The Teutonic Knights: Crusaders of the North - full documentary

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  • The history of the Teutonic Knights in a full-length documentary. Get my Crusades book:
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    The Teutonic Knights: Crusaders of the North - full documentary

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  • @RealCrusadesHistory
    @RealCrusadesHistory  4 роки тому +196

    Support my work on Patreon: www.patreon.com/RealCrusadesHistory

    • @dominicschmitz4933
      @dominicschmitz4933 3 роки тому +1

      That was asome!!

    • @Iranda_
      @Iranda_ 3 роки тому +3

      @Roland Rubovic The original Prussians were a Baltic nation, not German. Their land was conquered by the Teutonic Knights who created a German state there.

    • @youradventure0710
      @youradventure0710 3 роки тому +1

      Great documentary thank you , are you going to mention part 2 , the 15th century? thank you

    • @stephenlatchem8882
      @stephenlatchem8882 3 роки тому +1

      @@johnkloss6936 Bhai

    • @GrzegorzDurda
      @GrzegorzDurda 3 роки тому +2

      You didn't mention the Order being defeated by the Polish in 1410? For betrayal?

  • @timm3735
    @timm3735 3 роки тому +1118

    This is what the History Channel should be like.

  • @stephenh9483
    @stephenh9483 4 роки тому +882

    Seriously, the attire of the Teutonic Knights is so striking - wow! This is brilliant

    • @moochimooch6650
      @moochimooch6650 3 роки тому +3

      Raf The Jaf lol that’s your opinion

    • @moochimooch6650
      @moochimooch6650 3 роки тому +1

      Raf The Jaf also your opinion

    • @OblivionImperialGuard
      @OblivionImperialGuard 3 роки тому +6

      Muffins McGeez I agree, The Anglo-Saxon Invasion was believed to be even worse than that of the Vikings

    • @gurugurukuma
      @gurugurukuma 3 роки тому +88

      All I know German Military really know how to create badass uniforms.

    • @stevenizzard8744
      @stevenizzard8744 3 роки тому +13

      @@gurugurukuma risky statement🤣😅

  • @rueporter2253
    @rueporter2253 4 роки тому +301

    This was like being transported in time to join in with the thread. Locales and knights exude a heavy aura along with ambiance, music, and vocal tonality are wonderfully magical. A true piece of art.

    • @RealCrusadesHistory
      @RealCrusadesHistory  4 роки тому +20

      Thanks so much!

    • @dondep
      @dondep 3 роки тому +6

      I agree, and in fact I'd like to get that music. Sounds alot like Dead Can Dance. I went to the link in Amazon, but alot of the music used does not appear to be on that album "Lit By The Sky" by Roman Lion (though it's a cool name for both the band and the album). Many thanks in advance for any clarification.
      One of the great tragedies of the final surrender in 1945 was the transfer of Konigsberg to Russia, henceforth known as Kaliningrad. The Kaliningrad Enclave is a curious geopolitical anomaly, made so because of this unique history.

    • @M60gunner1971
      @M60gunner1971 11 місяців тому +2

      I enjoyed this. I could almost smell their feet.

    • @ChineseAncientStories-cb8uo
      @ChineseAncientStories-cb8uo 4 дні тому

      Very good history channel I've ever watched

  • @Arbiter099
    @Arbiter099 4 роки тому +259

    Martin's story sounds like a videogame character, but even better because it actually happened

    • @AeneasGemini
      @AeneasGemini 4 роки тому +40

      History is often better than fiction, it's sad more video games don't draw from it

    • @A_Moustached_Sock
      @A_Moustached_Sock 3 роки тому +16

      It definitely feels like there should be a movie based on him. If nothing else for his sister and when they try to execute him and he just kills his captors

