The Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth

[@pacthug4life]

Only thing missing was the attempt at reforms in late XVIII century, Poland had the first constitution and ministry of education in Europe.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Yeah, I kinda glossed over that one.

[@kexPOL]

Nope not true the 1st constitution was San Marino’s one

[@maximgwiazda344]

@@kexPOL was it a codified constitution?

[@BB-hx4mj]

Maxim Gwiazda it was but than Russia and Prussia made a 2 partition because they didn’t like it

[@maximgwiazda344]

@@BB-hx4mj I was asking about San Marino constitution.

[@Artur_M.]

I found your channel through a comment under an Extra Credits video and I'm mad at the KZbin algorithm for not recommending it to me, this video specifically.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

I’m so glad that you enjoyed the video! The algorithm does what it does. XD

[@bacant_man]

I found this in my recommended lol

[@johnnybadboy3475]

Why has almost no one else covered this?

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

I don’t know. It’s a really interesting period I think!

[@racoonlittle1679]

Cos no one cares about Poland (jkjk)

[@klfb1]

Actually Hedvig was crowned as King of Poland (sic!) and when Jogaila was crowned, they both had the title of King of Poland and Hedvig had additionally the title of the Queen and Grand Duchess (wife of the King and Grand Duke)

[@hmmkin6729]

The secret idea about her being crowned king was that so her husband could not basically steal the title and power from her.

[@MonkeNapoleon]

*AND THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED*

[@karolszczerbien7885]

Hedwig was "king" of Poland till her death. During this time she did some very important things. She was a great diplomat and commander (even though she was so young) in battles in Red Ruthenia.

[@hmmkin6729]

Not a "king", but a king, dummy.

[@karolszczerbien7885]

@@hmmkin6729 i meant that today we would call her queen but then she was crowned as a king...

[@hmmkin6729]

@@karolszczerbien7885 She was a king then and why would it be different now? Her official title was the King of Poland and i believe though could be wrong about her being addressed as king. In my opinion if you are crowned king, you are a king, if you are crowned queen, you are a queen.

[@karolszczerbien7885]

@@hmmkin6729 Poland then had a monarch who was called king and was the ruler of the country. The title of queen had only his wife- wife of a ruler. Jadwiga was crowned king cuz she became a monarch not the wife of a king. Today we have for example queen elizabeth and her title- queen does not mean that she is a wife of ruler, but the monarch. I added the marks cuz it can be confusing for a person who is not keen on Polish history.

[@hmmkin6729]

@@karolszczerbien7885 It seems that you do not understand that i am not comparing it to the present, but what happened then, not now. She became king because in Polish law, a queen cannot be the regnant or something, but the gender of the king was not specified so she was crowned the king.

[@kwasiorr]

I think this is the best coverage of Polish history by a non-Pole in the interwebs - this comes from a born and raised Polish history geek! Hats off to you my good sir and a kind reminder that you are not yet done - because "Poland has not yet perished, so long as we still live"! Waiting for part(ition) three!

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Of course! I’m planning a few more Poland videos over the next few months! Thank you so much for your kind words!

[@mqooz2538]

Polish- Lithuanian history you greedy fuck.

[@thatoneguy8359]

6:53 A FULL BLOWN REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@markbaldwin9859]

Thank you History House Productions for making part 2.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Thank you for watching! :)

[@greg1134]

5:31 then the winged hussars arrived

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

*Screams in Sabaton*

[@nilswettlin2012]

@@HistoryHouseProductions **STORM CLOUDS, FIRE AND STEEL, DEATH FROM BAOVE MAKE THE ENEMY KNEEL**

[@franciscomm7675]

To say that the battle of viena of 1683 “saved Western Europe” is, in my opinion, a huge exaggeration. Even if vienna had fallen, there were still thousands of cities and fortresses for the ottomans to take.

