The Genocidal Pope | The Life & Times of Innocent III
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2024
- Leading his followers into war, then switching sides to fight the people he just helped win, leading one Crusade that accidentally destroyed Christian cities and another that did so intentionally, Pope Innocent III honestly did way more harm than good for the Catholic Church. But hey, he helped put an end to trial by ordeal and apparently preserved remnants of Roman law so now he overlooks the U.S. House of Representatives.
Footnotes:
00:00 See pinned comment for arguments for/against calling Innocent III genocidal
0:17 This is the popular figure for how many people died at the Massacre at Beziers. It's possible the town didn't have this many people, although considering Raymond Roger, one of the local nobility, promised he would defend the city it's possible that people from the countryside flocked there before Raymond ran away to Carcassonne and left Beziers completely defenseless. Either way, it was thousands upon thousands and Raymond Roger was more helpful than Raymond VI of Toulouse who went from "Cathar independence!" to "Kill them all!" in two years.
0:45 "Full Habsburg" in this case referring to the union of the HRE and Kingdom of Sicily that would have (and ultimately did) happen under Frederick II.
1:17 You'd think maybe it was a political assassination, but no, it was because a political marriage fell through. Funnily enough, the man who killed Philip Hohenstaufen was also named Otto.
1:33 If you don't get this reference, go watch my video on Machiavelli. The League of Cambrai is one of my all time favorite wars and I got to work with Blue from OSP on that one so it has a special place in my heart.
1:56 Not sure why France was all buddy-buddy with the Church more than everyone else. But this behavior would have later ramifications because something something the Church relying on France led to the Avignon Papacy.
2:49 Couldn't find out definitively whether it would be pronounced "volo" or "wolo" at this point in history, so I figured the elite Dandolo would say it closer to the Classical pronunciation and the soldiers would be a little more contemporary
3:33 I believe this is an overestimation, as upon looking for the exact numbers for this footnote. However, some 20,000 people were left homeless out of a city whose population was within a handful of hundreds of thousands.
4:12 In contrast to the more popular crusades, where there was usually some goal like "retake the Holy Land", the object of this Crusade was simply "kill the Cathars, wipe out Catharism", though it also had a political angle as the Cathars were pushing for political as well as religious independence.
4:36 If you're looking for more info, you should've taken my advice and gone to watch Religion for Breakfast's Gnosticism video.
4:57 It's worth noting that the crusaders actually tried to have all the Catholics leave the town and be spared (which would've been equally silly, if less deadly) but the Catholics living in Beziers got along with the Cathars quite well and refused to leave. At one point the bishop of the town tried to bring out 222 Cathars to spare the town, but couldn't bring them out because they were too supported by the town. So he tried to get all the Cathars in town to leave and save themselves, but all except a handful refused. It's entirely possible that this has all been exaggerated to make for a compelling story, but the point remains that the whole "kill everybody" thing only happened because inside Beziers, the Cathars weren't seen as enemies.
5:02 The quote attributed to Arnaud Amalric, the legate sent to besiege Beziers, is "Kill them all! God will know his own." It's doubtful that he said those words exactly, but it was certainly the vibe of the whole crusade.
5:13 See the footnote at 0:17 for info on the exact death toll, but basically every man, woman, and child was killed, people were slaughtered in the cathedral, which itself burned down, it was a mess.
5:19 I'm sure this is a wild misrepresentation of how napalm works, but the 20th century is a cold, dark place shrouded in mystery that I seldom dare to enter.
5:24 Both things that Innocent III did in the Fourth Lateran Council, canons 68 and 69
5:43 "But how did they get their ships?" I hear you ask. Well let's just say there were a lot of Genoese with smug grins on their faces in 1217.
