Why Does Luxembourg Exist?
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Күн бұрынWhy does the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg exist?
States like Luxembourg were the norm in Europe for hundreds of years but come the French Revolution and the advent of industrialization, tiny monarchical fiefdoms quickly fell out of fashion.
But Luxembourg survived to the present day - outlasting expansionists from all directions. Napoleonic France, the United Netherlands, revolutionary Belgium, and the Kingdom of Prussia all failed to incorporate Luxembourg in the long term. Defying the trends of their time, Luxembourgers asserted their own identity.
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Sources Consulted:
Chambre des Députés; Grand-Duché de Luxembourg. “Parliamentary History.” www.chd.lu/en/parliamentary-h...
Kossmann, E.H. The Low Countries, 1780-1940 (Oxford History of Modern Europe). London: Oxford University Press, 1978.
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Miller, Stuart T. Mastering Modern European History. London: Macmillan Education LTD, 1990.
Péporté, Pit, et al. Inventing Luxembourg: Representations of the Past, Space and Language from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century. Leiden: Brill, 2010.
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@Badjuda 3 ай бұрын
Hi from Lëtzebuerg🇱🇺
@barsukascool 3 ай бұрын
So Hungary isn’t the only country surrounded by its former borders… I am top comment
@thieph 3 ай бұрын
Hungolians like drama
@_Radiator_ 3 ай бұрын
Hun, Hungolians? 🧐
@rca4788 3 ай бұрын
Because that's what happens when an opresive states wishes to stay back in the dark ages in modern times
@dantetre 3 ай бұрын
@@rca4788 In the 19th century and pre WW1 Hungary's progressive attitude was the second in Europe, only shadowed by the Germans. Many modern invention came from that period from Hungarians. You should learn more real history, instead of listening to Western propaganda of today.
@rca4788 3 ай бұрын
@@dantetre The apony laws , not giving rights to nonhungarians , forcing the Hungarian language in any aspect of social life , if that's progresive attitude then I m the emperor of china.
@Earthle 3 ай бұрын
I'm so glad that youtube recommended your channel about 1 year and a half ago. Just wanted to say that I love your work!
@GwainSagaFanChannel 3 ай бұрын
Looking forwards to Luxemburg being forced by Belgium to rename itself to East Luxemburg (North Macedonia and province of Macedonia pun)
@faze_fox2092 3 ай бұрын
and Moldova as West Moldavia :D
@imwinningthisone7613 3 ай бұрын
Luxembourg only exists because the Dutch king was grand duke pf Luxembourg. The Luxembourgish people wanted to join Belgium
@menoflowicz 3 ай бұрын
First of all "Netherlands" should be "Northern Netherlands" ;)
@emo122009 3 ай бұрын
@imwinningthisone7613 Well, and Belgium, South Netherlands, only exists because the great powers wanted it so, else Benelux was still the Netherlands. It is all about perspective. The big powers had a tactic that none of the other big powers had to become stronger, so the smaller nations were their toys. That is also why Europe has quite some countries and small countries too.
@napo4817 3 ай бұрын
Nice video
@flawyerlawyertv7454 3 ай бұрын
Interesting. Thanks. 🙌
@revinhatol 3 ай бұрын
4:37 This later evolved into its own language, mind you.
@lartts7483 3 ай бұрын
Luxembourgish is still intelligible to Germans near the Luxembourg border
@sebe2255 Ай бұрын
@@lartts7483Maybe those Germans speak Luxemburgish then ;)
@micahistory 3 ай бұрын
nice video James
@LookBackHistory 3 ай бұрын
Hey thanks!
@unlucky_evo 2 ай бұрын
One question, could you send me a link or something with the map you use? Please! This map if confused 1:44
@facoulac 3 ай бұрын
wonderful explanation!
@LookBackHistory 3 ай бұрын
Glad you think so!
@flawyerlawyertv7454 3 ай бұрын
02:59 "Welcome back!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@user-jy3io4iz2p 2 ай бұрын
From where I live (NL) Luxemburg is closer than Amsterdam. Been camping in Vianden, very nice surroundings as Castle.
@PlaidMasterBoots 3 ай бұрын
Hey, great video! You need background music tho. Every time you take time to breathe, the silence is deafening.
@shaifunnessa7816 3 ай бұрын
Michael the brave Romania king story please make video
@Ice_Karma 3 ай бұрын
New viewer here. You have a very interesting accent.
@LookBackHistory 3 ай бұрын
I'm a British-American mongrel, haha.
@Ice_Karma 3 ай бұрын
@@LookBackHistory Haha, I played a couple of your oldest videos, and that was the conclusion I came to! 🤣♥
@lucaarmillei1682 3 ай бұрын
Moien aus Lëtzebuerg!🇱🇺🇱🇺🇱🇺
@kauemoura 3 ай бұрын
Well, most of it IS now in Belgium. As the homonymous province.
@ommsterlitz1805 3 ай бұрын
4:36 77% can understand or Speak Luxembourgish, French is understood and spoken by 98% people it's safe to say Français is the Lingua Franca
@leoissomething6603 3 ай бұрын
98% of people can speak French cause we learn it in school, the only reason a higher percentage of people speak French is because of immigration into Luxembourg, and whilst French is used as the lingua franca in some communes, English is used in others, yet most still function with Luxembourgish at the helm.
