Medieval Europe: A Complete Overview
Medieval Europe is a feature length journey through the Middle Ages! It is divided into 5 major timeframes. The Early Middle Ages picks up after the fall of Rome, and deals with the rise of monasticism, the Carolingians, Magyar and Viking invasions, and the feudal and manor systems. Then we head into the High Middle Ages, with a glimpse at village and city life, as well as a tour of each main region, beginning with England. This is followed by a quick overview of the Crusades and religious orders, and then the Late Middle Ages, going over the Black Death, Hundred Years War, and Western Schism. Europe recovers during the Italian Renaissance, as we take a look at the famous artists and humanists of the period, before another short tour of where each region stands as the Medieval age ends. The timeframe goes a bit beyond year 500 to 1500.
This is our DOUBLE-SIZED 7th episode in the Medieval World mega-documentary!
0:00 Early Middle Ages
22:31 High Middle Ages
59:03 Crusades and Religious Orders
1:12:55 Late Middle Ages
1:28:16 Italian Renaissance
The Medieval World Series:
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Welcome to The Medieval World series! This series is meant to summarize broad topics in history and balances political history and events, with social/daily life, and culture. If you've watched our History of the World documentary, this series is a perfect next step. The videos are standalone, but presented in a chronological fashion. The series will be divided into 8 videos about the Medieval Period, which we call Phase 2. Once these 8 videos are completed, we will move onto Phase 3, but this project will be considered completed, and compiled into ONE MEGA-DOCUMENTARY containing all 8 parts.
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Hope you all enjoy our double-length feature! What's your favorite story from the Middle Ages?
Who are YOU? What organization is funding this AI?
All of em! Y’all did a great job! Thank you for all your effort!
The auto voice over isn't pronouncing Odoacer correctly .
@MadeInHistory Hi! As of 8:07, you say that "monks took a vow of poverty. So there was really no need to for them to leave their enclaves". What did you imply by saying that there was no need for them to leave their enclaves? Thanks for your feedback in advance! Kind regards, Alex
Your voice to text robot sucks
Ah, greetings from the chronicles of the past! Baron Whiskerwald here, tip of the hat and a twirl of my mustache in admiration! 'Made In History,' you've woven a tapestry as rich and vibrant as the medieval period itself! Your overview of Medieval Europe was like a grand feast in a castle hall - nourishing, enlightening, and thoroughly delightful! Keep illuminating the corridors of time, my friends
I have to admit that medieval times were the most confusing(thus hardest) period of history in primary/high school and university. I always struggled for some reason when it comes to remembering all the people, events, hierarchy and lifestyle system. I have to say that this documantary is literally the best cover of the middle ages. I'm shocked, it was so smooth and understandable. Love it, thank you 😄
That means a lot! I’m very happy you enjoyed it!
You took the words right out of my mouth. If he would have been my teacher or I would have had this as an aid that semester would have gone better .
It's complicated for sure. Even just watching a history of Germany is overwhelming. There were so many kingdoms, and so much strife between them, it is impossible to remember it all. Modern Europe emerged out of this chaotic stew of kingdoms and empires battling it out with each other.
Depends what you find interesting lol
Having to remember all the freeeaking carolingians was the worst.. louis the fat, carlo the dumb, charles the bald, pipin the slow.. i probably mixed the names as i wrote them now, i just remember the descriptive middle names 😂
This is much better than the one the Great Courses makes I was so mad when I ordered Amazon prime just to watch a six part series on the Middle Ages and all it was , was a woman sitting in a chair and talking without the great artwork . She just sat in a chair and talked for six episodes! They called it a documentary but it clearly wasn’t. I love these they are so much more entertaining and I love the beautiful art
The lectures by Philip Daileader are excellent.
Chinese people are really good
Rebecca it’s called the great COURSES for a reason. Those are college level classes, not meant to entertain people who can only consume history through flashy documentaries. I’m not really sure what you expected from something with COURSES in the title. No where did it say it was a documentary 😂😂😂 but glad you found something with visuals so you can understand ❤
The region-specific music selection was a nice touch! 👍🏻
Guys, I LOVE your channel! I wish I would have found it the day you posted your first video! No way I'll be able to watch them all retroactively. Thank you for posting all of this knowledge. It is priceless.
