Godfrey of Bouillon and the First Crusade

[DukeofLorraine]

thank you now i know more abot my ancestor

[Fearosius]

I still see the First Crusade as blood-shed perpetrated on behalf of Pope Urban II, not Jesus Christ. Urban was only afraid of the growing power of nobles/knights in Europe and wished to draw their attention to the Levant, an area he had always set eyes on as Bishop of Ostia. The many attrocities during the voyage include the massacre of Jews in the Rhineland, Eastern Christians in the Balkans, and above all, the cannibalism of Muslims after the Siege of Maarat by the crusaders. Kyrie Eleison...

[RealCrusadeHistory]

@Fearosius Your views are absolute nonsense, based not at all in history. Urban II was from the knightly class and was interested in cooperating with them. Everything else you mentioned is simple ahistorical garbage. The massacres of Jews were perpetrated by mobs of thugs, not any official army of the Crusade. I already addressed the issue of cannibalism in another video if you care to be brought out of your ignorance.

[Fearosius]

@RealCrusadeHistory

The motive of the Crusades was apparently to appease God, of which the crusaders took every step in the opposite direction to do so. You can't just point the finger and say "Because they did it, Its okay if we do it". That defeats the message of the teachings of Christianity, the prime motivator of the Crusades. My views are not garbage, as many educated people share the same views as I do. I believe you my friend are in a world of ignorance. Peace.

[forceofnature132]

@Fearosius apparently you have missed the point of what rch just said. he did not say your views were garbage, only the things you have alleged were.

and sir it remember this,you may be 'educated" but it doesn't mean you are right.peace

[shimazu122112]

@RealCrusadeHistory when i search the treaty of tunis i always see Treaty with Tunis (1797) pls explain the treaty of tunis in eight crusade? :D thank you so much :D

[shimazu122112]

@RealCrusadeHistory thank you! btw only 1 and six crusade win right? and what is the treaty of tunis in the eight crusade?

[shimazu122112]

How do you pronounce his Bouillon?

[RealCrusadeHistory]

@shimazu122112 Boo-yawn.

[last1standing00]

I majored in History and wrote my final paper (30+ pages) on Godfrey of Bouillon. Nice vid there are other interesting things written about him as well, such as Albert of Aachen's story of Godfrey rescueing a Christian Pilgrim from a bear, and Godfrey cutting a enormous Turk in half from the waist with a stroke of his sword during the Antioch siege. Another interesting fact, is when Jerusalem was taken, rivers of blood flowed from Solomons temple, Godfrey was the first to cease killing and pray.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

@last1standing00 Excellent! I did my undergrad thesis on the First Crusade, which involved a lot of research into Godfrey's life. Thanks for sharing your insights! Although honestly, the rivers of blood thing was just hyperbole. Rivers of blood are in fact an impossibility. Godfrey did, however, brag to the Pope about all the Muslims he killed in Jerusalem.

[last1standing00]

@RealCrusadeHistory nice, it's truely a great subject of history, my favorite course out of all my history classes taken for my major. I think a must read for anyone interested specifically in Godfrey is John C. Andresson's "The Ancestry and Life of Godfrey of Bouillon," and I also enjoyed Thomas Asbridge's "The First Crusade," which was a good overview of the all the main characters in the First Crusade. I believe the subject will always be relevant for east/west relations.

[Webcrusader007]

About Godfreys nationality:

He was a Frank thats for sure, but that is not the same as French: in fact he was Flemish! The original Franks are the same as the Flemish.

In fact Flemish is the Frankish language. French language is a mixture of Latin, Gallic and Frankish(Flemish) languages.

The Flemish or Frank conquerers of France invented 'France' during the Merovingian dynasty. The first capital was Tournai (Doornik) before they chose Paris.

[bayonne64able]

hypothèses de lieux de naissance, pour les Belges, il est belge, normal ils n'ont pas de Héros national, pour les Français il est Français, mais avant tout il est FRANC. La Belgique à cette époque là n' existait pas elle était partagée entre la France et l'Allemagne : donc Godefroy de Bouillon est né Français sur la partie intégrée au Royaume de France, voir à Boulogne, évidement ces tordus de buveurs d'eau chaude d'anglais diront le contraire.........

[Zab1Ek]

@bayonne64able Les Francs a cette epoque ont ete plus de origines. "francs" typicalement c'est utilise pour decrivez les croises. Mais, c'est vrais, il a ete francais.

