Mr John Green, you already knew this, but we freaking love you. I had a very non traditional education, and you were my history teacher. Thank you so much for all that you do and keep the Crash Courses coming!
This makes me sad... he sounds so exhausted and not at all as energetic as he used to be... none of the funny bits anymore either. I hope you are ok Mr. Green I love your videos!
I think they slowed it down on purpose, this is easier for students to follow when the content is new to them. When I play the world history ones for my students I have to put the subtitles on because it goes so fast
I'd feel bad saying this but I think John himself would agree--people change with age. He can't be the youthful, energetic guy he was in 2012 videos, because he's not that same person now. And that's totally okay. I've been watching Vlogbrothers for years, and I've noticed that John now speaks slower and says increasingly candid and personal things in his videos (especially since the release of 'Turtles All the Way Down'). This doesn't necessarily mean he's any more or less exhausted or depressed than he was before--he just no longer feels the need to play a role, and is more comfortable playing himself. His videos have only grown more thoughtful, and this video is as good an example as any. Nowadays, he may speak fewer words, but he says more with them, in my opinion.
Where is the open letter???? An open letter to indoor plumbing! An open letter to the papacy! An open letter to Infinity Wars, Sorry Thanos, you're idea was already taken. Best Wishes, the Black Death.
see also: ap euro test is on May 8th and this series wont finish in time for it :( but im actually so grateful that i get the beginning of the coure to help study :))
I actually really like the calmer John Green, I greatly appreciate the new episodes. He seems much more centred and relaxed, more at ease too. Thank you, sir, that was a lovely episode! I'm so glad you're doing them again. :)
I'd love for you guys to explore some pre-christian European history, I know there's not nearly as much documented but it would be cool to hear more about the celtic and germanic tribes (not just vikings), what we know about their traditions and rituals etc
John in first crash course = Hype fresh out of college guy John now= Cuddly beard dad, who is really tired, and probably eats candy in the closet so he doesnt have to share with the kids.
Hey John! I absolutely love this European History crash course. I've been bingeing it once again during the covid-19 outbreak. I was wondering though if crash course plans to do a crash course on the History of the Americas? I could never seem to find as much information on pre-colonial Native American and Mesoamerican history. Would love to binge through a crash course series like that one day!
John Greene, you have honestly been one of my heroes since you first started hosting crash course history. I've read some of your books and I think I have watched each episode of your crash series twice. You are one of the most influential teachers I have ever had, and now I'm a history teacher myself! When I saw you were hosting this series, I could hardly wait to watch it. However, I sincerely miss the charisma and energy you had in your older episodes: the jokes, the pace of your speech, the cultural references... Could we have some of that old John Greene back? It feels a bit hollow without him. Either way, keep up the great work man, but please consider this request!
-*Scream's like a girl from those old Beatles videos* - OMG it's John Green! I never thought you'd be back! I love you and miss you! Super excited to watch the rest of this series!
Broad strokes about the middle ages in Europe and Holy Roman Empire does not get mentioned at all? No crusades? All of the episode focused on was the LATE medieval period...
Yes they said in the introduction video that they would start at 1300. I understand that is the starting point of the American AP European history class. They did a decent job covering the period they intended to cover. Of course it's a shame that they didn't start earlier.
@@sarkhan_guy they'll have to mention it when they talk about the reformation (not to mention they did a video on HRE in world history). I'm not a fan of the anglocentric viewpoint either but this was just one episode. I have faith in CC.
there was also no mention of posibly one of the most culturaly interesting areas like the muslim/jewish/catholic heart that was spain/portugal, or the pagan/catholic lands of the northern crusade
"Losing half of your community in a few years to a poorly understood disease " .... That seems highly relatable at the moment Edit: thanks for the likes and to all the generous ppl that are informing me that the bubonic plague isn't like covid-19 I was well aware of that it kinda just came off as a metaphor and stay safe ppl thank you🙏🙏🙏🙏
To those of you saying that Covid-19 is not dangerous, consider what the fatality rate would be if we had the limited medical knowledge of the 14th and 15th centuries.
Among other things Constantinople was weakened severely by The Fourth Crusade the city was sacked and much of the city's treasures were brought to Venice. So the Ottoman Turks conquering the Byzantines it's not all that surprising
The Byzantine was already weak even before the Fourth Crusade. That's why they fell to the Crusader in the first place. In fact the Byzantine authority was already corrupted that an exiled Emperor invited foreign soldier to reclaim his throne, ironicaly failed to pay them because the ruling Emperor took Imperial treasury for himself. *my english is bad Edit: exiled prince, son of desposed emperor
The eastern Roman Empire was in decline ever since Arabs started their conquests and I believe the point of no return was battle of manzikert in 1071. The Fourth Crusade only sped up the decline.
Byzantium itself could have survived the Ottomans had they gotten their political act together & strengthen the rules of succession in order to cut down on the number of their civil wars. The Ottomans were actually invited into Europe to help one side in a Palaologian (last Byzantine Dynasty) civil war. As is the Crusader Latin Empire (which actually envisioned itself as a conquering continuation of the Byzantine Empire in competition with Nicea, Trebizond, & Epirus) might have had the best shot at instilling the principle that usurping the throne just because you can is a bad thing. 'Tis such a shame that the crusaders fired most of the Greek bureaucracy in the parts of the Empire that they controlled (because they didn't trust them), thus severely damaging the economy & then suffered a crushing defeat by the Second Bulgarian Empire at Adrianople in which their Emperor Baldwin I got captured.
I know that there isnt really such a thing as a separate Europe and Asia but it would be cool if you guys did an Asian history series since it isnt talked about very much
Hi John, I notice you speak much slower than usual. Is it deliberate? Because I think your fast speaking is one factor that make listening to history much interesting.
I wanted to see everything back to pre-historic Europe. The Roman and Greek periods are so interesting to me - this feels like jumping into the middle of a story. And I feel like all of that stuff is important to understanding this time period! I understand that would've been a huge task...but so is Crash Course World History. That said, I'm not going to complain about a new Crash Course History series, so I'll enjoy it for what it is!
