Vlad the Impaler - Raising The Stakes - European History - Extra History - Part 3
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Now that Vlad has the throne, the real work can begin. Vlad wanted to enact a kind of moral code, one that emphasized hard work and loyalty to himself above all else. And rulers during this time were known to use violence fairly frequently to get what they want. But Vlad went above and beyond, creating cruel punishments and horrific executions. Here's where we get to the horror show.
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Vlad the Impaler is like a Crusader Kings player who deals with the problems caused by accumulating Tyranny by committing even more acts of tyranny.
Now I know where the "Nail his hat to his head!" line that leads towards become an Impaler comes from.
Luckily in CK3, that's a perfectly valid playstyle 🙃
So me when I’m sick and tired of the constant revolts lmao
Listen
I can't have tyranny if I have no subjects.
Stonks.
...He's a tiny bit more violent than I thought he'd be. Damn, his reputation really does exist for a reason.
As a Turkish person i approve this message.
When you honestly cannot tell the difference between a man's peacetime law enforcement and what he does during a war, you know you have a problem.
@@ajvanmarle Without that distinction, the word "fair" gets a whole new meaning.
@@recep2939 Ohohoho... And we haven't even got the Forest of Tepes... That will be g(l)orious. Or the castle (I don't know the name sorry) which after he sent a letter to the Hungarian king, in which he detailed the killing of at least 23.000 people, and the ones they burned alive in their homes, and the ones his soldiers killed and dismembered...
@@sikertsok225oh yeah in time he got more and more crazy as far as I'm aware. Stories got crazier too and well... his end was not pleasant either according to various theories which was obvious probably.
"Are we a bad person?"
"Well, remember the twenty thousand people we impaled?"
"We were pretty mad at dad that day."
I forget from time to time that alucard DID canonically do that
And I spent the last 10 years on that
Ahh, good ole Hellsing Ultimate Abridged.
"Am I bad person?"
Vlad the impaler, getting his point across to the people one way or another.
Imagine him with anything vaguely resembling a PR department. "Support Vlad - he gets his point across!"
edit: I have a better one. "Support Vlad - (or) you get the point!"
@@DragoniteSpam "Support Vlad or a stick will support you."
@@alexandrub8786 "Support Vlad - he's as sharp as a tack!"
@@DragoniteSpam “… and so are his stakes!”
Some of his points went right through people. Another word would be impaling
This mans nicknames are so metal
"Son of the Dragon"
"The Impaler"
Son of the Dragon later turned into Spawn of the Devil
@@MrMan66651 HOLY SHI-!!!!!
more like *DOOM*@@MrMan66651
Yeah, and his brother, who had balls for a chin, was called "The handsome"...
@@MrMan66651 ironic as Vlad was a Catholic
Vlad: How do you like your stake?
Boyar: Hmm? Oh, I like my steak extra crispy.
Vlad: I'll let the guards know.
Boyar: Why, isn't this the cook's job?
Vlad: He's busy preparing your last meal.
Boyar: wait, you said steak didn't you? DIDN'T YOU?
Vlad: *smiles*
@@NoName-hg6cc *Vlad’s Guards come in*
@@NoName-hg6cc Boyars: You’re preparing the ‘steak’, right?
Excellent choice. Best of both - impaled and burnt alive
@@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 Well yes, but actually, you already had your last meal:)
I need a "people Vlad impaled counter"! All I can tell now is the number is high.
We probably don’t have an exact number.
It's at least 20.000
@@ella353 then at least the amount of impaled people they've shown.
@@inquisitorbenediktanders3142 I can get behind that.
Vlad didn;t bother counting, he just needed to get his point across
All these Vlads remind me of the Bismarck series with all their Wilhelms.
And just like Bismarck *always* had a plan, Vlad always had a spike
This also reminds me of the polish name bolesław.
More than one name? Luxury!
@@Paveway-chan ahahhaha
This is to inform you that I've provided your esteemed self with the 300th like.
Carry on!
2:08
_“And the Spanish had their Inquisition.”_
Well, I wasn’t expecting _that._
NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!!
