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Pilgrim 1: I am on a Pilgrimage to wash myself from sins Pilgrim 2: I am on a Pilgrimage to walk where the lord has walk Middle Eastern Guard: What are you doing drawing maps? Pilgrim 3: It's a surprise tool that will help us later
'Some writers say that the crew and passengers were like one big family during those five weeks. On the other hand, others meantion how fights and arguments between passengers were commonplace.' In other words, everyone agreed on how the sea voyage went.
Speaking about women pilgrims, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir from Iceland, famous for taking part in an expedition to 'Vinland' (North America), latter went on a pilgrimage to Rome. She became known as víðförla, meaning far-traveled.
i wonder which individuals in each age had the biggest east-west span & the biggest north-south span. marco polo for east-west in his century i suppose
@@ibrahim-sj2cr reaching into the dusty recesses of my memory... ibn battuta was that islamic chap who toured around the whole islamic world & even got good admin jobs in some foreign countries, i guess that took him from africa to the middle east, & zheng he - was he the chinese sailor who went aroiund discovering things just before china decided to become quite insular?
@@ibrahim-sj2cr glad to hear about your bottom. *** yes very weird to have a hymn about marco polo, & now i'll have to look up that zheng he fellow *** so to speak. i probably could have worded that better
A lot of the Holy Orders started as a way to protect the Pilgrims in the Holy Land. I have a soft spot in my heart for the Knights Hospitaller, who started as a Church run Hospital, and then recruited Knights to aid the Pilgrims on their journey. Plus, they wore Badass Black Robes! :D
This is probably my favorite UA-cam channel ever. Even the commercials are worthwhile. I would like to praise them for their excellent research and polished nature of the videos, amongst many other virtues. Thanks dude.
Perhaps just a convenient and important stop along the way. But I imagine it functioned in a somewhat similar manner to today's tourist industry. (Lodging, attractions, travel hub nearby). I would imagine the locals also had a love hate relationship with outsiders in their town.
My grand relatives are Sudanese Coptic and to THIS DAY refer the title of "the Jerusalem pilgrim" for any relation that has traveled to Jerusalem and the church of the holy sepulchre.... just like Muslims do to any one who has traveled to Mecca
In Greece anyone who had visited Jerusalem could add the prefix Χατζη- in his last name(for example someone who has the last name Αντωνίου or Καλαϊτζής can change it to Χατζηαντωνίου and Χατζηκαλαϊτζής). I think it has something to do with the hajj because of the similar pronunciation
As a three times pilgrim of St James Way in Spain, I can confirm several elements from this video. For example, it was common for pilgrims to find free food in churchs, monasteries, inns and even some local houses. The latters and some monasteries usually had a box outside near the road where the food was placed for any pilgrim. Also, even now pilgrimages can be dangerous. Therefore, it is still a good idea to travel with more people to avoid robbers and killers. One may think this were medieval issues but, although much less likely, these still happens during our days. But most important, the usual reason you decide to make a pilgrimage is to share your experience with other pilgrims during the road. Sharing information and several items such as food,medicines or tools during the pilgrimage usually create bonds that trascends ages and nationalities. It truly is a marvelous experience one must do at least once.
@@BenWillaert If I am gonna be dead anyhow, it doesn't matter if I travel or not. Just means I'll be in the same boat as the nameless fools from the past traveling to some monastery to see a jar of ashes.
@@EmptyMan000 Ah, you're a bit of a nihilist then. Nothing wrong with that, we each have our ways of experiencing life. I wish you a good life and lots of happiness either way!
@@InnerDness All major cities look almost the same now. The cultural architecture was different in let's say England vs China even 400 years ago. You can see remnants of it in older towns.
@@geordiejones5618 The Moors of Albaicin were highly hygienic, so it depends on tradition. Remember Mao, a modern man, never took a bath or brushed his teethes. The average Moore would have looked upon him as a savage.
Love this kind of content that sheds light- and shakes some clichés by the way- on aspects of the medieval society and ways of life, the dangers alongside the charity.
