Medieval War: How do you prepare for medieval war? 

Tbf this guy is the ceo of Rebellion developments

glad your grandfather left Russia, because now Russia is full of fascists and terrorists. What a shit country it is right now.

@@JackieFrankieful As bad as it is now, it was objectively way worse when he left. There is a wild thought.

And your great grandfather was right. One day the bolshevik government did come for peoples food and money.

Wise man! The government already does that in the banks. They regularly steal people's money through taxation and inflation. Also in Canada, if you donate money to the wrong cause, you could have your bank account seized.

Friendly armies tended to pay for their goods. So it wasnt quite as bad unless the king came and ate everything

Depended if they had the means to pay on hand and even if they did, if you were a farmer what good is a pouch of silver going to do you if they procured all of your harvest?

"[...] Hence a wise general makes a point of foraging on the enemy. One cartload of the enemy’s provisions is equivalent to twenty of one’s own, and likewise a single picul of his provender is equivalent to twenty from one’s own store." www.suntzuonline.com/chapter-2-waging-war/

Which is why, so often, the peasants would hide as much as they could.

@@zeytelaloi Capturing supplies is easier said than done. And we're talking more about taking supplies on the move before we even get to the enemy here.

It's not just a job, it's an adventure

better logistics has won wars throughout the ages in my opinion.

There is a saying I don’t know who said it which is amateurs talk about tactics professional study logistics lol

Most crawled along, camps at the end packing up and travelling past others to go to the front and set up again.

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Very cool!! Although, doesn't it seem that the armies of classical antiquity seemed to be truly massive when compared to the Medieval period?

@@GIGroundNPound they were massive, Rome fought often times with an army sizes of lets say 25-50 thousand soldiers

@@GIGroundNPound Rome's legions were substantially more numerous and better equipped than the kind of armies you saw during the middle ages, closer to the professional forces we see today.

Just like my visit to a dairy farm.it brought new meaning to the term FARM FRESH

It would be like a two hour camping video with family and friends and what not.

what most people forget is the entourage of only one knight, but when a lower noble goes to battle, he might call all his knights to follow him to battle. and even if every one of them only brought one knave and a servant, that might be a real mass of people travelling.

dude, where's my horse?

Lol. An entire movie about getting ready to war. Gotta wait for the sequel to see the war

@@kodingkrusader2765 Not necessarily. I'd make 1/3 of the movie for the preparations, 1/3 for travelling, and the final part or climax for the actual battle, as gruesome as it is. And maybe some insight what the people left behind at camp do while the soldiers fight.

Not that different from metal festivals with moshpits all around.

It's mostly not about the killing itself, more on what will you get after the killing.

Money.

Yet will do nothing to help the down troden

Its usually the communists who start it

Wild stuff

Is the word related to english “havoc”?

@@himssendol6512 don't think so.

We also have "Heerwerk" in german.

@@himssendol6512 History and Etymology for havoc Noun and Verb `C15th Middle English 'havok', from Anglo-French, modification of Old French 'havot' plunder

LOL, I'm a time traveller, but don't tell anyone.

I’m thinking send another letter back say no thanks I’ll pay scutlage !

Glad you find it interesting, it's what I like best about history, the little pracical every day things, and forgotten issues.

Passion for something brings excellence.

Is that from a movie?

@@rishi7629 Haha, no, just from my mind :)

🤣🤣🤣 Sir Strudlebottom, party of 150...

hilarious nightmare

good idea. i believe they did, and still do ride ponies.

Thats why before really big agriculture they had fighting seasons

@@kodingkrusader2765 Even in medieval times I think seasons were common.

War on such a scale* Nomadic tribes still fought and killed each other over resources.

Agriculture essentially made every other human endeavour possible by freeing up time to concentrate and specialise in those areas and still be fed

There were still large battles before great agriculture, they kinda did it like the huns, with lots of cattle and hunting. Especialy in areas where agriculture wasn't greatly developed yet, or impracticle due to geography. And there was a lot of raiding and sacking ofcourse.

Thanks!

Same here! This channel has become my favorite

David Denaldi And that’s before you consider the people growing their food, making the metal, plastic and fabric for their kit, etc.

I think you meant Agincourt, France...

Just look at the size od the military and compare it to how many people are in combat arms.

Damn peasants

Dislike bots

Steve Arnett as of now only 0.025% of the people that watched the video downvoted it, that’s 1/4000 people not too bad

This guy is so enthusiastic about what he's doing and seems to be enjoying it so much, that you really have to be heartless to downvote this, even if you think that he's inaccurate in some places.

