The 1527 Sack of Rome
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- Опубліковано 17 лют 2019
- The last time that Rome was sacked by a foreign power was in 1527 and the result of missteps by "The most unfortunate of popes," Clement VII. Historian Judith Hook describes the eight-month sack of the city as “one of the most horrible in recorded history.” The History Guy remembers when the culmination of the Italian wars spelled the end of the Italian Renaissance.
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*breathes in*
THEY’RE THE 189 IN THE SERVICE OF HEAVEN!
Gave their lives on the steps to heaven thy will be done
FOR THE GRACE, FOR THE MIGHT OF OUR LORD
FOR THE HOME OF THE HOLY
For the faith, for the way of the sword
Gave their lives so boldly
For the grace, for the might of our lord
In the name of his glory!
For the faith, for the way of the sword
Come and tell their story again!
The Swiss guards comported themselves well. For a mercenary band, they really are worth their weight in silver.
For most of history, mercenaries were the best soldiers.
Also note the Varangians who served the Byzantine Empire.
Perhaps the connection here is the fact that the best mercenaries and soldiers for much of history originate in Germanic countries. Perhaps their militaristic cultures, which emphasized loyalty contributed to this?
Its interesting/ironic that they lost to a (admittedly, larger) mercenary army that didn't get paid their silver.
@@catlover1986 the Landschknechts didn't prove to be very loyal.
@@arx3516 They did actually. The only exception is when they weren't being paid. And they are mercenaries, and always were loyal to those who paid their bill.
Mercenaries are paid to be loyal. They cannot be expected to be loyal without pay. But they served valiantly in nearly every war they fought in, as elite troops.
"I am dead!"
Don't decide on your famous last words at the last minute.
Not big surprise.
Best channel on youtube these days, thanks a lot for sticking with it and being so dedicated!
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@@alexjackson936 If a historian leans left, it should really really REALLY tell you something.
@@alexjackson936 I meant his opinion is probably informed by his knowledge of history.
Sean Rogers you know nothing of my politics- at all. If you see politics in my history, that is just you imposing your biases.
I have not, nor do I ever plan to, commented on Nathan Philips.
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Again spitting truth and facts like it's second nature. You remind me of one of my high school history teachers if he went on to become an internet superhero.
It was 1527
Gave their lives on the steps to heaven
THY WILL BE DONE!!!!
They’re the 189
In the service of heaven
They’re protecting the holy line
I disagree. The Swiss Guards were brave, but they were serving the Pope and not the Lord.
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to [St. Peter], “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword." (Matthew 26: 52).
@@DaveGIS123 This is why separation of church and state is so important. There was literally no difference between political and religious motivations back then. Basically the same as ISIS and all that garbage that goes on nowadays.
@@DaveGIS123 these are the lyrics of the song The Last Stand by Swedish band Sabaton. They are a power metal band that almost exclusively writes music about military history.
@@jimjambananaslam3596 fun fact thts why the Pilgrims came to America, their pastor told the queen Jesus was the head of the church n not her, she had him killed n a number of his ppl mutilated.
Bless you history guy, I love these videos
Thumbs up for the Dentside 👍
I have been to Rome and the Vatican several times and had heard many stories about their history and I have to admit my ignorance not knowing this story, it is so important to keep learning new things thank you so much.
When I lived in Germany I had the chance to travel to Trier and I was surprised to learn its history regarding both Roman history and later the Catholic history of the city. Keep up all your great work.
We have this idea of war ravaging much of Europe in the medieval period, but once you tally how little major cities were actually attacked, besieged or even pillaged, it almost never happened, which made an actual sacking all the more shocking when it did happen.
The 1527 sack of Rome was different, in that the invaders had no real leader, so the soldiers aimlessly wandered the city. The raping/looting part went on for weeks. The long period of time when no trade or business came or left ended the time when Rome ruled the Catholic medieval world.