@@45Loan *Monty Python intensifies*
Fetch.... THE COMFY CHAIR!
I should have known the joke had been made
@@45Loan
🦫-it, ya beat me to it! 😂
I think we've finally officially got an episode more gruesome than the History of Dentistry.
😂😂😂
Reading this before watching the video:
"Oh this is gonna be good."
Dude neither of these episodes are in any way gruesome... it's extremely bland and chill...
@@ignacio1171
well well well arent you a badass
@@pcgamerz3081 indeed I am
"Raising the stakes" i'm sure you created this series just to do this pun!
"This is blasphemy! This is madness!"
"This! Is! WALLACHIA!!!"
Jejeje
*Stabs with stake*
Vlad would be a solid member of the Bluth Family. He neither forgives nor forgets.
You know Vlad played ‘Solid as a rock’ when the Boyars were forced to build his new castle one brick at a time.
@@aidanrogers4438
George Sr: It's not like there's bodies in the walls.
Narrator: There were.
Come on, the Bluths probably only killed like 'one' person 😉
Bluth! Like Dom Bluth?
On the other hand, he is most certainly NOT a Milford Man.
I’m starting to see why this man inspired the creation of one of the most famous monsters of all time
Honestly, Vlad sounds even more monstrous and terrifying than his fictional counterpart. Dracula from the original novel sounds like a cartoon villain in comparison.
Interestingly, Bram Stocker probably lifted the name of Dracula from Vlad Tepes III, and little of his character; while Count in the book does make references to his past, nothing is said that would really be true of Vlad Tepes III, particularly the Count claiming to be a Magyar (Hungarian).
The vampire dude's a spook boi who likes cute animals like bats, celebrating halloween in his house and to jumpscare people with "Boo" and is scared of the sun
There is a romanian story , that the cups at the fountains were silver , and werent chained , and none of them were stole even after his death
I always heard they were gold, but I'm not Romanian so perhaps I heard wrong
No diamond and gold
@@relyks1988 they were golden ones , but the majority were silver
I heard a different version. That the silver cups were always there, but as soon as he died they disappeared.
Noble families and their naming patterns. France cannot have enough Louis', Prussia needs more Fredericks/Wilhelms, Walachia more Vlads.
I mean why would you need more than 1-2 Names, right?
Stay calm,soon the greeks will take over after him/his dynasty.
Don't forget the Byzantines' Constantines (11-18) and Spain's Alfonsos. (13+5)
and 11 Ramses'
Why scratching your head to name a child when you can get away "to honor the great "
ottoman empire's mehmeds
0:41 The castle they rebuild it's called "Poenari fortress" or "Poenari castle" and he still can be visited.
He is in top of a mountain and you need to climb 1480 concrete stairs to get there.
If you manage to get on top you will have a beautiful view.
I remember watching a documentary on this castle - on PBS, if I recall correctly. And from what I saw; you're right about that view.
So punishment castle.
Before he rounded up the nobleman at the party he asked then how many princes they seen come after his father condemning themselves and pointing out that they can't be trusted
GoT Fans: Nothing will ever be as brutal as the "Red Wedding" or any of the other stuff that happens in Game of Thrones.
Extra History's Vlad the Impaler: Hold my Beer.
You mean "Hold my blood"
@@johnmanole4779 That too.
țuică
Hold my sharpened, greased stake
What Does GoT mean
*in the rhythm of "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" by Jim Croce* "Spain's got its Inquisition; France had got its Wheel! Wallachia's got Vlad the Impaler. He's a sharp-pointed son of a gun."
Nice, but I think "Sharp eyed son of an eel" works better.
And Russia has Ivan the Terrible and Denmark Christian the Tyrant
I live in Chile, I have a spanish name, and I am still a romanian, watching an episode from my country's history in English, told by a Polish man. What a crazy and amazing wold!!!! Thank you guys for this. There are also lots of romanians in the coments. I never thought I would meet them here; but I'm glad. Este o plăcere să vă salut. Bine v-am găsit. Noroc pentru toți!!!!!!
