Translation of Swiss German words and phrases in the video: nei - no chuchichästli - kitchen cupboard (this is what every Swiss will have you say to prove that you'll pronounce it wrongly) Grüezi - Greetings (formal) Schafseckel, die Berner - balls of sheep / sheep testicles, these Bernese Hoffentlich zerrts üch in mistzetter innä - hopefully you'll get dragged into a manure spreader (we asked a friend of our from Uri how he would utter his contempt towards the Bernese)
I love that this channel not only goes into the history but the *historiography* of/around the period, this really makes you stand out among history youtubers and It is really appreciated. It helps bring home that history is a process being done right now
Way too many people still think the study of history is just recounting past events and nothing more. But yeah, that's not what it is at all. To study history is to study humanity. It's always important to understand the people behind the events and everything leading up to that. It's all about learning from ourselves so that we can spot similarities in our own time and in the future. Pisses me off that some people today are dedicated to suppressing certain historical topics.
I really love this animation style. It feels like a picture book/box art of model kits coming to life. I bet as well when you get all the animations made for a particular "character" it gets real easy to animate as well, perhaps not easier but it would sure save time for a one man crew.
This is just outstanding work and I actually wonder how you manage to come up with a new vid every second week with such high quality content. Also I'm impressed by that Swiss Army Knife casually making an appearance in the 1470s..
Heey, it's nice to see you still around. :) I fondly remember your comments on our videos about ancient Rome! Well, I guess I'm somewhat of a workaholic but also just really like what I'm doing ;)
The Burgundian Wats are one of my favourite times in history and favourite wars, it had by far the coolest type of medieval armour and was pretty much the end of the middle ages in most of Western Europe
Great video, can't wait for the next part! A little tip: Savièse is in the French speaking part of Valais, so its pronunciation is French (silent last e), not German/Italian. The German name would be Safiesch, but it's very uncommon :)
looking forward to the next parts..this is shaping up to be a great series..featuring the little know battles of the swiss...[rubs hands] looking forward to the next parts - cant wait :D
A nice video. I can tell that these wars are going to be quite interesting. I wonder what history would've been like had Charles the Bold succeeded in creating the kingdom he always wanted to create.
The cyclorama of the Battle of Murten is AMAZING. It's a must see and you can spend a whole day combing the painting for all the incredible details of the surprise attack that destroyed the Bugundian beseigers.
There are two large stone cannonballs from this siege of Waldshut, now set in the town gate. One of the shops in the main street "Kaiserstrasse" in Waldshut, also has a smaller stone cannonball from the siege set in wall. The breaking of the siege is still celebrated annually in Waldshut.
One of the reasons I love this channel is that you are more or less the only history youtuber who does not completely butcher german words and names. Most don't even try.👍🙏
Every December, in Geneva & it's Canton, they still celebrate the "Cauldron feast", when a woman is supposed to have spotted would be savoyard attackers and then chucked the contents & said cauldron, raising the alarm.
Let's get rid of that strange shaped country in the middle, so we can have a common border - said France to Germany. And that's how all the troubles of modern history began...
chuchichäzli? nöd chuchichäschtli? komisch I üssere Familie hämmer en vill längere Satz druss gmacht: Chuchichäschtli-Tür-Scharnier-Fabrikdirektor-Bürotürschloss. : :
what i appreciate about your channel/videos is that you tell us stories about unknown! there are so many small kingdoms duchies and so one with rich military history, but nobody whats to tell about them! Tnak you!
The migits of the mines of Moria, lords of mountain passes, stretched their axes invoking the name of their creator. Thunderous clouds descended from the heights rolling down over the low lands of the mischievous duke of Burgondor.
I just found this channel, courtesy of someone from r/WarCollege. I was immediately impressed by the detail, depth and quality of the walking animations. You have got yourself a new subscriber!
By calculation,1 lance is 10 men,100 lances are 1 company(1,000 men). So Charles the Bold has 24,000 men(24 companies) despite being a duchy and during period after Medieval time. Impressive!! Really he could take on to attack French or Holy Roman Emperor's domain,it's really sad that he lost against the Swiss,he could create a kingdom and balance between France and HRE.
Chuchichäschtli means kitchen cabinet but I'm not sure why it is said here. Is it a joke about how most non Swiss people can't pronounce it? [EDIT] Well, the pinned comment clears this up pretty nicely.
Back in the days when Bern was bold and active. Now you have to be happy when they manage to pay for their stuff without begging for more federal funds.
