The Antichrist was a Real Guy. His Name was Fred | The Life & Times of Frederick II
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- Опубліковано 10 жов 2020
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Like your tie!
@@worldpeace1822 Thanks!
I love your voice n the personality behind the voice, you're great!
11 3
“Wait a minute, I’m the Emperor! You can’t depose me -YOU’RE deposed!”
“Aww.... wait a minute, I’m the Pope! You can’t depose me - YOU’RE deposed!”
“Aww... wait a minute-“
I peed my pants.
Hey... not cool
I get this reference lets gooooooooooooo
"You can't depose me you're my wife!"
"Oh hi honey how was work?"
"Awful I got deposed."
"You can't get deposed-"
Hey.
There's a tax for that.
Fred: Hey guys, I took back Jerusalem without any casualties
Pope: Aaah, you cheated. Now you're double banned from the club
Fred: Fine then i will take Rome.
Pope: You Antichrist
@@cgt3704 >Fine then I will take Rome
*The Last Stand by Sabaton intensifies*
@@cgt3704 did he absorb rome?
@@yonathanrakau1783 Silly mortal. Rome is never absorbed. Rome absorbs everything
Or for us Animal House fans out there:
Fredrick II negotiates for Jerusalem. But big Twist!!!
Oh my God!!! He was on Double Secret Excommunication the whole time!!!
As an Antichrist myself i relate with Innocent III a bit more than Fred. Edit: Cool guy though.
UMU
@@peterhellman4271 N O
@@decade0240 Y E S U W U
@@decade0240 nMn turn your screen upside down
@@Thunder_Anglo_of_Monster-Girls QmQ
"But it turns out Pope Innocent IV has no chill." That could be said about a lot of them, tbh.
I mean, he's in the top 3 worst Popes ever
@@Crick1952 so what exactly kind of blasphemous shit did he do???
@@shanedoesyoutube8001
"Certainly the Inquisition represents the darkest of Roman Church history, and it was Innocent IV who approved the use of torture to extract confessions of heresy. He aggressively applied the principle that “the end justifies the means.” It is shocking to learn about the deranged instruments of torture that were used on so many innocent people."
By being such a political schemer he turned the Church into the arm of oppression it was later reviled for.
Not quite the wacky stuff others got up to, but it puts him in top 3 worst for me.
@@Crick1952 well now I wanna know the 2 guys who can be considered worse than him.
@@Cnut_the_grape that would be Pope Innocent the third(for being a genocidal cur) and pope Alexander the sixth aka pope Borgia(he is bad because of all the heretical sex stuff he did while in office)
Was at Freds grave in Palermo last week. There are still people leaving fresh flowers at his grave. Kinda weird to have the suplosed Antichrist buried with honors in a cathedral by the way.
It is kinda funny how fully the papacy failed in ruining his image.
That's crazy that there are still people leaving him flowers after all these centuries, especially since he's not all that famous around the world
@@JackRackam He's actually pretty famous in Italy especially in the South, and in an incredible positive way since people remember him by his old appellative "Stupor Mundi" (wonder of the world)
Does his grave have Arab writings on it ?
@@naelaoun3311 yes
@@ummohammed8225 What is written ?
I think if your going to upload twice a month one video should be your normal animation and the other a longer video like this.
Interesting, I hadn't thought of that! My goal with this format is to maaaybe upload more than twice a month depending on how many sponsorships I'm able to secure, but I kind of like this idea
Ya this sounds like a great idea.
I third that good idea
And I 4th it!!
I like this long version too. Go with this.
Being a Sultan with a harem was an insult? I wish I got insulted like that.
At least until half your sons end up dead and your wives are all plotting to kill each other. Just Ottoman things, I guess.
@@SuperBadadan Meh that was a strictly ottoman practice, Arabs, Persians and Indians weren't into that
@@naelaoun3311 oh boy just search the abbasid hurrem practice
@@shalaby8968 Provide sources
@@naelaoun3311 most of the middle east did this, it predated islam too, the idea is the ruler would have a place for the women of the palace to be guarded and served by castrated men is common. Its more infamous for court intrigue with the Ottomans yes, but it wasn't exclusively that.
