Divorcing a King - Eleanor of Aquitaine - European History - Part 1 - Extra History
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April, 1137 Paris. Elenor of Aquitaine's father has died and King Louis has the PERFECT husband for her. His own heir to the throne, Louis the VII! Who quickly becomes smitten with the young girl but after angering the pope, fighting in a crusade, and having a few daughters the young couple's relationship is on rocks. Good thing Eleanor has the perfect solution for them, Divorce!
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@extrahistory Рік тому
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@winestatue Рік тому
Sup extra credits
@phantom765 Рік тому
OMG I LOVE THIS CHANNEL, No other historty shannel makes me feel so much glee to learn.
@NuclearTzar Рік тому
I have a question are yall able to do a episode on the Taiping rebellion?
@robertjarman3703 Рік тому
Hum, Eleanor and her uncle being controversial? Really? In the time when the Holy Roman Empire was a thing? The only thing that was off limits for them was clones having sex.
@SafavidAfsharid3197 Рік тому
Hey can you make a series on akber or Man Singh or Peshwa bajirao?
@UrpleSquirrel Рік тому
Thanks for acknowledging that the supposed affair between Eleanor and her uncle was basically just her being excited to spend time with someone who acted "normally".
@NinjaGrrrl7734 Рік тому
Normanly, you say?
@haven_lady675 Рік тому
Who wouldn't greet their family?
@cutekoala5492 Рік тому
There was no affair
@NinjaGrrrl7734 Рік тому
@@cutekoala5492 I am dying to know how you plan to prove this assertion. I eagerly await your receipts.
@ryanizcool3370 Рік тому
To be fair, knowing how often people in relationships accuse each other of things they are doing themselves. It seems odd that she would suggest annulment for being too closely related. Unless of course she was having relations with a family member, then it would make sense.
@abcdef27669 Рік тому
Ok, in one episode we got a prince killed by a pig, a church burning with 1200 innocent lives, a crusade disastrous even for the average results of those expeditions, pirates, a Pope serving as a matchmaker, and a divorce happening before Henry VIII. Ah, the Medieval times...
@Oxtocoatl13 Рік тому
Divorces were always possible in the Catholic church, if there were reasonable grounds. Nobles often, like Eleanor here, claimed they were too closely related, while not being able to procreate was also a legitimate reason. IIRC there was a court case in England where a wife sought divorce on the grounds that her husband was impotent, and the court assigned three women to attempt to arouse him. The women verified the wife's claims and divorce was granted. The reason Henry VIII was so pissed was that he didn't get one, even though he thought he had a good case.
@jaimepujol5507 Рік тому
@@Oxtocoatl13 Tecnically not a divorce because the Catholic Church does not allow divorces. The loophole is annulment, by which they say that proper-official-forrealsies marriage never happened and so is invalid, which is why they have to ask the Pope permission
@Snowthree Рік тому
We still are lacking a horse becoming Emperor of Rome for a proper CKII experience.
@Galaick Рік тому
In Medieval France, just another Tuesday
@roidrannoc1691 Рік тому
Technically a king killed by a pig... Philip was a Junior King, so even if he never ruled since he died before his father, he was still a king!
@iamseamonkey6688 Рік тому
It's always endlessly fascinating watching the creative ways in which women like Eleanor were able to maneuver their way around a society hostile to them.
@ClemDiamond Рік тому
Hostile is too strong of a word for medieval society, rather women were expected to be submissive, but they had rights and some could be very powerful. Eleanor of Aquitaine is a prime example of a woman breaking the mold but also showing that it was, in fact, possible without much consequences. The Renaissance and the modern times were in some ways worse than medieval ages. Think what would happen to a woman who gave only two daughters in 15 years to, say, Henry VIII of England. There was a very effective smearing campaign on her in France when the 100 years war began and she was the reason that Aquitaine was in english hands. She is very unpopular in most of France even today, but she wasn't so when she was alive.
@Marthe535 Рік тому
@@ClemDiamond nice
@jaybee9269 Рік тому
@@ClemDiamond >> Thanks for the information, good points.
