Good content but the sound editing is shockingly bad. Background music is often so loud it drowns out the narration and narration talking over people already talking in the video.
How some human figured out how to make that rich purple color from shellfish and chemicals and dye, none of which are the color purple is beyond incredible.
Probably used every other fish and creature they cld think of and some they didnt before they discovered it, or, they found it by complete accident while doing something which had nothing to do with dye, they saw the purple and said GEE thats pretty lol.
There were people back then who just experimented with things and discovered things either by accident or they had some idea of what the chemicals or ingredients might do.
I’m not sure if it’s the worst job. However, if I was a time traveler, I would have made a mint with the easily accessible colors and dyes that are available today .
So cool though! I wouldn't mind the smell- Had I seen it in medieval times, I would've been obsessed with purple making after watching that "magical" process of color-changing oxidation before my eyes!
Didn’t concern the plague or Tudors, so was going to scroll past until my husband reminded me “Medieval Servant’s lives mattered” so here I am, watching.
I've made riveted maile before. Eventually, it builds you as much as you build it; you learn how many rings you can do in one sitting, and the steps up to the knitting no longer feel painful. The stuff I made was very small, far too small to be used in normal garmets, but perfect for gloves (~5000 links total), plus I did different butted link patterns at different ring sizes as experiments. Once you learn to work in batches and you find a rhythm in the process, it becomes less laborious and more like making a stockpile of rings, so all you'll have to do is focus on knitting, which is an entirely different kettle of fish; lots of counting, attention to the details and use of triangles.
I once made s beautiful chainmail necklace with pearls, and a hand hammered clasp. It took around 10 hours in total but it was such an enjoyable project. I need to get back into it. I may remake the same necklace but in stainless steel.
that's so interesting! Was it something you could eventually do and hold a conversation at the same time without losing track or was it usually just a solitary job? It's something that I've always been fascinated by, such incredible detail and craftsmanship.
@RealElongatedMuskrat Depends on what part of the process you're doing. Making the rings takes less brain power to do because it's just "repeat this until done." Knitting/weaving can take some forethought, but that does depend on what you're exactly doing. A sleeve is pretty straightforward; and the torso has some sneaky areas. But if you're just cranking out different forms of triangles, it could be easy to keep a conversation while doing it. It's like crochet, but you have the freedom to stop and start anywhere on the pattern.
Shes like the ryan seacrest of history shows, shes EVERYWHERE lol... but,no one,is as happy to be in the public eye,as NDT with his mulit verse and space talks though. 😂 or the director or antiquities and relations in EGYPT, Haawas or w.e his name is. They LOVE hearing themselves talk on tv, and it shows lol. Atleast RUTH is a reserved person and humble about being on like...300 history Channel shows
Believe it or not I could imagine the smell of the rotten shellfish on the purple making. I unload trucks for a shipping company and one time I opened up a trailer and just the putrid smell of rotten fish permeated everywhere after a shipment of live fish went bad. It was one of the worst smells I have ever smelled and still had to unload the thing. So I can picture what that shellfish smell was.
This is fascinating. I knew that purple dye was a big deal, but I had no idea of the process behind actually getting the purple pigment! All these jobs look very labor-intensive in a way that is almost hard to understand in our modern world.
I'm am greatly enjoying the content but a little bothered by the sound balance - the music is a bit too loud to allow the narrator to be heard well beneath it., (Just realized that they are aware - finally read the description). Still content is good. Close Captioning certainly helped.
That was no punishment for the royal brat was it? He probably enjoyed getting the poor whipping boy in trouble. 😐 Good training to destroy empathy and create a sadistic, cruel monster. 😠
This channel is so close to perfection, the audio is unbearable though! It is often impossible to hear the narrator over the blaring background music, and there is even narration over other talking. Great content otherwise.
I don’t understand why the jousters run towards each other with the lances in their right hands while charging each other- so that the hand holding the horses reins is closest to the center separation?Why not switch lanes and charge towards each other so that the lances are closest to the center divider when they charge at each other? Is it more dangerous or is there a logical reason?
