It's like watching History Channel back before they decided to start dumbing down the population with endless showings of Pawn Stars, Pickers and Ancient Aliens. Great stuff.

You get a thumbs up for not using a computer voice.

finally a guy that sounds like he actually knows what he's talkin about presenting the facts without boring ya to sleep with pretentious pseudo-intellectualism . keeps it interesting without sophomoric drama . actually quite a riveting talk with awesome visuals , class act , thanx Ryan !

@chrishoward8058

7 жыл бұрын

ryans videos are great!! if your a history buff I would suggest dan carlins hardcore history's Dan has a way of describing history that is honestly hard to put in words. I think you would enjoy it.

I wasn't aware of how much art there is depicting the lives of the Merovingians.

@RyanReevesM

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah tons. Had to pick and choose, actually, since there was so much. Most of it, though, is later artistic representations of them.

Small correction: "martel" is old French for "hammer" (modern French "marteau") so "Charles Martel" wasn't later known as "the Hammer", "Martel" itself is his later title "the Hammer".

This is helping me with my study on the Merovigians! Our teacher show us this video as a note guide. Thanks~

Excellent history of the Merovingians and Charles "The Hammer" Martel! One of the best I've seen, Dr. Reeves. Thank you!

@pandirasbox

8 жыл бұрын

+William L. It is so redundant to call Charles, "the Hammer Martel". Martel means just that so his name in English is Charles the Hammer.

@cool06alt

7 жыл бұрын

we should call him charlie the mallet instead

@RMess33

7 жыл бұрын

pandirasbox You're right, martel means hammer. But he shouldn't be named "Charles the Hammer" in english, as George Bush (for example) shouldn't be named "George le buisson" in french

I'm Belgian and am only now starting to found out about the history of my region. Thank you, very good and interesting!

@RyanReevesM

9 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it, Manu!

WOW Thank you Ryan Reeves for a very engaging look at early European history. Your presentation was very well presented along with the visual maps and pictures.

wow fascinating .congrats for making about 50 wikipedia pages into one coherent clip.exactly what i was looking for.

I happened across this while researching my ancestry and became glued to my screen. This was presented extremely well and was very engaging. HUGE thumbs up!

@RyanReevesM

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrea! Glad you enjoyed it!

At 21:00 I can't believe Prof. Reeves used a still photo from Monty Python and the Holy Grail ! I love it, but OMG. Can't stop laughing.

@RyanReevesM

7 жыл бұрын

Bring out your dead....bring out your dead! :)

@terryrussel523

7 жыл бұрын

I'll bet Charles Martel is spinning on his Charger over what's going on in Europe right now. I'm American by birth, but love the humor of the country of my ancestors. The Holy Hand-grenade schtick , the Black Beast of Aaaaaa ! ! ! This is the second reason why I love history. Teachers I have had and comedians with a sense of humor they aren't afraid to shamelessly utilize sparking interest and keeping people interested. Keep up the good works, Professor !

@loricameron1977

7 жыл бұрын

I'm feeling much better!

@Mr._Anderpson

7 жыл бұрын

Now, go away, or I shall taunt you a second time.

@maaaaaaaaarcel

7 жыл бұрын

"what's going on in Europe right now" What exactly is, in your opinion, going on in Europe right now?

Great stuff. Just found your channel and can't wait to watch all of the presentations.

I've been listening through some of your videos and all I can say is, well done. Nice pacing and not too many jargons. And when there are, there's always a subsequent explanation.

Thank you! I LOVE learning things like this. I knew of Charles Martel and we touched on the Battle of Tours in my World History class in college, oh way back in 1975...but the info and detail here is fantastic! Thank you!

Love your videos, they are very well put together. Ive learned a ton from them.

This is a great aid in my research Ryan. Thanks so much.

great...just of late getting to know this most fascinating time and you have made things very clear....many thanks.

This is only one of many examples of Ryan Reeves' ability to pack a lot into a little. Only gift can do that, and I confess that at least fifty percent of the impetus behind my watching his videos is to observe this gift. I have always loved history and have never heard it taught so well.

Great lecture, thank you for the great effort put into this.

Boy this helped so much! Thanks for the effort in making this video!

@RyanReevesM

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks Abby.

I dig this lecture. Looking forward to seeing more of these.

