The Mass Murdering 'Gangster' Monk of Malmesbury...

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  • Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
  • The history of Malmesbury Abbey is a long one and there are many tales to tell of the celebrated monastery. Founded by the Benedictines in 676, part of the abbey still survives today, over thirteen hundred years later. But it is the abbey’s connection to John of Tintern, a cleric described by one historian as probably the “most corrupt and disreputable monk of the entire Middle Ages”, that stands out as the most fascinating story. Let’s travel back in time now to the14th century and meet the outrageous monk whose crimes included brawling, theft, fraud, arson, kidnap, and murder.
    Welcome to Medieval Madness.
    00:00 Introduction
    00:52 Malmesbury Abbey
    03:04 Starting Small
    06:35 The Clerical Crime Boss
    07:55 Getting Away With Murder
    09:52 A Guilty Conscience
    Narrated by James Wade
    Written by Lisa E Rawcliffe
    Edited by Jamit Productions
    Thank you for watching.
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Комментарии • 129

  • @danielbarber3946
    @danielbarber3946 2 месяца назад +103

    Most monks: "God's ten commandments."
    John of Malmesbury: "God's ten suggestions."

    • @Galdr-cp3mm
      @Galdr-cp3mm 2 месяца назад +6

      God's Checklist

    • @stephenk578
      @stephenk578 2 месяца назад +6

      barbosa: "more like, guidelines"

    • @vapormissile
      @vapormissile 2 месяца назад +2

      God's Bucket List

    • @HeavyLefty
      @HeavyLefty 2 месяца назад +3

      God‘s ten commandments, not mine though😤

    • @nightlightabcd
      @nightlightabcd 2 месяца назад +1

      First off, they are not the Jewish gods ten commandments, they are human social rules to live by long before the Jews wrote them down and added a few more!!

  • @Fanny-Fanny
    @Fanny-Fanny 2 месяца назад +74

    Last time I was this early, it was 1176!

    • @akimbodice6955
      @akimbodice6955 2 месяца назад +2

      AHAHAHAHAHHA!!!! 🤣🤣🤣💯💯💯👌👌👌 SO FUNNY!!

    • @davecordes6121
      @davecordes6121 2 месяца назад

      Without a photo, it seems you've aged well!

    • @TristanPryor
      @TristanPryor 2 месяца назад

      Not early enough perhaps.
      HUHAHA.

    • @nerevar8823
      @nerevar8823 Месяц назад +1

      Peak comedy. Just like farting sounds

  • @jonnytootall1239
    @jonnytootall1239 2 месяца назад +35

    This is the best medieval history channel on RUclips👍

  • @deadhorse1391
    @deadhorse1391 2 месяца назад +47

    He was definitely Pope material

  • @merlebarney
    @merlebarney 2 месяца назад +18

    Last time I was this early my wife ran off with Raoul the Cabana Boy.🤣🤣

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary 2 месяца назад +10

    Elmer of Malmsbury may not have completed his trip, but he was said to have flown for more than a furlong (1 furlong = 660 feet). That’s at least a furlong farther than I’ve ever flown under my own power.

    • @Brix96
      @Brix96 2 месяца назад

      I`ve fl;own a lot further than a furlong usually after a few pints.

  • @Darkstar-se6wc
    @Darkstar-se6wc 2 месяца назад +27

    The Baby Eating Bishop of Bath and Wells lol

    • @ahar7624
      @ahar7624 2 месяца назад

      A colossal pervert

    • @MagereHein
      @MagereHein Месяц назад

      Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the church?!

    • @alanknight3778
      @alanknight3778 Месяц назад +1

      That lad was just a tribute act. Some decent murdering and mayhem for sure, but clearly a John of Malmsbury wannabe.

  • @KC-gy5xw
    @KC-gy5xw 2 месяца назад +6

    Nah, this guy was LIT! Need a film about him...

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot 2 месяца назад +21

    The evil Friar Tuck😂

  • @michaelbread5906
    @michaelbread5906 2 месяца назад +3

    Holy crap, that town looks like something straight out of Oblivion!

