It never went away. They just found different ways of keeping people in place. Such as paying people just enough to get by and not enough to improve their lives at all
watching a documentary like this reminds me of my days being in school learning about history and our teacher would let us watch things like this on a tv with wheels
I think it's because it was made in the 90s. The 90s was a good decade imo when programmes could still be made without shoehorning in political ideology.
In other words most people though most of human history had terribly difficult life's and tho things are difficult we ought to take stock of how bloody grateful we all should be as the luckiest people who have ever lived.
We're still in the same boat. I guess I'm grateful for better Healthcare, or I would be if it wasn't financially crippling to be physically capable. What exactly are we supposed to be grateful for? That the few at the top are marginally less tyrannical on paper? What's the difference between being a serf and renting a $2000/ month apartment? They can't kick you out if you're a serf. These near-slaves had more rights than my neighbors on either side.
I've been telling people for years, we have moved back into feudalism. Taxed to death and all we get is military protection. Actually, all we get is to BE military protection for the rich.
of course, if you look edwardian times (Titanic, Dowton Abby) it is said clearly it failed, because they lost their terfs and those huge households couldnt be held without them. Also one thing point out is that peasent rarely could eat meat... it was only for rich. Todays super rich have understood that they want to go back to that system. Every step seems to take us nearer.. for instance 15 min cities where you are not allowed to leave without "persmission" etc.
Older documentaries are better. The newer ones have really short cuts, often missing large portions of historians monologues and everything is drowned in shit Hollywood boom boom music (catering to those with short to non existent attention spans).
brave sir robin ran away, bravely ran away away, when danger reared it’s ugly head he bravely turned his tail and fled, yes, brave sir robin turned about and gallantly he chickened out, swiftly taking to his feet, he beat a very brave retreat, bravest of the brave! sir robin!
oh my god this old guy with the butterfly being interviewed is the best, i could listen to him for hours. he is literally a godmode medieval history buff. he is a national treasure, make sure to keep this footage intact at all times and keep him safe.
Yes, isn't he marvellous. People like that are so necessary to stop the dumbing down of us plebs. Other people have written it, but "they" want us to become mental serfs, which is the worst type of bondage. . It looks like Dr. Lowery is sitting in a medieval cottage too. Ironic that they cost a fortune to buy today.
I want to come back to Dr. Lowry. You are so right. At approx. 41.30 I just burst out laughing when he explains that the French foot soldiers ran out of energy after crossing a field at the battle of Agincourt. Of course it is not funny. The absolute horror of military stupidity, but you can't help your imagination from running away, which shows how enriching Dr. Lowry's participation is. And the armour is slightly less heavy than what a marine carries. It really helps you to understand. Yes, he is brilliant and interesting (the two don't always go together LOL).
dont be delusional, basically they could sell their terfs if they did something wrong or torture. You would not last a day in that world as a terf. Let me give you some examples... there happned something with your crop... weather or whatever, you got less than usual... you still needed give your part to lord and then starve to death.
This the type of stuff that used to be on history channel and if I were to miss a day of school I could just watch all day and learn actual stuff still
I see a similar economy returning. Only this time the ruling class will be computers and A.I. as most of us lose our livelihoods to automation. Glad I'm almost 60 and I won't have to endure this horrible world that much longer. I feel sorry for you if you're young. The 50s through the 90s were so great. So glad I got to see much of it. Anyone young now, with rare exceptions, will be cursed with living in an ever worsening fucking nightmare dystopia.
I think you're trying to make yourself feel better about your old age. If AI would take over, it would be way better than humans, they'll never be capable of the hatred and evil humans have. We are the worst, AI will never surpass ourselves. But as a 60 yo you lived the golden age, you had the best of everything, you ruined the world for us millennials, and now you selfishly say you're happy it'll be over soon for you. Boomer in a nutshell. This is the world you built, if you have any complaints, look yourself in the mirror.
@@mojogustavo336Ze bugs the best bugs, homemade bugs, essentially nutritious bugs, we all should eat them, l eat them… cut this stuff is bad do you think peasants will really be this east to control?
Nothing about their catholic religious devotion? Serfs were fanatically catholic. They were required to attend mass and other catholic church services such as the Vespers service. They celebrated feast days devoted to different saints that gave them many days off to pray and attend church. A serf only worked 175 days per year due to feast days to dfiferent saints. Quite odd none of that was mentioned
Small correction, Latin wasn't the universal language of religion all over Europe. Greek and Church Slavonic were the lingua franca in Eastern Europe. Considering that the East Roman Empire (called Byzentene by historians) was the most powerful kingdom in Europe through most of the dark and middle ages I think it's quite important to remember that.
British records are easily accessible. All you need to do is learn Latin and the shorthand they used. The minutiae found in village courts give a very intricate picture of the village life. My favorite was a woman who pushed another woman into a flaming oven. I have always wondered why.
Usually when talking about medieval Europe, in a western european context, it is a reference to what you’d consider western european medieval history.. Is it necessarily entirely correct to do so? Probably not, but it’s pretty natural. A South African talking about African history, is probably not thinking terribly much about what was going on in Morocco. It’s hardly a display of great racism of rampant nationalism.
Been that way for some time. "The ultimate ownership of all property is in the State; individual so-called "ownership" is only by virtue of Government, i.e. law, amounting to mere user; and use must be in a concordance with the law, and subordinate to the necessities of the State." Senate resolution #62 Document #43 p. 13 para. 1 April 17 (calendar day April 24) 1933
@@flintliddon there is nothing wrong what he said. Look at the history and why in Edwardian society collapsed and what is needed to get back to the glory of that time.... i am pretty sure you neither will not be the one who will be on the I or II deck on titanic if it happens.
@@mrsmerily by “that guy” I was referring to Klaus Schwab leader of the WEF. not the you tube commenter Banter Man. And there is a lot wrong with what Klaus Schwab says and has said.
That's right, nothing changed for that at all. Like mentioned above, we walk in circles, still dit. We do it here on you-tube, and all across the world. 😉
Can you blame the overlords? Look how obedient was half of the population putting on their mask, staying home, forced to shut down their businesses and buy from a higher lord (Amazon)and put inside a test drug so the Lords could become richer (big Pharma) and now they are saying there's a bad man on the other side of the world and lords need to send our fruits of labor to them so they can become even richer (military industrial complex) With such a subservient and stupid population, I don't blame them
If you want to know what being a middle serf was like, go work a minimum wage job, you feel like a salve and know what it’s like to work for almost nothing
What? A true serf would slap you for such a blasphemy statement. In this current culture you're able to study and work to rise out of such situations. If anything I'd argue it's the middle class who really get the crap end of the stick in this modern society.
