Landsknechts - Germany's mercenary fashion icons
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I attended a few days of 'medieval week' in Visby, Gotland, Sweden. In the market, I met a couple dressed in Renaissance German attire, and interviewed them. Medieval week in Visby covers a wide date range from the early medieval to the Renaissance, and there were quite a few re-enactors there in Landsnecht kit. They even had their own parade, although I wasn't there when that happened.
We talked about how the clothes were a vulgar display of wealth, about storing wine in codpieces, and the surprising durability of slashed (woollen) cloth.
Meanwhile, everyone in Hollywood historical movies continues to wear brown.
N.B. It has been pointed out to me that in this video I use a pronunciation of the word 'Landsknechts' that falls below the standard expected of me. This is an Anglicised version of the word, and for that I feel no shame, but the central S should apparently be spoken with a clean S sound as in 'soup spoon', and not a soft SH sound as in 'sugar'. My apologies to any viewers who are stricken by the sheer awfulness of it all.
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Landsknechts - Germany's mercenary fashion icons
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It has been pointed out to me that in this video I use a pronunciation of the word 'Landsknechts' that falls below the standard expected of me. This is an Anglicised version of the word, and for that I feel no shame, but the central S should apparently be spoken with a clean S sound as in 'soup spoon', and not a soft SH sound as in 'sugar'. My apologies to any viewers who are stricken by the sheer awfulness of it all.
So this is where Mordhau got the new skins from
Please don't let it happen again
when you misspronounce french you dont care when you mispronounce german or czech you apoligize i love that
REKT.
The lovely young lady in this became a rabid SJW, dyed her hair pink, shaved half her head, pierced her face shut and is now covered in those schizo doodle cartoons white girls scrawl all over themselves to indicate their hatred of their father. RIP.
It's funny hearing Swedes say German words while speaking English with a Swedish accent.
+Another Duck pronounciation is on point as well.
German is easier for Swedes to pronounce than English. German is probably overall one of the easiest languages to pronounce.
+Another Duck While standing in front of a sign written in, what appears to be, Norwegian using Danish letters. :)
Steelmage99 The letter 'Ø' was actually used in Old Swedish, although I'm not sure about the times that and 'Å' were used.
Another Duck I didn't know that. Thank you for the information.
Random fact, the Kaiser exempted the german Landsknechte from the "sumptuary laws" of the time in consideration of their "brutish and short lives," and so they were not subject to the laws that normally forbade certain classes from wearing overly extravagant clothing, etc. They definitely took that and ran with it!
really? considering that most of the landsknechte were from aristocrat families maybe merchants to begin with i figured they would be allowed somewhat flamboyantly allready
@@vhaelen326 Perhaps the ones who ended up officers were, but the majority of them came from peasants and artisans, with some amount of criminals thrown in. I'm sure there were nobles, but undoubtedly in the minority. Think of this: if they were already allowed to dress flamboyantly, this decree would be pointless.
@@headhunter1945 calling BS on that one criminals? maybe if they had some cash stashed away but peasants? yeah no.