I had just returned from my trip from Turkey a few weeks ago, and during the time I looked at it as a pilgrimage of my own. So much history there in both Istanbul and the various sites I had visit in Anatolia. As a spiritual man, I was so happy to reflect on how devoted people from Christianity, Islam, and other religions before had lived there lives there. A privilege that I will never take for granted when it comes to traveling
Do you mean the Low Countries, modern Belgium and Holland? They came to Spain through dynastic inheritance not conquest. One of Isabel and Fernando's daughters, Juana, married Philip Archduke of Flanders, son of Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian. Their son became Charles V Holy Roman Emperor, ruling Spain, Austria, Germany, and the Low Countries (Flanders).
It's not just the medival pilgrims, even nowadays, you get that feel of more freedom and stories by travelling abroad. Most people who travel a lot are more open-minded and appreciate cultures & people more, than the ones who stays in one place throughout their life
Depends on the traveler and saying that attitude accounts for most people is biased. Traveling from place to place doesn't just instantly change you into a more open-minded person, that takes a willingness to be open-minded.
This video is amazing! I can just imagine all the stories pilgrims and those around them must have had. Would be a excellent novel though… simple farmer who through pilgrimage has had the adventure of a lifetime
"Jerusalem is easy to find, go to where the men speak Italian, then continue until they speak something else(Italiotic greek)." From Kingdom of Heaven movie. "I am the king of England." "And i am a blacksmith"
@@CryAboutIt13 hotels every day, but I had a tent with me as a back up. Never needed it. I always booked the hotels in the morning or evening before I moved on.
I have made two traditional pilgrimages by foot. Paris->Santiago de Compostela in 2015. Den haag-->Roma in 2018. Awesome to see a video from K&G! From my personal experience: it is still possible to make these ancient ways.
Thanks to all these historical channels and especially if they are trustworthy of information people can finally see beyond these stupid misconceptions and stereotypes of the Middle Ages. It very interesting to see that simple people,both men and women,friends or families traveled and sometimes for various purposes and not only for an actual pilgrimage.
And it also shows the lies of globalism and modernity, while people traveled, they never traveled in masse and most societies were very demographically samey.
Went to Jerusalem three years ago pretty much just for the LuLz. Had a pleasant few days and took nice photos. Even went into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre just because it was a part of a some city tour. Until now I couldn't imagine how much of a pain in the a*** this whole trip must have been for the devoted pilgrims and travelers back then. Now I can! Thank you KaG for this one :)
Having done the Camino de Santiago. Not a lot has changed beyond banditry and antibiotics. Having walked the camino de Portuguese much of the road is old roman in northern Portugal and Galicia. You get a Camino Credential that allows you stay at pilgrim albergues, hostels , monasteries.
Made me imagine of an adventure game Telltale style where you play as a pilgrim starting out from France all the way to Jerusalem and you meet all sorts of people and get to all sorts of troubles.
@@Azhar_shaikh1 im not good with modern geography is that were petra used to be my muslim buddy told me most mosque point to Petra more accurately than Mecca but it just amazes me how much more advanced people was back then people nowadays couldn't do it with their smartphone
Wow, this was good. You did not mention the banks: you deposited hard coin in Europe, got the paper, arrived in Jerusalem, and got your money (unless you lost your proof of deposit). Travel checks!
Yeah, my great granddad took out a mortgage for land in 1920 and I wondered how was he paying it off, as the bank branch was some distance away and he just had a horse cart and no car, I thought- did he have to go frequently to that town further away or made payment once a year? And then I came upon some small blue receipts in his old documents and turns out he could just go out and pay the amount in the same village he lived in and then they would wire it to the bank via telegraph or how they did it. So essentially nothing that much different as paying bills today, of course now we have internet banking but the same village do not have that service anymore, that they can take your money and wire it. Now all the have is public computer where you can do the internet banking thing, so... people were inventive always. And the same system could work in Medieval age too, you may take out mortgage in London but pay it off to some guy in a village who could then transfer it to main bank office. Less secure and requires more trust perhaps, but essentially... people figured out banking long time ago. Same as other services, we may think some subscription service to deliver wine every week today via Amazon or sth is something brand new, but in Medieval times if you had money you could have the wine shipped to you each week from Spain to some remote English village the same way and did not have to search for it personally in a store in some bigger town or London, and go with a ship to buy it on the spot :D
Do Muslim pilgrimages next😃. I’ve heard of boats going from the Mughal empire to the holy land too so there should be something for Morocco Central Asia and Indonesia.