Funny that in English speaking literature, the battle between the Franks and the Moors is called the Battle of Tours. In France, we call it the Battle of Poitiers as it happened in Vouneuil just outside of Poitiers, a good 40 miles south of Tours. It's probably referred to as such because of Tours' episcopal status. Really good video by the way. You managed to squeeze quite a bit in short half hour.

@RyanReevesM

8 жыл бұрын

+BlunderCity // Yes I think the name of the battle was later changed, but you're right that it's simultaneously known as Poitiers and Tours in the literature. I thought about it when crafting the audio lecture, but went with Tours, as it's the one that's most common. But you're right that Poitiers is the REAL location.

@glutinousmaximus

8 жыл бұрын

+BlunderCity Yes, you are right - it was the Battle of Poitiers. I live in SW France and I know a lot of the history, which I like to study. Best Regards.

@glutinousmaximus

8 жыл бұрын

+Adam Mangler _PS_ ... Don't mention the Cathars..!

@Bmore-ju8tp

8 жыл бұрын

+Ryan Reeves ca you make a lecture about the sect of the assassins that was formed in persia

@johnnybrit

8 жыл бұрын

It may have changed after there was another Battle of Poitiers during the hundred years war.

Nice job! A pleasant way to learn more from our fascinating history I'm enjoying it!

great job, professor!

Thank you! Loved this video! ❤️

That was very informative, especially as I am my families historian!...Thank you very much for sharing this

@RyanReevesM

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Nice work. I like your use of visuals and the level of detail. I find a little bit of visuals really makes it easier to listen to a lot verbal information dumping.

@RyanReevesM

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks, TC. Absolutely. Essentially I try to make videos that won't bore me and hope that people agree! :)

@belindadavid2886

9 жыл бұрын

Ryan Reeves Hi Ryan, Lovely to see your work here as I researching the Merovingians for reenacting. Can you please tell me if the art work at 10:30 is Merovingian period as I want to replica one of the dresses and need to prove my creations are accurate. Can you tell me where to find this artwork or how to verify it please. Thanks in advance :-)

@firekid1331

9 жыл бұрын

Belinda David i am wondering ... If a decent of the merovingians have the ability to penitrate lacerta home ( reptilian lizard) if so what would happen to that descendant?

@chavrons1

8 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Marriott mmm They marry them.

@firekid1331

8 жыл бұрын

i have to watch out. because lacerta / tan cloak reptilian has turned me off multidimensionaly , yet she knows that i am going to turn myself back on. so her minions follow me sometimes along with different agencies. some agencies or should i say different beings like to control others using such technology's as project :bluebird and artichoke,lol they are trying to create super solders that can be easily controlled. But how to remove the control factor. The embeded command such as "The pizza is ready" they do use blank slate technology and different aspects of beta/alpha/theta/delta brainwave programming. sealing in certain types of energy into the body so they can control you alot better. the question is... how to release that trapped energy? it's killing and creating darkness. like a empty shell ... when i was starting to develop my light-body, traveling to different planets , parallel words , dimensions /planes of existence , accessing my own soul matrix.access time/space streamline. accessing multidimensional streamline of all. and other abilities however. it is a must to master my own self before i encounter lacerta again. her group and minions are one of the responders when people have contact/communications of beings that are existing outside or by earth.

great series, thanks

how fascinating all these forgotten kings and rulers you rarely hear about on mainstream history.

This is an incredible voice here folks along with acute historical data. Extremely well organized and delivered! Oh if only more of those who post vid on YT could duplicate Ryan Reeves style!

Thank you for a very interesting lecture.

Very interesting, I'm happy I stumbled onto your videos.

I am from Tournai ... We had to know any details of the history of our ancestors. I liked your video. That would be great to extend the CC to not only english but french and dutch aswel. Thank you

Bees as a symbol used by Napoleon goes back to ancient Egypt, the Pharoah was the queen bee, the entire society reflected this

thank you for this upload and your perspective that distinguishes them

Whoa. Now this has substance!

wow,very well done , answered alot of questions. thank you.

Excelent lecture

The long hair probably had to do with Astrology. Leo represents the warrior, and it's mane (long hair) represents the powerful rays of the sun. Regarding the bees, it may have to do with certain genetics which they share (RH - bloodtype) which allows them to work as a hive mind for the queen bee.

This is awesome! History we all need to know if we want to understand geopolitics..

Excellent! Thank you so much!

thanks for the lecture!

Very interesting lecture. Thanks Professor!

