1000 AD: How Did People Survive In Anglo-Saxon Britain? | 1000 AD | Timeline

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  • While we are preoccupied with global warming and computer meltdown, our surprisingly sophisticated Anglo-Saxon ancestors were terrified of Viking invasion.
    Britain's system of social welfare, law and order and a yearning for knowledge had made us the envy of Europe - and a country under threat from violent and oppurtunistic raiders. But what was it really like to live just before the end of the first millennium? 1000 AD recreates life circa 999 AD, showing the everyday lives, loves and passions of the Anglo-Saxon people. A soap opera-style drama runs alongside interviews with leading historians who paint a revealing picture of the political and social structure of pre-Norman Britain.
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  • @TimelineChannel
    @TimelineChannel  4 роки тому +44

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    • @user-uy1rg8td1v
      @user-uy1rg8td1v 4 роки тому +2

      Blonde woman bathes naked in the river at 24:29.

    • @athenathegreatandpowerful6365
      @athenathegreatandpowerful6365 4 роки тому +3

      Reduce the bloody commercials

    • @schizofox
      @schizofox 3 роки тому +1

      This documentary needs to have a warning for photosensitive epileptics due to the strobing effect irresponsibly added for the scenes used around a fire. Thank you for the ice pick to my brain.

    • @donnamealy4877
      @donnamealy4877 3 роки тому +1

      I would not want to be the woman giving birth. So flattering 😄

    • @fireandblood2919
      @fireandblood2919 3 роки тому

      More documentaries like this, please!

  • @sbarr10
    @sbarr10 4 роки тому +462

    Sometimes I wonder if being an actor in one of these historical docs is a lot of fun.

    • @pipes0987
      @pipes0987 3 роки тому +42

      Don't know but apparently they eat well.

    • @RainbowBrite80
      @RainbowBrite80 3 роки тому +51

      It’s got to be better than being an actor in a feminine hygiene commercial 😆

    • @ALEXFVHS
      @ALEXFVHS 3 роки тому +18

      It was only fun for this little guy 5:59

    • @StanSwan
      @StanSwan 3 роки тому +7

      Living in dirt can't be much fun.

    • @googiegress
      @googiegress 3 роки тому +10

      DENNIS THERE'S SOME LOVELY FILTH DOWN HERE

  • @lecllecl8602
    @lecllecl8602 5 років тому +461

    Crazy how many things we take for granted in today's society. The simplest things for us today we're so difficult in those ages. My respect to all of our human ancestors for thriving no matter what!

    • @ronalddump5004
      @ronalddump5004 5 років тому +18

      they didnt have much choice in the matter

    • @cowboy8555
      @cowboy8555 5 років тому +16

      The Amish seem to be getting buy quite well without todays technology

    • @russ549
      @russ549 5 років тому +4

      Lecl Lecl for some of us it’s tough even today....

    • @stephenson19861
      @stephenson19861 5 років тому +9

      Difficulty strenghtens spirit, strong spirit produces transformation. Easy life breeds weak spirit, it produces decay.

    • @werearethedreamteam3724
      @werearethedreamteam3724 4 роки тому +1

      Well u know there was no other way.

  • @Rod_420
    @Rod_420 3 роки тому +295

    Nothing woulda been crazier than seeing it go from 999 to 1000

    • @abacab87
      @abacab87 3 роки тому +29

      You'd think we would have learned the truth about Y2k, after the failure of Y1K

    • @shanevalcich9208
      @shanevalcich9208 3 роки тому +9

      Crazy to think there is a good chance people before the modern age had no idea what year it was.

    • @davidkos74
      @davidkos74 3 роки тому +8

      Like watching the odometer change from 99,999 miles to 100,000 miles

    • @シロダサンダー
      @シロダサンダー 3 роки тому +8

      @@shanevalcich9208 most likely for most of the people it didn't matter. The cycle of the seasons is what counts.

    • @habitoutdabando
      @habitoutdabando 3 роки тому +1

      north america was in 900 while east asia was already in 1350 bruh

  • @Shenalmighty
    @Shenalmighty 6 років тому +427

    Please make more medieval documentaries with acting and narration like this. I've thoroughly enjoyed watching this and I can't remember the last time I so enjoyed watching anything.

    • @davidvilanuev8521
      @davidvilanuev8521 5 років тому +6

      Well hello darkness my old friend lol

    • @BortLicensePlates
      @BortLicensePlates 5 років тому +3

      You must really be into medieval things

    • @fourdeck33
      @fourdeck33 5 років тому +3

      Check out '1066 - The Battle for Middle Earth'.

    • @alphabet_soup123
      @alphabet_soup123 5 років тому +3

      Check out the Last Kingdom, which has a storyline but gives a glimpse on how life was back then...

    • @brandonb8879
      @brandonb8879 4 роки тому +3

      Edibles will do that to you

  • @sheenaalexis8710
    @sheenaalexis8710 4 роки тому +615

    Watching docs about back in the day when people didn't even have toilet paper or tylenol for a headache or running water or power ffs and all you see in the comments are complaints. Complaints about sound mixing, ads, narration and on and on. And it's free content! It truly shows just how spoiled and entitled humans have become...

    • @angelahunter7332
      @angelahunter7332 4 роки тому +33

      Must agree it actually makes me sick. Its very sad that people put more stock in a cell phone true human interaction!

    • @Alex-ms9em
      @Alex-ms9em 4 роки тому +11

      Sheena Alexis87 exactly what I was thinking!

    • @sheenaalexis8710
      @sheenaalexis8710 4 роки тому +34

      @@thekiwisqu33z34 you clearly are one of the people this was intended for......went right over your big head.

