My university lecturer introduced me to the French Revolution by slamming a 1m ruler onto his lecturn. "So what is the French Revolution? *SLAM!* THIS is the French Revolution! Behold! The 1 metre ruler. It is *exactly* 1 10-millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator. It is simple - a child can grasp the fundamentals within a few minutes. It is effective. It was made the official system of measurement in France during the Revolution, replacing hundreds of units of measure throughout France at the time. And today it is the world's dominant system of measurement."
I came here from the Best of History TH-cam 2019 playlist and I subscribed to this channel as a result! Somewhere along the way, I'll have to learn how to animate like this and the previous couple of videos.
I was always told that it was an ink keeper that recognized the King as he saw his face on one of his coins. Your version makes more sense though. Not very clever of the King to attempt an escape with a super luxurious carriage and servants. I feel bad for laughing about the fact that his suspiciously large nose busted him. Great video man! I'm really glad to have taken part in this collab with you.
You only have 1k subscribers?! You got into this huge collab?! You make really high quality videos! Dang, how are you this unpopular. Ill definitely subscribe and I look forward to your future videos.
if you do subscribe remember to do the bell thing, otherwise it won't show every video i upload and i upload once a month ish so its not spammy. I reached 1k today actually! That was really cool Thanks :) It means a lot to know that my videos are appreciated especially quality over quantity
Unfortunately, most revolts start with plans of freedoms and reforms, then descend into infighting, then as the everyday people tire of the constant dysfunction, violence and chaos, result in yet another dictator taking over just to get things stable.
Excellent video on a complicated topic. You've improved a lot too! Love how you stick some more modern themes in to help carry the narratives, like the two kings texting each other, that was a nice touch. Onwards, to the next revolution! #ProjectRevolution
poples Yes I agree, I meant the system under which they ruled which was medieval e.g feudalism and Estates but also the French kings (the bourbons) which had existed since the 1500s (debatable wether this counts as medieval). Though I do agree that absolutism was new and only kicked off in France with Louis XIV
@AncientAccounts Feudalism in France didn't exist anymore by the XVIIIth century. It hadn't since at least 200 years, which is precisely why absolutism came into being. The french king had progressively gotten rid of all opposition, which allowed him to rule absolutely (from latin "absolvo", to set apart from) over all three estates. The French monarchy wasn't medieval by any stretch of the imagination when the Revolution began.
You did an excellent job describing a very complicated sequence of events in a way that I could easily understand. I just subscribed to your channel after watching this.
I wouldn't call this unbiased. Any type of history is biased. This is merely a streamlined narrative of what I consider "the main narrative" of the revolution. Robespierre who is considered evil by some and heroic by others (isn't covered as well as I'd like) of course my video had finite time and it's a complex topic. I followed the king throughout the narrative because he's the easiest POV character. Many people that didn't like the king had legitimate critics and the people that supported him could also be critiqued
Every history is biased, true, but this is the first one that also shows the side of the suporters of loui. my teacher in school ignored the fact that some people in the third estate suported the king, and viewd the whole thing as a class war! (which it sure was for most revolutioneries, but not for everyone)
if you wanna see more *_*Revolutionary*_* videos check out the playlist! bit.ly/Project_Revolution Also, to those wondering why I didnt cover the directory and napoleon, its because this collab had a deadline, I wouldn't be able to fit it all in
Always really felt bad for Louis XV1…..he seemed to try hard initially in a job he was absolutely not suited to (though he inherited such a mess, few would find it easy), seemed to know things were going downhill, but still tried, then mainly just despaired and gave up (then got executed).
