Jewish Pirates - Fleeing the Inquisition - European History - Part 1 - Extra History
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After the Alhambra Decree was put into place by Ferdinand and Isabella in Spain, the Spanish Inquisition kicked off in full. It was no longer legal to live in Spain as a Jewish person. One had to convert, or leave to never return. And many Jewish communities chose the latter. And of the Jewish people who were forced from their homes, some took to the sea and figured out a way to reclaim what had been stolen from them... and get a little revenge on top. Oh yeah, we're talking Jewish pirates! Great figures like Sinan Reis and Samuel Pallache will become known on the high seas but first, a look at where it all started.
If you missed the previous episodes check them out here:
Part 1 - Fleeing the Inquisition: • Jewish Pirates - Fleei...
Part 2 - Barbarossa’s Sidekick: • Jewish Pirates - Barba...
Part 3 - The Pirate Rabbi: • Jewish Pirates - The P...
Part 4 - Treasure for Days: • Jewish Pirates - Treas...
Lies: • Jewish Pirates - Lies ...
Music: • ♫ Jewish Pirates - "Lo...
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No one expects the Spanish Inquisition. But the Spanish never expected these pirates.
Except they did, because the Spanish Inquisition gave alerted people ahead of time so that they could prepare their case
A bunch of Rabbis with parrots on their shoulders and drawn cutlasses run across the stage yelling aaaaargh and Mel Brooks start singin sea shanties.
ha
@@erikrungemadsen2081 now that would be a good film if Mel Brooks was involved
@@sundhaug92 I suppose U never seen Monty Python 😂
When the decree was given, the Ottoman Emperor dispatched naval vessels to ferry Jews to his lands. As well as the humanitarian concern for fellow "People of the Book", he wanted to recruit the Jewish middle classes - he wanted scholars, merchants, mathematicians. Jewish refugees even brought with them two printing presses, which were extremely rare outside of Europe at the time.
Made sense he needed muslim allies to join him. Also banking and scholarly jobs weren't managed entirely by the jewish people during that time.
@@andreasahrlund-richter2289
The very concept of "Harem" is orientalist nonsense invented by clueless rich Europeans. So yeah, it's probably wise that Extra Credits doesn't mention something that has absolutely no basis in historical fact and is thrown around to make anti-Muslim imperialists feel better.
@@cometmoon4485 someone is delusional
@@dangersnail5839 and its Andreas
Nice
"Inquisitors would arrive in an area and announce their presence."
I guess people did expect the Spanish Inquisition.
NO, IMPOSSIBLE
NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION
They did, you got a letter a month in advance
@@canadiandoughnut8605 would you like to be inquisitors for falsifying information
Well, yes and no. The Inquisition was far from a normal Inquisition.
Well, you know their chief weapon was surprise... surprise and fear....
A lot of Portuguese Conversos actually immigrated to Brazil, especially in the Northeast. Conversos here usually adopted trees as their last names, so a lot of people who have last names like Carvalho or Oliveira are descendants of Conversos.
and even today some families in the interior of Northeast even if cristhians kept some Jewish tradions and rituals
In Colombia a lot of Jewish people ran to the mountains in what is today Antioquia, and to be accepted as converted christians they would throw lavish parties were they killed and ate a pig, a tradition that still exists during December known as "marranadas"
I like your user image :P
Arruda too
And Silveira
That's fascinating. I had no idea!
"Jewish Pirates" is the working title of a Mel Brooks movie that never was.
I would have gone with "Jews of the Caribbean".
Jewish Pirates of the Carribean Mel Brooks was allready in talks with Johnny Depp. To fit better into the role Depp had agreed to be circumsised.
Mel Brooks said he had just the right tool for the task and offered Depp "To just nip the tip!"
After Mr. Brooks revealed his miniature guillotine, the talks broke down for no apparant reason.
belongs in r/rareinsults
@@alyhoffman2643 or “Ahoy vey!”
@@erikrungemadsen2081 Special offer, half off!
