The Start of Europe: the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569

The Start of Europe: the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569 - 1795)

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Where did Europe started? How did the European Union originated? With the Union of Lublin (1569) the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was created. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów) consisted land that is today part of countries as Belarus and Ukraine. With policies like Golden Liberty is was a very unique state. In this video you'll learn about when Poland and Lithuania were one country. Why did the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth collapse? It was because of the Partitions of Poland. I will speak about the start of Europe: the rise and fall of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569 - 1795).
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@marcinterlecki6021 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, Jadwiga had been crowned king (sic!) not queen (In Kingdom of Poland there was no position of crowned queen, hence this workaround).

@HistoryHustle 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the addition!

@Artur_M. 5 жыл бұрын

Vivat Serenissima Res Publica Coronae Regni Poloniae Magnique Ducatus Lithuaniae! Best video on this channel, obviously. it's not like I have some sort of bias or anything. :)

@HistoryHustle 5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, I just had this premonition. You might like the next one as well. Will appear this Saturday.

@luxembourgishempire2826 4 жыл бұрын

Good video Stefan! Polish history is very interesting actually.

@HistoryHustle 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Polish history is indeed fascinating. Just already the fact the country wasn't on the map for the whole 19th century!

@Arkhalis404 9 ай бұрын

if you think polish history is interesting look at Lithuanian history

@captainsponge7825 3 жыл бұрын

actually, at its peak, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth consisted of land of today's Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia and Russia, so not only Ukraine and Belarus, but I get your point in the description. also Poland, as a lone nation (without Lithuania in the real union) for short time also controlled a bit of today's Moldavia, Czechia, Slovakia and I think even a small chunk of Germany, but that's the medieval era so not really related to topic. anyways, cool video!

@HistoryHustle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your reply!

@benartee9493 2 жыл бұрын

Heard of this commonwealth for the first time last night on the BBC‘s „in our time“, when I couldn’t sleep. Still couldn’t sleep - but learnt a lot! 😎 and this appears to be a great channel I now found so Ibadan to subscribe! Thanks for your efforts!

@HistoryHustle 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@rhalfik 2 жыл бұрын

Poles still call Poland the Commonwealth. Many consider the country as a second home for former ethnic groups/nations.

@janherburodo8070 4 жыл бұрын

Another well made video. I don't know why I haven't seen it earlier.

@HistoryHustle 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jan, it's an older one. Lovely city Lublin is.

@chervon5773 4 жыл бұрын

Your videos are actually fun to binge. They are not too long but not too short yet still interesting.

@HistoryHustle 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Go for it Chervon!

@theodorossarafis7370 3 жыл бұрын

recently i read a book concerning the medieval poland and it talks about the polish lithuanian commonwealth. honestly it was a great country to live it. many innovations, a lot of democracy. amazing

@HistoryHustle 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, unique for its time.

@pliedtka 3 жыл бұрын

In fact too much democracy. The Liberum Veto act of single representative of the parlament could kill otherwise progressive or needed reform. The problem was that Polish/Ruthenian nobles created their own mistique around them selves, while the West constantly modernize itself and as Stefan pointed out, was in lookout outside of Europe for resources. Eventually the country was ruined by wars with Osman Empire and Kosack upraising, War with Sweden - the famous Deluge, and it couldn't compete with the gaining strength Moscow. By the end of 1600s the Commonwealth was too beaten up, too poor, too backward to face challenges, and once Stettsinian Sophia 'got rid off' her husband and proclaimed herself a sole ruler of Russia, well it was a final nail to the coffin. I heard that she was also responsible for moving Jewish population from Russia to parts of ex-Commonwealth, so maybe Hitler's anti-semitic obsession is nothing new.

@antoniogerardogiampaolo259 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding job. Thank you

@HistoryHustle 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@damian4926 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting.

@HistoryHustle 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@Skiskiski 3 жыл бұрын

Could you do the order of battle of the Polish cavalry brigade in September/October 1939 (do not include the 10th Cavalry Brigade which was fully motorized and partly mechanized; just the horse-mounted units). They do deserve more respect than they get. And yet, they were part of a problem. After the 10th Calvary Brigade was converted into a motorized unit, the other cavalry brigades refused to undergo such transformation. This meant that instead of getting 10 or more motorized-mechanized brigades by 1942, Poland most likely, if the war did not start in between 1939 and 1941, would have ended up with 4 such motorized-mechanized brigades by 1942 because the money that was supposed to be spent on the transformation had to be spent on the horse-mounted cavalry.