Frederick also made sure his imperial guards were only Muslims so they wouldn’t betray him to the Pope because screw the Pope. Frederick even wrote the treatise on Falconry and bird flying patterns that was almost entirely correct while learning the Mongol warfare techniques to prepare against them. The dude was awesome and his reign solidified my hate of the medieval papacy because at every turn they opposed doing what is logical.
Name: Kaiser Frederick
Stand name: [Anti-christ]
Stand Ability-
Gives its user more intelligence depending on how dumb everyone is in the room. Only works against christians....for some reason.
learning from Mongols? Isnt this just a few hundred years too early for that?
@@omnomnom5359 Nope, check the dates for Fred's reign, and the first Mongol attacks on Europe
"Because fuck The Pope" is the rationale behind most of my Crusader Kings 2 decisions. And after reading some medieval history, it seems to have been the rationale behind most of the real kings of the time.
Frederick was close to bring back the roman empire, and the pope was literally between a rock and a hard place. And he had a lot of fans, Dante Alighieri was one of them.
2:19
Jack:
This culminated in a low point for the papacy, both politically and spiritually...
Subtitles:
This culminated in a low point for the papacy, both spiritually and politically...
That’s illegal I’m disliking and unsubscribing.
le woops
Jack Rackam
what’s all that stuff in the captions about concubines that you didn’t mention in the video lol
It’s at about the same time
@@achyuthansanal I'll have to check that, it's probably something I wrote in the script that got cut later without being updated
@@achyuthansanal Uh oh, you know what that was? That was me going back and editing the script to add the special secret Patreon code words, but I forgot to record it 😨
Jack Rackam
lol
(but seriously, I’m not unsubscribing)
The Antichrist Is Real! (Christian Singles Ad)
I'm just asking to get conspiracy theorists in the comments with this one
@@JackRackam Go for it! I'm all in!
Glad I’m not the only one who got that ad!
I got that ad as well...
I literally just got that ad
Underrated Holy Roman Emperor, this guy.
I think you're thinking of the wrong Frederick II there pal
It may or may not because he was from hohenstaufen, literally his grandfather was frederick barbarosa
Damn. Even Nihilus liked him.
darth nihilus, you are
What's wrong with Frederick Barbaroßa? He was an excellent commander and came close to leading a truly unified Empire. Not all Hohenstaufen emperors are bad and these two Fredericks are examples of that. Just because Frederick drowned in a river doesn't mean he was a failure or weak.@@yonathanrakau1783
I love how the more famous Frederick II is a recurring character on this channel but you still opt not to call this guy “the second Frederick II”.
Nah, this guy had dibs on the name by about 500 years
I really loved Fredrick. He truly was a impressive character. Well learned, tough and tolerant. The last trait is very strange for the time he occupied. He was very impressive.
I mean he did expel the Jews so apparently there were limits to his multicultural tolerance... But Sicily had a long tradition of faiths and cultures mixing, I don't find it surprising that someone already familiar with Islam did better at the negotiating table with Muslims than the generations of bloodthirsty holy warriors before him.
Much like the Mongols, the Jews are usually the exception. “They treated other religions and ethnic groups equally, unless you are… the Jews…” *cut to montage of the Jews set to “Horah”*
@@CollinMcLean mongols respected Jews
@@joaoribeiro5938 I know, I'm referencing crash course history. A running gag is that when it comes to the usual trends of historical civilizations the Mongols are usually the exception.
And I'm saying that the Jews are usually the exception too in that even in comparably tolerant societies they tended to get the short end of the proverbial stick.
Did everybody forget the part where he kicks out the Jews
Rackam: Did you ever hear the tragedy of Frederick II?
Me: No
Rackam: I thought not. It's not a story the Popes would tell you. It's a Meme legend.
Racism?
I dont get it
Racism?
Rackham > Racism. Thanks autocorrect.
Yeah fixed it 😂 my bad
Yes the greatest evil of all time, Fred. Who else drives the mystery machine? A van that just so happens to show up whenever crimes happens.
5:30 Jerusaloops, part of a balanced breakfast for the hungry crusader!
I’ve always been interested in Frederick II mostly due to the fact that he ruled over a lot of land(including the HRE at its territorial height) despite having to deal with constant revolts; he’s kind of like a proto Charles V. I’m very glad this video was made after he got a brief mention in the innocent III video.
He's a lot like Charles V!
