HAPPY NEW YEAR! (i forgot to tell you that) First Video of the Year and it's about Germa Boi. I’m back with another vid, this time it’s about the “Forgotten”( more like overlooked) Kingdom of Germany, Took a bit longer due to the Internship (and also I’m bad at paying attention to one thing). Anyway I wanted to make this to bring to peoples attention the “transitional period” between Charlemagne and the Formation of the “Holy Roman Empire”. When West Francia slowly evolved into the Kingdom of France and East Francia into the HRE. If I’ve made a mistake feel free to tell me in the comments (I mean that’s what they’re there for)
German kingdom was a part of the HRE almost like how England was part of Uk. The vast majority of Holy Roman Emperors also held the title King of Germany. In 1512, the empire was renamed “Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation”
I really love that you have your rulers talk to their countries/kingdoms like they're teenagers. "Come on, talk to the Byzantine Empire, you guys can be friends!"
I never knew I wanted history explained in such a manner with such elaborate images until this very moment. And now I don't know how I lived without it.
It's worth noting that, every time a German king tried to assert his power on Italy, the German nobles instantly revolted... but so did the Italian communes too. In short, it was a very fast fasttrack to fighting literally everyone in the Empire.
HRE German incursions into Italy dated back to Otto I. The Germans held Northern Italy and wanted all of the south too. His son Otto II was handed a humiliating defeat in Southern Italy at the Battle of Stilo in 982 by the Fatimid Kalbid army from the Emirate of Sicily. The news of Otto II's defeat sparked the revolt of Polabian Slavs on the River Elbe which halted the eastward expansion of Germans for 200 years.
so youre telling me that the HRE at the beginning really was an Empire but when it started to become that Cartographical nightmare it became less of a Empire and more of an complicated alliance?
Yes. Most German states remained loyal to Habsburg emperors until its dissolution. They were bound to provide troops in case of reichskrieg, or imperial war. Reichskrieg were declared during the Nine Years’ War, Spanish succession war, Polish succession war, Seven Years War, First Coalition war, and Second coalition war. Each time, all German states other than Bavaria and Prussia complied
The cartographical "nightmare" is what prooves it was an empire. Those maps show the property of noble families and the church. It get even more complicated because even within a town different things could be owned by different institutions etc. But the fact that loads of tiny states could exist next to larger ones or that one could own an exclave within the territory of a rival prooves that there was a central authority which upheld all these ownership claims very successfully against the drive for power and expansion of it's constituents. So the HRE was an empire, but not an oppressive one. While nobody in their right mind will want the French or British style empire of an overbearing absolutist central authority back, the HRE was light years ahead of it's time and serves as a role model of how we would like to see our own states ideally. As a statehood giving autonomy and self-dertemination to it's constituencies and only acting as an arbiter of law and justice and to organize important grand projects.
@@sualtam9509 But there were countries that wanted to be independent, such as the Kingdom of Bohemia, but the imperial family defeated this country and made it a dependent state.
1:32 To be fair trying getting elections done in the past was an pain in the ass. They could barely assemble the Elector Counts to vote, sometimes months of waiting for them to assemble and then the arguing and debating on who gets the crown. Now imagine that but for everyone and 90% cant read or write. While also most likely getting bribed or forced to vote for their lord under the threat of "oh we will just let you deal with the bandits by yourself then lol".
The thing is that medieval peasant knew how to write but in they national language they didn't know how to write in Latin that's why we think they were illiterate
A note: At first all dukes, bishops and counts, to some degree also some abbotts or nobles lesser than counts could elect the new king/ emperor. But in 13th the Bad influence of pope became so strong, that Pope said, i don't recognize new electded king,when ...... had not voted. In 1334 only seven, in late 17t century nine electors could vote.
