History of Duel - Why the European Nobles Fought

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Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series on medieval history continues with a video on history of Judicial duel in Europe. We see how it progressed starting with the Germanic states during the fall of the Western Roman Empire and talk about rules around trial by combat, how it connected with the legal rules, religion and feudalism and talk about the events of the movie Last Duel and historical reality behind it
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@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын

The art and animations for this video were made by Haley Castel Branco. Check out her work here instagram.com/abrantina_artistica/ and here www.artstation.com/abrantina If that video fails, I will trial by combat someone. Yes, it will be streamed.

@restitutororbis1 2 жыл бұрын

Will you have "The Mountain" from GoT as your champion?

@mdmiloy5897 2 жыл бұрын

Kings and generals I think this vidio,Great Northen war, Alexanders campaign, Ottoman wars and Napolionic wars are in the projects you working I think!

@evilinside6327 2 жыл бұрын

Let us know who the opponent will be so we can get some eyeballs to it, perhaps make some $ out of someone's misery. It is the way of the 21st century. Either that or get them canceled! The modern equivalent of a middle ages duel.

@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes 2 жыл бұрын

Looking like you'll need to make arrangements.

@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын

@@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes yep. Going to choose the weakest of our subscribers

@DestroyerOfSense000 2 жыл бұрын

My history professor had an interesting take on judicial duels. He pointed out that actual combat was only the final step in the process, and that it would be preceded by prolonged prayer, purification, etc. The point of this was, at least partially, to impress on both parties the true gravity of the situation, so that the guilty one would voluntarily confess, or that the two would resolve the matter some other way. In essence, the whole process was designed to force them to ask themselves, "Do you *really* want to do this?", over and over again, in the hopes that they would eventually say "No!"

@eldermoose7938 2 жыл бұрын

Basically playing chicken with your life until someone caves

@DestroyerOfSense000 2 жыл бұрын

@@eldermoose7938 Also, as mentioned in the video, the belief that the outcome of a duel would be determined by God's judgment was widespread and heartfelt. So, even if he was confident he could outfight his opponent, a guilty man might start having second thoughts.

@midshipman8654 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds kind of similar to later early modern duels with multiple pre-determined points of drop out.

@fluffybunny5518 2 жыл бұрын

@@DestroyerOfSense000 Isn't there a little flaw in that logic? A person guilty of a crime like murder, torture, forcing themself upon someone,... already did something that clearly was not approved of by church and god. If that person actually feared an all-powerful god, the crime would have not been comitted in the first place. In most cases those people won't judge their situation based on their "non-existent" fear of god, but simply if they can out-skill the opponent... in worst case an opponent too brainwashed to realize that god won't support her/him.

@kcl5038 2 жыл бұрын

@@fluffybunny5518 A lot of people believed they could "repent for their sins". They could rape, kill, and plunder and then go to the church for confession and by confessing their sins they were free from guilt. To later lie and say you did not commit those sins would be an affront to god. Of course its not logical by todays standards, but it made perfect sense to them at the time.

@Mr_M_History 2 жыл бұрын

I don't want to imagine a history teaching world without kings and generals. Perfect material for my 8th grade class!

@funkyflurry88 2 жыл бұрын

I wish my history teachers used these videos when I was in school damn

@therealdonaldtrumpjr 2 жыл бұрын

“Teacher”: Hi class, put away your phones, today we are watching KZfaq videos again. Students who haven’t given up: But teacher, we don’t want to stare at a screen anymore, we want interpersonal engagement to make things engaging and relatable. Teacher: Watch the video, I have papers to grade. We can make it engaging by giving you a quiz at the end. Students: 我们将成为中国人的奴隶

@_Woody_ 2 жыл бұрын

@@therealdonaldtrumpjr You must be fun at parties

@sethmichaelmay8119 2 жыл бұрын

The thing you don't want to imagine is my childhood history class. You are lucky in some ways, the characters of history are fascinating, but most teachers are not doing what they want to do and lack the talent for storytelling or even passion for the subject. Go deeper into history... otherwise we are doomed to repeat it.

