Charles just needed more imperial authority to pass those reforms.

@thebandofbastards4934

7 жыл бұрын

Sandouras And less reform desire.

@proletaire2483

7 жыл бұрын

The sad part is that noone will get that one :(

@thebandofbastards4934

7 жыл бұрын

Because the HRE minors and the pope are dumb.

@harrylightfoot2004

7 жыл бұрын

Especially after all those Italian princes shadow kingdomed outta there

@matiogonzalez

7 жыл бұрын

haha nice eu4

The ruler of Spain and Germany, which when united became Spermany.

@Jadinass

9 жыл бұрын

Germany alone wasn't united as germany. A unity between germany and spain was unthinkable. That's why it was a shitty empire. Noone liked Charles, he didn't even speak german and claimed rule over germany, in a time where Luther and Guttenberg printed the Bible in german and for the first time created a national self awareness in the german people.

@Raphtyr

9 жыл бұрын

He will feel the warm, moist might of the Imperial Sperman army.

@rhi9025

9 жыл бұрын

Jadinass It's a pun... XD

@doggieofdoom

9 жыл бұрын

As a Hetalia fangirl, I must admit that I giggled quite a bit at your comment. (At the same time that I was going lol nope because GerIta and Spamano)

@rhi9025

9 жыл бұрын

This post is really messing with my ships bc now I'm think of spermany..... XD (hello fellow Hetalian!!! ^ ^)

I think he was awesome. I tried ruling Holy Roman Empire in Crusader Kings 2 and failed.

@Arkaedas

8 жыл бұрын

+ville307 You failed rulling the empire in CK2? Well you will panic and run when you try to rule the One in Europa Universalis IV

@arthurrebello919

8 жыл бұрын

+DiarioAburrimiento It's a nightmare

@ThemChosenGamers

8 жыл бұрын

+ville307 try running the roman empire in total war attila

@ville307

8 жыл бұрын

I tried for few turns but it got too hard. But I actually won the Eastern Rome campaign on normal difficulty.

@TheAnthraxBiology

8 жыл бұрын

+ville307 I totally feel you, it's even hard in Europa...and it's like so much harder in Crusader Kings!

I don't understand why the media makes such a big to do about Henry VIII, but you never hear anything about Charles V who lived and ruled at the same time and had one of the largest empires in history. This guy's life was far more interesting than Henry's in my opinion.

"I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse." Charles V

@briannunez5800

9 жыл бұрын

carlos el emperador fue el mejor

@BlackWolf9988

6 жыл бұрын

ExGavalonnj pretty sure napoleon said that not charles

@shinsenshogun900

6 жыл бұрын

BlackWolf9988 Napoleon might be copying Charles V at his time tho, albeit he should speak French to both genders and Italian for his family's children, a lesson his nephew should learn

@bosbanon3452

5 жыл бұрын

It is total war stuff

@matthewnelson6874

5 жыл бұрын

I though French was thy lingua franca of lOVE 😚

Exceptions in each continent: Europe: Switzerland Asia: The Mongols The Americas: Brazil Oceania: ??? Antarctica: Antarctica

@davidking6242

8 жыл бұрын

Africa: Somalia or Egypt?

@TheAnarchoKommie

8 жыл бұрын

+kwadwo baidoo Africa: Ethiopia

@AvatarChaos

8 жыл бұрын

Brasilians also has Hapsburg blood. Thats where our yellow cames from. Search for House Bragança and Hapsburg.

@davidking6242

8 жыл бұрын

Gildo Cravo some yeah but not every Brazilian. it doesn't explain the yellow colour

@AvatarChaos

8 жыл бұрын

+kwadwo baidoo I mean, our royal family has. And, yes, it daoes explain. Search for it. Green from Bragança and yellow from Hapsburg. Pedro I of Brazil and IV of Portugal has maried Maria Leopoldina from Austria.

Charles probably wanted to be Holy Roman Emperor for the increased force limit.

@agent_ofwar308

7 жыл бұрын

Halo CE Magnum EU4 ;)

@thebandofbastards4934

7 жыл бұрын

Halo CE Magnum And to make one more reform.

France's Francis of France

@DaniloInderWildi

5 жыл бұрын

... the first.

@williamthefloridano5290

5 жыл бұрын

Evelynn Whitebridge France’s Francis is France’s fanciest Francis in France

@derfe

4 жыл бұрын

F

@generalgrievous9987

4 жыл бұрын

F for Francis I of france

2 things I got from this video. 1) that pesky Martin Luther is still causing trouble, sneakin' 'round the globe 2) Brazilians are the Mongols of America

@TehGodLord

9 жыл бұрын

Actulally, no Brazil has almost never gone to war.

@DThorn619

9 жыл бұрын

TehGodLord As in they are the exception to everything.

@leethecannon

9 жыл бұрын

Well Brazil did participate in WWII some

@aliensinnoh1

9 жыл бұрын

Nations that jumped on the bandwagon in 1944 or 1945 don't count.

@Pat121V

9 жыл бұрын

William Stockhecker "I was into fighting the Nazi's before it was cool" - UK 04/02/1945...during it's hipster phase

"I speak Spanish to God, Italian to Women, French to Men, and German to my Horse."

@another90daystochangethis34

8 жыл бұрын

dharmesh gundarniya It was a quote by Charles V.

@DaDunge

8 жыл бұрын

+Russell Johnson Actually it was De Locutione who said: "When Emperor Charles V used to say, as I hear, that the language of the Germans was military; that of the Spaniards pertained to love; that of the Italians was oratorical; that of the French was noble" Your version is a much later change.

@another90daystochangethis34

8 жыл бұрын

Fredrik Dunge I knew the comment was not directly stated by Charles V, but as De Locutione states, "When Emperor Charles V used to say, as I hear..."

@bosbanon3452

5 жыл бұрын

Md2tw quotes

@carlosmarcial6201

4 жыл бұрын

@@another90daystochangethis34 Not true. That's French propaganda against Habsburgs family. The jealous French and Protestants.

I can’t find anybody who’s said it yet, so I will. 12:10 PLUS ULTRAAAAAAAAA!

@magebro01

4 жыл бұрын

I just decided to look. I'm glad I'm not the only anime trash here

@nickmcgargill6216

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking Star Wars where Palpatine just decided to say UNLIMITED POWER in Latin. 🤷🤪

@angelmatesmolan

4 жыл бұрын

!Plus Ultra!

@REAL2222ful

4 жыл бұрын

COMBOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

@dorothyplummer7541

4 жыл бұрын

PLUS ULTRA!!!!!!!!!