Thanks! That means a lot!
I very much agree!
You are awesome 👏🏻
I think this is the first video I have seen from MH. It is the very best presentation of historical periods I have seen ~ and I watch a lot! I so appreciate the use of maps current to the time being discussed, along with the timelines of people, domains, and events. This really helps bring it together. Your brief explanations of rulers, politics, religion, and culture are superb. This period is of particular interest to me because (like so many others) I can trace my lineage back to Pepin the Short (and thus Charlemagne). Having first found (or recognized) King Louis VI of France initially and having lineage from both King Louis VII and his brother, Robert de Dreux, I became acquainted with Eleanor of Aquitaine (Alienore d'Aquitaine) - now one of my favorite heroines. With her being a wife to both the Kings of France and England I have lineage to Charlemagne via France and England. So I am always seeking a greater understanding of this period. Thank you so much for what you do and how you do it. I'll be watching all your documentaries!
Glad you liked it!
It's estimated that 80%-100% of Europeans living today are descendants of Charlemagne
Im only partially in to this video but want to say i am so glad to have found this channel. I lobe the presentation, the script, the music and images, i especially like the inclusion of maps to help paint the picture better. I am stopping this video and going back through the earlier period videos now. I appreciate how on your about page you explain what these phases and levels are. This is so organized and quite an incredibly huge task you have still to do. I am eager to listen to everything and see what future videos you release.
how could you enjoy the robotic voice narration. its horrible.
"I lobe?" Or "ear lobe"?!?! 😅😅
Well I am stopping the video now and going to get something to snack on
I am stopping the video now and then hitting play, and then stopping the video now again.
Awesome video and very good research on this period! Keep it up with good work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
It's the best documentary about the Medieval Europe! Thank you so much!
I like Chinese culture
Every avenue into this portion of History is indeed SO interesting. Thank you ‼️
Thank you! Liked it already cause i know its gonna be gold! Imma watch it tonight before bed, thank you thank you thank you!
Fabulous overview. So many books still to be written!
I can't imagine 1,300 years of kingdom warmongering. It boggles the mind what my ancestors went through just this era of history.
I think about this often. Not only did they survive all the mass murdering barbarian raids but they also survived the annual plagues that killed 2/3 of the whole population of Europe. It’s almost a miracle we are here at all.
What a super video i wish my teacher 60 years ago had explained the medieval history like you have Just done. Thank You !
I was literally wondering if this channel had medieval europe explanation videos few hours ago
Two minutes into the video I had to pause it... to subscribe.
same!
This is a great video on the history of the Germanic tribes in Medieval Europe, particularly those living in Germany, France, Britain and Northern Italy. There is little to no mention of Spain, Southern Italy, or the entire Central and Eastern parts of Europe populated by Slavs.
They covered the Slavic areas
Few speak of Spain. Gotta remember it was 70% Muslim occupied at the time. It's a shame though the reconquista was very eventful.
I wanted to hear more about robots but... nothing.😢
Excellent content, great production values. Thank God for quality long form content Subscribed to your channel!
at high school I excelled in ancient and modern history and your 1 hour 3/4, is dare i say a perfect encapsulation, hats off.
not high praise considering the medieval period comprises neither ancient nor modern history
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Thank you for the awesome content!! I love it
Glad you enjoyed it!
Its cool that you explained the Christion religious orders they give much clearer picture to me especially as none Christion. these many titles within Christion orders can create confusion but you done it so clearly.
Christian
@@darienwygant9138English is obviously not their first language, give em a break lol. You knew what they meant
@@oddiethefox5832it’s just a correction lol how’s somebody going to get better if nobody ever corrects mistakes? 😉 😬
These designations are not within all Christian denominations just the Catholics
@@nickinurse6433 huh?? There are a crap load of Protestant denominations.
Really enjoying this video! I have such an interest in this time period. Thank you for the wonderful overview !
Glad you liked it!
Great video and for that, you have gained a new subscriber
Referring to minute 44:50, there is a fault in this map. East Prussia (where today Kaliningrad is) never belonged to the Holy Roman Empire. Yes, the Dukes of Brandenburg acquired that territory from the previous Teutonic Order. Duke Frederick III used that situation to crown himself the first Prussian king, a promotion which the Habsburg emperor would not have allowed. So, within the empire Frederick remained Duke of Brandenburg. but outside the empire he was "King in Prussia".