@tsmlaska7761 2 жыл бұрын

@Jinx Vanderz Bro I have homework but internet not open help pls ( TRUE or false ) 1) Timurid = Uzbek ? 2) Seljuk = Turkish 3) Genghis khan = TURKIC 4) mughal = arab 5) Ottoman = Turkish 6) Abbasid = TURKIC 7) Safavid = TURKİC

@JohnDoe-ug3su 2 жыл бұрын

Dang that last trial by combat is like in the movies "YIELD" "NAY" Stab

@NobodyHere951 2 жыл бұрын

"Trial by combat! Right now!" "What? Fight you? That's no trial, that's an execution."

@joeljanssonhernstrom1819 2 жыл бұрын

Best comment I ever recieved

@samueldullaart 2 жыл бұрын

DAUBENY!

@Luke_Danger 2 жыл бұрын

"Then fight my second!"

@daubeny6796 2 жыл бұрын

@@samueldullaart Yes?

@R2D2xC5 2 жыл бұрын

I challenge you to a duel.. A fight to the death Mano to mano Man to man Just you and me And my Guuuuaaaarrrddds.... Men in tight

@user-sj6og7wi2q 2 жыл бұрын

"Ahh, the art of survival and my good old friend, trial by combat!" - *Tyrion Lannister*

@dminard1 2 жыл бұрын

The art quality of these videos has improved so much in the last couple years. Kings and Generals was always compelling and informative but now they are a joy to look at as well. It's quite an accomplishment that a little youtube channel puts out better produced content than the likes of History channel or Netflix.

@merlingt1 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed ! I noticed this too. It looks like they have been testing different art styles lately. I have not been a fan of some drawing in the last few episodes. This episode however is amazing.

@TaRAAASHBAGS 10 ай бұрын

History Channel is white trash reality TV and Netflix is globalist propaganda.

@nazeem8680 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: in 2002 Saddam hussein offered to settle the iraq conflict by duel, where each member of government would face his counterpart. Saddam himself would face Bush in an epic fight. but bush administration refused and mocked the idea

@MusMasi 2 жыл бұрын

you would offer something like that when you are going to lose, so have nothing to lose.

@dawarrior95 2 жыл бұрын

LOL! Wouldn't that have been something.

@MusMasi 2 жыл бұрын

@@dawarrior95 i mean if they where the only people to perish I would be all for it.

@fatihaltntop8640 2 жыл бұрын

still more reasonable solution then invading Iraq.

@reee_4067 2 жыл бұрын

Bush probably would get rekt in 1 vs 1.

@esoterra8050 2 жыл бұрын

Lysa : "You don't fight with honor!" Bronn: "No... he did."

@MusMasi 2 жыл бұрын

@Diego S. maybe r-kelly can get a sky cell?

@MusMasi 2 жыл бұрын

@Diego S. moon door too quick, sky cell ensures more suffering.

@tsmlaska7761 2 жыл бұрын

@Diego S. Bro I have homework but internet not open help pls ( TRUE or false ) 1) Timurid = Uzbek ? 2) Seljuk = Turkish 3) Genghis khan = TURKIC 4) mughal = arab 5) Ottoman = Turkish 6) Avars = TURKIC 7) Safavid = ARAB 8) Sassanid = persian

@esoterra8050 2 жыл бұрын

@@tsmlaska7761 I'm Turkish. I think I can help you: 1) Timurid = Turko-Mongol 3) Genghis Khan = Mongol 4) Mughal = Turko-Mongol 7) Safavid = Persian 8) Sassanid = Persian The rest is correct.

@simonrobillard 2 жыл бұрын

Ironically, Bronn gave Lysa plenty of time to drop the charges and plead mercy for her champion, but she refused and Bronn had no choice but to kill ser Vardis. Bronn was more honorable than her in the end.

