Frankenstein was written during this time. The volcano Mt. Tambora in Indonesia erupted in April 1815. It was the biggest eruption we've known in recorded history. It caused tremendous climate changes across the world which resulted in a lot of lost lives and other catastrophes. It enveloped much of the world in dark clouded skies. Hence 1816 was known as "the year without a summer". This was the same year when Mary Shelley, her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley, and others went to visit their mutual friend Lord Byron in Geneva, Switzerland in the summer of 1816. Since the skies were perpetually overcast, and the friends were mostly indoors in any case, Lord Byron challenged everyone to write the scariest story. Hence Frankenstein was born (along with other works including arguably the first vampire story, a precursor and an inspiration for Dracula). Edit: Several people brought up the good point that there are older vampire stories. So, in all good will, perhaps I can amend "arguably the first vampire story" instead to say something else like "arguably the first popular modern vampire story in English literature". Hopefully that's a little bit better at least, even if still imperfect.
There was another big volcano eruption that happened in 1808 that helped paved the 1810's decade as one of the coldest decades in human recorded history.
Kicking the can down the road, so it does not need to affect me now. Seems to be the rich primary way of handling troublesome stuff, no matter the century.
Kraut briefly covered this in his Criticism of Realism video. Where he elaborates how Metternichs refusal to address the issues that formetted liberal and nationalist uprisings and to continuously suppress them only led to his downfall during the spring of nations in 1848.
@@secretname4190Everyone has their own unique, particular opinions and views. Also ultimately, some of his moves still represented common conservative ideals at the time. For example, his support of the monroe doctrine protected british colonial interests and helped cement Britain as THE international power.
Remember, we trashed a whole bunch of British tea after it was already docked in OUR harbor. You don't keep trying to beat-down a oafish younger brother: you just offer to do some of his thinking for him.
That third point of “any foreign action on The Northern or Southern Continents of America shall be considered a declaration of war on the United States is proof that we have the best lawyers. We called dibs on two continents and *still* got involved in their wars 😂😂
JQA is not an idiot. The Monroe doctrine gave the US a legal and moral base to dominate the western hemisphere. Deals like this is what allowed the US free reign outside the influence of European powers, which post-civil/spanish-american wars established the US as an irreproachable world power.
I kind of want him to back date his Rome series to the end of the Gracchi and point to places like Extra History to learn more and same for this, but to the tensions that created the Seven years war.
It is great content, but there are other people making content like this on YT and other independent platforms. - _this message was approved by Tribune Aquila_
@@The_ZeroLineno other historical youtuber takes such a contextually analytical approach to their topics - they simply describe what happened at face value. this channel rly does a good job of supplementing those topics with context, quotes, and in-depth looks at the people involved and the events influenced by the topic and those events that it was shaped by.
@@The_ZeroLineif you can give me another example i would really love to find another channel that comes close to this, but i haven't found any yet for all my wanting.
My wife refers to this channel as "little squares guy." She'll overhear me watching a video instead of doing something more productive and responsible and go "What, are you watching Little Squares Guy again?!?" Because I was in bed one night watching the death of Caesar video with my headphones on while she read a book next to me. Something about the way the video described how Caesar was stabbed in the dick just made me feel queasy; like all the blood was draining from my head (I kind of have a blood phobia). I got up out of bed thinking I was going to throw up and collapsed on the floor, sort of passing out, much to my wife's alarm. When she asked me in a panic what was happening/what had just happened, all I could say was, I shit you not: "I was watching...little squares video.....Caesar got stabbed in the dick." Of course she thought I had watched something super graphic but when I was able to recompose myself and further explain what happened I showed her that I was literally just watching little narrated color squares jumping around. So....yeah. She thinks I'm insane. Thanks for vids dude!
New countries were formed and slavery was becoming abolished in these countries. Hats off to the hispanic people as being the first major ethnic group in the world trying and getting slavery banned in modern times. El Salvador abolished slavery in 1825 becoming only the 3rd country in the Americas to banned slavery after Haiti and Chile.
@@TaliyahP I think at least an episode talking about how Augustus consolidated his eventual power and turned himself into a practically monarch, legally, well, merely the first citizen is necessary
You make genuinely some of the best videos on all of TH-cam at the beginning of my senior year I literally watched your whole channel in a month. I've never done that with a channel. Thanks so much for the quality history videos.
@@PlayerSlotAvailable I would imagine it's about the ramifications and effects of the year without a summer. If you want an explanation for what exactly it was, he says it in the first few minutes.
Rough two weeks at work and in personal life, and im tired of all the nonsense and sensationalism in the news, tv, media, and even TH-cam. A history video, pure and simple without any uncessary fluff is what I needed. Thanks!
He got pretty political with his "Work" video. Very Marxist, which is fine, but definitely biased. He completely ignored any economic data that shows the productivity of workers and GDP/capita rising, as well as technological innovation that made working in a nice comfy office with lots of coffee and padded seats WAYYYYYYYYY more luxurious than toiling in a field breaking your back and getting skin cancer from constant sun exposure and lack of sunscreen
@@Megamaduo But its historical now, it no longer has an impact on our lives and a cause of worry. It now serves as topics for academic discussions (and one would hope as lessons for modern politicians).
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I am, admittedly, American, and I've just come to point out that while the Monroe Doctrine is considered a pivotal moment in American history, Caning's influence is NEVER discussed as part of it. I assume the "future video" mention at 8:15 is the Revolution of 1832. If that is the case, I am ALL IN to see it! Bravo on everything. Bravo.
I think that it’s a little misrepresented to fit the themes of this episode. While a diplomatic coup for Britian, it wasn’t as if the US was duped into creating the Monroe Doctrine. It’s largely outside of the purview of the video, but the Monroe Doctrine was extremely useful to the US once they gained the ability to enforce it and exploit it post-Civil War.
@@damagicgiraffe5412 I agree the Munroe Doctrine had major effects for the entire western hemisphere movie forward, but it was never pointed out (at least to me) how much it helped Britain.
I feel like he explains it perfectly in this video why Monroe was so great for America. With the Spanish colonial countries just being born this was the time to strike, but America lacked the strength to enforce this doctrine. Instead the British supported it in its infancy, backing America’s promise while the US reaped all the political benefits which simply couldn’t be given to a colonial power such as Britain. I’m sure Britain got a lot out of it, but the norms this doctrine created would benefit American foreign policy for centuries
The funny thing to me was realizing how both canning and adams probably walked away from this thinking they'd put one over their counterpart. I'm also starting to wonder if this is where the "special relationship" started.
If Historia Civilis's next big project is covering the geopolitics of the Long 19th Century, I'm all for it. It's my favorite historical period, hands down.
When you mentioned about Castlereigh ending his own life I had to pause and read more into that. I knew nothing about him beyond what I'd learned in your excellent Congress of Vienna videos, and was surprised to learn that despite being one of the key figures behind the century of relative peace between 1815 and 1914, he was a deeply unpopular figure in his own lifetime. I think the best part was reading the epitaph that Lord Byron wrote for him, it's brutal. Posterity will ne'er survey A nobler grave than this: Here lie the bones of Castlereagh: Stop, traveller, and piss.
Castlereagh was suffering from extremely poor mental health in the last few years of his life and possibly developed psychotic depression, not helped by the death of his father and the constant media harassment. He began losing his ability to speak coherently in Parliament, developed paranoid delusions about his servants, and told his friends he was being blackmailed for performing homosexual acts. The Duke of Wellington basically had to drag him into a room and tell him bluntly that he was too mentally unwell to continue in his job and sent him back to his wife in the country, where he took his life shortly afterwards.
