Florence and the Renaissance: Crash Course European History #2

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  • @gmoney4980
    @gmoney4980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1171

    Wish people stop complaining about the speed of speech. Just be happy we have our Crash Course Professor, John Green back.

    • @daveeol1987
      @daveeol1987 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      For someone new to the channel. The speech sounds perfect.

    • @sharx2002
      @sharx2002 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      it sounds exactly the same as before if you put it on 1.25x speed

    • @MegaHzz
      @MegaHzz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He was gone??

    • @chizwheeze
      @chizwheeze 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I'm actually thankful for the speed of his speech tho, because I'm not yet that fluent enough with English and still struggling with oral discussion using it.

  • @aasante3437
    @aasante3437 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3414

    John seems more serious in this version of crash course history.

    • @nathanosafoomane6224
      @nathanosafoomane6224 5 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      Growing up ig

    • @soupycask
      @soupycask 5 ปีที่แล้ว +436

      A Asante yeah I was gonna say that, maybe “serious” isn’t the right word, more like “less energetic” and he is more “slow talking”. I don’t really like this new style, I get John just doesn’t have the energy to do it, but idk, it just doesn’t have that fun charm that sucks me in like the original did.

    • @PheonixRising2988
      @PheonixRising2988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      He’s become a bitter old man!!!

    • @Rabcup
      @Rabcup 5 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      I felt like he was talking too slow and I had to change the playback speed to 1.25x for him to sound like the original crash course history series.

    • @SassyP17
      @SassyP17 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Where's the music

  • @RadwaAshraf
    @RadwaAshraf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    My native language isn't English, and I'm actually grateful for John's slow talking, I've always noticed how fast he was before, and I'm grateful he toned it down a bit for us to be able to keep up with him.

    • @jjwei4578
      @jjwei4578 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You can slow down the video speed with the gear button -> Playback speed -> adjust to the right level. Hope this helps!

  • @NotableElectronicSounds
    @NotableElectronicSounds 5 ปีที่แล้ว +930

    "Hey John, you seem different at 41 than you did at 34, what gives??"
    Lol. Enjoying the new series and the new style. Keep up the great work.

    • @Shiv2000
      @Shiv2000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Not only he seem different. He seem sad.

    • @dingodyno9016
      @dingodyno9016 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @Leon King being a brand new dad myself at 32 I can tell you now that getting older and becoming parent are huge deals, you don't have as much time or energy as you did before, so if it seems like he dosent want to do it, I don't blame him, having kids sucks and so does getting old

    • @Rapidbeatsofficial
      @Rapidbeatsofficial 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dingo dyno rip

    • @dstinnettmusic
      @dstinnettmusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @Leon King I am super curious about how you feel so entitled as to tell man's internal state by a single TH-cam video lol

    • @dstinnettmusic
      @dstinnettmusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Leon King because you feel like you have an insight you don't truly have but you seem to feel you deserve this insight because you are a fan of his work.
      I watch all his stuff too, and listen to his and Hank's various podcasts. I still don't pretend I know the guy and how he really feels about life and junk. I don't even think he knows that fully.

  • @EarthChampion_TophBeifong
    @EarthChampion_TophBeifong 5 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    John Green could talk to me about history for hours and I would enjoy every second of it.

  • @lobachevscki
    @lobachevscki 5 ปีที่แล้ว +433

    John has at least ten or more videos of this course already recorded, forget about him changing his new delivery, but have to say: I love it, you changed, we changed, TH-cam as a platform changed, this is growth and the channel should reflect that.

    • @gregmiller9710
      @gregmiller9710 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      correct..the only thing permanent is change..

  • @mordinsolis6133
    @mordinsolis6133 5 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    The perfect transition to the patreon link. A segment literally about patronage of writers, artists and creators.

  • @historywithhilbert
    @historywithhilbert 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1397

    Of course the later period of Italian Industrialisation was known as Florence and The Machine.

    • @MegaAliveli
      @MegaAliveli 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Will John Green use your Netherlands montage while talking about the Dutch Renaissance and Early Capitalism in Netherlands?

    • @historywithhilbert
      @historywithhilbert 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@MegaAliveli That would make my day ngl xD

    • @Omniscient87
      @Omniscient87 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      +

    • @kokuinomusume
      @kokuinomusume 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just don't get rinascimento and risorgimento mixed up.