@richardpaschal2218 4 місяці тому
@@ClemDiamondParis was pretty much a sewer until Alienor arrived with her Aquaitaine Culture and civilized it, to the chargin of the clerics of St. Denis. Coco Chanel was a wannabe. Alienor is the one who brought high fashion to Paris, and much more. .
@AtlasNovack Рік тому
Matt turning to his left near the end sends a chill down my spine and I don't know why
@extrahistory Рік тому
He always tries to get his good side on camera but sometimes things just doing work out.
@mccoyfleming6664 Рік тому
@@extrahistory WALPOLE STICKER HOW?!?!
@MinibitX Рік тому
SAME
@notme8232 Рік тому
@@mccoyfleming6664 It was Walpole. He made the sticker
@Science_exists Рік тому
How did you post this 1 day ago if this video has been up for around 2 hours
@cactuscornette Рік тому
To quote Lord Norwich: ''Eleanor of Aquitaine, married to one of Englands greatest kings and mother to two of it's worst.''
@rachel_sj Рік тому
I’ve read a bit about Eleanor and it was fascinating to read about how a young Eleanor was so used to a warm climate, Mediterranean feasts, bards singing songs during them, speaking her mind due to a great education and an overall colorful life. It was written that she felt very stifled in the drab, damp and boring Northern France and I would be too if I imagined myself forced to marry and endure the whiplash of the change (for awhile at least as seen as her leaving Louis)
@ecurewitz Рік тому
And once she realized northern France was bad, wait till she got to England.
@NinjaGrrrl7734 Рік тому
@@ecurewitz yeah, but Henry knew how to put it down. Louis should have been a priest as far as she was concerned. At least, that's what she said. She and Louis never had kids, then she met Henry and started popping out kids left and right. Wish she'd have stopped before John, but, you know, magna carta and whatnot.
@ClemDiamond Рік тому
@@NinjaGrrrl7734 "Never had kids" They had 2 daughters.
@ecurewitz Рік тому
@@ClemDiamond beat me to it
@PewPewPlasmagun Рік тому
@@ClemDiamond But she got a son from Henry immediately and thus a prince. Loius must have felt pretty dumb and insulted when he learned.
@prestonjones1653 Рік тому
Fun fact, Eleanor's annulment was done on grounds of consanguinity as Louis VII was her second cousin. Henry, her second husband, was her first cousin.
@gilemal1469 Рік тому
So Eleanor divorced her first husband because he wasn't closely related enough to keep the bloodline pure?
@commanderstorm8874 Рік тому
Standard medieval stuff
@stupotgorilla Рік тому
Lmao i love that so much! When your new husband has a bigger army, bigger coffers, and is far more intelligent and ruthless nobody sweats the small stuff.
@DracarmenWinterspring Рік тому
lol, but you got a source for that? Wikipedia claims her first husband was her 3rd cousin once removed, and her second husband was just her 3rd cousin (so your point still stands, but both of these would be borderline incestuous even by modern non-royal standards)
@yxseen.szn_ Рік тому
Henry was her 3rd cousin tho?
@giladpellaeon1691 Рік тому
"The Pope's sexy time bed" is a phrase that cannot be unheard and will now live rent free in my mind. 😆
@reindrawzz Місяць тому
Same😭
@Robert6P6M Рік тому
Well, Occitan isn't a dialect of French. It's a completely different language, more closely related to Catalan than to French.
@kennethstople3969 Рік тому
They messed up the first crusading king as well, so they havent done their proper research for this one.
@elirodriguez4411 Рік тому
Well, the difference between language and dialect basically is State and institution's reconnaissance, and the French State that emerged from Île-de-France was the one to centralize and require documents in french (even though this happened in 1539, way after Elenor), so I think the use of dialect here is correct. The only official communication device at the moment was Latin, which was already falling in disuse. The langue of oil (that eventually would turn into french) was also technically a dialect at the time, and they never say "dialect of french" on the video.
@alex_zetsu Рік тому
To be honest, I'm not sure your average speaker of a Germanic language (like English) could tell where dialects in the Romance family falls. If you speak Romanian to us, then Catalan, and then "Standard" French, a lot of us might pick up they sound different, but we wouldn't be able to tell if they were 3 separate romance languages or 3 dialects of a Romance language. Some Germans might be able to if only due to enough Italian and French tourists that even if they don't understand either they can tell them apart.