    • @jbdoingstuff7015
      @jbdoingstuff7015 4 роки тому +9

      Haha sheena, you are neither wrong nor right. When in rome, dress as the romans. How would a perfect person or any humble selfless person be treated in our modern world? They would lose everything. They would be used and abandoned. They would find it impossible to live because earning money would cause them to faulter. It is valuable to know the truth, but it is almost impossible to live it. Are you not currently on the internet? Would you believe im a real sage? Times have indeed changed...

    • @dannymckenzie8329
      @dannymckenzie8329 4 роки тому +5

      The human is only as rotten as the soil

  • @thorham1346
    @thorham1346 6 років тому +740

    I'm eternally grateful to all that's good and wholesome that I'm alive today and not back then.

    • @samuelrs5138
      @samuelrs5138 6 років тому +114

      People will say the same about this era in 100 years

    • @abderrezakghozlane4427
      @abderrezakghozlane4427 6 років тому +25

      Klaus Rhodes lmao paranoid much

    • @klausrhodes6969
      @klausrhodes6969 6 років тому +37

      @@abderrezakghozlane4427 I am not paranoid at the blink of my eye, I've travelled the world grew up in the USA and germany,lived in africa as well, stayed within muslim societies, never had problems myself, since I do have deep respect for all peoples, my dad was cuban, my mom was german, my first wife french, my second from ghana, I ran an transport buisness within africa and restaurants in germany, by profession I am an instructor for chemical as well as mechanical students, born a catholic, beccame an atheist and politically a socialist, later a buddhist, now I have truly seen a little to understand just enough to open my mouth just a little.I am a christian and believe in family and Homeland!!!

    • @abderrezakghozlane4427
      @abderrezakghozlane4427 6 років тому +32

      Klaus Rhodes I mean you managed to pull the good ol' "islam is coming to destroy Europe " in a video about Medieval times but ok

    • @klausrhodes6969
      @klausrhodes6969 6 років тому +24

      @@abderrezakghozlane4427 Sorry if I have triggert you.

  • @vick9435
    @vick9435 2 роки тому +5

    I think this was one of the best presentations on Pre-English history. The combination of presenting direct readings from historical sources and modern day scholars with minimal use of narration was excellent.

  • @autumn-marissamcclounie7868
    @autumn-marissamcclounie7868 4 роки тому +79

    I love the little tidbits of information thrown in there, I’ve learned something that no one else talks about. Like the fact that they had combs and law in a village was basically just a neighbourhood watchman. This is a great documentary, the experts say what need to be said and then a developing scene afterwards that leads right into the next little tidbit of information. Very well done, I wish more history docs would follow this example.

    • @Cecilia13241
      @Cecilia13241 3 роки тому +4

      Fine tooth combs were useful to remove lice, dirt, ticks, and distribute hair oil. There are a lot of graves from this time period, where people were buried with their combs. That must say something about how much they valued cleanliness and grooming.

    • @RunninUpThatHillh
      @RunninUpThatHillh Рік тому +1

      The boar bristle brush is what many women used, and it distributed oil down to the ends of the hair shaft. It's attributed for the length. Many women today use historical haircare techniques with great success :D

  • @pastellseok4121
    @pastellseok4121 4 роки тому +39

    I'm so glad the arrow guy survived, I was rooting for him

    • @pastellseok4121
      @pastellseok4121 3 роки тому +3

      @Indian Atheist why are you replying to my comment sir I was being wholesome about arrow guy

  • @ApacheJay156
    @ApacheJay156 6 років тому +773

    Hm, pretty nice. but do you think you could possibly make the MUSIC A LITTLE LOUDER? I can almost hear the narration and it really gets in the way of THE MUSIC.

    • @candyextreme8406
      @candyextreme8406 5 років тому +11

      Louder? That's a first. Here's an idea,try adjusting the volume on your device as well as the vid.

    • @dropPlaydead
      @dropPlaydead 5 років тому +117

      @@candyextreme8406
      He's being sarcastic

    • @Krajorg
      @Krajorg 5 років тому +23

      Candy extreme he’s absolutely being sarcastic it’s a joke he’s not serious.

    • @SumDumGai5
      @SumDumGai5 5 років тому +6

      I can almost hear your voice, Jay 156.

    • @Claudia-pv3ve
      @Claudia-pv3ve 5 років тому +3

      😆😆😆

  • @mikemccormack8993
    @mikemccormack8993 4 роки тому +190

    This Documentary is getting in the way of all these great commercials

    • @neoesm
      @neoesm 4 роки тому +4

      Download uBlockOrigin

    • @soadj28
      @soadj28 4 роки тому +1

      In the early 21st century, we came up with something called an "adblocker".

    • @roddo1955
      @roddo1955 4 роки тому

      @@soadj28 in the 21st century we have adblocker AND can still comment on it when we notice a video having an inordinate amount of ads.

    • @Grumpyfrump
      @Grumpyfrump 3 роки тому +3

      Just scroll through the video till the end and hit replay.

    • @BeckBeckGo
      @BeckBeckGo 3 роки тому

      Didn't see any.
      Then again I know what ad block is.

  • @JustJohnny
    @JustJohnny 5 років тому +95

    Sound is fine here, I can hear the flatulent noises as they run to the bathroom.

  • @KP-tn9cq
    @KP-tn9cq 3 роки тому +11

    This documentary was SO awesome! I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this.

  • @bigboi1124
    @bigboi1124 5 років тому +53

    If you liked this documentary, read "A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance " by William Manchester. I've read it 3 times and is one of the most profound books I've ever read.

