The Medieval Black Market for Christian Relics

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Relics were very hot items during the Middle Ages, so much so that they spawned a very profitable (and highly questionable) trade that spanned from England to the Holy Lands... and that's what we'll explore in this episode of SideQuest.
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Further Reading:
“Furta Sacra” by Patrick Geary - www.google.com...
“The Medieval Pilgrimage Business” by Adrian Bell and Richard Dale - blog.oup.com/2...
“The Unmaking of a Saint: Thomas Becket and the English Reformation” by Robert E. Scully - www.jstor.org/...

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@ald6424 3 года назад

To (mis-)quote Baldrick from the first series of Blackadder: "You only got one finger of Saint John my lord? I thought they always came in sets of ten."

@vickiekostecki 3 года назад

Yeah, Blackadder covers it perfectly: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PyF7YmHYhYc.html

@patrickstewart3446 2 года назад

Yeah, but the big money was in noses. You could buy Jesus’ nose, St Peter’s nose and Joan of Arc’s… those. 😁

@Gr3nadgr3gory 2 года назад

@@patrickstewart3446 you mean human horn?

@D4rkS7der 2 года назад

@@Gr3nadgr3gory Upper horn

@wobblysauce 2 года назад

People think a rabbit's foot is lucky, so here's a full rabbit.

@BHuang92 3 года назад

"Man presents priceless gold holy relic" Pawn Stars: *Tell you what I'll do $10*

@Gabriel-ServantOfGod 2 года назад

It wasn't priceless then xD, not now at least

@roadiejames 2 года назад

Lol I feel that deeply. Damn pawn shops.

@neogeo1670 2 года назад

and i am taking all the risk

@himesilva 2 года назад

“I’m taking all the risk”

@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 2 года назад

@@himesilva You really are in the 14th century, no way to verify.

@JoelMurphy77 2 года назад

"Eager to spend their hard-earned coin in hopes of receiving a miracle" is how the modern-day lottery works.

@condorboss3339 2 года назад

Yeah, but at 1 in 13,983,816, the lottery has better odds.

@michaelredden8433 2 года назад

@@condorboss3339 lmao I’d say a “miracle”, meaning an unexplainable positive phenomena, is more likely to happen to someone that a lottery win.

@psyxypher3881 2 года назад

Don't disparage the lottery, dude. It's a way of getting people to pay taxes without coercion, and is thus valuable to society.

@CollinM24 2 года назад

@@psyxypher3881 There is a bit of coercion inherent in promising a better life to those just barely scraping by, but I do like this point of yours tbh

@CharliMorganMusic 2 года назад

@@psyxypher3881 It's a tax for being poor and stupid. Not equitable or ethical.

@barbiquearea 2 года назад

In 1248 King Baldwin II of the Latin Empire (formerly Byzantine) sold one of Christendom's greatest relics, the Crown of Thorns to the French king, Louis IX. The sum of money the French king paid was said to have equaled two years of France's GDP. Louis built the Sainte-Chapelle royal chapel to house this particular relic, though it was removed during the French Revolution and placed in Notre Dame after. Louis IX himself himself would go on to become a saint years into his death and his body parts and personal belongings were also made into relics.

@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 2 года назад

Any idea what happened to those thorns.

@zagrebblues9894 2 года назад

@@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 It remained at the Notre Dame and was exhibited to the public every first Friday of every month. In 2019 firemen rescued it when Notre Dame burned and moved the thorns to the Louvre museum.

@lukegavin124 Год назад

Genius investment strategy

@markalan4026 Год назад

@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 yes, they are embedded into our psyche.

@HistoryandHeadlines 3 года назад

Nice job with the animations! I do recall seeing a relic at my Catholic high school.

@chrishowland8857 2 года назад

Cap

@digitalcitizen4533 2 года назад

@@chrishowland8857 yeah it was proven to be fake

@illyasvielemiya9059 2 года назад

that unexpected places to find a fake relic.