His most important realm was not the HRE, the Archduchy of Austria, the Duchy of Burgundy, or the Italian realms of Milan, Naples, Sicily or Sardinia. It was SPAIN. He was born in Ghent but lived most of his adult life in Spain. He died there and he allowed his son Felipe to grow up in Spain not the HRE

@Siegbert85

9 жыл бұрын

True, but the title of the Holy Roman Emperor was the most glamorous and thus he would style himself that instead of a "mere" king of Spain.

@jeanbethencourt1506

6 жыл бұрын

Henning85 Spain could flatten the HRE if it wanted to, though.

@shinsenshogun900

6 жыл бұрын

Samsung Samsung hmm if Charles V had to deal a huge German,Dutch,Swiss,Belgian,Italian,Magyar,and Czech united revolution, would Spain crush East-Central Europe by arms only?

@cesarperezargota

5 жыл бұрын

@@Siegbert85 The Spanish territories were actually the most important parts of his empire, and continued to be increasingly important over time.

@Siegbert85

5 жыл бұрын

@@cesarperezargota Of course. The HRE was an unruleable mess, especially during his time. But the title of emperor had the most renown in the Christian world view.

I thought I'd compile a list of all the errors in this video so that if anyone was interested they could see the accurate information and the debates around what much of what John says :) 1. The Diet of Worms was in 1521, not 1523; 2. The only major medieval Siege of Pavia was in 733-34, the incident John means to refer to is the Battle of Pavia which took place entirely outside the city and lasted only four hours, so in no way could be considered a siege. 3. Charles was elected as Emperor in 1519 not in 1521 4. When comparing empire size he puts it behind the Mongol Empire which was not the largest empire, but the largest continuous land empire. However Charles' Empire was not a continuous land empire. So firstly it doesn't make sense comparing them, it should be compared with the British Empire and secondly when saying largest empire about the Mongols he needs to say continuous land otherwise he is plain wrong; 5. Filipino and English are the official languages in the Philippines, not Spanish and Spanish has never been the majority language in the Philippines. 6. Most modern scholarship does not agree that Charlemagne founded the Holy Roman Empire, he founded the Carolingian Empire and was crowned emperor, but the Carolingian Empire is not continuous chronologically with what is usually considered the Holy Roman Empire. The Holy Roman is usually considered a derivative of the Ottonian Empire and is seen to have been founded by Otto I, as this is the point at which it was continuous for 8 centuries. No emperors were crowned by the Pope again until Otto I in 963. (see more detailed explanation at the bottom). 7. On the same point as above there is another direct factual error in the video, which states that Charlesmagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor when the text of the coronation never states this, it says only that he was crowned as Roman Emperor and Augustus of the Romans; "Karolus serenissimus Augustus" and "Imperator Romanorum". 8. The empire was only ever continuous for eight centuries not ten. 9. The Holy Roman Empire is an empire, an empire simply means "an extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch" - all of the different constituents of the HRE were sovereign states so by any normal definition of an empire the HRE would be considered one as Charles V exercised considerable power over other states in the Empire. There was an imperial taxation system and he had the power to levy troops from other states in the empire. Moreover in 1422 the HRE formed a standing army and while the Emperor did have limitations to his power, the same was true of other monarchs in the era. 10. Saying that "the Holy Roman Empire never had the means of levying direct taxes, or directly raising an army from it's territory" makes no sense. During the period before the "medieval revolution" in Europe, where standing armies were established no state in Europe had the ability to directly raise a standing army; armies would be raised using a system of levies where feudal subjects sent some of their knights to their overlord, this system of alliances worked in the same (if more complex) manner in the HRE. In the period after this "military revolution" the HRE did have a standing army, with the establishment of the Imperial Army in 1422, it clearly did had a professional army to the same point as other European states and the point that it wasn't raised from the entire territory is null, that wasn't how professional armies worked in any states, they were recruited and trained by a centralised power but weren't levied from the entire nation. 11. After its establishment under Otto I the Empire was also holy, it had huge control over the church, and retained the right of confirmation on the selection of Popes for several centuries, also all the Emperors were directly crowned by the Pope. Whilst defining it as Roman might be a stretch it is very difficult to define what constitutes Roman at any rate, towards the end of the Roman empire there was a huge influx of immigrants from these barbarian states and Rome's adoption of Christianity mean there are cultural links. Rome didn't suddenly collapse due to invasion, these "barbarians" had been a part of the empire for a long time and so in a way could be termed Roman. At a practical level the HRE was also a Roman Catholic empire and this is another reason why it isn't unreasonable to call it a Roman empire. 12. The 1356 Papal Bull did not establish the electoral system of the Holy Roman Empire, it formed a new one the difference being the Emperor no longer needed the consent of all the electors but a simple majority, it had always been an electoral position; 13. Saying that Charles V troops 'managed' to sack Rome in 1527 is rather misleading, as it implies it was something he wanted; this was actually done against his instructions by his mutineering troops. 14. Luther's New Testament was published in 1522, so he is correct it was after the Diet of Worms, but it is before the mistaken date he gave for the Diet of Worms; 15. It is usually spelled Habsburg, not Hapsburg; 16. When he says the states which the Holy Roman Empire constitutes today, he mentions Czechoslovakia, which ceased to be a nation in 1993. Furthermore the map doesn't actually show Czechoslovakia, it shows the Czech Republic and Slovakia. 17. Personally I would probably try to use words like Germanic rather than German for Charles cultural identity, because the concept of Germany didn't really exist (but that's more personal preference) 18. Points have also been made that Charles V did not see himself as the Holy Roman Emperor, but primarily as the King of the Spanish which was his primary title and where he resided for most of his life. 19. The video implies that Charlemagne wanted to be crowned by the Pope, but this is a matter of huge historical contention, as the coronation was in many ways a demonstration by the Pope of his power over Charlemagne and asserted his right to select the leader of Europe. Indeed Charlemagne and the Franks in many regards did not want to be associated with the Romans, who they saw as overly oppressive and were glad to claim heritage from those to overthrew them. It appears that Charlemagne was not aware of the Pope's intentions to crown him (though this is still debated) and after the coronation he disliked using the title directly bestowed upon him "Imperator Romanorum". 20. The counter-reformation really wasn't Charles response it was the Church's response to the Protestant reformation, it was Pope Paul III who initiated the first Council of Trent and while Charles V certainly played an important part "make his response, the Catholic Counter-Reformation" is an over-statement that doesn't acknowledge the role of the Papacy and of holy orders. 21. The sack of Rome in 1527 certainly played an important role in illuminating the Church's failings and may well have influenced the desire to reform away from overly extravagant building works, but in no regard can it be seen as entirely responsible for ending the Italian Renaissance, which didn't end until around 1550 and was far more damaged by the Italian Wars 22. Prior to the Ottoman conquest of Hungary it was not Habsburg, it was ruled by a Hungarian king Louis II. Whilst the Habsburgs had an agreement with Louis to take control of Hungary on the event of his death without an heir (they were related through marriage), the dynasty preceeding Louis' death was not Hungarian. After the Ottoman conquest of the majority of Hungary the Habsburgs did take over the remaining Hungarian land so " over the formerly Hapsburg territory of Hungary." is incorrect, it should state that they gained control over an area which would have been Habsburg if the Ottomans had not won. 23. John says that football hadn't been invented in 1550, but there are actually detailed descriptions of the game of football being played in Europe as early as around 1174-1183 by William FitzStephen. There are numerous descriptions of the game football in the centuries that followed and there are even records stating that Henry VIII (Charles V contemporary) had a pair of football boots made for him. 6. (continued) Charlemagne did not exercise control over any of Italy except the small area from about Milan to Tuscany and his (carolingian) empire is not chronologically or geographically linked to the Holy Roman Empire talked about in this video, which extends far further east and included large swathes of Italian territory (at least initially) but does not include the French areas which comprised most of Charlemagne's empire. As I mentioned earlier it is not chronologically continous either, and neither is it politically or legally continous, Charlesmagne's empire used Agnatic Primogeniture whereas the Holy Roman Empire examined here used an elective succession system where all the Emperor's were crowned by the Papacy. Furthermore the culture of Charlesmagne's empire was far more Frankish, whereas the later Holy Roman Empi,vre consisted of a wide variety of cultures that arose from the so-called "Barbarian Kingdoms" and the initial emperors were all Saxon. Certainly you could use the speech to classify Charlemagne's empire as a Roman Empire, though doing purely on the basis of that coronation is still tenous and as I've shown it lacks many of the necessary qualifications. I think you would find it extremely difficult to claim that he is the founder of the Holy Roman Empire talked about in this video; which is rather different geographically, politically, chronologically, culturally and economically. While Charlemagne may certainly have been a Holy Roman Emperor, he in no manner can be seen as the founder of the Holy Roman Empire, which is what this video asserts. Certainly there are many more points about things that ought to be included, but I tried to focus on things that were directly wrong and should been amended rather than topics that can easily be covered by new videos.