  • @AncestorEmpireGaming
    @AncestorEmpireGaming 2 месяца назад +17

    To quote office space:
    “It feels good to be a gansta”

  • @ianbanks2844
    @ianbanks2844 2 месяца назад +26

    Oh fancy that , a relgous person of authority who was a murderer and criminal . Im so utterly shocked .

    • @OdeInWessex
      @OdeInWessex 2 месяца назад +4

      I'm actually clutching my pearls...

    • @bajjajajbajjjajaj6473
      @bajjajajbajjjajaj6473 2 месяца назад +1

      Pretty big sentiment among self-important midwits, but you should see how many more of these types are working with your kids in elementary school than anywhere else at all.

    • @vapormissile
      @vapormissile 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@OdeInWessexWell I never. I think I'm getting hysterical.

    • @OdeInWessex
      @OdeInWessex 2 месяца назад +1

      @@vapormissile You having a fit of the vapours then? Sorry, it was obvious, but I couldn't resist.😂😂

    • @vapormissile
      @vapormissile 2 месяца назад

      @@OdeInWessex You just triggered a full conniption

  • @IIIIthruXII
    @IIIIthruXII 2 месяца назад +3

    Amazing way to start saturday

  • @quentincollins1825
    @quentincollins1825 2 месяца назад +4

    Sounds like John and Henry of Badminton had quite a racket going. 😉

  • @donkeydan5996
    @donkeydan5996 2 месяца назад +2

    Amazing paintings / drawings

  • @Anony1632test
    @Anony1632test 2 месяца назад +3

    "He hath laid before them an offer of such magnitude, that to decline would verily be unthinkable."

    • @Fanny-Fanny
      @Fanny-Fanny Месяц назад

      Why does this not have a bazillion likes? Bloody brilliant!

  • @augustbliss
    @augustbliss 2 месяца назад

    "Yeah, I suppose it is pretty lame not being able to fly."---😅That was great! I love this channel and the humor.

  • @strangetrip837
    @strangetrip837 2 месяца назад +4

    Corrupt priests? Who’d have guessed?

  • @dedheddred1773
    @dedheddred1773 2 месяца назад +3

    :25 my man rolled a head crack?! 😂😂😂

  • @powerlocalmedia5130
    @powerlocalmedia5130 2 месяца назад +3

    That’s a mouthful “The mass murdering monastery monk of Malmesbury” say it fast 10 times!

  • @SentMyOwnWay
    @SentMyOwnWay 2 месяца назад +3

    Early morning upload 👌

  • @geekcollage
    @geekcollage 2 месяца назад +3

    Guy was ahead of his time. He'd be a tele-evangelist now.

  • @Cycling-through-cancer
    @Cycling-through-cancer 2 месяца назад +4

    Well I live in Malmesbury and walk through the Abbey most days . Lots of tunnels leading from the Abbey to various places around town with lots of history too. A very interesting video. Thank you

  • @YtChsr
    @YtChsr 2 месяца назад +1

    Damn, monk was rockin some dope shades with hands on the craps 🎲🎲

  • @78my9
    @78my9 2 месяца назад +4

    Sounds like a Guy Ritchie movie.

  • @C.O._Jones
    @C.O._Jones 2 месяца назад +14

    That’s not how indulgences work. They don’t dismiss sin, but reduce time in purgatory. It was improper to sell them, though some did (this was one of the abuses corrected at the Council of Trent). They are still granted today, though not emphasized, and are certainly not sold.

  • @nishadsawant4402
    @nishadsawant4402 2 месяца назад +2

    is he a thief ?nooo !!! is he a gangster? no noo!!! then he must be a Monster !!!! blessed be the soul He was a ""Monkster""

  • @LordZontar
    @LordZontar 2 месяца назад +3

    Sounds a bit like the Baby-Eating Bishop of Barnston-Wells from Blackadder.

    • @Fanny-Fanny
      @Fanny-Fanny Месяц назад

      Great episode. One small thing - I think it was 'Bath and Wells' (Wells being a cathedral city nearish to Bath)

  • @weslie9839
    @weslie9839 Месяц назад

    This would make a wicked film

  • @lorissprankles6556
    @lorissprankles6556 Месяц назад

    I've been looking 4 Midevil Madness. T.Y. / Ohio/ Michigan/ Indiana.!!!❤

  • @LordOfNihil
    @LordOfNihil 2 месяца назад +2

    the vow of poverty is only a suggestion.

