0:25 Absolutist Monarchs built Standing Armies, armies which exist _before_ a war is declared, keeping the nation prepared in case war broke out. Louis XIV’s Objectives 2:11 1. Conquer Territory for France 2. Make France the Dominate Nation in Europe 3. Weaken Rivals 4. Achieve Glory *Rivals: Habsburgs and The Dutch Republic* 3:11 3:44 The Secret Treaty of Dover 🇫🇷 🏴 4:26 Franco-Dutch War 5:02 _Rampjaar_ The Dutch Disaster Year (1672) 6:03 William III Of Orange: Stadholder 6:47 War for Survival 7:05 Flood Time: Dutch Flooding to prevent French Land Grabs 7:58 Admiral Michiel de Ruyter 9:05 Glorious Revolution 1688. 9:49 Anglo-Dutch Alliance, Grand Alliance. 10:37 Louis XIV’s France Vs Europe 10:50
Louis's stated goal was to push the French border to the Rhine river in order to gain defensible borders. Once he gained his borders, he had Vauban fortify them. It was these forts that saved him during the disastrous first years of the War of the Spanish Succession. Some have argued that these borders and forts saved his crown. Personal glory and national glory were largely the same thing at the time, it was Louis himself who said "L'etat c'est moi" or "I am the state" Johan de Witt was lynched. Largely for his complete failure to prepare the Dutch Republic from the French and for antagonizing Louis. Keep in mind that from the 80 years war (Dutch revolt against Spain that merged into 30 years war) the french supported and fought with the dutch against the Hapsburgs. Louis felt betrayed by the dutch supporting the spanish in the war of devolution. Austria was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire. It would not be though of as apart from a German Empire until he Seven Weeks war in 1866. Great Britain is anachronistic during the grand alliance. The United Kingdom isnt founded until the acts of union in 1707, during the War of Spanish Succession. Your french needs work.
+Aaron Paul My French will always need work - glad to hear through omission that my Dutch is at least passable. Appreciate your viewership but am wondering why someone with your knowledge would be wasting time watching this video. It looks like we share a high opinion of Louis.
Tom Richey I dont know any dutch, so I have no idea how passable it is. Maybe I enjoy your showmanship and watch for that. But honestly I am curious as to how americans learn french history. What they learn about it.
Aaron Paul Charlemagne is the founding Kaiser of the first Reich (Heiliges Römisches Reich or rather the Carolingian empire ). I was talking about the Second Reich, founded and forged by Otto von Bismarck in 1871. However glory to, Gott erhalte Henri IV de Bourbon, le roi de France. He was last true French warrior-king.
Louis The XIV, The Sun King is my absolute favorite royal / historical figure that's ever been. He was near to Superhuman, quite rightly so considering he was truly a gift from mnmmm.
the glorious revolution was actually a dutch invasion of england but was so fast and the propaganda used basically ensured it was never actually seen as that. (I study french history at Alevel.) in french history we refer to william as william of orange to keep one name for him. if you visit this topic again could you go over the treaties made?
The 9 years war was not a disaster for Louis. At least on land, where he dominated his enemies. The peace treaty was mostly in favour of France. The colonies were also were defended, notably in N America
The glorious revolution is often thaught in the Netherlands as an invasion of England by the Dutch. When the invitation came preperations were already on the way. The Dutch needed to secure the alliance with England or they could be speaking French soon. So it was kind of 'defensive'. The British gained massively from the event because they got to copy Dutch financial institutions. Banking and stock markets etc. (also gin)
+Sniff The Monkeys At some point, I'm sure that I will - my videos are doing really well in Sweden - but it would take me delving into something that I'm not too familiar with because it doesn't really show up in our European History survey courses. Over the past few decades, our courses have become more inclusive of Eastern Europe but not so much of Scandinavia.
