"It's a bit embarrassing when you're trying to threaten someone and your bolt falls off your crossbow". Sounds like a scene from a Monty Python sketch.
Bolt misses, Lifts cross bow "O you in trouble now fam!" Holds bow gangster style "Say goodbye you Protestant cu....(Bolt falls out)......hum.....It seams we are at an impasse lad!"
Prose and Tea Surely there were places where you could stop by and pick up something cheap to eat, and there were definitely taverns where you could go out for a meal.
"Nor should I forget to mention that there is in London, on the river bank amidst the ships, the wine for sale, and the storerooms for wine, a public cookshop. On a daily basis there, depending on the season, can be found fried or boiled foods and dishes, fish large and small, meat - lower quality for the poor, finer cuts for the wealthy - game and fowl (large and small). If friends arrive unexpectedly at the home of some citizen and they, tired and hungry after their journey, prefer not to wait until food may be got in and cooked, or "till servants bring water for hands and bread", they can in the meantime pay a quick visit to the riverside, where anything they might desire is immediately available. No matter how great the number of soldiers or travellers coming in or going out of the city, at whatever hour of day or night, so that those arriving do not have to go without a meal for too long or those departing leave on empty stomachs, they can choose to detour there and take whatever refreshment each needs. Those with a fancy for delicacies can obtain for themselves the meat of goose, guinea-hen or woodcock - finding what they're after is no great chore, since all the delicacies are set out in front of them. This is an exemplar of a public cookshop that provides a service to a city and is an asset to city life. Hence, as we read in Plato's Gorgias, cookery is a flattery and imitation of medicine, the fourth of the arts of civic life." -- William Fitz Stephen, ca 1174-1183 users.trytel.com/~tristan/towns/florilegium/introduction/intro01.html
"Over it all the practiced cries of the street vendors ring out as they walk around with trays of food, calling out 'hot peascods' or 'Rushes fair and green,' 'Hot sheep's feet' or 'Ribs of beef and many a pie.'" The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer p. 10 This isn't a primary source, but it references an early 15th century poem "London Lickpenny," and the end of the Prologue of Piers Plowman (Cookes and heore knaves cryen "Hote pies, hote! "Goode gees and grys! Go we dyne, go we!")
@@peteralund They can. It's not a guarantee but some cattle are definitely more skittish than others. Add the flash to the loud report and you've certainly got better odds of causing a stampede than a crossbow does.
@@ModernKnight I am absolutely stoked by the fact that I came across your channel. I have always loved things medieval and English and your channel has provided me with information that i would not have even considered. Wonderful content and great delivery. Thank you
@@ModernKnight Being a student of history at the university of hannover i love your content, its well researched and i like your collabs with experts on many topics to make sure you deliver valid information on what you are covering, keep up the great work!
Okay, for some reason my mind registered the title as "Did they have drive-throughs in medieval times?" I was prepared to watch a video about roadside kiosks that served food to horsemen. I still want to believe it was a real thing.
@@ragnkja Fastfood industry was huge in medieval times, good percentage of houses in big towns didn't have dedicated cooking place which suggests that people eat in taverns and such every day. Or at least used to buy bakery on their way to work.
in modern day times it's not rare to find small market stalls set up on highways going to popular routes selling certain fruits and drinks and such, so I'd imagine something of the sort would've been around for quite a while along the popular highways of old, catering to the wealthy merchant sort they'd have probably made a fair bit of money.
When I read "drive-bys in medieval times" my first thought was "isn't that what the Mongolians did on a large scale?" Also interesting video :-) Thank you and best of luck to you.
This isn't really a comment on this particular video, but on how happy I feel when I hear the theme music. Since before and during the pandemic while I was caregiving flexibly 24/7 for an ill/dying family member, one of the few things I could do late at night was watch these videos and I'll tell you it really helped me get through this very difficult time.
According to the Czechs during the Hussite Wars, YES! They used crossbows, early firearms and modified pikes all on the back of a wagon. Why? Because Knights couldn't counter it.
I live on that border. They still call low lying fog "scotch mist" (I know it should be "Scots mist" but they call it that to take the piss) as they used to come under cover of vapour!
KamenKami Until you learn the etymology of “mist”. It used to mean “steam from dung”, but English forgot the “dung” part, whereas German forgot the “steam” part.
At night, a burning slowmatch might also be visible from a distance, too. If it's from that era, that might be another reason to prefer crossbows for night raiding.
Between yesterday and today I watched you more than tv. No fillers, no useless information, you’re just humbly telling us about history and you always show us what you are talking about. I absolutely love it!
01:30 "Made by Tod of Tod´s Stuff" This was the moment i felt extra respect and love for this channel. Showcasing tod´s excellent reproductions on your channel? I tip my hat, good sir, i tip my hat.
LizzieDripping Both Abraham and Sampson address each other as “you” in that scene, while Sampson and Gregory (who both work for the Capulets) address each other informally earlier in the scene.
@@indianasquatchunters Shoot comes from Old English sceotan, of which one of the meanings was to hurl missiles, among other things. From far before guns. Fire though, would be incorrect in the context of bows indeed. One would say loose.