[@nilswettlin2012]

@@franciscomm7675 indeed, but Austria was the bastion of the catholic faith, and the ottomans would've been near unstoppable at this point

[@HingerlAlois]

Nils Wettlin Absolutely not, the largest military power was catholic France which pretty much was allied with the Ottomans to weaken its Austrian/HRE rivals. The war against the Ottomans lasted from 1683 to 1699. From 1688 to 1697 there was at the same time as the war against the Ottomans also the Nine Years War of much of Europe against France (Louis XIV). The Ottomans were defeated time and time again during the war, there’s no way that they somehow magically could’ve conquered Europe when they were already defeated by parts of the HRE (Austria, Bavaria, Saxony and some smaller contingents from Franconia, Baden etc.) and Poland at the Battle of Vienna.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

1:35 Kingdom of Poland and Duchy Lithuania (doing Fusion Dance) = *"Fuuuuuuuusion- HAA!"* German Teutonic Order: 😥😥😥😨😰😰😰😬😬😬 **chuckles** *"I'm in danger"*

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Top 10 anime openings

[@dontaskwhyimhere4305]

Don’t forget the unnecessary amount of emojis

[@ruthenium5765]

r/emojipolice

[@luri_aden4920]

This is one of my favorite commonwealths

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Mine is the Commonwealth of Independent Systems

[@luri_aden4920]

Cool!

[@racoonlittle1679]

​@@HistoryHouseProductions Ah yes, I too enjoy the company of trillions of droids controlled by the Senate.

[@PuckishAngeI]

As a Lithuanian it feels weird hearing jogaila and jadwiga be called that

[@iii8410]

All my life, I heard the Lithuanian version of his name. This was v wacky

[@PuckishAngeI]

@@iii8410 thanks for the wise words shrek

[@szyszka8303]

He changed name after crowning to polish version the same as pop does

[@PuckishAngeI]

@@szyszka8303 yes, but what he said was neither Polish or Lithuanian

[@Ussurin]

Personal union with Germany sounds nice, but we have a legend (still told to this day) from the times of early kingdomhood that's moral is basically "it's better to commit suicide than to marry a German", so Lithuanian Grand Duke was like a perfect alternative to filthy Habsburg. Name of the legend: "Wanda who didn't want a German".

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

That’s pretty funny. I wonder how history would be different if Germany and Poland got along better.

[@Ussurin]

@@HistoryHouseProductions yeah, would be pretty different. Maybe some mix between Roman Empire and EU? That was basically the vision of Otton III, the only German ruler Poland got along with. But it probably was never possible. Polish history lessons basically start with in 966 Poland baptized itself so the Germans would finally stop attacking us with no reason and had to come up with some justification from now on. But there were tries, the friendship with Otton III, leasing Prussia to Teutonic Knights (yeah, that didn't end well), serving in German army during WW1 (okay, Poles served in basically every army during that war, but we served *especially* in german one), agreeing at gunpoint that East Germany doesn't have to pay us reparations for WW2 that unified Germany still uses as excuse to not do so... (and we somehow are the only country that expected to deal with it, due to potential of Germany demanding Pomerania, even if Germany surrendered uncondintionally...)

[@PobortzaPl]

@@HistoryHouseProductions How history would be different had Władysław IV: - resigned from his rights to throne of Sweden for Sweden recognizing him as Tzar of Russia - been baptized as Orthodox - proceeded with his plans of dismantling Crimean Khanate with help of Cossacks - made Cossacks equal in rights to nobles of Poland and Lithuania - made Ukraine third part of Commonwealth - and to complete this fantasy made a deal with Sweden that on event of his and his brother death without an heir Poland should enter personal union with Sweden once again, no change of religion for Swedish monarch needed.