    • @user-qi6tp1te1y
      @user-qi6tp1te1y 2 роки тому +6

      They should make a tv show about Genghis Khan from slave to a conquer

    • @timewellspent8137
      @timewellspent8137 Рік тому +7

      He'd make a badass Assassin's Creed protagonist. A civil war between the templar order, fracturing it between the east(Kights Templar) and west(Teutonic Order). Could even see some blurred lines with Assassin's doing unseemly acts causing some to leave the order and join the Teutonic knights. Could be cool, I'm just spitballing

    • @Z_BoyPanduh
      @Z_BoyPanduh Рік тому

      @@timewellspent8137 that sounds awesome. And vise versa some of the knights getting fed up and joining the assassins I would play that

  • @_thoughtcriminal_9102
    @_thoughtcriminal_9102 2 роки тому +20

    "They did not spice their foods nor sleep in soft beds" just like modern Germany lmao

  • @halthammerzeit
    @halthammerzeit 10 місяців тому +36

    I actually was born and live in former Bartenstein, city founded by Teutonic knights. All it was left from medieval times is one of the gates to the city, and fragment of walls, also old townhall foundations were dug up. Interested with the gate can type Bartoszyce in search. Great channel!

  • @legatvsdecimvs3406
    @legatvsdecimvs3406 3 роки тому +78

    "Those who come to us with a sword.. will die by the sword." - Alexander Nevsky

    • @MalfunctioningAndroid
      @MalfunctioningAndroid 2 роки тому +8

      Nope. Eisenstein.

    • @tehjamerz
      @tehjamerz Рік тому +9

      Matthew 10:34 - Think not that I am come to send peace into the earth, but the sword.

    • @cilindras2952
      @cilindras2952 Рік тому +1

      And indeed the Teutons did die by the sword

  • @scottyfox6376
    @scottyfox6376 4 роки тому +52

    Martin is an inspiration to me. What a glorious figure to inspire people to persist in resistance against the odds.

  • @everybodyloveschris7734
    @everybodyloveschris7734 4 роки тому +12

    Still one of my favorite Channels! I really enjoy these longer videos, Especially on a a portion of the crusades that I do not know about! Thank you!!!

  • @MartinNabi
    @MartinNabi 3 роки тому +45

    Really liked the inclusion of the story of Martin. Its the kind of story you don't really find when reading general history of the Teutonic Order. Really brings life to the history of the events when you hear detailed accounts of famed individuals relevant during the time.

    • @HanSolo__
      @HanSolo__ 10 місяців тому +4

      Centuries later, all guys from other parts of Poland call us (who live in cities and towns established by Teutonic Order) "crusaders." As the ones not exclusively of Polish/Slavic ancestry.
      Also, my first name is Martin.

  • @Thomas-dw1nb
    @Thomas-dw1nb 4 роки тому +12

    This was one of the better documentaries you've done. It was easy to follow, it kept my interest, and it often used your old RCH intro jingle that I wish you still used.

  • @tiamabderezai5374
    @tiamabderezai5374 Рік тому +13

    Hey man, this is one of my favorite videos of all time. I've probably watched and listened to the whole thing 10 times. The music, your voice and narration, historical facts are all carried out superbly. Really good stuff 👍

  • @dcox5555
    @dcox5555 3 роки тому +79

    This was fantastic!!! You are very good at this! You got a Fan for life!

  • @boxbury
    @boxbury Рік тому +20

    One of the best historical pieces I’ve seen! Well done!

  • @cybergeek1218
    @cybergeek1218 Рік тому +15

    Awesome documentary. I visited museums in Riga and Tallinn, and there's lots of stories about the knights, popes, laws of the time, just brutal history of the 11th and 12th century AD.

  • @LordBaronsworth
    @LordBaronsworth 4 роки тому +336

    Dude, your channel is so cool.

  • @cliff567
    @cliff567 Рік тому +7

    Thank you for giving me access to this story, I have read into the knights Templar. Great work and presentation.

  • @bastong4124
    @bastong4124 3 роки тому +2

    Freaking dope man! Thanks for putting that all together! I learned a lot

  • @SRP3572
    @SRP3572 2 роки тому +53

    I enjoy your videos. Found your channel today and have been listening to it all day. It's nice to have someone tell the history of this time in world history with no agenda, no demonizing and glorifying sides, trying to remain PC so as not to offend. You just tell us what it is, based on the historical accounts. Thank you.