Here's the thing arguably the little ice age is what caused the disenchantment and anger at the Ancién Regime that led to the French Revolution. The fact that the crises that produced the Revolution intensified after they thought they had a working settlement immediately threw a wrench in the works.
@a_little_flame589 Where in God's name did you hear that? There are those who argue that what got us out of it was the beginning of climate change due to industrialization. It didn't end until the 19th century. See Extra History for evidence that I'm not the only historian or climatologist, amateur, or otherwise, that thinks of the Era as lasting beyond then. Also, there are those who assert it began right before the plague. Your "definition" is not as widely adopted as you think.
@@timothystamm3200 fair I think I have no clue where I heard it probably just misunderstood it cause when I think of mini ice age I think of like Charles the 12 of Sweden
18:11 That constitution wasn't impose by Napoleon, but rather by a liberal assembly in Cadiz with the objective of restoring the Spanish king under a more liberal regime. After the defeat of Napoleon, Ferdinand VII returned to Spain but rejected the constitution just as the video says.
Indeed, it never sounded right that the Spanish would rejoice of Spanish Bonapartist reforms. Truly this episode of Spanish history forever scars the empire and nation together, for a very long long time
And when he fakingly accepted it, it was because there was a mutiny, of the army that was supposed to go recover Argentina. Also, that mutiny succeeding and Ferdinand saying that he would accept all those liberal things is what led to the de actual independence of Mexico and central America, as up until then the rebels there had been kept under control but the elites were very conservative and joined them.
I didn't know much about 19th century spanish history, always found it confusing. But I was disappointed to hear that Ferdinand VII was so absolutist, I had no idea. It's a shame since he was Spain's future hope for a better future when the Spanish fought so hard against the French in his name and instead after the war is over Ferdinand seems to end up the exact path as Carlos IV and wants to destroy himself. Also a big shame for Spanish people and their pride getting such bad kings two times in a row.
@@Iason29 If Ferdinand hadn't been an ""absolutist"", the war against Napeleon would have been meaningless. In the eyes of the people it would have been +5 years of war and destruction only to change the name of the ruler but accepting all the principles it had brought, looking at traditicional anthems and songs of the time show the general rejection of liberalism, not just in Spain, also in Italy for example. Moreover, after Ferdinand death a civil war started in Spain called 1º Carlist War between the daughter of Ferdinand which ally with the liberals, and the other side constituited of lower aristocracy(the high aristocracy sided with the liberals on the mayority...) and the peasants . The war was won by the liberals because Britain sided with them. P.D: The side that lost the war were called "carlist" and they exist till this day and represent the traditionalist ideas. They are a very vast and complex movement
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17:49 - I think there is a significant misrepresentation of Spanish political life. Spanish liberalism grew IN OPPOSITION to Napoleon, and the actual liberal constitution that king Ferdinand betrayed was not the Napoleonic Bayonne Statute for 1808 (which is not considered a constitution by historians and was barely applied), but rather the 1812 Constitution, approved in Cadiz while the city was under siege by the Napoleonic army, so not quite the liberal saviours they are made to sound like. As a matter of fact, that idea that Spain was backwards and Napoleon came to paternalistically take it out of the Dark Ages was precisely Napoleon´s own supremacist and misinformed notion, which he had his propaganda machine attempt to spread in Spain, when in reality Spanish liberalism pre-dates the Napoleonic invasion. Not uncoincidentally, the Spanish word "liberal" became internationally widespread to define the movement, and the whigh liberal faction came to name itself so after Spanish liberal influence. That the Napolenic Bayonne Statute of 1808 imposed a system closer to an 18th century Ancienne Regime enligthened authoritarian monarchy with very minor reforms that were nevertheless barely applied due to the war. It goes without saying that "the people loved it" is a rather misplaced comentary. The true, revolutionary, liberal constitution was that of 1812, which was the third modern constitution after the American and the French, and was regarded as revolutionary in Europe. I imagine you are actually unconsciously referring to the 1812 Constitution yourself, because the Bayonne Statute did not grant universal male suffrage, and the 1812 fits the historical events you are describing (Ferdinand VII, the Three Liberal Years of 1820-23, etc).
So, your statement also misrepresents Spanish political life a little. Don't get me wrong, History civilis is wrong as well but Spanish liberalism did not grow in opposition to Napoleon, though I know why you say that, it grew because the conservative elements were not represented. For example in the cortes of cadiz. Virtually no conservative factions were present. The church was oppressed, the nobles were either out fighting, fled the country or were otherwise captured. When the 1812 constitution was being written, the goal was not to make a revolutionary document, i mean, in the actual document they affirm that the Roman Catholic church would be the national church, not a very revolutionary statement right there. It did, however, end up being much more revolutionary than originally intended, due to the liberal factions also being supported and promoted by the British since the conservative factions were butting heads with the British military presence and distrusted the British. The cortes of cadiz then had liberals over-represented. Every country had a liberal faction there was not a single country that did not, but the Napoleonic presence did indeed help spark the Spanish liberal movement, not necessarily in support of Napoleon but not in opposition either but because they were really the only faction that could gather that was actually around to make decisions. Were their liberals that opposed Napoleon? Yes, were their liberals that supported Napoleon? Also yes. The majority of liberals saw Napoleon as a despot, tyrant, and hypocrite, but they did appreciate the true liberal politicians and thinkers that Napoleon had working for him. Even those who hated Napoleon found his invasion of Spain as a great way to influence change!...the problem was that the Bayonne Statute was not the same type of document that the italians, or the dutch got it offended both conservatives and liberals alike. The next problem is that Many spanish liberals did support French revolutionary ideas and some even liked Napoleon but his actions and the insult it was to national identity as well as the farce that was the Bayonne statute led to a somewhat united opposition. After the war is where people were conflating Spanish liberals with supporters of bonaparte when they were more supporters of French revolutionary idealism, yet the Spanish conservatives did not see a difference between the two.
“ power doesn’t corrupt it reveals” that right there was a powerful moment, for me. It’s in contrast to what I’ve always believed, but it makes sense. this is why I love this channel and you.
The corrupts in power were corrupts before power, of course it makes a lot of sense!. A bad person (corrupted) can't show off when is not in power, is only in power whe reveals to everyone the true nature of himself I don't know why power corrupt people is so wide accepted though
@@JP-xd6fm Exactly I’m guilty of saying power corrupts almost daily but I never sat down to examine what those words meant. It was refreshing to hear and your comment is justice refreshing
@@JP-xd6fm Corruption within power structures is accepted because everyone _expects_ powerful people to be corrupt. We don't expect better, so we aren't surprised when powerful people abuse their power and don't demand better - "Who cares if we get rid of this guy? The next guy will be just as corrupt anyway." People have become more and more cynical about politics over the last 20 years, which is understandable but the problem is if we don't expect better we won't _get_ better. Political systems are a reflection of the people that live under them.
@@rdrrr I agree, for example I'm from south europe, corruption is whithin the day to day of the people here, and I had the chance to live in Denmark, one of the countries with less corruption and you can clearly see the difference in the streets, for instance, in the gas stations they dont have chained the pump for putting air on the tires, in my country they have to put a chain to a bloody pen.... It's all about civism and trust.