@formaldotgaming4568

6 жыл бұрын

Hmmmm..... Goshdang hats of to you my friend

@insurgentspi0

6 жыл бұрын

Aurelius Noble and i thought my comment was long

@q345ify

5 жыл бұрын

Aurelius Noble One more thing: the pope crowned Charlemagne as Roman Emperor to undermine the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire due to a misogynistic dispute he had with the Empress Irene (one of the most badass people in history imho) who he claimed had no power over him and the the Roman throne was actually vacant

@loopyluu9302

5 жыл бұрын

@Aurelius Noble: Gadzooks!!! Where do I have to go, to study at the hem of your robe? I am impressed!

@Fruzhin5483

5 жыл бұрын

Woah. Loved it, good job!

Phillip II of Spain (Charles V' son) was a bigger emperor than his dad. The expression, "the empire on which the sun never sets," was coined during Philip's time to reflect the extent of his dominion.

@victorkumps6846

5 жыл бұрын

Luis Ghlezs felipe was king, many times king but not emperor

@javierslytherin9898

5 жыл бұрын

@@victorkumps6846 Philip II had an enormous Global Empire. "King" is only a formal term.

@victorkumps6846

5 жыл бұрын

@@javierslytherin9898 Yeah, like I said. Legally not an emperor. I am well aware and agree with u that he rules what was in fact an empire.

@thewienerwolf

5 жыл бұрын

And he lost a war against dutch swamp people

@higochumbo8932

5 жыл бұрын

@@thewienerwolf Philipp did not "lose" the war because he died long before the war was over, and while he was alive he wasn't really "losing" it either. As a matter of fact, the first time the Dutch won a battle against the Spanish was at Niewport in 1600, two years after Philipp's death. And those "swamp" people happened to be the richest people in Europe, and some of the most innovative, so don't discredit their worth.

Charles probably wanted to be Holy Roman Emperor just for the extra taxes, force limit and diplomatic relation

@hqlife5128

7 жыл бұрын

and alot of trade power in the North Sea trade node

@theredboar3844

7 жыл бұрын

Angus Sclater in what game?

@angussclater3720

7 жыл бұрын

Eu4

@papisuckmypoosay69

5 жыл бұрын

lmao

@seby826

5 жыл бұрын

Hey a fellow paradox games player

John, Czechoslovakia hasn't existed for over 20 years now...

@oldaccount1378

8 жыл бұрын

It was in 1550

@666Tomato666

8 жыл бұрын

ScienceInc. Malachi then it's even more incorrect, as between 12th and 20th century there was no Czech "anything", those lands were just a state of the Holy Roman Empire, and they were called Kingdom of Bohemia, with Moravia on the side

@haltopen12

8 жыл бұрын

+666Tomato666 yeah but czechoslovakia is fun to say. Kingdom of bohemia just makes me want to listen to music.

@ThisOldHat

8 жыл бұрын

+666Tomato666 Czech Republic exists. Slovakia exists. Because they both exist simultaneously, and have done in each of their respective historic incarnations, czechoslovakia exists when you are referring to their combined geographic areas.

@Aestheticweasel

8 жыл бұрын

+Thisold Hatte But why would you? Throughout history the two countries were parts of one state only for like 70 years in the 20th century (And in Great Moravia I suppose but that was the 9th cetury). During the whole 2nd millennium, Slovakia was mostly part of Hungary, so saying Czechoslovakia in relation to the middle ages is just riddiculous. Makes even less sense than someone getting confused and saying it whilst referring to present days.

All I could think is Eu4... And yes I know this is probably one of many comments saying that.

@amandag494

9 жыл бұрын

There is absolutely nothing wrong with that!

@ASCG5000

9 жыл бұрын

And thats why the first thing you do when you become the Holy Roman Emperor is disband the Empire.

@simmang47

9 жыл бұрын

I was thinking more CK2 since I've been playing that recently. HRE is a stronger and more unified state in that. Voltaire was writing of the HRE when it was decentralized to the point of largely independent vassals in the rise of nation states. Feudalism is a hard thing to describe but the HRE did not make the changes required to become a strong nation. In game terms the other nations were high crown authority, high centralization and primogeniture and the HRE was low, low and elective. There is nothing wrong with elective monarchy but it did cause chaos for the succession which did not allow for the HRE to unify with large vassals bickering over the title of emperor. Also death to the successors of Charlemagne. DEATH TO THE KARLINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!