    • @vsruka4413
      @vsruka4413 5 років тому +2

      Thanks for the recommendation!

    • @paulafassman3931
      @paulafassman3931 5 років тому +1

      Thanks for suggesting. Just put on hold at the library.

    • @jenameagher5712
      @jenameagher5712 5 років тому +1

      Reading it right now thank you from Seattle!

    • @samswoman2009
      @samswoman2009 4 роки тому +1

      I've been reading it - love it!

    • @Neenerella333
      @Neenerella333 4 роки тому +1

      A record was named after this book.

  • @the.pandamonium
    @the.pandamonium 6 років тому +317

    Great documentary. Would love to see more medieval themed documentaries!

    • @jeffreytaylor9682
      @jeffreytaylor9682 6 років тому +2

      so fnckin watch a million of them. thats like 10,000,000 less than there are on youtube.

    • @Invading-Specious
      @Invading-Specious 6 років тому

      a lot of things are not true, because individual chances within a big tribe took ages.

    • @countessvonnie9654
      @countessvonnie9654 6 років тому

      Wss

    • @steelydan3263
      @steelydan3263 6 років тому +1

      It also has a good storyline to it as well

    • @fourdeck33
      @fourdeck33 5 років тому

      Check out '1066 - The Battle for Middle Earth'.

  • @elsakristina2689
    @elsakristina2689 3 роки тому +8

    And just imagine: at that same time, on the other side of the world, a woman was beginning to write the first real novel - “The Tale of Genji”, by Murasaki Shikibu. No lady in Europe had the opportunity. We don’t have their diaries or personal writings, so when we do get them, no matter where they’re from, it is so important. What a world.

  • @lilitheden748
    @lilitheden748 4 роки тому +39

    Although it’s almost 20 years old it still remains a beautiful documentary about peasant life before the Norman conquest. Timeline is a splendid channel with good historical documentaries and off course Timeteam.

    • @eltuko5021
      @eltuko5021 Рік тому

      20 years old? damn, i tought it was made around the same time the video was uploaded

    • @OzzyBlazeGaming
      @OzzyBlazeGaming Рік тому +1

      @@eltuko5021 At the end of the documentary, one of the speakers mentions how we were approaching the year 2000.

  • @parthiancapitalist2733
    @parthiancapitalist2733 6 років тому +324

    That Old English at the start is amazing

    • @ronalddump5004
      @ronalddump5004 5 років тому +1

      thats fake . they just made that up .

    • @wisdomleader85
      @wisdomleader85 5 років тому +30

      That sounded like Latin to me, which was commonly used by medieval clergies.

    • @TheMeldamine
      @TheMeldamine 5 років тому +54

      @@ronalddump5004 no- That language is still studied in multiple universities. I speak from experience. Look up the lords prayer in Old English. There are plenty versions of it here on UA-cam and that is exactly correct in the beginning.
      Maybe not comment if you don't know what you're talking about?

    • @kenken8765
      @kenken8765 5 років тому +29

      @@wisdomleader85 No it's actually how old english is spoken. "Faeder ure, thu the eart in heofonum" "Our Father, you are in heaven"

    • @imthedoctor941
      @imthedoctor941 5 років тому +20

      @@ronalddump5004 perhaps you should do a bit of study

  • @zelosmiman5533
    @zelosmiman5533 3 роки тому +37

    I wasnt going to watch this because of the sound mixing .. but after seeing the first 5 minutes i gave it a go and I have to say that this is one superb documentary.

  • @mayfrasonsier
    @mayfrasonsier 6 років тому +43

    Despite the sound, this is by far one of my favorite documentaries.

    • @mikebeesley3150
      @mikebeesley3150 5 років тому +3

      It's not too bad,I've heard a lot worse.

  • @Charge0Complete
    @Charge0Complete 6 років тому +727

    Did they mix the sound for this in 1000 A.D.?

  • @bluehand9631
    @bluehand9631 5 років тому +454

    Thank you for making a documentary about my ex-wife's family.

  • @tifKh
    @tifKh 6 років тому +62

    I love this format of documentary, the narration style, can anyone recommend similar ones? I know there’s one about Pompeii that’s similar.

    • @SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath
      @SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath 5 років тому +2

      Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii

    • @caiusofglantri5513
      @caiusofglantri5513 5 років тому +5

      Not a documentary, but well researched and done. ua-cam.com/video/myRNKk0-63A/v-deo.html

    • @MargaritaMagdalena
      @MargaritaMagdalena 3 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/HPe6BgzHWY0/v-deo.html
      The bubonic plague epidemic in London in 1665
      ua-cam.com/video/LsHJCd530fY/v-deo.html
      Black Death in England in de 14th century
      ua-cam.com/video/CF6qe62_jNA/v-deo.html
      The peasant revolt of 1381

    • @MargaritaMagdalena
      @MargaritaMagdalena 3 роки тому +1

      @@caiusofglantri5513 I love that one 😍

  • @BortLicensePlates
    @BortLicensePlates 5 років тому +27

    The new Skyrim game looks pretty good.

  • @aber3724
    @aber3724 6 років тому +279

    Wtf? !They didn’t cover orcs, dwarves or fairies !

    • @m00rtin4
      @m00rtin4 5 років тому +22

      Reality sucks, i know.

