Swiss Warrior: From Italian and Burgundian Wars to Papal Guard

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In the new video in the Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Evolution of Armies and Tactics, we will continue talking about Swiss warriors, who became the premiere mercenaries of Europe during the Italian and Burgundian Wars. Their prowess led them to become the guardsmen of the Popes.
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@KingsandGenerals 4 жыл бұрын

Liking the video takes a second of your time, but makes us so happy. Consider doing it :-)

4 жыл бұрын

Hello from Vietnam

@fatimaalnaz6115 4 жыл бұрын

Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰

@ajithsidhu7183 4 жыл бұрын

Pls do one on thier war tatics of swiss macerines

@noahgibsonspeninsularwarsa1134 4 жыл бұрын

Will you do the Swiss troops in 18th and 19th centuries?

@todrkdck9805 4 жыл бұрын

Lovin it

@noobster4779 4 жыл бұрын

Basically: What swiss were doing before they found out how to use money and banks.

@DaniRunds 4 жыл бұрын

Basically the same, taking advantage of other nations dramas or wars :P

@Peristerygr 4 жыл бұрын

The "if you attack me, you will lose your money" is better "arguement" than "if you attack me I will crush you".

@rantymcrant-pants9536 4 жыл бұрын

No, basically HOW the Swiss got all the money!

@wisdomleader85 4 жыл бұрын

*Laughs In Luxembourg*

@tonmoymukherjee6951 4 жыл бұрын

And what about the delicious cheese they make?

@TehFunksta 4 жыл бұрын

The Italian hand as a symbol for the language.. too good

@KingsandGenerals 4 жыл бұрын

A little spicy, like my mama's meatballs

@arjunsinha4015 4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals oooh

@Shreendg 4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals oof

@anjusanal 4 жыл бұрын

Sk0lzkiy , who is that?

@kianfrancisco1564 4 жыл бұрын

Mama mia!

@jacopoabbruscato9271 2 жыл бұрын

180 Swiss guards holding their ground and killing 900 enemy soldiers in melee combat is truly impressive

@richie_0740 Жыл бұрын

those 189 were in the service of heaven

@oof5020 4 жыл бұрын

As a Swiss Catholic I had the privilege of seeing the barracks and armory of the Swiss Papal Guard (is it even a privilege? I don't know ^^). Anyways funny thing is that we saw a Stahlhelm and a MP40 there and wondered what the background story was. Well... A German soldier during WW2 asked for refuge in the Vatican City and he was let in, basically living with the Swiss Guard. He then let his weapon and Helmet there.

@HeyImLucious 4 жыл бұрын

110% is a privilege and I'm incredibly jealous of you!

@bradmorales4002 4 жыл бұрын

For real??

@oof5020 4 жыл бұрын

@@bradmorales4002 yeah. There were also 2 or 3 black golden armors in there which looked dope.

@bradmorales4002 4 жыл бұрын

@@oof5020 were those for even more elite swiss guards?

@oof5020 4 жыл бұрын

@@bradmorales4002 It's for the captain of the Swiss Guard.

@chuck430 4 жыл бұрын

love how English is represented by the union jack while Italian is hand motions

@generalkenobi5173 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta love it man hahaha it qould be better if they were presented by pasta or a pizza.

@themightyswindian 4 жыл бұрын

Italian is about 80% hand gestures.

@glenng8185 4 жыл бұрын

There is a famous swiss saying: Karl der Kühne verlor bei Grandson das Gut, bei Murten den Mut und bei Nancy das Blut. English: Charles the bold lost his goods at Grandson, his courage at Murten and his blood at Nancy.

@hebanker3372 4 жыл бұрын

The Duchy of Burgundy and it's wars are arguably one of the most interesting pieces of medieval European history.

@W0DAN88 3 жыл бұрын

Aufeinmal können Sie Hochdeutsch sprechen.

@Bardockvision 3 жыл бұрын

The Swiss people will forever have a very special place in my heart. Not only for their loyalty (that can’t be questioned), but how open they are and how kind. The Swiss people helped hundred of thousands people during the Kosovo war and opened their doors for us. Long live Switzerland and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your hospitality and trust. 🇦🇱 ❤️ 🇨🇭 Today, young Kosovans that came to Switzerland during the war make up 6% of the Swiss military.

@hansegloff3651 Жыл бұрын

Thank you guys for beimg here. Was a pleasure serving in the military with kosovans who were often bigger Swiss patriots than the rest.