Burgundy was a DUCAL court, not a royal court. Though there was a Kingdom of Burgundy, it had been absorbed by the Holy Roman Empire about half a millenium prior (technically the Holy Roman Emperors were kings of Germany, Italy and Burgundy until 1806, but de facto those titles had long dissolved). However as Imperial power over its western fringe slowly declined several regions, including Burgundy, fell under control of France. The Dukes of Burgundy were, even during the 100 Years' War, technically vassals of the French king, but as royal authority was weak due to that whole "other kings want to ursurp our throne" deal the Dukes of Burgundy were de facto a sovereign realm seeking full independency from the French crown, especially after they inherited significant territories in the Low Countries as the Dukes of Bavaria-Straubing went extinct. Fun fact: Through marriage these Burgundian Low Countries fell first to Austria and then to Castile/Spain before a minor noble from western Germany led these provinces into revolt and thus founded the precursor of what is now the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
I've been watching a TON of crash course US history over the past few weeks. It dawned on me that eventually I'm gonna run out of episodes so I went to the channel and am super happy to see that their are recent uploads with Mr. Green! I miss the 'me from the past' bit a lot, but still love learning from this man and enjoy every part of this video :) Hope you keep uploading Mr Green
"Wow, the point you make about how much better life was for the survivors after the Black Death wiped out half of Europe's population was fascinating. Subscribed! Keep these great insightful videos coming!" -- Thanos
It seems odd you'd make a series on European history and skip right over the Roman Empire. But you've generally done well at these in the past, so I'm excited to see how this goes.
If it were my series, I would start during the time of Charlemagne in the late-700s CE. That's really when Europe as we know it today started taking shape.
Extra Credits has a history series and they've covered a ton of the Roman Empire. The Punic Wars, Justinian & Theodora, the Brothers Gracci, Odenathus, Palmyra...
For regular John Green speed, bump it up to 1.25! Also if we could get a few more of these before the 2019 AP Euro Exam. . . that would be extremely helpful.
Thank you for this crash course, I live in England so I've learnt a lot of British history but with video and subtitles it's much easier for me to take in lots more information. Looking forward to the next episode!
I'm looking at the segment lengths. It looks like the producers extended the run time by about two minutes per segment and slowed the script down. I doubt Green had any say in it. I miss the high energy too though.
5:12 It says "English Kings began to hire mercenaries..." but the featuring painting looks like the army of the Crown of Castile fighting against the army of the Kingdom of Portugal. Just saying. Great work!
Oh hell yeah, the series that got me into to history in the first place is starting up just as I begin send my applications to be a history major. God bless john green.
Chris Cafioni yeah, CC is really acting like nothing before 1300 happened... I know it specifically chose that as their start date for study, but history isn’t that easy to chop into blocks.
Actually, historians use the term "The Great Schism" to refer to both the schism between the East and West and the schism created by the Avignon Papacy. We debated using the term because of the confusion and decided the clarification at 9:00 would have to suffice to avoid spending the whole episode on the history of the Church. AP Euro books refer to the time of this split as the Avignon Papacy, the Great Schism, the Great Western Schism and a couple other variants. It's confusing! There doesn't seem to be a ton of consistency on how people use these terms, and they rely on context to clarify the difference between "Great Schism."
0:04 Marriage, Knights, Ale: _It’s The Middle Ages_ 1:07 *The Negatives* 🐀 💀 *_Black Death_* 💀 🐀 2:35 The Death Count And Very difficult decisions 4:03 *_The Hundred Years War_* France Vs England Longbows 4:50 _Chivalry_ And _Mercenaries: Knights For Hire_ 5:58 *Joan of Arc: French Hero* 1429: Charles VII of France 1431: Joan burned at the stake 6:46 Murder/Violence/Malnutrition/Child Mortality 7:18 *_Religion: The (Western) Great Schism_* 1300: Pope Boniface VIII 1305: Avignon (French) Popes 1380: Catherine of Siena 10:27 1453: Constantinople captured by The Ottomans. 11:18 *The Feudal System or Feudalism* - Death, + Rebirth, Little Ice Age
I think we all know that the real cause of the black death was China opening up the silk road and thereby breaking their isolationism. But wait... The Han Dynasty only opened the Silk road because they wanted to spread Chinese culture to the Tarim basin. And they only wanted to do that because the Tarim Basin was paying tribute to the Xiongnou nomads who were ravaging China and extracting Chinese tribute. And they hoped that by spreading Chinese culture and encouraging trade they could break the Tarim Basin from the Xiongnou empire (and it worked). History is so beautifully complex.
I am crying with nostalgy, Dear John Green, please do not get old, take care of yourself, drink water, take walks and spend time with friends and family.
Oh this couldn’t have come at a better time! I’m taking European history next year! Thank you! You have no idea how happy I am for these episodes (I’ve watched all the US history,and world history videos and I’ve loved them!)
John! I'm so very happy to see you again teaching history in crash course!!!! I shall enjoy and learn from this new course as I did years ago. I'm truly happy. World history and biology where my favorite courses! :)
So glad you’re back. We are similar ages. You talk slower, look different. So do I. You’ve found professional success, your family’s grown. Me too. To me, that’s History. It’s the story of you and me and all of us.
early middle ages, but crash course should really be beginning with Charlemagne since the middle ages is a very complex period and this is really only a best bits version of 1350 to 1450. This alongside his fall of the fuedal system narrative gives a very distorted view of the period; mercenaries had been used since before the anarchy, preceding the black death had been a massive population boom, people had been questioning the crusade before the albigensian crusade and england was one of the worlds foremost consumers of crossbows.
For me the Early Middle Ages prior to the Muslim Invasions of the Eastern Roman Empire & Sassanid Persian Empire overlaps with the last embers of Late Antiquity.
Well, the early middle ages are far less interesting, except for the viking age and William the conqueror. They were far more different than the high and late middle ages. No castles, no knights, no cathedrals, etc. The early middle ages in Europe were truly a dark moment for humanity, gothic tribes converted into Christianity and expanded into kingdoms that paled in comparison to the western roman empire. What is truly interesting about the early middle ages is the Byzantine empire, the rise of Venice and of course the Islamic golden age.