+Tom Richey yeah im a big fan of your videos since i found your Thirty Years War video, and ofcourse your southern accent. Anyways im sure you will do great if you decide on making a video of Sweden, its a shame because like you said most people leave out Scandinavian history besides from Vikings mostly, i might be a bit biased but the Swedish Empire is surely impressive seeing as its only surrounded by other huge and powerful countries and could still hold its ground. Besides all of that, Sweden has had a significant amount of political and military influence on Europe throughout most of history atleast until their loss of Finland in 1809. Greetings from Stockholm :)
The more I read and hear of this period, the more I admire the Dutch! The largely outnumbered and underrated power of the north east, the Protestant Sparta, that turned round the disaster of 1672, to become brilliant with William III of Orange, a genius whose grand alliance contained French power and frustrated Louis on every turn!
+TomRichey I made some researches and I found out that Franche-Comté was gained by Louis XIV only after the Dutch War with the treaty of Nimègue in 1678... Can you confirm that?
+Romain Guiraudou Louis gained some of Franche-Comté after the War of Devolution but gave most of it back in the treaty that followed that war. As you noted, he gained the rest in the Treaty of Nijmegen following the Franco-Dutch War.
Louis the killer. Killing and plundering his neighbours. That is an important reason why the Germans hated the French for a long time, even beginning an Imperial war against France. French farmers were starving to death because of the taxes. Everything for the power and the glory of this selfish man. When he died, even the French hated him for his deeds. Great? as the leader of by far the strongest country of Europe het could not defeat his enemies. Good for the dustbin of history.
+Bram Holland Well he actually defeated them. War of Devolution was victory for France and they gained territory from Spain. In Franco - Dutch Wars French defeated large coalition of enemies consisting of Holy Roman Empire , Spain , Netherlands , Brandenbug - Prussia , Denmark. Dutch were able to survive yes , however Louis goals changed in 1675 and were no longer the same as when they were facing dutch alone. France was fighting coalition now and successfully. In the end France gained large territory Franche - Comte , cities in Spanish Netherlands , Freiburg from Holy Roman Empire , occupied Lorraine and became most powerful country in Europe. Historians agree that Treaty of Nijmegen which ended the war was victory for France and it influence rose to absolute height. Than Louis won War of Reunions in 1684 . In Nine Years War , Louis fought off larger European coalition than previously and you can say in such conditions it was pyrrhic victory for France. They were able to retain and gain permanently Lower Alsace and Strasbourg , which was given to them by previous treaty only for 20 years. But now it remained forever in possession of France. War of Spanish Succession was bad though for Louis , however he still managed to put Bourbon on throne and make Spain an ally. Out of 5 wars , 4 wars Louis won and one of those victories was pyrrhic one in Nine Years War.
The Dutch could not survive as a nation as proven in the disaster year, if the English king remained a Roman Catholic alley of France. After a smart intelligence operation of many years William III had himself invited to England by the Immortal Seven. Despite that invitation and to assure the success of the "invited" Dutch invasion, he invaded with 460 ships and 40,000 man, twice the size of the Spanish armada 100 years earlier. To make the resulting Dutch/English alliance against France stronger, William modernized English government using some Dutch ideas for example in financing government and the military. William also had experience with a strong parliament, so he was not afraid to negotiate the Bill of Rights. The short and medium term advantages of the alliance were for the Dutch, since the English troops in Belgium helped the Dutch to survive Louis XIV. After these wars for survival the Dutch Republic was bankrupt and declined.The long term advantages were for the UK, since William's modernization, democratization and the introduction of the United Kingdom, by William's successor Anne 5 years later, did set the UK on the road to its huge empire.
Indeed. The Dutch Willem III modernized the english kingdom. I am very glad that here are so much competent historical people here, who know the details.
Because he was our most important Admiraal (commander) at sea. In the war of 1672 he defeated a combined English / French fleet and stopped an invasion of the Netherlands (Dutch republic). In the years before that during the Anglo Dutch wars he defeated the English at the 4 days battle in 1666 and captured the Royal Prince (flagship). But his most famous victory was the raid on Chatham in1667 in which more than thirty English ships were destroyed and the dockyards were attacked and the flagship the Royal Charles was captured. The stern piece of which is still to see at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. He won far more battles then Nelson and was a commander for 23 years. He died at the battle of Augusta (Sicilly)
1806 - 1810 Den Haag Capital of the Netherlands In 1808 Utrecht was capital for 6 months Other then that, Amsterdam capital city Amsterdam was second capital city after Paris for first French Empire and Rome 3e place
omgosh...Love your take on this....Have you read the 1938 book "The Black Jacobins"? Of course the Jacobins were not all black....hmmm othello....take a look at my chan please :) Louis Louis Louis...."Oh Britannia, Britannia rules the waves, Britons will never, never, be slaves........Pro-slavers 1. French 2. Spanish 3. British...um You're Francais is epic. :) Not making fun either.