@nebeskisrb7765

9 жыл бұрын

ASCG5000 Heh, noob, Emperor can't disband the Empire, only centralize it and turn it into nation state.

@ASCG5000

9 жыл бұрын

Marko Antic If you are allied to all electors then you can.

Europa Universalis anyone?

@skyrimLEGION

9 жыл бұрын

FUCK FRANCE!

@StarGundam007

9 жыл бұрын

only if it's Europa Universalis 4.

@xarlev

9 жыл бұрын

Spain is the emperor!

@Reflox1

9 жыл бұрын

I unified the Holy Roman Empire as one Nation once. As ethiopian Emperor.

@happypeepogaming4957

9 жыл бұрын

***** BEWARE OF THE BIG BLUE BLOB BEWARE OF BRANDENBURG/PRUSSIA

Charles was actually a very successful monarch in Spain. He expanded Spain so it became the biggest empire in Europe, had huge quantities of bullion shipped in which helped him fund his foreign policy, Protestantism was literally destroyed in Spain and remained that way for Philip's reign, and his political authority was almost absolute. His only problems were that the Holy Roman Empire was a black hole for resources (for which Spain suffered) and his attention, being absent for more years than he was present as the king of Spain, and the problems of inflation (and the latter was not even recognised/known of at the time!)

Littlefinger is playing Monopoly 6:59 "I'm buying it !"

@yurigagarin9765

8 жыл бұрын

+scarfacemperor You. Are. Everywhere. In vids of Civ, Extra History, EU, and now Crash Course too!? Stop chasing me, you pervert!

@sjengvullers8163

8 жыл бұрын

+scarfacemperor ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@Latsilae

8 жыл бұрын

+scarfacemperor ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@nils191

8 жыл бұрын

You know nothing Scarfacemperor!

@Duke_of_Lorraine

8 жыл бұрын

kummerk I know how to cook meat pies

Charles II of Spain is one of my favourite historical monarchs. You can have as many as 64 great, great, great, great, great grandparents. Charles II had two.

Since you guys have now talked about the Holy Roman Empire, you should also do an episode on the Thirty Years War. Don't tell me there isn't a lot to be learned from one of the biggest political and military clusterfucks in history.

There's currently a spanish ongoing tv series called Charles the emperor king which is more or less accurate. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to dig in the subject (that is if you know spanish and like detailed history)

Czechoslovakia? The Cold War called, they want their country back

@MM-vs2et

5 жыл бұрын

When we think John couldn't mess up any more country names John : ''Hold my Czechoslovakia''

By the way, the HRE had been an elected monarchy ever since Charlemagne's dynasty died off. The first non-Karling emperor, Otto, was elected, as were most emperors after him, even those who came from the same dynasty. Granted, in most cases the elections were a formality, but there were also plenty of times when the German princes and electors simply declared an emperor deposed and elected a counter-candidate. (In the end, whose election was legit tended to be decided on the battlefield)

@karlkarlos3545

9 жыл бұрын

Don't feed people with facts on youtube. It will just confuse them.

Actually, the Spanish Empire got a little bigger after they dumped the Holy Roman Empire. They eventually took Portugal and all their territories as well as the Netherlands and their territories amounting to more land than the Holy Roman Empire. (And Spain actually never let go of the HRE, Charles handed it off to his brother, another Spaniard. Curious)

The Holy Roman Empire was basically "The Symbolic Germanic Republic"

Love your videos dude ! Ties the pieces together and gives me an alternative to reading my textbooks! Thanks John Green

I want to play total war medieval 2 now

@ASCG5000

9 жыл бұрын

Try Europa Universalizes IV

@mafiacat88

9 жыл бұрын

ASCG5000 Crusader kings 2 might be better because it has actual people in it. Mind you EU is easier, so you might be right.

@ASCG5000

9 жыл бұрын

mafiacat88 PersonallyI prefer EU4 because I enjoy more empire building then internal politics. But CK2 is also a great game.

@mafiacat88

9 жыл бұрын

ASCG5000 Oh yeah, I much prefer EU as well. I was just saying that if you wanted a good Historical Europe game, CK is better, as it is more in depth.

@ben5056

9 жыл бұрын

mafiacat88 How is CK2 more difficult than EU4? Ever try an ironman Ryukyu world conquest? In CK2 I went from single county to ruling half of Europe in 4 generations. I prefer EU4 but I do wish that the CK2 raiding mechanic was somehow in EU4 (though probably wouldn't make much sense)

Error 3, Mr. Green: The HRE never ever had anything in Western Ukraine. Austria-Hungary did (only quite late, after the partition of Poland) but not the Empire, whose borders were quite specific: Germany (incl. Bohemia but not Slovakia, and also several other lands like Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria and parts of France), Italy (not including the South) and Burgundy (SE France, parts of Switzerland). It did expand eastward into Poland and also retreated in Italy but in no case reached Ukraine even remotely.

Charles V was awesome and no failure in the shoes he had to fill. Such pompous judgment!

@DaDunge

8 жыл бұрын

+Aaron Lecciones Actually yes he was a failue but he was doomed to fail, the electors didn't want him and he forced his way unto the imperial throne. From that moment he had no chance of succeeding. The problems didn't start with him it started with earlier generations of habsburgs trying to create a habsburg empire inside the empire.

@carlosmarcial6201

4 жыл бұрын

@@DaDunge The protestants, the French jealous monarchy, and the mad king of England Henry VIII, caused the collapse of this promising empire. Could you imagine uniting all Christian Western kingdoms into one so powerful to kick out the ottomans from Constantinople, and reconquer Palestine and North of Africa (including Egypt)? Thanks to Protestantism and jealous kings, this never happened.

@DaDunge

4 жыл бұрын

@@carlosmarcial6201 No it happened because the Habsburgs never understood the most basic thing about running an empire, if you want your nobles on board with it you need to show them that the success of the empire is in their best interest. Protestantism didn't cause the political schism in the holy roman empire the political schism caused the reformation.

