I imagine charlemagne sitting on his throne and then you just have a Servant enter and before he can say a word Charlemagne: it's the saxons isnt it Servant: yes Charlemagne: screams in Hadrian
Absurd claim in the title that modern Europe allegedly began with the Franks. Because modern Europe only began much later after the Franks. The end of the Middle Ages is usually taken as the beginning of modern Europe.
Absurd claim in the title that modern Europe allegedly began with the Franks. Because modern Europe only began much later after the Franks. The end of the Middle Ages is usually taken as the beginning of modern Europe.
@@johannes_keeper Realm is the best approximation. Reich means either part or all of Empire/Realm/State. It is a terrible word to have to translate accurately.
@@sebe2255 Maybe I have a wrong feeling for the words. But to me English "realm" feels like it refers more to the land (ruled by the empire/state) while the German word "reich" feels like it refers more to the political entity (the state itself). Doesn't feel like a 1:1 translation to me, although it's very close.
The production quality of this was very high. I'm an archaeologist specialized in the early middle ages, and could not discover any real inaccuracies. Well done.
But it is an absurd claim in the title that modern Europe allegedly began with the Franks. Because modern Europe only began much later after the Franks. The end of the Middle Ages is usually taken as the beginning of modern Europe.
Charlemagne was offered the title of Emperor by the Pope; it wasn't his idea, though some of his advisors might have suggested it. The Pope wanted a powerful backer so it was in his interest as much as anything else, especially since the Roman Emperor was the one who appointed / recognised Popes in the first place at that time.
@@strandedphilosopher The Pope didn't want to break away from the original church; the papacy was and is the original church. It is the Orthodox who broke away from the original because they went along with elevating the see of constantinople to primacy because that is where the Eastern emperor ruled from. From the establishment of the church on St. Peter was recognized as the head of the church; and after his death the bishop of Rome was recognized as the legitimate heir of St. Peters authority (even by the remaining Apostles). It was the power hungry/political prelates of the East who falsely elevated the see of constantinople and shifted spiritual authority to the emperor.
This is Carolingian humility propaganda lol. You don't just get ambushed on a ceremony and get crowned emperor by the pope without prearranging it prior
History is always like this. Some great man conquers vast lands/kingdoms, establishes new relationships, brings new reforms then great peace. His children ruins it by fighting each other or being so incompetent that other lords rebels which breaks apart the kingdom. After many years another great man comes and unites the people and conquers vast lands/kingdoms.
The popular belief around « lazy kings » is a wrong analysis of history. 1. They were qualified as lazy much later when the Carolingians wanted to solidify their dominance. 2. They were thought lazy because we lost most source of their reign (due to conservation issues), but we know that all the Merovingian kings knew how to read and write, a thing that Charlemagne never achieved. Finally they held the Kingdom together without major civil war through smarter land division in very troubled times while the Carolingians disappeared soon after the death of Charlemagne.
charlemagne definitely knew how to read and write, he was fascinated by and promoted the various liberal arts in his subjects and officials. i mean his reign isnt associated with the carolingian rennaissance for nothing. you can see all this in eginard's (charlemagne's court chronicler) biography of charlemagne.
@@exodoalcunhaabridordemares He didn’t know how to write that is a well documented fact. He promoted education indeed and spoke multiple languages but couldnt read much and write. You can even see pieces of paper where he tried.
@@exodoalcunhaabridordemares There are currently debates amongst historians concerning the Carolingian renaissance. It definitely saved quite a few texts and introduced a lot of innovations such as the "minuscule Caroline" which we still use today in writing, but the reason behind this entreprise Can be reinterogated. It is believed that many new texts and innovations were born because the Pippinids/Carolingians needed the extra prestige and legitimacy to strengthen a somewhat weakened position due to Pippin's coup. The reason Charlemagne was even crowned emperor would be to show that he himself was a rightful successornto the Roman throne, which was never doubted for Merovingian kings as they always administered their lands as Roman officials. Chideric (Clovis' father) was even an official in the Roman army and Clovis himself was named "consul" by the Emperor in Constantinople. Bruno Dumézil spoke about this in many scholar conferences that you can find on youtube. You can also read Alain Dierkens, Hartmut Hatsma, Regine Le Jan for more coming from German, Belgian or French academics.
@@exodoalcunhaabridordemares No. Charlemagne is associated with the carolingian rennaissance because he couldn't read. He did that because he wanted to be able to read. Until his reign being able to read was seen as an unimportant task. More like a juggler. If you want to be entertained you call the reader and the writer. 😉 That way on looking on reading and writing was also a thinking a long time after the carolingian rennaissance under nobles. Probably out of the same reasons why children hate school today. It's hard to learn for most people and there are so many things to be done that are more fun.
There were no capital cities at the Frankish time. The center of power was Paris / Saint-Denis. Charlemagne developed his estate and spent more time in Aachen because it was convinient to fight the almost constant Saxon rebellions. The city of Aachen itself barely existed at that time.
@@kenpe1455 Yeah back then you also had the kolenwoud/Silva Carbonaria now nothing is left only a few small forest in flanders or wallonia and biggest is Zoniënwoud/Sonian Forest..
@@greenchair5615 Sure maybe your right, there are patches of ai generated content, but even without that his content script and historical map presentation is quite good. No doubt about that
What great content! The presentation method is innovative and comfortable for the eyes and helps to understand the explanation, in addition to the wonderful narration method and the background music is more than wonderful. Keep it up !!!