Now that is an interesting n unique way of looking at a pilgrimage in the Medieval era. Nice job. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
Would be interesting to see someone recreate an old-school pilgrimage, starting from Paris, France and walking all the way to Rome, then from Rome walking to Venice, and getting on a ship to Alexandria, then walking from there to Jerusalem. You'd need to arrange it well in advance, and have a lot of visas prepared for all those border crossings they'll be doing! It would make for an amazing video series on UA-cam if anyone can pull it off! And of course they'd need to wear the pilgrim uniform, staff and everything! And actually get a blessing from a bishop to make it legitimate!
I think you should have expanded the canvas of this video and should have included travels and famous pilgrims of Asia too, like Journey of Hieun Tsang from China to India to collect Buddhist texts would have given a picture of travel in Asia. Maybe in part 2!
Amazing work, thank you for doing this. If possible can you make other vids about other pilgrim voyages like El Camino de Santiago and or of pilgrim voyages of other religions. Thank you once more, stay safe and be well🤗
Great video! It came at the perfect time; I’m working on a sort of fantasy road trip story so this helps! I’d love to see a similar one but based even earlier in history, in antiquity.
I walked the Camino de Santiago in 2017 and a lot the medieval traditions are still shown today, including carrying a pilgrim passport, and getting cheaper meals and hospitality from the locals.
13:15 "...Ragusas inhumane slave markets." - no wonder for Venetian, who btw used slaves in their gallies, sources wanted to blast main competition in Adriatic. FUN FACT: "Libertas" which means freedom was inscription on Ragusas flag and slave trade was forbidden in 1416.
I thought this was before the age of sail so sea travel would have been by galley, the ship shown looked like a caravel. Just seemed out of place in what was still a lovely vid, thanks for what you do.
Galleys also had sails, the main purpose of oars was for battle. Also outfitting a ship with rowers is expensive that’s why they would rely on slaves so to avoid paying them.
The final destination of all these arduous pilgrimages was the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. So imagine how Christendom must've felt when the Fatimid Caliph completely demolished the Church just because he felt like it.
Really shocking that the previous Muslim rulers protected this site where a Fatimid Caliph destroyed it. There is even an incident with Hazrat Umar (RA) prohibiting muslims for future generations to not turn this church into a mosque.
@@مبتسمألفينوتسعةمائةوسبعةوسبعون From what i know Islam often teaches its adherents to be forgiving in the life of other religions. Christians and Muslims also interacted to each other's mutual benefit. Fatimid Caliph wasnt your usual Muslim, he was Nero ( insane Roman emperor) of his time.... To be fair to Nero he wasnt the only insane Roman emperor , others did some terrible decicions also. But Nero was the most notable of them all.
@Marcelo Henrique Soares da Silva The extent to which the church was destroyed is debatable. Some say it was ransacked while the others say that it was completely destroyed. The only thing the chroniclers agree upon is the fact that it made no sense for him to do so. His son provided support to rebuild the church, largely as a means to improve diplomatic relationship with the Byzantines as both empires were wary of the rising military power of the Turks.
The answers seem right but if want to actually talk about the whole medieval world then it is much more complex and of course it depends on the Era,society,region etc. The most simple but probably common throughout Medieval Europe,answer is Latin and Greek. Latin mostly for the Catholic western pilgrims and travellers and Greek for the Orthodox eastern pilgrims and travellers. Also I believe if a pilgrim for example from France entered Thessaloniki or Constantinople he/she could or had known or learned a little bit of Greek to communicate and if a pilgrim for example from Greece come to Venice or Rome then he/she had to know/learn a little bit of Latin.
While for Western Europe Latin is the right answer, I doubt many pilgrims would know it. Most likely for English pilgrims French would be more manageable as in Medieval times English elite were French speaking and some part of the route would be through France. And then with Italians they would most likely communicate based on similarity of French and Italian which I assume in those times were even closer to each other than now. With peasants I don't know, maybe somebody from their group would know some French/Latin. I think usually there should be a priest with pilgrim groups, so he would know Latin and that could solve a lot of issues.
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Was just reading how that Refugee Olympian walk from Greece to Germany after her boat sank. Like 2000km. I bet she has some stories! My 2500km bike & hike through dozens of European countries was one of the best things I've ever done. I love traveling. You never know what's around the next turn
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Please K&G, make a video about Bengal Sultanate.