Music (in order of appearance):
Kevin Macleod - Hidden Past
Karl Jenkins / Robert Longfield - The Armed Man
Concerto No. 6 in A Minor, Op 3, RV 356 - Vivaldi
Kevin Macleod - Master of the Feast
In the interest of fairness, it can be argued that the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars was not an act of genocide, although I believe it to be. Firstly, it wasn't against a race or nationality but a religious sect, which falls outside the popular conception of genocide. However, the UN defines genocide as acts “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group” and the man who drafted that definition and coined the term believes the Albigensian Crusade to be “one of the most conclusive cases of genocide in religious history”. There are scholars who disagree, including medieval historian Robert Lerner, although his argument comes back to believing genocide to be defined by “ a 'genus' of people”, which I disagree with but is in any case a difference in semantics. The Crusade was also sparked by the murder of one of the pope's legates, but I don't see the extermination of an already prosecuted group (Canon 27 of the 3rd Lateran Council formally curses anyone who so much as traded with a Cathar, encourages people to violently drive them out of town, and excommunicates anyone who refuses to take up arms against them) as an appropriate response on Innocent's part. There are also claims that Cathars had regular orgies, sacrificed children, worshiped the devil, etc. but I haven't found any credible evidence supporting this claim. They did believe that having children trapped a soul in a mortal body, which to them was a very bad thing, but again, no evidence of rampant child-murder.
Yes iam happy to see you again ( life and time of king george iii)
Jack Rackam its armenia all over again.
thank god you are alive
Iron Maiden Intensifies? (yes, there is a song they did about the Cathars.)
obsessive vegans, who belived in ritual suicide
Well that was a rather misleading name for a pope...
HE IS INNOCENT!... the third
@@Christian-mt5jx *the turd
@Mae W I would say it is kind of like "Honest Joe's Used Cars", but the other Popes named Innocent were not so bad;)
There was a pope called Hilarius in the 5th century, and idk much about him but the portraits I've seen of him look extremely cranky
@hawkturkey But by contrasting one Church with "modern" churches" you too forget a verse: "on this rock I will build my Church and the gates of hell will not prevail over it"
“Innocent” is the person version of “Democratic Republic of/Democratic People’s Republic of”
Korea
USA empire of death
HAHAHA
@@saiffirasmhmut4401 you fool! Stop spoiling the third season of the US!
California
Lawyer: Who is this man, your honor?
Judge: He is Innocent
Lawyer: Thank you, your honor
😆
Innocent iii: everything is going according to my plan!😈😈😈
Bruh!!!
Judge: *realizes he was played* "Listen here smartass-"
@@johnnygyro2295 “I’m holding you in contempt of court!”
The most Ironically named guy in history. Innocent indeed.
Yeah
Indeed it is ironic. Amazingly ironic actually
It was actually Simon de Montfort's fault.
He pleeds not gulty innocent and takes the 5th
There was also the danish king Abel who (even though it technically isen't proven), killed his own brother.
I could just imagine a bad 60s sitcom, called “Oh Innocent” where the Pope does bad stuff but everybody just ignores it and say “Oh Innocent”
He would make the Borgias look like Saints...
And him smiling and doing a shrug like he doesn't know what he just did
@tomlxyz no, he would say "Did I do that" in a nasaly voice. If you know what I just referenced, we are automatically friends.
At 2:47 Doge Enrico Dandolo (the Venetian who got the 4th Crusade to beat up the Byzantines) said "Ego Volo" which means "I want" in response to the defenders saying that god did not want the crusaders to attack the city, after this the Crusaders change their battlecry from "Deus Vult" (God Will's) to "Dandolo Vult" (Dandolo Will's). Nice one Rackam.
Based Dandolo
Nice Medieval city you've got there. It would be a pity....if someone organised a crusade without thinking through the possible ramifications and whether or not a massive band of soldiers would actually understand the mission they were tasked with rather than just indiscriminately killing everyone in your aforementioned city.
To be honest, the 4th Crusade could easily have resulted in the destruction of Venice if they hadn't been clever enough to pass on the hot potato to somebody else and get some nice new horses instead. It's a small miracle they got out of that one in one piece.
