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  • Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
  • This series reveals true stories of medieval life by examining the skeletal remains that lie buried below the earth's surface. Combining atmospheric, dramatic reconstructions of gripping stories with archaeological science, Medieval Dead takes viewers deeper into the Dark Ages than ever before.
    The series traces and sifts through the remains of the Medieval Dead.
    00:00 War: Defenders of Masterby
    46:05 Poverty: The Woman of Tadcaster
    01:32:02 Pestilence & Disease
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  • @ChronicleMedieval
    @ChronicleMedieval  Рік тому +39

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  • @kright7738
    @kright7738 Рік тому +109

    Regarding the woman who had y pestis, I find it interesting that she and others were buried where there is a yew tree. Very ancient legends connect the yew with burial sites,some apparently going back thousands of years. Yews regenerate: where a branch touches the ground a new yew may spring up. Thus if the particular yew at this gravesite is not ancient itself, it might have sptung from successive regenerations of an ancient yew. In church graveyards often the yew and the original church graveyard would be south and/or west of the church itself. An ancient castle site (even motte and bailey) might have had a chapel or church itself that had its own yew-graced gravesite. Whoever buried this woman, who may have still understood that the yew was once sacred and associated with death and rebirth.either buried her near an extant yew, or planted one there. Perhaps it was still locally known that the yew was the site of a Christian sacred burial ground associated with the old castle. If the new churchyard was full, the old one might be the best spot.
    And yes, it is entirely possible that whomever enterred this woman in the 14th c.could have known this. After all I and many many people still do know that in 2022.
    ( In the 1600’s one bishop wished to make yews illegal at gravesites: apparently he failed. This is likely the period when the legend that Pontius Pilate had a yew upon his grave, and that witchcraft was associated with yews (which are poisonous to consume, but so are many many plants and even many pretty flowers.)

    • @debrapower8673
      @debrapower8673 Рік тому +8

      We just learned that we have a yew bush in our backyard. Thank you for sharing this information.

    • @MrSimonw58
      @MrSimonw58 Рік тому +8

      Yews in every English graveyard ... also made longbows from them

    • @magdalenaholt2967
      @magdalenaholt2967 Рік тому +8

      Fascinating comment. Thanks

    • @Cryin_Lion
      @Cryin_Lion Рік тому +9

      Wow, how interesting! Thank you for taking the time to write this and help expand my knowledge.

    • @kellykane7586
      @kellykane7586 Рік тому +6

      Now I know
      And knowledge is power

  • @LadyCoyKoi
    @LadyCoyKoi Рік тому +64

    Today in modern times... war, poverty and pestilence are still major killers of humans. Incredible as much has changed, some things never do change.

    • @sirlionheart4614
      @sirlionheart4614 Рік тому

      True, but the countless religious wars, religious genocide and killing in the name of "muh holy lord". Isn't nearly a thing as it use to be.

    • @pipkinma
      @pipkinma Рік тому

      Like white people killing every one

    • @waxwinged_hound
      @waxwinged_hound Рік тому +2

      Isn't there a scripture in which Jesus says something along the lines of "there will always be poor among you"? Meaning that human greed, which leads to some people being left with very little or even nothing, will always exist until judgement day because of how flawed humanity is.
      I dunno, I thought that would be interesting to note, because whether or not there is a god or a next life, that statement remains true.

    • @RatKingKitKat
      @RatKingKitKat 9 місяців тому

      @@waxwinged_hound a lot of the people who wrote the religious texts of those civilizations were their times philosophers and wise men, there are a lot of good lessons to be learned from religious texts, even if we cant ascertain for certain if a god or several gods exist

    • @TehSephith
      @TehSephith 3 місяці тому

      To be fair though, war and pestilence are nowhere near the killers they were before. The leading cause of death these days is heart disease, generally of old age. And war is basically non existant, compared to the older ages (where it was basically consistently going on). Things really have changed a lot for the better, though its easy to say otherwise if you dont look into it. Even the latest pandemic was nothing compared to the lower killers of the medieval times.

  • @Cliffworks
    @Cliffworks Рік тому +26

    The list of things NOT trying to kill you in the MA is much shorter.

  • @bentebungum5934
    @bentebungum5934 7 місяців тому +1

    I loved the man who found the skeleton. I appreciate his passion for archeology and his heart.

  • @NemFX
    @NemFX Рік тому +62

    I'm tempted to say food poisoning, because a LOT of historical resources describe how hard it was to cook things consistently. Or famine. Famine would have to be up there.

    • @susanmercurio1060
      @susanmercurio1060 Рік тому +12

      "Pease porridge hot,
      Pease porridge cold,
      Pease porridge in the pot
      Nine days old.
      Some like it hot,
      And some like it cold,
      And some like it in the pot
      Nine days old."
      I think that the people in those days had the skills to avoid food poisoning from poor food preservation.

