The Messy Life of Chaos Bisexual Lord Byron

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Once called "Mad, bad, and dangerous to know," Lord George Gordon Byron was a mess of historic proportions. His talent was as famous as his bisexuality, along with numerous scandalous affairs, leading to his effective exile from England. But he also died a national hero in Greece, leaving Lord Byron with an incredibly mixed legacy. Come learn with me about this romantic scoundrel.
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Dark Imaginings: Ideology and Darkness in the Poetry of Lord Byron By Geoff Payne
Byron Bisexual by Benjamin Markovits
“I unsex'd my dress”: Lord Byron's seduction of gender in “The Corsair”, “Lara”, and “Don Juan” by Alexis Spiceland Lee
Byron and Ottoman love: Orientalism, Europeanization and same-sex sexualities in the early nineteenth-century Levant by Peter Drucker
The Last Days of Lord Byron By William Parry
Lord Byron and the History of Desire by Ian Dennis
Lord Byron: Selected Letters and Journals By George Gordon Byron, edited by Leslie A. Marchand
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@user-iw7gu8rk5i 27 күн бұрын

RIP Lord Byron, you would’ve loved ketamine 💔

@euansmith3699 27 күн бұрын

I imagine him living in the coked-up 80s.

@k80_ 27 күн бұрын

The world is lucky he died before the invention of poppers

@cedaremberr 27 күн бұрын

@@k80_😮😂🤣

@CraftyVegan 27 күн бұрын

I always imagined him on MDMA 🤔

@deanmaynard8256 27 күн бұрын

well he sure loved opiates.

@mfuentes4961 27 күн бұрын

Have you ever considered doing a video on how you curate your outfits/looks for your videos? Because you always SERVE in all of your videos 💁🏽‍♀️

@sophspice-zl7mn 27 күн бұрын

i would love to see that too, like where can you get those cool historical garments?

@kyleanuar9090 27 күн бұрын

I hope Kaz will someday do a collab with Bernadette Banner on costumes, BB did a pirate's shirt which I thought would be perfect for Kaz.

@FabulousSquidward 27 күн бұрын

I would absolutely watch

@euansmith3699 27 күн бұрын

This particular outfit is especially awesome.

@kathleenkilmartin5494 27 күн бұрын

@@kyleanuar9090that or Nicole Rudolph.

@MelodyLee19 27 күн бұрын

i can’t believe this man is indirectly one of the reasons we have computers (his daughter was ada lovelace)

@sc6658 26 күн бұрын

I like joking about how this means it’s his fault that pornbots exist.

@tinkergnomad 23 күн бұрын

You do understand the full extent of his participation in that right? 💦 Why give a man credit for something a woman did? Edit: Even "indirectly." I've never seen anyone credit a man's mother with something he did (unless it's an unsolicited 🍆 pic).

@lordbaphie 13 күн бұрын

And he is also one of the great influences for the genre of sexy vampires/Twilight 💀

@SummerThymeMadness 13 күн бұрын

@@sc6658ahahahahahahhaha STEALING THAT ONE THANK YOU SO MUCH gonna make that domino meme about it omgs

@Hollyberrystreats 5 күн бұрын

@@sc6658That tracks

@frogfrogcat26 27 күн бұрын

“[Byron] also had a close group of friends, one of which he was verifiably gay with” I mean, same

@rcusick2465 25 күн бұрын

We've all been there. Only one? Sounds like he was holding back to me.

@KMFerguson 27 күн бұрын

Kaz: Now, I know what you're wondering... Me: why did Mary Shelley keep a portion of Percy's skull? Kaz: Did Byron and the Shelley's have an affair Me: oh yeah sure that too

@prosperpascoe3176 27 күн бұрын

honestly if I had the opportunity to keep a portion of percy’s skull it would be my prized possession and guarded with my life, and I wasn’t even married to the guy. I get it and I love that for her

@rcusick2465 25 күн бұрын

Looking forward to YOUR video!

@TwisterTornado 23 күн бұрын

I thought it was his heart, or possibly, a kidney?

@j.s.walker3656 22 күн бұрын

It was both

@patchworkpantsenjoyer 27 күн бұрын

i love the chaos of percy, mary, and byron's friendship 😭😭like the goth, theatre kid disaster-bisexual friend-group literally goes back to the regency era and i love that so much

@morganburt2565 27 күн бұрын

i get the sentiment but i have a hard time uwu-ifying this pedo

@aliendeathrocker 27 күн бұрын

Right?? It makes my goth theatre kid disaster bisexual heart *so* happy. I'm living for this.