@napoleonibonaparte7198 4 жыл бұрын

Next episode: the Development of Swiss Cheese

@Dfathurr 4 жыл бұрын

I agree on this. Kings and generals always tell story of people or battle or campaign. No disrespect. It was good, but copying quotes form youtube channel Invicta, to tell the history only by battle and strategy is "history without humanity". So i hope one day kings and generals can consider one history of food, or beverages, or event events. Such as swiss cheese, canned food, or food rations during revolutionary wars

@DoraFauszt 4 жыл бұрын

@@Dfathurr don't you think the name of this channel kinda points out that they are here to cover historical battles, conflicts and empires?! If you want culinary history, I'm sure there are channels out there, which cover this topic.

@Dfathurr 4 жыл бұрын

@@DoraFauszt well indeed, but still it would be a nice coverage if kings and generals cover that? Well it won't be just food. Equipments, weapons, postal service and means of communication is also something good for informations I know kings and generals worked hard enough. And also maybe it already did such coverage (in roman empire army), yet it is clearly that there were not only romans in the world okay? So why not? I am just giving an advice for new theme

@Sturminfantrist 4 жыл бұрын

@@Dfathurr yep a vid about combat Rations would be fine, i was nearly shocked when i recieved canned meat ( Combat ration called EPA) older then me when i was 19 1/2 yrs old during the base training

@akashsasidharan9747 4 жыл бұрын

@@Sturminfantrist euchkh , how'd it taste ?

@Solon1581 4 жыл бұрын

19:28 Wow, you actually used the hand gesture to represent Italian. Absolute madlads.

@philipbasler5077 4 жыл бұрын

lmao

@kingt0295 Жыл бұрын

🤌

@Wottan007 4 жыл бұрын

Last will of French King Louis XI ( circa 1470 A.D.) : " We recommend to our successors on the French throne to always be in good and friendly terms with our gentle neighbours of the Swiss Cantons who always sent us good and brave soldiers who always défended loyally our crown and our royal person as long as we used to pay them well and in due Time..."

@oof5020 4 жыл бұрын

I did not find this anywhere on the Internet, can you "certify" it? ^^

@Wottan007 4 жыл бұрын

@@oof5020 : I don´t remember where I found this quote, either from a book published some long time ago by the Brit. Historian Murray Kendall or by another of his colleagues ( French ) Jean Favier ( who is more a specialist of Bonaparte although he wrote also on Louis XI ). I noticed this quotation because I am an admirer of the Swiss History and political system ( although am French ) and it struck my attention that before his death this very prudent king and with such a long sighted political vision took the pain to pay such an tribute to his mountain neighbors who delivered him of the Burgundian nightmare ! And I remembered the king´s sentence, in as much as his remark to his successors about the Swiss who are excellent soldiers " pourvu qu´on les paye bien..." reminded me the famous play of Molière " Les plaideurs" where one of the characters use this sentence : "Point d´argent, point de Suisse" ... French humor about a neighbor of whom he is slightly envious...

@oof5020 4 жыл бұрын

@@Wottan007 OK. Too bad. Yes the French and Swiss have influenced each others history and ways heavily. Well as a Swiss Citizen and also an admirer of Swiss History, let's hope for another 500 years of "paix perpétuelle". :-)

@Wottan007 4 жыл бұрын

@@oof5020 : " Paix perpétuelle " let´s hope so...Although funny story , in years 1988/90 i was member of a french administration in charge of civil defense in case of war with Warsaw Pact ( it was then the epitome of cold war...) and I had the occasion to visit some Swiss anti-nuclear shelters with my Swiss colleagues. I said my admiration for their meticulous preparation in case of soviet threat, lamenting the French frivolous impreparation, and with this cold humor of which our neighbors are able he said : " yes it´s regrettable because if there is a nuclear war, 98% of the French will be wiped out, and 98% of the Swiss will survive...and of course we shall not fail to annex 98% of France to our Cantons..." . He said that so seriously but with some light of amusement in his look that I busted in laughing ! It was an interesting encounter !

@johndillinger9783 4 жыл бұрын

as a swiss myself i'm really impressed by your pronunciation of location names! Thank you for telling the history of the swiss warriors. Many of the examples you mentioned are still relevant here and mentioned as examples of what discipline and loyalty can achieve (papal guard) and what horrors war can bring upon the people (France vs Milan). I wish you all the best and keep up the amazing work !

