I absolutely adore your generosity in promoting all these smaller historical places that need public support to continue on with their missions. Thank you for all you do, Jimmy.
I live opposite the Shambles. I can just about see it from my window. Seeing York full of tourists admiring of how beautiful is makes you think how privileged do you want to live in York.
Welsch, in German, at least, does not really mean 'stranger', but rather 'people who speak a weird language'. The French speaking parts of both Switzerland and Alsace are called 'Welschland'. For some reason, on their eastern border, the Germans use the term 'Wend' instead. It essentially means the same thing. Many Slavic or formerly Slavic speaking areas are called 'Wendland'.
As a kid I was very confused about having to pay for anything in a pub that said freehouse, I assumed everything would be free. No one could explain what it actually meant and I forgot about it but now I finally know
When I was a youngster a routine X-ray showed I was missing 3 out of 4 adult premolars. So the dentist pulled the 3 milk teeth and that gave the rest of my adult teeth more room to spread out. As a result I never needed braces and my teeth are straight. I'm 76. My enamel is also thin, so my teeth are yellowing. Oh, well. ❤️
Experimented making dresses without modern fastenings Weight distribution comfat and easy to wear Is a challenge No bras either Heavy broaches would have weight Sewn into the sides of my dress were two long thin strips of fabric One pair at the bust and a pair at the waist These wrapped round and tied at the front shaped the dress and held the bust Kimono styled sleeves provided pockets The dress was made from medium weight printed silk apparently from pet shop boys old curtains It had a full circular gathered waist The dress was heavy and long Could put over the head and once the long ties were put into bows at the front after going around the back A comfy outfit without any undergarments Made this to help out at ludlow castle event And to help out a tweksbury medeaval fair
We know that fitted supportive undergarments and pinnings were used in the period, and in particular fitted linen garments for support seem to have been very popular, rather than restructuring the outer layer to also be a support garment
I just found your channel, and this old video popped up. I've done SCA in the past (mostly LARPing now) but your video reminded me that I got a 60 page PDF research paper (with sources and photos from grave finds) from a friend of a friend in Finnland about 10 years ago. So I'm kinda stoked to go read that and get inspired again! The info in your video wasn't new except the pleating thing. I'm very Curtis to look into that, I think all these recreations are too plain. Wasn't there embroidery? Texture? Trim? (When did sumturary laws start?)
I'm curious, with makeup in mind, what about the half-blue, half-white faces they often portray the Scots wearing into battle? Think of films like Braveheart for example.
I have heard that the Celts were described as having blue skin some people thought it meant that they were heavily tattooed. However, I was told by my Celtic grandparents that it was more likely because woad was a pain to apply and a very popular dye of the time and could permanently dye the skin if it got on there, which is both funny and also plausible.
Way more likely that Picts used tattoos if anything, as woad doesn’t permanently dye skin unless you’re *really* using it a lot. Dyers’ fingers maybe, but not for a couple of fights. Tattooing was practised in other Iron Age cultures, and iron based tattooing creates a blue tinge in many cases apparently, when done as a stick and poke (not an organic tattooist). A thousand plus years later: there’s zero evidence for “Braveheart” style warpaint in medieval Scotland. It would have been considered extremely weird at the time. They were a fully developed European medieval Catholic country, not a bunch of nutters in kilts, despite what the film’s costuming suggests!
That giant bumble bee, if it's like crazy big compared to "normal" bumbles, might be a carpenter bee. Him hitting your window may be an indication that they are burrowing into the eve above that window. Also, nice shirt. Making one for Red Faire.
I get raw wool in Ohio USA from farmers who are happy to give it to me to save the gasoline to burn it, or to drive to a cooperative who won't give them what they spent to get it there.
Jimmy said "nuance", take a drink! Seriously though I love that you take the time to show how complex things are/have been. Nuance is the best kind of video content.
I live in York, and I love that I can see the city walls from my window, and that I'm never more than a couple of minutes away from seeing something interesting and beautiful. There's nothing better than being out running errands and randomly stumbling upon an old church or random memorial.
Aryan does actually have meaning these days. Linguists basically use it synonymously with 'Into-European' to describe our common heritage tracked through our languages, genetics and gods. (I'm Christian, so please don't think I'm one of those Neo-pagan, Germanic lore nuts, but it's undeniable that the old Celtic, Hellenic, Germanic and Roman gods were all from the same origin as today's Hindu gods)
Liberty cap mushrooms are awesome! I know there's no evidence for it, but they grow everywhere, surely some group at some point in European history knew of their properties! I don't even bother drinking now, grinding up dry mushrooms and putting them into capsules is more fun and has fewer consequences! A fun, non-addictive drug that doesn't damage your physical health and is less likely to make someone jump out of a window than alcohol? Good stuff!
Ah... I boil the tea bag in water in the microwave... >∆< I don't have much time! Usually I put it and make my bread in the 1:35min it takes and walk while eating my bread, cup in the other hand, to my desk to start my day. Whenever I have tried to boil the water I forget that I did and have to boil water over and over and over again >∆< Also, this reminded me of the scene in High school host club were they discuss instant coffee, hehehe. Hope things worked out afterwards, its tough and rough when things don't work for many days. But tea can always help a bit. 😊😊😊
I'd love to show you what I dressed in I tried to hide any and all zippers my boots were wrong but I got most of the look down for a poor farmer who's spent years in the fields saving any money he can to go to the market one day and buy a weapon and a piece of armor. I now have after saving a mace forged on scene solid steel or more likely iron 🤔 and a steel helmet that is great quality
I hadn't heard of folks being paid their wages at pubs before, but it makes a lot of sense now that you've explained. Reminds me of how barristers/lawyers in the UK must be a member of one of the Inns of Court, such as Gray's Inn. Those all started as actual inns, IIRC - that tracks with inns/pubs being general public meeting places. The Inns of Court simply became meeting places specifically for the barristers and those seeking to become barristers, which has carried down all the way to lawyers in the US still being members of "Bar Associations". The rules and regulations for the training of lawyers were codified only after a tradition of lawyers meeting at particular Inns had become the norm.
In Ireland, particularly the West, it was common until very recently for the pub landlord to also be an auctioneer and a funeral director. As you say, it's the heart of community. But pubs here are closing much as they are there.
"We don't know" is such an important part of being interested in the viking age. So keep saying that! Tbh, that's a fun part of viking reenactment, talking about how it might have been, without any knowable correct answer.
In regards to the under veil caps being made of linen vs silk. Silk has properties that can help maintain the health of hair, and prevent breakage or knotting when it rubs against the hair, Linen on the other hand is rougher in texturer and has wicking properties, resulting in it drying out the hairs natural moisture and cause both frizz and breakage. Medieval woman weren't stupid they would have worked this out fairly fast. If I remember correctly early Christian women also valued long hair as a sign of feminitinty and God's blessing etc and as such would have likely valued the hair protective properties of a cap that went directly on the hair being made of silk
@@TheWelshViking not what I meant, merely that, they would have known the value of having a silk cap was in more than just the cost of the fabric used Edit: My first thought was why use such an expensie fabric for a cap when it could be used to embellish a fancy outfit, but then I remembered my hair care lessons.