Firstly Samuel Appiah this still gives a distorted view of the middle ages since it's simply called "medieval Europe" and it's really stupid to say european history is only worth looking at in depth during the renaissance. I'd have far fewer issues if he simply called it crash course renaissance. Secondly Juan Lopez Villegas i have to disagree on the early middle ages since there was a lot of continuity from rome with most ideas on warfare, society and law being lifted from roman texts, not to mention it saw the rise of fuedalism and the priestly class towards the beginning of the high middle ages. As well as massive building projects such as cathedrals and canals being built suggested a much more complicated system of governance and resource management then you claim.
Thank you for speaking a bit more slowly and keeping the narrative more focused! Your charisma can come through without the zaniness. As a teacher of English language learners, they are much more inclined to enjoy a video paced like this than the old way.
I’m a little puzzled as to why you started, “European History” with the Middle Ages. Greeks, Romans, Vikings, etc... Honestly, European History begins long ago with Indeo-European Migration.
The Council of Constance mentioned in the video (although not by name) was a really interesting event. Beside the schism, it also delt (or attempted to) with the Bohemian (Czech) precursor of the Reformation - Jan Huss and the conflict of Poland and Lithuania with the Teutonic Order. The former mater caused a period of great turmoil in the Kingdom of Bohemia, known as the Hussite Wars, which is no less interesting than the Hundred Years War in my opinion, while the latter inspired diplomatic, legal and theologic debate that included Polish intellectuals; Paulus Vladimiri (Paweł Włodkowic) and Stanisław of Skarbimierz advocating ideas of religious tolerance, international law and universal human rights.
History videos with John Green again? That's probably one of the most pleasant surprises ever. Like everyone else, I hope he keeps doing this for a long time.
I think many historians these days no longer attribute the English victory at Agincourt to the longbow. Rather, the mud and slush of the fields may have bogged down the French knights to the point where the archers could just walk up and knife them to death. (I think they've done a test using a machine that rams an English bodkin into French plate at point blank range at an extremely high velocity and the arrow just breaks.)
I think it will be that. Anything East of Germany will get ignored probably. Its the first episode so there's hope but it probably will be a very Americanized version of "European history".
Don't worry, I'm sure they'll mention something about how Russia ate everyone around them and then we will continue the episode about WW1, I mean nothing else of importance has ever happened East of Germany amirite? It's a pretty disappointing start especially with the next episode being on the Renaissance and what follows it? The Reformation, of course.
You gotta love this channel. The Amount of work they put into this video is insane. Honestly, you should have even more subs and views than you already have. Thanks for the amazing videos and being able to teach me how the middle ages better than me teachers ;)
@brad renfroe 'Medieval People' written in 1924 by Eileen Power. 'Bond men made free' by Rodney Hilton written in 1977 but was re-released in 2004 I think. Both are good places to start although the later is a little preachy on the 'toils and hardships' of the people. Life was hard and shitty for many people including the rich and powerful.
Loved this so so much ❤❤❤ Thankyou Crash Course, always to our rescue 🥰 And that "God it's nice to be back" !!!! It's always sooo nice to have you back John!!! So much love, admiration and gratitude ❤❤❤
Fun fact: though rare, people still get bubonic plague. It's actually quite treatable, but the problem is septicemic plague, (the version of the plague that infects the blood) often kills people before they're diagnosed. The pnuemonic plague acts alot like severe bronchitus. The reason the death rate is so high is due to the fact that it is extremely hard to diagnose, like I said, the pnuemonic plague is often thought to be severe bronchitus. And by the time they figure it out it's too late. But don't worry, when I say rare, I mean EXTREMELY rare. I can't recall the last case in America. (Note:not a doctor or teacher, just a 15 year old girl who likes to deep dive WebMD)
I feel like you only talked about the Late Middle Ages. What about the transition period of Late Antiquity? Why not start with how the European political landscape changed during the decline and fall of the Western Empire?
At some point during this course it would be interesting to reflect on the Great Divergence between Europe and the rest of the civilised world, that started precisely around the period between 1450 and 1500. Before that time, Europe had been stagnant during more than 1000 years, you could say that living in Europe in the year 1300 was worse than living in China or in the Muslim world, or that it was worse than living in the Roman Empire in the year 200. But after 1500 the Renaissance started, and after that the Enlightenment, and after that the Industrial Revolution, and then the second Industrial Revolution, ant then the third, all of that in Europe or in north America in a sort of chain reaction. So I hope that this Crash Course helps explain why that Great Divergence started in Europe at that particular moment in history and not anywhere else.
Slight correction. Many parts of Europe were worse off than China or Muslim world, but not all of Europe. Italian city states had equivalent of 1100$ GDP per capita, while places like India or China during their “golden ages” were fluctuating between 500 and 600$. I know it can’t really be translated since we are on different technological level, but technically those city states had better economic output in middle ages than 30 poorest countries today in 21. century. And in lesser extend it can be said about other important trading cities mainly in modern day Netherlands and northern Germany. And this is quite different from rest of the world (including other parts of Europe). Because in rest of the world it usually went like this: Enlightened emperor/sultan/king starts funding science on his court, his imperial capital is all advanced and full of knowledge. Everyone is always impressed by big library or some other fantastic feats … and then dynasty changes and next emperor bans science, or Mongols invade and destroy capital, or there are other priorities. In other words it’s pretty unreliable. It can be seen on invention of printing press. First one was invented in China or Korea (depends what version you consider as real one). And they were like “nice curiosity, we achieved something, put it in our collection” (it’s hyperbole of course). While when it was invented in Germany 3 centuries later, it wasn’t toy for monarch and his court, because it was invented and spread among cities run by merchants and wealthy businessmen. And they did what businessmen do best. Doing business. In fifty years 20 million copies were made. In next century 200 million. Everything from bible, through fake news pamphlets to erotic novels. Just 30 years after that invention already 110 cities were printing. It grew to 270 after next 20 years. And then it’s just basic mathematics. 270 cities produce more literature than whatever one random capital of empire, that at that time had “golden age”, could have ever produce. Because having “golden age” is nice, but that usually means thousands of scholars coming up with great things, while 90% of population are just illiterate peasants that live in 19.century the same way as they lived five thousand years before that. One big stagnation from generation to generation. While those richer parts of Europe were pumping books like crazy and first time in history statistically significant portion of population learned how to read. And the best part. Since Europe was fractured, no single monarch could ban it if they print something he didn’t like. And once millions of people can access knowledge instead of thousands of selected scholars, you can theoretically progress 1000 times faster. Or at least much faster.