    • @JustMe-ob3nw
      @JustMe-ob3nw 5 років тому +3

      Aber 😂

    • @BortLicensePlates
      @BortLicensePlates 5 років тому +16

      Or valyrian steel or fufu cakes

    • @NakMTLKane
      @NakMTLKane 5 років тому +1

      Ikr

    • @Inji9517
      @Inji9517 5 років тому +8

      Humans are racist scum . Your kind slaughtered all the khajit and elf . And u hid those history in area 51

  • @SujoyBanerjee1907
    @SujoyBanerjee1907 5 років тому +31

    One of the most difficult things is to bring out the history in present with minute accuracy and detailing. A lot of research goes in this process. Awesome documentries .
    LOVE FROM INDIA♥

  • @mariocassina90
    @mariocassina90 6 років тому +98

    Anglo saxons were basically were to the Britons what vikings have became later in history for the anglosaxons

    • @olgadunlop5309
      @olgadunlop5309 6 років тому +1

      Mario Cassina trig trug75trug trug

    • @markbryant4114
      @markbryant4114 6 років тому +2

      Mario Cassina Anglo Saxon were Vikings

    • @dylanfontaine591
      @dylanfontaine591 6 років тому +19

      No, the were Germanic, Frisian, and Jutes.

    • @megahop01
      @megahop01 6 років тому +5

      Dylan Fontaine you are correct

    • @kvltizt
      @kvltizt 6 років тому

      @PRINCE SHAMIYAH144 is that a Miiverse reference?

  • @milliebanks7209
    @milliebanks7209 3 роки тому +1

    Wish it was louder! I love these series so much!

  • @danielplainview2360
    @danielplainview2360 3 роки тому +8

    I just thank God I live in the golden age of toilets!

  • @v1ncent111
    @v1ncent111 5 років тому +83

    As a Flemish speaking person, the old English sounds so familiar

    • @juliencools7024
      @juliencools7024 4 роки тому +4

      I was thinking exactly the same thing here! Many words are almost identical and i'ts like old Flemish to me in a way..

    • @jamieevans3666
      @jamieevans3666 4 роки тому +5

      some people who went to england came from the netherlands and near by lands maybe thats why

    • @littledikkins2
      @littledikkins2 4 роки тому +2

      Where you live is pretty much where both the Angels and Saxons came from.

    • @christianjust2654
      @christianjust2654 4 роки тому

      @@littledikkins2 No, that's germany and denmark. Not dutch and belgium.

    • @eruannaundomiel8419
      @eruannaundomiel8419 3 роки тому +7

      @@christianjust2654 Well, The Anglo-Saxons actually not just came from modern Germany and Denmark but from the Netherlands where the Frisians came from. The migration of "Anglo-Saxons" comprised in four groups: the Angles (who came from the southern part of Denmark), the Jutes (Northern Danish), Saxons (North-West part of Germany), and the Frisians (Northern part of the Netherlands).
      So, it actually makes somewhat sense if someone today who speaks Flemish or modern Frisian in the Netherlands could actually understand a bit of Old English due to the close relationship with each other both in history and language.

  • @mslettucebfrank
    @mslettucebfrank 4 роки тому +25

    Just realized this documentary is 20 years old.

    • @roddo1955
      @roddo1955 4 роки тому +2

      And it shows. Back in those days there were a lot of 'immersive reenactments of the past'. They even had reality shows, where people would live like people in the middle ages or colonial times. I remember one scene where this so called pilgrim woman saw 'natives' for the first time and her son wanted to go say "hi!" and she held him back:"NO!We do not know who they are!They might be dangerous!" Really, lady? There's cameras all around you and those 'natives' are mexican actors. In one season they even got a visit from Oprah. Kathy Griffin did a bit about that in her comedy show. I miss the late nineties! Actually...those reality shows were from the early 2000s. I remember watching them when I lived abroad. I was young and beautiful then.

    • @timbuk1126
      @timbuk1126 3 роки тому +1

      I never saw a date

    • @neothe1st644
      @neothe1st644 3 роки тому +1

      You mean 1021 years old ;)

    • @rosihantu1
      @rosihantu1 3 роки тому +3

      The lack of LGBT and diversity insertions are a telltale.

  • @bilinguru
    @bilinguru 4 роки тому +12

    Very well done. The scholarship was clearly imparted by people who care deeply about the subject and their heritage.

  • @FriendofMineralTown
    @FriendofMineralTown 3 роки тому +8

    Imagine you fell down, messed up your knee and they were like "we're gonna slap some tuna salad in there" and that was the way they healed you?

  • @bobbrock4221
    @bobbrock4221 3 роки тому +10

    This is such a good documentary. I wish that they made more similar to this one. There is a three part documentary about knights that's pretty similar to this.

  • @csmcmillion
    @csmcmillion 6 років тому +77

    Sound mixer should be hanged.

    • @angeliquem.j.simard8437
      @angeliquem.j.simard8437 5 років тому +2

      Yes, my thoughts exactly the useless music booms over the mumbling narrators voice.

    • @destubae3271
      @destubae3271 3 роки тому +1

      It sounds alright if played on phone speaker

  • @wanderingwants
    @wanderingwants 10 місяців тому +1

    "Fishing! I should fine him." Really enjoyed this doco.

  • @levigarrett6884
    @levigarrett6884 6 років тому +26

    The wig on the historian talking about Beowulf is funny.

    • @Peleski
      @Peleski 5 років тому +2

      It's really a poorly chosen wig. He needs something more attuned to his age, not a head you might expect on a 12 year old.

  • @roddo1955
    @roddo1955 4 роки тому +11

    "We know they had combs because we found combs"
    😲wow! That's really smart!

    • @mr.sandman8644
      @mr.sandman8644 3 роки тому +1

      Solid science, that.

    • @mikegraham6345
      @mikegraham6345 3 роки тому

      @Ankit Tiwari How many times did you have to copy and paste this in the comments?