If you don't have dislikes means your video likes are fake or your video sucks. If a video doesn't produce envy in people means is not good enough.

There's a system of messenger and smaller units in the army, each unit have a commanding officer and the commanding officer each have their commanders.

@@jekesan4221 and trumpet/drum signals too

@@elizabethjansen2684 and flags as well?

@@angeljamais8541 indeed

That makes sense Napoleon's Grand Army and its baggage for the Invasion of Russia in 1812 was said to have been some 50 miles long at its peak. Back then you could average what 15 to 20 miles a day at a good pace without interruption? That's quite mad if you think about it as the troops and baggage line were several days march in diameter. Waging War today is a nightmare on logistics even with all our modern technology so to see how they did it a few centuries to a millennium ago or further is astonishing to be sure.

@Warbel i believe it's Dutch (hoeker)

**Pay off the king and/or pay a load of mercenaries**

Off with your head!

You *can* do that... But you'll be burning off a whole lot of political capital. If you don't have enough of it, you're going to have serious trouble afterwards.

Why would I stay at home if I think the king is gonna be successful? Waring means plunder and that means a lot of money for me and that is surely worth the risk and even more considering knights were rarely killed (if the enemy wasnt especially cruel or the fighting didnt get personal), they were ransomed, there was a ton of money to be made in ransom!

"When I'm done with the Lannisters, I will march back North, and root you out of your keep and hang you for an Oath breaker."

A knight was required to maintain a certain minimum income.

@@ModernKnight interesting! What was life like for them? Not many had castles and top notch equipment for sure. I'm used to watching content about the big guys, but what about "small fish"? I'm really interested in this type of content. I'd love to watch a documentary talking about what was life for the different levels of nobility!

These "paper cartoons " are my favorite! I especially like the one where they find the king under bridge and capture him!

Dinsdale!

romain burgy recently, RU-vid Shadiversity uploaded a video similar to what you just requested. It's worth a watch imo :D

Tactics for storming a castle are simple: you don't. Vast vast majority of sieges resolved without the castle being assaulted. To actually assault a castle, you need incredibly overwhelming numbers, and even then it will be extremely costly in lives lost. Assaulting a castle is the absolute last resort only done if you have extreme time pressure against you.

Besiege that bitch! Make sure your men and beasts are camped outside arrow range though

Oh that's a good one! How would knights be strategically placed in the case of a siege? Or would there be more archers and siege engineers?

Itinerant kingship was very common in earlier times, specifically because there wasn't enough food to support large noble households for the whole year--usually a noble with a large household (say 100+ people) had at least two estates to split the difference, and in practice, they had license to crash at pretty much any noble's castle if it was large enough. By the later Middle Ages, agriculture improved enough for nobles to be supported by just one estate, and the others were either vacation homes or given out to their relatives/friends. Speaking of traveling, 20-30 miles of traveling per day is such a common rule of thumb that historical cities/towns are constantly that distance apart, like clockwork. HOWEVER, a wealthier knight with a large retinue like Jason described would probably average half that distance. 1) You have a LOT of loaded wagons, soldiers, and servants or camp followers tagging along, and you can't just leave them behind. Because then you won't be able to do YOUR job of fighting properly. 2) For very large retinues (say, 100 combatants and anywhere from 50-200 camp followers?), it will take FOREVER to set up and strike camp. Bret Devereaux is a really popular historian regarding preindustrial logistics and how pop culture does--or frequently DOESN'T--handle logistics properly in movies or shows. His specialty is Ancient Rome, but he does know quite a bit about the Middle Ages as well. His article "How Fast Do Armies Move" is a GREAT way to get into the rabbit hole of logistics. acoup.blog/2019/10/06/new-acquisitions-how-fast-do-armies-move/ For large retinues, you won't be traveling 20 miles from City A to Town B in the buttfuck uninhabited wilderness--you'll be making pit stops at anywhere from 5-10 villages between them, because historical cities need villages to feed them. Sure, you'll be carrying your own food unless you have an emergency, but villages between towns are still great for all sorts of things! Horses and oxen need several GALLONS of water per day, so you can't just give them a canteen each. They're also great for shade/warmth, depending on the weather; finding out if there's any trouble with the local roads; a place for everyone to just take a break and let the horses/oxen graze a couple of hours; and someone to talk to that you HAVEN'T spent the last few hours with.

I am also using some of these video facts to support events and activities in a story I am writing. Thanks a ton! Love the hat Jason!

