How did the Holy Roman Empire Form? | Animated History 

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I know the HRE is super memeable, but staying together for a thousand years while constantly being on the brink of collapse is very impressive

Imagine ancient romans and germanic tribes learning that theyre gonna have a thing together in the future

Holy Roman Empire was very fascinating. I finished reading "Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire" lately and I was amazed how this state functioned and why we should not judge it by our modern perspective of centralized states.

"Lawsuits having not yet been invented" ... Romans be like: WTF

The Holy Roman Empire in a nutshell Everything is good but it’s still on fire

Napoleon Bonaparte:' Im about to end this man's whole career'.

12:30 - When you play EU4 enough to recognize most of the Electors just looking at their coats of arms.

As a German, this makes me feel really proud just because of how cool the HRE is portrayed here

Ah... the era when “I swear to God” carried weight...

Can we just take a second to appreciate how good Griffin's hair looks in every video

Leo never gave Irene the title of Empress. She was a regent until her son, Constantine VI, came of age, even then she didn't relinquish control. Her son was incapable and his father's relatives got support to take the throne, so he had them blinded or their tongues cut out. Irene's supporters captured Constantine VI and blinded him, and made Irene Queen regnant. Definitely worth mentioning rather than just "she's a woman!".

Is no one going to mention how beautiful the animation is give the animator a promotion

0:50 - While charging the enemy, that man came to the sudden realization that life has no ultimate meaning.

Finally someone did a video on the holy Roman empire

Otto is the most important person in European history who nobody ever talks about.

I love how these videos could easily be cutscenes in a historical strategy game

Here’s an idea: could you make a video about what life was like in the European African colonies? What was life like in, say, Portuguese Angola and was it different to life in Belgian Congo?

Umayyads - cavalry charge into a line of spears entrenched in a forest Umayyads right after - how did we lose?? D:

I like the little segments of the "Medieval art" style; though I'm glad the full detail art is still being used for most scenes. The little battle animation at the start for the battle of Tours was great as well, looking forward to seeing more of those.

YES! MEDIEVAL HISTORY

A video about medieval history seems like a nice touch

Griff your progress has been absolutely incredible! Watching your content and skill is pretty inspiring and I can’t wait for more of your future content

"Holy Roman Empire is kinda like king cobras, they're neither kings nor cobras" - Pickelhat's last words after being attacked by King cobras released by Holy Roman soldiers to silence Pickelhat

The one dislike is from Pope Adrian

You should do a video about the life of a Roman citizen during the fall of the Roman empire. Also I really loved the Byzantine style art, nice touch

I’m loving this dive into medieval history! The art presentations are my fav on this channel

"I changed everything!" - Barbarossa *dies in a river* "No, I don't think so.." - Luck

Charles "The Chad Hammer" Martel

These videos just keep getting better and better. I’m astounded by the art in this one, especially recreating art from that time period. It looks like a professional documentary, keep it up!

I love this medieval history, so much intrigue and it all happens over such a long time

I love the animation on this channel, relatively easy to do and at the same time very pleasant to look at.

As a history student, I apreciate very much the sources in the latests videos of this channel. Great work!

The people that destroyed Rome: Boo Rome! The same people that destroyed Rome: Yay Rome!

German and French: We are Rome Meanwhile in Constantinople: Are we a joke to you?

This guy has so much historical ornaments it’s like he’s living in a goddamn museum

I love the form you use to display battles, which you also used in the Crimean war. Can't wait to see more of your content.

When The Armchair Historian and the History Matters channels both post videos almost at the same time: *I smell something... And it smells good*

I hate the whole thing where people say “look at how it was a jigsaw puzzle of lesser states that even fought each other” but that was what was happening in every feudal country in Europe. If you have played crusader kings you will definitely understand

Damn these animations are next level, on top of the already stellar writing and research

Last time I was this early, the Holy Roman Empire was an actual empire.

I’ve always wanted to know more about the HRE! You should do more content on this time period!