Half of young Americans do not know how to place Iraq or New York on a map, But there is always an American who gives lessons on universal history hahahahahaha
these videos are preparation for the advanced placement European high school exam. In american this exam is optional, that's why alot of Americans don't know European countries or histories however your cognizance doesn't make sense as a lot of Americans do take this exam and know about European history from high school or university if they want to get a history defree
+Lillian Sunshine He was a war hero. In many nations, war heroes fight land battles, but for the Dutch, de Ruyter is the military hero par excellence because of his naval exploits in the Anglo-Dutch and Franco-Dutch Wars.
Without him Louis would probably be able to conquer the Netherlands, because of the English naval blockade. He revolutionized naval strategies. his greatest feat was the raid on Medway in 1667 when he sailed up the Thames and destroyed the English fleet. When he died fighting the French they even gave him honourable military salutes and let the ship carrying his body go to the Netherlands unopposed.
I think you could say that Michiel de Ruyter is at least as important for the Netherlands as Lord Nelson was for England in the later naval wars. May I point out that during the Siege of Maastricht one of the most important military leaders, the famous musketeer d'Artagna,n got killed by a musket bullet.
Thanks Matt Damon
You're welcome!
I thought he looked more like Dexter Morgan, from Dexter.
When he's not acting, he's teaching History
I thought he looked more like my new son. Welcome home.
He does look like theo von and matt damon had a child doesn't he?
For a American your prenounciation of Dutch words is on point.
Great job!
0:25 Absolutist Monarchs built Standing Armies, armies which exist _before_ a war is declared, keeping the nation prepared in case war broke out.
Louis XIV’s Objectives
2:11
1. Conquer Territory for France
2. Make France the Dominate Nation in Europe
3. Weaken Rivals
4. Achieve Glory
*Rivals: Habsburgs and The Dutch Republic*
3:11
3:44 The Secret Treaty of Dover 🇫🇷 🏴
4:26 Franco-Dutch War 5:02 _Rampjaar_ The Dutch Disaster Year (1672)
6:03 William III Of Orange: Stadholder
6:47 War for Survival
7:05 Flood Time: Dutch Flooding to prevent French Land Grabs
7:58 Admiral Michiel de Ruyter
9:05 Glorious Revolution 1688.
9:49 Anglo-Dutch Alliance, Grand Alliance.
10:37 Louis XIV’s France Vs Europe
10:50
Less than a week until the exam and I clicked on this video because I couldn’t remember who Louis XIV even was bro I’m screwed
Did you pass?
@@readsomebooks666 she didn't reply. she's lost....
You have an exam you’re not here for fun ? They teach you this in school ?
That connection to english history I never made. I love watching your videos they help go over parts of european history I didn't have a grasp on.
Thanks for uploading these Tom. Much love, big fan. Im always down for more information for The Sun King!
Great video! After watching your videos I passed my AP Euro test with a B thanks for the help! Keep up the great work
"That rug really tied the room together"
THE FRENCHMAN IS NOT THE ISSUE HERE
Louis's stated goal was to push the French border to the Rhine river in order to gain defensible borders. Once he gained his borders, he had Vauban fortify them. It was these forts that saved him during the disastrous first years of the War of the Spanish Succession. Some have argued that these borders and forts saved his crown.
Personal glory and national glory were largely the same thing at the time, it was Louis himself who said "L'etat c'est moi" or "I am the state"
Johan de Witt was lynched. Largely for his complete failure to prepare the Dutch Republic from the French and for antagonizing Louis. Keep in mind that from the 80 years war (Dutch revolt against Spain that merged into 30 years war) the french supported and fought with the dutch against the Hapsburgs. Louis felt betrayed by the dutch supporting the spanish in the war of devolution.