@@fringestream990 oh I’m sorry let me work in my 10 dollar hour job with a smile, wage not adjusted for the decades of inflation by the rich man. Here are some of the statistics that show why it’s so hard to get out of poverty in America:There are several factors that make it difficult for people to escape poverty in the United States, including: Lack of resources: People in poverty may not have access to capital, education, or connections Poor education: Many people in poverty are less educated and unemployed Income inequality: The income of the top 10% is more than 13 times higher than the bottom 10% Incarceration: Being poor can lead to prison, and time in prison can lead back to poverty Community programs: Poor community programs can make it difficult to get out of poverty Hope: People in poverty may feel powerless to change their situation and isolated from their community Other factors that make it difficult to escape poverty include: Lack of job opportunities Rising prices Lack of credit history Unstable living conditions Poor infrastructure and healthcare The exit rate from poverty is 56% after one year in poverty, but falls to 13% after seven or more years in poverty.
@@fringestream990no, for capitalism is after feudalism. Education does not really get you anywhere. The last 15 years after the 2008 recession should have taught you that
This is what happens when corporations tell you you don’t need a union and a political party tells you unions are un American. This is also how corporations become the lord…. They don’t pay taxes and have all the rights and you pay all the taxes and have no rights at work. Is there one single entity in your life where the exchange of money doesn’t come with a contract you have to sign at least ten times? I have a contract with a bank to give them my money to keep.( and they give you 1.3 percent while they take your money and invest it elsewhere to make more for themselves by the way.) All my credit cards have contracts. My mortgage. Every exchange of goods has a receipt. So why would you not what one to protect you in the very job that all of those contracts are fulfilled by way of a pay check for your hard work? Contracts are signed to protect both parties. This way the bank cannot come to you and say” sorry we made some bad investments, your mortgage is now double.” OR. “Hey, we said this APR but it’s now double.” Or your landlord can’t say “ hey, my niece needs aplace to live,please leave.” Why would in be unAmerican to want to protect your job and benefits? Why can a company at any time be able to tell you you will now make less? Work less hours? Pay more in premiums for your health insurance ? If you are lucky enough to to have any of those things. (And why do most upper management and CEO’s have contracts?) I think some of Europe’s citizens know they don’t want to be serfs again and how easy that becomes when you give away your negotiating power.
I don't really think so people can go to school and be anything they want to. You can live anywhere you want. I work hard saved up enough money for a good retirement so I call that a load of BS
@@MrCapeman1 out of 4 weeks effort/work/wages, you give 1 to the government. and if you dont you will go to jail. you might be a happier slave than in some past and current situations, but you are a slave.
The Professor explained those times so clearly and concisely. I've added so much to my History hoard - I aim to know everything about it before I pop my clogs. Thank you so much. ❤
Actually this institutionalized sponsored animated bullshit history aside, Life was very similar to what we have now. We are also serfs, yes including you. Like it or not, serfs back then, now serfs of late capitalism. Check out the zombies debating over inconsequential details in the comments below.
I have said for many years that we are going back to Victorian times where the bulk of wealth will be held by a few families and corporations and the gap between rich and poor will increase .
Basically, in medieval times, the rich and powerful could do whatever they wished within the boundaries of the law (which, of course, the same rich and powerful legislated for). Isn’t it a delight to know that we, the 99%, have changed all that?...plus ça change...
@@dorianphilotheates3769 until people Start seeing through the bs and get sick of it and revolt, and it all starts again. The problem is now, everyone knows what's happened and that it's getting worse. But no one wants to do anything
We assume the middle ages to be super religious, but we are reading largely from the point of view of monks... And those writings would also be seen and thus judged entirely by monks... ... Thats a lot of religious bias and a lot of pressure to add religious overtones to everything. ... I wonder how much of that bias is just on paper and how much was real
This system never ended, it merely evolved. Now the serfs/slaves/whatever you want to call it, slave away from 9-5, 5 days/week, only to have nearly half their earnings stolen by their lord (gov't) so they struggle to afford decent housing and good, healthy food.
@@herocortez "You will own nothing and you will be happy." "You WILL eat ze bugs!" Quotes from Klaus Schwab, head of the WEF which owns most of the western governments to varying degrees. "We own half ze cabinets in Canada and Argentina." Also look up "15-minute cities". If your city is on the list, get out!
Life improved significantly from the 19th century and from the 1960’s it sharply increased in the West! Absolute poverty has gone down dramatically and nice houses and towns and skyscrapers dotted the skyline! Infant mortality was 70% till the 18th century, now it is minimal in many places around the world! But modern philosophy and science has gone down the hill!
Looking at the thumbnail for this video, I was like, "Tom Petty was a medieval serf?" 😂 In seriousness, though, I am LOVING your channel-- thank you for providing such wonderful documentaries and content.
Actually this institutionalized sponsored animated bullshit history aside, Life was very similar to what we have now. We are also serfs, yes including you. Like it or not, serfs back then, now serfs of late capitalism. Check out the zombies debating over inconsequential details in the comments below.
A good documentary, the "boom" was the medieval warm period, the crash was the Little Ice Age, followed by the Black Death. The Lord's responsibilities to their tenants could've been covered better. If Terry Jones' Medieval Lives is accurate the lord of the manor was supposed to provide food from his stores to their tenants on feast days. There are more than 30 of those each year.
Being from the United States I spoke with the lady who was Irish and she said her father told her that everything is owned by the king so even if the feudal system doesn't exist it seems some of that viewpoint still carry on in the British isles
😮 Andrew Brown looks like a CGI meld of Percy Shelley and Lord Byron portraits, brought to life. Noted because his description and delivery about their lives was quite poetic.
Great upload! Crazy to see the economic parallels when it comes to modern day Europe & Africa. Those time In the Middle Ages wasn’t great at all so I hope it’s still the case today! No matter who is negatively affected or who it benefits
A lot of good and positive comments, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to watch more than 5 minutes as couldn’t cope with baroque music in a medieval documentary.
Actually this institutionalized sponsored animated bullshit history aside, Life was very similar to what we have now. We are also serfs, yes including you. Like it or not, serfs back then, now serfs of late capitalism. Check out the zombies debating over inconsequential details in the comments below.
I normally greatly enjoy historical programming but recently I find myself wondering how many times it has been rewritten and edited so as not to offend. How much accuracy and honesty is in it and how much has been completely left out?
Look at this, military service? Payment to legalize a marriage? Pay taxes in order to live on land? Sounds familiar to you? Nothing changed! Different governments, same rules.
