The castle does have a website. I haven't been on it for some time, but I'm sure there are photographs and they may show how far along they've come since filming can wrapped.
The progress has been carefully documented and the sites is already an active museum park. There's videos of people visiting it here on youtube. I presume civic has halted that as well as work but yeah go search "guedelon castle" here in yt. It's basically an archaeology theme pArk it's pretty amazing and it's not even done yet lol
This was truly a spectacular documentary! It's one thing to look at ruined castles, but it's another thing to actually see a new castle being constructed they way they were back in the Medieval period. This really showed just how brilliant and creative the castle builders were.
Me before this series: "Wow, that old ruin looks cool!" Me *after* this series: "I know what it took to *make* those walls! Look at those Gothic arch windows! So many of them! That must've taken teams of masons *ages* to build... and teams of smiths to maintain their tools!"
@@ashleelarsen5002 New Zealand. We've got a serious housing crisis here in the wake of new government regulations about which houses are legally fit to rent out - which wiped out a large chunk of the existing rental properties overnight.
I think some of my favorite Ruth Goodman moments are when she is working with her daughter. They are so alike, and so funny and smart and you can tell that they just have this really good relationship.
I stumbled upon this series and it was by far the most delightful experience. My fiancee' and I share an office at home and usually ignores whatever it is I am doing because it's mostly stuff she is not interested in until she started listen. Soon, she scooted over to watch with me and work sort of took a backseat for a little while. Truly, a great series. Something stirs in a man when he sees the old ways spring anew...
I could watch this series for however many more years it takes to complete this project. And wouldnt even mind if each episode went into even more detail. Far far FAR better than ANY of the so called "reality" shows that are out .
Imagine taking a small walk outside and somehow you end up walking to this castle construction site with confusion on your face if you've accidentally travelled back in time
This series is incredible it’s truly spectacular how you are not only recreating a castle but using all the methods they used. This deserves way more attention
@@froggleggers1805 yes. But you need to think in technology and how was created. It is not a machine made and few days of work. It is really a incredible effort to reach this point. Really proud of them
@Lebo leigh Leigh - I think that it's done that way on purpose; it's said that those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. So the "Powers That Be" make sure that history lessons put you to sleep. And as you can see, the news is the same old crap - but, you can be sure that the same bunch gets what they want. The part in the video about pilgrimage is important; the Middle Ages lifestyle was built around religion. The castles were community projects to which everyone contributed. I think it really unlikely that projects like this could be made today. Also, the buildings are made to make money, so it's not as important that the building last a long time; the building company will make more money when they are called to replace it.
Motivation is a funny thing. One difference is that we chose to spend our leisure time watching this program, with no stress of having to really study the material, our minds are less encumbered with the stress associated with that process and we are able to absorb and retain more without even realizing it.
my middleschool sixth grade we did a whole semester on medivil studies and most of it was hands on. Very much what they do here, only we didn't biuld castles. My class researched and made food (my love of historical cooking started here), some of the others had to learn noble manners and chivalry.. and we all came together putting all the various things we learned together for a day of games and feast. It really was one of my favorite times in school.
i loved how she made paint brushes off of road kill fur, then a couple scenes later others were painting with modern paint brushes. like they were like "nah, i'll just use one from the dollar general." would have been cool to see them painting with the legit ones, though.
We need more of this. This specific documentary, but also this way of learning. Schools should be filled with children doing... not typing or writing exclusively.
The three hosts as well as all the craftsman were a joy to watch and learn from and made this well written documentary into something of an adventure story. With just the right amount of technical information, history, graphic visuals and humor, my son and I equally enjoyed the series. Highly recomended. There's history in here that goes beyond castle building and should not be forgotten.
This series has changed.. more so enhanced my appreciation and interest in that time period and like he said in the last minutes.. I no longer just see castle ruins but the work and people that went into it. These video on your page are amazing, only very few keep your attention like this and dive in deep
Agree. I didn't appreciate geometry until seeing this, it's truly interesting the way it was used and how necessary it was working with unpredictable stones.
Excellent series - I didn't realize at first that the crew actually spent _six months_ on site. That's well above and beyond what I'd expect for most documentaries on subjects like this.
Ruth always seems like such a saucy tavern maid... it's hilarious the amount of color she brings to the castle! Eve is absolutely gorgeous too ♥ Everyone is doing such massive amounts of work - massive thanks to the production/editing crew as well... we get to enjoy the sounds and vision of this project... sad to be missing the smells (Ruth's food, fires, raw wood, stone dust).... what a fantastic project!
sorry to burst your bubble, but the japanese to this day make gold thread. In fact Children frequently did it to make a little extra cash. Japanese have been doing it for hundreds of years now. that's how they make beautiful kimono. I was lucky to buy a whole skein of gold thread in auction when a kimono house went out of business a few years back. Lots of people who embroider use gold thread, it is called gold work, and its quite common.