2:24 you said that the HRE was a "failed state" yet it existed for a thousand years and was the dominant force in Europe for some time... Sounds more successful than a lot of countries

Funny thing about what he said about the empires moto '' Plus Ultra'', apart from being everything that he said it was also a PUN. There was a Latin proverb that referred to the Atlantic coast of europe ''Non Plus Ultra'' that means nothing beyond, they believed that that was the last land before the outer sea and the fall from the flat earth. So when Colombus discovered America and Spain was unified the motto became Plus Ultra as a way of saying basically: ''So there actually is something beyond, but we were the only ones brave enough to find it and now we are the only ones getting rich, suck it!!!!'' to the rest of Europe. You've got to love Spanish rulers' humour.

@JogInTheFog

9 жыл бұрын

That is one awesome piece of trivia :)

@Amusia727

9 жыл бұрын

People knew the world was spherical in shape from the ancient Greeks. It was also the Vikings that 'discovered' (first Europeans) the Americas.

@filipesampaioaraujo2247

9 жыл бұрын

Patricia a Except the Portuguese were still the ones dominating the spice trade, and the Spanish never had the idea to go west (that would be Columbus). Also, it was said there was nothing south of Cabo Bojador in Morocco, but that did not stop Gil Eanes from going beyond it. So please don't say the Spanish were the only ones brave enough to "go beyond".

"Todo buén Español debería mear mirando hacia inglaterra"..frase de don Blas de Lezo (batalla de Cartagena de indias;inglaterra 30.000 soldados ingleses y 200 barcos de guerra, España ; 4 barcos y 3.000 soldados Españoles= derrota inglesa..11.000 muertos ingleses y la flota inglesa destruida; España;1000muertos . Un Respeto a la Historia.Un respeto a España.

@2x2leax

5 жыл бұрын

_Se rie en Sitio de Gibraltar_

@user-uw3fi2zg4t

4 жыл бұрын

no vas a comprar seguir mucho respeto asi

@angelmatesmolan

4 жыл бұрын

@@2x2leax *Saqueo de Londres*

I like how you tell the stories in a practical way and make it fun. It's also historically accurate. I remember learning about the Hapsburgs all through my Danube river cruise. Also I remember thinking "weren't they the ones who sacked Rome on the Tudors"? I remember our tour guide showing a statue and saying how they were inbred. I seen some of the same faces on this video.

Dear people of the USA, please, stop saying Czechoslovakia. We split up in 1993 for God's sake. Update your maps and history books once in a while. Czechoslovakia doesn't exist the same way Soviet Union and Yugoslavia don't.

@ThePooper3000

8 жыл бұрын

Veronika Surovcová Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union don't exist anymore? I need to relearn my history then....

@Nika-ed5oo

8 жыл бұрын

ThePooper3000 I don't know if you're actually kidding or not. In case you're serious, no, they really don't. :/ Both were devided into independent states.

@ThePooper3000

8 жыл бұрын

Veronika Surovcová I was yust yoking...

@PatnAntMC

8 жыл бұрын

I'm American, hopefully your joking.

@soulscanner66

8 жыл бұрын

+Sean Youn There are way more "migrants" in the U.S. than there will ever be in Europe.

Ok, I think I get this. Charlemagne got this HRE thing going by understanding that it had to be sold to the everyday man. Much of what I've learned about life in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, the experience day-to-day was in the very shadow of a former power, one that lasted a length of time that is difficult to imagine. People lived their lives often juxtaposition to the ruins of greatness to this very day. The grew up with stories describing how the quality of life was better under the Romans.Or at least there was some kind of order and rule. Clovis united the Francs, whom were all kneeling before a singular and absolute power, and the Russians were constantly trying to legitimize Tsars, a title invoking a certain Roman emperor. So Voltaire makes a fun point, but the Holy Roman Empire, in its inception, was holy because it was bound by a common faith, Roman because it imbued the idea of absolute authority that always seems to get things done, also, if I understand correctly, included the Italian Peninsula for some time early on(?), and finally was also imperial, because only in an Empire can one man screw things up so royally....?

@kozhikkaalan

7 жыл бұрын

enjoyed your comment

@SuperJuvexxx

6 жыл бұрын

Rome inspired all the kingdoms, nations and empires that came after her. Even the ottomans and the arabs. Today the USA too. Without rome civilization wouldn't exist.

@colekuczek9812

6 жыл бұрын

SuperJuvexxx Except for like, all of the civilizations that came before Rome. Lmao

@willhenry2523

6 жыл бұрын

Well, there are theories that the pope might have given him the title against his will. I mean, taking the title didn't give him any more power, nor enable him to take any land. Instead, it technically made him the popes vassal. The pope gave him the honorific by surprise, which would have looked very very bad for Charlie if he turned down what was supposedly the legacy of Rome. However, this therefore positioned the pope as someone who actually HAD the power to do that, which meant that they had authority greater than Charlemagne. (It was also awkward since the legitimate eastern part of the Roman empire was still alive and very strong at the time. They didn't take kindly to the fact that this guy with a ceremonial title just tried to give away their empire) Cue hundreds of years of the popes meddling in European politics. Of course that's one view, historians argue on if it's true or not.

I like how he just skips over the fact that Charles was first and foremost, King of Castile(Spain). Holy Roman Emperor was just one of his many additional titles, not his main one. He's not a Habsburg. He's a Spanish Habsurg which were separate from the Austrian line, not to mention far more powerful due to the global hegemony of the Spanish Army. How's Charles of Spain not Spanish? This guy was half Spanish. He had more Spanish ancestry than Queen Victoria(of Hanover) had English. He inherited the title of King of Castile through his Spanish ancestry. The title of Holy Roman Emperor, on the other hand, was simply something he bought. And the part where he generalized Spaniards as cruel to Indians is another double standard considering the fact that the British policy towards American Indians was outright extermination and Queen Isabella before Charles tried to improve the treatment of natives.

@lh2738

8 жыл бұрын

THANKS man, just thank you for saying the truth!

@johnnonamegibbon3580

8 жыл бұрын

It has become acceptable in the English-speaking world to ignore, downplay, or completely omit Spanish history. I have a bone to pick with my fellow historians.

@lh2738

8 жыл бұрын

John NoNameGibbon Definitely! It's clear that the Black Legend is based in real abuses, but they were magnified and difused by English, French and Dutch (natural enemies of Spain those times). It is time to say all the truth, the good things as well as the bad ones. Good luck, there is a lot of work left.

@johnnonamegibbon3580

8 жыл бұрын

Luis Irastorza Valera I don't romanticize Spanish history, I just hate when people exaggerate or omit it.

@lh2738

8 жыл бұрын

John NoNameGibbon Neither do I, but I hate propaganda against it.

Odd KZread recommended this video to me when I'm playing Castile in EUIV right now. Eerie

@peepingtom9342

7 жыл бұрын

Did you get "Spain is the Emperor" achievement?

