The geography controversy for Columbus was the size of the earth, not it's shape. Columbus thought Earth was much smaller in circumference than it was. Greeks had figured out that Earth was a sphere about 2000 years before Columbus. The circumference of Earth was even figured out pretty accurately by a Greek named Eratosthenes in the 3rd century BCE.
Inkeeper means dealing with some rude people that might stress you out not all the people you encounter will be interesting I would choose Fisherman, Trumpet Player, Servant Cleaner, or Sacristan these seem less stressful.
My favorite medieval job title has got to be "knocker-upper." This was long before watches, or even clocks, but people still had to be at work at on time. Enter the knocker-upper. The tools of this person's trade were a couple of sticks, which they used to knock on windows to wake folks up. This sounded like a fun job to me, until it dawned on me (pun intended) that a sleepy grouch might open a window and empty the chamber pot on me. You might still hear an expression in England that goes something like this: "He knocked me up yesterday before breakfast." Sorry, but "he woke me up" just doesn't have that ring of Englishness about it.
Amazing work!! I love the atmosphere these videos set and the art and illustrations throughout each and every video is stunning! In last weeks video, we got an idea of what this weeks video would be about. I'm excited to see what the next video holds.
People already knew roughly the size of the Earth already in Antiquity. By the Middle Ages it wasn't even something new for someone literate. Columbus actually got his math wrong. He was just lucky to find the Americas. Otherwise his journey to India would've turned into starvation.
TIL having worked a summer as a local bouncer, I have always thought it meant THE ACT OF THROWING A PERSON OUT of an establishment.....and them hitting the ground they BOUNCED!! 😊 llolol at myself but it seemed low brow logical, hah😂
I’ve heard bards were well regarded and treated very well. I would think that was a great profession back in the day... If they were good at their craft, at least. ☮️
Christopher Columbus was looking for trade routes, not to disaprove any theory. He was actually behind the Chinese. Zheng He traveled alot in his time. Both were great explorers.
Wasnt it a huge problem for knights that they had maggots and skinparasites on their body, because they wore their armor often for extended amounts of time?
Love the video, but people in the medieval period new the earth was round. Christopher Columbus did not discover the world was round. He actually thought it was small then theories and wanted to sail across the ocean to reach India
Correct. That the Earth was round was almost unanimously agreed-upon in those days. The Columbus Flat Earth stuff was made up hundreds of years later by Washington Irving.
@@aleksanderuzelac3319 - Common misunderstanding to who? Anyone moderately educated should know the Greeks assumed the world was round because they saw the masts of their ships first from a long distance away. One even calculated the circumference of the earth to a reasonable degree, all based on shadows and math. Furthermore, the voyage he was talking about assumed there was no land, so they could sail around the earth and reach the East side of India. Problem is, the world was a lot bigger than Columbus had hypothesized. If the guy is repeating a very well know myth, it makes me not trust much of what he says.
@@weareallbornmad410 Read Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth. Stone masons were some of the wealthiest tradesmen because they were in such high demand back then. Everything from castles to cathedrals needed to be constructed with stone, and those projects lasted years, if not decades, so work was secure and well-paid, particularly if you became the lead mason of a project. You could expect to live in a decent-sized home with good food, good clothing, and possibly even a few servants. It was the upper-middle class of today.
Re Columbus & 'flat Earth'. I'd understood no-one of any seriousness believed in a flat Earth in his era, but the SIZE of the Earth, ie it's diameter (and therefore how long such a voyage might take) WAS in dispute. Incidentally, he was an exceptionally sadistic tyrant.
Yeah, but there wasn’t all that great continuity in certainty. At one point Columbus even talked about the earth being shaped like a breast, some truly weird content in those pages.
The blank faces in illustrations bother me. No expression whatsoever whether you're enjoying wine, singing or suffering torture. It makes you realise how radical it was to paint emotion into people's faces in the Renaissance.
