Hi Baz! I was wondering. we always hear that “the heavily armored heavy cavalry was the king of the medieval battlefeild” but it seems like most videos online, including a lot of yours, expressly show them being defeated. it’s just kind of odd repeatedly hearing this being said, but equally seeing them repeatedly beind defeated. could you maybe show a video that shows the medieval heavy cavalry displaying their supposed vaunted effectiveness? something that maybe shows the normative effect of them so we can actually get the proper sense of when they are defeated. because how it stands now, at least among a lot of historical battle channels, I cant think of too many that puts the money of the heavy cavalry where their mouth is. outside of the crusades. maybe this is an artifact of the more unexpected victories being covered more.
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A couple of years ago I learned that the last battle on English soil had fewer participants than a rugby match. Although I don't think it had that much impact outside of the field it was fought on.
Lessons learned: - Learn to delegate to smart people - Learn your enemy's movements ahead of time - Ambush - let the chivalrous complain about it later
"In a matter of hours, twenty years of Henry's careful planning and effort to preserve his dynasty through succession fell apart." - Crusader Kings in a nutshell
''The English King spared no effort to control the damage caused by this accident.'' The moment I heard this, I was ''So, he married again instantly, didn't he?'' Guess what, in true CK fashion, he actually did!
Here's an idea for a new battle: The battle of Campaldino, 11th june 1289 It was one of the final clashes in Italy between guelphs and ghibellines (Pro pope and Pro emperor factions). The battle was fought between the republic of Florence and the commune of Arezzo, Florence won at last thanks to his superior heavy cavalry. Even the young Dante Alighieri took part in the battle, fighting as a mounted warrior for Florence. It would be awesome for me to see it in one of this video! Keep going like this!!
"Success! William Adelin died under suspicious circumstances, yet no one can link his death to you, my liege!" It is great to have an Elusive Shadow as a Spymaster
I literally gasped when i saw this upload. Cant tell you how many times i rewatched the Alexander the Great's conquest series. Thank you for the superb content.
I'm from Normandy and visit frequently Bourgtheroulde, where some of my family lives, it's a wonderful city but I didn't know this story! Was super surprised to see you'd made a video about this little city in my lovely Normandy, thank you so much ♥
"It's a spring afternoon, somewhere in Eastern Normandy"....ooooo, this going to be good! This narrator would have helped me learn more at GCSE History I am convinced of it. His voice demands respect and attention.
Some fun bits of info about the White Ship Disaster: -William Adelin initially won free of the shipwreck by escaping on a small dinghy, but tried to go back and rescue his sister. His boat was promptly swamped by everyone and he died with the rest. -The captain of the ship, Thomas FitzStephen survived the wreck by swimming away and clinging to a rock, but upon realizing William had died, he gave himself to the sea rather than face the king's wrath.
@@Revanchist The information comes from chroniclers who wrote about it several years after it occurred, one of which comes from Robert Curthose, participant in the First Crusade and Adelin's uncle. (Spend the later half of your life in captivity, what can you do but write?) Some accounts state that there were a handful of survivors, anywhere from one to five, although the White Ship incident is often described as "everyone dying". I think that term means everyone who mattered; those possible survivors were most likely servants or low ranking crewman who had the good luck of being strong swimmers. Of course we're talking about history from nearly a thousand years ago, so all tales from the past have to be viewed as accounts and not hard facts. Those with an eye for literary flair may notice both incidents come off as rather...romantic, for lack of a better word. The young prince dying amidst a noble rescue effort, the captain choosing death over dishonor, there's something very Shakespearean about them.
I like that you cover these smaller battles. Gives a better sense of just how dynamic and shifting politics could be in this era, and many others. I just wish a channel gave the same treatment to places outside of Europe, like India, China, North Africa and elsewhere. I know the battles of Panipat of Tarain, but a series on Babur or Aurangzeb would be cool.
Personally I find mid-evil warfare uninspiring, however your presentation had me invested in Henry and his attempts to conquer Normandy. Thank you Baz Battles for all you share with us!
2:47 And that's why in CKII&III, the one son strategy isn't always as good as it may seem. It's a tradeoff. *If* your one son survives, there will be a lot less turmoil in his reign. But that can be a big if.