[@Living_Dead_Girrl]

@@PobortzaPl based on your lil list, you understand the history of everything NOT-Russia about as well as Putin. You clearly didn’t comprehend the video you’re commenting under, and likely have trouble recognizing things like: maps. Modern-day Ukraine WAS in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. All of it. Absolutely everything East of the Commonwealth, was The Russian Empire, bruh. Russia has a nasty habit of swallowing-up everything near it because it’s a kleptocracy eternally run by maniacs who can’t read good, or history good either. Oh, and these Cossacks you speak of are inbred Tsar fanboys, whose hobbies include war criming, terrorism, high-kicks, genociding of non-Cossacks, and doing competitive dance-offs with each other whilst atop steep cliffsides on someone else’s land. The “sack” part of their ancient name was given to memorialize their eternal embodiment of the scrotum.

[@PobortzaPl]

@Living Dead Girl Look for Zaporozian Host or Kozacy Zaporoscy. Look for 1645/6 Vladislav IV plans for war to subjugate Crimean Khanate. Check whom Muscovite boyars had chosen for their tzar after battle of Klushino 1610. Also, there are still Cossacks in Ukraine who are definitely anti-Russian. And video we are commenting under is a good representation of PLC history aimed at Western audience. For me it's just a shortened lecture of what I have learned in second year of high school.

[@tevinrobinson4871]

ok, these analogies are funny! and the jokes are also funny too

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Good!

[@johnnybadboy3475]

Dude I just woke up and this is the best way to do so

[@michaelgoldband34]

I woke up before you get on my level

[@aleksandarvil5718]

1:35 Kingdom of Poland and Duchy Lithuania (doing Fusion Dance) = *"Fuuuuuuuusion- HAA!"* German Teutonic Order: *"Why Do We Hear The Coffin Dance Music?!"*

[@HVLLOWS1999]

This channel butters my egg roll.

[@DvrDvrs0n]

Legend has it that you could hear REEEEEEEE from US east coast that day

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Haha! Legendary

[@matthewcrum6803]

Boy whats with the wrong cross on the prussians? Great video though made me giggle AND learn

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Matthew Crum Its more recognizable than the Prussian one, so I just used it instead. Thanks for watching!

[@polskalitwa1659]

I approve. You has made us Polish (and Lithuanians I guess) proud! P.S.- Lol, I am Polish-American

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Me too!

[@polskalitwa1659]

History House Productions ayy! My grandma makes best pierogi, but only on Christmas Eve. Very special Polish tradition

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

We’re bad Poles and buy our pierogi from the Polish grocery store. Probably not as good as the ones your grandma makes.

[@dababy3261]

Y'all can keep Wilno

[@Habibas777]

@@dababy3261 tf?

[@paulthompson3535]

Gotta get some of that sweet sweet Lithuanian medical marijuana

[@quillinkhistory9539]

Subscribed, you just made my day dude

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Thanks so much! Your channel’s pretty awesome too!

[@johnnybadboy3475]

6:22 how long has the German cross been around? Since, say, the Holy Roman Empire?

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

I’m actually not sure. That’s something that I’ll have to look up.

[@sanher20]

It was established by Frederick William III of Prussia in 1813 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Cross

[@paulolsen4607]

Nothing beats the animations and humour on this channel 😂

[@CirnoSpaceProject]

IKEA lmao I’m subbing now

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Thank you!

[@js9869]

I hate how you only say Poland. Its history of both countries not just Poland.

[@thev3131]

It depends on the time period. Later on in the commonwealth "Poland/Polish" became essentially names of a macro-nation that housed many different nations under that same umbrella.

[@al-uc7cb]

way better than armchair history

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

I don’t know about that, but thanks so much! :)

[@markbaldwin9859]

Deoxyribose your are so right.

[@kwasiorr]

I second that!

[@bifa5414]

You made some mistakes in this video because you assumed that there is only one Elizabeth in this story but they are actually two of them (later three but that's another story). So there is Elizabeth of Poland and Elizabeth of Bosnia. First is sister of Casimir the Great and mother of Louis the Great and the second is wife of Louis the Great and mother of Jadwiga.