  • @bremnersghost948
    @bremnersghost948 2 месяца назад +1

    Wonder how many of those involved were former Templars?

  • @Fanny-Fanny
    @Fanny-Fanny 2 месяца назад +7

    Comment to please the Al Gore Rhythm

    • @merlebarney
      @merlebarney 2 месяца назад +3

      Ah an Inconvenient comment.😂

    • @Fanny-Fanny
      @Fanny-Fanny 2 месяца назад +1

      @@merlebarney watch out or ManBearPig! 😉

    • @mdshaler
      @mdshaler 2 месяца назад +2

      I always wished that Al Gore released an album called "Rhythms!"

  • @richmondlandersenfells2238
    @richmondlandersenfells2238 2 месяца назад +1

    When last I look, the abbot fled from Scotland.

  • @RazPerignon
    @RazPerignon 2 месяца назад

    Cool

  • @charliereah4831
    @charliereah4831 2 месяца назад

    Sounds like the bishop from blackadder 2

  • @sorrinsorin9885
    @sorrinsorin9885 2 месяца назад

    Make a videos about the most famous warrior like fighter of medieval times

  • @Fanny-Fanny
    @Fanny-Fanny 2 месяца назад +1

    You are not first!

  • @rarebird_82
    @rarebird_82 Месяц назад

    Everyone gangsta til they see a flying monk

  • @user-ze8xn9ro4t
    @user-ze8xn9ro4t 10 дней назад

    Imagine we invented planes during Medieval period

  • @kirithai123
    @kirithai123 2 месяца назад

    wow

  • @davidlasanen7690
    @davidlasanen7690 Месяц назад

    mmmmm ya well that hasn,t changed any that still goes on today

  • @G-Rex95
    @G-Rex95 2 месяца назад +1

    Was just playing chivalry 2. Now I’m watching this. I was born in the wrong time

    • @Fabian-kv9tw
      @Fabian-kv9tw 2 месяца назад

      Why do you wish you weren't born in this day and age?

    • @hankskorpio5857
      @hankskorpio5857 2 месяца назад

      I much prefer living in the age of hot water and toilet paper. Admittedly theres not much else going for this time period.. probably the last era of humanity to boot...

    • @AlbertaGeek
      @AlbertaGeek 2 месяца назад

      Because you think you'd be some sort of big-shot back then? Dude, you'd be just another peasant.

  • @robkunkel8833
    @robkunkel8833 2 месяца назад

    This all made it to court. And transcribed.
    Witchhunt! 🎉

  • @robertalpy
    @robertalpy 2 месяца назад +2

    Henry II murdering people in an abbey doesn't seem very king like. He was a bit of an asshole eh?

  • @hehe-ie1wb
    @hehe-ie1wb 2 месяца назад +1

    Dayum im rly early

  • @newyardleysinclair9960
    @newyardleysinclair9960 Месяц назад

    Gregory Monk

  • @bobnewmanknott3433
    @bobnewmanknott3433 Месяц назад +1

    Worth listening to if only for the mispronunciation really amusing

  • @johndownie9385
    @johndownie9385 2 месяца назад

    Times hath Changeth ....not

  • @angelicart.6
    @angelicart.6 2 месяца назад

    he made dat bag doe

  • @theconqueringram5295
    @theconqueringram5295 2 месяца назад +5

    There needs to be a rap song about him.

  • @gabork5055
    @gabork5055 2 месяца назад

    I wonder if this is the same guy who was also a massive pervert and have already been featured on this channel.
    If so i think this guy inspired the monk at the end of the first part/incarnation of Blackadder with whom he formed that League of Evil made up of various cutthroat people.
    Edit.: Nvm., someone already mentioned him.

  • @samuelsmall5243
    @samuelsmall5243 2 месяца назад

    This guy needs to be made into a movie ......lmao Shame benny hill has passed...

  • @Conor-B
    @Conor-B 2 месяца назад +1

    RIP to the Big Homie JMonk from the 14thC Malmesbury Abbey Crips. 🙌🏿🖖🏿👌🏿

  • @Sevenlilies
    @Sevenlilies 2 месяца назад

    Why does the narrator sound like Van Balion?

