What Life Was Like In Medieval Castles 

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Worst thing would be everything; small town style hierarchical (and super-superstitious) ruling, the misery index, and the depressing lack of mobility or escape. These days we live better than those kings; All the creature comforts, mobility, information, healthcare, (relative) justice, and anonymity or fame if we really want either. Oh and more free entertainment than we can watch lol Excellent video! 👏👏

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Haha, yes

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That comment actually makes me feel pretty good 👌

This channel do shitty research

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@@cancerchannel1515 Can you tell me more? I don't want to get wrong information.

@@misschocoholic2126 Almost all of what you heard is plain misinformation. If you'd like to learn what actual castle life was like, look up Shadiversity's video "Biggest Misconceptions of Medieval Castles and life."

Oh shut up no one cares 😂

He did the voiceover, not the pictures

RO speak for yourself

Perhaps the lord and lady of the manor were crazy cat people before it was cool ;)

That's why plagues and witch hunts went hand in hand. A minor epidemic happens, idiots blame witches who were typically stereotyped as having familiars in cats, cats got hunted and killed, so rats spread carrying the disease and soon you have a bloody pandemic.

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So true! 🥲 🤴

DEATH to the RICH

Eat the rich

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It's because Disney gave us the opposite picture of Castles.

Yeah it didn't matter if you were lower or upper class back then, life was rough and castles were no luxury suites.

just as long as it has plumbing and electricity.

There is a large amount of misinformation in this video. Check out the channel Shadiversity and look at the vid talking about life in a castle. It has so much real information in it. This vid paints a very dark look at life back then that just isn’t accurate. I mean I’d definitely rather live now, but humans knew basic hygiene and how to keep a place warm and dry! Lol that’s just logic. Humans haven’t changed much, we like our creature comforts

@@destinytroll1374 thats why they were called the dark ages.

Oh my God, they got herpies

Humanity cease to exists before this.

Or we might not make it that far

World population was estimated at one billion in 1800, 1.6 billion in 1900, 2 billion 1927, 3 billion 1960, 4 billion 1975, 5.53 billion 1990, 6 billion 1999, 7.7 billion today. If the population trends continue, by the year 2500 most of the world will be a cesspool of overpopulated peoples everywhere. More people means less resources and more poverty, more crime, more disease, more stress, smaller and more smaller homes and more pollution. Sorry but we are not progressing, quite the opposite.

I think one of the biggest differences will be in medicine. Transplants, body parts reproduction, elimination of disease...

lol but of course

Its funny that those misconceptions and generalizations are mostly made by people who didn't actually do any research and only calls people wrong when it goes against what they have seen or heard

I only subscribe to kill time

@@wesleymcspadden5437 shadiversity?

@Mrs Neanderthug There were some good castle.

Good comment. I think the channel is more interested in subscriptions and views than facts from the past....

Yes, this is clearly a content farm

Castles in the 13th century are far older than 600 years, and they had stone walls with lime plaster, white paint, looked much better.

@@richardhe5973 Limes plaster might make them looks slightly nicer but it doesn't make them any less primitive.

@@bobbygetsbanned6049 primitive compared to what? Lmao they were the most advanced buildings of their time

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I'd be the crazy cat lady

one of us

On no, time to burn at the steak then

@Daddy Savage Gotta have them cats to eat them rats tho !

You get used to it.

Seriously just about 100 years ago hygiene was really poor....Modern plumbing is the main reason for better hygiene before that people smelled butt holes.

john N Some people still do!!! Lol

And entire civilization of idiots choosing miserable lifestyle

You mean, all of history?

Who cares...

@@Wazzupyoyoyojdog people with IQ's in the triple digits, which you clearly are lacking

the videomaker is a dumbass, people knew how to wash, clean, and get rid of rats in Medieval times. Same as they do in 2019

Adam Rose this isn’t that important tbh

NOT A COP nice one pal

Wrong.

Who cares

A stone building is actually very pleasant as its a great insulator. It keeps a constant temperature mostly so it would feel cool in the summer and warm in the winter. The video is not really well researched. 😅

Lol

What are you saying? They had more pests, way less plumbing, no one bathed, people were sick all the time bc there was no medicine, people got tortured etc etc You mean to tell me you heard all of this before? This guy is hustling though. He's trying to make a living so I ain't mad at him lol. But yes this is some wack bs

@@JrobAlmighty "people were sick all the time bc there was no medicine" So just because there is no medicine you think you´re automatically going to spend your entire life being plagued by some disease? Try check your own life. When was the latest time you did not take medicine? Have you been constantly ill since then? Just how do your brain work when you attempt thinking about reality?