The Medieval period wasn't even that destructive. The wars were - usually - short and local. They'd be waged between the wealthy aristrocracy (who had a at least vague notion of honour and mercy) and fought for their kings or their wallets. The kingdoms were small and so were their wars. It's the XV and XVI century wars that were truly destructive, being waged between massive conscript and mercenary armies in the name of God (well, in the combatants' minds anyway), with entire duchies and principalities being completely devoid of life as armies of both sides came, raped and pillaged everything in sight. And it wasn't pretty either - the soldiers had very fancy ways of killing religious enemies... The wars were decades long and dragged on as huge empires and kingdoms had absolutely no reason to stop. And this isn't even touching on the subject of Tatar or Ottoman raids... it was a bloody time.
Villages were burned and people were maltreated in the Middle Ages, of course - but the Modern era brought a whole new level to misery.
@@buckplug2423 True, the Renaissance is seen as this golden age with many upsides, but it was far more devastating than much of the Middle Ages. It's a period where people really begin to lose the rights they had accumulated over time and everything from taxation to control over many aspects of life was amalgamated. As for religion, the stability of the Catholic church gave way to religious persecutions, witch burnings and almost four centuries of warfare.
In the heart of Holy See
In the home of Christianity
The Seat of power is in danger
There´s a foe of a thousand swords
They´ve been abandoned by their lords
Their fall from grace will pave their path, to damnation
Then the 189
In the service of heaven
They’re protecting the holy line
It was 1527, gave their lives on the steps to heaven
Thy will be done!
For the grace, for the might of our lord
For the home of the holy
For the faith, for the way of the sword
Gave their lives so boldly
For the grace, for the might of our lord
In the name of his glory
For the faith, for the way of the sword
Come and tell their story again
Under guard of 42
Along a secret avenue
Castel Saint’Angelo is waiting
They’re the guard of the Holy See
They’re the guards of Christianity
Their path to history is paved with salvation
Dying for salvation with dedication
No Capitulation, annihilation
Papal commendation, reincarnation
Heaven is your destination
In the name of god
For the grace, for the might of our lord
For the home of the holy
For the faith, for the way of the sword
Gave their lives so boldly
For the grace, for the might of our lord
In the name of his glory
For the faith, for the way of the sword
Come and tell their story again
FOR THE GRACE, FOR THE MIGHT OF OUR LORD
FOR THE HOME OF THE HOLY
FOR THE FAITH, FOR THE WAY OF THE SWORD
THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES SO BOLDLY
Came to comments to see if any Sabaton fans showed up. Was not disappointed :)
For the grace, for the might of our lord
In the name of his glory
For the faith, for the way of the sword
Come and tell their story again
@@TheOwlofAthens UNDER GUARD OF 42 ALONG A SECRET AVENUE!!!!
@@lightpostfilms9721 CASTEL ST ANGELO IS WAITING. THEY'RE THE GAURDS OF THE HOLY SEA, THEY'RE THE GAURDS OF CHRISTIANITY, THEIR PATH TO HISTORY IS PAVED WITH SALVATION. THEN THE 189 IN THE SERVICE OF HEAVEN THEY'RE PROTECTING THE HOLY LINE IT WAS 1527 GAVE THEIR LIVES ON THE STEPS TO HEAVEN THY WILL DONE!!!!
@@louishindry6836 nuts
History Guy, A lot of the quotes are from a song by Sabaton called "The Last Stand", about the siege and the last stand of the Swiss Guard. If you like metal AND history, you'd like Sabaton. They really do their homework on military history when they write their songs.
Thanks for the info - I will check out Sabaton.
Sabaton is awesome!!
FOR THE GRACE FOR THE MIGHT OF OUR LORD. IN THE NAME OF HIS GLORY. FOR THE FAITH, FOR THE WAY OF THE SWORD; COME AND TELL THEIR STORY AGAIN
I've always said metal is the nerdiest genre. If it's not ghosts and demons, it's history and mythology.
I hope your viewers appreciate the STUNNING procession of images you used in this episode. You did the homework! For graphic art of unmatched quality and power -- whether lithographs, etchings or woodcuts, not to mention painting -- the Renaissance is undoubtedly the time, and Italy is indisputably the place!