@NapoleonAquila Рік тому
on va te franciser comme les romains l'ont fait aux gaulois
@julienf2301 Рік тому
@@elirodriguez4411 There are several definitions of "language" and "dialect". And, depending on the definition you choose, being a "dialect" doesn't necessarily mean not being a "language" (in that sense what the video says is not necessarily wrong). But most commonly a language is defined by a strong level of inter-comprehension between its speakers. And this is definitely the case for medieval Occitan, which had a large body of literature in a semi-standardised form, exchanged all around its speaking area and around Europe (for instance Catalan authors were often writing in standardised Occitan -aka "Llemosi"- rather than their own dialect). Also it wasn't as strongly dialectised as modern Occitan.
@silenceisgolden6097 Рік тому
Eleanor: I want a divorce. The pope: I have a better idea :) * dims the candles while playing the medieval version of Let's get it on *
@ThatFanBoyGuy Рік тому
The fact that a painting of a pig tripping a horse exists proves that the people during that time found it as hilarious as it was tragic
@ndemers Рік тому
Well, the crown prince being killed by a pig was certainly a big deal. Nowadays we'd do Netflix specials, but they did the best they could!
@Patrick-dx3oq Рік тому
I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU GUYS DID AN EPISODE ON ELEANOR !!! SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!
@terriblefate4232 Рік тому
Not just an episode either, a full on series. HYPE!
@T.GLongstaff Рік тому
Yeah she’s always been a super interesting historical figure and I know extra credits does good work but they often come up short when doing videos about famous historical women. I’m sure this is them trying to fix that and I’m super happy they’ve listened to fans and picked such a interesting and important women to do a series about.
@extrahistory Рік тому
You're excited!!! WE'RE EXCITED! Rob has been on the edge of his seat waiting for this video to hit UKposts!
@plucas1 Рік тому
Truly a woman with HUGE tracts of land! No, really, her duchy was enormous.
@2keyblades Рік тому
We have gotten Saladin, Pedro the second, Menelik the second and now Elenor. Can we continue the Civilization 6 tour by having either Tamar of Georgia or Jadwiga of Poland next?
@nathanseper8738 Рік тому
“Horse tripped over a pig” sounds like something you’d see in America’s Funniest Home Videos LOL!
@alexandergangaware429 Рік тому
I like how the illustration has all of the retainers looking up at the sky like, "Really, God? This is how he goes?"
@alf513 Рік тому
Did the pig swallow a fly?
@nathanseper8738 Рік тому
@@alexandergangaware429 Something out of some wacky comedy movie.
@nathanseper8738 Рік тому
@@alf513 Good question.
@kathyastrom1315 Рік тому
Oh, yay-Eleanor!!! I first learned about her in my early/medieval British history class in college, my professor just loved talking about her. He mentioned the rumor that the morning after her wedding night with Henry, she favorably compared his lovemaking to her first husband’s. I was really thrilled when doing my family genealogy a few years ago to discover a 10th great grandfather who was a gateway ancestor, someone whose family tree was well established back to William the Conqueror and then back to Charlemagne. Eleanor is my 26th great grandmother! I also have on that line a 17th great grandfather who was the stepfather of Margaret Beaufort, another medieval woman who deserves the EC treatment.
@walli6388 Рік тому
Pretty much everyone in Europe is related to Charlemagne.
@lephinor2458 Рік тому
How did you find out.
@kathyastrom1315 Рік тому
@@lephinor2458 In filling out my family tree on Ancestry. They have hints for people in their database that include things like photographs, census entries, birth and death records, as well as any personal stories or excerpts from books. My 10th great grandfather’s family tree was published in several books about a century ago. There are lots of people like him who are equally well-documented, especially amongst those who arrived in the New World in the earlier centuries of European colonization. I had no idea that my grandmother’s family was so firmly rooted in colonial America (over 85% of her side arrived in North America before 1700) until I started researching. I had just assumed they were 19th century immigrants like on my mother’s side.
