What were they called? I would like to find them again. I know there was one author that did castles and man-of-war warships.
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@@kjj26k oh I'm not sure I'm afraid buddy. I can just remember at Christmas I'd go to a friend's house and they would have this huge book case and there were some that I could reach.
Now THIS is something that I have been waiting and asking for for a long time. I am a HUGE fan of anything and everything "medieval" and I am so grateful that SH finally decided to make a new history video on this topic. I have rewatched the old ones so many times that I can literally recite them by heart lol. As always, I love to hear Chris in these videos, they just wouldn't be the same (nor as pleasing to the ear) without you. Also, kudos to the creation team.., ty you guys for all your hard work! Together, y'all have developed the absolute best animated history channel on UA-cam.
@@jonimiller4065 On top of that most bulks of armies at the time consisted of generic peasantry, meaning they brought whatever they could afford (depending on wealth of nation, military doctrine, etc.). An elaborate coat of arms for a rank-and-file peasant would've been a rare sight. Great to see your knowledge, mate.
@@sawelijahaugustine5508 Livery is the colors and/or symbol a lord would require his personal warriors to wear. Coats of arms are the personal colors and symbols a knight or noble could wear to distinguish himself visually...it's like being a custom character, though usually every culture generally shares similar armor and weapon choices. Peasant levies often just wore what they brought, as they are expected to have basic arms and armor in their home...but I personally think each community would've naturally designed their gear and colors similarly simply because they'd have the same metalworkers, fabrics, and dyes in town and people would likely emulate one another, or even take after the heraldry of their town or lord if they had one.
@@blairscartoonshistory7477 didn’t king Edward 1 also say he will make a Welsh person have the crown of wales. And had an infant son of his who was born in wales and proclaim”I have brought you your heir. A person born in wales and who dosnt speak a bit of English”
This is a seriously gorgeous video! You guys have seriously come such a long way since the King Henry video all those years ago! The sets, the animation smoothness, the character models, all spectacular!
I'm so happy that I happen to come across Simple History, every video upload always brings a smile to me because of it's straightforward approach to the topic and simple animation, nothing overly complicated but effective. Keep it up crew!
Love it, my favorite time period and the narrator has a great voice. Love the information and the animation is simple yet intricate too, keep it up please I subscribed!
You won't be disappointed, I've been subscribed and a member for over 5 yrs. They have come a long way but this is one of the absolute best animated history channels on UA-cam.
This is SO COOL. Love the incredible detailing in each segment. Thank you for bringing this history to life, we are castle nerds and love learning more about these incredible fortifications!
The castles that you have showed you can also see in Balkan peninsula as well, believe it or not. The rumor says that there is one Medieval Caste in Serbia. The location of that castle is near Novi Sad, Serbia. Besides the castles that were built near sea, and lakes, some of them were built on rivers as well. What I'm about to say is that some fortresses were also built as well. They were built near river Danube. The fortress that were built on river Danube are Kalemegdan in Belgrade, and Petrovaradin in Novi Sad. Petrovaradin fortresses has white clock. The big pointer shows hours, while smaller one shows minutes. They called that clock a drunken clock. And these pointer helped sailors when sailing across river Danube to see what time is it. Although one thing I might add is, that Petrovaradin fortress was built in 1692, by one French architect. Believe it or not, King Richard The Lion Heart was healing his wounds or illness in sanatorium in Balkan peninsula during the crusades. That sanatorium is near city of Novi Sad, and there is a commemorative plate there.
Interesting and very fascinating. I did not know that Wales had so many. Life in those castles, even for the lords and nobility, was not nearly as comfortable as our lives today. They had little knowledge of hygiene, germs, contagions, infections, healthy diets, et al. And so many of them were illiterate. Medieval life in a castle seems so romantic to us, but few of us would trade our modern lives to go back and live in those times.
for anyone wanting more research, look up Neuremburg and its castle system. One of the most well defended castles of its age. I took a tour of it, and it had a tunnel system that ran under the castle with windows that opened up and allowed defenders to fire / shoot from inside the tunnels towards the gates. It also held secret tunnels and exits that lets defenders run into the fight without opening the main gate.
True. Ancient Roman forts sometimes used moats for this purpose; and even as recently as siege of Constantinople in 1400s flooded channels used to prevent "gophering" under the walls.