@purplespectre 27 күн бұрын

@@aliendeathrocker I wonder if there's someone out there who's goth, disaster bisexual, and a theatre kid all in one....

@ConvincingPeople 27 күн бұрын

Byron's whole life was essentially nonstop queer anarchist polycule drama before anyone was using any of those terms.

@aliendeathrocker 27 күн бұрын

@@purplespectre I am and it makes life just as chaotic as you'd think it would. 😅

@joanavitoria1961 27 күн бұрын

He had a... pet bear.

@euansmith3699 27 күн бұрын

And didn't he have a baby giraffe too; or was that just in Ken Russel's "Gothic"?

@ChristopherSadlowski 24 күн бұрын

I mean, the pet bear was the least weird thing he had going on. But it is still exceptionally weird.

@cthulhucommander 21 күн бұрын

A pet bear... if ya know what I mean.😂

@euansmith3699 21 күн бұрын

@@cthulhucommander Maybe an otter too?

@CAP198462 27 күн бұрын

Forget Patreon, Byron’s “Only Fans,” page would be indescribable.

@LisEibh 27 күн бұрын

"Everyone desires you carnally. Everyone hates you...carnally 😢" 😂❤

@VinceWhitacre 27 күн бұрын

It is a blessing and a curse

@Jane_8319 27 күн бұрын

I always forgot Byron hanged out with MARY SHELLY and JOHN POLIDORI. Absolute problematic legends the lot of them. Please talk about Mary Shelly.

@MatthewTheWanderer 27 күн бұрын

It's "hung out" by the way. "Hanged" means something completely different and noose-related.

@cursed3artemis 27 күн бұрын

And her mother because we need it!!! Also Polidori always intrigued me, specially since he usually is the "footnote" of the quartet.

@ninab.4540 27 күн бұрын

Don't forget: Byron gave the world ADA LOVELACE.

@cafeAmericano 27 күн бұрын

Can we stop dropping the word problematic like the word the? It's become one of those go-to words like "toxic", and is used for anything even vaguely complex or simply unpleasant . It's losing all meaning at this point.

@user-bn6ht5eg4q 27 күн бұрын

@@cafeAmericanowhy it fits perfectly the way it is most often used when referring to people. Problematic literally means “constituting or presenting a problem or difficulty” usually referring to people were very morally complex/gray bordering on bad people and therefore difficult to understand or sympathize with from a moral perspective.

@CanelaAguila 27 күн бұрын

I love how Mary Shelley had a half-assed incestuous relationship in Frankenstein, my "headcanon" is that it's the result of a lot of justification speeches/ramblings from Byron that summer

@hypo.critter 26 күн бұрын

she even has incestuous love between father and daughter in her next book - Mathilda, but there it’s actually nicely shown how damaging that is to both sides, especially to the young daughter

@CthonicMysteries 27 күн бұрын

Ah, so "Byronic" is synonymous with "poor little meowmeow." I do so enjoy your work.

@maryeckel9682 24 күн бұрын

Very drunk Howl mode

@aricheec7722 27 күн бұрын

as a disabled bisexual survivor of grooming ive always found him to be a great example of how being refused empathy and love as a child can impact many peoples future. in the modern day, i think he would have been able to heal and recover his relationship with familial love. unfortunately for many, including himself, there was no field of study to help mitigate the effects of trauma.

@TwisterTornado 23 күн бұрын

Yeah, sure. Only people back then were denied empathy and love.

@aricheec7722 23 күн бұрын

@@TwisterTornado what are you talking about ma'am

@TwisterTornado 23 күн бұрын

@@aricheec7722 Jerk

@lbyblbab8496 18 күн бұрын

@@aricheec7722bro did not bother actually reading your comment

@aricheec7722 18 күн бұрын

@@lbyblbab8496 yeah that’s for sure. side note i thought you were them for a second lmfao.

@sydney9011 27 күн бұрын

"What could possibly go wrong?" followed by "Byron Gets Cancelled" made me gut laugh!!!

@rowanalexandriabennett 29 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind review, Kaz! How appropriate that, in a video about a disaster bisexual, the character you highlight from my book is also inspired by a disaster bisexual.