[@syf3000]

Actually there was a period of history that was even worse for the PLC economically, the great northern war at the beginning of the XVIIIth century when Swedes and Russians (typical) ransacked the country even more than during the deluge and ww2. Loved the video though, it's refreshing to see a foreign history channel covering Polish history accurately :)

[@adamblugerman3454]

You are too good to not be more well known, keep up the funnies

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Thank you my dude! I appreciate it!

[@Trydenis]

I am from Lithuania labadiena

[@lijanadambrauskiene4153]

Sveiki

[@Jonboy2312]

"Szlachta" simply means "Nobility" or "Nobles"... that's all there is to it. The first nobles were knights. Then the status was simply hereditary, though in some cases noble status, complete with a new coat of arms, could be awarded for gallantry in military service or whatnot.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Right, but the way nobility worked in Poland was different than Western Europe. I think that that’s what I was trying to get across. :)

[@Jonboy2312]

@@HistoryHouseProductions Well the way it came out it ended up sounding like a completely different thing instead and not a form of nobility at all 😅. Just some weird voting caste from all levels of social hierarchy... which really wasn't the case 😅. It's true that some Polish nobility ended up impoverished (yet still retained their privileges), but as a general rule, they were knights at first and feudal lords/landowners later. Take it from a Polish noble, not that it means much nowadays though, haha!

[@markbaldwin9859]

Hey History House Productions well you ever make a video on king Heinrich or Henry the fowler of germany

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Maybe! I don’t know a whole lot about him, but I’ll definitely look into it!

[@markbaldwin9859]

Thank

[@BigRibRon]

u should come back I watch ur old videos every day for the past like months

[@pwolkowicki]

Wladyslaw became the King of Poland after the death of Jadwiga (Hedwig). Until her death, she was The King of Poland. Yes. The King, not a queen.

[@AbuctingTacos]

The intro basically happened on The Bachelor. History House predicts the future again

[@ajo5311]

“Sees The Teutonic Knights lose” Cries

[@markbaldwin9859]

Hey you did my idea thank you

[@jannatalis4697]

Good content, glad to see Polish history becoming more broadly covered on youtube. Could use with less attempts at humour, but good video nonetheless.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Thank you! I love Polish history! I try to infuse a lot of humor into my videos to make history entertaining, but I’ll be the first to admit that it doesn’t always work out. Thanks again!

[@kwasiorr]

History House Productions I does work out! Also, it is very refreshing since our history teachers at schools mainly concentrate on martyrdom / pathos / Christ of nations stuff, to the point that we get sick of it. Keep up the good work!

[@paulthompson3535]

@@kwasiorr why would one butter an egg roll?

[@compatriot852]

*Poland and Lithuania. The kingdom of Poland owned the western portion, while Grand Duchy of Lithuania owned the east

[@Rugi123]

Good vid, but im not a fan of how you call the commonwealth just “poland”. My lithuanian ego is hurt :(

[@felaxi5052]

Shh. Don't tell them who you are, they might steal Vilnius again.

[@sakakaka4064]

@@felaxi5052 It's called "liberation" ;)

[@felaxi5052]

@@sakakaka4064 with your logic I could call 1939 "liberation" aswell

[@sakakaka4064]

@@felaxi5052 Easy, I'm just messing around. I don't support any military agression. It doesn't matter if it's my country invading another or vice versa. I just hope we (Poles and Lithuanians) can get over the history and cooperate to build wealth of our nations :)

[@piotrpot9630]

He was right calling Commonwealth just ,,Poland", because Poles were the ones in charge and Litheuenian was not even official language in that country.

[@ddlithuania819]

You didnt even mention Vytautas the Great. This guy singlehandedly broke away from Jogaila and started a civil war, which he won. His hole life is worth a netflix special. Because of him, Lithuania was able to expand east and destroy golden horde and muscovy.