@TheMCD1989 4 жыл бұрын

I lived in Emmetten and worked on Neiderbauen for a while after college, what an awesome country you have. Can't wait to go back, wish I had just stayed years ago, great people and a great country, I think I felt more at home there than here in the USA!

@oof5020 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMCD1989 We are the U. S. in better. Our constitution is based on the American Constitution after all. :P

@navaryn2938 4 жыл бұрын

He kinda slips on arbedo and bellinzona (+ "tisino") but yeah he's generally good

@ursodermatt8809 3 жыл бұрын

@@oof5020 well, the US constitution was based on the swiss also. concerning federal government.

@maxis2k 4 жыл бұрын

France: "If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em."

@jackback70 3 жыл бұрын

underrated

@TheAtmosfear7 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, it worked with Vikings, no reason not to try it with the Swiss as well.

@Mrkabrat 4 жыл бұрын

Why you should *always* pay your mercenaries in advance: The musical

@depausvandelilithkerk5785 4 жыл бұрын

According to Machiavelli; If you as a "ruler" want to be poor, betrayed and alone then yes, other whise pay your mercenaries after they have finished their work and beter to not have any mercenaries at all for they can't be trusted.

@turkcudoktrin366 4 жыл бұрын

@@depausvandelilithkerk5785 I read that a few days ago in Machiavelli's Art of War book :)

@jeffvella9765 4 жыл бұрын

@@depausvandelilithkerk5785 Swiss mercenaries are not normal mercenaries, but more of an expensive professional army that has prestige and honor behind it. Money is not the reason why they will honor a contract. There is a reason why they follow orders even against impossible odds, and that ain't the money. Machiavelli is correct with regards to most mercenaries but he was not including the Swiss ones in that statement.

@oof5020 4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffvella9765 Some thoughts Machiavelli had on Switzerland: "when Machiavelli wanted to introduce a successful model for republican government, he not only used the admired but distant classical models of Sparta and Rome and the somehow ambivalent Venetian case, but also the Swiss Confederation. The confederates were “armatissimi e liberissimi,” most free because most armed and ready to defend their liberty as masters of modern warfare (“maestri delle moderne guerre”) the way the Romans had done in antiquity: with an invincible militia army-and not, as Machiavelli’s fellow Italians did, with mercenary troops. The Swiss were strong, victorious, and fearless warriors because they lived in egalitarian “libera libertà” and lacked princes and nobles; the poverty of uncivilized mountaineers (“uomini montanari . . . senza civiltà”) allowed them to stay far away from the corruption of the curia in Rome and to follow their original civic religion. Hence Machiavelli considered the Swiss federative republic to have the best constitution, second only to the expansive republic of the Romans."

@depausvandelilithkerk5785 4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffvella9765 I think that you are right, depending on the kind of defenitions you use you could indeed say that these Swiss mercenaries are an expensive professional army which has prestige and honor behind it.

@mandinka_language_and_proverbs 4 жыл бұрын

What's your hobby? Me:king&General Is there anything you often do in weekend? Me:yes King&General

@Angrenost02 4 жыл бұрын

By the way, the episode of the swiss guards' resistance in the Tuileries' palace is called "The taking of the Tuileries" in France and "The slaughter of the Tuileries" in Switzerland. It's always interesting to see details like this illustrating how the point of view on history can be quite different depending on the country or religion, etc.

@affandi99 4 жыл бұрын

The Last Stand by Sabaton suddenly plays from a wide distance while watching this video

@JonManProductions 4 жыл бұрын

*ROMAN CATAPULT!* *THEY CAN DAMAGE THE OUTER WALL OF A BARBARIAN SETTLEMENT!* *THEY LOOK NIFFY, AND TRENDY!* *CLASSY WOOD FINISH!* *PEOPLE WILL STOP AND STARE WITH JEALOUSY WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN PUBLIC WITH ONE!* *TOTALLY NOT GAY!!!*

@TheFiresloth 4 жыл бұрын

KZfaq comments : damn muslims !

@javanbybee4822 4 жыл бұрын

JonManProductions how

@javanbybee4822 4 жыл бұрын

Eriq Affandi thank you for knowing what The Last Stand is about, I hate it when people say it’s about the crusades

@affandi99 4 жыл бұрын

@@javanbybee4822 anytime bro, for me The Last Stand really makes me think harder, only to realise it's not about crusade, it's about the story of Swiss Guard. 😊 About JonManProductions, I think he too much eating those Swiss Cheese same as well to TheFiresloth 😑

@RenegadeRanga 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating that everything comes full circle in history. Spear to sword back to spear.