@@stafer3 Indeed, I agree with all you said. It is certainly something that intrigues me a lot, to know what the secret ingredient was for the great leap that happened in Europe.
Excellent job!! And one of the most succinct and even handed explanations of *all* of these big events. Also the explanation that made sense, which most of the ones I encountered in school quite emphatically did NOT. Glad to see you back in the teacher's chair!
*What came first, war or instability?*
Mr. Green : "Yes!"
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The first time that meme was funny
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3:14 "Imagine losing half of your community"
*Thanos intensifies*
Also imagine LOSING half your community.
I was trying to find this comment only.
Same thought. Nice job.
What if the black death was the result of thanos snapping in the 14th century
dis aint our john
My history teacher calls the great schism the “pope fight”
I think it should have been called the "pope fight".
Well, it's a better and funnier name, so, students would want to learn it!
"The pope fight"
Overly sarcastic productions?!
Makes me ... grateful that my ancestors somehow managed to survive through all that medieval horror..
I never thought of it like that that's actually kind of cool
And here we all are, still surviving. Makes me wonder about this being history in the future. 🧐😊
As a graphic designer, I just need to give props to Thought Cafe for finding a gothic font that is actually highly legible
Anyone watching this in current COVID-19 outbreak?
Yep. Crazy right?
I'm doing this for school
Yep i'm doing this for a school assignment
AP world review 😖
lol my school schedule had my social studies for Feudal Europe.
Mr John Green, you already knew this, but we freaking love you. I had a very non traditional education, and you were my history teacher. Thank you so much for all that you do and keep the Crash Courses coming!
That schism is usually called the Western Schism, as the Great Schism is usually reserved for the East-West Schism or Orthodoxy vs Catholicism.
Right though it's oftentimes called the "Great Western Schism"
@@majan6267 Should be called the almost schism. The two real schisms are still a thing in the XXIst century.
You just can't beat a good Schism. Maybe that's why they had so many.
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DoctorChained In my Ap Euro class I was called the great schism
seems like john's in his middle ages.
Ha!
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haha
@Justin Miranda i agree
Robert M. He’s talking slower now
Crash Course History is back?! I thought I'd never see the day...
Happiest day of my life, I don't even take 9/10 of the courses he teaches, but still I watch
Same here!
This is Europes true side sounds worse than africa
Miss the speed talking maniac energy but still in love with crash course history again woo
Crash Course: Crashing Hard on Drugs
Yes! Speed it back up John!
Agree, but I hope John Green narrates more. He's the best of of the Green brothers.
No, that was annoying and lame. But if you really miss it then speed up the video to x1.25 and you should be happy.
For the non-English speakers is much better like this. That speed talking was so hard to follow!
This makes me sad... he sounds so exhausted and not at all as energetic as he used to be... none of the funny bits anymore either. I hope you are ok Mr. Green I love your videos!
Alexa DeLeon I agree
He looks tired af
I think they slowed it down on purpose, this is easier for students to follow when the content is new to them. When I play the world history ones for my students I have to put the subtitles on because it goes so fast
Well, he did juggle the Black Plague (cute stuffed Yersinia pestis).
I'd feel bad saying this but I think John himself would agree--people change with age. He can't be the youthful, energetic guy he was in 2012 videos, because he's not that same person now. And that's totally okay.
I've been watching Vlogbrothers for years, and I've noticed that John now speaks slower and says increasingly candid and personal things in his videos (especially since the release of 'Turtles All the Way Down'). This doesn't necessarily mean he's any more or less exhausted or depressed than he was before--he just no longer feels the need to play a role, and is more comfortable playing himself. His videos have only grown more thoughtful, and this video is as good an example as any. Nowadays, he may speak fewer words, but he says more with them, in my opinion.
Where is the open letter???? An open letter to indoor plumbing! An open letter to the papacy! An open letter to Infinity Wars, Sorry Thanos, you're idea was already taken. Best Wishes, the Black Death.
Hahaha I read that last bit in his voice and it was perfect
*finishes year long university course on exact time period just as this series is released*
God damn you Greeeen!
see also: ap euro test is on May 8th and this series wont finish in time for it :( but im actually so grateful that i get the beginning of the coure to help study :))
I actually really like the calmer John Green, I greatly appreciate the new episodes.
He seems much more centred and relaxed, more at ease too.
Thank you, sir, that was a lovely episode! I'm so glad you're doing them again. :)
As a teacher, thanks for slowing down a bit! Makes it easier to use as an educational tool.
I'd love for you guys to explore some pre-christian European history, I know there's not nearly as much documented but it would be cool to hear more about the celtic and germanic tribes (not just vikings), what we know about their traditions and rituals etc
John in first crash course = Hype fresh out of college guy
John now= Cuddly beard dad, who is really tired, and probably eats candy in the closet so he doesnt have to share with the kids.
Hey John! I absolutely love this European History crash course. I've been bingeing it once again during the covid-19 outbreak. I was wondering though if crash course plans to do a crash course on the History of the Americas? I could never seem to find as much information on pre-colonial Native American and Mesoamerican history. Would love to binge through a crash course series like that one day!
God that fills a hole in my life. Only so many times I can rewatch CC world and us history
JOHN’S BACK!!!! But where’s the speed talk? Still super happy ur back!
When you get older, you slow down. Less energy. Stupid time, always ruining things.
It's because he's tired from promoting BS lies most of the time.
Switch video to 1.25x speed for John's usual talking pace and a more time-efficient consumption of your Crash Course media.