  • @evolveausevolveaus
    @evolveausevolveaus 4 роки тому +7

    Wow man I just found your channel, you have some excellent content. I have some bingeing on tonight 🤓

  • @marinazinovic2113
    @marinazinovic2113 3 роки тому +8

    Amazing documentary man your channel never fails to deliver!

  • @edghlover7535
    @edghlover7535 4 роки тому +13

    PERFECT! SLOW SPOKEN AND CLEAR. Thanks

  • @mattwiedenman3268
    @mattwiedenman3268 3 роки тому

    This historical account is extremely entertaining to me! Great job!

  • @fireteammichael1777
    @fireteammichael1777 2 роки тому +7

    My new favorite channel!!! Awesome content! Like someone else said, "This is what the history channel SHOULD be!"

  • @TheLoyalOfficer
    @TheLoyalOfficer 4 роки тому +10

    Wow dude, GREAT WORK! Congratulations! Great graphics, too.

  • @danieleriksson5587
    @danieleriksson5587 4 роки тому +13

    Have been watching all of your videos recently. And I have to say I like it alot. Many don't wish to talk about crusades but you have based your entire channel on it. Respect

  • @Oldwhiteguy
    @Oldwhiteguy 4 роки тому +162

    That was awesome, you don’t disappoint.

    • @punsher5254
      @punsher5254 2 роки тому

      This is useless now Germany will be soon Islamic country churches are converted to mosques. Defeat

  • @graneadear
    @graneadear 3 роки тому +110

    as a German American (European mixed I am also: Swedish, Irish, Scottish and Dutch) and interested in Germany history and especially I have to say this order this documentary is well made thanks for this Real Crusades History I appreciate it

    • @mightykurgan3444
      @mightykurgan3444 3 роки тому +10

      You must be proud
      Although our ancestors fought each other in crusades i love Germany Germans and German history

    • @sudfac
      @sudfac 3 роки тому +1

      At 47:45 - picture of Russian artist V. Vasnetsov "Russian Knight at Crossroads":
      It is written on stone: “If you go straight along the road - you will not be alive, if you go to right - you will be married; if you go left, you will be rich. "
      Кnight reads stone inscription and drives straight along the road.

    • @blackdragon-po8jy
      @blackdragon-po8jy 3 роки тому +5

      Youre Either German, Asian, Mexican, African Or Indian
      Their never was Other Bloodlines after those 👎😂

    • @nillynush4899
      @nillynush4899 3 роки тому +1

      Seek what they purposefully keep from you. Your history.

    • @mikehunt3746
      @mikehunt3746 3 роки тому +5

      You what we call American, that's for sure🤣 all countries in 1 person!

  • @PRH123
    @PRH123 4 роки тому +76

    Thanks, interesting. You have somewhat misstated Nevskii's role though, he was not an autocrat or feudal prince in the western sense. He was hired and paid by the merchants of Novgorod as a temporary war leader, and was not actually allowed to enter the city. He didn't resist the Mongols, in fact he had to travel to the capital of the Golden Horde and as all princes in that area at that time had to grovel (literally) and ask for permission to maintain his title and position,

    • @BerndGSchneider
      @BerndGSchneider 3 роки тому +5

      Interesting! So to speak Nevskii seems to have been a freelance warlord similar to the condotieri in italian renaissance.

    • @Pawel_Mrozek
      @Pawel_Mrozek Рік тому

      Interesting insight. I know very little about the realities of that time in Russia. This opens up interesting paths for reflection.

  • @josephradgowski2934
    @josephradgowski2934 3 роки тому +7

    This is a very good channel I'm so glad I found it. You people keep it up please!**

  • @eagleofbrittany7231
    @eagleofbrittany7231 4 роки тому +14

    Really loved this video. I hope you also make a second part about their history in the 14th and 15th centuries

    • @Elsupermayan8870
      @Elsupermayan8870 4 роки тому +3

      @Life as we know it
      I think the universal language back then was Latin, much like English is today.