Gossamer is far from common; she's stunningly beautiful. I love watching Jason with his horses and even the mule-with-no-name. You can see the mutual trust and affection between them. It's beautiful to watch.
I can honestly say I never thought about medieval drive-bys, but now that you have gone into it, I can see it's potential enrichment of a little tale or two.
Thanks very much for your channel. It's unpretentious and has all the great curiosity and content without the baggage that comes with a lot of other TV and online shows at the moment. It stands out a mile 👌
Knights with attitude Dr Slay Peened-tang Clan 50 shillings Pope Daddy Snoop Doge The OG Martin Luther The exile formerly known as Prince ....I’ll stop now
2:15 : The phrase we are looking for is “catastrophic self-disassembly”. Regarding modern military use, IRCC the French Foreign Legion used to have a vertical-prod crossbow for (in theory) taking out sentries. No idea if their special units ever actually used it outside of training. The only image I ever saw of it was taken during a training exercise, and may have explained the vertical prod: the soldier was shooting from behind and braced against the trunk of a small tree. As for accuracy, I expect these reaver crossbows only needed enough to be effective at hitting a man from just outside the reach of his longest melee weapon or hand tool. They may have been more about keeping men at bay while cattle/horses were rustled than any more aggressive role.
Unfortunately that lack of exact knowledge affects a lot of medieval weapons. Other prime examples being the zwiehander and the swordbreaker. A "verbal threat" weapon sounds likely for this smaller crossbow, though
My reasoning was that for actual skirmishing under raiding conditions (cover of darkness, fog) a short, light-draw bow or even darts/javelins would serve better. Under these conditions, what advantage does a short range crossbow, a more complex and expensive weapon, actually have? The only answer I find is that a crossbow can project its missile instantly, with only the movement of a finger - and that anyone you point a crossbow at is going to know that. It follows that the idea was not to skirmish, but to execute a hold-up.
You can sense his passion for this historical time period. Ever since I started watching this channel, I have learned so much and find it even more interesting than I did before.
When the Portuguese sent expeditions in Brazil, they sent soldiers armed with arquebuses and crossbows. I mean that, in the same "unit", they mixed soldiers armed with crossbows and gunpowder weapons Which is interesting because we see that armies still utilized crossbows even after the use of gunpowder. Not only, but they often mixed them together in their units
Crossbowmen can shoot over the Pikemen and Musketeers to hit the enemy The long-paced nature of sieges and battles still made crossbows viable Crossbows are much easier to reload than a musket-pistol
early firearms certainly needed the help from other types of troops. it was only once the flintlock came along and became widespread, which dramatically improved reliability and usability over simple match and doglocks and decreased the cost and complexity over wheellocks that firearms finally made most other weapons obsolete.
Well, unless this is a euphemism, dry firing is a thing you do once and never again; not only does it destroy your equipment it also does a number on your body.
though out the explanation of what the crossbow could be used for, I was imagining two families on opposite sides of the border stealing the same cow over and over again.
Check out Todd, of Todd's Stuff, and more recently Todd's Workshop and Todd's Cutler(y), here on youtube, if Jason Kingsley is a modern knight, then Todd is a modern dwarf, toiling away on works of absolute art. The practical history buffs of youtube almost all owe so much to Todd.
Siôn Roberts : Less a question of stealthiness and more a question of how far a sound carries. A gunshot report tends to carry much farther than a man’s screams.
Siôn Roberts might want to handle the reins with one hand and traditional bow makes that pretty much impossible, also a bow may be harder to hide than the crossbow?
If you had 5 or 10 blokes with those on horseback you could really give a farmstead a hard time. With a little bit of planning and communication you could keep 2-3 people 'on' the house (riding by, shooting in windows, setting fire to shit, hurling insults, ect) at basically all times if every time someone rode off to reload someone else comes in. That way you always have eyes on the surrounding roads and countryside looking out for trouble when you've reloaded and have time to patrol around and catch your breath before the signal to tap in comes.
6:30 - It's fascinating to think about why an object survived for hundreds of years and can be viewed in a museum today. This goes for clothing too: if it was a well-loved clothing item, it likely would have been worn out and destroyed over time - and we wouldn't be able to see it today. I'd love to listen to the thoughts of people who were alive when a given object was created. Would they say "Oh yeah, we used that all the time. See how useful it is!" or "Ugh, that invention was a complete failure. Let me show you what actually worked, and why..." or "Yeah, people loved that thing for a while. But then that fad was over and we moved on to a more practical solution."
Glad to see this channel has started to upload again! really missed it. Being a sub since it was less than 10k subscribers, and look it now, this channel is getting the love it deserves! Godspeed!
I'm envious of jason, every other day he gets to get up and talk about his favourite thing. You can really feel the passion in the videos, 10/10 keep it up :D
About what? Horse archery was never much of a thing in Europe beyond Byzantium and certainly not in Britain because they generally lacked composite bows. And it wasn't they didn't know how to make them, it's they couldn't because the rainy environment wouldn't let the necessary glue set strong enough for its use in bows, along with other reasons. So they were left with self bows, which are cumbersome to use on horse, and crossbows. The Mongol armies would have had a difficult time lasting long in Western Europe, just as the Moorish armies did in the 8th and 9th Centuries once they moved out of the arid regions of the Mediterranean. When the Mughals conquered India they had a really weird set of rules and almost like religious practices for storing their composite recurve bows to keep them from the humidity.