It's so difficult to keep track of all those cities, alliances, leagues, duchies, nations, city states, or any other combination of people with weapons and relations between them. I've never heard of most of these, and some of these entities don't make sense to me at all. How could Vaud (whatever kind of entity it is. The auto dictionary thinks it's a spelling mistake), can be only a part of Savoy (again, whatever kind of entity it is)? It's all very interesting and very well-made, but I'm just so confused, and this is the second time I've watched it.
I just found the mother lode of Swiss ancestors from Glarus, Canton of Glarus. I know nothing about the Swiss. I have some ancestors who fought, and some died, in the battles of Morgarten, Murten, Murder Night, Sempacht, etc. I'm addicted. I'll have to peruse this channel. I also have a Tschudi ancestor named Rudolf who pulled up a fir tree and killed nine men with it. Whoa! His name was "the lange Riebing." I don't know what a Riebing is. Anybody here know? He was called this due to his height. Thank you!
Why do you pronounce the cities like Sélestat or Strasbourg in French? At the time those were still German cities with German names, that's a bit like making a history about the Byzantine empire but referring to the city of Byzantium/Constantinople as Istanbul.
Well, it's mostly after effects and premiere pro. I fear, going into detail is really not possible in a KZclip comment. Basically, I just watched a lot of tutorials online and learned on the go. If you have a look at our older stuff then it becomes quite clear. I started with free ware (Shotcut) and subscription software called Videoscribe.
hmm...the burgundy wars...the fastest Bern has ever been with doing somethings. Over 500 years later they still are exhausted and need to go slow about stuff
Well the canton of Bern was huge before Napoleon invaded. I agree we're slow speaking but at least you don't have these annoying filler sounds like in French or the faster dialect.
@Yulus Leonard Depends on when and where... In the Battle of Mohács (1526) for example, according to the University of Eötvös Loránd, Hungary (and small partly Bohemia) had 13 000 cavalry, including 4 000 heavy cavalry (men-at-arms) and 9 000 light cavalry (hussars). The rest was infantry (partly foreign mercenaries), with a significant number of arquebusiers and 85 guns. So the Ferrari example is quite an exaggeration... Cavalry, especially heavy cavalry was very important in the High and Late Middle Ages. As I know, in the Battle of Agincourt (1415), France had 10 000 mounted and dismounted men-at-arms.
@maurice sila Most horses used for reconnaissance and transport are not your typical warhorse. They are cheaper and not breed for war as well as easier to keep.
@maurice sila Ah. My mistake. I forgot that of course they still had nobles who fought mounted. And ah. Makes sense they wouldn't live directly on the mountains but on the fertile plains below them. Thank you for recorrecting me and my presumptions :)
@Yulus Leonard They could, they had some, but not much and used it for reconaissance mainly. Everyone has to pay for his own personnal equipment anyway and there was a rural nobility and an urban patriciat that were certainly rich enough to afford horses, plates etc. They made money with trade you know.
@Imo Alcuaz It's a very common misconception from people who don't know Switzerland :) Even if most of the country is covered by mountains, a good third of it is quite flat, and obviously that's where most people live. Grandson and Morat are at the foot of the mountains but not IN the mountains, it is still the plain. So the old Swissdid have horses, they had a mounted nobility like everyone else in Europe at the time. But they didn't have much of it so they would use it mainly for reconnaissance. Because most of their armies were made of peasant levies, but also because they were aware that infantry was the reason of their success, therefore the pike was a prestigious arm and some rich people would fight on foot contrary to their neighbors.
Translation of Swiss German words and phrases in the video:
nei - no
chuchichästli - kitchen cupboard (this is what every Swiss will have you say to prove that you'll pronounce it wrongly)
Grüezi - Greetings (formal)
Schafseckel, die Berner - balls of sheep / sheep testicles, these Bernese
Hoffentlich zerrts üch in mistzetter innä - hopefully you'll get dragged into a manure spreader (we asked a friend of our from Uri how he would utter his contempt towards the Bernese)
@Bird_Dog Sali du! maybe.
@Barrett Jamie glad I could help xD
@Javier Cristiano It did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy!
Thanks so much, you saved my account !
This is the way history should be presented. Clear, engaging, clever and going beyond just lists of names and dates. Bravo and well done!
@Horus Lupercal Because that worked out so well for you, eh Horus? 😂
Needs more Magic Users!