These videos are seriously well made, not only from a visuals perspective, but also from a history and completeness standpoint. You go over all of the key points and even over some of the more minor unknown moments with amazing detail. Even giving us chances to think of what we would do in such circumstances. Thank you for making history so mesmerizing
You know the eruption of Laki was a major factor of the French revolution too, and I sometimes see people talk about it, but almost never from the Icelandic perspective, where the "Hardship of Fogs" killed 1 out of every 5 Icelanders and 75% of livestock through noxious gas and ash that blocked out the sun and poisoned livestock, along with accounts of people being trapped by lava flows and farmland lost under vast new lava fields. These things are especially close to us now as volcanic activity is near constant near the capital in the last couple of years and the town of Grindavík had to be evacuated in its entirety this year.
Yes laki was a significant eruption, not an explosive plinian eruption like tambora but a massive effusion eruption, far larger than what Iceland has seen recently. You're right the gases released devastated Iceland and harmed agriculture on the continent. I've heard historians blame the French revolution on both the debt from supporting America and the food problems from lakis eruption
I'm not sure the US lost as much as Canning thought to Britain signing onto the Monroe doctrine. By doing so, Britain effectively promised not to carry out any colonial expansion into territories it did not already claim, and if it did so, the other great powers were likely to be perturbed by Britain claiming colonies it had excluded them from, meaning the US would likely have their support against Britain. This let the US be extra sure that Britain would not move into the American West, which, so soon after the War of 1812, was probably as much on Americans' minds as anything.
Britain ONLY morphed from Open colonialism into a clandestine version. The "freedom & Liberty" was NO MORE than Veneer, a narrative & a means to fool the Proletariat into conforming.
War of 1812 PROVES IT.. Britain came in to solely destroy the (REAL) original 13th amendment (No esquires or nobility to hold public office) thus; keep the veiled power structures in PLACE and on schedule.
I'm really looking forward to seeing more of this dawn of the Congress of Europe series, as well as Alexander's Campaigns. You've always been my favorite history youtuber, thanks for staying consistently great all these years.
Random fact if Historia Civils did one upload covering 8 years of history each each year starting from this video it would take 25 years to reach the year 2024
I see it as a way to support channels that you particularly like, but I totally get not paying it, hence why I'm seeing this video today lol@@samwisegamgee8318
As a Brazilian, the Brits might just be the most important institution for us in the 18th until early 20th century. The Portuguese royal family even fled to Brazil on GB ships
Historia Civilis : Canning was a conservative *goes on to describe a liberal man who probably just wandered into the wrong party convention and is now too scared/in deep to leave*
He was fairly conservative about Parliamentary reform IIRC which at least up until the 1832 Reform Act was one of the main dividing lines between the Whigs and the Tories. Not sure where he stood on other domestic issues like the Corn Laws and Catholic Emancipation off the top of my head.
I took a class in college on European history from 1815-1914, so this is all very interesting to me. The long peace of the 19th century is almost never talked about, and characters like Canning or Metternich are really not known by the average person. We always seem to analyze what went wrong, but forget that the default state of the world is everything going wrong. We can see what went right by looking at this time period, even if there were plenty of mistakes made, people like Canning made masterstroke diplomatic plays.
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@@TemoKuntchulia And to give them props, it was kinda res publica if we define publica as people of Constantinople, because unless your name was Justinian you absolutely did NOT want to do anything that would piss off the people of Constantinople.
The flowing delivery of this channel is brilliant. Exceptional. What an amazing public resource this is becoming, and such a gift to us all too. I can get lost for hours in these stories.
24:46 I'd like to make an amendment here. Castlereagh's suicide wasn't exactly unexpected. The year before, his father died and he lost his seat in the Irish Parliarment and that greatly affected him. Combined with having to deal with a global conflict, the political turmoil at home and even being blackmailed for having committed a homosexual act (something that was illegal at the time), he was percieved by his peers as someone who had lost their mind. The King himself urged Castlereagh to take a break. His political realitionships were breaking down and even if he just resigned he was already deemed a villain. The stress of it all finally caught up with him. Perhaps on the global stage none of the pompous ruling classes would have seen it coming but to those at home, it was absolutely seen.
Do a Collab with Old Britannica. He may be busy with his series on the History of Austria from the 18th century to the present, but he deals a lot on 19th century European Geopolitics.
As you started on the subject of Canning's stance on South America, I thought back to my middle school history class, and in particular the Monroe Doctrine. Even my teacher had said that it was entirely unenforceable, but that it was a nice statement, anyway. Now I was all excited: "Oh, this is how Monroe felt comfortable enough to declare that!" Two minutes later, the Monroe Doctrine is brought up by name and explained as a British-American collaboration, and even my sudden realization had to take a back seat to a new sudden realization. Amazing.
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I feel like The US involvement in the Monroe Doctrine is being slightly undervalued. It wasn't an accident that the Monroe Doctrine exclusively blocked future European colonialism in the Americas, whilst at the same time leaving the door open for 1. The US to exert colonial influence over the Americas, and 2. Allowing existing European colonies in the Americas (mostly British at this point). It basically locked the door behind the Americans and British, allowing America to exploit future opportunities and Britain to maintain current operations. So it wasn't exactly a free coup for the British, as they had to allow America to use the Monroe Doctrine in their own favor.
Agreed, it seems he narrates it in a manner that the British pulled a fast one on the United States. Canning wanted the U.S. to issue a joint declaration with Britain since both nations had similar concerns (and objectives) regarding colonization. President James Monroe, former presidents James Madison and Thomas Jefferson were all receptive to the idea, but SecState John Quincy Adams was against a joint declaration, so Monroe ended up unilaterally issued the Monroe Doctrine. Of course in reality the U.S. was in no position to uphold the doctrine, thus relying mostly on British naval power for enforcement, but post Civil War would change that.
@@DiamondKingStudios Yes. We shouldn't infer that Canning tricked USA even if that's what Canning said. It was more a coincidence of interests. DC liked the new republics and The Brits wanted meddling continentals confined to their own continent.
@@alanpennie8013 they got tired of our ships in the Mediterranean stopping piracy from North Africa (odd bit of early history no one here ever brings up). Still have to deal with Connecticut whalers though lol
These video's are such an informative delight no matter what topic is being discussed. I feel like it's nerdy Christmas when ever one appears and I love it!
I know there’s a lot to say about Castlereagh, but his portrait is AMAZING. It’s like if in a video about the politics in the 60s every photo is just standard black and white but McNamara’s photo looks like he’s on the poster of an indie drama
This 43-minute history lesson is outstanding-- incredibly well-done. I found myself watching the whole thing without oausing for breath. As a history minor, I finally had an explanation and rough outline of 19th century European politics. All my previous studies had made little effort to show interaction on a broad scale, so we learned of Garibaldi, for example, but without much context. This is priceless as a series, and I hope i can watch all of it. Of course, i subscribed.
well worth the wait, this guy dives deeper into history than any youtube channel and engages you just based on whats going on and how the pieces of history interconnect. as a yank, i would love to hear more about the americans expanding role in geopolitics as their presence on the international stage increases.
You made a comment that America "didn't really understand" that the Monroe doctrine mean they would have to defend British colonies. I would be interested to see how you came to that conclusion. I don't have knowledge on the matter, but I generally presume that something like that wouldn't be lost on a politician in America. But perhaps they saw the advantages of building relationship with a great power, being seen as the defender of liberty to all the world, while also positioning themselves as the "defenders" of the Americas (a position which makes a transition into ownership or empire far easier no doubt).
Well there goes my plans for bed. Thanks Historia Civillis. Now I wont get a good nights rest! I blame this all on you! Making me entertained and prime to learn, how dare you good sir.
