Sounds nice... But it's not true. Unless "free time" includes building your own houses and barns, cleaning out outhouses, tending to animals, making your own clothes, ECT ect. Those things weren't considered "work"
it's from the idea that the pupil was thought to be like an apple (in germany we still say Augapfel [Eyeapple]) and because it's precious because you need it to see, people use it to tell when someone is really important to them.
Maybe worked less for their lord and master but they still had to tend their own gardens especially if they wanted to eat over the winter,cut and bring home wood usually by a self pulled sled or cart. Mandatory archery or military training I wouldn’t call time off.
That's industrialisation. Much more is produced, and this isn't a bad thing. But it also means that people work more. They say that using clocks at works spaces changed everything. Before that, is simply doing what you need to do and see how much the day gives you. Specific work hours don't exist. With a clock however, the lord or rather industry baron at that time can implement deadlines, and work hours.
That's actually inaccurate. They all had to build their own homes, make their own clothes, hand wash their clothes and other fabrics, grow their own food and/hunt their own meat, the list goes on but I'm sure you get the point. So it makes sense that they worked less in terms of a job. But their entire existence was non stop work with little off time.
Peasant women gave birth without an audience, while noble/royal women did. The likelihood of dying during or after childbirth was roughly the same. Men used to run through two or three wives while now women mostly outlive men. Thank goodness for germ theory and modern medical practices.
@@beeragainsthumanity1420 Depends on what you mean by sucked. Sure it wasn't what it is today, but for their time they lived pretty decent lives. Most women were free from war and allowed to live with far less labor than men (obviously). Women in history wasn't nearly as"stay home, get beaten and rap'd, and bear my children" as people today tend to think.
@@fourfurrypotatoes Canada has far more free time and more money earnt for the buck, depends on province though. I do know a lot of western Canada earns what they need though and can live relatively well.
@@mitonaarea5856 I'm not allowed to post links for fear of violating user agreements and getting ban. But yes, SOME did eat better than nobility. Multi grain bread was for the poor. White bread is less healthy do to processing strips it of nutrients, the royalty wanted it because it took longer and more expensive to make. Wheat bread was peasant food, but turns out to be more healthy. Early colony days, the homeless were fed crabs and lobsters because they were so plentiful at the time...the rich would not sink so low to eat such foods. Vikings ate very healthy as well.
In Romania their is cheap land and houses. Away from the stressfull cities. Btw also we recreate folklore and medieval events. Even today, im not joking.
Slave and pesant are 2 different things. Peasant had to work certain number of days for the lord and in their "free time" they worked their land (rented one, paid rent in products) to feed their family. So they did not have more free time than Americans. They had more church holidays but of course worked 6 days a week from dawn to dusk all year round. Yes, in winter too, indoors if outside conditions were bad.
Suggestion:The tendency to mix in a little aggression (jousting) to everything sounds like pent up frustration about their station. But is also related to BEER. The women were the first great Beermeisters, peasant women could make a living with zymurgy the art of making beer. I would prefer to make beer over becoming a nun or prostitute that was the spectrum of work oppurtunities for poor women. Can you please do a video about the women of Zymurgy? Medicinal herbs were also mixed into beer since ancient times. You just had to hope a nosey neighbor didn't claim you were a witch.
Think about what they would have done if they had our lives. They'd probably become proficient chefs very quickly and probably not be very concerned with much else.
The thing that stood out to me is that Peasants own their own land. Today 78% of Americans live in apartments especially in the coastal areas because it so damn expansive to buy a house. I wish I was just a measly peasant back then.
You would still have to work farmland. The Amish have more modern farm tools because they used Post 1600-1700s technology. In the Middle Ages all Agriculture knowledge was passed down orally and technology changed slowly.
@@fkgjr - Just don't refi on a whim.... If you refi, all the interest you're paying the bank for all those years is lost. You are starting over, with a new 30 or whatever length years mortgage.
Honestly, it never occurred to me that Medieval peasants had down time. I just thought they worked in the fields all day and then went to sleep when it got dark.
This is true. Yes peasants in the Middle Ages performed backbreaking labor, but their schedule was based on seasonal harvests, and they all had downtime during the winter which accounted for 1/4 of their year. Today’s workers are mostly indoors and lucky to get 2-4 weeks in vacation a year.
@@davidsigalow7349 The lifespans were on average 35 only because of children dying early. The median was higher. If you survived childhood you would likely live until about 50 or 60.