*Medieval

@@kirwitch8236 *Medication evil.

The Last Kingdom on Netflix is pretty good... Meh...will we ever ACTUALLY know exactly unless we time travel?

@@Eowyn3Pride yeah it is, except for Uthred's leather-armor and the OBSESSION for furs😂

If only they would.

History channel: "Did Aliens command medieval armies?"

Thanks!

Thank you very much

The internet (and football matches)

Sound more like gayporn to me.

Quang Dang Duy that’s pretty gay dude

Lol

With permadeath!

@@bladebitten2766 nah, you respawn but you have to roll a new character in the region with racial bonuses based on your first character’s best skilltrees

sounds exciting!

Jason Kingsley thank you ! 😄

Yup. Looks like it's time for rewrites.

War means killing and rape. It is supposed to be fun!!! Why bring the wife?

It's a sun hat! And I'd have to say, quite probably authentic. Since many farmers in those times didn't have sunscreen ( that I'm aware of). 😐😏👨‍🌾

That's his farm hat.its designed to keep the sun off you while working doing farm chores

income varied a lot over the period. we do know that types of soldier were paid differently. Foot soldiers got a few pennies a day, if you had better kit you got more, and some knights got a shilling or more per day of service. that's from memory. I'll look it up and update this post when I get a moment.

There were a lot of disheartened soldiers and they'll pilalge a shit out of the area not only for food, but other loot, rape and just shit and giggles.

archers got payed more than spearmen. knights get the highest pay of all. since england used mostly archers the military expenditure, not just for the archers, but also for their arrows, bows, swords, armor, etc. would have been enormous. not to mention, they also needed horses, and food, and ships for the navy. and also, soldiers to guard the ports. after every battle, is it said english archers use up all arrows. thats alot of money too, and the munitions(arrows, bullets, gunpowder, crossbow bolts, etc) are government provided. if soldiers have the cash they would spend it for better gear. those not so priviledged would have to get cheap stuff, or get second hands. sometimes equipment would be issued or sold to conscripts by the local governments. swords are sometimes handed over from one person to another. usually the better gear you have, the more pay you get too. and the more pay you have, the better gear you can get. since archers are usually skilled and trained, they can get good pay, and that translates to good gear, and that increases their pay even more. knights on the other hand are the best trained of all, can afford good gear, and goes with a large personal group for logistical support, and armed escorts. thus they get the highest pay of all. sometimes the pay is not high enough though.. this is why looting is common, and even today it happens alot.

A chap that used to work for me called Edouard, very talented.

@@ModernKnight It seemed to me that I recognized :) By the way, he drew King Wladyslaw Jagiello and Prince Witold very nicely.

Dimes On His Eyes these horse boxes sometimes also have sleeping sections in them my father used to design and build them when he was alive

www.oakleyhorseboxes.co.uk/supremacy.asp

@@MrTangolizard those are pretty cool. I don't think I have seen anything like that in the states in fact I only see trailers. Don't get me wrong those trailers can be very big and have an entire living area for an entire family and have enough room for 6 or 8 horses. I think 48' long is the maximum length. I would bet that that length is probably too long for the UK regs to allow.

Dimes On His Eyes yeah you might have to have a different licence to tow something that big mind u my father made some pretty big boxes over the years he even made 6 in Dubai for one of the princes there

thanks.

Mongols were able to field cavalry armies of 100,000+ and devastate Europe despite coming from a distance of 8,000 kilometers, because the mongolian war horse is compact and grazes on a fairly small amount of grass to stay alive, and soldiers had large pouches of kumiss (fermented mare's milk) and dried meat with them which could last for months per individual soldier. They essentially needed no logistics train at all. The mongolian war horse with full load could travel as much as an astonishing ~300 kilometers daily, something no European destrier could come even remotely close to as they were bred for size.

Even an overseas war is no hassle for a king. The king orders his dukes and underlings to carry out a task, no matter how impossible. If one of them complains they get replaced or removed. The dukes, earls and lords bully their own underlings to get it done now matter how dirty, bloody and sweaty the task. They will do anything to gain royal favor as it results to more land, wealth and titles. Any subordinates that refuse to obey can simply be killed. The king benefits the most (he has to do literally nothing regardless of the outcome), dukes and lord benefit if the war is won, the rest, the 99%, get little to no benefit besides a few shillings and occassional loot.

Maybe one day!

Clint Carpentier they wouldn't move, because a horse can't walk blindly without tripping and injuring itself.