@fozziebean 26 күн бұрын

I read your first sentence and wondered how Lord Byron was commenting on this video and how he interpreted this bio as "kind". 😂

@padghd 23 күн бұрын

He lived for a short time here in Portugal, in a villa near Sintra. He was forced to leave the country after a big scandal: he was getting closer to a very notable family, everyone believe he was about to get engaged with her, when became public that he was dating not the girl, but her brother!

@haanym 7 күн бұрын

Stacy's brother in real life

@AustinsMVs 27 күн бұрын

" SHIT ! if i inherited this thing id become really annoying too " you're so real for that

@barkboingfloom 27 күн бұрын

"Furiously bisexual". Damn! I love that turn of phrase.

@rcusick2465 25 күн бұрын

I've got to step up my game.

@nyctori 27 күн бұрын

YES kaz rowe shares the history of another "SILLY" GAY ARTIST and adds to my CONVERSATION POINTS AT THE DINNER TABLE

@MegCazalet 27 күн бұрын

Byron would definitely be the type to be an influencer on TikTok, Twitter, Intsta, and YT, etc, while acting like he was soooo above it all. He’d probably have that notable “bored TikTok affect” that many influencers speak in. He would also have a manosphere-adjacent podcast to talk about his lofty intellectual ideals and have all his love interests as guests.

@43v3rh1d3n 27 күн бұрын

he would be a regular guest if not a host of the Guys We F*cked Podcast lol

@tehbertl7926 27 күн бұрын

He'd definitely be showing off the Lamborghini in his garage while simultaneously saying "but what I really like is KNOWLEDGE"

@tacoindoggie1731 27 күн бұрын

"uuhhh dream guest on my podcast? Hmm let's spice it up, one of my exes!"

@cafeAmericano 27 күн бұрын

That would no doubt be the only way I would ever watch tiktok

@ladyreverie7027 27 күн бұрын

He'd be Russell Brand tbh

@giorgosmichael9142 27 күн бұрын

The fact that he died in Mehssolongi in Greece in 1824, while commanding Greek Revolutionaries fighting against the Ottomans, shows what kind of a loose cannon he was.

@catherinegarrigan6075 27 күн бұрын

“Lady Caroline, with the chair!” 😂😂😂

@aliendeathrocker 9 күн бұрын

💀💀

@atomicdogmom 7 күн бұрын

Lady Caroline the real MVP 😂

@joshuachapman4280 27 күн бұрын

I love the supposed description attributed to Byron of him being "mad, bad and dangerous to know." He's a fascinating person particularly if you believe the rumour that John Pollidori based the vampire in his book "The Vampyre" written during a stay with him and Mary Shelley during the year without a summer, on Byron. I do believe if I met him I'd want to kiss him but the urge to punch him would win out and I'd right hook him.

@gabriellebertrand3054 26 күн бұрын

That’s an interesting connection. I’m thinking of Lestât from Interview with a Vampire to be a very Byronic character then 😂

@charischannah 21 күн бұрын

Byron does sound like he would have been extremely punchable.

@sarahwatts7152 27 күн бұрын

I love the outfits that Kaz wears for these, so stinking dapper. I think Byron was a hurt person hurting people - an explanation and definitely not an excuse

@margauxf4321 27 күн бұрын

Pain is cyclical. The victim often becomes the abuser.

@MaxOakland 27 күн бұрын

@@margauxf4321breaking that cycle is one of the most powerful and impressive choices a person can make

@gardensofthegods 24 күн бұрын

@@margauxf4321actually it's not often that the victim becomes the abuser ... it's some of them . A lot of people who have been abused even very early in life don't turn out to be the horrible disgusting abusers ... or even monsters that some become .

@purlypuss 27 күн бұрын

your byron in the bathtub cosplay was the best thing on the internet this week 😂❤😂❤

@lisahoshowsky4251 27 күн бұрын

“Dionysiun Chaos” is a really evocative description😆

@mister13eyond 27 күн бұрын

After transition I chose the name "Byron" for myself, partially inspired by Lord Byron himself, and it always brings me joy (and/or amusement) hearing what a chaotic queer mess my namesake was. This was a great video, I've been hoping to see you cover Lord Byron for ages! Thank you for another super fun and entertaining dive into history!

@thundercat287 27 күн бұрын

I took Alan Turing's middle name for not queer reasons so it was not intentional

@MatthewTheWanderer 27 күн бұрын

I have used the name "Byron" for Sims characters myself, since it is such a cool sounding name.

@TwisterTornado 23 күн бұрын

It's also just so plainly superior to "Brian"...