Great work! Clovis conquers kingdoms with divine backing, Charles Martell becomes a legendary bulwark against the Islamic tide. Charlemagne crowns himself Emperor, dreaming of a unified Europe. The saga of the Franks is nothing short of epic! 💥
For the lazy kings, it only started in 639 (Clovis ruled between 481 and 511 and the first lazy king was his great great great grandson) but it happened because the merovingians dynasty succession laws. Every time a king died, his kingdom was split between all his sons so when Clovis died, his kingdom was split between all his sons in 511 but the last one alive (Clotaire 1) survived/killed all his brothers and nephews and unified it again in 558 but died soon after in 561. The kingdom was once again split in four and began the "faide royale" (royal feud) between 561 and 613 with Clotaire sons. Two of them (Sigebert and Chilpéric married quickly two wisigoths princess sisters (Brunehaut and Galswinthe) but Chilpéric mistress (Fredegonde) killed later Galswinthe then Chilpéric remarried with Fredegonde and really started the war between between Sigebert/Brunehaut and Chilpéric/Fredegonde while Gontran (Sigebert and Chilpéric's brother) was the third player in this war. The war ended in 613 when Clotaire 2 (Chilpéric and Fredegonde son) murdered Brunehaut and her great grandson. Unfortunately for the dynasty, the mayors of the palace (the frankish medieval prime ministers) gained political powers because of the faide royale and became more powerful than the kings after Dagobert 1 (Clotaire 2 son) death in 639, which leads to the erovingian kings being figure head.
The translation is a little bit misleading they were called (by people with an agenda) faineants, with exactly mean "do nothing." That actually doesn't mean that they were lazy but #1 not much survived of their work #2 they had little power and were prevented for example by the mayors of the palace from doing anything.
Incroyable cette vidéo ! Je me souviens des cours d'histoire à l'école, en France. Ton travail est très très bon, très bien illustré, ça pourrait servir dans l'éducation ! Beau travail, vraiment 👏
Really good video, top notch animation and tone. Also, importantly the speed of narration is adequate ie quite slow, unlike some similar channels that have it way too fast. No stupid jokes, perfect. Subscribed
This was really well done. I had no idea so much of this occurred. Thank you for putting it together. It is interesting to see the parallels across different parts of the world and times.
Full plate armor doesn't exist until after 1420. "Heavy cavalry" doesn't exist until the bigger horses appear (thanks to selective breeding) a couple hundred years later after Charles Martel. The arab cavalry is considered lightweight cavalry.
Heavy calvary is older than Christianity, not in Europe but in Persia against the Steppe peoples. There's no doubt that was noted by everyone who had access to histories.
@@geordiejones5618 What heavy persian cavalry ? Big horses don't exist outside of western Europe until about the late early middle ages/ early high middle ages. The full scale armor sarmatians, the most armored people of the ancient world, were light cavalry. Even the polish winged hussars were medium cavalry.
Charlemagne, Karl der Große, Carolus Magnus or Charles the Great. It's always funny to me how Germany and France see him as the Father of their States but always being at war with eachother. Still, a little bit like Charlemagne's own children. Like toddlers. For over thousand years trying to prove who is the better son...and just failing on a daily basis.
Neither Germans nor the French actually do. He is just seen as a significant figure for both of them. France goes back even further with their ridiculous claims to Clovis
@@phlm9038 Except king of the Franks in the 6th century and king of West Francia (later France) aren’t remotely the same thing. Reframing history to fit a modern nation state perspective is not history, it is ridiculous
@@sebe2255 It is not reframing history at all. Clovis was the first King of France and at the same time a descendant of the Kings of the Franks of the 6th century.
@@phlm9038 He was an ancestor to the Merovingian Frankish kings sure, but none of them were kings of France and neither was Clovis. He wouldn’t even have known what France is
@@starfox300 The French were mostly Romanised Gauls, the Germans Germanic. How were they ever the same people? Being under the same empire doesn't really mean anything here.
Such an overlooked and underrated time period in history. Most movies and media only look at the periods before and after the Franks, the fall of the Western Roman Empire, or during the Viking Era. But rarely between the two The Carolingian Renaissance was the first (of three) Renaissance(s) in history. Which was during the reign of the Carolingians of course These Franks defined Europe. Sure, Western Europe really, but they did play a part in the rest of Europe. From the spread of Christianity, ultimately spreading it to Eastern Europe. Defeating and weakening the Umayyads from Spain (which allowed Asturias to rise). The Franks ultimately gave way and defined The Normans which would then go on to conquer England and define English for the centuries. The borders splitting after Charlemagne would influence the borders throughout most of history. And of course founded The Holy Roman Empire, which lasted almost a thousand years (being a very influential title, whoever was the Kaiser, politically.) The Franks literally essentially founded (european) feudalism as we know it, which was the whole of Europe for centuries. When land was granted to "knights" in exchange for military service (as shown in the video after the Frankish king wanted his own heavy cavalry after fighting the Arabs)
Doubt it, most people refer to the strange people as how they introduced themselves. Given how the Franks didnt contribute at all with exploration of the world this is very very unlikely.
@@jemoedermeteensnor88 then where would the words, Faranj, Farangi, and Folanggi, which are what used in the islamic, indian, and chinese civilizations to refer to europeans come from?