@@damienomen68 This makes me think you don't know much of the history of the Mongols, really. The Mongols were just about to crush Europe when they were called back to vote on a new ruler when the previous one died. Europe got lucky and thought the Mongols were afraid of them, when really the Mongols were able to wipe out most of the resistance they met with just a glorified scouting party.
I miss my DnD group...in-person meetups not a great idea at my age, and we tried a Zoom one-off, and it wasn’t the same. By summer my 20-sided will roll again!
Listen to me, brotha I'm a borda reava Give us all your cattle We're ready for battle Gonna do a ride-by Fools who try to resist Or run off in the mist In ten seconds they die! (I don't listen to much rap, and certainly never write any, so forgive me if this sucks, I was just inspired by Jason's awesome video to have a bit of fun :P)
Just here to applaud you giving Gossamer her due credit at the end. She's an excellent actress, I can hardly tell she's not actually a horse from the middle ages. A true tour-de-force performance by a one-of-a-kind performer. Thank you Gossamer, you magnificent animal.
Jason I love your videos as a horse and history lover it really is such a cool niche. My favourite thing is watching how incredibly gentle you are with your hands and always hold the reins in such quiet hands. Wonderful horsemanship that's really special to watch.
@@frankrebind4483 Definitely worth doing, I've been using dried marrowfat peas, soaked overnight. Chop an onion and fry it off with a little oil then add stock and the peas plus any other herbs and seasoning you fancy before bringing it up to a low simmer for an hour or so. I've also been throwing in the left overs from the fridge, spuds, bacon, that sort of thing. Bit of bread and butter on the side and you're good to go :-)
Hey, Mr Kingsley. i just want to send my love for your channel. I only recently discovered it, but it's one of the most interesting channels I've ever watched. The armour you wear, the weapons you have, the horses you keep, the information you give out. It's all exactly the kind of thing I would like to collect/reenact/research (and quite frankly, play with) if I ever had the money. I just want you to know how much I appreciate your channel. Easy to digest information on a wide range of topics, all presented in a fun fashion. I've noticed that on a few of your videos over the years you've responded to quite a few overly negative comments. I hope you know that there are far more of us who love your videos than those negative people. You're amazing, keep up the good work! Much love from a Welshman.
when i dismount from my horse, he turns back as if to say, where did you come from?, what were you doing? and looks really surprised. so i can relate. they pull some funny experessions
Gossamer really is a beautiful girl. And she didn't seem to mind you playing with a new toy up there. She seemed aware, but not concerned. Lovely video. Thank you.
Like the way you discuss this throughout! Clear, considered, easy to follow the processes and aspects involved. Thank you and Tod and of course Gossamer!
It sounds like it would make a useful addition to light screening cavalry. I can imagine small groups of horsemen on a medeval battlefield approaching the Heavy Cavalry, loosing off a few bolts and retiring again and again until discipline breaks down and they make a disordered charge.
Theres actually a story of a person in Venezuela who had a mango tree in their yard and when Venezuelas economy failed and the people were extremely hungry the homeowner bought a little crossbow to defend the mangos as it was the only deoendable source of food around.
Just rewatched this video. Lovely headshot of Gossamer. She looks so much like her father Dibs' headshot in the new saddle video. Both are just magnificent.
Fabulous video! I'm glad to see Gossamer again as well. She's so lovely and calm. I had a good chuckle when you were saying how she would be all wrong for a reavers' purposes, and her ears started to look a little bit upset - and then she got happier after you called her showy! Though I won't deny that I love any of your videos when we get to see or visit with your horses. They're all of them spectactular!
As far as i know in medieval Kingdom of Poland crossbows were used from horse by knight's servants. When horse company was charging, knights and heavy armoured were in front. In the back were squires shooting bolt from crossbows over heads of front knights. In Medieval Poland they were mostly two type of military banner/company : lancers and shooters. Shooters banner was made of amount of 4 mounted crossbowmen per 1 lancer. Other proportion was in lancers banner . Anyway mounted crossbowmen vanished in late XVI century.
Between this video, the peasant food video (that salmon looked amazing), and the longbow video I've decided to subscribe. I've got just about nothing but time these days...
Crossbows were also commonly used for hunting. Less noise to scare the wild away, not to mention make you deaf and you didn't smell like hell after using them.
Gossamer! I have missed her! Stellar video as always Sir Jason! May you, your family, staff, and steeds etc stay safe and well in these tumultuous times
@@ModernKnight That's great to hear you are all well, i hope you all stay that way! And i am truly grateful that you are so kind as to continue making your content, i for one am very grateful. It always brings a smile to see you have a new video ^_^
"It's a bit embarrassing when you're trying to threaten someone and your bolt falls off your crossbow". Sounds like a scene from a Monty Python sketch.
And too often life is like a Monty Python sketch!