Suggestion: Do a video on when the Scandinavian countries were forced to convert to Christianity (by penalty of death). You cAn talk about how paganism survived the outlawing in secret as well. Love the videos!
@@greenkoopa I won't deny that, but it's really not a denomination. It's a whole different religion in all honesty. A denomination would be considered a sub-group in my opinion. Catholicism isn't actually Christianity because it deletes the Christian aspect and adds in paganism. No disrespect to any Catholic but it's the truth. Sorry for getting political
Another video has already been made on the conversion of Scandinavians to Christianity on another channel: ua-cam.com/video/10lUYwfPG_k/v-deo.html You’re kind of exaggerating the forced conversions on the pain of death. Forced conversions on the pain of death were limited to Norway during the rule of Olaf Tryggvason whose reign only lasted for 5 years but he was overthrown and religious tolerance seems to have been restored. That was the only time in Scandinavian history where conversions where carried out with force. Also paganism definitely did not survive. It gradually faded away. Any leftover paganism within catholicism would have completely disappeared with the Protestant reformation in Scandinavia, which was hostile to the more pagan practises within Catholicism like the worship of saints.
I just recently purchased my first home and it has me wondering how home ownership worked in medieval times. Were peasants allowed to purchase homes or was it a luxury exclusively for Nobles. Is there a different between owning a home in a city vs the country in those times. Did they have to go to a bank and ask for a loan? Did medieval realtors exist?
I'm not an expert on the subject, but it could have been like this: you could either buy someone else's house that they are selling, or you could build your own. I don't think medieval realtor existed, and banks worked very differently back then. Loans were not a thing, and banks were mostly for nobles. peasants Would usually build their own house, and medieval apartments were actually a thing, believe it or not. Apartments go VERY far back.
I've actually always wondered about this. Stories of peasant classes are rarely told. We usually learn about broader royalty politics. I figured it was because the scribes at the times did not care to document peasant stories since they were at the servitude of the royalty. Thanks for this!
Meanwhile, in the Islamic world during the Middle Ages: Let's do math, solve equations, find the new stars, doing some calligraphy, recite some poems, learning Greek philosophy and medicine.
Yeh because our ancestors used magic to build massive churches and castles instead of maths and equations lol. Pretty sure there was also a whole wealth of literary prose and poems getting written in the Europe of the middle ages as well so what's the point your trying to make? You romanticise Islamic history my friend, sure it had some good points but to imply the Muslims of the middle ages were not as superstitious or blood thirsty as Europeans is false. One thing is clear though, Europe moved on from her medieval superstitions and barbarity where as most of the Islamic world did not.
This video simply focused on the lives of peasants. Peasants existed in the Islamic world as well, I highly doubt they were sitting around doing arithmetic in the sand.
If you're forced to practice archery, it's not "free time", it's military training. Choosing to practice archery, uncoerced, is free time. See the difference?
Suggestion: What was siege of castle or town like? What weapons/engines and tactics were used in siege? BTW really good and informative video! I love your videos about medieval times! ⚔️
First time viewer. And I laughed. A lot. So, well done and thank you. I love history and appreciate a good chuckle. Done and done. 😁😁😁 Seriously though, great content and narration. Thank you🦄
So glad the days of bear baiting or seeing other animals being slaughtered in the Roman gladiator days are over. So sad so many of them were forced to suffer for cruel human entertainment.
You should make a video of how the most popular sports got started...like you did here with golf (colf), ice-skating (on bones), but a little more indepth.😀👍
Keep in mind that when it came to knights jousting it was very expensive. The knight had to pay for their horses, armor, and other parts of their equipment as well as maintaining a crew of squires to get them prepped. For this reason only the upper classes could joust (at least not on the water.)
Bear baiting and bull baiting took place in some kind of arena called a pit. Mastiffs or bulldogs were used to torment and attack the poor creature. Later the famous pit bull was bred to make this game even more bloody… Though the latter were mostly used for dog fights… Although history people seem to particularly love all kinds of bloodsports. Even now in Spain, France and some South American countries bull fighting is still allowed. There also are still (illegal) dog and kock fights… There must be something about it that makes it popular. Maybe the death of one of the contenders? Me, I will never understand the attraction of seeing animals kill and maim each other.
Am I the only one who would love to hear an extended version of the little music piece played at the “Archery Was Incredibly Important”? It sounds so relaxing and soothing
MEN had to work 180 or so days in a year... women still had to prepare food carry water and fire and collect firewood possibly milk the cow(s) in the morning collect eggs every single day. Also loundry was a formittable task back then. Food preparation was a long tast and fire had to be kept going all day long as each meal and bread had to be made and mess had to be cleaned up and start the next meal. So is the saying "womans work is never done".
