The Italian Wars 1494-1559 - Early Modern History DOCUMENTARY

Kings and Generals animated documentary series on the history of Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era continues with a video on the Italian Wars fought between 1494 and 1559 between France and Spain and many Italian and European powers supporting and opposing them. Fought mostly in Italy and across the whole continent, almost 10 wars, this war was famous for the many battles, including Fornovo, Cerignola, Garigliano, Agnadello, Ravenna, Novara, Marignano, Pavia, Sack of Rome, and much more.

Other Kings and Generals Full Length Documentaries:

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:53 First Italian war
00:16:20 Battle of Fornovo
00:22:55 Reconquest of Naples
00:25:34 Pisan Revolt
00:29:14 Second Italian War
00:39:04 War of Naples 1502
00:41:41 Battle of Cerignola
00:45:29 Battle of Garigliano
00:50:19 Fall of the Borgia
00:52:42 Fall of the Pisan Republic
00:53:24 War of Holy League
00:56:16 Battle of Agnadello
01:08:48 Battle of Ravenna
01:16:48 Battle of Novara
01:20:08 English invasion of France of 1513 - Battle of Spurs
01:25:23 Scottish Invasion of England - Battle of Flodden
01:29:29 War of the Holy League continues
01:33:18 Battle of Marignano
01:45:22 Fourth Italian war
01:53:46 Battle of Bicocca
02:00:32 Battle of Pavia
02:08:27 Fifth Italian war
02:13:19 Sack of Rome
02:20:55 Siege of Florence
02:22:56 Sixth Italian war
02:29:28 Seventh Italian war
02:31:18 Battle of Ceresole
02:37:42 War of Parma
02:52:58 Battle of St. Quentin
02:58:15 End of the Italian Wars, treaty of Cateau-Cambresis

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[johanm_]

Hello everyone!

I'm Johan, the researcher and writer of the series. I hope you enjoy our full-length documentary of the Italian Wars spanning from Charles the VIII's descent into Italy in 1494 to the peace of Cateau-Cambrésis in 1559. If you have questions on the conflict just pop them in the replies to this comment.

[jonbaxter]

Kings and Geneals dropping a three-hour vid on a Sunday afternoon?

You kind souls, thank you.

[TheRxNick]

Having Castille red and Aragon yellow breaks my EU4 brain

[mcflymikes]

The last time I was so early, Venice was still a Byzantine city

[PramodSinha-oycw]

Immediately after italian war France was engulfed into french war of religion which was as devastating as thirty years war, but sadly no one covers this part of French history 😞

[TheMikeMassengale]

I was just saying to myself "What I need right now is a three hour documentary on early modern Italy." Love these long for videos.

[ronjohnson]

3 hours on the Italian Wars? I'm in!

[Condoc]

When you tell your soldiers to die for their country and they give you the unpaid mercenary stare, you know you are fighting in Italy.

[BitigoBlack]

Ezio Auditore da Firenze was having a ball during the first half.

[aceshotz]

I wish schools talked about the Italian Wars, such an interesting era. Thank you Kings and Generals for this documentary

[destroyer]

As I watch, I pause at the battle of Cerignola to make 2 points:
Both French and Spanish armies are professional armies paid by the realm. Both sides fight a Renaissance version of total warfare, which was different than the way the Condittori fought. The big deal, though, is the change in Spanish Armies, who changed their crossbow men and archers to arquebeshes as Cerignola is the first battle decided by fire arms.

[rosariodauria]

Thanks for this, nobody made such good job in Italian concerning our history on YT.

[bjornjusonius]

Ah, i was feeling bored and a little down this Sunday, and then this drops. Now it's a much more interesting day.

[tyrush]

Oh mannnn, this is a nice and quiet Sunday and bam, this drops! Which makes it even better. Thank you.

[LunarRegicide]

You guys added a second to make the run time 3 hours flat and I absolutely love that.

[Black.Templar_]

3 hours on some obscure early modern war? oh how blessed we are!

[jesseberg]

27:40 So it occurs to me that this is a perfect example of how much things had changed between the classical world and the middle ages: Julius Caesar marched into Italy with one Legion (no more that 5200 soldiers) and it was seen as an incredibly ballsy move. Maximilian von Hapsburg marched into Italy with 4000 soldiers, and it was seen as normal. It didn't work, but no one was saying, "What a small army!" The scale just wasn't the same.

[Ihavpickle]

I will watch this entire video in one sitting. I must fix my short attention span, I shall do it!

[naveensilva]

Watching this makes me want a Total War game for this era so much more

[danix]

I feel like the Italian wars was basically Spain telling France "How many times do I have to teach you this lesson old man" repeatedly over and over again