Holy crap, I just thought this while watching the video.
Give me all your lupins!
"Your mother was a hampster and your father smelt of elderberries!"
Dennis moore riding though the night,,,,, 😁
*STRAIGHT OUTTA CAMBRIDGE*
Best comment so far!
BWA!
Brittons with attitude.
ua-cam.com/video/Bj7J7vXCf5w/v-deo.html
Well played.
🤣 u stupid
"Break thyself, heathen!"
*shoots crossbow sideways*
Bolt misses, Lifts cross bow "O you in trouble now fam!" Holds bow gangster style "Say goodbye you Protestant cu....(Bolt falls out)......hum.....It seams we are at an impasse lad!"
@In Hoc Signo Diliget I found it funny...
@In Hoc Signo Diliget Uggh. Yet another super serious stiff that reees 'cringe' at anyone else having any fun anywhere
@In Hoc Signo Diliget its acttualy kek
Lmao
-Oh, look at that strangely clad fellow up on that fine black mare. What is he holding?
-Stand and deliver! Your cattle or your life!
It's almost harvesting season
Less talking! More raiding!
Um gunna break yer legs, noice and slow!
That's a nice head you have on your shoulders.
I vill drink from jor skall!
I couldn’t shake the idea of a Middle Ages McDonald’s bc I was thinking drive through, but I’m still delighted by the video we got
Prose and Tea
Surely there were places where you could stop by and pick up something cheap to eat, and there were definitely taverns where you could go out for a meal.
In very high traffic areas, 100% there were "drive thrus" where you could just pull your horse up to the vendor and buy a pie etc
"Nor should I forget to mention that there is in London, on the river bank amidst the ships, the wine for sale, and the storerooms for wine, a public cookshop. On a daily basis there, depending on the season, can be found fried or boiled foods and dishes, fish large and small, meat - lower quality for the poor, finer cuts for the wealthy - game and fowl (large and small). If friends arrive unexpectedly at the home of some citizen and they, tired and hungry after their journey, prefer not to wait until food may be got in and cooked, or "till servants bring water for hands and bread", they can in the meantime pay a quick visit to the riverside, where anything they might desire is immediately available. No matter how great the number of soldiers or travellers coming in or going out of the city, at whatever hour of day or night, so that those arriving do not have to go without a meal for too long or those departing leave on empty stomachs, they can choose to detour there and take whatever refreshment each needs. Those with a fancy for delicacies can obtain for themselves the meat of goose, guinea-hen or woodcock - finding what they're after is no great chore, since all the delicacies are set out in front of them. This is an exemplar of a public cookshop that provides a service to a city and is an asset to city life. Hence, as we read in Plato's Gorgias, cookery is a flattery and imitation of medicine, the fourth of the arts of civic life." -- William Fitz Stephen, ca 1174-1183 users.trytel.com/~tristan/towns/florilegium/introduction/intro01.html
"Over it all the practiced cries of the street vendors ring out as they walk around with trays of food, calling out 'hot peascods' or 'Rushes fair and green,' 'Hot sheep's feet' or 'Ribs of beef and many a pie.'"
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer p. 10
This isn't a primary source, but it references an early 15th century poem "London Lickpenny," and the end of the Prologue of Piers Plowman
(Cookes and heore knaves cryen "Hote pies, hote!
"Goode gees and grys! Go we dyne, go we!")
Prose and Tea Same 😂
I love that Jason put the horse in the credits. That's awesome.
If you binge-watch videos with horses in them, that particular horse is listed in the credits 😄.
Well, to be fair, the horse certainly played a prominent supporting role LOL
Don't mess with the Horse Teamsters
You forgot to mention the noise of gunpowder is likely to stampede cattle. Sheep and cattle hate loud noise.
Good point
Not to mention horses. Though if you're a professional raider, you probably could make your horse get used to it.
No they dont , Where did you get that idea?
Also muzzle flash can alert others too.
@@peteralund They can. It's not a guarantee but some cattle are definitely more skittish than others. Add the flash to the loud report and you've certainly got better odds of causing a stampede than a crossbow does.
Everyone gangsta till Jason Kingsley whip out his crossbow & do a drive-by on a horse.
Lol!
@@ModernKnight I am absolutely stoked by the fact that I came across your channel. I have always loved things medieval and English and your channel has provided me with information that i would not have even considered. Wonderful content and great delivery. Thank you
"There should be an *OBE* in there somewhere!"
(Anybody got that? Anyone with me? No? :/ )
@@ModernKnight Being a student of history at the university of hannover i love your content, its well researched and i like your collabs with experts on many topics to make sure you deliver valid information on what you are covering, keep up the great work!
@@ModernKnight there is a Method to Glue the Bolt on With Bow String Wax .
Okay, for some reason my mind registered the title as "Did they have drive-throughs in medieval times?"
I was prepared to watch a video about roadside kiosks that served food to horsemen.
I still want to believe it was a real thing.
Bassem B.
There were fast-food shops in Pompeii, so why not in medieval England?
@@ragnkja Fastfood industry was huge in medieval times, good percentage of houses in big towns didn't have dedicated cooking place which suggests that people eat in taverns and such every day. Or at least used to buy bakery on their way to work.
