst year ever to be alive in history, and it continued for the decade of the 540s. Leif Erickson sailed to Greenland in the year 1000. The chimney was invented in 1100. Johann Gutenberg made it possible to have modern-day things like radios, TVs, computers, the Internet, smartphones and WiFi. Christopher Columbus discovered America to make the whole world in contact with each other for the first time, and America is definitely a continent, not a country. We can be distant descendants of Charlemagne. Because of low life expectancy from wars, famines and disease, I am so glad to live now in the 21st century. I love history and I get fascinated by videos like this.
1492 the Portuguese Empire dies, we never recovered from this. Spain hated the Portuguese and slowly banned the nobility till we had to fight for indepence and restart the kingdom but we were never as powerful as we once were. :(
@diegoflores9237 technically it does, but regardless the parent commenter saying it died in 1492 makes no sense anyway. Portuguese colonization had barely gotten started at that time
Great video! A little remark: You mentioned that the house of Habsburgs was "producing kings of croatia, spain, portugal and hungary among others" but you forgot to mention austria even though the house of habsburg is also known as the house of austria.
Austria never had a king though. Sometimes the duke or archduke of Austria was titled king of the Germans or king of Italy in addition to being king of Bohemia or Hungary, but never king of Austria.
Thanks so much - If you want to know more I just finished reading The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan which is wonderful history lesson covering many of the events hinted at here
What about the First Bulgarian Empire??? It ruled a huge portion of Europe and was one of the 3 Big powers on the continent alongside France and the Byzantine Empire for quite a while...
732 the Battle of (edit:) Poitiers (not “Tours”, but argument stays the same) must not be omitted in an overview like this. Decisive moment because it stopped the Muslim conquest of Europe beyond the Pyrenees. Maybe you just can’t pack 1000 years into 15 minutes.
WOW!!!! I actually learned something new! 1088 was the first university, that also hired a female lecturer! That's HUGE!! Even if she had to wear a veil!
THAT WAS AWESOME! NOW WHEN I THINK OF PAST MOVIES IVE SEEN I CAN SEE WHERE WE WERE IN HISTORY -QUICKLY😅 KNOWING WHERE WE WETE AT ALWAYS HELPS PERSPECTIVES & SO THANKFUL I WASNT BORN BACK THEN😅😅‼️
The first modern western novel was written by Stendahl: "Scarlet and Black". published in 1830 It is also the best novel ever written... If you find any English translations titled "Red and Black" they are second rate translations. The standard English translation of Stendhal's classic has long been that of Margaret Shaw (1953), still available in the Penguin Classics edition. And it's still the best, by far. I highly recommend it... You can find used copies of it on the internet.
Very nicely packaged, with consistent visuals and clear narratives. The Ming and Aztec entries seemed discordant. I don't think the Middle Ages were a thing in China or America. If there were a similar 1,000 year history of America, I would watch it. You have the Anazi, Aztecs, Maya and Inca. I think it would be harder to research but . . .
I’m addicted to this channel. I love learning about the Middle Ages without romanticizing it.
Learning about real history without the influence of pop culture is the best way to learn it!
@@avatarmewBut pop culture is cool. Just take it with a grain of salt.
This is really historically inaccurate and dishonest. It falsely alludes that Europeans invented slavery when it existed before modern times, and the Arab slave trade predated the European slave expeditions in Africa by centuries.
@@akhost3929 I genuinely can't imagine someone thinking the video was trying to imply Europeans invented slavery lmao.
❤❤good work 😮😅
1000 years of medieval history in 15 minutes is madness!
But we clicked, didn’t we? So how mad are we, I ask you!
Medieval madnes, that is...🧐
It is just as meaningless as a 10 minute history of the Universe.
Exactly!🎉
Thats how they teach history in public schools 😂
Just in from work and medieval madness to watch. Fantastic. Thanks for your hard work
1000 years abbreviated with great skill. Each short piece worthy of several episodes. Good job!
This is really historically inaccurate and dishonest. It falsely alludes that Europeans invented slavery when it existed before modern times, and the Arab slave trade predated the European slave expeditions in Africa by centuries.