@@jessiewhitman8688 This was part of another comment I made here. Definitely the opposite sentiment of the hippie nonsense of this post, if you want to bother finding it.
Actually this institutionalized sponsored animated bullshit history aside, Life was very similar to what we have now. We are also serfs, yes including you. Like it or not, serfs back then, now serfs of late capitalism. Check out the zombies debating over inconsequential details in the comments below.
Cut your losses and LEAVE. Western countries are being systematically eroded. Work online and avoid anywhere that is related to the Russia/U.S cold war.
Funny thing is that founder of capitalism adam smith in wealth of nations abhorrors landlording and would probably still disapprove of the current system, since it managed to accomplish the same circumstances under different laws.
Intended consequence was that the once-free people made into serfs by the Norman Conquest lived primarily on a grain and foraged diet and the invader aristocracy ate meat. Serfs were levied and there was droit de seigneur. The British language remained in use in parts of early Medieval England. These were not only two different classes, serfs and barons , but two or more races/sets of tribal groupings. The idea of an English nation is 'iffy'.
Droit de seigneur is a myth from after the Middle Ages. Serfs ate eggs, meats, cheese, and vegetables as well; just less meat than the rich because the rich man had the coin to get more and could hunt more.
I read somewhere that droit de seigneur was not practiced in medieval Europe. Similiar reports debunked the idea of chastity belts. Have I been misinformed?
The Lord was expected to feed the serf on days that the serf worked his land, also he would need to provide the tools as a serf was not required to use his tools on the Lords lands. What of course they don't tell you is that the serf lived under more democracy than you do today.
@@mrsmerily Serfs had their own patch of land for food plus use of common land. That was taken away in the industrial revolution and we were forced to work in factories and offices.
My ancestors were all serfs and i'm a lowly wage slave, which isn't pretty far off. Most people are slaves to the rich, and this has pretty much been the case throughout all of history.
My 10X Great grandfather was knighted by Elizabeth for securing the Irish Conquest and 10Xs Great Uncle was Lord Mayor of the City of London, but very true. Many generations later their descendents would be working their land in the Carolinas and Virginia alongside their sharecropers after the Civil War. All of these new age types who believe in past lives have visions of themselves living as an 18th century Austrian countess or Bohemian baron. They'd be beating the odds if they were within that Top 30th percentile who could have regular access to the poor cuts of meat and offal they could purchase from the butcher at discount just before or in the early stages of going bad and set aside for the swine.
great content, I just wonder why baroque music would have been chosen for a Middle ages documentary, there's so much music that could have fit this better!
Would you prefer 13th century French Provencal troubadour music? I have a cassette. Local peasant music isn't available or written down. Sumer is icumen in, perhaps?
@@irenejohnston6802from wikipedia... "Ireland, Scotland, and Wales shared a tradition of bards, who acted as musicians, but also as poets, story tellers, historians, genealogists, and lawyers, relying on an oral tradition that stretched back generations.[15] Often accompanying themselves on the harp, they can also be seen in records of the Scottish courts throughout the medieval period.[16] We also know from the work of Gerald of Wales that at least from the 12th century, group singing was a major part of the social life of ordinary people in Wales.[6] From the 11th century particularly important in English secular music were minstrels, sometimes attached to a wealthy household, noble, or royal court, but probably more often moving from place to place and occasion to occasion in pursuit of payment.[1] Many appear to have composed their own works, and can be seen as the first secular composers, and some crossed international boundaries, transferring songs and styles of music.[1] Because literacy, and musical notation in particular, were preserves of the clergy in this period the survival of secular music is much more limited than for church music. Nevertheless, some were noted, occasionally by clergymen who had an interest in secular music. England in particular produced three distinctive secular musical forms in this period: the rota, the polyphonic votive antiphon, and the carol" the one you mention is a Rota :)
Amen! There’s a fair amount of medieval music out there, not just the well-known Sumer is icumen in, but so much more, spanning many centuries through the Middle Ages with many styles.
@@dorianphilotheates3769 As a matter of interest, are you familiar with the work of Elizabeth Brown and Susan Reynolds? Certainly no-one in the Early or High Period talked about a feudal system. The concept appears to have been invented by lawyers a couple of centuries after its supposed heyday. The term itself was not in use - as far as I know - until the C17th. Many of its elements are not in dispute ( though often poorly understood ) but I think most modern historians would agree that it is a flawed model with which to analyse medieval politics and economics. And military history, come to that.
@@paulinequinton1478 - Yes, E.A.R. Brown (1974) and S. Reynolds, Vassals and Fiefs (1990’s?). They offer insightful perspectives into the medieval system. Feudalism is certainly part of modern nomenclature, but nevertheless useful in reconstructing the medieval socioeconomic reality. My speciality is ancient history (Bronze Age to Late Roman); I’m only a dilettante when it comes to medieval and modern European history. Very interested nonetheless.
Centuries of death and suffering to free themselves only to have it come back due to multiple miseducated generations having no idea what is really happening. Amazing.
We are now entering the techofeudal age. It will be much worse for us as those 'in charge" now have the ability to micromanage every single aspect of our existance.
I take issue with the use of "serf" vs. "fuedal peasant". The serf had organically changed to a Fuedal Peasant somewhere around 1100. Interesting how Russia never experienced this transition until the 1860s. The serf was a tad better than a slave but was not owned by the Lord but was attached to the land and could not leave without permission. A Fuedal Peasant did not own the land either but had complete rights to the land with hereditary rights and could leave if desired.
On the Domesday book not being a census, well right now the US Census Bureau is conducting many specialized surveys about types of housing, population density, income range, education and lifestyle details that go beyond the 10 quick questions from the head count of 2020!
Quite a bit sounded medieval, my knowledge is second hand. But I’ve photographed many events and the musicians said they where old medieval tunes. 🤷🏼 Monastery cants chants are mostly medieval. Although I’m an atheist sit and listening in churches and cathedrals they are beautiful and calming.
It’s baroque music, much of it is by Bach, written at least 350 years after the end of the medieval era. Completely out of character for this documentary, although very beautiful. If you want to get a flavour of medieval music, just do a search on CZcams, there are plenty of recordings with a variety of styles from Hildegard von Bingen in the early Middle Ages to Dufay, Busnois, or Ockeghem in the late Middle Ages, and that’s just the religious music. Then there’s a whole host of secular music too. There’s a group called The Medievals who perform secular music in period costume, they’re pretty good.
But looms got bigger and weaving became one of those things some people got paid to do, and it was a nice home industry for several centuries until the Industrial Revolution undercut the cost of the work by putting weaving into factories and the weavers became employees.
