War of the Bucket | Oversimplified | History Teacher Reacts

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  • @MrTerry
    @MrTerry  5 років тому +4213

    I’m a simple man. I see a new Oversimplified video, I watch new Oversimplified video.

    • @Chamelionroses
      @Chamelionroses 5 років тому +52

      I saw your react video afterward , but still fun to see again.
      I like your gaming videos too.

    • @BobBob-cc4dt
      @BobBob-cc4dt 5 років тому +19

      We’ve reached 69 likes... NICE

    • @CannedBread-mz2tx
      @CannedBread-mz2tx 5 років тому +10

      Ain’t nothing wrong with that!!

    • @Crazy85quirrel
      @Crazy85quirrel 5 років тому +11

      Mr. Terry History you are the best UA-camr in the world
      Keep up the great work

    • @poab_real
      @poab_real 5 років тому +5

      Okay but have you ever tried playing splatoon? It’s really fun!

  • @Charles-mz7rm
    @Charles-mz7rm 5 років тому +3000

    Step 1: Watch new oversimplified video
    Step 2: see what Terry has to say
    A good day

    • @John_Ass
      @John_Ass 5 років тому +55

      Ahh is see you a man of culture aswell

    • @gn0015
      @gn0015 5 років тому +42

      My step 3: Repeat.

    • @ERROR_-_404
      @ERROR_-_404 5 років тому +10

      when i clicked the read more button, i expected *Step 3: profit* now i feel cheated

    • @202215jaffe521
      @202215jaffe521 5 років тому +2

      Exactly what I did, I love you my man

    • @sleepingkirbo2393
      @sleepingkirbo2393 5 років тому +4

      Step 3 ???
      Step 4 *PROFIT!!!*

  • @ShinigamiSamaH
    @ShinigamiSamaH 5 років тому +1854

    "This, is a bucket."
    "Dear God."
    "There's more."
    "Nooo."

    • @darksphere4679
      @darksphere4679 5 років тому +34

      I fucking love you lmao

    • @frut_jooos
      @frut_jooos 5 років тому +22

      Team fortress 2!

    • @SaintSchnovus
      @SaintSchnovus 5 років тому +9

      Is that a jojo reference

    • @grandace2
      @grandace2 5 років тому +16

      @@SaintSchnovus TF2 reference boi

    • @frut_jooos
      @frut_jooos 5 років тому +5

      It's now saddening that you don't even know tf2

  • @sgtboots6847
    @sgtboots6847 5 років тому +3135

    History teacher reacts to Oversimplified. There's a tax for that.

    • @thechimeranhybrid5503
      @thechimeranhybrid5503 5 років тому +182

      Posting comments on UA-cam. There’s a tax for that.

    • @jackschwartz9419
      @jackschwartz9419 5 років тому +181

      @@thechimeranhybrid5503 replying to comments on UA-cam. There's a tax for that.
      Wait-

    • @olivierdk2
      @olivierdk2 5 років тому +120

      @@jackschwartz9419 To the guillotine

    • @sgtboots6847
      @sgtboots6847 5 років тому +94

      @@olivierdk2 I love you.......
      SAY IT BACK!!!!!!!!!

    • @olivierdk2
      @olivierdk2 5 років тому +64

      @@sgtboots6847 Thanks and... to the guillotine

  • @HarleyQuinn_93
    @HarleyQuinn_93 5 років тому +147

    A donkey being flung into a medieval fortress for humiliation gave me huge Monty Python vibes

  • @aieldirain2008
    @aieldirain2008 4 роки тому +65

    I love the reaction at 12:03. He felt offended about the bishop dissing the bucket too.
    "Oh. They offended the bucket."

  • @alexandergilles8583
    @alexandergilles8583 5 років тому +1036

    Humans are so goofy. Wars over buckets and soccer and a war against emus

    • @John_Ass
      @John_Ass 5 років тому +49

      And war agains drug smh

    • @kimarous
      @kimarous 5 років тому +15

      Pigs, too. Three of them thus far.

    • @ascii_9727
      @ascii_9727 5 років тому +32

      Except he literally said in the video it wasn't a war over the bucket

    • @titotheninja
      @titotheninja 5 років тому +26

      but those emus were assholes.

