Pope Fights - The Italian Wars: History Summarized

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  • @ianr.1225
    @ianr.1225 4 роки тому +2228

    "Metric Hapsburg jawline".
    You know, if there's ONE unit I assume was imperial...

    • @soniakernel754
      @soniakernel754 4 роки тому +69

      How could it not be imperial?

    • @starshipearth9178
      @starshipearth9178 4 роки тому +114

      I always thought it would be incestual

    • @lollimeware3338
      @lollimeware3338 4 роки тому +11

      @@starshipearth9178 nice

    • @AlexanderDraconis
      @AlexanderDraconis 4 роки тому +6

      @Ian R. : Daaamn.
      @Think Greater : DAAAAMN.

    • @eazy8579
      @eazy8579 4 роки тому +11

      It’s a measure used by both systems, similar to tons, it’s just slightly different depending on the system in question.

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 4 роки тому +2379

    "Pope Leo X, in terms of the CRIPPLING DEBT we've inherited, we need to address the elephant in the room."
    *Pope Leo:* "I know! Isn't he precious? Worth every lira we don't have."

  • @jackperales1076
    @jackperales1076 4 роки тому +2118

    modern sports rivalries WISH they had the amount of petty animosity that Genoa had towards Venice

    • @raisins6201
      @raisins6201 4 роки тому +56

      All of Europe's knife friendly rivalries are nothing compared to modern sport rivalries

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 4 роки тому +115

      Or imagine the Blue/ Green rivalries of Constantinople working today.

    • @camiblack1
      @camiblack1 4 роки тому +87

      Seriously the only thing that had that much petty animosity was the Byzantine Blues vs Greens.

    • @IONATVS
      @IONATVS 4 роки тому +69

      The rivalry between the Veneti/Venetoi (Latin and Greek, respectively for the Blues) and the Prasiniani/Prasinoi (literally "Leek-Greens" from the specific green dye used) actually began waaaaaay back in Western Rome, even if their most famous episode was the Nika revolts in Constantinople. Rome's original political parties/political machines in the early republic were the Russati/Rousioi (Reds) and the Albati/Leukoi (Whites), the other two chariot racing stables, but over time, specifically during the late republic and early empire when there was an actual *gasp* ideologically-based political divide between the Populares (Populists) and Optimates (literally the "Best Men", also known as the Elitists or Conservatives) the Red and White stables' rivalry became overshadowed by the rivalry between the younger (but still founded in the early republic) Blue and Green stables, and ofc once the Empire had been going long enough that ideological political factions largely stopped mattering (the emperor either agreed with them or didn't) the super-popular Blues and Greens were ready to once again fill the void of Romans wanting a reason to hate each other on feast days.

    • @SamAronow
      @SamAronow 4 роки тому +8

      Merritt Animation Israel actually has that. Most sports teams were founded by political parties and are politically affiliated. That’s why so many of the tea,s all have the same names over and over.

  • @a.h.s.3006
    @a.h.s.3006 4 роки тому +546

    Pope Fights I: Barbarian Menace
    Pope Fights II: Attack of the Franks
    Pope Fights III: Revenge of the Germans
    Pope Fights IV: A new Pope
    Pope Fights V: Holy Roman Empire Strikes Back
    Pope Fights VI: Return of the French
    Pope Fights VII: Napoleon Awakens
    Pope Fights VIII: End of the Empire
    Pope Fights IX: Rise of Italy
    Pope Fights X: Fascists arisen
    Spinoffs:
    Pope One: A Pope Fights Story
    Borgia: A Pope Fights Story
    Pope Fights: Popes of the old Empire
    Pope Fights: The Italian wars
    The Francis (Mandolorian)
    Disclaimer: This is a rendition of another amazing thread somewhere in here I just wanted to make it a bit clearer and make it a bit more historically accurate

  • @katmhcharis1236
    @katmhcharis1236 4 роки тому +3270

    The Renaissance is full of Hot Nonsense and I’m here for it

    • @McJethroPovTee
      @McJethroPovTee 4 роки тому +43

      Cesare Borgia IS a HOT Nonsense

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 4 роки тому +46

      No wonder Michelangelo was so tired with everyone.

    • @davidegaruti2582
      @davidegaruti2582 4 роки тому +31

      what do you expect from pepole that used oversized weapons ( greatswords, pikes, widlass crossbows ecc. ecc.) like anime protagonist...

    • @trishapellis
      @trishapellis 4 роки тому +26

      @@davidegaruti2582 Don't forget the Glaive. No weapon as extra as the glaive.