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-Aristotle teaching Alexander the great
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-Ottoman Empire astronomy
the Ottomon-Venice trade would be a really interesting topic
Please do a video about the grand battle of Gaugamela. More battles are interesting
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man"
- Heraclitus
*Parmenides has entered the chat*
Fabulous app
What if it's a wider river that would take more than 2 steps to cross
@@vizualproduction7703 You only step into it once, the second step is stepping through it
@@masterspark9880 You cannot step into the same river once: the river is changing and gone even as a single event of stepping occurs.
Pilgrim 1: I am on a Pilgrimage to wash myself from sins
Pilgrim 2: I am on a Pilgrimage to walk where the lord has walk
Middle Eastern Guard: What are you doing drawing maps?
Pilgrim 3: It's a surprise tool that will help us later
'Some writers say that the crew and passengers were like one big family during those five weeks. On the other hand, others meantion how fights and arguments between passengers were commonplace.' In other words, everyone agreed on how the sea voyage went.
And trust me, seasickness does more than make the voyage difficult. It makes you want to die.
That's what I was thinking too: they're not mutually exclusive!
Pretty much like every Thanksgiving dinner, then.
times change but people are people... then or now
Speaking about women pilgrims, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir from Iceland, famous for taking part in an expedition to 'Vinland' (North America), latter went on a pilgrimage to Rome. She became known as víðförla, meaning far-traveled.
i wonder which individuals in each age had the biggest east-west span & the biggest north-south span. marco polo for east-west in his century i suppose
@@ibrahim-sj2cr reaching into the dusty recesses of my memory... ibn battuta was that islamic chap who toured around the whole islamic world & even got good admin jobs in some foreign countries, i guess that took him from africa to the middle east, & zheng he - was he the chinese sailor who went aroiund discovering things just before china decided to become quite insular?
@@ibrahim-sj2cr glad to hear about your bottom. ***
yes very weird to have a hymn about marco polo, & now i'll have to look up that zheng he fellow
*** so to speak. i probably could have worded that better
@@savioblanc Yeah, me neither, hell my school didn't even teach us about him.
@@savioblanc I think the guy is just drunk. His entire post suggests that.
I really enjoy the diverse range of topics covered on this channel
A lot of the Holy Orders started as a way to protect the Pilgrims in the Holy Land. I have a soft spot in my heart for the Knights Hospitaller, who started as a Church run Hospital, and then recruited Knights to aid the Pilgrims on their journey. Plus, they wore Badass Black Robes! :D
Black robes in the already sweltering Middle East, at that.
And they held at Malta. Remember St. Elmo's.
This is probably my favorite UA-cam channel ever. Even the commercials are worthwhile. I would like to praise them for their excellent research and polished nature of the videos, amongst many other virtues. Thanks dude.
So Venice had a problem with overtourism even back then. They really can't seem to get a handle on that problem.
Hard to get a handle on it geographically. There’s most likely less space now than then. Plus the island is sinking.
Perhaps just a convenient and important stop along the way. But I imagine it functioned in a somewhat similar manner to today's tourist industry. (Lodging, attractions, travel hub nearby). I would imagine the locals also had a love hate relationship with outsiders in their town.
My grand relatives are Sudanese Coptic and to THIS DAY refer the title of "the Jerusalem pilgrim" for any relation that has traveled to Jerusalem and the church of the holy sepulchre.... just like Muslims do to any one who has traveled to Mecca
In Greece anyone who had visited Jerusalem could add the prefix Χατζη- in his last name(for example someone who has the last name Αντωνίου or Καλαϊτζής can change it to Χατζηαντωνίου and Χατζηκαλαϊτζής). I think it has something to do with the hajj because of the similar pronunciation
As a three times pilgrim of St James Way in Spain, I can confirm several elements from this video. For example, it was common for pilgrims to find free food in churchs, monasteries, inns and even some local houses. The latters and some monasteries usually had a box outside near the road where the food was placed for any pilgrim.
Also, even now pilgrimages can be dangerous. Therefore, it is still a good idea to travel with more people to avoid robbers and killers. One may think this were medieval issues but, although much less likely, these still happens during our days. But most important, the usual reason you decide to make a pilgrimage is to share your experience with other pilgrims during the road. Sharing information and several items such as food,medicines or tools during the pilgrimage usually create bonds that trascends ages and nationalities. It truly is a marvelous experience one must do at least once.