@MatthewTheWanderer 23 күн бұрын

@@TwisterTornado Lol, exactly!

@sommerblume9671 20 күн бұрын

Incest & obsession with young boys is always looked over though.

@ScarletRebel96 27 күн бұрын

Lord Byron is like the dark souls boss fight of bisexuality and thats something i can definitely appreciate 😊

@braydonthegreat5099 27 күн бұрын

The audio doesnt bother me but I adore that you filmed a whole section warning us about it. You're too good to us 😂

@MaxOakland 27 күн бұрын

I wouldn’t even notice it 😊

@SniffanyBlues 25 күн бұрын

Yeah it didn't bother me at all, but I respect the attention to detail

@silversam 27 күн бұрын

"I dont see whats so 'intellectual' about wandering around Italy in a puffy shirt trying to get laid." - Edmund Blackadder III, Royal Butler My romanticism professor introduced us to Byron as "probably the first person to achieve fame the way rock stars have today... No, I'm serious!" He also said Byron had a relatively "crude ear" and "other problems" before getting into Childe Harold. It was around then that I began to think he was trying to tell us without telling us that not just Byron, but romanticism in general was riddled with some great evil that he couldnt quite put his finger on... until we read Frankenstein, which we all agreed was pretty much the apotheosis of the whole era. Anyway, enough of that. Enjoyed this a lot! Thanks for making it 😊

@AmarisFrede 25 күн бұрын

Sounds like a cool class you had!

@CharredFibers 27 күн бұрын

🎶Isn't it Byronic? Dontcha think? A little too Byronic. And yeah I really do think.🎶

@gretablackwell495 27 күн бұрын

IT’S LIKE RAAAAAAAIN

@JauntyCrepe 27 күн бұрын

🎶 on your friend fourway It’s the large debt that your dad didn’t pay~ 🎶

@crumbs-into-pebbles 21 күн бұрын

@@JauntyCrepe *It's the good adviiiiice that you just didn't take*

@CarlisleRodman 21 күн бұрын

It's like 10,000 ladies when all you need is a lord.

@wingedhatchling 26 күн бұрын

As a woman who programs I started screaming when you said the name "Ada Lovelace" Grandmother of Binary!!!

@gardensofthegods 24 күн бұрын

Yes and forgive me for saying it sounds like her father was the Godfather of Bi .

@allisonfarrell7968 10 күн бұрын

Byron-ary?

@RachaelLongLastName 27 күн бұрын

This NEEDS to become an “Our Flag Means Death”-esque show. It’s just too perfect

@MatthewTheWanderer 27 күн бұрын

Agreed! Lord Byron had far too interesting of a life to not have a show!

@hughcaldwell1034 26 күн бұрын

Honestly, I was thinking it could work as a crass, intellectual animated comedy. Some blend of Archer and BoJack Horseman. Can't comment on the OFMD connection, as I'm yet to watch it.

@MatthewTheWanderer 26 күн бұрын

@@hughcaldwell1034 That also sounds interesting!

@hughcaldwell1034 26 күн бұрын

@@MatthewTheWanderer Well, glad you think so. Honestly, I wasn't sure if it was a terrible idea :- especially as my eye condition means I have very little grasp of animation styles and what kinds of atmospheres they convey.

@MatthewTheWanderer 26 күн бұрын

@@hughcaldwell1034 It would certainly be unusual, though. I don't know of any history-based animated adult comedy-dramas like that.

@MegCazalet 27 күн бұрын

I like the “Byronic Hero” so much more than I like Byron himself. He was such a jerk to Clair Clairmont. Though she kind of made herself a pest after being repeatedly rejected, but the way he treated her and her daughter when Clair was clearly tormented, makes me sad. She idolized that man.

@annaSHRRR 27 күн бұрын

He doesn’t owe her anything just because she’s obsessed with him. Actually, the opposite. She was ANNOYING, we all would do the same in his place

@annaSHRRR 27 күн бұрын

He doesn’t owe her anything just because she’s obsessed with him. Actually, the opposite. She was ANNOYING, we all would do the same in his place

@BlancheNeigefan 27 күн бұрын

@@annaSHRRR He was a nineteenth century man who had premarital sex with a woman. He owed her security and safety at the very least. Even more after she got pregnant. He did not adequately provide for her or her child, and what help he did give came after much prompting. Let's not apply 21st century morality to this situation: you don't get to have "boundaries" when you basically condemn a member of a vulnerable group to social death with your irresponsibility and you aren't "a stalker" just because you internalized the belief that sex=love and love=marriage and being a fallen woman=death after it was hammered into you by the combined powers of Hester Chapone, Hannah More, James Fordyce, Jane West and every conduct book writer of the time.