@Lijdare 4 жыл бұрын

I have an ancestor who was in the Swiss Guard at Versailles in the early part of the 17th century. I cannot remember the details and my written records are not at hand. But he was of the surname Mertenat, born in Soyhieres, in what is now Canton Jura, sometime in the 1580s. His brother was my 8x or 9x grest-grandfather. At that time Ct. Jura would have been in the Principality of the Prince-Bishop of Basel, or what was left of it after the reformation turned the city protestant. This Mertenat sent 2 letters to my 8/9x great-grandfather during the 1630s that ended up in the records of the Prince-Bishop (in Porrentruy) as part of an inheritance file (they were later incorporated into Cantonical records if my memory serves me). Specifically, my Mertenat ancestor had the title of Scribe to the Captain of the Swiss Guards while at Versailles. I remember he mentioned in one letter that the young King Louis XIV was a fine, young man to his brother. Parenthetically, when France under Napoleon annexed the Principality as the Department of Mont Terrible many folk in Soyhieres must have not been too happy. My 4x great-grandmother, who was in her mid-60s, married a 14 year old boy, as did two other older women. My 3x great-grandfather, an Imhoff, who was about 18 at the time, married his 1st cousin. All of this was in the new etat-civil records for Soyhieres. After Napoleon was defeated, this area became part of Ct. Bern, but continued with the Napoleonic records. It was there that I found a Catholic priest record an annulment of my 3x great-grandfather's marriage to his first cousin. He wrote that the marriage was nothing but a sham to keep Imhoff out of the Army of the French Republic. It seems that royalist sentiments ran deep even in this younger part of Switzerland.

@retardcorpsman 2 жыл бұрын

That’s really interesting, your ancestor must’ve been quite an important figure if we actually met Louis XIV up close

@Big_E_Soul_Fragment 4 жыл бұрын

Swiss Guards, you say? *FOR THE GRACE FOR THE MIGHT OF OUR LORD*

@friedlemons5201 4 жыл бұрын

@Aleksa Petrovic *FOR THE FAITH FOR THE WAY OF THE SWORD*

@JonManProductions 4 жыл бұрын

@@friedlemons5201 *COME AND TELL THEIR STORY* *GAVE THEIR LIVES SO BOLDLY* *COME AND TELL THE SWISS GUARD'S STORY AGAIN*

@gameoflife9576 4 жыл бұрын

GIVE THEIR LIVES SO BOLDLY

@RileyRivalle2 4 жыл бұрын

@Paulo Mendes They're only making a reference, dude. You're taking it way too seriously, reading in both religiosity and racism where none necessarily exists.

@RileyRivalle2 4 жыл бұрын

@Paulo Mendes Just stop, dude. How is making a reference, a joke, on KZfaq ANYTHING like signing a paper proving you're a believer? :D If you can't answer that question, there's a good reason for it and you should probably just drop it at this point.

@jurgnobs8178 2 жыл бұрын

there is a famous swiss saying that goes: in Grandson das Gut In Murten den Mut In Nancy das Blut Meaning, in grandson the goods, in murten the bravery and in nancy the blood. it refers to the three big battles that the swiss won against the burgundians. after grandson they managed to conquer the cannons and supplies of the burgundians (the goods), in Murten, the burgundians fled into the lake and many of them drowned (because they lost their bravery) and in nancy, it ended with the blood of the burgundian lord. it's a very proud time in swiss history, when the small cantons finally started helping eachother and supporting eachother against the theoretically much more powerful neighbours.

@deluca1031 4 жыл бұрын

This video explains one thing:Never make the Swiss angry

@junior1497 4 жыл бұрын

These 15th century serfs discover the long pike and its effectiveness against cavalry *Alexander laughs in phalanx*

@LuisBrito-ly1ko 4 жыл бұрын

junior1497 Phalanx is vulnerable to flanking and attacks from behind.

@evrensaygn1017 4 жыл бұрын

@@LuisBrito-ly1ko What Swiss do is basically a Phalanx nothing different. It is more or less the same, maybe a little bit flexible.

@firstconsul7286 4 жыл бұрын

@@junior1497 Yeah, mountainous terrain is where the Greek, and later Macedonian phalanx developed. It's not really a surprise that Switzerland was the one to being back the pike.