@kathyastrom1315 Рік тому
@@lephinor2458 I will add that genealogy is a fascinating hobby! For me, though, the best discovery hasn’t been the royalty connection, it’s been the ordinary people who lived amazing lives that I can’t imagine. It’s the son of that gateway ancestor who lost nearly his entire family to a neighbor boy with an axe-his only surviving child grew up to be a religious dissenter in Connecticut. It’s the nieces and nephew of my 6th great grandfather (who fought in the Revolutionary War) who joined the Shakers. And best of all, it’s my great great grandmother who lived a life of so many twists and turns that I am doing the research to write a book about her. And it’s also the living people I’ve connected with! The people in online groups who exchange tips and provide support, and more importantly, it’s the distant cousins I’ve struck up email correspondence with who I never would have even heard of before this.
@tams805 Рік тому
Americans are always so obsessed with ancestry.
@edisonlima4647 Рік тому
"The Lion in Winter", in which Katherine Hepburn plays Alienor of Aquitaine is one of the most quotable movies of all times and absolutely amazing and I will die on this hill!!!!!
@eldorados_lost_searcher Рік тому
I'll keep you company. With some quotes for good measure: Eleanor of Aquitaine: And when you die, which is regrettable but necessary, what will happen to frail Alais and her pruny prince? You can't think Richard's going to wait for your grotesque to grow. Henry II: You wouldn't let him do a thing like that. Eleanor of Aquitaine: Let him? I'd push him through the nursery door. Henry II: You're not that cruel. Eleanor of Aquitaine: Don't fret. We'll wait until you're dead to do it. Henry II: Eleanor, what do you want? Eleanor of Aquitaine: Just what you want, a king for a son. You can make more, I can't. You think I want to disappear? One son is all I've got, and you can blot him out and call me cruel? For these ten years you've lived with everything I've lost, and loved another woman through it all, and I am cruel? I could peel you like a pear and God himself would call it justice!
@graceskerp Рік тому
"He married out of love a woman out of legend. Never in Rome, Alexandria or Camelot has there been such a queen."
@Xerxes2005 Рік тому
"I even made poor Louis take me on Crusade. How's that for blasphemy. I dressed my maids as Amazons and rode bare-breasted halfway to Damascus. Louis had a seizure and I damn near died of windburn... but the troops were dazzled."
@graceskerp Рік тому
"Well, what family doesn't have its ups and downs?"
@fanofgenericwtlalt Рік тому
I say to my sister that it's basically Arrested Development: Plantagenet Edition. Especially when Eleanor has the confession about not liking her children.
@TheBlankNoName Рік тому
King Louis the 6th: Yo two minors, get married real quick At least they were near each other in age
@ekrenz5268 Рік тому
Eleanor is one of my favorite historic female figures, I often consider her as the Cleopatra of France.
@FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv Рік тому
Oh here we go! Mother of Richard the Lionheart and Queen of Two Courts of Love.
@arthurboidron33one Рік тому
You cannot even begin to understand how happy I am to see a serie about Aliénord of Aquitaine, a huge thank you to the team from an Aquitanian men
@philtkaswahl2124 Рік тому
Ah Eleanor of Aquitaine. One of those historical figures whose lives read like a Medieval historical drama, with Eleanor being the main character the entire series and its convoluted plot twists revolves around.
@thegrimmarcher202 Рік тому
"This made him the first king to go on crusade" Sigurd the first of Norway: Am I a joke to you?
@punelopepunstop5515 Рік тому
Who needs soap operas, when we got medieval history?
@rukbat3 Рік тому
I've always loved Eleanor of Aquitaine, based largely on reading A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E.L. Koenigsburg as a child and on the fact that she is a minor character in my favorite Robin Hood movie (Disney's The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men) and is a total badass. Very excited for this series!
@edisonlima4647 Рік тому
Have you watched "The Lion in Winter"? Is an older and embittered Eleanor, but she is still amazing, the lines are endlessly quotable and the cast is entirely awesome!!
@rukbat3 Рік тому
@@edisonlima4647 I have seen it, but it was a long time ago, and I barely remember it! I guess it's time for a rewatch!
@qdHazen Рік тому
Having played her son Geoffrey in “The Lion in Winter,” this will be a very interesting series for me.
@Xerxes2005 Рік тому
Then you must be very knowledgeable...
