One of the marks of a good documentary is that you might not be particularly interested in the subject at first, but then you become fascinated. I did not expect to be binge-watching a program about castle construction.
@@jaewok5G You should check out Tales from the Green Valley, Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm, Wartime Farm, and Tudor Monastery Farm. All made by the BBC, all with the same team of three - they're all just as intriguing.
This is one of my favorite documentaries. Ya know, according to my calculations, (25 yr project, started in '97) the castle will be done in 2022, or pretty darn close. I do hope another documentary crew goes back there to see the finished building!
Eric Seaton These intelligent resourceful people did not give their skills away for free. They worked for money, which they exchanged for goods and/or services which they required. If they didn't have enough money, they could borrow it and the lender would make money from lending money, by charging interest. They WERE capitalists. They WERE consumers.
Wrong. They were ALL Christians at the time. They believed in the Biblical definition of "usury". Originally, usury meant interest of any kind. Historically, in some Christian societies, and in many Islamic societies even today, charging any interest at all would be considered usury.
This documentary has given me a greater respect and a true understanding of the awe that one should feel when looking at a castle. I live in Germany and I've walked along the ruins of the castles and the towering ceilings of cathedrals. I am now eager to return to those places with a renewed excitement for these marvelous structures.
Do you know campus galli near stuttgart...? Germans historians reproduce a plan from the carolagian era of a monastery. Guedelon people visited it for learn how to do windows with leather.
W Jesus said:"Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons.." -Matthew 7 How did that "man" know that more than 2 thousand years AFTER HE DIED; ALL THAT WILL HAPPEN, There are so "Many" christian religions today, doing exactly what He prophesied more than 2000 years ago. "Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning" -Isaiah 46 ua-cam.com/video/vFAxw6vueuQ/v-deo.html
As a third generation general contractor, truly appreciated the craftsmanship of this project. Not just a castle…but a work of art. Look forward to a follow up documentary. France is a wonderful and beautiful country…this gives me another reason to keep visiting!
Man I remember several years ago I was watching this castle building series and I fell asleep and had the most wonderful nap I've ever had. Good times lmao.
This documentary should be mandatory in every school. Reading about a topic is much different than seeing an authentic representation. Parents should also show their children you think they're being ungrateful.. We take all of our modern amenities for granted.
Some school trips have been to this castle while they're still building (I think they're due to finish sometime in 2025) and teachers have said lots of their students suddenly grasped geometry and it's usefulness when watching the stonemasons and carpenters plan everything on the floor. Practical teaching is so useful to kids and if you make things interesting they learn to be passionate about subjects.
The French craftsmen and women are truly incredible. I especially like Clément and Florian. They are always happy! Just thinking how a door has to be planned a year in advance.
Lord, to see a piece of the window that I shaped meld into the work of others' hands and form a classical thing of beauty, I would have wept like a child.
This program is amazing. The amount of work that went into every element of life really made progress very slow. And while it seems romantic to us today I confess I’m grateful for modern technology that greatly reduces time and effort!
This is the second time I've watched this series and I've been totally fascinated both times. I hope there's a follow-up series about the final stages and the castle once it's completed. :)
Absolutely, absolutely fascinating!!!!! For me, the most enjoyable pieces of documentary - the Victorian Farm, the Tudor Monastery and this awe inspiring Secrets of the Castle series - now I must search for others I may have yet to find! Many thanks from across the pond!
Tales from Green Glen, Victorian Farm, Wartime Farm, Victorian Pharmacy, Edwardian Farm. Now this one. And I still want MORE from these people. Where do I go now?! Oh, well. Time to start again. 🙆♀️ LL
My grandfather was a craftsman, specialized in cabinet making. Yet, during his apprenticeship period, his master also taught him a variety of related skills such as metal working (for example how to make the metal rim for a cart wheel, how to make nails, bolts and rivets etc...). It seems to me that, in several respects, this middle ages approach to work, in which an individual was expected to possess expertise in many areas and to be to some extent, self-sufficient, was still present in Europe long after the industrial revolution. In a way it's like the middle ages really ended only 50-60 years ago.
Absolutely, I am doing a renovation on my mobile home with a master carpenter. I am just in awe of this gentleman's knowledge of everything else involved. It's quite impressive learning from masters of craft trades.
There are others, different time periods, Tales from the Green Valley, Tudor Monastery Farm, Edwardian Farm, victorian Farm and war Time Farm! Each is great as far as I'm concerned, my favorites tho are Tudor, Victorian and War Time.