Medieval peasant: Hmm, this new thing is pretty great, but is there any way we can incorporate jousting into it, or maybe bears? Some Florida Man level thinking going on back then.
My family and I created a game we called "crohocker". Instead of kicking a ball, we used crochet sticks to knock a kick ball around. It was so fun! I sure do Miss those days.
What about some videos about frontier children’s toys; or toys from other eras, like the Great Depression; WW2 , etc. mainly western and when people had little; would be interesting to see what they used to do toy wise!
People just don’t understand how different feudalism was compared to capitalism. It was like a different works for here obligations and rights were thought of very differently.
They worked less...? That depends on how you define "work". Holidays are not days off for the people that make daily life function. Motherhood is never-ending. You can't just ignore your kids for a day. Someone had to cook all the food, organize those games, clean up after all the festivities, treat the wounded and hungover, etc. Farmers never have a complete day off unless you want your animals to go hungry or you have someone else to do that work for you. Whose work was that? Mostly young people and women. Let's be clear: Men worked less. Everyone else worked all day almost every day.
You make a good point. A lot of what you are describing is true today. My mom was a school teacher and would joke that she had two jobs. My dad did help out a lot and my parents hired a lady who was a student at the local community college to watch me when I got home from school and to cook dinner for us and do some light housework. When I was in Junior high that wasn’t necessarily since I was older and involved in extra curricular activities. At least we have modern conveniences and medical knowledge to make our often hectic schedules more tolerable.
They did quite a bit of drinking. Beer brewed with ergot contaminated grain was popular. The Dancing Plague was a big thing, People danced in the streets for days on end. Like Free Festivals in the 70's.
Nooo please keep the normal content, timelines are much more boring. Nothing on the channel, just more boring content we have easy access to in timelines.
7:00 my grandparents immigrated from Sicily settling in East Boston, MA , the only other Italian neighborhood besides the North End in Boston. My grandfather and all the old timers always played a bowling game brought to America called Bocce . They said that We've been playing it for every generation going back to ancient Roman times and probably farther back than that. It's a game that everyone gambles on. Probably the reason why it lasted for over 2000 years.
Italians were also in the West End of Boston, which was demolished in the 50s, ruining a large but close-knit community. It was shared with Jews and Irish.
"You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace"
- Frank McCourt
well spoken words
Great book. You read his biography?
The brain is inefficient without proper nutrition, sleep and hydration. The mind is just the nickname for the brain
I remember this quote - Angela's Ashes right?
Until you come down with fleas and TB.
"Medieval peasents have more off time than most Americans do" pretty much summarizes how it feels like to be an employee in America
"Sad, but true." --Metallica
Correct
Sounds nice... But it's not true. Unless "free time" includes building your own houses and barns, cleaning out outhouses, tending to animals, making your own clothes, ECT ect. Those things weren't considered "work"
And who the heck came up with a 40 hour work week? Dumbest thing I've ever heard and seen!
@@davidgoodman6924 You mean better work 96 hour work weeks which is the norm back then?
"Injuries and death were routine. So, naturally, it was extremely popular" if that doesn't sum up our species I don't know what does
Right!
Yeah, we are such a strange species!
Not gonna lie…I’d pay good money to watch a game of mob soccer
fknay
Watch literally any children's soccer game
Still exists! Played in one English or Scottish town still. Look it up on youtube. Its wild.
@@extragoogleaccount6061 The Atherstone Ball Game. Fights, blood and smashed up shops every year.
The Atherstone Ball Game. UA-cam it.
I wonder if that is where the saying," He/She is the apple of my eye." 🤔
Dana I believe you are on to something.
Maybe lol
it's from the idea that the pupil was thought to be like an apple (in germany we still say Augapfel [Eyeapple]) and because it's precious because you need it to see, people use it to tell when someone is really important to them.
@@jcherry875 his theory is better shut up
🤔
The days when people created their own kind of fun from whatever that was handy. Interesting how three activities ended up in some kind of jousting.
I still create my own fun with what's handy 🙂
@@funonvancouverisland bet you do, bet you do ... ;) :) :)
@@madeinbanat3534 bahaha didn't even think of that! Good one 😅
@@funonvancouverisland sorry mate, had to be done haha ;)
We did growing up and are teaching are great-grandchildren now. That's up to you if you want to use your imagination.