    • @roller332
      @roller332 4 роки тому +3

      Yep

  • @jasonblalock4429
    @jasonblalock4429 4 роки тому +185

    2:01 I love that Blue is physically unable to talk about this period without slipping in a reference to Assassin's Creed.

  • @nateds7326
    @nateds7326 4 роки тому +2170

    Pope fights 3: this time, its personal.

  • @Azzabackam
    @Azzabackam 4 роки тому +894

    Me: :(
    Blue: Let's do some history.
    Me: :)

  • @Nurat170
    @Nurat170 4 роки тому +1429

    Blue talks about the Borgia.
    Ezio: where's my hidden blade?

    • @goroakechi6126
      @goroakechi6126 4 роки тому +29

      Nurat
      Cesare has it.

    • @goroakechi6126
      @goroakechi6126 4 роки тому +24

      Also,
      *WHERE IS LEE*

    • @ObligedUniform
      @ObligedUniform 4 роки тому +12

      Someone! GET HIM CHARLES LEE!

    • @Borderose
      @Borderose 4 роки тому +8

      I wish Blue'd be fairer regarding them, though. It's obvious he prefers people like the Medici. Or God forbid, the Sforza.

    • @RJ_Productions316
      @RJ_Productions316 4 роки тому +7

      @@goroakechi6126 WHERE IS ÉLIESE?!?

  • @Suomismg
    @Suomismg 4 роки тому +149

    Reaches part about Julius II assaulting Venice:
    "But that makes no sense!"
    Genoa:
    "That makes wayyy too much sense!"

  • @scrub7927
    @scrub7927 4 роки тому +1492

    Pope Fights IV: A New Pope
    Pope Fights V: Holy Roman Empire Strikes Back

    • @laete2536
      @laete2536 4 роки тому +3

      😂

    • @a.h.s.3006
      @a.h.s.3006 4 роки тому +126

      Pope Fights VI: Return of the French
      Pope Fights VII: Fascists Awaken
      Pope Fights VIII: End of The Fascists
      Pope Fights IX: Rise of Italy

    • @a.h.s.3006
      @a.h.s.3006 4 роки тому +77

      Rogue Pope: A Pope Fights Story

    • @Jozenchill
      @Jozenchill 4 роки тому +49

      The Popes (Mandalorian): Actually Decent People Edition (20th-21st century)

    • @SamAronow
      @SamAronow 4 роки тому +27

      Pope Fights X: Now with Nazis
      Pope Fights XI: Lorne Michaels vs. Sinead O’Connor
      Pope Fights XII: Rod Dreher complains about Francis

  • @CazTails
    @CazTails 4 роки тому +141

    Blue: **mentions Rodrigo Borgia**
    **EZIO AUDITORE WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION**

  • @gutsmasterson2488
    @gutsmasterson2488 4 роки тому +778

    “Slow and steady gets the spaghetti.” That’s why it took so long for this video to come out.

  • @orangegalen
    @orangegalen 4 роки тому +25

    4:17 "And he's all out of ceiling."
    For some reason that made me laugh waaaay too hard.

  • @nox71377
    @nox71377 4 роки тому +743

    People: hi pope. Wait. You’re not the pope. Is this gonna happen again? God damn it

    • @gutsmasterson2488
      @gutsmasterson2488 4 роки тому +37

      God is up above watching with a tub of popcorn the size of Arkansas. Bits falling onto the floor is just another planet getting hit by an astroid.

    • @charlesborden8111
      @charlesborden8111 4 роки тому +22

      No, I'm "A" Pope, haven't you heard? We now come in a six pack.

  • @rosebythecreek
    @rosebythecreek 4 роки тому +118

    “Slow and steady gets the spaghetti” should be on a t-shirt

  • @izzy1221
    @izzy1221 4 роки тому +745

    I must admit, an ELEPHANT PARADE is a dope way to party. I want an elephant parade.

    • @poopityscooper2116
      @poopityscooper2116 4 роки тому +5

      But what about an elephant parade with elephant riders?

    • @tommarsdon5644
      @tommarsdon5644 4 роки тому +13

      @@poopityscooper2116 ah, yes, but what would the elephants ride on?

    • @christelheadington1136
      @christelheadington1136 4 роки тому +6

      Marry someone rich from India. I've heard that's how they "do" weddings.

    • @tyrant-den884
      @tyrant-den884 4 роки тому +6

      It's what I consider to be happening anytime I am playing Civilization and have to decide between building some more modern musketeers, a much needed hospital, or- I just made a war elephant.

    • @Regfife
      @Regfife 4 роки тому +1

      Me too, but only if they're pink.

  • @williamtheconqueror7807
    @williamtheconqueror7807 4 роки тому +39

    9:28. "Sacking of Rome."
    FOR THE GRACE, FOR THE MIGHT OF THE LORD! FOR THE HOME OF THE HOLY!