While I do admire your enthusiasm, professionalism, and good intentions, and understand the limitations of a 20 minute video, I do have a few critiques in regards to the information you provided, much of what you said, especially towards the end, is so over-generalized to the point of coming across as a bit misleading, and a good amount of what you said is clearly sourced from a Reactionary/Thermidorian viewpoint, especially when it came to some statements you made surrounding the war with Austria, Louis XVI's fall, Danton, Robespierre, the Reign Terror, and the Thermidorian Reaction, which honestly isn't your fault at all, but simply a bad case of 'the victors write history'. There's a lot of misconceptions about the French Revolution that I highly encourage you and everyone to review, especially when it comes to the motivations of certain people and events. For instance, I've always been a fervent defender of Robespierre, who often unjustly gets blamed for much of what went wrong with the revolution, as he and his motivations are FAR more complex than what common history recalls him as. In addition, the excesses of the Terror were mostly the fault of the Convention Nationale and the rest of the CoPS who in the progressively increasing absence of Robespierre(due to his worsening life-long health issues, not some "mental breakdown due to all the people he killed." Which I'm aware was probably just a joke, but still. ) began to abuse the measures of the terror (which, indeed, Robespierre did call for said measures, with an accelerated push from Saint-Just. But personally presided only over strategic and justified accusations as he was vocally against the excessive brutality. For instance, he was drawn to rage and disgust by the reports of barbaric acts by some field missionaries.) for personal dealings and grudges. It's only when Robespierre forced himself out of recovery to confront and denounce the abuses of the measures and the corrupted in the Convention and the rest of the CoPS that they turned on him (the Thermidorian Reaction) and essentially made him the scapegoat to mainly and selfishly protect their own respectability and lives by pinning their horrendous actions on someone else. Now, as he without flaw? No, certainly not, and I'm not saying you should agree with his actions either, but the way he carried himself and firmly stuck to his ideals of civic virtue, republicanism, and public service and in a very humble manner, as he was paid the average deputy's salary and lived in a simple communal apartment is at least admirable. Especially in comparison to something or someone that history favors more like the Directory which permitted the even more bloody and senseless killing of the First White Terror after the death of Robespierre. Or more famously, Napoleon, who murdered millions for nothing more than his own personal glory and gratification. I've always found it strange that history and society like to venerate people like Napoleon, Alexander the Great, and Caesar while reviling people like Robespierre, Cromwell, or Ho Chi Minh for very petty reasons. That all being said, I truly enjoyed your video, and believe you did everything to the best of your abilities, but I simply wished to point out some historical inaccuracies and biases (at least in my evaluation and review) for you to review yourself and learn about more. I honestly prefer you to not take my word for it and implore you to instead uncover the truths and the falsifications on your own. (Speeches, official documents, lack-of/letters, and Charlotte de Robespierre's memoirs are a good place to find some clarity for the French Revolution.) Happy learning! 📚
Thanks for taking the time to write this. Yes it is over generalised for the sake of time, mostly because the collab had a deadline, I am going to dedicate a few stand alone videos to explore some people I shafted in the script (Lafayette, King Louis, Sieyes Danton and Robespierre). However this central video is obviously more of a general overview. I am going to explore why Robspierre had such a large following and was well respected (such as taking the lower salary and the fact that he was by all accounts a moderate in the legislature up until the King's flight to Varennes. Through as said above I will dedicate a whole video to certain people to explore more deeply their involvement and the motivations in the French Revolution and this does give me a few avenues to look down when researching. This is super helpful
@@AncientAccounts I completely understand, and I kind of figured that the added deadline for the collaboration put even more pressure on the condensing. Now, I hope I was purely constructive and didn't offend you in your work in any way, it's fantastic-the work that you do, it's all very insightful, and I cannot wait to watch and continue to learn from those future videos.
Amazing video!! Mind how you use the term Modern and Postmodern however- Modernity covers 19th Century, Industrial Rev, Romantics and Expressionism up until the 1920s (or post-Holocaust, depending who you ask) with Postmodernism springing up in Fascist Italy, and then hitting its full stride in 1960s America, Germany and as the British Empire broke down. Modernism and PoMo are typically western terms however. Great video altogether, brill editing. Would love to see a video on the Russian Revolution, or a whole series on the Soviets.
i neglect to mention thomas paine was also in this (so much cool stuff so little time) and he was supposed to be beheaded the day after Robespierre was overthrown
@@AncientAccounts talking about Crossovers, I was wondering if anyone in the group would be making a video about Francisco de Miranda or Giuseppe Garibaldi, those guys were true globetrotters jumping from revolution to revolution
No one I think is doing one on the Latin American or Italy revolutions. My second choice was the Venezuelan one but I have my finals on the French Revolution so I think it was better to do that, cause revision
A truly scary time in history, and an awful time to live through. But boy,…was the prior French system a rickety, unfair mess that had gone on too long.
Couldnt Louise the XV1 have rather pretended a royal state visit to a nearby friendly country and then abdicated? For a number of reasons im sure a king could legally visit another country. I'm trying to say he didnt have to sneak away in a stately carriage the way he did.