@williamhammann3170

6 жыл бұрын

Im playing Austria :p

@papisuckmypoosay69

5 жыл бұрын

lmao same

Thank you for that episode. In France, we study François 1er, and then we focus on internal politics under Henry IV. Charles V, or Charles Quint as we generally call him, is always a shadowy monarch, influential by his name, yet we never see his achievements. The lucky ones who start learning Spanish, take on the following of the story with Felipe II, son of Charles, and king of Spain. So as it is, this course just filled a whole in my head where it is possible to connect the dots. History really is a mutli-sided mirror !

Love the series as always, John and Team! However, I found the theme of trying to determine whether Charles I was a good ruler not very useful. Perhaps you could do a Big History episode on the concept of good leadership. What Charles I saw as "good" motivated his complicated choices, but it certainly isn't what we see as "good" today, or even compared to another culture of his own time. I can imagine that episode's discussion involving Just War and other fun debates :D

Do one about the Byzantine empire. The topic is severly underrepresented in many world history narratives, yet immensly important. Should be an interesting subject for history students.

@matthewstrupp483

9 жыл бұрын

He covered its fall in season 1

A rather nice episode ! I study a bit of HRE history, mainly the czech, and hungarian parts, and having the other side of the coin, especialy under Charles V is interesting. And also, bravo for the show ; it is at the same time simple enough to understand if you didn't studied the subject before, and plenty of facts, quote or quick analysis that almost always make you learn something, or requestion yourself on a subject you thought you knew ! Thanks !

Thanks for bringing humor to the equation every time, helps the history go down, and gives some modern perspective. Thanks!!

"brasil is always the excepcion in america" yeah right..... tell that joke to phllip II

@miguelpadeiro762

5 жыл бұрын

>Spain takes control of brazil >Brazil is invaded right after that Good job Spain

@carlosmarcial6201

4 жыл бұрын

@@miguelpadeiro762 ...and what about Germany or France? How many territories invades in America? French people in Haiti is a very funny story. It ends pretty well. :P.

Love the series, but I can't remember if there was an episode on how exactly feudalism works... I think that actually explaining how it works would make the understanding of medieval Europe much easier. If there is an episode about that, I apologise, I'll have to go through the playlist!

Love this series and thank you fellow Hoosier!

Your final message was just great! Thank you.

Brilliant video, these really help me studying A-level History; but everyone just note that the Diet of Worms was actually in 1521 rather than 1523 which is stated in the video. Keep up the good work CrashCourse!

This was a great video, and a great study tool for anyone taking AP Euro! I hope they do an episode on New Monarchs..that would be especially beneficial to anyone taking the course as it's about 3 weeks worth of lessons..all the Euro classes this year have probably already finished that unit a long time ago but for next year and anyone in global who hasn't reached that unit yet, it would bi so great!

@hayleyjones8478

9 жыл бұрын

*be

Gotta love the creeping finger on the bookcase before the open letter.

Unexpecdedly this is my favorite CC episode and more relevant than it seems

I would like to see a crash course video on the Swedish Empire! Great video as always!

I'm Brazilian and i loved Braziltage, awesome episode, could you make one about italian unification? thank you :)

I really like how revolutionary interesting this way of teaching and learning is, especially combined with the aspects of youtube as a medium. So everyone that contributes to this show is fantastic! But before. you guys used to mention everyone in the outro, why did you stop doing that? That was so charming and it showed that you value the participatory aspect of making a show, as well as making anything, such as history for example! So bring back the naming-every-single-person-thing, that was a really nice display of idealism!

learned alot. I took AP Euro History back in high school and had a blast - definitely the most interesting of all continents.

Que en gloria eterna esté. ¡Gloria para el Emperador Carlos V!

@JuanRamos-yw6me

7 жыл бұрын

Manuel Cordero Iniesta Carlos I solo nos metió en fregados europeos y se gasto todo el dinero de América en matar protestantes :(

@manuelcorderoiniesta5463

7 жыл бұрын

Juan Ramos ¡Pero que bien los mataba! Daba alegría verlo.

@JuanRamos-yw6me

7 жыл бұрын

Manuel Cordero Iniesta XDDD

@nicogabriel5667

6 жыл бұрын

Si tan sólo hubiesen usado ese dinero para el libre comercio, hoy españa sería el doble de grande que estados unidos

@LuisAldamiz

6 жыл бұрын

Qué hizo por ti, Cordero (nunca un apellido fue mejor elegido), qué hizo por la gente? Repartió tierras a los pobres, evitó que los ricos nos robaran? No, se limitó a destruir la constitución castellana, creando las bases de los problemas actuales de España, seguir saqueando América, las bases de los problemas actuales de América Latina, y producir la mayor masácre bélica en la historia de la humanidad antes de las guerras mundiales por culpa de una discusión filósofico-teológica con un tal Lutero (con el que estaba de acuerdo en masacrar y oprimir a los pobres sin embargo).

Who doesn't view Charles V as a giant of world history?

I passed the AP test because of you !!!! Thank u so much

Jumping from one season to the other and I miss comb-less John 💙

“Oh look it’s all of my past relationships.... an open letter to failure.” God that made me laugh so much.

Brazil is the Mongolia of the Americas. Always the exception

I just saw this and just loved the exception from Brasil, thanks, Stan!

Great video, thank you. I am looking for information regarding Napoleon’s defeat of the Holy Roman Empire. Not of the lead up nor the battle, but the actual dealings, rules he set down, how it affected things, ect. This information is proving very hard to find. If you or your viewers can suggest any links I would appreciate it.

And I have to ask, how was he a failure, exactly? His son, Philip, commanded an even larger empire than his own. Was Queen Victoria a failure? I guess he was only a failure if you judge him on what he aspired to be, the Ruler of Earth, instead of what he was. But that's _so_ stupid, Neal (the writer). All kings and Queens are failures by that strange standard.

@electrosthefella

5 жыл бұрын

NOT NEAL, STAN!!!!

@CDexie

5 жыл бұрын

But his orders were frequently ignored. His army mutinied and sacked Rome. He failed to supress the reformation when he thought he had succeeded.

@El-Silver

5 жыл бұрын

If You áre talking about Charles V. Well he failed to stop the Reformation. Failed to unite Western Europe and central europe. Failed to stop the enslavement and the brutality done to the natives Failed to balance economics and left the Spanish empire in debt

@tylernelson4901

5 жыл бұрын

John NoNameGibbon bro why did you spam the hell out of this video? You seem UPSET

@cxarhomell5867

4 жыл бұрын

John NoNameGibbon bro you got everything taken way too seriously

Now for a lesson, you may have heard these words before, but I'll teach you what they really mean... GO BEYOND, PLUS... ULTRAAAAAAA!

