Why is the Vatican an Independent Country? (Short Animated Documentary)

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  • @ricardoguanipa8275
    @ricardoguanipa8275 4 роки тому +11614

    Italian army officer: okay which one of you is a Jew? Don't be afraid nothing bad is going to happen to you

    • @mathewfinch
      @mathewfinch 4 роки тому +3227

      "But seriously, we mean it this time. Its 100% not a trap. Well, it's a trap for somebody, just not you."

    • @mrdictator7030
      @mrdictator7030 4 роки тому +609

      Severely underrated and first good comment I've seen in this section

    • @sitdownlad7918
      @sitdownlad7918 4 роки тому +382

      ...yet

    • @JoaoOstroski420
      @JoaoOstroski420 4 роки тому +68

      mathewfinch yet.

    • @Atlantjan
      @Atlantjan 4 роки тому +28

      Omg dead

  • @merrittanimation7721
    @merrittanimation7721 4 роки тому +4429

    Pope: "You can't fire on us without getting excommunicated!"
    That Jewish dude: "My time has come."

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 4 роки тому +300

      In some Orthodox Jewish families, they will hire a non-Jewish kid from their neighborhood to turn their lights on and off on the Sabbath, since they consider using electricity to be a form of work.
      This is just the same principle in reverse.

    • @danielamselli4980
      @danielamselli4980 4 роки тому +22

      Jesse Berg They can’t hire him, because that would be paying him on Shabbat, but he’d do it anyway.

    • @TheOwlofAthens
      @TheOwlofAthens 4 роки тому +37

      I WAS CHOOSEN BY HEAVEN!

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 4 роки тому +65

      @MinecraftPro15 Orthodox Rabbis would tell you that triggering a switch is still work, whether you flick it directly or trigger it via motion detection. What doesn't count, appearently, are automated processes initiated before the Sabbath: so elevators in Israel are set to continuously go up and down stopping on every floor for the entire Sabbath. That way people just get on and get off, but don't actually control it.

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 4 роки тому +7

      @MinecraftPro15 you don't have to stay still, you just can't have motion sensors on your lights.

  • @MomoCrafter2013
    @MomoCrafter2013 4 роки тому +5849

    *Pope:* I'll excommunicate anyone who orders an attack on Rome
    *Italians:* _Make a Jew order the attack_
    *Pope:* You weren't supposed to do that!

  • @SokolS125
    @SokolS125 4 роки тому +8272

    Vatican: If you attack me, you will be excommunicated!
    Italians: *Send a Jewish soldier*
    Vatican: Excuse me What the f-

    • @thebritishguy7741
      @thebritishguy7741 4 роки тому +442

      -loccinaucinihilipilification. No curse words in the Vatican.

    • @BobbyBaratheon998
      @BobbyBaratheon998 4 роки тому +239

      OUTSTANDING MOVE

    • @Muhammed552
      @Muhammed552 4 роки тому +144

      *Outstanding move*

    • @karansjet3823
      @karansjet3823 4 роки тому +119

      Yeah the pope got T-posed into submission with that one alright

    • @slav1858
      @slav1858 4 роки тому +13

      idk which of the version of this is the original

  • @brandonlyon730
    @brandonlyon730 4 роки тому +2451

    Here’s another one: What was the Catholic world’s reaction on the French Alliance with the Muslim Ottoman Empire? Especially the Popes.

    • @Maseeha171
      @Maseeha171 4 роки тому +133

      WHAT? Now I'm really curious.

    • @TheWeedIsland
      @TheWeedIsland 4 роки тому +117

      I'm curious about the Western reaction (if any) to Dutch troops helping surpress the Shimabara Rebellion.

    • @davidboi6609
      @davidboi6609 4 роки тому +17

      69 likes nice

    • @unkown686
      @unkown686 4 роки тому +94

      I also wanna know how the Muslim world reacted as well.

    • @Admiral45-10
      @Admiral45-10 4 роки тому +41

      Well, surely Hungarians in 1440 were so scared of Polish lie, that it's about to make an alliance with islamic Turkey, that they let Władysław Warneńczyk become their new king.

  • @semc1986
    @semc1986 4 роки тому +4229

    Today I learned you Vatican't excommunicate a Jewish soldier

    • @arkan5000
      @arkan5000 4 роки тому +77

      nice

    • @lightningfletch5598
      @lightningfletch5598 4 роки тому +43

      You earned my like.

    • @someunknownguy4931
      @someunknownguy4931 4 роки тому +21

      The pope can but because he is Jewish he it wouldn’t effect him as long as he didn’t convert to Catholicism

    • @josephnarvaez9507
      @josephnarvaez9507 4 роки тому +81

      Excommunication only applies to Catholics (I think). You can't excommunicate someone that does not belong to your group

    • @haris6772
      @haris6772 4 роки тому +12

      protestants and orthodoxs too

  • @peoplesrepublicofliberland5606
    @peoplesrepublicofliberland5606 4 роки тому +3624

    The Jewish soldier thing is so impressive.

    • @asusmctablet9180
      @asusmctablet9180 4 роки тому +121

      Well, it should have been expected, I mean they did kill Christ.

    • @shelbyisa
      @shelbyisa 4 роки тому +206

      @@asusmctablet9180 I'm not good with religion, but wasn't that the Romans who killed Christ?