You own nothing and are supposed to be happy with that. Overlords insulte themselves from economic downturns. If you are on property and don’t produce the Overlords take it away. Aka property taxes are truly rent where you re-buy your assets from overlords posing as “Civil Servants” or the land is taken from you without compensation.
I hate to say it, but it’s coming full circle and many of us will end up being put back into this situation
History doesn't repeat itself, it rhymes, back to the fields we go 😂
Yes, the way things are going, life is going to become rough.
It never went away. They just found different ways of keeping people in place. Such as paying people just enough to get by and not enough to improve their lives at all
We live in this system, just with a few quirks to keep us blind to it.
Absolutely. I say it all the time. It's so sad because the divide and conquer tactic is working so well right now.
watching a documentary like this reminds me of my days being in school learning about history and our teacher would let us watch things like this on a tv with wheels
I remember that 😂
Yeah and some joker with a Casio remote watch would drive the teacher bananas.
Wtf was the point of learning about medieval crap? Now as an adult I think back what a frcking waste of time!
@@mh-ht2fp Because it gives insight into the present, esp. seeing as it's getting more than a little Feudal recently.
Vertical rule...
Props to the camera man that has gone back in time to take footage for us.
😂❤
And as always, survived
A true hero
Don't be silly. No one went back in time. This was filmed by someone living during that period.
Wow. That joke never gets old.
This documentary is like a soft warm blanket.
I think it's because it was made in the 90s. The 90s was a good decade imo when programmes could still be made without shoehorning in political ideology.
Shoehorn? More like INJECTING Jabs jabby jabbing@@simonh6371
Yes, it is perfect analogy
Imagine the terror of being a peasant when the king followed by knights and servants clanking coconuts together comes apon your village.
Lol
😂
They took over my heart in the sixth grade. Monty Python forever.
“You vill own nothing, and be happy”
Klaus Schwab should start disowning everything he has first if he believes so. 😂
ya - sounded better in the original german....
You come into this world with nothing and when you leave you won't need anyting
@@glennbeadshaw727so we shouldn’t have anything in between?
Great reset coming in 5,4,3
In other words most people though most of human history had terribly difficult life's and tho things are difficult we ought to take stock of how bloody grateful we all should be as the luckiest people who have ever lived.
We're still in the same boat. I guess I'm grateful for better Healthcare, or I would be if it wasn't financially crippling to be physically capable.
What exactly are we supposed to be grateful for? That the few at the top are marginally less tyrannical on paper?
What's the difference between being a serf and renting a $2000/ month apartment? They can't kick you out if you're a serf. These near-slaves had more rights than my neighbors on either side.
@@BarbarisIIBrilliant
@@BarbarisIIboo fucking hoo as you type this on your brand new iPhone or home computer
We work more hours than a medieval peasant in today's modern western society, ya it's lovely.
Truth ❤
I've been telling people for years, we have moved back into feudalism.
Taxed to death and all we get is military protection.
Actually, all we get is to BE military protection for the rich.
of course, if you look edwardian times (Titanic, Dowton Abby) it is said clearly it failed, because they lost their terfs and those huge households couldnt be held without them. Also one thing point out is that peasent rarely could eat meat... it was only for rich. Todays super rich have understood that they want to go back to that system. Every step seems to take us nearer.. for instance 15 min cities where you are not allowed to leave without "persmission" etc.
@@mrsmerily WHAT? Where?!
Min city? Minnesota?
And....who thinks that will work in the age of the war/climate change refugee?
@@eric2500WHO vaccine passports
Your analysis is hyperbolic but not inaccurate and will be less hyperbole as time goes on
@@darbyohara Explain how it is hyperbolic please.
I've been a Serf all my life!
Back to work with you!
Clean my shitbox!
They've medicines for that now
Silence peasant! Keep ye tongue behind ye teeth and off to the fields with ye
You work a job that you literally can't leave? Or is it a metaphor, like your financial situation is so bad you can't quit your job?
Lowering the music in the background slightly would’ve been good for me.
Nice vid!
Yes, absolutely agree😅! Plz remix with music reduced by more than 50%. (We want to hear the narration in all its details).
Turn it down.
So TRUE!
YES.
Not just too loud but totally out of context. Using baroque music written at least 300 years after the medieval period is just wrong.
These docs are old but still good, love the work put into them
I'd almost say that the old ones are better than the ones coming out nowadays. Particularly anything Netflix had a hand in.
@@AWindy94 Ha ha! On Netflix all the serfs would be beautiful black women, and all the lords would be fat, white, stupid and ugly men.
Older documentaries are better. The newer ones have really short cuts, often missing large portions of historians monologues and everything is drowned in shit Hollywood boom boom music (catering to those with short to non existent attention spans).
"Brave, brave, Sir Robin....rode forth from Camelot. He was not afraid to die, brave, brave Sir Robin."
He was not afraid at all to be killed in nasty ways!
@@chickenduckdog7281 THAT'S ENOUGH SINGING, LADS!
brave sir robin ran away, bravely ran away away, when danger reared it’s ugly head he bravely turned his tail and fled, yes, brave sir robin turned about and gallantly he chickened out, swiftly taking to his feet, he beat a very brave retreat, bravest of the brave! sir robin!
His eyes gouged out and his penis split...
oh my god this old guy with the butterfly being interviewed is the best, i could listen to him for hours.
he is literally a godmode medieval history buff.
he is a national treasure, make sure to keep this footage intact at all times and keep him safe.
You mean Dr. Martin Lowery, @8:05?
Yes, isn't he marvellous. People like that are so necessary to stop the dumbing down of us plebs. Other people have written it, but "they" want us to become mental serfs, which is the worst type of bondage. . It looks like Dr. Lowery is sitting in a medieval cottage too. Ironic that they cost a fortune to buy today.
I want to come back to Dr. Lowry. You are so right. At approx. 41.30 I just burst out laughing when he explains that the French foot soldiers ran out of energy after crossing a field at the battle of Agincourt. Of course it is not funny. The absolute horror of military stupidity, but you can't help your imagination from running away, which shows how enriching Dr. Lowry's participation is. And the armour is slightly less heavy than what a marine carries. It really helps you to understand. Yes, he is brilliant and interesting (the two don't always go together LOL).
@@clevelandaeromotive YES :)
He's dead now but safe I guess
8:04, 19:00 The knights tournament was like an early motorcyclist convention.
Sounds like modern employment.
At least they got a place to live and some food.
Modern employee are just giving paper then told good luck!
dont be delusional, basically they could sell their terfs if they did something wrong or torture. You would not last a day in that world as a terf. Let me give you some examples... there happned something with your crop... weather or whatever, you got less than usual... you still needed give your part to lord and then starve to death.