@@jensboettiger5286 : No! An Elector ( Kurfürst) and a Pfalzgraf are two different nobility ranks. An Elector was in HRE the second highest Rank after the Emperor ( german word Kurfürst comes from today very rare used küren- to elect) . The nine noblemen, chosen to be Electors had been : The princed bishops/ Fürstbischöfe of Mainz, Köln and Speyer (?), the dukes/ Herzöge of Saxony, Bavaria, Hannover ( from 1714 to 1806 the british King of Hanover was also Elector of HRE), the king of Bohemia/ König von Böhmen ( in 15/16 th century head of Habsburg dynasty became King of Bohemia, the margrave( marquis) Markgraf of Brandenburg ( up to very late 18th king of Prussia was inside HRE only Elector of Brandenburg, because real Prussia was outside of HRE , and Last one was palatine Count of the Rhine/ Pfalzgraf vom Rhine), so in 1770s, when bavarian line of Wittelsbach dynasty died out, palatine line of Wittelsbach dynasty got also Bavaria, so in theory same Wittelsbach ruler hold two Elector titles. Now what was a palatine count/ Pfalzgraf? In medieval HRE no capital existed. The Emperors ( some HRE rulers had been only Kings) traveled through the Empire and ,hold court' at places of longer stops. On crownland of medieval HRE there had been a number of Pfalzen . This had been no castles, but somehow fortified Houses complex, mostly storehouses with goods, produced on crownland. Firewood, food, clothes etc. so the Emperors and his entourage (?)/ Gefolge could equip themselves with supplies and may be some days of recreation, and a hall for represenation and ,holding court'. In many regions there was formerly HRE crownland, sometimes very large estates including settlements, even towns, sometimes a single Castle with a farm, or only some smaller fields or meadows And nobles had to administrate the crownland. But: In socalled Interregnum ( 1254 to 1274) , there was real Emperor ( an electded spanish count never visited HRE, and an electded english count or Duke of Cornwall only for corronation). So noble administrators of crownland grabbed crownland, but most Pfalzgrafen died out, and their territories to annother ruler, for example Pfalzgrafschaft Tübingen came to Württemberg, Württemberg also grabbed Castle and Village Hohenstaufen ( in 1530s for this reason Württemberg build no replacement for destroyed old castle.) Some Pfalzen, like ( Bad) Wimpfen became a free town / Reichsstadt. Also territories of Reichsritter ( Imperial Knights) could have been former crownland of HRE.
The 9th, 10th and 11th centuries are some of the most interesting times in European history and history at large; the Carolingian game of thrones alone is material enough for many different videos. For a future mini-documentary, have you considered looking into the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period? (a.k.a. the 60 years of transitory period between the Tang and Song dynasty)
These illustrations of the characters are so amazing! I love the anime art style and think that there is not enough anime historical art so keep up the amazing work!
Your depiction of Germany really encapsulates the meme of "I forgot to turn my swagger off, and woke up covered in bitches." For better and worse. EDIT: Maybe replace 'swagger' with 'borders,' and 'off' with 'on'
A while ago I became interested in the history of Germany in the past. But I couldn't find more past than the Holy Roman Empire history, I had to watch since the fall of the Western Roman Empire passing through Charlemagne and the partition of the Carolingian Empire. At least I ended up finding the information
@@TheLocalLt while the french argument works. Why "philosopher" True enough not all of his work were philosophical, nor was he solely a philosopher. But ultimately he had both the competance the knowledge and the work done to show he was indeed a philosopher, and a decent one at that, its just unfortunate that he was an a**hole and that his nightmares consists of Germany
The German Kingdom did not elect its Kings iirc. It was always a hereditary succession within the Carolingian dynasty. The reason Henry the Fowler was elected was that the East Francian Carolingian line died with Louis the Child. Thus, with there being no legitimate direct heir (unless someone from one of the other Carolingian branches was to take over), the dukes had to elect one of their own. They elected Conrad I, but since he left no heirs, they were back at square one. Once the Ottonians took power, the traditional hereditary succession returned for some time. Another point; Otto did not take the title of Emperor as compensation for his assistance, but rather gained it by virtue of being King of Italy. From Charlemagne's reign as King of Italy, there was an unbroken line of Kings of Italy who were crowned Roman Emperor, even after the Italian Carolingian line died out. Otto merely assumed the title of Emperor after he took over that very Kingdom. So, also, when talking about the treaty of Verdun, the Frankish Empire was not simply divided into 3 Kingdoms; West, East and Middle Francia, but rather West Francia, East Francia, and the Roman Empire (as Lothair held the title of Roman Emperor).
