The French Revolution | Part 4 | Showdown in Versailles

[@BlissfulBansuri]

Bonjour, I am a Frenchman learning about his own history. What a brilliant set of lectures. I must admit that our British cousins have a tremendous ability for story telling. Thank you so much.

[@redwine2664]

Quelle surprise? Monsieur, un Français qui ne connaît pas l’histoire de son pays n’est pas un Français !

[@excellentcomment]

​@@redwine2664 Bonjour from Florida. You are too harsh on your countryman. The postmodernists have eradicated the teaching of history from the Western world. None of our children in the West have been taught anything about their own history. One of the best storytellers of history today is on KZbin His name is The Fatt Electrician. He is single-handedly giving our children a sense of pride & excitement in our history in a most wonderful, funny and inspiring way. At the other end of the spectrum, one of our greatest living historians is Stephen Kotkin -- He is the biographer of Stalin and a recognized authority on global history and politics, but he speaks plainly and engagingly. And to the delight of his many fans, he sounds exactly like the actor Joe Pesci. Many of his lectures are available on KZbin.

[@szesze-bw8fz]

​@@redwine2664He just said he appreciates the good storytelling of this channel. Btw your proficiency in French...c'est tant pis.🙄

[@tomeggleston367]

@@szesze-bw8fzI think he was joking intentionally and it just went over your head.

[@tryharder75]

love you guys! no more revolutions though

[@TheChuck181]

First. Keep this series going until the end of Napoleon

[@michaelkennedy3372]

Lol..now Episode 121

[@BlackMothraa]

Keep this series until the mess of paris olympic games

[@didfet5496]

@@BlackMothraathe mess ???

[@mattyice782]

Yes PLEASE!

[@humblescribe8522]

Sorry to disappoint, but it ends with the Flight to Varennes. There is talk of a return to the subject later in the year though.

[@jeffreykopko3851]

Who needs friends when you've got Tom and Dominic?

[@princeofbrunswick]

I love these factual adult conversations.

[@tommonk7651]

Frankly, as an American, I really enjoy the British ability to find humor in even the worst of humanity…. History should not always be serious if we want to make it interesting.

[@jimb9063]

I think appreciation of juxtaposition and gallows humour are quite widespread. It's a coping mechanism to some degree too. Some things are so terrible to contemplate, they're somehow projected through the normal set of responses round to the absurd. Some things seem more Monty Python than reality.

[@Happyheretic2308]

Serious is interesting. Not everything has to be jokey, or dumbed down.

[@hninzilwin3288]

​@jimb9063 yes. Americans have a tendency to attribute normal qualities of the human race as sole attributes of Brits. I don't understand this fawning

[@anonUK]

Looking forward to Episode 5: "la merde frappe le ventilateur".

[@marywoolley-nb7ct]

😉😂

[@monacollins298]

Ha!

[@isaacatkinson1882]

Really appreciate you guys releasing these closer together. 1 day I will be a patron.

[@solastorm7]

i love your ability to describe peoples mindsets at the time which is very important to understand why or how certain things happened. i heard all this in school but the teachers never bothered to explain why things happened or how people felt/thought at the time...

[@BlackMothraa]

Yeah, thats because you had been educated in bad school... i have heard all of these from my personal tutor, lol 😂

[@novascheller5957]

Yes!!! History is fascinating and the way schools dumb it down to minimal explanations is the reason why so many people think it’s boring. Nothing could be further from the truth.

[@b.alexanderjohnstone9774]

It's a crime for teachers not to make history interesting for children.

[@skdjirrrdjdm3926]

Yall are my new favorite channel, I'm absolutely hooked! Love your humor, love the way you both present the information with colorful details and anecdotes, and the broader context at play. Great duo!

[@veronicagreco8907]

This channel is wonderful. Tom and Dominic, you are such a delight!

[@cassiopeiathew7406]

I’m so happy I discovered this podcast, I love seeing people with similar interests doing things coming together and creating things like this

[@martiwilliams4592]

Love this! Captivating, informative, thought-provoking AND entertaining. Much appreciated, guys. Thank you.

[@kyle-7107]

"Just pay your taxes" - the most British thing he could have said

[@austinquick6285]

People who don’t pay taxes shouldn’t be allowed to vote.