  • @tablememecenter5794
    @tablememecenter5794 4 роки тому +480

    POPE FIGHTS ARE YOU READY TO HUMBLE??!!

    • @pedrosampaio7349
      @pedrosampaio7349 4 роки тому +42

      PREPARE FOR THE POPE-FIGHT OF YOUR LIFE, TONIGHT IN THE THUNDER-ROME!!!!!

    • @soniakernel754
      @soniakernel754 4 роки тому +21

      I don't think any of these popes even knew the meaning of the word humble.

    • @alisaurus4224
      @alisaurus4224 4 роки тому +16

      Sonia Kernel sure they did! “Humble” is what YOU are in the glorious papal presence...if you know what’s good for ya, see?

    • @GalileoAV
      @GalileoAV 4 роки тому +1

      Lmfao

    • @SakuraMoonflower
      @SakuraMoonflower 4 роки тому

      That's so funny. XD I laughed so hard. XD I know it's an old joke, but OMG it's so relevant!

  • @SRosenberg203
    @SRosenberg203 4 роки тому +83

    "These popes weren't just clergymen with bigger hats..."
    I literally fell off my chair just now, I was laughing so hard.

    • @florian8599
      @florian8599 4 роки тому +6

      ... they also had heads (read egos) as big as the hats they wore...

  • @ashra8281
    @ashra8281 4 роки тому +606

    Hey it's a jocrap. And heyyy you know he prefers fireball over smite.
    Also I love his crap guide to dnd series it's amazing

    • @snakeorbreak6258
      @snakeorbreak6258 4 роки тому +49

      "prefers fireball over smite"
      catch this *paladin S M I T E*

    • @jennkelly3218
      @jennkelly3218 4 роки тому +24

      It called a crap guide to dnd also his name is JoCat

    • @prophetisaiah08
      @prophetisaiah08 4 роки тому +57

      @@jennkelly3218 His name is JoCat, but his wiggler-headed persona for the "Crap Guide" series and others is actually JoCrap. So, to the argument of "Is this A or B?" the answer is "Yes."

    • @andrewponder3855
      @andrewponder3855 4 роки тому +6

      The vids where he plays Worms are fun too.

    • @michaellowe1407
      @michaellowe1407 4 роки тому +9

      Ummm... sword and shield

  • @Giganotus
    @Giganotus 4 роки тому +80

    It would be fun to have a video about Italy's tiny friend, San Marino. It has a surprisingly interesting history for such a tiny country.
    Nonetheless, I enjoy any history video posted and this is no exception! Can't go wrong with the hilarity of Pope Fights

  • @SarahWolverine
    @SarahWolverine 4 роки тому +564

    "But they had just now remembered that the other side of the alps exist"
    I WROTE MY LAST TERM PAPER ON KARL IV. ITALY POLITICS AND I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS SLANDER.
    The emperors of the HRE *knew* the Italian part of the empire existed and they wanted it. The Staufer Kings wanted it but failed. The Luxembourger Kings wanted it, but Henry VII. Methods weren't ... quite adapted to the reality of politics (just claiming the Regnum Italicum doesn't fly so well with cities that been independent for so long) and Karl already had said goodbye to the illusion of traditional Regnum Italicum, but wanted to establish a more secure Imperial hold on Italy in 1354/55 nonetheless. That failed however when riots errupted in Pisa and made using that city as a stronghold quite impossible, so Karl called it a day. (Sadly, I know nearly nothing about his second time coming to Italy in the 1360s. I focused on his Romzug of 1354/55.)
    The reason why it was also hard for the emperors to establish factual reign in Italy was because they had a wholeass Empire north of the alps to take care of. And unlike France or England, there was no stable center of power, no administrative center. That basically switched places with every new imperial house, so the emperors, especially in late medieval times, had enough trouble securing their position in the empire north of the alps, so Italy had to wait. However, when the Habsburger at some point snatched the crown for what was the beginning of the rest of the Empire, they had decades, centuries to solidate their power, to build an administrative system - so they had actual ressources to take care of Italy! (Which in this case meant eating up Milan and then also every other Northern city state and territory they could get their greedy little Austrian hands on.)

    • @nikki607
      @nikki607 4 роки тому +49

      As someone who grew up and still lives in one of those contested corners of Italy you know more than I do and I thought I knew quite a bit😂

    • @SarahWolverine
      @SarahWolverine 4 роки тому +37

      @@nikki607 Oh, ciao dalla Germania! I'm a history student in Germany and JUST this semester had my basic medieval lectures, so I know some basics, with a heavy focus on the HRE. Plus, I love Italy (the South especially) and the entire fact that both Northern Italy and what is now Germany was so splintered and divided is fascinating to me. So I'm also always open to learn more about it!

