Godfrey of Bouillon - History's Greatest Knight - documentary
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- Опубліковано 1 кві 2020
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Godfrey of Bouillon - History's Greatest Knight
"Defender of the Holy Sepulchre" is a title that exudes strength and humility. Viva Cristo Rey.
Sick in bed. I have heard of it. But I need to research it when I feel a little better God willing. Thank you I spent a year in Europe.
Godfrey of Bouillon, was an unforgettable man. An inspiration. I'll always remember when I first heard about him over 10yrs ago.
This was a great video about my favorite non-canonized catholic hero. The man was great, and I often reflect on the famous saying of his that he refused to wear a crown of gold where the Lord wore a crown of thorns. The man may not be a Saint, but he is a Legend.
He should be a saint
Like George Washington, Godfrey could have had the prestige of being called king but he refused to. That takes plenty of humility and moderation. A true legend, along with the other heroes of the First Crusade such as Bohemond and Raymond IV
He was de facto king in a somewhat absolute monarchy. Potato potato. George Washington is not comparable to this guy, even though they both where great men
@@Tobiasxdful Absolutely. I was just comparing how they had to give prestige up. Godfrey may not have given up his kingly powers, but he didn't give up the title.
@@abcjuniormilton They both where extremely prestigious? My English isn't great so please clarify
@@Tobiasxdful Prestige is the reputation that you have, and how favorable someone/something is
@@abcjuniormilton You make zero sense at all. Say more
Real Crusades History is also Epic Crusades History! What a riveting account!
I'm really liking the reverb in the audio, it adds a sense of drama and history. I am really enjoying this format, I've been watching since the beginning. Thank you!
So glad to hear!
Why godfrey was good coz he was raised by an awesome mom.. a real woman.. a pious woman.. a god fearing woman
Very true
Underrated and based comment.
Good mix of art, pictures, and video game footage. Not too much of either, it makes for a nice visual flow.
Sold/Mortgaged his lands and titles
Inspired thousands to march on a thankless quest to save the land of his lord
Fought and braved the heat and fanaticism of the saracens
Godfrey is the epitome of courage, sacrifice and selfless inspiration
He was a great man ......🇺🇸
Huh
Great to see you're now using animations! Definitely adds to the narration. There's nothing like the story of the First Crusade. Hope to see an updated feature on Raymond IV of Toulouse someday.
I've always liked the soundtrack to these videos. You wouldn't think that rock music would fit into this setting so well but it does, in a weird way. Like a sword and sorcery movie from the 80s
Excellent biography! Respectfully...
Good job I don't know why I didn't get notified for this video
i like the animations!
"Be assured that we do not kill any man in this way for the sake of reward or for money, but only when he has first inflicted/caused an injury on us."
Sinan
quoted in;
Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade.
Another awesome video. You should do one on plagues and disease in the holy Land during the crusades.
love history
Superb
I like your use of total war Medieval 2 in the video. Back when total war games were awesome.
read a few books on godfrey and related crusade battles at he time goedfrey was one of the best god bless his soule.
Indeed
Great video as always. Do you have any plans on expanding to other eras of history besides the crusades?
"The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne." Revelation 3.21
I'm not sure what version you are quoting out of, but I am seeing the word "overcome" and not "conquer" also the context of the scripture is a little different. I believe our Lord is morso talking about overcoming the flesh and temptations here. Not that I am opposed to the crusades or conquering.
Nice 👍
Using 1212 mod? This Channel is reaching the upper levels already 👏
If possible could u make a video on the worst knights in history? Otherwise great video as always.
Lance a lot
easy gerard de ridefort
Count Adhemar?