True
I thought this was a history channel not a current events one 👀
15 minute citys and CBDs? 👀👀
I’ll love the Bach music being played for history of the 1100’s. 🤣. Still love these videos! Very informative and well put together
Music not period and TOO LOUD
Yep, completely incongruous 😢
Damn. I’ve seen every kind of documentary you can think of, but I never thought I’d see a documentary about myself!
I think you meant to comment on the documentary about morons
Oh no 😢 Hope life gets better for you somehow
@@JGJGAGSGyour comment history leads me to believe you are suffering from breast tenderness
These documentaries are superb. I wish I had stumbled upon them ages ago. Fantastic work, very well done indeed. 😊
better late than never my friend.
me too! I love learning this way. I wish we had more video/visual stuff growing up in school!
its just 3 months ago or like 2 from when u wrote the comment xd
This the type of stuff that used to be on history channel and if I were to miss a day of school I could just watch all day and learn actual stuff still
@@hayleynhassanlet me know if you need a personal tutor
I see a similar economy returning. Only this time the ruling class will be computers and A.I. as most of us lose our livelihoods to automation. Glad I'm almost 60 and I won't have to endure this horrible world that much longer. I feel sorry for you if you're young. The 50s through the 90s were so great. So glad I got to see much of it. Anyone young now, with rare exceptions, will be cursed with living in an ever worsening fucking nightmare dystopia.
I think you're trying to make yourself feel better about your old age. If AI would take over, it would be way better than humans, they'll never be capable of the hatred and evil humans have. We are the worst, AI will never surpass ourselves. But as a 60 yo you lived the golden age, you had the best of everything, you ruined the world for us millennials, and now you selfishly say you're happy it'll be over soon for you. Boomer in a nutshell. This is the world you built, if you have any complaints, look yourself in the mirror.
You'll have nothing and like it.
You’ll *own* nothing and like it
We have regressed 700+ years... thanks progressives.
You'll eat bugs and love it!!
@@davosholdos1253Eat ze bugs!!!
@@mojogustavo336Ze bugs the best bugs, homemade bugs, essentially nutritious bugs, we all should eat them, l eat them… cut this stuff is bad do you think peasants will really be this east to control?
Nothing about their catholic religious devotion? Serfs were fanatically catholic. They were required to attend mass and other catholic church services such as the Vespers service. They celebrated feast days devoted to different saints that gave them many days off to pray and attend church. A serf only worked 175 days per year due to feast days to dfiferent saints. Quite odd none of that was mentioned
Don't you know, the British upper class has decided there is no God. We'll see how that works out.
Small correction, Latin wasn't the universal language of religion all over Europe. Greek and Church Slavonic were the lingua franca in Eastern Europe. Considering that the East Roman Empire (called Byzentene by historians) was the most powerful kingdom in Europe through most of the dark and middle ages I think it's quite important to remember that.
History as portrayed in the West is really just Frankish propaganda.
British records are easily accessible. All you need to do is learn Latin and the shorthand they used. The minutiae found in village courts give a very intricate picture of the village life. My favorite was a woman who pushed another woman into a flaming oven. I have always wondered why.
Usually when talking about medieval Europe, in a western european context, it is a reference to what you’d consider western european medieval history.. Is it necessarily entirely correct to do so? Probably not, but it’s pretty natural. A South African talking about African history, is probably not thinking terribly much about what was going on in Morocco. It’s hardly a display of great racism of rampant nationalism.
@@australianozspot on 😂😂
Great point. Lingua franca so French? Or was it a different language?
"You vill ewn noozhing and be happy. You vill eatz ze bugs..."
-- _Some Gracious Rich Overlord, possibly_
Been that way for some time.
"The ultimate ownership of all property is in the State; individual so-called "ownership" is only by virtue of Government, i.e. law, amounting to mere user; and use must be in a concordance with the law, and subordinate to the necessities of the State."
Senate resolution #62
Document #43
p. 13 para. 1
April 17 (calendar day April 24) 1933
How can anyone take that guy seriously? He looks, sounds and dresses like a cartoon villain.
@@flintliddon there is nothing wrong what he said. Look at the history and why in Edwardian society collapsed and what is needed to get back to the glory of that time.... i am pretty sure you neither will not be the one who will be on the I or II deck on titanic if it happens.
@@mrsmerily by “that guy” I was referring to Klaus Schwab leader of the WEF. not the you tube commenter Banter Man. And there is a lot wrong with what Klaus Schwab says and has said.
We still work on a lord's land. The terms referring to the practice is all that's changed.
That's right, nothing changed for that at all. Like mentioned above, we walk in circles, still dit. We do it here on you-tube, and all across the world. 😉
Can you blame the overlords? Look how obedient was half of the population putting on their mask, staying home, forced to shut down their businesses and buy from a higher lord (Amazon)and put inside a test drug so the Lords could become richer (big Pharma) and now they are saying there's a bad man on the other side of the world and lords need to send our fruits of labor to them so they can become even richer (military industrial complex)
With such a subservient and stupid population, I don't blame them
Property tax, income tax, school tax, sales tax, we never own anything.
If you want to know what being a middle serf was like, go work a minimum wage job, you feel like a salve and know what it’s like to work for almost
nothing
This might be the most ignorant, moronic comment on this thread…and there’s a lot of them
What? A true serf would slap you for such a blasphemy statement. In this current culture you're able to study and work to rise out of such situations. If anything I'd argue it's the middle class who really get the crap end of the stick in this modern society.
@@fringestream990 oh I’m sorry let me work in my 10 dollar hour job with a smile, wage not adjusted for the decades of inflation by the rich man. Here are some of the statistics that show why it’s so hard to get out of poverty in America:There are several factors that make it difficult for people to escape poverty in the United States, including:
Lack of resources: People in poverty may not have access to capital, education, or connections
Poor education: Many people in poverty are less educated and unemployed
Income inequality: The income of the top 10% is more than 13 times higher than the bottom 10%
Incarceration: Being poor can lead to prison, and time in prison can lead back to poverty
Community programs: Poor community programs can make it difficult to get out of poverty
Hope: People in poverty may feel powerless to change their situation and isolated from their community
Other factors that make it difficult to escape poverty include:
Lack of job opportunities
Rising prices
Lack of credit history
Unstable living conditions
Poor infrastructure and healthcare
The exit rate from poverty is 56% after one year in poverty, but falls to 13% after seven or more years in poverty.
@@fringestream990 Not for long. Totalitarianism is coming your way.