    • @joywebster2678
      @joywebster2678 3 роки тому

      You skipped the rest of his sentence and the tone of the comment

  • @bobsullivan5714
    @bobsullivan5714 6 років тому +130

    Invariably, those who know nothing about chopping wood will put a piece on a chopping block and take a mighty swing at it with the axe. If you have wood to chop, you would learn to take smaller chops at weaker points of the block. Conserving energy is a survival quality.
    Same thing with carrying water. Those of us who have actually had to move buckets of water have learned that carrying two smaller buckets is much easier than carrying one large bucket. Again, conserving energy.....

    • @steelydan3263
      @steelydan3263 6 років тому +21

      I'm surprised ( in a good way) that you spent the time writing this for a Small scene

    • @davesworld7961
      @davesworld7961 6 років тому +8

      Yep.When I was a little kid feeding calves I figured out using 2 buckets was much better.

    • @cramMetallic
      @cramMetallic 6 років тому +4

      @@steelydan3263 that's how realistic and experienced people attention to detail.

    • @sassulusmagnus
      @sassulusmagnus 6 років тому +17

      The wood chopping example rings true. I live in lake country and depend on firewood to supply much of the heat. At first, I used to expend a great deal of effort trying to muscle my way through uncooperative wood. After having lived in a rural setting for a few years, I get far more firewood split now on a fraction of the energy. I let the axe do most of the work, and I let the wood show me where and when it wants to split. You don't fight nature; you learn how to work with it. Another thing I learned is not to rush. Think things through carefully and you will discover the easiest and safest ways to get things done.

    • @chrissmith2921
      @chrissmith2921 5 років тому +2

      Why split wood. Just buy it. Plus there must be bugs on fresh wood. Any the bravest people are a bit scared of them

  • @BennyB5555
    @BennyB5555 3 роки тому +2

    I thought they mentioned there weren’t any overweight people? Some of the woman look like they haven’t missed a meal. Just sayin

  • @randelldarky3920
    @randelldarky3920 5 років тому +11

    The Vikings were no different than most of the other civilizations. They were just really good at it

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth 5 років тому +7

      Except the Vikings were not a civilization, Viking was more of a social function of Nordic people and everyone is using the wrong language.

    • @markpapenfuss1111
      @markpapenfuss1111 4 роки тому

      Depends on what you mean by “good at it”. Raiding? Sure. But long term political stability, not so much.

  • @bluetulip9297
    @bluetulip9297 6 років тому +26

    This became like a mini soap opera. I really wanted Wolfricg to return home good and well so that he and the blond girl could live happily. Anyway, very good documentary.

    • @Schmorgus
      @Schmorgus 4 роки тому +4

      I was waiting for realism to kick in, where the other guy would stab him in the back. Or the vikings coming and burning the village to the ground!

    • @roddo1955
      @roddo1955 4 роки тому +1

      I never trusted the blonde girl. In last weeks episode she faked that she had amnesia to throw Wolfric off the scent when she was having an affair. Wolfric is also not the father of her child! Can't wait for the next episode.

    • @DIGITAL7Media
      @DIGITAL7Media 3 роки тому

      check out Norsemen on netflix. Its funny.

  • @clutchplayer19
    @clutchplayer19 3 роки тому +3

    ‘They were more physically fit - being overweight was not an issue’ immediately cuts to Big Mama Cass waddling around

  • @JohnW941994
    @JohnW941994 3 роки тому +2

    I really enjoyed this documentary. I see a lot of people have complained in these comments, but I came here to learn a little something and I feel I'm walking away having learned a lot. It was really worth watching. As for sound mixing...I used to own a Dollar General copy of Sweeney Todd that made the dialogue sound like whispers but when the music played...BOOM!!! Compared to that this was fine. This has Historical accuracy & good narrative, in my opinion. And I believe that to be most important.

  • @ssandus1153
    @ssandus1153 5 років тому +8

    Some of the women making bread must be wealthy.

  • @elizabethshaw734
    @elizabethshaw734 6 років тому +22

    The Anglo Saxons drank what was called small beer and had less than half the alcohol of beer nowadays.

    • @mikebeesley3150
      @mikebeesley3150 5 років тому +3

      There must be alot of Angelo Saxons in Utah.

    • @skinfan2806
      @skinfan2806 4 роки тому +2

      So it probable had 2-3 percent alcohol, do you know the ingredients of small beer besides the malted barley? Did they use any herbs? I don't think they were adding hops yet right?

    • @Schmorgus
      @Schmorgus 4 роки тому +1

      And they drank mead, which was even stronger than the mead that is sold today xD

    • @c.norbertneumann4986
      @c.norbertneumann4986 4 роки тому +2

      @@skinfan2806 Sewage plants disinfecting water didn't exist yet. Untreated water was very infectious and unhealthy. It was full of bacteria. Alcoholic drinks like beer or wine did not contain bacteria. Alcohol in liquids is a disinfectant. That's the reason why medieval people prefered beer or wine instead of water. Alcoholic drinks used to be diluted with water, so the alcohol content was low. People didn't want to get drunk.

    • @MargaritaMagdalena
      @MargaritaMagdalena 3 роки тому

      Source?

  • @paulpetersen879
    @paulpetersen879 4 роки тому +4

    A little less background noise so I can actually hear the words. You do this with the world War videos to. You hear explosion more than the words. Other than that, love your history content.

  • @Elleoaqua
    @Elleoaqua 3 роки тому +3

    Interesting till the fake romance story. Come on.