John Quincy had seemingly a good relationship with England, not just over the Monroe Doctrine but also the agreement over Oregon, the trade agreement he made with them post-Madison, and the disarmament of the Great Lakes.
Canning is the rare type of conservative that I like. The fact that he wasn’t adamantly colonialist, was pro peace, abolitionist and supported liberal regimes above absolutism speaks highly of him
Spain legalized homosexuality in 1822, revoked that law in 1928, and relegalized homosexuality in 1932. In 1944, Spain made homosexuality illegal again. Then in 1980, Spain made homosexuality legal for the third time.
So hype, honestly man one of the best history TH-cam channels by far. I never even mind the longer gaps between vids because I know greek fire is on its way
Yup. He puts a lot into these videos, it's quite understandable that they take a long time to make. And he has a life to live outside of this as well. I enjoy them so much when they do come though!
I am very pleased to see Historia Civilis continue this modern history series, and wishes him swift writing on future episodes. As I think I speaks for many of us, as we eagerly await a the next instalment.
I’m so jealous of the people who will see these videos in 5 odd years when they don’t have to wait agonizingly for the next
Me watching the Caesar episodes rn
already jealous of people discovering this channel now, been here for 6 years
bro .. get a better pastime hobby.
@@crewrangergaming9582 to assume he's doing nothing while waiting says a lot more about you than it does him
@@CGoody564 deep
Frankenstein was written during this time. The volcano Mt. Tambora in Indonesia erupted in April 1815. It was the biggest eruption we've known in recorded history. It caused tremendous climate changes across the world which resulted in a lot of lost lives and other catastrophes. It enveloped much of the world in dark clouded skies. Hence 1816 was known as "the year without a summer". This was the same year when Mary Shelley, her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley, and others went to visit their mutual friend Lord Byron in Geneva, Switzerland in the summer of 1816. Since the skies were perpetually overcast, and the friends were mostly indoors in any case, Lord Byron challenged everyone to write the scariest story. Hence Frankenstein was born (along with other works including arguably the first vampire story, a precursor and an inspiration for Dracula).
Edit: Several people brought up the good point that there are older vampire stories. So, in all good will, perhaps I can amend "arguably the first vampire story" instead to say something else like "arguably the first popular modern vampire story in English literature". Hopefully that's a little bit better at least, even if still imperfect.
Byron, such an interesting character of his own.
There was another big volcano eruption that happened in 1808 that helped paved the 1810's decade as one of the coldest decades in human recorded history.
Krakatoa?
@@whs1pmjazzno krakatoa is in 1883
Which was the vampire story? Carmilla?
Metternich's big idea to brutally supress all potential dissent seems like it only went and made any future dissent much more explosive
that's just the autocratic experience for you
“I don’t like all of this gunpowder being strewn across the floor, someone ought to put it all in a container.” Type shi
Kicking the can down the road, so it does not need to affect me now. Seems to be the rich primary way of handling troublesome stuff, no matter the century.
Kraut briefly covered this in his Criticism of Realism video. Where he elaborates how Metternichs refusal to address the issues that formetted liberal and nationalist uprisings and to continuously suppress them only led to his downfall during the spring of nations in 1848.
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Canning being fantastic was a nice plot twist
Now that is a cunning move I tells ya.
Not really the way these things tend to go is it?
@@secretname4190Everyone has their own unique, particular opinions and views. Also ultimately, some of his moves still represented common conservative ideals at the time. For example, his support of the monroe doctrine protected british colonial interests and helped cement Britain as THE international power.
When I saw this comment a few minutes in to the video I thought you would be referring to canned foods rofl
@@secretname4190Your first problem was thinking that classical conservatism is the same thing as post-Reaganite neoconservatism.
The Monroe doctrine is the best kind of trade, where both sides think they got the better deal
Remember, we trashed a whole bunch of British tea after it was already docked in OUR harbor. You don't keep trying to beat-down a oafish younger brother: you just offer to do some of his thinking for him.
That third point of “any foreign action on The Northern or Southern Continents of America shall be considered a declaration of war on the United States is proof that we have the best lawyers. We called dibs on two continents and *still* got involved in their wars 😂😂
the british eventually lost their colonies in the americas, but the us completely dominated the americas in the 20th century
JQA is not an idiot. The Monroe doctrine gave the US a legal and moral base to dominate the western hemisphere. Deals like this is what allowed the US free reign outside the influence of European powers, which post-civil/spanish-american wars established the US as an irreproachable world power.
Beyond stoked to know that 19th century europe is gonna be the next big series for this channel. I CANNOT wait for the inevitable video on 1848.
I kind of want him to back date his Rome series to the end of the Gracchi and point to places like Extra History to learn more and same for this, but to the tensions that created the Seven years war.
I have a feeling it ends with WWI
@abdalhadifitouri131 no way, you can't just end with ww1 when there's so much right after
@doodleBurgers if you haven't listened to it, check out Dan Carlin's "Blueprint for Armageddon"
It's so good
world war ONE? are you implying there will be second?@@abdalhadifitouri131
Nowhere else could you find content like this before , never on TV or documentaries . Great episode as always
hey there mr. average infantryman
It is great content, but there are other people making content like this on YT and other independent platforms. - _this message was approved by Tribune Aquila_
@@The_ZeroLineno other historical youtuber takes such a contextually analytical approach to their topics - they simply describe what happened at face value. this channel rly does a good job of supplementing those topics with context, quotes, and in-depth looks at the people involved and the events influenced by the topic and those events that it was shaped by.
@@The_ZeroLineif you can give me another example i would really love to find another channel that comes close to this, but i haven't found any yet for all my wanting.
@@-divinetragedy@-divinetragedy I think it's a Tribune Aquila joke?
My wife refers to this channel as "little squares guy." She'll overhear me watching a video instead of doing something more productive and responsible and go "What, are you watching Little Squares Guy again?!?"
Because I was in bed one night watching the death of Caesar video with my headphones on while she read a book next to me. Something about the way the video described how Caesar was stabbed in the dick just made me feel queasy; like all the blood was draining from my head (I kind of have a blood phobia). I got up out of bed thinking I was going to throw up and collapsed on the floor, sort of passing out, much to my wife's alarm. When she asked me in a panic what was happening/what had just happened, all I could say was, I shit you not:
"I was watching...little squares video.....Caesar got stabbed in the dick." Of course she thought I had watched something super graphic but when I was able to recompose myself and further explain what happened I showed her that I was literally just watching little narrated color squares jumping around. So....yeah. She thinks I'm insane.
Thanks for vids dude!
This is adorable
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Wow, 1816 to 1824 is the longest year I've ever heard of.
All the extra coldness made time slow down.
New countries were formed and slavery was becoming abolished in these countries. Hats off to the hispanic people as being the first major ethnic group in the world trying and getting slavery banned in modern times. El Salvador abolished slavery in 1825 becoming only the 3rd country in the Americas to banned slavery after Haiti and Chile.
@@Trancymind I wanted to commemorate that with you, but I'm Brazilian (we fucked up)
Longer than the year 46 BC
You could almost say it's the longest year in history
Holy shit he’s continuing a not Caesar series, this is astounding
I feel like the Caesar series is largely over. Once Antony was defeated, Augustus had a relatively uneventful rest of his life
@TaliyahP i kinda hope he can cover the era of marius and sulla up to where he started that series which i believe was 63 BC
@@TaliyahP I think at least an episode talking about how Augustus consolidated his eventual power and turned himself into a practically monarch, legally, well, merely the first citizen is necessary
@@barissaaydinnunfortunately I don't think he will do it, he hates Augustus
@@barissaaydinn I would love to see that
You make genuinely some of the best videos on all of TH-cam at the beginning of my senior year I literally watched your whole channel in a month. I've never done that with a channel. Thanks so much for the quality history videos.