    • @michaelroy6630
      @michaelroy6630 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ayyyyyyyyy

  • @gurgelurk
    @gurgelurk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +581

    You mentioned "exception" without rolling the Mongoltage.

    • @benjaminphelps561
      @benjaminphelps561 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      that gag went the way of "me from the past"...

    • @moondust2365
      @moondust2365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@benjaminphelps561 *went the way

    • @benjaminphelps561
      @benjaminphelps561 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@moondust2365 thanks man :)

    • @moondust2365
      @moondust2365 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@benjaminphelps561 You're welcome! ^^

    • @n9575
      @n9575 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This is just even more evidence that John isn't the same💔💔

  • @zeroamericanhero
    @zeroamericanhero 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I was in Florence & Venice the past few days. To watch this video and to recall my actual live/life experience makes me scream with Joy. All of you must come and see these Italian Renaissance/Baroque works of Art...They are all beautiful!

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1532

    Oh, Italy's really rich. Time for them to care a lot about art and the ancient classics. It's kinda like a re-birth

    • @erdnasiul87
      @erdnasiul87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Don't use god's word in vain...

    • @TheGamingAce231
      @TheGamingAce231 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@erdnasiul87 what?

    • @jazonjiao638
      @jazonjiao638 5 ปีที่แล้ว +201

      you can make a religion out of this

    • @cholten99
      @cholten99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      THE SUN IS A DEADLY LASER (sorry, someone had to).

    • @budmeister
      @budmeister 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@erdnasiul87 What drug are you on?

  • @MrBettsClass
    @MrBettsClass 5 ปีที่แล้ว +340

    Crash Course World History was what inspired me to make educational TH-cam videos. So excited to see this course.

  • @mcgoof171
    @mcgoof171 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    "It's almost like people always feel like they live in the worst possible time." Couldn't be more accurate there, John.

  • @cjpatz
    @cjpatz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +275

    What got me fascinated in the Renaissance, was Assassin’s Creed II.

    • @juliusschwartz6279
      @juliusschwartz6279 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me too! What a game.

    • @cjpatz
      @cjpatz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Ii made me want to go to Florence and Venice and free-run thru them and climb their buildings. Lol

    • @Tfin
      @Tfin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wherein we learned everything we will ever need to know about the Medici.

    • @Michelle58546
      @Michelle58546 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My husband is obsessed with Assassins creed and learned all about this because of the game

    • @bellerofonte0chimera
      @bellerofonte0chimera 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      an italian version could be: What got me fascinated in the US history, was Rocky IV.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1229

    Guess who didn't go through a Renaissance? Wait for it....the Mongols
    *Mongoltage intensifies*

    • @alexryu8467
      @alexryu8467 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Not yet anyways

    • @MrMexijorge
      @MrMexijorge 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I know is a joke but i think the mongols build their own renaissance. The larger their conquest were the bigger the knowledge they gathered.

    • @lordr1c325
      @lordr1c325 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      The Mongols Renaissance'd the world.

    • @herodotus945
      @herodotus945 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MrMexijorge I doubt that most ordinary Mongols cared about books.

    • @Idunnoyouguessit
      @Idunnoyouguessit 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Herodotus 94 The formerly illiterate a usually the ones craziest about reading. Just ask the Hawaiians.

  • @PavarottiAardvark
    @PavarottiAardvark 5 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    The Borgias:
    An old Patriarch
    A son who is a skilled warrior
    A son who is a debauched drinker
    A daughter who is a blonde beauty but is plagued by rumours of sexual scandal
    A young prince called Geoffry who is engaged to a noble girl called Sanza.
    This sounds familiar for some reason.

    • @bz2081
      @bz2081 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Because reality Is Always One step ahead of fantasies 😂

    • @edconnolly5097
      @edconnolly5097 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I haven't watched GOT and my first thought was The Trumps

    • @wjg1917
      @wjg1917 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah, hated those pricks, while playing Assassin’s Creed 2 and Brotherhood, the Borgia family had issues,

    • @anametobenamed3717
      @anametobenamed3717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Game Of Thrones is mainly based off of the War of the Roses in England. The map of Westeros is essentially a rotated British Isles.

    • @edconnolly5097
      @edconnolly5097 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anametobenamed3717 They had a lot of tyrannical families at that time...

  • @Nighthawk365
    @Nighthawk365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    Why don't we have Crash Course Art History?