[kombatzero]

interesting and informative channel on the crusaders, i would like to recommend two books on the crusades - the first crusaders - by Thomas Asbridge and Victory in the east ( a military history of the first crusade) by John France..

[bleublancrouge2950]

WTF Godefroy De Bouillon was belgian?? He was FRANK !

[AuxaneD]

GODEFROY DE BOUILLON! FRANK HERO! VIVE LA FRANCE the "eldest daughter of the Church"! :)

[MattSVK1]

@AuxaneD Frank is not same as French... For example, the Muslims called all the crusaders "Franks" (except participants of the Third Crusade, where they recognized Richard I as the "King of England") , although there were many Germans(meaning people from the Holy Roman Empire) and Italians among them

[TheJEANFB]

@MattSVK1 Godfrey of Bouillon (1058 ° to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France-+ 18 July 1100 in Jerusalem) is a knight frank^^

[MattSVK1]

@TheJEANFB Godfrey of Bouillon was born around 1060 in either Boulogne-sur-Mer in France or Baisy, a city in the region of Brabant (part of present-day Belgium). During Godfrey's lifetime this region was part of the Holy Roman Empire.

[TheJEANFB]

@MattSVK1In 1830, Belgium eagerly sought the roots, thus the newly created State was seized by the frenzy of praise "their" past glories. Thus, the Belgian historians of the nineteenth century will take ownership of Godfrey of Bouillon . It should be noted that at that time the Belgian history book is empty

[MattSVK1]

@TheJEANFB Well, its hard to say what nationality he had, but he was duke of Lorraine, he fought for Holy Roman emperor Henry IV... I guess, even though he was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer and had the "of Bouillon" title, he probably lived in Holy Roman Empire most of his life. Judging by the names in his family (Matilda of Tuscany, Eustace, Baldwin), he was probably mixture of German, French and Italian, but German as dominating.

[TheJEANFB]

@MattSVK1 Godfrey of Bouillon is a descendant of Charlemagne. He is the second son of three children of St. Ide d'Ardenne, heiress of the Dukes of Lower Lorraine and Eustache II, Count of Boulogne . His education was made a knight by his uncle Godfrey the Hunchback III in Bouillon. At his death, he inherited his titles. It is a mixture of French, German and certainly Norman. But no Italian ^ ^

[MattSVK1]

@TheJEANFB  That is true. By Italians, I have meant Normans. Sorry for my mistake.

[NasriTheNewKing]

@MattSVK1

Godefroy de Bouillon swore allegiance to the french crown , and his birth place was french , the whole belgium was french including flander , Godefroy is a germanic name but De Bouillon is 100% french noting to do with normans lol , Arabs called crusaders Franks because druing the first crusade 85% of the crusaders were franks the rest were normans and Germans , Genoese supplied them war machin for the sieges and food but no soldiers .

[MattSVK1]

@NasriTheNewKing you should read the posts you respond to and think about what you post, too... "lol"

[songwriter4artists]

Great video and historical facts. Thank you very much for your video. This is a rebuttal against people who keep bringing up the Christian Crusades to try and prove that Christians were just as evil and oppressive as Muslims. I tell them that the Crusades only arose after Muslim invasion.

[gregytheboogie]

You know at this time there weren't any belgium it was france so Godefroid is French

[323santiago]

So is Godfrey's sword still in the church ?

[Steely1888]

@323santiago - Yes, Godfreys sword is still in the Holy Selpuchre. Muslims tried to burn it down (cant remember what date) but one things for sure, if they done that - they would have another Crusade on their hands. Godfrey is one of my favourite warriors :)

[10ssomeone]

A hero for our country and the western world .. I think it's funny how little info there is about a man that is the only one to have ever conquerd jeruzalem from the islamic forces. Long live Flanders, long live BELGIUM !

[envanje]

Though things are often not what they look like and the harnass secured the knights life more this way :

1) knights stayed behind and only entered the fight when the battle was lost.

2) then they used every pretext to let themselves fall of their horse.

3) since they were not able to get up by themselves and enemies were instructed not to harm them they were taken P.O.W. on good comfortable conditions.

4) then they were exchanged by P.O.W.'s of the other side or set free on a royal ransom.

[envanje]

If you see the armour on the man and the horse at 1:30 which certainly weighed very heavy, one might ask oneself if all that heavyweight protection did not frustrate the man and the horse in its movements, beïng a victim of more agile enemies.

when a harnassed knight at that time fell from his horse he simply could not get up by himself so battle rules of those days instructed every enemy in front of a fallen knight to help him on his horse before resuming the fight again. cont. ....