John IV of Anjou
Guy de lisignon
kind of sad he haven't been canonized yet..or that he didn't live long enougth to finish stabilising the "kingdom" of jerusalem and making the sucession purely electoral (like the military orders, abbeys, papacy and more) thus preventing later catastrophy (i'm looking at you melissande, sybille and fred2 hohenstoffen).
notes not in video on his exploit:
was responsible for roman empire level of building in part thanks to having his foward troops build roads as they advanced.
impressed sarrasins with his piety and proved great negociator
first crusader leader to come on top of bysantine betrayal
most renowned crossbowman of the armies with a few exploit such as smiting a sarrasin officier no one else could even scratch and holding the beam of a siege tower while it was being repaired with one hand because the other was used to shoot and incapacitate/kill several sarrasins with crossbows
amongst the first 4 to enter jerusalem and neitheir him nor his troop took place in the massacre
such where to be expected from a man far too badass to be called king.
I see someone else has read Démurger and Pernoud.
and I agree electoral system would have saved the holy land, just looking at the templars and their only exception, applying it on a state scale would have been even more stable and secure... and would have left all other powers in the region confused in the face of their own dynastic weekness.
Thanks for your good history lesson. I spent a year in Europe. Somehow last night I was sent a piece of history of a battle hardend dude Louie de Lower Ponche or something like that I'm sure I have the lands he was inherited. But having land in those times meant sometimes you had to fight to Keep it. By the time he left France to the holy lands he was well favored by his other knights
Thanks again.
I don't know, usually hereditary monarchies works better, the Kingdom of Jerusalem was in a precarious situation from the start and almost doomed to eventually fall. About Frederick II I don't know why you blame him, he was a great king, far ahead of his time, and did all he could
Not well I will have to do more history but worse today. Thanks
@@samueleandriolo4517 not sure if troll or ignorant, frederick 2 was a despot an apostate and a bligth of the hole of christendom, especially the holy land.
Also hereditarity do not work better, it is the worst for it breeds weakness, complacency, corruption and cruelty (and more in that line), Europe was lucky to have the Catholic faith to temper it, but if you look elsewhere all you see is decadence and intruigue from the bysantine to the chinese (and the eunuque cycle of chaos) passing by the arabs. In fact nowdays entrenchment of nepotisim is a good maner to see how bad a country is doing, just look at north corea, us, canada, england and saudi arabia.
“O great Godfrey, did’st thou witness?!”
Can you do the history of Jean le Maingre II
Imagine the kind of character you would have to be remember as the Fat peasant lol
You should do the background videos in Mount & Blade Bannerlords instead of Total War from now on :-)
*one of... Historys greatest knights
Can't forget Lionheart or El Cid etc
William Marshel
@@berjastkjuklingur1914 exactly
@@berjastkjuklingur1914 and what makes him so great?
Does anyone have some good book recommendations about Godfrey? Thanks.
Is that the Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary Ireland under the Duchy of Lower Lorraine
importantly (for me) his name was Godfried, an old dutch name, as he did speak old dutch and old french, (imagine it like how I speak both Dutch and the modern lingua franca English)
@real crusades history
Have you heard the possibly crackpot theory that the templars fought at bannockburn under Robert the bruce and the cavalry charge that won the battle(supposedly) was made by said templars. Crazy i know but what do you make of it and is this even remotely possible?
What happened to the tombs of Godfrey of Bouillon and the kings of Jerusalem?
Destroyed around 1810, reasons why unknown.
@@piercebrosnan9528 reasons: Muslims
Old jinggle is back, oh yeah!
Rather than speaking of his succession you should have spoken more of his exploit from the begining of the first crusade onward, having read the epopee of the rusade by Alain Démurger and men of the crusades by Régine Pernoud (an excellant book full of hidden gems such as the importation of mill technology to the holy land), he could be compared to batman and Léo Major since he was nearly an ascet, the best crossbowman of the expedition, all around the best leader of the crusade (and the one who got the others to continue after antioche) and as a builder he had a better claim to the tittle of successor of rome than the bysantine who attack him whan he refused to make contradictary vows since he was serious and had honor (wich at this point, most agree is a foreing concept to them).
