Dr Janega is simply wonderful, passionate about her subject, she brings humor, style and quality to any video. I see she's in a video, I just automatically click,I'm hooked ❤😉👍🍻
Wonderful episode and great summary ending. Ancient past wasn’t just dark, sad black and white. When we realise it we can really appreciate and understand our ancestors so much better.
I really adore all of Eleanor's videos. Just another great one. It's fun to look at humans and history in a more open light, instead of trying to draw over riding conclusions from religion or culture. There are, of course, differences but showing that...they were in fact human and people and sought the same vices or experiences makes history make a little more sense. Especially compared to just viewing history in clans/churches and power struggles. Those certainly existed, but so did your every day Dick and Jane.
I think the editor's accidentally spliced in footage of a Goshawk when the falconer is talking about the Peregrine. Probably an easy mistake to make- they look quite similar unless you're a bird nerd. Avian pedantry aside, it's a great video. Always happy to have Eleanor Janega teaching us
Yes! Thank you fellow bird nerd! Was going to mention this as well. Too bad, peregrine are gorgeous and I never get tired of seeing them. The rest of it was truly fascinating, though!
I would love to know what sorts of children's games are recorded from medieval times. The equivalent to popular schoolyard games of today, hopscotch, skip-rope, marbles etc.
Another top well presented and educational video guys. Eleanor's narration was brilliant by taking a step back but examining and taking part in aspects of the sports of yesteryear. Well done!.
Brilliant yet again a fantastic video from Dr Eleanor, she just brings every one of her subjects to life instantly. She so simply shows and tells us of what life was like in the middle ages. I can listen to her for hours. Thank you Dr Eleanor.
Love the comment “you can take the girl out of America”. 😂. I have shot a medieval style crossbow and it’s so hard to not hold it and shoot it like a firearm. Even modern crossbows are built like firearms. Great video
Lady Eleanor! It has a nice ring to it! I've seen jousting a couple times here in the States and love it so much! I don't care if we are not in Europe, it still requires years of training and practice to joust, credit must be given where it is due! Thank you Dr. and HH for another fine video!
During the Falconry section as the falcon started screeching my cat zoomed into the room I was in looking for whatever bird she thought was in our house 😂😂
Reminds me of doing archery in middle school, and that was also a lot of fun. Funny enough, that was the same year I first joined the tennis team. Who knew it was such a medieval year of schooling when it came to sports. I love watching this series and her.
Love this video! Great historical details and insights. One quibble... when the peregrine is being discussed, the bird shown is a goshawk, not a peregrine.
I'd be interested in a documentary about the type of football played between villages where you had to get the ball all the way back to the village through the country side
I've seen so many History Hit videos, from Dr Janega and all the others, and I only just now realized she doesn't have an English accent. It was when she said 'spo'ts' at the 20 second mark. One word had an accent, and suddenly the rest jumped out at me.
A stunt man and experienced jouster died recently when a splinter of lance penetrated his eye and brain through the visor slit. Always a good idea to wear protective goggles underneath.
History Hit -- can you please make a playlist with Eleanor Janega's appearances? or put her name in the title please! Helps my binging your channel, immensely!
Me: (watching this in a quiet room on my second monitor while working, listening in on my headset) Random Falcon in the background: EEEEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE Me: holy fuck what was th- EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE
26:52 this segment is impossible to watch because of how unbearably loud the bird screeching is when listening on a phone speaker. I wish I could see it! It looked really interesting.
Actually, when I think of medieval sport the firs one that comes to mind isn't jousting; it's football. You should do a video about the sports of the common folk.
I love Dr. Janega!! I was initially worried when she took over at Gone Medieval, as I don't like any change, ever, but she quickly has become my favorite! I must know about her accent though.. it's like..90% American with the occasional British or French accented word thrown in lol. It makes her so interesting and is bet she has an enthralling life story!
I tried looking her up to see about other projects, papers etc. Havent found much yet, but pretty sure she is from America and moved to the UK. She said during the crossbow part, something like "take the America out of the girl", so it must be! She speaks so well, very impressed - I want to know her diction/lecture/public speaking teacher too! Maybe she is a natural, wouldn't suprise me as her outfits are totally fabulous.
Would love to see a video on what ( if ) any sports or anything that the peasants or non elite classes enjoyed . Great video though ! Can't wait to see what's next ! From History Hit 👍 !!!
I understand that smooth armor will deflect better, but how did armor GET so smooth? No hammer marks at all, like the metal was rolled in a machine. The metal is also a uniform thickness everywhere, again like it was rolled in a machine. Yes, these pieces of armor are modern and came from a steel mill. But it was the man who mentioned smoothness being better, and I don't recall any suits of armor ever with hammer marks. Yet another mystery...
