Fun Fact: Portugal was the only western European country that did not burned templars, they actually reformed the Order into the Order of Christ, and they were the first Portuguese men to arrive in the New World. Therefore, we can say that the Templars discovered Brazil.

@macro3751

6 жыл бұрын

finally, a cool fact about Brazil

@drzero8222

6 жыл бұрын

Night Avenger Another cool fact is that a fish was elected president

@bmc7434

6 жыл бұрын

The Templars also Fought the English in Scotland, and America was Discovered by Irish Monks way before any Westerner published anything on the lands

@tullussulla6167

6 жыл бұрын

Is this true?

@celtofcanaanesurix2245

6 жыл бұрын

Mars there is some evidence, early American explorers described “fair, and familiar” people that had red hair, and other European features, as well as some Native American languages in the south east having seemingly Celtic lone words

I haven't considered myself a Catholic in at least 30 years, but hearing prayer in Latin really moved me. Wonderful video.

@Prophetofthe8thLegion

7 ай бұрын

I was baptized and I just like Crusading.

@pissie9419

6 ай бұрын

Jesus isn’t the son of god

@thegreypilgrim2849

6 ай бұрын

​​@@pissie9419Oh yes, He is!

@31terikennedy

3 ай бұрын

Yep Vatican II ruined it.

@Colonel_Blimp

3 ай бұрын

@@pissie9419you are well named pissie.

You forgot to mention that it was Godfrey of Bouillon who lead the conquest of Jerusalem in the first crusade. He became the Kingdom of Jerusalem’s first ruler though he refused the title of king. He also founded the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre - the oldest crusader order - who still exist to this day.

@ocativenuzumaki6410

4 жыл бұрын

I thought that was just another title for the Knights templar finished with the of Solomon

@ocativenuzumaki6410

4 жыл бұрын

Hail emperor

@myamdane6895

11 ай бұрын

Hail Caesar !

@LouisKing995

11 ай бұрын

@@ocativenuzumaki6410 No, it was not. An entirely separate order. Sup guy from 3 years ago.

In the immortal words of a modern day knight: “My faith protects me. My Kevlar helps.”

Hi Metatron✋🏼I loved this video because my ancestors, (Sir name Jolliff, my mothers maiden name) was involved in the crusades according to our genealogy. They were nobles I know that for sure, and Thomas Jolliff owned Caverswall Castle in Staffordshire England for a few years, circa 1645. Our coat of arms still hang there. Your the first person to ever really explain to me what that meant..Thank you, God bless you.🙏🏼

@aidansumner8364

6 жыл бұрын

Everyone who is European is likely related to a crusader because of how genes spread. You do realise the true faith of Europe isn;t even Christianity right? Christianity started out as an aggressive Jewish movement that advanced through the Roman Empire. Christianity historically was no better then Islam, they are only better now because Christianity is weak and it is being killed off by western culture whilst Islam continues to grow outside of western culture. Down with abrahamism!

@BWDrayttt

6 жыл бұрын

Aidan Sumner I totally agree with you, it is exactly what I think. Download with abrahamism. Just not my stuff...

@wes6363

5 жыл бұрын

Aidan Sumner -Christians weren't aggressive until they put Christians in the Military, where being aggressive was their livelihood. It spread solely through birth and conversion until Constantine adopted it

@wes6363

5 жыл бұрын

Aidan Sumner-also Islam is growing INSIDE western culture as well

@boulderthefat154

5 жыл бұрын

@@wes6363 Islam is actually declining in western cultures, most western born muslims are apostates and don't follow Islam to the extent of their parents much like modern day Christianity. With freedom of information we all grow without the constraints of blind faith in an old book yet form our lives to the mythologies of our anciestors.

Ahh Stronghold intro music 😍💚

@WitherFang

3 жыл бұрын

Can't place that there, my lord!

@milosv123344

3 жыл бұрын

@Mai T mooooore wood is needed

@slowlancer

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!

@anthonydrew9437

2 жыл бұрын

you prolly dont give a shit but if you are stoned like me during the covid times you can stream pretty much all of the new series on instaflixxer. Have been streaming with my gf for the last few months =)

@nickolasconnor3661

2 жыл бұрын

@Anthony Drew Yea, I have been using Instaflixxer for months myself :D

When a one man show is better than anything that History Channel could put out.

@MrDogsledder

10 ай бұрын

The history channel unfortunately still follow the 1853 lie that "evil Christian kings wanted peaceful muslim lands". Proof that revisionist historians should be burnt at the stake.

I'm a meme that is relevant to the subject matter of this documentary.

@Xaxp

6 жыл бұрын

For the grace, for the might of our Lord! For the home of the Holy!