[@mp1335]

Those are some vast generalizations

[@daniyalbbd5281]

And where is that great Lithuania now 😂😂😂 you guys were just torturing people who didn't speak your language for ex Rusyns , Belarusians, Ukrainian

[@edvinask]

@@daniyalbbd5281 haha drink less of your dads beer. talking bullshit

[@daniyalbbd5281]

@@edvinask if Lithuania is so great why most of you are selling your sisters and mother in UK and Germany. All the girls are Lithuanian

[@edvinask]

@@daniyalbbd5281 haha wtf are you talking about. took another swig of dad's beer? 60 IQ on you, should live on a farm with the rest of the pigs

[@stalindidnothinkwrongglory4724]

Szlachta just means nobility. 😊

[@krzysztofkaplinski8603]

Not mentioning husaria? Come on...

[@deusgiff]

Why do some people just literally ignore that this is not only Poland, it's also freaking *Lithuania*. How stupid can you be to just call whole country as just Poland... That is just hilarious...

[@aneesh2115]

Remember. Even though it was called the polish "Lithuanian" commonwealth. The only official language was Polish. Lithuanian was Infact repressed. Lithuania also lost huge tracts of land. And their cultural identity was "polanised"

[@deusgiff]

@@aneesh2115 Oh yeah... But the actual agreements told that both states are equal. There were common and separate things that these two states had. You mentioned just the effect of polonization. If that would be the freaking case, why even adding Lithuania in the name...

[@aneesh2115]

@@deusgiff it doesn't matter what the name is. Lithuanian wasn't even a official language. How equal can the relation be?. If naming is all we are going by, gosh do I love my favourite democratic Korea. North Korea (DPRK)

[@deusgiff]

@@aneesh2115 This just proves that you do not really get what PLC was... It was not only one Poland, never was...

[@gufosufo337]

The video «how lithuanian was the polish lithuanian commonwealth by history matters explains this pretty good

[@davidfreeman3083]

Fun fact: Prussia was originally founded (or East Prussia) as a principality/duchy within the commonwealth, for mostly German nobilities (which is another 'progress' of the PL Commonwealth, racial and ethnical tolerance, which includes Catholic and Protestant Germans). And Prussia in turn led the unification of Germany, the foundation of modern Germany. So in a nutshell... There'd be no Germany without Poland XD

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

I know! It’s pretty interesting!

[@davidfreeman3083]

@@HistoryHouseProductions And it's also funny that to some extent without Poland there probably wouldn't be Habsburg Austrian Empire too... Like the Ottomans were literally outside Vienna before Polish crushed them. Which means... 2 out of 3 partition participants won't exist without Polish in the first place...

[@compatriot852]

*Prussia was only German in nobility. The vast majority were Prussian-Lithuanians who eventually were assimilated

[@mp1335]

See: Old Prussia and Prussian Lithuanians.

[@comradetonk8280]

*Insert winged hussar glowing eyes meme here*

[@faustaspaukstis99]

I legit didn't understand what names he was saying and I'm Lithuanian

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

I probably butchered several languages in this video

[@pjoter7348]

Poland strong 🇵🇱🇵🇱

[@michaelgoldband34]

I got my hotfries and a coke

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

This early in the morning? 😂

[@michaelgoldband34]

@@HistoryHouseProductions yes 👌

[@taylorjohnson4943]

Wow what a nugget to find

[@metalman6708]

*Mentions seige of Vienna without mentioning the winged hussars* *Deep Breath* "We remember in September when the winged hussars arrived!"

[@ibrahimwolasmal2540]

4:58 Of course they did

[@CT--Echo-wi3dt]

When you read Władysław, read ł like a combination of u and a (a like in cat not like in amazing) So it would be something like Wuadysuaw

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Thank for that! Polish is a really difficult language for English speakers like me, so this helps a lot.