@@fringestream990no, for capitalism is after feudalism. Education does not really get you anywhere. The last 15 years after the 2008 recession should have taught you that
This is what happens when corporations tell you you don’t need a union and a political party tells you unions are un American.
This is also how corporations become the lord….
They don’t pay taxes and have all the rights and you pay all the taxes and have no rights at work.
Is there one single entity in your life where the exchange of money doesn’t come with a contract you have to sign at least ten times?
I have a contract with a bank to give them my money to keep.( and they give you 1.3 percent while they take your money and invest it elsewhere to make more for themselves by the way.)
All my credit cards have contracts.
My mortgage.
Every exchange of goods has a receipt.
So why would you not what one to protect you in the very job that all of those contracts are fulfilled by way of a pay check for your hard work?
Contracts are signed to protect both parties.
This way the bank cannot come to you and say” sorry we made some bad investments, your mortgage is now double.”
OR. “Hey, we said this APR but it’s now double.”
Or your landlord can’t say “ hey, my niece needs aplace to live,please leave.”
Why would in be unAmerican to want to protect your job and benefits?
Why can a company at any time be able to tell you you will now make less? Work less hours? Pay more in premiums for your health insurance ? If you are lucky enough to to have any of those things.
(And why do most upper management and CEO’s have contracts?)
I think some of Europe’s citizens know they don’t want to be serfs again and how easy that becomes when you give away your negotiating power.
I love this old doc. Nice, warm, and soft. I just wish they only use tunes and art from the Middle Ages, not the Modern Age
And the music is TOO LOUD
It seems that this system is still being practiced in today’s era just under a different label. 🤔
Only if you allow it 🤣 😂
I don't really think so people can go to school and be anything they want to. You can live anywhere you want. I work hard saved up enough money for a good retirement so I call that a load of BS
Crapitalism
@@K.Marx48 there is no true capitalism in the world today, so in that sense i agree with you
@@MrCapeman1 out of 4 weeks effort/work/wages, you give 1 to the government. and if you dont you will go to jail. you might be a happier slave than in some past and current situations, but you are a slave.
The Professor explained those times so clearly and concisely. I've added so much to my History hoard - I aim to know everything about it before I pop my clogs. Thank you so much. ❤
Mary Earll - That’s the spirit! 👍🙂
@@dorianphilotheates3769 Thank you. 👻❤️
@@maryearll3359 - 👍🙂
Actually this institutionalized sponsored animated bullshit history aside, Life was very similar to what we have now. We are also serfs, yes including you.
Like it or not, serfs back then, now serfs of late capitalism. Check out the zombies debating over inconsequential details in the comments below.
They call the language of Constantinople archaic Greek
I have said for many years that we are going back to Victorian times where the bulk of wealth will be held by a few families and corporations and the gap between rich and poor will increase .
Basically, in medieval times, the rich and powerful could do whatever they wished within the boundaries of the law (which, of course, the same rich and powerful legislated for). Isn’t it a delight to know that we, the 99%, have changed all that?...plus ça change...
I can’t tell if you are being sarcastic.
@@flintliddon - Always. ✅🙂
They still do that today lol
@@pack3rs - Precisely. The methods change; the objectives largely remain the same.
@@dorianphilotheates3769 until people Start seeing through the bs and get sick of it and revolt, and it all starts again. The problem is now, everyone knows what's happened and that it's getting worse. But no one wants to do anything
We assume the middle ages to be super religious, but we are reading largely from the point of view of monks...
And those writings would also be seen and thus judged entirely by monks...
...
Thats a lot of religious bias and a lot of pressure to add religious overtones to everything.
...
I wonder how much of that bias is just on paper and how much was real
This is a good and timely primer on what is soon to come once again.
Except that serfs actually had more holidays than we do.
What's about to come?
@@herocortez Look up "Great reset"
This system never ended, it merely evolved. Now the serfs/slaves/whatever you want to call it, slave away from 9-5, 5 days/week, only to have nearly half their earnings stolen by their lord (gov't) so they struggle to afford decent housing and good, healthy food.
@@herocortez "You will own nothing and you will be happy." "You WILL eat ze bugs!" Quotes from Klaus Schwab, head of the WEF which owns most of the western governments to varying degrees. "We own half ze cabinets in Canada and Argentina."
Also look up "15-minute cities". If your city is on the list, get out!
Life improved significantly from the 19th century and from the 1960’s it sharply increased in the West! Absolute poverty has gone down dramatically and nice houses and towns and skyscrapers dotted the skyline! Infant mortality was 70% till the 18th century, now it is minimal in many places around the world! But modern philosophy and science has gone down the hill!
Dr Martin Lowry is such an interesting and captivating lecturer
Actually a really good documentary that I can use in my classroom!
heck yeah. you're the kind of teacher changing student's lives by adding visual learning. Good job and thank you!
Albino use my pic 2
basically it is like working for a fast food restaurant.
But if you couldn’t leave and lived there 😂
They are already available
Well done! Thank you
That was so interesting to listen to. Thank you 🏴
Looking at the thumbnail for this video, I was like, "Tom Petty was a medieval serf?" 😂 In seriousness, though, I am LOVING your channel-- thank you for providing such wonderful documentaries and content.
He was one in "The Postman"
Me too
Lol. I actually thought it was Iggy.
I was thinking a young Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones hahaha.
Actually this institutionalized sponsored animated bullshit history aside, Life was very similar to what we have now. We are also serfs, yes including you.
Like it or not, serfs back then, now serfs of late capitalism. Check out the zombies debating over inconsequential details in the comments below.
Work the fields of the job marked and then give all your money to a landlord. What's changed? 😠
Exactly. Permission to get married. You're not legally married unless you pay city Hall..too many similarities to today's laws
Nothing, just better bread and more entertaining circuses.
Nobodies stopping you from buying a house bubba
@@Hallahanifywhat if you don't pay property taxes on said house? Big brother will come and take it. How is that different than being a lord?
great video, amazing work dont stop
Thanks for posting
Many thx for this upload 👍 is there any chance for similar documents on different ages? Renesans, etc..?
A good documentary, the "boom" was the medieval warm period, the crash was the Little Ice Age, followed by the Black Death. The Lord's responsibilities to their tenants could've been covered better. If Terry Jones' Medieval Lives is accurate the lord of the manor was supposed to provide food from his stores to their tenants on feast days. There are more than 30 of those each year.
And the Black Death was likely intensified by the malnutrition rooted in the Great Famine, which followed in the wake of the Little Ice Age...
Excellent documentary.
Being from the United States I spoke with the lady who was Irish and she said her father told her that everything is owned by the king so even if the feudal system doesn't exist it seems some of that viewpoint still carry on in the British isles
ireland is no longer british
Your Irish friend was 100% wrong.