An excellent overview of a much-neglected period of history. Good, clear narration and very helpful graphics. It's great to be able to take in the knowledge without the constant intrusion of the presenter
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Absolutely brilliant vid! Any way we can download the thumbnail photo? Would love it on my desktop background
Thanks for giving us detailed descriptions brother 😀 Also thumbnail was greatest of whatever you made in the past
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Love this! Thank you so much.
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22:12 Reminds of that Monty Python anarcho-syndicalist constitutional peasant "HELP HELP I'M BEING REPRESSED!" 🤣
Thank you! Such a comprehensive doc! Very helpful and interesting!
Glad it was helpful!
Love this, post some more. Education it's the best gift.
More is always on the way
Stunning work. Thank you very much.
Glad you enjoyed!
I got all this in middle school, then again in high school, then again in college…hated every second of it. It has zero to do with anything I cared about…now at 60 I can’t get enough of it. Too funny.
Tremendous overview. I have learned a few things. However, you completely overlooked the impact of the Albigensian Crusade of 1209, and the rise of the Troubadours, whom both Dante and Petrarch immortalized and still deeply affect modern culture. The first recognized Troubadour was Eleanor's grandfather Guilhem de Peitieus.
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@@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185 everytime
My first video from this channel. I’m going back to catch up. Great job!!
Welcome aboard!
This is fantastic! Thanks
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This is awesome The channel is amazing
What a presentation! Bravo! Classic. A true tour de force. Enjoyed this thoroughly, moreso than most of what is offered out in the ether. You all may be very proud of this complete exposition. So well written and narrated. Unabashed admission of the uncertainties. A Gibbonesque effort. Simply wonderful, thank you all.
Thank you very much! Very glad you enjoyed it!
Excelent video, covers not only the whole middle age period but also pretty much the whole renaissance (which ends with the italian wars). My only complain is the lack of information about the other regions of europe, a little bit too focus on France. I would like to know more about the slavic populations in Europe during the early medieval period.
YOU now have room to do your own video.
There is one funny mistake on the time 1:32:32. The years of Mazaccio's life are given as 1408-1421, which means that he lived only 13 years. In fact, the last digits are mixed up, the real years of his life are 1401-1428 .
Good catch! Errors like this are fixed in the compilation coming soon!
@@MadeInHistory Thanks. You've made an excellent series. I enjoy watching your channel.
Thanks for an entertaining story and then in a chronological order that is easy to understand
Scholarship illustrated and explained excellent
Great work!
Thanks! Hope you enjoyed!
EXCELLENT DOC! Nice work
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely wonderful perfectly executed
Norsemen were not known as Vikings back then, but more commonly known as Danes, even those who weren't Danish. This was likely because there was no way for the people of the british isles to differ between Danes, Norwegians or Swedes, as they were more or less culturally identical. Viking, in the usage of norsemen, is a relatively modern term that went into use around the 1800's when these countries were building their national identities. In the middle ages, "viking" just meant pirate or seaborne raiders, and had no ethnical ties. In the medieval saga that tells the story of King Sigurd the Crusader in the early 1100's, even muslim Moors from Spain are referred to as vikings by the norsemen.
Excellent summary 🙂
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Excellent insight
Super well explained. Clear as day.
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*I am playing a Total War: Atilla 1212AD Mod so learning all this history really enriches my gameplay as the Re-born of the Byzantine Empire in 1212AD.*
"Complete overview" - actually only about Western Europe. As a Bulgarian, I was interested in how eastern and western kingdoms interacted, but everyone makes videos only about western Europe and mostly about France and England.
Bulgaria is more Asian than European.
Fantastic documentary
This video is a important remenber of The history and tell me the kights for me they have honor a friend this a friend in good and bad times, wandfull history ,thank you!😊
Manor Lords game preview, nite touch, the artwork of that game is fantastic
Well paced.
...excellent, truly well done...
Thank you! I’m glad you liked it!
I hope this continues to get more views. This was fantastic. Thank you.