This documentary was the best I've ever seen. Just when I thought I already knew a lot about medieval history, I once again realised how much I still have to learn. Love the passion that went into making this documentary never mind into building this magnificent castle! I really hope to visit one day!
Watching these guys do their work makes me appreciate how much physical labor and the tactile experience that went into the most mundane tasks of everyday life back then. These days, we are removed from our labor and the results of it by the trigger of a powertool or the push of a switch on a piece of machinery.
I wish we as a society would be allowed to restore and rebuild ruined castles. It would give us so much more insight into how our ancesters lived all those centuries ago. It would also revive traditional trades like stone masons, black smithing, carpentry to reproduce goods using traditional techniques. Each site could then be turned into education centres, re enactment centres, traditional craft faires. Boosting local economies and helping us to remember how lucky we are and what we have lost.
There're more historical documentaries like this with Ruth and Peter and others, where they actually live in the time period. They're all equally as good as this!
the french are amazing ! what an extraordinary idea....it is true that France is the country with the most castles, because of its very warlike and tormented history. the research that the French have done in their national archives to reacquire these manufacturing methods is just incredible. it's a leap into their past, and they keep it intact.
What a fantastic journey this was! Through all the labour and insight, the crew is what really kept me on my seat and watching. Brilliant trio, marvellous project and a new destination for me to visit some time soon.
Y Jesus said:"Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons.." -Matthew 7 How did that "man" know that more than 2 thousand years AFTER HE DIED; ALL THAT WILL HAPPEN, There are so "Many" christian religions today, doing exactly what He prophesied more than 2000 years ago. "Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning" -Isaiah 46 ua-cam.com/video/vFAxw6vueuQ/v-deo.html
Wow ...............WOW, what an epic documentary series. Thank you so much for sharing. Congratulations to all involved in this amazing project. I hope they will continue filming as the castle is finished. Brilliant.
This is my fourth time watching this, always interesting each time. What I love most is the passion in the project, it's not simply "let's build a castle", it's the flair and artistic expression as well. The masons adding their artistic designs when doing the chapel windows, alter and archway, the blacksmith talent making and maintaining all the tools and constructing the nails, and the carpentry with the fantastically precise door and gallery, but also the limewashing, the painting, the cookery and the water mill, the fact they're using horses and have horse trainers on sight. It's not just about the castle but what the castle represents as well, the nostalgia about recreating the experience around such an undertaking of building a castle. We humans are at our best when we combine our scientific knowledge with our artistic flair and our desire to explore our past and figure out what brought us to this point, and the fact everyone from multiple nationalities are contributing to this project is amazing.
“How do you build a castle? Well I know now.”- Peter said emotionally. This series was fantastic. I love these three people. They make for a great team and even better teachers. Thank you for sharing another brilliant series. This buy far is my favorite! ❤️, A Dorothy In Kansas, USA
I have visited castles and cathedrals in several countries, and wondered at the craftsmanship. Having now watched this five-episode documentary, I have a deeper appreciation of craft. Thank you so much for this wonderful rendition.
This has been so wonderful to watch..... I wish a documentary crew went back every year until complete! Amazing!, Thanks for putting it on UA-cam for all to watch.
This is one of the best series I've ever seen! I have a new perspective and a new appreciation for building castles and all that pertains to it. Thank you so much!
Ruth is so skilful, dexterous and practical. Many attempts to find out how people used to do things in the past are just pathetic, but I'm sure she's got it right.
In principle, having a bonding agent that doesn't go off at the core serves two major purposes or helps along with them. 1. motion is dampened, earthquakes but also the setting of the structure as more weight is added (moving or static) 2. if portions of the outer bonding material are chipped, the inner one is ready to go off. Now, if that was the intention of the creators...who knows, we know their structures survive today and i for one know that brick and mortar structures where the mortar has perished with time are falling to bits.
We have a tendency to think about the castles as having been built as huge, timeless centers of the landscape but actually most of them weren't. The ones that didn't survive just aren't there for us to look at so they don't inform our opinions. I'm sure very few of our buildings will still be standing in 700 years but the ones that are will be marveled at for their seeming timelessness.
Really happy that I found this channel, and to top it of this series was FANTASTIC.... Hope to one day be able to go to France and visit this castle,, Amazing.
Absolutely fantastic Documentary. I have such a greater respect for ancient ruins after watching this show. I truelly hope that when the 25 year build is done we can get a recap of the site.