Well, it can't always be reliably planned, unless the player is not shy to shamelessly save-scum. I had a run once when a king of my family reigned for about 65 years (from his 17 till 82). He had one son and nine daughters. That son had five daughters of his own before being assassinated (despite his primary stat being intrigue). The crown was passed to a young legitimized bastard son that was at the sidelines until then. Good thing I had that inspiration for a backup. It seemed to be a theme for that playthrough. The overwhelming majority of the family tree were girls. That king also had four sisters, no brothers, and his father was an only child. This father's cousin also had another five daughters, no son, through he had a younger brother to take the duchy (surprise). That legitimized son had three daughters before the only son. And the next closest heir was the grandson of a second cousin, without any brothers too (had agnatic succession law installed, just to be sure). I was forced to play the one son strategy without intending to, and it almost bit me... On a positive note, almost every kingdom and duchy tier dynasty in the region had my cousins and nephews and great-nephews as rulers, due to the sheer number of girls I had to marry off!
@@atermondyolamda6971 Well what I mean is players that, once they get a son, will attempt to kill or divorce their wife right away, and simply not remarry and resist all events that can give mistresses. But yeah, whether you are trying to or not CK2&3 will do what they do and you have to roll with the punches.
@@101jir Well, it seems to me that those people are less, let's say, ''sophisticated'' players. There is a bunch of laws to choose to subvert that and besides, after v2.8 a bunch of Casus Beli to use. Even if the former is not applicable and your younger brother got ''your'' second favourite county/castle/sword/teddy bear? Just go and conquer some more! Jeesh... Or just take it back through war, diplomacy or intrigue. Or even wait and the problem will just solve itself (even younger brothers kill each and you inherit the lot). But seriously, don't put all your eggs in one basket, because the RNG is the final arbitrator and it reigns supreme! (XCOM déjà vu with shivers...)
extracredits did a really good one on the Japanese invasion of Korea called Admiral Yi, I would check it out! Though i would love for BazBattles to do his own, he is my probably my favorite battle ...youtuber... or whatever lol!
I believe the time this battle took place the English had not adopted the longbows. Originally it was the Welsh who used them, but when they were later conquered by the English, the longbows was adopted into the army. It wasn't just picked up and used however, as the strength and skill require to effectively utilize such a heavy bow required a lot of training compared to other traditional medieval bows.
hey, I really like and enjoy your videos and i have a tip for you. Please make a video about "didgori battle" 1121 AD in Georgia. this battle was amazing and its one of the most impressive wins for georgian army
Hey BazBattles! Great to see an upload again. I'm curious to see the behind the scenes type of video, and how much effort goes into animating and narrating a video!
Both Alexander the Great and the Romans taught us the importance of combined arms tactics, one that medieval Europe forgot. Time and time again we see battles where medieval knights are defeated by Infantry and archers
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Hi Baz! I was wondering. we always hear that “the heavily armored heavy cavalry was the king of the medieval battlefeild” but it seems like most videos online, including a lot of yours, expressly show them being defeated. it’s just kind of odd repeatedly hearing this being said, but equally seeing them repeatedly beind defeated. could you maybe show a video that shows the medieval heavy cavalry displaying their supposed vaunted effectiveness? something that maybe shows the normative effect of them so we can actually get the proper sense of when they are defeated. because how it stands now, at least among a lot of historical battle channels, I cant think of too many that puts the money of the heavy cavalry where their mouth is. outside of the crusades.
maybe this is an artifact of the more unexpected victories being covered more.
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@@gebus5633 Same, if I didn't already have a PIA Sub! Could have used this a year ago!
Nice video and very informative and very entertaining and very satisfaction more videos.
It's been a while glad to see BazBattles still lives.
AGREED !!
Yeah it's almost like you should make videos to justify your Patreon
@@Ty-bl5pm Not a patron, so I wouldn't understand.
@@Ty-bl5pm his patreon pays out per video, it's not like you're losing money if he doesn't put one out
Hey man, nice picture :) @StevieJr
Been a while since the last time I heard “The Battle was about to begin”
You scoundrel putting that as your profile pic!
Dreamwastakenwastakenwaskatenwastaken oh Dreeeaaaaaammmmmmmm
too long
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"The video was about to begin..."
But what the viewers didn’t know, was that this would be the update for a long long time. What happened next would shape how thousands of fans spend there time
This is great. I love hearing about those minor battles with only a few hundreds of men involved.
Same! Small battles where the outcome shapes decades and tactics win the day. Great video.
Only 40 knights on the rebel side.
Me too
A couple of years ago I learned that the last battle on English soil had fewer participants than a rugby match.
Although I don't think it had that much impact outside of the field it was fought on.
that's why we shouldn't piss off the french. bas oui j'ai plus de sang viking que de peuple de soja communiste a cheveux bleu.