>year without a summer
>8 years
Caesar wasn't around to fix the calendar
@@paulsbunions8441 Oh what's that? Winter accidentally lasted for 8 years? Looks like I'm eligible for Consulship again :3
@@NeoDMC LOL
Halfway through the video I am starting to wonder what the hell this has to do with theyear without a summer.
@@PlayerSlotAvailable I would imagine it's about the ramifications and effects of the year without a summer. If you want an explanation for what exactly it was, he says it in the first few minutes.
Rough two weeks at work and in personal life, and im tired of all the nonsense and sensationalism in the news, tv, media, and even TH-cam. A history video, pure and simple without any uncessary fluff is what I needed. Thanks!
I feel the exact same way bro ❤
Then stop watching the news
He got pretty political with his "Work" video. Very Marxist, which is fine, but definitely biased.
He completely ignored any economic data that shows the productivity of workers and GDP/capita rising, as well as technological innovation that made working in a nice comfy office with lots of coffee and padded seats WAYYYYYYYYY more luxurious than toiling in a field breaking your back and getting skin cancer from constant sun exposure and lack of sunscreen
Yeah nothing to distract yourself from the news like a video on great powers fighting proxy wars
@@Megamaduo But its historical now, it no longer has an impact on our lives and a cause of worry. It now serves as topics for academic discussions (and one would hope as lessons for modern politicians).
Thanks for everything you do, and congrats on reaching a million any day now!!! You provide a great service to this platform and deserve all of your success!! So happy for you!
I am, admittedly, American, and I've just come to point out that while the Monroe Doctrine is considered a pivotal moment in American history, Caning's influence is NEVER discussed as part of it.
I assume the "future video" mention at 8:15 is the Revolution of 1832. If that is the case, I am ALL IN to see it!
Bravo on everything. Bravo.
I think that it’s a little misrepresented to fit the themes of this episode. While a diplomatic coup for Britian, it wasn’t as if the US was duped into creating the Monroe Doctrine. It’s largely outside of the purview of the video, but the Monroe Doctrine was extremely useful to the US once they gained the ability to enforce it and exploit it post-Civil War.
@@damagicgiraffe5412 I agree the Munroe Doctrine had major effects for the entire western hemisphere movie forward, but it was never pointed out (at least to me) how much it helped Britain.
I feel like he explains it perfectly in this video why Monroe was so great for America. With the Spanish colonial countries just being born this was the time to strike, but America lacked the strength to enforce this doctrine. Instead the British supported it in its infancy, backing America’s promise while the US reaped all the political benefits which simply couldn’t be given to a colonial power such as Britain. I’m sure Britain got a lot out of it, but the norms this doctrine created would benefit American foreign policy for centuries
The funny thing to me was realizing how both canning and adams probably walked away from this thinking they'd put one over their counterpart. I'm also starting to wonder if this is where the "special relationship" started.
You mean the July Revolution in 1830?
If Historia Civilis's next big project is covering the geopolitics of the Long 19th Century, I'm all for it. It's my favorite historical period, hands down.
I hope he talks about the Greek revolution
Count me in!
You killed this bro, can't wait for the return hope you and your family are doing great man
When you mentioned about Castlereigh ending his own life I had to pause and read more into that. I knew nothing about him beyond what I'd learned in your excellent Congress of Vienna videos, and was surprised to learn that despite being one of the key figures behind the century of relative peace between 1815 and 1914, he was a deeply unpopular figure in his own lifetime. I think the best part was reading the epitaph that Lord Byron wrote for him, it's brutal.
Posterity will ne'er survey
A nobler grave than this:
Here lie the bones of Castlereagh:
Stop, traveller, and piss.
Oh... Byron asking using his grave as public WC. He was the Margaret Thatcher of his century.
@@luispanaderoguardeno3306 Come visit in 10 years. I will take you on a pissing tour.
Debuya, Cheney, Rumsfield, Wolfowitz... and for kicks DJT.
Castlereagh was suffering from extremely poor mental health in the last few years of his life and possibly developed psychotic depression, not helped by the death of his father and the constant media harassment. He began losing his ability to speak coherently in Parliament, developed paranoid delusions about his servants, and told his friends he was being blackmailed for performing homosexual acts. The Duke of Wellington basically had to drag him into a room and tell him bluntly that he was too mentally unwell to continue in his job and sent him back to his wife in the country, where he took his life shortly afterwards.
@@hollylucianta6711that’s tragic honestly
@@luispanaderoguardeno3306I STILL hate Thatcher.
Lured us in with the hardships of the year without summer and all we got was a great video about post napoleonic Europe
Here's the thing arguably the little ice age is what caused the disenchantment and anger at the Ancién Regime that led to the French Revolution. The fact that the crises that produced the Revolution intensified after they thought they had a working settlement immediately threw a wrench in the works.
Charles X being a total knob didn't help things.@@timothystamm3200
@@timothystamm3200the little ice age is generally agreed to be 17th century
@a_little_flame589 Where in God's name did you hear that? There are those who argue that what got us out of it was the beginning of climate change due to industrialization. It didn't end until the 19th century. See Extra History for evidence that I'm not the only historian or climatologist, amateur, or otherwise, that thinks of the Era as lasting beyond then. Also, there are those who assert it began right before the plague. Your "definition" is not as widely adopted as you think.
@@timothystamm3200 fair I think I have no clue where I heard it probably just misunderstood it cause when I think of mini ice age I think of like Charles the 12 of Sweden
I was never particularly interested in History class in school, but this is just amazing storytelling! I didn't get bored at all and it surprised me.
18:11 That constitution wasn't impose by Napoleon, but rather by a liberal assembly in Cadiz with the objective of restoring the Spanish king under a more liberal regime. After the defeat of Napoleon, Ferdinand VII returned to Spain but rejected the constitution just as the video says.
Indeed, it never sounded right that the Spanish would rejoice of Spanish Bonapartist reforms.
Truly this episode of Spanish history forever scars the empire and nation together, for a very long long time
And when he fakingly accepted it, it was because there was a mutiny, of the army that was supposed to go recover Argentina.
Also, that mutiny succeeding and Ferdinand saying that he would accept all those liberal things is what led to the de actual independence of Mexico and central America, as up until then the rebels there had been kept under control but the elites were very conservative and joined them.
I didn't know much about 19th century spanish history, always found it confusing. But I was disappointed to hear that Ferdinand VII was so absolutist, I had no idea. It's a shame since he was Spain's future hope for a better future when the Spanish fought so hard against the French in his name and instead after the war is over Ferdinand seems to end up the exact path as Carlos IV and wants to destroy himself. Also a big shame for Spanish people and their pride getting such bad kings two times in a row.
@@Iason29 For that reason Fernando VII was called "El deseado" (), and later was really hated by spaniars
@@Iason29 If Ferdinand hadn't been an ""absolutist"", the war against Napeleon would have been meaningless. In the eyes of the people it would have been +5 years of war and destruction only to change the name of the ruler but accepting all the principles it had brought, looking at traditicional anthems and songs of the time show the general rejection of liberalism, not just in Spain, also in Italy for example. Moreover, after Ferdinand death a civil war started in Spain called 1º Carlist War between the daughter of Ferdinand which ally with the liberals, and the other side constituited of lower aristocracy(the high aristocracy sided with the liberals on the mayority...) and the peasants . The war was won by the liberals because Britain sided with them.
