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Added 2022-03-16 04:44:32 +0000 UTCThe Congress of Vienna (Part 2) (1814 to 1815)
It's the THRILLING CONCLUSION to the Congress of Vienna!
Our heroes come out of this one looking quite bad! A lot of lying! A lot of incompetence!
What else is new! But somehow, miraculously, they stumble out of there avoiding another world war.
A lot of Poland-Russia stuff in this video which...as time went on...started to have...increasing resonance.... Not intentional, but I definitely noticed.
ANYWAYS,
Enjoy!
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Great video, but would it really have been more realistic and more effective for Castlereagh to have asked the representatives to immediately jump forward to the outlawing and emancipation of slavery altogether? Britain had to pay an eye-watering sum to emancipate slaves across the empire in 1833, and I think the delegates would have just laughed at Castlereagh if he'd asked them to commit themselves to do something that they probably wouldn't have been able to afford to do at the time. I think Castlereagh just knew that the Spanish, Portuguese and French representatives were never going to be impressed with the British public trying to insert the issue of slavery into this peace conference, so he hoped he could at least get some acknowledgement from them that slavery was wrong.
James Mortished
2022-03-28 00:52:04 +0000 UTCAt 38:58, when you talked about the 100 days, I love the subtle French flag you made with the numbers of soldiers! Absolutely incredible episode, can’t wait to see what the future holds!
PaiHuaiTe
2022-03-27 23:22:14 +0000 UTCRevolutions of 1848 and the Crimean war next? Or are we finally gonna see who wins in the Octavian/Antony dispute?
kayle
2022-03-25 21:15:31 +0000 UTCIncredible! Absolutely phenomenal!
Smeed Peed
2022-03-23 01:00:17 +0000 UTCFlashbacks to older episodes when you start showing the Italian peninsula!
Morrissey the Vegan Bore
2022-03-22 20:39:09 +0000 UTCWonderful video as ever, HC. I would love to see movies based on the lives of Metternich and Castlereagh (who ended up committing suicide 7 years after this).
Jesse McGonigle
2022-03-19 21:27:30 +0000 UTCLoved the detail in describing the geopolitical motivations and negotiation maneuverings that occurred; really makes one appreciate just how delicate and significant the Congress of Vienna was. If I was to give one piece of criticism - I wish there was some more time spent on the analysis of the long-term impacts of the decisions made (or not made), especially in connection with your previous video on "Peace...?" which discussed the Realist, Marxist, and Liberal views. There was some of that pushed to the ending part of the video, but some of that analysis throughout the video would have been interesting, I think, as the earlier parts of the video often felt too descriptive/narrative and too focused on just what happens within the congress itself (although still very enjoyable). If you're planning on discussing larger-picture impacts more in later videos though (especially since this video is already pretty long), that is also awesome and I look forward to that! disclaimer - I'm not in any way an expert in european history or in how to make a educational/entertaining video btw; this is just a perspective from a curious layperson viewer :)
Antzen
2022-03-19 02:06:45 +0000 UTCBEEFY
Nathan Goldbaum
2022-03-18 19:09:41 +0000 UTCBe honest, how many takes did it take for you to say BEEFy without laughing?
Seabass DiGiorno
2022-03-18 18:53:10 +0000 UTCWhat language(s) were being used during these negotiations? With all these different countries, I have to imagine there are some difficulties communicating. Great video as always!
Stephen
2022-03-18 16:54:17 +0000 UTCExcellent as always. Can't wait to see how the Concert of Europe throws a few strings by '48.
Phootreese
2022-03-18 14:35:10 +0000 UTCThe World's Biggest Baby came out of that one looking no worse for wear. That's Realpolitik! :D
adhd lama
2022-03-18 11:05:35 +0000 UTCThis was so amazing, love it!
Andrew McMenemy
2022-03-18 05:58:51 +0000 UTCThis was great, I feel you explained the rather complex dynamic of this time period very well. The fact that I was glued to my screen for 50 minutes without a moment of inattentiveness speaks for itself! As always, well done my friend!
Mo
2022-03-17 20:31:04 +0000 UTCAre you going to do more 19th century videos in the future? I get the feeling the “boats” play into that somehow. Probably just looking into it too much 🤷🏻♂️
David Goebel
2022-03-17 18:59:57 +0000 UTCAmazing work as always. I finally decided to become a patron! I can’t wait for what’s next: More Roman Civil War stuff or maybe even Alexander the Great :)
Michael Cortez
2022-03-17 14:55:22 +0000 UTCI joined your patreon for the glory of rome, and stayed for the high quality content, keep it up!
AzzaRudders
2022-03-17 12:19:32 +0000 UTCAnother banger. This period really fits the narrative style that distinguishes these videos IMO, absolutely loving it.
Joseph Barnes
2022-03-17 12:06:40 +0000 UTCOne small pedantry: Portugal did have colonies north of the equator at that point. Goa was one, Macau could be the other but they probably hadn't actually declared so by then.