[ServantOfChristendom]

He's a hero, from Belgium, he was born near the city of Stella Artois, Leuven, he's ONE of the MANY famous Belgians, you guys probably know Charlemagne, he was Belgian too, born near Liege. He was the founder of the Holy Roman Empire, the biggest empire Europe ever knew in medieval times, ofcourse Belgium didn't exist in that century, BUT, Caesar wrote: The Belgians (Belgae) were the bravest of all Gauls, our land was called BELGICA, so yeah, it existed in some way! Greetz!

[Grande1Strategie9]

William of Tyre was not even a contemporary of Godfrey. How would William have even known all this nonsense.

[IheartJDAMs]

DEUS VULT!



[goffredodibuglione]

Goffredo di Buglione, Duca della Bassa Lotaringia e Custode del Santo Sepolcro: il più fulgido esempio di totale abnegazione alla causa di Cristo! Onore e Gloria sempiterna!

[Torur0A]

there are many dunky atheists that should be ashamed of themself. The fact is that if European hates the Crusades he hates a part of himself because definatly his ancestors either participated in it or helped it, econocmicly. To be agianst it because its war just fends of all common sense. Dont they realise that Crusades means Cross Aid, the very word that reckons peace.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

@ImperialGuard9001

Godfrey did not ever say that, you fool.

[ImperialGuard9001]

@RealCrusadeHistory You fool lol you sounded Mr T there xD. He said it my friend check the sources not that is anything "bad" I mean if Godfrey is bad than all medieval europea people were xD his way of view was not uncomom in fact was opositive was very comom and I like him Godfrey is one my favorite historical characters great man and great crusader if anything was close to a "pefect knigth" in First Crusade that man would be Godfrey

[Poederhandschoen]

As a Belgian, i appriciate this doc..

Thanks!! greetz

[RealCrusadeHistory]

soulripper31 removed his comment because he said Godfrey was "count of Flanders" and he must've checked wikipedia and realized he was a dumbass for saying that. Oh really? Yeah dude, try reading some rudimentary history on the First Crusade before you go spouting about how Godfrey wasn't a hero. He is a hero for Christendom and all that is right and good.

[envanje]

@RealCrusadeHistory

He might have confused Godefroid de Bouillon with Boudewijn (Baldwin) 9 who was indeed count of Flanders and who was for a short time the Emperor of Constantinople.

This due to the fourth crusade financed by Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice who on the pretext of liberating the holy land fullfilled his secret agenda by capturing the main allied stronghold in the region to bring it under Venician controle.

So Baldwin became the Venician puppet emperor of Constantinople.

[Zab1Ek]

@RealCrusadeHistory He definitely was courageous, but piety wasn't his only drive. He killed Jews if they didn't bribe him, during and before the crusade. Pope Urban only called for a crusade because the power of the papacy had declined since Godfrey had assisted Henry IV in taking over the Vatican from Pope Gregory. The Turks were actually more tolerant than Christians. Urban had to demonize the Turks through lies. Godfrey knew the pope had done that. He wanted money, land, glory, and penance.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

@Zab1Ek Nonsense! Virtually everything you just said is ahistorical garbage. The Turks were so tolerant they butchered thousands of men, women, and children in the Armenian Christian city of Ani. The Pope DID NOT call the Crusade for his own personal power, Pope Urban was an intellectual with a deep interest in the idea of recovering Jerusalem. By the time the Crusaders arrived, the Eastern Christians were so sick of Turkish oppression that they helped the Crusaders at every turn.

[kissfan7]

I call bullshit on the "held a siege tower together with one arm" bit. That doesn't seem possible for even the strongest man. If there is someone who knows more about military engineering than I, feel free to correct me.

Still, the dude was badass. Though some admiration for the Crusaders is misplaced, all Westerners (even diehard atheists, like myself) should be grateful.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

@kissfan7

Well, he didn't really hold the whole thing together with one arm, it was probably more like he helped hold part of it together while continuing to fight. There's definitely some legend in that story, but the point is he was very brave at that siege.

[Exxen0Revolver]

Yes of course he is a Hero , He Killed 70,000 Muslims and Jews in Jerusalem. So yes , he earned his herones of course !

[152Tarn]

jerusalem secure !!!

hi hi hi

good job said satan

[the10ne1]

Godfrey of Bouillon is a hero of christndom

[MetalHeadViking]

I like the first and third crusades.