"The Alps were feared by travellers"
*laughs in Hannibal*
They didn't really treat him that well either.
It was no picnic for him either. Every day he risked losing the elephant of surprise.
Didn’t he lose an eye lol
@@secretunknown253 Yes but not in the Alps
@@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT LOL 😆
When a person from middle ages has travelled more than you have. Loved the vid
Who cares? Such people are dead anyhow.
@@EmptyMan000 One day you'll be as well so best do some travelling now.
@@BenWillaert If I am gonna be dead anyhow, it doesn't matter if I travel or not. Just means I'll be in the same boat as the nameless fools from the past traveling to some monastery to see a jar of ashes.
@@EmptyMan000 Ah, you're a bit of a nihilist then. Nothing wrong with that, we each have our ways of experiencing life. I wish you a good life and lots of happiness either way!
Every place in the pre-modern world must have been a marvel to see…
But not the modern one?
More like dirty and smelly. Don't glorify the past. It was gross unless you were insanely rich.
@@InnerDness All major cities look almost the same now. The cultural architecture was different in let's say England vs China even 400 years ago. You can see remnants of it in older towns.
@@InnerDness Only the pre-modern ones. Although gentrification can go too far.
@@geordiejones5618 The Moors of Albaicin were highly hygienic, so it depends on tradition. Remember Mao, a modern man, never took a bath or brushed his teethes. The average Moore would have looked upon him as a savage.
Love this kind of content that sheds light- and shakes some clichés by the way- on aspects of the medieval society and ways of life, the dangers alongside the charity.
You could make a whole TV show or comic/book series with the premise of just following one peasant pilgrim, or even just a normal traveller, it seems.
Rise of A Shield Hero?
I'd certainly watch it
Or a game
Very cool. I personally would love to see more videos on medieval life. Fascinating stuff
I had just returned from my trip from Turkey a few weeks ago, and during the time I looked at it as a pilgrimage of my own. So much history there in both Istanbul and the various sites I had visit in Anatolia. As a spiritual man, I was so happy to reflect on how devoted people from Christianity, Islam, and other religions before had lived there lives there. A privilege that I will never take for granted when it comes to traveling
How about a series about the spanish conquests in the lowlands. That would be interesting.
Do you mean the Low Countries, modern Belgium and Holland? They came to Spain through dynastic inheritance not conquest. One of Isabel and Fernando's daughters, Juana, married Philip Archduke of Flanders, son of Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian. Their son became Charles V Holy Roman Emperor, ruling Spain, Austria, Germany, and the Low Countries (Flanders).
I just want to say I always appreciate the art in these videos.
It's not just the medival pilgrims, even nowadays, you get that feel of more freedom and stories by travelling abroad. Most people who travel a lot are more open-minded and appreciate cultures & people more, than the ones who stays in one place throughout their life
Depends on the traveler and saying that attitude accounts for most people is biased. Traveling from place to place doesn't just instantly change you into a more open-minded person, that takes a willingness to be open-minded.
Great you are talking about society and normal people in Medieval time. People sometimes misunderstand a lot of such things.
This video is amazing! I can just imagine all the stories pilgrims and those around them must have had. Would be a excellent novel though… simple farmer who through pilgrimage has had the adventure of a lifetime
Forreal
Ibin Battuta in a way
@@kthemaster1999 kinda yeah, but I meant it more as in someone writing a novel today about days gone by hahaha
@@Skanderbeg99 honestly yeah
An excellent video! It's important to remember that people in different ages sought adventure, escape, and fulfillment the same way that we do.
Another fantastic video from the kings of Generals 👍
"if u want this baby boy's soul u have to pay the troll toll to get in"
I was really curious about pilgrimages ever since Shadiversity mentioned them in one of his videos.
I just finished the Camino De Santiago, the French Way and then this video popped up on your channel!
9:45 "You gotta pay the troll toll..."
So epic, so beautiful. You guys really inspire the imagination.
Love, adventure and debauchery? Pilgrimage here we go! 😂
It's something magic about the middle ages, specially due to all the pilgrims sorties, unexplored land areas and the great unknowns - The Ocean.
"Jerusalem is easy to find, go to where the men speak Italian, then continue until they speak something else(Italiotic greek)." From Kingdom of Heaven movie. "I am the king of England." "And i am a blacksmith"
Balian
old memories
A medival hajj would be a interesting topic
ibn battuta
Watch extra credits video on Ibn Battuta
I once walked from Switzerland to Istanbul to experience, what my ancestors might have done. Was the best journey I've ever done.