Austria was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire. It would not be though of as apart from a German Empire until he Seven Weeks war in 1866.
Great Britain is anachronistic during the grand alliance. The United Kingdom isnt founded until the acts of union in 1707, during the War of Spanish Succession.
Your french needs work.
+Aaron Paul My French will always need work - glad to hear through omission that my Dutch is at least passable. Appreciate your viewership but am wondering why someone with your knowledge would be wasting time watching this video. It looks like we share a high opinion of Louis.
Tom Richey I dont know any dutch, so I have no idea how passable it is.
Maybe I enjoy your showmanship and watch for that. But honestly I am curious as to how americans learn french history. What they learn about it.
Der Kaiser von Deutschland ist besser als le Roi de France
Hackedideal Charlemagne...
Aaron Paul Charlemagne is the founding Kaiser of the first Reich (Heiliges Römisches Reich or rather the Carolingian empire ). I was talking about the Second Reich, founded and forged by Otto von Bismarck in 1871.
However glory to, Gott erhalte Henri IV de Bourbon, le roi de France. He was last true French warrior-king.
Louis The XIV, The Sun King is my absolute favorite royal / historical figure that's ever been. He was near to Superhuman, quite rightly so considering he was truly a gift from mnmmm.
the glorious revolution was actually a dutch invasion of england but was so fast and the propaganda used basically ensured it was never actually seen as that. (I study french history at Alevel.) in french history we refer to william as william of orange to keep one name for him. if you visit this topic again could you go over the treaties made?
"I have loved war so much"
Louis XIV on his death bad
Awesome stuff really enjoying the channel!!!
You should make a video about Frederick The Great.
Love your vids man!
Der alte fritz :D
Lisa certainly helped you, good pronunciation! Great vid, thx.
God Pless ye Miss Pezzino, and her class, god PLESS yooou.
Damned hard to find a video explaining the 9 yrs war
Good luck with that!
The 9 years war was not a disaster for Louis. At least on land, where he dominated his enemies. The peace treaty was mostly in favour of France. The colonies were also were defended, notably in N America
does anyone know from where he got the voltaire quote about Louis? I would like to use it in one of my essays but I wanna cite voltaire. thanks
Finally a site on Louis XIV that doesn't have the comments disabled. Why is this?
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The glorious revolution is often thaught in the Netherlands as an invasion of England by the Dutch. When the invitation came preperations were already on the way. The Dutch needed to secure the alliance with England or they could be speaking French soon. So it was kind of 'defensive'. The British gained massively from the event because they got to copy Dutch financial institutions. Banking and stock markets etc. (also gin)
Benjamin Disraeli described it as "the invasion of England by Dutch finance".
You missed one War
War of the Reunions 1683-1684
Your videos are brilliant Sir!
I really appreciate your lessons!
I love history, and I looove your videos! Match made in heaven :p
Hey Tom great video, will you do more videos and lectures on Swedish history? :P
+Sniff The Monkeys At some point, I'm sure that I will - my videos are doing really well in Sweden - but it would take me delving into something that I'm not too familiar with because it doesn't really show up in our European History survey courses. Over the past few decades, our courses have become more inclusive of Eastern Europe but not so much of Scandinavia.
+Tom Richey yeah im a big fan of your videos since i found your Thirty Years War video, and ofcourse your southern accent. Anyways im sure you will do great if you decide on making a video of Sweden, its a shame because like you said most people leave out Scandinavian history besides from Vikings mostly, i might be a bit biased but the Swedish Empire is surely impressive seeing as its only surrounded by other huge and powerful countries and could still hold its ground. Besides all of that, Sweden has had a significant amount of political and military influence on Europe throughout most of history atleast until their loss of Finland in 1809. Greetings from Stockholm :)
the pronounciation of Franche Compte was kinda off but its alright its pronounced more of Franche Compt
Great vid! Could you please one day do a video on the Austro-Hungarian compromise?
The man, the myth, the legend!
-Louis XIV- Tom Richey!