It doesn't "allude that" at all 😂 He just states when the beginning of the African Slave trade starts, which is an incredibly important historical era.
@@oremstale8558but the African slave trade didn’t start there
Can we all just take a second to applaud Medieval Madness for not changing his videos to be full of AI generated images like so many other creators of this stuff do now. Its so much better knowing you are looking at real images that took time to research and know you're listening to a reap voice. So much of this stuff now on TH-cam is just full of lazy AI generated generic images of people with a generic AI voice and i don't know about you but i find that to be heavy uncanny valley when watching and it puts me off instantly. This is still so professional compared to all that stuff. Well done.
I could not have said it better!
Agreed.
eh I could care less for the pictures used but ai voices are terrible
@@plugshirt1762
Believe it or not, the narrator is a real person
@@plugshirt1762 the narrator is real, the pictures are real. I don't mind a little AI in pictures, heck it's so much quicker and easier. But when a video is full of those slightly off AI pictures of faces which you can spot instantly it really takes me out of the video. There's something just now quite right about them and to me it's so obvious and a bit creepy. I'm glad this creator hasn't went down that road because it's so much easier and cheaper at the expense of the audience.
I ALWAYS want more from your channel. I fall asleep to you every night. This time line is amazing, but I do hope you elaborate more on all these stories
This is handy! As someone with a hobbyist’s interest, it’s helpful to have an efficient reference like this. Thanks!
Man it’s insane to think that we only know these by transcripts imagine all of the other stories and transcripts that are lost that we would never know
That’s one of the saddest things to think about. How much has been lost forever
Thank You. Very entertaining educational refreshing refresher !!
Be cool to see each chapter get it's own 15 minutes of madness
1054 - the Great Schism between the Western and Eastern churches
1204 - the sacking of Constantinople during the 4th Crusade.
Loved this so much! This is by far my favourite history channel on TH-cam
Surprised you skipped over the great schism of 1054. This divided Europe in half as Catholicism splits off from Orthodox Christianity
Good point 🙂
Serious good point
He left out a lot of events that influenced the entirety of Europe and focused too much on England
He also skipped the destruction of sassanids empire and also made mistakes like the first university was in morroco
what an excellent summary, this would make a great syllabus. thank you.
This was actually a really awesome video. I could appreciate you going more into detail on each topic, but for what it was, (and I think what it was going for..)- just a timeline to sort of put things in perspective, it was very good. Great way to contextualize these events we've learned about, and kind of all know happened around the "Middle Ages." But centuries are incredibly difficult for the human brain to put into context.
So many cool stories to flesh out here. Good work!
New style of video! I have always enjoyed your focus on a particular subject, but in no way do I think this installment is inferior. Great, concise overview! Cheers 🎉
European Christians might have started buying and selling Africans in Portugal as you mentioned, but African and Middle Eastern Muslims had been buying and selling Africans for hundreds of years before that.
No, American's invented slavery in 1776. (I saw it on a tee shirt...somewhere)
And the Muslims also abducted and enslaved Europeans
Yeah but the European slave trade was strongly racialized and led to the foundations for modern racial hierarchies. The Arab slave trade was significantly less racialized. Like for example, the enslaved people and their descendants from the Arab slave trade ended up being integrated into society whilst the European slave trade destroyed societies, led to the colonial system and depopulated regions in Africa.
@binmanbinman ???? Slavery is slavery mate, The Ottoman slave trade was devastating, with an estimated 1-1.25 million Europeans captured and sold into slavery between the 15th and 19th centuries. The Ottoman Empire also enslaved a large portion of its population, with about one-fifth of the population in the 16th and 17th centuries being slaves.
Here are some other details about the Ottoman slave trade:
Slaves sold for different prices
The price of a slave depended on their race, and they were considered to be suitable for different tasks based on their race and ethnicity.
Female sex slaves
Female sex slaves were sold in the Ottoman Empire until 1908.
The devshirme system
This system involved the forced removal of children from their families and their conversion to Islam. Some of these children were trained for government service or served in the Janissaries, the Ottoman Empire's elite military corps.
The Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1880
This convention was intended to address the slave trade in the Red Sea, but it was not enforced in practice.
Yeah really sounds like they weren't racist considering that your prices and the jobs youd do in society as a slave was directly proportional to your skin colour.
The force rape of women and young girls, the forced conversion to Islam, yeah so much better then the Europeans, and let's not talk about how the Africans would fight each other, enslave their rival tribe and then sell them on the market, I am not down playing European slavery but I am saying that slavery and the treatment of slaves are the normal in those days, Korea has the longest Unbroken tradition of slavery in human history, see everyone practiced it and everyone were assholes about it
Just because two things are bad, doesn’t mean one can’t be much worse
You know it’s Anglo-centric when Alfred the Great is mentioned but the conquest of Granada (and most of Spain) is completely ignored. Extra points for acknowledging the Aztecs, though.
Aren't you so glad that All the good people won All the wars.
Amazing!
Cheers
Well, the Napoleonic wars were definitely won by the worse lot.
It is only 15 minutes, he does talk about the birth of the prophet Muhammad and Islam.
Honestly lol, the reconquista, being one of the important things in European history, isnt even given the mention it deserves
Going into my "Saved" videos pile on TH-cam, and I will transcribe it shortly. It is just so handy and complete a reference to keep nearby when reading historical books to be able to place events in their right place. I'd love to see one which places great works of art into their right historical place, in addition to musical artists -- that would be massively interesting and handy as well. Thanks again -- been a fan from the start, and suspect I will be here until the bitter end of all the madness!
FACT CORRECTION: King Athelstan was the first king of all the English, Alfred the Great's grandson, and son of Edward the Elder.
True, Alfred was King of the Anglo Saxons in southern England, and the Vikings ruled Danelaw (the north-east and East Anglia).
@@Fitness4London Fun Fact: Alfred the Great is the only English King to be called "Great", but he was not King of England (which is not considered to have begun until 927 under Aethelstan) and Cnut the Great is the only King of England to be called "Great" although he was a Danish King and not English.
Great. I just discovered this. Finally a rare score for the TH-cam algorithm.
I love the format.
Im 62 and from the UK.
I would have been so much more interested in history with this kind of presentation.
More please!
Loved this. So informative and interesting, just brilliant. Thank you 🫶
I love this channel. I just subscribed. I start looking for the new videos on Thursday and am always pleased when I see I new one posted. I have learned a lot from watching the videos. Cheers!
I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's summary on the XX amount of dates to learn by heart to necessarily but not satisfactorily know the Middle Ages
I think that the battle of Aljubarrota should’ve been mentioned, it’s a very important battle of the medieval ages and allows the exploration age to be what it was with Spain and Portugal
People would be less "learning history" adverse if they watched this brilliant channel. It was bright and breezy with great art. I adored it.
Such an excellent episode! A few comments are negative, not seeing it for what it is. It was so informative as an overview and I’ll be re-watching. Thanks from a long-time subscriber!
Bc it basically focuses mostly on the Anglo world, completely ignoring the reconquista of Spain or other important events going on in other parts of Europe
Great show! The new format was very innovative and fun to watch.
Surprised that the conquest of Spain and the battle of Tours not included but did enjoy this video
536: volcanic winter, resulting in famine, then the plague of Justinian.
Yup; the video glosses over a lot of significant events not in Western Europe.
@@Transilvanian90 a fifteen minute video covering a thousand years tends to do that lol
@@Transilvanian90wait a 15 minute video covering 1000 years of European history missed some things out?!
Yeah, plague of Justinian should have been mentioned.
Think that plague, like them all, came from Wuhan.
This was great. Only one I’m surprised you left out was 711 - When the Moors invaded Spain and 732 - Battle of Portiers.
He also left out the Battle of Manzikert of 1071 in which the ERE were defeated, The Navas de Tolosa of 1212, 1204 Sack of Constantinople during the 4th Crusade, The Great Schism of 1054, etc. Otherwise great video.
