The Germanic Tribes - The Ascent of Civilization - Full Historical Documentary

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  • There is barely a country in Europe that cannot look back on Germanic roots. The term ‘Germanic’ actually refers to a number of tribes and clans that lived in Central and Northern Europe from the 6th century BC. Gaius Julius Caesar is said to have used the word when talking about the Gallic war. However, the Romans were full of contempt for the Germanic peoples, Tacitus calling their home a hideous blood-curdling place full of dark woods and swamplands. But who were the Germanic Tribes? And how did they leave their mark on Civilization?
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  • @marksauder9247
    @marksauder9247 ปีที่แล้ว +593

    "Never follow a German into the forest" - Quinctilius Varus 46 BC - 9 AD

  • @josephwilliams7995
    @josephwilliams7995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +386

    I am a life long learner and a big fan of history. Europe is fascinating with such a long rich history of many different people and cultures.

    • @dannywinters8267
      @dannywinters8267 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So white people used to live like natives in Africa and America, huh? Damn. So what happened, why yall acting so crazy now?

    • @tinkerbell9757
      @tinkerbell9757 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      same here Joseph everyday learn something new

    • @testadilatta701
      @testadilatta701 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      different cultures but not so far, Europeans are branches of the same tree

    • @testadilatta701
      @testadilatta701 ปีที่แล้ว

      @علي ياسر iranians are nigga

    • @michaelmccaffery2684
      @michaelmccaffery2684 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      as are many other regions of this globe

  • @KindlyToxicRagnarKantar
    @KindlyToxicRagnarKantar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    the sword at 23:16 is written in anglo-saxon fuþorc, name reads old english/anglo-saxon "bēgnōþ" which in modern english probably means "crown courage"

  • @gaiustacitus4242
    @gaiustacitus4242 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    How can any person speak of a people being "poor" when each man among the people is a free landholder who is self-sufficient? In truth, these early people were far wealthier and had greater freedom than any people living in a modern society.

    • @MasteIsIllmatic
      @MasteIsIllmatic 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Lmaoo right… you can go to many places where small tribes self govern in many places and see how wealthy you feel

  • @humanbeing4841
    @humanbeing4841 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I'm South African and the Germanic history and culture is my favourite of all Europe.

    • @titoaracena
      @titoaracena 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😮

  • @issyd2366
    @issyd2366 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    Sweden and Norway is included among the Germanic tribal locations as well, not just Denmark and Germany.

    • @waso778
      @waso778 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Plus Netherlands ofcourse

    • @floatahhh
      @floatahhh ปีที่แล้ว +10

      And Austria

    • @robertolang9684
      @robertolang9684 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@floatahhh Austrians were different people diferent tribes , they were cisalpine celts

    • @NastyDevil137
      @NastyDevil137 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Don’t forget Iceland

    • @ancientbohemian
      @ancientbohemian 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@floatahhh and Bohemia

  • @tribequest9
    @tribequest9 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    It’s funny how even in this documentary they talk about the colorful clothes they wear but in re-enactments the people are in tattered ugly brown clothes. In actual source material both writing and art we know Europeans loved colorful clothes and wore them.

  • @furqanbahadurkhan9876
    @furqanbahadurkhan9876 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I hav studied European History During My Masters Degree later I Had European n British History As Optional Subjects For Civil Services Exams ... I Lov European History... Regards n Best Wishes From Islamabad Pakistan

    • @Mattilainen45
      @Mattilainen45 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Love from Sweden and Northern Ireland :)

  • @hippnotikka
    @hippnotikka ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Quite fascinating, in depth, educational, and entertaining as well. Video has answered many questions that were unanswered in my college European history class. Please continue with your videos.

    • @tirelessnetroamer8784
      @tirelessnetroamer8784 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😅😅😮1

    • @Rambo-Donkey
      @Rambo-Donkey 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@tirelessnetroamer8784poor kids right

  • @sadeghmoayedian3912
    @sadeghmoayedian3912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thanks for making this video. I really enjoyed watching it.

  • @trentonator
    @trentonator 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +90

    One of the major reasons the Germanic Tribes (primarily the Visigoths) were able to bring down the Roman empire was because Roman identity had changed significantly around the 4th & 5th centuries AD. I remember reading that half of the Roman legions/army were of Germanic ancestry when Rome fell in 476AD. Many soldiers were sympathetic to the tribes and saw Rome as the oppressor. Many Roman soldiers simply turned their back and allowed the city to be plundered.

    • @user-it5qe2zn8f
      @user-it5qe2zn8f 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes if only the Romans were helped by other empires to keep these peoples in complete check... Yes the plague spread after Rome...
      Only useful as household pets in chains...

    • @user-it5qe2zn8f
      @user-it5qe2zn8f 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      At least they did the best they could to keep the animals tame..!!

    • @user-cv2of4ve4u
      @user-cv2of4ve4u 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      All my friends are either foreign or German ...I found it weird as a child but as I grew it made sense ....

