*The daily life of a landed knight when not at war:* - You wake up. - If any are applicable: tell your wife, daughter(s), squire, or servant(s) to prepare some food to eat if they haven't already. - Go outside to take a dump/piss. - Wash your hands, face, and hair with cold water. - Possibly bathe too if it's that day of the week (depending on the time period and your location, you may be bathing more or less often than this). - Go inside and eat something. - Speak to your wife and children, while handling any of their complaints as you see fit. - Order your squire with the daily tasks. - Handle any of the servants' complaints as you see fit (although this is typically your wife's duty to handle for the most part). - Go outside to train (optional) and train your squire too if you feel like it (even more optional) - Go to castle courtyard, town square, or wherever your place of employment is to converse with fellow knights of your station. - If your lord has any tasks for you, carry them out and do your duty with honor and due diligence. - Tell your squire to have food prepared, or go to the castle kitchens/local tavern to eat. - Train yourself, your squire, or perhaps any men-at-arms if you feel like it (still optional). - If you have already carried out all your duties according to your lord's will, your time should now be your own. So these next four are completely optional possibilities. - Go to local tavern to drink and converse with other knights and patrons. - Pray at the church, and perhaps study if you know how to read. - Spend money at the local brothel. - Train for any nearby tourneys coming up. - Go home. - Speak with your wife and children; the servant(s) too if you feel like it. - Handle out any punishments if there's any need for it. - Eat dinner. - Prepare for bed. - Make love to your wife as God intended. - Go to sleep. - Rinse and repeat daily schedule, with only minor changes for the most part. And as time passes, your lord should eventually tell you to raise the banner for war. Sometimes even the Church might call upon all those who are devout and righteous to reclaim the Holy Land or some other land held by heathens (it's completely optional, unless your lord has ordered you to follow him there). These will take up a lot of time, but don't happen as frequently in one's lifetime as one would think though.
The only correction here, guns didn't exactly kill the mounted combat... Pikes did. More like, the pike&shoot formation, which was created specifically to kill knights, and was a very easy technique to train units with.
I would think that more than those tactics and weapons, it was the rise of mercenaries and/or regular professional standing armies. I believe that those made the feudal system that espoused the necessity of knights outdated and uneconomical.
so in actuality the final nail in the coffin was the black death, as was the final nail for most of fuedal ways of living. The huge population crisis and subsequent vaccum in the lower classes meant that fuedal ways of living couldnt sustain themselves because of a demand for wage increases
I don't envy knights or really any historical warrior simply because melee based warfare seems like one of the most horrific things anyone could experience.
Not all knights fought and the medieval times weren't constant warfare. There were times of peace. And in times of peace knights had a better standard of living and education than the average medieval person
conflicts in the middle ages usually was local and small. total war didn't start happening until WWI and WWII. That's kinda when entire populations got to suffer the consequences of war.
War today is much more horrific, and much more traumatizing. and much more brutal than it was in the middle ages. I worked as a humanitarian aid worker. Once you experience an airstrike, once you see the damage of a suicide bombing. see what an assault rifle can do to a human. When you see these things for the first time. You will shit your pants and puke. If you don't I would think something is wrong with you. This is what tv doesn't tell you. that's why I stopped watching war movies. stopped watching things about glory in war and all that romanticizing shit. I just can't do it anymore.
@lordblazer (#1) "total war didn't start happening until WWI and WWII". The seven years war, the independence war in america, the napoleonic wars and so on weakened entire nations in similar ways to the world wars. World war 2 is the only really special case where civilians were killed en masse (not counting tons of other small wars) Also, ever seen someone get hacked to death with a machete? It's a lot more gruesome than someone getting shot to death. Humans are more resilient than most people imagine, and that makes melee combat so much worse than guns. Not only are you so much more close up and personal to your enemy, but unless you hit an absolutely vital organ (brain, heart and main arteries), you will have to keep fighting, where you will likely get hit in the process too. All in all, modern, conventional warfare is easier on the soldier, harder on the civilian than it was in the middle ages. However large scale wars were also fought in the 18th and 19th centuries.
