Why Was Italy so Fragmented in the Middle Ages? - Medieval DOCUMENTARY

Kings and Generals' animated historical documentary series on medieval history we will discuss why Italy was so fragmented in the Middle Ages.

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[mikev]

It always amazes me how powerful those Italian city-states were and how much influence they had despite their small size.

[gagetolinwrites]

It is absolutely crazy how Venice managed to stay an independent state for nearly 1000 years

[climax]

To me this era of Italian city states is one of the strangest parts of history, considering every other group of cities and towns in recorded history more or less started expanding into having a realm of its own, or were gobbled up by neighbors doing the same, its just so strange that all these cities created so much wealth and power but seemed to be locked in a perpetual stalemate of not being able to overcome one another, nor be subjugated by foreign powers without intervention from other foreign powers. It all just seems so unlikely but then again we all know truth is stranger than fiction.

[vince_morano]

Well, as an Italian, I’m glad you made a video on this topic.

[Kaiyanwang]

"It is not impossible to rule Italians, but it would be useless." - Benito Mussolini

[filippo]

I'm Italian, and in the city I live (it was a very powerful city state, a maritime empire almost) still to this day people are very proud of our identity and there are flags of our city everywhere, in institutional buildings, houses...

[andersschmich]

Great to see Medieval Italy content. It would be cool if you covered the battle of Legnano in detail sometime.

[TheScroll]

It's fascinating to see this pop up. In CK3, I always try to unite the Italian peninsula. Good to see more historical background about it, it helps with the roleplay.

[mikemodugno]

I'm so excited to see more Italian content. I would love to see you guys cover the Lombard Invasion in more detail. I've heard that a tribe of Bulgars lead by Alcek actually joined them and settled in Southern Italy.

[gabrielemontalbano]

Fun fact: due to the fact that there were fewer important centers in piedmont the feudal lords usually stayed on the land they owned instead of transferring into a larger city, this meant that the peasants could protest against any type of power abuse easily by simply going directly to the lord and "knocking on his door", this in the long run meant two things, the peasants were far freer compared to the rest of Italy (and a side effect of this is that piedmontese surnames are ususally older than other italian surnames) and this meant also that if in most of Italy by the time of unification the most used type of agricolture was sharecropping, in piedmont many farmers already had their own properties.
This is also why piedmont is the region with the most comuni, if in other regions the average comune has 10000 inhabitants piedmontese comuni have areound 2000-5000 inhabitants with some going as low as 500 inabitants, this is all due to the peasants organizing their own councils far before every other region

[bowenc]

Uniting Northern Italy in Eu4 is always enjoyable, you always become so rich! Great video, makes me enjoy the game more.

[loods]

I'd like to remind some of the people in this comments section that, contrary to popular belief, Medieval Italy was one of the world's most prosperous and advanced regions. According to all experts, Italy led the way in fields ranging from banking to state building, and from philosophy to warfare.
I don't mean to criticize anyone who simply lacks the knowledge to be aware of these admittedly underrepresented aspects, but I would strongly advise against taking 8-minute basic history videos as gospel. Let alone random memes.

[manuelapollo]

I have never seen such a detailed history about Italy, not even in Italy. Very good italian pronounciation by the way🙂 Keep up with the great job, looking for other videos about medieval Italy (Frederik II, Manfred, the regime of the roman senators, the Angevin in Italy, the sicilian Vespers and so on)

[DanMcLeodNeptuneUK]

I've always been fascinated as to how and why late medieval Italian city state militia were so well equipped and professional compared to their contemporaries! Even in the total war games, the Italian militia units rival professional soldiers of the rest of Europe!

[Drvol]

Glad you mentioned the Treaty of Lodi. A few months later the Italic League was created which brought in Naples and the Papal States. A time of relative peace on the peninsula which lasted until 1494.

[expressinghate]

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[theicepickthatkilledtrotsk]

The pornocracy, the rivalry between the Guelphs and Ghibellines, the Sicilian Vespers, and the Avignon papacy are the most fascinating and convoluted things ever.

[HeroHoundoom]

The establishment of the more or less independent Italian communes led to economic and cultural flourishing throughout Northern Italy. Adding to that the legendary rivalry between the diverse communes always made for interesting politics.

[aptspire]

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