@princepscivitatis4083 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: It was 1283 and the War of the Sicilian Vespers was ongoing. The Aragonese were on the warpath and after conquering Sicily and ousting King Charles I of Anjou, the Aragonese had invaded mainland France. By now the Calabrian coastline was Aragonese and this established beach-head proved devastating to France, namely King Philip III. So, Charles I of Anjou challenged King Peter III of Aragon to a duel to settle the dispute and end the war once and for all (winner takes all). As I've said, the Aragonese were on the up and up and gambling all that progress on a duel seemed moronic. BUT Peter agreed. Each combatant was to be accompanied by 100 Knights. The duel was to be held in Bordeaux with Philip III acting as host. King Edward I "longshanks" of England was set to judge. This was to be the grandest duel in recorded European history. When all was set, and Peter III had departed to Bordeaux, Pope Martin IV decided to be a buzz kill. He threatened Edward with excommunication if he presided over the tournament. Then, along with Charles and Philip, the Pope conspired to ambush the Aragonese King during his journey to Bordeaux. French men-at-arms were mobilized to hunt down the King. Sensing the ambush, the King and his 100 Knights fought their way out of France. When they reached the Calabrian coast, only the King and 7 Knights were left. But they had left a trail of 413 dead french knights behind them. Pope Martin IV singlehandedly eradicated such duels from taking place in Europe ever again.

@MusMasi 2 жыл бұрын

what was Pope Martin IV's angle?

@des12zero 2 жыл бұрын

This needs to become a movie

@nolletthibault2031 2 жыл бұрын

Mind if I ask for source ?

@reee_4067 2 жыл бұрын

Popes ruining everything since 1283

@redmonkey4351 2 жыл бұрын

@@MusMasi Martin was a French pope in a time when Aragonese power expanded at the cost of French and Papal power. Aragon had made numerous plays at wresting control of Sicily and Naples from their realms, and the pope had already excommunicated the Aragonese king, declared his crown forfeit, and ordered a crusade against the Aragonese. Basically, secular power politics vested with "divine" authority.

@RoboticDragon 2 жыл бұрын

I am assuming this is inspired by the new movie The Last Duel, going to see it this weekend, looks awesome.

@ozza4496 2 жыл бұрын

I clicked thinking they got sponsored by the studio. Unfortunately they weren't.

@RafaelValle12 2 жыл бұрын

@@lahire4943 bro. Just enjoy the story. Since we'll never actually know the full truth of events, no need to get upset about it either way.

@romanbarna1316 2 жыл бұрын

@@lahire4943 You do realize that most historians believe that she was truly raped? Also, back then, even if a woman could prove 100% that she was raped, she would still be blamed and shamed for it. Besides, if Le Gris had won, she would've been burned at the stake. Finally, cut down on the conservative culture war stuff. Not every movie you dislike is "feminist propaganda". It makes you sound obnoxious.

@johnhenry4844 2 жыл бұрын

@Herr Spiegel You have no idea about this fuckin case do you, Le gris own alibi was provided by a man who was caught raping someone during Le gris trial. 😕

@johnhenry4844 2 жыл бұрын

@@lahire4943 Fam that’s just real life, examine the evidence of the case and general likelihood, considering what would have happened to her if she was founding guilty of false testimony in comparison to staying quiet. And maybe chill with being a anti-fem incel

@aidanrogers4438 2 жыл бұрын

I saw The Last Duel today and I thought it was good. It’s not action packed, so if you want a fast paced Medieval thriller then it’s not for you. There are some brief battle scenes, in Limoges & Scotland, but the main focus is on the three main people of the trial. It’s a Rashomon-type of narrative, with three chapters showing roughly the same events, but from the view of either Jean, Marguerite and Jaques, which is why it’s a long film. The ending duel does the descriptions justice and they also clearly pick a side in whether Le Gris was innocent or not.