P.D: The side that lost the war were called "carlist" and they exist till this day and represent the traditionalist ideas. They are a very vast and complex movement
my brain is slowly getting fried by short videos over the years but when i see a video of yours it could last 24 hours and i wouldn't even notice, great job man
Hi this is your latest video so i thought i would just leave a comment. I have watched every single one of your videos atleast 5 times over, i recommend this channel to anyone i can who wants to know more about history. Thank you for you time and effort in making these videos, they have made a major impact on my life and worldview. Thank you so much and if im ever not poor the first thing i will do is become a member to your channel/patron.
I love, love, love your videos. Your narration honestly is probably the best narration of any historian documentary maker. And your video style, while simplistic aesthetically, really, really, really works. I'd go to theatres to watch these, no joke.
Please dont let our praise and love for you and your work stress you out. I'm not sure if youve experienced burnout or anything like that eith making these videos (or any other struggles) do what you need to for your own mental health and enjoyment of life needs, but I also want to express how much I truly appreciate your videos and how much they've helped me out when I've dealth with burnout or feeling disconnects of my own ❤
Literally, the first time I "join" to a channel.
I REALLY wanna watch this video, BY FAR the best history channel on youtube.
Best wishes from Argentina
I agree
3 weeks ago???
Yup
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@@GameyRaccoonThey’re a member so they get early access.
17:49 - I think there is a significant misrepresentation of Spanish political life. Spanish liberalism grew IN OPPOSITION to Napoleon, and the actual liberal constitution that king Ferdinand betrayed was not the Napoleonic Bayonne Statute for 1808 (which is not considered a constitution by historians and was barely applied), but rather the 1812 Constitution, approved in Cadiz while the city was under siege by the Napoleonic army, so not quite the liberal saviours they are made to sound like.
As a matter of fact, that idea that Spain was backwards and Napoleon came to paternalistically take it out of the Dark Ages was precisely Napoleon´s own supremacist and misinformed notion, which he had his propaganda machine attempt to spread in Spain, when in reality Spanish liberalism pre-dates the Napoleonic invasion. Not uncoincidentally, the Spanish word "liberal" became internationally widespread to define the movement, and the whigh liberal faction came to name itself so after Spanish liberal influence.
That the Napolenic Bayonne Statute of 1808 imposed a system closer to an 18th century Ancienne Regime enligthened authoritarian monarchy with very minor reforms that were nevertheless barely applied due to the war.
It goes without saying that "the people loved it" is a rather misplaced comentary.
The true, revolutionary, liberal constitution was that of 1812, which was the third modern constitution after the American and the French, and was regarded as revolutionary in Europe.
I imagine you are actually unconsciously referring to the 1812 Constitution yourself, because the Bayonne Statute did not grant universal male suffrage, and the 1812 fits the historical events you are describing (Ferdinand VII, the Three Liberal Years of 1820-23, etc).
So, your statement also misrepresents Spanish political life a little. Don't get me wrong, History civilis is wrong as well but Spanish liberalism did not grow in opposition to Napoleon, though I know why you say that, it grew because the conservative elements were not represented. For example in the cortes of cadiz. Virtually no conservative factions were present. The church was oppressed, the nobles were either out fighting, fled the country or were otherwise captured. When the 1812 constitution was being written, the goal was not to make a revolutionary document, i mean, in the actual document they affirm that the Roman Catholic church would be the national church, not a very revolutionary statement right there. It did, however, end up being much more revolutionary than originally intended, due to the liberal factions also being supported and promoted by the British since the conservative factions were butting heads with the British military presence and distrusted the British. The cortes of cadiz then had liberals over-represented.
Every country had a liberal faction there was not a single country that did not, but the Napoleonic presence did indeed help spark the Spanish liberal movement, not necessarily in support of Napoleon but not in opposition either but because they were really the only faction that could gather that was actually around to make decisions. Were their liberals that opposed Napoleon? Yes, were their liberals that supported Napoleon? Also yes. The majority of liberals saw Napoleon as a despot, tyrant, and hypocrite, but they did appreciate the true liberal politicians and thinkers that Napoleon had working for him. Even those who hated Napoleon found his invasion of Spain as a great way to influence change!...the problem was that the Bayonne Statute was not the same type of document that the italians, or the dutch got it offended both conservatives and liberals alike. The next problem is that Many spanish liberals did support French revolutionary ideas and some even liked Napoleon but his actions and the insult it was to national identity as well as the farce that was the Bayonne statute led to a somewhat united opposition. After the war is where people were conflating Spanish liberals with supporters of bonaparte when they were more supporters of French revolutionary idealism, yet the Spanish conservatives did not see a difference between the two.
"Everybody was wrong about Canning."
Boy did I hear that differently at first.
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_Everybody Loves Canning_
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“ power doesn’t corrupt it reveals” that right there was a powerful moment, for me. It’s in contrast to what I’ve always believed, but it makes sense. this is why I love this channel and you.
The corrupts in power were corrupts before power, of course it makes a lot of sense!. A bad person (corrupted) can't show off when is not in power, is only in power whe reveals to everyone the true nature of himself
I don't know why power corrupt people is so wide accepted though
@@JP-xd6fm Exactly I’m guilty of saying power corrupts almost daily but I never sat down to examine what those words meant. It was refreshing to hear and your comment is justice refreshing
Yup and corrupt people seek power, good people usually feel unworthy. So you end up more and more corrupt over time until revolution or collapse
@@JP-xd6fm Corruption within power structures is accepted because everyone _expects_ powerful people to be corrupt. We don't expect better, so we aren't surprised when powerful people abuse their power and don't demand better - "Who cares if we get rid of this guy? The next guy will be just as corrupt anyway."
People have become more and more cynical about politics over the last 20 years, which is understandable but the problem is if we don't expect better we won't _get_ better. Political systems are a reflection of the people that live under them.
@@rdrrr I agree, for example I'm from south europe, corruption is whithin the day to day of the people here, and I had the chance to live in Denmark, one of the countries with less corruption and you can clearly see the difference in the streets, for instance, in the gas stations they dont have chained the pump for putting air on the tires, in my country they have to put a chain to a bloody pen.... It's all about civism and trust.
These videos are seriously well made, not only from a visuals perspective, but also from a history and completeness standpoint.
You go over all of the key points and even over some of the more minor unknown moments with amazing detail. Even giving us chances to think of what we would do in such circumstances.
Thank you for making history so mesmerizing
You know the eruption of Laki was a major factor of the French revolution too, and I sometimes see people talk about it, but almost never from the Icelandic perspective, where the "Hardship of Fogs" killed 1 out of every 5 Icelanders and 75% of livestock through noxious gas and ash that blocked out the sun and poisoned livestock, along with accounts of people being trapped by lava flows and farmland lost under vast new lava fields. These things are especially close to us now as volcanic activity is near constant near the capital in the last couple of years and the town of Grindavík had to be evacuated in its entirety this year.
there's like 5 people in iceland
Yes laki was a significant eruption, not an explosive plinian eruption like tambora but a massive effusion eruption, far larger than what Iceland has seen recently. You're right the gases released devastated Iceland and harmed agriculture on the continent. I've heard historians blame the French revolution on both the debt from supporting America and the food problems from lakis eruption
@@sereysothe.aWhat an inane comment to make.