In theory the Frankish Empire/kingdom wasn't divided into those parts but rather administrated by those brothers. That happened a couple of times under the Merovingian kings with the expectation that it would remain one kingdom. That only changed with the treaty of Bonn in 921 when both the West and East Frankish kings called each other as such and made a pact of friendship. About the kingship of Italy being a prerequisit of becomming emperor: I wouldn't be so sure about that. Sometimes they would get the Iron Crown on their way down South but often enough they didn't. During the 13th century and onwards the Pope felt that he should have a say in who would become German king as it was seen as a direct first step to becoming emperor.
@@Siegbert85 The tradition of the Empire being divided into Kingdoms was nothing new, afaik even before the coronation of Charlemagne, when Kings of Francia were just that; Kings, they had coalesced areas like Aquitaine into their own Kingdoms, which while ruled by a King, were still under the Kingdom of the Franks. The intention upon Louis the Pious' death was to have Lothair be the Emperor, while the other 2 sons would be Kings in the west and east, while still under the Empire. The problem was, though, that the two brothers weilded a lot of power of their own right. I'm not sure how it worked out de jure, but de facto the Kingdoms of Western Francia and Eastern Francia broke off or drifted away. Iirc the treaty of Verdun ratified their de facto independence. As for the second point, traditions change over time. In the Roman state of old, the title of Princeps was a title ratified by the senate. Over the centuries, however, this tradition was done away with as Roman society changed from seeing the senate as a source of legitimacy, to that duty being de facto transferred to the army. Likewise, the importance of Italy waned away from the coronation of Charlemagne towards the 13th century and onwards; we are talking about an equal time-span there, about 4-500 years, as the Roman Empire had in its evolution, or degeneration, depending on how you look at it. The early medieval title of Roman Emperor transformed from being a symbol of prestige granted by the Pope to a ruler who still abode by customs predetermined by his Kingship, to being the name of a de jure realm which had customs of its own (like the prince electors). As such, legitimacy transferred from the Papacy, largely towards the heartland of modern-day Germany. This was further exacerbated by the various conflicts between the Holy Roman Emperors and the Papacy.
I like the drawings and images in the video. They make your videos stand out. Many history videos just show maps and historical drawings but your video also has characters for the countries, which I really like. The topic is also explained in a very understandable way.
Good stuff! I have just one etymological nitpick: The latin word "teutonicus" wasn't derrived from "theodiscus". "Theodiscus" came to be used for the German language(s) during the 9th and 10th century while "teutonicus" came up during the late 10th and 11th century meaning the people rather than the language. The word came from Italy, later Burgundy and eventually the rest of Europe. It was meant as an insult reminding the people of the ancient tribes of the Cimbri and Teutoni from the 1st century BCE who invaded the Roman Empire same as the Germans would eventually do when they went down to Rome to get crowned emperors. The word "teutonicus" eventually fell out of use during the late middle ages but is still sometimes being used to paint a primitive and destructive picture of Germans.
The video is GREAT 😍👏🙏 Always glad to learn something more 😌❤ I never thought Magyars were so implemented in german history 😯 And it also helped me realize since when we already were part of the Holy Roman Empire, to be honest 😅
As an Alsatian, it's kinda funny that my people and nation was divided between France and Germany literally for thousands of years when Middle Frankia collapsed heh
Berenger *was* king of italy, the title he claimed but never got was Imperator Romanorum, which his relative and grandfather-in-law Berenger I held. the pope refused to give Berenger the title for whatever reason so Berenger invaded the papal states to place his own candidate on the holy see, as a response, the pope invited Otto to invade Italy, before Otto invaded, the magyars launched a massive raid into Italy, which significantly weakened Berenger, while proceeding to Rome, Berenger was defeated by Otto, athough he personally continued to Rome and was crowned emperor, Otto then also marched to rome, deposed the pope like Berenger was going to do, and then had this new pope then crown him emperor.
Glad someone is clarifying that Germany was unified, in a manner of speaking, before Bismarck. Just wasn't really in the same sense, as the HRE was so chaotic.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! (i forgot to tell you that) First Video of the Year and it's about Germa Boi.