Glad you enjoyed it :)
I love that this channel not only goes into the history but the *historiography* of/around the period, this really makes you stand out among history youtubers and It is really appreciated. It helps bring home that history is a process being done right now
Way too many people still think the study of history is just recounting past events and nothing more. But yeah, that's not what it is at all. To study history is to study humanity. It's always important to understand the people behind the events and everything leading up to that. It's all about learning from ourselves so that we can spot similarities in our own time and in the future. Pisses me off that some people today are dedicated to suppressing certain historical topics.
I absolutely agree with you.
Here, here! So refreshing to see a proper historian, with actual sources and quotes from actual experts.
I love this period, 15th century warfare is so underrated, keep up the great work.
I agree, it’s my favorite period and not only because of ze mighty zweihänder
I really love this animation style. It feels like a picture book/box art of model kits coming to life. I bet as well when you get all the animations made for a particular "character" it gets real easy to animate as well, perhaps not easier but it would sure save time for a one man crew.
This is just outstanding work and I actually wonder how you manage to come up with a new vid every second week with such high quality content. Also I'm impressed by that Swiss Army Knife casually making an appearance in the 1470s..
Heey, it's nice to see you still around. :) I fondly remember your comments on our videos about ancient Rome!
Well, I guess I'm somewhat of a workaholic but also just really like what I'm doing ;)
Splendid pictures and animations once again, and a fascinating subject...Gorgeous and inspiring video!
Hey, once again our thanks for your kind comments :)
The Burgundian Wats are one of my favourite times in history and favourite wars, it had by far the coolest type of medieval armour and was pretty much the end of the middle ages in most of Western Europe
Great video, can't wait for the next part! A little tip: Savièse is in the French speaking part of Valais, so its pronunciation is French (silent last e), not German/Italian. The German name would be Safiesch, but it's very uncommon :)
looking forward to the next parts..this is shaping up to be a great series..featuring the little know battles of the swiss...[rubs hands] looking forward to the next parts - cant wait :D
Thank you for this detailed and objective take on these events.
Great content!
A nice video. I can tell that these wars are going to be quite interesting. I wonder what history would've been like had Charles the Bold succeeded in creating the kingdom he always wanted to create.
It was a doomed project since the days of Lothar I, no realm can exist between two large empires
The cyclorama of the Battle of Murten is AMAZING. It's a must see and you can spend a whole day combing the painting for all the incredible details of the surprise attack that destroyed the Bugundian beseigers.
There are two large stone cannonballs from this siege of Waldshut, now set in the town gate. One of the shops in the main street "Kaiserstrasse" in Waldshut, also has a smaller stone cannonball from the siege set in wall. The breaking of the siege is still celebrated annually in Waldshut.
Very interesting topic! I'd like to hear more about the swiss and their wars
We're too discreet to disclose that ;)))
Love that mini series 😍 👌 excellent job, only pity is that Charlie was a terrible Commander 😳 😔😁
Spreading the Swiss word *\0/*
Great animations and interesting topic!
@SandRhoman History are you swiss yourself?
thanks, also I like the original name quite a lot :P
Very unique and nice animation and presentation style, this has become one of my favorite history channels without a doubt
Underrated channel should have 1 million + subs
One of the reasons I love this channel is that you are more or less the only history youtuber who does not completely butcher german words and names. Most don't even try.👍🙏
Wenn ich mich nicht irre hihihi
As I understood, he is swiss and speaks german.
Just discovered your channel. Your videos are AMAZING. You deserve more subscribers. Excellent animations!
Glad you like them!
Great video . Was really wanting to know more of Savoys involvement in these wars and this answered lots! Cheers!
Every December, in Geneva & it's Canton, they still celebrate the "Cauldron feast", when a woman is supposed to have spotted would be savoyard attackers and then chucked the contents & said cauldron, raising the alarm.
This is the most under-rated history channel. This is so good!!!
Brilliant coverage of the less known details of this conflict. Thank you!
Great video again man. I like your animation style and it continues to improve.
Let's get rid of that strange shaped country in the middle, so we can have a common border - said France to Germany.
And that's how all the troubles of modern history began...
I absolutely love your animation guys, it's absolutely amazing!
Ludi ?!