@chloeedmund4350 27 күн бұрын

@@BlancheNeigefanhe couldn't even give himself security and he was an actual aristocrat. Stalking and begetting a child with a mess like Byron is not exactly the best idea in the world for a woman of any time.

@carsonramsey5503 25 күн бұрын

⁠⁠@@chloeedmund4350do you think she, as the seventeen year old who byron had sex with as a full grown twenty eight year old man, would have been aware that byron, a man she looked up to, as a lord apparently couldn’t provide for his self? Also I can totally see her ignoring the red flags and making the conclusion that byron’s deteriorating relationship with his wife would lead to a situation where she could later marry him because that’s literally exactly what happened with percy and mary.

@zaraandrews600 22 күн бұрын

My grandad used to be a stonemason at Newstead Abbey when I was a child. It is interesting you mentioned how well kept it is today, because, actually, the building has been falling into disrepair. I visited recently and the staff were talking about how they are really struggling to care for the building and the grounds because the council which owns it is bankrupt. Some buildings have had water damage due to the roof needing repair and the gardens have become overgrown in areas. Nearly all the staff there are volunteers too. Previously, when my grandad worked there (around 15 years ago) they had a team of stone masons, gardeners, stewards etc. to care for the place. The gardens were immaculate and the building was kept in repair.

@pansepot1490 10 күн бұрын

Don’t you have the National Trust in the UK that takes care of historical buildings and sites? I heard the Tories have been cutting funding for everything. If the local council is broke and struggles to maintain it, it would make more sense to hand the place over to the NT.

@zaraandrews600 Күн бұрын

@@pansepot1490 We have several charities that care for historic buildings, but, the charities have to be willing to take on the historic building. If they need too much work done to them, making it very costly, then National Trust or English Heritage are less likely to take the place on. Also, Newstead Abbey is one of the few historic buildings the council has which makes them money, so they are less likely to get rid of it due to that. They did sell Sherwood Forest to RSPB a number of years ago, but that was because it was operating at a loss.

@human_plant 27 күн бұрын

Bro's like a level 1,000 bisexual

@bostonsandatot4948 27 күн бұрын

"Byron's favorite genre of mess" 😂

@TheSoundonly12 23 күн бұрын

Damn, I'll never slut-shame Lord Byron again. That childhood trauma probably played a role.

@JinxDagger 27 күн бұрын

"Regency era All or Nothing" made me laugh so hard i cried omfg. this might actually be my new favorite Kaz video

@honeyLXIX 27 күн бұрын

I like that you were slightly annoyed talking about Byron's escapades 🤭

@christophercastanon2277 27 күн бұрын

Lord Byron. A Train Wreck DEMANDING TO HAPPEN.

@phoebemurtagh3059 27 күн бұрын

My friend was recently called Byronic and texted me to ask if he should be insulted. My take was "no... *BUT*..." 😂

@nbhubbard 27 күн бұрын

Odd story: A number of years back I was in a Kroger's store where I found a book titled. Women and Their Demon Lovers, on one of those turn-style thingies - that used to be in stores everywhere - which claimed to contain true stories of everyday women suddenly being tormented by randy ghosts. One of them was an account of a lady Byron scholar who become possessed by the spirit of Lord B. At first she finds it exciting, but over time he becomes more and more abusive. I guess even Death couldn't slow him down.

@bostonsandatot4948 27 күн бұрын

Forever my 80s teen crush, brought to life watching Gothic. Well, he went from rake to just gross after watching this video. RIP Julian Sands and Natasha Richardson.

@euansmith3699 27 күн бұрын

I guess that Julian, himself, met with a rather Byronic fate; alone on a storm-raked mountain. 😭

@NicoleM_radiantbaby 27 күн бұрын

SAME! I remember finding 'Gothic' at the height of my 80s Byron obsession and it was such a fave of mine!

@gardensofthegods 24 күн бұрын

Yeah I think he was gross too and I'll bet you this doesn't even tell us the whole truth about him because he probably was worse than what has been told about him .