@@steirqwe7956 Ye Olde MacDonalds even?
in modern day times it's not rare to find small market stalls set up on highways going to popular routes selling certain fruits and drinks and such, so I'd imagine something of the sort would've been around for quite a while along the popular highways of old, catering to the wealthy merchant sort they'd have probably made a fair bit of money.
Genuinely me too >.
When I read "drive-bys in medieval times" my first thought was "isn't that what the Mongolians did on a large scale?"
Also interesting video :-) Thank you and best of luck to you.
yeah sounds like if drive by is your thing bow and arrows might be the better way to go.
Exaclty! LOL They'd drive by till they provoked the rival gang then the heavy homeboys would rush in and finish the job. LOL
This isn't really a comment on this particular video, but on how happy I feel when I hear the theme music. Since before and during the pandemic while I was caregiving flexibly 24/7 for an ill/dying family member, one of the few things I could do late at night was watch these videos and I'll tell you it really helped me get through this very difficult time.
Does drive-by apply to animal-drawn carriages?
This is the only channel that I have notifications turned on. The quality of production is superb.
Ride-by.
Trot-shot
Well the Hussite War Wagon was basically a bunch of guys with early firearms thrown into a wagon that used hit and run tactics. So yeah?
According to the Czechs during the Hussite Wars, YES! They used crossbows, early firearms and modified pikes all on the back of a wagon. Why? Because Knights couldn't counter it.
Czech here passing by: the wagons were stationary during battles, so not really drive-by :-(
Just luv' the horse looking backwards, when he is loading: "Now what on earth is this silly human up to now?!" :)
Legendary quote at 6:50
_" May be it didn't worked so put in a museum."_
I live on that border. They still call low lying fog "scotch mist" (I know it should be "Scots mist" but they call it that to take the piss) as they used to come under cover of vapour!
Scotch mist. Sound like a cool name for a alcoholic drink.
KamenKami
Until you learn the etymology of “mist”. It used to mean “steam from dung”, but English forgot the “dung” part, whereas German forgot the “steam” part.
"Scotch mist? What's scotch mist..?" Not often there’s potential for a Garth Merenghi’s Darkplace reference
@@urbanpkrider31 "If an Englishman meets a Scotsman or vice versa; 50/50 they are going to get along, and that's a very encouraging statistic"
At night, a burning slowmatch might also be visible from a distance, too. If it's from that era, that might be another reason to prefer crossbows for night raiding.
And it needs to be kept lit in the wind and rain possibly for hours on end, unlike a crossbow that could be readied in seconds.
I like how Gossamer got lead in the Credits
He's carrying the host
He tells the audience that Gossamer is a fine horse and I swear she almost replied ‘of course I am’ as she turned her head to the camera.
Glad to see Tod getting some recognition, especially after his channel was hacked. Great vid!
Just today I watched his video about this exact crossbow! Had to do a double-take.
Between yesterday and today I watched you more than tv. No fillers, no useless information, you’re just humbly telling us about history and you always show us what you are talking about. I absolutely love it!
01:30 "Made by Tod of Tod´s Stuff"
This was the moment i felt extra respect and love for this channel.
Showcasing tod´s excellent reproductions on your channel? I tip my hat, good sir, i tip my hat.
3 men pull up on a wagon one playing a violin very loudly:
"do you quarrell with us sir"
"yes I do sir"
Arrows fly from ye classic strap
Just playing a lute singing nwa fuck the police
Should be "dost thou", or alternatively "we do" ;)
Steinhauer
“Thou” is informal and familiar, so probably not how you would address someone you had a quarrel with.
Doesn’t thou bite thy thumb at us ? Insult in Shakespearean Verona 🤪
LizzieDripping
Both Abraham and Sampson address each other as “you” in that scene, while Sampson and Gregory (who both work for the Capulets) address each other informally earlier in the scene.
Ultra underrated channel, this is quality
Fr. You can see the effort for every video
Drive-by-shooting? More like Ride-by-loosing.
Reality Vanguard There we go. Somebody knows what’s up. Fire/shoot before guns doesn’t seem as plausible as loose.
This needs to be top comment lmao
@@indianasquatchunters Shoot comes from Old English sceotan, of which one of the meanings was to hurl missiles, among other things. From far before guns. Fire though, would be incorrect in the context of bows indeed. One would say loose.
When you ride through da hood and some peasant makes you loose it.
@@indianasquatchunters Well this particular weapon came after "guns", its the first thing he said in the video.
Next video: Jason goes cattle raiding and shows us how it would have been done in older days.
Gossamer is far from common; she's stunningly beautiful.
I love watching Jason with his horses and even the mule-with-no-name. You can see the mutual trust and affection between them. It's beautiful to watch.
Thanks
I can honestly say I never thought about medieval drive-bys, but now that you have gone into it, I can see it's potential enrichment of a little tale or two.
The perfect history channel doesnt exi---
Thanks very much for your channel. It's unpretentious and has all the great curiosity and content without the baggage that comes with a lot of other TV and online shows at the moment. It stands out a mile 👌
Thanks. We try, and it's fun to make these.