@Jamie Try watching Shadiversity, he has plenty of videos debunking bullshit like the one spoken in this video.

@Jamie There are people who work really hard to make content that is accurate and informative, not just sensationalist shit. Calm your tits and accept that even if we don't produce content, we have the right to criticize.

@Jamie why aren’t you checking other sources to see if this is accurate? He’s over generalizing & some of it is misleading. For example, nobody back then knew it was the fleas on rats that caused Bubonic plague (from the bacteria, Yersinia pestis).

Joe... absolutely. Although, due to the growing volumes of firewood being used by people of all classes, regular bathing was becoming frowned on a few generations before Henry VIII's reign. I've come across mention of the issue in documents dating from as early as the reign of Henry III. In addition, the producer of the video also failed to mention the great difference between 'big' and 'small' beer, the latter (as undoubtedly you would concur) having virtually no alcoholic content at all.

@@cuhurun can u send me a link u got me curious now 😂

Hi Kev... here's a link for small beer, good old wiki - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_beer. As for the firewood issue, that I've come across a few times, mentioned in books amongst my rather large collection. The problem was alleviated somewhat during the mid 1300's though, due to the 'Black Death' population loss, but by the reign of Henry VIII timber depletion was again a serious problem.

So you're reducing the middle ages to England? Henry VIII has nothing to do with anyone else

Joe Turner - Characterizing Henry VIII as a “Puritan” is like calling Trump a Social Democrat.

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Your WiFi lacked strength when it came to going outside? My castle wifi was fairly strong, it could go far enough as 100 meters, which is like 343 feet. I was in my castle from 1302-1343 A.D.

My castle had 5G WiFi was never a problem

Wow, all my castle had was 2tin cans & a bit of string, but my ferrari made up for that.

Didnt have wifi in my castle. Only a nice ganja farm

I reigned in my castle in the year 996. Before wifi we had MediLink(TM), think of it as primitive wifi.

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Maybe the author is a grown up

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Adam Ristau for the win! Lolol.

Barry Hornby totally agree, these videos seem really dull and the constant little “funny comments” get old very fast. It just feels like they are trying to stretch it to the 10 minute mark so they can get ads...

It doesn't seem meant to be a whole overview, it's just refuting the idea that castles are glamorous

Sam Schaefer he didn’t even make it ten mins so your point is invalid

+Barry Hornby Agreed.

@@daveed467 but who has ever made that assertion?

it wasn't all feces.

I thought the same. Maybe he is talking about a particular castle or he researched about only a few and in a certain area

Yeah I mean it wasn’t that extremely bad but yeah

He's talking Bullshit! Just created for dumbasses with nothing to do but watch this shit.

Times were different back then all around the world. Conquering armies such as the The Huns, Mongolian Hoards & the Ottoman Empire were slaughtering groups of peoples to include Europeans up until approximately 1500 A.D. People who fought and were loyal to the conquering European class received lands to manage. Much like the more successful entrepreneurs of our time, these people had the jobs. They needed guards, soldiers, cooks & chambermaids for the castles, & husbandmen to till the land as they slowly regained the upper hand from other oppressors. These were prestigious positions of the times. Much like working for Corporations, Millionaires, Politicians or Hollywood elites is today. There were also tradesmen in the small communities and they still exist as small businesses today. These civilizations grew & improved under the peace brought in by Christianity that swept up from Rome & the Middle East until now here sits Western Civilization. There will always be good & bad employers/managers, governments, & citizens. The worst are always the godless.

He said that in the video??? You found it funny?! Woah!

Kevin Castellano lmfaooo

And while hung over😂😂😂

i want to live there

There are places in the world right now include the USA where people live in even worse conditions. I've seen people living in straw huts old campers missing walls with black mold infestation and no power or running water. Abandoned houses. Tents. Right here in Southeast Texas. In California there is skid row they live like shit as well

Søren Ladegaard Kristensen after watching this video that sounds about right. Like what in the fuck?