    • @asusmctablet9180
      @asusmctablet9180 4 роки тому +115

      @10k Subscribers Before 2021 hey, I'm only sarcastically pointing out that the Catholic Church accused the Jews of killing Christ for 1000 years.
      PS who were Caiaphas and Barrabas then? I remember the Sanhedrin organized the trial, Caiaphas ordered him put to death, Pilate finding no evidence that he was guilty, Pilate allowing the Jews to set one prisoner free, and the Jews choosing Barrabas instead of Jesus. Did they rewrite that bit recently?

    • @imarothschild5332
      @imarothschild5332 4 роки тому

      The Middle Eastern, Abrahamic mythologies are the work of the J's. The Abrahamics are inseparable.

    • @vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489
      @vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489 4 роки тому +80

      @@asusmctablet9180 lol at least someone remembers that Pontius Pilate didn't want to execute Jesus cause he didn't find him guilty.

  • @alec5982
    @alec5982 4 роки тому +1632

    1:27 "Can't be excommunicated if you arent Christian" such a power move

    • @matthewmelson1780
      @matthewmelson1780 4 роки тому +61

      Gamer move

    • @nbewarwe
      @nbewarwe 4 роки тому +44

      @@matthewmelson1780 This takes on a whole new context for CK2 players

    • @matthewmelson1780
      @matthewmelson1780 4 роки тому +7

      @@nbewarwe as someone with over 300hrs in ck2 i approve this comment

    • @VenomousCompany
      @VenomousCompany 4 роки тому +13

      @@matthewmelson1780 Only 300 Hours? Those are rookie numbers.

    • @LoxieWasTaken
      @LoxieWasTaken 4 роки тому +4

      1000IQ

  • @Greninjia
    @Greninjia 4 роки тому +793

    Pope: any catholic who attacks is excommunicated
    Italians: ok we'll get a Jewish soldier to do it
    Pope: wait that's illegal

    • @todd7383
      @todd7383 3 роки тому +10

      Surprised pikachu face would be more appropriate wpuldnt you say ?

    • @chairsilver2
      @chairsilver2 3 роки тому +1

      Lol

    • @boazjamesmiller6387
      @boazjamesmiller6387 2 роки тому +2

      "This is for Edgardo Mortara, you son of a bitch." - Captain Giacomo Segre (probably), 20 September 1870

  • @br4054
    @br4054 4 роки тому +1751

    45% of the comments “...James Bisonette...”
    45% “lol gets Jew to attack Vatican after threatens excommunication”
    10% other

    • @sassycat
      @sassycat 4 роки тому +1

      This right here!

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 4 роки тому +1

      Normie

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz 4 роки тому +4

      B R there should be more about San Marino. Come on people!

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 4 роки тому +15

      I really hate this channel's community. All they do is just endless meme-spouting and once something remotely fresh comes up, you can bet your ass they will keep repeating it ad nauseaum. It seems like 90% of the comments here are yet another piece of "dialogue" trying so hard to farm cheap likes. Basically, your only option of ever finding something actually interesting is by entering threads because the meme crap typically dies after the third reply and then actually interesting debates sometimes happen.
      I mean, this is obviously the case with almost every history-related channel out there. But Indy Neidell or Epic History TV's channels somehow seem able to attract the kind of crowd that's legitimately into history and you can learn truly cool tibdits directly from their comment sections.

    • @TerrierMartello
      @TerrierMartello 4 роки тому +14

      There are more comments about how many comments there are about James bisonette than there are comments about james bisonette

  • @oxthree448
    @oxthree448 4 роки тому +287

    I can see a episode in the future called "Why does San Marino exists?" Because well since you mention them.

    • @MPHJackson7
      @MPHJackson7 4 роки тому +23

      It's quite the story. A monk started it during the Roman Empire and it kinda kept going on since then.

    • @oxthree448
      @oxthree448 4 роки тому +5

      @@MPHJackson7 If you ask certain people about San Marino? They either say "They didn't know it existed" or "The San Marino football team" the worst international team in the world.

    • @Nikki-tx6kh
      @Nikki-tx6kh 4 роки тому +3

      @@oxthree448 I mention Valentina Monetta, Serhat and a sheer lot of Eurovision Memes.

    • @ilovemuslimfood666
      @ilovemuslimfood666 4 роки тому +4

      Oxthree Even worse than the US men’s soccer team?

    • @jacobtrowbridge9767
      @jacobtrowbridge9767 4 роки тому +2

      @@ilovemuslimfood666 the US isn't that bad compared to some european football teams

  • @themysticautistic5449
    @themysticautistic5449 4 роки тому +442

    “The short answer is because Mussolini.”- cgp grey.

    • @Elitist20
      @Elitist20 4 роки тому +27

      2:19 - That SI SI SI poster with his face actually existed.

    • @juliusnepos6013
      @juliusnepos6013 4 роки тому

      Elitist20 yeah, i saw that already in image searches

    • @l0ther128
      @l0ther128 4 роки тому

      Wait which video was this from

    • @rhodesianwojak2095
      @rhodesianwojak2095 4 роки тому +7

      He's in heaven so I guess it was a good deal

    • @mrbisshie
      @mrbisshie 4 роки тому +7

      One of the few good things Mussolini did while in power, also, getting rid of the Mafia.
      The SI SI SI sign is creepy as fuck.

  • @roadwaywiz
    @roadwaywiz 4 роки тому +682

    "Why is San Marino an Independent Country?" would be a great episode...