😮NAH 🤣🤠🇬🇧
😮 Andrew Brown looks like a CGI meld of Percy Shelley and Lord Byron portraits, brought to life. Noted because his description and delivery about their lives was quite poetic.
Great upload! Crazy to see the economic parallels when it comes to modern day Europe & Africa. Those time In the Middle Ages wasn’t great at all so I hope it’s still the case today! No matter who is negatively affected or who it benefits
did you know studies have shown that holding an umbrella will keep you dry in the rain
24:51 the random turkey gobble threw me off forba sec lol
This documentary is everything i want in one 💯
what is shocking that for 10000 years people lived like this and then last 200 years BAM trains cars space travel internet AI
I think the music is hilarious, as it's all from hundreds of years after the period
A lot of good and positive comments, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to watch more than 5 minutes as couldn’t cope with baroque music in a medieval documentary.
@@pinhocYou missed a lot of original footage of Mediaeval Britain then. It's amazing how far film restoration has advanced, isn't it?
And it (the music) is WAY TOO LOUD!!!
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Incredible documentary . Our ancestors were resourceful , brave and so clever
Actually this institutionalized sponsored animated bullshit history aside, Life was very similar to what we have now. We are also serfs, yes including you.
Like it or not, serfs back then, now serfs of late capitalism. Check out the zombies debating over inconsequential details in the comments below.
Wow, some things never change.
I normally greatly enjoy historical programming but recently I find myself wondering how many times it has been rewritten and edited so as not to offend. How much accuracy and honesty is in it and how much has been completely left out?
Look at this, military service? Payment to legalize a marriage? Pay taxes in order to live on land? Sounds familiar to you? Nothing changed! Different governments, same rules.
Governments have to operate somehow. How else would you want them to operate? The roads you drive on -tax paid
@@jessiewhitman8688localised government, lower tax, less government spend and over-reach, the less control and taxes the better
Governments are the same in Britain, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway; at least. Theyre distant descendents of the Kings of old
@@jessiewhitman8688 This was part of another comment I made here. Definitely the opposite sentiment of the hippie nonsense of this post, if you want to bother finding it.
@@T3-RIDERyou're ignoring economies of scale. If every local government does all the same things it's more expensive
A very well presented, thoroughly researched, and insightful documentary - thanks for uploading!
after he said the feudal age could of come about in england??? you english?
@@WiseWarriorsPath2 - I don’t understand.
Actually this institutionalized sponsored animated bullshit history aside, Life was very similar to what we have now. We are also serfs, yes including you.
Like it or not, serfs back then, now serfs of late capitalism. Check out the zombies debating over inconsequential details in the comments below.
No difference being a medieval serf to what we are now.
In some ways less secure - without land and time to grow food. We are wage slaves.
I paid about 55% tax last year when you add Federal, California, Property tax, sales tax, and social security. Nothing has really changed.
You pay too much tax because you're not a billionaire and you're not a billionaire because you pay too much tax.
That's the problem.
Cut your losses and LEAVE. Western countries are being systematically eroded. Work online and avoid anywhere that is related to the Russia/U.S cold war.
Happy 18th Birthday, guy in the thumbnail!! 🥳🎈 🎂🎉🥳
Lmao good one!
Thank ou very worthwhile.
Excellent !
It's likely the word landlord comes from the feudal system.
Funny thing is that founder of capitalism adam smith in wealth of nations abhorrors landlording and would probably still disapprove of the current system, since it managed to accomplish the same circumstances under different laws.
@@luiscuba9188he didn’t found capitalism.
@@luiscuba9188Yes I'm sure modern China where the state owns all the land would be a better alternative to property rights
@@Ocinneade345 go do a quick google search maybe thatll refresh your mind
@@bordedup546 Modern China is state capitalist.
42:30 if the battle colors and garments are accurate, they are quite gorgeous indeed. I’m a graphic designer, I love this stuff.
By all accounts battlefields were very colourful places
love this
WHY PEOPLE BEHAVE AS THOUGH SUCH A LIFE IS OVER IS BEYOND ME...
Why is this beginning to sound eerily familiar lol
Very interesting
Excellent
Intended consequence was that the once-free people made into serfs by the Norman Conquest lived primarily on a grain and foraged diet and the invader aristocracy ate meat. Serfs were levied and there was droit de seigneur. The British language remained in use in parts of early Medieval England. These were not only two different classes, serfs and barons , but two or more races/sets of tribal groupings. The idea of an English nation is 'iffy'.
Are you suggesting that the Celts were bred out by the Danes prior to the Norman conquest?
Well there is paching the king's deer - or stealing the lord's chickens.
Droit de seigneur is a myth from after the Middle Ages. Serfs ate eggs, meats, cheese, and vegetables as well; just less meat than the rich because the rich man had the coin to get more and could hunt more.
French (Norman,Viking aristocracy)and English commoners.
I read somewhere that droit de seigneur was not practiced in medieval Europe. Similiar reports debunked the idea of chastity belts. Have I been misinformed?
Props to the thumbnail artist. absolutely nailed it.
It's probably AI
@@unclesham5507 haha yeah probably.
That really is a great thumbnail
“Serf life was hard”
Serf: *proceeds to play with straw all day*
The Lord was expected to feed the serf on days that the serf worked his land, also he would need to provide the tools as a serf was not required to use his tools on the Lords lands. What of course they don't tell you is that the serf lived under more democracy than you do today.
🤣
he didnt pay them tho, least they could do is give them cheap porrage.
@@mrsmerily Serfs had their own patch of land for food plus use of common land. That was taken away in the industrial revolution and we were forced to work in factories and offices.
Charles, you must have never been hungry in your life
@@casteretpolluxyes that’s why all the starvation happened and people after the Industrial Revolution are fat because serfs were better fed
Now tech moguls are our Feudal Lords
It's funny people that think their ancestors were rich or knights or prince's but in reality they were these type of serfs
My ancestors were all serfs and i'm a lowly wage slave, which isn't pretty far off. Most people are slaves to the rich, and this has pretty much been the case throughout all of history.
My 10X Great grandfather was knighted by Elizabeth for securing the Irish Conquest and 10Xs Great Uncle was Lord Mayor of the City of London, but very true. Many generations later their descendents would be working their land in the Carolinas and Virginia alongside their sharecropers after the Civil War.
All of these new age types who believe in past lives have visions of themselves living as an 18th century Austrian countess or Bohemian baron. They'd be beating the odds if they were within that Top 30th percentile who could have regular access to the poor cuts of meat and offal they could purchase from the butcher at discount just before or in the early stages of going bad and set aside for the swine.