@deusvult3484

6 жыл бұрын

For the faith, for the way of the sword gave their lives so boldly

@Xaxp

6 жыл бұрын

For the grace, for the might of our Lord! In the name of His glory!

@CatholicismRules

6 жыл бұрын

For the faith, for the way of the sword, come and tell their stories again! Say will you stand up for Christ and combat?

@deusvult3484

6 жыл бұрын

Jack Ride, defend, the kingdom of god alive in the conquest of Normans Crossed the land, to Byzantine shores we storm Constantinople's walls Gone ahead, the army went on arrived at the river of Jordan Brave the dread, Jerusalem's sons and one-by-one the pilgrims fall

For sure the Crusades was one of my favorite time and of course the Golden Age of Rome

@wes6363

5 жыл бұрын

Richard Quinones-I would put the golden age of the west in the late 1300s, just after the black death, because after that, technology SOARED in a matter of decades. If you were born in 1330, it wouldn't look much different from 1190, but assuming you survived the plague and lived to be about 60, the world looked completely different.

As a Catholic, I love your channel. Very neat information and I'm learning a ton.

@wulfheort8021

Жыл бұрын

Hail, brother in Christ.

@Brother_Piner

11 ай бұрын

As a Catholic as well, I like learning, but I kinda resent when he suggests it’s stupid to believe the stories of miracles, especially for medieval peoples who wouldn’t have been able to look into their veracity with official sources. Records were not as good back then, and legends were taken as fact by the general populous. It wasn’t stupid of them to do so, that’s the knowledge they had on hand. I guess as a Catholic especially, I feel it betrays a sort of bias when people trying to portray themselves as completely objective try to say that any miracle is stupid to believe in. The smartest men in history believed in miracles. Frankly, I think those that don’t believe in miracles are often blinded by their own faith in what they think they can know, when we cannot know all. Honestly, it’s why it irks me whenever someone like this says they won’t disclose their religious views, as if that makes them objective. To me that does the opposite. You will always have a bias, and frankly it can often be figured out by looking at what you say. Looking into biases of certain historical documents is a key part of discerning what we can trust from various documents. We see how much their bias may impact their version of events. Why is that not also the standard for those who relay this information. Idk definitively what Metatron’s views are, but I’d be willing to guess he’s not very religious, if at all. That’s useful to note, as it helps see your bias. It always feels like many atheists or agnostics think that a lack of belief is objective and unbiased, and thus feel no need to explain the lens’s through which they say things. Well, like it or not, that’s a bias. That’s a side you’re taking. It’s gonna impact how you view things depending on whether you share some sympathies with who you’re talking about, or if you think their reasons, or even the premises surrounding those reasons, we’re utter garbage. Transparency is a much better way to relay information, rather than acting like you’re some wholly unbiased observer who simply wants to “relay the facts”. How you relay them, and which facts you relay will be impacted, whether consciously or not.

@wulfheort8021

11 ай бұрын

@@Brother_Piner God is the infinite and eternal being, He is the very essence of existence itself. So, if someone ever argues against you that science proves God is not real, then tell them that that's impossible, because God can not be measured or observed in the ways of our scientific methods. Science can neither proof or disprove God and that's why faith is a thing. The fact that mankind has objective morality is a good way of arguing for God's existence and another great way of arguing for God's existence is the fact that life, as we know it, would not have been if the course of the universe had been different at any given point over all of those 14 billion years. Over those 14 billion years whatever it is that happened, it had to happen that specific way for us to be able to be here and what are the odds that that's all because of random reactions? The odds would be terribly low. Miracles are God's direct intervention in the physical world, so it's only logical that they seem to defy our natural laws. An infinite being outside the spatial and temporal dimensions is not constrained by those dimensions and if that being directly interacts in those dimensions, then it seems to us as magic, unreal or impossible.

@ievolution-9651

11 ай бұрын

@@wulfheort8021 faith is a thing because people are scared of their own and others mortality. Morality exists because people genererally dont want to die. Religions are just an indoctrination and coping mechanism. Science has proven so much that it is very unlikely that god exists, but even if, its not gonna be your god. But hey, at least you dont believe that the world is 6000 years old :)

@batmaninc2793

11 ай бұрын

Brother Peter Dimond does a better job going over the first crusade. Especially, from the Catholic perspective. Though, the fire that came from the sky and struck the Muslims without explanation still bothers me.

Haha you are kidding me, I just finished a college assignment on the Crusades, this video would have been great for it

I really enjoy these documentaries, Raff! Especially the dramatized parts where you're outdoors. Great job!