Didn't say she reintroduced it to the world, simply she figured it out herself without influence. Thanks for being a wet blanket stick in the mud know it all
@@ShiningSakura Wow, you need to go lighten up. The point wasn't that it was a lost technology, the point was that Ruth herself was unaware of how it was done, and if the woman she was with knew, she wasn't sharing it; she figured it out on her own. And that's kind of what it's about, isn't it, experimental archaeology? Figuring out what we can do with the tools available back then to achieve the same result they did.
to see everything done in the old way with no power tools, and no modern tools, just the tools they made themselves from the ore rocks and coal gotten locally and smelted themselves to make iron and sometimes steel is just fantastic, i have worked metal in the past, i know what it takes to hammer it out into a working tool is an incredible amount of labor. thank you very much for showing us the work required. i watched the whole 5 episodes , fantastic video production, thank you so much for all this programming and educational material. please make more video's showing making of things.
i love that they’ve clad the hardhats in fabric to make them blend in. it certainly would’ve looked strange to see neon yellow or orange hats bobbing around in the 13th century enviroment
@christopherkucia1071 reenactor and experimental archaeologist/dyer here! So, the type of purple that was restricted was “purpure” which is the rich reddish-purple made from thousands of murex snails (rather stinky, time consuming to make, and costly). If you weren’t the king/queen/emperor/empress/etc., you weren’t getting that even if you could afford it. Other purples were entirely possible and in fact worn by all classes; various lichens, overdyes of woad and madder, and even faded berry dyes could all achieve a marvelous array of purples. You can see even dirt-poor people in art wearing some shades of purple, so it was entirely possible to wear purple, as long as it wasn’t purpure.
There is so much knowledge that should never be lost. This is a beautiful example and all of those involved deserve the utmost respect for their contributions to keeping lost arts and such vital and wonderful knowledge alive.
I have had so much fun watching this series. Absolute History is currently my favorite RUclips channel. Just such interesting stuff and so well done and made! :)
Now I know why I am always enthusiastic at castles, even I was born miles miles away but with french blood from my grant father... every little history during the five videos was amazing... Thanks and regards from Costa Rica to all of you .
A truly remarkable journey. I loved every minutes of it. It is certainly somewhat melancholic watching the series end. But I am glad that I did. Such an amazing idea and a great learning experience. Greetings and respect to the dedicated people working on Château de Guédelon!
A huge thank you to Ruth, Peter, Tom and Alex for teaching us all about these different eras of our history. Wonderfully produced. I would love to see more! I am learning so much! Thank you again!
@@Lancor84 - More is known than you might expect, look up Jean-Pierre Houdin's "internal ramp" theory. There's more evidence supporting it than other techniques, though currently the biggest barrier to researching it more is the government not opening it up for research at the moment.
@@KingBobXVI yep and when the government finally opens it up the place will have been raped and pillaged of anything with value and replaced with decorative facsimile of the real thing so who fucking knows what use to be in these places. and that's the problem there's always a conflict of interest between people who just wanna know, and the governments incessant need for secrecy... people have always said that i have a problem i don't seem to regard these systems made up to fit everyone in a hole like their a peg, authority is a big joke to me and i don't just mean the police i mean authority in general, like honestly when you get down to the nitty gritty of it authority is just someones idea in their head that they are better then the rest so the rest should follow honestly that's what i believe most people think but have been repressed to remove doubt of the fact like really? what can i say other then fear is an excellent motivator, we're constantly in fear of loss and the everything you can gain is government controlled, regardless of how far you think humanity has advanced the truth is you all still look towards a parental figure at the top of the chain to tell you what you can and cant do and how you'll be punished for breaking the rules... i look at humanity as if i'm looking at a bunch of babies in diapers still... even if your a 47 year old father of 2 children, eating, shitting, being told right from wrong and throwing a temper tantrum when things don't go your way and then to give me that much more of a feeling of hopelessness we have these same diaper wearing babies with access to deadly force, so when people ask me to imagine the future you'll understand why the life drains out of my eyes....
This is the kind of documentary that makes you feel like you have actually learned a new view of an old period of history. Another series was the one about what an extreme change the introduction of railroads was for modernizing the world and take a decisive step into the industrialized world. And all in a very entertaining way, making you want to learn more.