    • @mikeyoung490
      @mikeyoung490 Рік тому +5

      And just think 100,000 years ago we ate meat raw, roots straight from the ground unwashed, and broke bones and ate the marrow look what cooking food has done for our emune system and our digestive system

    • @jasong782
      @jasong782 Рік тому +16

      ​@@mikeyoung490 and 100,000 years ago we did all of those things and probably had an average lifespan of 20 years. There's a reason our population is as high as it is today.

    • @bluegum6438
      @bluegum6438 Рік тому +14

      @@mikeyoung490 if you can't even spell immune system correctly you're not allowed to voice opinions about it, sorry, that's the rules

    • @VictheChick
      @VictheChick Рік тому +5

      @@mikeyoung490 Such expertise from the person who misspells "immune system" 😆

  • @jabadabadu7089
    @jabadabadu7089 Рік тому +13

    Trying to imagine these battles, makes me sick. Insane times!
    TY for the video 👍

    • @JoeyVol
      @JoeyVol Рік тому +2

      There was a principle in almost all of recorded history where if a city stood up to an attacking army, once the army breeches the walls and defeats said city; The attacking army is given three days in which they raped who they wanted, enslaved who they wanted, stole anything that they wanted, and destroyed anything they wanted. Then on the morning of day three they would pack their slaves and property up, and march back home a rich man. That is why young men wanted to join armies in the first place, to take place in this three day orgy of violence and wealth! Wild times, indeed, which basically took place over our entire human existence as masters of agriculture. East Asian cultures who didn't adhere to such rules would often kill all men of age, take the women and children as slaves, and burn the entire city to the ground after it was looted - there was no three day limit to their conquering orgy.

    • @jabadabadu7089
      @jabadabadu7089 Рік тому +2

      @@JoeyVol I did not know that they had even determined how long such an act would last. I can honestly say that I feel sick when I try to put myself in that time, in the people who suffered. Today, this still happens on a smaller scale. Filth of human society! Thank you for your response, peace ✌

    • @JoeyVol
      @JoeyVol Рік тому

      @@jabadabadu7089 Yeah it’s wild to think about .. people setting de quorum for conquering cities, because they knew they could be conquered next and didn’t want their entire city wiped off the map either, so three days of them looting the “wealthy neighborhoods” seemed like a good trade-off from everyone’s viewpoint.

    • @jabadabadu7089
      @jabadabadu7089 Рік тому +1

      @@JoeyVol Every story has two sides. I believe in not being harmful to society. Although I could list some examples of hatred, but this does not give me satisfaction. I forgive, I don't forget, I learn and I move on...
      Being violent is the easiest way in the beginning. Over the years, you realize that this is not the solution. However, when you start thinking about it in the old age and when conscience begins to come to the fore, then you seek comfort in people. When you feel strong, ask yourself if you really need it. That's when the right combination of strength and humanity is born in a person. A bit out of context, but on the subject of human mentality.

    • @jordanalandry1866
      @jordanalandry1866 Рік тому +1

      U have obviously never experienced conflict or war-if you had you'd know that NOW is the insane times

  • @MidMo4020
    @MidMo4020 Рік тому +9

    At 1:24:00ish that is a syphillatic skull. I don’t know why they’d be showing it the context it’s in.. just an observation. The reason I know this is because I watched a doc on that a few days ago. That exact same rotating image was also used in it.

  • @scasey1960
    @scasey1960 Рік тому +2

    So much for the value of spoken history

  • @lildoveable
    @lildoveable Рік тому +2

    What a wonderful explanation of Juana's life. I absolutely LOVE you and your channel. Subscribed from Los Angeles Ca USA ❤️

  • @angelique7618
    @angelique7618 Рік тому +4

    Neat! I watched a three part series on this exact theory. I enjoyed this, thank you.

  • @Boo-dawg.
    @Boo-dawg. Рік тому +6

    Ignorance was the biggest killer. Still is to this day.

    • @johnclaybaugh9536
      @johnclaybaugh9536 10 місяців тому

      Sometimes it's someone else's ignorance.
      Spmw young moron just killed a woman and her child while going 100 in town. That's pure stupidity.

  • @tomstieve
    @tomstieve Рік тому +1

    Great series

  • @r0seg0lden._15
    @r0seg0lden._15 Рік тому +4

    1:58:16 "she was atleast 46...or could have been 93. Or 47..." this tickled me so bad.

  • @fefnireindraer144
    @fefnireindraer144 Рік тому +1

    What I find fun is a few decades ago archeologist expected to find hundreds of sets of armor and swords at battlefields, as if any of that valuable gear would be left behind.

  • @rpkelly3825
    @rpkelly3825 Рік тому +44

    It would be interesting to know how long it took for natural forces to bury the entire battlefield, and the corpse's, with soil to a depth suitable for the land to be used for farming. In addition..... it would also be interesting to know how long it took for the people of the town (of which the battle was named) to start using the field for agriculture. I am sure that it produced high quality corps in VAST quantities because of the high "ORGANIC MATTER" in the soil.

    • @kellyshomemadekitchen
      @kellyshomemadekitchen Рік тому +4

      That would be interesting to know!