@kerembudanaz3315 2 жыл бұрын

you are a man of culture indeed

@abcdef27669 2 жыл бұрын

"Me and You. 2 PM, in front of the church!" "Swords or Pistols?" "Bare Hands". "Fair enough". "Stay there, or get out from this city!" "Sure, I wouldn't lose an event like your funeral...".

@quintenwhyte6660 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣SAVAGE!😎😎😎😎

@toluadebesin8854 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 good one man.

@mikotagayuna8494 2 жыл бұрын

I can relate to this. When we were children, my sister and I would dispute on who gets the last piece of chocolate. As God decreed, it can only be settled by an honorable staring contest.

@darthvenator2487 2 жыл бұрын

And you won?

@MrKFNeverGiveUp 2 жыл бұрын

Politicians should be challenged to a duel if they keep making a complete balls of things!

@MusMasi 2 жыл бұрын

duel each other and we can watch?

@Adilesq 2 жыл бұрын

Men in past: “We will fight and die with honour” Men now: “I will install a spyware in his phone”

@evilinside6327 2 жыл бұрын

We still fight but we don't schedule it in advance. It's usually on the highway after some back and forth and it's usually very short. At least back then people took their honor and how people thought of them and their behavior in consideration. Now there is very little honor and common sense. You can't even say anything online and you get attacked. We've changed and not for the better. Back then people had a healthy fear of dying in a duel or ending up in prison and losing their wealth due to lying, raping, killing someone or stealing. Today, politicians, big corporations, media networks, social media networks, public workers lie with impunity and nobody gets punished.

@erikjohnson9075 2 жыл бұрын

@@evilinside6327 you also have a biased and romanticized view of history. Those times were considerably more violent and unforgiving. Knights were more akin to gangsters than lancelot.

@matheuscerqueira7952 2 жыл бұрын

But a woman testimony is still not enough to prove she was raped

@Adilesq 2 жыл бұрын

@@matheuscerqueira7952 No time is ideal. Today even a false testimony by women can land men in jail for years. There are pros and cons!

@johnhenry4844 2 жыл бұрын

@@Adilesq Literally 300x more likely to sexually assaulted yourself than fasley accused of anything, never mind most rape cases either never get reported, never get prosecuted or the offender takes a reduced charge for a plea. Easy on the victim complex it’s just pathetic

@steyn1775 2 жыл бұрын

The art pieces with chainmail where done wonderfully! It looked quite good to look at! Cheers to the artist(s?)!

@napoleonibonaparte7198 2 жыл бұрын

The best way to make your opponent leave the boundaries of the duel arena, is to simply say, *NI!*

@misy5174 2 жыл бұрын

Stop! Don't say that horrible word

@aleksapetrovic6519 2 жыл бұрын

'Tis but a scratch.

@simle6010 2 жыл бұрын

Obviously the best way to win the duel is to end him rightly by throwing a pommel.

@elbentos7803 2 жыл бұрын

Or, when facing english knights, either : - You mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries ! - I fart in your general direction !

@tsmlaska7761 2 жыл бұрын

@Lee harry enty Bro I have homework but internet not open help pls ( TRUE or false ) 1) Timurid = Uzbek ? 2) Seljuk = Turkish 3) Genghis khan = TURKIC 4) mughal = arab 5) Ottoman = Turkish 6) Abbasid = TURKIC 7) Safavid = TURKİC

@denniscleary7580 2 жыл бұрын

Duels are always fascinating, nothing more badass than going up to an army by yourself and calling out whoever 😁👍

@MusMasi 2 жыл бұрын

then getting shot, actually be a good move to provoking the enemy army into a prepared trap

@dawarrior95 2 жыл бұрын

The Muslims did this a lot to the Byzantines during their early expansion wars. Badass.