Pretty crazy that peasants worked less than we do now. Big corpo sure does love to raise us thinking that being workaholics is the only way to go.
What is the solution
Maybe worked less for their lord and master but they still had to tend their own gardens especially if they wanted to eat over the winter,cut and bring home wood usually by a self pulled sled or cart. Mandatory archery or military training I wouldn’t call time off.
That's industrialisation. Much more is produced, and this isn't a bad thing. But it also means that people work more. They say that using clocks at works spaces changed everything. Before that, is simply doing what you need to do and see how much the day gives you. Specific work hours don't exist. With a clock however, the lord or rather industry baron at that time can implement deadlines, and work hours.
That's actually inaccurate. They all had to build their own homes, make their own clothes, hand wash their clothes and other fabrics, grow their own food and/hunt their own meat, the list goes on but I'm sure you get the point. So it makes sense that they worked less in terms of a job. But their entire existence was non stop work with little off time.
Welcome to capitalism baby!!!
Suggestion: The difference between the lives of noble/royal women and peasant women.
I want to see that
Ngl I'm interested
Peasant women gave birth without an audience, while noble/royal women did. The likelihood of dying during or after childbirth was roughly the same. Men used to run through two or three wives while now women mostly outlive men. Thank goodness for germ theory and modern medical practices.
One sucked...the other sucked less.
@@beeragainsthumanity1420
Depends on what you mean by sucked. Sure it wasn't what it is today, but for their time they lived pretty decent lives. Most women were free from war and allowed to live with far less labor than men (obviously).
Women in history wasn't nearly as"stay home, get beaten and rap'd, and bear my children" as people today tend to think.
Peasants would spend their free time thinking, "Boy, I am sure glad I'm not a serf, as my life would really suck."
Among Polish peasants nearly all of them were serfs! Imagine that.
Lotteries were already around in ancient Rome. Some rulers went pretty nuts with the prizes you could win. (from Villas to dead dogs or even bees)
Imagine winning the lottery thinking you'll get a villa but got offered dead dogs instead lmaooo
@@notagain9023 or you open the chest you won and a swarm of angry bees attacks you^^
Dead dogs?
@@itrthho om nom nom
You forgot slaves
Like my high school history teacher always told us.. "Names, dates, and places change, but the concept always stays the same" 🤷🏼♂️
Very true
@@jasonwilder6871 ? Im not sure I recognize you. I heard it from my teacher Mr. Mac at Fairfield High
My fav quote now!
Nothing new under the sun
“More free time them most Americans” never have I been so offended by something I 100% agree with
Here, here.
I think America, Japan and Korea work the hardest and longest hours. I’m not sure about Canada.
@@fourfurrypotatoes China/Bengali in Dubai got them all beat.
@@fourfurrypotatoes Canada has far more free time and more money earnt for the buck, depends on province though. I do know a lot of western Canada earns what they need though and can live relatively well.
BS , ignorant remark. They didn't have free time apart from Sundays and some religious holidays. Those '150 days' were unpaid.
Fun fact:
Peasants actually lived a healthier life than nobility.
Really!?? Do you have any sources?
@@mitonaarea5856 Nobles ate meat. Peasants ate bread and vegetables. You make up your mind.
@@mitonaarea5856
I'm not allowed to post links for fear of violating user agreements and getting ban.
But yes, SOME did eat better than nobility.
Multi grain bread was for the poor.
White bread is less healthy do to processing strips it of nutrients, the royalty wanted it because it took longer and more expensive to make.
Wheat bread was peasant food, but turns out to be more healthy.
Early colony days, the homeless were fed crabs and lobsters because they were so plentiful at the time...the rich would not sink so low to eat such foods.
Vikings ate very healthy as well.
In Romania their is cheap land and houses. Away from the stressfull cities. Btw also we recreate folklore and medieval events. Even today, im not joking.
All of this is true
People back in the old days used to walk around saying “man, this is a long time ago” 😮
changing my boxers, now....
Uphill both ways
I do that now for the sake of future people.
True fact, this
@@johnedward8352 in the snow
2:08
"You see that ludicrous display last night?"
"The thing with Arsenal is, they always try to walk it in!"
What was Wenger thinking sending Walcott on that early?
They're having a laugh today!