@@oblivion5390 Faranj is actually "used" but Thailand isn't the entire world. Farangi for the Crusaders isnt that weird since the Anjou family wasn't only the main sponsor but also the "ruler" of Jerusalem. But to call them great is far off, the French were the biggest bunch of retards. Why? Because their proud always came before their common sense. I'm glad Folanggi made it to the French dictonary but I doubt it, it's in the Manderin one. It's the word all islamic, indian, and chinese civilizations to refer to europeans use, combined with the other 12.000 ofcourse, but you believe what you want to believe.
I like the maps and the video in general. Good information. I do NOT like the AI-generated images when there are faces in them. Extremely off-putting the way they melt and morph, like a nightmare
@@discoverlight I didn’t finish this video, and I won’t finish others that do this. There are plenty of other videos with this information that don’t do it.
This is an amazing video… I often hear people say diversity isn’t a strength but look how diverse Europe was.. more tribes there than Africa at one point
Consider Charlemagne a brute whose expansionism and forced conversion of Saxony and Frisia 770s to 800s likely caused Scandinavian vikings to commence raiding Catholic holdings during the 790s. (Lindisfarne 793 - had close ties to the Franks - Charlemagne supposedly visited the monestary), Ireland 796, Aquitaine 799 the most known) Saxon and Frisian ties to Scandinavia were centuries old thru trade and intermarriages. Pretty sure Catholic expansion was viewed an existential threat by King Godfred of Denmark and his fellow pagan Scandinavians as fortifications (Dannevirke) was reinforced just North of Saxony across the main land and construction of ring-fortresses was begun at least five different locations inside Denmark in the immediate aftermath (Aggersborg, Fyrkat, Trelleborg etc.) Charlemagne essentially caused a 2 centuries long all-out war between Nordic pagans and Catholics (The Viking Era) - A war that lasted until King Harold bluetooth of Denmark converted to Christianity around 985 after loosing a battle to the Holy Roman Empire on the border to Saxony. When Harolds grandson Knut/Canute became king of England 1016 - Now a Christian - The Viking Era was de facto over. Hastings 1066 being the end is a later adoptation probbably made by the Plantagenet Dynasty as propaganda for their rule. The history as most know it is very biased by Christian narratives.
Even if he did start the viking period, which is a highly questionable claim, he still took out a significant part of the pagan Germanic world (all of northern Germany) and because of this his descendants were eventually able to convert Denmark and later all of Scandinavia. The raids and invasions of Britain, while definitely a major setback for them, did ultimately lead to a viking defeat as well. And wouldn’t really be the concern of Charlemagne anyway
I am sure the franks name came from their weapon the 'francisca' throwing axe, only after their conquest of Soisson that the salian confederation came to be known as Franks, the famous french saying "step into France soil, and be a freeman" is thought to have originate from this era, a reference to Franks abolishing slavery in northern Gaul.
In France, slavery was made illegal by Queen Bathilde, wife of Clovis II, in 657 A.D. She decreed that any slave who entered French territory would automatically become free. The queen herself bought back several slaves from their masters to free them.
You should really put a disclaimer that the script was partially made with AI. It is obvious enough that only a few minutes in I felt the need to pop the transcript into AI detection tools. Even your channel description was made with AI 😭
Very well summarised. Thank you! Im french and had a hard time getting a proper grasp of this period. Especially given the historiography of this period, even modern, is very tainted with pious and nationalist interpretations of everything.
I must always encourage and applaud an appreciation of past times and the lessons within them. Keep in mind though, no historians are without bias (even if it is a necessary bias). So when you read the sources, treat them the same way you treat sponsored content mowdays
10:14 'in 777 the Saxons agreed to peace at Paderborn.' did this place even exist back then? some say, the town was founded in 795 by Charlemagne as a bishopric.
Wow I'm surprised to learn about charles martell. I always thought charlemagne created his own empire and was a famous conquerer but he inherited all his lands basically from great predecessors.
Multiple inaccuracies calls the research and quality controll of this video into question, "heavy cavalry" earlier in the video would not have had full plate maile as that wasnt invented until much later, chain maile would've been the dominant form of armour in this period. But displaying empress Irene as a scandinavian-esque blonde, when she was historically born of a *greek* noble family in Athens is an incredible oversight to make. I'm saying this as a scandinavian myself. Very sloppy.
I think it's only the AI visuals where there are inaccuracies. Once you bear that in mind and allow it to slip, the video is otherwise historically accurate.
History videos need constant placement along the timeline. Could you have put a year in the corner of your maps so we know when exactly you are talking about?
Nein, das ist nicht richtig ! Charlemagne ~ 800 AD Anglo-Saxon et. al. Migration ~ 450 AD. Hence, Charlemagne simply slaughtered the Saxons, perhaps to please the Pope, and forced Catholicism on the Saxon, who were pagans. They didn't want Christianity at all. They hated it. But, well, GOD ALMIGHTY, the all knowing emperor in the sky, told the Pope to tell Charlemagne to ravage the Saxons and force them into loving the wonderful lord of the sky. Now, the great sky God, and the Pope, and Charlemagne became very, very happy. And everyone lived happily ever after. The End.
Roland, yeah, he was sourlt defeated, no hero, just a romanticized figure by French historians. The true legend was the deed the rural Basque tribes pulled on the strongest army in Europe at the time.
Is there a movie or documentary series about the Empire of Charlemagne? I haven't been able to find anything and have become interested in this era of history. Plus, this looks like the plot-line of a really good book series.