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5) European's were FILTHY

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@@b-bopeddie1290 You didn't get that, did you? The 5th statement should have given it away, but you still didn't... It is on the same accuracy level as most of the video, intentionally

No offense in case you take any, but this video is absolutely horrible. A garbage heap of inaccuracies, misconceptions, false points, and dreadful over-generalizations may I say.

Currently i am living semi Victorian as my washing machine is broken and the new one isn't installed yet i am hand washing everything all my food is cooked from scratch and since I live with the joys of shared boilers in my building most of my baths are made up of water boiled on pots and kettles the only modern "convenience" I have that works is my phone which is on its last legs as it is an older model. I can relate to medieval times at the moment I'd better stock up on candles just in case my electric is cut off.

En Steve what the fuck is this. How triggered are you right now. Fucking fragile ass racists these days.

@@angelofdeath275 yeah, what we need is less triggered racists 😤👊 #gobacktoafricabytoto

En Steve aww someone is triggered

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Even Egyptians had plumbing way back during their ancient times

And Egyptians

True! Read 13th Warrior?

What's the thing that surprise you? Romams had public baths and ancient Cretans had heat system.Also medicine and cosmetics was advanced in ancient Egypt. Antiquity WAS more advanced than european middle ages!

Not at all, this video is highly incorrect about hygiene and almost everything else. Check out Shadiversity RU-vid channel for better information

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True 😂

They must be turning in their graves knowing England is being cheerfully handed over to islam

@Hannibal Barca England been shitty. At least it’s going to have good food now.

Oh my gosh I thought of this while watching the video I’m so glad you posted this 😂

actionau like plumbing

Agreeing with @actionau ... I sometimes think, while I'm taking a shower with running warm water, in a warm bathroom, looking out the window at a cold and windy day; even the richest king or queen could not have experienced such a "minor" luxury.

Desiree Silva lmao why are these loser alt right nerdy ass LARPing whiny types all the same The Rohingya are in danger of ethnic cleansing. Someone being able to see through your racism while you pretend be a victim with your bullshit ass first world problems is not ethnic cleansing lol

@@angelofdeath275 they want to be a victim since they've never experienced it before. " *Oh I went to Starbucks and they gave me a half mocca latte instead of a Frappuccino double mocca latte.* " They need to get over themselves.

Except you could modernise a castle with today's knowledge rather than think it all has to be historically authentic maybe it could be fun to disguise the new conveniences as originals then no one would notice

You can live in a castle now. Just bring in a toilet, a tub and a sink. Comfy furniture and kitchen appliances and your in a castle.

@@do_not_see_donotsee1104 Why would anyone want to live in a castle when you can live in a big mansion! We all know Mansions are way way more better than Medieval Castles! Even a modern average building is way more better than a Castle! Castles are cold very cold! Good luck heating up a Big Castle!

@@olwendavis327 If you would want to live in a period of time the 18th century would be the best to explore! Who the hell would want to live in Medieval Times when today it is ten times more better than it was back then! I would hope to live in a future where robots exist and resources are unlimited! Why do people seem to have this idea that going back is better? No life back then was way more worse than today! We should want to go to the future where everything is ten times more better than today!

There are still castles today that people actually still live in. Grant it most of those castles were built after the medieval ages and didn't really function how castles were originally intented. They were built to just look like castles lol. They have been updated throught the centuries too with modern amenities; running water, electricity, central heating and air, wifi. But you still get that castle feel when you see them and walk through them. I hope to live in one one day.

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This video makes it look and sound worse than it actually was. Living as a servant that was especially close to the noble was pretty good depending on the wealth and prestige of those you serve.

Bleeding Masque. No electricity no heating during winter, good food is a rare commodity lol, no fridge, no hygiene, share a huge bath full of dirty water with more than 100 people where the water looks like a sewage, if your lucky you had a shower once every few months and if you was poor once a year so yes it was tough time to be alive.

@@breezyway9387 First off, you might be surprised to hear that such a thing exists but there's this this ingenious method of providing warmth that many people and cultures have been aware of for thousands of years.... Fire. It's not that hard.