That's literally _every_ Crusade. Some just managed to reach their intended target before erupting in a burst of sectarian violence.
Oh I think they did know the ramifications and such fortitude scares the bejesus out of you!
Jihadis and their religious leaders (Christian or not) Dont and didnt think of "ramifications" ever ...
@@AudioPervert1 Very cool bro, I wish everyone was as high IQ as you.
Pope Innocent III must have been big on irony.
Maybe it he was named that for massacring the Innocents.
It was actually Simon de Montfort's fault.
@@rafaelwilks directly
In fact being a Medieval Pope is Ironic in itself as they are the Leaders of the church that preches peace and unity but does more Political stuff and can undermine certain state actors and at times create conflict themselves which is just how it is in Medieval times.
If someone is named Innocent, you kind of just assume they've committed war crimes and disregarded the Geneva convention even before it was written
@keo warner That is not fair. Pope Innocent I was a great Pope and saintly man.
Yeah, it's like when people name their kid Chastity, you know that kid is gonn' git some actiiiooonn
@@SpectatorAlius *_You are the most ignorant person I've ever seen._*
@@awddfg Trying to deny the pope's sanctity? Enjoy hellfire heathen.
The Geneva convention is for pussies. The cathars had it coming.
"Venice has boats. Venice has boats for days."
I like that line. You should put it on a t-shirt.
Alaina Colbert
But Venice is also where boatMormons come from so it must be denounced.
@@allthenewsordeath5772 Ayyyy doormonster
Sounds like a Trump quote...
@@Seamus322 I just read it in his voice...
It's probably already on a shirt in a Venetian souvenir stall.
A true spiritual leader for the ages!
Stefan Milo eat your heart out francis!
@@braschigiovanniangelo5559 As opposed to Europe? LOL
TMPanos96 is the present the same as the past? If not then all of that is irrelevant to the conversation.
@@michelsand5399 european tribalism (much like all tribalism) is the same today ... As it was a 100 years ago ... Example football and its various legions of hooligans
Audio Pervert true, very true. Now if only it could fucking stay there!
The way Genghis Khan's eyes widen in shock at the lightning...its the little details that are perfect
Those Cathars had it coming
Error has no rights.
Lmao
Because error has no rights.
Bro-Pope, you need to chill dude.
@@Astropeleki Brope?
Pope not so Innocent III
It was actually Simon de Montfort's fault.
"It wasn't me" - Pope Innocent
Now I want a chess board where the king is the pope and the enemy king is the Orthodox Patriarch.
Rooks are the walls of Rome and Constantinople respectively, bishops are cardinals, knights are the kings leading the crusade and the pawns are the crusaders. Whoever reaches the other side (the Holy land) gets to choose a new path in life.
queens.... choirboy castrati 👌
As an Orthodox i support this thought
@Alvi Syahri Not really, he’s just saying have the chess board be themed with Latin Catholics vs Greek Orthodoxes. Same rules as chess.
1:09 is probably the best way to describe French history in three words or less.
And Scottish history
Gives a whole new meaning to “innocent until proven guilty.”
"That's like if the Pope woke up tomorrow and was like 'That's it, no more 'Mormons''", and napalmed Salt Lake City."
I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and found that part incredibly funny lmbo!
Lmbo
Haha, same
Hey I'm a weirdo from eeeeeh never mind you watch living waters video on mormonism just type that video its a Christian perspective on mormonism
I'm not religious at all but the video by Knowing Better: "American Exceptionalism But As A Religion" is rather entertaining and educational.
its really funny
Although the attack on Constantinople went against his explicit orders, and the Crusaders were subsequently excommunicated, Innocent reluctantly accepted this result, seeing it as the will of God to reunite the Latin and Orthodox Churches.