@dubuyajay9964 2 года назад

Which one?

@HistoryandHeadlines 2 года назад

@@dubuyajay9964 Which school or which relic? I unfortunately no longer remember who the relic was supposed to be from.

@tindo21 2 года назад

Stumbled upon this channel a couple of days ago. I subscribed instantly to it and I think many others did the same. I think he is gaining 1k subscribers per hour since I subscribed, which is well deserved, very fine content here.

@KeefeL 2 года назад

Right? Criminally undersubscribed! Almost as criminal as a fake relic!

@sarahbell2566 2 года назад

Same I just found it and love it

@TheHotdogstand 2 года назад

Sidequest is a diamond on the precipice of being discovered by the masses. Here’s to your further success, and may your views be ever growing my friend!! :)

@minedoimperija 2 года назад

Exactly

@dylanthechillinvillain2488 3 года назад

Okay this channel is officially amazing, I’ve always wondered about this topic, having heard often about these so called holy objects yet the fact that they aren’t as talked about as much is a pity!

@telmorola1768 3 года назад

Me: *having collected 3 holy foreskins of Jesus* "Wait, you're saying they might be fake!?"

@john-hv3re 3 года назад

Not all relics are authentic it must have a wax seal of the office of the postulator and the certificate of authentication

@benthomason3307 2 года назад

"behold! the miraculously regrowing foreskin!"

@killiansonck6278 2 года назад

Hmmm the forbidden holy jerky.

@roadiejames 2 года назад

@@killiansonck6278 omnomnom

@antoniomromo 2 года назад

@@killiansonck6278 this made me spit my tea at the screen.

@sn1pingfox450 2 года назад

There is still debate on the Shroud of Turin to this day. I watched a documentary and if I remember correctly, the Shroud was housed in a building that caught fire. Why does this matter? Well, in order to carbon date the Shroud to find out how old it is, they needed to cut off a section of it and destroy it in the process. The clergy who were responsible for the Shroud did not want to do that, but reluctantly agreed to have a small portion taken off. The carbon dating showed that the section that was removed came from the 13th century, but going back to that fire I mentioned, there is speculation that the cloth was mended at some point to repair the damage caused by the fire. The proponents of this theory obviously wanted to cut another portion off of the Shroud in order to test it, but I believe the clergymen have not allowed that. The romantic in me hopes that it truly rested on the Lord, but even if it is not a relic, it is a very fascinating piece of history and art.

@FrankFurther 2 года назад

All relics are fake. All of them.

@sn1pingfox450 2 года назад

@@FrankFurther In this case we are trying to prove if the relics were owned by (or were a part of) a Saint or holy figure, it’s not just a question of faith, but of historical, cultural, and artistic significance.

@GoodGnewsGary 2 года назад

You perfectly articulated my sentiment. I want to believe the shroud is legit by my analytical mind just hasn't see sufficient evidence.

@7vs100 2 года назад

As of 2019 the scientists who originally did the c13 dating have even said there should be new tests, and testing on different areas show that it is anywhere from 1300 to 3000 yo. It's covered in pollen specific to Jerusalem and the images imprinted on the cloth are so unique that we would have trouble replicating them today. The org reason they thought it was only 700yo was because it was damaged and repaired at some point, and as above testing them at different locations from the 1980s study reveals a date which is much older.

@disguisedcentennial835 2 года назад

@@FrankFurther verifiably false, because there were indeed relics made in the Middle Ages via saints lol

@aryanesque 3 года назад

Why are you so underrated? How can a channel with such a great quality content and presentations have so less subscribers? Man! You deserve more! 🙌🏼

@capivara6094 2 года назад

The answer is simple: this channel is quite new and it had very few videos.

@mronemoredrink 3 года назад

Just found this channel, and I’m extremely impressed by the quality of the content! Instantly subscribed, looking forward to more videos and to the growth of your channel!

