Life in a Medieval Palace

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    Working, eating, and enjoying entertainment in the same room is no COVID invention-it dates back to palace life in the Middle Ages. Kings and other nobles used the great halls of their residences for a wide array of purposes. You'd better learn to love court jesters, traveler; they didn't have Netflix.
    This video is Episode 13 from the series The Middle Ages around the World, presented by Joyce Salisbury. Learn more about the Middle Ages at: www.wondrium.com
    00:00 King Henry's Court in Dover and Medieval Fashion
    05:03 What European Medieval Nobility Ate
    08:47 Castle Security during Uncertain Times
    11:20 Life in Medieval Muslim Palaces
    14:49 Muslim Dietary Restrictions
    17:26 A Glimpse inside China's Palaces
    22:39 Conservatism and Innovation in Medieval China
    24:05 Chopsticks Origin and Exotic Chinese Foods
    27:55 What Medieval Daily Life Teaches Us about Humanity
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Komentáře • 110

  • @purplepeoplreater1
    @purplepeoplreater1 Před 2 lety +25

    Professor Salisbury is a masterful storyteller. I feel like I've learned and will probably retain more from listening to her than normally. I could listen to her for hours!

    • @susanmorgan8833
      @susanmorgan8833 Před 2 měsíci

      She is excellent. As a history student, I found her enchanting.

  • @kristinessTX
    @kristinessTX Před 2 lety +13

    I have read, listened to, and watched history recounts daily for three decades now. She is an excellent story teller and her knowledge is vast. She is one of the best I have encountered. I could listen to her all day.

  • @StephiSensei26
    @StephiSensei26 Před 2 lety +39

    I feel as though I've been imparted some great truth or truths, simply by listening to this teacher speak. Thank you so much for this opportunity to be exposed to such a fine speaker. Terrific Video! This is how our young people should be taught. A half hour with this teacher is worth a semester with many others.

    • @youssefrochdi1994
      @youssefrochdi1994 Před 2 lety +4

      She speaks like how a good writer would write. That is a fascinating skill

    • @mademoiselledusfonctionell1609
      @mademoiselledusfonctionell1609 Před 2 lety +3

      So do I, but I doubt that Vikings did not have wood.
      Anyone who has been to Sweden and Norway (Denmark not as much)
      knows that the countries consist mainly of large forests,
      some of which have been there for millennia.
      Concerning forests and forestry.
      Domänverket (instituted in the 17th century to manage the state's forests)
      planted oak trees for shipbuilding for the Marine in 1831 on the island Visingsö.
      In 1975(!), the director of Domänverket sent a letter to the Marines
      that the first oaks were ready. (The oak forest still stands on Visingsö.)
      skogshistoria.se/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/%C3%85rsskrift-2009-s-62-65-Lars-Hansson-Skogen-v%C3%A5r-framtid.pdf

    • @StephiSensei26
      @StephiSensei26 Před 2 lety +2

      @@mademoiselledusfonctionell1609 Well, I'm a bit confused. You are absolutely correct about the forests of Skandinavia. I've lived there for many years and I can attest to the fact that the trees are there! Anyway, what do some people think the Vikings sailed around in? Inflatable Rubber Boats? No, their wonderful Viking ships were built from the forests of Scandinavia. Tack så mycket!

  • @michailiamichailia5493
    @michailiamichailia5493 Před 2 lety +12

    Great video, very good speaker who makes easy to understand by non native speakers of the english language without missing one single word! Thank you!!!

  • @binhoangchannel8538
    @binhoangchannel8538 Před 2 lety +29

    Damn. What a great lecture. This lady has got it together

  • @samanthajohnson6323
    @samanthajohnson6323 Před 2 lety +15

    Very well narrated. I thoroughly enjoyed the video.

  • @TheStormyReport
    @TheStormyReport Před 2 lety +3

    Best use of 30 minutes I’ve spent in a very long time! Just Wow!