It’s almost like taking away everything someone has and then kicking them out of their homes will make them hate you and resort to desperate measures to survive.
similar to happens in Palestine
@@MohdHilal Nothing similar
@@MohdHilal Of course, aren't both horrible?
@@yakov95000 Matter of perspective, huh
@@MohdHilal what exactly are we talking about? I'm just curious. I don't know much about that topic.
“Everyone expected Spanish Inquisition jokes”
How about Pirates of the Caribbean with a Jewish twist?
But no one expects the Jewish pirate jokes.
Kind of how everyone expected the Spanish Inquisition, since they had to give prior notice.
@@FoxofMaysville That's why they jewed.
“Multi decade reconquest of Iberia”
I think you mean multi-century...
Technically multiple centuries are still multiple decades. ;)
@@Artur_M. A year is one unit. ... Decade: Ten (10) years. Century: One hundred (100) years. Millennium: One thousand (1,000) years. and reconquest of Iberia take between 700-800
@@Artur_M. That's like saying a year is multiple days. Correct, but not in the right way.
Actually, multi-decade is incidentally more correct. La Reconquista is, for the most part, an after-the-fact narrative. Even a cursory look at the actual actions of medieval Iberian Christian rulers disproves the notion that they had any persistent, century-spanning agenda of Christian reconquest. They fought each other as much as they fought their supposed religious enemy. Just like the Muslim rulers to their south.
@@anderskorsback4104 but there was also a litteral crusade declared in 1280, and it's usually by this point where it's generally understood that there wad a general catholic push to reconquer iberia, especially under the crowns of aragon and castille-leon
I am a Jew and my family fled to the Ottoman Empire after the expulsion. I love your content, I am now in high school but I’ve been watching you since middle school. I’m happy that you are talking about these interesting eventsp
Salonika?
Where are your family living now?
@@enkhsaihanshinegerel1391 we are in Florida. Some of my Sephardic family is still in Mexico and Guatemala
@@JOANNAINDIANCREEK do you have rights to go to Israel?
@@enkhsaihanshinegerel1391 if he wasn't baptised and his mother is Jewish than yes
The image of Isabella and Ferdinand as anime characters is the highlight of my day.
Dem fingers though
@Martin Casinillo 3:52
@Martin Casinillo 3:55
*NEW DUO CASTER SERVANT CONFIRMED*
New spin-off series: history explained primarily through Pokémon metaphors
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ah yes
take my money!
Or maybe with Fate Stay Night and Fate GO characters.
Almost as popular as other popular series: Pokémon explained primarily through history metaphors
A piece of information that I found very interesting and a bit amusing :
Around 1540, Sinan Reis's son was traveling by sea to meet him after one of Sinan's victories. The boy was taken captive by Emperor Charles' forces and was ultimately handed over to the Lord of Elba, who baptized him and raised him at court. Barbarossa made several unsuccessful attempts to ransom Sinan's son. While sailing nearby in 1544, Barbarossa sent an envoy to Elba to again attempt to free the boy. The island's Lord replied that his "religious scruples forbade him to surrender a baptized Christian to an infidel". Infuriated, Barbarossa landed men at Piombino, sacked the town, and blew up the fort, after which the ruler agreed to release his "boy-favorite". The news from Barbarossa reached Sinan at Suez on the Red Sea, where the "Great Jew" was constructing a fleet to aid an Indian ruler expel the Portuguese.
I guess "religious scruples" go out the window when someone is pointing naval cannons at you.
I like how after 6 years we finally got inquisition episodes
Sort of. Mostly about their victims, this is.
I love this artist, watched all of the videos by this illustrator. More of him please! His art just looks simple and admirable
Ali R. Thorne did the artwork for this video and I appreciate her time working some of the series while having her newborn at her side.
@@mississippimoo8854 with her newborn?! That's some good dedication
All there animators are awesome but I find the ones from later ww2 vids like invasion of Poland and the Berlin airlift but every style they have is amazing
If you like simple art, you'd love my stick figure, Jethro.