[@CT--Echo-wi3dt]

@@HistoryHouseProductions got you bro

[@Ciech_mate]

Btw I would make a great candidate for the next king-elect

[@mrhouse6886]

You forgot one is from Germany and one is from France

[@johnnybadboy3475]

Did you conduct the intro and outright music?

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Yeah, I made them on GarageBand.

[@johnnybadboy3475]

History House Productions I’m glad you are able to be completely self-sufficient.

[@johnnybadboy3475]

History House Productions yo what on earth it took you four minutes to heart my comment.

[@johnnybadboy3475]

God yes finally it’s back

[@SilentSakura-]

COUNTRY ROAD TAKE ME HOME TO THE PLACE I BELONGGGGGGG LITHUANIA

[@gonk534]

Hello! I would very much appreciate if you were to make a video about Portugal. Thanks!

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Maybe one day! Thanks for watching!

[@gonk534]

History House Productions Thanks

[@robbiehugg2409]

First video on KZbin about this ok important time in history

[@subhabhattacharjee2340]

There is no happy ending for Poland

[@marcinmalczewski310]

SZLACHTA=NOBILITY it was numerus and very broad spectrum in Commonwelth: -at one side you got prince like rich magnats called purpuraci (they can aford to wear Purple clothes). -at other side you got "greys" having own small part of land they where only a bit above common pesant. They often have only one pair of shooes so they where then when they go to church and whear they sabres on the strings. So poor they where.

[@doodlydoo3935]

Can we call the MBI? Medieval Bureau of Investigation

[@jestersareawesome4332]

So, you may be seeing these guys talking about how Jadwiga was actually a King... and was also female. But what I don’t see why it is like this. I’ll tell you. Basically Queen wasn’t an existing title in Poland but that doesn’t mean a woman couldn’t be the monarch. So, a female couldn’t be queen but they could be King.

[@viligerm6592]

Why does everyone talk about the polish Lithuanian comenwealth as a polish empire even tho most of the land was Lithuanian

[@piotrpot9630]

Because Poles were the ones in charge there. Capital was a Polish city. Kings were mostly Polish, and 95% of army were Poles.

[@saugatbhattarai6845]

a really nice video. I want to start a channel of my own and i wanna learn the animation used in this video. could anyoneeeee tell me where to start?

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

In this video I actually used Windows Movie Maker. I’d recommend getting Hitfilm Express though for editing and Inkscape for drawing. Both of them are free and are what I use.

[@adamzz6721]

Oh lord jesus christ.. Szlata... Im dead..

[@Skrajne_centrum]

"ther is never happy ever after for Poland"...

[@vapingotter7518]

I wish I too had a little kids haircut and a puppies name 🤔

[@TheStevehuff]

Woe saying Jews are good at banking might be considered antisemitic.

[@ikarly2898]

How can I donate to you?

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

I only accept donations in arable land

[@czurnytv178]

I was waiting for this Kurwa c:

[@szczur0192]

Czekałem na to fuck

[@jaysonredacted844]

Good job you were first comment

[@HingerlAlois]

05:30 is really misleading for a whole number of reasons lol... First of all the Polish army made up only about 1/3 of the relief army that fought at the Battle of Vienna. Less than 1/3 if we also include the garrison of Vienna that was also fighting against the Ottomans during the battle. The bulk of the army were Imperial Austrian and German troops (with the largest contingents from Bavaria and Saxony). Furthermore the Polish troops on the right wing arrived late for the battle, the Austrian and German troops were already fighting half a day before the Polish infantry arrived. The Polish cavalry really only entered the battle in the evening after pretty much a whole day of fighting when the Ottomans were already facing defeat (the right wing of the Ottomans was routed and the center under infantry attack from three sides). In the end even if the Ottomans would’ve conquered Vienna there’s no way that they could’ve conquered Europe. Large parts of Europe fought against France (Nine Years War 1688-1697) whilst the war against the Ottomans (1683-1699) was going on... Louis XIV was basically more of a threat than the Ottomans.