  • @bonnielucas153
    @bonnielucas153 Před 2 lety +6

    Very nice presentation. She would be a fine teacher with whom to take a class

  • @brenmanock
    @brenmanock Před 2 lety +10

    Great lecture Thanks professor. I learned a lot

  • @kathy2929
    @kathy2929 Před 2 lety +5

    I love history! Thank you for this video!

  • @neilchisholm8376
    @neilchisholm8376 Před 2 lety +10

    Great vlog. Loved it. Had me thinking deeply about many issues she brought up. Looking forward to more vlogs like this. Subscribed and liked!

    • @TheGreatCourses
      @TheGreatCourses  Před 2 lety +1

      Glad you enjoyed it, Neil! You can also visit our website for even more content! 😉 Wondrium.com

  • @patriciafaison9164
    @patriciafaison9164 Před 2 lety +4

    Very good lecture. Would listen to her anytime. 💝

  • @nelled6240
    @nelled6240 Před 2 lety +5

    Thank you for your excellent teaching

  • @cheralgeen3214
    @cheralgeen3214 Před 2 lety +4

    Thank you Professor Salisbury, so very interesting, I have learnt a great deal listening to you.
    Your voice and the way you impart your knowledge are a joy. Shame the adverts have to cut in.
    The way you presented the Alhambra, brought back wonderful memories of my time there.
    I did shudder at the list of animals consumed. Again thank you for imparting your great knowledge, from Castles to life lived inside them.

    • @TheGreatCourses
      @TheGreatCourses  Před 2 lety

      Thank you for your great feedback and for watching. We'll make sure to share your comments with our team.

  • @rogersledz6793
    @rogersledz6793 Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

  • @highfive7689
    @highfive7689 Před rokem

    Professor Salisbury I loved your concise yet lavish lecture. It's coverage extended away beyond the restrictive Eurocentric boundaries most historians cover on the subject. Thank you, for your presentation.

  • @judithmacfadzen9516
    @judithmacfadzen9516 Před 2 lety +2

    I loved this. Thank you.

  • @richardwaugaman1505
    @richardwaugaman1505 Před 2 lety +6

    "Shakespeare" was close to Queen Elizabeth, and wrote plays for her that included veiled topical references to her, her court--and her father. So I wonder if the scene in King Lear that takes place at Dover may have contained some hitherto unrecognized allusion to her father, King Henry VIII.

  • @SmokeyTreats
    @SmokeyTreats Před 2 lety +2

    @Wonderium. Thanks much for this vid! Joyce Salisbury is amazing! I hope she has more vids.

  • @faithhowe6170
    @faithhowe6170 Před 2 lety +2

    Very informative and enjoyable to listen to. Thank you.

  • @penelopemiller1908
    @penelopemiller1908 Před 2 lety +2

    A well expressed narrative thank you.

  • @moreengover6033
    @moreengover6033 Před 2 lety +2

    I loved this. So interesting.

  • @andreagrimaud9288
    @andreagrimaud9288 Před 2 lety +1

    Very interesting. I like how she talks about and compares the different parts of the world.

  • @carolynhoff7668
    @carolynhoff7668 Před 2 lety +1

    Brilliant content and presentation!! 🌺

  • @dickmcshan9778
    @dickmcshan9778 Před 2 lety +1

    This is such an entertaining and educational presentation. Professor Salisbury has an exceptional speaking voice. Cheers, Dick from Vancouver.

    • @TheGreatCourses
      @TheGreatCourses  Před 2 lety

      Thank you for your great feedback and for watching. We'll make sure to share your comments with our team.

  • @dglawrence5970
    @dglawrence5970 Před 2 lety +1

    I thoroughly enjoyed your lecture.

  • @Souljahna
    @Souljahna Před rokem

    This is a wonderfully educational talk. She not only describes the lifestyles of the past but the reasoning behind them. It gives you a wider perspective on history, makes strange customs and behaviour more comprehensible, and show you however much we change,
    we stay the same.

  • @patriciadean5320
    @patriciadean5320 Před 2 lety +2

    Very interesting-thank you

  • @harryedwards9391
    @harryedwards9391 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks your made for this Great story teller and reader

  • @v.g.r.l.4072
    @v.g.r.l.4072 Před 2 lety

    What a pleasant presence the host has and how interesting what she says is. The understanding of history is axial for everyone to appraise what life endows us with. Thanks.

