The Magyars have always fascinated me, especially after their settlement of the Carpathian basin post 895 to 905. Their raids over the next 55 years reached as far as the Pyrenees and were successful enough that the Byzantine Empire and several other kingdoms chose to pay off the Magyars to gain relief from invasion. Their raids were finally brought to an end in 955 at the Battle of Augsburg when King Otto I of Germany defeated the Magyars.
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📢 Narrated by David McCallion
🎼 Music:
EpidemicSound
Filmstro
📚 Sources:
Clifford R. Backman – The Worlds of Medieval Europe.
Charles R. Bowlus – The Battle of Lechfield and its Aftermath, August 955 AD.
Gerhard of Augsburg – Vita Sancti Uodalrici (Life of Saint Ulrich).
Tom Holland – The Forge of Christendom: The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West.
Peter Heather – The Restoration of Rome.
William Weir – 50 Battles that Changed the World.
Widukind of Corvey – Res Gestae Saxonicae Sive Annalium Libri Tres (Deeds of the Saxons, the Three Books of Annals).
The Complete Works of Luidprand of Cremona. Transl by Paolo Squatriti. The Catholic University of America Press, Washington D.C., 2007
Reuter, Timothy. Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056. (1991)
Balasz, György, and Karoly Szelényi. The Magyars: The Birth of a European Nation (1989)
Bóna, István. The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries (2000)
Edwards, Sean J. A., Swarming on the Battlefield: Past, Present, and Future (2000)
The Battle of Lechfeld, 910 from Antapodosis, Book II (10th c.)
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Árpád was certainly the Kabar Prince Kurszán, and therefore Kurszán and his successors had the title of gyula, the second highest title in the tribal federation.
Thank you for your work!
map is incorrect at 37:35. the town marked as Szombarhely is probably Trnava or Nitra. (Szombathely is actually south of Sopron)
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is it not impossible that arrows flying high and falling vertically prove any sort of danger? the danger from an arrow comes from the man pulling the drawstring back, magnifying the force.
an arrow launched high into the air will lose all that force going upwards, will lose acceleration and simply fall to the earth at the rate of gravity, which is far far weaker than the strength of a man pulling back on a bow string.
you could easily shield yourself from arrows fired high into the air with anything. i'm sure even a thick set of blankets would stop them.
I'm Hungarian. You need to understand the absolute ambivalent mentality of my people. This is a quick guide:
1. We were defeated by: The Holy Roman Empire (Otto), the Tatars, the Ottomans, the Habsburgs in the XVIII. and XIX. centuries, in WWI and in WWII; we were subjugated by the Ottomans, the Habsburgs, and the Soviets. This is not a complete list. So yeah, you might find it, that we are pretty depressed people. All the losses. All the suffering. And some of them are permament of course.
But…
2. On the other hand, and this is a common secret among us: you foreign people do realise, that after all these defeats, we are still here, and still kicking? How dense of a people can be, if you cannot destroy them with the strongest empire of that particular era? You might defeat us, yes. Step in the line, have a cookie and enjoy your victory. We will outlive you, your grandchildren, your empire, and one day, you will find the very same people you thought killed, on the opposite side of the negotiating table. We Hungarians are dense. I am proud to be Hungarian.
If another Hungarian starts to rant about how bad it is to be Hungarian novadays, please refer to section point 1. of my comment. Thank you. Have a nice day.
Come on! Dragoviches (Dragon Witches) has to be the coolest name, for a people, I've ever heard off! 😎
Europe invades Europe. What's new
Very intersting series, knew very little about the Magyars. If you would want to find more less known early medieval history it would me much apreciated!
Hope this channels remains on track and isn't consumed by the cancerous new age politics, love the content.
Wasnt England unified by 955 ad?
Seeing Vicenza on the map is always quite surreal living here.
The Holy Roman Empire may have standed for more than 800 years, but Hungary still stands today. 🙂
BTW, the defeat at Lechfeld did not end the Hungarian raids, just diverted those to South-Europe. There the raids still continued for another 40 or so years, before the Hungarians finally settled and converted to Christianity.
So funny there was a king named Guy III of Spoleto. KING GUY lol
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Can't wait in the next video that there are some unfinished episodes such as:
Rise of Caesar Augustus #6
Prince Eugene of Savoy #5
Hannibal #20
The Anarchy #4
Úgyan ez fog történni veletek nemsokára csak mostmár nem lesz menekvés!
Már készülnek arra amire ti nem!
Otto the great carried the empire🦅
I always prefer new content but i will always have a love for these long videos as well. <3 finding the next part in some series is a time consuming process sometimes. Thank you sir for your amazing history lessons!
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More Eastern history after a renewal of the Punic Wars?
It’s amazing how slow to learn the lesson of the need for speed the Europeans often were and how stupid many Western European military leaders were. And, generally across history, it’s utterly crazy how many military leaders allowed themselves to be easily ambushed and wiped out without even having a chance to fight.
Sacrifice
52:05 As usual, the church putting their personal wealth over the survival of their own people even if it means a pagan army conquering them and taking their wealth anyway.
How many times did the Germans need to have their armies killed while still sleeping in their tents and lured into chasing light calvary to learn their lesson? Beyond count I guess.
proud to be hungarian
All European nations: "Save us, my lord, from the arrows of the Hungarians" -We came with horse and arrow they all bent knee front of us
this is nonsense the History facts doesn't match so stupid , if you don't know History check Britannica lol
There was no "Serbia" back then. There Wes small duchy of Rashka in nowadays southern Serbia. The name Serbia appeared in the 13th century, after Serbs conquered northern Greece and the town of Thessaloniki.
Magyar power ✊
This video is pure gold.. salute for all followers of this amazing chanel.. greetings for the great author..
Thanks for more history!
Thx bro!
My ancestors 🙂
Pizzarini lmao
Another amazing series and work….but my man you need to continue Hannibal
The narrator's voice is so soothing.
It's pretty clear the degree of disconnect between Western Europe and Rome in this period. The complete unfamiliarity of East Francian and Italian military leaders with Horse archers demonstrates, for example, the they weren't familiar with Crassus' defeat at Carrhae, for example.
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Anytime David McCallion says:
"THE TRAP.. WAS SET.. "
You know it's over for them lol
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