A great book is the “Concise history of the Crusades” by Jonathan Riley Smith who unfortunately passed away just a few years ago. It’s a very important book on the crusades as it contributed in correcting many of the unsubstantiated and rather biased errors that were brought out of the works by Steve Runciman (who nevertheless is an important figure as a historian of the Crusades). Such concepts of European proto-colonialism, the second brother theory and so on have been very well confronted by JRS’s works.

@helmutthat8331

4 жыл бұрын

Also "God's Battalions" by Rodney Stark is great as well.

@terminator324343

Жыл бұрын

Also "The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading." Also by Riley-Smith, really well written and researched. I could also recommend "The Templars" by Pierce Paul Reed.

@majorgear1021

11 ай бұрын

How enjoyable is it to read? Is it pretty easy reading or is it tedious , full of so many details that the reader gets bogged down in them?

@TheRatOnFire_

11 ай бұрын

Very helpful, thanks

@terminator324343

11 ай бұрын

@@majorgear1021 I enjoyed those books a lot, personally. The First Crusade book mostly has details and references to medieval texts. The Templars book tells the narrative of the crusades in the Holy Land and the participation of the Templars.

Holy Lord Jesus Christ! Where did you get those wonderful illustrations?

You are doing fantastic! As a patron I am so proud to see that you are able to share your dream as a teacher with us, your pupils, and to be able to gift you a small gift so you can live that dream helps me feel good about me 😀😉😎. Keep up the good work. Your passion and knowledge are so apparent it helps make complicated subjects fun and more accessible. So from Kansas City, USA Thanks for all your hard work.

I'm really annoyed that I've not been getting notifications through for your vids, your the only youtubers I like watching straight away. I thought it was cause you're not uploading as often as you used to do. I've just looked and realised how much I've missed

I really, truly appreciate the announcement at the end. You don’t hide anything from us like other youtubers do. You’re honest, in the literal sense.

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear that :)

Love the video RAF I especially love how you used the music from the game Stronghold Crusader I loved that game so much and playing it at a young age spawned my interest in Knight's armor weapons and history

As I briefly mentioned in your f...ing awesome latest Patreon documentary you do a great job in your musics choices. Loved this video and I really enjoy to watch it one more time

Thank you for sharing this very informative and interesting video! And thank you, patreons! Much appreciated

I really liked your nuanced and up to date analysis.

Metatron, I just posted a related, but different, comment on Skall's channel, as I think maybe you and he could give me some insight into something that's piqued my interest. I'm reading the book _The Sagas of Icelanders_ right now, and I encountered a paragraph in it that strikes me as strange. It's in the first saga in the book, _Egils Saga,_ and the paragraph describes the weapons of a character, Thorolf: "Thorolf was equipped with a broad, thick shield and a tough helmet on his head, and was girded with a sword which he called Long, a fine and trusty weapon. He carried a thrusting-spear in his hand. Its blade was two ells long and rectangular, tapering to a point at one end but thick at the other. The shaft measured only a hand's length below the long and thick socket which joined it to the blade, but it was exceptionally stout. There was an iron spike through the socket, and the shaft was completely clad with iron. Such spears were known as 'scrapers of mail'." The reason I bring this up to you is because of this little snippet: *"Its blade was two ells long and rectangular, tapering to a point at one end but thick at the other."* I don't know of any spear-like weapon with a blade fitting that description except maybe a Roman Pilum. Do you think, perhaps, the weapon described here could be like this Pilum on Kult of Athena: www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=AH3526N&name=Roman+Square+Pilum In another book, titled _Vikings Raids Culture Legacy,_ it states: "Evidence for trade with distant countries in the [Nordic] Bronze Age is present in the forms of swords from Germany, Hungary and Romania, and miniature axes from the eastern Mediterranean or Bulgaria." It goes on to say that there is evidence of Scandinavians in "Mycenae and Pylos in Greece." I'm pretty sure Scandinavia did have a good relationship with Rome, so do you think it's possible that some Roman weapons were adopted by the Scandinavian people? By the way, the events of _Egils Saga_ are believed to have taken place 850 - 1000. The text itself was written down in 1220 - 1240. EDIT: Hurstwic also mentions this weapon: www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/manufacturing/text/viking_misc_weapons.htm Apparently, it's called a _Brynþvari_ (pronounced: BRÜN-thwa-ree).

@siggy2609

6 жыл бұрын

Jack, d'ya recommend these books? They seem very interesting.