[@quentincebula9149]

3:51 Read this ----> Shlahta. That's how to read but writing is right, because I'm Polish.

[@Pijawek]

Szlachta was basically gentry. The wealth of the members differed greatly - some were equal to peasents when it came to money, some were również cher then the king. And it wasn't that hard to join that group - you could join the army and prove that you're brave enough or jist lie your way in - tbh no one cared that much

[@BigRibRon]

U should come back

[@HolyShitNew]

emperor palpatine change my mind

[@hanger3581]

Too much "Poland Poland" there is also Lithuania too as this video is only about Poland when title says Poland LITHUANIAN commonwealth and Lithuanian was litteraly more important than Poland and revolt was Lithuanian not poland

[@thev3131]

"...and Lithuanian was litteraly more important than Poland"

[@hanger3581]

@@thev3131 first of all it was lithuanian revolt not Poland, Lithuania was stronger than Poland, Lithuania saved polish suscession.

[@mysteriousdoge1298]

ha ha Poland was ruling poor Lithuanians bro

[@hanger3581]

@@mysteriousdoge1298 not immediately tho but later on Poland is the one who ruined Lithuania anyways

[@cs0345]

@@hanger3581 The union literally saved Lithuania from getting conquered by Russia earlier than it it in our timeline

[@miniprokk5927]

Hey HHP did you know the teutonic order is known in Germany as the Deutscher Orden which means German Order. Aaaaaaanyway can ye possibly make an Episode on them?

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

That’s interesting. Maybe!

[@lazy_nyt]

That Teutonic poor client state soon turned into little something called Prussia and that frozen lake... nvm long live winged hussars! Yeahhh!

[@wife_puncher_bot8483]

1:50 but how

[@neelskempable]

Do the south african border war please😀😀

[@adnolug4857]

[Too get the religion tollerance they had to join Szlachta]

[@larsxo9775]

2:37 i cri everitim

[@Habibas777]

The religious and cultural tolerance comes from the Grand duchy of Lithuania.

[@pawepyrka930]

I co jeszcze.

[@jfw091]

How about Ireland and N Ireland, o no not that one either

[@shylockwesker5530]

Neat

[@theMOCmaster]

As a descendent of Eastern European Jews, I must say, neat-o!

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Good times, good times.

[@Habibas777]

Litvak-lithuanian jew (in case your from lithuania)

[@eacalvert]

Wedding dress review video 😂

[@yums4625]

sweden gang

[@brownstonecustomcabinetry5309]

The Poles who voted were not called poles when they went to the polls? What a waist, no wait what a waste.

[@thepakistanipotato]

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@grassgang9744]

sente ia right

[@johnee-thats-me]

ayyyy

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Ayyyyyyyyy

[@eyhip2]

a single guy decides to adopt 2 children.. 1 is from Palestine and 1 is from.... wait nope

[@lesnicus]

I liked how you have noted the fact that members of Szlachta were sometimes poor and sometimes rich, however they were all considered to be the nobility - szlachta is a polish word for nobility. They were not members of different classes although one could be knighted and then become a Szlachcic. The main requirement was to own land. I would also note that there was a distinction between Szlachta and Magnateria - Szlachta was basicallly composed of lesser knights and such and Maganteria of very wealthy and influential families that owned a lot of land. Correspondingly the Szlachta sat in the lower house of the Parliament (Sejm) while Maganteria was in the Senate. Although due to their wealth it is debatable if Magnateria simply controlled both

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

That's really interesting! Thank you for sharing and thanks again for watching!

[@lesnicus]

@@HistoryHouseProductions Thank you for a great vid!

[@callofdutybloginfo]

Dude stop messing around too much ...

[@Charliesmurph]

It's "funny" to me as Pole that we blame everything on Germany and Russia yet we never mention Sweden. It's as people have forgotten about everything that was devastated, looted, killed, raped u mention. And if u want to see Polish art from this time u know u have to go to Sweden's museums. SAD