14:36 I love that England is eating France in the background

This video is a reality check for all those who use Voltaire’s quote, as it was definitely Holy, Roman and an Empire at this point in time, 962 until the 30 years war, and even then it still remained a (now religiously divided) empire after that until Germany’s defeat by Napoleon. After Napoleon, the empire was effectively restored as the German Confederation, all of these were a single realm, despite the parallel sovereignty of their members (something continued even under Prussian leadership post-1866). This is also not unlike France pre-Louis XIV, the Nordic kingdoms, or Poland-Lithuania

The production value on this is top notch.

The HRE is a sadly under examined bit of European/German/French history

Truly excellent in every way: research, explanation, graphics, pace. Wondering if you will do a sequel to show history of HRE from Frederick to the end in 1806. Would like to see that. Thanks

Love your story telling and the animation. Well-Done!

Your production quality is really going up, the art and animation in this video is superb. Keep it up, Griff!

HRE: After destroying Rome and becoming "Rome" We were bad but now we're good

15:25 "From this point onwards no future emperor would ever seek to gain or consider the validity of their title based on papal endorsement" That's flat out untrue. The popes would crown the emperors for another 300 years. The last one to receive a papal coronation was Charles V in 1530. Plus the pope did gain the right of approbation of the German kings which was eventually abolished in the Golden Bull of 1356.

Woah, you went from showing the stream to finishing this project. Nice work!

Your animation has really upped in quality! Congratz!

Love it ! Keep it up and do more!!! Really huge fans of your works!

Carlemon's death was probably one of those successful assassinations that were never revealed to be assassinations.

These videos are just getting more and more beautiful

Love the subtle EU4 references like the election sound 12:37

Animations are so good that Griffin looks so real even though the background is a cartoon. Keep it up!~

The animations are lovely! Very well done

Today is a beautiful day: Armchair Historian, History Matters, Epic History TV and Kings and Generals all uploading content the same day!

Your guy’s art is so good

Voltaire: The Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire Also Voltaire: A witty saying proves nothing Tells you all you need to know there.

I have absolutely no idea how I found your channel but I am completely mind blown and I'm subscribing and I'm going to binge watch the whole Channel

4:35 isn't that a sound effect from EU4 - Papacy/Curia Window?

"Mom can we get the Roman Empire?" "We have the Roman Empire at home" The Roman Empire at home:

Great video been learning this lately!

Awesome Video, i learned alot (And i consider myself a bit of a history afficionado). Definitely great Research in an often forgotten chapter of European History, thanks for your work.

As Austrian, I am proud of our history and our role in the HRE

By the way, about the Holy Roman Empire, modern historians in Europe believe that it is a direct continuation of the Western Roman Empire. As proof, they cite the following example that the Franks were associated not only with the western but also the eastern empire. For example, the wife of Emperor Arcadius was Elia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish commander of the Roman army Bavton and mother of Emperor Theodosius II and Empress Pulcheria. In the west, in 358, the emperor Julian the Apostate made the Salic Franks citizens of the empire, their legal status was called (dediticii). Later, the King of the Franks Childeric I, for his loyalty, subsequently received from one of the last Roman emperors the office of dux [en] (governor) of the province of Belgica II, which is mentioned in a letter from Bishop Remigius of Reims to King Clovis I, written in the late 490s. In 508, the Byzantine embassy arrived at Chlodwig in Tours, informing him that Emperor Anastasius I had elevated him to the dignity of patrician and recognized him as the Roman governor in the province of Gaul. Anastasius also sent him, as a sign of formal recognition, royal insignias - a chlamydah, a purple tunic and a diadem. By this act, Byzantium expressed its approval of the anti-Gothic policy of Clovis and his acceptance of the Christian faith. For the Christian population of Gaul, this meant an additional confirmation of the legitimacy of the power of Clovis as the governor of the Byzantine Empire!

I like the way you draw medieval masonry in the background, it does feel more genuine than the regular kind of masonry they show in video games.

Love these vids. Thanks guys

Just a minor detail, the Umayyads already lost battles before, but this time, they couldn't bother moving forward after the battle of tours, because they had to focus on stabilizing the large realms they now controlled. as with great extension comes internal challenges.