They never taught us this in Catholic School
That's...not surprising lmao
@@roberttelarket4934 , get behind me Satan !
You speak the words of Satan as you have been indoctrinated by the Rome the church of 7 hills in the word of God. I do hope you may be saved through the blood of Jesus. You will never be saved by a man called the pope.
@Ric Boni I really...don't give a shit. Go find someone else to spam with your random mumbo jumbo.
victor castle: You're as big an imbecile as Ric Boni! I neither believe in god bullshit, satan bullshit, religion bullshit, philosophy bullshit, communist bullshit, etc.!!!
We know there is something wrong with you because you and your lunatic kind are fixated on this asshole Pope(poop) but never complain about the head of the greek orthodox church. Why the roman church and not the greek orthodox?
@@roberttelarket4934
Which Jews the tares or the wheats?
This is a really great channel and you tell about history as it was not as people like to hear. Thanks for sharing this.
There is no doubt, you have thee best content and delivery on UT. Thank you.
The league of Cognac and the count of bourbon? I knew the Rennaices and it's popes were boozy, but that's more than I expected.
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Only way to top it would be today, The League Of Miller Light and the Count Of Coors
Famous people controlled famous regions. Some of these famous regions gave their names to booze.
Of course you know the reality. Those are appellation given to the product of that area. Duke of bourbon, booze of bourbon, that dog over there? A bourbon.
Thanks history guy you always provide good information and absolutely amazing narration
Always look forward to new videos thx for the excellent content history guy!
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Great video, as always! Personally I would appreciate longer videos, especially on the topics were some historical background information is needed
History Guy out here bustin em out extra early for everybody
look at you with those 262k subs!
This is great! Very necessary to learn about and to re-learn. I appreciate it a lot!
Excellent, as usual.! Mr. "H", I am always amazed at how much information that you give us in such a short amount of time. That is a lot of research and note taking...!!!
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thanx for this very useful tidbits of knowledge and needed capsules of history
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Great channel. Short but very well done
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You have a great channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
The History Guy puts tons of interesting facts in a short video but this was astounding.
Im fairly new to your channel but have to say that so far i love it - i love the fact that you do not spend all your time on a certain period or peoples - i love the subjects so far - like this period of rome and i just watched the one about chickens - i love it - thank you so much !!!
I think I have a sack of Rome out in the shed. ;-)
Lol
Great video. Thanks for your hard work.
I think if this episode was an hour long, you could not have done this topic justice. You did tie a few events together in my mind that I did not know was related.
You are a good man, History Guy. You bring joy and knowledge to many, myself included.
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As always well done! Nice tie.
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Very good story! This sack is very well described in the book “In the company of the courtesan”
Loved the detailed analysis of the background, battle, and aftermath of this largely forgotten event. But one little detail you may want to check. As far as I know, the tomb of St Peter was left inviolate until the 1940s.
Wow your channel is gaining some serious traction. 262K subscribers... wow.
Not every historian is Gore Vidal.
gym shoe: Not all. John Toland was not.
@gym shoe then you must be new to this channel. Enjoy.
gym shoe Has just implied that those who study history full-time and professionally for a living, are of the left politically. Isn’t that an interesting and potentially instructive correlation if true.
Cause hes amazing
Excellent. Covers all the bases succinctly and accurately, without partisanship.
I stumbled upon your channel yesterday 10/08/21 watched five hours of your channel while I have covid. Thank you sir for the history and intellect
I totally agree with MrPibb, Your detailed research and interesting topics are entertaining and educational
You forgot to mention that "every good story has pirates". 😁
Great work here. thank you!
Thanks for that history guy. I have heard of the 1527 sack of Rome before but couldn't work out who was behind it and why. Like a lot of Italian politics it was confusing with many different factions and motivations. You did a good job sorting it out under 15 minutes.
I enjoy any narrative that includes vocabulary like "poltroon". Nice work.