@CatholicismRules

6 жыл бұрын

I need to know something about you: What are you hoping to learn? Sagas and Icelandic books? Vikings? All Scandinavians? Mythology? Vikings: Raids, Culture, Legacy is a great book, whose purchase I don't regret. I'll give you the table of contents: Chapter 1 *Origins of the Scandinavian Nations* Starts page 8 Chapter 2 *Exploration* Starts page 20 Chapter 3 *Raiding and Trading* Starts page 42 Chapter 4 *Settlement Abroad* Starts page 66 Chapter 5 *Everyday Life* Starts page 88 Chapter 6 *The End of The Viking Age* Starts page 112 Chapter 7 *The Viking Legacy* Starts page 120 It's a rather short book, but that's because of how compact it is. It's very concise and lists numerable useful facts. All of the facts listed in the book I have found in other credible sources, and I actually disagree with nothing listed in the book, which I recall. I'd say it's a great reference material when studying these things. It's got a good amount of pictures and a suitable amount of information about said pictures. It's written by Marjolein Stern & Roderick Dale, and I forget the price of it. It's 131 pages long. In terms of sagas and Icelandic books, I'd say it wouldn't be your *_first_* choice, but they do throw nice bonuses into the chapters about these things. In terms of Vikings, it's a really incredible book, and I would recommend it. With regards to all Scandinavians, it's, once again, considerably above average. For Mythology, I would sooner recommend the book *_The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion,_* because that book is fantastic for mythology. You can tell me if there's a chapter you'd like to hear more about and I'll give you a paragraph or two just to see if you're interested, by the way. Overall, it's a great book, and I'd recommend it. If you haven't read a saga yet, I recommend you first read _The Saga of the Volsungs_ by Dr. Jackson Crawford, just to get a feel for what a saga is. He does also include the Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok (who's second wife is the daughter of Sigurd in the Volsunga Saga), so there's a bonus. Also, the Volsunga Saga is a very famous saga, and a very good one. I've read two different short versions of it once each, and two different full versions of it once. Recently, it's become my favorite book. If you want more information on that, just let me know. If you want to see what the Volsunga Saga is about, Jackson Crawford (yes, the same one) has KZread videos about it. He doesn't add a whole lot of emotion to his videos (unlike in his book), but still, if you want to test it out, I'd recommend watching the first video or two. Onto the book in question, though. I haven't finished _The Sagas of Icelanders,_ yet, but I'm loving it so far. It is by Penguin Classics, which is a publisher that either hits or misses, and I see this book as a bulls-eye, so far. It has something like 66 pages of introduction, all of which I found extremely interesting. I'm only, something like, 150 pages in, including the introduction, so I haven't even finished the first saga (Egils Saga), but I'm really enjoying it so far. It's about 758 pages long, by the way. Here's a brief table of contents: *Introduction* Page 15 - 66 It pretty much introduces you to Icelandic sagas, but I would still recommend the Saga of the Volsungs, as it's enticing, a great book to say you've read, and will introduce you to sagas. Anyway, the introduction also tells you about the settlement of Iceland, the political system of Iceland, how the Norse "duty-of-revenge" system worked, and more. As for the sagas included in the book, you can look them up on Wikipedia to get a brief synopsis. *_ALSO!_* Another reason I, again, recommend reading the Saga of the Volsungs, first, is because of how sagas work. With books nowadays, the main character is introduced in the first page, and if the main character dies then the book ends. *_That's not how sagas work._* They often start you off with the great-grandfather and great-grandmother of the main character, who they were, some things they did, who the King was at the time, and more. When the main character of Egils Saga, Egil, was born on page, like, 55, I rejoiced. Not to say the first 54 pages were bland (they *_absolutely_* were not), but I was happy to get to learn about the guy the book was about. One more thing: before they actually start telling the saga, they give one or two pages about when the saga took place, where certain parts of it happened, and a very brief summary of the main character's or characters' description. One last thing: You can look up Jackson Crawford's videos on KZread to learn how to pronounce the names and whatnot. So here's the list of Sagas: *Egils Saga* Page 3 *The Saga of the People of Vatnsdal* Page 185 *The Saga of the People of Laxardal* Page 270 *Bolli Bollason's Tale* Page 422 *The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey's Godi* Page 436 *The Saga of the Confederates* Page 463 *Gisli Sursson's Saga* Page 496 *The Saga of Gunlaug Serpent-Tongue* Page 558 *The Saga of Ref the Sly* Page 595 *The Vinland Sagas* Page 626 *The Saga of the Greenlanders* Page 636 *Eirik the Red's Saga* Page 653 Tales: *The Tale of Thorstein Staff-struck* Page 677 *The Tale of Halldor Snorrason II* Page 685 *The Tale of Sarcastic Halli* Page 694 *The Tale of Thorstein Shiver* Page 713 *The Tale of Audun from the West Fjords* Page 717 *The Tale of the Story-wise Icelander* Page 723 Reference Section (you would *_definitely_* want to read this) *Illustrations and Diagrams* Page 730 *Ships* Page 730 *The Farm* Page 733 *Social and Political Structure* Page 735 *Glossary* Page 741 *Index of Characters* Page 759 FYI, there are 22 1/2 pages for the index of characters section. Keep in mind there are two columns of character names, per page, and it's written at like size 7 font. Here's a website I suggest checking out, if you're interested in Norse Mythology. This is where I found the book, because he also has a Viking section of the website, and a page titled "The 10 Best Books on the Vikings." norse-mythology.org/10-best-books-vikings/ You can get a paperback copy of this book for not even U.S $20, on Amazon. A Kindle version if $9.