[@StephanieHughesDesign]

Cette serie est absolument magnifique ! Vivre la France ! Equalite, Fraternite et Liberte ! J'adore le histoire de France Revolution. Convaincent et modifie le course de monde histoire !

[@alisonrogerson6586]

It’s a privilege listening to the fruit of these intellects. They’re also very humorous 😊

[@gracejh33]

Love all the details and tagged on performance and wit, fantastic storytelling👏

[@Player_Review]

Simon Schama's episode on Davide and his painting of Marat in the _Power of Art_ series (2007) was a great work of art history, as were his other episodes in the series, albeit one of them is on Rothko. Thanks to _The Rest is History_ letting me know Schama's broader works has inspired me to 'pick up' a copy of his 'book' on the French Revolution, since they've now cited it several times throughout this particular series. The body of work from _The Rest is History_ sets a high bar for its own format, entertaining while maintaining academic integrity, masterfully delivering top-shelf slices of history in conversational format. While 'history' is the core of the podcast and does so in high distinction, it is this anon's view the paramount distinguishing appeal lies in their 'absolute-monarchical' command of the English language (spoken tongue/linguistic arts).

[@sandeshvantveen]

Ok but Podpast would actully have been an amazing name!

[@billbissenas2973]

Informative and entertaining. What a combination!

[@martin.trainer]

Glad to see these two on the tube used to listen to them on radio good in depth history and good banter👍

[@kyrene94]

You guys are so funny! I am really enjoying this series which I thought I would find boring

[@paivitiitta1884]

I'm totally enchanted the way I'm learning so much more about this history of a revolution we all know . Or think we know .

[@karenmaymclelland-lafferty1868]

I found you both a wee while ago, love your story telling 🦥

[@dsjwhite]

This is just wonderful. You describe the situation as if you were there but with a real sense of schoolboy glee

[@tomthomsthompson8516]

New listener and subscriber-THANK YOU! The information and banter are wonderful🎉

[@jungpulenmae]

"A face that looked like a fish trapped in a meteor." :)

[@nigelcowie6883]

This is brilliant, as always

[@evanadams9536]

This is the most interesting history channel on the interweb 👍🏾👍🏾

[@nanciejepsen6614]

Thanks for this wonderful series. Very informative and well done.

[@dinam5017]

glad i stumbled across your podcast...love from Egypt

[@staffangunnarson2421]

Danton was actually played by Dépardieu, back in 1983.

[@russfranck3491]

You guys are great 👍

[@SIERRATREES]

you guys are great.. So interesting.. ( and I thought Pod Past has it own unique ring to it.. ) Keep up the great work.

[@babscabs1987]

PodPast is fantastic

[@nickstone3113]

Superb, superb,and the history too !! And relevant today.

[@wilsontheconqueror8101]

Americans (most) are unfortunately unaware of the massive price France paid in their choice to assist the rebellion in the British colonies. Granted France had already accumulated massive debts going back to Louis XlV Sun Kings enormous construction of Versailles. And his wars on the continent of Spanish succession. But the aid to American rebels really pushed Frances economic troubles into overload. It could have recovered because most monarchies dealt with these money issues all the time. But the climate is disastrous to a largely agricultural country like France when it doesn't cooperate. It was just a terrible series of dominoes. Louis XVl should have made arrangements for the extraction of his family to Austria well before. He just seemed to be too late in all his decisions.

[@danorourke1895]

Not forgetting the Mississippi bubble too!

[@ulrikjensen6841]

Une question s.v.p.: Mirabeau = Dominique ???🎉 Robespierre = Tom ??? Qui sont les surnoms de ces formidables gentilhommes ? (pardon my French)

[@FireflyOnTheMoon]

Yes, France bankrupted to help the tax dodgers over the pond. Oh the irony.

[@jaymes4750]

one less monarchy in the world doesn’t sound like a bad thing for america

[@89volvowithlazers]

Speak for your self bub, at least 74.7 million are learned.

[@warrenbruhn5888]

Really enjoying this series. Would love to buy you both a pint down at the pub. But you're ~6000 miles away.

[@hoolydooly5799]

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[@CurtOntheRadio]

Excellent, thanks.

[@dfdf4874]

Loving this series

[@chrisd.8694]

So enjoying! Thank you.

[@jimb9063]

Thank you chaps. Fortunately nothing like this could ever happen again, there's no chance of misinformation having the same effect these days. Would it be fair to say that Sieyes hit upon the very model of a modern Estates General?