Questionable comment… the franks are a German tribe and Franken is still a part of Bavaria in Germany. The throne from „Karl, der Große“ still standing in Germany…first franks that went to nowadays France, were brought there by Rome as auxiliary troops and some went to fight and conquer Gaul territory…
@@erikschlangenauge7514 l'Allemagne a commencé à exister seulement grâce au prussiens qui et eux même sont un peuple venus de l'est le mot France signifie paye des francs et Francfort la gue des francs les l'allemand sont juste des saxon il ont aucun héritage des francs le seule c'est la France ta qu'à voir les différentes dynastie de l'Allemagne autrichien etc
@@erikschlangenauge7514 Your comment is questianable. Franks are geneticly the dutch, the belgians, nothern french, and a very small part of germany. Stop believing BS from WW2 propaganda you germans are as ridiculous as the algerians.
@@erikschlangenauge7514the Franks are a GERMANIC tribe, not a german one. It makes all the differences. Germans people have nothing to claim about the glories of the French (may I mean Franks ? Because French is just the modern term for Frank) because they come from differents Germanic tribes. Those germanics tribes made the Germans, while the Franks and the gallo-romans made the French. And it's the Franks who invade the others germanics tribes. Charlemagne was a Frank, even tho it's capital is in nowadays Germany. People changed over time, the Franks of 500 and the French of 2020 are not the same, the ancestry is for some not existent but our culture and occidental culture come from the Franks.
@@flamma_larnaque im a Frank, sry that you didn’t get the point. And I’m livin in a region that is frankish since almost 2000 years and when Paris was attacked by Vikings the German original franks came to help you. That doesn’t change the fact that they all originated in Germania, first were brought to you as auxiliary troops for Rome or to conquer Gaul and are german and a germanic tribe at the same time bc they are existing without interruption here. The difference of Germanic and German is important for French and for Britains also😅, bc you all not happy bout this historical truth.. Germanophobia, complexes, and stereotype arrogance…
You could imagine Charlemagne as an old man on his knees screaming every 5 minutes..........
SAXONNNNNYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!
I imagine charlemagne sitting on his throne and then you just have a Servant enter and before he can say a word
Charlemagne: it's the saxons isnt it
Servant: yes
Charlemagne: screams in Hadrian
Absurd claim in the title that modern Europe allegedly began with the Franks. Because modern Europe only began much later after the Franks. The end of the Middle Ages is usually taken as the beginning of modern Europe.
I swear there is always a little known mountain pass.
They would have fucking loved Google maps
Absurd claim in the title that modern Europe allegedly began with the Franks. Because modern Europe only began much later after the Franks. The end of the Middle Ages is usually taken as the beginning of modern Europe.
You have no proof.
Show me the -money- mountain pass _!!_
France's name in German is "Frankreich" , which means "Empire of the Franks".
More like "Realm of the Franks"
@@johannes_keeper
Realm is the best approximation. Reich means either part or all of Empire/Realm/State.
It is a terrible word to have to translate accurately.
@@PipoZePoulp Realm is literally an accurate translation of Reich or Rijk
@@sebe2255 Yes, both are accepted
@@sebe2255 Maybe I have a wrong feeling for the words. But to me English "realm" feels like it refers more to the land (ruled by the empire/state) while the German word "reich" feels like it refers more to the political entity (the state itself). Doesn't feel like a 1:1 translation to me, although it's very close.
I appreciate the fact you show the years on which the events take place at the bottom of the screen. I wish more channels did that!
Saying Charlemagne the Great is like saying Karl the Great the Great
Indeed he is way to great of a great Charles 🤣🤣
😆it's either Charles the Great or Karl der Große. Maybe Karl der Große the Great 😉
Correct lol It's redundant 🤭
@@nicolasiiiletzar7984 Yes, Carolus Magnus in latin, but in his mother tongue it must have been something like Karl de Grode (or Groode).
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The production quality of this was very high. I'm an archaeologist specialized in the early middle ages, and could not discover any real inaccuracies. Well done.
Your videos are so visually pleasing and neat - - keep up the excellent work!
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Mass-produced garbage.
@@anypercentdeathlessbro get a life your leaving hate comments on a history channel
@@History_Mapped_Out if there was the year written in the corner somewhere at every point that would be sick
But it is an absurd claim in the title that modern Europe allegedly began with the Franks. Because modern Europe only began much later after the Franks. The end of the Middle Ages is usually taken as the beginning of modern Europe.
Charlemagne was offered the title of Emperor by the Pope; it wasn't his idea, though some of his advisors might have suggested it. The Pope wanted a powerful backer so it was in his interest as much as anything else, especially since the Roman Emperor was the one who appointed / recognised Popes in the first place at that time.
The pope wanted to keep his power and break away from the original church, why the Eastern Romans were after to cut his toungue
Making france the heir of Rome
By having himself coronated by the Pope he made it so that the pope would legitimize the Emperor for centuries
@@strandedphilosopher The Pope didn't want to break away from the original church; the papacy was and is the original church. It is the Orthodox who broke away from the original because they went along with elevating the see of constantinople to primacy because that is where the Eastern emperor ruled from. From the establishment of the church on St. Peter was recognized as the head of the church; and after his death the bishop of Rome was recognized as the legitimate heir of St. Peters authority (even by the remaining Apostles). It was the power hungry/political prelates of the East who falsely elevated the see of constantinople and shifted spiritual authority to the emperor.
This is Carolingian humility propaganda lol. You don't just get ambushed on a ceremony and get crowned emperor by the pope without prearranging it prior
Excellent stuff, I've been looking for something that explains the movements of the Empire and this goes above and beyond!
Yes me too!