Proof that the will of god is pretty much whatever you want it to be, and the pope does not actually take command from him. I higly doubt god would approve this,not in a million year.
@@romualdcaffeserre6230 Nothing happens by chance in this world.
@@sophiaperennis2360 yes it does
@@romualdcaffeserre6230 well he (Innocent) does have a point though,
If it happened, it happened I guess?
- Pope Innocent III
And it ended up not uniting anything. Most of the military strength of the 4th Crusade got destroyed 12 months after it took Constantinople (in the Battle of Adrianople) and the rest of the Latin presence in the east could not dominate the Orthodox realms into anything. And the Western insistence on trying to retake the East after it had lost most of it in the 1250s and 1260s, led to the Empire being distracted enough in the West that it didn't/couldn't pay enough attention to the East. So all in all, the 4th Crusade is one of the most Counter-productive events in history to promote Christian strength and unity. All for Venetian greed.
There was a student chant during the Vietnam War. "Hey, hey LBJ, how many kids did you kill today". The mediaeval equivalent was "Hey, hey Innocent the Third, How many Albigensians have you interred".
That would assume he gave them proper burials, but I like the cut of your jib!
LBJ was bad enough, but he couldn't hold a candle to the demonic evil of Innocent III.
Dandolo: Ego Volo
Crusaders: Dandolo vult!
I thought they said Eggo Wall-o at first, lol!
What does it mean?
Dandolo Wills it
The Dandolo were a family of doges that ruled Venice
Jason S Savitt Oh, I thought there were saying “Gondola” lol. That makes more sense
G. K. Chesterton: "At least five times, with the Arian and the Albigensian, with the Humanist skeptic, after Voltaire and after Darwin, the Faith has to all appearance gone to the dogs. In each of these five cases it was the dog that died."
This was absolutely incredible. The writing and timing was brilliant man. Absolutely loved it, especially since Béziers isn't far from where I live - God damn Crusaders!
Life and times of Tsar Nicholas 2 *Electric Boogaloo*
I hate that i never thought of that joke...but no, Lenin would be more entertaining.
Lenin first
👌
@@michelsand5399
Lenin 2.0? Robot Lenin?
LancesArmorStriking ...that’s a great one. But how about this? Robot Lenin: Revolutionator. If the title seems liking, please post your suggestion. Thank you and have a good day/night.
Eastern Orthodox really hate the 4th crusade
What did you expect it single handedly doomed the byzantines to fall under the turks.
@@MJayzStudio You are extremely wrong.
It's a mix of both
@@MJayzStudio The 4th crusade caused the civil wars as to who will reclaim constantinople from the latins with the creation of the empire of nikia, trepenzond and epirus. It also weakened the city walls and left the city in ruins which some parts never recovered from that.
@@MJayzStudio The population of Constantinople was greatly reduced and never recovered. Also the Latins continued to hold many important islands and parts of Greece. Also the Turks found a great opportunity to continue to advance that they wouldn't have otherwise.
You gave me the pretext to play Civilizaton V as Venice: *DANDOLOS'S VULT!!*
Enrico Dandolo lived well into his 90s didn’t he? Apparently God wasn’t that keen for his company ...
and he was blind for most of his live
Res Publica Wasn’t there also a legend where he jumped up and bumped his head on the bed board or something when he heard of the Sack of Constantinople?
102, respectively
Dude made it a century while blind back when everyone thought diseases were caused by either having too much or not enough of a certain body fluid, or were divine punishments.
My guy Innocent is still wanted in Greece after 800 years of his death
@@arolemaprarath6615 yes yes yes, o mai gad, you didn't know?
He is wanted yes yes yes yes yes
@alvi syahri joke: something said or done to provoke laughter
especially : a brief oral narrative with a climactic humorous twist
@@Gia1911Logous Nobody is laughing at the joke, were all laughing at you for thinking youre funny.