Hey, I recognize that cross-sectioned castle shown at 1:05 for example, it's from one of Stephen Biesty's cross-sections book, which I've had for 20 years or so. :D
depends where. some had a militia like system. others had militaries. mostly it was a militia with a soldier having to buy his own weapons and armor, its why roman military is so special its one of the first militaries that follow our modern style.
@@ashleytaylor7621 no. why would i? Britain was attacked by vikings way before there was a british Empire. Romans had ships too otherwise how would they take cyprus and greek islands. i dont understand if your comment is a genuine question or if you are trying to annoy. The awnser is just to obvious for me to take your question seriously.
@@kjj26k You're welcome! Had the same problem a few months ago when I randomly thought about these books and couldn't remember who it was. Had to search a little bit but Biesty is famous enough, fortunately 😄
Always enjoy your content, this is a new topic for me and was disappointed to see it was no longer than it was. Still, I’ll take what I can get. Pretty sure we are all grateful for any new post and looking always looking forward to future post. I can’t imagine the work that goes into one of these videos, and thank you for that.
This was a very interesting cross-section video about castles, well done Simple History. I never knew Wales had THIS many castles before but that sounds very interesting and i also liked your Disney and Star Wars references.
@Indo-Aryan9644 Rustler aka grand theft horse lol it was okay, but felt very short... imagine a Rockstar medieval gta 5 tho... The horses still have flashing lights.
2:02 Neuschwanstein Castle is not a medieval castle. It was completed just 10 years before Henry Ford made his first car. It's closer to the age of the Disney castles than it is a medieval one.
I like how the one Archer that's closest to being an FPS view, is able to take out two archers on the walls. While the archers up front can't hit anything 😅
I saw Windsor castle in the UK when I was 18 back in 2004. It was an amazing place to see. Also the old Roman town of Bath in the UK was super amazing. So many of its roads are still in use today. Here in the US it's so boring there is nothing really anything exciting historically wise here. Some battlefields, propaganda monuments and some old houses are all that we have that are historical.
Awesome video, loved that a Bailey was one u talked a out at beginning. When the troops were pushing siege weapon uphill near beginning, while talking about disadvantages of fighting uphill, was it a catapult facing away from castle they were attacking. Can't wait for more videos❤
I’m a Greco-Roman history girl that’s decided to dabble in medieval stuff now I guess. See what the west got up to while the East kept being the medieval Roman Empire
Do the siege of zhongdu or medieval battering rams and 80ft tall siege towers next or how mongol troops couldn’t adapt to the monsoon environments of Southeast Asia
**while building the castle** “My lord, we have run out of grey bricks. Also, we accidentally skipped ‘Step 17’, and it’s too late to go back…So now the whole structure is leaning to the left a bit. Finally, we ran out of the elements needed to complete everything, so we may have to resort to ‘Duplos’?”
In this video, you mention how hygiene was important to control diseases. Very true, but during the middle ages, people were unaware of the connection between hygiene and disease.
@@ashleytaylor7621 Taken from Wikipedia: "Basic forms of germ theory were proposed by Girolamo Fracastoro in 1546, and expanded upon by Marcus von Plenciz in 1762. However, such views were held in disdain in Europe, where Galen's miasma theory remained dominant among scientists and doctors"
0:13 THAT'S NOT TRUE. Czechia helds the record of having most castles per square kilometer (thus even per square mile). In terms of most castles per capita...this record belongs to Slovakia.
I used to love finding these cross section books as a kid
Me too
Another cross section episode of Simple History
What were they called?
I would like to find them again.
I know there was one author that did castles and man-of-war warships.
@@kjj26k oh I'm not sure I'm afraid buddy. I can just remember at Christmas I'd go to a friend's house and they would have this huge book case and there were some that I could reach.
I still have a couple of them with plastic parts. A castle and the mummy of Tuthankhamon.
Love those books today as much as I loved them as a child.
3:04 Those soldiers are going to be pissed when they realize they've been pushing the mangonel uphill backwards.
Is that not how you’d push it?
@@unifiedhorizons2663 If you want it to throw rocks at your own men.
I mean, can't blame them. More surface to push on the back.
They're just trying to confuse the enemy, of course.
Either that, or it's just those wacky conscripts at it again.
It was the invisible french soldiers trying to steal onager from the englishmen
Wake up, honey. Simple History posted again.