Obviously talking about soccer. Try a mans sport for once
@@2ndCovey It’s an IT crowd reference not a football reference. Assuming you’re American? Barging in with no clue what’s actually being talked about
@@videoaddict961 Big facts from my guy right here
It would also kinda be cool to see a video on what some Asian countries did for fun around the same time period! Maybe Japan or Korea?
what people around the world were doing in the year ______
Nah European history is far more interesting
@@donHooligan I just picked a random area but I like your idea better!
@@Kitty666EmoGoth
your comment inspired the idea.
as far as i know...it didn't exist before reading your comment.
@@specter1549 depends on who you ask
Do one on the mini ice age. Fascinating information on that subject.
Agree
The old version of football would still be pretty fun. Imagine a bunch of kids from different streets competing to get it back to their street
I was surprised to learn that they actually HAD any free time!
Same here
All peasants weren't slaves. Only the serfs were. Most were somewhat autominous. Why wouldn't they have relaxation time?
Slave and pesant are 2 different things. Peasant had to work certain number of days for the lord and in their "free time" they worked their land (rented one, paid rent in products) to feed their family. So they did not have more free time than Americans. They had more church holidays but of course worked 6 days a week from dawn to dusk all year round. Yes, in winter too, indoors if outside conditions were bad.
"How do you know he's a king?"
--"Because he doesn't have shit all over him"
Suggestion:The tendency to mix in a little aggression (jousting) to everything sounds like pent up frustration about their station. But is also related to BEER. The women were the first great Beermeisters, peasant women could make a living with zymurgy the art of making beer. I would prefer to make beer over becoming a nun or prostitute that was the spectrum of work oppurtunities for poor women. Can you please do a video about the women of Zymurgy? Medicinal herbs were also mixed into beer since ancient times. You just had to hope a nosey neighbor didn't claim you were a witch.
Or hope that a random papal or royal Inquisitor doesn't go to your area
Monks had the best brew.
@@dr.floridaman4805 they also had syphilis. :D
@@MagMaybe siphilis was a new world disease brought back by Columbus.
You fail
@@dr.floridaman4805 They still had it. Fair trade for giving pox to New World.
Reason #431 why history is important to study. We have no idea how good we have it in 2021
Sounds more fun than my current pastime of binging UA-cam videos.
Think about what they would have done if they had our lives. They'd probably become proficient chefs very quickly and probably not be very concerned with much else.
Dats funny!
The algorithm feels so good
Yeah but that involves like, going outside and stuff.
😂😂😂😂🎉
the good old days...
if you lived to a ripe old age, you just fell over dead one day.
65
its more true nowadays. "died suddenly and expected"
The thing that stood out to me is that Peasants own their own land. Today 78% of Americans live in apartments especially in the coastal areas because it so damn expansive to buy a house. I wish I was just a measly peasant back then.
You would still have to work farmland.
The Amish have more modern farm tools because they used Post 1600-1700s technology.
In the Middle Ages all Agriculture knowledge was passed down orally and technology changed slowly.
That is absolutely not a true number or statement. Lmao 78% apartments. What is this soviet Russia?
Sorry guy. 65% of people in the US own their homes in 2020.
@@fkgjr - Just don't refi on a whim.... If you refi, all the interest you're paying the bank for all those years is lost. You are starting over, with a new 30 or whatever length years mortgage.
@@fkgjr own? Or pay a mortgage? Big difference without even looking into the statistics, which are simply that, statistics.
Suggestion: The Life Of Lee Harvey Oswald
Factoid 7 will blow your mind! Literally.
you wanna know the habits of your future killer eh
thought they did that already?
He was a commie.
@Do you turn it off and on again? Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK, John Wilkes Boothe killed Lincoln
I really hope the winner of Skittles have to shout "Taste the rainbow!", or they lose all their points.
Be the rainbow...
Destroy the rainbow!!
Honestly, it never occurred to me that Medieval peasants had down time. I just thought they worked in the fields all day and then went to sleep when it got dark.
I love how so many of these include numerous people dying, and yet they still continued, many of them to modern times.
I heard from the late Terry Jones from his "Medieval Lives" Series that Medieval Peasants had more days off than the workers of today.
This is true. Yes peasants in the Middle Ages performed backbreaking labor, but their schedule was based on seasonal harvests, and they all had downtime during the winter which accounted for 1/4 of their year. Today’s workers are mostly indoors and lucky to get 2-4 weeks in vacation a year.
Thats only in the US.Over here in Europe most people get 4 to 6 weeks vacation plus some 15 to 20 "holydays".
And most work 5 days a week.
Well, considering that their lifespans were about 35 years, I hope they enjoyed all that free time.