John Greene, you have honestly been one of my heroes since you first started hosting crash course history. I've read some of your books and I think I have watched each episode of your crash series twice. You are one of the most influential teachers I have ever had, and now I'm a history teacher myself! When I saw you were hosting this series, I could hardly wait to watch it. However, I sincerely miss the charisma and energy you had in your older episodes: the jokes, the pace of your speech, the cultural references... Could we have some of that old John Greene back? It feels a bit hollow without him. Either way, keep up the great work man, but please consider this request!
-*Scream's like a girl from those old Beatles videos* -
OMG it's John Green! I never thought you'd be back! I love you and miss you! Super excited to watch the rest of this series!
Cant wait until the COVID19 virus is sold as a plushie
Crash Course Medieval Europe: focuses on Western Europe
Eastern Roman Empire: Am I a joke to you
Ikr. Pretty typical of pop historians.
@@calamityx0324 niggas said pop historians LOL i love the world
Did they even leave obscurantism at some point ? Because the middle east looks like it's stuck in the darkest period of the Middle Ages..
@@henrik4630 dood yes it is plenty of proof...the truth must hurt huh?
And 12th century plus. Anglo-saxons, romans, Celts, indo-Europeans, neanderthals, etc would like a word with john.
Thank god.....
I was waiting for John
He aint the same but atleast his thought bubble is still their
There
Their what?
Broad strokes about the middle ages in Europe and Holy Roman Empire does not get mentioned at all? No crusades? All of the episode focused on was the LATE medieval period...
Yes they said in the introduction video that they would start at 1300. I understand that is the starting point of the American AP European history class. They did a decent job covering the period they intended to cover. Of course it's a shame that they didn't start earlier.
Oxtocoatl that’s no excuse for not mentioning the HRE.
It ‘persisted’ until the early 19th century after all.
@@sarkhan_guy they'll have to mention it when they talk about the reformation (not to mention they did a video on HRE in world history). I'm not a fan of the anglocentric viewpoint either but this was just one episode. I have faith in CC.
there was also no mention of posibly one of the most culturaly interesting areas like the muslim/jewish/catholic heart that was spain/portugal, or the pagan/catholic lands of the northern crusade
@@Oxtocoatl13 no Reconquista, but a dozen notes about England... Mark me skeptical.
Wow it’s an extremely strange to be here at the beginning of a crash course history series and I am actually able to see it evolve.
"Losing half of your community in a few years to a poorly understood disease " .... That seems highly relatable at the moment
Edit: thanks for the likes and to all the generous ppl that are informing me that the bubonic plague isn't like covid-19 I was well aware of that it kinda just came off as a metaphor and stay safe ppl thank you🙏🙏🙏🙏
No, no it doesnt. The plague kills half of all infected...covid kills 1 in 100 and most cases are not even known.
I mean... bubonic plague kills 1 in 2... COVID-19 kills 1 in 789 in the United States... not really
ninja ninja
You also ‘poorly understood’ covid-19, it doesn’t kill half of its host
But hey it’s relatable cause it’s a disease!
Im playing with my puzzles (that doesnt even match the subject)
To those of you saying that Covid-19 is not dangerous, consider what the fatality rate would be if we had the limited medical knowledge of the 14th and 15th centuries.
John Green is so much calmer and mature...
I want the old John back!!!
Yep... thats disappointing
Hell no wtf I can't follow him rapping 5 minutes of history that should be 15 minutes like it is currently
Yeah me too
Among other things Constantinople was weakened severely by The Fourth Crusade the city was sacked and much of the city's treasures were brought to Venice. So the Ottoman Turks conquering the Byzantines it's not all that surprising
The Byzantine was already weak even before the Fourth Crusade. That's why they fell to the Crusader in the first place.
In fact the Byzantine authority was already corrupted that an exiled Emperor invited foreign soldier to reclaim his throne, ironicaly failed to pay them because the ruling Emperor took Imperial treasury for himself.
*my english is bad
Edit: exiled prince, son of desposed emperor
The eastern Roman Empire was in decline ever since Arabs started their conquests and I believe the point of no return was battle of manzikert in 1071. The Fourth Crusade only sped up the decline.
Byzantium itself could have survived the Ottomans had they gotten their political act together & strengthen the rules of succession in order to cut down on the number of their civil wars. The Ottomans were actually invited into Europe to help one side in a Palaologian (last Byzantine Dynasty) civil war. As is the Crusader Latin Empire (which actually envisioned itself as a conquering continuation of the Byzantine Empire in competition with Nicea, Trebizond, & Epirus) might have had the best shot at instilling the principle that usurping the throne just because you can is a bad thing. 'Tis such a shame that the crusaders fired most of the Greek bureaucracy in the parts of the Empire that they controlled (because they didn't trust them), thus severely damaging the economy & then suffered a crushing defeat by the Second Bulgarian Empire at Adrianople in which their Emperor Baldwin I got captured.
ME FROM THE PAST??!!?!? WHERE IS ME FROM THE PAST 😔
He grew up and is busy hosting crash course world history
The plague got him
He has said that he can't pull off 19 anymore.
@@stormsrider9424 I mean... he wasn't really fooling anyone to begin with.
Watch his intro video for the series...he explains it there.
becoming a huge fan of this series, feel like i'm learning way more in way less time than i did in high school and do in university
I know that there isnt really such a thing as a separate Europe and Asia but it would be cool if you guys did an Asian history series since it isnt talked about very much
3:20
Am I the only one watching it during COVID-19?
so glad to have John back with a nice history topic!
14:03 "It's nice to be back". Good to have you back!
Hi John, I notice you speak much slower than usual. Is it deliberate? Because I think your fast speaking is one factor that make listening to history much interesting.
I noticed this, too. He's speaking way too slowly... I actually found it way more watchable at 1.25x speed.
3:14 "Imagine losing half of your community"
Me: Mr Stark, I dont feel so good
History is so amazing, awe-inspiring, and overwhelming, that’s it’s almost impossible to believe that all of this actually happened.
I'd love to see some coverage of Poland and Casimir the Great during the middle ages. Europe isn't just England, France, and Rome...
@@stardust86x Poland isn't in Eastern Europe! In medieval period best distinguish between the East and the West was religion.
Oh here they come, the Poles are coming to complain they aren't included in yet another YT series
Of course not. Europe also Germany and that's about it.
True Eastern Europe has a lot of important history.