@vigilant_crusty 3 года назад

Excellent animation! And great topics! I found a new favourite history channel!

@roseblite6449 3 года назад

Nice addition of Abby Sciuto for the forensic investigation. Great animation on an interesting topic.

@chheinrich8486 2 года назад

Never noticed that, wow

@zonegun117 3 года назад

This channel is amazing. Idk how it’s so small.

@freddiemercury6808 3 года назад

If you'd like to read a story (fiction) of someone being part of this relic forging in the middle ages. I can really recommend the book "Baudolino" by Umberto Eco. It's a really entertaining story about a mischievous telling the story of his life, fittingly also not always being honest with the reader either.

@gc6096 3 года назад

Literally everything in and about this video: Pure educational awesomeness.

@GoodGnewsGary 2 года назад

I just found your channel today. You are gravely underrated, but given the comments your channel is poised to blow up. Keep up the great work.

@markvincentbonachita8950 3 года назад

Can you please do a video about how empires administer their colonies?

@SideQuestYT 3 года назад

That's a good idea! I do have a video on the Spanish colonies in the Americas, but it's not really about administration.

@wnl2071 3 года назад

Wow, this channel is going to blow up, mark my word!

@jeanneb4841 3 года назад

I really hope so! It's one of my favourites. I followed them over to Patreon... keeping my fingers crossed that more people do the same.

@reesepiece831 3 года назад

I'm amazed it hasn't blown up already

@Brett323 3 года назад

Just all around awesome. Love all your videos!

@SolarMechanic 3 года назад

Homoeopathic Saint Blood. Love it.

@zazaza903 2 года назад

in my city- Dubrovnik - Croatia in one church is relic -' diapers of Jesus ' 😂😂 but more shockingly is that people still pray over it lol

@frankomarkusic5912 2 года назад

Wow, im from Sisak, there we have a piece of the cross on which Jesus was crucified

@MyRegardsToTheDodo 2 года назад

@Prasanth Thomas They did. Cloth diapers that could be reused. Of course they weren't Pampers.

@MannyXVIII 2 года назад

As Martin Luther (as far as I can tell only the actor and not an actual quote) said "Good thing that there are enough Nails from the holy cross in Rome to shoe every horse in saxony."

@Aceshot-uu7yx 2 года назад

Was that one of the 99 or his table talks?

@shancre 2 года назад

This brings to memory the first brother Cadafel story. Adds a lot of perspective to the events. Nice video

@verylostdoommarauder Год назад

There's also the interesting story that Notre Dame, Paris's most famous church, was specifically built to house the Crown of Thorns, as brought to France by St King Louis IX.

@ikad5229 3 года назад

Congratulations for the 10k! You deserve a lot more! Your work is amazing, continue this way and you will achieve a lot more.

@Joe-ti8or 2 года назад

The algorithm has finally blessed this man

@diesel1024 2 года назад

4:43 loved the abby reference!!

@salihgunay6915 2 года назад

The host sounds so similar to Sheogorath from Skyrim. Also, it's so nice to see the channel getting the subscribers it deserves

@blazingangel623 2 года назад

“So why didn’t the clergy demand proof?” That’s a touch ironic of an expectation, no?

@MyRegardsToTheDodo 2 года назад

That, and they like money.

@JatPhenshllem 2 года назад

This dude is almost at 200k subs, he was at 145k yesterday (I think). Damn, he's coming up fast.

@hirschmeistr6842 2 года назад

I like how he answers the questions nobody asked but everyone wants the answer to

@mikkelnpetersen 2 года назад

I heard one guy saying "if you collected all the splinters of the 'true cross', you would be able to build a 3 stories house out of all the wood, and if you collect all the rubble from the Berlin wall and tried to rebuild it with it, it would be the size of the great wall of China".

@MyRegardsToTheDodo 2 года назад

Rubble from the Berlin Wall is actually sold with a certificate of authenticity.