History is always like this. Some great man conquers vast lands/kingdoms, establishes new relationships, brings new reforms then great peace. His children ruins it by fighting each other or being so incompetent that other lords rebels which breaks apart the kingdom. After many years another great man comes and unites the people and conquers vast lands/kingdoms.
The popular belief around « lazy kings » is a wrong analysis of history.
1. They were qualified as lazy much later when the Carolingians wanted to solidify their dominance.
2. They were thought lazy because we lost most source of their reign (due to conservation issues), but we know that all the Merovingian kings knew how to read and write, a thing that Charlemagne never achieved. Finally they held the Kingdom together without major civil war through smarter land division in very troubled times while the Carolingians disappeared soon after the death of Charlemagne.
charlemagne definitely knew how to read and write, he was fascinated by and promoted the various liberal arts in his subjects and officials. i mean his reign isnt associated with the carolingian rennaissance for nothing. you can see all this in eginard's (charlemagne's court chronicler) biography of charlemagne.
@@exodoalcunhaabridordemares He didn’t know how to write that is a well documented fact. He promoted education indeed and spoke multiple languages but couldnt read much and write.
You can even see pieces of paper where he tried.
@@exodoalcunhaabridordemares There are currently debates amongst historians concerning the Carolingian renaissance. It definitely saved quite a few texts and introduced a lot of innovations such as the "minuscule Caroline" which we still use today in writing, but the reason behind this entreprise Can be reinterogated. It is believed that many new texts and innovations were born because the Pippinids/Carolingians needed the extra prestige and legitimacy to strengthen a somewhat weakened position due to Pippin's coup. The reason Charlemagne was even crowned emperor would be to show that he himself was a rightful successornto the Roman throne, which was never doubted for Merovingian kings as they always administered their lands as Roman officials. Chideric (Clovis' father) was even an official in the Roman army and Clovis himself was named "consul" by the Emperor in Constantinople.
Bruno Dumézil spoke about this in many scholar conferences that you can find on youtube. You can also read Alain Dierkens, Hartmut Hatsma, Regine Le Jan for more coming from German, Belgian or French academics.
They were lazy as in powerless.
Just like Charles the Bald wasn't bald, he was born without a crown to his name (unlike his brothers).
@@exodoalcunhaabridordemares No. Charlemagne is associated with the carolingian rennaissance because he couldn't read. He did that because he wanted to be able to read.
Until his reign being able to read was seen as an unimportant task. More like a juggler. If you want to be entertained you call the reader and the writer. 😉
That way on looking on reading and writing was also a thinking a long time after the carolingian rennaissance under nobles.
Probably out of the same reasons why children hate school today. It's hard to learn for most people and there are so many things to be done that are more fun.
In the video, at some points, the capital is incorrectly stated:
Paris (c. 509-771)
Aachen (771-840)
Non aix la chapelle n'a été capital que 795 a 814 c'est tout 😊
There were no capital cities at the Frankish time.
The center of power was Paris / Saint-Denis. Charlemagne developed his estate and spent more time in Aachen because it was convinient to fight the almost constant Saxon rebellions. The city of Aachen itself barely existed at that time.
The first frankish capital was in Belgium. Tournai
@@kenpe1455 Yeah back then you also had the kolenwoud/Silva Carbonaria now nothing is left only a few small forest in flanders or wallonia and biggest is Zoniënwoud/Sonian Forest..
Quality graphics and suitable pacing! Good job!
My family is from a small Italian village in Sicily called Frankavilla. There's a Frankish ruin there from which the village is named.
Just subbed. Always love finding a good historical channel. Excellent work. Really enjoyed it.
this is actually very well told storywise. very clear and causal. thank you
How do you only have 13k subs dude this is S-Tier content!?!
its autogenerated ai garbage bro
@@greenchair5615 Sure maybe your right, there are patches of ai generated content, but even without that his content script and historical map presentation is quite good. No doubt about that
What great content! The presentation method is innovative and comfortable for the eyes and helps to understand the explanation, in addition to the wonderful narration method and the background music is more than wonderful. Keep it up !!!
Great work!
Clovis conquers kingdoms with divine backing, Charles Martell becomes a legendary bulwark against the Islamic tide. Charlemagne crowns himself Emperor, dreaming of a unified Europe.
The saga of the Franks is nothing short of epic! 💥
For the lazy kings, it only started in 639 (Clovis ruled between 481 and 511 and the first lazy king was his great great great grandson) but it happened because the merovingians dynasty succession laws.
Every time a king died, his kingdom was split between all his sons so when Clovis died, his kingdom was split between all his sons in 511 but the last one alive (Clotaire 1) survived/killed all his brothers and nephews and unified it again in 558 but died soon after in 561.
The kingdom was once again split in four and began the "faide royale" (royal feud) between 561 and 613 with Clotaire sons.
Two of them (Sigebert and Chilpéric married quickly two wisigoths princess sisters (Brunehaut and Galswinthe) but Chilpéric mistress (Fredegonde) killed later Galswinthe then Chilpéric remarried with Fredegonde and really started the war between between Sigebert/Brunehaut and Chilpéric/Fredegonde while Gontran (Sigebert and Chilpéric's brother) was the third player in this war.
The war ended in 613 when Clotaire 2 (Chilpéric and Fredegonde son) murdered Brunehaut and her great grandson.
Unfortunately for the dynasty, the mayors of the palace (the frankish medieval prime ministers)
gained political powers because of the faide royale and became more powerful than the kings after Dagobert 1 (Clotaire 2 son) death in 639, which leads to the erovingian kings being figure head.
