The Merovingians
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- čas přidán 27. 05. 2014
- The Merovingians were one of the great dynasties of medieval Europe. This 30 minute video tells the story about the rise of the Merovingians, from Pepin the Short and Charles Martel, until the eventual rise of Charlesmagne. The video also dispells myths about Merovingian culture.
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It's like watching History Channel back before they decided to start dumbing down the population with endless showings of Pawn Stars, Pickers and Ancient Aliens. Great stuff.
You get a thumbs up for not using a computer voice.
I wasn't aware of how much art there is depicting the lives of the Merovingians.
Yeah tons. Had to pick and choose, actually, since there was so much. Most of it, though, is later artistic representations of them.
Small correction: "martel" is old French for "hammer" (modern French "marteau") so "Charles Martel" wasn't later known as "the Hammer", "Martel" itself is his later title "the Hammer".
finally a guy that sounds like he actually knows what he's talkin about presenting the facts without boring ya to sleep with pretentious pseudo-intellectualism .
keeps it interesting without sophomoric drama .
actually quite a riveting talk with awesome visuals , class act , thanx Ryan !
ryans videos are great!! if your a history buff I would suggest dan carlins hardcore history's Dan has a way of describing history that is honestly hard to put in words. I think you would enjoy it.
I'm Belgian and am only now starting to found out about the history of my region. Thank you, very good and interesting!
Appreciate it, Manu!
This is helping me with my study on the Merovigians! Our teacher show us this video as a note guide. Thanks~
I happened across this while researching my ancestry and became glued to my screen. This was presented extremely well and was very engaging. HUGE thumbs up!
Thanks Andrea! Glad you enjoyed it!
wow fascinating .congrats for making about 50 wikipedia pages into one coherent clip.exactly what i was looking for.
Excellent history of the Merovingians and Charles "The Hammer" Martel! One of the best I've seen, Dr. Reeves. Thank you!
+William L. It is so redundant to call Charles, "the Hammer Martel". Martel means just that so his name in English is Charles the Hammer.
we should call him charlie the mallet instead
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You're right, martel means hammer. But he shouldn't be named "Charles the Hammer" in english, as George Bush (for example) shouldn't be named "George le buisson" in french
how fascinating all these forgotten kings and rulers you rarely hear about on mainstream history.
WOW Thank you Ryan Reeves for a very engaging look at early European history. Your presentation was very well presented along with the visual maps and pictures.
Bees as a symbol used by Napoleon goes back to ancient Egypt, the Pharoah was the queen bee, the entire society reflected this
At 21:00 I can't believe Prof. Reeves used a still photo from Monty Python and the Holy Grail ! I love it, but OMG. Can't stop laughing.
Bring out your dead....bring out your dead! :)
I'll bet Charles Martel is spinning on his Charger over what's going on in Europe right now.
I'm American by birth, but love the humor of the country of my ancestors. The Holy Hand-grenade schtick , the Black Beast of Aaaaaa ! ! ! This is the second reason why I love history. Teachers I have had and comedians with a sense of humor they aren't afraid to shamelessly utilize sparking interest and keeping people interested.
Keep up the good works, Professor !
I'm feeling much better!
Now, go away, or I shall taunt you a second time.
"what's going on in Europe right now"
What exactly is, in your opinion, going on in Europe right now?
I've been listening through some of your videos and all I can say is, well done. Nice pacing and not too many jargons. And when there are, there's always a subsequent explanation.
Great stuff. Just found your channel and can't wait to watch all of the presentations.
This is only one of many examples of Ryan Reeves' ability to pack a lot into a little. Only gift can do that, and I confess that at least fifty percent of the impetus behind my watching his videos is to observe this gift. I have always loved history and have never heard it taught so well.
The long hair probably had to do with Astrology. Leo represents the warrior, and it's mane (long hair) represents the powerful rays of the sun. Regarding the bees, it may have to do with certain genetics which they share (RH - bloodtype) which allows them to work as a hive mind for the queen bee.
The Matrix led me here...
Thank you! I LOVE learning things like this. I knew of Charles Martel and we touched on the Battle of Tours in my World History class in college, oh way back in 1975...but the info and detail here is fantastic! Thank you!
Funny that in English speaking literature, the battle between the Franks and the Moors is called the Battle of Tours. In France, we call it the Battle of Poitiers as it happened in Vouneuil just outside of Poitiers, a good 40 miles south of Tours. It's probably referred to as such because of Tours' episcopal status.
Really good video by the way. You managed to squeeze quite a bit in short half hour.
+BlunderCity // Yes I think the name of the battle was later changed, but you're right that it's simultaneously known as Poitiers and Tours in the literature. I thought about it when crafting the audio lecture, but went with Tours, as it's the one that's most common. But you're right that Poitiers is the REAL location.
+BlunderCity
Yes, you are right - it was the Battle of Poitiers. I live in SW France and I know a lot of the history, which I like to study.
Best Regards.
+Adam Mangler
_PS_ ... Don't mention the Cathars..!