    • @gn0015
      @gn0015 5 років тому +4

      Make me feel thankful when I look at wars in internet comments sections and forums.

  • @threetonerebel5985
    @threetonerebel5985 5 років тому +1121

    If it's already oversimplified, and Terry expands on it, is it just simplified or is it simply normal?

  • @aidenbar511
    @aidenbar511 5 років тому +504

    Imagine some future civilization fighting a war against emus because the emus stole a bucket, and the strategy for victory is to make them loose football games.

    • @Snp2024
      @Snp2024 5 років тому +14

      PERFECTION!!

    • @ferky123
      @ferky123 5 років тому +7

      Lose

    • @damusagi
      @damusagi 5 років тому +23

      I just realized your profile pic is a bucket

    • @andrewgust-anderson5612
      @andrewgust-anderson5612 5 років тому +1

      Egg for the me
      Egg for the all
      You guys should know
      Halloween's in the fall

    • @thatthinginaplace5709
      @thatthinginaplace5709 5 років тому +6

      Bro.
      That's...........
      Not uncool, but REALLY cool.

  • @evoxghiretti
    @evoxghiretti 5 років тому +295

    Glad to see you are getting your voice for videos finally. Videos used to seem awkward but you seem much more fluid in this one. Happy to see you are advancing as a UA-camr.

  • @Miguel-qi3qf
    @Miguel-qi3qf 5 років тому +353

    Person 1: This is a bucket
    Person 2: Dear God
    Person 1: There's more
    Person 2: No

    • @benoit__
      @benoit__ 5 років тому +12

      Actually its
      Person 1: This is a bucket?
      Person 2: Dear God
      Person 1: There's more.
      Person 2: No

    • @yawraw
      @yawraw 5 років тому +4

      Carl Muldong nice reference

    • @Miguel-qi3qf
      @Miguel-qi3qf 5 років тому +2

      @@benoit__ quite

    • @imcintyre01
      @imcintyre01 5 років тому +7

      Person 1: It contains the contaminated drinking water of every citizen here.

    • @Strazmen
      @Strazmen 5 років тому

      This... Puts a smile on my face

  • @Dhjaru
    @Dhjaru 5 років тому +351

    Bucket war 2: electric boogaloo
    Comming to 2 towns near you.

    • @ERROR_-_404
      @ERROR_-_404 5 років тому +3

      everything else is irrelevant

    • @fandomguy8025
      @fandomguy8025 5 років тому +1

      It's basically like when two rival high schools pass a trinket between each other after winning football games.

    • @lisajiang4809
      @lisajiang4809 4 роки тому +1

      @@ERROR_-_404 i got that reference 🕶🤘

    • @mookie_man_8031
      @mookie_man_8031 4 роки тому

      These a tax for that

  • @MadTheDJ
    @MadTheDJ 5 років тому +95

    I think we can all agree that, had that admittedly fine bucket not been stolen during the conflict and kept safe, it likely would've been lost to the ages, robbing us of a wealth of bucket-related knowledge and history. And where would that leave us, huh? In a sorry state, believe you me.

  • @emiliosgregoriou8943
    @emiliosgregoriou8943 5 років тому +1016

    I want to see war
    *WW1*
    I want REAL war!
    *Football War*
    I said REAL WAR
    *Emu War and Bucket War*
    p e r f e c t i o n

  • @Aragon1500
    @Aragon1500 5 років тому +598

    Mr Terry that was fast I only watched the original an hour ago

  • @Lightspeeds
    @Lightspeeds 5 років тому +442

    *OFFENDING THE BUCKET IS TANTAMOUNT TO HERESY!!!*

    • @SpiralSine6
      @SpiralSine6 5 років тому +21

      Did somebody say Heresy? I must inform the Inquisition at once. Sounds like a burning at the stake is in order.

    • @Sm4shBG
      @Sm4shBG 5 років тому

      Ehm.. (clears throat): SIGMAR BLESS THIS RAVAGED BODY

  • @chickenparmesan7128
    @chickenparmesan7128 5 років тому +81

    You can tell he’s a teacher by the way he says “right?” after every fact he explains. Love your vids!

  • @nothingofinterest8048
    @nothingofinterest8048 4 роки тому +45

    “Uh oh they offended the bucket” The best line ever

  • @cpcoultertweedles7216
    @cpcoultertweedles7216 4 роки тому +13

    I love how confused Mr. Terry was by all of the bucket references throughout the video. You can just see his mind ticking away going, "How is this at all relevant?"