Yeah but there's also a war called the nine years war, and while the us in the seven years war only fought the French and the Indians for the most part, in other countries, (like mine ,the U.K.) they fought in South America, Africa and India,
That's a bit complex. If your king is wise, considerate to his people and brave, then sure. On the other hand, if he's some silly generational inbred that bankrupts his nation and reduces his population to a destitute, starving mob, you can clearly see that you might have a problem.
Haha! I see those Assassins Creed Unity Easter eggs you snuck in there.
Great video.
You have a great conversational-style narration going on, and your videos are getting better and better!
My university lecturer introduced me to the French Revolution by slamming a 1m ruler onto his lecturn. "So what is the French Revolution? *SLAM!* THIS is the French Revolution! Behold! The 1 metre ruler. It is *exactly* 1 10-millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator. It is simple - a child can grasp the fundamentals within a few minutes. It is effective. It was made the official system of measurement in France during the Revolution, replacing hundreds of units of measure throughout France at the time. And today it is the world's dominant system of measurement."
I came here from the Best of History TH-cam 2019 playlist and I subscribed to this channel as a result! Somewhere along the way, I'll have to learn how to animate like this and the previous couple of videos.
:D sweet
I was always told that it was an ink keeper that recognized the King as he saw his face on one of his coins. Your version makes more sense though. Not very clever of the King to attempt an escape with a super luxurious carriage and servants. I feel bad for laughing about the fact that his suspiciously large nose busted him.
Great video man! I'm really glad to have taken part in this collab with you.
You only have 1k subscribers?! You got into this huge collab?! You make really high quality videos! Dang, how are you this unpopular. Ill definitely subscribe and I look forward to your future videos.
if you do subscribe remember to do the bell thing, otherwise it won't show every video i upload and i upload once a month ish so its not spammy.
I reached 1k today actually! That was really cool
Thanks :) It means a lot to know that my videos are appreciated especially quality over quantity
Man oh man, you need more recognition.
Napoleon: *cracks knuckles*
"Step aside loosers this time France is mine."
French Revolution 2 Empire boogaloo
Unfortunately, most revolts start with plans of freedoms and reforms, then descend into infighting, then as the everyday people tire of the constant dysfunction, violence and chaos, result in yet another dictator taking over just to get things stable.
Excellent video on a complicated topic. You've improved a lot too! Love how you stick some more modern themes in to help carry the narratives, like the two kings texting each other, that was a nice touch. Onwards, to the next revolution! #ProjectRevolution
Yeah thats probably my favourite part, sticking modern anarchronisms in is really appealing to me, just to imagine if this happened nowadays
just a side-note; the absolutist monarchies (in Europe) were NOT a medieval thing; it's majorly a thing of early modern times, even in France
poples Yes I agree, I meant the system under which they ruled which was medieval e.g feudalism and Estates but also the French kings (the bourbons) which had existed since the 1500s (debatable wether this counts as medieval). Though I do agree that absolutism was new and only kicked off in France with Louis XIV
@AncientAccounts Feudalism in France didn't exist anymore by the XVIIIth century. It hadn't since at least 200 years, which is precisely why absolutism came into being. The french king had progressively gotten rid of all opposition, which allowed him to rule absolutely (from latin "absolvo", to set apart from) over all three estates.
The French monarchy wasn't medieval by any stretch of the imagination when the Revolution began.
Everybodys gangsta until a 24 yr old general walks in and grab the power
You did an excellent job describing a very complicated sequence of events in a way that I could easily understand. I just subscribed to your channel after watching this.
Glad it was helpful!
Nice to see your channel getting a little traction. Fair play man
Finally got around to watching - well summarised, mate!
This was great. the first unbiased video i see on the french revolution, where the other side is shown. keep up the good work!!