    • @nikki607
      @nikki607 4 роки тому +15

      @@SarahWolverine Hiya back from South Tyrol! Yeah you definitely know more than me😂 all I can present with is HS knowledge (Matura in 2 week RIP me) and a penchant to remember the weirdest historical facts

    • @richardaubrecht2822
      @richardaubrecht2822 4 роки тому +10

      Ahoj, I guess, from Bohemia. I'd like to remind you that the future Emperor Charles IV spend few years as the ruler of the Luxemburgish estates in the Northern Italy, and in 1350 after he was already a Czech and German King, he was badly injured there during a tournament. If I remember correctly, his jaw was broken into pieces by a jousting spear there....

    • @SarahWolverine
      @SarahWolverine 4 роки тому +8

      @@nikki607 Ah, a Tiroler_in! (Tyrolian? Tirolano/a?) I actually didn't make the connection that Tyrol used to be its own territory, its own duchy, at one point in time before I started to research. It was just always a part of Austria or Italy for me that had a specific name and I never questioned why. Looking back, I feel like a dumbass but that's fine, we learn through being challenged.
      And I was like you when I was about to graduate HS two years ago, full of HS history & political knowledge and a strong affection for history, especially local one. Viel Erfolg beim Matura! (South Tyrol is german speaking, right? Ah, buona fortuna as well for good measure :) )

  • @charlesdeleo4608
    @charlesdeleo4608 4 роки тому +29

    6:48 I’ve actually seen that elephant statue. Last year, when my family and I were staying in Rome as part of our Italian vacation, that elephant was on the base of the obelisk near the pantheon and just outside Santa Maria sopra Minerva, just near the AirBnB we were staying at. The facade itself did not seem like a lot to look at, but the interior was an absolutely stunning piece of Gothic architecture, and I’m told the church was built atop a temple to Athena and Isis.

    • @Archon3960
      @Archon3960 3 роки тому +1

      Wait, a temple to _Isis_ ? Athena/Minerva, I understand. But since when was the Egypitian Pantheon venerated in Rome?

    • @VictoriaStarratt
      @VictoriaStarratt Рік тому +2

      @@Archon3960 syncretism, and Cleopatra

  • @Zareena23
    @Zareena23 4 роки тому +183

    Pope fights 4: more popes... at the same time

  • @julessamuels4588
    @julessamuels4588 3 роки тому +14

    My favourite fact about Julius II is that when the Michaelangelo sculpted him carrying a bible, he got mad and shouted ‘what do I know of bibles, I am a warrior, sculpt me with my sword’.

  • @trolldrool
    @trolldrool 4 роки тому +172

    The sack of Rome might've been a dumpsterfire of a mess caused by a fustercluck of political turmoil, but at the least it gave us a kickass Sabaton song.

    • @Mr.LaughingDuck
      @Mr.LaughingDuck 4 роки тому +19

      Constantinople: *Finally laughs after 1204*

    • @tentathesane8032
      @tentathesane8032 4 роки тому +25

      FOR THE GRACE FOR THE MIGHT OF OUR LORD

    • @agentwinter6474
      @agentwinter6474 4 роки тому +22

      @@tentathesane8032 FOR THE HOME OF THE HOLY

    • @gufosufo337
      @gufosufo337 4 роки тому +15

      @@agentwinter6474 FOR THE FAITH, FOR THE WAY OF SWORD

    • @agentwinter6474
      @agentwinter6474 4 роки тому +11

      @@gufosufo337 FOR THE FAITH, FOR THE WAY OF THE SWORD!

  • @amberswafford9305
    @amberswafford9305 4 роки тому +45

    Hearing Martin Luther described as a German monk who got “hammer happy” pleases me greatly. 🤣

  • @izib5013
    @izib5013 4 роки тому +319

    hello i nearly spat my tea out at "slow and steady gets the spaghetti"

  • @talscorner3696
    @talscorner3696 4 роки тому +18

    What a quackkrieg!
    Folks, I'm Italian (florentine) and have risked dying twice of laughter-induced suffocation in the first 1 minute and 51 seconds of this video.
    I love your stuff

  • @raptorus7773
    @raptorus7773 4 роки тому +460

    Pope Fights 3: Revenge of the Memes
    but i can't believe you forgot the most important part of Borgia's time as pope...... waging a secret war against unseen assassins lol

  • @IAmTechnoMaestro
    @IAmTechnoMaestro 4 роки тому +41

    "There's no whoopsies in bapping Rome and stealing the shinies." Didn't that happen in the crusades with multiple Byzantine holdings?

