I''ve really liked this series. Only wished it lasted even longer, and the inclusion of some more battles, like Vicenza. This is however a very good series and I'm going to recommend it to more ppl.
As someone who researches this topic in depth, you're one of the few good channels out there covering this incredibly interesting part of history. Thank you!
Man, you never disappoint!! This one was a bit too fast-paced for my taste. I think you could break it into two 10-minutes programs.. Not that I didn't like it!! I've absolutely loved it.. Please continue..
Reformation, italian wars and portuguese empire are all done.. So, what will be the next program? What about a series on the internal history of holy roman empire, with its ruling aristocratic families, peasant revolts, internal wars and feuds etc? This story is never told before on video..
Au contraire, he inherited a country already in the middle of these wars and he left it in a stronger position than it had under the previous two kings, he took some major loses yes but he mitigated the dissaster that was Pavia quite well and despite some of his actions being born out pettiness his external policy was somewhat grounded in pragmatic goals; he broke the back of the myth of the invincibility of the swiss and established the alliance with the turks that would last for the better part of 3 centuries, a lesser king would had let France be swallowed by the Habsburgs and destroyed by internal disputes (like almost happened later during the reign of the last Valois kings), him being a constant thorn on the side of Charles V was partially the reason why he could not completely defeat some of his very numerous enemies; I would say he was a pretty good king but the deck was stacked against him in many ways.
The Spaniards were probably the best warriors in the 1500s. Crazy how much land Charles V and his son Phillip II had in Europe and the Americas during that time.
They did but with mass inflation and Charles V constantly getting into debt and not paying his military consistently caused a lot of problems and handicapped him from utilizing his advantages. If he didn’t have this problem he would’ve had Europe on it’s knees and exert more authority over the conquistadors in the americas, Protestants in Germany and Spain
Hands down, you deserve more subscribers. Keep this up and they will definitely come! (PS: You are one of the few channels I have hit the bell on)
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And with this ends a great series on the Italian Wars, thank you for your effort to bring this complicated and important event in European history to completion; Now I have understood better than ever the level of political chaos that occurred in this conflict, which ended up consolidating Spanish imperial hegemony in Europe for 150 years (until the defeat in the Franco-Spanish War in 1659) and as part of the top 3 World Powers (until the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815).
-So how many decades do you want to spend flushing Europe's blood and treasure down a drain in Italy while the Turks are at the gates? -France and HRE: "As many as are needed!"
Will you be covering other wars and conflicts of the latter half of the XVI century like Dutch Revolt , Spanish Armada or Lepanto (ottoman holy league war).Would be nice.
You are better than king and generals. Never seen before s english channel that don't demonized or talk trash about Spanish achievement during it's military golden age
@@pikeshotBattles many people on internet keep looking at Spain with the propaganda of those centuriee. Thank you for telling the story how in reality is.
So much war. So much suffering and death over patches of land. Bankrupting countries which probably results in famine and poverty. I had no idea about these wars before the 30 years wars. I love to study history, especially for the human experience part of it. It's how I know people will never change. You can give the best of us wealth and power and we will only seek more, even at the expense of our fellow man.
Perhaps a broad question, but why did Savoy play a comparatively small part in the Italian wars? And how did it then go one to become the dominant Italian state? Cheers to whoever answers!
Most of the time they had to be allied to the French due to their proximity to France. The leadership was also related in many ways to the French aristocracy. Them being a backwater and then rising to power is not at all outstanding. Just look at the Duchy of Moscow.
I always wondered how france and roman empire forces paid for their armies. the men bronze and the bribes. Can anyone explain in comment or suggest a source? Great channel we will make algorithm notice you hang in there
@@dominicguye8058 Give me more Turkish wars, wars of Louis XIV and William III of Orange. Too many documentaries.. Videos on Frederick II The Great and his famous manuevours at Leuthen and Rossbach! These have not been covered!
@@blugaledoh2669 Because well known figures in history and well-known conflicts, feed our love of myth and legend. We have an ancient desire in each of us to look to historical figures of great renown, its in our psychology. The lesser known conflicts do not feed this desire, they are the stories of other, more local, events, foreign to Europeans for instance.... just my opinion anyway!
They can be pretty hit and miss, the can go in extreme detail about some rather obscure thing then go and make a pretty mediocre (in comparison) video about a topic like Lepanto that could be presented in great detail.
Great series. I learned a lot about a series of wars I had known little about and I've come out with a more solid grasp of European geopolitics of the early modern period.
When you talk about Antoine de Rincon (at 2:41), the portrait you used to reference him is of Jean de Dinteville - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Dinteville - from the painting The Ambassadors (the painting itself is very very interesting). Either way, thank you so much for this series!!! Very informative and understandable and the animations simple :) Great to form a bigger picture of the whole period.
I love XVI and I am hypnotized by your voice, mate. Well done. Maybe some conflicts in North-Eastern Europe? There was a huge Livonian/First Northern War in XVI century - mainly Poland/Lithuania - Muscovity affair.
5:46 Im gonna try to provide some extra insight on what happened here. It would seem that the French charges thrice. The first charge was successful on pushing the pikemen back, since the heavy cavalry broke on of their flanks, inflicting substantial casualties. The second charge was less successful with the piekemen standing their ground and both sides taking some losses, with the knight getting the worst part. The third charge was a disaster, with the Knights stopped on their tracks and getting heavy casualties. The French then prepared to charge and here is where what I "know" about the battle (extracted from local Spanish military magazine of prestige+English, Spanish and Catalan wikipedia) differs from the video, since it's implied that on spotting the approaching Swiss and French infantry, and with the Gendarmes ready to charge again, the pikemen would surrender to the knights, of whom they were more hopeful to get mercy. There's a quote from Montluc that goes as follows: "When we heard at Ceresole that M. D'Enghien wanted us, both the Swiss and we Gascons turned toward him. - The enemy was firing slaves of arquebus, an keeping off our horse when we saw them. When they saw us only 400 paus away and our cavalry making ready to charge they threw down their pikes and surrendered to the Horseman. You might see fifteen or twenty of them round a man-at-arms, pressing about him and asking for quarter for fear of us the infantry, who were wanting to cut all their throats."
Just new to this channel and i just binged watch your italian series it's entairtaing and informative. That's a rare combination in terms of history. I hope thier would be more i hope you will also do the mantuan war of succesion.
What you said about Algiers is an understatement. The storm did much less damage than disease and African attacks. The defeat was easily the most crushing Charles personally oversaw
very sure you here confuse arcquebusiers with musketeers, whcih in this context where specialist troops with heavier guns to be able to breach plate armor at distance
The 80 Years War also called the Dutch Revolt and the French Wars of Religion, one might also add the Spanish-English conflict that includes the Armada and the english attacks against some spanish ports and the english also provided aid to the Protestant side of those two wars mentioned above, so not much changed between these 3 kingdoms except the location of their clashes.