    • @JohnEglick-pl1sb
      @JohnEglick-pl1sb 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-cv2of4ve4u How so?

    • @helmort
      @helmort 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I studied history for a long time and completely agree that there's a specific moment in ancient Roman history where it's challenging to determine who the real barbarians were. The similarities in troops, immigrants, clothing, thinking, and fighting styles between the cultures make it interesting. For instance, the transition from the gladius to the spata, a long sword in the style of barbarians. It's also intriguing that many Italian and European cities welcomed barbarians as "liberators" due to oppressive Roman taxation.
      The major problem is our confusion and manipulation by Roman chronicles, which were essentially propaganda. These chronicles often come from Caesar's time, akin to describing modern Americans using accounts of the first settlers.
      A significant issue is how some have portrayed Germanic tribes since the 1800s as half-naked hooligans wreaking havoc, overlooking the human context and relying on myth and stereotypes, akin to how vikings, ninjas, or samurais are often misrepresented.
      💀☠💀☠💀
      HEL MORT

  • @tamaveirene
    @tamaveirene 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    FABULOUS!!! Only just viewed...liked and subscribed!! First Class! Thank you!

  • @JamesAce
    @JamesAce 2 ปีที่แล้ว +299

    I love how everyone always fails to mention the Frisians. never truely conquered still own they're own province in the low country's and speak they're own language by far most people in the same country couldn't understand if they tried

    • @Ditka-89
      @Ditka-89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Never understood it myself. The English language is basically derived from Frisian but historians only mention the Angles, saxons and Jutes. No one ever says the Frisians

    • @OleOlson
      @OleOlson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      The Frisians! My people! Well, a lot of my ancestors at least. They used to be from Belgium to low Denmark. Unfortunately now the only part that speaks Frisian (thus preserving the culture) is in that province of the Netherlands. All the other old Frisian lands got absorbed into Belgian, Dutch, German, and Danish lands.

    • @CuriousCritter17
      @CuriousCritter17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@Ditka-89 in my historical linguistic studies they mention Frisian frequently in relation to the development of an English language.

    • @cantbanme792
      @cantbanme792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I've heard of frisians but I'm afraid they don't partake in history like the great civilizations. the fact they weren't conquered is because not many knew or cared enough about them.

    • @JamesAce
      @JamesAce 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@cantbanme792 maybe you should read up on the matter

  • @pikiwiki
    @pikiwiki ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What an excellent presentation. Thank you

  • @thomasmaddox5638
    @thomasmaddox5638 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Brilliant... really enjoyed this production. Thank you.

  • @erichstocker8358
    @erichstocker8358 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great episode. I enjoyed the exposition.

  • @missjade2940
    @missjade2940 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    This is actually a brilliant documentary...we need more of this

  • @parkviewmo
    @parkviewmo ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Really interesting. Wish I had had these concepts before. Explains a lot!

  • @Ryan-bn3qk
    @Ryan-bn3qk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Amazing video. Thank you!

  • @duncaninglis5407
    @duncaninglis5407 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank You, great documentary I really enjoyed it.

  • @teresajohnson5265
    @teresajohnson5265 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you very much for this amazing work!!! I am a fan now!!!

  • @williamwisner1547
    @williamwisner1547 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    The Germanic heathens did have a very clear idea of an afterlife. The comment about only warriors going to an afterlife of Valhalla is really a weird one. The heathen afterlife was called Hel. It ranged from an incredibly beautiful existence to a punishment. I’d recommend the book, Our Father’s Godsaga by Viktor Rydberg to anyone interested in actual Germanic heathen cosmology/mythology.

    • @demetriusmiddleton1246
      @demetriusmiddleton1246 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I am not the least bit knowledgeable on this topic z but i don't see - logically - how you describing a heathen afterlife of Hel makes the idea of a warrior afterlife of Valhalla "weird".

    • @bjrnmadsen8821
      @bjrnmadsen8821 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@demetriusmiddleton1246 why weird? for a warrior the honor of going ti Valhall was reserved for manning the gods army , the Einherjer who is brought to Valhall to fight against the dark forced during Ragnarok , those men would have songs and stories told after them. the rest go to Helheim, who is not like the bible Hell were everyone was punished. even the gods end up in Helheim if they are killed . Like Balder.

    • @demetriusmiddleton1246
      @demetriusmiddleton1246 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@bjrnmadsen8821 i didn't ask why it was weird, outright. My point was that his response stated it was weird, provided a different point about the afterlife, but never substantiated the claim that it was weird. That was my point. Even your response doesn't say why it's weird. You simply provide other facts but I don't see anything substantiating the claim that it's weird. But again, I wasn't exactly asking everyone why it's weird. My point was his initial comment didn't make sense but it's criticizing the video. Which is kind of ironic

    • @bjrnmadsen8821
      @bjrnmadsen8821 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@demetriusmiddleton1246 i might misread your coment. i thought you found that coment weird , but i se now that i think you ment . i think the orginal comment perhaps was ment more like that the thing about only afterlife for the warriors in Valhall , in my head the warriors have no ekstra afterlife, just the same day over and over again, they are dead worriors training for Ragnarok. your response gave much more meaning after i read your response to me. have a nice xmas :)

    • @demetriusmiddleton1246
      @demetriusmiddleton1246 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@bjrnmadsen8821 and, despite the language difference, your latest comment does actually kind of answer the question! Thanks and Merry Christmas to you too!