    • @MrRedsjack
      @MrRedsjack 4 роки тому +81

      Everyone kind of forgot about them,they have nothing of interest and they are essentially a fortified castle city on a steep mountain that overlooks... nothing of value. Also they don't get involved in about anything.

    • @theodoreroosevelt8261
      @theodoreroosevelt8261 3 роки тому +8

      We did it for the vine...

    • @morbidsearch
      @morbidsearch 3 роки тому +6

      EmperorTigerstar did it

    • @stjohnsilver9538
      @stjohnsilver9538 3 роки тому +8

      There is an episode on that

    • @trla6505
      @trla6505 2 роки тому +3

      @@MrRedsjack they haven't done any war crimes

  • @sinfaz
    @sinfaz 4 роки тому +3639

    History Matters: Here have a video-
    The comments: *J A M E S B I S O N E T T E*

    • @juanmegias9147
      @juanmegias9147 4 роки тому +30

      True

    • @WordoftheElderGods
      @WordoftheElderGods 4 роки тому +72

      *PARTY BOIKO*

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 4 роки тому +37

      Duke and philanthropist James Bissonette*

    • @NewNicator
      @NewNicator 4 роки тому +87

      Everyone mentions James Bisonette, but everyone forgets about *Spinning Three Plates* :(

    • @christianagi
      @christianagi 4 роки тому +7

      @@WordoftheElderGods I always thought it was "Party Boycott", but anywho.

  • @B3RyL
    @B3RyL 3 роки тому +447

    Fun Fact: The Pope is a king. Specifically, he holds the title of the King of Vatican, and for the purposes of conducting diplomacy with secular and non-Christian majority nations he's officially referred to as such, and not as "the Pope".

    • @michaeljasonsaputra19991121
      @michaeljasonsaputra19991121 2 роки тому +75

      Not as King, but "Sovereign of the Vatican City State". However, if you mean to use king as synonymous with monarch, than technically the Pope is one. But his formal title is not King of Vatican, but Sovereign of the Vatican City State.

    • @CalvinKool-Aid
      @CalvinKool-Aid 2 роки тому +36

      He’s also the only theocratically elected absolute monarch

    • @durzoblint6532
      @durzoblint6532 2 роки тому +34

      Continuation on Fun Fact- The Pope isn’t just any king. He’s an absolute king. This makes Vatican City among the small hand full of nations that still have an absolute monarchy as their government on the modern era, which includes Saudi Arabia.

    • @mimorisenpai8540
      @mimorisenpai8540 2 роки тому +1

      @@CalvinKool-Aid besides Tibetan dalai lama

    • @CalvinKool-Aid
      @CalvinKool-Aid 2 роки тому +14

      @@mimorisenpai8540 well, but the Dalai lama doesn’t control a country like the pope

  • @sonoftheway3528
    @sonoftheway3528 4 роки тому +297

    Do these for all the microstates. Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Singapore, etc. Even Bahrain could be interesting

    • @Sara3346
      @Sara3346 2 роки тому +3

      Singapore is a micro state?

    • @sonoftheway3528
      @sonoftheway3528 2 роки тому +6

      @@Sara3346 Is it not? It's pretty small

    • @mufradr
      @mufradr 2 роки тому +9

      @@sonoftheway3528 city state

    • @posterus4413
      @posterus4413 2 роки тому +17

      @@Sara3346 And arguably the only modern state to be forced against their will into independence.

    • @vallecend6855
      @vallecend6855 Рік тому +3

      @@sonoftheway3528 Well it's not on the same level as Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, or San Marino though. As in Singapore is a nation that holds significant influence and power in regional politics, unlike the other nations that just exist for the sake of existing.
      And also, in classifying whether a nation is a microstate or not, the population of said nation is also taken into account, and since Singapore apparently has more people than Norway (yes, Norway), Singapore then is not considered to be a microstate.

  • @micheltanaka2420
    @micheltanaka2420 Рік тому +129

    "Except for San Marino, because reasons."
    "Because reasons" is one of my absolute favorites! Even my relatives have adopted it!

  • @Noctem_pasa
    @Noctem_pasa 4 роки тому +480

    San Marino in a nutshell: "because reasons"

    • @michaelrizka
      @michaelrizka 4 роки тому +44

      That's to avoid giving spoiler for future video obviously

    • @RafitoOoO
      @RafitoOoO 4 роки тому +35

      Garibaldi promised to not annex them because they gave him shelter or something like that, then he made the King keep the promise.

    • @kalyka98
      @kalyka98 4 роки тому +5

      @@RafitoOoO Yeah pretty much

    • @ArkadiBolschek
      @ArkadiBolschek 4 роки тому +6

      They're _very good_ reasons, you know.

    • @MrTheArtico
      @MrTheArtico 4 роки тому +4

      Garibaldi was a G.M. Freemason. Maybe they needed San Marino as the financial heaven that it is today

  • @uncleflagzz
    @uncleflagzz 4 роки тому +1381

    You may be asking: "why there are so many James Bissonette comments?"
    Well the answer is, obviously, that James Bissonette funded them.

    • @uncleflagzz
      @uncleflagzz 4 роки тому +29

      @Luckimation Anime Watch until he mentions the patreons

    • @ciaotiziocaius4899
      @ciaotiziocaius4899 4 роки тому +25

      Your new god

    • @-Benedict
      @-Benedict 4 роки тому +28

      When a meme transcends its own meta-ness.