There is one very important aspect missing that is in my opinion essential to understand why the Karolinger were so invested in protecting the pope and strengthening the papacy: The Karolinger were initially the Hausmeier of the Frankish monarchial dynasty of the Merowinger (e.g. Karl the Hammer/ Charles Martell) was still the Hausmeier (~Huskarl, some kind of prime minister responsible for the administrative work of the King's court). The usurpation of the house of the Merowinger was extremely problematic, as they had been Kings prior to the adoption of Christianity by the Frankish elite, as Frankish tribal law and custom demanded that the King possessed the King's Heil, a concept based in the pagan believes, so the Karolinger as Hausmeier were illegitimate to become Kings in name despite having held the true power for multiple generations at that point. The usurpation became possible by founding their new monarchy in Christianity and becoming kings by god's grace as opposed to by inherited Heil. Hence the position of pope that gave them this power staying in power and having stability was of outmost important to the Karolinger for maintaining their own right to rule (and hence their attempts at taking that role of being the foundation stone of the monarch's rule as the leader of the church away and into their own power after they had established and secured their rule). This is also imo one of the key motivations of the Karolinger's determination to wipe out the old Germanic paganism, as before them the Kings were accepted on cultural reasons by everyone regardless of faith (probably even more so by their pagan subjects for which an usurpation would have been sacrilegious) and only the upper class had widely adopted Christianity as it made dealing with their newly subjugated people easier, however with the usurpation this question changed and anyone that held on to the old religion was practically denying the new monarchial dynasty the right to rule, which is why they turned to enforcing conversion and exterminating the old belief among the entire population down to the farmers and conquering as well as forcefully missionizing their neighbouring Germanic tribes that still held strongly to the old gods (like the saxons)

The art in this video is incredible. Well done!

Its shocking that almost 1/2 of comments are quoting Voltaire and acts like they are original and educated,yet it is basically the only thing they know about the HRE.

More of this! The holy Roman empire was an fascinating time in European history.

Griffin, Please will you do evolution of warships from 1600-1918 please? There isn't a great deal of videos on this. Thank you :)

This was really well done . Thank you

very interesting video… Thanks for posting this! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

There are so many reasons why Germany is famous, ranging from its famous festivals like Oktoberfest and Christmas markets, to the automobile production of brands like BMW and Mercedes-Benz, to its sporting success with icons like Michael Schumacher being Germans. Then all the philosophers, Kant, Nietzsche or even Marx. Then classical musicians like Beethoven, Mozart, Bach and many more! Dont forget Holy Roman Empire! According to the British journal "Physics World", the greatest physicist of all time was also German, Albert Einstein. Ofc WW2 too, but the nation with the most self-repentance afterwards and worked it up, see memorial, reports at school. Holocaust denial is a punishable offense in Germany. I think Germany is one of the most remarkable and interesting countries in the world.

16:31 There it is! He kept it!

I like the random eu4 sounds you have in the video! (Btw awesome video! I have never seen such a good history video in my life and believe me I have watched a lot of them!)

Finally! I've been searching for a doccie on the HRE for the past 2yrs. Thanks for this

Armchair Historian: uploads a video about the HRE* Me a German: Ich bin Geschwindigkeit

12:36 That's the "New Emperor of HRE" sound from EU4!!!

I love the animation, subscribed!

Excellent video. Information packed into every second. I blinked a few times and had to rewind. I will be watch again many times.

I wish people here in the comments would not parrot an old Voltaire quote to show off, it is highly compromised by its time period.

That golden bust in the background actually contains some of charlemanges bones :D It's on Display in Aachen

The art looks amazing!!

Even though the video was not talking explicit about the Franks you helped me a lot! Thanks Armchair Historian team!

Last time I was this early, Rome was still a kingdom.

Destroying rome and then calling yourself the roman empire is like leatherface butchering a person and then wearing their face afterwards

I love your videos. Thanks for the great content 👍

History is not merely a record of events; it's a living testament to the resilience, creativity, and interconnectedness of human civilizations. Let's embrace the lessons and stories it has to offer.

Please do a Byzantium video. It can be about any event, I just love Byzantium. ^_^

HRE be like: THIS IS FINE!

When the bright idea popped in my head that i should use this channel for source to my exams i was happy with myself

Very nicely done!

These animations just keep getting better with every video.