I wouldn't call this unbiased. Any type of history is biased. This is merely a streamlined narrative of what I consider "the main narrative" of the revolution. Robespierre who is considered evil by some and heroic by others (isn't covered as well as I'd like) of course my video had finite time and it's a complex topic. I followed the king throughout the narrative because he's the easiest POV character. Many people that didn't like the king had legitimate critics and the people that supported him could also be critiqued
Every history is biased, true, but this is the first one that also shows the side of the suporters of loui. my teacher in school ignored the fact that some people in the third estate suported the king, and viewd the whole thing as a class war! (which it sure was for most revolutioneries, but not for everyone)
The video is finally there :D
Great video, the story telling is really good and the overall video quality is also great :D
Thanks man! its was kinda daunting making a video comparable to way bigger yters, you gotta upload too man
@@AncientAccounts yeah I haven't upload for a while now, but I'm working on it, the video will hopefully be out next week :D
Fantastic video, subbed!
same here
Top tier stuff, man. I love everything you put out!
if you wanna see more *_*Revolutionary*_* videos check out the playlist! bit.ly/Project_Revolution
Also, to those wondering why I didnt cover the directory and napoleon, its because this collab had a deadline, I wouldn't be able to fit it all in
France: revolution! Democracy time
Rest of Europe: ITS FREE REAL ESTATE
* Dictatorship time
I gotta say this, but what about the years between the fall of Robespierre and the coup of Napoleon?
Will be covered in the future, I had a deadline so I had to cut it off at the Thermidorian reaction.
Always really felt bad for Louis XV1…..he seemed to try hard initially in a job he was absolutely not suited to (though he inherited such a mess, few would find it easy), seemed to know things were going downhill, but still tried, then mainly just despaired and gave up (then got executed).
Glad to see this kind of beautiful video, greetings from France!
Brilliant! The Estate politics is particularly interesting.
Congrats on 1k man. You deserve it.
While I do admire your enthusiasm, professionalism, and good intentions, and understand the limitations of a 20 minute video, I do have a few critiques in regards to the information you provided, much of what you said, especially towards the end, is so over-generalized to the point of coming across as a bit misleading, and a good amount of what you said is clearly sourced from a Reactionary/Thermidorian viewpoint, especially when it came to some statements you made surrounding the war with Austria, Louis XVI's fall, Danton, Robespierre, the Reign Terror, and the Thermidorian Reaction, which honestly isn't your fault at all, but simply a bad case of 'the victors write history'. There's a lot of misconceptions about the French Revolution that I highly encourage you and everyone to review, especially when it comes to the motivations of certain people and events. For instance, I've always been a fervent defender of Robespierre, who often unjustly gets blamed for much of what went wrong with the revolution, as he and his motivations are FAR more complex than what common history recalls him as. In addition, the excesses of the Terror were mostly the fault of the Convention Nationale and the rest of the CoPS who in the progressively increasing absence of Robespierre(due to his worsening life-long health issues, not some "mental breakdown due to all the people he killed." Which I'm aware was probably just a joke, but still. ) began to abuse the measures of the terror (which, indeed, Robespierre did call for said measures, with an accelerated push from Saint-Just. But personally presided only over strategic and justified accusations as he was vocally against the excessive brutality. For instance, he was drawn to rage and disgust by the reports of barbaric acts by some field missionaries.) for personal dealings and grudges. It's only when Robespierre forced himself out of recovery to confront and denounce the abuses of the measures and the corrupted in the Convention and the rest of the CoPS that they turned on him (the Thermidorian Reaction) and essentially made him the scapegoat to mainly and selfishly protect their own respectability and lives by pinning their horrendous actions on someone else.
Now, as he without flaw? No, certainly not, and I'm not saying you should agree with his actions either, but the way he carried himself and firmly stuck to his ideals of civic virtue, republicanism, and public service and in a very humble manner, as he was paid the average deputy's salary and lived in a simple communal apartment is at least admirable. Especially in comparison to something or someone that history favors more like the Directory which permitted the even more bloody and senseless killing of the First White Terror after the death of Robespierre. Or more famously, Napoleon, who murdered millions for nothing more than his own personal glory and gratification. I've always found it strange that history and society like to venerate people like Napoleon, Alexander the Great, and Caesar while reviling people like Robespierre, Cromwell, or Ho Chi Minh for very petty reasons.
That all being said, I truly enjoyed your video, and believe you did everything to the best of your abilities, but I simply wished to point out some historical inaccuracies and biases (at least in my evaluation and review) for you to review yourself and learn about more. I honestly prefer you to not take my word for it and implore you to instead uncover the truths and the falsifications on your own. (Speeches, official documents, lack-of/letters, and Charlotte de Robespierre's memoirs are a good place to find some clarity for the French Revolution.)