Salut, Rafael! E o plăcere să te cunosc :)
The full version of the story of the boyars who were forced to build Poienari fortress goes something like this:
As the boyars were feasting in the name of the new voivode, Vlad asked them a question: How many reigns did Wallachia have since the rule of his grand-father, Mircea the Elder (the greatest Wallachian ruler by that point). No-one could count less than 7. Some boyars counted as many as 20. After this the boyars and their families were marched north to Poienari, where the elders were impaled while the others were forced to build the castle until they died of exhaustion with their fine clothes fallen off.
"Vlad does not forget." is reminding me of "Bismarck always has a plan"
The history of Romanian is very complicated, for example: in ten years we have had 12 governments
You call that complicated?! Argentina had 5 presidents in a week!
@@definitly_not_putin ok, you won this round. But when those 5 presidents in a week happened?
@@definitly_not_putin ok, but none of those presidents were as terrible as the one we have, im from brasil
@@definitly_not_putin in ww2 in a period of aroun 20 years romania went through fascism, comunism, democracy, constitutional monarchy and authoritarian monarchy.
Mexico in 30 years had 50 governments...
Count Dracula may be terrifying, but he pales in comparison to Vlad Draculea...
He im-pales in comparison to Vlad
Count Dracula is based on Vlad
Wow now you are really just staking a claim out there.
And a Prince/Fürst/Voivode far outranks a Count.
@@denoro. A watered down child friendly version I imagine
Good on you for exploring the historical context of Vlad's violence, context is so important to understand history better.
I am so pumped for the next episode "War in the Dark" because it's extremely well known (in Romania) what this refers to. :)
I am Canadian and I know!
ce inseamna , eugen, ca nu m-am prins
@@erwinbenjamin4494 Atacul de noapte.
Still waiting for the forest of the impaled in the next episode
And the Night Attack
As a romanian i can confirm that the vampire thing is real when we get angry.
And that kids is why you do not cross the southern carpathians
✍don't piss off Romanians✍
@@Basilikum42069 to be fair , the northern carpathians aren't the safest either
@@adelinaiftime3152 yeah basically stay away from the mountains because that's where all the weird people live
As a romanian i stand by this statement 100%
"Raising the Stakes."
NYUCK NYUCK NYUCK
He sure knows how to get the point across, that's for sure
Rise the stakes!!!!! Freeeeeeee!
(Only regular show fans will understand the reference)
2:08 I didn't expect that
2:09 When nobody expects the Spanish inquisition
Nobody
Didn’t you see that episode of QI? The Spansh Inquisition always gave fair notice before you were summoned for an Auto da Fé! Everybody expected the Spanish Inquisition!
Right, after all they didn't use stakes. Among their weapons were only fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, almost fanatical devotion to the Pope and nice red uniforms ;-)
Mehmed II vs Vlad the impaler a rivalry worth of Game of Thrones
tbh that whole period was GoT on steroids, Mehmed the second ,Vlad the impaler ,Stefan the great, Jhon Hunyadi/Mathias Corvinus, Skandenberg.
@@chubb_lee3185 *Skandenbeg
Iskander: alexander
Beg(pronounced Beyg): Lord/Duke
6:18 as a Vlad myself I can confirm this series needs more Vlads
As a ck2 player I understand why Vlad did what he had to do.
Sometimes, your entire inherited council just needs to be locked up and tortured.
based
North Korea Strat.
The horde of retinues will always save the day
There's no feeling quite like having to go go into North Korea mode because your genius ruler had an inept failson and now your domain limit is basically nonexistent...
The ultimate combo against the turcs would have been Vlad the impaler + Joan "Get' em !" of Arc. 😂
Joan of Arc in Turkish ally france
Mehmet II literally chopped vlad's head off and invaded Romania. He is not a good opponent aganist Turks, i think the Ultimate combo aganist turks is Lawrence+ Polish hussars
@@pilavboy4417 not Mehmet, but as always, the betraying boyars. Also there are 2 accounts. One where his head is chopped off, another where he dies from the wounds and is secretly buried
Fate Apocrypha: "I gotchu homie!"