@@goldjoinery name 5 icelandic people right now without googling
@@sereysothe.a RIP Ingurd Sigurdsdottir, the 1 who died in the fogs
You are without a doubt the best historian on TH-cam. Your knack for storytelling is exceptional.
Try Dan Davis. He's also pretty good.
good storytelling doesn't make the best historian.
Those two points seem unrelated...
There's a lot of competition for that title, but this guy is great at big picture stuff.
more like the most mainstream one, pretty far from the best…
I'm not sure the US lost as much as Canning thought to Britain signing onto the Monroe doctrine. By doing so, Britain effectively promised not to carry out any colonial expansion into territories it did not already claim, and if it did so, the other great powers were likely to be perturbed by Britain claiming colonies it had excluded them from, meaning the US would likely have their support against Britain. This let the US be extra sure that Britain would not move into the American West, which, so soon after the War of 1812, was probably as much on Americans' minds as anything.
Britain ONLY morphed from Open colonialism into a clandestine version. The "freedom & Liberty" was NO MORE than Veneer, a narrative & a means to fool the Proletariat into conforming.
War of 1812 PROVES IT..
Britain came in to solely destroy the (REAL) original 13th amendment (No esquires or nobility to hold public office) thus; keep the veiled power structures in PLACE and on schedule.
Before War of 1812 the "USA" was on par to make German the nations official language.
Maps with "New Prussia" across the east of Mississippi.
@@jamy8575 That's a myth.
this was true of michigan, but not the whole country
the closing music hits every time, what a banger. phenomenal video as always, i always learn a lot from your channel
Absolutely agree. It's a highlight to every great video he makes.
do do do do do do do do.... BADADOOO!
I'm really looking forward to seeing more of this dawn of the Congress of Europe series, as well as Alexander's Campaigns. You've always been my favorite history youtuber, thanks for staying consistently great all these years.
the yearly upload is here
lol. Thats oversimplified's schedule at this point.
Random fact if Historia Civils did one upload covering 8 years of history each each year starting from this video it would take 25 years to reach the year 2024
Worth the wait!
but can it beat Lemino?@@RubenRyb66
@@RubenRyb66now have to wait for captains workspace, which uploads on april 1
"Hold all of this in your head, because it will become important in a future video"
This is pretty much how I roll with your channel so 😊
When I heard him say that I was like, damn I have such bad memory, no way I'm gonna hold a thought for 6 months.
Similar energy to Justin on the WTYP podcast responding to comments from the other hosts with “We’ll get to that.”
Please please please do one of these about the revolutions of 1848! Your style is perfect for learning.
Seeing a historia civilis release gets me more hyped than any tv or movie trailer
Thank you so much my heart jumped when I searched to see if you’d uploaded recently
Oh boy, my first Historia Civilis story arc experienced in real-time. Can't wait for the agonizing wait to set in!
Hello to all the channel members who got to see this a while ago! Time for us plebians to join
Are you at least a tribune of the plebs?
imagine paying to see something you can just wait a few months for at most. i guess if you have a youtube addiction you're just a sucker
I see it as a way to support channels that you particularly like, but I totally get not paying it, hence why I'm seeing this video today lol@@samwisegamgee8318
@@HaydenLau.He has my support. And not just because I was bribed to say that.
@@samwisegamgee8318some could also do it to monetarily support the guy who makes the videos.
every time your last video finishes, I starve for more. Incredible work as always, you are a gem, truly.
I love that he’s posting his first video in forever right after the ides of March
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Each of your videos is truly its own masterpiece.
As a Brazilian, the Brits might just be the most important institution for us in the 18th until early 20th century. The Portuguese royal family even fled to Brazil on GB ships
The quality of these videos is astounding, i can't imagine the amount of work that goes into making one of your videos, you truly are a professional.
Historia Civilis : Canning was a conservative
*goes on to describe a liberal man who probably just wandered into the wrong party convention and is now too scared/in deep to leave*
Just like a Republican who doesn't realize their entire party is based on white supremacy.
He was fairly conservative about Parliamentary reform IIRC which at least up until the 1832 Reform Act was one of the main dividing lines between the Whigs and the Tories. Not sure where he stood on other domestic issues like the Corn Laws and Catholic Emancipation off the top of my head.
I mean we're mostly just describing his foreign policy.
@@TheBespectacledN00b He was in favour of Catholic emancipation, though I'm not sure of his position on the Corn Laws.
I took a class in college on European history from 1815-1914, so this is all very interesting to me. The long peace of the 19th century is almost never talked about, and characters like Canning or Metternich are really not known by the average person. We always seem to analyze what went wrong, but forget that the default state of the world is everything going wrong. We can see what went right by looking at this time period, even if there were plenty of mistakes made, people like Canning made masterstroke diplomatic plays.
i really hope you keep doing these one-offs! your the best history channel on youtube imo, just unmatched in quality. Kinda like The Operations Room or Montemayor do war battles, but with history. perfect pacing, wording/language use, beautifully concise without losing detail, and just the overall flow. So great & always consistent.
cant wait for the next video !
Best history channel is time ghost
This is basically a continuation of the Congress of Vienna videos. Not really a one off, not really a series either
@@asbjo it's definitely a new serie
@@asbjoit's 19th century series. Peace 1814 video was the first episode.
Welcome Back Historia Civilis! I’m excited for the continuation of the Concert of Europe Series!
This is the greatest channel on TH-cam, I wish there was more
A little correction: Ferdinand VII didn't abolish the "Napoleon impose constitution". He abolish "La Pepa", it was constitution of our own making.
I really hope we get an Augustus episode. I'm very curious about how the republic transitioned into the empire legally.
Very, very slowly lol
Plot twist: it didn't lol. The fiction of a working republic was held on for decades, centuries even
@@Casmaniac yeah, even during the Byzantine age the Roman state was often referred to as "the Republic"
@@TemoKuntchulia And to give them props, it was kinda res publica if we define publica as people of Constantinople, because unless your name was Justinian you absolutely did NOT want to do anything that would piss off the people of Constantinople.
@@TemoKuntchulia When napoleon took over he saw himself as a Ceasar like figure but he syled it "the republic" :p
The flowing delivery of this channel is brilliant. Exceptional. What an amazing public resource this is becoming, and such a gift to us all too. I can get lost for hours in these stories.
Another banger, this man does not miss.
Definitely my favorite non-Caesar series on the channel. So glad you're continuing it!
24:46 I'd like to make an amendment here. Castlereagh's suicide wasn't exactly unexpected. The year before, his father died and he lost his seat in the Irish Parliarment and that greatly affected him. Combined with having to deal with a global conflict, the political turmoil at home and even being blackmailed for having committed a homosexual act (something that was illegal at the time), he was percieved by his peers as someone who had lost their mind. The King himself urged Castlereagh to take a break.
His political realitionships were breaking down and even if he just resigned he was already deemed a villain. The stress of it all finally caught up with him.
Perhaps on the global stage none of the pompous ruling classes would have seen it coming but to those at home, it was absolutely seen.
I've been checking this channel weekly after binging every episode and I am so happy this came out
Do a Collab with Old Britannica. He may be busy with his series on the History of Austria from the 18th century to the present, but he deals a lot on 19th century European Geopolitics.
As you started on the subject of Canning's stance on South America, I thought back to my middle school history class, and in particular the Monroe Doctrine. Even my teacher had said that it was entirely unenforceable, but that it was a nice statement, anyway. Now I was all excited: "Oh, this is how Monroe felt comfortable enough to declare that!" Two minutes later, the Monroe Doctrine is brought up by name and explained as a British-American collaboration, and even my sudden realization had to take a back seat to a new sudden realization. Amazing.