landsknechte had to buy their equipment before being hired and that was not cheap
i cant remember exactly but the average amount for a full landsknecht equipment came to about 15ish guilders which as i said you had to spent upfront, then youd get paid 4 (8 if you quallified for double pay) guilders a month so for normal landsknechte youd have to work for 4 months until you BROKE EVEN, i was trying to figure out how much a guilder was worth (comperatively) in 1500's as a rough estimate but i couldnt find anything sadly, but given that 15ish guilders was enough for a whole set of mercenary equipment im gonna go out on a limb and say that a peasant wouldnt make more then a single guilder a month and even that is stretching it as far as im concerned, if an elite mercenary who puts his life on the life almost every day is only getting paid 4 times as much as a peasant id say there wouldnt be many elite mercenaries, so id say its closer to half a guilder per month BUT for arguments sake lets say a peasant earned a guilder a month that is still what he had to survive but once again for arguments sake lets say this peasant is good with money and manages to save HALF of what he earns a month, for a full landskecht outfit thats still abit more then 2 YEARS of saving up and that is with numbers which are probably alot higher in regards ot the peasants pay then it actually was
so no the 'majority' was DEFINITLY not peasants. the majority was sons of merchants, or sons of aristocrats (mainly those sons that didnt have anything to inherit because one or several older brothers etc, you know how it goes, first son inherits the land and titles, the second one marries into another family and the third doesnt really get anything) also you were actually inspected/mustered before being hired so even IF by some miracle a peasant managed to save up to buy the equipment, he shows up to be hired and he is inspected and yeah as a peasant hed be fairly strong and in shape (unless he was sick, and lets be honest he was probably sick) they'd still figure out he doesnt know alot about fighting, i mean peasants were required to have some form of weapon so he knows which end to point towards the enemy but thats about it
so yeah, as i said calling BS on 'majority came from peasants'
@@vhaelen326 Maybe in 1450 this was the case, I can't speak to that early period and it may be the case then, though I have some doubts. However, and in any case, by 16th century wages would have been 4 Reichsgulden a month, 8 for Doppelsöldner, and a 3/4 alemain rivet plate could cost as little as 1.5 Reichsgulden in this time period. A regular Spiessträger could afford his full equipment on his first monthly pay. Which he received in advance. The only requirement for coming in your own gear was for Doppelsöldner - if you wanted to qualify for double pay, you had to come in appropriate high quality armor with weapon, and be prepared for dangerous front-line duty from the start. Some warlords bought munitions grade armor in bulk and sold them to their own men by deducting it from their first payments. It's worth noting that any nobles would automatically rise to higher ranks among the Landsknechte, and so any Landsknecht that became prominent for us to actually hear about are predominantly likely to have been those few who came from noble stock. Anyhow, it's well established among historians that the greatest part of the Landsknechte were recruited from artisans and peasants. And if a mere peasant with broad shoulders could get in, there's no reason the criminal class shouldn't be able to.
Destroying clothes to show off is much older then I thought.
Mom: All these youngsters with their ripped jeans
Landsknecht reenactor: Hold my beer
These re-enacters seem delightful.
+Peter Chartier They apear to be a litle shamefull after some time.
+Peter Chartier I am a re-enacter and I can tell you, nearly all of us will gladly talk to you about anything connected to our era of interest. Anything you want to know. But do not be too nosy about everything, we are still people and can be a little camera shy, which is what happened here I think. But god, that girl should not be camera shy, she is pretty as hell :D But back to the point... you can ask whatever you want, but before you ask, think about the question... I got so many stupid questions, just incredibly stupid ones that anyone with an IQ higher than that of a duck should have figured out on their own. We will answer even stupid questions, but we will think you were an idiot, so there is that.
CZProtton Quack? :D
+Peter ChartierI'm also a reenactor and yup, we love answering questions,
i'm usually manning the weapon and armour racks letting people try stuff on or hold our swords
CZProtton What kind of stupid questions do you get asked? (the most stupid pls)
A little unrelated... but these two seem to be really nice people.
I wish all women would dress so nicely
Well, it's a bit more complicated than that...
More than most German people are.
@@RobinOnYew and how do you want to know that my friend ?
@@Philipp.of.Swabia Been in Gernmany, at least from where I was, if I got in jam, a German person around me would assist in almost every case I had. That's my experience anyway.
Scandinavia - where even the living history reenactors looks like magazine models
I think you'll find this is more to do with the homogeneous ethnic make up of the Germanic people more than anything. Prior to Christianity with it's sales pitch of everybody gets a wife only the top 20% sired 80% of children. Uglies died out especially where Christianity was slower to take. Christianity saw to it that we indigenous Europeans have our fair share of what you American's sum up in the 'La Creatura' meme of bad breeding, but overall the gene pool is more solidly predicated to intelligence, strength, and attractiveness. Sadly though we've probably lost a good portion of the strong and brave men by sending them to die in brotherwars to please the international bankers.
Read the Hootan Plan or Kalergi Plan to see how coveted and hated our genetics are, and the proposed final solution to the Germanic problem that the powers that be were planning on (and later executed verbatim). The UN's documentation on replacement migration summarizes the rest.