I prefer the ones for Bismarck and Bolivar
You don't even have to *mention* the shades of the 1930s in this one
**shudders**
Yeah, yikes
They also had race laws which were not mentioned mostly. So yeah...
Also the shades of the Germanic states when the Plague struck, and Poland right now, and England in the 1000s...
Whoever animated this episode should get a raise this episode is 👌
"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
"Oh, yeah? And nobody expects that our people would become Pirates!"
Edit: I laughed really hard at the Fernando and Isabela in anime style. Fate series creator, take notes!
[the UNO reverse Card]
So Isabella is a da Vinci face, eh
New Dual Rider class Servant!
@@OverseerMoti yes!
Time stamp?
Inquisition: Get out, get out all of you!
Later: No, you weren't supposed to do that!
"Jews can't be pirates."
- Eric Cartman
Take that Cartman!
As a Jew I have to say that this helped me expand my knowledge of my ancestors
Expand some more this is from an anglo saxon point of historical view. Although the Jews, and muslims were expelled if they didn't convert the Jews weren't as well treated by their muslim masters as you were told. Also the inquisition by mideival standard would be the equivalent of a modern 1st world country judicial system. The secular courts (yes they existed and were used primarily) in that period were brutal, and the inquisition in Spain brought the rule of invalidating confession through torture. Inquisition wasn't perfect nor morally ideal system by today's standards. But after centuries of war it was better than that of the secular courts, or even mob rule. And the executions reported by anglo saxon historians (who are protestant and anti catholic and spanish, and they were just as anti semetic but they didn't sense the irony) were the ones we mostly got our distorted views of the inquisition. Again the inquisition was not good or ideal, but at the time it was what was used during the post reconquesta era to maintain civil unity after centuries of war from a foreign invaders and it's servants.
I love your username, and I feel you here! I'm Jewish too and this helps me connect to stuff that I've never gotten to know thanks to antisemitism and stuff
The Cossack uprising of 1648-1649 was also a bloody (but important) part of Jewish history if you’re interested.
There’s no way of knowing they were your ancestors,jewish is a religion people have converted to in all centuries.
@@octaviomartinez2935 Judaism is more than a religion, Ashkenazi Jews (my branch) were a distinct culture from the local high Germans/polish, my ancestors did mix with Sephardi Jews in Amsterdam after the inquisition (leaving behind a few odd heirlooms) and they mostly migrated to Poland, coming to Australia around 1930, those Jews are my ancestors not just because I’m related to them but because we share a culture
I’m Jewish and why did nobody tell me we had pirates? I love it!
I'm game to renew the tradition if you are.
I learned it yesterday by drinking rum with a fun fact on it
My mom and I are Jewish. When I told her you were doing this series, she said “did we invent piracy?” So glad you’re doing this series!
i had never felt proud to be a jew but i am now
I am very interested in seeing any and all Jewish history! These may not be my ancestors, but they are Jews!
dude you invented slave trade to usa too
@@notajalapeno4442 Learn a bit Jewish history before diaspora and now Israel you will have more then enough to be proud,no need support pirates or Mob bosses who Jewish.
@@pekkapitkanen7734 Portugal did, I think you should read history...
Another cool and little-known bit of the Jewish history is the story of Berek Joselewicz - a man who organized Jewish volunteer unit during the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising and went on to be a badass cavalry officer of the Napoleon's Polish troops.
6:40 "but the Spanish inquisition would become something entirely different. A permanent bourocracy that existed for over 3 centuries. Essentialy operating as a *secret police* ....
Inquisitors would arrive to an area and *announce their presence* ."
Worst secret police ever!
Reminds me of 'Once Upon A Time In Mexico' where Johnny Depp is a CIA agent and shows up to a public meeting in a CIA t-shirt.
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition
And apparently sucked at killing people. One statistic calculated them as killing 3000 in 10 years, others at the time were doing that in two.
@@philthornton1382 everyone did 😂
For the "Lies" section: Until the 18th century Spain was not an unified kingdom, but several kingdoms in a personal union (they had different institutions but the same king). In fact by 1492 it was not even that, there were two different kings that happened to be married.