Not really a mystery though. These armors get hammered, sanded and polished for a very long time. You can achieve a pretty smooth surface with the basic tools you have on hand. After that in order to achieve the smoothness we see in museum-pieces today you just grind and polish the armor a lot. This is done over days or even weeks (depending on where your smith lives) by the shops apprentices. The armor Eleanor is wearing is Italian, more precisely it's an "A La Tedesco" (so "German-Like") style. These are (basically) mass produced by the early 15th century by (for the time) huge companies employing up to hundreds people. They were produced on masse, compareatively affordable and exported everywhere. This is why there are so many Italian armors around to this day. The rules for smithies in Italy were very lax compared to other European regions at the time. As an example: in Germany an armorsmith often HAD to specialise in certain armor parts (I. E. a Helmschmied is specialised in making helmets) and were only allowed to produce their special armor parts and nothing else by the guilds (the amount of specialisation can vary from town to town though). They were also limited in how many people they could employ (mostly 1 master, 2 journeymen and up to 3 apprentices) in order to keep competition at bay. On the other hand an Italian armories didn't have these restrictions. Everything they usually were limited to was "if you produce armor you can't produce tools, knives or weapons". This lead to cities like Genoa or Milan becoming major hubs for the production of Armor in Europe. There we have almost industrial manufacturers with shops often employing several dozen smiths of varying degrees of skill with the biggest shops even employing several hundred people. In Germany you could order a full set of armor from a merchant and get it in less than 6 months for a price that is comparable to a VW Golf in todays money. Compare that with ordering from Germany and you look at around the same time it takes to get your armor (if you are lucky) but it costs you the equivalent of a new Porsche 911. Armor in general was NOT as expensive as we ofthen think. In fact it was cheap enough that, by the mid 15th century, some German cities made it a requirement for their citizens (as in actual citicens with rights, not just people living there) to own a full set of plate armor for civil defense if the city would be besieged.
"You can take the girl out of America" I love how intrinsic firearms are to our culture, but the lack of.... where to start? Humanity, conscience, thought, mindfulness, and awareness that comes from zero training is insane. Why are training and background checks disputed?
There not, you clearly don’t own guns in the US. You have to do a background check and training is mandatory to use them in any professional job. Also you can’t get a ccw without taking a class.
Interesting how falconry and Hawkray and use of Peregrine was prized of the elite. An open predator that prey could see (highly visible) coming and thus prized. It parallels the old way of fighting where battles were fought in visible formation and marched towards one another. The other type of bird of prey that hid and suddenly sprung on prey (ambush tactic) was lowly viewed, yet mirrors modern day warfare.
Beautifully done! I'm wondering how much truth there is to the stories of jousting being done in order to compete for 'a Lady's favour', or the bit of cloth that she wraps round the victor's lance as he couches said weapon before her at the end of the contest.. The naughty symbolism of this is obvious and, I think rather delicious; I can hardly think that this would be lost on Eleanor, in view of the tenour and subjects of some of the vids, esp the ones with Kate involved! 🤣I do hope there's something in these tales. Courtly love rules! 🌟👍
I like this video. It was fun. But, I also think that Ms. Janega should've queried the squire a bit more on his duties. The squire was also required to keep the armor clean. This could be most unpleasant after the knight had been tilting or actually fighting for a lengthy time. The knight could not just simply take the armor off when nature called and it could be quite messy. Of course, he could always look forward to his own knighthood when he would have his own squire(s).
It was about sports tho so it was more about the Knights that part of the video. I have seen a video about the Knights and squires in a tournament, i think its with Tony Robinson, where he takes on the job of a squire and need to fix/replace lances and clean armor etc
For some reason I want to watch the 2001 movie "A Knight's Tale" If tennis was banned because no one was doing any work anymore, lets ban smartphones? Must say the Hawking Birds are beautiful, I have heard that Falcons are used at the Parliament Buildings in London to help keep pigeons and other pests at bay. This was such a enjoyable watch.... Thanks.....
I haven't heard that they use birds of prey to scare off the pigeons at Parliament, but that's certainly something they do in some places (although they usually seem to use Harris Hawks, which are easier to train, rather than falcons). There are also actually lots of wild Peregrine falcons in London, including right near the Houses of Parliament. Peregrines live in many large cities, all around the world. They eat pigeons so there's plenty of food for them, and they like nesting on tall buildings, which mimic the high cliffs they often choose to nest on in wilderness environments. I've seen them loads of times in cities (including central London, right near Parliament), but because they tend to stay high up during busy hours, most people don't even notice them. A Knight's Tale is a great movie. It has a lot of deliberate anachronisms like modern music and product placements, but it uses them really creatively to try to bring across how medieval people might have seen their world. It also has lots of little in-jokes for people who are interested in medieval history and literature.
@@chrisball3778 I believe it was the Parliament Buildings that has a "falconer" to keep other birds away because the bird droppings eat away at the sandstone of the buildings. I may be wrong but that's what I have read.
What a mind shattering little wrap up in the voiceover there at the end.... How WOULD the average "wage slave"s life be portrayed nowadays? But to them they love their sportsvideogames/board games/hobbies...
