Absolute Monarchy: Crash Course European History #13
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- So far, the rulers of Europe have been working to consolidate their power and expand their kingdoms, and this is it. The moment they've been working toward: Absolute Monarchy. We're going to learn about how kings and queens became absolute rulers in Europe, and where better to start than with Louis XIV of France, who is really the model for absolute rule.
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I wonder what will happen to the French absolute monarchs in a future episode
Well they are demigods, so clearly they'll be just fine! Especially around the late 18th century.
😂
Surely they will ascend to godhood, They would never lose their absolute rule over the peasantry.
A couple more will live extremely.long and lead France to kickstart the enlightenment. Then enlightenment will come back to haunt them.
SPOILERS
Wow John is speaking really slow (blink twice if you've been kidnapped)
L.j is here I know super weird!
Maybe it is whatever is growing on his face is slowing down his speech? “Thou hast the patchy beard of a prepubescent squire. “ said by the first heckler.
It's because he is getting old his lips can't move as fast as they once did.
But to be honest it's probably a reflection of a mental paradigm shift like his perspective of the world has changed.
@@nicholasmaniccia1005 Is he going to die?
Watch it at 1.25x speed and magically you get good ol' John back.
Robespierre: "The state will decide your fate."
Louis XIV: "I am the state!" *Lunges at Robespierre*
“The state will decide your fate.”
“L’etat c’est moi.”
not. yet.
but seriously, this is the most underrated comment of the year
"I am the senate" in french is: Je suis le sénat
Dylan O'Brien Green: Louis then sprung from the throne chanting in Sith and struck down the Jedi Masters
30 Years War
Treaty of Westphalia
0:18 Divine Right Monarchy, Absolutism
0:48 King Louis XIV
2:40 A quick French langauge lesson
3:45 The Paulette Tax
5:16 Jansenism 5:45 The Fronde
6:07 Thought Bubble
*_Palace of Versaille_*
8:00 Divine Right theory
10:00 Mercantilism
11:00 Louis XIV Major Wars
Thank you random person with your time marks.
I hope this European history series will lead to future series on other continents. I'm particularly interested in potential Asian, African and South American history series.
SoraQuil0 yes!!! More Africa and Asia (outside of just China/Japan)!!!
Kayleigh Krackenberger one on africa is probably impossible haha. Different regions were so different from one another. That said, I want one on West Africa anyway.
HiddenHistory why would a series on Africa be difficult? European countries are as different from one another as African (or Asian) countries and nations are from one another
Kayleigh Krackenberger africa is over 3 times the size of europe, and its main regions (north, south, east and west) were very different from one another in terms of historical development.
I cant make a general statement about historical developments in all of africa as i can about all of europe.
I cant say, for example, that during the medieval era the use of arabic and ajami scripts rose in africa, because while that applies to west, north, and some parts of east africa, it doesnt apply to much of central africa and southern africa.
HiddenHistory So the fact that it is such a massive and complex continent, with diverse cultures and histories, we shouldn’t cover it?
"how desperate you have to be to add saw dust to your dough."
*contains powdered cellulose*
This is why making your bread is such a valuable skill. Not to mention how much better it tastes.
@@beth8775 Does it though? Sure fresh bread is great, but no bread I've ever made myself was even close to as good as the bread you can buy around here (Central Europe)
@@majorfallacy5926 the original comment was probably american. Being french, I can assure you there is no added cellulose in OUR bread. And having liked the central Europe (Pragua, München and Warsaw atm) breads I've tasted, they probably don't either.
After almost 30 years, I like to think I acquired taste for good bread.
12:10 "Again, satisfying one's ambition and one's vengeance makes you a great reality TV contestant but maybe not necessarily the perfect king"
I can't possibly imagine what american political situation would inspire John to say this...
Tim Kiseljak No, that tends to be the case when you’re talking about the most powerful person on the planet.
@Tim Kiseljak you will not have respite from that for a very long time.
Tim Kiseljak - You mean the man who has the power to launch nuclear missiles that would end most life on Earth? I imagine that kind of person would be a keen topic of discussion for a lot of people.