    • @kassiefouts9882
      @kassiefouts9882 Рік тому +10

      I agree that would be really cool to know. I learned while researching fertilizers and mixing different kinds of soil that some of the most nutrient natural soils was found to be a massive burial ground from one of the deadlier plagues. 😬😳

    • @kellyshomemadekitchen
      @kellyshomemadekitchen Рік тому +6

      @@kassiefouts9882 I can imagine! Tell me something if you happen to know. I grew up on a farm and have wondered for years how it is that fields that are fertilized with manure of whatever kind, how does it not end up in the crops even on a molecular level? Probably sounds like a laymen’s question to you, but is something I’ve always wondered about.

    • @rpkelly3825
      @rpkelly3825 Рік тому +12

      @@kellyshomemadekitchen "Ash's to ash's... dust to dust" as the saying goes I guess. When you are returned to the ground and decompose, I expect the plants don't know the difference (or care) if you are a chemical fertilizer or a human being. It is my understanding that plants need the chemical nurturance from the soil (absorbed through their roots), in combination with photosynthesis from the sun, to feed itself. So essentially, every time you eat a veggie.... you are eating a little bit of everything that ever lived!

    • @kellyshomemadekitchen
      @kellyshomemadekitchen Рік тому +3

      @@rpkelly3825 I shudder as I realize you are most probably right.

  • @patrickburton4195
    @patrickburton4195 Рік тому +13

    Losing side dying maybe a reality for the peasants but usually nobles and royalty was ransomed and usually treated quit well for being prisoners of war.

    • @nunyadambusiness6902
      @nunyadambusiness6902 Рік тому +2

      Didn't happen at agincourt... most of the time you would be safe, but some people are vengeful...
      Cromwell tossed child prisoners into a fire...

    • @i-never-look-at-replies-lol
      @i-never-look-at-replies-lol Рік тому +1

      @@nunyadambusiness6902 Gotta do something to keep warm at night

  • @SharpingtonTheGreat
    @SharpingtonTheGreat Рік тому +36

    TLDR for the BIGGEST killer: The black plague, which killed 50-60% of Europe's entire population.
    However the title was clearly just slapped on for youtube and not really what the video is about; the show actually tells the story of 3 specific people and what killed them. It looks at 3 medieval burial sites and shows you how an archeologist knows things like a person's status, age, health and living conditions just by looking at their bones. They give you a snapshot of 3 real people that lived and died in medieval times and what their life and death might have been like. Specific stories about individual people will always be way more interesting to me than blanket statements. You should totally watch the video, just not for the title.

  • @rebeccawelch7777
    @rebeccawelch7777 Рік тому +4

    I love the idea of the Yew tree. Someone loved this woman,(if the Yew supposition is correct.) They Amos History Channel
    2:12 I/5/23

  • @_MaryRose_
    @_MaryRose_ Рік тому +8

    Grew up in a neighboring village, just 15 min bike ride from Mästerby. Only as and adult did i start to even comprehend that this was of any interest to others on an international level, thought it was just normal, local folk history.

  • @VictheChick
    @VictheChick Рік тому +8

    Great show for falling asleep, thanks 😊

  • @susanmercurio1060
    @susanmercurio1060 Рік тому +25

    *Someone* must have been left in Masterby, or who buried the bodies and put up the cross?
    21:23 I bet whoever lost his spanner out in the field was annoyed to find it was gone!
    And do they scan again after they took the nails out to make sure that there isn't anything else hidden under the nail?
    The Lady of Tadcaster might have been the midwife, i.e., a more important member of the community. That would explain why she was buried in a single grave.
    1:36:55 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War, Famine, and Pestilence are three, and the fourth is a figure with a bow and crown, interpreted variously by different scholars. Perhaps it shows the oligarchy or the wealthy elite that has taken over the world. They're certainly killing enough people with sanctions and austerity.

    • @visassess8607
      @visassess8607 Рік тому +1

      They already answered your first question.

    • @victoriadiesattheend.8478
      @victoriadiesattheend.8478 Рік тому +5

      Is not the 4th Horseman Death? I assumed that is why he wears a crown. Because he rules over all. Obviously during an apocalyptic event everyone would die, so Death would be all present, and in any event nobody escapes him, so he would be supreme over all. He's the main event, so to speak lol

    • @a.evelyn5498
      @a.evelyn5498 8 місяців тому

      Yes the final one is indeed death. I don’t know why the original commenter said that’s debated… Death is followed by the gaping hell mouth that consumes all in its wake.

  • @therealuncleowen2588
    @therealuncleowen2588 4 місяці тому +1

    To answer the question posed in the title:
    The Middle Ages were long and a long time ago. Human lives, in comparison, are short. That's why everyone who lived during the Middle Ages died long before anyone alive today was born. That's a 100% death rate, which is quite high.

  • @davidmunro1469
    @davidmunro1469 Рік тому +6

    Drinking water and fly,s are always deadly.

    • @rjones83061
      @rjones83061 Рік тому

      right?? gett PhD for bullshit........wonder who pays these salaries for these useless jobs.