  • @angrygolemgames393
    @angrygolemgames393 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @postscript5549
    @postscript5549 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Very well done. Thank you. Very informative.

    • @get.factual
      @get.factual  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @fabrizio.guidi64
    @fabrizio.guidi64 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I'm Italian but I also have German and Dutch DNA which I'm very proud of

    • @user-ec8gb4ij8p
      @user-ec8gb4ij8p 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Lombard?

    • @fabrizio.guidi64
      @fabrizio.guidi64 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-ec8gb4ij8p Abruzzo, central Italy

    • @fabrizio.guidi64
      @fabrizio.guidi64 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-ec8gb4ij8p I was born in Abruzzo, central Italy, research into my maternal family's family tree and DNA analysis identify an area between Germany and Holland but I don't know which German ethnicity I belong to. I just know that I have a German mentality, I love German philosophers, Celtic and Norse myths.

    • @fabrizio.guidi64
      @fabrizio.guidi64 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-ec8gb4ij8p family tree and DNA test of my maternal family both identify a genetic group located in the area between Holland and Germany

    • @smal750
      @smal750 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      wanna be german southerner 😂😂😂

  • @marcelopfellows
    @marcelopfellows 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Wonderful. I'm a brazilian who descends from british, portuguese, italian and others european people. Nice to know that much of them came from the germans.

    • @lucylovic
      @lucylovic 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not really mate.Stop at England, Holland ,Scandinavia. Angles and Saxons, Jutes-England.Anyway , they are separate countries and not great friends always.

    • @ikdw3259
      @ikdw3259 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lucylovicyou forgot franks, goths, vandals, ostrogoths, and visigoths all leaving a mark on genetic makeup of continental Europe and some of North Africa

    • @wor53lg50
      @wor53lg50 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​​​@@lucylovicclose ancestral Brethrens and allies in times of need!!, do i detect a slight bit of jealousy??!, i think i do? , salty, salty catches no monkey...

    • @barbarat5729
      @barbarat5729 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Germanic does not equal German.

    • @lucasbuch8839
      @lucasbuch8839 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Germanic was the way the Romans called the peoples who lived norte of the Rhine and the Danube rivers. I also confused it with germans. I am Brasillian as well.

  • @auntiec6294
    @auntiec6294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Excellent video! I only wish I could've understood the untranslated parts. 🙂

    • @TheVeek192
      @TheVeek192 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Come on. It's all translated if you turn on closed captioning right at the bottom of the screen.

    • @BbBb-vd2sj
      @BbBb-vd2sj ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@TheVeek192 huh... never knew about this. Thanks for this information : )

    • @BbBb-vd2sj
      @BbBb-vd2sj ปีที่แล้ว

      At my screen it's at the top, it's a white box with the letters CC, click it and you'll get subtext.
      For others like myself who are not very technically advanced

    • @christigoth
      @christigoth 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      wrong again. part is translated, part is not. @@TheVeek192

    • @coolteamblt
      @coolteamblt 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@TheVlandsberger no it's not. I always have on the subtitles and the German professor isn't translated

  • @joe19dp
    @joe19dp หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was amazing. Well done

  • @VivianeJones
    @VivianeJones ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Excellent documentary ❤

  • @patriciadaw1210
    @patriciadaw1210 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Very interesting and a well done documentary.

  • @furqanbahadurkhan9876
    @furqanbahadurkhan9876 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very Informative Post

  • @goranslava843
    @goranslava843 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Bone findings indicate average people ate a diet rich in protein. Cultured dairy products and meat were common. It wasn’t till the Middle Ages that diets collapsed to grain based.

    • @therealdarklizzy
      @therealdarklizzy ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I agree. A lot of modern scholarship misrepresents those people's diets to make it seem like they were always suffering. If anything, they were likely more healthy than us and strong and beautiful.

    • @JaneH3675
      @JaneH3675 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Well they certainly don't want us eating a diet rich in protein these days do they. ?

    • @maggan82
      @maggan82 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Plenty of Fish and game around.

    • @christigoth
      @christigoth 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@therealdarklizzy and naturally had better teeth with NO dentists, NO toothbrushes or toothpaste.

  • @Idahosuz
    @Idahosuz ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Loved how they showed their movements on maps.

  • @josephernst709
    @josephernst709 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Not having a system of material wealth doesn't mean youre poor. Poor only in terms of what the Romans and now we value, but i would say they were much wealthier in their connection and understanding to nature

    • @jaimegutier273
      @jaimegutier273 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That reflects the mentality of the people who made this documentary.
      Yes, you are right. Gold is not the most important thing in life. You can have all the wealth in the world and still feel poor in comparison to others who value the simple things in life.