I've taken apart a few 19 th century arches, and it was difficult to remove all the brickwork overburden, but easy to excise the stone (softer mortar - thinner joints), I found the little wooden spacers used in construction positioning. very enlightening! Yes, there were makers' marks, but very few matching. That was 30 years ago, and they're all on pallets waiting to be displayed in the St. Louis Museum of Building Arts. I'm elated to find this video series.
As a Freemason, this Timeline really cements my work and craft. As a Celtic vendor it shows how history and traditional values come together to bring products and people to market.
It's also really interesting how useful archaeological research seems to be to modern-day artisans. Seems that rediscovering all these "lost methods", by actually reenacting them, is of real value to modern artisans, like the Florian the mason.
I'm pretty sure that I watched this exact documentary on TV not too long ago. I'm still going to watch it again lol good quality interesting documentary not flooded with annoying adds either 10/10 thank you
The respect all of the team show towards the men and women of that long forgotten time is what makes the difference. One can almost see the ghosts of the medieval people looking at them and smiling (rolling eyes sometimes even) how awkward they work but still liking that they are humble and respectful.
I really enjoyed this series. The raw skill and dedication of the people involved in the project is truly inspiring. And it will be standing as a testament to them for centuries to come. Few people can say they have left that kind of a mark on the world.
@@theuncalledfor is it really? I mean we lost some of the rediscoveries made during the renaissance of techniques used by the Romans. whats to say that we will not lose the knowledge of this rediscovery in 500 years time. Yes, we have better means of recording but we also have more elaborate systems that can be undone by one thing or another. Already there are computer files that people are struggling to open because the software for those files no longer works on modern hardware. Whilst I still think the complete loss of knowledge is unlikely, it is still quite possible.
Right from the start...absolutely fascinating. Not that I did not study this at school, not that I did not bicycle-ride frequently to our local National Trust castle, but where can one go to actually experience building one. How fabulous this is, and it immediately takes me back to my boyhood. How wonderful. Thank You. Witches with a cauldron changing yellow to blue...by magic.
I was raised on a farm that was behind the times 70 years ago. I'm amazed at how much I knew of the different things they were doing. There were times I could write the next sentence in the script. It was mostly The woodworking, smithing, rock splitting, cooking, dyeing, and paint making Etc. We still used whitewash. Our barn was all mortise and tenon pegged together.
There are others, different time periods, Tales from the Green Valley, Tudor Monastery Farm, Edwardian Farm, victorian Farm and war Time Farm! Each is great as far as I'm concerned, my favorites tho are Tudor, Victorian and War Time.
Makes you rethink the story about Hansel and Gretel and the Gingerbread house. If Ginger was more valuable then gold it would explain why the witch mad enough to put them in the oven.
By the time of Brothers Grimm, the spices for gingerbread were not that expensive. Hansel and Gretel are much much closer to our present time, a measly 150 years, than medieval times of 1230 when they placed the timeline for the castle. By 1850, world was already so much smaller, almost anyone could afford spices from the far East, due to the sea trading routes. Spices from China would take only 9 months to get to you, and after Suez was built, a measly 3-4 months.
@@Zamolxes77 I was thinking the same thing, what a disruptive force long-distance ocean shipping must have been compared to the ancient practice of transporting goods overland along established trade routes. All these middlemen that used to profit now cut out in favor of a Dutch trading company.
In german it's not called gingerbread but "Pfefferkuchen" wich literally means "Peppercake" but I don't think that there was a big price difference between pepper and ginger. Both came from far away. Thinking that they even spiced their wine back then, just to show of does mean this stuff was luxury at its finest XD
@@Zamolxes77 The fairy tale is older than the brothers Grimm. They recorded the tales, they didn't write them. There's no telling how old a fairy tale might be. Making it more confusing, elements may have been added and removed during the centuries. Possibly, the gingerbread element was recently added at that time, but it may also have been there for centuries before the tale was written down. Sometimes it can be worked out by cross referencing with similar fairytales from other regions.
Absolutely brilliant documentary. The presenters were great (Ruth especially!) and the men and women involved in the project were supremely impressive and endlessly fascinating. What an absolutely phenomenal project. Can't wait to see it completed!
This is one of the very best documentaries that i have watched. I sincerely enjoyed watching and learning the roads of learning the trades and crafts of yesterday. Long forgotten and erringly assumed by the unlearned. I look forward to seeing other documentaries like this one.