Wait that sounds interesting af. How long did it take ?Did you sleep in tent every day or stayed in hotels on the way?
@@CryAboutIt13 hotels every day, but I had a tent with me as a back up. Never needed it. I always booked the hotels in the morning or evening before I moved on.
@@Azhar_shaikh1 i prefered modern merino socks and hiking shoes
I have made two traditional pilgrimages by foot. Paris->Santiago de Compostela in 2015.
Den haag-->Roma in 2018.
Awesome to see a video from K&G! From my personal experience: it is still possible to make these ancient ways.
E Ultreia!
Thanks to all these historical channels and especially if they are trustworthy of information people can finally see beyond these stupid misconceptions and stereotypes of the Middle Ages. It very interesting to see that simple people,both men and women,friends or families traveled and sometimes for various purposes and not only for an actual pilgrimage.
And it also shows the lies of globalism and modernity, while people traveled, they never traveled in masse and most societies were very demographically samey.
Went to Jerusalem three years ago pretty much just for the LuLz. Had a pleasant few days and took nice photos. Even went into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre just because it was a part of a some city tour. Until now I couldn't imagine how much of a pain in the a*** this whole trip must have been for the devoted pilgrims and travelers back then. Now I can! Thank you KaG for this one :)
Medieval travel was the topic my last essay in my last term, this would have been extremely helpful. Awesome video!
This is the best channel on U tube.
Having done the Camino de Santiago. Not a lot has changed beyond banditry and antibiotics. Having walked the camino de Portuguese much of the road is old roman in northern Portugal and Galicia. You get a Camino Credential that allows you stay at pilgrim albergues, hostels , monasteries.
E Ultreia
I would have liked to see other important pilmgramages like Santiago's road in spain
Made me imagine of an adventure game Telltale style where you play as a pilgrim starting out from France all the way to Jerusalem and you meet all sorts of people and get to all sorts of troubles.
Considering the First Crusade was an armed pilgrimage, i think it is very exciting to make a story about it and then turn it into a video game
I enjoy these random videos you guys throw out.
Outstanding Production quality! The graphics are just amazing
Idk how people can say women didn't go on pilgrimage when we have the Canterbury Tales
Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote
The drogthe of March hath perced to the roote
@@DoctorDeath147 And bathed every veyne in swich licour
I think they meant majority of women.
@@apocalypse487 I also think the majority of men didn't go on pilgrimage
Mansa musa pilgrimage to mecca would be an interesting topic.
The guy improved Egypt's economy by just passing by it.
Petra is where all mosque point right?
@@abusuleymantariq2137 Yeah such a madlad.
@@Azhar_shaikh1 im not good with modern geography is that were petra used to be my muslim buddy told me most mosque point to Petra more accurately than Mecca but it just amazes me how much more advanced people was back then people nowadays couldn't do it with their smartphone
@@kalebloshbough1551 that’s a revisionist claim that is sorely lacking. I’d recommend you look at the refutation of that.
This was a very interesting video. I would love more videos on this topic. (and different pilgrimages of different religions too)
A wonderfully interesting choice of topic, this video. Well done.
This was a great topic! Thank you Kings and Generals Team.
Musa mansa's pilgrimage to Mecca would be an interesting video
Loving these new animations!
Amazing! More please! Also, what about on the way back and return home?
Wow, this was good.
You did not mention the banks: you deposited hard coin in Europe, got the paper, arrived in Jerusalem, and got your money (unless you lost your proof of deposit). Travel checks!
Yeah, my great granddad took out a mortgage for land in 1920 and I wondered how was he paying it off, as the bank branch was some distance away and he just had a horse cart and no car, I thought- did he have to go frequently to that town further away or made payment once a year? And then I came upon some small blue receipts in his old documents and turns out he could just go out and pay the amount in the same village he lived in and then they would wire it to the bank via telegraph or how they did it. So essentially nothing that much different as paying bills today, of course now we have internet banking but the same village do not have that service anymore, that they can take your money and wire it. Now all the have is public computer where you can do the internet banking thing, so... people were inventive always. And the same system could work in Medieval age too, you may take out mortgage in London but pay it off to some guy in a village who could then transfer it to main bank office. Less secure and requires more trust perhaps, but essentially... people figured out banking long time ago. Same as other services, we may think some subscription service to deliver wine every week today via Amazon or sth is something brand new, but in Medieval times if you had money you could have the wine shipped to you each week from Spain to some remote English village the same way and did not have to search for it personally in a store in some bigger town or London, and go with a ship to buy it on the spot :D
Do Muslim pilgrimages next😃. I’ve heard of boats going from the Mughal empire to the holy land too so there should be something for Morocco Central Asia and Indonesia.