Bleeding Masque. So u can put on fire next to ur bed in your room if you even have your own room in them times lol. What about food , clean clothes, hygiene, i can imagine the whole place smelled like toilet lol not to mention the work an average joe had to do working upto 14 hours a day 7 days a week with no days off. Id rather make £500-1000 a day on my laptop and phone order uber eats every hour and sleep 15 hours a day lol, im thankful i live in this era for real

@@breezyway9387 Second, how so? Go ahead and tell me. No fridge? Guess what? Salt it or keep it in a clean place underground if you can. And on top of that, keep it off the ground. Third, germ theory obviously wasn't a thing then, but one instance of them understanding the concept of hygiene is a bit of table etiquette from the time in one region is that during a large gathering for meals, you wouldn't scratch your face with your hand. You'd grab something from the table, like bread, scratch your face with that and eat it as to not leave anything from that to other people. If you're talking about the shit covered streets, that scenario is to my knowledge only accounted in one place in one city at one time and it was a street in London. There's even more accounts of laws and regulations for keeping the streets clean because people don't actually like to smell like shit most of the time. Fourth, baths would only be present if a sense of hygiene is already established. Public bath houses were a thing because people didn't have as much of a sense of privacy as we do, but if some people can establish laws to keep streets clean, they can keep the bath houses clean too. "If you're lucky," then you'd be taking as many baths as you want depending on how lucky you are. The bath houses were public so if you were poor it wouldn't take much as well as I understand it. If you were rich, you could have more privacy if you wanted. Fifth, yes it was tough to be alive in medieval Europe, but it was also simpler in some ways. I'm not saying I'd prefer it because I'd definitely not. What's important is to remember how lucky many of us are to live today, but to give credit to the people of the past for making our advances possible instead of cheapening everything about it because of a few gross generalizations and archaic misinformation. This video is largely overgeneralized and inaccurate so I'd recommend Shadiversity's RU-vid channel where he has debunked several misconceptions including the ones in this video.

@L K the European union is hated by more then just the left the right hates it too because it is a cesspool of communism and Marxism with a totalitarian iron fist on freedom of speech and expression

@@starman7645 Lol. Nobody mentioned the EU. That stuff happens at every parliament. Its. not. easy. work.

Lords and ladies didn't do the types of work common at that time, often called soft work, being things like politics or economics.

If you want to know more about medieval stuff try Shadiversity. Though you probably already have, but just in case. :)

Sounds a lot like something a certain White House President would say

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@@starguard4122 Obama...

Hillary?

LMAO is he chinese? Is he working with the north koreans? Does he has an brother ? Or sister? Are they an hacker too?

What's misinformed about it?

Alice Lucy If you are interested watch Shadiversity’s video about midieval life. He’s a bit of a midieval history nerd.

A lot. there’s no specification of what year he is even talking about lol. there was free medical care offered to the poor in italy paris and europe. people didn’t take baths because they believed after age 25 it would mess with humoral balance and make you sick. i could go on and on. this is just a general idea of castle life with many inaccuracies and no specification on the location either

@MegaJf16 diff times in the medieval period had diff castles

Seems pretty accurate.

Indeed

Beqi's, 90% of the information in the video is wrong. Read some medieval manuscripts.

@@MedievalAngryDude egypt was still better

severus snape, say this to The Roman Empire. And what exactly was much better in Egypt. and what exactly was much better in ancient Egypt?

@@MedievalAngryDude for one tooth paste,perfume,eye shadow ( to protect from the sun ) how civilized the people were, the great monuments the respect for the dead the poo was not dropped on the street there would be no public shame punishment and many more things...

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Castles were also mostly empty during times of peace

@@sid300e false... A Castle by definition is a fortified home. Castles were the homes of the lords who owned them. I suggest watching shadiversity he's extremely knowledgeable on the subject

@@miguelsuarez-solis5027 while youtube videos are a good way to scratch the surface don't rely too much on pop history vids. During peacetime garrisons were pretty low. Here's a link that describes that small garrisons present in castles during this time. books.google.com/books?id=m-TqPC6cRNYC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=castle+garrison+size&source=bl&ots=7Gx2JWLr8U&sig=TaP-HLuPzEDuyLjfbOR1AV74Wto&hl=en&sa=X&ei=plTcU4quDsKGyATZmYKADg#v=onepage&q=castle%20garrison%20size&f=false

They stank and were DIRTY! I believe it

And be killed in the first bandit raid in the area?

Randalf Steward what was you gona eat ???

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@@comradebear9477 trust me peasants actually had it pretty good, especially farmers

@@blessupup1596 Food, what do you think peasants were growing and making all their lives ?

but bathhouses where extremely common, the fact that medieval people didn't bathe is a myth

Most of any correct statements are probably out of context and misleading.