Also cool fact is that Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (von Habsburg) was a descendant of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II (von Hohenstaufen).
@@BatkhuuChuluun Really?
@@Alec11_43Yes, that’s true. Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was descended from Frederick II’s illegitimate son: Manfred, King of Sicily, in multiple different ways.
@@BatkhuuChuluunnice
Meanwhile, in the corner of the screen:
Seven Signs Signalling the Second Coming of Christ.
UA-cam is nuts.
E Heilman same
Me as well
Me too
If you only just realized that, you are in for a big surprise
R.R.C. jr Stg
Can’t argue with that.
Pope: Freds the anti christ.
God: No fake Jesus is the anti Christ.
Pope: What's that? Must have been the wind.
(Your free to make it funnier)
God: TO HELL WITH YOU
Pope: Ok, which cardinal cursed me is excommunicated.
Pope innocent was likely the antichrist.
@@azvdcrafts6147 God: "For the last time, Fake Jesus is the Real anti Christ. I the Lord have spoken."
@@azvdcrafts6147 probably not probs that antichrist not come yet or smthng
Among Us but it's Ye Olde Medieval Religion.
I vaguely knew who Frederick II was, heard he led a crusade that ended in a diplomatic victory, that he was excomunicated and then excomunicated again for going on Crusade, but those were seperate to me until now.
Maybe I should do more reading on this lad.
Also...excomunicating someone for going on crusade while excommunicated sounds to me like a complete betrayal of all the shit behind the First Crusade. Like, in that case, the Holy Roman Empire had installed an Anti-pope (hence why the actual Pope was in france when he gave his Crusade announcement speech), and yet he was allowed to crusade. Fuck, most of the major leaders of the First Crusade were former enemies of the papacy in one capacity or another, and that shit was ignored.
Gregory just sounds like an asshole of the first degree.
There's probably a reason he doesn't seem to have had any friends 😄
Well the excommunicating mostly due to political reason rather than any legit reason. He just want an excuse excommunicating Frederick II.
If you're intertested in knowing more about Fred, I recommend "Frederick II: A Medieval Emperor" by David Abulafia. Best book I read on him so far.
if you get excomungated twice, do you become extra christian?
Literally he was indeed an asshole i mean innocent 3rd may have been genocidal but at least he had a brain when in comparison with gregory
"Extra, extra! New video by Jack Rackham! Read all about it!"
Says the newspaper person.
My hometown Foggia was loved by Frederick II, we still remember him with lots of love! My family for example called me Federico in honor of the Stupor Mundi
His son Manfredi even built a city called Manfredonia (close to Siponto [Sipontum])
Thank you for the Video!
Does the city name have anything to do with the medieval song "La Manfredina"?
@@someguysomeone3543 I think the correlation is towards Manfredi rather than the city, imho!
You left out that Frederick II had one of the more original nicknames in history: Stupor Mundi, “The Marvel of the World.”
Also, there’s a really cool biography of him that was written in 1927 by Ernst Kantorowicz; it’s considered literature as much as biography.
Where did you heard about Kantorowicz's biography, oh men of culture?😏
Yes , one of the best biographies that i ever read
@@raf015_2 I took couple of courses in Medieval History at the University of Pennsylvania, and the professor who taught them was a big fan of that book.
@@gerstelb Oh that's so cool! I learned of it from a great Italian Historian, Professor Alessandro Barbero, he has an entire lesson about Frederick II and one about about the personal life of Kantorowicz, you should totally check them out if you know Italian or ever plan to learn it!
David Abulafia pretty much ripped that version to shreds in 1988.
Funnily enough, the story of how Frederick succeeded in getting Jerusalem back during the Sixth Crusade is very interesting, in my opinion. Frederick was quite possibly the only person in Europe who actually questioned the world around him, looking for scientific answers to problems as opposed to just taking whatever the Church said at face value (probably one of the reasons why they dubbed him the Anti-Christ) to the point where actually wrote a book on the scientific method. Since the Islamic world was at the forefront of scientific, technological, and medical discovery during the medieval era, Frederick and the Muslim caliph he negotiated with had this curiosity in common and got along famously as a result. The two were also huge fans of falconry and were eager to share tips and tricks regarding the sport with one another; In fact, the hood that falconers use to this day to keep their birds calm when they aren't hunting was brought back to the western world by Frederick. It's all quite fascinating, I find.