Lessons learned:
- Learn to delegate to smart people
- Learn your enemy's movements ahead of time
- Ambush - let the chivalrous complain about it later
Dont drink and drive or in this case, drink and sail
If these vídeos were a game, the ambushes would be the most overpowerd strat by far lol.
And for the long run: use the pope as a homewrecker from a bad romcom or the like.
@L K the best advice we won't take hahaha.
Have more than one son...
I was just thinking that Odo could position some forces in the woods, when the madlad sprung his trap. Bravo
"In a matter of hours, twenty years of Henry's careful planning and effort to preserve his dynasty through succession fell apart."
- Crusader Kings in a nutshell
''The English King spared no effort to control the damage caused by this accident.'' The moment I heard this, I was ''So, he married again instantly, didn't he?'' Guess what, in true CK fashion, he actually did!
Makes me wonder how many times the Hapsburgs save/scummed to get their marriage alliances through.
Here's an idea for a new battle:
The battle of Campaldino, 11th june 1289
It was one of the final clashes in Italy between guelphs and ghibellines (Pro pope and Pro emperor factions).
The battle was fought between the republic of Florence and the commune of Arezzo, Florence won at last thanks to his superior heavy cavalry. Even the young Dante Alighieri took part in the battle, fighting as a mounted warrior for Florence.
It would be awesome for me to see it in one of this video!
Keep going like this!!
Up
Whenever I see trees/bushes around the battlefield: *I sense ambush*
This helps me make my strategies in total war
Also love the content
Bryan Ouellet why? Him using history to win a video game nah video games are kool and winning is kool and history is kool
SCWIBELS You know whats not kool? Bullying.
-Kool cat
Yeah Total War, where the sword beats the spear...
Yeah I still dont get that but I lvoe this content and some of the stuff i have learned and seen from these vids help me
Man I was starting to think I would never get another battle from you. Very happy to see an update from this channel.
OH YES! The Henry Beauclerc campaigns are back! Love you cover this like no one else in youtube!
It has been a long time since you've uploaded
And we've missed you a lot
Thanks for the great content keep it up.
Knight: "There's no way their puny arrows will pierce my mighty breast plate!"
Archer: [shoots from behind]
Knight: surprisedPikachu.gif
No breastplates yet, totally chainmail maybe some coat of plates.
@@rishi7629 not plates at all, only chain mail at the time along with a padded gambeson underneath
Youre confusing early knights with late curasiares.
"Success! William Adelin died under suspicious circumstances, yet no one can link his death to you, my liege!"
It is great to have an Elusive Shadow as a Spymaster
I literally gasped when i saw this upload. Cant tell you how many times i rewatched the Alexander the Great's conquest series. Thank you for the superb content.
I see BazBattles upload. I click.
"with enough longbowmen you can make every battle feel like Agincourt
I'm from Normandy and visit frequently Bourgtheroulde, where some of my family lives, it's a wonderful city but I didn't know this story! Was super surprised to see you'd made a video about this little city in my lovely Normandy, thank you so much ♥
Baz: It's a spring afternoon
Me: Shouldn't have done that
BB doesn't always update, but I love it when they do. So comfy
I am a simple man when I see a bazbattles nonfiction I click
I love how the caption in every bazbattles videos is perfect.
Baz making a dramatic reappearance like a 12th century nobleman coming back from his crusade
"the battle, is about to begin"
Never been so happy to hear that phrase!
Please do one of the battles between Spain and the Netherlands in the 80 year war for dutch Independence.
Yes! And the battle of Patay and Castillon
This needs more likes. we must make sure it ends up on top!
Whenever high nobility leading an army is mentioned, you know they lost.
@Ricardo Canizales Then the fact they were high nobility doesn't get mentioned.
Alexander the great is knocking your door xd
Who else would lead army in these times? I mean they generally loose to other high nobility.
@Ricardo Canizales Cesar is like: bru :(
@@animeyahallo3887 you're here, at Arknights channels, and anime channels. Are you my alter ego?
Always cool to see these videos. The narrative and visuals make it simple to understand complicated battles.
Please. Make more! I have subbed. Do not discourage. Your content is indeed of its own a quality uncontested on high ground!
9:59 "the chief problem that kept Henry up at night was still the matter of his uncertain royal succession"
I see what you did there👌
It's sad how many people didn't see this.