If I'm walking home one night and a guy wearing a See ye Jimmy hat, toting a crossbow comes along I will tighten my grip on my corned beef sarnies!
Knights with attitude
Dr Slay
Peened-tang Clan
50 shillings
Pope Daddy
Snoop Doge
The OG Martin Luther
The exile formerly known as Prince
....I’ll stop now
No need to stop.
I laughed too hard at 50 shillings
Farmer dre would be more apt I think.
A clan of barbarians known by the moniker of "Quest"
@@Jawn15 Barber Dre obviously.
2:15 : The phrase we are looking for is “catastrophic self-disassembly”.
Regarding modern military use, IRCC the French Foreign Legion used to have a vertical-prod crossbow for (in theory) taking out sentries. No idea if their special units ever actually used it outside of training. The only image I ever saw of it was taken during a training exercise, and may have explained the vertical prod: the soldier was shooting from behind and braced against the trunk of a small tree.
As for accuracy, I expect these reaver crossbows only needed enough to be effective at hitting a man from just outside the reach of his longest melee weapon or hand tool. They may have been more about keeping men at bay while cattle/horses were rustled than any more aggressive role.
Unfortunately that lack of exact knowledge affects a lot of medieval weapons. Other prime examples being the zwiehander and the swordbreaker.
A "verbal threat" weapon sounds likely for this smaller crossbow, though
My reasoning was that for actual skirmishing under raiding conditions (cover of darkness, fog) a short, light-draw bow or even darts/javelins would serve better. Under these conditions, what advantage does a short range crossbow, a more complex and expensive weapon, actually have? The only answer I find is that a crossbow can project its missile instantly, with only the movement of a finger - and that anyone you point a crossbow at is going to know that. It follows that the idea was not to skirmish, but to execute a hold-up.
You can sense his passion for this historical time period. Ever since I started watching this channel, I have learned so much and find it even more interesting than I did before.
When the Portuguese sent expeditions in Brazil, they sent soldiers armed with arquebuses and crossbows. I mean that, in the same "unit", they mixed soldiers armed with crossbows and gunpowder weapons
Which is interesting because we see that armies still utilized crossbows even after the use of gunpowder. Not only, but they often mixed them together in their units
Spanish also mixed pikemen with arquebusers
Crossbowmen can shoot over the Pikemen and Musketeers to hit the enemy
The long-paced nature of sieges and battles still made crossbows viable
Crossbows are much easier to reload than a musket-pistol
early firearms certainly needed the help from other types of troops. it was only once the flintlock came along and became widespread, which dramatically improved reliability and usability over simple match and doglocks and decreased the cost and complexity over wheellocks that firearms finally made most other weapons obsolete.
Huh! As a half-brazilian I find this interesting.
Weather will fuck with the gunpowder. Specifically if you are in a jungle you would probably have a bunch of misfires with any firearm
A drive-by bolting.
Ty Lockton
Ride-by shooting.
I love how the man's first explanation is to never dry fire. Always lubricate. That's some real experience right there.
Well, unless this is a euphemism, dry firing is a thing you do once and never again; not only does it destroy your equipment it also does a number on your body.
"Doth thou hast a problem with mine clan and Lord, fool?"
"Indeed, villian"
*arrows fly from 1164 model carriage*
villain, I have done thy mother
@@Yora21 Nay, thou
though out the explanation of what the crossbow could be used for, I was imagining two families on opposite sides of the border stealing the same cow over and over again.
Too bad we never see him shoot it. That would have been interesting.
I feel sorry for you
Check out Todd, of Todd's Stuff, and more recently Todd's Workshop and Todd's Cutler(y), here on youtube, if Jason Kingsley is a modern knight, then Todd is a modern dwarf, toiling away on works of absolute art. The practical history buffs of youtube almost all owe so much to Todd.
@Siôn Roberts I mean they're not stealthy but compared to a firearm a crossbow is no where near the level of noise.
Siôn Roberts : Less a question of stealthiness and more a question of how far a sound carries. A gunshot report tends to carry much farther than a man’s screams.
Siôn Roberts might want to handle the reins with one hand and traditional bow makes that pretty much impossible, also a bow may be harder to hide than the crossbow?
If you had 5 or 10 blokes with those on horseback you could really give a farmstead a hard time. With a little bit of planning and communication you could keep 2-3 people 'on' the house (riding by, shooting in windows, setting fire to shit, hurling insults, ect) at basically all times if every time someone rode off to reload someone else comes in. That way you always have eyes on the surrounding roads and countryside looking out for trouble when you've reloaded and have time to patrol around and catch your breath before the signal to tap in comes.
Hurling insults lol
The love he has for his animals is wonderful to see. I like seeing how well he takes care of them.
Gossamer is a drop dead beautiful horse. Thank you for raising her well.
A bright spot in my day, THANK YOU!