I don't get it
@@liz2saintvideos Yeah lemme explain,
basically the guy just ruined Byzantium to oblivion with his unresponsive army
He essentially killed the center of Christianity and the Greek world
This is the first time I've seen this channel. Absolutely brilliant.
Glad to see you back...and this may be my favorite one yet! Well done. And I like the "more information" links that pop up.
I always look forward to your incisive and entertaining presentations. Thank you for all your time and effort !!! Pat. November 2021
This video is the funniest one Jack has made IMO. Just the imagery of the crusaders moving in a giant mass while saying “Dandelo Vult” and “Deus Vult” is hilarious to me for some reason, plus the Star Wars projection thing and the “bomb the Mormons” segment.
This is one of my favorites, along with Jan van Leiden and perhaps Wu Zetian. Not coincidentally those are all the ones where I laughed the most reading Wikipedia
Jack Rackam Oh my god didn’t expect that reply.
Wait... you use Wikipedia?
Though I’d say regarding this one the delivery and visual gags are also what sells it, the super apt metaphors help too.
@@wannabehistorian371 Oh yeah, Wikipedia is an amazing resource, and often very accurate too. You have to be careful that it's not the only source you look at, especially for more obscure topics, but often it can help you find other sources too
Jack Rackam Admittedly I use it often too in my writings (I like to write historical fiction). Though often that’s because for obscure topics there’s so few sources in English. Or really when I want to know about what went on outside England (especially since I like Polish history but trying to research that can be like pulling teeth). The best source for such topics is probably r/AskHistorians but trying to get a bite there isn’t something one should bet on.
I should probably watch the Jan van Leiden one lol. But I’m taking you have a bit of a dark sense of humor. Then again that should have been obvious.
Also, by the way, if you ever do one of these about Voltaire or Frederick the Great and cover their bromance, you just have to use the “The Ambiguously Gay Duo~” song. It’s just way too apt.
I just finished learning about him in Western Civilization I and I’m DYING LAUGHING at this 🤣🤣🤣 thank you for making history FUN!
Awesome that you're back!!
Would love to see a video about Bismarck if you ever have the time!
This video and channel just showed up on my feed this morning. Why didn’t I know about tha topic sooner? The spin on this was absolutely fantastic!
just found your channel and absolutely love it!
Welcome back man fantastic video as always
The 4th crusade was excommunicated when they attacked Zadar (or Zara). So they were not Crusaders when they attacked, but mercenaries. The Roman pretender also hires him, but had no money, so they took the spoils of Constantinople as payment.
true but they continued to the Middle East with the intention of carrying out the Crusade and receiving pardon from the Pope.
@@igors5827 Did they get it? I am not aware
@@JoeSmith-sl9bq They did, after taking Constantinople
@@JoeSmith-sl9bq Innocent III washed his hands and declared it the "will of God".
@@igors5827 Can you quote any original source to support that?
5:40
I love how your videos end so abruptly. You had me laughing for minutes
He does that with all of them. They didn't find out what happened after they died.
Glad your back. You put out some great content!
Good to be back!
To be fair to the Pope
Excommunication was a pretty big deal at the time so it was a worthy punishment at least in the minds of the crusaders I guess
since they probably thought they'd be going to hell
Granted, absolutely, although it's still a very easy punishment for him to dole out without really having to change anything
@@alexfranco9389 The Bible doesn't mention any hell tho
@@UltramanII
2 Peter 2:4-5
Matthew 8:12
Matthew 23:33
Mark 9:47
Luke 12:5
Luke 16:22-24
What are these verses referring to then?
@@relmcheatham A generic afterlife. There is nothing mentioned about any eternal burning. That Luke 16:22-24 verse used "Hades" even in English version, clearly it's referring to a place similar to the netherworld in Greek mythology.
@Joseph Krakowski Since the excommunication didn't even slow them down, I am sure they did not think they'd be going to hell.
