Conquest and Fall of Constantinople - Part 11 - Fourth Crusade: Venice to Zara
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- A new pope takes control in Rome and is dedicated to bring power and authority back to the papacy. On the top of his list is the recapture of Jerusalem. The Fourth Crusade is launched in 1198 - but despite the close planning and preparation, the course of this holy war will go very wrong.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
" The Fourth Crusade 1202 - 04 and the Betrayal of Byzantium"
- David Nicolle
" The Fourth Crusade and the sack of Constantinople"
- J. Phillips
"Short Hx of Byzantium" JJ Norwich
"1453" Roger Crowley
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Happy holidays people!! Hope your New Years is going to be awesome as well. I wanted to get one more video out before the end of the year. Please don't forget to share on social media or share with that special someone who needs to know what happened in the 4th Crusade. See you all in 2022!!!
A very Merry Christmas and a happy new year for you and yours brother, thank you for this gift. X)
Merry Christmas and a happy new year man!! Wish ya nothing but the best.
Merry chincemas
This is off topic, but I recently read that two Christian cities in the 12th century exceeded Constantinople in population significantly. I have always heard that Constantinople was the largest Christian city in the world at the time.
The two cities were Ani and Tbilisi. Ani was the capital of the the Armenian Kingdom, known as the city of 1001 churches. Today it is in eastern Turkey, mostly in ruins although the walls and some buildings survive.
Tbilisi was the capital of the Georgian Kingdom and remains the capital of modern Georgia. Both cities had a population of over 100 thousand. The Armenians and Georgians were going through a golden age at this time. Both were and still are Orthodox Christian.
Granted, they didn't have the lineage to ancient Greece and Rome that Constantinople had, which is why they are maybe not as well known. The eastern Roman imperial family married into the Armenian and Georgian royal families, and vice versa. Several Byzantine emperors were Armenian.
The dome of the Hagia Sophia collapsed in an earthquake during the reign of Basil II. A well known Armenian architect called Trdat repaired it. He also designed the Cathedral of Ani, the best surviving building from that city.
where is the rest please I need to hear more please
Not many channels would work through the holidays to release high quality content like this, especially given how much goes into making these videos. Happy holidays and as always great video.
Its a labor of love - plus the little one was distracted too much by his new toys
Yet another truly wonderful, well-researched installation to the "Fall of Constantinople" and yet what a tease!! I had made a homemade pizza, grabbed a 2-Liter of Diet Dr.Pepper and assembled a most comfortable"nest" on my bed, ready to indulge in another epic (Flash Point History) saga, only to realize that it was only 27 minutes once cocooned in my bed and pizza on my lap. I almost cried! Please don't make us wait too long for the conclusion, as I won't be making pizza again until you do. Happy Holidays and thanks for the gift of knowledge.
I’ll have the next two videos up in no time - then I’ll combine them all together for longer format videos so you can enjoy cocoon time :)
Brilliant progress in the quality of your videos once again mate!
Appreciate it!!
YESSSSSS!!! Was waiting!
I saw your comment under the HistoryMarche video and was like: "When is Flash Point History going to continue the Conquest and Fall of Constantinople series? Glad that i checked your site:D
Somehow I didn't get a notification that you released this video.
yeah - it seems that YT is very poor on doing this. Happy that you saw that comment however
The way you always win !
When I saw that you have uploaded a new video then quickly downloaded and started watching...
The music in the start was amazing.
The way you proceeded the story was wonderful.
The way you presented facts about all the Kings who died were insane.
(Although I wanted more about "Richard the lion-heart" but that was short).
You presented all the events and facts in a heart catching manner.
I cannot rate the content that you produce cause I'd say that it's beyond ratings.
I appreciate it - for me its about making history a compelling narrative
Come on UA-cam algorithm… you really need to be bumping the channel up way more.
Great work as usual on this video! 👍 ⚔️
IKR? This algorithm hates me I think
Great as always! Looking forward to what's to come in 2022!
Merry Christmas Awesome podcast
Thank you!
This video is a great way to end 2021
As usual great work thank you for the great content.
Thank you so much!