@TheMr77469 3 года назад

I found this video linked on reddit, Instantly earned a subscribe, I love the fact you focus on a the random history question like this, or how much mideval candles cost!

@jek__ 2 года назад

Lol "there are enough splinters of the holy cross to build a whole warship!" is definitely the oldest meme I've heard

@judahmccandless9170 Год назад

I can’t believe this channel hasn’t grown faster, so good

@redrosie7498 2 года назад

This channel deserves a LOT MORE VIEWS

@WolfSoulZell 2 года назад

These animations are solid and the voiceover is really good! Glad I found this channel :)

@benhanser3910 3 года назад

Amazing video! I never knew about these relics beforehand :0

@devea419 2 года назад

When you concluded that the saint would then have 3 heads and 5 arms, I dunno why maybe it's the way you said it, but I burst out laughing for a good 4 minutes, and almost choked on my food. I'm in love with the unique style of presentation!

@chheinrich8486 2 года назад

I still laugh at that 🤣

@MyRegardsToTheDodo 2 года назад

The Cologne Dome supposedly houses the remains of the three kings (you know, Caspar, Melchior and Baltasar), but there are parts of atleast four different skeletons in it's crypt. It's very likely that these remains originally belonged to a group of Roman legionaires.

@chheinrich8486 2 года назад

@@MyRegardsToTheDodo cologne also has the "remains" pf a few Virgin the were patronized after something they did with the Romans

@Aceshot-uu7yx 2 года назад

Because the idea of a Saint running around looking g like a Greek monster is awesome.

@fahmiismail4939 3 года назад

I want this channel to blow up and become a future RU-vid relic

@kingofkings1121 2 года назад

It will

@aglenrios 2 года назад

The dating of the shroud from the 13th century was problematic because the dating was done on a piece of the cloth that was a 13th Century repair, and not the original fabric.

@Aceshot-uu7yx 2 года назад

Thank you. They also found for the cloth to be from the 1200s it would have needed ro be stored in Mali as rhe heat would spead uo the aging process, radiometric dating that uses weather conditions to check ages, the cloth has been confirmed via pollen samples to be from Jerusalem so their is no way the new datings that are consistent with each other are wrong. What makes more sense thst the new dates with better technology and multiple people is all wrong or that the old date made by a single lab was wrong and people just stopped reaserching.

@TheKulu42 Год назад

A good medieval mystery that uses the relic's craze is "A Morbid Taste for Bones" by Ellis Peters. It's part of the Brother Cadfael series.

@chrisbotos 2 года назад

This channel is criminally undersubbed ,I am a new sub and I am sure you are about to blow up with this kind of content.

@berserkervtuber6285 2 года назад

SideQuest enjoys watching NCIS, kewl beans.

@johnvideogames 3 года назад

saw your ad on an Extra History video. video is good shit

@Hello-xg3ke 2 года назад

Found this channel from a comment recommendation. Bless that commenter for telling me of such a gem.

@reddog5031 Год назад

Selling indulgences was another good money earner for the church.

@j4nu5xxx 2 года назад

This needs more attention! Its so well made :)

@po5124 3 года назад

I love the animation style, the narration, and history/interesting things channels but why was this video an actual ad on another video lmao. I'll be wait for more videos tho

@kastallion 3 года назад

This channel deserves more!

@adiboy010 2 года назад

Too notch quality content on this channel.. thanks for sharing this my friend.. ☺️

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@vincentasbitinas2247 2 года назад

Nice channel. I wish you growth, you deserve it!

@baronsbuffalo8385 3 года назад

This is so underrated

@reesepiece831 3 года назад

Hi there. Love your videos. Would you be able to put a list of the sources cited somewhere in your videos or in the video description? I'd be interested to know more of where you get your info from.

@tylerchua929 2 года назад

Fun fact: Rubbing an object (usually a cloth) onto a relic actually turns it into a relic. There are many different grades of relics.

