Life Inside a Medieval Castle (Cross Section)

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Medieval Castles needed to be multiple things at once. They needed to be reflections of the leaders they represented - large and stately, suitable for housing the most important people in the world and surrounding them with luxury. But they also needed battlegrounds and strong fortifications that strengthened the defences of a town or city - therefore deterring invasion. The focal point of the towns and cities they defended, the Medieval Castle needed to not only house and support the land it owned, but stand as a signature and representation of the wealth of the crown and its nobles. Sending the message to invaders: 'You will not win here.'
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Месяц назад

I used to love finding these cross section books as a kid

@thewanderingstranger6638 Месяц назад

Me too

@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 Месяц назад

Another cross section episode of Simple History

@kjj26k Месяц назад

What were they called? I would like to find them again. I know there was one author that did castles and man-of-war warships.

Месяц назад

@@kjj26k oh I'm not sure I'm afraid buddy. I can just remember at Christmas I'd go to a friend's house and they would have this huge book case and there were some that I could reach.

@DonVigaDeFierro Месяц назад

I still have a couple of them with plastic parts. A castle and the mummy of Tuthankhamon. Love those books today as much as I loved them as a child.

@brainflash1 Месяц назад

3:04 Those soldiers are going to be pissed when they realize they've been pushing the mangonel uphill backwards.

@unifiedhorizons2663 Месяц назад

Is that not how you’d push it?

@brainflash1 Месяц назад

@@unifiedhorizons2663 If you want it to throw rocks at your own men.

@sahaquiel4640 Месяц назад

I mean, can't blame them. More surface to push on the back.

@cleon24769 Месяц назад

They're just trying to confuse the enemy, of course. Either that, or it's just those wacky conscripts at it again.

@Apyr42 Месяц назад

It was the invisible french soldiers trying to steal onager from the englishmen

@TheWeirdWritter Месяц назад

Rest of the world: Wales, what is your weird obsession? Wales: uhhhhhhhhhh

@brainflash1 Месяц назад

A lot of them were actually built by the English to keep the Welsh compliant.

@blairscartoonshistory7477 Месяц назад

@@brainflash1 many thanks to King Edward I

@willfakaroni5808 Месяц назад

it's sheep

@spaceengineeringempire4086 Месяц назад

@@blairscartoonshistory7477 didn’t king Edward 1 also say he will make a Welsh person have the crown of wales. And had an infant son of his who was born in wales and proclaim”I have brought you your heir. A person born in wales and who dosnt speak a bit of English”

@JeffEbe-te2xs Месяц назад

Built by the English to control them

@user-ol9gt4py6n Месяц назад

Wake up, honey. Simple History posted again.

@stewartrabbit3458 Месяц назад

😊😊😊

@Sexualtyrannosaurus-vb2fu Месяц назад

Pour some honey on my nipples and let’s make history

@GrimmyFam Месяц назад

Thanks, mum!

@jonaspete Месяц назад

Thanks cousin

@aurelian-ne4fy Месяц назад

Hi mom

@jonimiller4065 Месяц назад

4:25 I know it’s a tiny detail but I love how each soldier has different coat of arms

@ambermaccraig7316 Месяц назад

Its those tiny details that makes SH so good at what they do.

@Liam25433 Месяц назад

I remember when Simple History used to put up a video like every two weeks, and now there’s one every few days. Keep up the good work!

@pabcu2507 Месяц назад

Now, do a video on mr krabs during his days in the navy

@voin5371 Месяц назад

I second this, I want to hear about his time during Midway.

@inisipisTV Месяц назад

MONEY!!!

@tundranomad Месяц назад

👍

@aphroditegonzalez1646 Месяц назад

Bahahaha

@johnbaier6385 Месяц назад

Clown

@ViktorCZ42 Месяц назад

I suggest the next Cross section to be about Bastion forts

@GathKingLeppbertI Месяц назад

Boring

@headshotdeal7217 Месяц назад

People have this nifty thing called an opinion.@@GathKingLeppbertI

@abdullahrizwan592 27 дней назад

Yes that whould be nice

@Cpt_Graftin Месяц назад

This gives me nostalgia for a castle cross-section book I had as a kid.

@ls8799 Месяц назад

That's because some sections, like the intro, are almost a 1:1 copy from that book.

@rewardunkind4541 Месяц назад

Please do a cross section of a 18th century naval tall ship

@ambermaccraig7316 Месяц назад

Now THIS is something that I have been waiting and asking for for a long time. I am a HUGE fan of anything and everything "medieval" and I am so grateful that SH finally decided to make a new history video on this topic. I have rewatched the old ones so many times that I can literally recite them by heart lol. As always, I love to hear Chris in these videos, they just wouldn't be the same (nor as pleasing to the ear) without you. Also, kudos to the creation team.., ty you guys for all your hard work! Together, y'all have developed the absolute best animated history channel on RU-vid.