@Tim Kiseljak i am totals on your side here, Trump uses media memes and controversies to stay in the center of attention so perfectly it’s almost scary, I for one don’t care any more, let him do his thing, there ain’t a whole lot I can change about it anyway
@@FutureKnut Which one of these people are you talking about? I'd say Modi flies under the radar when he really shouldn't, especially with what's going on in Kashmir.
Thank you for explaining what Absolutism is and how I can use it in EU4.
Gotta boost that admin efficiency somehow
Gotta spend all those overflowing mil points somewhere.
God I love you
Unless you’re the Dutch Republic ☹️
I believe this video is overly negative about absolutism. Sure, absolutism certainly wasn't democratic, but it still was an improvement over the feudalism of the previous centuries. Since the end of the Hundred Years War, both French and English monarchs sought to increase their power and to reduce the powers of the great nobility. During the 16th century, France had to live through multiple religious wars caused by great houses forming leagues and warring each other. It ended with Henri IV and the King's ministers (Sully under Henri IV, Richelieu under Louis XIII and Mazarin under Louis XIV) undermined the power of the great nobles, which culminated with "La Fronde." When the Fronde was crushed, the Great Nobles were humiliated at last.
Absolutism gave birth to a centralised, modern state. The King was ruling effectively over his whole kingdom, but he had to heed the advices of his councils, to obey the fondamental laws of the Kingdom and respect the rights of his subjects (whatever rights they had). His ministers were not necessarily nobles. Intendants (stewards) were appointed to oversee the administration of the provinces (both financial and laws). These were real administrators, and not nobles of the sword. This was a great improvement from the constant bickerings of the High Nobility.
Xerxes2005 I think this is one of those things where it all depends on perspective. You’re right that it was increased state efficiency, and less bickering amongst the nobility, mostly. Peasants and others were more heavily taxed to pay for that state power, so they probably had it tougher
I said this in another video. The problem with this series, is that it focus mainly in British and French History. Europe is more complex than that. I'm from Portugal, and every step in history made by France and England, is almost always 2 centuries after it happen in Portugal. Absolutism is a specific period in France, But it's no different that what happens in Portugal centuries before. The king, centralize all the state power in himself, ended all the pety rivalries between lords and powerful mans, and put a entire nation working not to some individual lords, But all working together to a greater good. To the nation. By the time France do that, Portugal have discovered the entire world, had a global network of trade, and have seen it starting to crumble when join the Iberian Union. France and England just had to centralize power in the king, as Portugal done it centuries before, to try to take bits of that empire to themselfs. In that England was more sucesseful than France. But both just follow a model that had proven to be sucessful, a state focus a a common goal (embodied by the king), and not various lords trying to gain power to themselfs
That's why it's called Crash Course. It's not super in-depth, and doing the critical thinking part (like comparing this era to the previous one) is still your job as the learner.
Britain rules the seas. France ruled over the continent.
France's influence is so strong within the continent and that is why she has the spotlight
@@almahperditae well, if we go back we might find the Roman emperors...
Eastern Europe, central Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus... Mention OTHER PARTS OF EUROPE! Europe is Europe it s not western Europe. If you dont plan on mentioning other places please rename this crash course to western European history!
RoScFan pretty high hopes there with the Balkans or caucasus. None of those countries existed until a bunch of them fought a war in the 90s, then they disappeared again.
@@hanagreg they didn't disappear again idk what you're talking about. Also, that s a further reason to make this course more comprehensive an include those parts because it is exactly the fact that entire civilizations survived under the boot of large empires that should be taught to other people. The history of a nation is not just tied to a government or a state... But to a culture, a civilisation.
So if Colbert wrote an account of what was going on in France, was if called The Colbert Report?
His first name was Jean Baptiste. On the Late Show, the music leader, who is always next to Stephen Colbert is named Jon Batiste. This is such a coincidence.
Mr Green! Mr Green! Didn’t you do high school French? Drop those final consonants 😀
Funny story, in college I took a European history course and our final essay question for the Final was "Based on historical figures and using the university and surrounding county as location, design your own totalitarian regime." It was a little easy for us because our professor gave us that question ahead of the final, so I'm sure she loved reading the responses. I based my control of governmental on Versailles and Louis XIV by housing all the student government and department heads in our fanciest Residence area, which had really amazing food (including really amazing cookies that were also calorie bombs). I didn't do well with the first half of the exam (just not great at memorizing dates and names), but I know she gave me full marks on the essay.