Now I’m waiting for Timur : Genghis Khan’s # 1 Fanboy
Honestly that Antichrist sounds really cool. Like an Antichrist I can have a beer with and march on Rome with.
That's the kind of thing I look for in an antichrist tbh
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@@JackRackam then you may like this guy named Mussolini, he fits the picture
@@Bolognabeef Mussolini was in bed with the Vatican tough, so wouldn´t fit the picture.
This is like a story from CK2/3. The popes act just like the AI.
In the 'fuster cluck' of the Holy Roman Empire. Definitely describes the HRE!
Last time i was this early Rome was still a City State.
you WOULD think getting excommunicated for a second time would cancel out the first excommunication, but i guess not
Well that's what the third excommunication was for, but then that got messed up by the fourth excommunication
"I excomunicate you"
Aww,wait you can't excommunicate me I'm the king your excommunicated"
Aww, wait you can't excommunicate me I'm the pope your excommunicated"
Jack, that was a great episode. So glad to see Pope Innocent III ruin more lives.
‘Innocent’
protestant propaganda made by an anglo
@@andreascovano7742 the guy killed over a million Christians.
@@thebowiththemost119 germanic username: yep
Geez, it's almost like making the hive of vice and villainy that is Rome into the residence of the pope would turn said pope into vice and villainy.
They should've pick Ravenna or somewhere else that isn't goddamn rome.
I knew it was Innocent III 2: Electric Boogaloo!
I showed a part of this video when presenting my essay on Frederick II and the sixth crusade. The teacher laughed and thanked me for making such a good presentation.
You're getting a thumbs up just for including Blind Guardian as background music - dude, I thought I was hearing stuff until I looked at the description... epic!
Hmm... This guy sounds pretty cool he's my second favorite Frederik the second
I’m gonna get a bunch of bible ads after this video
I already got one before this video lol
i'm getting insane fundie ads because i watch videos taking the piss out of fundie cults
6:41 - I love the detail that behind the Pope is the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, which at the time was the see of the Church, not Saint Peter.
Oh, nice episode. These Italian ones have been really interesting. One thing I'll say is really the 'pornocracy' is just a slanderous name given by people at the time who were mad at various things such as nepotism, women having more overt influence in politics than usual, Popes they didn't like getting elected, etc. (It's also an example of the extremely rarely-used title 'senatrix'! Which...I don't think makes a whole lot of grammatical sense, but it's what they used!)
Oh my god that was 12 minutes!??? It flew by so fast I didn’t even notice it was longer! I LOVE this new format! Honestly I love the way you tell history and how AWESOME the animations are! I binge when I’m at work and I sweat to Hohenstaufen time just FLIES by!
His nickname was Stupor Mundi - the Wonder of the World. Frederick II was awesome, in the truest sense of the word.
I’m so glad Jack exists, I’m so in love with these videos
5:30 - _Jerusa-Loops; a holy part of a balanced breakfast. Great with milk and honey!_
"Fustercluck".
A word not used often enough when discussing history.
Bravo.
Was distracted the entire video by that kick ass blind guardian instrumental.
I do miss the usual animations, but it’s your humor and voice that got me on board with your history lessons in the first place. I’m here for anything you do.
Longer videos with animation that doesn´t fly by in an instance doesn´t sound so bad
12 minutes.
*12 minutes.* Hell yeah.
Wonderful work! I feel like the longer format lets you delve into the areas about your subject that you *want* to share with us. And you having fun telling us about these crazy folk means we get this kind of amazing content.
I mostly listen to videos like this anyway so I actually really appreciate the longer format!
Great episode, love the longer format. Especially when I'm at work, a 12 to 20 minute video is perfect for lunch time.
Your Deposed!
Awww...
Wait a minute, I’m the Pope you can’t depose me your deposed!
Aww! Wait a minute! I’m the Emperor! You can’t depose me, you’re deposed!
@@dylanchouinard6141 Awww...
Wait a minute, I’m the Pope you can’t depose me your deposed!
@@ackkenan2346 Awww......
Wait a minute, Im the emperor. You can't depose me. You're deposed
@@cgt3704 Awww!
Wait a minute, I'm the Pope, you can't depose me! You're deposed!
@@supremeclamitas5053 Awww...