I am entranced and in awe after finding all these series done by Ruth and Peter as well as the teams they work with on various projects. Absolutely one of the best that I have found binge worthy. Check out the other period episodes. They bring you right into 1940's WW2 Britian. Please don't make Ruth do anymore authentic laundry episodes. That was really cruel. ;)
That was absolutely amazing. I'm a huge Medieval-Period/ Dark Ages dork, and I binge-watched this for hours; a tear in my eye that it had to end. Thank you so much 😊
nooooooooooo! it cant be over!! I really enjoyed this series. I am in construction (cabinet maker/cabinet fitter) and no one has any respect for the "craft" anymore. people want things done "fast and cheap" even in the high end custom homes I work in, they still don't want to allow the appropriate amount of time to just really do something right. It is my biggest daily frustration. People have lost touch with what it means to be a craftsman and have no idea what they are missing because of there deadlines and extreme budgets. Being in construction in the western USA is a joke. I feel like I can relate fully to these stone masons and really just envy the fact that they have free reign to do the work in the time that it actually takes to do the work.
One of the marks of a good documentary is that you might not be particularly interested in the subject at first, but then you become fascinated. I did not expect to be binge-watching a program about castle construction.
who DIDN'T want to build their own castle?
@@jaewok5G You should check out Tales from the Green Valley, Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm, Wartime Farm, and Tudor Monastery Farm. All made by the BBC, all with the same team of three - they're all just as intriguing.
@@TheBrainfishes thanks for the info :D
I was thinking the exact same thing, do you know if there will be any more up coming episodes?
Same
This is one of my favorite documentaries. Ya know, according to my calculations, (25 yr project, started in '97) the castle will be done in 2022, or pretty darn close. I do hope another documentary crew goes back there to see the finished building!
I bet a lot of groups will film there!
I want to visit when its finished
Eric Seaton These intelligent resourceful people did not give their skills away for free. They worked for money, which they exchanged for goods and/or services which they required. If they didn't have enough money, they could borrow it and the lender would make money from lending money, by charging interest. They WERE capitalists. They WERE consumers.
Technology took us out of the poverty of our ancestors, not capitalism.
Wrong. They were ALL Christians at the time. They believed in the Biblical definition of "usury". Originally, usury meant interest of any kind. Historically, in some Christian societies, and in many Islamic societies even today, charging any interest at all would be considered usury.
As a Canadian, it always brings a smile to my face to see French and English working together, learning from the past. Great work to all involved!
wooooo fellow Canadian
This documentary has given me a greater respect and a true understanding of the awe that one should feel when looking at a castle. I live in Germany and I've walked along the ruins of the castles and the towering ceilings of cathedrals. I am now eager to return to those places with a renewed excitement for these marvelous structures.
Do you know campus galli near stuttgart...?
Germans historians reproduce a plan from the carolagian era of a monastery.
Guedelon people visited it for learn how to do windows with leather.
W
Jesus said:"Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons.." -Matthew 7 How did that "man" know that more than 2 thousand years AFTER HE DIED; ALL THAT WILL HAPPEN, There are so "Many" christian religions today, doing exactly what He prophesied more than 2000 years ago.
"Remember the former things, those of long ago;
I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning" -Isaiah 46
ua-cam.com/video/vFAxw6vueuQ/v-deo.html
As a third generation general contractor, truly appreciated the craftsmanship of this project. Not just a castle…but a work of art. Look forward to a follow up documentary. France is a wonderful and beautiful country…this gives me another reason to keep visiting!
Man I remember several years ago I was watching this castle building series and I fell asleep and had the most wonderful nap I've ever had. Good times lmao.
Ruth steals this series. What a fun loving person she is. She has an infectious personality and sweeps you away with her zest for life. Thanks Ruth.
It's adorable how Ruth and Eve have the same speech rhythms, and the same way in how they use their hands and face when they speak.
This documentary should be mandatory in every school. Reading about a topic is much different than seeing an authentic representation. Parents should also show their children you think they're being ungrateful.. We take all of our modern amenities for granted.
Some school trips have been to this castle while they're still building (I think they're due to finish sometime in 2025) and teachers have said lots of their students suddenly grasped geometry and it's usefulness when watching the stonemasons and carpenters plan everything on the floor. Practical teaching is so useful to kids and if you make things interesting they learn to be passionate about subjects.
The French craftsmen and women are truly incredible. I especially like Clément and Florian. They are always happy! Just thinking how a door has to be planned a year in advance.