Battle of tours*
1488 - Bartolomeu Dias, first European ever to navigate past southernmost tip of Africa and reach India Ocean, the Cape of Good Hope
Well done and very entertaining. Great job!
732 …. With a victory in the Battle of Tours, Charles Martel stops Muslim expansion into Western Europe
A guy whose nickname is "The Hammer" must have been a cool dude.
Thank God for Martel.
I really enjoyed this episode. It's rare to find anyone who includes global civilizations external to Europe in medieval history. I am curious to know how you feel about 'Pope Joan.' I know that *common* historical texts exclude her as a possibility, but there are too many oddities in the papal authentication practices to totally exclude it.
I know you had just 15 minutes to cover a thousand years of worldwide history, and you did a splendid job. So I know, something like this, you can only pick the highlights. I would have chosen the Nika Revolt in 536, where political tensions united the people of Constantinople against Justinian, who was on the verge of fleeing when his wife, Theodora, talked him into standing up to the crowd, which resulted in the slaughter of maybe 30,000 citizens at the Hippodrome. That event salvaged everything Justinian accomplished, from kind of reuniting the Roman Empire to his codified laws which you mentioned, and it kept the Byzantine Empire going, which survived until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, which again you mentioned. Had Justinian abdicated, the remnants of the Roman Empire would have died with him. Some scholars, believing the Byzantines continued the Roman Empire right up to the dawn of the Renaissance, believe Rome in all its forms lasted over 2000 years; had the Nika Revolt been successful, that would have been shortened to about half that.
@flagcoco69 Thank you so much for this additional information! It was much appreciated!! Cheers!
No mention to the iberian peninsula kingdoms until the very end… this video was so british-french-centric
The timeline is great - but I was left wanting a little more detail on each of the elements - but thanks for producing it
No one thought Muhammed was the last prophet except Islam, not being rude but the way it was said made it sound universal to all Abrahamic religions.
The format is great, and it's a good basis for understanding a lot of medieval events.
However, I feel that the selection of dates is a bit strange at times. The exploration of the Western European timeline is generally good (the Moorish invasion of Spain would've been relevant to mention, as well as the Cathar civil war and the Viking explorations over the Atlantic), but the video glosses over a lot of significant events in the East or Central Europe; a few examples: the invasions of the Huns, Magyars and Mongols into Europe; a lot of significant Byzantine events are ignored; if I had to pick one, the 1204 Sack of Constantinople is probably one of the top 10 most significant events in medieval history. The 1299 Fall of Acre, ending the Crusader presence in the Holy Land, also significant, as was the fall of Jerusalem in 1187.
I'm not saying non-European history is insignificant, but just mentioning the Aztec Empire and some Japanese novel is a bit odd too. The Inca Empire was also significant, for one thing.
New to your work, but love your style. This first video on the middle ages so helpful at putting it into context for me. 🎉
Fabulous❤❤❤❤
Took notes. 😊
I enjoyed this and learned a lot.
Thank you for including events and figures from other continents than just Europe!
1071 - Manzikert should also be in the video. This battle meant the beginning of the end for the Byzantine Empire, which lost control of the Middle East. One of the major triggers for the First Crusade 20 years later.
A lot of stuff should be here
Great! 🎉thank you for making my history review simplified. 😊
I always thought that Medieval times ended Aug 22, 1485 with the death of Richard III at Bosworth. I guess it depends on which historian you listen to.
Great job and thanks for posting this video. 👍
Periods and Eras of history are themselves made up by historians, so it's not surprising they may disagree on exactly what event marked the boundary. Especially since most such events don't have immediate effects across the whole planet.
Wow, a lot of information about a kind of "black hole" in my history. Some basic building blocks there that established the West as we know it today. The voiceover has a kind of pedestrian quality, as if running through a list of boring grocery items. However, I very much appreciate the fast and efficient summary format.
I really enjoyed this. I did find myself wanting to stop the narrative and click on a link for more information about the current event and what happened next; for example, the Black Death lead to the end of feudalism (not enough workers left to support the feudal system).
