Florence and the Renaissance: Crash Course European History #2

[@gmoney4980]

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

[@daveeol1987]

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

[@sharx2002]

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

[@MegaHzz]

He was gone??

[@chizwheeze]

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.

[@RadwaAshraf]

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]

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

[@NotableElectronicSounds]

"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]

Not only he seem different. He seem sad.

[@dingodyno9016]

@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]

Dingo dyno rip

[@dstinnettmusic]

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

[@dstinnettmusic]

@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]

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

[@aasante3437]

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

[@nathanosafoomane6224]

Growing up ig

[@soupycask]

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]

He’s become a bitter old man!!!

[@Rabcup]

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]

Where's the music

[@mordinsolis6133]

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

[@zeroamericanhero]

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!

[@lobachevscki]

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, KZbin as a platform changed, this is growth and the channel should reflect that.

[@gregmiller9710]

correct..the only thing permanent is change..

[@historywithhilbert]

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

[@MegaAliveli]

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

[@historywithhilbert]

@@MegaAliveli That would make my day ngl xD

[@Omniscient87]

+

[@kokuinomusume]

Just don't get rinascimento and risorgimento mixed up.

[@michaelroy6630]

Ayyyyyyyyy

[@MrBettsClass]

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

[@lances9592]

i love ur songs

[@historywithhilbert]

Nice

[@ІсТоРіЯЦепрекрасно]

Wow, that’s unexpected!

[@christopherhernandez3909]

I see what you did there 😏

[@gurgelurk]

You mentioned "exception" without rolling the Mongoltage.

[@benjaminphelps561]

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

[@moondust2365]

@@benjaminphelps561 *went the way

[@benjaminphelps561]

@@moondust2365 thanks man :)

[@moondust2365]

@@benjaminphelps561 You're welcome! ^^

[@n9575]

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

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

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]

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

[@TheGamingAce231]

@@erdnasiul87 what?

[@jazonjiao638]

you can make a religion out of this

[@cholten99]

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

[@budmeister]

@@erdnasiul87 What drug are you on?

[@cjpatz]

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

[@juliusschwartz6279]

Me too! What a game.

[@cjpatz]

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

[@Tfin]

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

[@Michelle58546]

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

[@bellerofonte0chimera]

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

[@mcgoof171]

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

[@bingobangobongo5]

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.

[@kanevenkat8588]

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

[@daniel3231995]

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.

[@hannahgrippo5425]

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.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

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

[@alexryu8467]

Not yet anyways

[@MrMexijorge]

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]

The Mongols Renaissance'd the world.

[@herodotus945]

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

[@Idunnoyouguessit]

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

[@dorkmax7073]

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]

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

[@PavarottiAardvark]

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]

Because reality Is Always One step ahead of fantasies 😂

[@edconnolly5097]

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

[@wjg1917]

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

[@anametobenamed3717]

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]

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

[@martinhartecfc]

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!

[@second2none914]

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

[@dan-andreisolomon14]

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

[@brycelahm1283]

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

[@moondust2365]

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

[@brycelahm1283]

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

[@moondust2365]

@@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...

[@Ricky-qp9kj]

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!

[@slh3940]

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!!

[@ke_lui]

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

[@jillianholbrook237]

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 :)

[@yossi9811]

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

[@whyit487]

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

[@Nighthawk365]

Why don't we have Crash Course Art History?

[@silaseckhardt7967]

good question

[@ToZafeiriThsAgaphs]

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

[@kevinm9191]

YES MORE CRASH COURSE HISTORY!!!!!!

[@SteveT6588]

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

[@nickbotyoutube6037]

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

[@vojvodd]

I believe it's the other way around

[@TheAnthraxBiology]

They actually based his appearance on Lorenzo because of his arrogance

[@kittye8340]

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

[@TheAnthraxBiology]

@@kittye8340 I was joking haha

[@kittye8340]

TheAnthraxBiology oops, sorry!

[@lorishwinchester3819]

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

[@waveplay3978]

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.

[@travischapman6763]

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.

[@taylorkoda8378]

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

[@imrish1]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@amandab3946]

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

[@derekbassett]

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

[@laurensmith9579]

I love learning. Thank you for this series.

[@JoeSmith-hv7oe]

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

[@niriop]

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

[@SueSolberg]

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!

[@alexanderman1000]

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.

[@anagi2004]

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

[@Jfreek5050]

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]

Whoa. Really? You got sources for this?

[@Jfreek5050]

@@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]

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

[@sethl7078]

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

[@space7634]

I have to watch this for online school

[@VinceWilliams]

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

[@OrbitalAstronaut]

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

[@johnnywatkins]

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

[@sarahamira5732]

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

[@TheSupremeTsar]

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

[@herodotus945]

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.

[@DFloyd84]

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]

Derek Floyd and fathered hundreds of bastards

[@ryan_7220]

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]

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]

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

[@soupnsamwiches5982]

John's outros always give me goosebumps

[@rgbii2]

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.

[@DeadPyro96]

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.

[@universitamerilin7706]

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

[@lhfirex]

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 KZbin channel, and it's a bit above the level of information and thought provocation I got in college level history courses.

[@andrewmartin8978]

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

[@DelusionalDax]

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) .

[@dreammfyre]

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

[@CraftingFelicity]

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

[@TaraMusich]

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

[@Oldskoolguitar]

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

[@gabea7644]

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

[@Spainog]

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

[@connorboone8682]

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

[@tarionmarsden157]

John Green never bores me!

[@Blazetoamaze]

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

[@mattbenz99]

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.

[@francesgarcia8]

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

[@frankm.2850]

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.

[@davidtucker3574]

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....

[@lizan.3593]

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 :)

[@ryanweaver962]

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

[@kateward9193]

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

[@Roll587]

Because it is?

[@kateward9193]

Indeed it is

[@boomerix]

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]

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]

I hope he talks about Sealand

[@gf1917]

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

[@gf1917]

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

[@karlkarlos3545]

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.

[@Nikolapoleon]

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.

[@erik-ic3tp]

True.🙂

[@alexanderzaugg4484]

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

[@malvikamathur4383]

lets go baby lets go more from crash course history

[@diovanesouza4368]

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

[@jezusbloodie]

"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

[@Lleruelu]

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

[@dustov]

Best French impression BAR none

[@SoundsideSherry]

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]

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]

@@konradkruk9468 Well the West is the best

[@Coolrunnings007]

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

[@Oxtocoatl13]

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

[@shakespearaamina9117]

Thank you!!! Always special and useful!

[@d.c.8828]

You're a fantastic teacher, Mr. Green!

[@andersonandrighi4539]

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]

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

[@andersonandrighi4539]

@@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.

[@onelove7831]

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]

Adam Hulette is that an EU4 reference?

[@closetcocktailmonday2287]

Another awesome episode!

[@jakeellsworth10]

So glad you're back!!!

[@dariomagallanesgeotecnolog6543]

2:00 question here at crash course: Was the Renaissance really a thing? Was it in fact just a continuation of the medieval world? Or was it the dramatic change that Renaissance thinkers believed it to be?

[@baillie987]

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

[@ashleysoukup9419]

I love these videos!

[@dannymckenzie8329]

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.

[@ianrbuck]

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

[@algapedia9164]

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

[@elenich5159]

Amazing presentation, thank you!

[@zentriea3825]

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

[@cheekoandtheman]

Am very glad your back , thanks for your insightful videos