I swear I’ve watched this video at least 20 times . It’s so enjoyable
The production quallity is top. Its pretty abridged(the history that is), but I see this channel potentially taking off.
This video comes back to my mind every time I remember what someone said about Medieval 2:
"You shouldn't be able to attack fellow Christians during a crusade"
Well the 4th Crusaders were technically no longer Crusading but have the Crusader Mercenary units if we are going by the games logic.
Or how in EU4 as the Papal controller you can't declare a Crusade against other Christians.
That guitar guy though! 3:08
Just discovered this channel and it's wonderful
So I found you somehow after smoking some El Chapo OG, and once I heard your opening line and the way it rhymed I totally subbed!!! Great shit bro!!! RESPECT!!!
Damn this dude pretty much has main antagonist of future Assassin's Creed game written all over him
His evil is so vast, even the assassin order can't match him.
Ah, good old medieval Europe. A place that makes hell looks like a five star beach resort with free drinks.
Far more better than 20th century europe... Waaaaay more killed people and destroyed cities in 20th century than in previous 19
@@lawmaker22 No carnage during the Middle Ages compares to what happened to Leningrad, Hamburg, or Dresden. Explain what a firestorm is to any of the medieval popes and they would think we're the insane, savage brutes.
@@PaulvonOberstein people dont realize how sick 20th century was. 21st could be too. People dont realize how sick abortion industry is.... We made progress only in technology, thank God for that... In humanism we are way worse than middle ages societies
@@PaulvonOberstein Nah, they would salivate and become erect at the possibility of having such power, answerable to their rage.
@@PaulvonOberstein They didn't lack the will, just the means.
Very Interesting, Informative and Funny! Thank You, Jack👍
Excellent work. Beautiful done and highly informative.
5:16 That would make a pretty good novel
Welcome back, Jack!
Great Video! I re-watched it like 3 times :D
Found your videos today, I like your funny voice and editing and also the figures used for the animations!! Just my taste
As an ex mormon I would whole heartedly support the Pope napalming salt lake city
@LX Forde what does this even mean
So glad Jack's back !
First video I've watched from you, subbed, way too entertaining!
This was very funny and accurate. Well done!
“Innocent is a man with a plan that starts with a span of land in Germanic hands”
I hope we'll get a video on Philip IV of France and his whole messed-up family / succession problems because THAT was a wild ride and eventually led to the 100 years war.
Oh, yeah, the end of the knights Templars, the curse from de Molay, that movie is sure to come out within ten years.
@@johnnymatheis1018I'm hoping for an actual good AND high-budget series based on The Accursed Kings, because the very old series lacked money and the newer one was rushed as hell.
this video was amazing after a few pints. SUBSCRIBED!
I love your style, I love your delivery, and I love your attention to detail sir. I have just discovered your channel and I cannot wait to see what your take on all these historical situations are. To sound hokey I like the cut of your jib.
Much obliged, kind sir!
The name INNOCENT is a mite ironic...
I think the Catholic Church now really need another pope like him or St. Pius X!
I'm pretty sure Innocent III was the bad guy in this story, or do you just enjoy watch Papal incompetence and Pope Fights?
@@alexfranco9389 You can believe that, until a pope fight breaks out and there are multiple popes.
@@alexfranco9389 Amen.
this channel deserves more subs!
I have a feeling you're gonna hit 100k sometime next year
Man, that would be awesome. I do have a couple projects in the works that I think will bring more attention to the channel, hopefully I'll cross 10k by next summer, but pulling a Knowing Better would be a dream come true.
Omg it s beautiful! Wonderful video man!!!
How can you call him a genocidal* if he is Innocent?
In Crusader Kings 2, any bishop that is named "Innocent" is often a target of assassination or execution. Playing as one of the Norse factions allowed me to rampage through certain very specific places and raid those monasteries for fun and profit. I actually ended up being the target of Pope Innocent III's crusade, which was why I decided to completely destroy the Papal States including Rome and converted it into a center of Norse paganism. It was kind of hilarious watching the game go through several Pope Innocents, all of whom I sacrificed to the Norse gods.