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Now THIS is something that I have been waiting and asking for for a long time. I am a HUGE fan of anything and everything "medieval" and I am so grateful that SH finally decided to make a new history video on this topic. I have rewatched the old ones so many times that I can literally recite them by heart lol. As always, I love to hear Chris in these videos, they just wouldn't be the same (nor as pleasing to the ear) without you. Also, kudos to the creation team.., ty you guys for all your hard work! Together, y'all have developed the absolute best animated history channel on UA-cam.
4:25 I know it’s a tiny detail but I love how each soldier has different coat of arms
Its those tiny details that makes SH so good at what they do.
Why different? Isn't coat of arms supposed to be the same like uniform in order to differentiate friend from foe?
@@sawelijahaugustine5508no a coat of arms represents different nobles not all soldiers served the king many where from other nobles
@@jonimiller4065 On top of that most bulks of armies at the time consisted of generic peasantry, meaning they brought whatever they could afford (depending on wealth of nation, military doctrine, etc.). An elaborate coat of arms for a rank-and-file peasant would've been a rare sight. Great to see your knowledge, mate.
@@sawelijahaugustine5508 Livery is the colors and/or symbol a lord would require his personal warriors to wear. Coats of arms are the personal colors and symbols a knight or noble could wear to distinguish himself visually...it's like being a custom character, though usually every culture generally shares similar armor and weapon choices. Peasant levies often just wore what they brought, as they are expected to have basic arms and armor in their home...but I personally think each community would've naturally designed their gear and colors similarly simply because they'd have the same metalworkers, fabrics, and dyes in town and people would likely emulate one another, or even take after the heraldry of their town or lord if they had one.
I remember when Simple History used to put up a video like every two weeks, and now there’s one every few days. Keep up the good work!
Rest of the world: Wales, what is your weird obsession?
Wales: uhhhhhhhhhh
A lot of them were actually built by the English to keep the Welsh compliant.
@@brainflash1 many thanks to King Edward I
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@@blairscartoonshistory7477 didn’t king Edward 1 also say he will make a Welsh person have the crown of wales. And had an infant son of his who was born in wales and proclaim”I have brought you your heir. A person born in wales and who dosnt speak a bit of English”
Built by the English to control them
The cross-section concept is amazing!!! I’d love to see more of this.
Now, do a video on mr krabs during his days in the navy
I second this, I want to hear about his time during Midway.
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This gives me nostalgia for a castle cross-section book I had as a kid.
That's because some sections, like the intro, are almost a 1:1 copy from that book.
This is a seriously gorgeous video! You guys have seriously come such a long way since the King Henry video all those years ago! The sets, the animation smoothness, the character models, all spectacular!
I'm so happy that I happen to come across Simple History, every video upload always brings a smile to me because of it's straightforward approach to the topic and simple animation, nothing overly complicated but effective.
Keep it up crew!
I loved those Incredible Cross Section books as a kid.
I suggest the next Cross section to be about Bastion forts
Boring
People have this nifty thing called an opinion.@@GathKingLeppbertI
Yes that whould be nice
Love it, my favorite time period and the narrator has a great voice. Love the information and the animation is simple yet intricate too, keep it up please I subscribed!
You won't be disappointed, I've been subscribed and a member for over 5 yrs. They have come a long way but this is one of the absolute best animated history channels on UA-cam.
This is SO COOL. Love the incredible detailing in each segment. Thank you for bringing this history to life, we are castle nerds and love learning more about these incredible fortifications!
Please do a cross section of a 18th century naval tall ship
The reason there are so many castles in Wales wasnt to keep the english out, it was to keep the welsh in.
The castles that you have showed you can also see in Balkan peninsula as well, believe it or not. The rumor says that there is one Medieval Caste in Serbia. The location of that castle is near Novi Sad, Serbia.
Besides the castles that were built near sea, and lakes, some of them were built on rivers as well. What I'm about to say is that some fortresses were also built as well. They were built near river Danube. The fortress that were built on river Danube are Kalemegdan in Belgrade, and Petrovaradin in Novi Sad. Petrovaradin fortresses has white clock. The big pointer shows hours, while smaller one shows minutes. They called that clock a drunken clock. And these pointer helped sailors when sailing across river Danube to see what time is it. Although one thing I might add is, that Petrovaradin fortress was built in 1692, by one French architect.
Believe it or not, King Richard The Lion Heart was healing his wounds or illness in sanatorium in Balkan peninsula during the crusades. That sanatorium is near city of Novi Sad, and there is a commemorative plate there.