Just showed this series to my youngest daughter (age 12) - she was as entranced as I was. I love experimental archaeology and "living history" stuff, you can learn so much about how people actually lived that you can't get just by looking at artefacts.
wow!!! i really love this series and i learned a lot from it. i love the castles ruin or not, and it likes, by restoring it to it's original beauty, everyone of you are giving the new generation a chance to see it's grandeur in the future, thank you so much for the effort, thank you.
@@joshschneider9766 I've been trying to figure out how to spell it everytime I see one of these videos. Thank you. It's comical seeing how bad the auto-generated subtitles deal with their accents, especially the French people.
What an amazing series, I binge watched them over 2 days, I have always been good at, & loved history, if this had have been taught at school i'd be a professor teaching it at a college or something now, it is that inspiring. I also love the comerady between the hosts, top job guys, please do a final build show.
I don't think most schools know *how* to teach history. Having someone droning "Cardinal Richelieu died in 1642..." makes history sound dull. Watching something like this or the "Rome Wasn't Built In a Day" documentary (where they restore an old Roman townhouse/villa using period-appropriate building materials and techniques) brings it history to life. Less time being *read at* and more time being shown historical skills, that's what's needed. Make it so they head off to their maths class knowing *exactly* "what bloody use is geometry".
Your hosts have several series out - lived on a farm for a year, raising crops, farm animals, cooking, joining community events, making clothing, canning, using blackout curtains, gleaning, fencing in land, ect. Another truly fascinating six part series!! Yes, it's my favorite channel also!
July 2021 and I have now watched all of our trio's adventures on farms and Castles. Watching Ruth and her daughter, I could see that the apple has not fallen very far when they talk to describe what they are attempting. Come on, are there more of our friends in the near future!
I am completely in love with this and the other series in Absolute History. Historical documentaries the way that they used to be made, purely captivating to watch. So well done and presented that the texture of the time period is conveyed to the viewer like a time machine.
Everyone in the comments is so earnest and serious, so I'm just here to register my entirely unintellectual appreciation for the extremely hot dark-haired French stonemason with the bare arms in a grey tunic.
I absolutely love this series and I hope to see more episodes once it's safe for them to resume work. It has really made me appreciate how skilled medieval Craftsman actually were
This is a spectacular way of showing how we used to do things and how much passion and time it all took. I've had a lot of respect for old architecture and castles but now I'm left speechless. What an incredible journey! Thank you for this piece of documentary!
Ruth, Peter and Tom are my favourite historians/archaeologists. Ive lernt so much from these programmes, all whilst enjoying the comfort of home. Brilliant job on this one, all their hard work has paid off. After everything that was accomplished they must be chuffed!
The face at 53:00 says it all--"I'll never see a Gothic cathedral the same way again! All this stress and work for ONE WINDOW!!! Imagine a whole giant cathedral built with such fuzzy, fiddly, delicate stonework?!?! Arghhhhhhhhhhh..."
this series has given me a new appreciation for all of the work as well as workmanship of the people of those Medieval days, I'll always remember this documentary every time I play Skyrim from now on!
The time and care presented in this series will encourage me to, in the words of Peter, "When ever I see a ruined castle, I wont be looking at the building itself. I'll be looking at the hundred craftspeople who were involved with that project. The thousands of hours of labor that went in to make it." This was truly remarkable. I feel saddened that there isn't more yet heartened that I can watch it again. I think I will always gain new insights watching this.
I love this series and re-watch it often, it's that good! I would love to see Ruth, Peter and Tom revisit the castle. I love the energy they all bring to these projects, but Ruth's enthusiasm is indescribable.. I think I missed my calling as a medieval historian.
This is such a wonderful series and I'm so happy I found it! WHILE rereading Ruth's book, How to Live Like a Tudor, no less! I love this kind of thing, and I wish I found wonderful documentaries more often. If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to expand my playlist. 😁 Oh, her mentioning the rushes and the ground not being gross, that's in the BOOK! She mentioned living on rushes for six months and figuring out what worked best! It's so cool to see this and know where she got that info! So cool.
Have you seen their Historic Farm series? Peter and Ruth live for a year on Tudor, Victorian, Edwardian and War time farms. This whole series is do addictive.
54:00 As I recall, people in the middle ages weren't too big on cats and snakes. I'm sure that having those predators around goes a long way towards keeping rodents under control
An absolute masterpiece! I liked so much your work and I would like to see how it will be this castle in the future. Thank you so much for this history lessons!
Absolutely brilliant series. Ive watched so many of these series, and this is by far the best one. Hats off To all the amazing craftsmen that worked on this stunning peice of medieval architecture!