+Ryan Reeves ca you make a lecture about the sect of the assassins that was formed in persia
It may have changed after there was another Battle of Poitiers during the hundred years war.
Love your videos, they are very well put together. Ive learned a ton from them.
great job, professor!
great...just of late getting to know this most fascinating time and you have made things very clear....many thanks.
Whoa. Now this has substance!
This is a great aid in my research Ryan. Thanks so much.
Nice job! A pleasant way to learn more from our fascinating history I'm enjoying it!
Nice work. I like your use of visuals and the level of detail. I find a little bit of visuals really makes it easier to listen to a lot verbal information dumping.
Thanks, TC. Absolutely. Essentially I try to make videos that won't bore me and hope that people agree! :)
Ryan Reeves Hi Ryan, Lovely to see your work here as I researching the Merovingians for reenacting. Can you please tell me if the art work at 10:30 is Merovingian period as I want to replica one of the dresses and need to prove my creations are accurate. Can you tell me where to find this artwork or how to verify it please. Thanks in advance :-)
Belinda David i am wondering ... If a decent of the merovingians have the ability to penitrate lacerta home ( reptilian lizard) if so what would happen to that descendant?
+Andrew Marriott mmm They marry them.
i have to watch out. because lacerta / tan cloak reptilian has turned me off multidimensionaly , yet she knows that i am going to turn myself back on. so her minions follow me sometimes along with different agencies. some agencies or should i say different beings like to control others using such technology's as project :bluebird and artichoke,lol they are trying to create super solders that can be easily controlled. But how to remove the control factor. The embeded command such as "The pizza is ready" they do use blank slate technology and different aspects of beta/alpha/theta/delta brainwave programming. sealing in certain types of energy into the body so they can control you alot better. the question is... how to release that trapped energy? it's killing and creating darkness. like a empty shell ... when i was starting to develop my light-body, traveling to different planets , parallel words , dimensions /planes of existence , accessing my own soul matrix.access time/space streamline. accessing multidimensional streamline of all. and other abilities however. it is a must to master my own self before i encounter lacerta again. her group and minions are one of the responders when people have contact/communications of beings that are existing outside or by earth.
That was very informative, especially as I am my families historian!...Thank you very much for sharing this
Thanks!
You forgot about the largest and most popular faction of Franks. The Ballpark Franks.
This is an incredible voice here folks along with acute historical data. Extremely well organized and delivered! Oh if only more of those who post vid on YT could duplicate Ryan Reeves style!
Great lecture, thank you for the great effort put into this.
great series, thanks
Boy this helped so much! Thanks for the effort in making this video!
Thanks Abby.
I dig this lecture. Looking forward to seeing more of these.
Thank you! Loved this video! ❤️
Excelent lecture
Thank you for a very interesting lecture.
Very interesting, I'm happy I stumbled onto your videos.
Childeric the First, my ancetor!! so blessed am I to have my lineage documented to the fifth century AD !!
*****
Well hello cousin, we really should get acquainted on facebook, I also have a page there for Descendants of Charlemagne, I descended from his son Louis the Pious aka Louis The Fair. find me there!!
Dear Ryan, first, my thanks and compliments on your Merovingians video.
You mention that Charles Martel gave the lands to the Pope which later became the Papal States. According to the sources I am familiar with, it was his son Pepin; see Donation of Pepin ...
Could you comment on this? Thanks
This guy is brilliant. I love the depth of his nerdhood. It's supreme.
This is awesome! History we all need to know if we want to understand geopolitics..
I am from Tournai ... We had to know any details of the history of our ancestors. I liked your video. That would be great to extend the CC to not only english but french and dutch aswel. Thank you
thank you for this upload and your perspective that distinguishes them
Excellent! Thank you so much!
Very interesting lecture. Thanks Professor!
A great lecture! Thanks.
Very interesting stuff. So Glad I found your video here on youtube.
Question if I may? During the battle of Tours, did the rising sun also help, given it was cold, and winter like terrain, I would think the snow blindness from trying to rush an Eastern hill might have played a slight role in the battle.
OF course, I could be way off here. I'm just an old guy who likes history.
Love this history....excellent presentation.
History, I love it.
wow,very well done , answered alot of questions. thank you.
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Great channel for those who love history ^^
It seems to me that the tradition of giving the kingdom to1 son didn’t work very well this is because they usually had to spend significant time &energy preserving their kingdom against siblings who wanted to take it away
thanks for the lecture!
Wow, thanks Ryan Reeves, I have always felt a fascination for Medieval History & now I know why. Looking into Bishop Ulfilas (hope that is correct spelling!) and the Arian creed.
Wonderful lecture sir
also l could read some posts here and some of them you´re so kind to give attention and answer-this is so nice of you- tks
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thank you. very good presentation and easy to follow. :-)
Thanks! Appreciate it!
I am confused. At 4:00 you tell that the Salian Franks were situated in the Rhine delta, but on the map you show they are depicted south of the Rhine estuary, along the river Schelde.