I'll maybe set that down to maybe 10%? Maybe 1%?

@Jamie You don't need to be in college to know some shit.

@Jamie If you want a better source than someone writing a whole ass book in here, just watch Shadiversity's Medieval Misconceptions video on life in castles.

@Jamie What the fuck was the precedent for that you pretentious bastard. This doesn't change how lazy the research for this video is and how wrong the things it says and implies are.

@@ubbdaubermensch1528 the moors brought Europe out of the dark ages

@@Ogun1804Ogun And taught them how to wash they stank crusty asses😷

Not all people slept at dusk, again, another misconception. This video is full of them by the way.

Security and convenience would be my guess. I remember seeing grandmas hauling buckets of coins and tokens around, along with their oxygen tanks and cigarettes. It was quite the hassle.

Mahnarch no not for those reasons at all. It has to do with someone making blank chips, phony chips so they stopped using the coins and chips. It’s interesting how it came about I hope he does a video about it.

Huh. I didn't know anything about that. I guess there needs to be a video! 😂

I suggest watching something else, because this video got a ton of things wrong. Over-over-generalizations, ignorance of the facts, extremely poorly researched points, and more. There are some reaction videos to this, which correct some of the mistakes here, so I doubly suggest you watch those.

And have no desire to learn about it.

Yes very true

No, I don't agree. Regardless of your level of education, it's called idle entertainment, so take it for what it's worth.

jesus, people like you are so pretentious for no reason

@@82luft49 Entertainment, but it's a problem if it's presented as actual fact when it's not.

They may not be over world war three yet in 500 years.

To be honest we should be so much further, however when some one would create an invention it would be witch craft, if this wasn't the case we could of probably had smart phones 100 years ago or sooner and been a type 5 civ. Religion has always held scientifc advancement back. It still does today, thankfully not as much though.

Wrong medieval people clothed themselves in 4-5 layers, and they had 2 sets of clothes in average but the material they are made of is sturdy enough to stop a modern knife. They drank fresh water unlike you and me who drink sewer recycled water. They ate a large variety of animals some completely wiped off through human consumption they ate larger meals in average. they worked harder and with more passion than you or me can muster, and unlike the shiz people like to say medieval man was smarter and more intelligent that renaissance actually meant rediscovery, know what that means? Shiz been discovered before and people had to rediscover them because shit happens. Their mind is different than us they're sharpened by war and knew more languages than we do today the meaning of literacy to them is to know Latin and be able to translate the bible to 3-4 different languages sucks to suddenly know that modern world in their eyes would have been illiterate. They saw and observed the night sky you'll never see and that I say is sad.

@@RubyMVmistress Religion propagated scientific knowledge and government destroyed scientific knowledge as fast as it blooms because knowledge is power(to an individual) and government/ tyrannical powers hate smart individuals who tend to revolt because they know when they are being treated unfairly. Btw christendom in 900 to 1400 was the most divided time in history of Europe do you know why? cause smarter people probably smarter than you.

@@RubyMVmistress The further you go back in homo sapien skulls the larger the brains are. The largest skulls and brains in recent history existed from 400 to 1300 a.d. aka medieval brain. Modern man has smaller brains by generation cuz only dumb women procreate this days.

Most of these things are wrong or half truths

Seems pretty accurate.

Mary Gebbie Not only that, but castles were not that common in Manors. It’s more likely that there would be Manor Houses instead of Castles.

This video is wrong.

I hate when British people belittle Americans. For people so "dumb" we sure kept you from speaking German...twice.

@@ladysiam3024 Hans get the Flammenwerfer

Care to enlighten us, then?

Enough of that 'yank' crap. I hear the same ignorant sh*t this guy is saying from plenty of of Brits. This particular guy is spreading moronic myths and stereotypes but where did he get them from in the first place? I guarantee it came from someone across the pond and not his fellow Americans. Hell, I'm a 52 yr old American and probably know more about this particular subject and British history in general than the average Brit, without once ever stepping foot in a college to learn it. Both countries have their ignorant types and those who give a damn to know a subject they speak on. Quit the hate crap.

Same 😅

And now we get our knickers in a twist if someone upsets us on social media- we're so spoilt by comparison, it's embarrassing!

That’s not all of us tho

Generation and location lol I still wouldn't want to live in china

Maybe that was her rack under there.