Not only is it throwing them away, but it's also a pointless doctrine in the face of a trained enemy military. Even unprepared but otherwise competent militaries have been completely destroyed by much more prepared enemies.
A prince must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot defend himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. Niccolo Machiavelli
@@unkownoflife5959 yea he's the creator of the quote,look up total war game con e3 2013,he said this on stage while wearing a king's turbard and a gold claok
I know im commenting on a 11yo video but i have to. Some people said that the song is about Teutonic order. I would say it's more about crusaders, crusading knights in general, an it shows in the way how the song is constructed, at least in my opinion. First, we have the "middle-eastern like" rythm along with lyrics that would easily pass (if arent in real life) as a christian prayer. Its mellow, brings an ease to a listener. This would be the time of early medieval, up to 1st crusade, when pilgrimages to Holy Land were safe. Basically, a prayer of the pilgrim. This lasts till 1:27. From there, we have more "beats" coming in. lyrics stay the same, altough pace of the song is getting quicken, more and more drums come in, we have parts that sound quite like marching rythm. Those are the first crusades, the birth of crusading orders. At first, noble. However the rythm is still getting more and more "aggresive". This lasts till approximately 2:40. Then from 2:44 to 3:19 we have a "drop". Horns come in, music starts to get eerie, uncomfortable, listener gets a feeling that "something bad is going on". In 1244 Jerusalem falls, never to be taken again by crusaders, or "westerners". This marks the turning point in history of Middle Ages, and is a turning point of the song. This is also the last time in the song that we hear the distinct "middle-eastern cords". Crusading orders and many crusaders are basically left with their world in shambles. After that in 3:20, song drops the string cords. Lyrics didnt change, but now the voice is distorted, ghost like, haunting the listener. A ghost of the past that will haunt the European knights, lords and crusaders till the end. Lyrics are the same, yet the rythm changed. Its dark, aggresive. 3:40 "let the faithful guide the way". This is time of religious and political unrest in Europe after the crusades. Times in which a lot of heresies rise, infighting, coups and rebellions. Most of them in the name of God, started and led by some "holy men". Also, more and more wars are being declared as "crusades" but have nothing in common to the crusades of the past. Music gets louder, more drums and faster beat. The music finally overtakes the lyrics. They are still there, as the base, but they are in the background. Now, there is only fast rythm that gets listener "pumped". Now there is mostly war, and prayers are just the background. Finally, the song ends, a bit abpruptly. A bit like abrupt end of the Middle Ages, in cultural sense, around half of the XVth century. I know that i might be overthinking it a bit, but this was in my head for a looong time, had to "release" the thought.
I think this is highly accurate and I enjoy your historical knowledge. Many of the later crusades were started with a religious pretext but were actually motivated by greed or power.
Absolutely moving, ethereal theme. What a voice. I know there are people, fans of the franchise who understand (real ones know) but this beauty caught me completely off-guard. I had no idea Total War has such stunning tracks
The Total War series of games are a remarkable work. But, coupled with the music soundtracks and the old pre battle speeches, imprints in our subconscious are made that over time resurface with such power and force that they alone can drive a player who has not played in years become frantic to replay these games. A true testimony to the work put in making these games. I am not going to get into the mods made to broaden the scope to the games, one can play all day and into the night to early morning, saying to oneself, "One more turn than I will save and go to bed!" I can find myself doing mindless task around the house and out of nowhere start humming a battle intro or repeating a few lines of a General's speech to find yourself laughing. Remembering battles fought and won that should have been bloody defeats, being able to manipulate affairs to the point all the other nations hate and fear you in equal measure. Being attacked on all fronts, down to the very last stand and dying to a man but making your enemies pay in blood for the victory. I, myself find that I return to MTW2, RTW and the original STW time and time again, always with the same heighten sense of passion that I did back when they first were released all those years ago.
I will tell some thing abaout this song.If somebody just listen and think carefuly,then he/she will see this song is sad!Just read the history of Teutonic order.
That would be awkward. This is not to say that I do not like this music- quite the opposite, actually-; however, it is just not quite fitting as music for a Mass.
Michael Rex Why does it not fit? The song is talking about lifting your eyes to god, and following his guidance. Seems like it would be pretty fitting to me.
We realise that during this time peroid everything was about god, you lived for god and you fought for god. So it is just natural that they would be mentioning god in this song.
One day i hope CA gives Total War players what we've been missing for so long, a great OST including vocalization like this and what we had in RTW1. But that won't happen until CA has new management and employees and some competition.
'Get rekt' Cocky, eh? Have fun fighting a guerilla war in their massive territories against their cavalry that can outrun you across the campaign map...
This song really puts me in the skin of a medieval levy recruit, It had to be really hard to leave everything you loved to fight some war with people you never heard about, for reasons you don't know or care...
It depends on the war. Many of the crusaders were volunteers. Some joined for Religious purposes, some for money, others joined so they could go on an adventure. Being a medieval footsoldier recruit could be miserable, but they usually didn't serve as long as modern soldiers. Most nations didn't have a standing army so many of the soldiers were peasants that only briefly served whenever a war occurred. Some nations purchased professional -merchants- mercenaries if they could afford it and I don't think knights were as common or fought as frequently as modern media portrays. Some footsoldiers were somewhat under equipped by modern standards as they could not afford expensive gear like chainmail (most footsoldiers were usually only given basic gear and had to purchase the rest).
because the song is very "holy" and because England was a devout catholic nation and the last few provinces was a crusade for my campaign..marching to Jerusalem with this song. it suited such a climatic battle :P
I think it's because Jeff is working for the Australian branch of CA, and they created Rome and Med 2. It was the British branch unfortunately that made Empire. But no Jeff just adds to the dissapointment with Empire, shame it had the potential to be epic! I think a Rome 2 or Shogun 2 is on the cards =)
Jove is my father. Mars by the lighting, follows me the sword into the pallid fray.. - my dieing words at Venosa i feared the roman gods, but their time had long since come and past.
They say there's no such thing as magic, but I know two words of ultimate power. Two words that wake the fire of the soul. Two words that have such a fierce effect on the human psyche that it will make them take up arms and fight for a cause they feel so deeply about for no reason other than it was always meant to be. The first word is god... The second word is pony.
At 3:20 she sings “lift thine eyes to see thy God, behold, beholden heart in thou hands”. What exactly is she saying? I don’t understand the second part where she says “behold, beholden heart in thou hands”.
Beholden means being under obligation for a favor or gift. So it's more "behold, my obligated heart in your hands." "Behold, beholden" is a matter of repetition and to sound better in the verse because singing "lift thine eyes to see thy God, behold, my obligated heart in thy hands" sounds clunky, removes the spiritual symbolism in the verse, and just sounds better.