  • @amecarethqc6652
    @amecarethqc6652 5 років тому +97

    0:55 "They defenitely deserve your resp...uh...your support there"
    10/10

  • @sirya-bookie9495
    @sirya-bookie9495 5 років тому +237

    *When a student in your class sees your videos*
    Student: *GASP! TEACHER?!*

    • @noahstevens2003
      @noahstevens2003 5 років тому +9

      Wait a minute

    • @sovietdz15
      @sovietdz15 5 років тому +21

      To this day noah stevens still is making us wait...

    • @noahstevens2003
      @noahstevens2003 5 років тому +4

      @@sovietdz15 bet

    • @pppriest3206
      @pppriest3206 5 років тому +4

      @@noahstevens2003 can I stop waiting? I've been here for 2 months

    • @TheRealGnomeChompski
      @TheRealGnomeChompski 4 роки тому +1

      @@noahstevens2003 its been more than a minute..

  • @stanklepoot
    @stanklepoot 5 років тому +67

    When talking about corruption in the Catholic church, we tend to focus on major players like bishops and popes. I remember one documentary, however, on the origin of the Robin Hood stories in which they also talked about nuns. More specifically, they talked about how many of the English nunneries were the biggest competition for the brothels.

    • @Snp2024
      @Snp2024 5 років тому +2

      Wtf

    • @imcintyre01
      @imcintyre01 5 років тому +6

      I’m gonna need a car fax on that one chief.

    • @KarasuInaiga
      @KarasuInaiga 5 років тому +2

      You must give us all a good spanking.

    • @EmaA-pu7nc
      @EmaA-pu7nc 5 років тому

      WHAaAaT

    • @mercyjinn
      @mercyjinn 4 роки тому +1

      @@KarasuInaiga Yes! A spanking!😂

  • @MrWildFire9
    @MrWildFire9 5 років тому +65

    I literally just watched the oversimplified version xD now I get to see your reaction

    • @Chamelionroses
      @Chamelionroses 5 років тому +4

      UA-cam suddenly suggested not to long after. It is finally a good fitting suggestion.

  • @Theturtleowl
    @Theturtleowl 5 років тому +52

    I am just glad that no one kicked the bucket.

    • @anemu3819
      @anemu3819 4 роки тому

      Alot of people kicked the bucket dont whooosh me

    • @BetterSeeKZ
      @BetterSeeKZ 4 роки тому +1

      *checks book* sorry there’s a r/woosh for that

  • @torfridtjovdahl7658
    @torfridtjovdahl7658 5 років тому +6

    Fun fact: In Europa Universalis 4, if you expand the HRE to contain 50 separate states, you get an achievement called "Voltaire's Nightmare".

  • @tennoshenaniganizer9234
    @tennoshenaniganizer9234 5 років тому +85

    "Holy Roman Empire" when the name should rather be something like "Unholy Franks Federation"

  • @mazingdaddid
    @mazingdaddid 5 років тому +3

    I really enjoy your commentary on the subject. Watching tge over simplified video with your comments is actually entertaining and informative.

  • @TonyG0317
    @TonyG0317 5 років тому +56

    So we could pretty much say that The War of the Bucket is a medieval meme?

  • @chronicle1954
    @chronicle1954 5 років тому +382

    He's not a true teacher. He doesn't put his mouse near the pause/play button

  • @edoardoprevelato6577
    @edoardoprevelato6577 5 років тому +12

    In 1350 Crimea was the crossroads of every single trade route between Europe and Asia, and in proportion, it was the region that was hit the hardest by the plague.

  • @SunsetMaple
    @SunsetMaple 5 років тому +9

    He is a teacher, he is well versed in history yet he still looking to learn more and teaching others at the same time. He is a fine inspiring teacher.

  • @oskargoingplaces5720
    @oskargoingplaces5720 5 років тому

    I feel like watching an original video then watching Mr Terry react to it is like showing my friend a clip i enjoyed. Love this chanel so much

  • @A2NChess
    @A2NChess 5 років тому +34

    OverSimplified video: 18 minutes.
    Terry: yeah, that's very interesting...very interesting...let me add on that

  • @admiraldoge2232
    @admiraldoge2232 5 років тому +169

    Please watch Potential History Germany couldn't win WW2

    • @Kastor774
      @Kastor774 5 років тому +12

      Addendum, watch his videos on Girls und Panzer. It's really filled to the brim with historical references.

