The Mess That Is Early Modern Europe (1500 - 1700s) Explained: A Complete Overview
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Published 2023-10-05
We will go over the significant events of this period, starting with social life, the invention of the printing press, and the spread of the Renaissance out of Italy and the forms it took across the Alps. We then delve into how this led to the Reformation, first in Germany with Luther, and then in Switzerland with Zwingli and Calvin. We visit Tudor England under Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I and the English Reformation. The Catholic Church responds with the Counter Reformation and stunning Baroque Art styles emerge.
The Reformation leads into a series of Wars of Religion from the mid 1500s to mid 1600s. We go over the wars in France, the Spanish wars against the Dutch, the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in the British Isles, and finally the devastating Thirty Years War. There are also parts about social and economic change, focusing on the rise of mercantilism and the Witch Hunts.
This leads into the Age of Absolutism, marked by the reign of Louis XIV in France in the late 1600s. We go over 3 of his wars, with a focus on the War of Spanish Succession.
We end with a brief look at the new European powers of the 1700s, the Prussians, Austrians, and Russians.
It is the 2nd episode of our Early Modern series, which goes over the history of the world from roughly 1500 to 1800. The 1st episode dealt with the Age of Discovery.
0:00 Reformation and Counter-Reformation
40:08 European Wars of Religion
1:10:05 Age of Absolutism
The Early Modern Series:
• Phase 3: The Early Modern | World His...
Welcome to Early Modern series of the World History Summarized project! The entire project is meant to summarize broad topics in history and balances political history and events, with social/daily life, and culture. If you've watched our History of the World documentary, the project is a perfect next step. The videos are standalone, but presented in a chronological fashion. This series "the Early Modern" takes place after our megadocumentaries "The Ancient World" and "The Medieval World". It will be divided into 5 videos about the Early Modern period (c. 1500 - 1800) all over the world, and will be called Phase 3. Once these 5 videos are completed, we will move onto Phase 4 of the project, but this series will be considered completed, and compiled into ONE MEGA-DOCUMENTARY containing all 5 parts.
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Music Used:
Kevin Macleod - Wretched Destroyer
Kevin Macleod - Myst
Kevin Macleod - Lost Time
Alexander Nakarada - Village Ambiance
Alexander Nakarada - Forest Walk
Alexander Nakarada - Borgar
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All Comments (21)
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Who’s your favorite monarch from Early Modern Europe?
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AI script, AI voice, bot comments. Great future ahead for youtube..
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Great overview and appreciate the calm narration with background music that thankfully isn't loud.
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Every era of history was a mess. I blame humans.
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Found this channel a few days ago and am just so impressed. This is one of the highest quality history channels on YouTube. I have a project I’m working on and these videos have been very helpful in expanding my knowledge.
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these broad arcs of history videos help me put a lot of things into perspective. who can keep up with all the European wars? who can keep up with all the changing alliances?
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We learn from history that we do not learn from history. - Georg Hegel
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Is it just me or does the narrator sound like AI?
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50:16 The story of the Pilgrims is a bit different than told here. First, in 1609, this group of rather zealous religious, puritan people fled England via Amsterdam to Leiden in the more religiously liberal Dutch Republic as they felt persecuted in England for their religion. They founded a church in Leiden, when they moved there to escape the conflicts in Amsterdam between English refugees already there. Then after some 11 years in Leiden, where they kept away from other English religious groups in Leiden led by reverent Robert Dury because they found them not puritan enough, they decided to leave Leiden for the New World, basically because they found Leiden too regiously liberal. In the colonies they hoped to be no longer bothered by other religious groups they simply couldn't stand. They were the ultimate religious hypocrites.
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This 40,000 ft. Cruise 🚢 across Europe & Environs is simply Astounding and Revelatory. Just enough detail to fill in the gaps of knowledge & memory, and show how TimeSpace events sequence and relate to future developments. Looking forward to absorbing more of your work... ❤ 🎉 🎉
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Just wanted to say I found you like 2 or 3 months ago n I just love your channel! One of the absolute best History channels on YouTube. Keep up the great work!
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A succint and imaginative documentary of what is usually considered a different period to precis. Well done.
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This is what I needed in history class
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I was going to ask for a similar video from a different era but you already have it in your channel! Thank you for such an interesting approach to learning, loving the content!
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Sooo enjoying this! Well done!!!
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its worth of wait bro a great birthday video bro
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Thanks so much for posting
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Great illustrations, matching the vid ….New sub❤
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Great visuals here...
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Is this written by AI?