Dear Ryan, first, my thanks and compliments on your Merovingians video. You mention that Charles Martel gave the lands to the Pope which later became the Papal States. According to the sources I am familiar with, it was his son Pepin; see Donation of Pepin ... Could you comment on this? Thanks

Love this history....excellent presentation.

A great lecture! Thanks.

Very nice post/video. I'm subscribed

Great channel for those who love history ^^

also l could read some posts here and some of them you´re so kind to give attention and answer-this is so nice of you- tks

Wow, thanks Ryan Reeves, I have always felt a fascination for Medieval History & now I know why. Looking into Bishop Ulfilas (hope that is correct spelling!) and the Arian creed.

Wonderful lecture sir

The Matrix led me here...

hey dr, great videos. thanks

Very interesting stuff. So Glad I found your video here on youtube. Question if I may? During the battle of Tours, did the rising sun also help, given it was cold, and winter like terrain, I would think the snow blindness from trying to rush an Eastern hill might have played a slight role in the battle. OF course, I could be way off here. I'm just an old guy who likes history.

thank you. very good presentation and easy to follow. :-)

@RyanReevesM

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Appreciate it!

Excellent, thank you.

History, I love it.

Very nice lecture, thank you!

@RyanReevesM

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

@joshbyrnesuk

9 жыл бұрын

Ryan Reeves just makes them look larger average mammal defence mechanism

@RyanReevesM

9 жыл бұрын

Josh Byrnes That explains why hair metal bands are always so boss.

@joshbyrnesuk

9 жыл бұрын

Ryan Reeves lol

This guy is brilliant. I love the depth of his nerdhood. It's supreme.

Love your vids, nice work. One thing I found interesting and is something I've never really thought about before, but it seems obvious, is the looting of the army base camps during a battle. Did they leave a lot men behind to secure it? Did locals/peasants ever rob these camps?

You forgot about the largest and most popular faction of Franks. The Ballpark Franks.

It seems to me that the tradition of giving the kingdom to1 son didn’t work very well this is because they usually had to spend significant time &energy preserving their kingdom against siblings who wanted to take it away

Excellent lecture. Refreshingly free from much of the peripheral BS that often seems to be thrown in whenever people examine this period

well presented bit of history :)

Really great videos. Curious your opinion on the Jewish role in Battle of Tours (given the scope and breadth of you knowledge I''m sure you are familiar with the theory from Zuckerman). It seems that their presence in the South of France, in addition to their role in Spanish history, is well documented enough.

Great video; subscribed!

thank you for the video

well done, very interesting.

I am confused. At 4:00 you tell that the Salian Franks were situated in the Rhine delta, but on the map you show they are depicted south of the Rhine estuary, along the river Schelde.

Great lecture.

What are your sources? These are pretty good, but I'd like to have an even more detailed read on the whole subject.

Great video. Extremely interesting and informative. Many thanks.

excellent lecture

@RyanReevesM

9 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

@markuslebt

9 жыл бұрын

yes thank u

Childeric the First, my ancetor!! so blessed am I to have my lineage documented to the fifth century AD !!

@GrannyTenderstone

9 жыл бұрын

***** Well hello cousin, we really should get acquainted on facebook, I also have a page there for Descendants of Charlemagne, I descended from his son Louis the Pious aka Louis The Fair. find me there!!

Please tell me I didn't just read the words "Umayyad calvary" at 23:08. It undermines everything I've been taught. ;)

subscribed - excellentvideo and nice audio with fantastic english pronunciation-could say diction? ok-not many people are able to make themselves understood on a video-but yuor speech is fantastic for a foreigner language like mine-portuguese from Brazil -the best on youtube.thanks a lot-anna.

Mr. Reeves, are you still making videos?

21:00 Hi Doc, I have a question. By "becoming part of the Frankish Empire" does that mean Odo gave away some of his land or did he just become a vassal of Charles?

I recall reading about large no man zones around the Frankish or Germanic borders(I honestly do not remember ) which was used as a sort of buffer zone. in which any person in that area would be killed and left to decay. some where said to be up to 600km large. I was hoping some one could point in the right direction as far as sources go.

Broom Hilda?? 12:50 :)

I enjoyed your lecture immensely and have subscribed. May I offer some English observations? 1. The "s" is not silent in flour de lis. 2. We do not harken back; we hark back. 3. "...to those who had loyalty with him..." Should be, "loyalty to him." 4. incorrect: "All four of the brothers did not live long enough..." Correct: None of the four brothers lived long enough..." 5. "The three oldest brothers died relatively quickly." I think you mean they died soon, not quickly. 6. (Of Brunhilde) She was an historical figure." Although it's become popular to say "an historical" it is incorrect because the H in "historical" is not silent. So when we say it was "an honor," that is correct because the H in "honor" is silent. Thanks again.