+west Africa:)
Yes. The Hajj is probably the best example.
Now that is an interesting n unique way of looking at a pilgrimage in the Medieval era. Nice job. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
Always fascinating!
Would be interesting to see someone recreate an old-school pilgrimage, starting from Paris, France and walking all the way to Rome, then from Rome walking to Venice, and getting on a ship to Alexandria, then walking from there to Jerusalem. You'd need to arrange it well in advance, and have a lot of visas prepared for all those border crossings they'll be doing! It would make for an amazing video series on UA-cam if anyone can pull it off!
And of course they'd need to wear the pilgrim uniform, staff and everything! And actually get a blessing from a bishop to make it legitimate!
Not that many visas actually needed if you're a EU citizen. Europe would be easy and you would need visa just for Egypt and Israel for EU is visa free
Great video. I can't wait for the next one.
Interesting topic 👏
I think you should have expanded the canvas of this video and should have included travels and famous pilgrims of Asia too, like Journey of Hieun Tsang from China to India to collect Buddhist texts would have given a picture of travel in Asia. Maybe in part 2!
Love this style of video! I would love to see Buddhist pilgrimage in Ancient China or the Shikoku Ohenro in Japan! :)
I'm not very religious but would love to pay homage to the Hagia Sophia.
Constantinople must have been truly amazing at the height of the Byzantine Empire.
its widely open now just like before
@@asmrnaturecat984 even during COVID?
@@eagleofceaser6140 yeah. According to my professor, the place looked a lot like the fictional SW capitol of Naboo.
@@theawesomeman9821 it’s a mosque now
I always thought farmers never going 5 miles from where they were born sounded weird.
Maybe Russian serfs, sure, but everywhere else in europe and the muslim world peasants would travel and be free to do so whenever they wished.
I watch videos from this channel because it's educational and I like the narrators voice.
Nice video in explaining the matter which labelled in this video 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤❤❤
Something fascinating about the pilgrim era is how they conducted monetary transactions.
Fantastic video
This gives me urge to travel far away without any vehicle lol. Interesting vid btw
Amazing work, thank you for doing this. If possible can you make other vids about other pilgrim voyages like El Camino de Santiago and or of pilgrim voyages of other religions. Thank you once more, stay safe and be well🤗
Create a videos about Rouran-Jujan-Pannonian Avars and Conquering Magyars please.
Great video! It came at the perfect time; I’m working on a sort of fantasy road trip story so this helps! I’d love to see a similar one but based even earlier in history, in antiquity.
Is that a Crusade I hear coming?
For the Holy Land!!! Deus Vult!
"Why let a pilgrimage get in the way of a good crusade"
How would Boniface know that the harlots in particular regions were English unless...?
*Wink wink
Academic field research
He visited them for academic reasons
I would guess that he’d talk to the locals about such topics.
Many sinners confess once they know the Truth.
How far could I ship travel in one day during the Middle Ages? Can you do a video on all the advances in sailing over history?
Putting a map of the Italian peninsula colored in red for the thumbnail. Oh K&G you know us so well...
I walked the Camino de Santiago in 2017 and a lot the medieval traditions are still shown today, including carrying a pilgrim passport, and getting cheaper meals and hospitality from the locals.
13:15 "...Ragusas inhumane slave markets." - no wonder for Venetian, who btw used slaves in their gallies, sources wanted to blast main competition in Adriatic.
FUN FACT: "Libertas" which means freedom was inscription on Ragusas flag and slave trade was forbidden in 1416.
Venice didn't use slaves on their gallies. Convict use began in the 16th century
Very interesting video
Off-beat topic 👍
Could you please do a video aboutpellopenision war
I thought this was before the age of sail so sea travel would have been by galley, the ship shown looked like a caravel. Just seemed out of place in what was still a lovely vid, thanks for what you do.