@@davidsigalow7349 The lifespans were on average 35 only because of children dying early. The median was higher. If you survived childhood you would likely live until about 50 or 60.
@@CloroxBleachCompany I work outdoors all year 50 to 70 hrs a week and get 1 week off.
I know my fellow deathlings (Ask a Mortician fans) have sung “The Middle Ages were magic” at least once in this video.
Yeesss, Lol..😁
Lol yep
Love you.
Yup 😆😆
Oh yes!
I love anything medieval. So interesting.
Suggestion: Do a video on when the Scandinavian countries were forced to convert to Christianity (by penalty of death). You cAn talk about how paganism survived the outlawing in secret as well. Love the videos!
*Catholocism, many Christans were persecuted by Catholics as well for not being Catholic. Death and torture was always the consequence
@@summitgoons2744 oppressed people dont care what denomination their oppressors tout
@@greenkoopa I won't deny that, but it's really not a denomination. It's a whole different religion in all honesty. A denomination would be considered a sub-group in my opinion. Catholicism isn't actually Christianity because it deletes the Christian aspect and adds in paganism. No disrespect to any Catholic but it's the truth. Sorry for getting political
Another video has already been made on the conversion of Scandinavians to Christianity on another channel: ua-cam.com/video/10lUYwfPG_k/v-deo.html
You’re kind of exaggerating the forced conversions on the pain of death. Forced conversions on the pain of death were limited to Norway during the rule of Olaf Tryggvason whose reign only lasted for 5 years but he was overthrown and religious tolerance seems to have been restored. That was the only time in Scandinavian history where conversions where carried out with force.
Also paganism definitely did not survive. It gradually faded away. Any leftover paganism within catholicism would have completely disappeared with the Protestant reformation in Scandinavia, which was hostile to the more pagan practises within Catholicism like the worship of saints.
@@summitgoons2744 Catholicism is the oldest Christian church, not some Baptist church founded by pastor Billy Bob in Alabama.
All the other youth with the shoes upon thee
Thou'd better flee, better flee, from my archery.
Lol see what you did there
Football in the medages: yeah you get hurt you might die
Football now: lemme fall over cause I got a pat on the back
where women allowed to participate in these activities? if not, what did women do in their past time (except apple bobbing)?
I just recently purchased my first home and it has me wondering how home ownership worked in medieval times. Were peasants allowed to purchase homes or was it a luxury exclusively for Nobles. Is there a different between owning a home in a city vs the country in those times. Did they have to go to a bank and ask for a loan? Did medieval realtors exist?
I'm not an expert on the subject, but it could have been like this: you could either buy someone else's house that they are selling, or you could build your own. I don't think medieval realtor existed, and banks worked very differently back then. Loans were not a thing, and banks were mostly for nobles. peasants Would usually build their own house, and medieval apartments were actually a thing, believe it or not. Apartments go VERY far back.
@@NachoDaMan i imagine they would need appporval from the local lord. But how does one prove ownership?
@@urielsanchez767 Deeds did exist in medieval times.
I've actually always wondered about this. Stories of peasant classes are rarely told. We usually learn about broader royalty politics. I figured it was because the scribes at the times did not care to document peasant stories since they were at the servitude of the royalty. Thanks for this!
Meanwhile, in the Islamic world during the Middle Ages: Let's do math, solve equations, find the new stars, doing some calligraphy, recite some poems, learning Greek philosophy and medicine.
Yup 👍 that’s what Islam was doing back then. That was the last time anything good came out of those folks.
Yeah and lets invade Balkans and Eastern Europe.
Yeh because our ancestors used magic to build massive churches and castles instead of maths and equations lol. Pretty sure there was also a whole wealth of literary prose and poems getting written in the Europe of the middle ages as well so what's the point your trying to make?
You romanticise Islamic history my friend, sure it had some good points but to imply the Muslims of the middle ages were not as superstitious or blood thirsty as Europeans is false.
One thing is clear though, Europe moved on from her medieval superstitions and barbarity where as most of the Islamic world did not.
Islam the religion of Satan
This video simply focused on the lives of peasants. Peasants existed in the Islamic world as well, I highly doubt they were sitting around doing arithmetic in the sand.
If you're forced to practice archery, it's not "free time", it's military training. Choosing to practice archery, uncoerced, is free time. See the difference?
It’s fun, and you’re a beta male who wouldn’t enjoy shooting bows
Suggestion: What was siege of castle or town like? What weapons/engines and tactics were used in siege?