Jousting (and all other parts of the tournaments too) are based in actual warfare, which means you'd hold your spear or lance (or sword/mace/axe) in the right hand and likely a shield in the left. Tournament armour however improved so much that the shield stopped being a necessary part of the equipment during the joust, but the "form" used stayed the same.
Excellent video and quite an eye opener. It serves to illustrate that in the past, monarchs were not just rich people who were catered to because they could pay well. Monarchs had absolute power of life and death over their subjects. Despite calling these "jobs" these poor people were more slaves than anything else.
@@chucku.farley3927 Where's your source? I think your source is you made the the frick up. I could care less if she did. She made my country Trinidad and Tobago a republic so I'm giving my salute.
What's with the sound in this video? Music is louder than the narrator, narrator is talking over another person (and the volume is the same, mind you), what even is that?
The purple dye job was disgusting and I think being a Gong farmer was equally gross. From Wikipedia “Gong farmer (also gongfermor, gongfermour, gong-fayer, gong-fower or gong scourer) was a term that entered use in Tudor England to describe someone who dug out and removed human excrement from privies and cesspits. The word "gong" was used for both a privy and its contents”. 🤮🤮🤮
This show gives the false impression that each of these jobs was done by a single person. More typically, there were dozens or even hundreds of people working in each of these crafts for a royal palace.
Thumbs down because of title. >Surprisingly short life of a food taster Even back then I doubt anyone was surprised when they were poisoned. Less so now.
Just as a tip, subtitles work on this video (turn them on with the “cc” button in the top corner.) They’re immensely helpful for non-native speakers even when the sound mixing is very good quality.
I've always thought falconry is fascinating. That had to be one of the most rewarding occupations you could attain as a commoner. They probably got a lot of respect from the royals, felt a lot of pride if their birds were particularly good hunters.
A seriously "crappy" job he's not covered yet: the "gong farmer." Though he called it "chain mail", (was just maille until recently), impressive that they showed riveted maille.
That wasn't a royal job, yes, they would have them come to collect the shit, but it wasn't specifically for royals. Groom of the stool was a job though, basically they wiped the king's ass.
I'm hard of hearing. Your sound is mixed so poorly that I can't hear the speech clearly. Can y'all please either fix this, add accurate captions, or ideally both?
The snaffle bit had not yet been in use. Wish the tack was period correct. But still: The forces in play in jousting? How did this become “fun”? Think I broke something just watching this reconstruction.
Good content but the sound editing is shockingly bad. Background music is often so loud it drowns out the narration and narration talking over people already talking in the video.
i’m surprised no one else mentioned this! it was so distracting.
What?! Huh?! I can't read your comment the music is too loud!
Ikr? That's why I have to use CC! 😒
I am here for the background music but the documentary was on the way.
It's edited to be like a tv show
It would be nice if the background sound was turned down a little, so the narrator has a chance to tell the story 😅
Every single youtube video .I dont know why they put music so loud. info video not music video
How some human figured out how to make that rich purple color from shellfish and chemicals and dye, none of which are the color purple is beyond incredible.
It was an accident. Pure trial and error.
probably by accident
Probably used every other fish and creature they cld think of and some they didnt before they discovered it, or, they found it by complete accident while doing something which had nothing to do with dye, they saw the purple and said GEE thats pretty lol.
Probably saw the rotten shellfish staining the dishes that they washed with lye.
There were people back then who just experimented with things and discovered things either by accident or they had some idea of what the chemicals or ingredients might do.
Being a “purple maker” sounds like something from a children’s book.
Shame it was so putrid in reality
I’m not sure if it’s the worst job. However, if I was a time traveler, I would have made a mint with the easily accessible colors and dyes that are available today
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So cool though! I wouldn't mind the smell- Had I seen it in medieval times, I would've been obsessed with purple making after watching that "magical" process of color-changing oxidation before my eyes!
I wish the sound editing was better; I can’t understand what Tony is introducing on account of the music in the “background”
Ya it definitely needs more fading effect
My relaxation after work is this channel. Le sigh❤
Same
Didn’t concern the plague or Tudors, so was going to scroll past until my husband reminded me “Medieval Servant’s lives mattered” so here I am, watching.