  • @HandyMan657
    @HandyMan657 2 месяца назад +2

    Buy your way outta sin, huh? Sounds bout right

  • @RamonaBraiden
    @RamonaBraiden 2 месяца назад +3

    skip to 8:06 to see a hilariously bad A.I image that was used 😂😂😂😂

    • @dzhang4459
      @dzhang4459 2 месяца назад +1

      Yuck. I've noticed them in the thumbnails too. Unsubscribed and blocked from recommendations.

    • @Hecarim420
      @Hecarim420 2 месяца назад

      🙊🙉🙈👀ツ

  • @fungusmcbungus7943
    @fungusmcbungus7943 2 месяца назад +1

    Straight medieval shit, let's fucking go.

  • @EDDIELANE
    @EDDIELANE 2 месяца назад

    He used to be a really active guy, but now he’s kinda lame.

  • @isthattrue1083
    @isthattrue1083 2 месяца назад +2

    I guess you can purchase favor with God or it's all fake as crap.

  • @jacktribble5253
    @jacktribble5253 2 месяца назад

    And the next item up for bid, Saint Clement's pinky toe! How much would you pay to own this holy digit? Guaranteed divine protection for shipwrights and marble carvers... You, Sir, you look like a boatswain...

  • @adrianking5661
    @adrianking5661 2 месяца назад +2

    Whats 500 pounds in the 1300s in todays money

    • @Fanny-Fanny
      @Fanny-Fanny Месяц назад

      $612.43

    • @anthonycoon6955
      @anthonycoon6955 Месяц назад

      ​@@Fanny-Fannybro I can assure u 500 pounds in 13th century was much more than 600$ today especially when people made mere pence a day 500 pounds of silver back then would be worth 100s of thousands of dollars today

    • @anthonycoon6955
      @anthonycoon6955 Месяц назад

      ​@@Fanny-Fannyhe said in the video that the kingdom was 9000 pounds in debt worth millions today

  • @LaurieValdez-zk3dy
    @LaurieValdez-zk3dy 2 месяца назад +6

    I don't think Jesus likes this

    • @TS-1267
      @TS-1267 2 месяца назад +1

      .... I'm Sure Jesus is Discussing This With Comrade Trumpski Right Now.... HAAA HAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAA 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌄 5:46

  • @thelaserdoc1
    @thelaserdoc1 Месяц назад

    John of Malmesbury may have been a jew.

  • @valentinkambushev4968
    @valentinkambushev4968 2 месяца назад +5

    So every Catholic monk?

    • @Anthony_Ashbaugh
      @Anthony_Ashbaugh 2 месяца назад +1

      actual blasphemy

    • @santinomontanez3278
      @santinomontanez3278 2 месяца назад

      Hateful for no reason at all

    • @ilijaninkov8252
      @ilijaninkov8252 2 месяца назад

      Watch out, we got a skinhead here.

    • @danvernier198
      @danvernier198 2 месяца назад +1

      Don't pretend that they're any worse than the other sects.

    • @valentinkambushev4968
      @valentinkambushev4968 2 месяца назад +3

      @@danvernier198 Oh, I am not pretending. In fact, they are worse because they used to hold Europe in a chockhold for nearly one thousand years and continue to do it in some places.

  • @keithcoombs2185
    @keithcoombs2185 2 месяца назад

    Ahhh, seems things were not so different from than the current Catholic Church…

  • @yogabbacrabba1457
    @yogabbacrabba1457 2 месяца назад +1

    Cool video but please don't start putting 'Gangster' in every single video title like you're the Fat Electrician!

  • @TFlint_
    @TFlint_ Месяц назад +1

    5:39 why does everyone look like Joe Rogan in that painting? Especially the king.

  • @MrWeedWacky
    @MrWeedWacky Месяц назад

    He was applying for the job of Baby eating Bishop of Bath and Wells.

  • @robkunkel8833
    @robkunkel8833 2 месяца назад +1

    The idea of relics … are we worshipping these relics? What happened to “thou shall not have false gods before you.” And all the stain glass images? A thigh bone? Rather Disconcerting. I like my God better.”