@Eloraurora 2 года назад

Wasn't there also a type of mirror relic? You could "show" an existing relic to the mirror, then lock it in a box to keep the holy reflection from escaping.

@zackkelley2940 2 года назад

Or to put it another way ,"Six degrees of Saint John".^^

@tylerchua929 2 года назад

@@Eloraurora not sure about that

@shinglemcdingle4093 2 года назад

Actually the shroud of Turin was not disproven. Firstly it was concluded that it was made in 13th century but when better technology came it was revealed that it was borderline impossible to make such a correct forgery not only at the time but at all. For example, around the head, scientists have found pollen from a plant that only grows in and around jerusalem, there was found evidence of radiation which indicates that he really did resurect and so on and so on

@szymonpajak4102 2 года назад

Also, samples to testing were taken from the corner, which was heaivly touched, thus the contents of Carbon-14 was much higher. Not to mention few fires it has endured. Also there is lesser know "Shroud of Saint Magdalene", which was testes (as it was doubted more often), however it was concluded that: -Both of them came from the same region and same place -Both depicts the same person -DNA of blood on both shrouds is from the same person Not to mention that cloth pattern was used mostly at eastern coast of Mediterrean Sea during fist Century before and after Chist.

@shinglemcdingle4093 2 года назад

@@szymonpajak4102 true. Glory to God

@v21829 2 года назад

Pozdrav Zadru

@FrankFurther 2 года назад

All relics are fake, Jesus was a fucking con man, like all prophets and priests

@TheDiveO 2 года назад

Deusdona? Now, there's a clear marketing message: god-given.

@chimpinaneckbrace 2 года назад

A few years ago I was in Istanbul and saw the pillar Jesus was tied to and scourged before the crucifixion. A couple of days later I was in Rome and saw the pillar Jesus was tied to and scourged before the crucifixion. It was very nice of Jesus to have himself brutally tortured against two different pillars just so the Catholic and Orthodox churches could each have a special icon.

@grimwaltzman 2 года назад

Funny you mentioned True Cross splinters. Recently sunk russian Moskva cruiser allegedly had one on board. Iirc they paid either 4kk or 40kk USD for it.

@MyRegardsToTheDodo 2 года назад

I guess that proves that the cross didn't float.

@goneutt 2 года назад

My favorite debunking of the shroud is that it’s a weave that didn’t exist in the era. Don’t have to go further than that.

@Aceshot-uu7yx 2 года назад

Apparently others have found the blood, pollen, and the basic cloth to be from the first century in Jerusalem. The main theory that all the new dates support is that the cloth was repaired. Which likely occured after a fire, so the diffrent weave is likely that. Other reports show jt to be from the time, and show that image was not caused by pigments but a light source.

@spencerrodden2669 2 года назад

Contains a error in the age of the shroud of torrent. You see the shot of Turin was patched up over the years and different parts of it are different ages but Most experts do agree that the shroud is that of a man that that was crucified and it carbon dated from anywhere between 1300 to 3000 years old. Rome also band crucifixion in the 4th century

@JaredThePiper 3 года назад

@4:42 surprised to see Abby in the video!

@WorgenGrrl 2 года назад

I loved the NCIS refrence!

@TheSmart-CasualGamer 2 года назад

My favourite name of a relic is the Holy Shinbone of St. Eric. I have NO clue whether it's a real relic, but I've heard of it in a couple of places. Unrelated to that, I keep seeing people say "Oh, this channel is so small!" I'm a bit surprised, there's nearly quarter of a million subscribers! How is that small?!

@MyRegardsToTheDodo 2 года назад

This video is over a year old. Back then they didn't have that many subscribers.

@TheSmart-CasualGamer 2 года назад

@@MyRegardsToTheDodo Ah, fair enough.