    • @AOSMAKAKMS
      @AOSMAKAKMS 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah....theres a tax for that

  • @rikishikato5001
    @rikishikato5001 3 роки тому +5

    "They offended the bucket."
    Y'know what must be done to those who offended the bucket. *No mercy.*

  • @zionj104
    @zionj104 5 років тому +2

    Great video! It's refreshing to see a reaction video like this that actually analyzes the video instead of just riding off someone else's hard work.

  • @arnold3768
    @arnold3768 5 років тому +21

    Popes were all gangsta until Philip IV of France rose in power in 1285.

  • @benthemaster4321
    @benthemaster4321 5 років тому +25

    Holy shit, you have 80k subs already? When I subscribed at first, I can remember you had like 4k. Keep up the good work man, congrats.

  • @mrsoupsir7165
    @mrsoupsir7165 4 роки тому +4

    Alt title: History Teacher slowly grows attached to a bucket for 30 mins

  • @LT_Knows_Ball
    @LT_Knows_Ball 5 років тому +1

    i’ve been here since 600 subs and it’s really cool to see you grow so much as a channel.

  • @socktine6747
    @socktine6747 5 років тому +16

    Me: I should really do my homework, its due in 3 hours
    UA-cam: THE WAR OF THE BUCKET
    Me: Yeah ok

  • @laurapatterson5511
    @laurapatterson5511 5 років тому

    I am so happy I found this channel! Thank you for adding a history teacher perspective. I have found a love of history and when you upload my day is made.

  • @patrikeriksson9033
    @patrikeriksson9033 5 років тому +52

    You should react to CGP Gray The Race to Win Staten Island
    . This is one great researched video.

  • @Lele91pw
    @Lele91pw 5 років тому +2

    Next time a dirty Bolognese tries to convince you that "Tigelle" are called "Crescentine" and "Tortellini" are called "Cappelletti", remember who has THE FUCKIN BUCKET.
    -Sincerely, a Modenese

  • @sleepingkirbo2393
    @sleepingkirbo2393 5 років тому +60

    *see alot of nes game in the background* I...
    like this one

    • @sse_weston4138
      @sse_weston4138 5 років тому +1

      Did you hear Nes purring before the 15 minute mark?

  • @hank780
    @hank780 5 років тому +1

    Me: *reacting to your reaction before watching the original oversimplified video*
    Oversimplified: dude..... Uncool.
    Seriously though, I have been following you for quite some time. Love how you get into some details, explaining it. So thank you for this. Wish you have more subscribers. Greetings from Hungary.

  • @Aegelis
    @Aegelis 5 років тому +1

    Showed up for the history, stayed for the Nintendo games. Every three minutes, my eye would lock back onto the cartridges and totally forget what the video was about.

  • @bigarms5993
    @bigarms5993 5 років тому +34

    You will never know who I am Mr. Terry, but I know you; I’m in your class shhehehehehehehehehe

  • @2headedtasman200
    @2headedtasman200 5 років тому +1

    Wow. Literally watched the oversimplified video, boarded a flight, got off and watched the Mr.Terry video. This is great.

  • @azir1595
    @azir1595 Рік тому +1

    If anybody deserves millions of subscribers, it's this man right here.

  • @HaXD1209
    @HaXD1209 4 роки тому +4

    Wife: *Cheating with Pope*
    Husband: YEETUS DELETUS

  • @mrandorex7495
    @mrandorex7495 5 років тому +14

    Mr Terry: Oh
    "dramatic pause"
    Also Mr Terry: *they offended the bucket*

  • @zylaaeria2627
    @zylaaeria2627 4 роки тому +1

    I can never get over the fact that this bucket was snagged over 700 years ago & they still have it in display after all this time.

  • @1098234567
    @1098234567 5 років тому +1

    I love that you're a history teacher, but instead of a wall of books behind you it's a wall of snes games. Hell yea.