BTW really good and informative video! I love your videos about medieval times! ⚔️
I recommend you check out lindybeige
First time viewer. And I laughed. A lot. So, well done and thank you. I love history and appreciate a good chuckle. Done and done. 😁😁😁 Seriously though, great content and narration. Thank you🦄
Given the plagues, the wars & the entertainment we've had since ages, I'm truly amazed that mankind survives to this day.
More luck than judgement
Breeding also known as families
Life uh finds a way
So glad the days of bear baiting or seeing other animals being slaughtered in the Roman gladiator days are over. So sad so many of them were forced to suffer for cruel human entertainment.
Bear baiting and other blood sports still exist
8:25 just skips over the fact they basically invented hockey
It’s from this idea and image of farming is what everybody dreaded farming and devalue farming altogether
You should make a video of how the most popular sports got started...like you did here with golf (colf), ice-skating (on bones), but a little more indepth.😀👍
The players would put on ludicrous displays most nights because they didn't know what Wenger was thinking putting on Walcott that early.
Ya know that's the problem with Arsenal! They always try to walk it in!
Medieval commoners playing CeeLo 🤣
😂😂😂
I was just thinkin this shit nbs😭
What did it mean for the relationship if she's able to eat the entire apple underwater?
Makes me think of Aaron from the office "I did it I ate two whole apples"
A long relationship, with few children
The dude probably has to eat her peach entirely under water 😂
@@noahnuccioguitarworks7552 😂😂😂
Honestly I always thought being a peasant meant working in the fields and randomly going to fight in a war with a pitchfork
Please could you do a video on the Medici Family😊
I imagine they layed around cause they had to work all time. There ain't a McDonald's or grocery store or cars.
There WAS fast food back then, including the predecessor of the hamburger! From this very channel: ua-cam.com/video/190emwcnYJ4/v-deo.html
Colf would be a great modern day sport ⛳️
Keep in mind that when it came to knights jousting it was very expensive. The knight had to pay for their horses, armor, and other parts of their equipment as well as maintaining a crew of squires to get them prepped. For this reason only the upper classes could joust (at least not on the water.)
You can joust without any of that equipment, running at each other would do. Or maybe on a donkey or a some other animal
The whole bear baiting story makes my heart sink... why are humans so cruel?
Definitely would love to see even more of these "how they spent their free time" videos.
Bear baiting and bull baiting took place in some kind of arena called a pit. Mastiffs or bulldogs were used to torment and attack the poor creature. Later the famous pit bull was bred to make this game even more bloody… Though the latter were mostly used for dog fights… Although history people seem to particularly love all kinds of bloodsports. Even now in Spain, France and some South American countries bull fighting is still allowed. There also are still (illegal) dog and kock fights… There must be something about it that makes it popular. Maybe the death of one of the contenders? Me, I will never understand the attraction of seeing animals kill and maim each other.
Its a fight, same reason people watch boxing or mma
'Applebobbing? Eeeeh! When will those humans sease?' - Beldar Conehead
where is 1998 & 1999 on weird history timeline
jeff anderson
Am I the only one who would love to hear an extended version of the little music piece played at the “Archery Was Incredibly Important”? It sounds so relaxing and soothing
Yes! (As in I would like to hear it too)
MEN had to work 180 or so days in a year... women still had to prepare food carry water and fire and collect firewood possibly milk the cow(s) in the morning collect eggs every single day.
Also loundry was a formittable task back then.
Food preparation was a long tast and fire had to be kept going all day long as each meal and bread had to be made and mess had to be cleaned up and start the next meal.
So is the saying "womans work is never done".
My Jewish peasant ancestors spent their leisure time training for the quarterly "100 -yard Outrun the Cossacks Dash."
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@The Artist Formerly Known as Butt They were Jews, and they were alive.
@The Artist Formerly Known as Butt Are you questioning that pograms regularly took place in the Pale of Settlement?
Medieval peasant: Hmm, this new thing is pretty great, but is there any way we can incorporate jousting into it, or maybe bears?
Some Florida Man level thinking going on back then.
The 'Football' game, as you describe was, in fact called 'Camping' , in England.
look up the origins of Lacrosse
My family and I created a game we called "crohocker". Instead of kicking a ball, we used crochet sticks to knock a kick ball around.
It was so fun! I sure do Miss those days.
You should do a video on the history of Britain's tea time...
Could you cover - Witches and healthcare in the middle ages. Gotta love the plague doctors :)
Amazing how and when some of the sport games got there start long ago and have changed into what they are today.