    • @vicvega3614
      @vicvega3614 7 місяців тому

      Flys are extra protein 😋

  • @tj-8422
    @tj-8422 Рік тому +1

    That thumbnail art, lol

  • @debralittle1341
    @debralittle1341 Рік тому +2

    Besides the Plague probably syphilis

  • @warpdriveby
    @warpdriveby Рік тому +5

    Casualty rates, this includes surviving wounded, for medieval warfare was 10-15%. There are certainly cases of routs and annihilation of whole units, but 8-9 of 10 soldiers survived most battles without serious injuries. Don't forget, this is WAY before antibiotics and modern surgical treatments, most would be saved with modern medicine!
    Edit: Don't think they fought like 19th and early 20th century armies lining up and pouring .90 cal lead slugs into each other. It was no easier to charge into spears then than it would be for us today!

    • @blazesomun6551
      @blazesomun6551 Рік тому

      Depends yes in fighting they survived but come back no. While the fight was going on not many died but when one of the army routed that slaughter just like they said not a lot of bodies on battlefield but than in one direction lots of evidence of the battle until there was no one else to kill because they got away or were killed... I mean there are battles where bodies pilled up during battle like Agincourt and even before that Romans and Alexander were good at using horses to cut the lines while still in battle but yeah shield wall vs shield wall not that many dead but if you managed to flank with horses o boy like tank driving into a line of solders...

    • @warpdriveby
      @warpdriveby Рік тому +1

      @@blazesomun6551 Yes, there have been all sorts of crazy battles and campaigns. Still, when we include ALL the ones you mentioned and average it out 5-15% of a pre gunpowder army would be killed or wounded in a battle. That's just what the analysis tells us overall, I'm not sure at all why you object.

    • @blazesomun6551
      @blazesomun6551 Рік тому +1

      @@warpdriveby I don't object I just said that if you count routing as a battle (I do) than number is way way way higher than 5-15% its more like 30-35%

    • @LuvBorderCollies
      @LuvBorderCollies Рік тому

      The Romans had their version of a field army medical corp. Trajan's column shows them in action. I can't help wonder about the survival rates of Roman wounded vs "barbarians" or medieval wounded. The introduction of firearms and lead bullets/shot should have increased the death rate. The soft lead deforms and drags bits of clothing & assorted crap deep into the body. Digging out the ball likely introduced even more biohazards to the body.

    • @warpdriveby
      @warpdriveby Рік тому

      @@LuvBorderCollies Love the handle! I have a GSD but I love the same traits in the border collie! I don't know, but you raise some fantastic points. The shock to tissues from the cavatation is far more serious than a wound from a sharp object the same diameter, we do know that. Armor was able to keep up with muskets for a time, but only over the torso and sometimes groin upper thigh. In Interregnum England, the 1650s, the practice of prooving(sic, it may be a typo or error in the original text) breastplates and plackards was a big deal. In fact it's why we say things are bullet-proof today. Blade wounds are much easier to close than bullet wounds too generally speaking. Puncture type wounds are much harder to treat and were often slowly fatal to the torso or when they compromised the skull (obviously). It was almost impossible to staunch the inner bleeding, and without antiseptics and antibiotics you can't pack the wound with gauze as we do today. I think part of the rise deaths was the absence of hygiene in the camps and individuals as campaigns became longer and moved farther. The wounded couldn't go home to heal, and the camp was rife with dysentery, pox, ext. None of this is to argue against the huge danger of contaminants in bullet wounds, I'm just trying to think out what infi to start chasing down because you set this hook really well and I'm fascinated to see what's available. I think there's also the size and power transfer of the musket balls, which are HUGE by modern standards. Being unjacketed soft cast balls they flatten and immediately dump their energy into the first thing they hit. At 25-50 yards they do the kind of damage we associate with a .50 big round.

  • @kkbroph663
    @kkbroph663 Рік тому +2

    The poor Gotlanders, of course the rich pricks wouldn't let them in the castle. Historic behavior right up to date.

  • @whiskey6964
    @whiskey6964 Рік тому +1

    Idk how I got here cause I was asleep but good job cause this shit appeared in my dream and it wasn't fun lmao

  • @susanmercurio1060
    @susanmercurio1060 Рік тому +6

    Since there are now homeless people all over the UK, I wouldn't say that Yorkshire is "prosperous" these days.

    • @silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205
      @silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205 Рік тому

      I’m pretty sure this was filmed prior to the Russian invasion. And if that’s where you are I’m so sorry that those things are happening and I wish the United States was able to do more to help.

    • @RandallBalls
      @RandallBalls Рік тому +1

      @@silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205 They had a migrant crisis before Russia......

    • @susanmercurio1060
      @susanmercurio1060 Рік тому +1

      @@silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205 : I'm in the *US* and I wish that they would send some more help - to us! I'm one of the millions of homeless people here.
      And what does this answer have to do with homeless people IN THE UK (United Kingdom)??