@CatholicismRules

6 жыл бұрын

:D Beat ya to it FlyingAxblade (nice name xD). Hurstwic is the 3rd bookmark in my Vikings Tab :P

@DEXEvolution

6 жыл бұрын

I don't know if this information helps but I believe that there was at least some contact between Scandinavian vikings and the Byzantines between 850-1200. Some of the vikings became personal guards of the Byzantine emperors therefore some kind of technological exchange might have occurred, the degree of which I do not know

@gregorymacdonnell7914

6 жыл бұрын

+Jack Are you talking about the Ulfberht sword? they were able to bend up to 3o degrees and not snap or splinter. Very expensive swords. And there were "rip -off " blades like today`s "Gucci bag`s" ya know,knock offs.

I really like this! You are doing a fantastic job. Thank you!

Great video as always Metatron! And thanks to the patreon people for helping to fund it. Also dude when did you learn to ride a horse?

Complimenti per il documentario. E' bello sapere che un conterraneo sta riuscendo nel produrre questa tipologia di contenuti. Continua cosi :)

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

Grazie mille

this was a good documentary :D nice job...could you do a documentary about sengoku period?

Your knowledge in history and most accurate version is amazing!

Thank you this is a period of time that does fascinate me and your documentary was very insightful

Continue sponsoring your videos, it is good for you by helping with the financial part, it helps us by making possible to you make more content, as long as you keep being honest, as we trust you to do, and recommending product that you really think are good and worth a recommendation it is a win-win situation.

*DEUS VULT INTENSIFIES*

@deusvult3484

6 жыл бұрын

DEUS VULT!

@erroldrommond9149

6 жыл бұрын

DEUS VULT!!

@brancaleone8895

6 жыл бұрын

Waiter: What are you going to take gentelmen? Crusaders : WE ARE GOING TO TAKE JERUSALEM!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ChadKakashi

6 жыл бұрын

DEUS VULT!!

@c_eclipse_s4503

6 жыл бұрын

T.Knotto Deus Vult

Excellent. Thank you for all your work

Glad you got a sponsorship that in something that is related to your channel even better! You make great content and I'm okay with someone wanting to give you money for that content

Dude you should do like a mini movie for real it would be awesome I just love watching your videos keep up the good work brother😁✌

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that :)

I appreciated you defining and dividing the Crusades into Traditionalists, Pluralists and Generalists. Also that you said that they lacked a precise definition. My in laws live in Spain and they consider many of the campaigns of the Reconquista to be part of the Crusades.

@hunternichols9463

11 ай бұрын

As they most definitely were the Reconqustia was the main reason that the Crusades even started it also didn't help that Muslims enslaved alot of Europeans

@MrDogsledder

10 ай бұрын

I didn't appreciate the lack of the reason for the crusades. No mention of 452 years of unprovoked genocidal islamic aggression against Christians.

congratulations !!!! you have done fantastic work !!!!

I love this channel. So fascinating and neat to watch.

I love the Crusades, one of my favourite periods in history. A great documentary, keep it up.

@jeffk464

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the crusades were a response to Islamic aggression. Islamic forces kept trying to push up into Europe.

@lastword8783

6 жыл бұрын

Jeff K europe had already pushed into the middle east 100s of years before Islam.

@bohemondiofantioch539

6 жыл бұрын

+Flying Axblade I saw the video. It's a joke. He literally counts every battle ever fought by a Muslim power as a "Jihad" the way he uses the number of battles to determine how "bad" something was is laughable. /r/badhistory gave a review for the whole documentary: www.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/1ocyxr/review_why_we_are_afraid_a_1400_year_secret_by_dr/ Btw, before someone says "but he has a PhD, surely he knows something about this sort of thing" do note that his PhD is in *physics.* He's no more a professional historian than I am.

@aidansumner8364

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, wasn't Europe great when it was like an Islamic state, but for Christians?

@MizanQistina

6 жыл бұрын

Europe was no difference with ISIS under the Catholic Church

"Fiat voluntus tua" = "I want to have your car" 😂

phenomenal material, thank you

a most excellent presentation. I felt engaged the entire time

Sweet!! So excited for this! Love your stuff, Metatron!

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear that!