    • @Archon3960
      @Archon3960 3 роки тому +3

      They're orthodox, so that don't count. X)

  • @samtemdo8
    @samtemdo8 4 роки тому +177

    Another day another Pope Fight.

  • @npgabriel
    @npgabriel 4 роки тому +47

    It's really nice to see how uncontroversial that beginning disclaimer is among this channel's commenters (as it should), especially when you compare it to how people behave in some of the other history channels' posts about the subject. Good shit 👌

    • @FUnzzies1
      @FUnzzies1 Рік тому

      You shouldn't support terrorists

  • @kammieceleek5113
    @kammieceleek5113 4 роки тому +133

    POPE FIGHTS 3! LET'S GOOOOO!
    Side note: my sister is graduating as we speak and she'll love the meme factor when she gets home.
    Edit: Thanks for the likes and well-wishes for my sister!

  • @REACH_khbk
    @REACH_khbk 4 роки тому +17

    You guys are fabulous, awesome, and amazing. I'm a history professor at a university in Canada and I've assigned your videos to my students, but I'm also a mother, and my six yr old has watched (vetted by me) videos by you guys also. He's FASCINATED by the gods, mythology and historical fun, and in a lot of ways I am profoundly grateful to your excellent explanations and fabulous, evocative but understandable graphics. And the text message at the front of this video is so important.
    You guys rock.

    • @FUnzzies1
      @FUnzzies1 Рік тому

      Too bad they support terrorists

  • @jo_ovin1482
    @jo_ovin1482 4 роки тому +166

    Not really Pope Fights, but Fight Popes.

    • @skylordguy6861
      @skylordguy6861 4 роки тому +24

      Jo_ovin First rule of Fight Popes is that you don’t talk about Fight Popes

    • @alisaurus4224
      @alisaurus4224 4 роки тому +9

      That’s Warrior Pope to you, heretic

    • @Bloodlyshiva
      @Bloodlyshiva 4 роки тому +2

      Gotta love playing as the Papal States in Med2 Total War. Get some real Fight Popes going.

  • @gingermenace8056
    @gingermenace8056 4 роки тому +42

    *See’s Jocat*
    This does put a smile on my face.
    P.S: you should do a collab with him, maybe have him animate one of your videos. I think that would be cool

  • @TheColonelsThree
    @TheColonelsThree 4 роки тому +113

    Any one else hear Sabaton's "The Last Stand" in their head when we hit 1527?

  • @cdcdrr
    @cdcdrr 4 роки тому +11

    And then Charles got his mentor elected pope, who was such a modest person that when asked if he could perhaps have a house from which to work, all the cardinals just silently pointed him to the Vatican. Then that guy had the sheer gall to ask "could we maybe, maaaaybe dail it back a little on all the corruption?" and everyone began reaching for their daggers and poison vials.

  • @justanotherrandomcrit8115
    @justanotherrandomcrit8115 4 роки тому +65

    I’ve been waiting for this my entire life.

    • @internetperson3436
      @internetperson3436 4 роки тому +3

      So what are you gonna do now that it's here?

    • @koreankamui98
      @koreankamui98 4 роки тому +5

      Sajad Alatabi Pope fight 4

    • @internetperson3436
      @internetperson3436 4 роки тому +3

      @@koreankamui98 of fucking course.
      Edit: pope fight 4, papalsy is very breakable

  • @HellebrandCuriosity
    @HellebrandCuriosity 4 роки тому +12

    6:33 it took a few centuries, but elephants finally marched into Rome

  • @best_of_ant
    @best_of_ant 4 роки тому +45

    "God just works in mysterious ways."
    -Blue

  • @Swedishminer40
    @Swedishminer40 4 роки тому +16

    "Pontiffical memery" is the best thing ive heard all year

  • @tycholarsen9306
    @tycholarsen9306 4 роки тому +14

    With the amount of effort that you put into these videos, I am surprised that more people do not know about you. Sometimes I just take a moment to think about the animation and work that is put into these videos and contemplate how hard it must be for you to run the channel along with your personal lives. Thank you so much for making content.

  • @nomad2639
    @nomad2639 4 роки тому +13

    Ahhhh. I love the Jocat reference Blue.
    It’s never to late for a *SMITE* !

  • @peterhaag5225
    @peterhaag5225 4 роки тому +53

    it's perfectly normal to look at a notification and shout "Pope Fights yes!".... right?

    • @CarsonZXY
      @CarsonZXY 4 роки тому +1

      That moment when someone outs themself for ringing the bell and then tells everyone how i reacted to the notification.