Interesting and very fascinating. I did not know that Wales had so many. Life in those castles, even for the lords and nobility, was not nearly as comfortable as our lives today. They had little knowledge of hygiene, germs, contagions, infections, healthy diets, et al. And so many of them were illiterate. Medieval life in a castle seems so romantic to us, but few of us would trade our modern lives to go back and live in those times.
1:36 I love the way he salutes, but he himself soon realized that he had not reached that period yet.
6:03 I love that my local castle is depicted here. I love more that us Welsh people can actually say "my local castle" haha
Castell Caernarfon
for anyone wanting more research, look up Neuremburg and its castle system. One of the most well defended castles of its age. I took a tour of it, and it had a tunnel system that ran under the castle with windows that opened up and allowed defenders to fire / shoot from inside the tunnels towards the gates. It also held secret tunnels and exits that lets defenders run into the fight without opening the main gate.
I approve this statement 1:05
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Love the video style @simplehistory !
I enjoyed these style of books as a kid, and to see it in video format was amazing 👏
I read once that moats were used not to prevent invaders from walking up to the walls but to prevent tunneling under them.
True. Ancient Roman forts sometimes used moats for this purpose; and even as recently as siege of Constantinople in 1400s flooded channels used to prevent "gophering" under the walls.
You are correct. The main purpose was for the invaders not to be able to dig underneath them.
I followed the link to narrator Chris Kane's website. He doesn't look at all like you expect. He's actually a young guy !
He sounds like Charlie Sheen
Hey, I recognize that cross-sectioned castle shown at 1:05 for example, it's from one of Stephen Biesty's cross-sections book, which I've had for 20 years or so. :D
In my opinion simple history should make video on how a medieval army was made and how it works
depends where. some had a militia like system. others had militaries. mostly it was a militia with a soldier having to buy his own weapons and armor, its why roman military is so special its one of the first militaries that follow our modern style.
@@ashleytaylor7621 no. why would i? Britain was attacked by vikings way before there was a british Empire. Romans had ships too otherwise how would they take cyprus and greek islands. i dont understand if your comment is a genuine question or if you are trying to annoy. The awnser is just to obvious for me to take your question seriously.
But that isn't simple
Nice, it is like a video version of my all-time favorite castle cross-section book by Stephen Biesty.
Thank you!
I've been trying to remember who made those books so I could find them again!
@@kjj26k You're welcome! Had the same problem a few months ago when I randomly thought about these books and couldn't remember who it was. Had to search a little bit but Biesty is famous enough, fortunately 😄
Always enjoy your content, this is a new topic for me and was disappointed to see it was no longer than it was. Still, I’ll take what I can get. Pretty sure we are all grateful for any new post and looking always looking forward to future post. I can’t imagine the work that goes into one of these videos, and thank you for that.
This would make for a fun resource management video game.
This is so nostalgic, cant belive they stopped constructing castles
Honestly, I always loved your videos, but this one is the best I saw !! Good job team
Another thing I learned is that sometimes the latrine would dump into the moat, further fortifying it from invaders trying to swim across
6:46 Got a Hapsburg here.
This was a very interesting cross-section video about castles, well done Simple History. I never knew Wales had THIS many castles before but that sounds very interesting and i also liked your Disney and Star Wars references.
Yes! More Medieval videos
Reminds me of old books I used to buy at the scholastic book fair at school about castles, etc.
The illustration is so cute and easy to understand.
Imagine a Grand Theft Auto medieval game, Grand Theft Carriage. 🥲
So basically "Rustler"
You can also play kingdom come as Gta lol 😂
@Indo-Aryan9644 Rustler aka grand theft horse lol it was okay, but felt very short... imagine a Rockstar medieval gta 5 tho... The horses still have flashing lights.
How long you work on that one champ? 🙄
Basically assassins creed
1:30 my man right here literally straight up ate an entire bucket of molten hot piping oil
These cross-section videos are my favourite
That shaking of the image at the end was really vertigo inducing.
Thank you for this! If anyone loves Medieval sieve warfare I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt
2:02 Neuschwanstein Castle is not a medieval castle. It was completed just 10 years before Henry Ford made his first car. It's closer to the age of the Disney castles than it is a medieval one.
One of the many reasons medieval europa is my favourite time period
I loved the addition of a cross section for this video
Reminds me of Epic History TV, I like them both videos anyways keep up Simple History
i had seen this in books this video is the easy path to understand every area and fiction of the castle
Listening to this as I play Manor Lords. It’s a good time.
Such a fire video bro!