@bonifacypiotrkolakowski8607 3 жыл бұрын

Great video about the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, but if you do video about the Polish cavalry could you also include the last horse-cavalry on horse-cavalry battle in Europe, Battle of Krasnobród that took place on 23 September 1939, and the last successful cavalry charge in Europe that took place during the Battle of Schoenfeld (Polish: Szarża pod Borujskiem [or] Żeńskiem) that took place on 1 March 1945. In the latter battle, the Polish cavalry actually suffered lower losses than the Polish infantrymen and tankmen. The charge worked because the Germans prepared defenses against tanks and infantry, but not against cavalry.

@HistoryHustle 3 жыл бұрын

There is much myths around the 1939 Polish cavalry. Hopefully I can cover this in the future somewhere. I can't tell when.

@cheironchiron3557 4 жыл бұрын

Ik kom uit België. Interessante geschiedenis van Polen. Daar u zegt geschiedenisleraar van Nederland te zijn, is het misschien goed ook de geschiedenis van Polen in het Nederlands weer te geven. Want daar is niet zoveel informatie over. Daarmee creëer je ook een publiek die wel geïnteresseerd zijn in geschiedenis, maar toch het liefst in eigen taal de dingen beluisteren. Al zie ik nu wel dat je een eigen Nederlandstalig kanaal hebt, dat wel een stuk kleiner is. Zomaar een ideetje, opdat in vergelijking met Engelstalig weinig Nederlands over dit onderwerp te vinden is, ook in het Nederlands/Belgisch Middelbaar onderwijs wellicht ook weinig over Polen verteld wordt. Zomaar een ideetje.. ;)

@HistoryHustle 4 жыл бұрын

Dank voor je bericht. Mijn focus ligt op mijn Engelstalige kanaal. Nederlands staat op de tweede plaats. Mijn tijd is beperkt.

@adrianpikon163 4 жыл бұрын

Poland this is my Country 🙂

@HistoryHustle 4 жыл бұрын

Great! Where do you live in Poland?

@filipkogut8533 3 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryHustle I don't know about him, but I'm also Polish and I live in Wrocław. Good video mate :)

@raphealmartin9497 Жыл бұрын

@@filipkogut8533🤯 Wait the city which used to be known as Breslau?

@Ciech_mate Жыл бұрын

My favourite country!

@alanstrong3295 2 жыл бұрын

Poland deserves independence. All others need to stay their distance. This includes Russ and Gerry. No offense to anyone.

@HistoryHustle 2 жыл бұрын

Ok🇵🇱👍

@juleksz.5785 2 жыл бұрын

0:42 Polsih true, but not queen, her formal title was King, and as king she was reffered to . 1:30 btw, here are written various proffesions (as follow ; shoe maker, gold crafter, cyrulik (someones responsible for baths, eaiser medical treatments, tooth removal or beard cuts), merchant, painter, butcher, musitian, clothmaker, ham maker (only one refered here as 'she'), and there is also one called Jew, and one caled Ormian. 3:20 Artwork here is called "Rejtan", which is name (or last name possibly) and covers semi legendary story of polish nobleman known as Rejtan, which during signing of participation blocked the doors, so none could leave without killing him first

@HistoryHustle 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this.

@stiklas6712 9 ай бұрын

Lithuanian Duke Jogaila was Gediminaitis grandson of Lituanian duke Gediminas. And he became King of Poland

@jonasjonaitis7635 2 ай бұрын

I dare say, EU started in Holy Roman Empire, but yes, PLC was unique and important in many ways.

@HistoryHustle 2 ай бұрын

👍

@PabloPopova 2 жыл бұрын

I cannot stand to equate Lithuanians with Ukrainians, which is happening today in the ideas of re-establishing this state structure. Best regards from Lublin

@HistoryHustle 2 жыл бұрын

I see.

@naujadiena 4 жыл бұрын

Europe already was before. Wrong idea in the title.