  • @Krahazik
    @Krahazik 4 роки тому +5

    I just love the way you put things in your videos. My fav this time, "Bringing a claymore to a pool noodle fight".

    • @soniakernel754
      @soniakernel754 4 роки тому

      Not "slow and steady gets the spaghetti?"

  • @nyan5785
    @nyan5785 4 роки тому +74

    Damn this anime is gory as hell

  • @josieliebs
    @josieliebs 4 роки тому +1

    No joke this is actually the best channel on UA-cam

  • @akhenaten617
    @akhenaten617 4 роки тому +92

    What are all these pope fights I just wanna grill

  • @ConnorLockhartYGO
    @ConnorLockhartYGO 4 роки тому +6

    Fun fact: Charles' 1527 attack on Rome is the setting for the Sabaton song "The Last Stand."
    In other words, the crusading song isn't about crusading.

  • @Andreu0rtin
    @Andreu0rtin 4 роки тому +16

    A pope with an elephant is the greatest thing I heard all day.
    Thank you, I need something like this today.

  • @wolfman-up7dh
    @wolfman-up7dh 4 роки тому +9

    "Pontifical Memery" is some seriously brilliant writing.

  • @ILikePi31415926535
    @ILikePi31415926535 4 роки тому +42

    IT WAS 1527
    GAVE THEIR LIVES ON THE STEPS TO HEAVEN
    THY WILL BE DONE!

    • @isaacverhelst3983
      @isaacverhelst3983 4 роки тому +7

      FOR THE GRACE FOR THE MIGHT OF OUR LORD! FOR THE HOME FOR THE HOME OF THE HOLY! FOR THE FAITH FOR THE WAY OF THE SWORD

    • @EpiclyAverageGirl
      @EpiclyAverageGirl 4 роки тому

      Please, what song is this?

    • @isaacverhelst3983
      @isaacverhelst3983 4 роки тому +2

      Abigail Perez The Last stand by Sabaton

    • @Crazael
      @Crazael 4 роки тому +7

      @@EpiclyAverageGirl The Last Stand by Sabaton. It tells the story of the Swiss mercenaries who served as the Pope's bodyguards during the sacking of Rome. Most of them died keeping him alive and for the last six hundred-ish years, Swiss mercenaries have guarded the Pope.

    • @Typhy7
      @Typhy7 4 роки тому

      More like "Gave their lives for a depraved Pope and Papacy."

  • @arutka2000
    @arutka2000 4 роки тому +27

    "Slow and steady gets the spaghetti"
    -Warrior Pope, probably

  • @ignacejespers8201
    @ignacejespers8201 4 роки тому +44

    Julius II's game plan: TOTAL WAR, FIGHT EVERYONE

  • @ryanharrelson6935
    @ryanharrelson6935 4 роки тому +33

    9:08 THEY'RE THE 189, IN THE SERVICE OF HEAVEN!

    • @CrazyHand7894
      @CrazyHand7894 4 роки тому +3

      THEY'RE PROTECTING THE HOLY LINE,
      IT WAS 1527, GAVE THEIR LIVES ON STEPS TO HEAVEN

    • @williamrosen3179
      @williamrosen3179 4 роки тому

      FOR THE FAITH, FOR THE WAY OF THE SWORD
      GAVE THEIR LIVES SO BOLDLY

  • @alejandromolina7270
    @alejandromolina7270 4 роки тому +14

    This was my World History class in a nutt shell. A big heavy sigh every time our teacher mentions a new war.

  • @ezminj
    @ezminj 4 роки тому +2

    Still one of the best, classiest, most entertainingly informative channels on this entire platform. Keep it up, we love you crazy kids!

  • @ladypossum1776
    @ladypossum1776 4 роки тому +83

    4:11 welcome to a crap guide to...Popes?

    • @ojrmk1
      @ojrmk1 4 роки тому +14

      If you've got a problem, if no one else can help, and if you don't really care about the spiritual and moral underpinnings of Catholicism, then maybe you can hire...The A-Men!

    • @Random3716
      @Random3716 4 роки тому +8

      I love it when a synod comes together

  • @jinxcat90
    @jinxcat90 3 роки тому +5

    My sister introduced me to your channel not even a month ago and I've been putting my Netflix binges to shame watching you guys. Hey Blue, can you do a video on the Eastern Orthodox Church? I was raised Russian Orthodox and would absolutely adore you explaining its history

  • @eh9618
    @eh9618 4 роки тому +88

    pope fights 3: vatican drift

    • @quincie-
      @quincie- 4 роки тому +8

      Pope fights 4: on stranger tides.