    • @AR15andGOD
      @AR15andGOD ปีที่แล้ว

      Wealth is an objective measure. They had no connection nor understaning of nature.

    • @dietlindvonhohenwald448
      @dietlindvonhohenwald448 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very true. Very similar to Native Americans, living with and close to Nature and mother earth.

    • @christigoth
      @christigoth 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      CORRECT IN THAT CITY PEOPLE OFTEN STARVED AND WERE MISTREATED, UNSANITARY LIVING CONDITIONS, DISEASE SPREADING, DEPENDENT ON BEING PAID BY SOMEONE IN ORDER TO EAT, ETC. but the rural people did not have that problem.

  • @antonvernooy6186
    @antonvernooy6186 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for adding this vidoe and giving he people access.

  • @bryandehart8357
    @bryandehart8357 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great documentary !!!

    • @get.factual
      @get.factual  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!

    • @debbiecooper3661
      @debbiecooper3661 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Getting better. Great Britain and Africa going to BONDAGE and Esau never live among Isaac's people never ever never ever never ever again

  • @casasdomundo
    @casasdomundo ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you so much, this is great and talks a lot about housing aspects wich I love and study a lot!

  • @Texasmade74
    @Texasmade74 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One glaring inaccuracy 10 minutes in... the Germanic tribes absolutely ate meat and on a regular basis. They were pastoralists to a degree, and even common folk ate meat often.But yes, they did eat lots of porridge,fish,drank much milk,etc

    • @christigoth
      @christigoth 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      don't forget they had large forests and deer to eat.

  • @davidh6300
    @davidh6300 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I like the style of this doco. It was straight to the point, interesting and easy to follow.

    • @get.factual
      @get.factual  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks a lot! :)

    • @davidh4374
      @davidh4374 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi David H! When I saw your name I was confused, and so I went to see if I could edit this post. That's how TH-cam confirmed to me you were a different person than me 😂

    • @davidh6300
      @davidh6300 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidh4374 Hello David.

  • @ReasonAboveEverything
    @ReasonAboveEverything ปีที่แล้ว +14

    These series are absolutely brilliant.

  • @mariahenriques6053
    @mariahenriques6053 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Interesting. Nice to learn this way.❤

  • @pedrovision6987
    @pedrovision6987 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Kind of makes sense out of a whole lot of non-sense. Thank you for this valuable upload.

  • @fload46d
    @fload46d 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ach du Lieber, Augustine! Vielen Dank!

  • @CO8848_2
    @CO8848_2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice summary

  • @cig_after_death7870
    @cig_after_death7870 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved it

  • @leenpels7646
    @leenpels7646 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Charlemagne didn't exactly convince the proto-Germanic people from the north. Hence, the genocide of the pagan Saxons at Verden by Charlemagne in 782, which basically triggered the Viking age as the response.

    • @neilog747
      @neilog747 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      In all honesty, the Northmen would have been thinking that they may be next after the Saxons. You can almost smell the paranoia leading to a rise in Viking militancy.

    • @christigoth
      @christigoth 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      aw come on, the vikings needed better farmlands or trading posts. . they always looked for those and took them over. had no fear of christians, all they knew were monks , missionaries, easy to control.

    • @gamehardy
      @gamehardy 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ⁠@@christigothyou dont think any saxons fled north and had stories about the christians ?

  • @GaliSinatra
    @GaliSinatra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent!

  • @frankhernandez6883
    @frankhernandez6883 ปีที่แล้ว

    *GreatVideo/Lecture*

  • @MyWoodpecker
    @MyWoodpecker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wonderful Historic video. Thanks

  • @ramthianthomson601
    @ramthianthomson601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks x

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Loving how my Irish grandpa has virtually an exact replica of the helmet being worn by the German warlord in the thumbnail😎

  • @Mealouis
    @Mealouis ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you

  • @mohalusiyo8987
    @mohalusiyo8987 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    engrossing doc,well done

  • @gelan111
    @gelan111 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    This was such an interesting documentary and I learned a lot about the early Germanic people.

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right. People out here getting mad because they got disowned🤣

    • @aztekempire
      @aztekempire ปีที่แล้ว +2

      check out the series The last kingdom or the Pilars of earth

    • @Q_QQ_Q
      @Q_QQ_Q ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@the2ndcoming135 lol

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Q_QQ_Q already know😌

    • @autumnphillips151
      @autumnphillips151 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@the2ndcoming135 What do you mean? Who’s being disowned, and what does disownment have to do with this video?

  • @AzureMenace
    @AzureMenace 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    As a Martian researcher, this documentary has proven to be very beneficial for my understanding on humans.

    • @annetteolson2428
      @annetteolson2428 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @robertmastnak581
    @robertmastnak581 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very interesting fakts. Thx

  • @angrryred
    @angrryred ปีที่แล้ว +1

    oh wow learned a lot from this single documentary

  • @reinoudboogaard7554
    @reinoudboogaard7554 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Don’t forget the Frisians. The also resisted the Franks together with the Saxons.