@October-sw3pt Год назад

Excellent video, would've liked more examples of forged relics. I recall there was a famous crown that supposedly contained a nail from the crucifixion in the headband. Modern analysis proved that the nail was made of silver, not iron. Due to the price of silver, it's heavily implied the king in question ordered it forged himself.

@johnersey 3 года назад

You, sir, are dangerously underrated.

@peanutbutter732 3 года назад

i just found these and i’m loving them

@Kaolet 2 года назад

I will watch till this chanel grow grow grow to 1 billion

@iainwilson5660 Год назад

I like the nodd to Abbie Schuto, with the caff pow drinking science tech. 😂

@misinformation_spreader777 Год назад

The Shroud of Turin carbon dating test done in 1988 was admitted to be flawed and inaccurate because parts of the cloth were reconstructed after a fire which there is evidence of in the cloth. Not to mention there are traces of pollen from plants which grow exclusively around Israel.

@lilacdoe7945 2 года назад

Blood dilution with no change is the same as... x = x * 0.01 ...which is only true if x = 0, so it means it was never effective at all.

@dontwantmyrealnameknownbut6395 2 года назад

For some reason, I really want to design a card game based around this now.

@crispratfrommoneyball553 Год назад

NCIS reference spotted, taking my own life with great haste

@milliereynolds165 3 года назад

Fantastico superb what more can l say .

@weaselingrentler508 3 года назад

underrated channel

@evanlucas8914 2 года назад

Fun fact: the largest collection or Catholic relics outside of the Vatican, at least the largest collection acknowledged by The Church, is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

@triplefish4579 2 года назад

me: has all of the holy corpse parts also me: why no d4c love train

@Flanetbot 3 года назад

Nice vide man love the channel I subscribed

@romyaz1713 2 года назад

i liked how you said "almost" did not rest on Jesus' face

@hiphopoppotomusful 3 года назад

YOU are a precious relic. The genuine article.

@psyxypher3881 2 года назад

A relic's value isn't based on its authenticity, but rather whether it can be used to kill vampires.

@nathanhough8156 2 года назад

Your info on the shroud is out of date. The section that was tested was contained (its the part that is always grabbed)

@nicowww89 2 года назад

Relics were the NFTs of the Middle Age!

@Gr3nadgr3gory 2 года назад

I can't tell you all the counterfeit holy nails I sold back in those days. By far the easiest relic to fake.

@kevin080592 2 года назад

Watching this on black saturday, easter week lol

@glitchy_weasel 3 года назад

Amazing animations as always

@yaqbulyakkerbat4190 Год назад

You guys. Liking and subscribing this video and to this channel has miraculous effects! Why, my crippled cousin did so and got up running! It didn't solve his lack of arms, but he was certainly cheerful!

@UltimatePokemonFan75 2 года назад

The irony of Deusdona's name is not lost on me.

@dermotmeaney 3 года назад

Subscribed and and wasn't disappointed

@JakubWojciechowski933 2 года назад

4.53 that's actually untrue. Some parts of the cloth got removed and later replaced by 13th century counterparts, probably exactly because people wanted to sell it as relics

@gawaineross6119 2 года назад

Relics are actually pagan in origin and stem from the cult of the dead. This was particularly true in the Celtic sphere, where skulls of ancestors had oracular powers.

@isaiahthomas118 2 года назад

most pagans hated the practice lol

@PsDnK Год назад

Did anyone else notice that Mr. SideQuest had his hat off when he was inside the church?

@ebonstone2980 2 года назад

I greatly appreciate the 'Abby' cameo.

@SplotchTheCatThing Год назад

Funny enough, I was totally on a crusade recently, and I found this bone, and I discovered through undisclosed means that it belongs to the diminutive Saint... uuhhh... Saint Puedamieman. It has amazing powers and, uhh, one of those powers is how it stops you from telling people what powers it has, and it totally isn't just a fox bone. I'm thinking it's worth, oh, ten pounds of gold? Any takers?