  • @webbmechannel5235
    @webbmechannel5235 Před rokem

    pigs water could heal snake bite wounds was an interesting remedy. The women with bound feet being carried around as they couldn’t walk and being a turn on of sorts pretty interesting too. I enjoyed the presenting of all of this information though.

  • @anndaley4001
    @anndaley4001 Před 2 lety +1

    Oh I have learnt so much.......Thank you

  • @margemenner4073
    @margemenner4073 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you, great teacher!!!!

  • @sandragruhle6288
    @sandragruhle6288 Před 2 lety

    Outstanding!

  • @PieterBreda
    @PieterBreda Před 2 lety +2

    Very interesting video.

  • @dennisanderson5862
    @dennisanderson5862 Před 2 lety

    Thank you!

  • @danijeljovic2270
    @danijeljovic2270 Před rokem

    I think this woman could direct some epic medieval movie, series

  • @MaroonedInDub
    @MaroonedInDub Před 2 lety +2

    Very interesting

  • @marieviljoen3195
    @marieviljoen3195 Před 2 lety

    Thank you.

  • @johnlewis3891
    @johnlewis3891 Před rokem

    My chair is a barbarian couch, LOL!

  • @georgejcking
    @georgejcking Před rokem

    Very interesting!!!!!

  • @roxannamiguel7291
    @roxannamiguel7291 Před rokem

    AWESOME!

  • @DianeEgby-Edwards
    @DianeEgby-Edwards Před 5 měsíci

    Thankyou so much. | learned a lot from your talk. especially as there was no awful background 'music' 💙

  • @NurseryEnterprises
    @NurseryEnterprises Před rokem +1

    Their water was cleaner than ours?!? Even with their sewage running into it?!?

  • @mikecobalt7005
    @mikecobalt7005 Před 2 lety

    :) Very Good.

  • @crewrangergaming9582
    @crewrangergaming9582 Před 2 lety +3

    $10 million pounds for such a big palace is quite low.. but who knows how many people were underpaid or not paid at all and the cost involved just the materials

    • @MachaMongRuad
      @MachaMongRuad Před 2 lety +3

      He already owned all the quarries and forests, so I imagine cost of materials was quite low.

    • @sciencerscientifico310
      @sciencerscientifico310 Před 2 lety +1

      Well, that depends. There weren't strict labor laws in those days. Not to mention the kings could use their royal power to take whatever they wanted, the "royal discount" if you will.

  • @leoperidot482
    @leoperidot482 Před 2 lety +4

    Who would want to live in a castle during the middle ages. I can imagine the place stunk to high heaven!

    • @kenmcdaniel6913
      @kenmcdaniel6913 Před 2 lety

      Also cold and drafty!!!!!!!

    • @leoperidot482
      @leoperidot482 Před 2 lety

      @@kenmcdaniel6913 You can always layer up. Sit by the fire during the cold season. But in the sweltering heat, you can only take so much off. Sweat and body odor would permeate throughout the castle considering people weren't known to take baths, practice hygiene, or wash their clothes. It's be like living in some trailer park in Florida.

    • @pipfox7834
      @pipfox7834 Před 2 lety

      regarding b.o and hygeine: yes, your description is pretty accurate. However, people -especially courting couples - were aware of the need to be sweet smelling and spent money, if they had it, on perfumes from the east. Fresh rushes were daily strewn on the banquet hall floors, or sawdust, to help absorb spills and the old rushes taken outside to the muck heaps or put on the fields as fertiliser. Even a poor peasant could perfume their home or their person with freshly picked flowers of the field.

  • @sciencerscientifico310
    @sciencerscientifico310 Před 2 lety +5

    Don't they mean "CASTLES"? In the medieval era, most castles were hardly palatial. Now the Alhambra is palatial! As is Warwick and Windsor Castles, although their more palatial decorations are 17th to 19th century decor, the original medieval decoration of these castles was far plainer. Original castle decor varied but the baroque style decor didn't even exist yet.