@chriswilson4112 24 күн бұрын

AH GOTHIC! Yea...remember when those small independent movies were the cool thing to go see? Especially if it were in a city and you went to the cool movie theater. One felt so "in". LOL

@bostonsandatot4948 27 күн бұрын

I know I've commented way too often here yet I'm so excited about this Byron exploration as my best friend and I were eaten up with Byron and romanticism as 80s teens. She even went to Greece for her graduation gift. She was murdered by a stranger just months later, while living alone off campus. In true Byronic romantic fashion, I've missed her every day and this deep dive into our shared interest was both intriguing and well .. kinda yucky.

@mr.stealyourjams 22 күн бұрын

Oh man, that’s awful! I’m sorry to hear about your friend. 😢

@SummerThymeMadness 13 күн бұрын

that was literally such a TURN of events at the end there omg…sorry about your friend! i hope you heal 🤍

@haanym 7 күн бұрын

Im so sorry about your friend

@AidanOAArch 27 күн бұрын

Are we not going to Mention the other story about Annabella going into labor with Adda, where she complained that Byron was in the room below her, throwing things at the ceiling and yelling to torment her, and Byron responded by saying that no, he was just passing time by chopping the tops of champagne bottles with a saber and the corks happened to hit the ceiling, and that was the noise, and he only went to the theater when Arabella told him to knock it off? 10/10 chaotic mess.

@oldu_5306 27 күн бұрын

Oh my god, just a couple days ago i thought "damn Lord Byron seems to be such an interesting fellow, i have to do research about him, wish Kaz had a video about him in their amazing in-depth exploration style". And wouldn't you know it, i return home from work and it's here!!!! Thank you so much, you made my evening 😂😂

@lilpetz500 27 күн бұрын

Please I can't be giggling that hard at the line "Everyone hates you, carnally" it's late and I have work tomorrow 😂😂

@kenbrown2927 27 күн бұрын

You should do a video on Anne Lister!!! I was so obsessed/passionate about the show, Gentleman Jack, that I got a tattoo dedicated to Anne!!

@idridian 27 күн бұрын

kaz: what could possibly go wrong? chapter title card: "Byron Gets Cancelled"

@SamyTheBookWorm 26 күн бұрын

Lord Byron is buried in the church at the end of my road. I can’t believe you were literally here in my town a few weeks ago 😂

@DorianMatt 27 күн бұрын

The shot of you staring out the window w/ the Byronically popped collar at 37:16 was the final nail in my coffin, this is simply too good. You have provided us with a hilarious, enthralling, albeit exhausting, tale of woe. Thank you for your service, king.

@unabashedlybashful 27 күн бұрын

His time in Venice was both epic and hysterical. Surprised he didn't pick up some deadly illness during his swims up and down the Grand Canal, much less during his romantic escapades!

@VinceWhitacre 27 күн бұрын

I'm so glad Byron lived 200 years ago and not today... So much better the poetry we have from him rather than the "toxic gossip train" stuff he'd be writing today.

@maryeckel9682 24 күн бұрын

I can see him sitting down at a Broadwood grand piano and going all Beethoven. BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM "These rumours, ah, these dastardly rumors that dog my heels like...a pack of hounds? Oh damn!"

@maryeckel9682 24 күн бұрын

Damn ads ate my response, but I see him pounding away at a Broadwood grand piano, howling about the dastardly rumours that hound him like...a pack of hounds.

@anniel6479 27 күн бұрын

I would honestly love a Regency-era All or Nothing about Byron and Hobhouse, they sound hilarious together. I'm also going to have to add "verifiably gay" to my vocabulary.

@aprilconnett5148 27 күн бұрын

This video, like all of yours, was great. There is just one minor thing I would like to correct for you. Byron’s Don Juan was a satire of the Spanish folk legend, Don Juan. Part of the satire was the pronunciation. It is not pronounced in correct Spanish. Byron’s satire is actually pronounced “Don Ju-un” with the “j” sound and the accent on the first syllable. (I have a degree in English Education, please don’t be upset by the correction😊)

@MegCazalet 27 күн бұрын

Ah, like the play Camino Real.

@maryeckel9682 24 күн бұрын

The first time I heard it said, my brain went 🤯

@mousequeer 24 күн бұрын

According to a display in the Mary Shelley museum in Bath, Byron asked to keep Percy Shelley's skull but was refused "due to a story of him once using a human skull as a drinking cup." Really normal social group there.

@phantasmagore7991 27 күн бұрын

william godwin was claire clairemont's step-father, she never married

@nhmisnomer 26 күн бұрын

Thanks. I love Kaz but that was bugging me.