Eating pasta and watching a 30-min video from Metatron. What a way to have dinner! :D

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

Metatron approved dinner

How do you not have more subscribers?? This channel is great.

thanks for your deep dedication and love for our/human history....very well done content! THANXS

The Knight-Commander shall remove all Heretics from the Imperium!

@the_devils_jester

6 жыл бұрын

Alone? Maybe he should ask Yarrick for help.

@sebastiandurando2493

6 жыл бұрын

take it easy on that lirium tho

Son: runs to father "Father the Islamic state has returned!" Father: "NON NOBIS DOMINE!, Call the Pope!" Runs and then smashes through the window, gets up and starts running off to liberate to Holy Land "AVE MARIA!, DEUS VULT!"

@RandomAllen

6 жыл бұрын

Ugh, disgusting

@averagekriegsman8133

6 жыл бұрын

Redman A There's nothing "Disgusting" about liberating the Holy Land from the Saracens

@Ninjaananas

6 жыл бұрын

Adrian Owen IS is not in the holy land.

@averagekriegsman8133

6 жыл бұрын

Ninjaananas It IS the Holy Land

@Ninjaananas

6 жыл бұрын

Adrian Owen The islamic state is the Holy Land? Are you sure about that?

Thanks for being so upfront and truthful ❤

Love the video. I would love to hear you opinion on Steven Ranciman’s book on the Crusades and how it influenced modern conception of the crusades. Thanks Raffaello, an admirer from Egypt.

You mentioned that historians edit history for the reader/listener. That was a very scientific fact. I appreciate that

This makes me wanna keep watching Knightfall for some reason. Great content btw yo.

Really like the way u did the brief sponsorship bit. U gave it ur own humorous twist, made it easy to watch imo. Sponsorship is here to stay the way KZread is going, this isn’t bad ;)

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked it :) I specifically told them I would have personalized it and they said it was ok

Thank you Metatron great video!

Hey metatron. I'm a new person to the channel I know you probably wont read this, but on the off chance you do I'd like to ask what is the difference between the Hospitaller Knights and the Knights Templar? I have a big obsession with the middle ages and knights as well as the Greek Spartans, but everything I've seen about the Hospitallers say they're a catholic order of knights of Saint John. Well in your video of Crusaders and Templars you explained that Templars were knights of the church as well. If you could answer this I'd highly appreciate it. It has been bugging me for a while.

Wow. This is great.

Great video! Thank you Metatron!

This Vikings game is taking over youtube

I find the crusades easily the most interesting historical time period and subject.

Thank you patrons for letting us watch this

OMG Pure gold. Thanks Metatron. I don't understand, why this masterpiece has so few vievs :/

I recognize the music. 5/5

@andrewplck

6 жыл бұрын

Ben Walters no gold sire.

@aaronpaul9188

6 жыл бұрын

Your popularity, is rising!

@Raresh789

6 жыл бұрын

This armour's heavy!

@belisar4397

6 жыл бұрын

Ben Walters We need wood me lord

@blossomylion

6 жыл бұрын

ARCHERS, READY!

another great video, damn i love your documentaries!

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear that :)

Yay I'm glad you're taking sponsorships, you deserve it

I appreciate this excellent documentary about the Crusades being available on KZread.

stronghold crusader music XD

@pvtgandalf2609

3 жыл бұрын

Stronghold 1 :D

No one will ever see this, but thank you for your clear and concise retelling of history free from agendas. We need more people prepared to interrogate the past in a clear eyed way and retell it the way it was, not what we want to see through a modern lens.

Excellent segment.

Haha, love the background image, didi't expect to see Pillars of Gediminas here

Reminds me.. gotta continue knightfall

Hi Metatron, I just recently discovered the channel for myself and also this video. I have a question regarding why the crusades started. I heard in a science channel that a very big reason of the 1st crusade was the change of power in the sultanate responsible for Jerusalem. Or more specifically, that the flow of pilgrims to Jerusalem, which had been going on without much problem until this change of power, was no longer safe. Moreover, the new rulers, unlike their Muslim predecessors, even began to destroy the Christian sanctuaries. Among them was the Church of the Holy Sepulcher built by Constantine and the hill of Golgotha on which it was built. This is said to have been the main reason for the call to liberate the Holy Sepulcher. What do you think of this theory?

@doweetoz3607

9 ай бұрын

Most historians agree that the idea of doing a crusade appeared after the sermon preached by Pope Urban II at Clermont-Ferrand, which was a call to arms to take back the holy land. He promised forgiveness and pardon for all of the past sins of those who would fight to reclaim the holy land from Muslims and free the eastern churches, as well as the retaking of Jerusalem. His primary reason however was responding to an appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, who had been defeated by Turkish forces, this is evidenced by the first target of the first campaign, Nicaea, which had been taken from the byzantine empire. Your theory isn't wrong, it isn't right either. It certainly was one of the many reasons of the first crusade, and it's better to know about it then not. Also Jerusalem was taken by Atsiz ibn Uwaq, a mercenary under the Seljuk Turks, and the pilgrimage to Jerusalam became much harder especially after they crushed a revolt in 1077. They were sunni muslim for the most part however. As for the claim of them destroying christian sanctuaries? Possible, I haven't looked into it, they most likely did.