  • @chevaliergryphon1308
    @chevaliergryphon1308 4 роки тому

    Great work! I like this series of full documentaries

  • @yakovkratzberg802
    @yakovkratzberg802 4 роки тому +3

    Wow,great video Stephen,joy to listen

  • @fredrikmelhus1107
    @fredrikmelhus1107 3 роки тому +13

    Nice video! Really interesting stuff! I just would like to inform that the picture at 41:00 is not of Martin, but it is a famous painting of two Birkebeiners escorting the norwegian heir to the throne Håkon Håkonsson from the enemy territory of the Baglers during the norwegian civil war.

  • @davedyck7718
    @davedyck7718 3 роки тому +11

    This was really well done. Great job with the visuals and the narration.

  • @HereWeald
    @HereWeald 2 роки тому

    This channel is absolutely crazy, happy i found you lot

  • @aramondehasashi3324
    @aramondehasashi3324 4 роки тому +2

    Great video, i really love the artwork you use.

  • @lawrencebergeron6164
    @lawrencebergeron6164 3 роки тому

    Great Job thanks for the research and the presentation i would buy this. thanks again

  • @danielavery3706
    @danielavery3706 3 роки тому +1

    That was very well put together man I really enjoyed it

  • @ottodidakt3069
    @ottodidakt3069 3 роки тому +1

    impressed by the quality of your work !

  • @Claire_H
    @Claire_H 2 роки тому +3

    Good content. This is what I like to see history without filler.

  • @tomgriffin477
    @tomgriffin477 3 роки тому

    OUTSTANDING video, as always!!!

  • @psylegio
    @psylegio 4 роки тому

    Another great topic! I have a long drive tomorrow so going to listen to this then. It will be an excellent interlude between reading William Urban and Eric Christensen which is next on my list.

  • @illeagle9560
    @illeagle9560 2 роки тому +1

    I love this channel. I love learning about the different military orders of the past.

  • @inhocsignovinces7713
    @inhocsignovinces7713 4 роки тому +2

    one of your best videos, thank you!

  • @ccmetalhead
    @ccmetalhead 3 роки тому

    Awesome channel man. I truly enjoyed this

  • @scottyoung2986
    @scottyoung2986 3 роки тому +91

    Well put together! Keep up the good historical briefing.

  • @Merlin.Twiggles
    @Merlin.Twiggles Рік тому +4

    What an amazing video! Narration was clear and easy to understand. Very professional!

  • @gavg89iiuktvii35
    @gavg89iiuktvii35 3 роки тому +3

    Thankyou for the lesson and your energy God Bless You 💎

  • @marijntaal1531
    @marijntaal1531 6 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for this, really learned more about the Teutonic Knights.

  • @jameseicher6916
    @jameseicher6916 10 місяців тому +1

    This is truly excellent! Very well researched & superbly presented (love the accompanying imagry)! Thank you!!!

  • @Bdady74
    @Bdady74 3 роки тому +1

    Great video, informative and interesting!

  • @mclovin9578
    @mclovin9578 3 роки тому +1

    Great job. Keep up the good work. 👍

  • @kevinmarker-cz3bx
    @kevinmarker-cz3bx 8 місяців тому

    I'm very impressed with how this is presented..Well done.

  • @lynnthomason6589
    @lynnthomason6589 2 роки тому

    OMG ! Thank you so much for this wonderful film. I have learned more than expected about the Crusades. I’m subscribing. Lynn T.

  • @edwardsdeacon
    @edwardsdeacon 4 роки тому

    Great video. Very well done.

  • @amang1001
    @amang1001 4 роки тому +29

    Hell yeah an hour long video!!!!!

