Well GRR himself says he used the the War of Roses for his main inspiration but I'm certain he used a fair bit from this and a lot of European Middle ages history.
@@alexandrebenoin40 You have the civil war that starts when the old king dies under suspicious circumstances. You have a series of ineffective boy kings - of whom Henry III was seen as "evil" by one side. You have the scheming queen mother and the scheming uncles (in place of the grandfather...). You have the queen mother who enables the crazy fanatics then grows to regret the decision. You have the massacre at the wedding. You have the most unlikely candidate winning the throne only to be assassinated afterwards. You have tons of main characters who are killed - including the "evil" boy king. You have the great siege of the capital that is defeated by a deus ex machina. Just from the top of my head....
@@pikeshotBattles oh my god, yep catherine and cercei same queen mothers : all for their sons, even the worst atrocities But who is the unlikely candidate who win the throne in GOT ? Robert Baratheon ?
To be fair George RR Martin was inspired by a lot, including the French book series Le Roi Maudits by Maurice Druon, who said it was “The Original Game of Thrones.”
What has he not copied, which to be fair and to his credit he has molded into an interesting work but it does loses part of his luster when one realizes some of his characters and events are just thinly disguised versions of real life people, think he has mentioned Les Rois Maudits when talking about courtly intrigue.
Did he flee to Bern first? The way I know it is: Basel > Strasbourg > Geneva (he is kicked out after a short period) > back to Strasbourg > again to Geneva
@@pikeshotBattles sorry my fault. I meant you placed basel on the map where bern is located. Calvin was as far i know never in bern. Your order above is the correct. Some place in france - Basel genf strassbourg genf. Good video by the way :)
fuck this guy is a fucking legend, he did it, yeah my favourite history huguenots :). I knew this guy was the right guy cos he gets into details and really great. So much admiration cos, everybody wants to do the easy one but this guy will dig deep and look for the gems :) thanks very much
Not that I know of. Certainly the leadership made themselves scarce as soon as the plot was under way (that's why they disappear on the map). Conde did know about it, and didn't tell - this was the basis for the prosecution launched against him by the Guise.
This is gonna be good! I had to study this at uni but couldn't find any good video about it. I passed it but forgat everything. The Italian wars were awesome too.
It would be more understandable if family trees had been shown.. In this age and time we may not care much for relatives but family was dead serious business when aristocracy ruled europe and when wealh and power generally came in the form of inheritance/birth.. So it is very important to understand properly who is related to whom.. Ignoring these is one way of imposing our values on a bygone age..
I was thinking of doing a short summary at the end of the last episode. I can include a who is who table there. For now I didn't want to overload the viewer with a lot of information, since my main point was to explain how dynastic motives got intermingled with ideological ones.
Amazing that it took them almost 200 years to go from mild vandalism of the palace to "Your majesty your head looks heavy let me relieve your shoulders."
@@ZillyWhale Any attack on the king's person was an attack against the whole system. It didn't have to be a direct death threat to be taken seriously. And the Protestants knew this well.
This has been one of the best ‘continuing narrative’ style docs I’ve seen. As in the historical events are really well woven together covering large tracts of time giving great context as to why how and when such events happened. Battles in particular are very well explained as are the leaders…. Catherine de Medici was particularly fascinating and could be compared favourably with her contemporary Elizabeth l. I like the fact that the money sent by England had in part been lifted by English privateers from Spanish galleons to pay for troops to fight Spain! Perfidious Albion indeed 😂
I know you want to create some free time for yourself, but if quality is your main concern, your voice was definitely better. You don't have that much intonation, but you read with a lot of understanding, so it's easier to listen to your voice. Still liked for the algorithm naturally, and good luck whatever you decide to do. Good effort from the new narrator of course.
Hey, great video! And I hope you make an episode also about the freedom of religion proclaimed for the first time in the world in Transylvania in 1568 by the Hungarian king John II., and the Unitarian bishop Ferenc Dávid.
Because Transylvania was under Islamic rule (the Ottoman invasion) while part of Hungary was under the rule of Habsburg where the counter-reformation was working, and tolerance ended after the liberation
Really appreciate the delivery on this topic, especially the way you inject contemporary 'translations'(😄) into it. Solid narration and good looking visuals, the total package (or, Le Package Totalé.....😒)