    • @MasterMalrubius
      @MasterMalrubius 4 роки тому +6

      I actually read that in the voice of the channel creator.
      I'll just go insane now.

    • @jamesbissonette8002
      @jamesbissonette8002 4 роки тому +24

      This one made me laugh!

  • @dl_supertroll
    @dl_supertroll 4 роки тому +4913

    European history in a nutshell: Napoleon happened.

    • @frindjinny6
      @frindjinny6 4 роки тому +548

      Honestly this is most of it in a nutshell
      1: people fought
      2: no pope
      3: Napoleon appeared
      4: Germany

    • @idk-mi1kl
      @idk-mi1kl 4 роки тому +14

      big funi I laughed out loud but not true

    • @arthurlombard5181
      @arthurlombard5181 4 роки тому +130

      @@frindjinny6 I would add england and france, but theyre too busy figthing each other

    • @frindjinny6
      @frindjinny6 4 роки тому +15

      Arthur Lombard, pretty accurate.

    • @frindjinny6
      @frindjinny6 4 роки тому +20

      Arthur Lombard they hated each other so much they fought the longest war ever.

  • @RodolfoGaming
    @RodolfoGaming 4 роки тому +71

    Country: exists.
    History Matters: Why?
    The shortest country can be walked through in less than an hour

    • @PANZERFAUST90
      @PANZERFAUST90 4 роки тому +5

      never heard of a country described as short

    • @JamesMartin-jr8vv
      @JamesMartin-jr8vv 4 роки тому +3

      History matters: Why does Nauru exist? 🤔

  • @saxtonfilm6138
    @saxtonfilm6138 4 роки тому +22

    I think it’s great that this channel answers so many history subjects I don’t often think of. Keep em coming!

  • @Kerriangel
    @Kerriangel 4 роки тому +501

    Pope: If you divorce Catherine of Aragon, I’ll excommunicate you
    Henry VIII: Who cares man?
    Pope: Oh no... apathy.... my one weakness

    • @ProjectEkerTest33
      @ProjectEkerTest33 4 роки тому +45

      Seems like the weakness of all religions

    • @Admiral45-10
      @Admiral45-10 4 роки тому +47

      Pope: ,,I'm excommunicating you"
      Holy Roman Emperor: ,,You think you can destroy me this way?"
      Polish Kingdom: supports the Pope and coronates new ruler
      Holy Roman Emperor: ,,Oh, c'mon!"

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 4 роки тому +37

      For a small historical correction King Henry wasn’t requesting the pope a divorce. He was trying to argue with him the marriage was never legal to begin with. There was apparently some sort of old Catholic law that stated that marriage between a man with his brothers widow was illegal.
      Henry brought that up to the pope but it didn’t convince him to void the marriage he basically said, “It does not matter that we over looked this law, you said your vows and legally agreed to marry her under god, so the marriage stays.”

    • @Admiral45-10
      @Admiral45-10 4 роки тому +13

      @@brandonlyon730 it's also good to mention, that divorce was and still is illegal in Roman Catholicism. What king Henri tried to convince Pope for was void, as you said.
      It is said, that Pope didn't agreed because of Siege of Rome by an Emperor, who was a relative to Catherine of Aragon and if not this siege, Pope would agreed.

    • @123MoMama
      @123MoMama 4 роки тому +1

      Underrated comment

  • @wanderingrandomer
    @wanderingrandomer 4 роки тому +44

    Everyone always memes on James Bisonette, but "Izzy?" always gets me!

  • @jonbaxter2254
    @jonbaxter2254 4 роки тому +25

    I'd love a full video on the Italian Unification, it's absolutley fascinating

  • @luca_history
    @luca_history 4 роки тому +129

    Because God has chosen so
    And Mussolini wanted some legitimacy

    • @Jame5man
      @Jame5man 4 роки тому +28

      Nothing gains legitimacy points in a Catholic country quite like appeasing the Pope

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 4 роки тому +2

      Problem with that, Mussolini was an Atheist.

    • @Darkfawfulx
      @Darkfawfulx 4 роки тому +27

      @@brandonlyon730 The population wasn't.
      But yes Mussolini was an atheist.

    • @crispwhitesheets2175
      @crispwhitesheets2175 4 роки тому +9

      @@brandonlyon730 Well he did Convert eventually some say he was in pergitory after his death.

    • @ilovemuslimfood666
      @ilovemuslimfood666 4 роки тому +2

      Darkfawfulx Which makes sense, because in true fascist ideology, God is not the ultimate authority: the master race/their extreme-right political party is.

  • @SpeedyWings2323
    @SpeedyWings2323 4 роки тому +14

    Fun fact on 2:19 that building with (SI) was real it was Mussolini’s headquarters and it literally had a sculpture of his face in the middle

  • @cesargonzalez4146
    @cesargonzalez4146 4 роки тому +53

    One of the main reasons for the existence of the Vatican City State is to maintain the autonomy and independence of the Catholic Church, without it being a vehicle of italian state politics. It's something that has been in the forefront of european politics during the last one thousand years, kings and emperors trying to exert power over the church to gain prestige and power.

    • @ReapingTheHarvest
      @ReapingTheHarvest 11 місяців тому

      And they can never take over the Church because Jesus established it, and promised that the gates of hell shall not prevail. Eastern Orthodox can't say the same... and certainly not protestants.