@connorthompson8376 Месяц назад

The cross-section concept is amazing!!! I’d love to see more of this.

@DrewDracoSune Месяц назад

I'm so happy that I happen to come across Simple History, every video upload always brings a smile to me because of it's straightforward approach to the topic and simple animation, nothing overly complicated but effective. Keep it up crew!

@irishsaturday7577 Месяц назад

This is a seriously gorgeous video! You guys have seriously come such a long way since the King Henry video all those years ago! The sets, the animation smoothness, the character models, all spectacular!

@brentstephens4081 Месяц назад

Love the video style @simplehistory ! I enjoyed these style of books as a kid, and to see it in video format was amazing 👏

@EddieJr8611 Месяц назад

Love it, my favorite time period and the narrator has a great voice. Love the information and the animation is simple yet intricate too, keep it up please I subscribed!

@ambermaccraig7316 Месяц назад

You won't be disappointed, I've been subscribed and a member for over 5 yrs. They have come a long way but this is one of the absolute best animated history channels on RU-vid.

@J.Walker88 Месяц назад

Always enjoy your content, this is a new topic for me and was disappointed to see it was no longer than it was. Still, I’ll take what I can get. Pretty sure we are all grateful for any new post and looking always looking forward to future post. I can’t imagine the work that goes into one of these videos, and thank you for that.

@rob7566 Месяц назад

The reason there are so many castles in Wales wasnt to keep the english out, it was to keep the welsh in.

@dylanwilliams8904 Месяц назад

6:03 I love that my local castle is depicted here. I love more that us Welsh people can actually say "my local castle" haha

@aneirindavies1717 Месяц назад

Castell Caernarfon

@augustusnafrada2811 Месяц назад

In my opinion simple history should make video on how a medieval army was made and how it works

@troyschlatter6816 Месяц назад

depends where. some had a militia like system. others had militaries. mostly it was a militia with a soldier having to buy his own weapons and armor, its why roman military is so special its one of the first militaries that follow our modern style.

@troyschlatter6816 Месяц назад

@@ashleytaylor7621 no. why would i? Britain was attacked by vikings way before there was a british Empire. Romans had ships too otherwise how would they take cyprus and greek islands. i dont understand if your comment is a genuine question or if you are trying to annoy. The awnser is just to obvious for me to take your question seriously.

@ndrewarafadingolo Месяц назад

Love the content, keep up the awesome work! ❤❤❤

@johnny5805 Месяц назад

I followed the link to narrator Chris Kane's website. He doesn't look at all like you expect. He's actually a young guy !

@anathardayaldar 28 дней назад

He sounds like Charlie Sheen

@user-kr7yh8vw9m Месяц назад

This was a very interesting cross-section video about castles, well done Simple History. I never knew Wales had THIS many castles before but that sounds very interesting and i also liked your Disney and Star Wars references.

@Dulex321 Месяц назад

I love you so much simple history ❤

@AlexanderLeister Месяц назад

Nice, it is like a video version of my all-time favorite castle cross-section book by Stephen Biesty.

@kjj26k Месяц назад

Thank you! I've been trying to remember who made those books so I could find them again!

@AlexanderLeister Месяц назад

@@kjj26k You're welcome! Had the same problem a few months ago when I randomly thought about these books and couldn't remember who it was. Had to search a little bit but Biesty is famous enough, fortunately 😄

@LiamSmall-ot4vz Месяц назад

Really good keep up the great work

@AironSmieciowy-di3qy Месяц назад

Great video!

@ChrixDimention Месяц назад

Nice video

@troyknight884 Месяц назад

Such a fire video bro!

@AmericaCatball Месяц назад

I love your content

@dougo753 20 дней назад

I read once that moats were used not to prevent invaders from walking up to the walls but to prevent tunneling under them.

@valmid5069 Месяц назад

Can’t wait for more historical content!!!!

@allenjacobangeles1949 Месяц назад

Reminds me of Epic History TV, I like them both videos anyways keep up Simple History

@heanvisalseyhak9487 Месяц назад

1:30 my man right here literally straight up ate an entire bucket of molten hot piping oil

@Xerroc22 Месяц назад

I loved the addition of a cross section for this video

@Beowolf5388 Месяц назад

Yes! More Medieval videos

@Harikejn Месяц назад

The castles that you have showed you can also see in Balkan peninsula as well, believe it or not. The rumor says that there is one Medieval Caste in Serbia. The location of that castle is near Novi Sad, Serbia. Besides the castles that were built near sea, and lakes, some of them were built on rivers as well. What I'm about to say is that some fortresses were also built as well. They were built near river Danube. The fortress that were built on river Danube are Kalemegdan in Belgrade, and Petrovaradin in Novi Sad. Petrovaradin fortresses has white clock. The big pointer shows hours, while smaller one shows minutes. They called that clock a drunken clock. And these pointer helped sailors when sailing across river Danube to see what time is it. Although one thing I might add is, that Petrovaradin fortress was built in 1692, by one French architect. Believe it or not, King Richard The Lion Heart was healing his wounds or illness in sanatorium in Balkan peninsula during the crusades. That sanatorium is near city of Novi Sad, and there is a commemorative plate there.