Poland: An area that sometimes pop up on the map of Europe, though rarely in the same place... Now, where´s that quote from again?
I disagree with the decision to have the episode only focus on the LATE medieval period. No HRE, no crusades, no Charlemagne! Disappointed
thats whats on the ap euro exam
he already did that before in world history go watch it
i mean this is basically where ap euro starts
I wanted to see everything back to pre-historic Europe. The Roman and Greek periods are so interesting to me - this feels like jumping into the middle of a story. And I feel like all of that stuff is important to understanding this time period! I understand that would've been a huge task...but so is Crash Course World History.
That said, I'm not going to complain about a new Crash Course History series, so I'll enjoy it for what it is!
Those aren't really in the AP Euro standards
Burgundy was a DUCAL court, not a royal court. Though there was a Kingdom of Burgundy, it had been absorbed by the Holy Roman Empire about half a millenium prior (technically the Holy Roman Emperors were kings of Germany, Italy and Burgundy until 1806, but de facto those titles had long dissolved). However as Imperial power over its western fringe slowly declined several regions, including Burgundy, fell under control of France.
The Dukes of Burgundy were, even during the 100 Years' War, technically vassals of the French king, but as royal authority was weak due to that whole "other kings want to ursurp our throne" deal the Dukes of Burgundy were de facto a sovereign realm seeking full independency from the French crown, especially after they inherited significant territories in the Low Countries as the Dukes of Bavaria-Straubing went extinct. Fun fact: Through marriage these Burgundian Low Countries fell first to Austria and then to Castile/Spain before a minor noble from western Germany led these provinces into revolt and thus founded the precursor of what is now the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Welcome back. You have been sorely missed. This is one of my all-time favorite UA-cam channels.
I've been watching a TON of crash course US history over the past few weeks. It dawned on me that eventually I'm gonna run out of episodes so I went to the channel and am super happy to see that their are recent uploads with Mr. Green! I miss the 'me from the past' bit a lot, but still love learning from this man and enjoy every part of this video :) Hope you keep uploading Mr Green
"Wow, the point you make about how much better life was for the survivors after the Black Death wiped out half of Europe's population was fascinating. Subscribed! Keep these great insightful videos coming!" -- Thanos
JBTechCon well played... well played
It seems odd you'd make a series on European history and skip right over the Roman Empire. But you've generally done well at these in the past, so I'm excited to see how this goes.
These courses are based around the AP exam and this is where the curriculum starts
Rome is super important here to hoping for crash course ancient history
If it were my series, I would start during the time of Charlemagne in the late-700s CE. That's really when Europe as we know it today started taking shape.
Do US courses just choose this as the first period they cover or is this actually the earliest thing they cover?
Extra Credits has a history series and they've covered a ton of the Roman Empire. The Punic Wars, Justinian & Theodora, the Brothers Gracci, Odenathus, Palmyra...
Thank you for talking a bit slower! It really helps me bc I have auditory processing issues.
Even folks with “normal” processing struggled with the previous format.
I would suggest.. even slower than that. Like telling a story. Parents would listen with kids..
I love this contextualization of European history! I love how events described here are more than just dates and facts to remember for a history test.
For regular John Green speed, bump it up to 1.25! Also if we could get a few more of these before the 2019 AP Euro Exam. . . that would be extremely helpful.
This makes me sad, when I was in high school...John was soo energetic :(
I'm in high school now( 10th grade) does he not seem energetic to you?
Victoria Crudup I’m also high schooler
Look at some of old crash course videos
@@dnghn.design Oh okay thanks I sure will! :)
Turn up the playback to 1.5 and he's still the same.
@@futureredbirds lmao i love this comment
Thank you for this crash course, I live in England so I've learnt a lot of British history but with video and subtitles it's much easier for me to take in lots more information. Looking forward to the next episode!
“MR GREEN, MR GREEN!” 🙋♂️ “oh how I hate you Me from the past.” I miss Me From the Past
Oh wow. I can't express in words your quality. Years been developing a whole medieval story series and your vid is unmeasurable.
Yo John, where is your humor and energy man? Do you need a hug? Come on, you can do this :D. I support you.
I'm looking at the segment lengths. It looks like the producers extended the run time by about two minutes per segment and slowed the script down. I doubt Green had any say in it. I miss the high energy too though.
@@transplant8406 well John and Hank are the executive producers so... yeah they do have a say. It's probably so that it's easier to follow his speed.
its better off if he doesn't try humour because it ends up becoming a bad dad joke
I love the look of this series already 🙂 This looks to be a great series - you should definitely do more of these more focused history series.
5:12 It says "English Kings began to hire mercenaries..." but the featuring painting looks like the army of the Crown of Castile fighting against the army of the Kingdom of Portugal. Just saying. Great work!
Yea, I didn't understand that part
Oh hell yeah, the series that got me into to history in the first place is starting up just as I begin send my applications to be a history major. God bless john green.
Good luck on the applications! Studying History is awesome.
@@HistorySkills if you can get a job, that is.
THE Great Schism usually refers to the one between Orthodox and Catholicism in 1054
Chris Cafioni yeah, CC is really acting like nothing before 1300 happened... I know it specifically chose that as their start date for study, but history isn’t that easy to chop into blocks.
Edward .Gamble totally agree
As already noted, The Great Schism was in the 11th century and dealt with the split between the eastern ad western churches, not the Avignon papacies.
Actually, historians use the term "The Great Schism" to refer to both the schism between the East and West and the schism created by the Avignon Papacy. We debated using the term because of the confusion and decided the clarification at 9:00 would have to suffice to avoid spending the whole episode on the history of the Church. AP Euro books refer to the time of this split as the Avignon Papacy, the Great Schism, the Great Western Schism and a couple other variants. It's confusing! There doesn't seem to be a ton of consistency on how people use these terms, and they rely on context to clarify the difference between "Great Schism."