  • @white_isnt_a_race2338
    @white_isnt_a_race2338 Рік тому +7

    These videos are great after a joint

  • @marc-andrebrunet5386
    @marc-andrebrunet5386 Рік тому +6

    My problem with these kind of documentaries is the music..
    We seriously don't need that

  • @BrixiDieHexe
    @BrixiDieHexe Рік тому +7

    Is it just me, but has the number of commercials just insane now? I know I could pay for it, but all these channels are worse than cable, which still shoves commercials at you. Just greed and I'm not sure if it's UA-cam or if it's the creators, but it is just out of control.

    • @kimberlypatton205
      @kimberlypatton205 4 місяці тому

      Exactly why I insist on paying for YT Premium -EVERY single month! I don’t watch any tv at all anymore, my interests are varied and YT is wonderful for everything about how to fix my sink to to the Claudian empire. The best 20$ I budget for!

  • @KittyHerder
    @KittyHerder Рік тому +5

    It's interesting how many women get into the field of osteoarchaeology.

  • @eppurse
    @eppurse Рік тому +7

    "decimated" misused, as the English do- at 1:10- "decimated" SOUNDS like "all" or "most" but actually it means "One tenth died"

    • @chadettwein7667
      @chadettwein7667 Рік тому

      It doesn't mean one tenth died. It means the population was reduced to a tenth of what it was. Decimation is near total annihilation.

    • @pwhite2966
      @pwhite2966 Рік тому

      @@contentsdiffer5958 you just said the same thing. 🤡

    • @mandywalkden-brown7250
      @mandywalkden-brown7250 Рік тому

      Oh for goodness sake! We all know that was the formal definition of the word but language changes over time and it’s used as a more general term describing a severe degree of destruction. Been living in a cave with no literature for the last forty years or what?

    • @eppurse
      @eppurse Рік тому

      @@mandywalkden-brown7250 Yeah-that give people permission to distort meanings. How much of the things gone wrong have to do with that distortion?
      No, not everyone understands that that is not what the word really means- is just shows the weak minds that confuse "Devastation" with the word "Decimation". However- I never heard a more absurd defense of of the ridiculous before

  • @bentebungum5934
    @bentebungum5934 7 місяців тому +1

    I often think about what questions and conclusions humans would ponder if my remains were found hundreds of years from now…I should put a QR code somewhere on my skeleton haha.

  • @donaldwest9455
    @donaldwest9455 Рік тому +4

    Please someone on the production staff proofread the incorrect word for Masterby. It is a rather inexcusable insult to those of us who need closed captioning. I’m sure the production stsff of this excellent documentary had no direct responsibility for the captioning. But a quick view with captioning would have caught the mistakes.

    • @silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205
      @silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205 Рік тому

      Masterby. Mad evil. As soon as this documentary started I cannot get over the mispronunciations. 😂

    • @michimelody4036
      @michimelody4036 Рік тому

      Unfortunately the cc's are made by AI not real people. I wish they would do a check by people because as someone that uses CC for when my phone's sync with my tv goes out it is ..... Horrid I agree.

  • @visassess8607
    @visassess8607 Рік тому +2

    It's amazing to me how there's any evidence left from so long ago. Hundreds of years ago a battle happened and we can, in the present day, find those who died.

    • @kristijarrett3700
      @kristijarrett3700 Рік тому

      Bones and teeth don't decay like soft tissue and organs. You can find bones that are a few thousand years old

  • @michaelangeletti8382
    @michaelangeletti8382 Рік тому +5

    They should have used laser scannig like was done at stone henge.

  • @eartecathy7378
    @eartecathy7378 Рік тому +4

    What was the biggest killer in the Middle Ages? I watched this video to find out and was disappointed to find you had used click bait. I did appreciate the fact that your expert said she cannot usually tell from the skeleton what killed the person. She at least addressed the subject found in the title, while most of the video did not.

    • @chadettwein7667
      @chadettwein7667 Рік тому

      They have this same video under numerous titles. I was irritated, too. I love this series and I genuinely wanted to see one about the biggest cause of death, which was obviously disease.

    • @ThanatosMist
      @ThanatosMist Рік тому +1

      The segment titles actually answer that. "War", "Poverty", and "Pestilence & Disease"

  • @gregmonks
    @gregmonks 9 місяців тому

    The crosses themselves should be examined for stress to their internal structure which might illuminate the engravings further.The way they do with guns with the serial numbers filed off.

  • @m050181
    @m050181 Рік тому +2

    Is that Richard Armitage narrating?

    • @123bgmiller
      @123bgmiller Рік тому

      That's exactly who I thought it was too.

  • @maryearll3359
    @maryearll3359 Рік тому +1

    Where is Masterbury ? Which county is it in ? Doesn't seem to be mentioned 😕

    • @mandywalkden-brown7250
      @mandywalkden-brown7250 Рік тому

      You might want to rewatch it. Was mentioned several times, Gotland, Sweden.

    • @saturnalia91
      @saturnalia91 4 місяці тому

      Masterby, not Masterbury.