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Well done! I like the video and look forward to more like this
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Om gosh I am so glad I found this.
What sources did you rely on? I want to star learning more about Europe's mediaeval era?
This channel is insane bro how do you do it
Who runs this channel? Spectacular work! Thank you!
I’m pretty sure that would be ChatGPT
@@rustyshackleford2007 lol
Great presentation
Does anyone know where the animations, such as the one at 2:56, are from?
I have only one question. you say that the papal states where given by Charlemain, i thougt they were given by Pepin the short?
@MadeInHistory There's a yellow area in the Netherlands, (on the map showing the treaty of Verdun) which accoring to the colour code would make it part of the Papal States, but in those days that was not even land, back then it was a sea.. we didn't create any land in that area untill the last century. so did you mean just the few tiny fishing islands in that sea or is that a general mistake on the map?
what game was the 3-d animation from?
En audio de español latinoamericano para un público interesado en sus publicaciones, hará también una diferencia, agregando un botón de traducción simultanea. Esperemos su respuesta favorable. Gracias.
Excellent!
Yes, most sources give 'man' as the meaning of 'were-' in 'weregeld' but were/weer/weder &c can also mean 'back.' Weregeld could mean 'money back,' or 'money in return;' you pay with money for a debt in blood. In addition, 'were' (&c) can also mean 'hold back' or ' hold off.' So weregeld could mean: money to block any revenge. I think 'money in return' is[possibly the original meaning, since weregeld was also used to pay for injuries and other damage, not just for a man's life.
Obvious in the work and efforts involved. (Appreciate the the reference to the mention of Germanics migratiin into N Italy/Rome). Even if I dont agree with all of the content perspectives, I recognize the value of intentions. Very Well done.
Great documentary:)
Care for the disenfranchised is present in Machiavelli's other works. "The Prince" was an exposé rather than a normative statement.
The artwork is so unbelievably sick
Correction: Benedictines never had a vow of poverty. Their three vows are Obedience (to their Abboy and superriors), Stability (meaning the monastery they join is where they will live forever. They do not go from place to place. Friars do that. Friara sre not monks), anc Conversion of morals. The last assumes a life of chastity. Benedictines "hold all things in common."
Best documentary ever.
I have studied the middle ages, but this video gave new information about this period. The relationship among classes and how the society changed throughout the centuries. ❤
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for covering the Church objectively! 👍
I know exactly what you mean it’s hard to watch any docs made after 2015 because they refuse to do that very thing. One can’t say a thing about the Christians that other faiths haven’t done themselves. If u listen to anything on the Crusades it’s so biased they make Saladin out to be a Saint and Christians out to be more crazy and violent than any other group in history
🧠🌙This is really well done, the moving stills are great and the narration is almost perfect, pace tone and story are superb, looking fwd to more content from this outfit. 🤍WORLDWIDE EUROPEAN BROTHERHOOD 🤍
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wow,a top quality doco,no fanfare and rubbish,thankyou
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Loved ❤ this video ..
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I need a notebook.. a lot of info here , excellent work
Hope it was helpful!
When you said the monastery came from a word that meant alone or one it was eye-opening and made me think of the monarchy another word with mono in it that probably means the one ruler. With this in mind when you got to Abbott I remembered Jesus saying Abba on the cross calling out to his father. I surmise that Abbott is father in some language. Very interesting how you explain these words thank you for the video
Don't forget my friend, if you ever have trouble seeing close up you can wear a monocle.ha ha
This is the only KZhead video I found with the complete history of the middle ages good job
6:44 the word "monachos" dirives from the ancient Greek word "monos" that means alone. In modern Greek "monachos" means monk.
Very well made, except for the statements about the cleanliness of medieval cities. The hygiene of the cities and the people after the middle-ages only rose to a comparable level again in the mid 20th century. The middle-ages in general war were extremely cleanly.
19:00 that is Xardas tower, isn't it?
I'm guessing that Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr's "Last Crusade" will be covered in a separate video?