@kyliankinnen126 3 ай бұрын
Well yes, however the assumption that people who live there are predominently french spesking is wrong. This has to do with the fact people commute to work here and get by with only french. This inflates numbers of french speakers. Additionally everyone who went to school in luxembourg understands french, whereas commuters don't understand luxembourgish most of the time. Is french common? yes is it the language of the people? NO
@DerSajon 3 ай бұрын
Small country: * exist * Historian youtubers: HOW TF YOU STILL ALIVE?
@KamiKitsuneVA 3 ай бұрын
8:11 I need this scene to be a movie
@Wandkater 3 ай бұрын
yea root beer
@samelsey1220 3 ай бұрын
Moien aus Letzebuerg 😁
@GwainSagaFanChannel 3 ай бұрын
I like Luxembourgish it is a fun germanic language it reminds me of Limburgish another language that is neither Dutch nor German
@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 3 ай бұрын
@@GwainSagaFanChannel Depends on what you mean by german. One the one hand german can mean standard german, on the other hand it can mean continental west germanic.
@LookBackHistory 3 ай бұрын
Hello!
@samelsey1220 3 ай бұрын
I really appreciate your videos, thank you very much 😁@@LookBackHistory
@tommygaming3981 3 ай бұрын
"says the brit" 💀
@Themenace. 3 ай бұрын
Poor Luxembourg
@TikkiYT 3 ай бұрын
I’m still not convinced.
@jeremyslegg 2 ай бұрын
Et ass gutt ze wëssen, wéi a wouraus sech Lëtzebuergesch entstaanen huet, respektiv wat dat Land alles matgemeet huet. (It is good to know how and from where Luxembourg came to be, or what the country has been involved in.) Merci aus Lëtzebuerg!
@aleksandarvil5718 3 ай бұрын
9:25 Luxembourg is NOW ruled by FRENCH Bourbon dynasty, thanks to Parma!cadet branch, since 1919. !!!
@CatarigMaTt 3 ай бұрын
🇱🇺🇱🇺🇱🇺
@gtPacheko 3 ай бұрын
Luxembourg 🇵🇹
@cbortz496 3 ай бұрын
Switzerland: am i a joke to you?
@Krys1602_ 3 ай бұрын
im offended that you question the existence of the greatest nation thats ever lived.
@LookBackHistory 3 ай бұрын
My most sincere apologies :)
@imwinningthisone7613 3 ай бұрын
Luxembourg only exists because the Dutch king was grand duke of Luxembourg. The Luxembourgish people wanted to join Belgium. Good video though, usually people that make these types of videos include a lot of their own biases into the video, especially regarding Belgium.
@DerToasti 3 ай бұрын
thank fuck we didn't join belgium.
@imwinningthisone7613 3 ай бұрын
@@DerToasti Yeah, you're rich now. But more than half of your population are foreigners lol
@ADHDylan 3 ай бұрын
You marked Belgium when you said Netherlands
@LookBackHistory 3 ай бұрын
Where?
@ADHDylan 3 ай бұрын
@@LookBackHistory beginning
@ADHDylan 3 ай бұрын
1:13
@LookBackHistory 3 ай бұрын
@@ADHDylan That's correct. Before the French Revolution, modern Belgium was a part of the Holy Roman Empire as an Austrian Habsburg possession. Hence, "Austrian Netherlands" at 1:13
@ADHDylan 3 ай бұрын
@@LookBackHistory Ah then it is my bad, sorry!
@niallquinn1478 3 ай бұрын
People always why Luxembourg but never how is Luxembourg? 😢
@FishCornflakes 3 ай бұрын
The Rent is killing us
@menoflowicz 3 ай бұрын
1:10 BURGUNDY, NOT FRANCE!
@rocc4236 3 ай бұрын
as a dutchie i think that the south netherlands (belgium) is shite (friendly banter nutin srs). I do have respect for Luxembourg tho. The belgians left in a war supported by france and Luxembourg just left because there wasnt a king. Its like the american revolution compared to canada's independence
@Suz247 3 ай бұрын
𝖍𝖎!
@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 3 ай бұрын
1846 99.0% 1900 88.0% 1983 80.6% 2011 70.51% 2012 70.07% 2013 69.65% 2014 69.17% 2015 68.78% 2016 68.35% 2017 67.77%
@lucaarmillei1682 3 ай бұрын
Don't make me cry
@pindol69 3 ай бұрын
?
@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 3 ай бұрын
@@lucaarmillei1682 Compose yourself. My people have it worse and have always had it worse and never once has that made me cry 1897 68,3 1925 73,4 1935 76,9 1959 62,0 1970 56,8 1979 53,7 1989 52,0 2000 57,7 2011 62,1 2022 60,2
@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 3 ай бұрын
@@pindol69 How luxemburgish is Luxemburg.
@lucaarmillei1682 3 ай бұрын
@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 where are you from?
@Frd2004 3 ай бұрын
Tbh luxemburgish is more of a political reason to be its one language then for linguistic reasons. As a german I refuse to see it as a language like dutch. There is basically no difference between luxemburgish and the trevirian dialect. I mean by this definition you could make any dialect a language.
@lucaschergen3876 3 ай бұрын
And any language a dialect
@charlyf9521 3 ай бұрын
I refuse to see German as anything else than a dialect of Luxembourgish
@emycharaa 3 ай бұрын
@@charlyf9521 Aw you're mad?
@charlyf9521 3 ай бұрын
@@emycharaa no why? Are you?
@Manofsalty 3 ай бұрын
@@charlyf9521 nuts
@Matpz0243 3 ай бұрын
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