Vlad's hostility toward disloyal boyars, centralization of power, and reputation for cruelty remind me of another Orthodox ruler who reigned roughly a hundred years later a little over 900 miles (a little under 1,500 kilometers for all you civilized folk) to the northeast.
Peter or Ivan?
@@jacoblevenson7934 Ivan, most likely. Peter was remembered as more of a modernizer than a cruel man.
@@williamtheconqueror7807 He was cruel, though. St. Petersburg alone was built on the backs of thousands of frozen serfs, and that was just one of his many bloody enterprises.
@@jacoblevenson7934 definetely ivan
I said "a hundred years later," not "two hundred years later," so Ivan, not Peter.
4:39 okay that is a strange gradient for punishment
Adultery wasn’t tolerated at all during the ancient world and I’m pretty dudes would be killed for adultery but yeah that is pretty messed up
Even know some people stone cheaters (an arguement can be made for whipping) because of Sharia law. And I may not agree with such severe punishments such as death by torture (skinning or stoning) but adulters isin't necessarly a good thing.
“You get what you hyuckin’ deserve!”
- I don’t know? Vlad?
Dude great joke 😐😐😐😐😐
thank you for covering one of my favorite historical figures in your Extra History series. Here is hoping that this gets popular enough to influence creators thinking about doing Dracula adaptations using Vlad III, so that we start getting adaptations of the character that can properly utilize the best parts of the history to make really satisfying stories for both historians and lovers of fantasy, historical fiction, and otherwise.
As a romanian, i wonder if Ivan the Terrible got inspired by Vlad
Apparently he did, there were different books about Vlad that were printed all over Europe.
Great minds think alike. lol
@@kosmosyche Ivan was not Vlad. The Tsar was evil
4:43 I really like that part.
I scoured the earth from Hungary to Walachia
I inspire fear, you inspire Count Chocula
Glad I am not the only one thinking this
I love to watch this series to see how the romanian names are pronounced
Most of the names in this series seem to be pronounced "Vlad" 😉
And they manage to pronounce them roughly correctly . just needs some work to be done with city names
He solved unemployment, tax fraud, lack of work ethics, thieving, sperjury, laziness, greed, cowardice and treason in a flick of a finger. The solutions were kinda one sided.
When I took the class on tracula I could honestly say a lot of his cruelty comes from the fact that he I think he is incredibly sensitive and aware of how precarious his position is. He's in the situation of being the equivalency of a cold war dictator between Russia and America.
“Sure it’s big enough, but look at the location!”
Yeah, having not one sword of damocles but a whole armory's worth hanging over him at all times probably didn't do wonders for his mental state.
@@GaldirEonai because how succession work between the boyars, the Turks and Hungarian which is in Habsburg hands. He was rough place S ruler. I got to remember which book we read but he had whole proto secret police system ser up too. So he was really up to of everyone.
At that point in time rulers of smaller countries were basically currency for the bigger ones to gamble with. The real power was with the nobles who enjoyed all of the privilege of rulership with none of the accountability or the threat of foreign affairs.
"You can judge for yourselves: When a man or prince is strong or powerful he can make peace if he wants to. But when he is weak, a strong man will come and do what he wants to."
He basically just summed up political Neorealism. The idea that peace is achievable when power is centralized in a single entity- unipolarity. Peace, neorealism says, is far less likely with multipolarity.
After playing Wallachia in Eu4 you really star to understand why this stuff happen.
Also, when you have a military score of 6, is like having a Hammer and every problems seems like a nail
Vlad does not forget! this might be my favorite series yet. al love and support to extra history from the netherlands!
Vlad does not forget and Bismark had a plan... he always had a plan.
Vlad is my spirit animal
Thinking of him as Dracula the Vampire is actually less disturbing than seeing him as Vlad the Impaler. Yikes 😳
Vlad was lucky that Trevor Belmont wasn't there to see his brutal executions.
So was Trevor Belmont.
Mehmet II took his revenge for belmont
@@pilavboy4417 Still he slapped ottomans.
@@felician2632 Look at the results Dude, They literally chopped vlad's head off and invaded Romania
@@pilavboy4417 What happened to Vlad Brother the handsome,.?