@junior1497 4 жыл бұрын

Jake Shatrau usually when Greeks fought Greeks, they fought in open flat terrain. Thermopylae was an exception, not the norm

@JayzsMr 4 жыл бұрын

@@junior1497 makes no sense as Swiss fought everywhere as mercenaries. The redescovery of the effectiveness of the pike formation is much more rooted in social changes than military evolution. The pike is the most simple weapon there is, Greeks fought with a pike almost 2000 years before the Swiss pike men but what a pike formation needs is lots of people fighting together, alone and disorganised the pike is useless. The knight was dominant in the middle ages both as a weapon system and as a social order. Its no coincidence that the decline of feudalism went hand in hand with the pike resurgence . Basically the towns started to organise themselves and sell land, nobles were impoverished at times and rented themselves out as mercenaries. People fought for their towns or land instead of their lord which means stronger social cohesion which leads to army cohesion and the increased effectiveness of the pike

@gnewsome 4 жыл бұрын

After watching that awesome video, I find myself most interested in learning the skill of making an itch go away without scratching it.

@napoleonibonaparte7198 4 жыл бұрын

The Halberdiers that protected the Pope during WW2

@anjusanal 4 жыл бұрын

Napoleon I Bonaparte -underrated

@Mrkabrat 4 жыл бұрын

Didnt the pope make a deal with Mussolini and Hitler during WW2?

@peletsoivre9110 4 жыл бұрын

@@Mrkabrat With Mussolini to stem the italian communist party. With Hitler? Pius XII was a staunch anti nazi figure and condemned the ideology from Its beginning, excommunicating every catholic joining the movement. I doubt for the latter, especially considering the praise he received from a lot of jewish personalities from the rabbi of Rome to Albert Einstein.

@Mrkabrat 4 жыл бұрын

@@peletsoivre9110 Huh, I do recall the pope being silent about jewish massacres in WW2. Must have been wrong

@thethirdsicily4802 4 жыл бұрын

@@Mrkabrat well I mean what did you expect him to do? If he spoke out, the catholics, who were already being sent to camps in smaller numbers would be next on the chopping block, can you really blame his holiness, surrounded on all sides by an ally of Hitler, for not angering them?

@olbradley 4 жыл бұрын

The Empire: Total War music makes me nostalgic.

@Argacyan 4 жыл бұрын

11:30 This made me remember how I have in the past run into people who flat out deny the Papal States ever existed, engaged in wars, etc.

@flynntom8057 4 жыл бұрын

Its true. Everyone in the Papal States were paid actors!!!

@nomore9004 3 жыл бұрын

@@flynntom8057 lol

@nomore9004 3 жыл бұрын

The Papal States was important in european politics and fought its own wars and did exist. I love the Papal states. who are these people who denies the existence of the Papal States and that it's engaged in wars?

@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687 4 жыл бұрын

Do a Video about Magellan's expedition! 499 years and counting

@climax050 4 жыл бұрын

As I saw on a cinema sins on Star Wars. “Why did we as a race ever decide to stop wearing capes and cloaks? They’re so cool” and I totally agree lmao I wish people still wore capes 😭😭

@steyn1775 4 жыл бұрын

Who says you can't wear that nowadays? Just go for it

@PyrrhicPax 4 жыл бұрын

I'd imagine it'd get too hot.

@penguasakucing8136 4 жыл бұрын

Tell that to Edna Mode

@robertandrews6915 4 жыл бұрын

You can certainly wear them but I would advise you not to if you need to go through a security checkpoint like airport

@shanecarubbi7864 4 жыл бұрын

Iv seen gothic people that still wear capes, some professional fighters wear capes. You could become a gothic mma fighter and wear a cape and no one would look at you funny. Maybe 🤔

@MrVvulf 4 жыл бұрын

I hope Kings and Generals will cover the life of Sir John Hawkwood (known in Italy as Giovanni Acuto "John the Sharp"). The man fought at Crecy and Poitiers, became a mercenary in France, then Italy, and he eventually led the "White Company" (aka The English Company although many nationalities comprised it). He had a 40 year career shrewdly serving city states, Popes, and even Kings and Queens, and sometimes ambassadorial duties for the King of England. He ended his career serving Florence and facilitated its rise to hegemony at the beginning of the Renaissance. A truly remarkable life. He is buried in the Duomo, and honor not even bestowed upon Dante.