  • @edreynolds8565
    @edreynolds8565 3 роки тому +78

    Thank you for the amazing content! I highly appreciate that you are one of the few who don't judge and condemn the deeds of these fierce people, who lived in a harsh world very different from ours. I'll consider buying your novel for Christmas!

    • @susettesantiago5509
      @susettesantiago5509 2 роки тому +2

      The harsh world of farmers..........farmers..........trying to survive..........how do we come to terms with the fact that rape and plunder was used against farmers..........we don’t............we can only forgive the crazy and try to move on from this genocidal rampage...........still..........very much alive..........but there may be hope for our war ridden world...........

    • @ayinthroposreloaded7248
      @ayinthroposreloaded7248 Рік тому +1

      @@susettesantiago5509 , I come from a Family of dirt farmers from Louisiana. You may hate me or what you imagine my nature to be. I fault you not. It is beyond me to ascertain the reason for all of this savagery.

  • @ninokolen4300
    @ninokolen4300 4 роки тому +2

    Great work, subscribed !

  • @garybaldwin1
    @garybaldwin1 Рік тому +1

    Loved listening to this documentary, when I was walking the the dog this morning. Very informative and insightful. You have a excellent Voice.

  • @martinbudolph2656
    @martinbudolph2656 4 роки тому +1

    awesome as always

  • @rogerhwerner6997
    @rogerhwerner6997 4 роки тому +60

    One of the greatest modern Russian symphonies is Alexander Nevsky by Sergie Prokofiev. One of the movements is the Battle on Ice. It's a brilliant symphony and certainly glorifies the great battle.

    • @priest0701
      @priest0701 3 роки тому +3

      Algirdas Urbanavicius true

    • @kraanz
      @kraanz 3 роки тому +6

      @Algirdas Urbanavicius There's a movie? Let me guess, it's a Russian one? =D
      I remember seeing some other "historical" Russian movie, where an entire army of Polish winged hussars were assaulting Moscow. And I mean that literally - a whole bunch of cavalrymen on horseback where charging fortified walls. And then the heroic Russians (there was maybe 3 of them) killed most of them and won the battle.
      The movie WAS NOT a comedy, all of it was dead serious. It wasn't as much historical as it was hysterical =D.
      Edit: I forgot to mention that the movie was set a few centuries before the actual creation of winged hussars, it was brilliant.

    • @MetalDetroit
      @MetalDetroit Рік тому

      @@kraanz The movie was 1612. Had a dancing bear and a talking fish. Oh - and an old man in a tree.

    • @colmcmillan173
      @colmcmillan173 Рік тому

      @@kraanz So what? It's the same in any Western historical films. Especially Hollywood. No relation to reality.

  • @gustav3d
    @gustav3d 3 роки тому

    This is awesome quality !

  • @geemanamatin8383
    @geemanamatin8383 2 місяці тому +1

    A very enlightening video about my now favorite knightly order! Great stuff!

  • @tabletopgeneralsde310
    @tabletopgeneralsde310 4 роки тому +6

    Amazing man, love this kind of videos. Absolut fantastic, der deutsche Orden is my favorite order. Thanks for this epic video.

  • @ScrapironRyann
    @ScrapironRyann 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent Vid, seen so many of yours. I can't imagine the effort that goes into making them, so this is only the first hundred years of the Order, there's much more right ? Did you mention a part 2 ?

  • @bern1228
    @bern1228 4 роки тому +2

    Excellent. Thank you.

  • @a1n9t8o9
    @a1n9t8o9 11 місяців тому +6

    Amazingly immersive experience! You do such a great job of transporting us back in time. Excellent work on this documentary!

  • @Pureblood1776
    @Pureblood1776 3 роки тому +1

    Great work RCH!

  • @rgochina
    @rgochina 8 місяців тому +1

    Hello from Brazi. Beautifull and impressive work, thanks a lot !!!!

  • @Johnny1.0
    @Johnny1.0 Рік тому +2

    Pleasantly surprised. Well done all Round Sir!

