Battle of Ravenna 1512 - War of the League of Cambrai DOCUMENTARY

#Documentary #ItalianWars #Ravenna

[JohnnyElRed]

So, the Venetians ended up fighting on the side of the League created to oppose them? And the French ended up being dislodged on the north by the same guys their former Imperial allies had hired as mercenaries to fight Venice?
Man, that war was weird.

[vladimirlagos]

This series is awesome. The Italian Wars were such a mess, with alliances shifting everytime the winds changed.

[adelkheir]

Venice found itself having an EU IV moment of having too much aggressive expansion points and having a coalition created against it.

[princepscivitatis]

In the Italian Wars, Ferdinand II of Aragon was the only winner.

Dude set out to unite Naples and Sicily. Check.
Dude wanted the Apulian ports. Check.
Dude wanted the port of Ostia. Check.
Dude wanted a pro-spanish Italian confederation guarding entry into the peninsula at no expense to him. Check.
Things he lost ? Absolutely nothing.

And this was in spite of literally everyone, from Pope Julius to Louis XII (except Maximilian I, who was his homeboy since the Castilian War of Succession) hating him.

[marinuswillett]

I Love of most of these wars start with France say "we have to fight these guys as a stepping stone to a crusade against the Turks, which is hilarious Considering how the French-Ottoman relationship would play out in later Italian Wars

[TwoFistsOneHalleluja]

Who needs enemies when you have allies like Alfonso d'Este

[erhanozaydin]

On a sidenote, Ottomans hated fighting a complicated enemy as Venice. That is not because of their prowess at fighting (which they had ample), but the empire needed Venetian trade. Take the metal tin for example. Ottoman cannons needed tin in their alloys and empire had none. Venetians though, never refrained to sell the metal to Ottomans even when they were at war with the empire. Ottoman Empire never could hope to understand Venice. Now it is clear to me after watching this, other players in Europe at the time had that dilemma too.

[kingfedrick]

NO ONE FIGHT LIKE GASTON!
NO ONE LEADS LIKE GASTON!
NO ONE WINS A WHOLE BATTLE THEN DIES LIKE GASTON!

[michaelsinger]

(Venice considered an alliance with the Ottomans).

Francis I of France: “Hey, that sounds like a great idea.”

[angusyang]

League of Cambrai: We outnumber you six to one.
Venice: I like those odds.

[darrynmurphy]

Last time we had a warrior Pontiff of Rome called Julius fighting the French, the Roman Republic was still standing

[emanueleabrami]

I am Italian (born and living in Brescia that you mentioned multiple times) and we still remember and celebrate those victories and those losses!

[gauravrao]

Damn, and 80 year old Pope commanding armies makes that position seem more fun, though it was more business as usual for the Italian states than the Other kingdoms

[ElBandito]

France: I want ALL of you, Italy.
Italy: Best I can do is Nice.

[jesseberg]

Ah yes, it's one thing when the Pope uses his role to play secular politics against _other people_ but as soon as he starts using that on them, suddenly everyone's a religious reformer who's deeply concerned about the Church not getting involved in worldly affairs.

[giovannipoeta]

Fun fact, in 1508 the emperor Maximilian of the Holy Roman empire tried to invade the venetian territory however he was severely defeated at the battle of Cadore after that the venetians occupied several cities (including Fiume)

[RobertWF]

This is my favorite historical period. It must have been a challenge for generals to find the optimal combination & deployment of all these different types of units: pikes, arquebuses & cannon, sword and buckler men, knights, etc. Plus longbows or crossbows that were becoming obsolete but still had their uses - like plunging fire on units behind field fortifications?

Charles the Bold of Burgundy experimented with formations of pikes in front ranks, longbows in the rear, but don't think they fared to well v. the Swiss with their solid pike blocks.

[maxkennedy]

•Very wealthy peninsula controlled by dozens of bickering city states
•One very big city state wants to expand
•Hungry foreign powers looking in
•Spiritual leader of all of western Christendom found here

Yep, this is going to be a clusterfuck

[AlphaCrucis]

This channel has really helped me appreciate European history, which I used to think was a hopelessly confusing mess that I'd never understand.

[Prmthus]

It seems Venice favors the ancient fighting strategy of: If I don't know what the hell I'm doing, you sure as shit don't.