Yea it's evil an all but dat discipline and admin eff tho.
JC Denton oof
Ikr
Didn’t even mention court and country 😔
Ahh another glorious player of the eu4
A man of quality
"I don't know what kids like, TiokTok"
“His high heels shows his shapely legs” 😂😂
John Green's energy is much different from years ago.
Still great content
Wow John talking about absolute monarchs. That’s funny because he’s absolutely cool
Man idk about you guys but I missed John Green doing history
Someone tell me 5 things interesting about this information, for school due in 5 hours
Absolute monarchy surprisingly still exists in the Middle East, Brunei, and eSwatini
Avery The Cuban-American many colonisers prefer indirect rule after all
Not exactly "absolute" but close.
@Booper Dooper They have a constitution.
@Booper Dooper But if the King does some unislamic,he can be thrown out by the clergy.
@Booper Dooper Those are secular laws. He can never change the Islamic ones in his land.
+5% Discipline
+40% Administrative efficiency
−50% Foreign core duration
I hope this series addresses the Polish/Lithuanian Commonwealth
FunkyHonkyCDXX and the winged hussars arrived!!!
Yes more on East Europe please.
This would be excellent!
It's basically Western European History Crash Course so I doubt.
@@sakakaka4064 Sorry to the rest of the world, but Crash Course has always heavily leaned on being a supplement to USA curriculum, so the major historical focus is western Europe. I'd figure the Greens want to and will try to be more inclusive in future videos, but part of their goal is helping educate kids and building credibility with parents/teachers is helping with those test scores! So here's a peek into American education... Enjoy?
I know that the French Revolution is going to be covered because John LOVES to talk about it, but can we also have an episode on the English Civil War before we wrap up the 17th Century?
10:00 I thought Colbert was most famous for The Colbert Report.
I also tought it was a funny coincidence that his first name is Jean-Baptiste. Isn't that also the first name of the leader of the band that plays for Stephen Colbert's show?
@@Nicarand The band leader is Jon Batiste, so close :) Love this coincidence.
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@@inafranzani3576 I say you must be ignorant and illiterate in at least two languages. Your mother must be so proud.
An interesting contrast could be made with the contemporary states that moved away from absolute rule, like the Netherlands and Poland-Lithuania, and of course England, where the two ideas of government collided violently.
@no privacy they did but the way they framed it makes me think they're going to focus mostly on England, which would be a shame.
"England, where the two ideas of government collided violently." That is a beautiful bit of understatement
Stay tuned! All of those countries are in future episodes
When I watch these shows you always make me want bread...
CRASH COURSE ASIAN HISTORY PLEASE!
The nobles of the sword paid the iron price
New crash course history vids with John Green? What more could a histo geek want! :D
Wow, this is eerily timely. It's almost as though there really is something to the aphorism that history doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
Pretense... Shush!
@Marcelo Zuniga Haven't you heard? It's the go too replacement for popcorn while watching people pick cherries.
I'm not sure of your definition of the West, but Lui XIV couldn't hold a candle to the absolute power of Peter the Great of Russia. To Peter, the country was his to play with and everybody - everybody! - had to serve.
And in a way, the Byzantines had this for a millennia until they fell. All emperors were autokrator , from where we take our terms for autocracy and such. Worth a mention imo, but people always forget about the Eastern Romans.
I hope they do an Eastern European history series.
John really doesn't hit the nail on the head here with why absolute Monarchies were so important. During this period the people were feeling more and more loyalty towards their King and not whatever noble they happened to work under. This was mostly due to modern capitalism which created a middle/commercial class, encouraged entrepreneurialism, and social mobility.
This disempowered the nobles who relied on Feudalism and a lack of social mobility and caused the creation of nation-states. Nation states are relatively new concepts that only gained legal footing after 1648 and the peace of Westphalia. This is why scholars refer to 1648-present as the "Westphalian system of Nation-states". The idea that the monopoly on the use of force should be held by the state and not feudal lords and nobles was revolutionary for Europe and the world.