Patrick Siu
2022-03-17 11:13:37 +0000 UTCThey had problems with independance movements there for a decade before they gave it up to France ~1897. And they werent really in a position to hold it far away from their continuous territory.
Lukas
2022-03-17 11:06:20 +0000 UTCReally well done, a lot of respect for sticking on the half hearted measures surrounding the Enslavement of people.
Tom
2022-03-17 10:07:02 +0000 UTCSo was Austria just fine with giving up the Austrian Netherlands to the Netherlands Netherlands?
Joshua Evans-Lowell
2022-03-17 09:57:16 +0000 UTCGreat video! The indictment at the end was really well done and argued. The hearts around joe biden kinda awkward, but I guess Castlereigh and Biden are imperialists of a different sort in a sense.
Venetus
2022-03-16 23:11:36 +0000 UTCI really hope the ending is a teaser for a future look into Otto Von Bismarck and Prussia’s involvement in the formation of the German Empire
Joshua Deykin
2022-03-16 22:26:56 +0000 UTCAnother great vid- It's time for the theatre! I have to go!
ForceForHistory
2022-03-16 21:37:57 +0000 UTCThe Americans actually abolished the slave trade in 1808, ironic given their reputation these days. It was unconstitutional to forbid it any earlier. They too had when they passed the thing that it would die out in a generation. Oh boy were they wrong. In the US that was largely from things like mechanization of cotton production. In the Caribbean and Brazil, it was due to the literal lifespan of slaves themselves.
Robert Jarman
2022-03-16 17:58:02 +0000 UTCYou are unmatched, thank you for opening my eyes years ago to our origins.
Nico
2022-03-16 17:50:47 +0000 UTCA day were you post a video is a glorious day
Adam Babcock
2022-03-16 17:28:41 +0000 UTCWith everything going on right now, this series couldn’t be better timed. (Also interesting to see parallels to today with Russia being.....difficult)
Will Blasingame
2022-03-16 17:26:20 +0000 UTCAlso, not sure if this is important but I am interested in the parts of Netherlands that were part of the German Confederacy? Same with Denmark and some of Schleswig-Holstein in the Confederacy? Did they have the same opt out of no foreign relations that Prussia and Austria get?
Ryan Somelofske
2022-03-16 17:04:54 +0000 UTCI was lucky enough to have really wonderful, fair and brutally honest history teachers and professors. But I don't think in any Western Civ class did we even come close to touching the soft proposal to abolish the slave trade and the long term failures. It was incredibly interesting history, being the one time we returned to the Central Committee!!
Ryan Somelofske
2022-03-16 17:01:15 +0000 UTCMan, Tsar Alexander is about as childish, unreasonable and prone to violence as Putin is
Rard
2022-03-16 15:57:33 +0000 UTCA shot of Vodka every time "Poland" is being said.
Bit Moto
2022-03-16 15:49:54 +0000 UTCYou've outdone yourself yet again.
Gintaras Valentukonis
2022-03-16 15:48:35 +0000 UTCThis is one of the best (if not the best) videos you have ever published. The level of detail was incredible. If you are new to learning about the 19th centrury, this video is a must-see.
Tyler Pokela
2022-03-16 15:20:34 +0000 UTCFantastic stuff, as always! Considering everything that happened in the following 100 years (both inside and outside Europe) and how difficult it was to achieve the concert in the first place, it really is astounding that WWI took as long as it did.
Bryton J Swan
2022-03-16 14:50:07 +0000 UTCFantastic video! I hope this isn't the end of the peace stuff, though.
Erik Granger
2022-03-16 14:30:51 +0000 UTCJoe Biden joke is an all timer. Another banger, king.
T G BYAM SHAW
2022-03-16 10:11:34 +0000 UTCGood stuff!
Stefan Mauermann
2022-03-16 09:24:34 +0000 UTCHell yeah Squares
LiterallyJudas
2022-03-16 08:58:14 +0000 UTCWhat a ride
Ria Mayer
2022-03-16 08:16:53 +0000 UTC10:50 hits real hard right now and I kinda love it.
Sam Aronow
2022-03-16 08:05:36 +0000 UTCYay
Jun Lee
2022-03-16 07:42:48 +0000 UTCThanks HC! Good job!
Rard
2022-03-16 07:01:38 +0000 UTCPog, great video as always
ETossed
2022-03-16 06:54:02 +0000 UTCI couldn't help but think about the issue of slavery and how much the negotiations around it look like the negotiations happening today around the issue of global warming. What they have in common are the big economic impacts resulting in their curtailment.
Hollywood Outsider
2022-03-16 06:18:25 +0000 UTCGood video! now do one for the peace of Westphalia :P
Dhjaru
2022-03-16 05:43:12 +0000 UTCI can't wait to see the newest "Boats!" moment.
Rick Aiello
2022-03-16 05:34:08 +0000 UTCAll these international relations videos you have been doing are great and extremely relevant right now. Glad you paused the rome series for this now.
Nile Waldal
2022-03-16 04:47:32 +0000 UTC
