Home Artists Posts Import Register

Content

This video was a topic request from patron Dr Angela J Black!

I hope you enjoy this episode of Pope Fights as much as this video enjoyed willing itself into existence.

-B

Files

Pope Fights — Frederick II: History Summarized

pope fight. Pope Fight. POPE FIGHT. P O P E F I I I I I G H T!!!! On this episode, Holy Roman Frederick II wants to hang out in Sicily, but gets dragged kicking and screaming into The Plot. Despite his palpable disinterest in playing diplomatic footsie with the Vatican, he becomes one of the most dangerous opponents the Papacy ever faced. SOURCES & Further Reading: "Sicily: An Island at the Center of History" by John Julius Norwich, Great Courses Lecture "Emperor Frederick II" from "The High Middle Ages" by Philip Daileader. This video topic was requested by our patron Dr Angela J Black. Thank you Angela! Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH LINKS: http://rdbl.co/osp OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Want this video in another language? Check out our guide to contributing translated captions: https://www.overlysarcasticproductions.com/community-captions

Comments

Nate El

Perhaps ruling in Southern Italy predisposes one to fight wars for and against Popes and Byzantine emperors and thus get excommunicated. Still crazy cool stories. Thanks again Blue!

Stephen Gillie

Fun fact: The Mongol turned around because Ögedei Khan had just uninstalled and the leaders all had to return to the Karakoram mountains to sort out the empire. They'd be back in about 47 years, after failing twice to get to Japan - while Marco Polo was in Beijing taking notes about a sweet bridge - and Poland would hold them off. Ths all happened during the Wolff minimum, which supports my "more swords than grain" theory of chaos in civilizations. (When people have more swords than grain, or equivalents, we naturally start fighting over the resources.)