  • @JafuetTheSame
    @JafuetTheSame 4 роки тому +18

    Im always impressed how much accuracy is he able to put in those simple characters

  • @DwRockett
    @DwRockett 4 роки тому +20

    1:27 one of the most baller, 4-d chess moves in military history

  • @peterwight3918
    @peterwight3918 4 роки тому +584

    As a Jew I find the "I'm totally in charge bit" to be unbelievably hilarious

  • @sskuk1095
    @sskuk1095 4 роки тому +284

    Pope: If you command the assault I'll excommunicate you!
    The Italians: *Put a Jewish soldier in charge*
    Pope: "Outstanding move!"

    • @Lazurath101
      @Lazurath101 3 роки тому

      Pope: “I ain’t even mad”

  • @icecoldpolitics8890
    @icecoldpolitics8890 4 роки тому +40

    The pope: threatens to excommunicate the man who orders the assault on the city
    Italian army: finds a Jewish guy
    The pope: this is impossible

  • @alexandrekuritza5685
    @alexandrekuritza5685 4 роки тому +15

    1:26 Outstanding play.

  • @magicsparklecat7001
    @magicsparklecat7001 4 роки тому +85

    Dislikes got excommunicated by the pope

    • @salsabilaziz1390
      @salsabilaziz1390 3 роки тому +1

      You can excommunicated a Muslim :D.
      You have no power on me.
      Only Allah and my Parent have.

  • @tylerwray5614
    @tylerwray5614 4 роки тому +18

    Would love to see a video on San Marino. Always found it interesting it was never annexed during the unification of Italy.

    • @JiafeiProducts6969
      @JiafeiProducts6969 2 роки тому +1

      San Marino is independent since the Roman Empire was still going. It would be a sad thing to annex such small and innocent old country

  • @libzbond
    @libzbond 4 роки тому +37

    Pope: *You are all Catholics, can't attack your leader!*
    That Jewish man: Are you really in charge here?

    • @RealEnerjak
      @RealEnerjak 2 роки тому +2

      Jewish man: You have no power here!

  • @laugesan
    @laugesan 4 роки тому +4

    You have THE most entertaining channel on UA-cam. Not just for history but across all categories.

  • @despacitoepicnaenaestyle8753
    @despacitoepicnaenaestyle8753 4 роки тому +194

    James Bisonette is the one person that the pope will never dare to disagree with, otherwise he would purchase the vatican and turn it into a history matters museum

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 4 роки тому +3

      Why could he not buy the Hagia Sofia?

    • @despacitoepicnaenaestyle8753
      @despacitoepicnaenaestyle8753 4 роки тому +7

      He doesn't have any Turkeybucks

    • @electrom.1703
      @electrom.1703 4 роки тому +11

      Kelly moneymaker would buy out James bisonette

    • @markmh835
      @markmh835 4 роки тому +3

      @@electrom.1703 -- You, sir, put your finger on the obvious. You win the Internet today. Must bow before Kelly Moneymaker.

    • @juanon_industries7256
      @juanon_industries7256 Рік тому

      Better yet, a mausoleum

  • @reddtank1626
    @reddtank1626 4 роки тому +53

    Next time: "Why is San Marino an independent country?"

    • @TheMikael78
      @TheMikael78 4 роки тому +7

      Reasons!!! 😉

    • @mathewfinch
      @mathewfinch 4 роки тому +18

      San Marino was originally just a guy who went up into the mountains, seceded from the crumbling Roman Empire and formed his own separatist micro-nation, similar to fringe groups nowadays. He just got lucky that his micro-nation was formally a Catholic republic before that was cool, so the Pope formally recognized them as a legitimate independent nation after the Pope came to prominence. The continual support of the Pope kept them independent for centuries.
      They survived Italian Unification because they sheltered Giuseppe Garibaldi for a bit while he was a bit of a fugitive. In repayment for their help, Garibaldi promised them continued independence.

    • @FlagAnthem
      @FlagAnthem 4 роки тому +1

      Don't read wikipedia

    • @TheShadowwarrior80
      @TheShadowwarrior80 4 роки тому

      Italy: Good Question!

  • @Marylandbrony
    @Marylandbrony 4 роки тому +145

    Everybody asks "Why is the Vatican " but now body asks "How is the Vatican?"

  • @lillyie
    @lillyie 4 роки тому +26

    Pope: If you attack me you will be excommunicated
    Italy: *sends a jewish soldier* You may have outsmarted me, but i outsmarted your outsmarting!

  • @adrielsebastian5216
    @adrielsebastian5216 4 роки тому +14

    0:13 keep up with the "well" thing!

  • @pmalone4
    @pmalone4 2 роки тому +13

    Pope: "Whoever attacks the Vatican will be excommunicated!"
    Soldier: "Mazel Tov, your holiness."
    Pope: "Ah, crap."

  • @borkerman
    @borkerman 4 роки тому +38

    Vatican: who ever led the attack on Rome will be excommunicated.
    Italy: I am going to do a pro gamer move

  • @Ponko_93
    @Ponko_93 4 роки тому +285

    The main reason is because James Bisonette's the real pope.