The third crusade would have gone well if Barbarossa didnt drown and put an end to the german campaigne, and if the french and the english werent qwarreling. Otherwise it was like the crusaders All-Star Team.

[MetalHeadViking]

We need a new Godfrey!

[GuldenBattleSpur]

@MetalHeadViking We need more than one ,the leaders of now,are not real leaders .

[FeltDownHard]

I've been to his castle. It not big but cool. They showed us the torture rooms :P pretty freaked out when i was a kid

[sunsor]

OMG your a real moran..

i shall post this to all my mates,

wel shall have a good laught.

[tuskin4]

when he denied the crown of Jerusalem he probly said and i quote

"I shall not bear a cown of gold where Christ bore a crown of thorns" and the croud cheers

[CyberTribalism]

The two brothers that first got over the walls where Flemish, Dutch.. Godfrey was a Frankish Duke, Dutch is derived from old Frankish language. Notice also how the only non "French" grandmaster of the Templar's was a Flemish man, Gerard de Roquefort, born as Geraard Van Ruddervoorde (great Frankish worrier, but very controversial figure also). The Templar's where dominated by Frankish knights, who often still spoke (besides old French) the Germanic language of their ancestors.

[FeltDownHard]

dutch is germanic

[Suppressingfire]

Godfrey was Belgian? i wasn't aware of that.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

Well, he came from what is now Belgium. There wasn't really a Belgium at the time. But the people of Belgium today certainly should claim him as a great national hero. He was an outstanding man, one to be deeply admired by us today.

[Northbound89]

@RealCrusadeHistory

Amen to that. If only we could find it in us to muster up the religious zeal and vigour that great Catholic men like Godfrey maintained.

[JohnKing789]

@RealCrusadeHistory Back then this was territory of Luxembourg. I am from Luxembourg, and here he is still considered a great national hero.

[salutfiu]

@RealCrusadeHistory Godefroy never came from Belgium, he was born in 1060 in Boulogne s/mer his father was Count Eustache II of Boulogne and his mother was Ide of Low Lotharingie, in 1076 at the age of 16 he heritied of the Duchess of Bouillon and of the Marquisat of Rotterdam throught his uncle Godefroy le Bossu who did'nt have any childrens. Beside, the Duchess of Bouillon did'nt not belong to the Kingdom of France but to the German Sainte Empire.

[FeltDownHard]

Yes and we are very proud of it. However there is a discusion of he was french or belgian : /

[envanje]

@Suppressingfire

Yes, his castle still exists in Bouillon and currently a part of it is in use as a youth hostel where you can spend the night and have breakfast at a very small cost.

just google hostelling internation - belgium - bouillon

be welcome !

[KhyberBoy09]

Hi, how are you. I live in Godefroy's homeland, Belgium. He really is one of the most heroic figures to have been born here.

[PATNOCO]

@KhyberBoy09 Were did you get that Godefroy de Bouillon was from Belgium. His father was the Count Eustache II de Boulogne and his mother was Ide de Flandre, Godefroy was born in Boulogne s/mer , he heritited the County of Bouillon from his uncle who did have any childrens.

[ProfessionalWhiteGuy]

Why is this man not a saint?

[TheLoyalOfficer]

He was a good man. Too bad he could not control the massacre at Jerusalem.

A product of his time. It was a shame that Europe could not support the Crusader States, being eventually drowned by Muslim horsemen.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

Yes, the massacre at Jerusalem does strike us today as disturbing, but all cities that resisted besiegers were usually sacked. Actually, the sack of Jerusalem in 1099 probably wasn't as bad as the Christian sources made it out to be. The Muslim sources from the time seem to indicate that it wasn't nearly as bloody as is often believed. This is what Jonathan Riley-Smith believes, anyway.

[775gary]

really? prove it then 0.0

[TheLoyalOfficer]

Prove what exactly?

Please try to respond faster than 2 months. The context of your comment is lost in its late response.

[775gary]

what do you mean what exactly? 0.o

you don't even understand my point !!

there was oppression in europa, the peasants were abused by strong rich lords that were imposing there will because they had money to pay for military servicese, the church was not so friendly either with the peasants and it was a chaotic place to live at the time

until the church put all those military services to CRUSADES

[TheLoyalOfficer]

The Church was a unifying and organizing force, sure.

But the leaders of the West agreed because they were SICK AND TIRED of 450 years of the "religion of peace" invading, assaulting, enslaving and desecrating our lands and people.

The Crusades were a defensive response to invasions of North Africa, Spain, Italy, France, Sicily and elsewhere.