As I come to the end of this AMAZING series, I've decided the best way to retain the information and entertain myself through more quarantine is to recreate this in Minecraft 🤗
fascinating program. Also great to see 3 5th wheels generally getting in the way, touching this and that and then standing back, admiring other peoples work :D
I do wish the three hosts would come back & film a sequel series chronicling the final builds in 2023
Yes! That would be lovely.
Yes! I want to see how much has been done since their time at the site
The castle does have a website. I haven't been on it for some time, but I'm sure there are photographs and they may show how far along they've come since filming can wrapped.
The progress has been carefully documented and the sites is already an active museum park. There's videos of people visiting it here on youtube. I presume civic has halted that as well as work but yeah go search "guedelon castle" here in yt. It's basically an archaeology theme pArk it's pretty amazing and it's not even done yet lol
Oh my God, that would be truly amazing!
This was truly a spectacular documentary! It's one thing to look at ruined castles, but it's another thing to actually see a new castle being constructed they way they were back in the Medieval period. This really showed just how brilliant and creative the castle builders were.
Me before this series: "Wow, that old ruin looks cool!"
Me *after* this series: "I know what it took to *make* those walls! Look at those Gothic arch windows! So many of them! That must've taken teams of masons *ages* to build... and teams of smiths to maintain their tools!"
@@wolf1066 well, now they print houses... So, I still know nothing useful.
@@ashleelarsen5002 Wish they'd print a few houses around here.
@@wolf1066 where is that?
@@ashleelarsen5002 New Zealand. We've got a serious housing crisis here in the wake of new government regulations about which houses are legally fit to rent out - which wiped out a large chunk of the existing rental properties overnight.
I think some of my favorite Ruth Goodman moments are when she is working with her daughter. They are so alike, and so funny and smart and you can tell that they just have this really good relationship.
The expression on her daughters face at around 27:10 is beautiful ... its one of love and respect, adoration really.
i like the book binding episode with the tudor monks ... she shows her passion for that ... it is amazing
I am convinced they are the same person.. just diffrent ages.
5:15 Peter wearing glasses 😘😘😘
I stumbled upon this series and it was by far the most delightful experience. My fiancee' and I share an office at home and usually ignores whatever it is I am doing because it's mostly stuff she is not interested in until she started listen. Soon, she scooted over to watch with me and work sort of took a backseat for a little while.
Truly, a great series. Something stirs in a man when he sees the old ways spring anew...
Basically same situation here XD
Sweet 🤟🏼
Women like me get stirred by this, too. If only I were younger. *sigh*
I can see the anxiety and nerves on the masons face when they let the host work
I could watch this series for however many more years it takes to complete this project. And wouldnt even mind if each episode went into even more detail.
Far far FAR better than ANY of the so called "reality" shows that are out .
Imagine taking a small walk outside and somehow you end up walking to this castle construction site with confusion on your face if you've accidentally travelled back in time
and then you see the workers are wearing steel toed sneakers and get even more confused.
Hello chihuahua....🤗....I would love to stumble upon this
It would be cool to prank someone into making them think they traveled back in time
lol go for a wander super drunk pass out in the court yard ... wake up and feel like a conneticut yankee in medevil france lol
Timeline by Michael Crichton :D
I love how animated this women is when shes describing the history of this stuff. You can tell she really loves it!
She is an historican, so..
She's literally from that period, of course she is.
I find it to be an absolute joy to listen to and learn from someone that loves what they do...
XIAO woah, she looks really good for 800 years old lmao
I find her to be absolutely annoying. Lol! I guess "to each his/her own."
This series is incredible it’s truly spectacular how you are not only recreating a castle but using all the methods they used. This deserves way more attention
Only those that truly deserve it will appreciate it.
Actually teared up watching the chapel window being placed. That was incredible. Thank you for posting.
Really? Its lovely but it is of this world.
@@froggleggers1805 yes. But you need to think in technology and how was created. It is not a machine made and few days of work. It is really a incredible effort to reach this point.
Really proud of them
I teared up too, with pride in the amount of work, and expertise and risk and talent and imagination it took to create it.
If only history was taught this way in school. maybe I would have learned something.
@Lebo leigh Leigh - I think that it's done that way on purpose; it's said that those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. So the "Powers That Be" make sure that history lessons put you to sleep. And as you can see, the news is the same old crap - but, you can be sure that the same bunch gets what they want.
The part in the video about pilgrimage is important; the Middle Ages lifestyle was built around religion. The castles were community projects to which everyone contributed. I think it really unlikely that projects like this could be made today. Also, the buildings are made to make money, so it's not as important that the building last a long time; the building company will make more money when they are called to replace it.
