@isidornimages
Don't think I've ever seen a History Matters video with such a high death count.
@FRIDAY-lt3ei
Because James Biseonette wasn’t there to pay for it
@adamweishaupt3733
2:32 that Barbarossa joke was harsh damn
@antisaltknight887
Other notes of importance with Otto and this subject: 1)His approach was for a quick union of the leftover over the empire by doing a very decentralized approach. As opposed to the empire under Karolus Magnus, which was a regular empire with a central authority under the Franks. This guaranteed him a more popular approach than the Franks, but in turn would set the next millenia of trouble for the HRE of having a very decentralized core approach. Meanwhile the Franks never let got of the idea of the central authority approach, which was followed by centuries of bitter struggle to solidify it back 2) Otto initially put lot of importance into grabbing the Frank part, in fact Otto declared himself Rex Francorum (king of the Frank) and Otto 's puppet was a member and potential heir to the western Frank kingdom.. Otto had play the card of the (false) support of the Frank side by buttering up the Frank king while behind his back trying to replace him by a puppet that would agree to Otto demand. This became known by the Franks which in turn sacked the former capital funded by Karolus Magnus and were then chased down by Otto. This ruined any possible attempt from Otto at getting the Frank territory integrated as his freshly pieced back very decentralized HRE didn't have the manpower to do it by force (later HRE emperor would try but fail) Ironically, it is during this conflict that Robert, would distinguish himself and would become the ancestor of all French king through the dynasty of the Capetian 3) The HRE crown wasn't a Frank crown, Karolus had tried writing into it as the "crown of the Roman and Franks" but not enough time had passed to have any effect. It remained a title bestowed by the pope and as such could come into Franks hand as easily as Saxon ones. Otto simply outplayed Karolus descendant. 4) Franks were also not super popular with germans, notably because: 1st Karolus invaded them and even conducted purge of the "heretics" one 2nd While also of germanic origin, the Franks had already migrated several centuries ago and had dropped their germanic tradition in favor of Roman one and not just but the language too. It is also why Karolus wrote his name as "Karolus" instead of Karl. And while this was done to favor the Frank nobility ruling over the gallo-roman latin speakingg population, this created a bridge between an heavily latin leaning culture and a germanic leaning one (also why Karolus didn't hesitate being violent with them) In the end, Saxon were simply closer to the germanic tribes of the fragmented empire than were Franks. And most noble Frank that had territory in the east part of Charlemagne/Karolus empire, quickly lost it while the west side hold unto it until revolution for some TL;DR: While on the surface, it seems to be a germanic conflict, the reality is that it was a divide between territory that were now fully latin, had their rules and institution put in place by Roman and Franks And Territory fully germanic leaning who saw in Franks invader or at best, temporary ruler whose empire crumbled in less than a century? And the rest was games of power
@jeremykraenzlein5975
Starting at 0:13, we see Charlemagne's empire divided into "France" and "Not France". Was this a deliberate "History of the World, I Guess" reference?
@TYTARMY
I don't need to watch this. The reason the Romans could not take France is because there was this small village with a druid who invented a magic potion that gave his people super strength.
@PopeLando
I can never resist reading "Louis the Pious" as "Looey the Pooey".
@EdimentalGardens
Morale of the story: never prepay your bribes
@jimparsons6803
Informative, fast-paced, and funny.
@mythplatypuspwned
It's always funny when History Matters characters just randomly drop dead out of nowhere. 🤣
@saopro21
So early I can almost hear James Bisonette whispering in my ear: "The videos must flow"
@julien3331
The truth is that in France, the central power managed to regain importance and the French monarchy, which became absolute in the 17th century, sought to bring together the "French" provinces. Conversely, in Germany, the central power continued to decline, the monarchy became elective and micro-principalities multiplied. Right before the French Revolution, France was a powerful, populated and modern country. While germany, for its part, was composed of a myriad of small states such as monarchies, free cities, episcopal principalities... loosely gathered within a feudal institution, the Holy Roman Empire.
@Ranked_Journey
The HRE is such a fascinating part of history that I feel does not get talked about nearly enough.
@m136dalie
Amazing how much you pack in 3 minutes and its so enjoyable to watch
@nihadnsirov2290
GOAT of a history channel.
@gustavocarvalholoboleite3526
Sugestion to video: Why did China not have a westernization/industrialization in 19th century like Japan?
@time_warriors
Charlemagne’s empire was massive, so it’s fascinating to see how and why France drifted away from the Holy Roman Empire. Can’t wait to dive into this historical split!
@D2RCR
"In 768, the kingdom of the Franks was run by King Pepin of the Carolingian dynasty, who took this opportune moment...to die."
@tom_sundog
If Francis had Kelly Moneymaker on his side he probably would've won
@jgr7487