@tsmlaska7761 2 жыл бұрын

@@MusMasi Bro I have homework but internet not open help pls ( TRUE or false ) 1) Timurid = Uzbek ? 2) Seljuk = Turkish 3) Genghis khan = TURKIC 4) mughal = arab 5) Ottoman = Turkish 6) Abbasid = TURKIC 7) Safavid = TURKİC

@tsmlaska7761 2 жыл бұрын

@@dawarrior95 Bro I have homework but internet not open help pls ( TRUE or false ) 1) Timurid = Uzbek ? 2) Seljuk = Turkish 3) Genghis khan = TURKIC 4) mughal = arab 5) Ottoman = Turkish 6) Abbasid = TURKIC 7) Safavid = TURKİC

@user-tj1xi5op1m 2 жыл бұрын

@@tsmlaska7761 Timurid=Turkic/Mongoloids Genghis Khan= Mongoloid Mughal=Uzbek,Mongoloids Ottoman=Oghuz Turks Abbasid=Arabs Safavid= Persians

@h.p6016 2 жыл бұрын

The art is unbelievably beautiful in this video! Excellent job!

@papazoulou9326 2 жыл бұрын

15:05 "until his death in 1396". Yup, at the battle of Nicopolis against the Ottomans. Small world, eh?

@darthvenator2487 2 жыл бұрын

Die for the true faith is a great honor, his martyrdom inspired countless. Great warriors gone to heavens that day.

@geletoz 2 жыл бұрын

@@darthvenator2487 bro? Lmao...they casually sacked Christian cities as well if not more

@darthvenator2487 2 жыл бұрын

@@geletozIf the Romans had not committed the massacre of the Latins, the sack of Constantinople would not have taken place. What happened in 1204 was absolutely terrible but could bê avoided.

@andro7862 2 жыл бұрын

@@darthvenator2487 What about the sack of Zadar, how would you justify that? The crusades were just a pillaging excursion for the absolute scum of Europe.

@darthvenator2487 2 жыл бұрын

@@andro7862 i blame those greedy Venezians.

@merlingt1 2 жыл бұрын

The art style in the drawing in this episode are top notch!

@MrFox-ip3jf 2 жыл бұрын

This channel has become a new fav, thanks for all the hard work on the vids

@Immopimmo 2 жыл бұрын

I like judicial duels. They have very interesting fencing manuals associated with them with all manners of exotic weaponry. From a sock with a rock in it to large spiked shields and sword/mace/axe/warhammer combo weapons. 😁

@chengkuoklee5734 2 жыл бұрын

And don't forget "End Him Rightly"

@aquila4228 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Going to watch the film tomorrow, very much looking forward to it

@vectorstrike 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome art and content! And I'm glad the duel shown in the video had a good ending

@peterlynchchannel 2 жыл бұрын

8:30 I found him! Look, he's right in the middle, he's one of the combatants in the trial by combat. I can't believe it took me so long, he blends in so well

@hotsprinkles 2 жыл бұрын

Another fascinating video! Great work guys

@mvitor7412 2 жыл бұрын

This channel is amazing, great quality, great content and great animation. 😁👍

@grahamturner1290 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! A video dealing with Viking trial by combat would be good : the subject is well documented. ⚔️

@tyleraltman-ApexTJ2 2 жыл бұрын

Oh nice glad you did a video on this!

@PelagiusPrinceps Жыл бұрын

The art of this episodie is beatifull!!

@ftr1453 2 жыл бұрын

The book by Eric Jaeger is really awesome. I read it as easy as a novel. I truly reccomend it to everybody

@JawsOfHistory 2 жыл бұрын

It's funny how this tends to go in trends. There are always periods of history where duels would settle the fate of battles. And then you would also have the Romans who, when their man lost the duel, usually became so enrage that they would attack the enemy, instead of honouring their agreement.

@tylerdurden3722 2 жыл бұрын

Was there a duel that was actually honored?