Don't get me wrong, I'm thoroughly enjoying this, and want more!
This isn't the history of the Middle Ages in Europe. This is the history of the Middle Ages in England.
Many people think that the fall of the Roman Empire was a bad thing. Consider - scientists have studied the bones of people who died in different periods. They discovered that the common people were better nourished after the Empire fell than they were during the Empire.
Also, the feudal system did not arise after the Empire. It gradually came into being during the Empire. It's what remained after the Empire disappeared.
Best episode by far
Nice recap of the Middle Ages 😁 However, the lack of info about the rise of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is surprising and disappointing…
You know Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth or Commonwealth of Two Nations as it is properly known was created in a Renaissance period in 1569, the unions between Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania like does in 1385 or 1413 didn't merge it into a single state unlike the 1569
Huh? Why did you show the plague mask the doctors wore for the 1347 outbreak? Wasn’t the mask used in a later outbreak. This this one? 10:04
Excellent work
One of the first assignments of my bachelor study in history was to create a timeline of important events. Only to show that it is completely random and meaningless without such things as a clear goal, scope and selection criteria.
Yes, I did enjoyed it a lot 👍
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Heavy English bias here. Half a continent's history was largely skipped.
Agreed, but the bits skipped are the boring bits!😜😘👍
@@anthonywatts2033the reconquista is boring?? It’s literally one of the most interesting parts of the Middle Ages
Schwerpunkt is a real history channel who has hundreds of hours of quality content for anyone who wishes to really learn something about all kinds of different facets of the past. I strongly recommend him to anyone who seeks any meaningful knowledge about the medieval period.
@dianedylan5423. Thank you so much for this recommendation! It is greatly appreciated!! Cheers!
Frame work is critical to learning.
This is perfect. 😊
Tony Buzan said 10 parts on 10 topics is the foundation of an education.
3:16 Hold on the Vikings killed “Russians”? According to Frankopan and many others, if I understood this correctly, in the 8th and 9th century there are no Russians there, yet, but rather, the Vikings who first raided and then settled in Eastern Europe would _become_ the Kievan Rus, and they killed and enslaved _Slavic_ peoples. Could you explain what you mean?
You are correct just that the slavs were the Russians then
You are correct just that the slavs were the Russians then
@@tochukwuifeanacho3843 No, I don’t think so. The Rus‘ aren‘t Slavic, but Norse. Not in the time we are talking about. (Dark ages ‘till the founding of the Rus state in 862. Only later would the Norse melt together with the Slavs.
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The rus are both Slavic and Norse the Norse conquered the Slavs living in Russia and created the country of Rus
The medieval art is so terrible! I love it! Thanks for this episode. Please cover the dancing plague and the Garden of Unearthly Delights.
If this interests you, there's a GREAT book called "Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages" by Frances and Joseph Gies that all will LOVE. A most fascinating book and one of my faves.
@truthray2885. Thank you for the book recommendation! It is appreciated! Cheers!!
536 is considered the worst year ever to be alive in history, and it continued for the decade of the 540s. Leif Erickson sailed to Greenland in the year 1000. The chimney was invented in 1100. Johann Gutenberg made it possible to have modern-day things like radios, TVs, computers, the Internet, smartphones and WiFi. Christopher Columbus discovered America to make the whole world in contact with each other for the first time, and America is definitely a continent, not a country. We can be distant descendants of Charlemagne. Because of low life expectancy from wars, famines and disease, I am so glad to live now in the 21st century. I love history and I get fascinated by videos like this.
This was excellent. Thank you!
I enjoyed the format
Does anyone know any books that have these artworks in it? Looking for some good artbooks
Alfred the great only ruled over Wessex and a part of Mercia that wasn’t part of the Danelaw. His grandson, Æthelstan was the first king of England
it’s impossible to talk medieval history without talking about the by far most important city of constantinople…
I love history, thank you for making and sharing your video. I was wondering how you could do it in 15 minutes, lol you did good.
Awesome video!
What about the Plague of Justinian in 536? Great 👍 history in a nutshell video.