1:53 You forgot about the War of Reunions.
Real life Versailles.... Love that show
Im french, and Franche Compté is well pronounced
Thank you for your video
The more I read and hear of this period, the more I admire the Dutch! The largely outnumbered and underrated power of the north east, the Protestant Sparta, that turned round the disaster of 1672, to become brilliant with William III of Orange, a genius whose grand alliance contained French power and frustrated Louis on every turn!
Is that Matt Damon giving history lectures on UA-cam???
Sadly after William came to power gdp per capita growth stopped growing from it's 3% before.
+TomRichey I made some researches and I found out that Franche-Comté was gained by Louis XIV only after the Dutch War with the treaty of Nimègue in 1678... Can you confirm that?
+Romain Guiraudou Louis gained some of Franche-Comté after the War of Devolution but gave most of it back in the treaty that followed that war. As you noted, he gained the rest in the Treaty of Nijmegen following the Franco-Dutch War.
Ok thanks!
fantastic!!
Thanks Mat Damon
Where's the follow up! gee
Your pronunciation of Franche-Comté was alright. Try 'Fr-Awe-nch' instead of "Fra-nch' Keep up the good work Mr.Richey!
LOUIS THE GREAT
Louis the killer. Killing and plundering his neighbours. That is an important reason why the Germans hated the French for a long time, even beginning an Imperial war against France. French farmers were starving to death because of the taxes. Everything for the power and the glory of this selfish man. When he died, even the French hated him for his deeds. Great? as the leader of by far the strongest country of Europe het could not defeat his enemies. Good for the dustbin of history.
+Bram Holland Well he actually defeated them. War of Devolution was victory for France and they gained territory from Spain. In Franco - Dutch Wars French defeated large coalition of enemies consisting of Holy Roman Empire , Spain , Netherlands , Brandenbug - Prussia , Denmark. Dutch were able to survive yes , however Louis goals changed in 1675 and were no longer the same as when they were facing dutch alone. France was fighting coalition now and successfully. In the end France gained large territory Franche - Comte , cities in Spanish Netherlands , Freiburg from Holy Roman Empire , occupied Lorraine and became most powerful country in Europe. Historians agree that Treaty of Nijmegen which ended the war was victory for France and it influence rose to absolute height. Than Louis won War of Reunions in 1684 . In Nine Years War , Louis fought off larger European coalition than previously and you can say in such conditions it was pyrrhic victory for France. They were able to retain and gain permanently Lower Alsace and Strasbourg , which was given to them by previous treaty only for 20 years. But now it remained forever in possession of France. War of Spanish Succession was bad though for Louis , however he still managed to put Bourbon on throne and make Spain an ally. Out of 5 wars , 4 wars Louis won and one of those victories was pyrrhic one in Nine Years War.
@@bflorijn Anachronic judgements and propaganda of XIXth century historiography die hard as I see.
Didnt Spain participated in the Nine years War as part of the Alliance?
Yep
Yes but it was a very weak power at the time.
+Tom Richey Johan de Witt actually has 3 statues
The Dutch could not survive as a nation as proven in the disaster year, if the English king remained a Roman Catholic alley of France. After a smart intelligence operation of many years William III had himself invited to England by the Immortal Seven. Despite that invitation and to assure the success of the "invited" Dutch invasion, he invaded with 460 ships and 40,000 man, twice the size of the Spanish armada 100 years earlier. To make the resulting Dutch/English alliance against France stronger, William modernized English government using some Dutch ideas for example in financing government and the military. William also had experience with a strong parliament, so he was not afraid to negotiate the Bill of Rights.
The short and medium term advantages of the alliance were for the Dutch, since the English troops in Belgium helped the Dutch to survive Louis XIV. After these wars for survival the Dutch Republic was bankrupt and declined.The long term advantages were for the UK, since William's modernization, democratization and the introduction of the United Kingdom, by William's successor Anne 5 years later, did set the UK on the road to its huge empire.
+Bert Nijhof Thanks for adding this, Bert. I enjoyed reading your thoughts on this.
Indeed. The Dutch Willem III modernized the english kingdom. I am very glad that here are so much competent historical people here, who know the details.