I loved history in school.
I loved history in school too
Motivation is a funny thing. One difference is that we chose to spend our leisure time watching this program, with no stress of having to really study the material, our minds are less encumbered with the stress associated with that process and we are able to absorb and retain more without even realizing it.
my middleschool sixth grade we did a whole semester on medivil studies and most of it was hands on. Very much what they do here, only we didn't biuld castles. My class researched and made food (my love of historical cooking started here), some of the others had to learn noble manners and chivalry.. and we all came together putting all the various things we learned together for a day of games and feast. It really was one of my favorite times in school.
38:05 I love how they're wearing canvas over hard hats.
So they don't change the narrative too much.
me too, wouldnt want to look at bright colors or plastic while doing all this haha
I can only imagine how lucky the people working on this must feel to be part of a project of this level of uniqueness and magnitude.
I love Ruth. She's kind of crazy in a good way.
Tbh, I found her exceptionally annoying during this series..
Crazy in the right amounts creates a beautiful personalities :) She is a gem! I find myself sharing in her little moments
i loved how she made paint brushes off of road kill fur, then a couple scenes later others were painting with modern paint brushes. like they were like "nah, i'll just use one from the dollar general." would have been cool to see them painting with the legit ones, though.
@@DatsWhatHeSaid Yes and no, and I do mean both. She's so childlike, precocious, but in a not so young adult, it's odd. I must say, she grew on me.
I think they should recreate the Pyre and test her on it..
We need more of this. This specific documentary, but also this way of learning. Schools should be filled with children doing... not typing or writing exclusively.
Ruth's daughter is so similar to her! How wonderful to see them experimenting together!
The three hosts as well as all the craftsman were a joy to watch and learn from and made this well written documentary into something of an adventure story. With just the right amount of technical information, history, graphic visuals and humor, my son and I equally enjoyed the series. Highly recomended. There's history in here that goes beyond castle building and should not be forgotten.
Since they never showed how it was spelled, I thought it was called "Get Along Castle", but its name is "Guédelon Castle".
Well, they do get along … most of the time. xD
This ust in. French site has French name!
Although if u google get along castle france it pops up anyway lol
@@cindygr8ce It is a nice metaphor. A lot of people need to Guéd elon' for it to get built.
thank you!
This series has changed.. more so enhanced my appreciation and interest in that time period and like he said in the last minutes.. I no longer just see castle ruins but the work and people that went into it.
These video on your page are amazing, only very few keep your attention like this and dive in deep
Agree. I didn't appreciate geometry until seeing this, it's truly interesting the way it was used and how necessary it was working with unpredictable stones.
Excellent series - I didn't realize at first that the crew actually spent _six months_ on site. That's well above and beyond what I'd expect for most documentaries on subjects like this.
I must say I haven't enjoyed a documentary series this much in a long time. Enjoyed every second of it
Ruth always seems like such a saucy tavern maid... it's hilarious the amount of color she brings to the castle! Eve is absolutely gorgeous too ♥ Everyone is doing such massive amounts of work - massive thanks to the production/editing crew as well... we get to enjoy the sounds and vision of this project... sad to be missing the smells (Ruth's food, fires, raw wood, stone dust).... what a fantastic project!
No one talking about how ruth accidentally rediscovered an ancient way of making gold thread? No?
sorry to burst your bubble, but the japanese to this day make gold thread. In fact Children frequently did it to make a little extra cash. Japanese have been doing it for hundreds of years now. that's how they make beautiful kimono. I was lucky to buy a whole skein of gold thread in auction when a kimono house went out of business a few years back. Lots of people who embroider use gold thread, it is called gold work, and its quite common.
Didn't say she reintroduced it to the world, simply she figured it out herself without influence. Thanks for being a wet blanket stick in the mud know it all
@@tsurumichan Maybe, its a TV program, who knows.
@Big Bill O'Reilly That's gold.
@@ShiningSakura Wow, you need to go lighten up.
The point wasn't that it was a lost technology, the point was that Ruth herself was unaware of how it was done, and if the woman she was with knew, she wasn't sharing it; she figured it out on her own. And that's kind of what it's about, isn't it, experimental archaeology? Figuring out what we can do with the tools available back then to achieve the same result they did.
to see everything done in the old way with no power tools, and no modern tools, just the tools they made themselves from the ore rocks and coal gotten locally and smelted themselves to make iron and sometimes steel is just fantastic, i have worked metal in the past, i know what it takes to hammer it out into a working tool is an incredible amount of labor. thank you very much for showing us the work required. i watched the whole 5 episodes , fantastic video production, thank you so much for all this programming and educational material.
please make more video's showing making of things.
i love that they’ve clad the hardhats in fabric to make them blend in. it certainly would’ve looked strange to see neon yellow or orange hats bobbing around in the 13th century enviroment
Yes, but then one of them wears A PURPLE shirt.... I mean, all the realism and the credibility goes away with it
@@laonch6073 They had purple colors back then.