@edisonlima4647 Рік тому
"Oh, but who ever thinks of poor Geoffrey?"
@qdHazen Рік тому
No one *ever* thinks of crowns and mentions Geoffrey. Why is that?
@Xerxes2005 Рік тому
@@qdHazen To be honest, out of the three brothers in this movie, I believe he would have been the best king. A bit drab, but probably the most competent. I don't know about the historical Geoffrey though.
@Suite_annamite 3 місяці тому
Although I'm of mainly Vietnamese extraction, I have two French-Canadian aunts: one of whom has broad Aquitanian heritage through Bordeaux specifically, but Gascony in general; and another whose origins are broadly from Champagne. Nice to see both places brought up seemingly so randomly.
@epicguy3449 Рік тому
Luis seems like a good husband.Definitely treated his wife better than most kings at his time
@tananario Рік тому
Louis.
@hoonshiming99 Рік тому
Too bad his wife didn’t care much about him. Rumours of her sleeping with her uncle, being the one to suggest annulment, and ditching her first husband to marry the future king of England which further sparked the Hundred Years’ War, yeah not really a great woman if you think about it.
@Darkgun231 Рік тому
@@hoonshiming99 In her defense, she didn't suggest annulment until the cracks in her marriage started to show during the disaster that was the 2nd Crusade. And odds are the rumors were just that, rumors. Mere slander spread by nobles who didn't like her. A fairly common tactic then and now. Honestly, without knowing more, I'd say Eleanor was probably bitter and dis-satisfied with her husband long before the Crusade, but tried to make it work since that was her duty as a wife and queen. But things just kept piling up without being resolved. And in my opinion, Louis VII seems like he was a bit too much of a god-botherer to be any good at being a king or husband.
@Numba003 Рік тому
@@Darkgun231 god-botherer?
@pussydestroyer69285 3 місяці тому
@@hoonshiming99 lmao because of rumours? She’s not a bad woman for wanting to leave a marriage she didn’t want to be in
@NGBigfield Рік тому
That's amazing! I've just reached the part in the podcast "The History of the English Language Podcasts" where he mentiones her and her critical role on influencing the English language!
@annnichols3091 Рік тому
Aw, the cat looks so cute in a crown.
@MrT3a Рік тому
I love Eleonor's story ! Thanks for covering this great figure of both French and English history.
@malachiphoniex8501 Рік тому
I'm interested in starting a discussion: what topics do you think are not taught enough or even explored? Coming from an American angle, I think the Japanse occupation and Pacific resistance to the occupation, Byzantine history, Australian colonization, Bengal famine, and early North American exploration are good examples.
@Lightspeeds Рік тому
You hit a fair chunk of the big ones. I'd like to learn a bit more about European colonialism in Africa.
@trev6004 Рік тому
Most of the history in the middle east can be considered extremely important but under taught, with some of the greatest empires in history being based in this region. (Ex: The Persian Empire, Alexander, Parthians, Palmyrene's, Sassanid's and a lot of Caliphates further on) Honestly, a lot of Muslim goes untaught, even through a lot of important and interesting stuff happened in Muslim regions , most notably the Islamic golden age which gave us massive strides in maths, literature, medicine and more. (Including Coffee) As a brit, I don't remember touching on any of these thing's, bar a bit on Alexander as a person, not anything about his achievements and even then I was very young.
@TheTrueAdept Рік тому
I always wanted to see Ferdinand graf Zeppelin, Junker (Prussian military nobility), Calvary Officer, War hero, and inventor of: Zeppelins (took the idea after a short trip to observe the American Civil War after riding in a hot air balloon), aerospace corporations (because he needed the infrastructure to build Zeppelins), and airlines (to sell the idea to the military _and_ the people). ;)
@Scientin Рік тому
@@trev6004 Hard agree on middle eastern history. I took a course on premodern middle east in college and it was absolutely fascinating. While Europe's going through their "dark ages" there's this whole Islamic Golden Age going on. Additionally, I wish southeast asian history was taught more. Back in high school when talking about world history we only ever really discussed China, India, and Japan. No mention of the various southeastern trading kingdoms or anything else for that matter until the Vietnam War.