And, of course, development of a nation-state circa 1648 is a necessary pre-requisite for Nationalism (circa 1810s-present), which is possibly the most important political ideology developed in the last 200 years.
In the scheme of European history, absolute Monarchy is a new idea. It was pioneered in Russia under Ivan the Terrible, in France under Louis XIV, and in England under Henry Vll.
Another note is that after Spain's defeat by France in 1653 in a continuation of the Thirty Years War, Spain was no longer the dominant power in Europe.
1500-1653: Spanish hegemony due to new world conquests
1653-1763: French hegemony due to victory over Spain in Thirty Years War.
1763-1799: British hegemony due to French loss in the Seven Years war.
1799-1812: French hegemony under Napoleon/Nationalism
1812-1917: British Century
1917-present: American global hegemony
This was very well summed up
will the series move over to other parts of europe as well? We are in around 1700s and countries like Poland, Lithuania, Russia, Sweden, Spain, Ottomans, Hungary were barely mentioned if at all
It's pretty much the curriculum I learned in school so probably not. They will just move on to French revolution, Napoleon, Colonialism of Central Africa by European states, WW1, the rise of Hitler, WW2, Communisme VS Kapitalisme, Fall of the Communism Start of the EU, The Balkan war, and the modern Europe with a smidge of terror and current affairs.
*nationalist coup in the soviet union, not "fall of communism" even if indeed propagandized and labelled as such in western curriculums. People also called it the "end of history" for instance.
Unfortunately, the modern view of what Europe is is skewed by the post-World-War-II division of Europe, which caused many people today to behave like only the West Europe is the true Europe, and the Eastern Europe (by which they understand everything east of the Iron Curtain) is not worth mentioning.
Eastern European history in general, and Slavic history in particular, always get ignored in America.
Joris BRAEM correction: you’re referring to the yugoslav wars, not the Balkan wars. The latter was in the beginning of the 20th century.
I really appreciate that CrashCourse continues to make these videos even if their lives and them as individuals-and so their attitudes-have all changed. They’ve helped me far beyond my long-passed school years.
Again there are other countries in Europe than England and France. What was going on in all the other countries at the time? Also no mention of Madame de Pompadour?
This isn't just one video on the 17th century I'm sure they will touch on the dutch
Madame de Pompadour was the mistress of Louis XV, not Louis XIV.
@@elise2182 Yeah but she was a pivotal figure of the enlightenment movement.
France had the biggest influence in Europe at that time, just like our US is today
@@ryanpasumbal true that
We missed you !
At 9:35 there's a mention of Jean-Baptiste Colbert. Did anyone else immediately think of JON BATISTE, the bandleader for The Late Show with Stephen COLBERT?
I'm happy you highlighted the fact that absolutist France wasn't a completely centralized state that followed the king's every whim, like they taught us in school. It was still a garbled mess of medieval laws, subjects and privileges.
Also, I'm really sorry for you Americans not having black bread.
Williamz It sounds really good
I wasn’t the only one imagining Stephen Colbert when he talked about Colbert right?
And his band leader Jon Batiste!
Thank you John, very cool!
As a Mennonite Christian, the absolute ruler and the fact that the state church said things like "the princes are like God" makes me shutter.
And so did it with my ancestors. And this is why the absolute monarches tried to kill them.
This is the very reason why my family on my mother's side ended up in America.
Since when are you allowed to use the internet ? Arent you the Amish ?
@@herodotus945 Mennonites and Amish are related, but we are to cheap to buy the uniform.
Ok seriously. Our three main theological views that separated us from the high church
1. We believe that only those who choose for themselves are Christians.
That means we only baptize people who have come of age and want to be baptized
Oh and baptism isn't magical, it's symbolic
2. We don't believe that when we eat the bread and drink the wine, that too is symbolic. Nothing magical happens. It reminds us of what Jesus did.
3. All believer are equal and local congregations choose their own leaders.
4. War is a bad idea.
And the one that applies to this forum:
5. We believe in the separation of church and state.
The state does not have a right to tell the church what to do or believe in matters of faith. For instance the state does have the right to say that must baptize our children.