    • @AngloSaxons
      @AngloSaxons ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes, I wonder how much better the Saxons/Frisians would have faired if half of their population had never migrated into Britain. Those tribes did very well establishing England at the same time.

    • @sebe2255
      @sebe2255 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AngloSaxons The Anglo-Saxons did pretty well. But their migration to Britain happened centuries before Charlemagne subdued them. Enough time for population levels to recover and collapse a few times over

  • @stevenbrown6277
    @stevenbrown6277 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very well done. Thank you.

  • @stacyfrederick9183
    @stacyfrederick9183 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I just love the cute little cartoons that are sprinkled through out. Nice touch. Reminds me of the Horrible Histories series for school children. Sadly, I had someone steal and destroy my collection.

  • @valmarsiglia
    @valmarsiglia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I especially liked the scholars speaking in un-subtitled German. Thanks for that.

    • @Mishkola
      @Mishkola 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yeah that was a bit of a sloppy oversight

    • @get.factual
      @get.factual  2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hi Val, could you point out where that error occurred? I definitely want to ensure that all of the researchers featured here are understood.

    • @hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156
      @hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@get.factual Professor Rudolf Simek, at 25min mark. The actors playing the Germanic people aren't subbed either.
      Cheers for actually interacting with the viewers to fix things. I'll sub to you for that. ✌

  • @OleOlson
    @OleOlson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    This was superb from start to finish. Very well done. I want more! Maybe do the Norse next

    • @get.factual
      @get.factual  2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Thank you! More to come!

    • @nataliekennedy4646
      @nataliekennedy4646 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Agreed

    • @jb2532
      @jb2532 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Scottish !

    • @mandatorymyocarditis
      @mandatorymyocarditis ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes, the Norsemen and the Vikings would be amazing

    • @mandatorymyocarditis
      @mandatorymyocarditis ปีที่แล้ว +19

      The Vikings and Scandinavian tribes were directly linked to north Germanic tribes, you could say ancestors of Vikings are ancestors of north Germanic people

  • @ChampaBayBeast
    @ChampaBayBeast ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Great video! I thoroughly enjoyed learning about my ancestors!

  • @blablableh724
    @blablableh724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    The ancient Germans were right about that nature is sacred.

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And, weapon making😆

    • @jhgust
      @jhgust 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Most all indigenous peoples were close to nature.

    • @starcapture3040
      @starcapture3040 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and about making head trophies

    • @anon2427
      @anon2427 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This was every culture of antiquity…

    • @anon2427
      @anon2427 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jhgust what do you mean by this? Every group is indigenous to some place

  • @tenbroeck1958
    @tenbroeck1958 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    My people are mostly from Northwest Germany and the nearby Netherlands. I also have a few Palatines and one great Grandfather from Basel Switzerland (Jacob Ault). Thank you for posting this documentary: it was very well done.

    • @alejandrovillegas4896
      @alejandrovillegas4896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      So why yall sack Rome, bro?

    • @tenbroeck1958
      @tenbroeck1958 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@alejandrovillegas4896 Rome invaded Germany and were very insulting about the German food, which was too much for some of the more sensitive Germans. Once thing led to another and a bunch of our young men ended up in Rome, drinking, meeting beautiful hookers, and then they started destroying things, which is pretty rude. My deepest and most sincere apologies man! As they say, "cocaine is a hell of a drug!"

    • @rudyardwalker9113
      @rudyardwalker9113 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Very fascinating! My ancestors were from England, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands. Unfortunately I don't quite know much about the tribes that formed those except for the English.

    • @bluefootedboobie1893
      @bluefootedboobie1893 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Revenge for the same.

    • @RCCOWolke
      @RCCOWolke ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Basel is just a beautiful city - a gorgeous part of the world!

  • @THINKincessantly
    @THINKincessantly ปีที่แล้ว +17

    ✋🏻Europeans are impressive , 2000 years ago they were spear chunkers in animal skins, 1000 yrs on sailing around the globe, 1000 years after that taking photos from outer space! Hail Victory

    • @donomar8517
      @donomar8517 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They inherited the remainder of the roman empire..that explains there meterioc rise.

  • @lianefehrle9921
    @lianefehrle9921 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I’m proud of my German heritage

    • @BbBb-vd2sj
      @BbBb-vd2sj ปีที่แล้ว +11

      As you should be : )

    • @FVStageII-hg3dp
      @FVStageII-hg3dp ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Oy vey, you can't say that

    • @bobhaverbeck7585
      @bobhaverbeck7585 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love to see that. Too many are brainwashed to be ashamed.

    • @kraknjaws3882
      @kraknjaws3882 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You should, it's the best

    • @ervin500
      @ervin500 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nazi

  • @jamestregler1584
    @jamestregler1584 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Years of studying ; and you foke put it all together . Thanks 👍

  • @peppertrout
    @peppertrout ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Arminius should be better known by his Germanic name, Hermann, literally “lordly Man.”
    He, Clovis (Chlodowig) and Charlemagne (Karl the Great), they were great leaders.