It'd be very helpful is you could somehow show major riders on your maps. It would make it easier to get a grasp of where it happened
this channel has some of the best content on KZclip
This is so well done. You have me hooked. props man
As a Swiss living abroad, whenever someone asks me to speak "Swiss", i say Chuchichäztli. 👍
chuchichäzli? nöd chuchichäschtli? komisch I üssere Familie hämmer en vill längere Satz druss gmacht: Chuchichäschtli-Tür-Scharnier-Fabrikdirektor-Bürotürschloss. : :
Amazing graphics and very entertaining overview!
what i appreciate about your channel/videos is that you tell us stories about unknown! there are so many small kingdoms duchies and so one with rich military history, but nobody whats to tell about them!
Tnak you!
13:43 - "The retreating men . . . were --*ahem*-- 🌹REQUESTED to turn back to battle. Those who tried to flee, were🗡️killed."
happy NKVD noises
The migits of the mines of Moria, lords of mountain passes, stretched their axes invoking the name of their creator.
Thunderous clouds descended from the heights rolling down over the low lands of the mischievous duke of Burgondor.
I love the intro of a battle between Swiss pikes and Burgundians in front of a ski resort with an electric chairlift.
Your videos are getting better and better. I hope an increase of subs follows.
I just found this channel, courtesy of someone from r/WarCollege. I was immediately impressed by the detail, depth and quality of the walking animations. You have got yourself a new subscriber!
man I love this channel. great work as allways
thanks for the nice words!
Love these videos, keep it up!
Thanks, will do!
Damn bro, this is the new best history channel!
By calculation,1 lance is 10 men,100 lances are 1 company(1,000 men). So Charles the Bold has 24,000 men(24 companies) despite being a duchy and during period after Medieval time. Impressive!! Really he could take on to attack French or Holy Roman Emperor's domain,it's really sad that he lost against the Swiss,he could create a kingdom and balance between France and HRE.
Chuchichäschtli means kitchen cabinet but I'm not sure why it is said here.
Is it a joke about how most non Swiss people can't pronounce it?
[EDIT] Well, the pinned comment clears this up pretty nicely.
To be honest only swiss-german will force you to pronounce that and they probably have 30 different manners to pronounce it.
@Jocomol chuchichästli !
I said it !
Yes, we like to ask everyone to say it.
Fantastic channel and format.
this is already my favourite youtube channel
Your videos are the highlight of every Sunday morning
Nicely done!
Glad I found your channel :)
Can't wait for part 2
In Grandson den Mut
In Murten das Gut
In Nancy das Blut
Lost quite all of it, hm, Charles?
Spoiler alert, that's only gonna be in the part II video! :)
3:57 It must have been hard to fight when your soldiers were only 3 foot tall, but at least they would be good in trenches and tunnels.
Aiiiii leaving us with such a cliffhanger! Great videos!
there will be many more throughout the series :)
Great Channel and great content
That's awesome, thank you - but could you please edit the subtitles to correspond the video's text? thank you in advance
Do italian wars too
@SandRhoman History Swabian War?
It's a long way off but maybe we'll get into that one day.
Great video, great cliffhanger
Jedes Video eine große Freude
Danke schön!
As a Schwitzer I laughed when I saw the word "chochichastli" ahah nice!
Ich auch :)
Back in the days when Bern was bold and active. Now you have to be happy when they manage to pay for their stuff without begging for more federal funds.
Excellent video. 5:59 to 7:44 what is the name of the background music?
I smell a series! And Im stoked!
Yey the channel with the scary walking animations returns!
Well, hello. it's me again.
hello i really like your videos, could you make somethingabout black legion of croatia-hungary king matthias corvinus,
thanks keep up the good work
well done as always
Thank you! Cheers!
nice content!!
It's so difficult to keep track of all those cities, alliances, leagues, duchies, nations, city states, or any other combination of people with weapons and relations between them. I've never heard of most of these, and some of these entities don't make sense to me at all. How could Vaud (whatever kind of entity it is. The auto dictionary thinks it's a spelling mistake), can be only a part of Savoy (again, whatever kind of entity it is)?
It's all very interesting and very well-made, but I'm just so confused, and this is the second time I've watched it.
I really enjoyed this video! Arigato gozaimas!
Great video. It seriously needs subtitles though, with all these uncommon place names and a bilingual script.
Charles indeed was quite bold... for a man with two left legs 3:05
Shhhh, nobody will ever notice!
Geniau!
"Hoffentlich zerrts üch in mistzetter innä" - lmao, I need to add that to my repertoire.