  • @beverlybalius9303
    @beverlybalius9303 4 роки тому +6

    Back in that time I would pray to be in a tropical place by the sea instead of Europe. I

  • @leedevitt3676
    @leedevitt3676 5 років тому +9

    Walter White gets around.... Breaketh Medieval

    • @hissyhonker220
      @hissyhonker220 5 років тому +1

      Lmao that's who he looks like!, I just couldn't place it

  • @mikemerlin4020
    @mikemerlin4020 Рік тому +3

    It is absolutely unbelievable that I can go on my phone, ask what was life like in 900 AD and a "movie" comes up about it. 🤩

  • @jonnyqwst
    @jonnyqwst 4 роки тому +6

    Every person reading this lives better than 99.9999% of those who ever lived

  • @coinsmith
    @coinsmith 6 років тому +41

    It would be nice if the person doing the village priest's narration would SPEAK UP a little bit. Comes across like a muttered whisper while the background music just about drowns it out. Very annoying!

  • @williamrussell9404
    @williamrussell9404 3 роки тому +2

    I'm disgusted by the advertisement for Abrams, she is a cheater and a liar!

  • @katanatac
    @katanatac 5 років тому +1

    This is a wonderful video of our past, thank you very much.

  • @nicholasshaler7442
    @nicholasshaler7442 5 років тому +13

    Is it accurate to have the priest speaking Old English for the ceremonies? I thought he would be speaking Latin for those.

    • @MargaritaMagdalena
      @MargaritaMagdalena 3 роки тому +3

      Latin was a dead language, it was only used in reading and writing by learned people. These villagers were illiterate and didn't even know their own age, let alone Latin.

    • @MargaritaMagdalena
      @MargaritaMagdalena 3 роки тому +2

      That's why it was so revolutionary when Martin Luther translated the Bible into ordinary German language in the 16th century, now everyone could read it instead of relying on priests. Hope that helps.

    • @joywebster2678
      @joywebster2678 3 роки тому

      Depends is he a Roman Catholic priest or a Church of England Priest?

    • @nicholasshaler7442
      @nicholasshaler7442 3 роки тому

      @@joywebster2678
      The Church of England didn't exist until many centuries after this.

    • @raiden6156
      @raiden6156 3 роки тому

      @@MargaritaMagdalena Luther did not translate the Bible

  • @stuartbluefield769
    @stuartbluefield769 3 роки тому +1

    Excellent content. Thank you.

  • @paxwallacejazz
    @paxwallacejazz 6 років тому +27

    Actually life in England became unbearable and exceptionally unjust under the Normans and the English language was nearly stamped out.

    • @mackenziewhethers1257
      @mackenziewhethers1257 5 років тому +1

      still is on its death bed, a few less words and well be a romance language.

    • @gasmaskerhub2075
      @gasmaskerhub2075 5 років тому +3

      Now it'll be Arabic :(

    • @Schmorgus
      @Schmorgus 4 роки тому +1

      Actually, modern English is partially made with Norse language.
      And I bet it was harsch for you, since you clearly lived there to know the facts :D

    • @ОльгаФилимонова-д2р
      @ОльгаФилимонова-д2р 4 роки тому

      @@Schmorgus Почему му-му без перевода Да у нас в стране мало кто хорошо владеет английским

    • @Schmorgus
      @Schmorgus 4 роки тому

      @@ОльгаФилимонова-д2р Well, luckily for you, there are a lot of russians speaking your language ;)

  • @alexhermida4961
    @alexhermida4961 3 роки тому +5

    Thank you God for no matter what period you chose for me to experience this brief yet filled with millions of experiences life✝️❤️

  • @dirt0133
    @dirt0133 6 років тому +7

    Of course the village priest is portrayed as avarice, though his parish consists of a mere 40 souls. The granting of land ceremony portrayed has also been somewhat abridged, and i suspect would have been quite a bit more solemn. :) Still, interesting enough. I usually really enjoy Timeline presentations. Thanks.

  • @anndriggers6660
    @anndriggers6660 2 роки тому +2

    It's crazy to think that everyone alive today comes from the sturdiest strongest and most brave and courageous stock, because otherwise they never would have made it to reproduce! It's very scary to me that we have no idea how to survive without modern conveniences. The people of today are very weak mentally and physically. not at all like these powerhouses! 0

  • @flolorm2349
    @flolorm2349 5 років тому +46

    Anyone else watching this to write books?

    • @alanbrody3223
      @alanbrody3223 5 років тому +7

      I'm more into creating a videogame, but l'd like to have it all on paper first, so yeah a book is the first step l guess.

    • @Dorkeydaze
      @Dorkeydaze 5 років тому +4

      FloLorm
      I’m interested in writing a post apocalyptic- medieval type book; though I’m also interested in writing games.

    • @DrewConley1776
      @DrewConley1776 5 років тому +3

      @@alanbrody3223 let me know if you get it going, love those types

    • @bruhcow315
      @bruhcow315 5 років тому +2

      Alan Brody bro lemme pre order it

    • @WintersW0lf
      @WintersW0lf 4 роки тому

      @@alanbrody3223 you know you don't need to write a book to make a game right?

  • @philiplaurell1163
    @philiplaurell1163 5 років тому +2

    I'm trying to watch my commercials but there's a documentary that keeps interrupting .

  • @Wreckstorm
    @Wreckstorm 6 років тому +86

    "They'd be much less likely to be overweight".... 4:55 Then why can this one barely fit through the door???

    • @mayfrasonsier
      @mayfrasonsier 6 років тому +21

      Consider that she is the wife of the village reeve, who in this instance was rather wealthy. Not to mention she is "heavy with child." The fact that she has so many children says a lot about the status of her and her husband.