Thanks for the greater insight into the possible origins of soccer hooligans. Very funny and informative video. Extremely well made.
they definitely didn’t go on vacation to the islands
What about some videos about frontier children’s toys; or toys from other eras, like the Great Depression; WW2 , etc. mainly western and when people had little; would be interesting to see what they used to do toy wise!
I'd love a video on medieval travel and in particular the use of taverns.
Surprisingly violent pastimes. Good thing dynamite hadn't been invented yet. Tennis and badminton could have been an explosive and fatal sport.
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Perfect, now I know what to do when I'm bored today
People just don’t understand how different feudalism was compared to capitalism. It was like a different works for here obligations and rights were thought of very differently.
Blown up pigs bladder.....I wonder how many kicks it took to pop it?
basically leather, so...
I never knew Yahtzee sold so much per year
“uploaded 8 seconds ago” 😼
Medieval times, aka “The Great Preset”
Sheer dread that I've been going around saying Golf first started in Scotland... XD
They worked less...? That depends on how you define "work". Holidays are not days off for the people that make daily life function. Motherhood is never-ending. You can't just ignore your kids for a day. Someone had to cook all the food, organize those games, clean up after all the festivities, treat the wounded and hungover, etc. Farmers never have a complete day off unless you want your animals to go hungry or you have someone else to do that work for you. Whose work was that? Mostly young people and women. Let's be clear: Men worked less. Everyone else worked all day almost every day.
You make a good point. A lot of what you are describing is true today. My mom was a school teacher and would joke that she had two jobs. My dad did help out a lot and my parents hired a lady who was a student at the local community college to watch me when I got home from school and to cook dinner for us and do some light housework. When I was in Junior high that wasn’t necessarily since I was older and involved in extra curricular activities. At least we have modern conveniences and medical knowledge to make our often hectic schedules more tolerable.
"Farmers" and "young people" have no distinguishable sex? Or do thwy coumt as just women too? Perhaps you should be more specific?
oh, so they didn't just die at the ripe old age of 35?
150 days of work a year? Sounds good, but I like having all my teeth and bathing daily. Living past 40 isn’t bad either.
Medieval people used to take baths, don't worry about that
If you survived past your teens you would most likely survive to your 60s-70s.
existing to a ripe old age. yay.
"well, he got lost in the woods, and starved to death surrounded by food."
@@donHooligan that was very rare during those times since life experience taught you to not get lost in the woods.
I was still hoping that Timeline would be back with 98. I like those videos. Although, I do like the normal content too.
What down time?
If they weren't dying form the plague they were working 18 hours a day.
What do you mean 18hrs!?
More like 26hrs
Ahh, there is no fun without good old violence
Hi, could you please make a video on pre and post islamic Arabia. That would be informative. Thanks
Thank you for very interesting video 😊 I would like to hear about medieval medicine
as always all of these games were even more fun due to the fact that everyone was drunk all the time cause the water wasn't safe to drink
Actually it was safe to drink water. They had clean water.
I'm from Tennessee and you said "ya'll " ... I'll be watching your channel from now on😎
They did quite a bit of drinking. Beer brewed with ergot contaminated grain was popular. The Dancing Plague was a big thing, People danced in the streets for days on end. Like Free Festivals in the 70's.
TIMELINEEEEEEE PLZ
Nooo please keep the normal content, timelines are much more boring. Nothing on the channel, just more boring content we have easy access to in timelines.
#normalcontentgang
When Women get ahold of ice skating: Graceful, artistic.
When men get ahold of ice skating: Brutal, bloodsports.
I would enjoy grooming the horses. What century did stilts walking become the method for lighting street lamps?
18th or 19th century, medieval is much earlier. Something like 10th to 15th centuries
7:00 my grandparents immigrated from Sicily settling in East Boston, MA , the only other Italian neighborhood besides the North End in Boston. My grandfather and all the old timers always played a bowling game brought to America called Bocce . They said that We've been playing it for every generation going back to ancient Roman times and probably farther back than that. It's a game that everyone gambles on. Probably the reason why it lasted for over 2000 years.
Italians were also in the West End of Boston, which was demolished in the 50s, ruining a large but close-knit community. It was shared with Jews and Irish.
Water jousting: Why can’t we do that now? It could be a way more exciting athletic competition in the Summer Olympics than baseball.
We have Waterpolo
They probably drank beer and watched TV.
Lmao 😂
You should do a collab with Jon Townsend, that would be something worth watching.
Yes the history of nutmeg😂😂😂