6:30 - It's fascinating to think about why an object survived for hundreds of years and can be viewed in a museum today. This goes for clothing too: if it was a well-loved clothing item, it likely would have been worn out and destroyed over time - and we wouldn't be able to see it today. I'd love to listen to the thoughts of people who were alive when a given object was created. Would they say "Oh yeah, we used that all the time. See how useful it is!" or "Ugh, that invention was a complete failure. Let me show you what actually worked, and why..." or "Yeah, people loved that thing for a while. But then that fad was over and we moved on to a more practical solution."
Glad to see this channel has started to upload again! really missed it. Being a sub since it was less than 10k subscribers, and look it now, this channel is getting the love it deserves! Godspeed!
Thanks for supporting us from early on, it's appreciated. Been busy with work related stuff.
I'm envious of jason, every other day he gets to get up and talk about his favourite thing. You can really feel the passion in the videos, 10/10 keep it up :D
Thanks, we really enjoy making these, even the ones in the snow or heat.
Nearly half a million subs is not enough. This channel is awesome and top quality. Absolutely love it.
Thanks, and thanks for the support
The Mongolians would like to have a word with you
About what? Horse archery was never much of a thing in Europe beyond Byzantium and certainly not in Britain because they generally lacked composite bows. And it wasn't they didn't know how to make them, it's they couldn't because the rainy environment wouldn't let the necessary glue set strong enough for its use in bows, along with other reasons. So they were left with self bows, which are cumbersome to use on horse, and crossbows. The Mongol armies would have had a difficult time lasting long in Western Europe, just as the Moorish armies did in the 8th and 9th Centuries once they moved out of the arid regions of the Mediterranean. When the Mughals conquered India they had a really weird set of rules and almost like religious practices for storing their composite recurve bows to keep them from the humidity.
@@gf4670 r/woosh
@@gf4670 Fascinating, but r/woosh.
@David Price When they weren't shifting loyalties as usual.Typically tribal~ scared fringes of Europe for a hundred years.
@@damienomen68 This makes me think you don't know much of the history of the Mongols, really. The Mongols were just about to crush Europe when they were called back to vote on a new ruler when the previous one died. Europe got lucky and thought the Mongols were afraid of them, when really the Mongols were able to wipe out most of the resistance they met with just a glorified scouting party.
Heh DnD fodder right here.
Thank you for such wonderful insights into the world from the past!
Glad you like it, and thanks for your support.
I miss my DnD group...in-person meetups not a great idea at my age, and we tried a Zoom one-off, and it wasn’t the same. By summer my 20-sided will roll again!
Listen to me, brotha
I'm a borda reava
Give us all your cattle
We're ready for battle
Gonna do a ride-by
Fools who try to resist
Or run off in the mist
In ten seconds they die!
(I don't listen to much rap, and certainly never write any, so forgive me if this sucks, I was just inspired by Jason's awesome video to have a bit of fun :P)
"Maybe your friend will come and rescue you... Maybe not." LOL this made me laugh so much
Just here to applaud you giving Gossamer her due credit at the end. She's an excellent actress, I can hardly tell she's not actually a horse from the middle ages. A true tour-de-force performance by a one-of-a-kind performer. Thank you Gossamer, you magnificent animal.
Thank you Jason for another amazing video!! xxx
6 bolts per minute is 3 times the fire rate of matchlock twice the fire rate of flintlock.
Jason I love your videos as a horse and history lover it really is such a cool niche. My favourite thing is watching how incredibly gentle you are with your hands and always hold the reins in such quiet hands. Wonderful horsemanship that's really special to watch.
The North of England is generally wet, even in summer...
I grew up there...
Makes so much sense...
Cheers
Love your vids
As anyone who has ever played Mount and Blade knows this is the perfect setup for the humble hero out to hunt some looters
Really happy there's a new episode! I can only re-learn what peasants eat so many times in my life!
It's still amazing looking fish every time!
Lol this is so relatable
I've been making potage on a regular basis ever since seeing that video.
@@gwtpictgwtpict4214 so it is as tasty as it looks then?
@@frankrebind4483 Definitely worth doing, I've been using dried marrowfat peas, soaked overnight. Chop an onion and fry it off with a little oil then add stock and the peas plus any other herbs and seasoning you fancy before bringing it up to a low simmer for an hour or so. I've also been throwing in the left overs from the fridge, spuds, bacon, that sort of thing. Bit of bread and butter on the side and you're good to go :-)
Thanks for another very interesting video. Best wishes to you, your family and Rebellion staff during the current virus outbreak.
Missed your videos! Glad you’re back!
Have you thought about doing a crossover with Shadiversity? I’m sure he’d like to discuss medieval armor, weapons, castles, and edict.
HE PINNED IT
have you been watching "The Curse of Silverthorne" on Shad's Game Knights channel?
Hey, Mr Kingsley. i just want to send my love for your channel. I only recently discovered it, but it's one of the most interesting channels I've ever watched. The armour you wear, the weapons you have, the horses you keep, the information you give out. It's all exactly the kind of thing I would like to collect/reenact/research (and quite frankly, play with) if I ever had the money.
I just want you to know how much I appreciate your channel. Easy to digest information on a wide range of topics, all presented in a fun fashion. I've noticed that on a few of your videos over the years you've responded to quite a few overly negative comments. I hope you know that there are far more of us who love your videos than those negative people. You're amazing, keep up the good work!