Amazing video mate, thank you so much
No problem 👍
Excellent video as always. The improvements are visible in every new video. Thank you so much for your hard work, especially on the holidays, I was eagerly awaiting for this video! Thank you so much and have a wonderful new year!
Happy New Years Mateus! (ahead of time)
Here we go!
Hey Fenniks! Good to see yo here again
@@FlashPointHx Lovely to see you too. Merry Christmas :)
"Life is simple, but humans insist on making it complicated" - A bunch of wisemen probably
'for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" - Hamlet
*Great video.*
Thanks!
Btw Love the Avatar - it's an Abrams right?
@@FlashPointHx no sir its Leopard 2 tank of Germany.
Another great vid waiting for next part
Another exquisitely done video. Thank you.
Thank you so much Luis!
@@FlashPointHx Your welcome.
oh it's christmas time, and what a gift.
happy new year for you my dude
Another well done video
Thank you so much!
This video made me think of a colleague at university, a Greek student. Once we were chatting about the spoils of Constantinople sacking by the Crusaders and he told me :" That son of a bitch of Dandolo! ". I thought :"wow, it still stings after all this time!".
You're right - this is still a live wire for many people. Some of the comments I've gotten, you can tell, not only how much this means to them, but also, there are those that can trace their lineage back to these times - from both sides - for some it was a great conquest for others a fall.
I've been waiting for this one!
Imagine all the Forrest destroyed to build these ships and siege engines.
Fantastic
Thank you!
What a presentation! Great detail, already a history I enjoyed.
Great Video as always! Love the candle scene...
Excellent work thank you.
I get the impression, Dan, that you've gone through my entire content library - cheers to that! =)
This channel deserves a lot more subscribers.
appreciate it bro
And so begins the beginning of the end :(
all good things must come to and end
I knew nothing about anything til I found this channel. This is a true statement. *nod*
which statement do you mean?
@@FlashPointHx "This is a true statement." I wouldn't lie about something so serious.
But honestly, I didn't have the greatest relationship with history in high school (back in ye olde tyme). Your channel was in my recommended a couple years ago and I loved your series on the Punic Wars and now I love history. So...if you could do me a big fav and cover all the history. All. I'd super appresh.
(disregard the sarcasm, you really did help me rediscover history and I love it.)
This is becoming better and better, can't wait for part 12
Excellent work as always, production value is outstanding 👏
Thank you so much 😀
great story telling, cant wait for the next one!
Glad you enjoyed it! Hoping to have the next one out in Jan
Great detail, great job!
Thank you!!
Great a always!
My brain literally short circuited and I had to stop the video and double check....yep that is indeed a Star Trek reference in my history video :) Love it! Made me so happy
hahahah - didn't know you were a Star Trek fan as well
Can’t wait for the next part 💕👍🏻😘
Great documentary, thanks!
14:27 "So what could go wrong?"
Well apparently, EVERYTHING! 😂🤣
hahah - this was Murphy's law on steroids
I adore the fact you just wove in point of history by quoting a Ferengi rule of acquisition!
Once again a great video and objectively presented history! Happy holidays!
Thanks again!
Excellent thorough narration
Thank you kindly!
Your work is so damn good. Keep it coming!
Truly appreciate it J. Baker - also appreciate all your comments - seems like you're really getting into this
@@FlashPointHx for the algo 😜
this whole series and this channel has talked about so many leaders in civilization the video game. Saladin, Fedrick Baborosa, basil II, Enrico dendolo, Elenor of Equitine, ...
Mery Christmas and a happy new year FPH
Ditto JR!
Hey you did good with this series thanks
Thank you
Amazing content.
Much appreciated
Quoting Frenegi rules of acquisition while talking about Venetians *chef's kiss*
9:09 - Hahaha, that change of pace, it makes it sound like a modern day shady contract!!!
Hahah - happy you noticed that - I was inspired by those pharmaceutical ads
Here comes the present...
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Great video as always. I would give anything to time travel back to see the world and events of this time. Especially Constantinople. I hope a great movie or tv series is made about this, that is told from the perspective of the time, not through modern lens.