@rcusick2465 24 күн бұрын

Agreed. I left a comment saying the same but it seems to have disappeared. Also, Percy *Bysshe Shelley, not Percy Blythe Shelley. But it's a great video and I love the dry humor.

@phantasmagore7991 24 күн бұрын

@@rcusick2465 hail to thee blythe spirit...

@lilacsunset3848 15 күн бұрын

Ohh this was confusing me. I watched the movie Mary Shelley and it portrayed Mary and Clair as sisters.

@GBart 27 күн бұрын

Lol it sounds like a cat gently licking some cellophane next to the mic

@lucastapleton558 27 күн бұрын

Such a great, well made video! I’m actually a descendant of Lukas Chalandritsanos, Byron’s last object of his desire, so it’s always a crazy feeling to hear my ancestor mentioned.

@willowtdog6449 27 күн бұрын

It’s such a tragedy to lose the memoirs of such a strong writer. His daughter was such a genius, I believe he really must have been, as well. I don’t think the audio was that bad, don’t stress! :)

@villyardk 26 күн бұрын

Great vid! But yes, Claire was William’s stepdaughter/Mary’s stepsister. I’d love for you to do a vid on Mary. She used to go nap on her mother’s grave. When Claire was traveling with Mary and Percy, they used to tell each other ghost stories (even without Byron). One morning Mary woke up and found Percy and Claire sitting up in the living room, too afraid to get up after spending the night scaring each other with ghost stories, and laughed at them. Goth Queen.

@uburoi9406 27 күн бұрын

Holy shit here it is. Making myself a tea and bringing a warm blanket to watch this comfy

@CaylasCapsule 22 күн бұрын

“His university years seemed to be uneventful. Other than the bear.” Legit laughed out loud. 😆😂🤣

@Demonreached 26 күн бұрын

"Historical figure youtube apologies" is a series I would watch!

@furuyawn 27 күн бұрын

"regency era all or nothing" fucking sent me lmfao

@_local.alien_4568 27 күн бұрын

As someone who LOVES your channel and history and also grew up in Nottingham I jumped SO fast on this notification! Lord Byron was insanely talked about in my English classes in school and would always come up in conversation. I love this!!

@FishareFriendsNotFood972 27 күн бұрын

LIVING for your Byron fit, you rocked it

@i0m0s 23 күн бұрын

as a greek myself and a resident of the town of Missolonghi, I wish I could put into words how much of an icon he is for us. the statues, the paintings and the buildings we have dedicated to him.... every year we commemorate his doings and praise him for the things he did for the greek cause. So, every year I eagerly remind everyone of his other side that everyone tries to conceal; the reactions are always so funny, lol.

@Melonlordrinrei 27 күн бұрын

Half of Lord Byron's issues stem from the fact that he lived in Aberdeen, my city, and he would be perfectly normal for here. (We do have a vague note on him having a gambling house with a local landlord and that he tripped over the beach running from the police at one point, but that might just be a story.)

@thatguyp4411 27 күн бұрын

Great vid! Although I must point out one little error here. Claire Clairmont was not married to William Godwin. She was his stepdaughter through his marriage to her mother, named Mary as well. Also, since she was unmarried at the time, it might have explained why it was she who pursued Byron and not the other way round.

@thrillhouse4151 27 күн бұрын

My late ex used to compare me to Lord Byron all the time, such a flattering sentiment, I miss her so much. If anything she was the Byron.

@sasusakufangirl 26 күн бұрын

The apology video sketch in the beginning had me laughing out loud XD But in all seriousness, it was a really interesting video - I would love to see a video on Mary (and Percy) Shelley if possible :)

@NicoleM_radiantbaby 27 күн бұрын

Back when I was a teen queer in the late 80s, I was as obsessed with Byron as I was with some rock/pop stars of the day. He was just so intriguing to me back then (seriously, in my senior year I high school I did a paper on him...by choice) and had that intrigue been more recent, I might have described him in modern parlance as 'he's so gender'. Obviously, much like what happens when you learn about the dark side of your fave celebrity's life in any time period, some of the details of Byron's life don't sit as well with me as I've grown up. But I have to say, that at 51 years old, I still have a weird soft spot for him -- or at least the IDEA of him -- and how his nonconformity really pushed me toward my own in my youth. And so I'll always love that aspect of him and his 'Bryonic Hero' legacy, in a way. Despite all the bad stuff, of course.