I’m back with another vid, this time it’s about the “Forgotten”( more like overlooked) Kingdom of Germany, Took a bit longer due to the Internship (and also I’m bad at paying attention to one thing). Anyway I wanted to make this to bring to peoples attention the “transitional period” between Charlemagne and the Formation of the “Holy Roman Empire”. When West Francia slowly evolved into the Kingdom of France and East Francia into the HRE.
If I’ve made a mistake feel free to tell me in the comments (I mean that’s what they’re there for)
I can't wait to see video about otto the second and otto the third
Habby new year
Not holy or Roman or an empire 😭😭😭
German kingdom was a part of the HRE almost like how England was part of Uk. The vast majority of Holy Roman Emperors also held the title King of Germany. In 1512, the empire was renamed “Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation”
I know about this but it’s good more people get to learn about it
I've seen countryballs, I've seen countryhumans, I've seen country-humans, and now we've reached the endgame.
*_No. not yet._*
Humanballs?
@@clovebeans713 Human Countries
I’ve seen countryfurries 💀
@@OnionIlan countrydogs?
I really love that you have your rulers talk to their countries/kingdoms like they're teenagers.
"Come on, talk to the Byzantine Empire, you guys can be friends!"
I like how the nations are fully grown people while the rulers are small little caricatures of the rulers they repressent
Roman*
@@Alexandros.Konstantinos this
@@Alexandros.Konstantinos I mean… if it’s spoken by Otto I…
(Not that he or anyone would use “Byzantine” even as a put down back then, but still.)
I never knew I wanted history explained in such a manner with such elaborate images until this very moment. And now I don't know how I lived without it.
Same laaaad, I love this so too muuuch! 😩❤️
Samee ✓✓✓
""""elaborate""""
Check out extra credits, it's gonna blow your mind
@@slasher1563 I think he meant something else by “elaborate images”.
As a hungarian, I genuinely find your depiction of "magyars" ingenious and funny as hell. :D You get a free pass to meme the shit out of our history.
All hail the mighty paprikas!
because its true
Not all
It's worth noting that, every time a German king tried to assert his power on Italy, the German nobles instantly revolted... but so did the Italian communes too. In short, it was a very fast fasttrack to fighting literally everyone in the Empire.
it was a battle royal
HRE German incursions into Italy dated back to Otto I. The Germans held Northern Italy and wanted all of the south too. His son Otto II was handed a humiliating defeat in Southern Italy at the Battle of Stilo in 982 by the Fatimid Kalbid army from the Emirate of Sicily. The news of Otto II's defeat sparked the revolt of Polabian Slavs on the River Elbe which halted the eastward expansion of Germans for 200 years.
Babe wake up, new Yuric video dropped!
Yes honey...
Yes honey …
5 more minutes please
I love the goofy looking people drawn alongside the actual countries, theyre adorable.
Also likin' the educational value in all this.
However, many people don't see said educational value and choose to rather neglect the images instead..
One must strike a balance
"Oh, i`m sorry. I can`t hear you"
*takes out a gun* Now can u hear me?"
"Yes, sorry"
Forgotten by everyone but crusader kings players
And history nerds, but those two groups are pretty much the same
@@leoe.5046 history nerds becomes ck2 players, ck2 players becomes history nerd, the true rule of this world
Every time, your production value gets better and better!
ah yes best investment invite the weaboos.
@@mgigachad3170 Don't be silly. The weebs and thirsty simps were always here. This is the MILKMAN, after all.
"Oh I'm sorry, I can't hear you over this GIANT mountain range."
Germany has sass...and I love it.
The amount of effort put into this is outstanding man, Nice job!
I should probably make a section in my videos where I adress all the mistakes I've made in the previous one
I'm loving these so much, i wish we were taught in schools like that. Please, never stop making them, i beg you.
Agreed
0:28 I thought I hear "Milf Francia"💀
so youre telling me that the HRE at the beginning really was an Empire but when it started to become that Cartographical nightmare it became less of a Empire and more of an complicated alliance?