    • @arutka2000
      @arutka2000 4 роки тому +5

      @@quincie- Pope fights 5: HRE Strikes Back

    • @BradyPostma
      @BradyPostma 4 роки тому +4

      Pope Fights VI: Pick Up Sticks

    • @Amy-gz2ko
      @Amy-gz2ko 4 роки тому +2

      Pope Fights VII: Steel Pope Run

    • @BradyPostma
      @BradyPostma 4 роки тому +2

      Pope Fights VIII: Alexander the Great

  • @sineadinglis4602
    @sineadinglis4602 4 роки тому +7

    As soon as I saw this video, I screamed "POPE FIIIIIGHT!!!" and scared the cat, my roomate, and my fiancee. Totally worth it.

  • @nickmalachai2227
    @nickmalachai2227 4 роки тому +39

    Pope Fights 3: a Good Day to Fight Popes

  • @GhostBear3067
    @GhostBear3067 4 роки тому +6

    08:22‐ "by a metric Habsburg jawline" has to be the greatest description I have ever heard! XD

  • @lucidnonsense942
    @lucidnonsense942 4 роки тому +12

    Please consider looking into Lucrezia Borgia, she was a fascinating character, who had a major smear campaign against her by her father's enemies. She was a patron of many renaissance artists and, despite being used as a pawn, managed to establish her own power base in the end. She deserves better than "did incest and poison" meme.

  • @LexYeen
    @LexYeen 4 роки тому +13

    0:01 I came to learn about Pope Fights and was pleasantly surprised by this title card - and the description! Excellent way to Do Your Thing while showing respect.

    • @FUnzzies1
      @FUnzzies1 Рік тому

      Supporting terrorism should never be supported

  • @nunyobidniz
    @nunyobidniz 4 роки тому +20

    1511-1513 XD
    Pope: backstabs France
    England: Did someone say "war with France?🧐 Let me just grab my brolly"
    Scotland: *overhears England, collectively draws claymore * "Die ye English [incoherent string of expletives deleted]!!!"

    • @adridaplague-boi
      @adridaplague-boi 4 роки тому +5

      Ah, western european politics.
      Wait no not western european politics god no

  • @ameelliott4085
    @ameelliott4085 4 роки тому +1

    Im loving the expansion of different angles of the profile drawings. As an artist and long time binge watcher of the channel. It looks great!

  • @Elnadrius
    @Elnadrius 4 роки тому +25

    1527? Rome? Why am I hearing awesome soundtrack that no way can be confused with song about crusades?

  • @benmuhr2245
    @benmuhr2245 4 роки тому +7

    At 4:36 you can clearly see that Pope Julius II died at age 69. You don't even have the audacity to say "nice". Come on, the warrior pope deserves better.

  • @TheJboy88
    @TheJboy88 4 роки тому +29

    Okay, was there EVER a time when Europe wasn't some kind of mess?! 😯

  • @ZephWraen
    @ZephWraen 4 роки тому +1

    4:11 I see you there, JoCrap, you lovable Wiggler, you. Also, the fact that you guys are aware of JoCat just makes me really happy.

  • @ashleyhansen4479
    @ashleyhansen4479 4 роки тому +6

    Italians during the Renaissance: ‘make NSFW art Blue can’t show on UA-cam’
    Blue: “Bruh,” ‘censors it with PG-13 swim trunks to avoid getting demonetized’

  • @Fordo007
    @Fordo007 4 роки тому +7

    "ruled like a roman emperor" (remembers all my baptist sunday school teachers teaching that the roman catholic church is a direct continuation of the roman empire) sounds about right...

  • @KuroeNezumi
    @KuroeNezumi 4 роки тому +21

    Oh, so that one comment about indigo breaking your saber during past livestreams was actually foreshadowing about a meme here huh?

    • @FlyingTeaRex
      @FlyingTeaRex 4 роки тому +5

      Alejandro Vinasco It was Cyan, his fiancé, who broke his sword.

  • @dianeinsertlastnamehere7296
    @dianeinsertlastnamehere7296 4 роки тому +2

    JoCat beautifully completes the feeling of absolute chaos necessary for this episode. Good choice, Indigo and Blue.

  • @goonerbear8659
    @goonerbear8659 4 роки тому +15

    Pope Fights 3: The Sequel We Once Again Asked For and Got

  • @bobbluered8984
    @bobbluered8984 4 роки тому +5

    "Slow and Steady gets the spaghetti" needs to go on a T-Shirt or something, that is GENIUS.

  • @dylanchouinard6141
    @dylanchouinard6141 4 роки тому +18

    9:15 In the heart of the Holy See, in the home of Christianity. The seat of power is in danger!