“Think, when a man or a Prince is tough and strong within, then he can make peace as he pleases; and when he is powerless, a stronger one will come upon him and do whatever he wants with him.” is a quote I keep on my work desk.
Germany: Wilhelm
Wallachia: Vlad
The Friedrichs probably beat the Wilhelms.
France: Louis
England: Edward/Henry
@@rennor3498 wait really ?
@@rennor3498 Vladimir means "ruler of peace/ the world" or "famous ruler", while Wilhelm means "vehement protector". Slavic variants of Wilhelm would be Uilliam, Vilgelm, etc.
What did Wilhelm do that puts him on the level of vlad the impaler?
I mean sure WW1, but you cant really blame that on him, and even then it's not on the same level as vlad.
Since I started watching this channel I was hoping for an episode about Vlad. Now not only we have one but it also has a focus on Brasov. I never thought I could live to see this happening.
Vlad: Seems like a nice town here... 😁💖
Town dog: Woof! 🐕🦺😡
Vlad: 🔥👿🔥... Impale... Everybody! Especially the children!
... Not the doggo though, aww Nice doggy 🤗🐕🦺💖
I'm kind of hoping they do a little bit on Elizabeth Bathory (who was a cousin of Vlad, if I recall correctly), and the almost certain smear campaign that gave her a historical reputation much like Vlad's, as a follow-up to this series.
Another thing about this battle too. That does show Vlad's brilliance he is against one of the mightiest military commanders of that era. He did not have the resources to fight him Toto so he pretty much scrounged up every single peasant that he can put all weapon in hand and did a gorilla warfare brula warfare into his own land. What made him legendary though was his night attack.
We really need someone like him now
sure....................
We have some complacent and influential classes of people who need to be reminded of their mortality.
Anyone who crossed Vlad got the point, sooner or later! It's hard to decide which tyrant with the name ending in "ula" was more terrifying, Dracula or Caligula...
*"Hyaaaah. I think that enemy got... The Point!"*
- Vlad the Impaler, probably.
This series is explaining so many of the little moments in the Netflix "Castlevania" show, like the 41 merchants of that town that opposed Dracula.
"Finally, I have managed to unify Wallachia under the same impaling system. No longer people are discriminatingly impaled according to race, sex or religion; now everyone who goes against my will suffers the same standardized, slow, painful death on top of my stakes (sustainably and locally manufactured)." - signed, Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia
I'm more scared of Vlad than Dracula, now!
And now the rains weep ore his hall, with no one left to hear.
"I'm offensive and I find this Ottoman."
-Vlad III
Damn this Castlevania Abridged Episode is amazing
they should make a movie where Radu the handsome is a vampire hunter.
2:09 I was not expecting that
As GWAR sang "He stepped back and he smoked a joint, 20 thousand peasants finally got the point".
What song
@@larrychilders6599 Vlad the Impaler. On the Scumdogs of the Universe album.
i can sense en epic episode incoming. ohh boy the battle of Targoviste was insane!
4:47 Apparently this was after he offered free land to homeless peasants to work on and only one person showed up to accept his offer, a veteran soldier who suffered from seizures after receiving a head injury from an arrow. After that he decided to hold a feast for the homeless peasants and they showed up in droves, then while they were feasting, Vlad had all the exits of the building sealed then he burned it to the ground, killing everyone inside. When asked why he did this he said something along the lines of "If they're only willing to accept free handouts instead of actually working for it, then all the Turks have to do is offer them a few gold coins and they'll gladly share valuable secrets with them!"
He offered the land for free for strategy reasons incase the Ottomans invaded. He basically wanted to know which lands to burn so the Ottomans couldn't use the lands for food. But in order to find out which lands to burn, he had to figure out which lands were able to grow crops to begin with.
Moral of the story :- All the fantastical creatures are actually true characters overly exaggerated by humans .
All this talk of vassal states and war has given me a drive to play Crusader Kings
Its honestly suprising how obscurely unique wallachia and other parts of now Romania was for most of the history.