Much love from a Welshman.
Thanks for your support, I try to reply when I have time, and also try to correct people's errors, I should probably ignore them really.
Gossys expressions was amusing I bet she's thinking "what's he up to back there now"
when i dismount from my horse, he turns back as if to say, where did you come from?, what were you doing? and looks really surprised. so i can relate. they pull some funny experessions
I love how gossamer was the first name in the credits 🥰 fabulous as always!!
I've tried to credit my horses first!
A title I did not expect, but happy to receive
I love that he always includes the horses in the credits. He appreciates their hard work.
Gossamer really is a beautiful girl. And she didn't seem to mind you playing with a new toy up there. She seemed aware, but not concerned. Lovely video. Thank you.
Like the way you discuss this throughout! Clear, considered, easy to follow the processes and aspects involved. Thank you and Tod and of course Gossamer!
But did the yell "Westside!!" or something similar while doing it?
Makes one admire the mounted archers' skill and expertise even more.
Simply the best! Outstanding content!
Excellent. I've been wondering about this kind of mechanism but haven't really know what to look for. Thanks, MHTV.
“They see me ridin, the hatin... :)
12:07 Horse looking at the camera like "Wtf is this guy doing on my back again! ... And now he has weapons, great!"
It sounds like it would make a useful addition to light screening cavalry. I can imagine small groups of horsemen on a medeval battlefield approaching the Heavy Cavalry, loosing off a few bolts and retiring again and again until discipline breaks down and they make a disordered charge.
Good to have you back! I've missed your videos!
Hurrah, a new one!
This is one of the best channels on youtube
Very cool and informative channel! Immediately subscribed!!
Thanks for your support.
@@ModernKnight You're welcome! We also do quite a lot of sword tests, if you have the time feel free to check out our channel as well.
I will look now, thanks. Presumably I search for Aliengoboom?
Interesting targets! I wonder what a sharp lance could do, or a sword from horseback?
@@ModernKnight We can defenitely talk about a collaboration 🗡️👽 send me a email if you want. aliengoboom@gmail.com
Theres actually a story of a person in Venezuela who had a mango tree in their yard and when Venezuelas economy failed and the people were extremely hungry the homeowner bought a little crossbow to defend the mangos as it was the only deoendable source of food around.
Post-medieval sawn-off crossbow. Very gangsta!
Your a legend!! love all what I've seen of you please please keep this content coming!!!
Thanks, I'll keep on making them if people keep watching!
I already watched this channel, but I wasn't expecting "medieval drive-bys" at 3:30 a.m.
Just rewatched this video. Lovely headshot of Gossamer. She looks so much like her father Dibs' headshot in the new saddle video. Both are just magnificent.
Ah, "drive-by." As was said: "There's nothing new under the sun." LOL
Well, it'd be a "ride-by," but it's the same thing really.
@@NateB Just semantics, really.
That horse (and all others under your care) is stunning, great job to you and everyone involved!
A bit worried at how many times you mentioned robbing a neighbor's cattle.
Fabulous video! I'm glad to see Gossamer again as well. She's so lovely and calm. I had a good chuckle when you were saying how she would be all wrong for a reavers' purposes, and her ears started to look a little bit upset - and then she got happier after you called her showy!
Though I won't deny that I love any of your videos when we get to see or visit with your horses. They're all of them spectactular!
I love that Gossamer gets top credit!
My horses come first.
The repeating crossbow survived all the way to the 20th century. Excellent suppression weapon
As far as i know in medieval Kingdom of Poland crossbows were used from horse by knight's servants. When horse company was charging, knights and heavy armoured were in front. In the back were squires shooting bolt from crossbows over heads of front knights. In Medieval Poland they were mostly two type of military banner/company : lancers and shooters. Shooters banner was made of amount of 4 mounted crossbowmen per 1 lancer. Other proportion was in lancers banner . Anyway mounted crossbowmen vanished in late XVI century.
I was watching her ears she knew you were doing something unfamiliar but she trusted you but every now and then she flicked an ear to check
This is such an underrated UA-cam channel. Deserves way more views.
I've been waiting for a new video, drive by arrow shooting, superb 😁
Between this video, the peasant food video (that salmon looked amazing), and the longbow video I've decided to subscribe. I've got just about nothing but time these days...
Thanks, appreciate the support.
Crossbows were also commonly used for hunting. Less noise to scare the wild away, not to mention make you deaf and you didn't smell like hell after using them.
I really enjoy watching your videos! I've learned a lot from them already. Thank you!
Everybody gangsta till the tiny crossbows come out...
Gossamer! I have missed her! Stellar video as always Sir Jason! May you, your family, staff, and steeds etc stay safe and well in these tumultuous times
Galloping past with one seems like an assassin move!
thanks, and, so far. we're all safe. I have a lot of space at the farm so riding and making videos is something I will continue to do.
@@ModernKnight That's great to hear you are all well, i hope you all stay that way! And i am truly grateful that you are so kind as to continue making your content, i for one am very grateful. It always brings a smile to see you have a new video ^_^
I laughed out loud when I saw the title of this video