This last one has landed us in a heap of trouble with governments over the years. To which we say, "Oh well" and we carry on.
The difference between the Amish and the Mennonites is that the Amish want to cut themselves away from you scary world, we Mennonites want to be your "good neighbor" and thus change the scary world.
And one way we have done that is to convince society that separation of church and state is Good.
who else getting a test out of this
Fun fact, even after the reign of queen Elizabeth, Louis XIV still holds the record for longest reigning monarch in the world. I am glad the French get to keep their record for now.
*I wonder if this was so bad*
I mean, back then you had one nutjob as a king. But now we have a bunch of nutjobs to rule us
And a bunch of nutjobs all vying to be the number one nutjob. It would be so much better to just know which crazy is the one in charge.
Ehhh... in response to that, I posit: back then there were multiple nutjobs to rule based on what boundary which has little relation to today's boundaries you were within, and also all of them are related somehow (see Useful Charts's videos if you don't believe me) with no more than a few generations's worth of separation and lots of intermarriage
Mercantilism seems so incredible... natural. Is just logic. The weird thing is that it's not true, like the real miracle is that no, we don't have to kill each other for a finite amount of wealth, but if we cooperates, we would all end with more wealth seems just counterintuitive.
I don't think I had heard about the Jaden Smith Studio before. Is this a new studio? Renamed? In any case, I'm all for having Jaden Smith sponsor Crash Course to the degree of having a studio named for him, I'm just curious about the details!
>Jaden Smith Studio
Oh no what happened
fr can someone uncover what is going on w this
I came here looking to see if anyone else had asked about this. I don't think I had heard about the Jaden Smith Studio before. Is this a new studio? Renamed? In any case, I'm all for having Jaden Smith sponsor Crash Course to the degree of having a studio named for him, I'm just curious about the details!
So I just saw Jaden Smith tweet about this. The way to get a studio named after you is to be a Patreon supporter and plegue $3000 or more per month and it will be named after you for 1 year.
@@deniserendon686 ...An Icon living...
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Bro, your videos used to be so passionate, upbeat and funny. You’re making me sad
John, where is eastern Europe in all of this? imo it played a huge role as of the 15th century, creating nations like Russia, Poland, Prussia, Hungary that influenced the 19th and 20th century like never before
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You. Never. Even. Mention. That east europe exists!
France: absolutism is the only way to build an empire
Venice And Poland-Lithuania: *laughs in Republic*
Venice wasnt an empire and poland-lithuania was a Monarchy.
Western European History #13
I Love Crash Course
Please make video on Nationalism in Europe
I have a feeling they'll be doing that once they get to the early to mid 1900s
@@noahfasoformoso It's more likely to be about the mid 1800s
They will almost certainly do that soon. Natonialism in europe did not arise until the that 1800s and the effects and brutal horrors of it was not seen until 1900s and 1930-1940s.
@@_vallee_5190 The effects were not seen until the 1900s? Sorry, that's completely wrong. I think you're mixing up different definitions of nationalism.
@@CaptainBohnenbrot the major effects yeah, the 1800s was like the pressure maker and the early 1900s were the explosion.
John, other people in the comments have said this and so will I: please do some episodes on other parts of Europe! There's so much interesting history there too. Also, a lot of politicians in my country love justifying hatred with inaccurate narratives of history, and I'm sure other Central and Eastern European countries have similar problems. You have a worldwide audience, including a lot of young people, and Crash Course has been challenging those kinds of popular narratives since Crash Course Word History Part 1! You could make a difference - and a small difference can easily become a big one, I'm pretty sure you taught me that
It's sad that there are still people that believe that their lives can only get better if they make the lives of others worse.
I have the feeling that Louis the 14 basically said “ you know what people want, taxes to fund my parties!” To Colbert
Great video, thank you very much , note to self(nts) watched all of it 13:09
Fun fact: There is only one absolute monarch left in Europe today in 2019. Do you know who?
The Pope, who is the absolute monarch of Vatican City. Since the Vatican is not a democracy, it cannot join the EU.
Good point
Anyone else is worried that now CrashCourse are now only publishing videos on 1 course?
