History of Friesland - The High Middle Ages and the 5th Crusade | Background History

Now that Frisians have soundly been converted to Christianity, what would be more Christian than gallivanting off to the Holy Land for a crusade? Oh and also they like, do some land reclamation and stuff...

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MUSIC AND SOUND CREDITS

Title card and chapter music by Matthijs Rooks, check him out!
http://matthijsrooks.nl/

"Local Forecast - Elevator" by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/
"Second Coming" by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/
"Take a Chance" by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/

Other sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com/

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SOURCES

⮞ Books:
• Doedens, A., Y. Kortlever, and L. Mulder, Geschiedenis van Nederland: Het verhaal van prehistorie tot heden (Zutphen, 2015)
• Kooistra, D., Frieslands verleden: De Friezen en hun geschiedenis in vijftig verhalen (Bornmeer, 2016).
• Terpstra, P., Tweeduizend jaar geschiedenis van Friesland (Leeuwarden, 1980)

⮞ Websites:
• Afûk, Fryslân as kleasterlân (Leeuwarden, 2008) http://www.11en30.nu/de-kanon-finster...
(The design of the 11en30 site is sadly broken at the moment)

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IMAGE AND MAP CREDITS

Background is based on the entrance of the Notre-Dame
Texture for the background from: https://3djungle.net/textures/
Map border is based on an image of art in a 13th century bible

⮞ Images:
• Percy from Critical Role:
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/cri...

• Church of Jellum:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...


⮞Maps:
• The base map is based on OpenStreetMap:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/

• Other maps based on:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HR...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

• Older maps of the Netherlands based on:
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestand...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Source:
RACM & TNO. Developed for the National Research Agenda Archeology www.noaa.nl
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0:00 Intro
0:24 Land Reclamation
4:47 Outside Influences
6:58 The Power of the Church
10:59 Frisians and the 5th Crusade