  • @Runatyr9
    @Runatyr9 5 років тому +32

    Another really good channel you should check out is Overly Sarcastic Productions. They do not only history, but also mythology videos

  • @semirgerkhan6701
    @semirgerkhan6701 5 років тому

    Wow, I watched the original video, refreshed UA-cam to see some new uploads, and this video popped up.
    Awesome! :D

  • @matthewwest1169
    @matthewwest1169 5 років тому +18

    I can’t believe you have over 83k subscribers, I remember you had like less than 20 when I joined good work

  • @carlosbriceno4240
    @carlosbriceno4240 5 років тому

    Definitely a good day, two of my favorite channels release a video, thanks Mr Terry for reacting so quickly

  • @errr-iw4lz
    @errr-iw4lz 4 роки тому +3

    When he said “He offended the bucket” I felt that

  • @ronaldminch9420
    @ronaldminch9420 4 роки тому +1

    That poor defenseless Bucket - can somebody save it from its life of isolation and return it to its home ?!

  • @trinkab
    @trinkab 4 роки тому +18

    Reasons why the churches had so much power:
    Owning land
    Having Lots of money
    Can READ

  • @RyanRichardsToby
    @RyanRichardsToby 5 років тому +7

    I can't imagine that Nintendo put out that many NES games.

  • @evansketches
    @evansketches 5 років тому +1

    Mr. Terry is da best history commentary teacher in my opinion

  • @lucasgitner8602
    @lucasgitner8602 5 років тому +1

    The thing about it being the "Holy Roman Empire" is that people in the Middle Ages believed that if the Roman Empire fell, judgment day would come about. So, since Western Rome fell, and Eastern Rome became Byzantium, the Franks thought they *needed* to become the Roman Empire

  • @maank2146
    @maank2146 5 років тому

    I think the person at 2:52 in the foreground without the head is not actually a catholic priest but judging by the clothes more from one of the coptic or orthodox churches.

  • @Theturtleowl
    @Theturtleowl 5 років тому

    I really like these videos. It feels like I'm finally in a History class with people who are just as invested as I am.

  • @djsalad5752
    @djsalad5752 4 роки тому +3

    To be fair, the bucket was one of the best rulers in this video

  • @skizzik121
    @skizzik121 5 років тому +1

    I love the UNCOOL short in the style of Supreme. Just perfect

  • @georgestocker8436
    @georgestocker8436 4 роки тому +2

    can someone explain where the st georges cross came from and why it was being used by the italian city states

  • @stefansteindl1017
    @stefansteindl1017 5 років тому +1

    The moment you make a history video and half of the time the history teacher who reviews it, has nothing to add.

    • @MrTerry
      @MrTerry  5 років тому

      Next time, watch the video first.

    • @hollownite6859
      @hollownite6859 4 роки тому

      Did you even watch the video? Or did you just comment for likes?

  • @boombler4320
    @boombler4320 5 років тому

    Thumbnail with Mr Terry being happy while characters praise bucket is pure genius

  • @krizvas
    @krizvas 4 роки тому

    Watching Mr.Terry watch oversimplified and explain his videos even more is like watching oversimplified in detail, but simplified

  • @lieutenantdiamond5601
    @lieutenantdiamond5601 5 років тому +2

    Just like any good professor or teacher he even watches the entire ad.

  • @jujubees5855
    @jujubees5855 4 роки тому +1

    28:15 the screaming gag is everything

  • @TheLordOfNothing
    @TheLordOfNothing 4 роки тому +1

    The only other history teacher I can think of who’s like this was my 8th grade back....
    How should I put this?
    Ahh, 30 years ago.

  • @oceanus4958
    @oceanus4958 5 років тому +2

    When I saw the video he reacted to earlier I was like “he should react to this”

  • @elmismomatias
    @elmismomatias 5 років тому +20

    How fast, just think on that oversimplified do a video ¿We're Terry?

  • @skizzik121
    @skizzik121 5 років тому +3

    You are so polite Teach, "seemingly immoral" lmao they did shit that High Heffner would blush at

  • @foxtrotdelta225
    @foxtrotdelta225 5 років тому

    Holy shit! Talk about a quick turn around! Well done man!

  • @Lexyvil
    @Lexyvil 4 роки тому

    This is like two courses in one, I love it. Thanks!