Still is. We're not very well known on an international level. Most Europeans would have heard of Romania because of the EU, but otherwise not really. We were trapped behind the Iron Curtain for 45 years, and before that we had barely had the chance to enjoy independence and running our own united state (from the 3 medieval provinces of Walachia, Moldova and Transylvania)
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!!!!!!!
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE
MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES!
In those times, blood ran high, but the stakes were higher!
I like the Vlad shirts they were wearing. You guys need to sell those
There are Vlad shirts for sale irl. Used to see em in Fangoria magazine. I'd be lying if I didn't want to wear one when my ship was in Turkey.
Elizabeth Bathory was also a relative of Vlad and both were descendants of Holy Dragons. The fictional Dracula was based on both for it's inspiration.
Strange to hear a historical narrator spouting the long outdated version of what Spanish Inquisition was.
Vlad liked killing the homeless said he was sending them to heaven and really was doing them a favor helping them while also helping the nation by getting rid of em. But I always had one huge objection even if you believe your just sending them to heaven why do you have to make the transition so painful by burning people to death instead of a hanging of a decapitation.
Nobody.
Not a soul.
Vlad: “BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!!!”
Posting up some poor sucker still alive on a giant tent pole is a Surefire way to send a clear and concise message of "this is what happens if you F around, you only need to look up to find out"
I wouldn't be surprised if Vlad was also called "Bloody Hand" in Romanian when describing his rule tbh
The sheer amount of brutality he had to enforce was just... DEYM.
He is considered a national hero. We adore him in Romania.
A majority of Romanians would even vote for him as president.
@@elizavetacassel881 I mean our politicians want some *HIGH SEATS* so he would provide them the highest of seats.
@@AwayWithYouVileBeggar
He will put corruption on a stake!
To anyone who's read the dresden files, Vlad executing his dinner guests has waaaay more of a meaning. Hope there's anyone who here who gets this
Or A Song of Ice and Fire.
that one boyar- deeper dady Vlad!
oh right! Man I forgot about that
@@plamenkirilov5813 I can't wait for daddy Vlady to show off what he's planning. The stars and stones wait for no one
Honestly Vlad the Impaler was probably more brutal than any rendition of Dracula will ever be.
There was a limit to what Bram Stroker could write. Something this gory would have been condemmed by society and the church of his time.
Im so happy to see my history being talked about
The reference 6:09 made me very happy.
Extra Credits, will you post the part how Vlad influenced Bram Stocker's Dracula? How the writer managed to get informations about Vlad?
I hope he's gonna talk about...SCHOLOMANCE! (yes, it's in Bram Stoker's book)
Which is a real place, called Sarmizegetusa.
Stoker had a Hungarian friend. Talking about stuff in general, the topic of history and geopolitics came at one point during one of their meetings. His Hungarian friend would tell him about Vlad Drăculea and the Hungarian POV of him. Stoker documented I believe the various oral accounts that he could write down and some historical ones too.
Stoker earned much of his success to this history, otherwise he would've disappeared as another writer that didn't went mainstream during his time/epoch.
@@Trexmaster12 Stocker also got information about well known Slavic creature - vampire.😉
I already know it’s going to be an outstanding part
Regret?
*Eerie chuckle.*
"Vladimir the Impaler" sounds like a very fun title👍🏾
When I was a teenager, with a group of friends we once wondered what would be our monikers if we were to appear in an adult film. I won that contest easily with that title.
I love the wordplay in the title
Not Vladimir, just Vlad.
Until your the on the bad end of his stick.
Just Vlad . Withought „-imir” Russian ending.
mjah.. sometimes I wonder we need Vlad right now.
Everyone: Vlad where's the boyars?
Vlad: Oh, they're just having some STAKE
"Bring on the impaling!"
"After this episode, you might regret that..."
"Same answer, buddy."
"And the stakes have never been higher!"
Or heavier. Or more bloody. Or as many.
I appreciate the outro with that's right Zoey is always super cheery. Which might be helpful after this history
It’s easy to forget that the real Vlad the Impaler is the friends we made along the way💀
A good reminder in how to get your point across.
The man knows how to make a point!