Wait a minute, I'm the emperor. You can't depose me! Your deposed!
I loved this video. First because it's longer, second because you speak to a more normal pace and finally because I loved all those chalk-on-board sort of drawings.
Hooray! Much appreciated
Dante, who was a guelph, put Fred in Heaven.
Frederick II is the medieval king most likely to have been a time-traveller in disguise imo.
This new video format is amazing! It also allows you to go a little bit more in depth in topics that are truly worth it, such as this one. Great video and keep em' comin'!
If any one word could encapsulate all four major crusades, "Oops." sums it up nicely.
Thanks for the upload on my birthday. I appreciate the gift jack
I'm just glad you upload. I enjoy listening to these vids, I learn a little, and the editing gives a good visual understanding.
I really like the new format! I love history because I love stories and in the new format I feel more like I'm being told one.
I wouldnt even mind you becoming the a history version of a lifehack channel
All of medieval European history can essentially be summed up as an elaborate game of "No u".
Or "Gawd said so in this book I can't read"
I am truely surprised nobody ever tired to dissolve the papacy given how often they meddled in everyones affairs.
It turns out Fred managed to do things and lead an interesting life. First time I’ve heard of someone being excommunicated three times.
And I think this particular pope was a bad egg.
Yeah, that was a crazy time.
And I loved your presentation.
This was great, that's my (non-patreon) input.
Love the longer format, keep it coming!
I really liked this format! :) great video! Thank you!
...And that kids Is what happened when you give a Italian temper to a German.
He was half Italian. His mother was born and raised in Sicily.
I knew it! That squeaky voiced Fred Figglehorn character was the devil incarnate! Curse you Nickelodeon for making a deal with Satan!
4:50. I discovered your channel this week and I noticed that you do reuse scenes in episodes on various people who were in that scene. I actually like it. I think it reinforces the material and helps actually remember who was in the same room as who.
Love the new format, I think it works great! Although I do like the energy of the shorter ones too.
And a cameo appearance from my favorite video of yours. Don't know what it says about *me* that my favorite is the one about the disaster crusade pope, but there you go.
oof throwing shade at five minutes crafts only 5 mins in, god I love the new jack Rackam :D
Haven't watched one of your vids before. But I like the presentation and its solid work as far as the historical content goes. Good job!
Love the new style! Love the new format too! Longer videos all day sir please
You should do a video on Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra. Its a really interesting story!
May I suggest doing a bio of one of the Byzantine Empire's absolute madlads, Andronikos I Komnenos.
Love the new format. It still seems just as good and if it's easier for you that makes it even better.
You had me with the exceedingly well written cold open, I know need to know more. Thanks
“That or we all missed the boat.” Damn son.
I remember reading a (possible schizo)post once about how Frederick II was the Crimson King from the King Crimson album.
‘Crimson King’ is a synonym for ‘Beelzebub’ according to Peter Sinfield. It has nothing to do with Frederick II, although Damascus chroniclers described him as being covered in red hair (Barbarossa was also a redhead and Richard I possibly was as Henry II had ‘red-gold’ hair).
love the longer format!
Great videos man!!! Keep up the good work
I'm fine with the format, maybe do every second or third vid like this?
“Even with God ostensibly against them...” platinum level phrase there 😂
God was like, "I've never even seen this continent." xD
Love the format!!
Getting the vassals all rebel-y. Ah...I miss those days.
My god...Solaire in the 5th crusade, the man will do anything to find his sun.
Never did l see someone resuming the cursaders with this much accuracy
I have been lucky to have entertaining professors that made history so much fun for me. History is my favorite subject ❤ You are amazing ✌️
Fred: guys pls the pope is the impo
Pope: E X C O M M U N I C A T E D
Innocent the 4 is from the Genoese house of Fieschi, dukes of Lavagna.
(I only know this since i live in Lavagna and he's one of the 2 popes that come from here).
Huh, wonder wherr I got that mixed up I could've sworn he had a connection to Germany - thanks for letting me know!
Really liked this format.
This was a great Video. This style is great. I mean not as comedic but way better to understand
For some reason I thought this would be about Frederick the Great.
The life and times of Fred. Fred was a simple person.
Love this new format
I like the new formula. Keep up the good work!
Pope fights? Someone call Blue from OSP