    • @sebe2255
      @sebe2255 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I sincerely doubt his name would have been just Hermann lol

    • @sivaratnamasabaratnam8946
      @sivaratnamasabaratnam8946 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Unfortunately Herman is Latin word for "Brother" as Julius Ceaser named them as similiar brother tribes.

    • @SputnikRX
      @SputnikRX 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We have no way of knowing his real name with any certainty

    • @theresemallory2425
      @theresemallory2425 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      .@@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946 I studied both Latin and German for years. Hermann is not of Latin origin. It literally means " head man of the horde (army) in German. In other words, it means "military leader." The Latin word for brother is "frater" which is where we get the English word "fraternal" from.

    • @maggan82
      @maggan82 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Here (army) + man

  • @dirkcampbell5847
    @dirkcampbell5847 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    05:49 'wind eye is the origin of the word window'. The German for window is Fenster. The English word 'window' comes from Old Norse 'vindauga' meaning 'wind eye'.

    • @50tisic
      @50tisic ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In Slovak it's "okno", it probably came from oko-eye, to look through a window.

    • @nathan_408
      @nathan_408 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Fenster come from a Latim word for window, fenestra.

    • @BETOETE
      @BETOETE ปีที่แล้ว +6

      all the time, fenster=fenetre=finestra; in Spanish we apply the same Germanic formula, ventana (viento=wind).

    • @Spade_Caller
      @Spade_Caller 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Auga in Swabian Dialect = eyes = Augen in High German

  • @greendalf123
    @greendalf123 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow this is really well done. I dream of the day I see a documentary like this about the Slavs

  • @randomthoughts4095
    @randomthoughts4095 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Could you mention from where the scenes were taken . great job!

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Most wonderful ✨️ video about Germanic 🙏🙏🙏tribe's..their's Ancient history ,and their's lifestyle....thanks Get factual channel for sharing this wonderful video

  • @mzeewatk846
    @mzeewatk846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I’d say making a pot of soup, with 2 leaves of spinach and 1 slice of carrot, wouldn’t be tasty without the addition of a magic stone. : )

    • @deborahdean8867
      @deborahdean8867 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      People used to put hot rocks into stews to actually boil the water or keep it hot cooking the food, especially if they cooked in skins or wooden containers you couldn't put directly over a fire. North American Indians did that alot

    • @mzeewatk846
      @mzeewatk846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@deborahdean8867 I was thinking that might have actually been the origin of the soup stone story. : )

    • @deborahdean8867
      @deborahdean8867 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mzeewatk846 I know, and probably are the origin of the story! I mean they do magically make veggies floating in water into soup!

    • @cantbanme792
      @cantbanme792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it's certainly an interesting concept and possibly the idea itself does come from when people would boil water with hot stones, the first soups would have been made that way, however the idea of the soup stone takes many different forms across the world, from nails, to an axe, the idea remained the same.
      the idea of the soup stone is about the benefits of sharing and altruism. it's ultimately a tale about people who don't want to give anything, but the man with the stone has asked for only a little in return for a share, each is willing to give a small amount, which makes a portion enough for everyone, and the sum of its parts is greater than those parts individually, thus promoting people to share and contribute in order to make something everyone can enjoy.
      the man who makes the soup get paid with soup, the stone being that which initiates the conversation, as it's presumed the item is not common to put into boiling water thus peaking interest. while those who gave the ingredients, get the reward of wisdom, of sharing and cooperating within a community.

    • @alejandrovillegas4896
      @alejandrovillegas4896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A helping of Roman flesh with a side of Fava beans added to the flavor.

  • @laszlokiss483
    @laszlokiss483 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love how giddy that guy got when talking about Tolkein and LOTR lol like a kid on Christmas

  • @user-rl3iv2jk9q
    @user-rl3iv2jk9q 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I watched all of this presentation .

  • @carmensantiago4135
    @carmensantiago4135 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Probably one of the best documentary on the Franks that I have seen yet. Thank you so very much for uploading.

    • @dutchman7623
      @dutchman7623 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Better consult more sources, there are a lot of books, even videos on YT.
      A lot of details in this publication are rather doubtful concerning facts, and a lot of bias.

    • @carmensantiago4135
      @carmensantiago4135 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you, I will indeed look into that.@@dutchman7623

  • @RCCOWolke
    @RCCOWolke ปีที่แล้ว +13

    An exceptional documentary, I appreciated every minute of it. One question, how was it known that the ‘bog body’ with the slit throat was exactly 34?

    • @lucylovic
      @lucylovic 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Teeth. Like animals.

    • @BladeRunner25463c
      @BladeRunner25463c 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He had his driver's license on him

    • @dietlindvonhohenwald448
      @dietlindvonhohenwald448 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      they can tell by the teeth

  • @user-cn2xz1uy4l
    @user-cn2xz1uy4l 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    love it very interested love

  • @khole15
    @khole15 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    In Norwegian France is still called "Frankrike" , which basicly means "Empire of Frank/s" or "kingdom/land of Frank/s"

    • @sebe2255
      @sebe2255 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The last legacy of the Franks in France after they got rid of their monarchs

    • @reneetherese1963
      @reneetherese1963 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am American of Norwegian descent. Very interesting information!