@AV57 2 жыл бұрын

@@MidlifeCrisisJoe, Greeks would occasionally settle battles/wars with duels. The Iliad certainly established the idea that wars could be decided with one-on-one combat, and that the victor deserved the loyalty of both sides of the confrontation. Pyrrhus of Epirus was fairly famous for challenging his enemy generals/kings to duels, rather than throwing away thousands of Greek lives just to settle who should be king of various city-states. Granted, Pyrrhus only seemed to do it, because he was a great fighter and he often had financial troubles, so it behooved him to end battles as quickly as possible. His enemies often knew that, and would usually not play into his hands and give him the duel.

@AV57 2 жыл бұрын

@@MidlifeCrisisJoe, well, the Iliad doesn’t propose any scenarios where the entire war would be settled on a duel, but it did set up the idealistic vision of how generals/kings ought to perform during battle. And I think from there it’s not too difficult, depending upon what the battle is being fought over, for the battle to be decided completely over the duel itself. If the two armies are simply there to settle a claim over who reigns over a territory, then why not just let the two men with the competing claims settle it with a duel, rather than send all their best men to kill each other? I think that’s probably one of the lessons to be learned from the Iliad. Perhaps Troy and Greece could have survived the coming dark age if they had simply let Priam and Agamemnon duel, or Paris and Menelaus, or Hector and Achilles have a duel and be done with it. But no, they had to drag it out 10 years burn down a perfectly good city for one pretty lady.

@geletoz 2 жыл бұрын

@@tylerdurden3722 usually, the armies retreat back from the battlefield and come back another day if not next day...majority of the cases.

@tylerdurden3722 2 жыл бұрын

@@MidlifeCrisisJoe I was referring to single combat used to determine the outcome of a battle, in order to avoid the actual battle. I only know of the instance where Sparta and Argos sent 300 men each to fight out a dispute. That didn't go as planned. I know of plenty of instances of random single combat before or during battle. These didn't enrage the opponent. It demoralized the side of the losing champion, while invigorating the side of the winning champion. King Pyrrhus of Epirus (Alexander the Great's nephew) is famous for fighting such deuls. Usually an enemy champion would try to find their way to him during battle, then both armies would stop fighting and watch the duel. When Pyrrhus fought the Romans, and slayed their champion, it gave his army the moral boost it needed to turn the tide in his favor.

@bcaiko 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the learning!

@Mirko1913 2 жыл бұрын

It's like there's not a single curious aspect of life back in time Kings and Generals wouldn't study and present to us. I love it!

@tonyh9600 2 жыл бұрын

This did more to explain what was going on than the movies trailer. Thank you.

@dr.zoidberg197 2 жыл бұрын

The drawings are amazing!

@khalidalali186 2 жыл бұрын

Finally, some awesome animation after a long time!

@7DaltonDoms7 2 жыл бұрын

Great depth as always

@SimpleNobody2420 2 жыл бұрын

*sign* The Good old Days, where you can win an argument by killing your opponent in personal honorable combat.

@baronzeppeli4225 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video ^^

@ZergleJerk 2 жыл бұрын

I'm hoping you mention the duels where they gave the two "defendants" weird weapons. Like the giant spiked shields that neither person was trained in (usually.)

@beachboy0505 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video 📹 We look forward to the new film 🎥 The Last Duel

@JonathanReynolds1 2 жыл бұрын

Ridley Scott filmed a movie about this duel (Carrouge and Le Gris) featuring Matt Damon. The movie is called “The Last Duel”.

@Arthurboy777 2 жыл бұрын

The art is amazing well done 😊

@belialord 2 жыл бұрын

5:09 I challenge the editor to a trial by combat in order to settle this mistake

@crazygrainger2006 2 жыл бұрын

You can say that again.

@pp-wo1sd 2 жыл бұрын

@@MidlifeCrisisJoe No rust 1v1's ?