  • @Jonthecool44
    @Jonthecool44 4 роки тому +160

    The Vatican wouldn't exist without James Bissonet's support

    • @mrdictator7030
      @mrdictator7030 4 роки тому +1

      Jesus just stop it's lame

    • @Gabriel-pn4wd
      @Gabriel-pn4wd 4 роки тому +7

      @@mrdictator7030 Stop resisting James Bisonnet power

    • @mrdictator7030
      @mrdictator7030 4 роки тому +1

      @@Gabriel-pn4wd well at least this response is new... unlike the 50 James Bisonette comments under every fucking video

    • @nicolasgainous5936
      @nicolasgainous5936 4 роки тому +1

      @@mrdictator7030 Finally, someone said it. These James Bissonnette memes are as funny as watching paint dry

    • @electrom.1703
      @electrom.1703 4 роки тому +1

      Nick Heritage don’t disrespect our god heathen

  • @euanwalsh7604
    @euanwalsh7604 4 роки тому +195

    I put my nephew to sleep last night and instead of saying Goodnight he said "and a special thanks to James Bissonette" because he thought it meant goodbye 😭

  • @noambar8058
    @noambar8058 4 роки тому +767

    Pope: "Any Christian that assaults the Vatican would be excommunicated!"
    Italians: Gets a Jew to do it.
    Pope: suprise Pikachu face

    • @thirteetwo32
      @thirteetwo32 4 роки тому +61

      Italians : I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move

    • @nton8057
      @nton8057 4 роки тому +15

      Vatican: excommunicates the guy who ordered the jewish guy to attack.

    • @mathewfinch
      @mathewfinch 4 роки тому +10

      @Wacky Venky that's more or less what the Norman rulers of Sicily did during the Investiture Crisis. A large portion of their population was Muslim, so they were able to draw on them to fight the Pope for the right of the secular authority to appoint bishops.
      They lost that conflict, so these rulers were effectively forced to earn back the Pope's favor by fighting in the First Crusade that the Pope called for in order to reunify the Catholic world after the Investiture Crisis conflict.

    • @Meirstein
      @Meirstein 4 роки тому

      @@nton8057 And in a wacky game of one-upsmanship, that is how Italy was ruled by a Jewish king.

    • @ilovemuslimfood666
      @ilovemuslimfood666 4 роки тому

      Utube World30 I want to know that, too.

  • @bebos1262
    @bebos1262 2 роки тому +4

    2:30 This is probably the most important part to understand.

  • @kilerik
    @kilerik 4 роки тому +46

    *Small countries around the world:*
    *History Matters:* Why do you even exist?
    *HM Fans:* James Bisonette lol...

  • @alphacore2448
    @alphacore2448 4 роки тому +4

    I love how its been many years and we still don't know how James Bizonette is properly spelt

  • @batataacelerada4698
    @batataacelerada4698 4 роки тому +129

    So they used a Jewish soldier to fight the Pope? Absolute madlads

    • @dannyarcher438
      @dannyarcher438 4 роки тому +9

      I wonder how he felt about it. Picked up some Jewish Sargent to be in charge of the Assault of the Vatican... Insane

    • @DISTurbedwaffle918
      @DISTurbedwaffle918 4 роки тому +6

      Disgusting betrayal of Christ. Everyone in the Italian army who died that day went to hell.

    • @lightningfletch5598
      @lightningfletch5598 4 роки тому +9

      Imagine if it was a Muslim soldier. The Pope would’ve been screaming.

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 4 роки тому +2

      @@dannyarcher438 I expect he was rather nervous. The fact that they wanted his help then didn't mean they wouldn't turn on him afterwards to placate the Church.

    • @ArkadiBolschek
      @ArkadiBolschek 4 роки тому

      They totally did it.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 роки тому +117

    Fun fact: The Vatican has its own railway. Which makes the Pope a trainspotter

    • @miniatureben3558
      @miniatureben3558 4 роки тому +9

      I see you everywhere

    • @NotAmira_
      @NotAmira_ 4 роки тому +6

      Wasn't it the bricks guy that told us this? (HAI)

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 4 роки тому +2

      @@miniatureben3558 he is really James Bizonette

    • @nicopavvi8494
      @nicopavvi8494 2 роки тому +3

      This also makes the Vatican City the smallest railway company in the world

  • @alexandrekuritza5685
    @alexandrekuritza5685 4 роки тому +6

    2:00 the swiss guard...
    *The Last Stand Starts Playing*

  • @brenatevi
    @brenatevi 6 місяців тому +1

    I wanted to listen to this channel again but could not remember the channel name. So I typed in "Why Vatican". You were the first result.

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY 4 роки тому +72

    “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
    ― Voltaire

    • @nandinhocunha440
      @nandinhocunha440 4 роки тому +2

      Self defence?

    • @zejdland
      @zejdland 4 роки тому

      There needs to be support of other people.. you have that you can do anything.. even fly to mars

    • @br4054
      @br4054 4 роки тому +4

      What a foolish thing to say

    • @janpiorko3809
      @janpiorko3809 4 роки тому +4

      Voltair was an idiot.

    • @ilovemuslimfood666
      @ilovemuslimfood666 4 роки тому +1

      Nice smack down of warmongers.

  • @JordonBeal
    @JordonBeal 3 роки тому

    The humor of this channel warms my heart.

  • @nickmcgargill6216
    @nickmcgargill6216 4 роки тому +13

    *The Pope:* "Anyone who orders an attack shall be excommunicated!"
    *Jewish-Italian Commander:* "We come from different Temples, signore. That's not how that works."