Builder, victorious leader, a living saint, a superior combatant, above lowly tittles like king, he had it all to offend the greeck king... heu I mean bysantine basilleus.
ps: Ida deserves a video of her own since in a way she is a grandmother of the kingdom of jerusalem.
pps: mill tech include scarring turcks and sugar production which thanks to info from marco polo we know mean refining sugar cane into white sugar instead of brown, a franckish invention beloved and adopted by all from sarraceens to chineses.
ppps: runciman was a week, foolish and feebleminded "man" and also an english, most likely anglican so shiting on christianity is state religion mandated.
Lol what was up with that random 7 second long, silent, animated scene? lol I was like, is my phone buffering?
Based on the Total War footage, do you play Medieval 2 TW and the Attila 1212 mod?
I do not, but I'm a fan. OtherRealm Productions and Alexander Knight provide video game clips for me.
@@RealCrusadesHistory Ah, interesting! I had been curious about that
You must learn about Gualdim Pais, especially his work in the battle 9f Ourique.
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Godfrey, El Cid, or Balian de Ibelin, who do you think would have made the best King after Baldwin V's untimely passing?
@Benjamin Esterberg Many Arabs of the time described him as like a king
Balian would've been a great king.
That’s a bold statement to say he’s the greatest knight of all history, it’s impossible to know and I am pretty sure a few French and English knights would have something to say about that
OK Boomer LOL
El Cid is definitely up there with his amazing accomplishments-and there were many great knights, however you’d be very hard pressed to find any knight to match the accomplishments and chivalry of Godfrey
Vivat Christus Rex!
Richard the Lionhearted at Jaffa. Legend. Godfrey was a Frankish knight.
@@MaxWaldron
Richard was a King not a "Knight"
#1
Him and Charlemagne I would say are my two favorite figures of the Medieval Period
My choices would be El Cid and hmmm Richard the Lionheart perhaps
Charlemagne is my 45x great grandfather, but I am more impressed by his grandfather (my 47x great grandfather) Charles Martell.
Godfrey de Bouillon and Simon de Montfort are good leaders to compare. Simon de Montfort had more enduring impact: Driven by Crusader principles rebelled against selfish absolute monarchy and established a parliament in England and cemented the Magna Carta Principles of Monarchs being 'under God AND the law'. He was perhaps one of the early results of the crusader diaspora around Europe after Hattin: These rich, poweful, educated nobles brought the seeds of the renaissance with them with the support of the Church.
gonna star using that @saint Abraham account again lmao
Was 40 considerd old then, Godfrey was 40 when he died?.
uh oh time for a versus.
Godfrey of Bouillon against El Cid, you have called them both History's Greatest Knight now. Kings count as knights too though, so what about king Richard the Lionheart?
And Charlemagne
everytime they saying fat peasant, they must be laughing
Why does real crusades history ascend to a different level of being at 6:19
Pardon me pleiz. Godfrey was great, however, to us the greatest warrior in history was El Cid!
Please, please, please, don't use images from video games! We're talking about history here.
@SonofZiezi
No, I do not believe that using images from centuries later is okay. I think that gives a distorted vision of the past. Using a 19th century illustration of, say, Godfrey of Bouillon tells us nothing about what Godfrey looked like. I think you should use images from the period as much as possible. The reason I made the comment about video games is because I haven't seen it before.
@@fransbuijs808 can you find 20 minutes worth of images from that time?
@@kimfleury
Sure. There's the Bayeux Tapistry, there's miniatures, you can show castles, churches and if you want some live action, then re-enactors give a more realistic idea of what medieval life was like than movies or games.
My typo Godfrey.
There is so much history in the European continent. While the Collision looks like a shell of it's former past I:m sure many went to see cruel sports maybe a more dangerous games than our football games.
O yeah…Knights and prospective Knights would actually travel far and wide and enter tournaments in a circuit to battle other Knight’s and even team up…some would get seriously injured even death. But the victors would win money for ransomed knights, land holdings, war horses, top grade armor and weapons, noble women to marry, etc…however, the Church did not condone this
My memory is not well it was Godgrey.
Superb