Yo. He might actually start a series that works it’s way toward WW1.
Also wanted to use these:
- Octavian
- Marc Antony
- Caesar/Agrippa
- Brutus/Cleopatra
We can hope
It kinda seems like this is exactly what he's doing. Which is great because this is my favorite time period.
Still hands down my FAVORITE person on TH-cam with nearly 5k hours just on mobile, love everything as usual! You deserve all the spoils of success after a near decade of working on TH-cam! It’s been a pleasure watching so far and can’t wait each and every time the bell icon rings and it says I have a new HC video to download and watch! Cheers to all my fellow history buffs as well! What an awesome community to be a part of!
Yeah its been nice watching the channel grow and HC's craft develop. The recent branching out has been interesting
The joy of a new Historia Civilis video is matched only by the despair of it being over, and the countdown beginning again.
I feel like The US involvement in the Monroe Doctrine is being slightly undervalued. It wasn't an accident that the Monroe Doctrine exclusively blocked future European colonialism in the Americas, whilst at the same time leaving the door open for 1. The US to exert colonial influence over the Americas, and 2. Allowing existing European colonies in the Americas (mostly British at this point). It basically locked the door behind the Americans and British, allowing America to exploit future opportunities and Britain to maintain current operations. So it wasn't exactly a free coup for the British, as they had to allow America to use the Monroe Doctrine in their own favor.
I feel that the effects for us Americans took a while to materialize, though, and that period of time is outside the video’s range.
But yeah “lol those Americans” like I’m any similar to my countrymen of that sort
Agreed, it seems he narrates it in a manner that the British pulled a fast one on the United States. Canning wanted the U.S. to issue a joint declaration with Britain since both nations had similar concerns (and objectives) regarding colonization. President James Monroe, former presidents James Madison and Thomas Jefferson were all receptive to the idea, but SecState John Quincy Adams was against a joint declaration, so Monroe ended up unilaterally issued the Monroe Doctrine.
Of course in reality the U.S. was in no position to uphold the doctrine, thus relying mostly on British naval power for enforcement, but post Civil War would change that.
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Yes.
We shouldn't infer that Canning tricked USA even if that's what Canning said.
It was more a coincidence of interests.
DC liked the new republics and The Brits wanted meddling continentals confined to their own continent.
@@alanpennie8013 they got tired of our ships in the Mediterranean stopping piracy from North Africa (odd bit of early history no one here ever brings up).
Still have to deal with Connecticut whalers though lol
Your outro is the best on TH-cam, great video as always
It's been 5 months since the last video. It hurts. I need MORE!!!
WHY ARE THESE SO GOOOOOOOOD!!! We need a weekly dose of these videos
These video's are such an informative delight no matter what topic is being discussed. I feel like it's nerdy Christmas when ever one appears and I love it!
What did we miss? Too busy enjoying a good ol hotdog. Hotdog is my favorite food
Resting after getting back from a night in the hospital. Your uploads are an instant mood brightener, thank you
I hope you’re ok! 👍💪
I’ve been watching this channel for years. The wait is always worth it. Thank you for the quality content you’ve provided all this time!
The king of Spain was a genius, he singlehandedly finished destroying the Spanish Empire! Truly an enlightened mind
I am now a Canning fanboy, thank you historia civilis
This is Cicero all over again he got us again
And before this all I knew was that he was the shortest serving PM (until recently).
@@JamieElliUntil Liz Truss 😂😂😂
Canning died as Prime Minister only 100 days into his government. He probably would have done wonders.
been watching you for years now love your work
PLEASE GIVE US MORE CONTENT!!! awesome videos!
I know there’s a lot to say about Castlereagh, but his portrait is AMAZING.
It’s like if in a video about the politics in the 60s every photo is just standard black and white but McNamara’s photo looks like he’s on the poster of an indie drama
Amazing video, I love your ability to explain things in some detail while keeping it to the point. Fantastic simple visual representations.
You're absolutely one of the best channels on TH-cam imo
You just don't miss with each video. Always looking forward to the next!
I absolutely adore every video this guy makes
This 43-minute history lesson is outstanding-- incredibly well-done. I found myself watching the whole thing without oausing for breath.
As a history minor, I finally had an explanation and rough outline of 19th century European politics. All my previous studies had made little effort to show interaction on a broad scale, so we learned of Garibaldi, for example, but without much context.
This is priceless as a series, and I hope i can watch all of it. Of course, i subscribed.
Historians with a gift of storytelling like you are so important. Thank you for teaching me more about my nations/ancestors history 🇬🇧
7 months... please mate, make another vid!!!! 😢😅💙💛
well worth the wait, this guy dives deeper into history than any youtube channel and engages you just based on whats going on and how the pieces of history interconnect. as a yank, i would love to hear more about the americans expanding role in geopolitics as their presence on the international stage increases.
After watching this to the end, I can safely say that this video was in fact not about meteorology.
5:20 to be noted, only ONE PERCENT of French men were actually able to vote (you needed to be rich to qualify). Not really a liberal Constitution.
bro this is the only TH-cam account that I get excited for. And he hasn’t dropped a video in 7 months.
like 1 more month until the next one is out- check the website
@@katies9114 I had no idea there was a website, thanks for letting me know!
I dont mean to sound a bit simplistic but this Canning fellow seems like an absolute gigachad.
I'm so glad to see you back, I worried the work video may have been a bow out, and i missed your videos
You made a comment that America "didn't really understand" that the Monroe doctrine mean they would have to defend British colonies. I would be interested to see how you came to that conclusion. I don't have knowledge on the matter, but I generally presume that something like that wouldn't be lost on a politician in America. But perhaps they saw the advantages of building relationship with a great power, being seen as the defender of liberty to all the world, while also positioning themselves as the "defenders" of the Americas (a position which makes a transition into ownership or empire far easier no doubt).
Well there goes my plans for bed. Thanks Historia Civillis. Now I wont get a good nights rest! I blame this all on you! Making me entertained and prime to learn, how dare you good sir.
It's 4AM for me, so I think I'll save the video for tomorrow haha
Wait how did you comment a month ago when the video JUST aired?
@Shank5ter patreon supporters get early access.
@@adavis3464 and so do TH-cam members
yet another banger. thanks for all the hard work, friend!
John Quincy had seemingly a good relationship with England, not just over the Monroe Doctrine but also the agreement over Oregon, the trade agreement he made with them post-Madison, and the disarmament of the Great Lakes.
Canning is the rare type of conservative that I like. The fact that he wasn’t adamantly colonialist, was pro peace, abolitionist and supported liberal regimes above absolutism speaks highly of him
Spain legalized homosexuality in 1822, revoked that law in 1928, and relegalized homosexuality in 1932. In 1944, Spain made homosexuality illegal again. Then in 1980, Spain made homosexuality legal for the third time.
Hope I can help make the next one come sooner!
So hype, honestly man one of the best history TH-cam channels by far. I never even mind the longer gaps between vids because I know greek fire is on its way
Yup. He puts a lot into these videos, it's quite understandable that they take a long time to make. And he has a life to live outside of this as well. I enjoy them so much when they do come though!
watched it a few days ago and kept my entertained while i had the flu, thanks
I am very pleased to see Historia Civilis continue this modern history series, and wishes him swift writing on future episodes. As I think I speaks for many of us, as we eagerly await a the next instalment.