Happy learning! 📚
Thanks for taking the time to write this. Yes it is over generalised for the sake of time, mostly because the collab had a deadline, I am going to dedicate a few stand alone videos to explore some people I shafted in the script (Lafayette, King Louis, Sieyes Danton and Robespierre). However this central video is obviously more of a general overview. I am going to explore why Robspierre had such a large following and was well respected (such as taking the lower salary and the fact that he was by all accounts a moderate in the legislature up until the King's flight to Varennes.
Through as said above I will dedicate a whole video to certain people to explore more deeply their involvement and the motivations in the French Revolution and this does give me a few avenues to look down when researching. This is super helpful
@@AncientAccounts I completely understand, and I kind of figured that the added deadline for the collaboration put even more pressure on the condensing. Now, I hope I was purely constructive and didn't offend you in your work in any way, it's fantastic-the work that you do, it's all very insightful, and I cannot wait to watch and continue to learn from those future videos.
Amazing video!!
Mind how you use the term Modern and Postmodern however- Modernity covers 19th Century, Industrial Rev, Romantics and Expressionism up until the 1920s (or post-Holocaust, depending who you ask) with Postmodernism springing up in Fascist Italy, and then hitting its full stride in 1960s America, Germany and as the British Empire broke down. Modernism and PoMo are typically western terms however.
Great video altogether, brill editing. Would love to see a video on the Russian Revolution, or a whole series on the Soviets.
I'll add it to my list !
Hey thanos its pennychewer. You sound just as I thought You would ! Good video. Leeds Massive!
Great video you rah guy
Lost me at postmodern era -?
Where did you get the sound clip @21:20 from? It sounds like the voice of John Hurt.
It’s a voice clip from assassins creed unity, can’t remember when
11:00 Wild Jefferson did not have enough with one revolution
i neglect to mention thomas paine was also in this (so much cool stuff so little time) and he was supposed to be beheaded the day after Robespierre was overthrown
@@AncientAccounts talking about Crossovers, I was wondering if anyone in the group would be making a video about Francisco de Miranda or Giuseppe Garibaldi, those guys were true globetrotters jumping from revolution to revolution
No one I think is doing one on the Latin American or Italy revolutions. My second choice was the Venezuelan one but I have my finals on the French Revolution so I think it was better to do that, cause revision
@@AncientAccounts there was one on mexico's revolution
Love the use of Assassin's Creed models and environment :p
I would be so screwed for backgrounds if it wasn't for Ubisoft :P
@@AncientAccounts I didn't expect to see any at all, let alone see so much of them, but they're very well welcome :D
Man, a great analysis of the French revolution. Very good.
A truly scary time in history, and an awful time to live through. But boy,…was the prior French system a rickety, unfair mess that had gone on too long.
Couldnt Louise the XV1 have rather pretended a royal state visit to a nearby friendly country and then abdicated? For a number of reasons im sure a king could legally visit another country. I'm trying to say he didnt have to sneak away in a stately carriage the way he did.
Is it just me or do you play two audio tracks at the same time around the 18th minute mark?
i didn't think i did the only thing showing up is two music tracks but they overlap.
@@AncientAccounts Thats what i mean. two music tracks overlapping.
Yup, just checked in AE couldn't hear it myself though
@@AncientAccounts Only a small thing really. otherwise a well made video!
Thanks. I'll keep an ear out for it in my next video
Angry I just found this channel now
Twitter in the late 18th century🤣🤣🤣
oh nobles I thought you were saying navels
Yeah I fixed in in the subtitles, thanks
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
the reign of terror no less
nice !
You should call the seven years war the French and Indian war
It's standard to call it seven years where I live, on Wikipedia and my school curriculum, are you in the US?
Ancient Accounts - Animated History yes, I live in USA. Although the war officially was 7 years, major conflicts had been occurring for 9 years.
Yeah but there's also a war called the nine years war, and while the us in the seven years war only fought the French and the Indians for the most part, in other countries, (like mine ,the U.K.) they fought in South America, Africa and India,
What the hell is nAbles???
read helen nesta webster
Vive le Roi !
Youre 11
@@SmashingCapital why please ?
That's a bit complex.
If your king is wise, considerate to his people and brave, then sure.
On the other hand, if he's some silly generational inbred that bankrupts his nation and reduces his population to a destitute, starving mob, you can clearly see that you might have a problem.
blame the Hapsburgs for that nose.
What are navels?
Aux barricades, mes frères! Vive la France!
Poor nables
What
@EtheralShade sometimes when he says nobles, it sounds like nables🤷♂️
fuedalism ends