    • @gunner4ever924
      @gunner4ever924 6 років тому +4

      That lady didn't know what she was saying. Common folks in 10th AD, especially women, used to be quite unfit. They ate without keeping a check on their calories (they've no concept of calories) & did little work that burns calories.

    • @ChintanPandya01
      @ChintanPandya01 6 років тому +7

      You actually believed this was filmed in the medieval times. How peaceful it must be inside that vacant brain of yours.

    • @acts4twelve601
      @acts4twelve601 6 років тому +6

      @@ChintanPandya01 thanks for a real genuine laugh. Too funny
      Doesn't he realize color film wasn't invented until the 1900 hundreds? 😂

    • @canpeanionut
      @canpeanionut 6 років тому +6

      Maybe she had Cushing's syndrome

  • @hey_joe7069
    @hey_joe7069 4 роки тому +1

    OK , Like i hate to nit pick here but the actors keep saying the year 999, but the video is titled "Life in 1000 A.D." I think you accidentally loaded the wrong video. What happened a year later ?

  • @steelydan3263
    @steelydan3263 6 років тому +10

    41:54 Jesus, that scared the s*** out of me I thought the dead pig was screaming in pain!

  • @MsRedwiz
    @MsRedwiz 3 роки тому +1

    For heaven's sake please turn the background music down. It spoils an otherwise excellent production.

  • @rogermoore27
    @rogermoore27 3 роки тому +10

    I notice that habit of not bathing still persists with some people now. 😲😱😷

  • @SNP-1999
    @SNP-1999 5 років тому +1

    You would wonder why God's own creation of women, half of all humanity, was so abhorrent to Christian priests and monks ? By doing so, they were in fact defaming God's creation, so where is the logic in that ? But there again, I suppose one can never find common sense and logic in connection with religious fanaticism, the most despicable of all belief systems.

  • @dion789
    @dion789 6 років тому +31

    I wonder if people in that time were bothered by the smell. If you and everyone around you rarely washes, do you just stop noticing it?

    • @danniieem2840
      @danniieem2840 6 років тому +12

      I think they probably got used to the smell

    • @genli5603
      @genli5603 5 років тому +10

      They washed plenty. They just didn’t bathe often.

    • @joeh5028
      @joeh5028 5 років тому +1

      You've never lived on a farm, huh Dion?

    • @Schmorgus
      @Schmorgus 4 роки тому +3

      @@joeh5028 I grew up on a farm, could never get over the smell because I loved it!
      Every year now when they spread manure on the farmlands in spring, I get a good sniff whenever I can xD

    • @xxslendermomxx3026
      @xxslendermomxx3026 4 роки тому

      Nose blind lol 😂

  • @cklg88
    @cklg88 3 роки тому +11

    I'm proud to be a descendent of Anglo-Saxon.

    • @jiveassturkey8849
      @jiveassturkey8849 3 роки тому +1

      Racist! You sir are a racist! Just kidding 🤣

    • @asphaltrider_699
      @asphaltrider_699 3 роки тому +1

      Good for you. Although this documentary does manage to say that the anglosaxons weren't that different with the lifestyle and culture of other Germanic people, although backwards when compared to the Eastern Roman empire, Italian city states and most of the Mediterranean.

  • @annwe6
    @annwe6 3 роки тому +11

    Feeling thankful and proud of my strong ancestors. Warriors and survivors.

  • @bradgotch
    @bradgotch 5 років тому +40

    The female historians have medieval teeth.

    • @rokulus7910
      @rokulus7910 4 роки тому +4

      I remember them from the Big Book of British Smiles.

    • @kingslayer8121
      @kingslayer8121 4 роки тому

      All British do

    • @elicohen5073
      @elicohen5073 4 роки тому

      😂🤣

    • @Ideo7Z
      @Ideo7Z 4 роки тому

      Stereotypes are because it has truth in it.

  • @VillainCrew
    @VillainCrew 3 роки тому +3

    Amazing how they were able to record everything in colour back then

  • @dustin1931
    @dustin1931 6 років тому +11

    44:00 "I grant you land!"
    Nice ceremony....

    • @jimleon7894
      @jimleon7894 4 роки тому +1

      And he gets the girl.

    • @googiegress
      @googiegress 3 роки тому

      How much and which land is kinda important too!
      "I grant you the Bog of Eternal Stench!"

  • @aelfwynn8
    @aelfwynn8 5 років тому +7

    Loved this! What a great documentary/historical re-enactment!!

  • @bradshively7109
    @bradshively7109 5 років тому +8

    It's 2018 now.... classics and history is still wonderful. Brilliant documentary

    • @lomin8717
      @lomin8717 5 років тому +1

      It's 2019 dumbass

    • @bradshively7109
      @bradshively7109 5 років тому

      @@lomin8717 my bad, after a few🥃and a quickie with your mom. My typing was off. Good mouth she has. Did she pass the talent down to you🥒😮 open wide, say ahhh!🤣

    • @user-xl3uf7ie8y
      @user-xl3uf7ie8y 3 роки тому

      @@bradshively7109 wtf

  • @deusvult3103
    @deusvult3103 5 років тому +6

    0:22 turn on the caption.
    You are welcome

  • @elizabethshaw734
    @elizabethshaw734 3 роки тому

    I have had so many copies of Beowulf that I can't tell how many! 3 years ago I purchased another one and I can't find it in my new house. It is probably my favorite piece of Anglo-Saxon literature. :-)

  • @chrisadlc1
    @chrisadlc1 5 років тому +4

    What a great documentary, ppl complaining about the music must have ADD or something and simply can’t pay attention bc I thoroughly enjoyed this

  • @britboyrugby
    @britboyrugby 4 роки тому +7

    It’s quite refreshing to watch an historical documentary that is not filled with ethnomasochism and White Guilt.