The translation is a little bit misleading they were called (by people with an agenda) faineants, with exactly mean "do nothing." That actually doesn't mean that they were lazy but #1 not much survived of their work #2 they had little power and were prevented for example by the mayors of the palace from doing anything.
Wij in Nederland hebben een gezegde , frank en vrij , maar dat betekent dus allebei hetzelfde , interessant .
Das Wort haben wir hier in Franken auch… Frank und frei…👍
Incroyable cette vidéo ! Je me souviens des cours d'histoire à l'école, en France.
Ton travail est très très bon, très bien illustré, ça pourrait servir dans l'éducation ! Beau travail, vraiment 👏
Really good video, top notch animation and tone. Also, importantly the speed of narration is adequate ie quite slow, unlike some similar channels that have it way too fast. No stupid jokes, perfect. Subscribed
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This was really well done. I had no idea so much of this occurred. Thank you for putting it together. It is interesting to see the parallels across different parts of the world and times.
This was great. Good job!!!
Just discovered this awesome channel! 👌🏼👌🏼 Blessings!
The actual bloodiness of Charlemagne's rule was something I was unaware of. I'm not surprised though.
King: hey, I'm a king
Charlemagne: nope, you're a monk
Charlemagne’s dad*
I love history
Full plate armor doesn't exist until after 1420. "Heavy cavalry" doesn't exist until the bigger horses appear (thanks to selective breeding) a couple hundred years later after Charles Martel. The arab cavalry is considered lightweight cavalry.
Heavy calvary is older than Christianity, not in Europe but in Persia against the Steppe peoples. There's no doubt that was noted by everyone who had access to histories.
@@geordiejones5618 What heavy persian cavalry ?
Big horses don't exist outside of western Europe until about the late early middle ages/ early high middle ages.
The full scale armor sarmatians, the most armored people of the ancient world, were light cavalry.
Even the polish winged hussars were medium cavalry.
Saxons: *rebel*
Charlemagne: “How many times must we teach you this lesson, old man?”
Charlemagne, Karl der Große, Carolus Magnus or Charles the Great.
It's always funny to me how Germany and France see him as the Father of their States but always being at war with eachother. Still, a little bit like Charlemagne's own children. Like toddlers. For over thousand years trying to prove who is the better son...and just failing on a daily basis.
Neither Germans nor the French actually do. He is just seen as a significant figure for both of them. France goes back even further with their ridiculous claims to Clovis
@@sebe2255 It is not a ridiculous claim. Clovis is the first King of France. It is history.
@@phlm9038 Except king of the Franks in the 6th century and king of West Francia (later France) aren’t remotely the same thing.
Reframing history to fit a modern nation state perspective is not history, it is ridiculous
@@sebe2255 It is not reframing history at all. Clovis was the first King of France and at the same time a descendant of the Kings of the Franks of the 6th century.
@@phlm9038 He was an ancestor to the Merovingian Frankish kings sure, but none of them were kings of France and neither was Clovis. He wouldn’t even have known what France is
Crazy that French and Germans used to be the same people. Imagine what could have been if the Frankish empire had prevailed
No they weren't the same, they were just under the same empire. Each region had their own identity since then.
@@midare39 but they came from the same place originally
@@starfox300 No they don't
@@kimashitawa8113 they did
@@starfox300 The French were mostly Romanised Gauls, the Germans Germanic.
How were they ever the same people? Being under the same empire doesn't really mean anything here.
Thank you for excellent and audible English skills
Such an overlooked and underrated time period in history. Most movies and media only look at the periods before and after the Franks, the fall of the Western Roman Empire, or during the Viking Era. But rarely between the two
The Carolingian Renaissance was the first (of three) Renaissance(s) in history. Which was during the reign of the Carolingians of course
These Franks defined Europe. Sure, Western Europe really, but they did play a part in the rest of Europe.
From the spread of Christianity, ultimately spreading it to Eastern Europe. Defeating and weakening the Umayyads from Spain (which allowed Asturias to rise). The Franks ultimately gave way and defined The Normans which would then go on to conquer England and define English for the centuries. The borders splitting after Charlemagne would influence the borders throughout most of history. And of course founded The Holy Roman Empire, which lasted almost a thousand years (being a very influential title, whoever was the Kaiser, politically.)
The Franks literally essentially founded (european) feudalism as we know it, which was the whole of Europe for centuries. When land was granted to "knights" in exchange for military service (as shown in the video after the Frankish king wanted his own heavy cavalry after fighting the Arabs)
The franks are so great that foreigners continued to refer to europeans as franks even as far as 17th century.
We arabs called them الفرجنة which means the Franks !
This is true.
Doubt it, most people refer to the strange people as how they introduced themselves. Given how the Franks didnt contribute at all with exploration of the world this is very very unlikely.
@@jemoedermeteensnor88 then where would the words, Faranj, Farangi, and Folanggi, which are what used in the islamic, indian, and chinese civilizations to refer to europeans come from?
@@oblivion5390 Faranj is actually "used" but Thailand isn't the entire world. Farangi for the Crusaders isnt that weird since the Anjou family wasn't only the main sponsor but also the "ruler" of Jerusalem. But to call them great is far off, the French were the biggest bunch of retards. Why? Because their proud always came before their common sense. I'm glad Folanggi made it to the French dictonary but I doubt it, it's in the Manderin one.
It's the word all islamic, indian, and chinese civilizations to refer to europeans use, combined with the other 12.000 ofcourse, but you believe what you want to believe.