Agree
"It was an offer too good to refuse"
Me on the inside: REFUSE IT REFUSE IT REFUSE IT AAAAAHHHHH
Something something something Dark Side something something something complete
@@FlashPointHx 😭 and thank you again for the great content as always 👍🏼
love your style with qoutes
Thanks! Think adding 1st person / 2nd person narrative makes the history come alive
@@FlashPointHx It really does. can sort of see it through their eyes for a time. Wonderful entertainment and education.
Awesome!
Thanks!
amazing work!!!
Thank you Sage!
That went great with coffee. Merci
You're welcome 😊 I'm a huge coffee person as well.
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Incredible!
The fact that the Christian city of Zara is the first to fall to the Fourth Crusade and the Pope excommunicates the crusaders afterwords pretty much seals the crusade’s fate as it being a greed-fueled and contradictory venture.
And that whole taking down the great city of Christianity and leaving it weak and impoverished to be taken by the Ottomans two and a half centuries later is only icing on the cake.
Great video bro, but I have a question, have you ever uploaded the "Reconquista - Isabella"? Because I've never seen it, so I was wondering if you did and youtube took it down for some reason and if I can find it elsewhere.
Thanks.
I have not - I took a side journey with my Constantinople series. Will do Isabella this coming year
So long as you follow the Ferenge rules of acquisition, for you nothing can go wrong.
363rd Ferenge rule of aquisiton (probably)
hahahaha - didn't think they went that high
@@FlashPointHx I know they don't...
"There was never a greater crime against humanity than the Fourth Crusade."
Steven Runciman, History of the Crusades, v.3, p.130
He's my next reference !
@@FlashPointHx Keep up the good work.
what a BS. Colonialism (forcing slavery en masse, genocide, forced assimilation, conversion, relocation, plundering of resources etc.) was FAR more brutal than the 4th crusade, and had a FAR more bigger impact on the world, and still does to this day. That quote is such a typical greco/euro-centric BS.
@@DragovianMythiX Sir Steven Runciman is still considered (around 20 years after his death) as one of the leading authorities in the history of the middle ages and especially of the crusades. John M. Riddle (2008) said that for the greater part of the twentieth century Runciman was the "greatest historian of the Crusades." Obviously his view on the subject on how the fourth crusade and the sacking of Constantinople affected humanity, bares much more weight than your own emotional non-expert opinion. Even the maker of this video wrote (just here above) that is using Runciman as a source for his videos on the crusades. The "greatest crime against humanity" was according to him in fact committed by the western Europeans on the Greco-romans. Runciman was famously accused by a great number of European and American scholars, for portraying the Crusaders too negatively and the Muslims too favorably in his monumental "History of the Crusades" and yet you accuse him of being "Greco-Eurocentric"! lol
Unit 731 says "Hold my Sake".
Don't look it up, really I'm warning you. If it makes *me* upchuck my bamboo, you don't want to know.
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Love
Ah yes the Siege of Zara.....good God I don't have to write another essay on that particular mess. My thesis on it being ''a vital supply centre and winter quaters for the Crusaders'' was challenged by arguments like ''but they could just bypass it''.
it was a thorn in the side of the Venetians and a growing threat to its bottom line - thus it had to have been a major / vital port - otherwise the Venetians wouldn't have made it such a point to go after it .
Dalmatia was always a prime real estate for Venetians because her islands provided natural cover from strong winds and currents.
@@voxelstein3680 and apparently easy pickings
Feels like this is too short…nice video…
30 minutes not enough? =) Don't worry more to come
What about more videos about alandalus like the taifas era for example, it would be great since there is no many videos about this era.
I'll get back to them as soon as the 4th crusade is concluded
Pope Innocent @ 6:40: CHRISTENDOM WILL FALL
Me: Never thought I'd think a pope was based.
He was a 'panzer pope' if there ever was one. He was involved is so many holy wars. He even influenced the Battle of Las Navas De Tolosa in 1212 where Alfonso VIII turned back the Almohad juggernaut.
@@FlashPointHx I never knew I wanted the term "Panzer Pope" to be real so bad. It's got the same hilarious ring as "Jihadi John"
crusaders? they sure act more like mercenaries
Like the holy hand grenade of Antioch - they would 'blow thy enemies to little bits - in God's mercy'.
Interesting. I am a Hungarian, and I do not recall any king called Emico… At this time, the king was Imre.