Check the years 640-1090 AD, and tell me who was attacking whom.

Thanks

[775gary]

so what?

it gave freedom from the other abusive power from the east sure, but there was no freedom in the east, so how can west leaders said it gave freedom to the peasants when they are oppressing them like slaves ! 0.o

i rest my case

[TheLoyalOfficer]

Feudalism was slavery? Ugh - you are making the classic 20/21st century error in regards to history: applying the political culture of today with the people back then. Big mistake.

Feudalism was a development born of military necessity - to defend against Vikings and Muslim marauders. It was not perfect, but it was not slavery! "Freedom" was not the same concept that it is today.

1000 AD does NOT equal 2009 in terms of these attitudes.

[775gary]

sure there was feudalism, but you must understand that if there is no political control over this unified military forces and when there is no absolute control to back them up chaos is going to rule oppressing every non rich lord or person related to the church making the oppression seem like "slavery", it was the church that took all the attention to the crusaded to stop the oppression

[TheLoyalOfficer]

No, the Church PROTECTED the people.

Look up the Peace of God, the Truce of God, and the attempts to ban the crossbow - the first effort of international arms control EVER.

Of course, sometimes the State oppressed but these were totally different conditions economically, technologically, educationally, politically, and in many other aspects of life. There were cultural and religious barriers, not to mention revolts, to check oppression. It was better than you think.

[ExiledAtlantean]

Nice video. Thanks for the information!

[Bilal1234live]

Lol when Muslims raid Christian land no! its bad. When Christians do it its suddenly Ok. "When they secured antoich" u don't mention the atrocities comitted by the crusaders then do you? But when it comes to Muslims you dont hesitiate in mentioning atrocities. You dont mention the thousands they killed in Jerusalem, the Christians the Muslims and the Jews, atleast Islam didn't try to wipe Juadism or Christianity out and Christians and Jews lived in Muslim lands while Europe was in the dark ages.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

Bilial, you're an idiot and your English is terrible. You don't know the first thing about history. The Crusades were not just a Western movement, every step of the way Armenians and other Eastern Christians were helping the Crusaders drive out the violent and tyrannical Turks. Then, once the Crusader States were established, even Muslims wanted to live there rather than in Muslim controlled lands because the Crusaders gave people freedom while Muslim governments were, as usual, despotic.

[775gary]

what gave people freedom wtf?

first of all there were no freedom in Europa, so how can they give something they did not had, and christian did horrible things too

the reason why the Muslim sound so bad its because most of historians are European and are mad that they got there ass kicked

common freedom on a land were there are only peasants controlled nobleman and church power plizz

[RealCrusadeHistory]

You are an ignoramus.

[rockthefreeworld11]

you know that Balwin of Boulonge essentially stole a city from an Armenian ruler who was a fellow christian right? and actually in the ambush it was the front that they ambushed and theyre really wernt that many civilians with the men in front because they were with the slower back train.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

The Armenian people in Edessa didn't like their ruler because he didn't provide protection for them against the Turks, so they brought in Baldwin to take his place, which he was willing to do. The only reason Baldwin even went to Edessa was because a group of his Armenian friends insisted that he do so.

[habartalanked]

Dude, you need to chill with the insults. Its hard enough to take you seriously with your silly and inane arguments. Your no less of an idiot then him, and your english is not much better. Everywhere you post a response, it is always riddle with this. An angry little man who can't take it when someone proves him wrong, which, as it turns out, is always. You'd make a great crusader. Demented, small-minded, angry...except...your a coward hiding behind a computer screen.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

I'm not sure what you were trying to say with this post, it was very broken and grammatically incorrect. If you're questioning my research, I suppose the PhD program I am attending begs to differ with you, since they seem to have a lot of confidence in my work. Look at my sources. They are the best available. Remember, you are in the minority here. Most of my viewers greatly appreciate what I'm doing and enjoy learning about this exciting period of history.

[habartalanked]

Grammatically incorrect. Laughable. Are you getting a Phd in grammar as well? Is it from the same univerisity as your history degree? What's it called, crusades college? Gimme a break dude. I doubt you even know what a phd is without googling it. Go watch some Robert Spencer and Glenn Beck.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

No, I simply know how to use grammar. I imagine someone like you would suspect that knowing proper grammar meant that you had to have a PhD. This is something intelligent folks just do naturally. That being said, can I get you a phonics book, my funny little chap?