That's nothing; It once took me two years to hang a picture.
Lord, to see a piece of the window that I shaped meld into the work of others' hands and form a classical thing of beauty, I would have wept like a child.
This program is amazing. The amount of work that went into every element of life really made progress very slow. And while it seems romantic to us today I confess I’m grateful for modern technology that greatly reduces time and effort!
Thanks!
Some of the best documentary hosts ever, so fun and engaging.
Ruth’s daughter, Eve, looks and sounds exactly like Ruth.
they know what causes that now.
@@jaewok5G is it witchcraft?
@shane … not always, but they often play a part. also small toads that live in the stomach region
Nepotism
They should have used Mary Beard for this series or some other non-irritating historian.
I have a deep respect for the craftsmen on our past. Pure skill and no pain killers.
Thank you all who contributed to this remarkable project. Your service is both appreciated and valued.
56:38 Well said. I am so sad to reach the end of the series. Learned a lot, and inspired to learn more. Cheers and thank you.
Have you seen the other Farm Series?
This is the second time I've watched this series and I've been totally fascinated both times. I hope there's a follow-up series about the final stages and the castle once it's completed. :)
Absolutely, absolutely fascinating!!!!! For me, the most enjoyable pieces of documentary - the Victorian Farm, the Tudor Monastery and this awe inspiring Secrets of the Castle series - now I must search for others I may have yet to find! Many thanks from across the pond!
Yes just do ma search for Ruth on you tube, there are several she and the boys participated in. Really great shows.
Tales from Green Glen, Victorian Farm, Wartime Farm, Victorian Pharmacy, Edwardian Farm. Now this one. And I still want MORE from these people. Where do I go now?! Oh, well. Time to start again. 🙆♀️ LL
@@Laura-Lee Not nit picking, but it's Green Valley! Also, Tudor Monastery farm, I think War time, Tudor and Victorian are my favorite.
My grandfather was a craftsman, specialized in cabinet making. Yet, during his apprenticeship period, his master also taught him a variety of related skills such as metal working (for example how to make the metal rim for a cart wheel, how to make nails, bolts and rivets etc...). It seems to me that, in several respects, this middle ages approach to work, in which an individual was expected to possess expertise in many areas and to be to some extent, self-sufficient, was still present in Europe long after the industrial revolution. In a way it's like the middle ages really ended only 50-60 years ago.
I still do this. What I learned from my father serves me well.
I guess some of us are middle aged.
Absolutely, I am doing a renovation on my mobile home with a master carpenter. I am just in awe of this gentleman's knowledge of everything else involved. It's quite impressive learning from masters of craft trades.
A shame that it ended at all.
Lots of modern craftsmen learn multipe trades and skills, electrical, sheet metal, carpentry, welding, pipe work etc. Some only do one thing
I got to say this series of videos was really something. I wish there was more
There are others, different time periods, Tales from the Green Valley, Tudor Monastery Farm, Edwardian Farm, victorian Farm and war Time Farm! Each is great as far as I'm concerned, my favorites tho are Tudor, Victorian and War Time.
Ruth's daughter is EXACTLY how I imagined a kid of Ruth would turn out. Love it!
What an amazing project and video documentary. I binge watched these all today, and now I want more.
This documentary was the best I've ever seen. Just when I thought I already knew a lot about medieval history, I once again realised how much I still have to learn. Love the passion that went into making this documentary never mind into building this magnificent castle! I really hope to visit one day!
Your last name is Dutch. Are your ancestors from the Netherlands or from Flanders?
Watching these guys do their work makes me appreciate how much physical labor and the tactile experience that went into the most mundane tasks of everyday life back then.
These days, we are removed from our labor and the results of it by the trigger of a powertool or the push of a switch on a piece of machinery.
Who's stopping you from using medieval hand tools for _your_ work?
@@theuncalledfor Highway Patrol. Apparently they frown on driving a wagon with a team of oxen on the freeway.
I wish we as a society would be allowed to restore and rebuild ruined castles. It would give us so much more insight into how our ancesters lived all those centuries ago. It would also revive traditional trades like stone masons, black smithing, carpentry to reproduce goods using traditional techniques. Each site could then be turned into education centres, re enactment centres, traditional craft faires. Boosting local economies and helping us to remember how lucky we are and what we have lost.
I'm sorry that his has to end.
Meeee tooooo! 💔
Anyone know if this project is still being worked on?