    • @dutchman7623
      @dutchman7623 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      In most Germanic languages, Frankrijk (NL), Frankreich (DE), all the same.

    • @lucylovic
      @lucylovic 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Frankreich in German.

    • @bouchacourtthierry8506
      @bouchacourtthierry8506 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      WE are French no at all Germanic, in Greece France is Stille called Gallica , despite French is Roman langage (the far last latin langage from all other Romans langages) WE are not Latin and not Germanic but Gallic with Gréco roman influence in South and Germanic influence in North ...
      There were not Roman Settlers in Gauls ...Gallic language was spocken until V° century...

  • @BETOETE
    @BETOETE ปีที่แล้ว +3

    very interesting; in the next video talk about Sutton Hoo and the connection to Icelandic and old Swedish legends.

    • @TheVeek192
      @TheVeek192 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Seriously? No. Go find some other doc that already exists. This isn't a freaking restaurant where you just ORDER what you want. Get real.

    • @BETOETE
      @BETOETE ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheVeek192 very dilly unfounded comment.

  • @laurensteiler8981
    @laurensteiler8981 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    I am so proud to be of Germanic decent! It’s amazing to see more in depth of how my ancestors lived! Great documentary 🖤

    • @erkkinho
      @erkkinho 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I am so proud of being of Finnic descent.

    • @user-it5qe2zn8f
      @user-it5qe2zn8f 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You can be proud to be the last primitive on earth... And the largest criminal.. Take another bath before you enter my house

    • @user-it5qe2zn8f
      @user-it5qe2zn8f 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@InfiniteVibes-lm1sq yeah it's actually from Greece your swastika

    • @user-it5qe2zn8f
      @user-it5qe2zn8f 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@InfiniteVibes-lm1sq no such thing as Aryan race Mr. Just your fantasy brain.. Your swastika came from Greece look it up.. It's ancient Greek symbol.. Oghhh

    • @dietlindvonhohenwald448
      @dietlindvonhohenwald448 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@InfiniteVibes-lm1sq
      True ☝🏻 have you watched any of Robert Sepehr’s documentaries or read his books?

  • @bossie1172
    @bossie1172 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love it the full history i am from saksen descends from northeast Groningen now live in Salland it is nice to hear something about MY history without shoving it under (sofa or chairs) a saying we have here normally there is always bad talk in history class about the Germanic folk here In the east of the Netherlands we still speak nedersaksen sproåke, I am very proud of that

  • @lisamo128
    @lisamo128 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Loved this docu. Almost all I know about the middle ages is from British sources. I am SO happy that there is some other input too.

  • @koleenhansen9888
    @koleenhansen9888 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Please do more history education videos

  • @timruhani9115
    @timruhani9115 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Could have been little more respectful at the beginning considering there are about 500 million people of Germanic heritage who have contributed greatly to the modern world, including going to the Moon.

    • @MovieJustin
      @MovieJustin 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What did they say?

    • @annoyingbstard9407
      @annoyingbstard9407 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah but most of them just like killing other people…especially women and children.

    • @christigoth
      @christigoth 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      disrespectful? he wa s using quotes from romans, for part of it. it's called history, because that's what exists from being written.

  • @blaeckingceorl4161
    @blaeckingceorl4161 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    12:05
    The scream were awesome!🤣

  • @Emiko0807
    @Emiko0807 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm quite sure that Friday/Freitag/fredag are from Freya/Freja, the Germanic goddess of beauty and youth (see Venus in romanic languages), and not Frigg.

    • @johnruge1218
      @johnruge1218 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You are right, though both romanced by Odin, Freya is a Vanir, and Frigg is an Aesir, and also the leader of the Valkyre and the mother of Brunhilde and Idunn. They ride together to the fields of the slain. The difference between Vanir and Aesir is that Vanir are the Spirit influences of the activities that deal with man and Aesir are the forces that effect the greater nature of the world. They are not God's in the Greco-Roman sense, but more like the Manitou of the first Americans.

  • @noahtylerpritchett2682
    @noahtylerpritchett2682 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    2:40 hey guys.
    You forgot that the Ancestors of Swedes and Norwegians, that the Scandinavians were also Germanic

    • @robertrobski1013
      @robertrobski1013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Not really Scandinavian has completely different DNA

    • @noahtylerpritchett2682
      @noahtylerpritchett2682 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@robertrobski1013 go to Jutland than go to Schleswig-Holstein and Hannover and Lower Saxony, than go to the Danish Islands.
      Than compare the language, the culture and the genetics.

