Things You Didn't Know About The Crusades

What happened during the Crusades? What were the Crusades? This time is one of the most misunderstood periods of Western history. From 1095 to 1291, successive waves of Christian knights and royals, called to action by the Catholic Church, quested to the Holy Land in an effort to capture (or re-capture) it from Muslim armies.

But facts about the Crusades are much more complicated than that. The Crusades weren't just one movement, but dozens, led by hundreds of knights, kings, and dukes, and not always bent on capturing Jerusalem. They tried to free Jerusalem, but also claimed a number of ancient cities, destroying priceless artifacts and culture.

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[mentor]

I think my Dad fought in the Crusades. I asked my Dad about his years there, and he just glared at me. It's the only explanation.

[QueenetBowie]

A lot of people complaining that “this wasn’t covered” or “that wasn’t covered”

The crusades were a multi century series of major military campaigns involving many of the kingdoms and religions at the time……. I’m not sure how you expected them to cover everything in 13 minutes.

[grapeshot]

I remember a number of years back. I watched a documentary about the Children's Crusade on the History Channel back when they used to show things like that on History Channel.

[centori]

I think a very important fact is that Pope Urban promised forgiveness and pardons for all of the past sins of those who would fight to reclaim the holy land from Muslims and free the eastern churches. This pardon would also apply to those that would fight the Muslims in Spain. That's why entire families and poor people joined not just because @1:51 "god wills it".

[NewMessage]

I have an ancestor who was a general under Walter The Penniless. They pillaged nearly every town they passed through, and only got half way to the Holy Land before turning back...

Which explains my habit of raiding every snack in the kitchen, and then being too full to actually bother making dinner.

[alexanderveritas]

DAMN, the amount of good jokes in this video is just impressive. The narrator definitely wants to set a new record here!

[sqribe]

You forgot the 500 years of jihad that led to crusades. Not that the crusades were dope, but they were a response, not an unprovoked aggression.

[markadams]

You neglected to mention when the Crusaders sacked Constantinople itself. I mean this was pretty significant.

[rogerszmodis]

How else were they supposed to level up enough to capture Jerusalem without doing any side missions?

[carolynrosser]

I am disappointed that you didn’t mention the time the crusaders sacked Byzantium. It really highlighted their desire for plunder was greater than their religious beliefs so they attacked Christians instead of the Muslims.

[Die-CastMetal]

What about the ancient Aegean sea and how islands where used as political prisons to exile people not agreed with. The Island Ikaria was a prison and to this day it’s known to be one of the rare blue zones where people live longer then anywhere else on the planet.

[wolverineeagle]

The last Islamic assault on an European capital was in 1683(Vienna). During the late 15th and 16th century while Europeans were beginning the exploitation of the Americas and enslavement of Africans Islamic raiders from North Africa and Ottomans raided/assaulted Europe. Arabs enslaved 10 million plus Africans over a 900 year old. Neither of these are discussed today when colonialism, imperialism, and slavery are discussed.

This isn’t to condemn Islam. I don’t see it as any more avaricious or brutal than Christianity. Both religions have a lot in their histories to reckon with. Rather, it is to point out how to this day history is still subject to the bias of those teaching it. We have made very little progress in teaching the past honestly.

[Auron]

You mentioned the split between the Western and Eastern Churches. That would be interesting

[ridcyn]

Connecting events and concepts in history with pop culture idiocy. This. Channel. Is. Brilliant!!

[Dugh.By]

I’m astonished! I didn’t know that Keith Urban was a pope back in the day. That’s unreal!

[dvdv]

Why did the children's crusades fail?



There wasn't enough infantry. 🤷‍♀️😭

[DanCooper]

I can't believe you completely skipped over the clusterf*** that was the 4th crusade.

[krombopulousmichael]

Great stuff as always. Still waiting on the History of Lobster video I requested in your history of food. Will be keeping an eye out

[jeffnaslund]

“Anytime a bunch of holy people want to kill each other, I’m a happy guy!”
— George Carlin

[Rjeda]

These videos are awesome for us knowledge and factoid lovers, even better for those of us history lovers out there. The commentary however puts the icing on the cake!