@@mikaaalto3135yep, we barely make ends meet while bosses buy their 2nd holiday home 😂
Don't something like 60% of white people have x amount of DNA from charlemagne?
Tbh 3 day work week sounds good to me
Great history
great content, I just wonder why baroque music would have been chosen for a Middle ages documentary, there's so much music that could have fit this better!
Would you prefer 13th century French Provencal troubadour music? I have a cassette. Local peasant music isn't available or written down. Sumer is icumen in, perhaps?
@@irenejohnston6802from wikipedia... "Ireland, Scotland, and Wales shared a tradition of bards, who acted as musicians, but also as poets, story tellers, historians, genealogists, and lawyers, relying on an oral tradition that stretched back generations.[15] Often accompanying themselves on the harp, they can also be seen in records of the Scottish courts throughout the medieval period.[16] We also know from the work of Gerald of Wales that at least from the 12th century, group singing was a major part of the social life of ordinary people in Wales.[6] From the 11th century particularly important in English secular music were minstrels, sometimes attached to a wealthy household, noble, or royal court, but probably more often moving from place to place and occasion to occasion in pursuit of payment.[1] Many appear to have composed their own works, and can be seen as the first secular composers, and some crossed international boundaries, transferring songs and styles of music.[1] Because literacy, and musical notation in particular, were preserves of the clergy in this period the survival of secular music is much more limited than for church music. Nevertheless, some were noted, occasionally by clergymen who had an interest in secular music. England in particular produced three distinctive secular musical forms in this period: the rota, the polyphonic votive antiphon, and the carol" the one you mention is a Rota :)
Amen! There’s a fair amount of medieval music out there, not just the well-known Sumer is icumen in, but so much more, spanning many centuries through the Middle Ages with many styles.
Crazy how we've taken steps back from the mideval period
No we haven't.
Crazy how you went to school and still can’t spell basic words
@@JGJGAGSG product of the education sistem
@@somniumisdreaming we literally have members of the aristocracy challenging each other to a duel.
Love this MOVIE
I was intrigued to see Reg Mombassa in the thumbnail.
I have read hundreds of court records from medieval England. Serfs seemed to be going all over the place buying and selling land.
You are sure it wasn't landowners buying serfs?
@@eric2500 Bingo! Serfs* were regularly tormented by the landowner classes
Ya most people don't realize there's always been losers and winners no matter the "class" they supposedly belong to
Most videos on the Middle Ages are just pure ignorant propaganda. This is one of the first truly informative and impartial documentary.
We headed here now
European history is the only time I will tolerate a British accent in a CZcams video
I've always had my questions about how the feudal system worked and if Lords often clashed with each other
There is lively debate about whether a feudal system actually existed.
@@paulinequinton1478 - No debate. It exist(ed).
Titheris Weathersby - No question: the “lords” were always at each others’ throats - because...you know, it’s NEVER enough...
@@dorianphilotheates3769 As a matter of interest, are you familiar with the work of Elizabeth Brown and Susan Reynolds?
Certainly no-one in the Early or High Period talked about a feudal system. The concept appears to have been invented by lawyers a couple of centuries after its supposed heyday. The term itself was not in use - as far as I know - until the C17th. Many of its elements are not in dispute ( though often poorly understood ) but I think most modern historians would agree that it is a flawed model with which to analyse medieval politics and economics. And military history, come to that.
@@paulinequinton1478 - Yes, E.A.R. Brown (1974) and S. Reynolds, Vassals and Fiefs (1990’s?). They offer insightful perspectives into the medieval system. Feudalism is certainly part of modern nomenclature, but nevertheless useful in reconstructing the medieval socioeconomic reality. My speciality is ancient history (Bronze Age to Late Roman); I’m only a dilettante when it comes to medieval and modern European history. Very interested nonetheless.
Centuries of death and suffering to free themselves only to have it come back due to multiple miseducated generations having no idea what is really happening. Amazing.
Studying for the near future.
We are now entering the techofeudal age. It will be much worse for us as those 'in charge" now have the ability to micromanage every single aspect of our existance.
So glad It's all totally different now. Terrible how people were exploited and lied to in the dark ages!!
this is sarcastic i assume😂
I take issue with the use of "serf" vs. "fuedal peasant". The serf had organically changed to a Fuedal Peasant somewhere around 1100. Interesting how Russia never experienced this transition until the 1860s. The serf was a tad better than a slave but was not owned by the Lord but was attached to the land and could not leave without permission. A Fuedal Peasant did not own the land either but had complete rights to the land with hereditary rights and could leave if desired.
I am disapoint that you didn't take umbridge with it ...
interesting
I think it's great Iggy Pop was willing to let you use his image with the Main Header. Classy guy.
On the Domesday book not being a census, well right now the US Census Bureau is conducting many specialized surveys about types of housing, population density, income range, education and lifestyle details that go beyond the 10 quick questions from the head count of 2020!
The only thing the modern census wants to know is the color of your skin. The 1880 census is an amazing source document. (USA)
I like this videos that show life sucks and people who think living back in the day is great are deceiving themselves.
absolutely makes you thankful for all of our modern advances - the clothing was better though lol
@@hayleynhassan aye
Anybody know the background music. It's beautiful.
Quite a bit sounded medieval, my knowledge is second hand. But I’ve photographed many events and the musicians said they where old medieval tunes. 🤷🏼
Monastery cants chants are mostly medieval. Although I’m an atheist sit and listening in churches and cathedrals they are beautiful and calming.
It’s baroque music, much of it is by Bach, written at least 350 years after the end of the medieval era. Completely out of character for this documentary, although very beautiful. If you want to get a flavour of medieval music, just do a search on CZcams, there are plenty of recordings with a variety of styles from Hildegard von Bingen in the early Middle Ages to Dufay, Busnois, or Ockeghem in the late Middle Ages, and that’s just the religious music. Then there’s a whole host of secular music too. There’s a group called The Medievals who perform secular music in period costume, they’re pretty good.
I could listen to the historian with the bow tie for hours.
It would be interesting to see how weaving was accomplished in the early years.
Small looms and hand stitching - a bit like quilting.
But looms got bigger and weaving became one of those things some people got paid to do, and it was a nice home industry for several centuries until the Industrial Revolution undercut the cost of the work by putting weaving into factories and the weavers became employees.
You own nothing and are supposed to be happy with that. Overlords insulte themselves from economic downturns. If you are on property and don’t produce the Overlords take it away. Aka property taxes are truly rent where you re-buy your assets from overlords posing as “Civil Servants” or the land is taken from you without compensation.