    • @silaseckhardt7967
      @silaseckhardt7967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      good question

    • @ToZafeiriThsAgaphs
      @ToZafeiriThsAgaphs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      possibly because his wife has an art themed chanell which includes art history. it's called the art asignement and it's really cool

  • @yossi9811
    @yossi9811 5 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    I always like before i watch never ever disapointed with John Green.

    • @whyit487
      @whyit487 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I can't understand what you just said...

  • @hannahgrippo5425
    @hannahgrippo5425 5 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Wow! I'm currently watching the original Crash Course World History, and John Green has calmed down so much. I don't mean that in a bad way. I like his lessons excited or gentle, either way, but it's interesting to note the contrast from practically shouting to a soft lecture.

  • @bingobangobongo5
    @bingobangobongo5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I feel like I know this man like I do any other professor. He's taught me so much throughout the years I don't think I'll ever forget his style of teaching.

  • @dorkmax7073
    @dorkmax7073 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Another contribution of Renaissance bankers: modern paper money.
    At a time when specie (coin money) was most common, natural inflation due to economic growth meant people were using more and more coins with every transaction. So as merchants began dealing with more vast sums, they needed easier ways to handle it all. Meanwhile, the Chinese were working off a system wherein the Emperor would pay for large expenses through promissory notes (statements if money the Emperor owed people). These notes could be brought to the capital to be exchanged at any time for gold, but merchants realized you could circulate the notes just as easily as coin.
    These notes were soon introduced in Italy, backed by banks and could be exchanged for gold or silver. Soon, Banks realized they could exchange notes from each other for their own notes at a markup. They could also issue more notes than they actually had the gold for, because it was highly unlikely a lot of people would exchange their notes for gold at any one time. At that point, you basically have a primitive paper money. Nationalize your currency, get onto the gold standard, get off the gold standard, and voila. Modern money.

    • @watertower3969
      @watertower3969 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks, now im gonna watch videos about paper money from Extra credits

  • @daniel3231995
    @daniel3231995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I like the ending reflection/lesson. I think in times of despair or supposed degradation we tend to look at certain periods of the past as better. In fact it took ages for them to get there capitalizing on slowly and arduously built tech that we today inherited. Its easy to glorify something unfamiliar because we didn't share the pain and effort that eventualized it.

  • @second2none914
    @second2none914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    If you can, please do Crash Course African History next. Your style of video for African history would be amazing!

    • @dan-andreisolomon14
      @dan-andreisolomon14 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes! And have Akala host the series (check his Oxford Union lecture on African history, it's brilliant)

    • @brycelahm1283
      @brycelahm1283 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dan-Andrei Solomon Cool idea, but I think it should always be John for the humanities courses

    • @moondust2365
      @moondust2365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Plus Asian History, then American History. After that Oceanian History, maybe?

    • @brycelahm1283
      @brycelahm1283 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Moondust2365 There already is an American history (although only for the US)

    • @moondust2365
      @moondust2365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@brycelahm1283 What I meant was "North, Central, and South American History" or "North, Central, and Latin American History". "America" meaning the two Continents of North and South America...
      Also, yes, I know what you meant. I just want them to do a series on the History of more than just the USA...

  • @nickbotyoutube6037
    @nickbotyoutube6037 5 ปีที่แล้ว +353

    Is it just me or does Lorenzo Medici look like Lord Farquaad from Shrek?

    • @vojvodd
      @vojvodd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I believe it's the other way around

    • @TheAnthraxBiology
      @TheAnthraxBiology 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      They actually based his appearance on Lorenzo because of his arrogance

    • @kittye8340
      @kittye8340 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      TheAnthraxBiology No, Farquad was based on a Disney employee. They were making fun of disney in Shrek.

    • @TheAnthraxBiology
      @TheAnthraxBiology 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kittye8340 I was joking haha

    • @kittye8340
      @kittye8340 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      TheAnthraxBiology oops, sorry!

  • @kanevenkat8588
    @kanevenkat8588 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I’m so happy I got to watch you grow over the years. Frankly I grew up with you! Love you John.

  • @ke_lui
    @ke_lui 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    4:08 That is the smoothest transition to Patreon I’ve seen.