Great channel and very informative. Make a video on the history of the Swiss guard, thanks 👌
Love your channel. Great to see an accurate and well presented history show.
Please, please, please have an episode about the wreck of the VOC ship Batavia, on the Abrohlos Islands, in 1629. It is an incredible tale of mass murder and survival, and an epic sailing feat to Java (Indonesia).
It is definitely history that deserves to be remembered.
Cheers
Thank you, History Guy, for filling in yet another blank in my knowledge base!
This video explains a lot! Thank you!
This event was truly pivotal.. thanks for all the connections.. pretty horrifying on its own ..
Finally! a good video on the subject
Great historical recap.
just have to stop and say, thanks for making these videos. your well researched presentations make for some great listening! Any chance of segment on Sir Isaac Brock?
Wow, thanks for this edition...I wasn't fully aware of this event although admittedly I'm not as well read on late Middle Age history. I shudder to think what sort of priceless relics of history were lost during this sacking.
The new font & headers are great!
EXCELLENT! really an illuminating show.
I love your video! Can you make a video of the pirate attack in Campeche or anything in relation to the early Viceroy in New Spain?
Thanks again!
I would really love to see some more in depth long form lessons by you. If you have some, where can I find them? If you dont have any, will you consider doing some? I would love an answer, but either way I love the channel.
Thank you for the info. about Lady Ada Lovelace. It was wonderful. Thanks for the prompt reply.
The timing on me watching this is great. It's May 6th tomorrow and now I have useless info to tell people who didn't ask.
I LOVE HISTORY
The renaissance brought us some of the greatest art and some of the brutalist wars. Definitely a time of great contrasts.
Can I suggest a future you look at James Murrey the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary and Wiilam Minor one of the OEDs greatest contributor and where he was living at the time. Also the involvement of the then Home Secretary Winston Churchill, a noted man of words. Murrey himself would make an interesting story, but then again so would Minor.
I very much enjoyed Winchester's book and may do an episode, but with the movie in production it also may seem derivative. I wish I had done it earlier. It is a good story though.
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel I came across the story of these two people in a book called The Etymologicon, though I did see a documentary about the origins of the OED some time ago.
As I said the story of either one of these two people is fascinating in itself, but the two combined adds greatly to the story.
I was once joking with some friends , I told them, 'Well, I'm Stuart, my family gave you restoration comedy', one of my friends replied ' I'm Medeci, my family gave you the Renaissance'
Has always you gave us another window to certain time.....thank you
I had no idea the Renaissance period was so tumultuous. I mean, I knew there were some big battles and things like that but nothing to the extent that you explained.
Ottomans: 'We have seized Otranto. Never will such an insult to Christendom be bettered!' Holy Roman Empire: 'Hold my alcohol-free beer'
Ottomans only good to sackings cities obsessed to control mankind special Eastern Europe and oppressed their Arabs with high taxes destroying their culture to impose their own ideas.😡😂😛
please do forth crusade and sack of Constantinople sometime later. I love your history shows. thank you for great content.
Thank you so much!! I love your content. Could you please consider looking into South Carolina in the Revolutionary War(War of Independence)? There are some fascinating stories, from Fort Moultrie to the battle of Cowpens, with Francis Marion in between, that need to be remembered. Thanks.
Oh yeah, Nathaniel Green is worth a look as well.
Thank you for the education
32 Tons of Gold? I'm in the wrong business!
No kidding... just look what 'religion' did for L. Ron Hubbard...
@James Kirk People will use any thing they can to screw other people. Religion and Science are two of the biggest ways.
32 tones of gold is only $1.9 billion, and that’s plug amongst thousands of men. L. Ron Hubbard has $100 million in his own, I’d say he got the better deal.
Wonderful video
One of these days I'm gonna look in the background and see one of those beer hats with the can holders and two straws...
Actually, i do think I have one of those somewhere...
Hey history guy, could you do a video on the Franz Stigler - Charlie Brown incident?
History that deserves to be remember for sure, incidently the band Sabaton - Last Stand is a song about the brave Swiss Guard that defended Rome during the sack.