@pierrerust2423 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making this episode and answering our requests realting to the Burgundian wars period. Well done and nice explanations !

@Overture-ur6mk 4 жыл бұрын

I hear the Last Stand playing in the background.

@PuckishAngeI 4 жыл бұрын

This was so cool, I love that I found this channel some time ago

@hattorihanzo9896 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome job again mates! Would love to watch one episode dedicated to the eastern roman Akrites border guards!

@hanson544 4 жыл бұрын

Great content! I never knew about the Swiss being this ferocious. Would love to see an Armies and Tactics vid for ancient Egypt!

@antivalidisme5669 4 жыл бұрын

Good to know that Neuhausen has even more to often than its swords, bayonets- good old Waffenfabrik- and nowadays guns if I'm correct. Quite handy when you're established near such a training centre! No, no I'm not obsessed with antique blades, at all... Learned a LOT to say the least. Great job guys, amazing one!

@KING_PINA_VI 4 жыл бұрын

You guys never disappoint, thanks for another good video.

@Daruliable 4 жыл бұрын

excellent video K&G's, thank you, loved it

@Buckdodgers 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE this Channel!!! The narration is SO GOOD!!!

@JassiLassi 4 жыл бұрын

When the music changes and gets intense 💯

@adoramus 4 жыл бұрын

Another excellent video. So many thanks!

@michealsperry5278 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation. Thank you.😊

@danielutz2 4 жыл бұрын

Just arrived from work and there is not a better way of relaxing than watching a new Kings and Generals video.

@brandmaster222 4 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video about Matilda of Canossa?

@josephcheng5949 4 жыл бұрын

Can't get over the Empire Total War Spanish battle music in the background. XD

@tamastimar9511 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video.

@vanjatanevski962 4 жыл бұрын

Absolute mad lads! Respect!

@FreeFallingAir 4 жыл бұрын

Great video as always!!

@494949david 4 жыл бұрын

Basically Spartans in the Alps Btw, the EMPIRE total war soundtrack at the end is so amazing. This is the second time I think the you have used it. All I have to say is that you are a true man of culture. That song Brings so many memories, I can't believe that 11 years have passed

@philipzahn491 4 жыл бұрын

Without the slaves, so more likable.

@494949david 4 жыл бұрын

@@philipzahn491 yes of course. They were way more modern technically

@MrSimpleThruth 4 жыл бұрын

Hehe, I'm Swiss and Greek from Sparta. And yes Swiss army trained. All i'm missing is to joim the guard. 😂💂

@KHK001 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing! another great video

@Dubbudha 4 жыл бұрын

Legend says that the swiss captured the biggest diamond known at that time. It was never seen again afterwards. I guess a kid somewhere in the swiss mountains had a nice marble to play with

@artski09 4 жыл бұрын

The smell of gunpowder is sweeter to me than all the perfumes of Arabia. Pope Julius II best pope

@christianriddler5063 4 жыл бұрын

Nah, Urban II is the best.

@artski09 4 жыл бұрын

@@christianriddler5063 he is definitely in the top list

@christianriddler5063 4 жыл бұрын

@Orion Lord Stalin was atheist, he killed 60+ million people.

@marloyorkrodriguez9975 3 жыл бұрын

Innocent III best Pope don’t debate me

@fatherlouiswilliamssugaada5023 3 жыл бұрын

Nah, Alexander VI is the best

@KaisaMachinimas 3 жыл бұрын

Great documentary.....Im Swiss and I didnt know many things you told:-) thanks and keep it up guys!

@KlLLER6 4 жыл бұрын

When I was in officer school in Switzerland, one of my classmates had just come back from his 2 year service in the Swiss guard. He was a really nice fellow to talk to, apparently he even got a bible from the Pope as a gift.

@TheRealBruceLouis 4 жыл бұрын

oh i thought u served as a swiss guard til ure 30, i didnt realize there was a limit to 2 years

@oof5020 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheRealBruceLouis not a limit, but a minimum of 2 years and 2 months (I think).

@cosettapessa6417 2 жыл бұрын

@@MandoMTL he might kick your ass you edgelord 😂

@gabrielsuarez5052 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome recruitment video

@MonFrereGaming 4 жыл бұрын

I live and breath for your videos, where’s the link to the podcast?