0:04 Marriage, Knights, Ale: _It’s The Middle Ages_
1:07 *The Negatives*
🐀 💀 *_Black Death_* 💀 🐀
2:35 The Death Count And
Very difficult decisions
4:03 *_The Hundred Years War_*
France Vs England
Longbows
4:50 _Chivalry_ And _Mercenaries: Knights For Hire_
5:58 *Joan of Arc: French Hero*
1429: Charles VII of France
1431: Joan burned at the stake
6:46 Murder/Violence/Malnutrition/Child Mortality
7:18 *_Religion: The (Western) Great Schism_*
1300: Pope Boniface VIII
1305: Avignon (French) Popes
1380: Catherine of Siena
10:27 1453: Constantinople captured by The Ottomans.
11:18 *The Feudal System or Feudalism*
- Death,
+ Rebirth,
Little Ice Age
I think we all know that the real cause of the black death was China opening up the silk road and thereby breaking their isolationism.
But wait... The Han Dynasty only opened the Silk road because they wanted to spread Chinese culture to the Tarim basin. And they only wanted to do that because the Tarim Basin was paying tribute to the Xiongnou nomads who were ravaging China and extracting Chinese tribute. And they hoped that by spreading Chinese culture and encouraging trade they could break the Tarim Basin from the Xiongnou empire (and it worked). History is so beautifully complex.
I've been waiting for the first episode since it was announced
Same here compadre. John is a legend.
I am crying with nostalgy, Dear John Green, please do not get old, take care of yourself, drink water, take walks and spend time with friends and family.
Oh this couldn’t have come at a better time! I’m taking European history next year! Thank you! You have no idea how happy I am for these episodes (I’ve watched all the US history,and world history videos and I’ve loved them!)
So the title should be "Late Medival Europe" i guess :)
anyway, great summary of that time.
I need 1.5x speed to feel normal
You guys... 😂😂🤣🤣
I need to hear that except for the mongols to feel normal. Lol
@Leon King Thanks it's much better.
Great video John, but I really miss the old humor-filled, excited, fast-talking videos of the old days
John! I'm so very happy to see you again teaching history in crash course!!!! I shall enjoy and learn from this new course as I did years ago. I'm truly happy. World history and biology where my favorite courses! :)
So glad you’re back. We are similar ages. You talk slower, look different. So do I. You’ve found professional success, your family’s grown. Me too. To me, that’s History. It’s the story of you and me and all of us.
"Nothing more certain than death.... and taxes." that killed me hahahahaha
most people seem to only talk about the middle ages what about the early period 411-1067
early middle ages, but crash course should really be beginning with Charlemagne since the middle ages is a very complex period and this is really only a best bits version of 1350 to 1450.
This alongside his fall of the fuedal system narrative gives a very distorted view of the period; mercenaries had been used since before the anarchy, preceding the black death had been a massive population boom, people had been questioning the crusade before the albigensian crusade and england was one of the worlds foremost consumers of crossbows.
For me the Early Middle Ages prior to the Muslim Invasions of the Eastern Roman Empire & Sassanid Persian Empire overlaps with the last embers of Late Antiquity.
Kevin Hixson The Introduction of this series literally stated it would focus on after 1300....
Well, the early middle ages are far less interesting, except for the viking age and William the conqueror. They were far more different than the high and late middle ages. No castles, no knights, no cathedrals, etc. The early middle ages in Europe were truly a dark moment for humanity, gothic tribes converted into Christianity and expanded into kingdoms that paled in comparison to the western roman empire. What is truly interesting about the early middle ages is the Byzantine empire, the rise of Venice and of course the Islamic golden age.
Firstly Samuel Appiah this still gives a distorted view of the middle ages since it's simply called "medieval Europe" and it's really stupid to say european history is only worth looking at in depth during the renaissance. I'd have far fewer issues if he simply called it crash course renaissance.
Secondly Juan Lopez Villegas i have to disagree on the early middle ages since there was a lot of continuity from rome with most ideas on warfare, society and law being lifted from roman texts, not to mention it saw the rise of fuedalism and the priestly class towards the beginning of the high middle ages. As well as massive building projects such as cathedrals and canals being built suggested a much more complicated system of governance and resource management then you claim.
Anyone else binging before the AP Exam tomorrow?
Me lol
Info is short sweet and brilliant and the art you capture even better. I am pausing to have a good look at the paintings. THANKS.
Thank you for speaking a bit more slowly and keeping the narrative more focused! Your charisma can come through without the zaniness. As a teacher of English language learners, they are much more inclined to enjoy a video paced like this than the old way.
So happy their bringing back Crash Course history🎉🎉🎉 Love these videos!!!
I’m a little puzzled as to why you started, “European History” with the Middle Ages. Greeks, Romans, Vikings, etc... Honestly, European History begins long ago with Indeo-European Migration.
I wonder why we are starting at the english fring and not at some of the more central places. Like the Holy Roman Empire.
The Council of Constance mentioned in the video (although not by name) was a really interesting event. Beside the schism, it also delt (or attempted to) with the Bohemian (Czech) precursor of the Reformation - Jan Huss and the conflict of Poland and Lithuania with the Teutonic Order. The former mater caused a period of great turmoil in the Kingdom of Bohemia, known as the Hussite Wars, which is no less interesting than the Hundred Years War in my opinion, while the latter inspired diplomatic, legal and theologic debate that included Polish intellectuals; Paulus Vladimiri (Paweł Włodkowic) and Stanisław of Skarbimierz advocating ideas of religious tolerance, international law and universal human rights.
I appreciate the slower pass, and the further elaboration of concepts brought up in the episode. Really excited about this series!
History videos with John Green again? That's probably one of the most pleasant surprises ever. Like everyone else, I hope he keeps doing this for a long time.
I think many historians these days no longer attribute the English victory at Agincourt to the longbow. Rather, the mud and slush of the fields may have bogged down the French knights to the point where the archers could just walk up and knife them to death.
(I think they've done a test using a machine that rams an English bodkin into French plate at point blank range at an extremely high velocity and the arrow just breaks.)
not to mention the longbow had been a weapon since before the 13th century, it was hardly a new development... like mercenaries.
Wait... so is this series going to be an actual history of Europe, or is it going to be history of Western Europe only??
I think it will be that. Anything East of Germany will get ignored probably. Its the first episode so there's hope but it probably will be a very Americanized version of "European history".