"Hey, Torquemada! Whattaya say?"
"I just got back from an Auto-De-Fey!"
"An Auto-De-Fey? What's an Auto-De-Fey?"
"It's what ya oughtn't ta do, but ya do anyway!"
--"History Of The World, Part One" (dir. Mel Brooks)
I was thinking about that too
I was...
Sitting in a temple!
I was minding my own business!
I was listening to a LOVELY Hebrew mass!
When these Papist persons plunge in
And they throw me in a dungeon
And they shove a red-hot poker up my ass!
Is that considerate? Is that polite?
And not a tube of Preparation H in sight!
I "love" how every single chunk of history regarding jews is "obscure".
Pretty cool! My family is of Sephardic Jewish descent and were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula during the early stages of the Inquisition. They among other families were the first to settle in the practically desolated Mexican northwest, where they would not be persecuted by the Catholic Church due to the significant distance from Mexico City. My family has not practiced Judaism for many generations, and eventually converted to catholicism. I am excited to see how one of my favorite CZcams channels aboards (hehe) this piece of history! Excellent work as always!
"Don't cry like a woman what you couldn't defend as a man" - were the words of the mother of the last Emir of Granada to his son.
Toxic Masculinity knows no gender. "Yes, mom, it was a matter of *manliness* and not of diplomacy or logistics or resources or luck. Fuck off for a minute and let me grieve, will ya?"
Beautiful.
sad
Boabdil betrayed muslims and emirate of granada was lost forever
fun thing about the inquisition. They actually did give a 30 days notice before puting you on trial
30 days free trial? Im jewish - i find that offensive that you protect such evil people
A 30 day notice in a dungeon, with even in the scenario where the defendant was “innocent of being Jewish” a greedy judge or priest could simply skew the results of the investigation to get to keep their property.
@@yanivivgi9239 The Jews were not juged by the inquisition, the false converts were.
@@yanivivgi9239says the one whose ancestors were involved in the slave trade of Europeans by being buddies with Muslims…why oh why do you think they were added to the list of the Inquisition along with the Muslims they had been fighting for 800 years…GEE I WONDER WHY
Never heard of these people before. This should be interesting.
Check out their previous videos too. They're pros.
@@wikiuser92 I meant the Jewish pirates, I've been watching Extra Credits for over a year now. But I agree, they are pros.
@@abthedragon4921 Ah, okay. Yeah, they definitely seem like experts.
I’ve been fascinated by Sinan Reis for years, delighted to see this relatively unknown subject being covered.
“Jewish pirates” sounds like a title from a vice’s documentary
I was planning to write something about the fascinating topic of this video, but after the ending all that I can think about is a Cowboy Bebop Lego set.
Actually is "Marrano" as in "Pig" (in some Spanish-speaking parts where the old fashioned word is used)
So few people know about the Jewish diaspora, I’m so happy you made this episode
I felt something as you say "3 2 1, let's jam" *proceeds to play mouth bass*
[Mouthes trumpets] [denies biscuit to bad dog]
[The Seatbelts intensify]
I like how the Ottomans and Jews worked togheter to strike spain
I recently found out I have ancestors who left Spain because of the Alhambra Decree. They were Jewish, and they made their way to France. The French were not disposed toward being kind to Jewish people, but one group there was so enamored of the Jewish faith and history, they were convinced they were descendants of two of the 12 Tribes. That would be the Huguenots, a Calvinist sect founded by a man who denied the claims about the Jews that flew thick and fast there, including repudiating the blood libel. Anyone of French heritage examining their ancestors' names in the late medieval and early Renaissance time may see entries with Hebrew first names and French last names. These would be Huguenots. They rose and fell in grace and favor, and many of them were amongst the early settlers of Quebec. If you haven't looked at the Huguenots yet, that would be an amazing video series.
do not forget Morroco also took a lot of Jewish refugees
Great episode! This is such an interesting topic and it’s great to see Extra History engage more with Jewish history.