@rahulroy9310 4 жыл бұрын

Man I'm been waiting for this for a while

@stealthcat4126 4 жыл бұрын

This should be a movie. Good stuff

@AbrahamLincoln4 3 жыл бұрын

The Swiss always had a thing for doing last stands. From 1527 to 1792 lol.

@absoleet 4 жыл бұрын

5:30 "demonstated importance of long pike as infantry weapon" - welcome back greek phalanx.

@abcdef27669 4 жыл бұрын

"Learn Italian" Shows a hand gesticulating. I love this channel humor.

@22vx 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent production 👍 Thanks K&G!

4 жыл бұрын

Hello

@mahesito1943 4 жыл бұрын

Damn it Charles, you had one of the most powerful kingdoms in europe at the time and you just got killed. It pisses me off that Burgundy could have been a powerhouse of early modern europe but instead he died and caused the rivalry between germany and france over their border territories.

@Rehn98 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly that territory would've been hard to consolidate considering the geography and demographics. Best case scenario they're a mildly successful Poland lol

@mahesito1943 4 жыл бұрын

@@Rehn98 you are probably right but that is still better than what actually happened

@TheAtmosfear7 2 жыл бұрын

@@Rehn98 I don’t think that assessment is fair. I feel like you severely underestimate Burgundy’s power at the time. There is a reason they were in all practicality independent for so long despite being officially part of the kingdom of France. Burgundy was definitely at least if not more powerful than France at that point in time.

@TheJimboslav 4 жыл бұрын

Love the artwork!

@mohammadsaida4603 4 жыл бұрын

Nice history video thanks, nice history page 👍

@themistoclesnelson2163 4 жыл бұрын

Really liked the art in this video.

@conflictsexplained9276 4 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@g.sergiusfidenas6650 4 жыл бұрын

The Swiss vs Habsburg such a one-sided rivalry, even indirectly as Charles the Bold was ancestor of Charles V the Holy Roman Emperor, he was even named like that in honor of his burgundian great grandfather.

@mathiaswellnitz4184 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Amen

@thefulanichad 4 жыл бұрын

Thx 🙏🏾 Bro .

@TheGodTell 4 жыл бұрын

amazing! any chance of doing the German Landsknecht next? their prowess with zweihander always fascinate me

@evrensaygn1017 4 жыл бұрын

Dude, they are so cool!

@loupiscanis9449 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you ,

@T0biOrNotToBe 4 жыл бұрын

as a Swiss i highly approve this video. but guys, you also need to check the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Giornico most crazy battle of the old confederacy

@andrewhurtado9656 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic as always...Thanx. I would request the battles of Publius Ventidius Bassus, the Avenger of Crassus and the first Roman to Triumph against the Arsacids. Thank you.

@UFOSasquatch 4 жыл бұрын

soldiering: its a good life!

@weirdofromhalo 4 жыл бұрын

I too like to solder metal in the ancient past.

@Mekalor 4 жыл бұрын

Soldering: It's ok.

@salkoharper2908 4 жыл бұрын

Soldiering a good life....Until you get a arrow in the eye or cut in half with a battle axe.

@kimkim-24 4 жыл бұрын

rome 2?😂

@jeffthemercenary 3 жыл бұрын

@@kimkim-24 yes and Attila

@KyleOfCanada 4 жыл бұрын

189 Pontifical Swiss Guard held their ground against 10,000 Protestant Germany mercenaries. Despite having only halberds and swords, while their foes boasted arquebusiers in addition to zwie-handlers, they killed an estimated 1-2,000 of them before being overwhelmed. You can still see the holes in the wall from where the arquebusiers were taking pot-shots at the Pope along the escape route between the Vatican and Castel Sant'Angelo. What an incredible story.

@brokenbridge6316 4 жыл бұрын

The Swiss were certainly great soldiers and military innovators back in the day. Awesome. My compliments to those who made this video a reality.

@anarrivingwingedhussar9692 4 жыл бұрын

Another amazing video. I hope you make a video about the Winged Hussars at some point *cough cough* maybe before the Battle of Vienna *cough*

@badartgallery9322 3 жыл бұрын

I love this channel.

@soontir_fel1816 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely looking forward to the discussions about the french foreign legion

@biggusdickus819 4 жыл бұрын

It would be amazing if you did a video on the Spanish Tercios

@BicolBandit 4 жыл бұрын

19:28 “and learning Italian.” Well done.