    • @saturnalia91
      @saturnalia91 4 місяці тому

      You can also look up Visby as a reference for Masterby.

  • @silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205

    Narrator keeps calling it mad evil instead of medieval and I’m hung up on it. 😂

    • @pamelasheridan3717
      @pamelasheridan3717 Рік тому

      How would you pronounce it?

    • @butterflyladeda1080
      @butterflyladeda1080 Рік тому +2

      If you listen on the 0'25 speed, he clearly says "'medi " although he's a bit lazy with the "ëval", sounding it more like "evul".

    • @lannguyen-pu1db
      @lannguyen-pu1db Рік тому +5

      Not only the narrator, but also the science lady, and other random archeologists. Get used to it, dude, the whole world doesn't speak Murrikkan.

    • @rpkelly3825
      @rpkelly3825 Рік тому +2

      I think it is interchangeable..... personally, I can't understand how the human race has survived as long as it has.

    • @victoriadiesattheend.8478
      @victoriadiesattheend.8478 Рік тому

      @@rpkelly3825 my dad used to say humanity survives through luck & f@$k. Excuse the crass verbiage, please. Basically in all of the people of the planet at any given time, someone is always lucky in terms of life expectancy - they don't get sick, or they don't serve in a war, or they somehow come into money - it can come down to such things that whether you live to an older age hinges upon. And well...people really like to do the other one. Lol.

  • @stirgy4312
    @stirgy4312 Рік тому +1

    Was this shown on the IDGAS network? Halfway through this documentary and I have no idea where it's going. I'm out.

  • @emilysbd
    @emilysbd Рік тому +1

    Yorkshire accents!! 😍

  • @jessicajacobsson9161
    @jessicajacobsson9161 Рік тому +3

    My ancestors are from Gottland so is my mother and brother to am the first one not from this beautiful island

  • @livinginitaly16years80
    @livinginitaly16years80 Рік тому +1

    We have pacreatic cancer,prostate cancer, breast cancer,ovarian cancer, only painnkillers ,have seen a tumour ?

    • @victoriadiesattheend.8478
      @victoriadiesattheend.8478 Рік тому

      We have had cancer and tumors since the beginning of the world. Egyptian hieroglyphs show proof of their medical practitioners attending individuals with large growths, and they wrote extensively about cutting out smaller cancerous growths. Any painkillers that humanity discovered along the way were freely available to anyone who could pay for them for thousands of years; until now, when in the United States especially the government and medical community have banded together to keep people from accessing painkillers that they feel they should not have. They don't care about overdoses. They simply want taxpayers and if you won't be that, they'll make money off of you in the privatized prison system.

  • @melissasmith195
    @melissasmith195 Рік тому +20

    I kind of agree on food poisoning because when the butchered the animals they hung the meat and all kinds of bacteria and bugs and stuff got into the meat.

    • @silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205
      @silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205 Рік тому +2

      😂 uh huh ok.

    • @ruthshupe4189
      @ruthshupe4189 Рік тому +3

      They still butcher that way the only difference is the knowledge of bacteria and knowing to store it in cold. My father was a pig butcher they hang them upside down and drain the blood. Now not sure of cows and others but they also do the same hunting deer.

  • @lenaeliza7230
    @lenaeliza7230 Рік тому +1

    Dysentery?

  • @MagdaleneDivine
    @MagdaleneDivine Рік тому

    Yeah I can't commit to that.

  • @EMDrecs1
    @EMDrecs1 Рік тому

    The subtitles don’t pronounce Masterby correctly…

  • @MagdaleneDivine
    @MagdaleneDivine Рік тому +1

    Is it just this one place fir over 2 hours?

  • @xuyahfish
    @xuyahfish Рік тому +1

    I don't understand ehy they didn't pack bags & run? It's an island but wouldn't there be places to hide? Or be faster. Yes, houses would be burned, but you could rebuild. But at least you'd survive.

  • @3746463
    @3746463 Рік тому

    It is Mästerby! with an Ä!

  • @Ripleycat
    @Ripleycat Рік тому

    Plague, no?

  • @TiddlyBlinx
    @TiddlyBlinx Рік тому

    Subtitles at 1:02

  • @shanenewton8560
    @shanenewton8560 Рік тому

    Human Beings as will be FOREVER time..

  • @ShellShock11C
    @ShellShock11C 9 місяців тому

    What do they mean when they say "the 5th of the 15th century"?

    • @windsongconlon4853
      @windsongconlon4853 8 місяців тому

      He’s giving the date range. “The medieval world, the fifth to the fifteenth century”.

  • @ilselauwers6009
    @ilselauwers6009 11 місяців тому +3

    Love these kind of documentary . Just don’t understand the bizarre music that is used all the time.

    • @wolfcatgti
      @wolfcatgti 9 місяців тому

      ikr why the intrusive music

  • @thespacecowboy420
    @thespacecowboy420 Рік тому

    skel - E - tal? Where are you from exactly?