If people are interested by the idea of Jews in the Caribbean, I’d recommend Calypso Jews: Jewishness in the Caribbean Literary Imagination by Sarah Phillips Casteel
Thank you.
Who else is sad they never got to hear a pirate call Jack Sparrow a schmuck
Well, these are Sephardic Jews, so they probably wouldn't have used a Yiddish insult; would have been hilarious, though.
Wait wait wait, hol up. You're telling me my ancestors weren't just hardcore badasses that revolted against the Seleucids AND the Romans, but were also PIRATES!?
Being Jewish just keeps getting better and better!
I can’t remember when Zoey was introduced, but she completes basically every scene she is in.
You know, this is the first time anyone had explained the Spanish inquisition to me.
I’ve learned so much history from this channel.
I’m so glad to see more diaspora history being told!
Absolutely love this. I enjoyed the Berlin Airlift episode, and learned stuff, but that was something I'd heard about. This was a "I have never even heard about this" kind of story. Can't wait for part 2!
Let's also talk about how many famous Inquisitors were conversos or descendants of recent conversos. That some awful shit.
Bebop's intro is amazing. Great episode on the Inquisition. I learned stuff I didn't already know.
"Jews couldn't win." is a statement that can apply to much of History.
Always nice to see Jewish history being covered, even if almost all Jewish history tends to be some flavour of discrimination, forced conversion, and then expulsion.
Fun fact: Spain was a Composite Monarchy. Meaning that The Crown of Hispania ruled over different kingdoms, but all those kingdoms had a commonality: they all had the same monarch ruling over them. This is why the title: “King/Queen of Spain” didn't officially exist until the 1860s. (However, keep in mind that former rulers over Spain used other titles to imply their power over the peninsula. For example, the title of “Emperor of Hispania” was used a fair amount of times)
-Please correct me if necessary-
Mostly accurate. The title "Imperator Totius Hispaniae" was claimed by different monarchs at different times during the middle ages (none of which, ironically enough, ruled over the whole of Spain), but it was never used by Ferdinand and Isabel or by their descendants.
@DidacusAugustus Well, the portuguese kings also claimed the tittle "hispaniorum rex" till the Peace of Utrecht
This is going to be an interesting series, looking forward to the next episode for sure!
Wow the art is looking amazing!
Just as a commentary. In 2015 Spain’s government made a law to grant the citizenship back to all the descendants of the Jews expelled due to the Alhambra decree. I can happily say that I recently got my Spanish citizenship. In a way it’s a way to mend that dreadful event.
Are you culturally Spanish?
So excited to see you guys FINALLY touch on more Jewish history. You should do more of it, and I'm not just saying that because it's my history, but studying historical narratives that aren't structured around States, like diaspora Jews or any similar peoples can help people see history with proper complexity and not just "who killed whom how".
We weren't expecting an episode on the Spanish Inquisition.
Thank you guys so much for making a video series about this topic. I don’t really see too many videos or anything talking about Jewish suffering besides a tiny bit about the Holocaust. But I’m excited for this series.
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Do they sail on the sabbath?
Good question!
I wonder if staying on your boat counts as "staying within your house/property", and thus is fine?
If they serve together with Ottoman pirates or Dutch pirates, they could arrange their work shifts so that everyone get their religious day off.
@@anderskorsback4104 But wouldn't still being on the boat still count?
@@anderskorsback4104 This is a thing actually - in Judaism there's what's called a "Helpful Goyim", a non-Jew who hangs around on the Sabbath to do vital things
It's important to note that most fled to North Africa, modern day Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria. Also Barbarossa is Algerian
Oh man, revenge is a dish better served cold. I love the story and you can argue that this was the beginning of the fall of the Spanish Empire. Keep up the great work.
Some Iberian Jews later fled to England, where they brought a dish with them: fried, battered fish.
The English paired this fried strips of that newfangled New World tubar, the potato.
And thus fish and chips was born.
We led the creation of a monster...