I love your sense of irony
@@JackRackam The game lets me mess with history as much as I want so I might as well yeet it for all it is worth.
I absolutley loveeee the narrator's style of telling these stories..
Great video, love the animations of the stickmen charging the city!
Thanks! Animating armies is astonishingly time-consuming, happy it came out well but my goodness I need to not do that again for a little while :D
Missed this 😍😍😍
"He got a fever and died"
As we are in a pandemic, that line aged well.
Best videos as always! Keep it up!
Great to see you back!
Great to be back! Been waiting to finish this video for ages!
4:51 Yeah, Saint Thomas of Aquinas was definitely not liking the Beziers "incident". I mean, in his Just War Theory in the Summa Theologica he was like: "If you can't distinguish: HANDS OFF!" (Summa Theologia Book II, II 64,2)
Medieval History and Popes...
Always something good to find there
Yap, a lot less shit than in 20th century alone.... These are fairytales in compare to fascist, nacis and communists ww 1 and 2
Unbelievable😂 what kind of history telling is that?? Insane!! Loved it. Thanks for sharing.
Hey man, you deserve all my respects for what you're doing. Not only mine... Just want you to know how grateful I am that there's some funny dude doing all this stuff.
Thanks so much! I love this stuff, it's worth doing, and it means a lot to know that people appreciate it
I like this new wave of comic history channels.Educational and fun
One you missed quite a lot of information on the Fourth Crusade. When the Crusaders sackes Zara, Innocent excommunicated all of them and Venice. And the Prince who was planning to pay them was killed by another man who took the throne and that guy refused to pay the crusaders.
He didn't want to spend the whole video on it. He said that.
Quality content as always
It's been like three years since I first watched this video and sometimes I still quote it.
more videos please
In catalonia the cathar were called “els bonhomes” (the goodmen)
This is great thank you jack
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
I hope you come out soon; I literally JUST subscribed.
Cathars were violent suicidal maniacs. There’s a reason why that movement was legitimately squashed
As per the pinned comment, there is little evidence to suggest they were such maniacs and the Albigensian Crusade was pretty indiscriminate, a lot of Catholics were killed too. It wasn't just the suppression of a religious movement, it was rampant and indiscriminate killings with the intent to wipe out an entire group of people.
Gnosticism is based
You forgot to mention that the Pope threatened the crusaders with excommunication as they were about to attack Zara.
New favourite channel
Love your videos dude. Very well done. If I could offer a small criticism, it is a lot of information to absorb at once for the layman, if you could slow down the pacing just a tad
Thanks! You might like my newer videos, they're paced a little slower
You should write for Drunk History. I love this channel 😂😂
Was it VOLTAIRE who said the Holy Roman Empire was neither HOLY, ROMAN, or an EMPIRE ?
I believe so, yes
To be honest to the HRE. Voltaire said that in the 18th century, when the HRE was a shadow of its former self after the protestant reformation and the rise of nation states inside the empire. The HRE had a few periods where it was (mostly) holy and was (somewhat) roman and was an empire.
« Kill them all, god will recognize his own! » famous quote thought to have been said when the crusader armies assaulted Beziers during the Albigensian crusade.
Great episode, incredible funny. Tragedy + Time = Humor.
Lawyer:"Your honor my client is innocent"
Prosecutor:"well but he literally killed thousands of christians"
Lawyer:"I don't believe you understand, my client is INNOCENT"
Prosecutor:"..."
Judge:"..."
Clerk:"..."
Jury:"well... He's innocent"
Judge:"well, the jury found the defendant Innocent and not guilty"
Fourth Crusade: **Dandolo Vult!!!**
you earned a sub today sir
ok this video made me lol a lot... nice way of explaining it!