  • @jillianholbrook237
    @jillianholbrook237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Living by the 1.25-speed adjustment so I can appreciate the excitable John Green I remember from CC World History. Can't say I don't miss all the memorable humor, it really helped me learn and retain information. However, as always I am grateful to have CC in the first place! I'll be back next week :)

  • @martinhartecfc
    @martinhartecfc ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Before watching this, I had just watched the episode on the Renaissance in the original Crash Course World History from 7 years earlier and, although that was quite good, the improvement in quality and nuance is quite striking. Well done, guys!

  • @slh3940
    @slh3940 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I personally like this new style. I’m understanding and remembering things a bit more. Lol let’s be thankful we get another series with him as the host!!

  • @Ricky-qp9kj
    @Ricky-qp9kj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm not sure I get the complaints about the shift in speed. I much prefer your slower method of talking. The quickness of the world history series was one of the gripes I had with it actually, so I'm personally loving this. Thanks for another great video!

  • @Jfreek5050
    @Jfreek5050 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    For the record, it was during the Renaissance where we see women begin to take up more "passive" roles in society. In the medieval eras, they were allowed to run businesses and partake in court administered duels against men (and other women) to the death.

    • @WhistleAndSnap
      @WhistleAndSnap 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Whoa. Really? You got sources for this?

    • @Jfreek5050
      @Jfreek5050 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@WhistleAndSnap Theres a documentary around here about a book of weapon designs and fighting methods used in the medieval era. If I find it, I will link it.

    • @SilakkokFriend9F
      @SilakkokFriend9F 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jfreek5050 commenting so I get notified if you find it(:

    • @sethl7078
      @sethl7078 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never heard of this. Could you provide any sources to your claim?

  • @kevinm9191
    @kevinm9191 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    YES MORE CRASH COURSE HISTORY!!!!!!

  • @lorishwinchester3819
    @lorishwinchester3819 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm not a person who uses English as my first or even second language and I start to love your videos because you finally speak a bit more slowly; thanks

  • @derekbassett
    @derekbassett 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Well played Mr John Green, well played, patreon achievement unlocked.

  • @space7634
    @space7634 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I have to watch this for online school

  • @SteveT6588
    @SteveT6588 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m so grateful for all the videos and appreciate the slower pace for my EL students.

  • @taylorkoda8378
    @taylorkoda8378 5 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    I love crash corse I lot however in this latest one John seemed a little sad. Is everything ok?

    • @imrish1
      @imrish1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I know he seems out of it... but I think he is just drained. I think he is writing a new book and working on other projects at the same time.

    • @taylorkoda8378
      @taylorkoda8378 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sonny Pickering yeah definitely better for studying sometimes in like the science ones I feel like it’s going a million miles a second.

    • @debbeylukas5872
      @debbeylukas5872 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I think he might be slowing down on purpose. Probably a lot of complaints about how fast he talked before. It sounds weird to me though...all slo-mo like

    • @amandab3946
      @amandab3946 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Taylor Koda then put it on slowmo? Or read the transcript?

    • @amandab3946
      @amandab3946 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Debbey Lukas talking fast was his charm! Throwing on the subtitles and enjoying the ride.

  • @SueSolberg
    @SueSolberg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nothing to do with this series specifically, but I have to thank Crash Course in general for dominating my youtube time lately. Sooooo much interesting content! Thanks to all who have put so much time and energy into this endeavour!

  • @DFloyd84
    @DFloyd84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    To add to the Florentine political turmoils, there was that banker's son who ran around on the rooftops and stabbed people and punched the Pope in the Sistine Chapel. They don't teach that in history class for some reason.

    • @martytu20
      @martytu20 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Derek Floyd and fathered hundreds of bastards

  • @travischapman6763
    @travischapman6763 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Crash course History continues to be one of, if not absolutely, my favorite thing on the internet. And there's a ton of internet. Concise, thought provoking history which ends with it's tie to us today. I'm always so excited for the next episode. And I don't really like history that much. At least I didn't in school. Thank you so much for great episodes. I try so hard to remember to be awesome, but I forget from time to time. But perhaps that's been the human condition throughout history.
    Thank you.

  • @waveplay3978
    @waveplay3978 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Just wanna say that I greatly enjoy the more sober (?) delivery in this series. Also, the art team have outdone themselves with the visual design. I love the little stuff like how the quotes and highlighted phrases are presented, on top of the achingly beautiful renaissance art.

  • @laurensmith9579
    @laurensmith9579 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I love learning. Thank you for this series.