@@bastard-took-the-name-I-had a delicious delicious monster 😋
Fun fact: there’s a brewery outside Jerusalem that makes kosher rum inspired by Jewish pirates.
can send me their name that sound cool
This was really interesting, it also led me to Barbary Pirates another interesting bunch. Maybe you guys could do a video of that yoo👀
Honestly i just gotta say exctra credits you have made history come to life and due to you i fell in love with history and mythology love your Chanel and keep up the good work👍😋
Hi EC! I've been thinking about my future career and I'm leaning towards history, your channel and countless others have allowed me to persue a world of info that I have never known before. Thank you for making these videos and god bless.
Can’t even watch yet but I had to come by and leave a like. Yo ho ho and a hearty l’chaim!!
As someone who has general knowledge about that period and place, this is going to be a great ride.
Setting sails to new seas
So, so excited for this. Never heard a word about it before, beyond interested.
So happy to see this topic!!!
Totally agreed on Cowboy Bebop! The whole soundtrack is amazing, too! The team that made that show really knew what they were doing
I dont want to insult anyone but after that the spanish became a large and wealthy empire.
Ok and? What are you trying to say?
You guys are the best my favorite thing in the world is learning and you guys make it more fun than anyone else!!!
Thank you for the episode.
A video about the french huguenot Who flee to the newworld would be cool
Sounds cool yea
"morrano" is actually spelled "marrano", which means swine and was, evidently, slur.
Or pig
Love your videos
You had my curiosity, but now you have my interest
I wrote my college senior thesis as a history major on the Moriscos and their expulsion from Spain. I don’t know if you take suggestions but it’s a story that should be better known.
That Pokemon art was just too much for me to hold back my laughter 😂
*Panics because there’s no Sabaton song related to the story*
Yet!
Let's send them hundreds of letters to make one!
ALESTORM DAMNIT
@@JonManProductions ALESTORM/Sabaton collaboration mayhaps.
Typical
I love the "pilgrimage" feel in the opening scene!
אתה יהודי ספרדי?
YOU NEVER EXPECT THE SPANISH INQUISITION! They made a video with them in it. I've been waiting for this ever since I started watching them.
I would like you to say the story of the most famous Arabic poet Antar bin shadad
Hello Altaïr, I didn't know you watch this channel as well.😆
As an assasssin, don't ya think being able to swim would be a useful skill?
I just discover this series and its amazing!!
Isabella and Ferdinand are nostalgic to me because my fifth grade class did a play on how the voyage of Christopher Columbus started. I was an understudy for one of the narrators so I went to the rehearsals and memorized the entire play.
I remember a play like that in middle school too.
Interesting fact: the iberian inquisition was the least harsh in Europe, eventhough the black legend (widely spread in the anglosphere) has tried to impose the opposite and false discourse (source: María Elvira Roca Barea)
never knew about this interesting part of my people’s history!
Can't believe I've never heard of this before what an interesting topic!
I was not expecting this. It’s a nice welcome though, as History has a lot of fun stories. (Along with some good jokes: “No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!”)
Hey! Navarre got a (visual) mention! About time! We gonna get a Basque history video one day? XD
Muslims and Jews : we lived together for 800 years and we traited you fairly well you wouldn't possibly kill us especially after you promised not to
Isabelle and Ferdinand : well yes but actually no
That's not entirely true. The almoravids and almohads were religious fanatics...and they crucified a few people when they got to Seville. History ain't so simple. The religious tolerance varied through time just like as in the Christian kingdoms (though the Muslims were generally more lenient). You could also live well being a Muslim in a Christian kingdom for extended periods of history.
I was unsure of this video, but I am pleasantly surprised, especially knowing that pirates were actually decent people.
Never have I thought I would see an anime version of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, but I am extremely satisfied
The Chad Jewish pirate vs the virgin Spanish inquisition
You missed such a good opportunity for a pun to call it "Fleeting from the Inquisition" or "Expecting the Inquisition"
How about, "no one questioned a new inquisition"
This series abouta be so interesting
Of course, a video on Jewish history had to end with a massive advertisement that took up nearly a fifth of the entire video. Very immersive and realistic, thank you Extra Credits