@RyanReevesM

7 жыл бұрын

See this is why I love and cringe when English wonks offer comment. All these are true, but I'll spend my night cursing my southern American tongue. :) I did the lectures live on the mic, so these things are always going to be present. There would have been a greater chance to catch these if I had scripted it, but then it would have sounded more wooden. But thanks for the edits! Always love seeing places where my tongue gets tied. :))

@13c11a

7 жыл бұрын

I could not have done nearly so well speaking "... live on the mic." Thanks for the gracious reply.

@mikehurst6148

7 жыл бұрын

Ryan Reeves

What a fascinating journey through the forbidden ancient history of the royal blood lines, and possible linage of Christ! Excellent narration and visual aids! 😌🌷

I didn't hear any mention of Philip of macedonia being a merovigian who's son was Alexander the great (not really)

interesting time . i miss it .

Very informative, I'm impress. I love history

In the colour pic of Childeric the Third having his hair cut , 18:40, off he looks like Donald Trump!

It was not as commonly mistranslated 'Pépin the short' but Pépin Le Bref which translates to english as 'Pépin the straightforward' at best. Unfortunately there is no english word that properly translates 'Le bref' from the French.

@tisFrancesfault

7 жыл бұрын

goognam goognws sure there is, brief. :P

@goognamgoognw6637

7 жыл бұрын

tisFrancesfault not at all. The english language is stuffed with 'false friends' words that are taken from the french but whose meaning in english has lost the original meaning.

@markomihajlovic7091

7 жыл бұрын

In Serbian history textbooks, it is even worse. He is called Pipin the Small (truth be told, not many 13 year olds in Serbia care or should care about them, so it is not a big deal anyway). Although I was probably only 13 when we were first thought about this crew, I was kinda perplexed so as to why was he called the Small when obviously he was a sort of a badass. I though this was because he was really short, but now it makes sense. By the way, could Le Bref be translated as The Laconic One?

@ioannav.8125

7 жыл бұрын

curt

is it just me, or is it obvious which characters in G.O.T. got their inspiration from, when watching this? Love the videos! History is so much more entertaining than fiction!

At 14:10, the women standing in the middle amoung the four news kings is Clotilde, wife of Clovis, not brunhilda. Because of the mutterreicht, like Brunhilda, she had to become like a king acting in the shadow because, three of the four kings here was to young for owning a kingdom

Bravo !!

Is that Gandalf at 6:40?

@therealrobbdee672

7 жыл бұрын

Gabriel Borisevich Merlin

@THESPATHARIOS

7 жыл бұрын

Neither Gandalf nor Merlin. It's Odin.

@miharusuzumiya6523

7 жыл бұрын

Gabriel B Odin actually.

@ioannav.8125

7 жыл бұрын

Wotan. Missing one eye.

The bees found in Childerics tomb likely are symbolic of the Norns in Germanic mythology. The three sisters[godesses] who spin the Web of Wyrd, In part representing past, present and future. I doubt any relationship to Egyptian mythology.

You cleared up a lot of facts. Thanks for the posting. I found this sight by accident and I am glad about that. I went back read the textbook made more sense.

@RyanReevesM

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Chris. Glad it helped. My only goal with these videos is to help people with their classes and to learn a few things.

I wish you could have elaborated a bit more about Meroveck mother's origins; The fisher kings descendant of the house of David. Also you don't mention Charlemagne's mother, who is a pure Mérovingien herself. Talking about blood lines is important to mention as well that Pépin and Charles Martel are direct descendant of Meroveck's younger brother. Meroveck and his brother didn't have the same father. Expect for these lacunes I really enjoyed your lecture. Especially the details about the Frankish paganism and the battles lead by Charles Martel.

@mikehurst6148

7 жыл бұрын

Gauloise De Lutece

Bourbon is delish

17:52 are you dutch?

Very good.

@RyanReevesM

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Alan.

Very interesting, clear and in-depth explanation! Thank you so much!

@RyanReevesM

9 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the kind words, Sander!

William Brewster the elder is the lineage he was a mayflower passenger the closest relative of William Saint grail the one that made the free mason and Roselyn chapel in Scotland