I like the maps and the video in general. Good information. I do NOT like the AI-generated images when there are faces in them. Extremely off-putting the way they melt and morph, like a nightmare
Get used, I think is gonna be the new norm for this kind of content.
@@discoverlight I didn’t finish this video, and I won’t finish others that do this. There are plenty of other videos with this information that don’t do it.
Also those ai generated images are historically inacurrate as fuck
Really appreciate the level of detail.
you deserve more followers
I’m in awe of this video.
This is a very good history video 👏👏👏
The artstyle is nice. that's a sub.
This is an amazing video… I often hear people say diversity isn’t a strength but look how diverse Europe was.. more tribes there than Africa at one point
You're right, Europe has enough diversity
Theyre still white. It's the other kind-of diversity that's dumb.
Did you miss the constant warfare and burning of towns?
The tribes of Europe were still genetically and culturally close to one another
All white
Pepin the short wasn't actually short that was just a nickname that his critics gave him many years later he was actually taller than average
same happened to Napolean
Nice content
Awesome Video and great visuals
Très bien imagé. Magnifique carte ! : )
Some say Charlemagne was german,others say he was french.
he was japanese
@@Tortuga-nt4pmgood,bc I believe he was Mongolian.
He was Japanese, the father of Julia Boin.
Very well made, thank you.
A mistake : Charlemagne chose Aachen as his capital. The Carolingians were from Austrasia, the eastern part of the Frankish kingdoms.
Could you do something about Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
Of course, if we see interest in this topic from the audience under your comment 🫡
@@History_Mapped_Out I support that.
@@TheRezro Me too !
Nice video. Thanks for sharing
Man you deserve at lot more sucribers
Consider Charlemagne a brute whose expansionism and forced conversion of Saxony and Frisia 770s to 800s likely caused Scandinavian vikings to commence raiding Catholic holdings during the 790s. (Lindisfarne 793 - had close ties to the Franks - Charlemagne supposedly visited the monestary), Ireland 796, Aquitaine 799 the most known) Saxon and Frisian ties to Scandinavia were centuries old thru trade and intermarriages. Pretty sure Catholic expansion was viewed an existential threat by King Godfred of Denmark and his fellow pagan Scandinavians as fortifications (Dannevirke) was reinforced just North of Saxony across the main land and construction of ring-fortresses was begun at least five different locations inside Denmark in the immediate aftermath (Aggersborg, Fyrkat, Trelleborg etc.) Charlemagne essentially caused a 2 centuries long all-out war between Nordic pagans and Catholics (The Viking Era) - A war that lasted until King Harold bluetooth of Denmark converted to Christianity around 985 after loosing a battle to the Holy Roman Empire on the border to Saxony. When Harolds grandson Knut/Canute became king of England 1016 - Now a Christian - The Viking Era was de facto over. Hastings 1066 being the end is a later adoptation probbably made by the Plantagenet Dynasty as propaganda for their rule.
The history as most know it is very biased by Christian narratives.
Even if he did start the viking period, which is a highly questionable claim, he still took out a significant part of the pagan Germanic world (all of northern Germany) and because of this his descendants were eventually able to convert Denmark and later all of Scandinavia.
The raids and invasions of Britain, while definitely a major setback for them, did ultimately lead to a viking defeat as well. And wouldn’t really be the concern of Charlemagne anyway
@@sebe2255 Yes and that Viking defeat was the battle of Hastings, 1066AD, The Norman Conquest. The Normans did much for Europe!
Excellent video. Please keep it up!
This channel is great! I love the way you utilize the maps!
I am sure the franks name came from their weapon the 'francisca' throwing axe, only after their conquest of Soisson that the salian confederation came to be known as Franks, the famous french saying "step into France soil, and be a freeman" is thought to have originate from this era, a reference to Franks abolishing slavery in northern Gaul.
In France, slavery was made illegal by Queen Bathilde, wife of Clovis II, in 657 A.D. She decreed that any slave who entered French territory would automatically become free. The queen herself bought back several slaves from their masters to free them.
Impressive production quality
The greatest franks were from what is now called Belgium. Clovis, the first king of the franks. Charles Martel and of course his grand son charlemagne
And south of the Netherlands
Birth of western Europe
So it really is just like Crusader Kings 3.. putting down rebellions and dissolving of Kingdoms after death
I would love another video about old France!
You should really put a disclaimer that the script was partially made with AI. It is obvious enough that only a few minutes in I felt the need to pop the transcript into AI detection tools. Even your channel description was made with AI 😭
Nice video actually
Great video! Earned a new subscriber! :)
This helped me a lot
Just imagine, world history could change drastically if Charles Martel change his mind. Let say, he choose open field againts the Moor Army.
* Western Europe not all of Europe
Western Europe is best Europe.
@leonarddonohue1418 only in the last 250 year for more that 2,000 years southern Europe was the best
It's more birth of the first proper nation state
@@GeorgiosLeoWestern Europe sometimes includes half of Southern Europe, and it does here because the Franks controlled Italy too ;)
@@sebe2255 I am not talking about italy but about Greece and Anatolia
Very well summarised. Thank you! Im french and had a hard time getting a proper grasp of this period. Especially given the historiography of this period, even modern, is very tainted with pious and nationalist interpretations of everything.
I must always encourage and applaud an appreciation of past times and the lessons within them.
Keep in mind though, no historians are without bias (even if it is a necessary bias). So when you read the sources, treat them the same way you treat sponsored content mowdays
Nice video!