@@shrimpfleareserved for nobility. VERY rare…..
@christopherkucia1071 reenactor and experimental archaeologist/dyer here! So, the type of purple that was restricted was “purpure” which is the rich reddish-purple made from thousands of murex snails (rather stinky, time consuming to make, and costly). If you weren’t the king/queen/emperor/empress/etc., you weren’t getting that even if you could afford it.
Other purples were entirely possible and in fact worn by all classes; various lichens, overdyes of woad and madder, and even faded berry dyes could all achieve a marvelous array of purples. You can see even dirt-poor people in art wearing some shades of purple, so it was entirely possible to wear purple, as long as it wasn’t purpure.
There is so much knowledge that should never be lost. This is a beautiful example and all of those involved deserve the utmost respect for their contributions to keeping lost arts and such vital and wonderful knowledge alive.
I have had so much fun watching this series. Absolute History is currently my favorite RUclips channel. Just such interesting stuff and so well done and made! :)
I think its incredible how Ruth finds out all these recipes, She's so knowledge. If we lost all technology Ruth would have no problems surviving.
Wow. Such a magnificent series. This is what a true documentary looks like. I smiled the whole time.
I love these history docus that delve into the things I was never taught in history classes!!
Now I know why I am always enthusiastic at castles, even I was born miles miles away but with french blood from my grant father... every little history during the five videos was amazing... Thanks and regards from Costa Rica to all of you .
Ruth and Peter were awesome. Loved their energy.
I am so happy to see Ruth and Peter back together on a project!
An absolutely BRILLIANT series, and Peter, Tom and Ruth cannot be beat! I could not recommend this medieval work of art highly enough. Bravo.
I would love to see the finished work of the Castle the 3 hosts are amazing
A truly remarkable journey. I loved every minutes of it. It is certainly somewhat melancholic watching the series end. But I am glad that I did. Such an amazing idea and a great learning experience.
Greetings and respect to the dedicated people working on Château de Guédelon!
A huge thank you to Ruth, Peter, Tom and Alex for teaching us all about these different eras of our history. Wonderfully produced. I would love to see more! I am learning so much! Thank you again!
Next Project, Building a Great Pyramid from Scratch.
Sign me up
Not gonna happen because nobody knows how it was done and all attempts to reproduce have failed.
@@Lancor84 - More is known than you might expect, look up Jean-Pierre Houdin's "internal ramp" theory. There's more evidence supporting it than other techniques, though currently the biggest barrier to researching it more is the government not opening it up for research at the moment.
@@KingBobXVI yep and when the government finally opens it up the place will have been raped and pillaged of anything with value and replaced with decorative facsimile of the real thing so who fucking knows what use to be in these places.
and that's the problem there's always a conflict of interest between people who just wanna know, and the governments incessant need for secrecy...
people have always said that i have a problem i don't seem to regard these systems made up to fit everyone in a hole like their a peg, authority is a big joke to me and i don't just mean the police i mean authority in general, like honestly when you get down to the nitty gritty of it authority is just someones idea in their head that they are better then the rest so the rest should follow honestly that's what i believe most people think but have been repressed to remove doubt of the fact like really? what can i say other then fear is an excellent motivator, we're constantly in fear of loss and the everything you can gain is government controlled, regardless of how far you think humanity has advanced the truth is you all still look towards a parental figure at the top of the chain to tell you what you can and cant do and how you'll be punished for breaking the rules... i look at humanity as if i'm looking at a bunch of babies in diapers still... even if your a 47 year old father of 2 children, eating, shitting, being told right from wrong and throwing a temper tantrum when things don't go your way and then to give me that much more of a feeling of hopelessness we have these same diaper wearing babies with access to deadly force, so when people ask me to imagine the future you'll understand why the life drains out of my eyes....
@@jackasshomey that's a lot to take in, especially since they were just talking about great pyramids. don't see the necessity to get all existential.
This is the kind of documentary that makes you feel like you have actually learned a new view of an old period of history. Another series was the one about what an extreme change the introduction of railroads was for modernizing the world and take a decisive step into the industrialized world.
And all in a very entertaining way, making you want to learn more.