I remember you having 30 k subs. You have come a long way.

@buildawall5803

4 жыл бұрын

Yay witcher

Great documentary!!

Stronghold soundtrack

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

Ahah ye :D

@andrewplck

6 жыл бұрын

Krzemo no wood m'lord

Anyone walking through the woods who saw metatron in his roves probably think ajesus returned

Is that Stronghold music at the beginning? Man, beautiful as ever.

I love your videos man.

Very informative! However, it is difficult to take an empathetic approach. I'm referring to the character you played as, who sounded as if he were struggling with the idea of marching to war for the holy land. During the end of the Roman Empire, Christianity became more of a culture, rather than a religion. One could be considered "converted", so long as they spoke like a Christian, walked like a Christian, etc. That and so long as they were baptized(which they looked at like an initiation ceremony of joining their culture. Then you take in account that many couldn't read, and it wasn't considered appropriate to really know the Christian god, unless you were a theologian. Because of this, it's hard to say if the soldiers really questioned anything, as their understanding of God was more depicted by what the pope and pastors told them. However, if we were to guess, and taking the fragments of facts that we know, the puzzle of what they were thinking was likely more accurately depicted as a period where they believed they were defending their culture, rather than religion. The word Christian was just such a vague umbrella term back then. Actually... it still is!

While many people like to debate on which side was good and which side was bad, I find that both Christians and Muslims to be gray. On one hand, the Christians were trying to retake back their territory. On the other hand, the Muslims were seeking new homelands to own and had to defend their new territory that they fought to gain. And this is not taking into account of other things like both sides committing cruel things on innocent people (including their own) or the fact that there were many Christians and Muslims who peacefully coexisted beside each other.

@nattygsbord

6 жыл бұрын

Poland, the Baltics, Finland and Russia was attacked by the christians during the crusades, while parts in Germany (Saxony) and Sweden (Gotland) was converted into christianity by forcing the population to either change their faith or die.

@cadethumann8605

6 жыл бұрын

nattygsbord And what's your point? I was stating that I feel that both sides were gray as they had understandable motivations amongst other things such as the fact that they both have committed questionable acts. I already know that the Christian side had done not-very-nice things.

@nattygsbord

6 жыл бұрын

I say that not only muslims were into military expansionism. But christians were equally interested in playing that game. And perhaps everyone was interested in playing this game during the dark ages, but the heathens in Eastern Europe did lack the military technology to subjugate the christian countries. Maybe Finland could have conquered Sweden instead of the other way around so to say.

@cadethumann8605

6 жыл бұрын

nattygsbord Okay, but why are you telling me this? I don't recall stating any preferences of either side. I simply stated that I felt that this was a gray matter.

@nattygsbord

6 жыл бұрын

Okay :) I just first thought that you were a little bit too kind to the christians in comparison to the muslims. But I see that you got the picture correctly. Everyone was bad back then. And the mongols and the arabs were perhaps some of the worst.. but others were no angels either

Thanks for a good historical documentary! And you look extremely cool in the set of knight armor on a horse. )

Excellent. Very well ballanced approach to the motivations for the crusades. Is this a continuing docuseries on your patreon as well?

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

I make a documentary every month on patreon, but it's always switching between Japanese, European Medieval and ancient Roman topics

@SMac86

6 жыл бұрын

Cool, Ill take a look at your page. Been a youtube subscriber for awhile and I enjoy your content.

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that

Circulus Jerkus intensifies

Metatron please post your sources(primary, secondary, or peer reviewed articles) at the end of your historical videos. It's just good academic manners to reveal your sources to your audience.

Congrats mate!

Nice job Raf! Good overview of the political situation , perspective of the populace, and various ugly things that happened. Lots of teasers for those who want to dig deeper. My only regret is not hearing you talk more about Alexios Komnenos vs the ... let’s call them French Vikings in Sicily :). Still, good use of 30 mins.

If you're going to these documentaries, a list of sources would probably be helpful and benefit your credibility

@badtexasbill5261

3 жыл бұрын

The Metatron is the source used by all others.