@@haraldblotand5460 yes, you can see it here ua-cam.com/channels/y9Kti8oDm_wmbU7-yLRfog.html their official channel
I was only watching these people for five hours total, but I don't want to leave them. It's so sad.
There're more historical documentaries like this with Ruth and Peter and others, where they actually live in the time period. They're all equally as good as this!
All done?? Awww...... Very well done, I've learned so much. Thank you for this.
There is a book too!
the french are amazing ! what an extraordinary idea....it is true that France is the country with the most castles, because of its very warlike and tormented history.
the research that the French have done in their national archives to reacquire these manufacturing methods is just incredible. it's a leap into their past, and they keep it intact.
Ruth is so animated with her expressions, it's great.
What a fantastic journey this was! Through all the labour and insight, the crew is what really kept me on my seat and watching. Brilliant trio, marvellous project and a new destination for me to visit some time soon.
Bonjour.
I did twice. If you could do the travel you would. This castle is in a buble of special time and atmosphere. Enjoye your trip.
Y
Jesus said:"Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons.." -Matthew 7 How did that "man" know that more than 2 thousand years AFTER HE DIED; ALL THAT WILL HAPPEN, There are so "Many" christian religions today, doing exactly what He prophesied more than 2000 years ago.
"Remember the former things, those of long ago;
I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning" -Isaiah 46
ua-cam.com/video/vFAxw6vueuQ/v-deo.html
Wow ...............WOW, what an epic documentary series. Thank you so much for sharing. Congratulations to all involved in this amazing project. I hope they will continue filming as the castle is finished. Brilliant.
here you go -- www.guedelon.fr/
man. i really want this series to continue. i binged watched it twice.
This is my fourth time watching this, always interesting each time.
What I love most is the passion in the project, it's not simply "let's build a castle", it's the flair and artistic expression as well.
The masons adding their artistic designs when doing the chapel windows, alter and archway, the blacksmith talent making and maintaining all the tools and constructing the nails, and the carpentry with the fantastically precise door and gallery, but also the limewashing, the painting, the cookery and the water mill, the fact they're using horses and have horse trainers on sight.
It's not just about the castle but what the castle represents as well, the nostalgia about recreating the experience around such an undertaking of building a castle.
We humans are at our best when we combine our scientific knowledge with our artistic flair and our desire to explore our past and figure out what brought us to this point, and the fact everyone from multiple nationalities are contributing to this project is amazing.
Read so much about this era. Now really understand the process. Real industry. Thank you..
“How do you build a castle? Well I know now.”- Peter said emotionally.
This series was fantastic. I love these three people. They make for a great team and even better teachers.
Thank you for sharing another brilliant series. This buy far is my favorite!
❤️, A Dorothy In Kansas, USA
I went to both Vezelay and Guedelon this summer. It's great to see the connection between them in this documentary. Both are great places to visit.
Can you visit here?
@@wikedwhich1 www.guedelon.fr/
One of the most amazing documentaries I have ever seen.
I have visited castles and cathedrals in several countries, and wondered at the craftsmanship. Having now watched this five-episode documentary, I have a deeper appreciation of craft. Thank you so much for this wonderful rendition.
Riveting! I am inspired to continue my neglected plan to create model cottages to full-scale plans!
This has been so wonderful to watch..... I wish a documentary crew went back every year until complete! Amazing!,
Thanks for putting it on UA-cam for all to watch.
This is one of the best series I've ever seen! I have a new perspective and a new appreciation for building castles and all that pertains to it. Thank you so much!
worked for a Stone Mason for 2 yrs, we worked mostly in Granite and nothing that intricate, enjoyed my time, learned a lot
Ruth is so skilful, dexterous and practical. Many attempts to find out how people used to do things in the past are just pathetic, but I'm sure she's got it right.
In principle, having a bonding agent that doesn't go off at the core serves two major purposes or helps along with them.
1. motion is dampened, earthquakes but also the setting of the structure as more weight is added (moving or static)
2. if portions of the outer bonding material are chipped, the inner one is ready to go off.
Now, if that was the intention of the creators...who knows, we know their structures survive today and i for one know that brick and mortar structures where the mortar has perished with time are falling to bits.
aserta it may have been a case of what sticks, they didn’t plan it they may not of understood it but it worked better so they kept doing it.
We have a tendency to think about the castles as having been built as huge, timeless centers of the landscape but actually most of them weren't. The ones that didn't survive just aren't there for us to look at so they don't inform our opinions. I'm sure very few of our buildings will still be standing in 700 years but the ones that are will be marveled at for their seeming timelessness.