@@dr.lexwinter8604 It was a lighthearted remark about reenactors, not a treastise on eugenics, but ok...
@@jacktanner4948 Four years ago, too. Ignore them, UA-cam comment sections are the only soapbox they can spout their nonsense from.
@@keelanmurphy9941 oh I'll spout alright. I'm full of soap, mate, so you better get real
11 viewers just found out their cod pieces are too modest.
Kj16V Made my evening :D
I am the The 12th Viewer! (Sorry, Antonio Banderas...)
My mother keeps telling me how woman clothing has always been made to restrict them while male clothing is so practical.....Yeah cause a meter cod piece, ripped cloth and 50 cm radius hats are sooooo practical and totally not meant to draw the attention of the opposite sex or anything.
+Yoriko Arran Very true. One only has to look at men's fashion through the centuries to see that what the guys wore was often uncomfortable as hell or at least not more comfy than what women worse. The really uncomfortable fashion for the ladies came up in 19th century with super-tight corsets but then the men had to wear stiff high collars and always an undershirt, shirt, vest and jacket even in summer. Not everything was made to screw us women over. XD
Only about the ripped clothes: It is thougt that they were more practical than the normal tight ones which were worn back then. Which seems reasonable that wide, ripped clothes are better fot moving.
But yes it probably was also for show
Ripped clothes would forever be getting tangled and caught in things and themselves.
Regency-era dresses look tremendously comfy compared to what the men at the time were wearing. There's actually a Victorian-era newspaper cartoon about it: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/1857-regency-fashion-crinoline-comparison-joke.png . Of course, the more relaxed style of Regency women's fashion was a status statement, because it signaled that you were independently wealthy and didn't have to work. In the Victorian and Edwardian eras women started playing a greater part in public life because of industrialization, mass media and consumer culture, so their clothing became more ostentatious (and also more conservative).
Seems it was even-stevens and gradually men's fashion got more practical, with women's lagging behind until recently. That seems about right.
Historical SWAG.
+Bernardo Grando
Please, don't use that word.
+LordTrilobite There is nothing bad about that word, besides, Shakespeare invented the word "swagger".
+Bernardo Grando Renaissance pimpin
+Darth Terrest Which meant to walk in braggadocios matter. Swag is also another word for free junk. Is it also adopted by people with no class or taste to make themselves look cooler/ more sucessful than they actually are. But the modern usuage of the word swag wasn't around in Shakespeares times.
+LordTrilobite The word is entirely accurate because the Landsknechte were definitely the OGs of their time.
Those tourists are not naked. They are wearing the Emperor's new clothes. :-D
Absolutely lovely work, those costumes. The hours of hand sewing (and research) that had to happen to make all of those costumes in that one frame!
His costume must've been a nightmare to make...
Absolutely.......
A labour of love....
"I just untie this one and I can just whip it-" "No need to demonstrate sir!" - Best bit.
All I know about Landsknechts is that they're a good way to beat the highest difficulty in Civ 5. Play Germany, bide your time until the Renaissance, have all your cities build Landsknechts nonstop, declare war on everyone. They build so fast it's almost comical, as you have just this conga line of Landsknechts going from each of your cities to the nearest military target.
I think they got patched/changed in the expansion or something, though, so this might not work anymore.
+DontMockMySmock Yeah you don't build them any more. It's now part of the Commerce policy tree, and unlocking lets you purchase them for gold. It's cheaper to purchase than a Pikeman, but you can't produce them like you would normally.
+DontMockMySmock Indeed was change with Brave New Worlds, with it, Landsknechts are mercenary (still at half the price of regular pikeman) available for those who choose mercenary army in the commerce social policy. But with this change they also gained no movement cost on pillaging, extra gold on taking over city, while also able to move and attack right away after purchasing them.
0:26 "Landschnecks" that cracked me up :D
Oh god he said "yacket" instead jacket, that's amazingly German and I love it.
That is actually a Swedish accent, a German person would pronounce it chacket, instead of Jacked. XD
1/10.
