Crash Course
English Theater After Shakespeare: Crash Course Theater #17
This week on Crash Course Theater, Shakespeare is dead. Long live Shakespeare. Well, long live English theater, anyway. Actually, it's about to get banned. Anyway, we're discussing where English theater went post-1616. We'll talk about...
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Cathedrals and Universities: Crash Course History of Science
Until roughly 1100, there were relatively few places of knowledge-making. Monasteries and abbeys had special rooms called scriptoria where monks copied manuscripts by hand. But the biggest places where knowledge was made were the Gothic...
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Absolute Monarchy: Crash Course European History
So far, the rulers of Europe have been working to consolidate their power and expand their kingdoms, and this is it. The moment they've been working toward: Absolute Monarchy. We're going to learn about how kings and queens became...
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Enlightened Monarchs: Crash Course European History
Last time we learned about the Enlightenment, and the philosophers and thinkers whose ideas would shape governance for hundred of years. This week, we're learning how monarchs across Europe were influenced by those ideas. Adoption of...
Weird History
Weirdest Rules of French Royal Etiquette
Versailles etiquette was as complicated and ornate as the furniture and artwork filling the great chambers of the French royal palace. The smallest details of life at court, including personal hygiene, were dictated, regulated, and...
Bedtime History
Julius Caesar for Kids | Bedtime History
Learn about the famous general and first emperor of Rome, Julius Caesar.
Curated Video
Shakespeare's The Tempest: Act 1, Scene 1 Analysis
This video explores Act 1 of Shakespeare's "The Tempest," focusing on the dynamics of authority and rebellion. It delves into how the act sets up the play's central tensions, particularly the nature of authority and its various...
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Macbeth Context: Scottish History
This video explores how Shakespeare's use of Scottish history, particularly the reign of King James VI, influenced the narrative and themes in Macbeth. It delves into the historical backdrop of Scotland during Shakespeare's time, the...
Curated Video
Julius Caesar 1.1 Roman Republic
This overview traces the Roman Republic from its inception, highlighting its mixed governmental structure designed to prevent tyranny, to its decline amidst corruption and power struggles. The backdrop of Julius Caesar's rise to power,...
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Hamlet 1.1 Political Situation in Denmark
In an eloquent speech, Horatio outlines the events preceding the play "Hamlet," detailing the conflict between King Fortinbras of Norway and King Hamlet of Denmark, resulting in Fortinbras' defeat and loss of land. Prince Fortinbras aims...
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Russian Tsars Family Tree | Ivan the Terrible to Nicholas II
Russian Tsars Family Tree | Ivan the Terrible to Nicholas II
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Heraclius: The Byzantine Emperor Who Defied the Persian Empire
This video discusses the Byzantine-Persian War and the strategic approach taken by the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius to reverse territorial losses and bring about the downfall of the Persian King Kosrow. It highlights the challenges faced...
Curated Video
The Battle of Hastings: The Conquest of England
This video provides a detailed account of the events leading up to and during the Battle of Hastings in 1066, where the invading Norman forces led by Duke William of Normandy defeated the Anglo-Saxon army under King Harold Godwinson. The...
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Battle of Mohacs: The Fall of the Hungarian Kingdom
This video provides a detailed account of the events leading up to and during the Battle of Mohács in 1526, a significant historical event that marked a turning point in the history of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. The...
Curated Video
How the Dance Floor Changed Feudalism Forever | The Life & Times of Louis XIV
Feudalism was dying. In the age of globe-spanning colonial empires, commercial printing, and the scientific revolution, the idea of a state held together by a myriad of personal arrangements between ruler and nobility was beginning to...
Vlogbrothers
Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II
In which John Green continues his introduction to the history of the French Revolution, discussing Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette's flight to Varennes, the constituent assembly's attempts to write a constitution of France, France's brief...
Mazz Media
The Early, High and Late Middle Ages
The time period between 500 and 1500 CE in Europe is known as the Middle Ages. Historians have divided this era into three main sections; The Early, High and Late Middle Ages. This progam important events of each of the periods.
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The Life of a Peasant (In the High Middle Ages)
The high Middle Ages was a very violent period in European history, and life was difficult. At that time, Feudalism was the form of government in existence. Feudalism was a system based on the ownership of land. In this program students...
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The Medieval Social Class System of Europe.
The Middle Ages in Europe, a period of history between approximately 500 and 1500 CE, was comprised of a class system where people were divided into three distinct levels. This program looks at how the upper class, the middle class and...
Mazz Media
The Difference between feudalism and manorialism
Medieval culture during the Middle Ages in Europe was based on two systems: Feudalism and Manorialism. Both systems were dependent on land. How were they different? This program explores what made them different and how each of these...
Curated Video
Queen Nzinga part 6: New Alliances and a New Image
Queen Nzinga continued to fight to be recognized by the Portuguese as a legitimate ruler and resist the colonization of her land. The video details her diplomatic efforts, military strategy, and struggles against rebel nobles and other...