Best comment ever!! 😁
I've made riveted maile before.
Eventually, it builds you as much as you build it; you learn how many rings you can do in one sitting, and the steps up to the knitting no longer feel painful.
The stuff I made was very small, far too small to be used in normal garmets, but perfect for gloves (~5000 links total), plus I did different butted link patterns at different ring sizes as experiments.
Once you learn to work in batches and you find a rhythm in the process, it becomes less laborious and more like making a stockpile of rings, so all you'll have to do is focus on knitting, which is an entirely different kettle of fish; lots of counting, attention to the details and use of triangles.
I once made s beautiful chainmail necklace with pearls, and a hand hammered clasp. It took around 10 hours in total but it was such an enjoyable project. I need to get back into it. I may remake the same necklace but in stainless steel.
that's so interesting! Was it something you could eventually do and hold a conversation at the same time without losing track or was it usually just a solitary job? It's something that I've always been fascinated by, such incredible detail and craftsmanship.
@RealElongatedMuskrat
Depends on what part of the process you're doing.
Making the rings takes less brain power to do because it's just "repeat this until done."
Knitting/weaving can take some forethought, but that does depend on what you're exactly doing. A sleeve is pretty straightforward; and the torso has some sneaky areas. But if you're just cranking out different forms of triangles, it could be easy to keep a conversation while doing it.
It's like crochet, but you have the freedom to stop and start anywhere on the pattern.
What's up with the music volume?
It was such a lovely surprise to see Ruth Goodman! I've dearly missed her in the recreations!
This was great, like 'Dirty Jobs' w Medieval Mike Rowe! 😊 I hope there are more like it!
Good to see Ruth Goodman in this she's really informative about this stuff.
Shes like the ryan seacrest of history shows, shes EVERYWHERE lol... but,no one,is as happy to be in the public eye,as NDT with his mulit verse and space talks though. 😂 or the director or antiquities and relations in EGYPT, Haawas or w.e his name is. They LOVE hearing themselves talk on tv, and it shows lol. Atleast RUTH is a reserved person and humble about being on like...300 history Channel shows
I enjoyed these farm series quite a lot and was happy to see her again here^^
She’s the best - she just loves what she does so much, I always enjoy watching her. 😊
Believe it or not I could imagine the smell of the rotten shellfish on the purple making. I unload trucks for a shipping company and one time I opened up a trailer and just the putrid smell of rotten fish permeated everywhere after a shipment of live fish went bad. It was one of the worst smells I have ever smelled and still had to unload the thing. So I can picture what that shellfish smell was.
I love your channel because you make me travel back in time like I'm in those eras
Maybe. If the background music was not so loud.
The content is terrific as per usual but the sound editing is pure chaos on this episode.
my good sir WHY O WHY did you TASTE it?!?!!!????? 47:39 🤢 🤢 🤢 hahahahaha
I suspect he was asking himself that question for quite a while 😂
I love all of Tony Robinson's presentations!
The overlapping commentary is wild 😅
Tony Robinson, one of the best. RIP Mick Aston. RIP Queen Elizebeth.
When he fell of the horse it stopped and was like "you alright?" So cute
Great episode. That purple dye was shocking. I didn’t expect that.
His reaction to the fermented shellfish is my new spirit animal
The physical embodiment of this emoji >> 🤢
@@AbsoluteHistory4:58
Love these videos, but I can barely hear anyone speaking. All the other sounds are too loud
Very enjoyable episode. Thank you so much✌️💗
Keep up the great work dude
The music is so loud that it is difficult for me to hear the narration. Perhaps the score could be lower in volume.
As a fellow left-handed person I felt so seen by the “left-handed” excuse.
“Oh I’m left-handed”
“Oh me too.”
“Oh alright then…”
😂😂😂
I am here for the background music but the documentary was on the way.
VERY interesting, but I find the music really annoying because it almost drowns out the narration. I do NOT watch this kind of video for the music!