It was a lot of kingdoms but it all belonged to the imperial family
Yes. Most German states remained loyal to Habsburg emperors until its dissolution. They were bound to provide troops in case of reichskrieg, or imperial war. Reichskrieg were declared during the Nine Years’ War, Spanish succession war, Polish succession war, Seven Years War, First Coalition war, and Second coalition war. Each time, all German states other than Bavaria and Prussia complied
@@mint8648 oh cool
The cartographical "nightmare" is what prooves it was an empire.
Those maps show the property of noble families and the church. It get even more complicated because even within a town different things could be owned by different institutions etc.
But the fact that loads of tiny states could exist next to larger ones or that one could own an exclave within the territory of a rival prooves that there was a central authority which upheld all these ownership claims very successfully against the drive for power and expansion of it's constituents.
So the HRE was an empire, but not an oppressive one. While nobody in their right mind will want the French or British style empire of an overbearing absolutist central authority back, the HRE was light years ahead of it's time and serves as a role model of how we would like to see our own states ideally. As a statehood giving autonomy and self-dertemination to it's constituencies and only acting as an arbiter of law and justice and to organize important grand projects.
@@sualtam9509 But there were countries that wanted to be independent, such as the Kingdom of Bohemia, but the imperial family defeated this country and made it a dependent state.
1:32 To be fair trying getting elections done in the past was an pain in the ass. They could barely assemble the Elector Counts to vote, sometimes months of waiting for them to assemble and then the arguing and debating on who gets the crown. Now imagine that but for everyone and 90% cant read or write. While also most likely getting bribed or forced to vote for their lord under the threat of "oh we will just let you deal with the bandits by yourself then lol".
The thing is that medieval peasant knew how to write but in they national language they didn't know how to write in Latin that's why we think they were illiterate
@@archiwum3484 This is a minority language
A note: At first all dukes, bishops and counts, to some degree also some abbotts or nobles lesser than counts could elect the new king/ emperor. But in 13th the Bad influence of pope became so strong, that Pope said, i don't recognize new electded king,when ...... had not voted. In 1334 only seven, in late 17t century nine electors could vote.
They were technically called prince-electors or counts palatine (paladins). Elector-count is a Warhammer rip off version.
@@jensboettiger5286 : No! An Elector ( Kurfürst) and a Pfalzgraf are two different nobility ranks. An Elector was in HRE the second highest Rank after the Emperor ( german word Kurfürst comes from today very rare used küren- to elect) . The nine noblemen, chosen to be Electors had been : The princed bishops/ Fürstbischöfe of Mainz, Köln and Speyer (?), the dukes/ Herzöge of Saxony, Bavaria, Hannover ( from 1714 to 1806 the british King of Hanover was also Elector of HRE), the king of Bohemia/ König von Böhmen ( in 15/16 th century head of Habsburg dynasty became King of Bohemia, the margrave( marquis) Markgraf of Brandenburg ( up to very late 18th king of Prussia was inside HRE only Elector of Brandenburg, because real Prussia was outside of HRE , and Last one was palatine Count of the Rhine/ Pfalzgraf vom Rhine), so in 1770s, when bavarian line of Wittelsbach dynasty died out, palatine line of Wittelsbach dynasty got also Bavaria, so in theory same Wittelsbach ruler hold two Elector titles. Now what was a palatine count/ Pfalzgraf? In medieval HRE no capital existed. The Emperors ( some HRE rulers had been only Kings) traveled through the Empire and ,hold court' at places of longer stops. On crownland of medieval HRE there had been a number of Pfalzen . This had been no castles, but somehow fortified Houses complex, mostly storehouses with goods, produced on crownland. Firewood, food, clothes etc. so the Emperors and his entourage (?)/ Gefolge could equip themselves with supplies and may be some days of recreation, and a hall for represenation and ,holding court'. In many regions there was formerly HRE crownland, sometimes very large estates including settlements, even towns, sometimes a single Castle with a farm, or only some smaller fields or meadows And nobles had to administrate the crownland. But: In socalled Interregnum ( 1254 to 1274) , there was real Emperor ( an electded spanish count never visited HRE, and an electded english count or Duke of Cornwall only for corronation). So noble administrators of crownland grabbed crownland, but most Pfalzgrafen died out, and their territories to annother ruler, for example Pfalzgrafschaft Tübingen came to Württemberg, Württemberg also grabbed Castle and Village Hohenstaufen ( in 1530s for this reason Württemberg build no replacement for destroyed old castle.) Some Pfalzen, like ( Bad) Wimpfen became a free town / Reichsstadt. Also territories of Reichsritter ( Imperial Knights) could have been former crownland of HRE.