    • @akkariel8228
      @akkariel8228 4 роки тому +5

      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

    • @dmua9551
      @dmua9551 4 роки тому +3

      AND THE 189, IN THE SERVICE OF HEAVEN

    • @jackemmakem
      @jackemmakem 4 роки тому +2

      @@dmua9551
      They're protecting the holy line
      It was 1527

    • @isaacverhelst3983
      @isaacverhelst3983 4 роки тому +2

      jackllynbup Gave their lives on the steps to Heaven/ Thy will be done

    • @christophermedlin5889
      @christophermedlin5889 4 роки тому +2

      @@isaacverhelst3983
      For the grace, for the might of our lord
      For the home of the holy

  • @briannafigueroa4796
    @briannafigueroa4796 4 роки тому +8

    doctor: “you have 10 minutes and 49 seconds left to live”
    me:

  • @roelofsonneveld1049
    @roelofsonneveld1049 4 роки тому +29

    V E N I C E
    Yes that’s blue for you...

    • @Lionstar16
      @Lionstar16 4 роки тому +1

      Yep, it's not a Blue video without at least one mention of Venice :)

  • @ericlandess5063
    @ericlandess5063 4 роки тому

    Congrats on 1.25m subscribers, you two are the best

  • @RocketErils
    @RocketErils 4 роки тому +12

    5:52
    I assume Scotland joined in just to fight England? That or my understanding of Scottish-Italian history is seriously lacking.

  • @evandavid2816
    @evandavid2816 4 роки тому +13

    Great stuff as per usual - plus, of course, Pope Clement VII being under Charles V's Hapsburg thumb after 1527 was the main underlying reason why he ultimately couldn't have given England's King Henry VIII a divorce from Catherine of Aragon - Charles' own Auntie no less! - even if he'd wanted to, leading to the Break With Rome and all the various other Tudor shenanigans that followed, yes...?!

  • @HaakonTheRayquaza
    @HaakonTheRayquaza 4 роки тому +12

    i have a request: could Red do a video about Otohime? i just read the story (Urashima Taro) and it facinates me, also i love Dragons

  • @ClassyNova
    @ClassyNova 4 роки тому +5

    Blue, as an absolute history expert, and one of the best researcher (Red included in that of course)
    I am wondering if you could do a special on the history of the Sikhs or Sikhism?
    I have a few friends who follow this, including a couple neighbors, it would be nice to find out more about their history without insulting them.

  • @ThraceVega
    @ThraceVega 4 роки тому +3

    Can we get uhhhh, a background music list or something? The song at 2:00-ish pops up in a bunch of your videos and I'd love to get hold of it for personal listening.

  • @oriane4811
    @oriane4811 2 роки тому +3

    5:57 : My professor summarized that by "when one side takes the lead, all the others gang up against it"

  • @teigenb829
    @teigenb829 4 роки тому +15

    * video starts * cue game of thrones theme song
    Also, I wonder if there's an off version that's not copyrighted because that would be hilarious for this

  • @gareththompson2708
    @gareththompson2708 4 роки тому +1

    Love that 'They Live' reference. "Julius II promised to kick ass and hire Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel's ceiling. And he's all out of ceiling"

  • @otwk
    @otwk 4 роки тому +7

    9:12 _Bell starts to ring_
    "In the heart of the Holy See, in the home of Christianity..."

  • @misselizabethplays8070
    @misselizabethplays8070 2 роки тому +2

    "You're excommunicated!"
    "Yeah, I don't care."
    "Oh no! Apathy! MY WEAKNESS!"
    -Oversimplified, "King Henry VIII"

  • @ashleyautumn3014
    @ashleyautumn3014 4 роки тому +4

    @3:41 I almost spit out my drink at that one XD

  • @AnaxErik4ever
    @AnaxErik4ever 4 роки тому +1

    Ha ha, "pontifical meme-ery" is one of the things that keeps me coming back. Thanks for the shout out at the start to the issues that matter in current history/present day social, cultural, and political circles.

  • @thetrashlock
    @thetrashlock 4 роки тому +10

    Love your content! I think it's cool that you fence... Even if it's ahem, Saber. But seriously I'm a foilist and love your content!

  • @michaelcaragiulo118
    @michaelcaragiulo118 4 роки тому

    That Jocat insert. Nice. Good to see that good UA-camrs have equally good taste in what they watch.

  • @erythjaworowski9097
    @erythjaworowski9097 4 роки тому +7

    I love how Clements looks absolutely done with the Papal States.

  • @NeuroticPengu
    @NeuroticPengu 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for supporting this cause without abandoning the personality that makes us eager viewers and fans. The pre-roll feels genuine and human, like Blue and Red are sharing something personal, as opposed to the clever craft-work of lawyers and PR reps. It is refreshing -- thank you.