  • @gunner4ever924
    @gunner4ever924 6 років тому +6

    10:56 Nice Plastic combs in 1000AD

    • @monke6774
      @monke6774 4 роки тому

      besides that, the props were amazing, they even had real animals for butchering!

  • @Cryo837
    @Cryo837 4 роки тому

    Fascinating and well done!!! Thank you!!!

  • @sugarfalls1
    @sugarfalls1 6 років тому +12

    Sounds like Irish Gaellic. I love when they bring these things to life. But the pioneers in America lived like this until the last century. But it's great to see what daily life and how the hierarchy worked. They could've made the volume a little louder. I have it up all the way! lol Wow I had no idea what stone ground meant until this video! lol That's the real deal! Woof!

  • @2HRTS1LOVE
    @2HRTS1LOVE 6 років тому +144

    I guess the English spoken by the Anglo Saxons was just too widespread, spoken by too many people, to be wiped out by the French of the Norman conquerors. It is kinda crazy that we have so many words we still use everyday that are literally thousands of years old. When you see how different it is today, from even three or four hundred years ago, though, it makes you wonder what it will sound like five hundred years from now. Will the fact that so much of our present language is recorded in ways you can hear, thru audio and video recordings, preserve it more, or will those recordings just sound like the Canterbury Tales read aloud sound to us today? It's an interesting question, since that situation has never existed before and since language is so sensitive to pronunciation and the use of words to keep them current. I wish I had a time machine, I'd like to hear the answer!

    • @StuSaville
      @StuSaville 6 років тому +14

      It's true that English has evolved greatly as a language over time. Modern English is roughly 30% French, 30% Latin and 25% Germanic in origin. However the spread of the British Empire across the globe resulted in a need for standardization of the language. This resulted in the establishment during Victorian times of an education system with an obsession for 'proper' English grammar and spelling that has slowed that evolution significantly.

    • @ringo1692
      @ringo1692 6 років тому +6

      OGSpaceCadet that's a really interesting thought!

    • @parthiancapitalist2733
      @parthiancapitalist2733 6 років тому +3

      OGSpaceCadet every word is thousands of years old or based off of words that are thousands of years old

    • @droldsw31
      @droldsw31 6 років тому +3

      I speak American.

    • @elizabethshaw734
      @elizabethshaw734 6 років тому +6

      droldsw31 no such language written as American. I am American and you are one of those Americans who makes me sad to say I am American. Perhaps that's why I left America for over 20 years and never wanted to come back here. Once my mother passes away I have no other living family and I'm gone again. Thankfully and happily :-)

  • @Condesamontes
    @Condesamontes 3 роки тому +4

    I cannot imagine trying to run a comb through my hair 😳

    • @SkarKingg
      @SkarKingg 3 роки тому

      Don't go to jail and you'll be ok

    • @Condesamontes
      @Condesamontes 3 роки тому

      Flash Gordon I work in a state prison, it’s a deterrent believe me.

  • @m00rtin4
    @m00rtin4 5 років тому +1

    Good to see a more civilized documentary covering middle ages and the life of the people. Not this simple war heavy focus where life of ordinary humans during diffrent time periods are overshadowed by war, kings and queens.

  • @NoNameThoughtOfYet
    @NoNameThoughtOfYet 3 роки тому +9

    The Most Poignant Line: "Will Our People Still Be Here In Another Thousand Years?"

    • @yosefshekelberg5433
      @yosefshekelberg5433 3 роки тому +1

      They won't be for another thousand.
      That's what happens when an entire race commits demographic suicide.

  • @pinoyhappynetwork
    @pinoyhappynetwork 5 років тому +2

    Are loud videos forbidden in your country?

  • @theresawilliams4296
    @theresawilliams4296 4 роки тому +10

    Priests haven't changed much. They still need that money. Apart from that it was a good documentary.

  • @bobjasper5447
    @bobjasper5447 6 років тому +1

    ChargeOComplete said, "Did they mix the sound for this in 1000AD?" My answer to him is: "You got sound?"

  • @Sinaloa_Cartel
    @Sinaloa_Cartel 5 років тому +2

    You should watch the movie “Year One”... very educational.

  • @dflatt1783
    @dflatt1783 6 років тому +17

    17:25 I use to be an adventurer like you ....

    • @LQOTW
      @LQOTW 6 років тому +1

      D Flatt - Until you took an arrow to the knee?

  • @watcher171
    @watcher171 3 роки тому +2

    Life was better in Roman times....

  • @GoGreen1977
    @GoGreen1977 3 роки тому +3

    I'm American and some of my ancestors on both sides of my family were Puritans colonists back in the 1630s. I'm more than half Anslo-Saxon, with some French Huguenot heritage, but also have good percentages of Norwegian/Swedish and Scottish/Irish. I have no recent ancestors directly from any of those areas. When I see documentaries like these, I think of how one set of ancestors were often busy fighting and maybe killing another set of my ancestors a 1000 years ago or more. I can't hold a grudge against any of them or I wouldn't be here.

  • @Rhiavax
    @Rhiavax 6 років тому

    i love the way they put this doc together

  • @L_mattox
    @L_mattox 4 роки тому +4

    33:38 Well, it's nice to see that those kinds of jokes have always been around.

  • @ismelll3449
    @ismelll3449 6 років тому +2

    Horrible sound mixing. Unwatchable.

  • @RubberDucky999
    @RubberDucky999 6 років тому +9

    This priest sounds like a young Decard Cain