@tananario Рік тому
The amazing African kingdoms.
@napoleonibonaparte7198 Рік тому
And she’s going to cause a rivalry that will last nearly a thousand years…
@OhSkyeLanta Рік тому
I’m attempting a different sort of Tudor Novel and Eleanor of Aquitaine is one of the inspirations and role models I’ll be drawing most heavily on, so I’m really excited to see you cover her!
@foxpro3002 Рік тому
Good luck in writing it 😊👍
@extrahistory Рік тому
Good luck on your book!
@dapperduck4250 Рік тому
Hopefully one day you guys go over the life of Margaret Beaufort! The Mother of Henry Tudor and how she navigated her and her son's way through the wars of the roses and eventually to the throne
@edisonlima4647 Рік тому
That BBC monumentally well toned documentary on her ending their cycle of docus on The Wars of the Roses is impossible to match, though...
@dapperduck4250 Рік тому
@@edisonlima4647 I wasn't aware the BBC did one! I'll have to check it after work!
@dapperduck4250 Рік тому
@@edisonlima4647 you were right! It's really well done! I'd still love to see how the extra credits team would present it though! Thanks for the recommendation!
@edwarren8541 Рік тому
Eleanor is a fascinating person. I requested that you do a series on her -- I'm sure I'm not the only one who did so -- thank you for this!
@benjaminobienu5297 Рік тому
This gave some thoughts about Eleanor as the fabulous queen of England and France. I can't wait for more, and I love how you guys have done with history with animation, for it is worth watching videos on them. Can I ask you guys a question? By the way, I'm a massive fan of this channel, but I do not subscribe to the channel yet.
@BugsydorPrime Рік тому
I remember bits and pieces of this from reading _A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver_ in middle school. Looking forward to more!
@paulmcdaris77 Рік тому
I love this! My first exposure to Eleanor was in the movie The Lion in Winter with Kathrine Hepburn and Peter O’Toole, which saw the imagined Christmas court of Henry II. It was an amazing performance and show and since then it’s always wonderful to see any media represent one of the most interesting though little known female figures of history, either from CIV to this!
@maxrlx5467 Рік тому
I love this new art, I've been watching for so long and I love this channel.
@samanthabennett-medievh5328 Рік тому
I've been waiting for y'all to do a series on her! Yay!
@barbaros99 Рік тому
Welp, time to play all of "The Lion in Winter" in my head now.
@benjaminorr5655 Рік тому
I absolutely love this thumbnail format! It looks so nice!
@BlakLite15 Рік тому
I love the way that Medieval art struggles to capture human faces, often leaving characters with completely deadpan expressions. It makes every painting they're in drip with the energy of, "Oh no! Anyway..."
@robinrehlinghaus1944 11 місяців тому
In the cases of saints or royalty, they're often made like that to demonstrate stoic endurance. Medieval art is highly symbolic, being accurate to real expression wasn't always the case. Though it's visible that medieval masonry is much more lively than illuminations in many instances.
@BlakLite15 11 місяців тому
@@robinrehlinghaus1944 Even so, it's still funny.
@hetalianotaku7103 10 місяців тому
@@robinrehlinghaus1944 Not to mention paper and art tools were often expensive. And few people had any time to refine any artistic skills.
@robinrehlinghaus1944 10 місяців тому
@@hetalianotaku7103 Well, that's not untrue, but I wouldn't quite put it like that. Anyone can have the time and creativity to do a scribble on birch bark, and ink isn't exactly difficult to make... we do see an explosive growth of writing and drawing after the spread of paper in the late medieval period, but I'd say that what deserves to be made and preserved was perceived differently, more notably. The basic materials wouldn't have been unachievable for common folk, it's just that writing and drawing/painting were highly valued and I believe a common man might well have felt like doing something very inappropriate if he was to make a drawing of something mondänen since due to the aforementioned symbolic nature of medieval art, he would probably have been unable to be as nuanced as the monks and scribes, even though his art's degree of naturalism might not have been too different.
@hetalianotaku7103 10 місяців тому
@@robinrehlinghaus1944 There were some exceptions, like the jack-of-all-trades Matthew Paris. But that other person was right. Monarchy was meant to be depicted symbolically at this time rather than realistically.