[RealCrusadeHistory]

My intelligence so thoroughly eclipses yours that you could never even begin to comprehend the level of understanding and insight that I possess.

[hakinen82]

sons of bitches ,we motherfuckers

[hakinen82]

of racist pimps .

[hakinen82]

forever big ottoman state

[Suppressingfire]

r u scared to have comments & PMs in ur shitty channel u dirty stinking son of a red arse baboon. fuck u & fuck ur fucking ottoman dickhead state u dirty lil faggot, u came talkin garbage on my channel for no reason u piece of shit turkish bastard

[ProfessionalWhiteGuy]

Forever Isreal, you keep ass-goblins like this from getting even further up their arses.

[shawry86]

most palestinians are not like this..they are just ordinary people...

[Suppressingfire]

they should make a great film of Godfrey of Buillon, not like kingdom of heaven cos the way i saw it, kingdom of heaven favors muslims instead of christians. 1st christians fighting eachother, 2nd templars attacking civilians & 3rd the lost battle of jerusalem :(

[RealCrusadeHistory]

I agree my friend! I have always envisioned a beautiful movie about the First Crusade.

[Orthodoxcrusader]

Excelent fact based video...

Any other words are completely unnecessary...

[Suppressingfire]

Godfrey of Buillon is one of my favs, God bless him, i'm sure he has...

[Suppressingfire]

My top 4 fav Crusaders, No1 Godfrey of Buillon, No2 Richard the Lionheart & No3 Guillaume de Villiers & No4 Gerard de Ridefort. Once i read that Godfrey with his broadsword cut a muslim in 2 halfs with 1 strike, that fuckin rulz :)

[RealCrusadeHistory]

Excellent list! Yes, Godfrey was a badass. I think my top 5 are as follows: 1) Godfrey of Bouillon 2) Robert II of Flanders 3) Raymond IV of Toulouse 4) Richard the Lionheart 5) King Baldwin IV

[rockthefreeworld11]

you condemn Saladin for attacking villages in the siege of Jerusalem after the second crusade but you do not condemn the actions of Godfrey sacking villages by Antioch

[RealCrusadeHistory]

The Muslims provoked the Crusades and therefore any suffering they endured was their own fault. If they'd left Christians alone in the first place there would have been no Crusades. The Crusaders were heroes for standing up the great tyrants of their day, period. Sorry, there's no way around this. The history is what it is.

[habartalanked]

What of history do you know little boy? Who did the jews attack? Who did the orthodox christians attack? and yet they too were not spared the slaughter. You omit facts and history where is suits you, and make up the rest. You are a liar, plain and simple.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

My, you certainly are an angry guy. I agree, the killing of Jews during the period of the Crusades was horrible, and certainly against the orders of the Crusading leaders. Catholic bishops often fought to protect Jews targeted by rioters. But you have to admit, that's who attacked Jews, wild, rabble-raisers, not actual Crusaders. The attack on the Jewish temple during the First Crusade in Jerusalem was not perpetrated by the leadership or the main knights, it was carried out by a few rioters...

[RealCrusadeHistory]

While the knights were securing the city, some of the army hanger-ons did things like burn the Jewish temple. This was not approved of the by the leadership nor the papacy.

Don't try to portray the 4th Crusade as some kind of deliberate attack on Greek Christians, it was a misunderstanding and a lot of bad situations getting out of hand. It was as much the result of an internal Byzantine dynastic dispute as anything.

And finally, the Crusades was not merely a Western movement.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

Eastern Christians served in the Crusader forces throughout the Middle Ages. Armenian knights helped throughout the early conquests because they did not want to live under Muslim rule. Plenty of Armenian princesses married Western rulers, and men like Baldwin IV had Armenian as well as Western heritages. So the Crusades were a reaction by both Western and Eastern Christians against Muslim expansion.

[Nuraddil]

With Godfrey you are taking myth as fact, It seems Highly unlikely that Godfrey actually held together a siege tower while still firing a crossbow. What seems more likely is that the story of some of his actions are legends based loosely on his actual actions. If we trust every Primary source, then you've got flying Eucharists and Goodness know what else. Saladin and Godfrey do not sound entirely dissimilar.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

There is no reason to doubt that Godfrey had the strength to hold part of a siege tower together while conitnuing to fire his crossbow. Historians have never presented this as fiction, it comes to us from Albert of Aix, who's account was assembled from writings and witnesses from Lower Lorraine where Godfrey ruled.