What is the other series you mentioned? Is it uploaded to this channel, or is it available on YT?
@@kumaahito3927Have a look at this. One of the best on the use of trains as a fast mass transport system. ruclips.net/video/cD8vibuQYSs/видео.html
@@AnaloguePhoto Cool!! Thanks Peter 😘
Eve joining Ruth and also speaking with mad passion... love it
What a journey!
Wish there are more documentaries like this one.
5AM and Im done with all 5 parts.. damn what a great Project! Im blown away. And my respect for the builders of the past just went through the roof.
Just showed this series to my youngest daughter (age 12) - she was as entranced as I was. I love experimental archaeology and "living history" stuff, you can learn so much about how people actually lived that you can't get just by looking at artefacts.
wow!!! i really love this series and i learned a lot from it. i love the castles ruin or not, and it likes, by restoring it to it's original beauty, everyone of you are giving the new generation a chance to see it's grandeur in the future, thank you so much for the effort, thank you.
I need more episodes!
This is from 2014.
@@MrPug-dt4sd so?
People have regular visited guedelon. some post vids here. Search " geudelon castle" here some cool clips of it.
@@joshschneider9766 I've been trying to figure out how to spell it everytime I see one of these videos. Thank you. It's comical seeing how bad the auto-generated subtitles deal with their accents, especially the French people.
@@zacharyhutchison4006 lololol thank my neighbor the bordeaux born retired mason lol
I will never look at medieval buildings the same way again. What an effort, what skill, amazing!
Me as I keep rewatching these series because I can't get enough of these guys. Seriously this is wonderful
What an amazing series, I binge watched them over 2 days, I have always been good at, & loved history, if this had have been taught at school i'd be a professor teaching it at a college or something now, it is that inspiring. I also love the comerady between the hosts, top job guys, please do a final build show.
I don't think most schools know *how* to teach history. Having someone droning "Cardinal Richelieu died in 1642..." makes history sound dull. Watching something like this or the "Rome Wasn't Built In a Day" documentary (where they restore an old Roman townhouse/villa using period-appropriate building materials and techniques) brings it history to life. Less time being *read at* and more time being shown historical skills, that's what's needed. Make it so they head off to their maths class knowing *exactly* "what bloody use is geometry".
Your hosts have several series out - lived on a farm for a year, raising crops, farm animals, cooking, joining community events, making clothing, canning, using blackout curtains, gleaning, fencing in land, ect. Another truly fascinating six part series!! Yes, it's my favorite channel also!
July 2021 and I have now watched all of our trio's adventures on farms and Castles. Watching Ruth and her daughter, I could see that the apple has not fallen very far when they talk to describe what they are attempting. Come on, are there more of our friends in the near future!
I am completely in love with this and the other series in Absolute History. Historical documentaries the way that they used to be made, purely captivating to watch. So well done and presented that the texture of the time period is conveyed to the viewer like a time machine.
Everyone in the comments is so earnest and serious, so I'm just here to register my entirely unintellectual appreciation for the extremely hot dark-haired French stonemason with the bare arms in a grey tunic.
😉
I came for Ruth and the boys, but I could take that mason home for keeps!
I thought he was hot, too, but as an older woman, I also found the master mason quite attractive, too.
Yaaaassss..lol😅
Hahahahaha.
Ruth Goodman is fabulous in every episode I’ve watched. I want her life and knowledge. Guess I will keep watching and dreaming.
The gold thread making sure makes me appreciate what we have access today
I love seeing hollyhocks Fl has none 😢
I absolutely love this series and I hope to see more episodes once it's safe for them to resume work. It has really made me appreciate how skilled medieval Craftsman actually were
Just finished binge watching all and it was really good and informative. I like Ruth, her enthusiasm is infectious.
This is a spectacular way of showing how we used to do things and how much passion and time it all took. I've had a lot of respect for old architecture and castles but now I'm left speechless. What an incredible journey! Thank you for this piece of documentary!
"Between something that's very delicate, and on the other hand, REALLY heavy." I have many things in common with this stone, methinks.
I love your comment!
Ruth, Peter and Tom are my favourite historians/archaeologists. Ive lernt so much from these programmes, all whilst enjoying the comfort of home. Brilliant job on this one, all their hard work has paid off. After everything that was accomplished they must be chuffed!
The face at 53:00 says it all--"I'll never see a Gothic cathedral the same way again! All this stress and work for ONE WINDOW!!! Imagine a whole giant cathedral built with such fuzzy, fiddly, delicate stonework?!?! Arghhhhhhhhhhh..."
this series has given me a new appreciation for all of the work as well as workmanship of the people of those Medieval days, I'll always remember this documentary every time I play Skyrim from now on!