Fantastic. I finally know the dates that started and finished the middle ages!
1492 the Portuguese Empire dies, we never recovered from this. Spain hated the Portuguese and slowly banned the nobility till we had to fight for indepence and restart the kingdom but we were never as powerful as we once were. :(
Every empire eventually ends. What goes up must come down.
no it didnt died, what died were the kingdoms of Castille, Leon, Navarra and Catalunha, where in the hell you get that stupid information from?
The Portuguese empire was the first and last colonial empire, it only ended in 1999 with the surrender of Macau to China.
@@josebilhoto1780 Macau doesn't count as an empire 😂😅🤣🤣😂🤣
@diegoflores9237 technically it does, but regardless the parent commenter saying it died in 1492 makes no sense anyway. Portuguese colonization had barely gotten started at that time
Great video, thank you!
Great stuff
A few more details here and there would embelish an already excellent presentation.
Great video! A little remark: You mentioned that the house of Habsburgs was "producing kings of croatia, spain, portugal and hungary among others" but you forgot to mention austria even though the house of habsburg is also known as the house of austria.
Austria never had a king though.
Sometimes the duke or archduke of Austria was titled king of the Germans or king of Italy in addition to being king of Bohemia or Hungary, but never king of Austria.
@@danvernier198 Yes, that's true. Though the habsburgs were the emperors of the austrian empire so i figured it would be worth to mention.
What a significant part of human history.
Great vid!
Thanks so much - If you want to know more I just finished reading The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan which is wonderful history lesson covering many of the events hinted at here
Nice. Liked and shared.
What about the First Bulgarian Empire??? It ruled a huge portion of Europe and was one of the 3 Big powers on the continent alongside France and the Byzantine Empire for quite a while...
Well done!
732 the Battle of (edit:) Poitiers (not “Tours”, but argument stays the same) must not be omitted in an overview like this. Decisive moment because it stopped the Muslim conquest of Europe beyond the Pyrenees.
Maybe you just can’t pack 1000 years into 15 minutes.
I love this kind of video
Excellent!!!
WOW!!!! I actually learned something new! 1088 was the first university, that also hired a female lecturer! That's HUGE!! Even if she had to wear a veil!
Always a big mistake (having a female lecturer), even back then … 😂
@skontheroad. I wholeheartedly agree with you. Likewise the first novel written by Japanese woman!
Seriously Neat! Cheers!
Thanks. Wonderful introduction. Sbscribed
455 - 1492? By convention middle age is comprised from 476 to 1492
It was a wonderful video. I am at hearing about Andalusia. I considered that important development in this era
Can we take a moment to appreciate that last picture?
THAT WAS AWESOME!
NOW WHEN I THINK OF PAST MOVIES IVE SEEN
I CAN SEE WHERE WE WERE IN HISTORY -QUICKLY😅
KNOWING WHERE WE WETE AT ALWAYS HELPS PERSPECTIVES
& SO THANKFUL I WASNT BORN BACK THEN😅😅‼️
You are brave, I tip my hat to you...good job!
13:58 this war was a large inspiration for George RR Martin when writing Game of Thrones. Even some of the names like “Lancaster” are similar
4:43 - Great Schism? I barely knew ‘im!
The first modern western novel was written by Stendahl: "Scarlet and Black". published in 1830
It is also the best novel ever written...
If you find any English translations titled "Red and Black" they are second rate translations.
The standard English translation of Stendhal's classic has long been that of Margaret Shaw (1953),
still available in the Penguin Classics edition. And it's still the best, by far.
I highly recommend it... You can find used copies of it on the internet.
Very nicely packaged, with consistent visuals and clear narratives.
The Ming and Aztec entries seemed discordant. I don't think the Middle Ages were a thing in China or America. If there were a similar 1,000 year history of America, I would watch it. You have the Anazi, Aztecs, Maya and Inca. I think it would be harder to research but . . .
It’s good, I liked it. Just what I expected from a flash review.
medieval lore at 4am goes hard.
Great. Despite the narrator sounding thoroughly bored by everything.
More 15 minute history videos, please.