{"id":67845,"date":"2021-12-10T02:00:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T07:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=67845"},"modified":"2021-12-09T08:11:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T13:11:20","slug":"history-summarized-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/12\/10\/history-summarized-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"History Summarized: Britain and the Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-D4sGSfO06w\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Overly Sarcastic Productions<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 20 Aug 2021<\/p>\n<p>How is it that the history of some islands off the northern coast of Europe balloons into a worldwide history? Empire is how! Let&#8217;s dig into the history of Britain since Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1603, and follow that narrative through the monumental rise and precipitous fall of the British Empire.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to the community members on Discord who assisted me with my script: Corvin the Crow, Johnny, Jdedredhed, Joud, J\u00e9uname, Klieg, RileyTheProcrastinator, The Missing Link, and thesleepingmeerkat<\/p>\n<p>SOURCES &#038; Further Reading: The Great Courses Lecture series <em>Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World<\/em> by Robert Buchols lectures 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, <em>The History Of England<\/em> volumes 3 <em>Rebellion<\/em>, 4 <em>Revolution<\/em> &#038; 5 <em>Dominion<\/em> by Peter Ackroyd, <em>Scotland: A Concise History<\/em> by Fitzroy MacLean, <em>The Great Cities in History<\/em> by John Julius Norwich, <em>A Concise History of Wales<\/em> by Geraint H. Jenkins, <em>Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World&#8217;s Oceans<\/em> by James Stavridis.<\/p>\n<p>Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up.<\/p>\n<p>PATREON: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Patreon.com\/OSP\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.Patreon.com\/OSP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PODCAST: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbk5nRDVjWTg5b3gtWURwSG1NZWctNGZxQ0llUXxBQ3Jtc0ttbzJPdnRsVXR5Sm4tNTNuX2JZY2U1Vl9MVUVSM3dyTHRibEFWbjJncmRiczBXdUdLMDVHVkc1Z2JXNFhLZ1pVbnR3eExpbThHaEdQU3N3Q0ZScG1FTFA3NGFZa2pVZnpOeTljRkxuZzZqaHIxMm9oNA&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Foverlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm%2Fsubscribe\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/overlysarcasticpodcast.transi&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DISCORD: <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/osp\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/osp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MERCH LINKS: <a href=\"http:\/\/rdbl.co\/osp\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/rdbl.co\/osp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OUR WEBSITE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com<\/a><br \/>\nFind us on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/OSPYouTube\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/OSPYouTube<\/a><br \/>\nFind us on Reddit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Reddit.com\/r\/OSP\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.Reddit.com\/r\/OSP\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-10-at-08-06-39-History-Summarized-Britain-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-10-at-08-06-39-History-Summarized-Britain-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-70489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-10-at-08-06-39-History-Summarized-Britain-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-10-at-08-06-39-History-Summarized-Britain-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-10-at-08-06-39-History-Summarized-Britain-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-10-at-08-06-39-History-Summarized-Britain-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overly Sarcastic Productions Published 20 Aug 2021 How is it that the history of some islands off the northern coast of Europe balloons into a worldwide history? 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