Galleys also had sails, the main purpose of oars was for battle. Also outfitting a ship with rowers is expensive that’s why they would rely on slaves so to avoid paying them.
Thank you ,K&G .
I like your videos, thanks.
Please make a video about history of Afghanistan 😍
The final destination of all these arduous pilgrimages was the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
So imagine how Christendom must've felt when the Fatimid Caliph completely demolished the Church just because he felt like it.
I wonder if he was the first one who said " damn tourists "
Really shocking that the previous Muslim rulers protected this site where a Fatimid Caliph destroyed it. There is even an incident with Hazrat Umar (RA) prohibiting muslims for future generations to not turn this church into a mosque.
@@مبتسمألفينوتسعةمائةوسبعةوسبعون From what i know Islam often teaches its adherents to be forgiving in the life of other religions. Christians and Muslims also interacted to each other's mutual benefit. Fatimid Caliph wasnt your usual Muslim, he was Nero ( insane Roman emperor) of his time....
To be fair to Nero he wasnt the only insane Roman emperor , others did some terrible decicions also. But Nero was the most notable of them all.
@Marcelo Henrique Soares da Silva The extent to which the church was destroyed is debatable. Some say it was ransacked while the others say that it was completely destroyed. The only thing the chroniclers agree upon is the fact that it made no sense for him to do so.
His son provided support to rebuild the church, largely as a means to improve diplomatic relationship with the Byzantines as both empires were wary of the rising military power of the Turks.
@@Azhar_shaikh1I know. Although I don't wanna discriminate, there are some branches of Shia which are very deviated from the path of Islam.
Please make a vedio on battle of Thymbra.
Amazing video. As always.
Guys from paradox need to see this ASAP.
What do we want?
More battles!
When do we want them?
Now!
Yeah battles are more interesting than this video
Seems to me like there could be an interesting video game with this premise
Yup. Like oregon trail but better ways to die than dysentery and starvation lol
..like death stranding but better
Venice, having to deal with tourism since time immemorial. Also, AMAZING video :D
What would’ve been the common language spoken by disparate pilgrims passing through foreign lands during their pilgrimage?
IIRC, Latin was the _lingua franca_ at the time
The answers seem right but if want to actually talk about the whole medieval world then it is much more complex and of course it depends on the Era,society,region etc. The most simple but probably common throughout Medieval Europe,answer is Latin and Greek. Latin mostly for the Catholic western pilgrims and travellers and Greek for the Orthodox eastern pilgrims and travellers. Also I believe if a pilgrim for example from France entered Thessaloniki or Constantinople he/she could or had known or learned a little bit of Greek to communicate and if a pilgrim for example from Greece come to Venice or Rome then he/she had to know/learn a little bit of Latin.
While for Western Europe Latin is the right answer, I doubt many pilgrims would know it. Most likely for English pilgrims French would be more manageable as in Medieval times English elite were French speaking and some part of the route would be through France. And then with Italians they would most likely communicate based on similarity of French and Italian which I assume in those times were even closer to each other than now. With peasants I don't know, maybe somebody from their group would know some French/Latin. I think usually there should be a priest with pilgrim groups, so he would know Latin and that could solve a lot of issues.
Please do Sub Saharan Travel. Brilliant video.
Can you do another video about Chinese pilgrimage and Islamic Pilgrimage? this could be a cool series across multiple cultures
Why is there a need to always include “Multiple cultures” in everything??
@@mohandave5825 because I said so.
@@Dimblenick Sure. But why?
@@Azhar_shaikh1 Huh? Blinded by Europe? Under what context that people are blinded by Europe? Also, you sound hostile towards Europe.
@@Azhar_shaikh1 idiotic
The Armchair Historian focuses on Early to Modern history
Invicta focuses on Ancient history
Kings and Generals focuses Medieval history
My trinity of history youtube channels
This is an interesting subject, thanks!
In the Middle Ages even travelling was epic.
Was just reading how that Refugee Olympian walk from Greece to Germany after her boat sank. Like 2000km. I bet she has some stories!
My 2500km bike & hike through dozens of European countries was one of the best things I've ever done. I love traveling. You never know what's around the next turn
very interresting video... can you make one about Roman times?
I would like to see a video about Native American Tribes and battle like Little Big Horn and Sand Creek Massacre