Music is a bit too loud
Too bad I can barely hear the main dude talking with the sound mixing making the music and sound effects too loud. 😢
Watching him try the axe was entertaining
I loved this series by Tony, I got it on DVD! 😂😂
Toby Capwell! He appeared in Insider's "How Real is It?" about medieval armor and weapons! Gosh I didn't realize he got around THAT much haha.
I didn't realize that Ruth would be in this she is freaking awesome in the Farm Life series
I liked the Tudor, Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian era videos that she is in too
Excellent made video. Funny way of explination. Thank you for uploading.
i could not help but laugh - the poor guy that had to make the chain mail - what a terrible job......
Never gave it a thought before this.
This is fascinating. I knew that purple dye was a big deal, but I had no idea of the process behind actually getting the purple pigment! All these jobs look very labor-intensive in a way that is almost hard to understand in our modern world.
I'm am greatly enjoying the content but a little bothered by the sound balance - the music is a bit too loud to allow the narrator to be heard well beneath it., (Just realized that they are aware - finally read the description). Still content is good. Close Captioning certainly helped.
Imagine having a dedicated person to take your beating for you as a kid. I would have been unbearable.
That was no punishment for the royal brat was it? He probably enjoyed getting the poor whipping boy in trouble. 😐 Good training to destroy empathy and create a sadistic, cruel monster. 😠
I thought the idea was to have them be friends so the heir wouldn't want his friends hurt
It was a lovelg surpride to see ruth goodman in an episode of worst jobs
The link maker didn't get PAID! Then I guess they must have fed him and gave him a room to sleep...
Well, my job could be worse. Thanks for reminding me how good I'm got it. Carry on, please.
Excellent production.
Awesome clip! Great Job!
This channel is so close to perfection, the audio is unbearable though! It is often impossible to hear the narrator over the blaring background music, and there is even narration over other talking. Great content otherwise.
Do we enjoy the transitional talking over eachother or no
I thought it was my phone but nope the editor fell asleep on the job again lmao
Oh lighten up buttercup. lol
It felt like an error and hard to listen to either. Definitely need to drop the volume on the film if we're supposed to listen to the voiceover.
Get over yourselves dead set the amount of entitlement is pathetic go edit yourself champ then if your so offended by it
Agreeing with alot of people here. What is the music levels here??
I don’t understand why the jousters run towards each other with the lances in their right hands while charging each other- so that the hand holding the horses reins is closest to the center separation?Why not switch lanes and charge towards each other so that the lances are closest to the center divider when they charge at each other? Is it more dangerous or is there a logical reason?
maybe it is easier to hold it towards the inside than the outside of your body.
Jousting (and all other parts of the tournaments too) are based in actual warfare, which means you'd hold your spear or lance (or sword/mace/axe) in the right hand and likely a shield in the left. Tournament armour however improved so much that the shield stopped being a necessary part of the equipment during the joust, but the "form" used stayed the same.
Excellent video and quite an eye opener. It serves to illustrate that in the past, monarchs were not just rich people who were catered to because they could pay well. Monarchs had absolute power of life and death over their subjects. Despite calling these "jobs" these poor people were more slaves than anything else.
The bird catching is quite funny 🤣 lol
Did uhh nobody notice The audio is a lil off or nah
Can barely hear anyone talking over the music and other sounds
May the Her Majesty the Queen rest in peace.
she viewed the entire country as beneath her, I say so long.
@@chucku.farley3927 Where's your source? I think your source is you made the the frick up. I could care less if she did. She made my country Trinidad and Tobago a republic so I'm giving my salute.
Thank yu
Tony Robinson is hilarious... he would have played well a 'Hilarious 'Q" in the James Bond franchise.
When he lifted that trunk, i was luke oh my back!😅
At 37:00 you can see the worry in the man's eyes.
Does anyone know the name of the background music that starts playing at 38:10? Or if it's available anywhere?
SOUND EDITING IS WAAAAY OFF!!!! MUSIC TOO LOUD!