The 9th, 10th and 11th centuries are some of the most interesting times in European history and history at large; the Carolingian game of thrones alone is material enough for many different videos. For a future mini-documentary, have you considered looking into the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period? (a.k.a. the 60 years of transitory period between the Tang and Song dynasty)
I find the Dark Ages and early Medieval times to be the most fascinating and mysterious in Europe's history.
Your channel combines two of my greatest passions, history and tig bitties
Did you misspelled it on purpose or...?
But yeah, my history nerdiness combined with that Hungarian lady awakened something in me 😏
These illustrations of the characters are so amazing! I love the anime art style and think that there is not enough anime historical art so keep up the amazing work!
awesome art and nice history lesson! really good at giving information while keeping the audience engaged
0:28 middle Frankia looks sweet!❤🥹
Your depiction of Germany really encapsulates the meme of "I forgot to turn my swagger off, and woke up covered in bitches."
For better and worse.
EDIT: Maybe replace 'swagger' with 'borders,' and 'off' with 'on'
Indeed. No wonder why he gets the ladies.
@@Blazdragon34 I made art of it...
@@nooneinparticular5256 please show me
@@Blazdragon34 Here: pbs.twimg.com/media/FnRlJZnWAAEN-Pc?format=png&name=900x900
@@nooneinparticular5256 I love it! lol!
Nice video. Holy Roman Empire History is underrated. Germany is often reduced to WW1 and WW2
A while ago I became interested in the history of Germany in the past. But I couldn't find more past than the Holy Roman Empire history, I had to watch since the fall of the Western Roman Empire passing through Charlemagne and the partition of the Carolingian Empire.
At least I ended up finding the information
Hey man, how about Hermann Arminius ( hero of Germania and traitor to Rome) and the battle of Teutoberg forest?
The Hre was basically germany
You can look at the germanic tribes
Awesome to see another upload! Fun history with your wonderful artwork is always a treat to see!💖💖💖
Hoping that your illustrated history videos blow up like your shorter skits, these are awesome
Voltaire : "Hey guys, did you know-"
I SWEAR TO GOD, VOLTAIRE
“Yeah let’s listen to a French ‘philosopher’ about German history”
@@TheLocalLt while the french argument works.
Why "philosopher"
True enough not all of his work were philosophical, nor was he solely a philosopher.
But ultimately he had both the competance the knowledge and the work done to show he was indeed a philosopher, and a decent one at that, its just unfortunate that he was an a**hole and that his nightmares consists of Germany
@@Freedmoon44 simply because it lends his political opinions undue credence. Is Noam Chomsky a “philosopher”?
@@Freedmoon44He repented on his deathbed and returned to catholicism
This is the 1st time I watched a video of this channel and it's great
1:55 is such a perfect scene
The German Kingdom did not elect its Kings iirc. It was always a hereditary succession within the Carolingian dynasty. The reason Henry the Fowler was elected was that the East Francian Carolingian line died with Louis the Child. Thus, with there being no legitimate direct heir (unless someone from one of the other Carolingian branches was to take over), the dukes had to elect one of their own. They elected Conrad I, but since he left no heirs, they were back at square one. Once the Ottonians took power, the traditional hereditary succession returned for some time.
Another point; Otto did not take the title of Emperor as compensation for his assistance, but rather gained it by virtue of being King of Italy. From Charlemagne's reign as King of Italy, there was an unbroken line of Kings of Italy who were crowned Roman Emperor, even after the Italian Carolingian line died out. Otto merely assumed the title of Emperor after he took over that very Kingdom. So, also, when talking about the treaty of Verdun, the Frankish Empire was not simply divided into 3 Kingdoms; West, East and Middle Francia, but rather West Francia, East Francia, and the Roman Empire (as Lothair held the title of Roman Emperor).