@HistoryHustle 4 жыл бұрын

Should it be EU perhaps...

@rogerwilco2 2 жыл бұрын

Nah. The European Union was a direct result of the Benelux Union started in 1944.

@HistoryHustle 2 жыл бұрын

Ok.

@krzysztofstolarczyk7773 2 жыл бұрын

a lesson for today's Europe - tolerance put on political agenda leads to failure.

@HistoryHustle 2 жыл бұрын

Depends..

@Crazyman12457 Жыл бұрын

I like how it's called polish - Lithuanian commonwealth but all of its achievements considered Polish 🤷

@HistoryHustle Жыл бұрын

History Matters made a video on that: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qc6drJR5sKfam2g.html

@Arkhalis404 9 ай бұрын

still Lithuania did own most of the land (before the formation and poland forced it to give some lands)@@HistoryHustle

@kletniak 4 жыл бұрын

Poland now it's a country, where the Government is a Post - Communism and Socialism, retro reality socialism, now Poland is like before 1989 people's republic.. in mentality.

@HistoryHustle 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting thought, please explain.

@kletniak 4 жыл бұрын

History Hustle You can check the news from Poland and the problems with law and constitution in polish politic life, the communists, who's was a defeated in 1989 now's come back like the sith's in star wars, today in Poland is a revenge of communists in the Third Polish Republic.

@HistoryHustle 4 жыл бұрын

I see, how will this end you think?

@kletniak 4 жыл бұрын

Will be a russian zone or russian invasion, now Russia publicated a soviet propaganda about World War Two, they want discredit Poland in world's opinion public and do what they do with Ukraine.If we want stopped Russia we must restore the federation of east slavic and baltic nations- a new commonwealth against Russian Soviets Mongols.

@HistoryHustle 4 жыл бұрын

That sounds kinda pessimistic don't you think?

@naujadiena 4 жыл бұрын

The biggest mistake Lithuanians made was the Lublin Union. As the result of it most ancient in Europe Lithuanian culture was destroyed. The ethnic territory of Lithuanians decreased significantly. After this Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth collapsed - the culture that gave birth to it disappeared.

@HistoryHustle 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting point of view.

@naujadiena 4 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryHustle It's not an opinion, it's a fact. The Lithuanians gave up their independence and were eaten by the Poles.

@marcinterlecki6021 4 жыл бұрын

@@naujadienaYour so called 'fact' is an absurd. Do you know how many Lithuanians lived in The Commonwealth?

@naujadiena 4 жыл бұрын

@@marcinterlecki6021 Much more than Polish and Russian sources claim. Even the inhabitants of the northern part of present-day Poland (including Warsaw) spoke Lithuanian during the Jagiellonian period, only the conquerors and Christian priests spoke Polish. Later, those conquerors thoroughly censored the history, as if the Poles (slavs) had always lived there. Gradually there was a forced polonization over the centuries, such was the pope's policy: to exterminate all the descendants of Apollo (lith. Dievulis, Velinas, Upelonis, Balys, Balonis).

@marcinterlecki6021 4 жыл бұрын

@@naujadiena Your claims are completely baseless and factually absurd. FACT #1 There was no conquest, in XIV c. Lithuanians voluntarily and, what's more important, deliberately went for the union with Kingdom of Poland. FACT #2 As pagans they were excluded from European politics and were only attracting crusaders supporting Teutonic Knights. FACT #3 Lithuanians lacked written language and literate clergy, so they had to run whole Grand Duchy through Ruthenian boyars. FACT #4 Lithuanians consisted no more than 15% of GDoL population, with their Ruthenian subjects being far more developed culturally (religion, language). FACT #5 Importing Latin and Catholicism from Poland allowed Lithuanians to stay separated from Ruthenians, otherwise they would dissolve just like Varegians did. That's why they've excluded Ruthenians from politics of GDoL through the union of Horodlo. FACT #6 Second time when Poland saved Lithuanians ar.ses was in XVI c. when money from Kingdom of Poland virtually allowed Lithuanians to continue wars with Muscovy (which they were losing badly). FACT #7 There were some 700k Lithuanians in The Commonwealth - more or less same number as Jews, while The Comomnwealth had population of 11 millions (at it's peak in the beginning of XVII c).