  • @arkan5000
    @arkan5000 4 роки тому +2

    We owe so much to history
    to History Matters
    but most importantly
    The Patreons
    specially James Bisonette and Kelly Moneymaker

  • @anderskorsback4104
    @anderskorsback4104 3 роки тому +13

    That just goes to show how the Nuremberg Defence was universally accepted until it no longer was. To threaten to excommunicate soldiers for following orders would have been unthinkable.

  • @pyrotechnick420
    @pyrotechnick420 4 роки тому +2

    every time you do that well joke my mind first interprets it as an editing mistake lol
    I have to go back each time and rewatch it hahah
    I blame you Rob Waterhouse

  • @TigerofRobare
    @TigerofRobare Рік тому +3

    The really fascinating thing is that the Pope is also the head of another sovereign entity, which actually exchanges ambassadors with nation states and is regarded as existing as such since the fourth century: the Holy See, which is a stateless abstraction of the Papal office. The Vatican isn't needed for the Holy See, but helps keep things in the Westphalian system.

  • @RickJaeger
    @RickJaeger 8 місяців тому +2

    it's even weirder now _not_ hearing THE FEZ-WEARING ITALIAN MAN. funnily.

  • @AndresRamirez-fi5uw
    @AndresRamirez-fi5uw 4 роки тому +9

    In high school my history teach asked "what is the smallest country in the world?" I replied with "Vatican City." And he said i was incorrect, I am still pissed about that.

    • @marcomd4093
      @marcomd4093 4 роки тому +5

      Vatican City is officially recognised as the smallest country in the world by size. But after reading this comment i thought maybe the smallest country is your teacher ass! 😂😂

    • @AndresRamirez-fi5uw
      @AndresRamirez-fi5uw 4 роки тому

      @@marcomd4093 Yes! He refused to acknowledge he was incorrect when I challenged him on it. Good one haha

    • @izzuddinlukman7106
      @izzuddinlukman7106 4 роки тому +4

      @@AndresRamirez-fi5uw Well, my teacher asked about the biggest nation on earth. I reply, "Russia." "Wrong", she said. "It was Siberia."

    • @AndresRamirez-fi5uw
      @AndresRamirez-fi5uw 4 роки тому +1

      @@izzuddinlukman7106 No way?! Bless your teacher's soul lmao

    • @FlagAnthem
      @FlagAnthem 4 роки тому

      State? sort of

  • @Gonzolicious
    @Gonzolicious 3 роки тому +2

    Please do a video on San Marino! I went there some years back and its a very beautiful place!

  • @williamtheconqueror7807
    @williamtheconqueror7807 4 роки тому +31

    The swiss guard, that's why. For the grace for the might of the Lord, for the home of the holy!

    • @ziomeke5580
      @ziomeke5580 4 роки тому +8

      For the faith, for the way of the sword

    • @ziomeke5580
      @ziomeke5580 4 роки тому

      Abdulmajid Nasir Nooooooo

    • @williamtheconqueror7807
      @williamtheconqueror7807 4 роки тому +1

      @@ziomeke5580 Edit your comment to continue the chain. For the grace for the might of our Lord, in the name of His glory!

    • @sakataginko9092
      @sakataginko9092 4 роки тому

      And the Winged Hussars arrived... 😛

  • @ticler
    @ticler 4 роки тому +1

    Only channel where I sit through the Patreon name list. I don't know why.

  • @limerence8365
    @limerence8365 3 роки тому +5

    It's weird. I'm Irish we learned a lot of history. Irish history, some British history, world wars, reformation, Romans, industrial and french revolution, even some American history but no one had ever mentioned Napoleon.

    • @plumebrise4801
      @plumebrise4801 Рік тому +2

      In France our history lessons (Since the reform that happened at the start of the 2010's) are those :
      1->Mesopotamia
      2->Political system of Ancient Athens and Roman Republic
      3->Life of French monks in the XI/XIIth century
      4->French revolution (Only from 1789 to 1795)
      5->World War I
      6->World War II
      7->Cold War
      8->Iraq War

  • @sIeeperagent
    @sIeeperagent 4 роки тому +1

    I love that you put a reference in there to Mussolini's weird "Si Si Si Si Si" thingie

  • @FlagAnthem
    @FlagAnthem 4 роки тому +6

    If you are planning a San Marino episode, I can provide assistance on those 'reasons'
    Also, fun fact: the Italian laws adopted were written by a rabid anti-clerical lawyer. The Irony...

  • @ericlemos3552
    @ericlemos3552 4 роки тому +1

    Me, when i watched my first History Matters video: this is kinda cool but the animations are very odd
    Me, now, seeing a new video: (runs happily on a flower field)

  • @hardikchoubey8232
    @hardikchoubey8232 4 роки тому +20

    Italy: Uses Jewish soldier to get around the Excommunication threat.
    Pope: "You can't do that"

    • @gezzarandom
      @gezzarandom 4 роки тому +1

      Italy “I can, and I have!” 😂

  • @vilena5308
    @vilena5308 4 роки тому

    I really like that the title is in the form of a question. I answer in my head and then get thoroughly amused while checking the answer.

  • @KillerJack669
    @KillerJack669 4 роки тому +17

    I just love the fact that the French, basically created a united Italy and that's oddly really funny to me.

    • @seb217able
      @seb217able 4 роки тому +6

      And despite that, they hate us, talk about gratitude

    • @boratsagdiyev9829
      @boratsagdiyev9829 4 роки тому +2

      But the french were protecting the pope aganaist the kingdom of italy.