God bless the Crusaders who gave their lives and set the example that Christians wont stand idle and be slaughtered by the Islamic hordes or be unable to visit the Holy Land. I truly believe if it wasn't for the western Crusades into the east and the Mongols then we would all be kneeling to "Ala". Also I'm thankful to God that we can visit the Holy land in peace currently now... albeit the example set by these men of that time show what happens when you take that away. Only God knows the heart, Dominus vobiscum!

Just discovered your page. Your stuff is extremely interesting. You should make a video about the Great Schism.

0:57 Ha. Didn't expect to hear this here - some music that I first heard back in the day in the background of the Deus Ex: Invisible War Helios Ending. Thanks for that, Metatron!

Nah we need a Orthodox crusade to reclaim Anatolia.

@drakonidesthevigilant5155

3 жыл бұрын

Where do I sign up?

@berilsevvalbekret772

2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see you try.

@GAMER123GAMING

2 жыл бұрын

Thats never gonna happen

@barittos5585

Жыл бұрын

thats gonna be Roma Inshallah

The crusaders weren't colonists.

@xravenx24fe

8 ай бұрын

They were liberators....well, the first crusaders at least.

Love the content and youre documentaries , though too much of you roleplaying in my personal op , though , is a fine way to show off youre shinny stuff ;) Cheers mate !

Thank you Patreons! Grazie Metatron!

Why medieval people wouldn't belive into miracles like opening heavens? Today people think that for example there is 60 genders so in christian medieval europe christian miracles seems like good idea

@fuzzydunlop7928

6 жыл бұрын

Nobody believes that, and even if they did why do you care?

@urpoche

6 жыл бұрын

Fuzzy Dunlop because there is an actual "trans" crusade against those who oppose this idea. In Canada, you can lose your job, be fined and put to jail just by saying that you disagree with gender fluidity and refuse to use made up pronouns. Why do I care ? Because when I see bs and it's being shoved in my throat, I kind of mind.

@tinheart2853

6 жыл бұрын

Fuzzy Dunlop so much worthless shittalk where much of it is just bullshit. Nobody is forcing any dogma? Right, that's why nazi shithole called lgbt community is destroying people's life just for opposing them. For example, firing from job, accusing for ridiciolous amounts of compensation or harasing in the internet, like this girl who was drawing steven universe fanarts

@biggreen1569

6 жыл бұрын

@ Fuzzy Dunlop - "Nobody's forcing you to adopt some fucking dogma"....You are completely uneducated on the current gender debate, you can now be fined, or yes fired for not using someone's made up pro-nouns, and yes you can look up lists of recognized genders from some universities and find over 80. In Canada this is already happening, in Canada it is now sexual/hate crime to use the wrong pro-noun. Reign in all the salt you're throwing around and educate yourself on what is happening.

@urpoche

6 жыл бұрын

Fuzzy Dunlop Please search out Jordan Peterson and Lindsey Sheppard, everything about what you said is absolutely false. Wake up man (or I should I say zeir)...

Damn, now I want to play stronghold crusader xD

@gong1616

6 жыл бұрын

Accept my word, and you will be an infidel no more!

Didn't find a comment about this, but holy crap, Stronghold music! Thank you so much man, you inspired me to play it again!

Oh my, brings back memories hearing you recite Pater Noster in Latin. In Romania we sill learn Latin in schools, and I remember we had to learn several prayers in Latin as well.

This is the video where everyone finds out Metatron is a left-wing atheist.

@kastriotkrasniqi7118

6 жыл бұрын

What? This is a historical based video not a political debate, I dont recall him saying "im an atheist left-wing"

@Shatnerpossum

5 жыл бұрын

@@kastriotkrasniqi7118 I think Mr. Helm is trying to point out the personal narrative consists of doubt and likewise Metatron is dismissive of religious faith as a motivator because people 'weren't stupid.' Thus implying if you believed you were following God's will you were indeed stupid. Which is a very modern and atheisty perspective.

@DIEGhostfish

4 жыл бұрын

@@Shatnerpossum Alternatively he thought they'd doubt a call to crusade from remembering the somewhat more pacifist passages in the Bible (Depending on how the priests would translate the Thou shalt not kill/murder commandment in the homily which was usually the only part of mass in the common tongue.Though some nobles probably knew at least a little ecclesiastical latin.)

@Shatnerpossum

4 жыл бұрын

@@DIEGhostfish I am skeptical that the hardcore pacifist interpretation common now is going to trump the Pope's instructions at the time. I think that was atheism slipping through and the modern view that people are either stupid or skeptical.

Crusader's monologs were terrible

i didn't know i even wanted to watch content like this until i discovered your channel a few days ago

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear that :) and welcome to the commuity of the noble ones

@jdouleia

6 жыл бұрын

Metatron i appreciate the reply man, thanks for the quality content :)

Pasta and your vids ....best combo ever

Hera-ticks Heretics Much love