  • @ryan_7220
    @ryan_7220 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the fast paced videos that he made when in middle school made me want to learn and kept my attention. i could stay up all night watching those videos but now it pains me to say it but the mellowed out john is not doing the same. i get the platform is changing but if you want to stay relevant on youtube,especially in the educational category, you need to be in peoples face abt it bc you are educating primarily junior high/high school and most of those people don’t have a great attention span

    • @ryan_7220
      @ryan_7220 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i don’t mean to be rude but the speed and comedy that came with earlier series of crash course gave an energy that was hard to replicate. even if he put a little more energy into his speech, it would be much better.

    • @ryan_7220
      @ryan_7220 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      as u can see i’m not really a fanatic for change

  • @sarahamira5732
    @sarahamira5732 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    John looks like such a dad in this vid and im living for it

  • @alexanderman1000
    @alexanderman1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Your videos got me so much more into history. I always loved history but i really got to ask different questions. I began when i was 15 watching your videos , now i am 21 thank you for helping me open my eyes and my horizons . Although i would like to point out that between season 1 and 2 of world history i saw a drop of quality , perhaps i am like the people of the Renaissance thinking that the old is always better. Hope my opinion acts as a constructive criticism.

  • @gabea7644
    @gabea7644 ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched this guy in high school for apush. Now I’m back, in college for European history, some things never change

  • @lhfirex
    @lhfirex 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For real though, the reason I like Crash Course is easily explained by this video. There's all this detail on the Renaissance beyond the great artists and the Medici. There's real detail to the segment about common people in this time period to support the argument that the Renaissance was more of a wealthy merchant thing than a true social revolution. Then it ties into a universal sentiment expressed in historical eras. This is on a free TH-cam channel, and it's a bit above the level of information and thought provocation I got in college level history courses.

  • @johnnywatkins
    @johnnywatkins 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the line “perspective matters” in a video about the renaissance!! Good one

  • @niriop
    @niriop 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Happy to see the return of this series, and doubly happy that Machiavelli will be explored more next week.

  • @herodotus945
    @herodotus945 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    To those interested there is an Italian series in English called Medici : Masters of Florence which is about the Medici family, many former Game of Thrones actors are acting there.

  • @JoeSmith-hv7oe
    @JoeSmith-hv7oe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Crash Course and the audience are experiencing a Renaissance of great videos. Keep them coming!

  • @anagi2004
    @anagi2004 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you so much John green! Love the videos!! And what a great goal to give out high quality education for free!!!

  • @Nikolapoleon
    @Nikolapoleon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The Renaissance WAS a thing. Period.
    I'm so tired of new age historians talking about how 'if it didn't effect the peasants it's not that important.'
    Daily life for the peasants of the history didn't undergo visible changes until the industrial revolution. It was more or less the same for several thousands of years. That's why the concept of time travel, for example, was never explored in literature until the very end of the 19th century. For the average person, the times appeared to be unchanging.
    That's why historians have to be willing to trace the history of the world through its intellectual and institutional growth. Without those elements, there is no history.

  • @TheSupremeTsar
    @TheSupremeTsar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This episode was a big improvement over Crash Course’s original renaissance video. This provided much more nuance and detail

  • @rgbii2
    @rgbii2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When I was a kid I always wondered why the eyes of ancient status didn't have iris or pupils carved into them, then a while back when I heard that they were painted, it made total sense. I now can imagine teens of the times, in the cover of darkness, repainting the eyes cross-eyed, or googly-eyed.

  • @boomerix
    @boomerix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I hope Poland, Hungary and the Balkans won't be overlooked in this series. They played an important part in European history, yet tend to get neglected by westerners.

    • @m00rtin4
      @m00rtin4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      id like to agree but the only thing i know about those areas in terms of history ca year 1600-1900 is its fight back against the ottomans. jan sobieski and the polish winged hussars. dunno what else is there about. the was a big nationalism wave in the 1800s ofc tho.

    • @culwin
      @culwin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I hope he talks about Sealand

    • @gf1917
      @gf1917 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@m00rtin4 Did they say anything about why the series began as late as the Late Midde Ages?

    • @gf1917
      @gf1917 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly my thoughts. I guess we'll have to see. :)

    • @karlkarlos3545
      @karlkarlos3545 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe because they were part of the Holy Roman Empire most of the time. The idea of independent nation states is a fairly recent one.

  • @VinceWilliams
    @VinceWilliams 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for this. Crash Course has always been informative, relative, and interesting.