😂
Only three narrative sources, on the South Slavic lands in the Early Middle Ages, have been preserved. The first of these, which is cited under the title De Administrando Imperio, was composed in the middle of the tenth century, and ascribed to the Byzantine Emperor Constantine seventh Porphyrogenitus, that is three hundred years after the beginning of the settlement of the South Slavs, in their new homeland. With regard to these Slavic settlers, Porphyrogenitus speaks of the Croats and Serbs under their names, which they brought from the proto-homeland, while the remaining Slavs are mentioned under tribal or regional names, for example: Zachlumoi, Terbuniotes, Kanalites, Diocletians, Arentanoi, while the Boshnyani or Bosnians, are not mentioned. The second narrative source is dedicated to the history of the Church of Salona, modern Solin, and later Split from Roman times to 1266. It was written by Thomas, the Archdeacon of Split, who lived in the thirteenth century, in the work Historia Salonitana. Thomas calls the Croats Goths, and speaks much of the relations between the autochthonous Roman, and, newly settled Slavic or Croatian element through six hundred years, while he mentions Bosnia only in passing. Historiography dates the emergence of the third narrative source, known under the name The Chronicle of the Priest of Dioclea, or, The Genealogy of Bar, to the second half of the twelfth century. The text is very complex, and, a critical analysis of it points to a number of paradigms; the mediated information is frequently very nebulous, and not one piece is dated. For this reason this source is ideal for speculation, and desirable constructs of the distant past. The furthest to go in this direction, on the Croatian side, was Dominik Mandić Muhamed Hadžijahić on the Bosniak side, and Relja Novaković on the Serbian, as well as, of course, their publicistic epigones. Each of them made a particular effort to reconstruct a still wider political space for their own ethnic groups Croatian, Bosniak, Serbian, in the Early Middle Ages. The most important names are authors: Mladen Ančić, Danijel Đino, Neven Budak, Tibor Živković, Lujo Margetić. Bosniak historians have, generally, not participated in heated discussions on those topics. Some historians accepted the information from the three aforementioned narrative sources, as starting points for further research, but they introduced less conjecture into them, and preferred to leave them as informative torsos; they filled those gaps, which could be confirmed or corrected with meagre facts, mediated through other sources, archaeological remains, and, marginal records. In recent times this approach has been applied with the scientific precision and persuasiveness craved for by the Croatian philologist, Indo-Europeanist, and literary historian, Radoslav Katičić. In his classical work, Litterarum studia, on which he worked for nearly twenty years, Kaatichitch succeeded in reconstructing the developmental lines of early medieval Croatian cultural history. To be sure, due to the scarcity of preserved historical sources, Kaatichitch's synthesis also has not ceased being a torso, but the main lines have acquired clear contours. https : //www . youtube . com/watch?v=tFitgTDBytI
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Sounds like it
First channel I’ve enjoyed in a long time
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I'm starting a historical fantasy DND game soon, thank you
I would give a big like if the title was "Medieval Western Europe - Partial Overview". So much is missed in relation to the rest of Europe. The Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, that prevented the Arab invasion to Europe from the East The Christianization of Eastern Europe The creation of the Cyrillic alphabet and the recognition of the Bulgarian language as the 4th official by both Rome and Constantinople - the other three - Greek, Latin and Hebrew. The recognition of the Bulgarian Patriarchate as the 6th Church independent from Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria. The recognition of the imperial title to the Bulgarian rulers by Constantinople - something unheard of at the time considering the "One God, One Emperor on Earth" philosophy. The demise of the Latin Empire after the battle of Adrianople in 1205 and the imprisonment of Baldwin of Flanders. The Mongol invasion into Eastern Europe The rise and fall of Volga Bulgaria who inflicted the first victory over the Golden Horde in 1232. The Ottoman Invasion into Eastern Europe The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - a unique for the time state. The Habsburgs Etc., etc.
thanks for the help
No problem!
Love the sarcastic sobriquets for these medieval kings - Charles the Bald was hairy, Louis the Quarrelsome was conciliatory, and Philip the Fair was a tyrant!
Actually, it was not simply 'Roman Holy Empire' but 'Roman Holy Empire of the German People' or something like that (analogously Lex romana Burgundiorum, or L.r.Langobardorum). Not very much of old Rome was left. I wonder why in treating the invasion of the Longobad (Langbarten, Long Beards) into Italy, mention has not been made by the climate change occurring when they invaded this country (they could yes eat, but the surviving latin people scarcely could).