@xaviersaavedra7442 Рік тому
I love the continuity on the crusade/Saladin episodes.
@brandonbohr.7301 Рік тому
Informative and amazing video as always.
@jas1007 Рік тому
Excellent topic for a new series!
@1000eau Рік тому
I really liked this video, I'm Aquitainian and I'm glad you're making videos about our most famous duchess ^^
@vikkidc3859 Рік тому
Yes! I've been waiting for this
@margotchekan7467 Рік тому
This is fantastic! I have been hyperfixated on Eleanor of Aquitaine for a few weeks. Books research, now this!
@doyouevenpraise189 Рік тому
Nice love all these animated medieval stories.
@JaimeNyx15 Рік тому
Eleanor is the coolest. Can't wait to see her life animated (and for Lies after all this is done)
@Googledeservestodie Рік тому
Imagine being that crusaders state waiting for knights and soldiers and you end up getting a bickering married couple instead.
@steveamato4857 3 місяці тому
These videos are so great. I really enjoy them.
@ceebee9195 Рік тому
Looking forward to this, Eleanor is a truly fascinating character. I’m hoping we’ll see a cameo from William Marshall, another pivotal figure from this period who I’d love to see you take a crack at someday.
@Ryu_D Рік тому
Thank you for the video.
@karsenknight Рік тому
Great vid so far!
@florabamalife1859 Рік тому
The pope has some interesting ways to counsel 🤣
@Lionstar16 Рік тому
I'm looking forward to this Extra Credits series on Eleanor of Aquitaine - one of the greatest women in history :)
@papallegatepoope3010 Рік тому
First time a king went on crusade? What about king Sigurd of Norway?
@Siegbert85 Рік тому
Fair point!
@thenablade858 3 місяці тому
That was the Crusade equivalent of an OK spin off tv series that nobody really cared about. This is the actual Second Crusade.
@KoalaKate Рік тому
FINALLY, Eleanor, yay! Thanks so much!
@Annathesilent Рік тому
A video thats 10 minutes exactly i love it
@TheCreepypro Рік тому
this is going to be a good series I can feel it
@terryyaki3936 Рік тому
Just when i thought this channel couldn't get any better, Blackadder references
@frankharr9466 Рік тому
My mom was a fan of El. I'm looking forward to learning more about her.
@theemoon580 Рік тому
Love the new style for the thumbnail
@deniseeulert2503 Рік тому
Now I'm going to have to wait for part two.
@Nick-mp1zh 28 днів тому
I’m a huge fan of history, and my wife and I decided to name any sons we have after famous historical kings and any daughters after famous queens. Our firstborn is named Eleanor after this very queen, and it’s awesome that you guys have a great video series we can use to learn about her namesake.
@oykuerkaya6651 Рік тому
Hello, i've been following your channel for quite some time now and I am especially fond of extra history and mythology. I was wondering if you could make a few videos about the Turkish Independence War(especially now that 30th of August coming up). I have never seen anything about it on any international channels. It is drastically overlooked considering how it affected other nations to gain their independence. Thank you
@robertcoutu8961 Рік тому
Love today's subject and very interested to hear how that laser mirror puzzle for your dnd game goes lol!
@Numba003 Рік тому
I am familiar with the name, but I can't say I remember much more about Eleanor aside from that. I'll have to watch the rest of the series and learn. Thank you for another interesting video! Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)
@DomyTheMad420 Рік тому
"who?! I've never even HEARD of that name?!" how i know it's gonna become one of my favorite series by you guys ;)
@peytonreed937 Рік тому
So, new style of thumbnail? Oh this is gonna be awesome!
@stefvandreunen1041 Рік тому
Omg this is one of the funniest video’s y all ever made. The pope as marriage councillor suprised me. I was like wow damn what he do then? Oh makes sense, that’s on me, i set the bar too high
@bishoukun Рік тому
It's so sad that she had to leave her daughters. Eleanor is absolutely an amazing heckin' lady.