The time and care presented in this series will encourage me to, in the words of Peter, "When ever I see a ruined castle, I wont be looking at the building itself. I'll be looking at the hundred craftspeople who were involved with that project. The thousands of hours of labor that went in to make it." This was truly remarkable. I feel saddened that there isn't more yet heartened that I can watch it again. I think I will always gain new insights watching this.
Do a you tube search for " Guedelon nous batissons un chateau fort ". Is in French no subtitles.
"dogs' best friend" - I laughed so hard, I got giddy.
they hadn't invented peanut butter yet
@@crackwitz :D
Amazing documentary, very interesting and a lot is learned when building a castle... We must admire our builders of the past!
I love this series and re-watch it often, it's that good! I would love to see Ruth, Peter and Tom revisit the castle. I love the energy they all bring to these projects, but Ruth's enthusiasm is indescribable.. I think I missed my calling as a medieval historian.
It must be so satisfying to pull the former out of the arch you've just built and seeing all your handiwork payoff!
This is such a wonderful series and I'm so happy I found it! WHILE rereading Ruth's book, How to Live Like a Tudor, no less! I love this kind of thing, and I wish I found wonderful documentaries more often. If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to expand my playlist. 😁
Oh, her mentioning the rushes and the ground not being gross, that's in the BOOK! She mentioned living on rushes for six months and figuring out what worked best! It's so cool to see this and know where she got that info! So cool.
I really wanted more of this! I don't want it to end! I love it so much! Great work everyone!
Best documentary about guidelon i've seen so far. Fantastic and highly informative!
Total crush on Peter 🤭
Amazing research, work and dedication by everyone
Absolutely gorgeous and amazing craftsmanship on everything! Especially the beautiful window!!! Just fills the soul! Bravo!!!
This was the best thing I've seen in my life, nothing will ever come close, it's heartbreaking that it had to end.
Have you seen their Historic Farm series? Peter and Ruth live for a year on Tudor, Victorian, Edwardian and War time farms. This whole series is do addictive.
@@moe5681 I will definitely watch it thank you very much.
54:00 As I recall, people in the middle ages weren't too big on cats and snakes. I'm sure that having those predators around goes a long way towards keeping rodents under control
An absolute masterpiece! I liked so much your work and I would like to see how it will be this castle in the future. Thank you so much for this history lessons!
One incredible series! Methinks we need more.
Absolutely brilliant series. Ive watched so many of these series, and this is by far the best one. Hats off To all the amazing craftsmen that worked on this stunning peice of medieval architecture!
As I come to the end of this AMAZING series, I've decided the best way to retain the information and entertain myself through more quarantine is to recreate this in Minecraft 🤗
50:00 "tell people what to think"
ooooh that's a sharp tongue
What an absolutely spectacular documentary series! The best I've seen yet. I'm just sad that it ended...
More please! I was captivated the whole series. Please make a part 2.
fascinating program. Also great to see 3 5th wheels generally getting in the way, touching this and that and then standing back, admiring other peoples work :D
Litrally just watching for Ruth's brilliance! So cool that her daughter specialises in a historic field too!
They could've recorded 8 hours a day of tedious everyday tasks and I would've watched every single bit of it
Awesome. This series will give anyone new appreciation and wonder for castles and medieval life.
How fantastic it was to see how the Craftsman and weman put that castle together. . Great team work.
fantastic series! so informative and immersive
Absolutetly love this series, would love to see more from Guédelon!
loved every moment of this ! Amazing! Ruth and Eve are literally the same person 😂
so interesting to see how the buildings were made / are made. Never would have had any idea of the needed mastery had I not seen your show. thank you.
noooooooo the series is over???? i loved this documentary so much!
im gonna miss this 😥
What an incredible series!!! Thank you so very much!
How humbling! Thanks for this series.
So want to see the progress please keep producing this wonderful series and show us the updates
Bravo on the team every time they do a project I learned so much and I enjoy it even my six year old has been watching
I agree, the three hosts need to come back and finish this project. I would love to see the end product!
I LOVED this series. I hope there is more like this soon!
Sure Wish They Could Have Filmed The Whole Project!!! I could watch this for Days.
It felt bad to see ending, hope there is a sequel in future
So proud of these marvelous people. Crying as a kid. And is not even finished!!!
Many of the same techniques used in the construction of Guedelon Castle are bweing used to repair Notre Dame Cathedral.
The blacksmithing is so masterful! Glad these centuries matured arts aren't forgetten