[@angiek1827]

I hope you’re being sarcastic.

[@TheOrigamiPeople]

Talleyrand, please do a podcast on this man

[@capeclearisland]

He was an incredible survivor.

[@mattfox2716]

PodPast is the most brilliant idea ever alluded to in this episode…..

[@danjerv]

Banger as always. Still waiting for the last 2 episodes on the Sioux!!

[@mollygardens6646]

Idealist are the most frightening and cruel!

[@mariannechettle28]

Great captivating lectures ! Comtesse de Noailles, no big difficulty there... just say " no", and then "aiye", like the 2nd syllable of Versailles. Better than Noeeeeuuueh... Marianne (French)

[@peterpedersen3988]

Great episode!

[@JETLIFEJASON]

Amazing

[@enlighteneddespot9359]

One of the most influential books I have ever read is Sharma's Citizens. Still have my much read copy tied up with string. Good to hear your references to this work, haven't for some time

[@thomasblankenhorn5911]

A point of curiosity about what you say @7:41 : "Now we could say, there's nothing anyway can do about this" (bad weather destroying the harvest). How about easing the internal tariffs on grain, and any external ones, too, that would impede grain from outside of France from getting imported? In an earlier episode, you mention such tariffs as a general problem with the French economy at the time. Did thay play any important role in worsening the famine of 1788, too? Have any economic historians been looking into this? (It seems like an obvious line of inquiry for them.) And if they did look into it, what have they found?

[@carveraugustus3840]

When I learned of the Charles the first execution, Oliver Cromwell restoration. I was flabbergasted how Britain could come so close to the French revolution and then decided no you know what that’s fine. Called the other Charles.

[@ducky_playz6917]

This is awesome !

[@ichauch110]

you two are great and funny

[@katarinavidakovic4718]

So so marvellous podcast I never listen more interesting podcast bravooo subject great presentation excellent all thogeder brilliant ❤

[@Player_Review]

The time for naming it 'Podpast' is now 'Podpassed'. That said, the former was a catchy memorable name, but as they say 'The Rest is History'.

[@IB4theAIB]

Pod-passé

[@bluefarie10]

Thank you- wonderful series

[@nocount1]

I love Dominic's Pepé Le Pew impressions. 😂

[@russfranck3491]

❤love your episodes ❤ so interesting ❤

[@mikejr.3812]

Podpast is amazing 😂

[@KimberlyPatton-x1n]

I am "Eurpt"- ing with anticipation to watch! 😂

[@Badgersj]

Sounds like a French fart!

[@rogersmith3405]

I don't want this series to end

[@laetitiavisagie-gg6kk]

One more episode to conclude would have been nice.... this was a very interesting series

[@georgek7831]

They are eating the rabbits! They are eating the birds!😅

[@Splinterfax1]

All time classic PodPast this

[@ChasquiSoy]

Delightful ✨

[@christopherscarpino8994]

Starving, impoverished, and protesting all to protect someone else's 'privileges.' Does this sound like today?

[@RoryMcDuff]

Drawing pleasure from the misfortunes of ordinary people ...

[@enlighteneddespot9359]

Mirabeau was played by Ustinov in that Bicentenary series

[@theresachung703]

Love this!

[@colindunnigan8621]

"Over? Oh, no, it can't be over. Not enough blood has been shed yet."

[@StephenReynolds-b6c]

My family was a quebecois from the 1620s and had supported the king for as long as we could until he focused more on Europe

[@Badgersj]

Fascinating - but you need to do something about the headline! "Eurpts"?

[@MichaelDembinski]

26:53: "they're told there's going to be a barney" Cockney rhyming slang - Barney Rubble = Trouble?

[@michaelkennedy3372]

A barney means an argument which i suppose is Barney Rubble in itself.

[@jimb9063]

Does art imitate life, or life art? In this case the former. The name and term Barney Rubble seems to predate Hanna Barbara cartoons sadly.

[@francescaderimini2931]

From America! Please do a pod cast on Talleyrand! Bishop of Rome whom denied the Faith yet demanded on his deathbed the Last Rites befitting a Bishop!

[@wrAIth-AI]

How do you guys spell Versailles, but miss erupts? 😊

[@bluestar.8938]

Thank you : )

[@winstonsmith8588]

Great series. Is there a book series that covers the history of the French revolution in the order it's presented by you? Recommendations?