Columbus didn't journey to America to disprove the flat earth theory, anyone could disprove it by seeing ships going under the horizon, and believing the earth was flat was nearly as weird as it is today. Columbus was just looking for a trade route.
A tough bunch of ideas to flesh out in so short a program. Please note the codes of courtly virtue, knighthood and such were not all that strict or cohesive, nor quite as widespread as once believed.
I keep hearing how great a job the Groom of the Stool was and how it was coveted given the proximity to the monarch. I personally just can’t envision myself as a Royal butt wiper! Imagine tending to Henry VIII after an eight-course session! 🤢🤮🤢
Hi there! I was wondering if i could include the link to this video as part of research that students have to carry out in a lesson that I plan on selling in an online platform. Thanks!
"Broadsword"?? These days we just call it an arming sword or knightly sword. A broadsword is a completely different type of sword, from a different (later) era.
The medieval era is just so creepy, I imagine most people living in fear and filth.. What may have been great in that times copared to these days? That would be interesting.
A few things. First far more leisure time. Second, no poison in the food. Third. Far more health from actual food and drink led to wider jaws better eyesight and straighter spines.
No pollution in the air, the world was a bigger and more mysterious place, which probably made traveling much more exciting than today, being physically fit because of hard work+cleaner diet
The Flat Earth theory has nothing to do with Columbus. Also, jousts have nothing to do with battle training, as special lances were used which broke easily.
I don't think that knight was all that attractive as an occupation. Far too much fighting for my peaceful soul. Always at the front of the battle line, especially leading a charge of French knights against English archers.
You should be a little more circumspect about any claims about humans in general considering you seem to know nothing about Indian history, and very little about Chinese. Y'know, the biggest populations of humanity since records began... Still, great channel, great content and very good delivery of it.
I can't help but feel this channel is somewhat revionist, and attempting to say 'no, medieval Europe was actually nicer than people say!' then you go into the video and it seems as if medieval Europe was as uniquely ghastly as its made out to be.
Caveat : during the four crusades that ended in eventual defeat for the West by the Islamic armies of Saladin in Jerusalem the knights and even kings spend massive fortunes to transport thier water guzzling expensive war horses across the Mediterranean by the merchant ships from Venice and Genoa. Even though camels were superior for the extreme heat and desert climates of the Holy Land the knights REFUSED to consider camels in warfare and many battles were lost the Muslims simply lured the horses into The desert where they would overheat from Thirst and die . Perhaps the Crusades may have been “won” had the West gotten over tradition and appearance although I know not whether a camel can run with a fully armored Knight the weight was extreme - but AGAIN so was the heat from the sun many just died From heat stroke in heavy armor .🔥💀
@@TheItalianoAssassino you’re wrong you didn’t read what I wrote and head my knowledge . Crusader and Islamic soldier accounts are rife with the massive defeats of expensive and water intensive war horse battle groups that were led to thier doom and trapped once they ran too far into the desert they were dead . Camels have been used in warfare for well over a thousand years ; the prohibitive cost of shipping and maintaining Western war horses led to thier ULTIMATE DEFEAT by Saladin when he sacked Jerusalem. The four Crusades were a catastrophic disaster for ruling class families who never came back and donated all thier earthly properties to the Catholic Church- so they lost the war but they certainly won the battle of land and property.👑👑👑
"One reason for Columbus's 1492 voyage to the Americas was to debunk the flat earth theory....over 500 years ago." Flat Earth believers...let that sink in for a bit. 😅
Humans have known about the spherical earth well before Columbus. This is really shoddy research and perpetuates the myth that Columbus "proved" the roundness of the earth
The use of vernacular languages was not as widespread. In addition, the clergy were the ones who taught education for the most part. Therefore, the languages that took precdence were the ones that were related to scripture.
These were the scholarly languages of the elites. The masses could not read. These languages allowed communication and study without regard to numerous local dialects.
Cardinals then and even Now. Hold the title power of a Prince. That’s why they are called “the Princes of the Church”. It was extremely prestigious being a Cardinal or Bishop