"I don't know what kids like. Tik Tok?"
Me: "*DEUS VULT* WE MUST PURGE THE INFIDELS THAT BROUGHT US THIS UNHOLY SIN"
"Just how desperate you have to be to add sawdust to your dough."
You mean just how exploitative and desperate to earn profits the merchant class were at the expense of ordinary people. Oh well, that's what happens when you dissolve the guild system and separate the processes of industry into hyper-specialization.
People in the middle ages had it better than modern folks in the 17th - 19th centuries, and that's a hilarious fact.
Is the studio named after Will Smith's son?
Yeah, I came here to ask that. I wouldn’t be too surprised if he funded things like this, honestly.
Yeah he(Jaden) tweeted about it.
Perhaps that's why they justified all the violence and genocide they caused.
French people: the most violent people that ever came to be. More than the English.
What about the absolute monarchism of Charles the 1st and the subseqant English civil war?
Edit: just realised there's a quick mention at the end but still
Well looking at the next episode this was a stupid comment
I love you, John. You are exactly the dorky teacher I aim to become myself one day.
12:11 was that a dig at Trump?
Most of it was, rightly so
@@marvintpandroid2213 agreed
No but I’m sure the neckbeards here can reify it as such for you.
Everything is a dig at trump. Or tacit support of trump. There is no none trump things. We are all trump. We are one with the House Of The Orange Skin.
@@arthas640 😂😂😂😂
European history is so amazing to know about it
Because it's a tangled mess
It also kinda has the most far reaching consequences for the rest of the world at least until the Cold War
@@niggo.0300 let's say between the start of colonialism and the cold war
Dennis Domnig agreed
@@dennisdomnig3601 that's true for all history:D
Hi I like how these new episodes are slower paced. It’s a lot easier to follow. Thank you for all the content you guys put out. Such a treasure trove of knowledge and information that will forever exist as long as this platform and the internet sticks around.
Crash Course Western European History continues.
Just wanna give some sincere positive feedback; I really like the pace of speech in this vid. Sometimes crash course can feel like way too many words in way too short of time, making these already big ideas overwhelming. Feels a lot more calm. Thanks for all you do at any rate! :D
its weird like this
The war of the league of Augsburg was not a defeat for France. Most battles were French victories and even if he renounces to some of his conquests, he definitly acquired Alsace, which would later cause some problems with the Germans.
The war of the Spanish succession was a defeat in North America for France but in Europe if was a victory. The borders were defended and Louis XIV's grandson took the crown of Spain, turning Spain as an ally of France like Louis wanted
Finally someone speaking the truth
This guy looks like one of those creepy guys in US who organize free dinners to convert lonely international students to some weird "Christian" community
And now I want to re-read *Twenty Years After* (the better of the two sequels to *The Three Musketeers*). I got all of the English history in that book, but I missed a lot of the French history.
You’re john green the best thing to pick and watch on the internet, i was amazed by this new european history videos, please , please , don’t stop making videos and please keep them coming free because you’ve given us a completely new exciting way to learn about history, being greedy in history I’m hoping for more and more, it is becoming a history encyclopedia, thank you all very much crash course team you’re the best.
He sounds so tired
And today we have Jean (Jon) Batiste providing the music for Stephen Colbert, an echo from the past.
Colbert is most famous for his theory of mercantilism, and second-most famous for his theory of Truthiness
Can you do the history of other "contents" like Middle Eastern, East Asian, African, South Asian, or even North and South Americain history. These history's aren't told often enough or extensive enough.
He has done world history, before european history, you could look at at.
Cant wait until we get to oligarchy and principality
War.
Huh.
Good God you all, what is it good for?
Resources, money, and power for the evil and corrupt politicians. That's all.
I’ve learned so much from this channel.
Now that I’m out of school I can say I ALWAYS had to watch these videos in school and when it came on it was LITT
Waitwaitwaitwait. Did Jaden Smith sponsor Complexly's Indianapolis studio??
Crash course, can you please make one on Peter the Great or Catherine the Great and the Russian Empire :)
God dammit Peter the 3rd.