I love you so much simple history ❤
Do a video on medival armor weapons and equipment
Castles are great and all but we're missing an answer to a crucial question;
What. About. DRAGONS?!
Damm the visuals are amazing 🤩
This guy has less than 5 million subscribers that’s so unfair for him he’s such a good historian
This channel is probably in the top 0.1% in terms of subscriber numbers.
Please correct the description of the front gate. They were L shaped so that no direct access was available. Thank you it was a great presentation.
I like how the one Archer that's closest to being an FPS view, is able to take out two archers on the walls. While the archers up front can't hit anything 😅
Simple History really grind up nowadays
I saw Windsor castle in the UK when I was 18 back in 2004. It was an amazing place to see. Also the old Roman town of Bath in the UK was super amazing. So many of its roads are still in use today. Here in the US it's so boring there is nothing really anything exciting historically wise here. Some battlefields, propaganda monuments and some old houses are all that we have that are historical.
Great video!
Me: I have never seen animation of a person sitting and pooping.
Simple History: Hold my beer.
Jokes aside, very informative and enjoyable.
Perfectly timed for Manor Lords release.
They should make a TV show set in a Medieval Castle.
These are the types of videos I love from this channel.
A lot of latrine holes would jut out from the wall and it would just drop onto the ground or into the moat for further diseases to attackers.
Remind these books we had when we were kids. With the drawings and all
Your popularity is raising m'lord
Can’t wait for more historical content!!!!
You should do more videos on the Roman Empire!
Kingdom Come Deliverance gonna be hitting different with this one.
Only downfall with a big castle is if the attacking force is big enough and has the time, can just use starvation siege method.
A siege was horrible for both parties and many failed
@@ludwigderlude 💯 medieval times were horrible full stop!
This is just like Steven Beisty’s cross section books as a kid!
The primary use of a moat was actually to defend against tunnelling
all, as in childhood))) would love to play in such a castle with soldiers))))))
Belgium holds the record for the highest number of castles per square kilometer, with approximately 3,000 castles spread across its territory ,,,
You should also do a cross section/life inside a Japanese castle during the Feudal or Edo period
Really good keep up the great work
Awesome video, loved that a Bailey was one u talked a out at beginning.
When the troops were pushing siege weapon uphill near beginning, while talking about disadvantages of fighting uphill, was it a catapult facing away from castle they were attacking.
Can't wait for more videos❤
well they are at the gate trying to knock it down so i would probably have to say that it was a battering ram???
I’m a Greco-Roman history girl that’s decided to dabble in medieval stuff now I guess. See what the west got up to while the East kept being the medieval Roman Empire
Dang, the Chinese are now trying to even copy our demographic.
If the onion analogy was a "Shrek" reference, WELL DONE. If not, WELL PUT.
Cant wait for: Life inside of Earth (Cross Section)
lol 😂
My inner child is squealing with joy at this video :)
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I love your content
Love the content, keep up the awesome work! ❤❤❤
Make something about Byzantine or Varagian guard.
Visited some castles in Italy
Do the siege of zhongdu or medieval battering rams and 80ft tall siege towers next or how mongol troops couldn’t adapt to the monsoon environments of Southeast Asia
*flashbacks to burning screams in Stronghold*
“That’s why a medieval castle is like an onion: Both have plenty of layers.”
Shrek: Just like ogres
**while building the castle** “My lord, we have run out of grey bricks. Also, we accidentally skipped ‘Step 17’, and it’s too late to go back…So now the whole structure is leaning to the left a bit. Finally, we ran out of the elements needed to complete everything, so we may have to resort to ‘Duplos’?”
Hats off to not making a high ground joke
In this video, you mention how hygiene was important to control diseases. Very true, but during the middle ages, people were unaware of the connection between hygiene and disease.
yes they absolutely did
@@ashleytaylor7621 Taken from Wikipedia: "Basic forms of germ theory were proposed by Girolamo Fracastoro in 1546, and expanded upon by Marcus von Plenciz in 1762. However, such views were held in disdain in Europe, where Galen's miasma theory remained dominant among scientists and doctors"
Perfect lore for new Manor Lords players
0:13 THAT'S NOT TRUE. Czechia helds the record of having most castles per square kilometer (thus even per square mile). In terms of most castles per capita...this record belongs to Slovakia.
why is the catapult moved with the back facing the enemy ? @3:14 xD
At 0:33 this castle can be found in Caernafon, Wales
As an Englishman i just need to let you know it's Three lions not four