@BlinPork94 Месяц назад

Awesome video, loved that a Bailey was one u talked a out at beginning. When the troops were pushing siege weapon uphill near beginning, while talking about disadvantages of fighting uphill, was it a catapult facing away from castle they were attacking. Can't wait for more videos❤

@ashleytaylor7621 Месяц назад

well they are at the gate trying to knock it down so i would probably have to say that it was a battering ram???

@danielcervantes8754 Месяц назад

Imagine a Grand Theft Auto medieval game, Grand Theft Carriage. 🥲

@Indo-Aryan9644 Месяц назад

So basically "Rustler"

@Indo-Aryan9644 Месяц назад

You can also play kingdom come as Gta lol 😂

@claiborneeastjr4129 Месяц назад

Interesting and very fascinating. I did not know that Wales had so many. Life in those castles, even for the lords and nobility, was not nearly as comfortable as our lives today. They had little knowledge of hygiene, germs, contagions, infections, healthy diets, et al. And so many of them were illiterate. Medieval life in a castle seems so romantic to us, but few of us would trade our modern lives to go back and live in those times.

@AaranMoonlight Месяц назад

Damm the visuals are amazing 🤩

@abdullahrizwan592 27 дней назад

These cross-section videos are my favourite

@bobholly3843 Месяц назад

Reminds me of old books I used to buy at the scholastic book fair at school about castles, etc.

@splitrim509 Месяц назад

These are the types of videos I love from this channel.

@CARL_093 Месяц назад

i had seen this in books this video is the easy path to understand every area and fiction of the castle

@minervszombies Месяц назад

Hey, I recognize that cross-sectioned castle shown at 1:05 for example, it's from one of Stephen Biesty's cross-sections book, which I've had for 20 years or so. :D

@geoffroydegodefroy2374 Месяц назад

Thank you for this! If anyone loves Medieval sieve warfare I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt

@jhapethlloydciron3185 Месяц назад

This is so nostalgic, cant belive they stopped constructing castles

@chlorophyll6154 Месяц назад

Simple History really grind up nowadays

@Totallynormalperson296 Месяц назад

Do a video on medival armor weapons and equipment

@Emily09876g Месяц назад

That shaking of the image at the end was really vertigo inducing.

@shrektheogre5755 Месяц назад

You should do more videos on the Roman Empire!

@jasonz7788 Месяц назад

awesome!

@cassideyousley406 Месяц назад

Perfectly timed for Manor Lords release.

@harrydupuis3102 Месяц назад

Another thing I learned is that sometimes the latrine would dump into the moat, further fortifying it from invaders trying to swim across

@Coco-Don Месяц назад

Listening to this as I play Manor Lords. It’s a good time.

@shrektheogre5755 Месяц назад

I approve this statement 1:05

@badasstrapbass2313 Месяц назад

top kek

@BeeWaifu Месяц назад

6:46 Got a Hapsburg here.

@michaelcollins8316 Месяц назад

Please correct the description of the front gate. They were L shaped so that no direct access was available. Thank you it was a great presentation.

@evolancer211 Месяц назад

I like how the one Archer that's closest to being an FPS view, is able to take out two archers on the walls. While the archers up front can't hit anything 😅

@ekowisnu7638 Месяц назад

Your popularity is raising m'lord

@christopherlau3996 Месяц назад

My inner child is squealing with joy at this video :)

@Rafale_M Месяц назад

Remind these books we had when we were kids. With the drawings and all

@daltongriffis Месяц назад

0:35 Caernarfon Castle!

@tardarsauce1842 Месяц назад

You should also do a cross section/life inside a Japanese castle during the Feudal or Edo period

@Caligulashorse1453 Месяц назад

Visited some castles in Italy

@tomhools1605 Месяц назад

They should make a TV show set in a Medieval Castle.

@peterking8465 Месяц назад

Perfect lore for new Manor Lords players

@lukadjuricanin8840 Месяц назад

Make something about Byzantine or Varagian guard.