Not enough mud and brown.
just because they're old doesn't automatically mean they were dirty, I bet she knew all kinds of tricks down by the river
the trossfrau needs a modern BDSM style corset, a push-up bra and several inches of cleavage. the lansquenet needs riveted leather, studded leather and some nice baggy trousers. absolutely NO hats
+ZURATAMA1324 I thought the period of the tourists clothes was more like 2003 not 2015 which the video claims it was made.....
:P
leather.. MORE LEATHER! here's a way more accurate depiction:
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*****
"Yup, that doesn't look suspicious at all."
Fun fact: The slashed doublet style that the landsknecht brought into fashion wasn't originally a fashion statement. As they pillaged and looted, they would seize high quality clothing that would appeal to your typical mercenary ("hey, look at me, I look like a rich fellow"). The slashed doublet came about because for one, the seized and looted clothing didn't always fit, and in any case you had tons of it. They would literally carve all those wonderful high end garments into pieces and mix-and-match them, ending up with different colored clothing, rather garish and clashing patterns, and eventually the strips that you see in the video as sleeves.Also as a renaissance fencer, let me just say I bloody well hate those strips and slashes. My blade gets tangled.
+VelmiVelkiZrut Do you have sources for this?
+VelmiVelkiZrut This seems unlikely, given that the slashed sleeves are VERY wide, so they must have had arms like tree-trunks not to be able to squeeze into them.
+Lindybeige Of course they had arms like tree trunks. They were German.
+Lindybeige i think that that really puffy sleeve thing came in later on when they started doing it on purpose, rather than trying to carry/ wear clothes that didnt fit them
So it was the renaissance equivalent of wearing Jordan's and adidas in the neighborhoods?
Because you’re trying to show off but nobody really cares?
hood*
Dantick09 No. Simply because those items are what poor peasants wear to make themselves feel important. Truly wealthy people do not wear that shit unless they are low class or are black.
Street Skater 66 how bigoted and dogmatic of you. Quit generalizing, there are low class and black people that wouldn't wear Adidas or Jordans just like there are rich people that enjoy wearing those brands or prefer them.
Except they tied their knots.
The homies undid all their knots and laces and belts and walked down the road with their clothes trailing after them
What a beauty that is. The girl I mean. The guy also probably I wouldn't know.
+NiekGAE Keep lying! Off course you can see if another man is attractive or not! How else would you be able to judge your chances with women?
koffieslikkersenior Sure I can. But several 'types' of guys I think are mediocre at best women find attractive. Other way around as well, when I have a talk with a girl about who is hot they often say something like "REALLY do you think SHE'S hot? Hell no". I think this guy falls into that category.
+NiekGAE judging from her accent, she's dutch. Why don't you come here some day?
magicspook Or Norse or Swedish
magicspook That won't be hard, considering I'm Dutch myself. I had a hard time placing the accent. When I speak English, unless I've got time to prepare and have a canned speech prepared I've got a terrible accent. One grade above "aai sink det...". Her accent I couldn't place because its not too obvious and I haven't got an ear for accents. Now that you mention it, yea probably Dutch. At least a Germanic tongue, but not German.
In case anyone is wondering why there are so many German comments, it's because lindy made a mistake. At 0:26 he calls Landsknecht "Landschneck". While Landsknecht means, literally, "Servant of a nation/country", Landschneck means "Snail Nation".
haha. snail nashe
I can understand why the germans are reacting. It is the french after all that's the infamous snail eaters. :-D
***** You're correct, but since the word is meaningless I just went with the closest literal meaning.
Draewa A country snail sounds fucking badass
Tyler Peters no landschneck means snail from the countryside
Mom, I'm going to the medieval fair. I'm back at 10.
Wait. What's that!?
A modest codpiece...?
Yeah...no, go take it off
Mooooom....
I live for the jokes at the end of the video.
Lindy, the way you pronounced "Landsknecht" sounds like German for "Land Snail", although to be fair, wearing that attire might hinder your movement to the point of the name being adequate
And there was something about figthing like a snail when it came to them if I remember correctly.
They are both so cute!