@@OliverdeClisson Willem*
@@OliverdeClisson in dutch :)
@@Raadpensionaris Oh yes.
Dropped a lebowski reference, fucking love it.
Peter the Great, Bismarck, now Michiel de Ruyter all great Europeans with great mustaches.
+Cody Fenimore INDEED!
3:26 War of Devolution
Can you do some videos on Polish history? by the way great videos
+Gaius Octavius I may eventually do something on the Solidarity movement during the Cold War.
Epic, who would be the kings/emperors you find the most interesting ? I find Napoléon I, Frederick II, Jan III Sobieski and Charles VII interesting
jagieslaw wagiello is also a goodone
The man behind the Battle of Grunwald :)
+Gaius Octavius YEAHHHHHH
wow i have that book on napoleon by andrew roberts :)
Michael de Ruyters anyone want to tell me why he's a legend?
Because he was our most important Admiraal (commander) at sea. In the war of 1672 he defeated a combined English / French fleet and stopped an invasion of the Netherlands (Dutch republic). In the years before that during the Anglo Dutch wars he defeated the English at the 4 days battle in 1666 and captured the Royal Prince (flagship). But his most famous victory was the raid on Chatham in1667 in which more than thirty English ships were destroyed and the dockyards were attacked and the flagship the Royal Charles was captured. The stern piece of which is still to see at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. He won far more battles then Nelson and was a commander for 23 years. He died at the battle of Augusta (Sicilly)
I learned my European history from Europa Universalis IV
Malian soldiers invading Spain trying to keep Al-Andulus alive in Granada
Eu4 is the best way to destroy history
Same
Nice
I fuck with you bro
COME TO BRAZIL
Your Dutch pronunciation is impressive! (work on your German though haha)
Flowery Branch 👀
You shot me
Hapsburger
history is annoying. when a success was reached by wars, we say he did good for our country, but we disregard how many lives he killed
Den Haag is the seat of government but Amsterdam is the capital city.
You forgot the part where they ate him
Inbreeding? Sounds kinda like Hapsburg
6:26 And this guy peed on it.
Not on the rug, man...
1806 - 1810 Den Haag Capital of the Netherlands
In 1808 Utrecht was capital for 6 months
Other then that, Amsterdam capital city
Amsterdam was second capital city after Paris for first French Empire and Rome 3e place
omgosh...Love your take on this....Have you read the 1938 book "The Black Jacobins"? Of course the Jacobins were not all black....hmmm othello....take a look at my chan please :) Louis Louis Louis...."Oh Britannia, Britannia rules the waves, Britons will never, never, be slaves........Pro-slavers 1. French 2. Spanish 3. British...um You're Francais is epic. :) Not making fun either.
...and oh yeah, both bankrupting their respective countries.
Louie Louie …. in the dictionary under "Flake." My Kingdom for a punch in his face. Because he hurt people.
Half of young Americans do not know how to place Iraq or New York on a map,
But there is always an American who gives lessons on universal history hahahahahaha
these videos are preparation for the advanced placement European high school exam. In american this exam is optional, that's why alot of Americans don't know European countries or histories however your cognizance doesn't make sense as a lot of Americans do take this exam and know about European history from high school or university if they want to get a history defree
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Michael de Ruyters anyone want to tell me why he's a legend?
+Lillian Sunshine He was a war hero. In many nations, war heroes fight land battles, but for the Dutch, de Ruyter is the military hero par excellence because of his naval exploits in the Anglo-Dutch and Franco-Dutch Wars.
Without him Louis would probably be able to conquer the Netherlands, because of the English naval blockade. He revolutionized naval strategies. his greatest feat was the raid on Medway in 1667 when he sailed up the Thames and destroyed the English fleet. When he died fighting the French they even gave him honourable military salutes and let the ship carrying his body go to the Netherlands unopposed.
I think you could say that Michiel de Ruyter is at least as important for the Netherlands as Lord Nelson was for England in the later naval wars. May I point out that during the Siege of Maastricht one of the most important military leaders, the famous musketeer d'Artagna,n got killed by a musket bullet.