@@zlatko8051 I was talking about Peter I
Rowshon Nabi I was referring Ong Catherine the great
@@zlatko8051 oh ok
Don't you dare leaving us again, John Green, we missed you :(
5:59
Look up "Anne of Austria" on a Google image search. That will not be what you find. Dude, what's up with that?
Absolute monarchy is the best type of monarchy and the best type of government.
I think Louis XIV did more to advance and improve economic and social chances for middle class French people to climb society's ladder than most other non-absolutist lands in Europe at that time. The fact that Louis XIV chose his most trusted poltical henchmen based on their capabilities and loyalty rather than birth made France much stronger and more stable than before. People like to see absolutism as inhumane but the relative stability caused by the centralised, authoritarian rule of Louis XIV improved living conditions for the average French person in the long run, especially compared to the violent and anarchic 16th and early 17th centuries. Absolutism was a lesser evil compared to the violent factionalism or corrupt oligarchic political systems that ruled much of Europe in early modern times, IMHO.
Amen to that comment
As someone who lives in Northern-Germany, I was kind of shocked that the closest approximation to blackbread you could find was a light Pumpernickel-bagel.
I would eat as a child this very dark black bread with zero fluffines, interesting how bread culture differs
They call themselves the Land of Freedom and have apparently no bread worth eating. As a fellow German I deplore their lack of culture... ;)
We have that bread too, but it's hard to find sometimes because they'll put it in the "international" aisle of the grocery store, hidden among the Digestives and Aero Bars.
So this video is Absolute monarchy in France. Many European countries rejected the ideologies of Absolutism and Divine right of monarchy
sawdust was added to a brand of bread in the 1970's because it's indigestible
-- no calories
Louis the 14th: *I am The Senate!*
Until recent times probably the biggest inflows of immigrants into England were the Huguenots. French Protestants fleeing Catholic oppression and death squads; and it continued for some decades, bringing new skills in England to the great benefit of England.
I find it strange that CrashCourse didn’t mention that in his long list of destinations for the fleeing French Protestants.
I get the impression that CrashCourse is being very American in his constant minimising of English achievements. Because of course by the 1690s the first modern democracy was created in England. Followed shortly after by the first industrialised nation.
So how would you modify this video?
Brock Feldman. The lesson should have been more about Louis the XIV than European absolutism.
Also the absolute right of Kings varied with the times. In England after the first Parliament was set up in 1265 the King didn’t always have an absolute right to rule. There were restrictions.
Then in 1603 the English queen died without an heir, so a foreign Scottish King James became James the First of England (the sixth of Scotland).
Unfortunately Scotland was a very backward and primitive society then and the new king demanded absolute power as he had in Scotland. So put in motion a serious of events of King against parliament which led to civil war. The Scots were a disaster then and they are a disaster now. But eventually it led to the first democratic (by the standards of the time) government in modern history.
@@maxmullen6337 I don't disagree with the history - but I'm not sure that was within the scope of this video entitled "Absolute Monarchy"
Brock Feldman. I just think it should be called something like “Absolute Monarchy in France”.
@@maxmullen6337 It was not just France. Louis' court served as a model for other princes all over Europe, and James' (and later the Charles') assertion of royal power was not "backwards" (WTF are you on about with that?) but very much a modern view of kingship.
Talking about Absolutism - most prominently in France, which makes it the ideal example to explain the concept - is very much a prerequisite for talking about English parliamentarism.
Kings didn't have absolute right to rule in medieval Europe, generally. England is not an exception there.
This show is American. You can trust it to cram English stuff in its narrative at every possible point while ignoring three quarters of Europe entirely, so your Parliament will make an appearance eventually. They basically tease that at the very end, so I assume the next video will be about that rainy island at the outskirts. ;D
Does anyone know the name of the painting on the right in the graphic at 0:36? Many thanks!!
Arnolfini Portrait, by Jan van Eyck
Can you guys cover the South Asian History? The Aryans, Mughals etc.? It would be fascinating to watch
Jean Baptist Colbert... I almost heard the Jean Baptist as Jon Batiste and wasn't sure for a moment if it was a weird reference to The Colbert Show
Make a clip on the Jacobite Wars to regain the throne.
Who's face is photoshopped onto the absolutist painting @ 0:29 ?