@valeriadonati9836 22 күн бұрын

I first learned about lord byron because he was cited in an article about people with eating disorders in the past. Lovely

@indigohalf 26 күн бұрын

The shot of you from behind brooding at the window got a chuckle out of me. What a perfect image, especially with that costume! The drama and silliness come through without even needing to show your face- that's the power of Regency menswear.

@atiya-said-hey 27 күн бұрын

Byron had you descending into spins homeboy. I appreciate your sacrifice for this video.

@tracimcmurray5244 27 күн бұрын

I learned about Lord Byron in high school. My uncle was named Byron. His son, my cousin, was named Byron. I had a Beta fish named Byron. Yeah, I've felt linked to this name for a while now and George Gordon is a highly interesting figure to me, including taking an entire semester of British Romantics, so I could learn more about him. Pre-internet days. Thanks for covering this topic. Always enjoy your content.

@CanelaAguila 27 күн бұрын

Regency era All or Nothing, oh god 😂😂😂 Perfect timing for my big brain phase of connecting a lot of disperate historic people that I never realized were contemporaties, and were all somehow connected with Byron

@maryeckel9682 24 күн бұрын

Six Degrees of Lord Byron

@euansmith3699 27 күн бұрын

The setting, costume and presentation are all excellent; what a joyous video. "Here comes Lady Caroline, with a chair!" 😄😄😄

@creepycutiecrafty6637 27 күн бұрын

We now definitely need a ByronTube channel. The idea is horrifyingly enticing…. The mention of s*xual abuse by his nanny reminds me of a topic highlighted on the QI quiz show (I believe it was) They mentioned that at various points in history, Nannie’s would - erm - “assist” the slumber of their male charges. Horrible though the idea is, it hasn’t always been seen as something inherently wrong. It would still have messed up a young mind though - which I guess explains a lot about the upper classes here in England… Ada was also pushed more into maths and logic by her mother - hoping to educate her out of her father’s madness, apparently. I mean, I guess her mother was desperate! Byron was a disaster everything - and seems more than a tad addicted to drama! Incredible man, if not a good guy, and handy for any storytellers. I wonder if he’d be diagnosed with any mental or emotional disorders nowadays. However entertaining his antics, you can’t help but feel sorry for his ex-conquests, or his children. Amazing video! So interesting - and I hope Kaz experienced a warm welcome here in Blighty

@cornflakes-does-stuff 24 күн бұрын

that apologie video and the title card "Byron gets cancelled" had me rolling, all your videos atret amazing, but this is a certfied batnger!

@bostonsandatot4948 27 күн бұрын

8 minutes in and I'm hoping for a mention of another bi artist who did the whole Screamin Lord Byron character that set my 80s adolescent soul on fire. (It was Bowie for those not coming of age in early Mtv lol)

@ashtray8167 27 күн бұрын

I’m majoring in Art Education and hopefully Art History as well someday. Your videos as well as my talented professors have inspired me to learn so much about history and everything involved. Thank you much for caring so deeply about us and donating to help us!!

@maryeckel9682 24 күн бұрын

Feed that savings account early and often in this post capitalist hellscape. Art History degree holder who got paid for teaching two semesters in the mid 90s and never got paid for it again 😂 but it sure fed my neurodivergent skill of connecting absolutely everything. Miss Jane Austen might have said "Money is dirt," but that was after she made some 😂

@arcanistnpc4751 18 күн бұрын

My favorite Byron story is that time he disappeared for a few months and Shelley and Keats became worried. So Keats went to Italy after him. He apparently found Byron in a brothel, dehydrated as hell and on the verge of death. When Keats sent word back to Shelley, Shelley replied "Put him back where you found him." Even Shelley was done with Byron XD

@ruleroftheclouds 27 күн бұрын

Ahh so excited to watch this! Saving it as a special treat for tomorrow after I have finished giving a super important presentation I have been working on for days...

@Fooma777 27 күн бұрын

Ohhhh YES!!!🎉 I’ve been low key waiting for this!!

@wickedsquid 27 күн бұрын

I am always overjoyed with every new kaz drop but especially for this topic!

@lbyblbab8496 27 күн бұрын

thank you for a new video! just brightened up my tuesday quite a bit!

@eliieam 26 күн бұрын

this is perfect timing!!! in my art history lecture on classicism today my professor mentioned byrons death and i got so excited because i knew i would come home to this video.