[@le13579]

Yay, next episode has landed! ❤

[@salex5412]

Great program. Simply one of the best. For whatever it's worth -- there is a great passage in John Adams' 1787 Defence of the Constitution where he warns the world of what could happen when monarchies mix with democracy: "...We find simple monarchies established every where. Whether the system will now become stationary, and last for ever, by means of a few further improvements in monarchical governments, we know not ; or whether still further revolutions are to come. The most probable, or rather the only probable change is, the introduction of democratical branches into those governments. If the people should ever aim at more, they will defeat themselves ; and indeed if they aim at this, by any other than gentle means, and by gradual advances ; by improvements in general education, and informing the public mind. The systems of legislators are experiments made on human life and manners, society and government. Zoroaster, Confucius, Mithras, Odin, Thor, Mahomet, Lycurgus, Solon, Romulus, and a thousand others, may be compared to philosophers making experiments on the elements. Unhappily a political experiment cannot be made in a laboratory, nor determined in a few hours. The operation once begun, runs over whole quarters of the globe, and is not finished in many thousands of years."

[@j0nnyism]

Dominic is inviting the inland revenue to his doorstep

[@Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber]

Mercy buckets!

[@bluesnail5042]

"Unrest eurpts in versailles"

[@tryharder75]

can anyone recommend something on how La Revolution was experienced from outside of France as it was happening?

[@TheJonnyzeus]

Dominic….accents are difficult but that one was Welsh I think.

[@rmorani2174]

Next episode history boys

[@UTubeSL]

Cod-past: on historic fishing

[@marcgrant2225]

i don’t have an exact timeline but in flint michigan after the automobile industry that supported the city “reorganized” and many lost their jobs there were newscasts of people there hunting rabbits.

[@birchlover3377]

31:55 France is still like that 😐dress is half of your job qualifications

[@ceciliawinter3249]

I see analogies with uk and west europe today

[@killerswami]

It wasn’t the taxes that were resented, it was the “without representation” part that pissed off our forefathers.

[@billythedog-309]

No it wasn't - that was a convenient pretext. Americans today have a far greater hatred of taxes than Europeans and some even cheered the perennial tax dodger Trump on the basis that he claimed to be smart.

[@eddiel7635]

so they said… for a bit… and then changed their mind when that was exactly what they were offered.

[@fireofhislove3395]

In Canada Mark Carney is known as "Carbon tax Carney."

[@andrewthornber7783]

Love the fact that Tom has Jame’s book in the bookshelf, but looking at the books are you in Jame’s office and not your own?

[@nigeljohn65]

Well, once "unrest eurpts", what hop is there?

[@thierrysanchez3161]

Attention, les cahiers de doléances n'étaient pas ouvert pour tout le mondé. Il fallait payer le cens et être de sexe masculin. L'essentiel des doléances portaient sur une plus grande justice fiscale mais aussi la parité entre homme et femme ...

[@BenTrem42]

19:56 ref: _Cahiers._ Simplest would be "scribbler". Connotatively? to scribble ... to essay ... as though in a journal, or a diary. Make notes! :-)

[@BenTrem42]

p.s. in our "modern world" we hire sociologists and such to conduct "focus groups". Survey 8, 10, 12 persons and reduce those views to 3 or 4 angles. See the _"sociology"_ in that? Skinner and behaviorism: _All given stimulus J, _*_X% push lever A, Y% lever B, and Z% C._* Great data for AI! Or even just vending machines. Addendum: 1995 in convo w/head of History at Dalhousie I rather whimsically tossed out *_"Post-modernism and its challenges to historiography"._* After a giggle or 3 he suggested I sketch up a 4th year course. heh (At the time, mid-1990s, I was drilling into what we then knew of AI in context of _"How does fox's decisions concerning deception determine its actions?")_ Discourse (see Habermah; Frankfurt School) ... what folk understand. (Socrates was innocent, no? Socrates was put to death, no?) :-)

[@robertfletcher8429]

I like "Podpast". "The Rest is History" is better, though.

[@bewilderedbrit8928]

1:07:27 King fleeing his capital to escape to his WEF mates abroad. Oh wait, sorry. Got mixed up there. Was imagining the future.

[@rhiannonhill]

Dickens wasn't know for his journalistic accuracy hahahaha.

[@DiablotinCinema]

Please do the Haitian revolution