Sorry but everytime see Tony Robinson all I can think of is Blackadder insulting Balkdrick
Maybe I am late to the party and a bit slow but...is this Baldrick?
Yes. Tony Robinson 😊.
I just recognised the voice immediately :).@@carolwilliams8511
What's with the sound in this video? Music is louder than the narrator, narrator is talking over another person (and the volume is the same, mind you), what even is that?
The purple dye job was disgusting and I think being a Gong farmer was equally gross. From Wikipedia “Gong farmer (also gongfermor, gongfermour, gong-fayer, gong-fower or gong scourer) was a term that entered use in Tudor England to describe someone who dug out and removed human excrement from privies and cesspits. The word "gong" was used for both a privy and its contents”. 🤮🤮🤮
Queen Elizabeth the first was the first Karen as well....
HUH? I CANT HEAR YOU OVER THE BACKGROUND MUSIC!?
This show gives the false impression that each of these jobs was done by a single person. More typically, there were dozens or even hundreds of people working in each of these crafts for a royal palace.
Thumbs down because of title.
>Surprisingly short life of a food taster
Even back then I doubt anyone was surprised when they were poisoned. Less so now.
😂😂😂 @26:06 They likely had a great laugh.
Could you please separate music from speech in the future? The text is hardly understandable. In particular for non native speakers. Thank you
Just as a tip, subtitles work on this video (turn them on with the “cc” button in the top corner.) They’re immensely helpful for non-native speakers even when the sound mixing is very good quality.
I've always thought falconry is fascinating. That had to be one of the most rewarding occupations you could attain as a commoner. They probably got a lot of respect from the royals, felt a lot of pride if their birds were particularly good hunters.
Loved the video but spoilt by the music, etc.
So we play with birds the same way as cats lol
A seriously "crappy" job he's not covered yet: the "gong farmer."
Though he called it "chain mail", (was just maille until recently), impressive that they showed riveted maille.
That wasn't a royal job, yes, they would have them come to collect the shit, but it wasn't specifically for royals. Groom of the stool was a job though, basically they wiped the king's ass.
I'm surprised he didn't include the gong farmer because he has made a documentary about their lives before.
Lol I had to look up wot ur meaning. I didn't know that name foe the job
ah the gong farmer. Poor soul.
He did it in the first season of the show. The Tudor episode. Not sure if they've released it on CZcams or not.
Sound quality is almost unwatchable
All rulers derive their power from the working class
Anything with Ruth, I want to watch! Love her!
Why is the music so LOUD 😂
If you're having a hard time hearing the conversations through the music, it's your hearing that is the problem. Go get your hearing checked😊
I am glad you said that because I am having no trouble at all. So I was puzzled.
Great show but get rid of the music. It detracts.
how is this channel getting ads in on a premium subscription? :/
Yeah… just can’t watch these anymore… the b/g effects are overpowering. Why can’t they fix this issue?
I'm hard of hearing. Your sound is mixed so poorly that I can't hear the speech clearly. Can y'all please either fix this, add accurate captions, or ideally both?
I can't imagine the jousting maker truly had it bad
A repeat but still good.
The snaffle bit had not yet been in use. Wish the tack was period correct. But still: The forces in play in jousting? How did this become “fun”? Think I broke something just watching this reconstruction.
And a Wintek saddle??
I'm just thrilled to see a host who can ride halfway decent for once.
True! I too was surprised.
The class system in England has always been awful and inhumane.
That’s my dream job. Just no peas
The sound quality is really bad.
I disagree. I can hear it all perfectly. Perhaps it is your device volume that is at fault?
Ouch. He actually fell off that horse...hope he didn't hurt himself
So eating Taco Bell is like eating arsenic?
Description apologizes for the sound issues.
Also says “wood” instead of “would.” 🙃 lol
The sound mixing on this video is unhinged😂
Can’t cope with the ‘background’ music
At least they ate well.
The audio is terrible with this video.
How can the sound editing be this bad???
I appreciate the comments about the shorty audio, let me know to skip this one because it would have driven me BONKERS.
26:07
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