I love kings and generals and historymarche, but between your beautiful maps and excellent character icons, you baz, are easily my favourite. 👍
Love BazBattles! Thank you for your content!
"It's a spring afternoon, somewhere in Eastern Normandy"....ooooo, this going to be good!
This narrator would have helped me learn more at GCSE History I am convinced of it. His voice demands respect and attention.
Luis the Fat sounds more like an american swamp farmer from Louisiana than a French king^^
I have never heard of this battle. Thank you for covering it
Didn't know the battle, so just when I thought "another crushing charge.. classic." the archers appeared.
Please keep up the good work, BazBattles!
Some fun bits of info about the White Ship Disaster:
-William Adelin initially won free of the shipwreck by escaping on a small dinghy, but tried to go back and rescue his sister. His boat was promptly swamped by everyone and he died with the rest.
-The captain of the ship, Thomas FitzStephen survived the wreck by swimming away and clinging to a rock, but upon realizing William had died, he gave himself to the sea rather than face the king's wrath.
How is this information known if everyone died?
@@Revanchist The information comes from chroniclers who wrote about it several years after it occurred, one of which comes from Robert Curthose, participant in the First Crusade and Adelin's uncle. (Spend the later half of your life in captivity, what can you do but write?) Some accounts state that there were a handful of survivors, anywhere from one to five, although the White Ship incident is often described as "everyone dying". I think that term means everyone who mattered; those possible survivors were most likely servants or low ranking crewman who had the good luck of being strong swimmers. Of course we're talking about history from nearly a thousand years ago, so all tales from the past have to be viewed as accounts and not hard facts.
Those with an eye for literary flair may notice both incidents come off as rather...romantic, for lack of a better word. The young prince dying amidst a noble rescue effort, the captain choosing death over dishonor, there's something very Shakespearean about them.
Thank you ! I enjoy this videos a lot.
Odo: My Liege, I have managed to defeat the rebels and have captured two of the ringleaders!
Henry: GGWP
hope you are safe and well
Time to watch some rectangles square off!
Narrator: "It's a spring afternoon…"
Me: Smash that Bike button!
Gotta LOVE autocorrect, LOL!
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@@hermanwooster8944 Smashed!
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Thanks for another wonderful video
Ah Normandy.. the sight of beauty and terribly fantastic battles.
Great video to watch. I almost forgot about this channel Glad it's still going.
Do not mind watching a commercial that I usually skip for such a good content. Keep it up!
"Henry invested a huge amount of time and energy the following decade to secure his denisty." Poor wife! 😂
Nice work on this one, I had not heard of this battle before.
GG
Welcome back! Good to see you again, thanks for the great video!
This seems to be a prelude to the battle of Agincourt and Poitiers !
Perfect timing for a new BazBattles video.
I like that you cover these smaller battles. Gives a better sense of just how dynamic and shifting politics could be in this era, and many others. I just wish a channel gave the same treatment to places outside of Europe, like India, China, North Africa and elsewhere. I know the battles of Panipat of Tarain, but a series on Babur or Aurangzeb would be cool.
Personally I find mid-evil warfare uninspiring, however your presentation had me invested in Henry and his attempts to conquer Normandy. Thank you Baz Battles for all you share with us!
This is great! Happy to see another episode of Bazbattles! Keep it coming!
Wonderful, narration. And long overdue, more more.
Awesome job! Great video, as always.
I’m glad we got a new medieval video!!!
the day is saved when at the last minute bazbattle video arrives
We need more then one video a month Baz!!!
Some of your videos does have a bit of a feel like a medieval chronicle, in a good way
Baz battles uploads. We love to see it.
2:27 *remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer*
I miss you guys, so long
Ahh, Baz Battles, what a way to start my day!!
Keep up the quality, it doesn’t matter how long your video production takes!
Return more often please, you are amazing!
Nice to see some small-scale actions!.
Baz your commentary and visuals are of a very high quality 👌🏻....please do some more WW2 ones if your bored 🙏🏻
2:47 And that's why in CKII&III, the one son strategy isn't always as good as it may seem. It's a tradeoff. *If* your one son survives, there will be a lot less turmoil in his reign. But that can be a big if.
Well, it can't always be reliably planned, unless the player is not shy to shamelessly save-scum. I had a run once when a king of my family reigned for about 65 years (from his 17 till 82). He had one son and nine daughters. That son had five daughters of his own before being assassinated (despite his primary stat being intrigue). The crown was passed to a young legitimized bastard son that was at the sidelines until then. Good thing I had that inspiration for a backup.