@glamorgirl911 Месяц назад

Do the siege of zhongdu or medieval battering rams and 80ft tall siege towers next or how mongol troops couldn’t adapt to the monsoon environments of Southeast Asia

@juggernaut-7-6 Месяц назад

Cant wait for: Life inside of Earth (Cross Section)

@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993 Месяц назад

lol 😂

@jamesofficial6829 Месяц назад

I saw Windsor castle in the UK when I was 18 back in 2004. It was an amazing place to see. Also the old Roman town of Bath in the UK was super amazing. So many of its roads are still in use today. Here in the US it's so boring there is nothing really anything exciting historically wise here. Some battlefields, propaganda monuments and some old houses are all that we have that are historical.

@trevorslinkard31 Месяц назад

“Look! Henry has come to see us!”

@joshuajgrillot Месяц назад

I guess with the early release of the game Manor Lords, this video is fitting for it.

@CliffCardi Месяц назад

This is just like Steven Beisty’s cross section books as a kid!

@mattryan0701 28 дней назад

wales mentioned 💯

@CommanderTavos99 Месяц назад

One of the many reasons medieval europa is my favourite time period

@BrainFreeze35 Месяц назад

why is the catapult moved with the back facing the enemy ? @3:14 xD

@travisreed1730 Месяц назад

If the onion analogy was a "Shrek" reference, WELL DONE. If not, WELL PUT.

@BeatRoot14 Месяц назад

Anyone should get the kids book on a cross section of conway castle in wales. It was so amazing to go there as a kid after reading that book so much and to spend the night in that town. 😂

@lance.dollesin.42 Месяц назад

Is this inspired from the Epic History's video?

@carlosferreira6420 Месяц назад

Nice

@FelixLewis-fm4hc 14 часов назад

At 0:33 this castle can be found in Caernafon, Wales

@Theredbaron274 Месяц назад

Simple history can you do DDAY on the Brits or Canadian perspective

@ralpjosephjavelosa7451 Месяц назад

Do a video about King Baldwin IV

@JakeCWolf Месяц назад

Castles are great and all but we're missing an answer to a crucial question; What. About. DRAGONS?!

@eclipticpeak8452 Месяц назад

Kingdom Come Deliverance gonna be hitting different with this one.

@Cedi346 Месяц назад

Yes

@shauno7582 Месяц назад

Only downfall with a big castle is if the attacking force is big enough and has the time, can just use starvation siege method.

@mordekaishekelbergiv.4211 Месяц назад

A siege was horrible for both parties and many failed

@shauno7582 Месяц назад

@@mordekaishekelbergiv.4211 💯 medieval times were horrible full stop!

@DannyoRaiden Месяц назад

Are there any battles in keep (last defender) that successfuly won by deffenders? Any known battles?

@ashleytaylor7621 Месяц назад

it depends on whether its a castle or a motte and bailey, if it was a motte and bailey no, if it was a castle no..... they would just give up there may be a couple cases in a castle siege that the defenders held out for so long that reinforcements arrive maybe but generally if the attackers have got to the keep you are fucked because all of your food all of your arrows everything you need to survive a siege is outside soooo if the attackers are smart all they have to do is wait a week and you will be so dehydrated and hungry you will just have no fight to carry on so no obviusly in history theres always cases that show the 1 in a million but if you have the entire fort you can then start re building everything that was destroyed and wait out the last defenders what would be the point in wasting men in trying to take a handful of dead men and lords or ladies?? i would also like to point out that hand to hand combat inside a keep was hardly ever done because its so hard to defend a keep you need to defend the stairs problem with that unlike a rampart the attackers have a clear shot at your feet and you cant defend your feet so if youre an attacker its literally like shooting fish in a barrel.

@ashleytaylor7621 Месяц назад

short version: if you had been chained to a wall and been starved but at any time you can just say stop and it all stops you just have to pay for them to give you everything back, why when the guard asks if you want this to stop, would you spit in his face?

@iranimilitantzifu7015 Месяц назад

That's far better than living in a normal house.

@andelynjunio1271 Месяц назад

This guy has less than 5 million subscribers that’s so unfair for him he’s such a good historian

@castleanthrax1833 Месяц назад

This channel is probably in the top 0.1% in terms of subscriber numbers.

@BenjaminParsamian Месяц назад

Can you do Cross section of the HMS Liverpool pls🥺

@Ramranch03 29 дней назад

Anyone catch the dude taking a dump at 4:54 lmao

@KittyKaiii Месяц назад

Cool :)

@Random_Iron_warrior Месяц назад

*sips beer at 16 “just a normal day”

@mcsquizzy8232 Месяц назад

Why on earth were they pushing a catapult uphill and towards the castle? 3:04

@itrieditathome9760 Месяц назад

The first one sank into the swamp, so I built a second one. That sank into the swamp, so I built a third one. That one burned down, fell over then sank into the swamp, but the fourth one stayed up.😂