Beautiful belgian history.
Mistakes only make you stronger….
The person who founded France being ACTUALLY STRONG 💀:
well done video! kept me well entertained!
Please make a Video about the Visigoth, Ostrogothic and Lombard Kingdoms
10:14 'in 777 the Saxons agreed to peace at Paderborn.' did this place even exist back then? some say, the town was founded in 795 by Charlemagne as a bishopric.
Appreciate the video. I was wondering if there's a reason why you prefer to say AD instead of CE? Keep up the good work!
Another great video,great job 🤙
Wow I'm surprised to learn about charles martell. I always thought charlemagne created his own empire and was a famous conquerer but he inherited all his lands basically from great predecessors.
Excellent maps. Well animated and accurate. Get rid of the AI slop in your videos. It just makes the video look cheapmand half assed.
Good content.
Multiple inaccuracies calls the research and quality controll of this video into question, "heavy cavalry" earlier in the video would not have had full plate maile as that wasnt invented until much later, chain maile would've been the dominant form of armour in this period. But displaying empress Irene as a scandinavian-esque blonde, when she was historically born of a *greek* noble family in Athens is an incredible oversight to make. I'm saying this as a scandinavian myself. Very sloppy.
I think it's only the AI visuals where there are inaccuracies. Once you bear that in mind and allow it to slip, the video is otherwise historically accurate.
Great video !!
bravo videoooo
Fascinating!
History videos need constant placement along the timeline. Could you have put a year in the corner of your maps so we know when exactly you are talking about?
It’s not difficult to know where these places are, modern day France, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Italy & Slovia. Maps face North.
bravo!
Can someone explaine why is eastern border of Frankish empire was called Serbium linium
Then, thanks to Charlemagne and his wars against Saxons, it started the migration which originated England.
Nein, das ist nicht richtig ! Charlemagne ~ 800 AD
Anglo-Saxon et. al. Migration ~ 450 AD.
Hence, Charlemagne simply slaughtered the Saxons, perhaps to please the Pope, and forced Catholicism on the Saxon, who were pagans. They didn't want Christianity at all. They hated it. But, well, GOD ALMIGHTY, the all knowing emperor in the sky, told the Pope to tell Charlemagne to ravage the Saxons and force them into loving the wonderful lord of the sky.
Now, the great sky God, and the Pope, and Charlemagne became very, very happy.
And everyone lived happily ever after. The End.
i like the script of this video
Hey bud, cool video, there is a mistake though…you keep calling Harold of Bavaria Gerald…or maybe the graphic is a typo
Anyway..not a big deal
The arabs didn’t conquer the Iberian Peninsula in 732, they first disembarked in 711. It’s a misleading phrase.
He didn't say they conquered the Iberian peninsula then. He said they invaded the franks then
Roland, yeah, he was sourlt defeated, no hero, just a romanticized figure by French historians. The true legend was the deed the rural Basque tribes pulled on the strongest army in Europe at the time.
Is there a movie or documentary series about the Empire of Charlemagne? I haven't been able to find anything and have become interested in this era of history.
Plus, this looks like the plot-line of a really good book series.
Vive la France 💙🇫🇷⚜️
Questionable comment… the franks are a German tribe and Franken is still a part of Bavaria in Germany. The throne from „Karl, der Große“ still standing in Germany…first franks that went to nowadays France, were brought there by Rome as auxiliary troops and some went to fight and conquer Gaul territory…
@@erikschlangenauge7514 l'Allemagne a commencé à exister seulement grâce au prussiens qui et eux même sont un peuple venus de l'est le mot France signifie paye des francs et Francfort la gue des francs les l'allemand sont juste des saxon il ont aucun héritage des francs le seule c'est la France ta qu'à voir les différentes dynastie de l'Allemagne autrichien etc
@@erikschlangenauge7514 Your comment is questianable. Franks are geneticly the dutch, the belgians, nothern french, and a very small part of germany. Stop believing BS from WW2 propaganda you germans are as ridiculous as the algerians.
@@erikschlangenauge7514the Franks are a GERMANIC tribe, not a german one. It makes all the differences.
Germans people have nothing to claim about the glories of the French (may I mean Franks ? Because French is just the modern term for Frank) because they come from differents Germanic tribes. Those germanics tribes made the Germans, while the Franks and the gallo-romans made the French. And it's the Franks who invade the others germanics tribes. Charlemagne was a Frank, even tho it's capital is in nowadays Germany.
People changed over time, the Franks of 500 and the French of 2020 are not the same, the ancestry is for some not existent but our culture and occidental culture come from the Franks.
@@flamma_larnaque im a Frank, sry that you didn’t get the point. And I’m livin in a region that is frankish since almost 2000 years and when Paris was attacked by Vikings the German original franks came to help you. That doesn’t change the fact that they all originated in Germania, first were brought to you as auxiliary troops for Rome or to conquer Gaul and are german and a germanic tribe at the same time bc they are existing without interruption here. The difference of Germanic and German is important for French and for Britains also😅, bc you all not happy bout this historical truth.. Germanophobia, complexes, and stereotype arrogance…
why can't this video be added to my watch later playlist??
Roland and his legenday sword Durandal mentioned! i like!
Reminds me of post modern France today. Amazing opening ceremony, and closing ❤
thank u but info, numbers are not correct for the battle of poitiers
Talk about never having a peaceful night sleep.
My full name is Francine - meaning "female member of the Franks tribe".