@BubuluIX 4 жыл бұрын

Suggestion: light cavalry known as "Croats", the French called them "Crabats". The name came to be used as a generic term for light cavalry from the area of the Habsburg Military Frontier rather than an ethnic designation.

@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 4 жыл бұрын

Croats were mercenaries also, they brung tie to the french.

@BubuluIX 4 жыл бұрын

Yes they also fought in various wars such as 18th century war of Austrian succession.

@hedgehog3180 4 жыл бұрын

In Danish crabat basically means bastard but only in the insult sense, it doesn't mean that you were born outside of a marriage it's just the same insult. Like how you might call a cat a bastard.

@BubuluIX 4 жыл бұрын

@@hedgehog3180 "Crabaten" is just one of various foreign derivatives for "Croats" and "Croatia". Korbetha, Corvatia, Chrobatia, Charvatia etc. Croats call themselves Hrvati and their country Hrvatska. Older domestic archaisms are Harvacka, Horvatzka, Hervatzka.

@denniscleary7580 4 жыл бұрын

A video yesterday from Baz and a video today from Kings!? It must be my birthday, oh wait it is 😁👍

@hansmuster3270 4 жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday 😁

@noble3784 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Thank you for another mercenary video.

@tcc5750 4 жыл бұрын

Not showing up in my KZfaq feed! Had to go to Kings and General's channel.

@julianquaak12 4 жыл бұрын

For a next video it would be very interesting to learn more about the “geuzen” and the 80 year war of spain and the netherlands. The “geuzen” were basicly the forefathers of the modern day marines

@Fuhrerjehova 4 жыл бұрын

For the grace, for the might of our lord In the name of his glory For the faith, for the way of the sword Come and tell their story Gave their lives so boldly Come and tell the Swiss Guards' story again

@Relithraxas 4 жыл бұрын

Then the One hundred Eighty-Nine, In the service of heaven, They're protecting the holy line, it was Fifteen-Twenty-Seven, Gave their lives on the steps to heaven, Thy Will Be Done!

@jiro7990 4 жыл бұрын

I've been looking for a comment like this

@uhavedied12334557 4 жыл бұрын

#expectedsabaton

@mr.e3894 4 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals are my true lords and saviors. No other history channel comes close!❤

@1905parth 4 жыл бұрын

Historia civilis

@mr.e3894 4 жыл бұрын

@@1905parth he focuses on European stuff. I enjoy Kings and Generals because they cover many other regions. From the Aztecs to the Mongols. The narrator is also awesome. Just my opinion...

@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 4 жыл бұрын

Military History Visualised is way better in terms of depth, accuracy and referencing.

@mr.e3894 4 жыл бұрын

@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 I'll check it out

@kebapthemagnificent264 4 жыл бұрын

Great documentary again!You guys are you planning to make similar video for the janissaries as there is too much false information about them?

@LifeHackTobi 4 жыл бұрын

I love that serie it's really accurate

@jiro7990 4 жыл бұрын

Whenever Sack of Rome is mentioned.... Sabaton is all I could think of.

@JohnnyElRed 4 жыл бұрын

I can't wait for you to talk about the Tercios one day.

@g.sergiusfidenas6650 4 жыл бұрын

Do not hold your breath, they passed through Nordlingen breifly and got straight to Rocroi and the video about Lepanto was not up to the standard such important battle deserved, I hope to be wrong but it the material seems biased, I do not expect to see anything about El Gran Capitan, Alejandro Farnesio, the Duke of Alba, Julian Romero, Juan del Aguila or Alvaro de Bazan.

@christianriddler5063 4 жыл бұрын

@@g.sergiusfidenas6650 Could you be more specific about how they might be biased? I am mainly curious.

@g.sergiusfidenas6650 4 жыл бұрын

@@christianriddler5063 the perceived bias I speak of is not one of them spreading falsehood, is one about focus, besides the example of Nordlingen, the presentation about Famagusta was 20 minutes long while the arguable more important Lepanto was below 15 minutes, there was a series of 3 or 4 videos about the indian hero Tecumseh and some about great captains of the Royal Navy, I do not expect them to do something similar about any of the names mentioned above, is not their focus, expertise and / or interest. Rereading my previous comment now I realize it might sound critical or even harshly critical but it was mostly to say to the person above that a video about that topic might not come or if it is made I do not expect to be as detailed or as good as their material about the Roman army.

@christianriddler5063 4 жыл бұрын

@@g.sergiusfidenas6650 I see, thank you for explaining it :).