Don't worry, I'm sure they'll mention something about how Russia ate everyone around them and then we will continue the episode about WW1, I mean nothing else of importance has ever happened East of Germany amirite? It's a pretty disappointing start especially with the next episode being on the Renaissance and what follows it? The Reformation, of course.
Wait.... John Green as the author of young adult novels? O_O
You gotta love this channel. The Amount of work they put into this video is insane. Honestly, you should have even more subs and views than you already have. Thanks for the amazing videos and being able to teach me how the middle ages better than me teachers ;)
In ancient empires I’m learning about this and I’ve found it extremely interesting
Wouldn't it be great to also do a series on Prehistoric Europe? :)
Thats always up for debate and the theories are always changing, so it's hard to do a series on that.
Not changing more than anything else in science, I'm an archaeologist and have some ideas...
Why couldn’t they release this before my AP Exam...
Because it's about 60% wrong...
@brad renfroe go read some history books
@brad renfroe I'm not typing out 700 years of medieval history on a UA-cam comment section. Go read some history books.
@brad renfroe 'Medieval People' written in 1924 by Eileen Power.
'Bond men made free' by Rodney Hilton written in 1977 but was re-released in 2004 I think.
Both are good places to start although the later is a little preachy on the 'toils and hardships' of the people. Life was hard and shitty for many people including the rich and powerful.
I thought this was like 5 years old when I saw this in my recommendations, then I checked the date.
I'm so so so excited for this series! This is my absolute favorite history subject. Thank you!!!
Loved this so so much ❤❤❤ Thankyou Crash Course, always to our rescue 🥰
And that "God it's nice to be back" !!!! It's always sooo nice to have you back John!!! So much love, admiration and gratitude
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Fun fact: though rare, people still get bubonic plague. It's actually quite treatable, but the problem is septicemic plague, (the version of the plague that infects the blood) often kills people before they're diagnosed. The pnuemonic plague acts alot like severe bronchitus. The reason the death rate is so high is due to the fact that it is extremely hard to diagnose, like I said, the pnuemonic plague is often thought to be severe bronchitus. And by the time they figure it out it's too late.
But don't worry, when I say rare, I mean EXTREMELY rare. I can't recall the last case in America.
(Note:not a doctor or teacher, just a 15 year old girl who likes to deep dive WebMD)
I feel like you only talked about the Late Middle Ages. What about the transition period of Late Antiquity? Why not start with how the European political landscape changed during the decline and fall of the Western Empire?
XSci-FreakX A whole series unto itself 😄
The Great Schism generally refers to the divide between the Catholic and Orthodox churches and not a pope fight - hence the word ‘great’.
At some point during this course it would be interesting to reflect on the Great Divergence between Europe and the rest of the civilised world, that started precisely around the period between 1450 and 1500. Before that time, Europe had been stagnant during more than 1000 years, you could say that living in Europe in the year 1300 was worse than living in China or in the Muslim world, or that it was worse than living in the Roman Empire in the year 200. But after 1500 the Renaissance started, and after that the Enlightenment, and after that the Industrial Revolution, and then the second Industrial Revolution, ant then the third, all of that in Europe or in north America in a sort of chain reaction. So I hope that this Crash Course helps explain why that Great Divergence started in Europe at that particular moment in history and not anywhere else.
Slight correction. Many parts of Europe were worse off than China or Muslim world, but not all of Europe. Italian city states had equivalent of 1100$ GDP per capita, while places like India or China during their “golden ages” were fluctuating between 500 and 600$.
I know it can’t really be translated since we are on different technological level, but technically those city states had better economic output in middle ages than 30 poorest countries today in 21. century. And in lesser extend it can be said about other important trading cities mainly in modern day Netherlands and northern Germany.
And this is quite different from rest of the world (including other parts of Europe). Because in rest of the world it usually went like this: Enlightened emperor/sultan/king starts funding science on his court, his imperial capital is all advanced and full of knowledge. Everyone is always impressed by big library or some other fantastic feats … and then dynasty changes and next emperor bans science, or Mongols invade and destroy capital, or there are other priorities. In other words it’s pretty unreliable.
It can be seen on invention of printing press. First one was invented in China or Korea (depends what version you consider as real one). And they were like “nice curiosity, we achieved something, put it in our collection” (it’s hyperbole of course). While when it was invented in Germany 3 centuries later, it wasn’t toy for monarch and his court, because it was invented and spread among cities run by merchants and wealthy businessmen. And they did what businessmen do best. Doing business. In fifty years 20 million copies were made. In next century 200 million. Everything from bible, through fake news pamphlets to erotic novels.
Just 30 years after that invention already 110 cities were printing. It grew to 270 after next 20 years. And then it’s just basic mathematics. 270 cities produce more literature than whatever one random capital of empire, that at that time had “golden age”, could have ever produce. Because having “golden age” is nice, but that usually means thousands of scholars coming up with great things, while 90% of population are just illiterate peasants that live in 19.century the same way as they lived five thousand years before that. One big stagnation from generation to generation.
While those richer parts of Europe were pumping books like crazy and first time in history statistically significant portion of population learned how to read. And the best part. Since Europe was fractured, no single monarch could ban it if they print something he didn’t like. And once millions of people can access knowledge instead of thousands of selected scholars, you can theoretically progress 1000 times faster. Or at least much faster.
@@stafer3 Indeed, I agree with all you said. It is certainly something that intrigues me a lot, to know what the secret ingredient was for the great leap that happened in Europe.
The Plague: "Destroyed half the population in 2 days"
Thanos: "I'm I a joke to you"
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WOW! A new history series!
I love it!
aw, you’re starting it just a month before the actual AP Euro test
hopefully it helps the students in next year
... u really had to time this so it wouldn’t end before the ap European exam
Excellent job!! And one of the most succinct and even handed explanations of *all* of these big events. Also the explanation that made sense, which most of the ones I encountered in school quite emphatically did NOT. Glad to see you back in the teacher's chair!
Guess who's back, back again. John is back, tell a friend. Welcome back, comrade. Do Korean history
@bulletsholes damn i didnt know one could be this ignorant, what a shocker
Eff you, you North korea loving communist swine!