Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 53 minutes ago
Where did the monarchy go? We were ruled by kings, queens, emperors, and empresses but today almost every monarchy disappeared. This video answers what happened to monarchies. And why don't modern monarchies have any power? We will also talk a bit about the rise of democracy.
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Credits
- Research: Mrs Scope
- Animation: Petra Lilla Marjai
- Audio: Seb. Soto
Social Media
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- Reddit: reddit.com/r/HistoryScope
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Sources - Websites
- britannica.com/place/France/Political-ideology
- face2faceafrica.com/article/africas-last-three-monarchies-remain-standing#:~:text=Before%20now%20in%20Africa%2C%20kings,pushed%20them%20into%20the%20background.
- macrotrends.net/countries/AFR/africa/life-expectancy#:~:text=The%20current%20life%20expectancy%20for,a%200.46%25%20increase%20from%202019
pressbooks.nscc.ca/worldhistory/chapter/chapter-8-absolutism
pressbooks.nscc.ca/worldhistory/chapter/the-english-civil-war-and-the-glorious-revolution
degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/fmst-2019-005/html
history.com/topics/russia/russian-revolution
history.com/this-day-in-history/romanov-family-executed
britannica.com/summary/Russian-Revolution
britannica.com/biography/Puyi
historyhit.com/puyi-last-emperor-of-china
Sources - Books
F. Fukuyama (1992) The End of History and The Last Man. The Free Press. New York
J. J. Rousseau (2004) The Social Contract. Penguin Books. London
W. Doyle (2019) The French Revolution. Oxford University Press. Oxford
A Brief History Of Spain (2019) J. Black. Robinson. Cornwall
Blood and Iron (2022) K. Hoyer. The History Press. Cheltenham
K. Ghattas (2020) Black Wave. Wildfire. Headline. London
Smith, S. A. (2002) The Russian Revolution – A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. Oxford
Sources - Journal Articles
Franz Michael (1955). State and Society in Nineteenth-Century China. World Politics, 7, pp 419-433 doi:10.2307/2009000
Where did the monarchy go? We were ruled by kings, queens, emperors, and empresses but today almost every monarchy disappeared. This video answers what happened to monarchies. And why don't modern monarchies have any power? We will also talk a bit about the rise of democracy.
Join Patreon: patreon.com/Historyscope
Credits
- Research: Mrs Scope
- Animation: Petra Lilla Marjai
- Audio: Seb. Soto
Social Media
- Discord: discord.gg/JYCYPvqba6
- Reddit: reddit.com/r/HistoryScope
- Twitter: twitter.com/ScopeHistory
- Instagram: instagram.com/officialhistoryscope
- Facebook: facebook.com/averythingchannel
Sources - Websites
- britannica.com/place/France/Political-ideology
- face2faceafrica.com/article/africas-last-three-monarchies-remain-standing#:~:text=Before%20now%20in%20Africa%2C%20kings,pushed%20them%20into%20the%20background.
- macrotrends.net/countries/AFR/africa/life-expectancy#:~:text=The%20current%20life%20expectancy%20for,a%200.46%25%20increase%20from%202019
pressbooks.nscc.ca/worldhistory/chapter/chapter-8-absolutism
pressbooks.nscc.ca/worldhistory/chapter/the-english-civil-war-and-the-glorious-revolution
degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/fmst-2019-005/html
history.com/topics/russia/russian-revolution
history.com/this-day-in-history/romanov-family-executed
britannica.com/summary/Russian-Revolution
britannica.com/biography/Puyi
historyhit.com/puyi-last-emperor-of-china
Sources - Books
F. Fukuyama (1992) The End of History and The Last Man. The Free Press. New York
J. J. Rousseau (2004) The Social Contract. Penguin Books. London
W. Doyle (2019) The French Revolution. Oxford University Press. Oxford
A Brief History Of Spain (2019) J. Black. Robinson. Cornwall
Blood and Iron (2022) K. Hoyer. The History Press. Cheltenham
K. Ghattas (2020) Black Wave. Wildfire. Headline. London
Smith, S. A. (2002) The Russian Revolution – A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. Oxford
Sources - Journal Articles
Franz Michael (1955). State and Society in Nineteenth-Century China. World Politics, 7, pp 419-433 doi:10.2307/2009000