It seemed to be a theme for that playthrough. The overwhelming majority of the family tree were girls. That king also had four sisters, no brothers, and his father was an only child. This father's cousin also had another five daughters, no son, through he had a younger brother to take the duchy (surprise).
That legitimized son had three daughters before the only son. And the next closest heir was the grandson of a second cousin, without any brothers too (had agnatic succession law installed, just to be sure).
I was forced to play the one son strategy without intending to, and it almost bit me... On a positive note, almost every kingdom and duchy tier dynasty in the region had my cousins and nephews and great-nephews as rulers, due to the sheer number of girls I had to marry off!
@@atermondyolamda6971 Well what I mean is players that, once they get a son, will attempt to kill or divorce their wife right away, and simply not remarry and resist all events that can give mistresses.
But yeah, whether you are trying to or not CK2&3 will do what they do and you have to roll with the punches.
@@101jir Well, it seems to me that those people are less, let's say, ''sophisticated'' players. There is a bunch of laws to choose to subvert that and besides, after v2.8 a bunch of Casus Beli to use.
Even if the former is not applicable and your younger brother got ''your'' second favourite county/castle/sword/teddy bear? Just go and conquer some more! Jeesh... Or just take it back through war, diplomacy or intrigue. Or even wait and the problem will just solve itself (even younger brothers kill each and you inherit the lot).
But seriously, don't put all your eggs in one basket, because the RNG is the final arbitrator and it reigns supreme! (XCOM déjà vu with shivers...)
@@atermondyolamda6971 That's my attitude. I'd much rather not take those risks, because for the reasons you said, that can go very badly.
Well done!!! I really enjoy your work guys! I hope to see some hussites battles one day! i think that would be a great theme for you
Dude we missed you!!!
You are amazing, you should have to do more ancient imperial romans battles!
Ever thought of doing Naval Battles for the Korean Japanese wars? With the famous Turtle-ships?
I third this. Also eagerly awaiting Sengoku Jidai return
I forth this because I am really interested in learning more about these famous turtle ships
extracredits did a really good one on the Japanese invasion of Korea called Admiral Yi, I would check it out! Though i would love for BazBattles to do his own, he is my probably my favorite battle ...youtuber... or whatever lol!
@@selftaughtinfection i know about it but i want more details hence why i cant wait for K&Gs series to carry on and for the return to it here too
Rodolfo Gaming I completely agree with you on that because I love both this channel and kings and generals channel
Glad too see you again
French Cavalry: *exists*
English Longbows: "So anyway I started loosing"
I believe the time this battle took place the English had not adopted the longbows. Originally it was the Welsh who used them, but when they were later conquered by the English, the longbows was adopted into the army.
It wasn't just picked up and used however, as the strength and skill require to effectively utilize such a heavy bow required a lot of training compared to other traditional medieval bows.
I love watching these they give me big brain powers lol
I actually learn more from these videos then in my history class
so addict to watch your video
hey, I really like and enjoy your videos and i have a tip for you. Please make a video about "didgori battle" 1121 AD in Georgia. this battle was amazing and its one of the most impressive wins for georgian army
it would be great!
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You do great work Sir 👍
Thank you this late night video will send me to the land of sleep
It's just insane how many battles I've never heard of in my life 😯
Im really excited, welcome back
these videos kept me going through lockdown
Hey BazBattles! Great to see an upload again. I'm curious to see the behind the scenes type of video, and how much effort goes into animating and narrating a video!
Every time I hear “The battle was about to begin” I automatically click the like button
Would love to see a second punic war series from you man, keep it up :)
So excited to see another video! Are there any other battles during the sengoku jidai you plan to cover?
Such a cool video man. I really enjoy your content!
Heeeey! He is back! Deus ex machina is not bad writing! It's how the world works! Good to cya Gandalf!!!
Baz is back! Back again!
Your videos are great. So pleasant to watch. Keep going😀👌
I wish I could have friends like you, nice job
Does anyone else like watching when one square quickly erodes and eats up another one? Watching them crumble is strangely satisfying.
Both Alexander the Great and the Romans taught us the importance of combined arms tactics, one that medieval Europe forgot. Time and time again we see battles where medieval knights are defeated by Infantry and archers
BazBattles is alive! YEEEEEET
Imagine a HistoryMarche and a BazBattles crossover... JUST IMAGINE these 2 guys narrating a movie!!!
Yes!!! Baz battles posts again 😀😀😀
You should make a continous series of battle of a leader or famous war .