    • @sandragruhle6288
      @sandragruhle6288 Před 2 lety

      As “are” Warwick and Windsor Castle(s) is the correct verb, since there are two of them.🤫

  • @elainebrooksbank5281
    @elainebrooksbank5281 Před 2 lety +2

    Despite the pipe roles outlining the cost of Henry II’s remodelling of Dover Castle there are contemporary records of it being viewed as “old-fashioned” as it was being constructed.
    There were no fireplaces built in and yet the Tower of London, built over 100 years earlier, had several. Obviously the use of braziers were still required in Dover Castle creating smoke which the small windows set high in the walls would have done very little to clear. Those small windows which let in very little light in and let very little smoke out were left unglazed. And yet several cathedrals had been constructed with huge, elaborately stained glass windows at the time.
    So, according to those same pipe rolls Henry II, spent a huge fortune on erecting an old fashioned, draughty, chilly, smoke filled castle when the technology had been around to create an innovative building for years. It might have made sense to support tradition over progress to him but, apparently, not to the majority of his contemporaries.
    Excellent lecture.

  • @janne639
    @janne639 Před rokem

    I love this narrator's voice! I have a trained ear and am VERY sensitive to voice qualities -- sybiant Ss, sticky mouth and mouth-smacky sounds drive me up a wall, as do women who affect little girl voices and people who use pressured speech to command attention. I would listen to more documentaries and audio books if more narrators sounded as pleasant as this woman.

  • @franciscojose6496
    @franciscojose6496 Před 2 lety +1

    Interesting channel in information congratulation Marvel channel

  • @zhoubaidinh403
    @zhoubaidinh403 Před 2 lety +1

    I'd be pissed off if a peasant during medieval times,

  • @joelgottfried5849
    @joelgottfried5849 Před 2 lety +12

    strange no mention of Africa? They couldve mentioned Ethiopia, kilwa kiswani, Mali or many of the swahili city states

    • @nicolaslalonde2807
      @nicolaslalonde2807 Před 2 lety +2

      I second that, would be amazing to get a historically accurate picture.

    • @khaldebrahim8790
      @khaldebrahim8790 Před 2 lety

      They only care for Africa as source of raw materials for their factories and workers for industry. This is the ugly face of the western civilization

    • @starcapture3040
      @starcapture3040 Před 2 lety +1

      these places too far from the trade routes so they never affected each other

    • @TheMogregory
      @TheMogregory Před 2 lety +3

      @@starcapture3040 I don't know how they connected the more densely populated areas but there were important trade routes throughout Africa - gold, salt, books and silks etc. Although I don't know how many older buildings (equivalent to palaces) still exist. It would make an interesting topic.

    • @juliairzyk
      @juliairzyk Před 2 lety +6

      She does in the other lectures in this series. This is a great series. Truly global. Unfortunately you are only seeing one episode.

  • @silvanafioretti7133
    @silvanafioretti7133 Před 2 lety +5

    Strangely it's not mentioned Swabian king Frederick II, called "Stupor Mundi" (wonder of the world); a charismatic figure of his time (13th century); man of great culture (he spoke six languages including fluent arabic), fond in art, literature, architecture, techniques of falconry, anatomy and more; furthermore excellent diplomatic and politician! Check on yt: "Frederick II liked a strange, mysteriuos geometry"

    • @pipfox7834
      @pipfox7834 Před 2 lety

      are any of his castles or palaces still around? this is mainly what the lecture was about. How and why these large imposing structures functioned, and which ones are still around to day. Thanks for mentioning the Swabian king, will look it up.

    • @pipfox7834
      @pipfox7834 Před 2 lety

      the vlog also developed a good contrast between the two very different cultures of the pre eminent powers of the time.

    • @pipfox7834
      @pipfox7834 Před 2 lety

      woops, I meant to say: THREE pre eminent powers (not to forget China) i was cooking dinner and listening as well, so i missed a few bits!