@matthewbunting9890 Рік тому
You now the funny thing is a couple of days ago I was playing Sid's Civilisation 6 with a couple of my friends playing as England and I got to thinking huh wonder if there's some nice easy info on Eleanor of Aquitaine. Maybe I'll see if Extra Credits have done a series on her.. and oh look you've just started one.. nice timing :D .
@Kadenshandle Рік тому
Wow! I enjoy the new art style. It looks nice.
@mogscugg2639 Рік тому
In Sid Meier's Civ 6, Eleanor is the ancestor to ten other leaders: Matthias Corvinus of Hungary Jadwiga of Poland Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands Queen Victoria of England Theodore Roosevelt of the US Joao III of Portugal Philip II of Spain Pedro II of Brazil Catherine di Medici of France and Queen Kristina of Sweden
@brianmiller1077 Рік тому
And of course can be the leader of France or England
@ryotanada Рік тому
An in-law for Matthias's case, though
@brianmiller1077 Рік тому
@علي ياسر ususally civ leaders are one race one set of abilities, CIV 6 changed it so there's a national ability and a leader ability. this way you can have a peaceful Greek and a warrior Greek. they share a national ability but have a different leader ability
@eskewroberts7663 Рік тому
Oh, boy! Now THIS is a 1st episode Such juicy medieval drama
@rurallemas Рік тому
This is an exciting series for me as a civ player from England who was pretty surprised to have a leader that I'd never heard of representing England
@kevinliu8783 Рік тому
Yeah! New series
@hrhfaegodmom Рік тому
YAS!!! ELEANOR!!! MA GRRL!!!
@rennor3498 Рік тому
If only they had proper marrige councillors back then, this could have spared France the inconvenience of the Hundred Years War.
@andrewklang809 Рік тому
The rich today behave no better. Imagine if the fallout from Prince Harry's split with his family over how they treated his wife led to a war between the US and Britain.
@lysimaquetokmok6755 Рік тому
No because England would have inherited Anjou and Maine anyway
@Game_Hero Рік тому
But look at this fancy pope bed! Isn't it nice?
@mr_bridou6507 Рік тому
Could you do a serie on Talleyrand one day ? It would be great!
@Rileytrainboy Рік тому
You are doing great
@Thebombboom Рік тому
Can we all just appreciate the quality of the thumbnails? It seems that artists are going back and redoing them for some of the other videos to. Like the Spanish Flu videos.
@malachiphoniex8501 Рік тому
I'm liking this series so far but I can't wait for it to end. I'm pumped to watch the Easter Rising series! From what I've heard, this topic is controversial to some people and I love controversial topics. I would watch a whole series on the Cathar Crusade or the Muslim Conquest of India.
@margaretcarter6483 Рік тому
Same here! I can hardly wait for that series. In 2016 we went on an unforgettable group tour of Ireland for the centennial of the Rising.
@malachiphoniex8501 Рік тому
@@margaretcarter6483 Any favorite sites while you were there?
@Ace-ace-baby 3 місяці тому
“King Louis the fat” that’s my favorite😂
@bluestormpony Рік тому
YES ELEANOR EPISODE
@Galistarwater Рік тому
Yay! Eleanor of Aquitaine! I knew about all of these things in the video, but I didn't know about Louis's brother's hilarious death by tripping over a pig!
@lukesworshipgearreviews8171 Рік тому
Literally first heard of her due to the Game Civ 6 Eleanor of Aquitaine is amazing in that game and an amazing figure in general.
@wyvernofred 3 місяці тому
my name is April, and I will say, I did not to expect to be so sternly directly adressed right at the start of the video
@jedgrahek1426 Рік тому
This is the funniest history story I've ever heard. I lost it the moment you said "Her Uncle" lol.
@willericsson2934 Рік тому
New thumbnail style goes hard
@TheBenBen253 Рік тому
"Wearing gowns and collecting crowns" Haha 😂 I love that line
@iron4517 Рік тому
omg omg new ep
@GaldirEonai Рік тому
Accidentally massacring 1200 people, that's a bit of a "bruh" moment even by medieval standards.
@lakeishahamer5965 Рік тому
I love your vids
@hannahweeks154 3 місяці тому
Could you do a video on William and Philippa of Aquitaine? This video was explained very well but I’m studying William and Philippa and am having a hard time understanding the politics and such
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