And so modest for the time period xD
0:26 wow, thats the most hilarious pronunciation of the word Landsknecht I've ever heard. Seriously made my day, thanks :)
Landsknecht came mostly from the classes below the nobles and served as mercenaries for a variety of Renaissance states and in some wars even ended up fighting other Landsknecht. They wore those outfits to both mock the nobility as they were able afford the attire of the noble classes and then really shock their 'lords and ladies', would kick it up to 11 - complete with the most ornate codpiece to show infront of some Baron's daughters. (Which also operated as a sort of wallet in some designs XD). Kind of like the punk rockers of the Renaissance in a way if you think about it.
Side note here. Knecht...Cnight (sp?)..Knight...hmmm something similar there eh? :3
+Ulric Kessler (DeNola J'dar) it's sound similar but Knecht mean servant / worker and sometimes slave, they work for the land who pay them, Landsknecht :)
Well, the etymological root of knight actually ment servant, so it's possible that the two term are related.
Although I disagree with your positive opinion on the Lanzichenecchi ( I used the Italian spelling cause I don't know the original one). When they sacked Rome they literally ended the Italian Renaissance
Younger sons to landowning peasents.
Beautiful Trossfrau.
Who immediately thought of Black Adder when he showed the codpiece? =)
Not me, that's for sure; although I do have a cunning plan, My Lord...
9:27 The 189 swiss guards coulda done with that information when Rome was being sacked.... again.
First, I *LOVED* this video. Such wonderful costumes! As a historical side note - part of the reasons that Landskenecte could wear the outlandish stuff they did is that they were exempted from sumptuary laws by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian I in partial recompense for their 'short, brutish lives'. Sumptuary laws strictly controlled the types of cloth and even the colors of clothes that could be worn by what class of person. They could even dictate what kinds of hats and feathers you were allowed to wear. Bright colors could also be another way of bragging about your money - some colors of dye - particularly true blacks and bright red, could be hugely expensive.
This is one of my favourite videos you've done. It is content like this that keeps me coming back. Thoroughly entertaining.
That chick's gorgeous.
*trossfrau*
Lloyd! What these two charming young people probably didn't tell you: this kind of cod-piece (germ. "Schamlatz") is called a "Prahlbeutel" literally "brag-bag".
LOL at 4:00 where Geralt of Rivia quietly slipped past.
Pants no more. Yup, that's Gwynbleidd, hunting some Bruxae, I guess...
its a woman bruh
That sir was one of your best interviews. Thanks for sharing, and showing all those naked people at the end. Who would ever spin that the Landsknechts were modest fashion conscious people.
Now there's some fashion that needs to make a comeback! Love it!
I also think movies set in the middle ages would be much more interesting to watch if they got rid of all the boring black, brown and green clothing and went all-out on color.
Fact is that the medieval people loved bright colors too.
Very informative and fun interview. I hope there are more like it. Thanks a heap.
Men of the renaissance, unafraid of raising their dongers even in public.
I love this sort of very in depth hyper specific historical stuff. This is really quite interesting.
Thank you so much for this. words can't explain the joy if seeing a landsknecht vid.
That was really interesting. And it actually makes sense.
Look at me, i can wear expensive clothes -> I can afford this stupid and unpractical crap -> I earn lot of money as a mercenary -> don't mess with me.
Lindysknecths.
Lindysknecths, voran
codpieces are damn funny though, you could hang a few pretzels on them for later or vend them on the street for what you cannot eat.......
Is there such a buzz for middle age markets and events in other countries too? This year my town had it's 1000 year anniversary and we organized a historic procession and a middle age market. It was really great, considering that we only have around 1,200 residents.
In America most larger cities hold renaissance fairs every year or every other year. It's extremely popular.
Somehow just this information changes a lot about what I thought these eras were like!
What an adorable couple. And a really good video. Interesting, informative and fun ^^
Wonderful couple. What do they say if you show up actually naked?
+John Matthias "Get dressed you dufus!"? Maybe? Or "Guards! Help!"?
+John Matthias "Hail, emperor!"
+John Matthias "Stop! You've violated the law! Pay the court a fine or serve your sentence. Your stolen good are now FORFEIT."