I just found the mother lode of Swiss ancestors from Glarus, Canton of Glarus. I know nothing about the Swiss. I have some ancestors who fought, and some died, in the battles of Morgarten, Murten, Murder Night, Sempacht, etc. I'm addicted. I'll have to peruse this channel. I also have a Tschudi ancestor named Rudolf who pulled up a fir tree and killed nine men with it. Whoa! His name was "the lange Riebing." I don't know what a Riebing is. Anybody here know? He was called this due to his height. Thank you!
More on Savoy please
I've been waiting for a vid like this
god what a cliffhanger...
Charles just hated bordergore and wanted a pretty map
Alsace had played many a crucial role in European history. How much blood, sacrifice and toil has it inspired? Only the soil knows.
Bruh just inject your history into my veins
Why do you pronounce the cities like Sélestat or Strasbourg in French? At the time those were still German cities with German names, that's a bit like making a history about the Byzantine empire but referring to the city of Byzantium/Constantinople as Istanbul.
Great channel
10:48
i studied history and had mrs keeling as lecturer! :D
may i ask how you animate the videos , i would like to try something like that, ty in advance?
Well, it's mostly after effects and premiere pro. I fear, going into detail is really not possible in a KZclip comment. Basically, I just watched a lot of tutorials online and learned on the go. If you have a look at our older stuff then it becomes quite clear. I started with free ware (Shotcut) and subscription software called Videoscribe.
nice, another good channel, subed.
you're stuff is simple amazing
thanks (again) :)
hmm...the burgundy wars...the fastest Bern has ever been with doing somethings. Over 500 years later they still are exhausted and need to go slow about stuff
etuanno We‘re just so slow that the other cantons have a chance to catch up.
Well the canton of Bern was huge before Napoleon invaded. I agree we're slow speaking but at least you don't have these annoying filler sounds like in French or the faster dialect.
ATTACK!
NEI.
Speech 100
At least the kingdom of savoy tried.
Did the Swiss use at least some cavalry throughout the late medieval and early renaissance era?
@Yulus Leonard Depends on when and where... In the Battle of Mohács (1526) for example, according to the University of Eötvös Loránd, Hungary (and small partly Bohemia) had 13 000 cavalry, including 4 000 heavy cavalry (men-at-arms) and 9 000 light cavalry (hussars). The rest was infantry (partly foreign mercenaries), with a significant number of arquebusiers and 85 guns. So the Ferrari example is quite an exaggeration... Cavalry, especially heavy cavalry was very important in the High and Late Middle Ages. As I know, in the Battle of Agincourt (1415), France had 10 000 mounted and dismounted men-at-arms.
@maurice sila Most horses used for reconnaissance and transport are not your typical warhorse. They are cheaper and not breed for war as well as easier to keep.
@maurice sila Ah. My mistake. I forgot that of course they still had nobles who fought mounted. And ah. Makes sense they wouldn't live directly on the mountains but on the fertile plains below them. Thank you for recorrecting me and my presumptions :)
@Yulus Leonard They could, they had some, but not much and used it for reconaissance mainly. Everyone has to pay for his own personnal equipment anyway and there was a rural nobility and an urban patriciat that were certainly rich enough to afford horses, plates etc. They made money with trade you know.
@Imo Alcuaz It's a very common misconception from people who don't know Switzerland :)
Even if most of the country is covered by mountains, a good third of it is quite flat, and obviously that's where most people live. Grandson and Morat are at the foot of the mountains but not IN the mountains, it is still the plain.
So the old Swissdid have horses, they had a mounted nobility like everyone else in Europe at the time. But they didn't have much of it so they would use it mainly for reconnaissance. Because most of their armies were made of peasant levies, but also because they were aware that infantry was the reason of their success, therefore the pike was a prestigious arm and some rich people would fight on foot contrary to their neighbors.
Does anyone know the music at the last 30 seconds of this video?
Age of Empires 2 taught me that the Duchy of Burgundy had to die.
Always committing treachery, always on the wrong side of history.
Why hre and france drop out the war when burgundy stood alone?
Feel the Bern
Bern wanted all the smoke
Hey at 4:54 you accidentally say in "1960 onwards" it's also written on the screen. Just a heads up
It's correct. He's talking about the historians who wrote about it and the historiography of the period.
What will happen if the Habsburgs weren't defeated in Morgaten 1315?
Claudius Sieber-Lehman, 3x(Swiss)x3 Historian ?!
No one: ......
Bernese people in the 1400's: peace was never an option
Cuchichästli indeed.
awesome