    • @pipfox7834
      @pipfox7834 Před 2 lety

      woops, I meant to say: THREE pre eminent powers (not to forget China) i was cooking dinner and listening as well, so i missed a few bits!

    • @silvanafioretti7133
      @silvanafioretti7133 Před 2 lety

      @@pipfox7834 Amazing medieval castles: czcams.com/video/G9-YGUAjU78/video.html

  • @TreyCapnerhurst
    @TreyCapnerhurst Před 2 lety

    THANK YOU for pointing out the bizarre myth that they drank ale because water wasn't safe to drink. Were they polluting water more than the rest of Europe? Was their tech that different? Why wasn't ale drinking of that quantity a Thing anywhere else then? And how would they know that? It's simultaneously giving them credit for too much tech knowledge and not enough.

    • @pipfox7834
      @pipfox7834 Před 2 lety

      if you want a great medieval read, try A Distant Mirror. Across this whole era we see many wars, followed by drought and crop failures, followed by plague and population crashes. Typhoid and bubonic plague kept recurring in the wake of all the upheavals each few decades. So yes, city water supplies could easily carry bacterial contamination. Even large towns would have been affected, unless you kept the latrines away from ground water by putting your well on higher ground, perhaps.

  • @melanoidmarkus
    @melanoidmarkus Před 8 měsíci

    👍🏾👌🏾

  • @EdmundSkye
    @EdmundSkye Před 2 lety +2

    we love tipsy water

  • @peterolbrisch1653
    @peterolbrisch1653 Před 2 lety +2

    It sucked. No modern plumbing so that means no toilets, no washing machines, no water from a tap, medical care was drilling a hole in your head, no air conditioning, and no wi fi.

    • @sciencerscientifico310
      @sciencerscientifico310 Před 2 lety +1

      It would be cool living in a modern castle though! One that includes the mod cons.

    • @peterolbrisch1653
      @peterolbrisch1653 Před 2 lety +1

      @@sciencerscientifico310 It has to have a dungeon.

  • @user-cc1rr6hg6v
    @user-cc1rr6hg6v Před měsícem

    Was it not possible to put the teleprompter for her directly below the camera,it was distracting to watch her looking off into space, it made the whole thing look very amateurish

  • @joseesteller1556
    @joseesteller1556 Před 2 lety +2

    Tabaco in the Middle Ages ?

    • @davidarundel6187
      @davidarundel6187 Před 2 lety +1

      It came from the Americas , to Europe , and would have been traded in the region , it came from , used primarily in ceremonial purposes .

    • @jordanbuuck5934
      @jordanbuuck5934 Před 2 lety +2

      @@davidarundel6187 but not in the Middle Ages

  • @DCfred
    @DCfred Před 2 lety

    Too many ads!

    • @janetwiatrek3644
      @janetwiatrek3644 Před 2 lety

      Wish I had speakers in college like this one. I would have listened more closely. So interesting.

  • @marieviljoen3195
    @marieviljoen3195 Před 2 lety

    ENGLISH SUBTITLES?

    • @TheGreatCourses
      @TheGreatCourses  Před 2 lety

      Hi Marie! You can change the subtitle language by using the settings gear at the bottom right of the video.

  • @nithqueen
    @nithqueen Před rokem

    ''vikings had no wood'' aight that's the dumbest thing i've ever heard. norway has exported wood for 1000s of years, we've got nothing if not wood

  • @benquinneyiii7941
    @benquinneyiii7941 Před 2 lety

    Caste system

  • @debrawoodrick2889
    @debrawoodrick2889 Před 2 lety

    It's the opposite. The Jews didn't eat pork. That set them apart not vice versa. Weird comment.

  • @L_Train
    @L_Train Před 2 lety

    I can't stand Dan hausen. not in a heel kind of way either. And I darn sure wouldn't call him a "star" even in the little niche aew bubble

  • @keepitsimple4629
    @keepitsimple4629 Před 2 lety

    I'd prefer to see more pictures of the medieval people and palaces than seeing the narrator in 99% of the frames. Seeing her face is totally unnecessary.