Such a wonderfully made docuseries. thanks to everyone who made it possible. building and filming this escapade!
Really happy that I found this channel, and to top it of this series was FANTASTIC.... Hope to one day be able to go to France and visit this castle,, Amazing.
Absolutely fantastic Documentary. I have such a greater respect for ancient ruins after watching this show. I truelly hope that when the 25 year build is done we can get a recap of the site.
I've taken apart a few 19 th century arches, and it was difficult to remove all the brickwork overburden, but easy to excise the stone (softer mortar - thinner joints), I found the little wooden spacers used in construction positioning. very enlightening! Yes, there were makers' marks, but very few matching. That was 30 years ago, and they're all on pallets waiting to be displayed in the St. Louis Museum of Building Arts. I'm elated to find this video series.
Thanks for posting this! I have been unable to find episode 5 anywhere. Excellent series.
For anyone new to this castle building show on absolute history there are soo many more fabulous episode’s.
Super cool project. I'm SO glad it was filmed.
Thanks for the share !
As a Freemason, this Timeline really cements my work and craft. As a Celtic vendor it shows how history and traditional values come together to bring products and people to market.
The subject matter is Fascinating .....the people and show...MAGIC
Wow, what a limited series. That was amazing and my mind is blown.
This has been one of the most interesting series I've watched in a long time.
It's also really interesting how useful archaeological research seems to be to modern-day artisans. Seems that rediscovering all these "lost methods", by actually reenacting them, is of real value to modern artisans, like the Florian the mason.
We are just finishing off conservation work on the Conwy castle in Wales, amazing experience
This series was absolutely brilliant! Loved it!!
This would have to be one of the best documentaries on UA-cam. A new found respect for the builders of these fine buildings.
This has been a wonderful series to watch. Bless all the fine craftmanship we have witnessed.
I'm pretty sure that I watched this exact documentary on TV not too long ago. I'm still going to watch it again lol good quality interesting documentary not flooded with annoying adds either 10/10 thank you
Learned so very much from this series and found it extremely interesting and fun!
The respect all of the team show towards the men and women of that long forgotten time is what makes the difference. One can almost see the ghosts of the medieval people looking at them and smiling (rolling eyes sometimes even) how awkward they work but still liking that they are humble and respectful.
I really enjoyed this series. The raw skill and dedication of the people involved in the project is truly inspiring. And it will be standing as a testament to them for centuries to come. Few people can say they have left that kind of a mark on the world.
Fascinating series. Lovely to see Ruths daughter has picked up her passion ❤️
Thanks for posting this amazing series!!
i wonder what archeologists in 1000 years may think when they find a plastic hardhat somewhere under the ruins..
You just explained Ancient Aliens
It is interesting thinking about what reactions will be to our society.
This assumption that the knowledge will be lost is unfounded.
@@theuncalledfor is it really? I mean we lost some of the rediscoveries made during the renaissance of techniques used by the Romans. whats to say that we will not lose the knowledge of this rediscovery in 500 years time. Yes, we have better means of recording but we also have more elaborate systems that can be undone by one thing or another. Already there are computer files that people are struggling to open because the software for those files no longer works on modern hardware. Whilst I still think the complete loss of knowledge is unlikely, it is still quite possible.
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This was a really lovely project. Thank you so much for all your work both to the builders and the documentarians.
Right from the start...absolutely fascinating. Not that I did not study this at school, not that I did not bicycle-ride frequently to our local National Trust castle, but where can one go to actually experience building one. How fabulous this is, and it immediately takes me back to my boyhood. How wonderful. Thank You. Witches with a cauldron changing yellow to blue...by magic.
One of the best documentaries ever made. I rewatch this every other year. :)
I’m a couple of years late I know, but great series guys. After the civil restrictions are lifted you should consider doing an update on the castle
Loved every second of this series . Thanks for making it :)
Ruth is great at all this stuff. So much fun watching her do all this
Omg...I love this concept... needs to be a show on tv!
What an amazing documentary and not a single visitor on sight all along ! Great work folks and thanks you for sharing this
great project, great series, great people. chapo!
I was raised on a farm that was behind the times 70 years ago. I'm amazed at how much I knew of the different things they were doing. There were times I could write the next sentence in the script. It was mostly The woodworking, smithing, rock splitting, cooking, dyeing, and paint making Etc. We still used whitewash. Our barn was all mortise and tenon pegged together.