[Nuraddil]

We still use many of the medical records from the Muslim culture before it ground to a halt today. there is a primary source, which i am currently attempting to locate which tells of a Frankish doctor, and a Muslim doctor. A man comes in with a slightly deformed leg. The Muslim doctor makes a splint, and gives him ointments to rub on his leg.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

"Muslim medicine" is nothing more than Greek medicine which was taken up by Muslims when they captured and enslaved Greek civilization. All the original mosques and thinkers in the Muslim world were Greek Christians who were now the servants of Arabic-speaking warriors. So no, Muslims benefited from Christian knowledge, and then Christian civilization in the West ended up advancing civilization as a whole while Islam squandered what it had received.

[habartalanked]

WTF?? There has never, and probably never will be a religion that tolerates science less then Christianity. The "west" recognized this long, long ago and they are damn lucky they instituted the seperation of church and state. What you say here lacks logic completely. Had Christianity paved the way for scientific advancement, the world would not today be in the hands of secular men who laugh at religion. You will never get far with this mindset that is for sure.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

You're an idiot. Look up Robert Grosseteste and Jean Buridan, two of the Christian priests from the High Middle Ages who first organized scientific theory. Also see Dr. Tom Wood's book "How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization".

If you don't stop making baseless, childish comments, you will be banned from this channel.

[Nuraddil]

The Frankish Doctor is outraged. He rushes over to the man's side and asks him if he would rather live with one good leg and one deformed leg, or possibly die with only one good leg. The man responds, which causes the doctor to fetch for a knight who grabs an axe and hacks of the man's leg. no anesthetics, no way to stem the flow of blood, and obvious the man dies.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

That's an absurd account from a Muslim primary source which is obviously an attempt to slander Latin Christian culture of the time. I believe that was on Usama's memoirs? Some of his writings are definitely worthwhile, but that account is without question a fictious acctempt to demonize a culture that he hated. Knowledge of medicine among the Latin world was about the same as among the Greek speaking and Arabic worlds.

[Nuraddil]

When qualities are shown by Godfrey you call them Heroic, but when exhibited by Salah ad-din Yusuf, they make him a tyrant. In my opinion they were committing atrocities on both sides. You have to face facts though. The west was dealing with a more advanced civilization. They were not peaceful, but they were then again neither were the crusaders.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

The idea that the West was vastly inferior to the East culturally has been challenged by historians. The difference is that the Muslims initiated the violence by taking Christian lands, and Godfrey was acting in defense of Christendom by reclaiming what belonged to Christian people. Look at the help the Crusaders received from Armenians, Syrians, and Greeks in their struggle to repel the Turk. In addition, Muslims ended up living more prosperously under Crusader rule! (see Ibn Jubayr)

[Nuraddil]

do not use merely one source on a subject. The Crusaders of the first were horrible and barbaric. They committed many more atrocities than any other crusaders, or Muslims. Again Turks are not Arabs please make the distinction. You may have information for him but there is information against him as well. The author of the primary sources must be taken into account. Part of the primary sources on both sides are obviously myth.

[thelaughingman]

This has to be the most pathetic attempt at history. Your obvious attempt at apologetics is partisan and crudely racist. you take primary sources at their word with no attempt to place anything in context. . Do you really expect anyone to take you seriously outside of a catholic grade school?

Europe was the most violent place on the planet until after ww2.Within 20 years of the third crusade the church decide to wipe out the cathars in another one.Saladin couldnt hope to match that savagery..

[RealCrusadeHistory]

You're wrong. Saladin was incredibly cruel and Muslims actually liked living under Crusader rule better. Look up Ibn Jubayr on wikipedia.

[rockthefreeworld11]

ya thats why about 200,000 thousand Muslims decided to rise up with Saladin. your picking an choosing information that Saladin was cruel to support your point but your leaving out information that goes against you point of view like saladins kindness to Richard 1. like when Richard was sick Saladin sent him doctors and durring the siege of Jaffa when one of Richards horses got killed Saladin sent him a new horse

[fad772]

there is a deffrance between zionism and judasim,zionists are those who came to palestine and steal it from its native people while we dont have a problem with jews or judasim and in fact we lived alongsides jews for thousands of years until the zionists came and started killing and driving our people out of our lands.

but just like the crusades were defeated and kicked out back to europe the same thing will happen to zionists.

[revolution4palestine]

u seem to be very ignorant arrogant person jews and zionists are diffrent concepts palestinian dont have any thing against jews our problem with the zionists . idiot go and educate your self instead of dreaming to be a medieval knight .