@geletoz 2 жыл бұрын

You gotta prove that there is no other way to prove your case...didn't you watch the stuff? There are rules

@Blastdaddy69 2 жыл бұрын

i love the art with this episode. its really good

@brokenbridge6316 2 жыл бұрын

This was an excellent video. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

@aaronmarks9366 2 жыл бұрын

K&G, can you guys do a video on the history of the city of Ctesiphon? How it was founded, what life was like in the city over the centuries, and how it fell and was abandoned.

@Stoney_AKA_James 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Duels using swords, rapiers, bowie knives, percussion firearms, etc. were quite common in New Orleans Louisiana (specifically at the Duelling Oaks in City Park). Dueling officially ended in Louisiana in the late 1800s.

@waleedkhalid7486 2 жыл бұрын

As always, a fascinating topic! It is interesting to see how we've evolved our penal codes over time as new techniques to find out the truth of events were developed. While using mortal combat as a means to decide innocence is...suspect...it was probably the best way to provide an end to cases where there just isn't enough evidence to decide who is right - such as in rape cases like the one in this video - she very easily could have lied in order to help her husband's standing by slandering his rival. Objectively, we just cannot know what happened. Cases like this in the modern day are usually tried in the court of public opinion (arguably the worst type of court), so the jury is still out on whether we've made progress on that front.

@skyworm8006 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. It's also better than developing blood feuds. Germanic peoples would resort to violence when a dispute could not be resolved, which could turn into a blood feud. Deciding to resolve the dispute definitively by a duel avoids this. Normally crimes would be resolved with payment, but there are many things that are hard to prove either way or demand retaliation.

@Mrkabrat 2 жыл бұрын

-So shall we solves this issue with diplomacy? +Takes too long, let's just fight to the death and whomever wins is right -Eh, works for me

@_Abjuranax_ 2 жыл бұрын

There was also old Scottish Law where a man and wife could duke it out in the town square to settle their differences with essentially what were cricket bats. However, the man had to stand in a pit up to his waist, so that he did not have an undue advantage over his wife, lol.

@r4mar89 2 жыл бұрын

Who wouldn't want to watch Matt Damon and Adam Driver beating each other up.

@officialmattmedia 2 жыл бұрын

*trial by combat occurs Bronn: "say less"

@PhilHug1 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Please to a video a honor duels someday!

@jessicamorris4748 2 жыл бұрын

So rather than interview witnesses, interview additional witnesses when necessary, and leave no stone unturned when gathering physical evidence or waiting for more evidence to come to light, it was decided that facts (and a person's reputation or life) would be determined by brutal combat and which person could more cleverly outmanuver the other. I think this form of trial HAS made a comeback, it is called social media!

@MegaGangsta4life 2 жыл бұрын

Lol, Judge Judy would be lit if we had Defendant vs Plaintiff in the court of battle 😄😄😄

@loupiscanis9449 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you , K&G .

@Artur_M. 2 жыл бұрын

Another fascinating video! Here's an even latter interesting example of such a fight: In Krakow, on the 28th of January 1518, a sensational duel took place between two courtiers of King Sigismund I the Old; Andrzej Zakrzewski and Jan Zambocki, to finally end a prolonged defamation trial, which was going on since 1514 (allegedly Zakrzewski called Zambowski a heretic-sympathiser and a low-born thief). The duel was observed by the King himself, the ambassador of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I Habsburg - Sigismund Herberstein, many dignitaries, nobles and townsfolk. Like the one depicted in the video, the duel started on horseback with lances and proceeded to a swordfight on foot. Zambocki won, while heavily wounding Zakrzewski. The latter survived but the horse of Zambocki was killed in the fight. A humanist writer, poet, and the future Archbishop of Gniezno, Andrzej Krzycki wrote an elegy in Latin for the poor noble steed. Perhaps it was more like an honour duel approved by the authorities, than an actual judicial duel, I'm not really sure how to interpret it. Source: Jan Szymczak, Pojedynki i harce, turnieje i gonitwy. Walki o życie, cześć, sławę i pieniądze w Polsce Piastów i Jagiellonów, Warszawa 2008, p. 35-39.