In theory the Frankish Empire/kingdom wasn't divided into those parts but rather administrated by those brothers. That happened a couple of times under the Merovingian kings with the expectation that it would remain one kingdom.
That only changed with the treaty of Bonn in 921 when both the West and East Frankish kings called each other as such and made a pact of friendship.
About the kingship of Italy being a prerequisit of becomming emperor: I wouldn't be so sure about that. Sometimes they would get the Iron Crown on their way down South but often enough they didn't. During the 13th century and onwards the Pope felt that he should have a say in who would become German king as it was seen as a direct first step to becoming emperor.
@@Siegbert85 The tradition of the Empire being divided into Kingdoms was nothing new, afaik even before the coronation of Charlemagne, when Kings of Francia were just that; Kings, they had coalesced areas like Aquitaine into their own Kingdoms, which while ruled by a King, were still under the Kingdom of the Franks. The intention upon Louis the Pious' death was to have Lothair be the Emperor, while the other 2 sons would be Kings in the west and east, while still under the Empire. The problem was, though, that the two brothers weilded a lot of power of their own right. I'm not sure how it worked out de jure, but de facto the Kingdoms of Western Francia and Eastern Francia broke off or drifted away. Iirc the treaty of Verdun ratified their de facto independence.
As for the second point, traditions change over time. In the Roman state of old, the title of Princeps was a title ratified by the senate. Over the centuries, however, this tradition was done away with as Roman society changed from seeing the senate as a source of legitimacy, to that duty being de facto transferred to the army. Likewise, the importance of Italy waned away from the coronation of Charlemagne towards the 13th century and onwards; we are talking about an equal time-span there, about 4-500 years, as the Roman Empire had in its evolution, or degeneration, depending on how you look at it. The early medieval title of Roman Emperor transformed from being a symbol of prestige granted by the Pope to a ruler who still abode by customs predetermined by his Kingship, to being the name of a de jure realm which had customs of its own (like the prince electors). As such, legitimacy transferred from the Papacy, largely towards the heartland of modern-day Germany. This was further exacerbated by the various conflicts between the Holy Roman Emperors and the Papacy.
Oh, so the Kurfürsten went through the husle of writing the golden bull for nothing? What a bummer.
Just started watching and i LOVE THE ART STYLE great job!
Pepperidge farm remembers.
He doesn't.
Absolutely Kino. Can't get enough of yuric's artstyle. And this is also one of my favorite subjects
I like the drawings and images in the video. They make your videos stand out. Many history videos just show maps and historical drawings but your video also has characters for the countries, which I really like. The topic is also explained in a very understandable way.
Good stuff!
I have just one etymological nitpick:
The latin word "teutonicus" wasn't derrived from "theodiscus". "Theodiscus" came to be used for the German language(s) during the 9th and 10th century while "teutonicus" came up during the late 10th and 11th century meaning the people rather than the language. The word came from Italy, later Burgundy and eventually the rest of Europe. It was meant as an insult reminding the people of the ancient tribes of the Cimbri and Teutoni from the 1st century BCE who invaded the Roman Empire same as the Germans would eventually do when they went down to Rome to get crowned emperors.
The word "teutonicus" eventually fell out of use during the late middle ages but is still sometimes being used to paint a primitive and destructive picture of Germans.
It amazes me how informative yet chaotic you can be at the same time
This is by far the most intersting illustrated story I've seen so far. You got yourself a new subscriber!!!
I got a little dose of serotonin when seeing "Theophanu" after CGP Grey's Tiffany video :)
Anyway great video :DDD
I demand you make a patreon now also this is my fav history channel now haha. Screw extra history.
great work on the episode yuric loved the art on the video as usual
I love the way you talk about history it’s so unique
I love that France always has that little twinkle, it makes her look so smug XD
History with anime girls is the best.
Evviva! Un nuovo video di Yuric!!!!!
Yeee
I love your art style, and your video style on history. :D
clicked for the lesson
stayed for the booba
Always nice to learn somethin new about your country's origin
Best Country-Thing i have seen yet
And boi some designs are really, _really_ cool
Okay, I need more. Time to mine your channel's back catalogue for all it's worth!