Very nice lecture, thank you!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
Ryan Reeves just makes them look larger average mammal defence mechanism
Josh Byrnes That explains why hair metal bands are always so boss.
Ryan Reeves lol
Excellent, thank you.
What are your sources? These are pretty good, but I'd like to have an even more detailed read on the whole subject.
Excellent lecture. Refreshingly free from much of the peripheral BS that often seems to be thrown in whenever people examine this period
Love your vids, nice work. One thing I found interesting and is something I've never really thought about before, but it seems obvious, is the looting of the army base camps during a battle. Did they leave a lot men behind to secure it? Did locals/peasants ever rob these camps?
21:00
Hi Doc, I have a question. By "becoming part of the Frankish Empire" does that mean Odo gave away some of his land or did he just become a vassal of Charles?
Really great videos. Curious your opinion on the Jewish role in Battle of Tours (given the scope and breadth of you knowledge I''m sure you are familiar with the theory from Zuckerman). It seems that their presence in the South of France, in addition to their role in Spanish history, is well documented enough.
Great video; subscribed!
Great lecture.
well done, very interesting.
Mr. Reeves, are you still making videos?
thank you for the video
well presented bit of history :)
Please tell me I didn't just read the words "Umayyad calvary" at 23:08. It undermines everything I've been taught. ;)
It was not as commonly mistranslated 'Pépin the short' but Pépin Le Bref which translates to english as 'Pépin the straightforward' at best. Unfortunately there is no english word that properly translates 'Le bref' from the French.
goognam goognws sure there is, brief. :P
tisFrancesfault not at all. The english language is stuffed with 'false friends' words that are taken from the french but whose meaning in english has lost the original meaning.
In Serbian history textbooks, it is even worse. He is called Pipin the Small (truth be told, not many 13 year olds in Serbia care or should care about them, so it is not a big deal anyway). Although I was probably only 13 when we were first thought about this crew, I was kinda perplexed so as to why was he called the Small when obviously he was a sort of a badass. I though this was because he was really short, but now it makes sense.
By the way, could Le Bref be translated as The Laconic One?
curt
excellent lecture
Glad you enjoyed it.
yes thank u
Great video. Extremely interesting and informative. Many thanks.
I didn't hear any mention of Philip of macedonia being a merovigian who's son was Alexander the great (not really)
is it just me, or is it obvious which characters in G.O.T. got their inspiration from, when watching this? Love the videos! History is so much more entertaining than fiction!
The bees found in Childerics tomb likely are symbolic of the Norns in Germanic mythology. The three sisters[godesses] who spin the Web of Wyrd, In part representing past, present and future. I doubt any relationship to Egyptian mythology.
In the colour pic of Childeric the Third having his hair cut , 18:40, off he looks like Donald Trump!
It's funny because, for the battle that saved Europe from Muslims, you anglo-saxons learn that this battle is named the Battle of Tours and in France we learn that it was the Battle of Poitiers. Well, the battle took place between the two cities, that's why, but it's funny to see the different versions of its name.
I recall reading about large no man zones around the Frankish or Germanic borders(I honestly do not remember ) which was used as a sort of buffer zone. in which any person in that area would be killed and left to decay. some where said to be up to 600km large. I was hoping some one could point in the right direction as far as sources go.
interesting time .
i miss it .
Broom Hilda?? 12:50 :)
What a fascinating journey through the forbidden ancient history of the royal blood lines, and possible linage of Christ!
Excellent narration and visual aids! 😌🌷
subscribed - excellentvideo and nice audio with fantastic english pronunciation-could say diction? ok-not many people are able to make themselves understood on a video-but yuor speech is fantastic for a foreigner language like mine-portuguese from Brazil -the best on youtube.thanks a lot-anna.
Bourbon is delish
Is that Gandalf at 6:40?
Gabriel Borisevich Merlin
Neither Gandalf nor Merlin. It's Odin.
Gabriel B Odin actually.
Wotan. Missing one eye.
I'm watching for a second time and couldn't help but notice that, at 23:08, we see, "Umayyad calvary." Calvary is where they tell us Jesus died. The cavalry fought on horseback. I swear, Prof. Reeves, I am not trying to be a pain in the ass. I can do it without trying. Best.
No offense at all. Have to have a thick skin on the internet. :) I think I was recording that audio at like 3am...that was back when I was rushing to finish deadlines for the videos. Not a few spelling typos or other little things that come through....not that people haven't been able to find them all and point them out! ;)
At 14:10, the women standing in the middle amoung the four news kings is Clotilde, wife of Clovis, not brunhilda. Because of the mutterreicht, like Brunhilda, she had to become like a king acting in the shadow because, three of the four kings here was to young for owning a kingdom
My ancestors....yes it was a shock!!
Very informative, I'm impress. I love history
Bravo !!
from PERSIA with Passion
Very good.
Thanks, Alan.
William Brewster the elder is the lineage he was a mayflower passenger the closest relative of William Saint grail the one that made the free mason and Roselyn chapel in Scotland
"Winter is coming..."
Thanks, Ned.