  • @Mr.Duckman
    @Mr.Duckman 5 років тому +2

    If oversimplified makes the Vietnam war video would you react to it immediately or wait

  • @sabin97
    @sabin97 4 роки тому +1

    that's a lot of nes cartridges.
    but what are the curved thingies between your forehead and the glasses?

  • @9airpods917
    @9airpods917 5 років тому +8

    Wow! *You* watched it before *I* did!

  • @Damini368
    @Damini368 4 роки тому

    Big brain time: Bishops and Abbots can be installed by a majority vote of a council consisting of the emperor, the pope, and a number of councilors equally elected by both of the above (let’s say ten, five for each side).

  • @defaultlogos2976
    @defaultlogos2976 5 років тому +1

    You dont disappoint, sir.

  • @reynaldoevidentejr1749
    @reynaldoevidentejr1749 5 років тому +1

    Matilda de Canossa is also a key character regarding the investiture issue. That Dictatus Papae is a way of the Holly See to flip the Kaiser that time. 😂

  • @METALLICTWISTER
    @METALLICTWISTER 5 років тому +2

    17:53 i accidently elbowed the wall i was leaning on, then he looks in that direction, ngl i was shook for a sec

  • @dandomine
    @dandomine 5 років тому +2

    Actually, Charlemagne was tricked by the Pope on his coronation day. Before him, the emperors would have crowned themselves as they held the power over the Pope by means of military power. That didn't sit well with the Pope of the time, so while Charlemagne knelt to pray the Pope crowned him, giving the impression that he was superior to the emperor. Needless to say, Charlemagne was really pissed at the Pope.

  • @sethvanderlinden6227
    @sethvanderlinden6227 5 років тому +3

    No joke this is like a tag team oversimlified just tells about the thing then you elaborate on it

  • @nicholask7566
    @nicholask7566 5 років тому +20

    Mr. Terry, idk if you'll see this comment, but I think you should check out a video called "The race to win Staten Island" by CGP Grey

  • @alexking7262
    @alexking7262 2 роки тому

    Man why didn’t I subscribe to this channel before it’s Awsome Mr. Terry keep up the great work!

  • @ryg8578
    @ryg8578 4 роки тому

    I think of this guy as the seal of approval for Oversimplified’s videos.

  • @cio_hga7
    @cio_hga7 5 років тому

    Just found this channel today and I’m hooked haha

  • @everettsuderski2633
    @everettsuderski2633 5 років тому +1

    Wow, I can't believe you did this so soon

  • @elementary6134
    @elementary6134 5 років тому +1

    you seem reallllyyyyy chill, i want you as my history teacher

    • @MrTerry
      @MrTerry  5 років тому

      If you watch my channel, I kind of am!

    • @MrTerry
      @MrTerry  5 років тому

      If you watch my channel, I kind of am!

    • @MrTerry
      @MrTerry  5 років тому

      If you watch my channel, I kind of am!

  • @Mercure250
    @Mercure250 5 років тому +1

    6:45 Defenestration before defenestrations were cool

  • @neodong6060
    @neodong6060 4 роки тому

    Mr.Terry History after inventing Oversimplified: stonks

  • @James_Wisniewski
    @James_Wisniewski 5 років тому

    Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the guy with no hat toward the beginning of the video is a Maronite Catholic, that is, an Eastern Rite (referring to one of several liturgical traditions native to Eastern Europe, Greece, the Middle East, and Africa) Christian church from Lebanon which is in communion with Rome, instead of with Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox) or Alexandria (Oriental Orthodox).

  • @thehotbaker7853
    @thehotbaker7853 5 років тому +1

    The Great Plague is from where the nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosie" exist..

    • @TrekBeatTK
      @TrekBeatTK 4 роки тому

      Lucas Morales no it isn’t. That’s a myth.

  • @matthewcastleton2263
    @matthewcastleton2263 3 роки тому +1

    I can't believe nobody mentioned freaking ROMEO AND JULIET. This conflict is the setting of the play. Most people don't know, but that is why the Montagues and Capulets were at war with each other and why Romeo and Juliet couldn't be together. These were actual families in medieval Verona, as was hinted to in the video. The Montagues were Ghibillines, ergo, they were supporters of the Emperor. The Capulets were Guelphs, ergo, supporters of the Pope. It gives historical context to the play and helps to put their conflict into context.