@MusMasi 2 жыл бұрын

poor horse, should of made them fight on foot only

@Artur_M. 2 жыл бұрын

@@MusMasi Yeah...

@adampilot8275 2 жыл бұрын

Very good clip as always. At a time when the movie the Last Duel will soon be released in cinemas.

@HistoryOfRevolutions 2 жыл бұрын

"There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice" - Montesquieu

@ignoranceisstrenght1984 2 жыл бұрын

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

@stacey_1111rh Жыл бұрын

Great stuff

@gopalb1704 2 жыл бұрын

The same custom existed in Kerala, our state in India in the Malabar area. The warriors were called Chekavars. These fights have given rise to many folklore epics.

@basilacis5661 2 жыл бұрын

amazing video!

@Tenast_ 2 жыл бұрын

Azul! The best channel ever ❤️❤️❤️

@galacticvagabond9772 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@abusuleymantariq2137 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting topic

@lst9701 2 жыл бұрын

impeccable animation

@rsstenger5113 2 жыл бұрын

Just in time for the new movie "The Last Duel"

@ismailkhan-ne7fo 2 жыл бұрын

Wow the art in this video is very beautiful

@laylobinson5839 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine a King fighting his own duel, wouldn't that be a sight?

@taskforceknight9336 2 жыл бұрын

There have been many warrior kings through out history from King Henry V to Roman Emperor Trajan etc

@taskforceknight9336 2 жыл бұрын

King Leonidas of Sparta too

@robbabcock_ 2 жыл бұрын

Terrific!

@TheMambojack 2 жыл бұрын

Right on the day "The Duel" aired on Netflix and the french monolythic youtuber Nota Bene's video on that subject was published , that is indeed a very nice tactical move Kings and Generals !

@podemosurss8316 2 жыл бұрын

10:02 Also known as "the wise". By the way, Castille had already annexed Leon and taken most of Al-Andalus (except Granada). In fact he had his capital in Toledo.

@ageingviking5587 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff Ks and Gs. You saved me some cash too because now I don't have to see the movie :-) Thank you.

@biasedromanloyalist3807 2 жыл бұрын

Early Gang getting that hot Kings and Generals content, keep it up!

@andro7862 2 жыл бұрын

We are just covering this in our classes. Perfect timing.

@AsgardianValkyrie12 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice drawings!

@prachayamishra1950 2 жыл бұрын

7:46 I don't know why but the speed lines made it look like a anime moment.

@sebastianbate7835 2 жыл бұрын

Please, would you be so kind as to make a video about the spanish tercios? I would love to understand their way of combat. They were a crucial unit in history and you guys are the best at this

@G_Flash84625 2 жыл бұрын

Watch SandRhoman History on KZfaq

@metaconwar4601 2 жыл бұрын

I officially challenge Kings and Generals to a duel to the death!

@-JA- 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@heimdalshorn 2 жыл бұрын

nice video, but some misinformation. It is not correct, that from the high middle ages on, it was a thing of the nobility only, because only they are allowed to posses and carry arms . E.g. in the German regions it was common, that even peasants have arms, sometimes there are even obligations to do so. Burghers and peasants could also fight judicial duels and did so and there where many forms of this duels with a big variety of specialised weapons, from swords to clubs or spiked shields. In most German places ist was also possible (especially within burghers and peasants) that a women fight a judicial duel against a man, with special rules and weapons, to make it a more equal fight. In the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation, the judical duel was not frequent, but steady and was common till the beginning of the 16. century.

@saxo9266 2 жыл бұрын

i highly recommend also watching men in iron all three parts, they are all on youtube starting in 700 ad about knights ending in around the 1600s

@grahamturner1290 2 жыл бұрын

By the way, may I recommend Tyrkir vs. Ulf on the Northworthy Sagas and Stories channel here on KZfaq, available in vertical and horizontal formats. A minute's worth of Viking trial by combat, which I hope will entertain you!