@zhin4362

6 жыл бұрын

After such a long search, I have finally found the comment I was looking for.

@seanharrisbautista5211

5 жыл бұрын

@@zhin4362 hahahaha same, PLUS ULTRA!!!

I love these videos. The pop-culture references are always hilarious!

I am watching this to get ideas for the test! Thanks mr Green :))

The holy roman empire was a empire. The definition of an empire is an extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch which it was. It was holy as it saw recognition by the pope who declared so. Not sure about the roman part though

lol This was the Spanish Empire, not the "Hapsburg Empire". That's like calling Victorian Britain the "Hanover Empire".

@htoodoh5770

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah both correct

@DisorderlyFashion

4 жыл бұрын

It's a historical term used to denote the territories ruled by the Habsburg family during this era, especially relevant during Charles V's reign seeing as how he was ruling over the territorial Holy Roman Empire and the colonial Spanish Empire. These territories were inextricably linked 2 Habsburg dynasty, where as what Royal House sat on the British throne by the 19th century did not really matter. The terminology is a bit arbitrary but helps historians to clarify and categorize these times and places in history.

@carlosmarcial6201

4 жыл бұрын

@@DisorderlyFashion "colonial Spanish Empire". Dude: Spain Empire wasn't England. Spain never established colonies in America. Spain established VICEKINGDOMS in America. They were autonomous, with laws and with their own viceking. These vicekingdoms were very prosperous during 400 years.

This was one of your best videos John. Love your humor and the futbol i mean soccer references ;)

Thank you. You are the only one who told me why Charles attacked Rome.

10.29: Hungary wasn't a formerly Habsburg territory. Charles inherited Hungary after the last Hungarian king of Hungary fell in the battle of Mohacs 1526, because the latter was married to Charles' sister Mary. But henceforth the Habsburg had a legal claim to Hungary.

You need to do an episode about the Chinese Civil War because of how complex it is, how most Westerners know little about it and plus modern Mongolia emerged from the conflict.

this was really helpful for my history AS thanks john :)

Great video!!!!! I absolutely love Crash Course and hope you, John Green, continue to be the star (or at least usually)😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀 Please respond soon to your biggest fan 👍

One thing I have noticed in the world is what I call "Linear History". Linear history is curtain parts of history that is going to happen in every region of the world. Take nationalism, human rights and revolutions. Hundreds of years ago human rights activist 1st appeared, 100 years later there was revolutions, then nationalism. Now in the Middle East and Central Asia we see human rights activist like Al-Hathlool and Malala speaking out for basic human rights(Those are the only two I could think of off the top of my head). There has also been revolutions, the Arab Spring. This has also worked the other way having the Golden Age of the Arab World happen before the Rennisannce. Now this is just a very basic theory that I myself have come up with, I have no history major or anything so I am not the most reliable source of information. Feel free to criticizes or improve as you see fit. Also I'm not a great speller so there is probably spelling errors.

@jeffreyxiong9454

9 жыл бұрын

i like the idea

@daniel2k22

9 жыл бұрын

You should read Hegel. Trust me.

@francemaster

9 жыл бұрын

I'd agree with the "spread like a virus" point as a factual statement, and with the not-hegelian (cuz its metaphysical) but maybe sort of technological interpretation (good ideas spreading like technology). However one should be aware that this can also not happen, for a long, long time, or "ever" (so far) for many many places and things (ideas). Take the idea of God, for example, that sure has been thought of as a candidate for a superior understanding of reality, but sure as hell didnt appear everywhere, and not in the same form where it did. Now some would claim atheism might be one of those ideas that will "definitely" spread like wildfire, but many smart new-age and modern spiritual people would reject that.

@emile8197

9 жыл бұрын

I've came up with a similar conclusion.

@swunt10

9 жыл бұрын

that's called zeitgeist and probably other names as well. ""what I call "Linear History"" LOL fuck off.

"brasil is always the excepcion in america" , The new Mongolians have been confirmed

@pedrocorrea6870

4 жыл бұрын

Please, we are drunk, crazy, huge, diverse and beautiful. We are clearly the new russians.

John Green, you are a gift to the world.

this is your best episode in a while

"I speak French to men, Italian to women, Spanish to God, and German to my horse" Total War anyone?

soooo... why did you miss Queen Victoria, King George V and Edward VIII out of your list of monarchs ruling massive territory?

@seankane3711

9 жыл бұрын

England and scotland not massive amounts of territory their colonys largely failed as well as having colonys governed by themselves largely so... ya

@FieldMarshalFry

9 жыл бұрын

Sean Kane so the entire British Empire, that spanned the globe, that the sun still hasn't set on (seriously, look it up), the largest in history, dwarfing even the conquests of the Great Khan, wasn't all that big?

@seankane3711

9 жыл бұрын

Field Marshal Fry No because most of there vast empire was so autonomous it was barely apart of it

@FieldMarshalFry

9 жыл бұрын

Sean Kane they were controlled by British bureaucrats in constant contact with London, while the day to day running was autonomous, their orders came from Britain, Parliament was still in control

@seankane3711

9 жыл бұрын

Like how nowadays the queen could overthrow parliament if they did anything like say tax them a decent amount they could and most likely would overthrow their British ruler (sun never sets is pretty cool though)

that quick Brazil montage was pretty great

Liked the Napoleon intro, this is one of my favorite episodes.

Error 4, Mr. Green: Charlemagne did not name his Empire that way. He was crowned Roman Emperor, full stop. It was only the Ottos of the 10th century who created the HRE by merging Germany (their home country, earlier East Francia), Brugundy and Italy. Under them it was a true empire, up to the point that they would have defeated the Mongols (!!!) if Gengis Khan had not died and their conquest of Europe would have continued, but gradually imperial power disintegrated into feudal contract madness.

@Siegbert85

6 жыл бұрын

It wasn't named that way until the 13th century though.

@LuisAldamiz

6 жыл бұрын

There seems to be some argument on that matter: the word "sacrum" (holy) being used more or less irregularly in earlier times, even before Otto I.

@Siegbert85

6 жыл бұрын

Sure? I thought the first mention of "sacrum" in combination with the empire was in the 12th century under the reign of Frederick Barbarossa, becoming the formal title some hundred years after that.

@LuisAldamiz

6 жыл бұрын

Well, I just checked the Wikipedia article and seems indeed a bit confuse (different documents would use different wordings, etc.) I'm no erudite so I can't say much more on this exact detail.