+John Matthias Naked would mostly work but you usually need to wear something on your head. However, it depends on occasion. Like this, it's ok: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Hausbuch_Wolfegg_18v_19r_Badehaus.jpg or like this: www.herodote.net/Images/TRH_08_maxi.jpg
Correct. Being nude is considered period clothing.
I bet all those tourists are naked under their clothes. How embarrassing.
So basically, Trossfrauen is the German word for groupies?
+CountArtha Well, actually the german word for "groupie" is "Groupie", as the german word for "fan" is "Fan". Thanks anglo-american culture :P
+CountArtha more like "camp follower"
*****
Yes, I'm familiar. I meant that the way Lloyd describes them made them sound like groupies.
+CountArtha Trossfrauen is the old German equivalent to nagging housewives, following you to work. We Germans had the reputation of fighting wars throughout europe only to get away from our wives....which didn't work all that well with Trossfrauen existing, now that i think about it.
+CountArtha Roadies would be more fitting. They actually supported the landsknechts and even fought second line if I remember correctly.
Those re-enactors were great! Good vid.
Great video as always.
0:25 the lunchnecks :D
lindy, did you just call them Landschnecks? Like "land snails"? ^^
+ElizaberthUndEugen Yes, it seems that I put a SH sound in the middle, that should have been a cleaner S sound. Sorry everyone.
+Lindybeige Don't worry. It seems to me that most people just find it humorous and weren't really complaining about it. German humor can be hard to spot sometimes ;)
Source: I'm german.
+Lindybeige The word has a much rougher pronounciation. I believe the kn was pronounciation as in knight back then when the k could still be heared.
Offer to paint their portraits 🤣🤣🤣... I'm dying!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Very interesting couple; much appreciate their efforts to share this piece of European History.
Thank you, Lindybeige.
I'm surprised you felt the need to clarify what a braid is. Here in the Uk at last we use it more often than plait.
she is so pretty!
This reminds me of the 1980s were fashion (and pretty much everything else) had the same theme excess, vulgar, show-off, and more excess for good measure.
+ahmed shamsi Really, if you think about it, almost every "fashion trend" was about that, just expressed in different ways. Excess, vulgarity, showing-off, etc., meant different things to different people but the trends always tried to show that off.
+thinkpol Either that, or specifically avoiding showing off (i.e. conforming). That's true for fashion as far flung as Mennonites and conservative business attire.
That's a relatively jaded way of thinking. Choice of dress, when done with thought, can express a number of things from healthy lifestyle and careful personality to choices of personal taste. In part of the landsknecht, the idea of "what I wear is my own business, and anyone intending to tell me otherwise should come with sword in hand", an idea that resurfaces in modern youth subculture time and again. Most often with less convinction.
As someone who has dragged a pike as a re-enactor Landsknecht, I can support everything they are telling Lindy here. :D
That was so funny and informative. Love it! :D
3:00 "that is a modest coc...codpiece" haha I love them
I laughed more at this than 95% of current American "comedy" tv. Brilliant!
Jeffrey Smith and British “comedy” too
As portraying one of those fellow Landknechts myself and to answer the question how to stop them in an open field battle: Forget about any kind of weapons. Our greatest fear is being thrown at by doorknobs. We once thought about creating a crawling parkour consisting of an endless amount of door handles as a form of mustering or punishment, while the older veterans yell at the recruits to fix their hats. But as this seemed to be a too cruel form of humiliation we went back to the Spießrutenlauf.
Very interesting! And wow that girl is beautiful!!
Amazing clothes! These guys seem to know their stuff, good video.
Great video
7:02 "This is modest and this is what you look like when your not showing off" sums it up quit well.
6:56 edit
I really hope you make a video on Landsknecht military tactics.
I'm in love with her eyes!
Bravo! Good stuff
For American viewers: plaits = braids.
We know, Jim.
yeah jim, we know
Landsschneck, got me chuckling, Loved the joke in the end card
"A large coc.... Codpiece"........ xD hahaha....
Brilliant, sehr gut, danke.