  • @BrandonWatson-sk3yq
    @BrandonWatson-sk3yq 3 місяці тому

    Great content. 👍 really like your work bud

  • @karelleet
    @karelleet 9 місяців тому

    Your work is amazing, very grateful to learn and enjoy from your work

  • @MrSpot41
    @MrSpot41 3 роки тому

    Always wondered who these guys were. Thanks for the education. Great video.

  • @garymcatear822
    @garymcatear822 Рік тому +8

    You should do a video on 'The Gallowglass', Scottish and Viking mercenaries from western Scotland who were the most feared people in the British isles and beyond. They were bodyguards to Kings and Queens and elites who paid handsome payment for their services.

  • @NikVA4
    @NikVA4 3 роки тому +1

    Nice work!

  • @judeanzealotrometotalwar5866
    @judeanzealotrometotalwar5866 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent narration. Very informative.

  • @Greenman432
    @Greenman432 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you!

  • @reaver5
    @reaver5 3 роки тому

    Love your videos man

  • @davidmccullough1913
    @davidmccullough1913 3 роки тому +1

    Beautiful documentary.

  • @danvikkilmire6075
    @danvikkilmire6075 13 днів тому

    Illuminating and well done, salute

  • @Czer141
    @Czer141 Рік тому +1

    Man I love real crusade history best channel on YT

  • @wallung1876
    @wallung1876 3 місяці тому +1

    Great job, a lot of stuff i dind't knew

  • @causticmedia3621
    @causticmedia3621 4 роки тому +2

    Very cool video!!

  • @markjenkins9640
    @markjenkins9640 Рік тому

    Great video I enjoyed it very much

  • @rollandchapin5308
    @rollandchapin5308 Рік тому

    good job well done thanks for your contribution

  • @dishtveddie
    @dishtveddie 2 роки тому

    Well done!

  • @MxK589
    @MxK589 3 роки тому +41

    I knew my name was great, Martin!
    Awesome documentary btw, I really enjoyed this. My ancestry is of Slavic Baltic and Germanic descent.

  • @lonniesmith3348
    @lonniesmith3348 7 місяців тому

    This doc was so interesting. and I love it So thank you very much.

  • @ItsNotaCult420
    @ItsNotaCult420 3 роки тому +1

    Absolutely awesome and informative

  • @mr.djeathcore4279
    @mr.djeathcore4279 3 роки тому

    Great episode! =)

  • @silkstudiosrowl4nd993
    @silkstudiosrowl4nd993 3 роки тому

    Awesome bro !

  • @jakeroark570
    @jakeroark570 4 роки тому +1

    Great video bub keep it up.

  • @gabrielmasseur4944
    @gabrielmasseur4944 3 роки тому +12

    Amazing voice of the narrator .So clear, I want to listen more and more histories.

    • @hugojrneves
      @hugojrneves 2 роки тому

      he sounded like keanu reeves actually.

    • @tehjamerz
      @tehjamerz Рік тому

      @@hugojrneves woah

  • @alexkulka8578
    @alexkulka8578 Рік тому

    Fantastic work!! 🔧

  • @TFrills
    @TFrills 3 роки тому +7

    This is really well done! And your narration is really smooth. Love this. I am hard to please.

  • @inquisitorwalmarius6650
    @inquisitorwalmarius6650 11 місяців тому

    this was a good Documentary. rarely do people mention the Schwertbrüder order in relation to the Teutonics. you did both a great service.

    • @RealCrusadesHistory
      @RealCrusadesHistory  11 місяців тому

      Thank you sir! It's great history, and I enjoyed working on it.

    • @inquisitorwalmarius6650
      @inquisitorwalmarius6650 11 місяців тому

      @@RealCrusadesHistory it shows, it was a pleasure to listen to it.

  • @ironstarofmordian7098
    @ironstarofmordian7098 4 роки тому +39

    Any videos on crusader infantry that you have planned?

  • @johnjohnon8767
    @johnjohnon8767 Рік тому +3

    Thourghly enjoyable telling of history.