  • @DelusionalDax
    @DelusionalDax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It is really cool to see Crash Course "grow up" with me. I first started watching CC World History as an AP Student, and now watch Chemistry and Biology as a college student. I am watching European History just for fun/gaining some knowledge. Maybe we can see an African or South American History in the future! (Took African History for fun, very interesting and eye opening course) .

  • @Oldskoolguitar
    @Oldskoolguitar 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know a lot about history, I don't know everything and with these videos I learn something new.

  • @OrbitalAstronaut
    @OrbitalAstronaut 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Annother banger of an episode. I cant wait for the next one.

  • @CraftingFelicity
    @CraftingFelicity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I LOVE John Green and yes, I too noticed the speed and tone of this video changed. Hey John is more mature now, ok. BUT if you miss the speed, do what I did and change the video speed to 1.25 hehe

  • @connorboone8682
    @connorboone8682 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This series is a god-given gift for ap euro students about to take their test!

  • @soupnsamwiches5982
    @soupnsamwiches5982 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    John's outros always give me goosebumps

  • @alexanderzaugg4484
    @alexanderzaugg4484 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2019: "It's almost like people always feel like they live in the worst time"
    2022: "No no, he's got a point"

  • @DeadPyro96
    @DeadPyro96 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice. Enjoyed this one a lot more than the last episode. I guess because it was a lot more in depth instead of sweeping generalizations. Excited for more.

  • @andrewmartin8978
    @andrewmartin8978 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I appreciate the new tone! Awesome execution and wonderful selection of pictures, anecdotes, information, and references!

  • @Spainog
    @Spainog 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I didn't think that John could get as a funny teacher better from his previous crash courses... But he has improved a lot! :)

  • @kateward9193
    @kateward9193 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    "Wealth supports institutions that, in turn, legitimize that wealth." Why do I feel like this is still the case?

    • @Roll587
      @Roll587 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Because it is?

    • @kateward9193
      @kateward9193 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Indeed it is

  • @dreammfyre
    @dreammfyre 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Lol, could this be the best Patreon drop of all time?

  • @Coolrunnings007
    @Coolrunnings007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I hope they talk about Eastern Europe and Central Europe. I find that side of Europe is often overlooked.

    • @Oxtocoatl13
      @Oxtocoatl13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The next episode is about the northern renaissance so that should deal heavily with at least Germany.

  • @universitamerilin7706
    @universitamerilin7706 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great series. Thank you John, you're doing a wonderful job! Congrats from Italy.

  • @andersonandrighi4539
    @andersonandrighi4539 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There is also another reason why we look at the Renaissance so often, it left many works of writing and art. Historians need physical evidence to work with. That is one of the reasons some periods are full of historiography content and others are not.

    • @camilleb.5520
      @camilleb.5520 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh wait. Are you suggesting medieval periods didn't gave us enough material to work with already ?

    • @andersonandrighi4539
      @andersonandrighi4539 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@camilleb.5520 in some aspects and regions it did not. Time destroys human culture like no other. Documentation is fickle to war and natural disasters. See the Earthquake of Lisbon in 1755.
      Also, human action destroys material evidence of history like fire because people do not know better. See the French Revolution of 1789.

  • @jezusbloodie
    @jezusbloodie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "that we must return to the purity of some bygone era of greatness" might be a mindset dominent in the US, but here in the Netherlands we rather look forward towards the future

  • @TaraMusich
    @TaraMusich 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    So so so happy that Crash Course with JOHN is back! You are AWESOME!!! Thank you! Grazie! Merci! Danke! yyyy Graciasssss!

  • @Blazetoamaze
    @Blazetoamaze 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow John has a cadence and rhythm that is really nice to listen to

  • @ryanweaver962
    @ryanweaver962 ปีที่แล้ว

    The work of power and influence… unreal how splices of learning help educate.

  • @mattbenz99
    @mattbenz99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    11:08 The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was heavily inspired by Michelangelo's dissections. If you pay attention, you will notice that God's cloak looks very similar to the human brain. It is supposed to represent man reaching towards God which resides in the human brain. This is very much a humanist take on Christian theology.