  • @mariekatherine5238
    @mariekatherine5238 Рік тому +11

    I’m not sure how I’d feel if I found skeletons while digging my vegetable garden. If they appeared quite old, no artifacts or signs of foul play, I’d be attempted to sprinkle them with Holy Water, say some prayers for the dead, and put back the earth. Maybe put some nice flowers in planters on top and leave them in peace.

    • @garyball1587
      @garyball1587 Рік тому +1

      Make sure your dog does not bring no bones home that you cannot figure out where they got them.

    • @silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205
      @silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205 Рік тому +4

      Call the cops this one has dead people in the garden

    • @fishjenkins7257
      @fishjenkins7257 Рік тому +4

      Thats so sweet. I hope if Im a medieval body its in your garden - I mean that :)

    • @ms.pugsley
      @ms.pugsley Рік тому +2

      @@fishjenkins7257 😂

    • @jordanhicks5131
      @jordanhicks5131 Рік тому +2

      Use em in your Halloween decorations I'd say

  • @Patriot2499
    @Patriot2499 Рік тому +2

    Medieval times was a horrible time to be born and live. Y'all should count your blessings we all can give out first world opinions like they really matter.

  • @darlenebradley6756
    @darlenebradley6756 Рік тому +404

    The demeaning narrative tone, and 'tisk, tisk' that surfaces at times, in the discussion of the ancient attitudes towards disease in this piece, comes close to overshadowing the clinical presentation of the diseases. Instead of sneers, we should be exhibiting pity for the people caught up in the mores' of their era and their very limited knowledge. Presentism, applying today's moral and ethical judgements, to people of other eras needs to be curbed.

    • @sarzib3246
      @sarzib3246 Рік тому

      💀 no one would listen to this shit
      I feel uncomfortable listening to this rubbish
      It’s blah
      The facts might be even interesting if it wasn’t SO full of wankery.

    • @59tante
      @59tante Рік тому +4

      Let me guess

    • @dfinlen
      @dfinlen Рік тому

      1. COVID cannot be eradicated by vaccine.
      2.Simply put the vaccine for comobidities has many unknowns some quite tragic.
      3. And risk benefit for younger people will not be known for years to come.
      Government must update it's guidance for medical professionals.

    • @andrewdriver3318
      @andrewdriver3318 Рік тому +5

      @@59tante guess what?

    • @darlenebradley6756
      @darlenebradley6756 Рік тому +34

      @@maniswolftoman Yes. You sound very embittered and angry.

  • @Hazel-wo6fu
    @Hazel-wo6fu Рік тому +1

    Aquatafana

  • @swarm6697
    @swarm6697 Рік тому

    Why are they holding there metal dector s so off the ground they are losing death

  • @7125Mhz
    @7125Mhz Рік тому +1

    Way, way, way too many commercials for anyone to watch.

  • @harveywallbanger3726
    @harveywallbanger3726 11 місяців тому

    Tony Derrick

  • @jrmckim
    @jrmckim Рік тому

    Anyone else get a kick out of the battle reenactments like this? I would love to watch it without the added music and sounds. Just a bunch of dudes standing around yelling and pretending to hit each other. 😂

  • @jasonsearle7832
    @jasonsearle7832 11 місяців тому +1

    A casual glance in the daylight of that cross you could see the faded letters in the video. (When tje gentleman in the green shirt was yalking about it whilst it was in the background) How all these people didnt see or recognize that is baffling

  • @joeaquilino19
    @joeaquilino19 Рік тому

    Master P ?

  • @larrybedouin2921
    @larrybedouin2921 Рік тому +3

    The Roman church! That old scarlet harlot.

  • @matthewpetzold9878
    @matthewpetzold9878 9 місяців тому

    Metal

  • @jeffpowers1979
    @jeffpowers1979 Рік тому +1

    The lack of soap and bathing.

  • @123bgmiller
    @123bgmiller Рік тому

    People. People engaging other people in a variety of ways killed lots of people. That's the correct answer.

  • @trtr-tl8li
    @trtr-tl8li Рік тому

    ブラックデスの時代は悪魔のような時代で新型コロナなど比較に出来ぬくらいの恐怖だったと思うのだが、なぜかその印象は薄い。なぜなのかなあ。
    The era of Black Death was a devilish era, and I think it was a fear that could not be compared with the new corona, but for some reason the impression is weak. I wonder why.

  • @tomaaron6187
    @tomaaron6187 Рік тому +2

    Why the loud aggravating background music? Stopped listening.

  • @gregmonks
    @gregmonks 9 місяців тому

    When the mass processing of DNA gets more advanced, it will be possible to find the modern relatives of these people. We may never know their names, but will know their family trees.

  • @leeroy144
    @leeroy144 Рік тому

    The way he says skeletal. Very odd.

    • @nickim6571
      @nickim6571 Рік тому

      Just the way Brits say it.

  • @garyball1587
    @garyball1587 Рік тому

    I just wondering what the rules would been in 2020 if this covid-19 buyers really came and did not become extinct as much as it is now we are very lucky to live in the time we live in right now and not in the Dark ages.

