History of Friesland - Grutte Pier, the Frisian William Wallace | Background History

Описание: Get ready to learn about perhaps the most famous (or if you are from Holland, infamous) Frisian figure! He was the destroyer of Danes, the avenger of Bremen, the traitor to the Hamburgers and the cross of the Hollanders...

And his name was Grutte Pier!
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MUSIC AND SOUND CREDITS

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

"Scotland the Brave" by The Auld Town Band & Pipes from    • ⚡️SCOTLAND  THE   BRAVE ⚡️ PIPES & DRUMS (...  

Nom nom nom:    • TF2 Heavy Om Nom Nom Sound Effect  
Fighting sound effects:    • Big Fight Body Hits Multiple Sound Effect ...  

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

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SOURCES

⮞ Books:
• Huisman K., De Friese geschiedenis: Meer dan 100 verhalen (Amsterdam, 2004)
• 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, Fryske Kanon: De Fryske frijheid (Leeuwarden, 2008) http://www.11en30.nu/de-kanon-finster...
• Afûk, Fryske Kanon: Edzard Cirskena (Leeuwarden, 2008) http://www.11en30.nu/de-kanon-finster...
• Afûk, Fryske Kanon: Grutte Pier(Leeuwarden, 2008) http://www.11en30.nu/de-kanon-finster...
(The design of the 11en30 site is sadly broken at the moment)

• Dijkhuis, B., Grote Pier: Een historisch relaas over een Fries krijgsheer (Medemblik, 2016) http://www.dwangburchten.nl/medembl/g...
• Omrop Fryslân, Bûter, brea en swarte bledsiden: De skaadkant fan Grutte Pier (Leeuwarden, 2020)    • FRYSLÂN DOK: Bûter, brea en swarte bledsid...  

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IMAGE AND MAPS CREDITS

Background is based on the Santa Maria Novella in Florence
Texture for the background from: https://3djungle.net/textures/​​
Map border is based on a painting frame from the Italian Renaissance


⮞ Images:
• The Hound and his advice about swords:
   • The Hound - "Armor and a big fucking sword"  

• George with the Beard:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

• The city of Groningen in 1575:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

• Statue of Grutte Pier:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

• "Grutte Pier's sword":
https://i.imgur.com/VFUIHro.jpg

• "Grutte Pier's helmet":
https://imgur.com/if0QQPq

• Groote Kerk/Martini Church in Sneek:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...


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

• Medieval East Friesland:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

• Medieval Netherlands:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

• Frisian Lands:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

• Saxony Based on:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sa...

• Habsburg posessions based on:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

• French posessions based on:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ma...

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00:00 Intro
00:21 Context
01:55 Misconceptions about Grutte Pier
03:20 The origin of Grutte Pier
06:15 The Saxon Feud