    • @robertrobski1013
      @robertrobski1013 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@noahtylerpritchett2682 too far

    • @papazataklaattiranimam
      @papazataklaattiranimam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nordics

    • @noahtylerpritchett2682
      @noahtylerpritchett2682 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@papazataklaattiranimam Nordics are Germanics

  • @jimparsons6803
    @jimparsons6803 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Enjoyed the clip. As for the Romans dissing their foes, generally (not just the Germanic folk); isn't defamation a typical move prior to attacking, stealing and so on? See Trajan's Column.

    • @christigoth
      @christigoth 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yeah, dehumanizing and demeaning people precedes abuses, genocides, etc.

  • @EddieReischl
    @EddieReischl ปีที่แล้ว +43

    It's fascinating that there is so much shared ancestry between the people of France and Germany, and yet the modern-day languages are quite different. German I can sort of follow along with (Turned on the German CC to learn some new words), but French seems to be its own unique animal.
    I suppose though, it doesn't take a great deal of time for there to be significant changes, even Old English seems to look more like Dutch than it does modern English.

    • @OldDawg-mc3dy
      @OldDawg-mc3dy ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Because the French language is one of the daughter languages of Latin as is Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese

    • @vinlondon8904
      @vinlondon8904 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The Franks were German tribe that were assimilated into the post roman culture, which included the religion of Christianity and the language.
      Of course, they wouldn't sound the same afterwards.
      Even the term "germanic" tribes, I have a bit of a problem with. It was a broad term invented by the Romans for the people in the east that they couldn't basically control for the most part of their history.
      Whether these germanic tribes were the same ethnicity and culture is highly debatable.

    • @dougcortes6567
      @dougcortes6567 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The area that is France now was called Gaul in Ancient Roman times. It included a lot of Celtic peoples. The Germanic people were relatively recent arrivals at the time, having come down into the area that is now Denmark and into the areas that are now Germany, Poland, and some overlap into France. So, French is more of a smorgasbord of languages with extremely strong Romance because Latin was used by the elites and other educated/literate people.

    • @copperlemon1
      @copperlemon1 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Between the existing Gallo-Roman population the Franks came to rule, the ecclesiastical importance of Latin, and I suspect the belief that they (the Franks) were the legitimate successors of the Romans, the Latin language took precedent in what is now France. The Frankish language was very similar to archaic forms of Dutch. Germanic languages persisted in other areas of Frankish control, like the Netherlands and parts of Germany.

    • @federicacavicchio1464
      @federicacavicchio1464 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This impression comes from the fact that this video confunds celts with germans

  • @citytrees1752
    @citytrees1752 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The quality of this documentary is.......uneven.

  • @Jesus_equals_LOVEnForgviness
    @Jesus_equals_LOVEnForgviness ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I always find it funny when these recreations have the participants speaking High German.

    • @paulheinrichdietrich9518
      @paulheinrichdietrich9518 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They usually add a funny accent to make it more "believable" like the "Heute trrink'n wir das Bluut usererr Gengnerr" I heard in a History Channel documentary on the Saxons, or was it on the Franks? I'm can't remember.

  • @irenaholc3990
    @irenaholc3990 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Clovis wasn't appointed himself and Merovingians had long hair, they believed their hair gave them magic and power.

    • @michaelvehrs3299
      @michaelvehrs3299 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What do you mean, had? We're still here. Samson had long hair too before the plain white t's =(

    • @goofygrandlouis6296
      @goofygrandlouis6296 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What if you were a bald man ?
      You know it happens when testosterone flows through your veins.

  • @tres5533
    @tres5533 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn!, that was a tasty programme.

  • @victordemoraesamorim535
    @victordemoraesamorim535 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    to be even better just needed captions

  • @brianbanks703
    @brianbanks703 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Surely the Teutonic Forest fighting was an ambush, due to disloyal allies leading them there, rather than a battle in the sense of drawn-up ordered phalanxes?

  • @larry3591
    @larry3591 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awsome

  • @noneofurbusiness5223
    @noneofurbusiness5223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was interesting; can't read yellow subtitles on phone.

  • @loginavoidence12
    @loginavoidence12 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    from "filthy barbarians" to leaders of humans advancement and civilization. bet the Romans never would have saw that coming

    • @fabrizio.guidi64
      @fabrizio.guidi64 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      deluded, the lineage that passed through the Romans is still in command of Western civilization. the U.S.A., or the New Rome, defeated the germans during the 2nd world war. The flag of the Washington District of Columbia has three red stars. One for each city state in the empire. This empire rule the world economically through London's "City", militarily by the District of Columbia, and spiritually by the Vatican. The Constitution for the District of Columbia operates under a tyrannical Roman law known as the lex fori and has no similarities to the U.S. Constitution...

  • @v-gc7257
    @v-gc7257 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Civilization and how it did get started. Nice documentary

    • @jackjones7062
      @jackjones7062 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Rome wasn’t civilisation?

    • @znome8500
      @znome8500 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Egypt wasn’t civilization?

    • @znome8500
      @znome8500 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      What about ancient China?

    • @mahfoudseraf5995
      @mahfoudseraf5995 ปีที่แล้ว

      homo erectus?