  • @MaskofPoesy
    @MaskofPoesy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    What John thinks he's doing: "I'll be more calmer, level-headed this time, that should make things clear and much more understandable."
    Bless your heart John. I love you. But what telling history slowly, bit by bit is: is falling into the same trap as many high school history teachers have. History gets boring when told in a matter of fact way. To me, it feels like telling it maniacally fast and excited as if the events took place last week like you guys have done it way back in the World History series is much easier to follow because brains are like that I suppose, if it's waay too easy to follow, they just shut off completely instead of actively trying to follow it.

  • @tarionmarsden157
    @tarionmarsden157 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    John Green never bores me!

  • @ianrbuck
    @ianrbuck 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    "We have to shift our perspective" was one of the best visual gags I have seen recently!

  • @francesgarcia8
    @francesgarcia8 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are so smart!! Thankful for these videos. They are sooo interesting to me and I appreciate the cartoons, pics, etc :)

  • @PrinceJackTheFirst
    @PrinceJackTheFirst 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why is the fourth Ninja Turtle called Donatello and not Botticelli?

  • @lizan.3593
    @lizan.3593 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love that you're talking a bit slower than usual! I'm not a native english speaker so this helps me understand the video a lot better :)

  • @ethankeating3403
    @ethankeating3403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm out here watching this entire series to prepare for AP exam tomorrow

  • @baillie987
    @baillie987 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My a level renaissance history exam is in 2 days lol I am so glad this series came out when it did

  • @davidtucker3574
    @davidtucker3574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    my first crash course, enjoying this as both entertainment and info during Corona. Question if it gets through...not much yet on Crusades? From school I thought very important at lots of levels for Europe/Asia. I know the main ones took place before the main coverage of this course, but even so....

  • @onelove7831
    @onelove7831 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I adore the way the program's patreon account was slipped in! That gave me a big laugh.
    ~3:40 "I would like all of your ducets."

    • @madman10340
      @madman10340 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Adam Hulette is that an EU4 reference?

  • @a_georgevich
    @a_georgevich 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Started playing Assassin's Creed 2 the other day, so the timing for this one is perfect.

  • @mandymcal
    @mandymcal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    music history should 100% be the next crash course

  • @Lleruelu
    @Lleruelu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video!!! And I cracked up with that BAR in French

    • @dustov
      @dustov 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Best French impression BAR none

  • @dannymckenzie8329
    @dannymckenzie8329 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The level of detail and realism a true artisan can achieve with marble is intense. Some statues transcend the uncanny valley and reach the point where the statues are real people stood before you frozen in time on inspection.

  • @manunicolasmonterotorres5966
    @manunicolasmonterotorres5966 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I do miss the former John Green, not to suggest I dislike this new one, but the other lessons had vertigo, humour, and a general way that made me think that it doesn´t matter if you take it seriously or not, history is always fun, it incites and ignites so many parts of you that the only way of dealing with it is with little jokes and nice comments on the side. This John Green doesn´t seem to take the time to enjoy what he is saying, nonetheless its always nice to see CC, by far the best way to enjoy a little pause.

  • @d.c.8828
    @d.c.8828 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You're a fantastic teacher, Mr. Green!

  • @frankm.2850
    @frankm.2850 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you’re interested in this period, I HIGHLY recommend the book “the Swerve,” which focuses on the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.

  • @diovanesouza4368
    @diovanesouza4368 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello John. I'm from Brazil. Thanks for your videos. They are really informative.

  • @a.i.l1074
    @a.i.l1074 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is the EU flag an appropriate symbol for this course? Not only is it the flag of a political institution which is controversial in many EU countries, it also leaves out a number of firmly European countries

  • @zentriea3825
    @zentriea3825 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Look what you guys did. He’s speaking so slowly now!
    Still good stuff though. Thanks so much!

  • @algapedia9164
    @algapedia9164 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really love the world histories but they always were a bit too fast for my liking. This is a perfect speed for my understanding and I hope for others. Thanks John

  • @SoundsideSherry
    @SoundsideSherry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I'm really hoping there will at least be a mention of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary before the Renaissance is wrapped up.
    There was an especially strong Florentine presence in Buda and Zagreb during his reign, manifest in both economics and the arts.

    • @konradkruk9468
      @konradkruk9468 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Highly doubt it . Seeing how this series is progressing -- I think this will be another case of Western European history = All European history . But , still hoping for at least some representation of Central and Eastern Europe .

    • @HueyPPLong
      @HueyPPLong 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@konradkruk9468 Well the West is the best

  • @jakeellsworth10
    @jakeellsworth10 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    So glad you're back!!!