I'm glad that East Francia is being recognized , i've known that country for a long and i wanted to know much more about it , Thank you Yuric!
Este momento este pequeño momento se llama felicidad
Lotharingia is a great waif material ngl,
No wonder east francia and west francia wants to have a part of it
Damn so good to see a new video!
This is a gross simplification, yet strangely accurate…
I like it XD
All your characters are fine as hell
this gotta be the most wildest "history" channel the world has ever seen.
This is really good. Like the art style along with the easy to follow explanation.
hey, this is the first video i have seen of your work. you got your history alrigth man, and the artwork is stunning too (and cute)
These videos are amazing, hope you keep making them!
Usually I'm here for the memes. However with history explained in character animations, I'm going to be here for you B)
he's back
Middle Frankia contained The Netherlands, nice.
This made my day go 0 to 100 real fast
*sees France*
Smash.
*Smash.*
Damn, good art & Historically accurate? Fastest sub. Normally it takes me weeks to sub, this was in less than a minute
4:10 What you call a cartographical nightmare I call a cartographical paradise.
1:48 whoah
I had honestly always thought the use of Tuetonic for German was a reference to the battle of tuetoburg forest.
No, but the "Teuto" prefix goes back to the same meaning of "of the common people" in ancient Germanic.
Teutoburg basically means "german castle"
As an Austrian, I have to say, Hungary looks kinda hot ...
must be all that Paprika.
Cool how you put the coast of wadden sea in that time,cool detail since Netherlands and part of Germany geography has changed a lot because of the sea
The video is GREAT 😍👏🙏
Always glad to learn something more 😌❤
I never thought Magyars were so implemented in german history 😯
And it also helped me realize since when we already were part of the Holy Roman Empire, to be honest 😅
very based artwork and history
Henry I "The Fowler" is my 30th great grandfather... Thank you for this video!
I see you drew the historically accurate coastlines of middle ages europe
Gotta say...I like your style
Man, the countryhuman for Middle Francia has got me feeling a certain type of way...
I love your video and style!
most underrated youtuber
This guy is definetly gonna become one of those popular history UA-camrs
As an Alsatian, it's kinda funny that my people and nation was divided between France and Germany literally for thousands of years when Middle Frankia collapsed heh
Didn't the Franco-Germans flee to northern Gaul because of the civil war?
geil gemachtes Video :D danke dafür.
This art style is too nice.
Berenger *was* king of italy, the title he claimed but never got was Imperator Romanorum, which his relative and grandfather-in-law Berenger I held. the pope refused to give Berenger the title for whatever reason so Berenger invaded the papal states to place his own candidate on the holy see, as a response, the pope invited Otto to invade Italy, before Otto invaded, the magyars launched a massive raid into Italy, which significantly weakened Berenger, while proceeding to Rome, Berenger was defeated by Otto, athough he personally continued to Rome and was crowned emperor, Otto then also marched to rome, deposed the pope like Berenger was going to do, and then had this new pope then crown him emperor.
You've taught me more about my own country than school ever did.
He hath return!
0:32 I am very late, but for those who didn’t know, _“Arbeitslosigkeitsversicherung”_ translates to _”Unemployment Insurance”_
I love your art style
Very cool video, i really love your stuff but... the spanish series is not going to continue right?
no i'm still planning on making part 2 of the Spain video
I need more of these
This is so well made 😮
Really explanations and drawings, keep it going
I always wanted a channel that explained history with Hetalia. I guess this comes close!
Yay! I love it as always!
Glad someone is clarifying that Germany was unified, in a manner of speaking, before Bismarck. Just wasn't really in the same sense, as the HRE was so chaotic.
I mean, in the 10th century it wasn't that chaotic. Compared to France at the same time it was a well functioning monarchy
@@Siegbert85 Not so familiar with this beginning part. Interesting.
he is back baby!
Appreciate the history lesson!
Meanwhile, the Italians being basically unphased as the end of the world is happening behind the alps: Hmmm si, sta andando tutto bene!
I just found your channel and i absolutely love your design lol.