    • @FlagAnthem
      @FlagAnthem 4 роки тому +4

      France was actually planning for a more... dependant Italy

    • @Briggie
      @Briggie 4 роки тому +1

      The French were capable of anything when it came to spiting Austria.

    • @ivanf.482
      @ivanf.482 3 роки тому +1

      @@FlagAnthem Yes. They planned to have Italy as their bitch

  • @Alex-it7ms
    @Alex-it7ms 4 роки тому +2

    "Well"
    *Cuts quickly away from a picture of a well*
    "tO bEgIn"

  • @slyasleep
    @slyasleep 4 роки тому +3

    01:06 of all the facial expressions, I like the "oh-face" (in this case the pope's) best.

  • @HaventheDemoness-vy9lx
    @HaventheDemoness-vy9lx 3 роки тому

    The figures you make for your videos are just adorable

  • @hitrapperandartistdababy
    @hitrapperandartistdababy 4 роки тому +6

    Okay, I never once imagined that the Vatican technically is older than Italy as a country.

  • @joeleaver875
    @joeleaver875 4 роки тому +1

    Love the video keep up the good work wish they where longer tho

  • @frenchy1147
    @frenchy1147 4 роки тому +7

    You should do a video on modern (1800+) Chinese history with a focus on the duality of Capitalist Market Reforms in an Authoritarian Communist State.
    I think it would be a hit video given current circumstances.

  • @bsmith952
    @bsmith952 4 роки тому +1

    “Because... reasons” honestly explains so much of history

  • @TheJaviferrol
    @TheJaviferrol 4 роки тому +7

    Its cool to go to Rome and jump back and forth there saying youre on a different country each time

    • @Daniel-vj9oq
      @Daniel-vj9oq 4 роки тому +1

      Or how you can do a lap of a whole country.

  • @acolytexiv
    @acolytexiv 4 роки тому +1

    Every time he says the phrase "these lands" in a video I always hear Alan Tudyk in Firefly saying: "and we shall call it...these lands!"

  • @NorthPoleSun
    @NorthPoleSun 4 роки тому +3

    As a Vaticaner myself, I ask this every day.

  • @marcl.1346
    @marcl.1346 4 роки тому

    I love the small details in the back like the "Si Si Si"-building of Mussolini's head.

  • @catatonicbug7522
    @catatonicbug7522 4 роки тому +4

    Sounds like there is a whole lot more to that thousand-year history than a 3-minute video! This should be expanded to an hour-long documentary!

  • @joshuaarroyo7235
    @joshuaarroyo7235 4 роки тому +1

    I love your videos bubba. Shame that they're so short, but I can understand why because of UA-cam's policies. Keep up the good work and don't stop.

  • @Draxis32
    @Draxis32 4 роки тому +42

    90% James Bisonette
    10% "He sent a jew to attack Vatican!"
    0% Kelly *Moneymaker* HELLO?!

  • @joewilly2238
    @joewilly2238 Рік тому +1

    Love these videos

  • @michaelrizka
    @michaelrizka 4 роки тому +112

    "You can't excommunicate someone who isn't Christian"
    Have you ever heard of crusade?

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 4 роки тому +15

      That's just plain killing of the heretics.

    • @michaelrizka
      @michaelrizka 4 роки тому +9

      @@merrittanimation7721 exactly. The man leading the siege was a Jew, therefore the Pope can declare crusade against him

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 4 роки тому +11

      @@michaelrizka You don't send crusades against single people. You just have them killed.

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 4 роки тому +8

      They tried one on the Ottomans and that one failed spectacularly, it even got Hungary’s and Poland’s Kings killed.

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 4 роки тому +8

      Technically, they can excommunicate whoever they want.
      It's just that anyone who isn't Catholic isn't going to care.
      What's interesting is that the Italian Army either didn't have any Protestants, or they did and they still chose to have a Jew do it instead.

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 2 роки тому

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff!

  • @AncientCultist
    @AncientCultist 3 роки тому +4

    Vatican: Threatens to excommunicate any *christian* who orders a attack on Rome
    Italians: *i'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move*

  • @jessetorres9502
    @jessetorres9502 4 роки тому

    Reading all the James Bissonette comments brings so much joy to my life

  • @thespanishinquisition8617
    @thespanishinquisition8617 4 роки тому +8

    Vatican: Order the attack and get excommunicated.
    Piedmont-Sardinia: I’m gonna do what’s called a pro-heretic move.

    • @a2falcone
      @a2falcone 4 роки тому +1

      It was already the Kingdom of Italy.

  • @patrickbrown8557
    @patrickbrown8557 4 роки тому +1

    "San Marino because reasons" - This would be a good future video.

  • @pachacutiincayupanqui2239
    @pachacutiincayupanqui2239 4 роки тому +48

    Because James Jesuonette made it

  • @sethkroenung3024
    @sethkroenung3024 4 роки тому

    Nice videos man keep it up!

  • @z4m01
    @z4m01 4 роки тому +9

    2:42 I have a suspicion that these are not the real names of your patreons...

  • @sskuk1095
    @sskuk1095 4 роки тому +2

    A video idea: The Republic of Gran Colombia!
    Please

    • @a2falcone
      @a2falcone 4 роки тому

      I think you mean the Republic of Gran Colombia. The second O is particularly important.

    • @sskuk1095
      @sskuk1095 4 роки тому

      @@a2falcone Oof I didn't know. I just knew the name in German was the same.