    • @victoriadiesattheend.8478
      @victoriadiesattheend.8478 Рік тому

      If humanity makes it to, say, 2625, THIS will be considered the Dark Ages....our Dark Ages considered practically Cro Magnon.

    • @silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205
      @silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205 Рік тому

      We are living in the true and real dark ages.

    • @Initium1000
      @Initium1000 Рік тому +1

      @@victoriadiesattheend.8478 It would actually be known more as a Golden Age. We are witnessing right now the exponential strength of some technology and it’s one of the most peaceful times to be alive. The advancements we’ve made in the last 30-40 years has been unreal compared to other times.

    • @Initium1000
      @Initium1000 Рік тому

      Covid would of significantly destroy some populations during that time - the advantage I would imagine they have is that, the population isn’t nearly as dense and they were outside more often which could have helped.

  • @JustAnotherGoddess52
    @JustAnotherGoddess52 10 місяців тому

    Probably the woman just died in childbirth - like most women. He seems disappointed that 1. It was a woman's skeleton and 2. Was not a result of war wounds.

  • @ladyjusticesusan
    @ladyjusticesusan Рік тому +4

    Childbirth

    • @kkbroph663
      @kkbroph663 Рік тому

      .. and still.

    • @victoriadiesattheend.8478
      @victoriadiesattheend.8478 Рік тому

      I always say I would have made certain I was in a convent in a very out of the way geographical location at a young age, so as to remove the possibility of being forced to marry to survive, the certainty of being impregnated, have to give birth, put myself at risk of syphilis and various other STD's, and protect myself further against the possibility of rape by living somewhere undesirable to conquer or pillage. Preferably a convent in which we can grow decent food and we can make our own clothing, but there isn'ta ton of money involved, as I fear that would draw authorative male religious figures, and you can't trust any of them. En absentia male bishops and so forth having no interest in visiting. A nunnery or convent on an island might be good. That seems to me the only way to avoid most of the things i would fear the most.

  • @danielteegarden8982
    @danielteegarden8982 Рік тому +1

    Teeth !

  • @gregmonks
    @gregmonks 9 місяців тому

    Dunno what they're whining about. Old nails are worth money. Collectors want them for building replicas and/or authentic stuff.

  • @KevinSterns
    @KevinSterns Рік тому +5

    Did anyone actually grind through this whole thing to find out the answer to the clickbait title? After 2 hours did it provide a definitive answer??

    • @Unknown-hj7uc
      @Unknown-hj7uc Рік тому +2

      Its a boring archeological dig story, click bait reported

    • @kkbroph663
      @kkbroph663 Рік тому +6

      Boring to you. I found it fascinating.

    • @Unknown-hj7uc
      @Unknown-hj7uc Рік тому +4

      @@kkbroph663 good for you, other ppl don't appreciate deception

    • @windsongconlon4853
      @windsongconlon4853 8 місяців тому

      I didn’t watch it all yet but someone else said it in the comments. And it’s in the description. War, Poverty, Pestilence and Disease.

    • @saturnalia91
      @saturnalia91 4 місяці тому

      ​@@Unknown-hj7ucStop watching documentaries, then. They tend to be "boring" and "dry".
      Judging by your response, you don't enjoy watching academic videos.

  • @smg-mtg1924
    @smg-mtg1924 Рік тому +5

    Religion was the biggest killer.

  • @chocolatefrenzieya
    @chocolatefrenzieya Рік тому

    Barred their gates to the peasants. Lovely.

  • @cobrakai6910
    @cobrakai6910 Рік тому

    i thought it was the black death ;/

  • @blackbeard1291
    @blackbeard1291 Рік тому +1

    The biggest killer: starvation.

  • @MrSimonw58
    @MrSimonw58 Рік тому

    Must have been s*

  • @wolfcatgti
    @wolfcatgti 9 місяців тому

    Enough with the dramatic music! Otherwise great doc

  • @Chris-dt5td
    @Chris-dt5td 9 місяців тому

    The Middle Age was not dark!

  • @edwardmichaelgamboajr3661
    @edwardmichaelgamboajr3661 Рік тому

    John 316. Everything else parishes. Soon. Less than weeks away

  • @gregmonks
    @gregmonks 9 місяців тому

    Forget religion. People were more spiritual in those days. Religion and spiritual belief ran parallel. People believed more in fairy and folk tales than they did religion.

  • @user-qy1zc4rh4w
    @user-qy1zc4rh4w 11 місяців тому +1

    Drinking water and bacteria..

  • @oxylepy2
    @oxylepy2 Рік тому

    Huh. I thought it was being born.

  • @malcolmknight345
    @malcolmknight345 Рік тому +1

    The simple answer that can be back up by evidence ROMAN CATHOLICISM

  • @jimanders6750
    @jimanders6750 Рік тому

    old video

  • @elizabethclaypool7907
    @elizabethclaypool7907 Рік тому

    💚⭐️💚🫶🏽

  • @GallagherisGod77
    @GallagherisGod77 Рік тому

    I’m