Great series. If only there were more like it
There are others, different time periods, Tales from the Green Valley, Tudor Monastery Farm, Edwardian Farm, victorian Farm and war Time Farm! Each is great as far as I'm concerned, my favorites tho are Tudor, Victorian and War Time.
Great series and survival techniques we may need again one day.
that's one of best documentary series I have ever seen
Ruth could make shopping at Tesco intriguing.
The chemical reaction to die fabric.... binge watching the show... I love this!
That’s so cool, and I feel amazed at what a team effort it took now and then. I build modern houses. I feel humbled. 🤔
One of the best documentary ive seen in along time well worth aveiw youll Feel part of the build that you would never want to come Away from .
I've not binged watched anything in YEARS, so well done for that! Would love to see a follow up episode or 2.
Makes you rethink the story about Hansel and Gretel and the Gingerbread house. If Ginger was more valuable then gold it would explain why the witch mad enough to put them in the oven.
By the time of Brothers Grimm, the spices for gingerbread were not that expensive. Hansel and Gretel are much much closer to our present time, a measly 150 years, than medieval times of 1230 when they placed the timeline for the castle.
By 1850, world was already so much smaller, almost anyone could afford spices from the far East, due to the sea trading routes. Spices from China would take only 9 months to get to you, and after Suez was built, a measly 3-4 months.
@@Zamolxes77 I was thinking the same thing, what a disruptive force long-distance ocean shipping must have been compared to the ancient practice of transporting goods overland along established trade routes. All these middlemen that used to profit now cut out in favor of a Dutch trading company.
In german it's not called gingerbread but "Pfefferkuchen" wich literally means "Peppercake" but I don't think that there was a big price difference between pepper and ginger. Both came from far away. Thinking that they even spiced their wine back then, just to show of does mean this stuff was luxury at its finest XD
@@Zamolxes77 The fairy tale is older than the brothers Grimm. They recorded the tales, they didn't write them. There's no telling how old a fairy tale might be. Making it more confusing, elements may have been added and removed during the centuries. Possibly, the gingerbread element was recently added at that time, but it may also have been there for centuries before the tale was written down. Sometimes it can be worked out by cross referencing with similar fairytales from other regions.
@@Trollvolk "Pfefferkuchen" is the exact same thing as "gingerbread", and doesn't contain any pepper. 'Pepper' was used as a synonym for 'spice'.
Wow... just wow... can't wait to visit the site sometime!
Fascinating! The work, the people, everything.....wish we still did things that way.
Ruth's daughter is such a history nerd. I'm in love. ❤ I love history.
Absolutely brilliant documentary. The presenters were great (Ruth especially!) and the men and women involved in the project were supremely impressive and endlessly fascinating. What an absolutely phenomenal project. Can't wait to see it completed!
This is one of the very best documentaries that i have watched. I sincerely enjoyed watching and learning the roads of learning the trades and crafts of yesterday. Long forgotten and erringly assumed by the unlearned. I look forward to seeing other documentaries like this one.
I watched all episodes in one setting. (I did pause it 3 or 4 times). Focusing on the total infrastructure required was genius on their part.
I am entranced and in awe after finding all these series done by Ruth and Peter as well as the teams they work with on various projects. Absolutely one of the best that I have found binge worthy. Check out the other period episodes. They bring you right into 1940's WW2 Britian. Please don't make Ruth do anymore authentic laundry episodes. That was really cruel. ;)
The biggest archaeological building site experiment would be to recreate monolithic structures with bronze chisels tho. :D
Enjoyed watching this :)
26:10 Ruth and her daughter. 49:00 I like the way he talks.
That was absolutely amazing. I'm a huge Medieval-Period/ Dark Ages dork, and I binge-watched this for hours; a tear in my eye that it had to end. Thank you so much 😊
nooooooooooo! it cant be over!! I really enjoyed this series. I am in construction (cabinet maker/cabinet fitter) and no one has any respect for the "craft" anymore. people want things done "fast and cheap" even in the high end custom homes I work in, they still don't want to allow the appropriate amount of time to just really do something right. It is my biggest daily frustration. People have lost touch with what it means to be a craftsman and have no idea what they are missing because of there deadlines and extreme budgets. Being in construction in the western USA is a joke. I feel like I can relate fully to these stone masons and really just envy the fact that they have free reign to do the work in the time that it actually takes to do the work.
I would LOVE to see them return in a couple years to expand on the serie. Loved it!