So basically a Swiss pikemen vs. Landsknecht battle often turned into a walk-off competition like in Zoolander.
damm
@@anderskorsback4104 That's when you get real slashes in your clothing and lots of natural red dye splattered on it in unpredictable patterns.
Its a good point about the colour in our clothes today. Sitting in a cafe and looked around, 10 people including me and three diferent colours, black white and one in a blue shirt. They must think us very dull.
This was great
This is so cool.
7:20 Thanks for sending me down a wikipedia rabbit hole on "how IS bleach made?". It was terribly interesting, and now I'm probably on an watch list for incidentally learning how to manufacture chlorine gas... Oh dear, see you La Hague.
What a lovely couple
Was everybody in the sixteenth century as beautiful as these two?
+Badatstuff well, as they said in the video, in 16th century Germany more... strongly built women were actually preferred, as (just as the clothing did) it showed, how much money they had, as they have to be able to afford lllloooooots of food in order to gain that weight. or they're just naturals xD
@@Ben-dr9kh lol if I would live in the 16th century I would prefer the poor ones then xD even as a nobleman.
Fascinating
Greetings from Germany!!!
There was a great deal of pride in the slashed garmentry worn by landsknechts. They would often tear fabric off of defeated enemy standards to add to their attire as a means of bragging rights, and to flaunt their combat expertise. The slashed-fashion was seen as so masculine (implying surviving combat) that it became popular in the mainstream fashion then.
He estado tratando de mejorar mi ingles y +Lindybeige me encanta tu léxico. De hecho, se me hace que los ingleses que prestan atención en la escuela emplean un vocabulario mucho más amplio que los de otros países con inglés como lengua materna. Es una manera de hablar muy contemplativo para alguien acostumbrado al estilo estadounidense.
A nephew of mine is stuntman and he has done some films from the medieval period, with all the "medieval" aspects of it that Hollywood uses and he always makes fun of it because he knows a thing or two about the days of old. He told me btw that what you see on film would not only be useless back then but still is. He has had some slippery moments in a "typical medieval street" and the clothing would break, disconnected or get hooked up in something all the time. An actor actually said to him "I even need you (a stuntman) to walk across the street (the typical medieval street I spoke about earlier)."
"no need to demonstrate "
😂
Sorry, I (being German) have to be pedantic. It should read LANDSKNECHTE, i.e. the correct plural. But come to think of it, as an Anglicization it should be ok...
:-)
Klugscheisser
+JC Denton
it's a german word, but used in english. loanwords are typically used with the grammar of the language that's borrowing them, not the "donor" language.
Hmmm, I said "sorry" at the very beginning of my post. I said, or rather wrote, "as an Anglicization/Anglicisation" it was ok.
Well, well, there is lots of good will around here. So, why argue?!
So, dear Lindybeige, I hope you did not take anything personally. Just let me express my gratitude for your videos in general. I'm out.
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+LDN EDD Thanks.
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+JC Denton Yes, I was using the English word. Similarly, I call it 'Germany' and not 'Deutchland'. I put my hand up to saying SH instead of S in the middle, though. I get confused with that one. The town of Stade, for instance is pronounced 'Shtarder'. Sometimes an S comes out as SH (sugar?), but I don't know when.
Learned something new about the clothing: pay had a major influence.
I now have to start trying to learn the difference between what a normal Gefreite might wear compared to a soldier filling the role of Feldwebel.
Not sure if there was a pay/cut-of-spoils bump for being in the Feldwebel roll.
Mr. Landschneck will rip my head off but ... She is gorgeous. What a fine lady.
Well done Mr. Landschneck.
It's one of those times when one can't tell if it is supposed to make a censor black box on the screen or not.
What a Gorgeous Couple! Wow!
Such pretty people these Historians!
An excellent Halloween costume idea.
I quite loved that.
That codpiece is no "Black Russian."
Finally, a video about these people.
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by making more effective use of musketeers.
I actually totally dig this fashion.
That was interesting! I am tempted to try and bring elaborate cod pieces back into fashion.
+Minute Man im with you
*Wives Now*: Leave your smartphones off the dinnertable!!
*Wives Then*: Leave your cod-piece off the dinner table!!