The only place where the most confusing period of history on Earth can be made sense of. Thank you History Guy!
I like the US Merchant Marine officers cap. Thank you for displaying it.
That movie crossed my mind when I chose the name. Actually it is to show my support for Pluto having planet status.
Yes, it is generally regarded as the worst movie of all time. I actually watched it once just to see how it got that rating and had plenty of laughs. I like those kind of movies because they're so bad.
The International Astronomical Union downgraded Pluto to a dwarf planet in 2006.
@@Mondo762
A most ignominious demotion...!!! 😮
Thanks for filling in a piece of history I was not familiar with.
Most of this era I learned from Barbra Tuchman's 'March of Folly' which had a whole section dedicated to the Renaissance Popes and how their egos and greed lead to this event.
In the 8th centuries the papacy fell into the hands of Roman families. Something similar happened during the Renaisance. The Borgias and the Medicis used the office for the sake of their family fortunes. When Luther came along, they were ill equipped to handle what was not only a political threat but on to their relgious authority. After Leo X died he was succeeded by a reformer. Unfortunately he lived only a couple of years and then it was back to business as usual.
"For the grace, for the might of the lord,
In the name of his glory."
May their soul rest in peace
Great video! The Church became a temporal power when Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emporer. Had the Church not become a temporal power of this world, in my humble opinion, the world would have been a better place.
You truly love history, and you doubtlessly make others love it too. Two requests if I may, could you cover the medieval warmth period, and its impact? I’d also be interested in the growth of the Austrian empire, not through wars, but through marriage. I learned in school that it was once so vast that the sun would rise on one end, as it was setting on the other.
Magnificent video. I am embarassed to admit that I did not know of this event until.
I appreciate your mention that the Pope's decision to not agree to the annulment of Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon might have been - but is not certain to have been - because Catherine was Charles' aunt. More than a few Tudor historians have implied that the sack of Rome happened *because* of Henry VIII's attempt to set aside his wife. In the greater scheme of things, Henry's desire for an annulment - he was far from the first - wasn't all that important initially but became very important later. So some historians have telescoped backward to imply that it was important the entire time.
Agreed- the "Great Question" was not all that important in Europe, and certainly not the top thing on Clement VII's mind.
The Kings Great Matter. Sorry, couldn't help myself :-p
As always, excellent video.
For some reason, the sack of rome made me think of a largely forgotten historical event I would love to see an episode about; again, there is no real correlation besides the influence of religion and the rather horrible deaths of non-combatants, including women and children. That event is what is known today as the "Mountain Meadows Massacre", which occurred in the southern portion of the now state, then territory, of Utah. The year, I think, was 1857, and the exact events and participants are disputed even today, although serious historians (and not LDS church apologists) are more or less in agreement on the details.
It was a singular event in the history of the Western US settlement, but it is largely forgotten today thanks in no small part to a deliberate campaign to encourage forgetfulness on the part of certain organizations still powerful here in my home state of UT. In any case, thanks; keep up the good work.
If anyone listens to metal and hasn't listed to them yet, the Swedish band Sabaton did a song called "The Last Stand" which was about the last stand of the Swiss Guard. I highly recommend checking out their music.
The Swiss Guard during this event was an outstanding example of dedication to their one and only purpose, protecting the Pope. And they still are.
There isn't enough information on the Italian Wars. Thank you for this over looked event.
Your history teachers would be proud, and they must have made that subject very interesting. Reminds me of my 8th grade Texas History teacher, Ms. Lancaster.
Y'know, I was going to make. Sabaton reference, but it would seem 189 others beat me to it. So I'll say this instead:
I love it when the seperate prices of history fit neatly together like puzzle pieces. For me, Luther, the 1527 Seige of Rome, and Henry the 8th are all seperate pieces I've studied separately, and never thought to connect them via their dates, which seems pretty obvious in hindsight. That's what I especially love about this channel!
Very, indeed ~very~ interesting, thank you!
A best by far. Keep it up please