Are you ever going to do an episode about the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth John?

Wow, terrific explanation!

Do a video on Political Transformations- "Empires and Encounters" (1450-1750)

czechoslovakia ceased to exist 21 years ago but it seems no single american ever got the memo. yet you can see the two separate countries on the map

@tenaciousdean6179

9 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's like how some people still refuse to call Constantinople Istanbul

@Abdessamad_Ajdar

9 жыл бұрын

It's not a big deal

@angelablack9564

9 жыл бұрын

it kind of is a big deal to the millions of people who live there

@AKartashev

9 жыл бұрын

Angela Black I kind of heard people of Czech Rep and Slovakia didn't want to split from each other.

@angelablack9564

9 жыл бұрын

the slovaks wished to separate and now a lot of them are moving to the czech republic for education and work. if the country had wanted to stay united, it could have done just that, no one was forcing them

Há, if Brazil is always one exception, I guess we deserve one crash history video :P

@manuelcorderoiniesta5463

7 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, I would like to see another great emperor's story, starting with Pedro II El Magnanimo.

@jvaralves

7 жыл бұрын

In this instance Brazil is the exception because of a little thing called the treaty of Tordesilhas.=P

@augustokonrad3572

7 жыл бұрын

There's no "El" in portuguese, it would be "o", so the correct is: Pedro II, O Magnâmino

@thesenate974

7 жыл бұрын

no, the mongols are the execption *plays mongol part that is seen in the mongol episode)

@lmao2302

7 жыл бұрын

I guess you guys are the exception when it becomes to being a crash court history video.

There are so many crash course videos i don't know where to begin.

thanks sm sir, really helped me understand this

You say that the Holy Roman Empire wasn't much of an empire because it was too diverse and spread out. However, isn't every Empire diverse and spread out?

@johnnonamegibbon3580

7 жыл бұрын

Welcome to double standards. And it wasn't really the "Holy Roman Empire" it was just a region. And Spain owned it. It was part of the Spanish Empire. Not the "Hapsburg Empire". That's stupid.

@missgeekie9242

6 жыл бұрын

Wasn't that the cause why the regions of the Holy Roman Empire politically fragmented?

@GM-hl5gg

6 жыл бұрын

If one was logically consistent then they would probably consider the Mayan civilization to be an Empire. Both "empires" were not remotely centralized and were comprised of several practically sovereign constituents.

@Ghreinos

6 жыл бұрын

It was no Empire, because english people do Everything wrong in German it is called Heiliges Römisches REICH deutscher Nation. So it was an Reich

@Ghreinos

6 жыл бұрын

John NoNameGibbon and what are you talking about a region that's the stupid thing I have ever heared. Both were different COUNTRIES with the same Emporer and he was German cause Burgundy is a Germanic state and first the Burgunds lived in the middle of modern day Germany. SO LEARN HISTORY

The Holy Roman Empire, in every phase of it's existence, was as much an empire as the European Union is a union. Meaning: Not.

@slubbergully9231

7 жыл бұрын

+Sam Urai Actually, something this video did not mention is that while Charles' army sacked Rome, nuns were raped and sold into slavery - Spanish and German mercenaries butchered the Swiss Guard in a bid to murder the Pope himself. It is speculated (Though we couldn't possibly know) that the shame of what happened in Rome motivated Charles to abdicate. On top of that, Charles' hardline stance against Protestantism was drilled into his sons and by extension the Habsburg Dynasty at large. This legacy of protestant persecution is what caused the Thirty Years War - the third most devastating war in history. Of course, you could also just use history you don't understand as a pretext for casual racism.

@doliague2590

7 жыл бұрын

you seem like a...hmmm

@ShidaiTaino

7 жыл бұрын

Rens de Koning the EU wants to be the Holy Roman Empire

@hendricusderuijter9671

6 жыл бұрын

Slubbergully you ignore the fact that everything you mentioned revolved around the protestant reformation. or are you seriously implying the CATHOLIC hre and emperor are responsible for mercenaries raping CATHOLIC nuns and wanted to kill the POPE? -_-

@slubbergully9231

5 жыл бұрын

The Italian Wars did not revolve around Protestantism. It was an extension of the rivalry between the de Valois dynasty and the von Habsburg dynasty. Both of which were filled with Catholics; both of which were fighting in Italy full of Catholics. Where are you getting the "fact" that anything the Habsburgs did in Italy had anything to do with the Protestants? Why are you suggesting that the Holy Roman Emperor and the Pope got along in this time period? They were quite literally at war with one another due to the League of Cognac.

the brazil montage was hilarious!

Can't wait to see the TV show about Charles!

sad he didn't include one of the biggest helpers in the Vienna siege, which was the Polish Commonwealth....and i hope he includes the Commonwealth in it

@DimetriKhan

9 жыл бұрын

Dark999Death Errr no. Poland is a country that had the misfortune to be placed between Russia and Germany. It wasn't the English anyway, more like the British.

@Saintphoenix86

9 жыл бұрын

Dark999Death Poland was around long before any British influence was felt in the region

@Saintphoenix86

9 жыл бұрын

Dark999Death Hell poland was around since before england was taken by the normans so in a way poland is older than england as we know it

@wasneeplus

9 жыл бұрын

Wasn't that the later siege of Vienna, you know, the really famous one?

@swunt10

9 жыл бұрын

***** the idea of a unified germany came from Arminius after he beat the romans in 9AD and because of that, they killed him. that is now 2005 years ago. how old is the idea of poland if it's so much older?

"I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse" - Charles V

@ben5056

9 жыл бұрын

Not sure if he is dissing German or really likes his horse

@Zeero3846

9 жыл бұрын

ben5056 I'm thinking it's more that German is very direct and precise and more suited to something that you command, like a horse. Of course, it's also possible that you knew that, and was simply making a very clever joke.

@SantomPh

9 жыл бұрын

ben5056 he is showing off his language skills. He might say "I speak C++ to my laptop"

@Dark999Death

9 жыл бұрын

"I speak Lisp to God, Java to women, COBOL to men, and C to my horse, only my horse does what I tell it to."

@karlkarlos3545

9 жыл бұрын

I really doubt this. This inbred little guy couldn't speak german at all.

HRE is amazing in Civ4, Landsknecht are awesome and the Rathaus really allows you to have a huge empire.

John, Pavia is not pronounced with the the accent of the "a", but on the "i"... so it sounds like "Paveea"! Mispelling stuff is really your thing! ;) Thanks for the videos, they are unbelievable!