In my research his name came up a dozen different ways - Imre is the Hungarian - Emico I got from Jonathan Phillip's book
One thing I do know is Hungarian girls names are a mouthful, and I can pronounce native Scots and Irish names.. Laoghaire by spelling = Leary/Leery. Aoife = Eeafa.
PS you don't need the 'a' when referring to your nationality in English. Technically you don't need it any time, but it's more common to when referring to another person, ie he/she is [a] Hungarian.
What a cliffhanger, any eta on next part? Im following the doge of Venice now I wanna know his fate and the Byzantin prince and the poor merchants of Venice
I'm hoping after the holidays I'll have some time to create again - have a nice staycation planned in mid Jan and will have the next part out then.
the numbers 4500 knights, 9000 squires and 20K foot soldiers, is there any reason to believe this to be typical mix in this era? this would make 4500 knights of 33500 total. I had heard elsewhere a guess of 1 : 10 knights - total. Funny to know crusade fund raising is not too different from modern day startup fund raising
and just like most start ups - most go belly up fast
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the quote from pope innocent the 3rd sounds a lot like a recreation of the biblical chapter "Ezekiel 7"
Ezekiel seems to be the most aggressive of the Old Testament - I've memorized E 25:17 - but thats from pulp fiction.
@@FlashPointHx lol @ pulp fiction
old testament has more gruesome verses though , midianite war of "Numbers 31" for example
@@amrshatlaa9617 Yikes - just looked this up.
Enrico Dandolo Best Doge Ever
hahaha - for the Venetians I'd say yes
The Pope wasn't so Innocent after all.
well Said!!
And current times astonish us?? how ironic
Omg, i missed an upload by 2 days
Curious - did you get a notification? YT seems to be lax on this
You sound very tired i hope you get better soon
Thanks! Recovering from a cold my little one brought home from pre-school
In 3:11 when you refer and "fever and messina". What does it mean messina ?
He died of fever in Messina - its a city in Sicily
@@FlashPointHx thank for the reply and sorry for the stupid question 😝
@@MiguelSantos-rv1tw No worries - you were just clarifying
Is it really necessary to quote _Star Trek_ ...? Great video though.
I was quoting Star Wars in the last one
@@FlashPointHx I don't know everything.
Have you estimates how much money Richard spent crusading through the previous one?
I'd say 2-3 times his annual revenue
My Honest Advice: Change the LOGO & NAME of your channel !
(Better if you seek experts advise but I think this is the only reason that your channel hasn't got a million subscribers).
You can delete this comment as it is only for notifying you cause your efforts exceeds both in quality and quantity than other channels...
Good luck 🍀
I wouldn't know where to begin - I've had friends who are graphics artists review this and the stuff they came up with was a bit bizarre
Just 4k views? What the hell!?
Its been out less than a day =)
The more I think about the Fourth Crusade...the more I kind of just shake my head and laugh. Dandalo is the ultimate capitalist anti-hero.
He knew how to manipulate a situation and turn disaster into his own personal victory by mass proxy
Germany has a history of being super impressive and then disappointing. Bismarck was the exception.
Richard Leo ♌️ dies like Achilles, a cowardly arrow undoing a legend. Darn it!
Is the Venetian fleet bigger than Spanish Armada?
Simon de Montfort should b leader. He’s bossy n more powerful than the king 🤴 of England 🏴 Simon says…
Good points - Spanish Armada was bigger than the venetian fleet - designed to take down an entire nation - not just a city (which the latter got really lucky as the city was under very poor leadership)
thats the funniest shit i have ever heard, lmao just imagining being a christian and a past crusader and having a crusade called on you cause moneys
It was a Jerry Macguire moment - show me the money!
@@FlashPointHx hahah yeah i guess so
Bunch of savages
It's funny what evil things people will do in the name of God lol, fucking crazy
Think it was Mark Twain that said that Christianity is a boat that sails on an ocean of blood
@@FlashPointHx I like your interaction with the comments I hope you put out more content
Its a scam!
Its a scam!
Hey - when the deposed king of Nigeria - I mean the deposed Emperor of the Byzantine needs your help . . . on second thought perhaps just delete that email right of the bat
@@FlashPointHx lol
You are right