[revolution4palestine]

i dont what this man (godfrey) have to be proud of . the massacre of jersulem against muslims and jews which committed by him is enough to call him a pig . go read the real history. crowds suffering starvation in europe few poor nobels want to earn more lands the catholic church want more influence by captuering the holy land . so the medieval muslim historian recognized that these misrable savage campagins dont have any thing to do with religion so they called them (al frenga) means franks

[rushcomes]

hahaha this fanatic curses the muslims and says good words about chirstian leaders ..just one of the lies ...

[funkem420]

Too bad the ignorant Muslims are unable to learn from this information. Though their ignorance is what keeps their tyrants in power. I wonder if the self-hating liberals know about this or if they just right it off as lies. I can't wait to hear more from this guy.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

No one is exactly sure how Godfrey died, but it's not very likely that he was poisoned. Some of the Muslim sources claim he died in battle, but they are incorrect, of course. He died of an illness in Jerusalem during his first year of reign. The Jews and Muslims in the conquered cities were allowed to practice their religion and lived peacefully under Crusader rule. In fact, the Muslims preferred living in Christian held lands because the Crusaders were more just than the Muslim sultans.

[revolution4palestine]

the crusades were blinded hateful people there royality and nobelity were savage they were not able to accept the muslims neither jews . saladine were a magnificent exampe of merciful generous warriors and liberator the westren resourses admit that fact

[RealCrusadeHistory]

Yeah, Godfrey was considered to be a handesome guy for his time. I imagine all of the great Crusades leaders were considered to be pretty hot by women of the time. During the siege of Antioch in 1098, Armenian women practically swooned watching the Crusaders butcher the Turkish guards who had been abusing them for so long. It must've been great for those women to have these handesome, valiant heroes show up and slay the Turkish villains!

[habartalanked]

Wow. just wow. So now you have a retroactive sexual attraction to the crusaders that goes back 900 years as well? Whats the matter with you man? Other then that your a nut? Really, it fascinates me that someone can hurtle himself into this level of insanity and deprevity. Do you think you were a crusader in a past life? Just when you thought you heard it all. Wow.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

The sources indicate that Godfrey was a handesome fellow. There are eyewitness accounts which describes Armenian women watching joyfully from the balconies of Antioch as the Crusaders killed the Muslim garrison. It's only natural that these Christian women, having lived under Muslim occupation for so long, would be glad to see some handesome Christian warriors liberating their city. A lot of Crusaders married Armenian women. This is just how it is, my friend. The sources speak to us.

[habartalanked]

And?? Again, you are masturbating to people who live almost 1000 years ago! Can you not focus for a second?

[RealCrusadeHistory]

What are you talking about? I'm merely discussing the fact that Godfrey of Bouillon was considered handesome in his day, you're the one who keeps talking about masturbation, which is not surprising, because you obviously do a lot of it, since no woman would ever touch you. You remind me a bit of the famous Muslim leader Zengi, who used to castrate boys so that he could use them as sex slaves.

[habartalanked]

As long as you don't compare me with the dispicable crusaders you lust after, thats fine with me.

[RealCrusadeHistory]

I would never compare an unmanly buffoon like you to the great warriors who Crusaded in the name of Christ and defended civilization and science from heathen barbarians.

[Webcrusader007]

The socalled 4th Crusade was in fact not a crusade: the Venetians wrongly used the crusading army to their own benefits.

It was a simple intra- European war like many others.

[Webcrusader007]

They didn't have to convert to Christianity and lived in peace with the Christians again.

[meb199]

Make more videos!! these are very good and accurate both historically and factually

[Webcrusader007]

Very good indeed

[kaffeflingor]

the crusaders where heroes and Godfrey was the hero of heroes

[Webcrusader007]

I agree completely!

[AlexiusComnenus1]

Very good.

[willberb]

So the Islamic troops attacked the rear ehh?

[RealCrusadeHistory]

That, that was a common tactic used by the swift, light Turkish cavalry. There goal was always to break up the Crusader formation so they could cause confusion and sweep in quickly for a frenzeid assault.

[grimnavyseal]

wonderful, keep up the great video making!!!!

[saxonhaste]

5/5 star im going to buy thos books you have recommended

[darkrathamantis]

I enjoy your vids alot!

[khaosme]

Great video. Thanks very much.

[Retarior]

Good and brave man. A good exemplar of medieval knight. Peace with him.

[GodfreyBouillon]

Great video about the great man.

[Cojpe]

nice video tx for post