You should check out the channel shadiversity, as he talk mostly about this topic and medieval history and warfare in general. There are two things I think you might got wrong: 1) There were no real code of chivalry in medieval times. This idea came much later when knights where stopped being a warrior class. The term chivalry in the middle ages were first used to describe a good horseman, and later a good knight, and what make a knight a good knight was a matter of personal taste. 2) Knights as we know them came before holy orders. Even during Roman times, you had to be rich in order to be a horseman, and that became much more true in the middle ages. This is because taking care of a horse is fucking expensive. This meant that horsemen were the elite of the army, and with how unorganized early feudal system was lords wanted to make sure that those elite were loyal only to them, so they made them to swear loyalty. Up until later holy orders, being a knight meant being a horseman that is bound in service to a lord.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chivalry#Literary_chivalry_and_historical_reality "With the birth of modern historical and literary research, scholars have found that however far back in time "The Age of Chivalry" is searched for, it is always further in the past, even back to the Roman Empire.[20]"
As far as I'm informed, the Catholic church came up with the code of chivalry to put an end to knights raiding the lands, in exchange for that they said the knight-class is made by god. Most importantly though, a knight was at first only a vasall of a duke or higher who was given a piece of land and everything on it including the peasants in exchange for his services as soldier and other symbolical services.
NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION! Source := (The good people at MIT are having quite a laugh now.) people.csail.mit.edu/paulfitz/spanish/script.html The Spanish Inquisition by Monty Python In the early years of the 16th century, to combat the rising tide of religious unorthodoxy, the Pope gave Cardinal Ximinez of Spain leave to move without let or hindrance throughout the land, in a reign of violence, terror and torture that makes a smashing film. This was the Spanish Inquisition... (this transcript is also available with screen shots from the original) Chapman: Trouble at mill. Cleveland: Oh no - what kind of trouble? Chapman: One on't cross beams gone owt askew on treadle. Cleveland: Pardon? Chapman: One on't cross beams gone owt askew on treadle. Cleveland: I don't understand what you're saying. Chapman: [slightly irritatedly and with exaggeratedly clear accent] One of the cross beams has gone out askew on the treadle. Cleveland: Well what on earth does that mean? Chapman: *I* don't know - Mr Wentworth just told me to come in here and say that there was trouble at the mill, that's all - I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition. [JARRING CHORD] [The door flies open and Cardinal Ximinez of Spain [Palin] enters, flanked by two junior cardinals. Cardinal Biggles [Jones] has goggles pushed over his forehead. Cardinal Fang [Gilliam] is just Cardinal Fang] Ximinez: NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again. [The Inquisition exits] Chapman: I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition. [JARRING CHORD] [The cardinals burst in] Ximinez: NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms - Oh damn! [To Cardinal Biggles] I can't say it - you'll have to say it. Biggles: What? Ximinez: You'll have to say the bit about 'Our chief weapons are ...' Biggles: [rather horrified]: I couldn't do that... [Ximinez bundles the cardinals outside again] Chapman: I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition. [JARRING CHORD] [The cardinals enter] Biggles: Er.... Nobody...um.... Ximinez: Expects... Biggles: Expects... Nobody expects the...um...the Spanish...um... Ximinez: Inquisition. Biggles: I know, I know! Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. In fact, those who do expect - Ximinez: Our chief weapons are... Biggles: Our chief weapons are...um...er... Ximinez: Surprise... Biggles: Surprise and -- Ximinez: Okay, stop. Stop. Stop there - stop there. Stop. Phew! Ah! ... our chief weapons are surprise...blah blah blah. Cardinal, read the charges. Fang: You are hereby charged that you did on diverse dates commit heresy against the Holy Church. 'My old man said follow the--' Biggles: That's enough. [To Cleveland] Now, how do you plead? Clevelnd: We're innocent. Ximinez: Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! [DIABOLICAL LAUGHTER] Biggles: We'll soon change your mind about that! [DIABOLICAL ACTING] Ximinez: Fear, surprise, and a most ruthless-- [controls himself with a supreme effort] Ooooh! Now, Cardinal -- the rack! [Biggles produces a plastic-coated dish-drying rack. Ximinez looks at it and clenches his teeth in an effort not to lose control. He hums heavily to cover his anger] Ximinez: You....Right! Tie her down. [Fang and Biggles make a pathetic attempt to tie her on to the drying rack] Ximinez:Right! How do you plead? Clevelnd: Innocent. Ximinez: Ha! Right! Cardinal, give the rack [oh dear] give the rack a turn. [Biggles stands their awkwardly and shrugs his shoulders] Biggles: I.... Ximinez: [gritting his teeth] I *know*, I know you can't. I didn't want to say anything. I just wanted to try and ignore your crass mistake. Biggles: I... Ximinez: It makes it all seem so stupid. Biggles: Shall I...? Ximinez: No, just pretend for God's sake. Ha! Ha! Ha! [Biggles turns an imaginary handle on the side of the dish-rack] [Cut to them torturing a dear old lady, Marjorie Wilde] Ximinez: Now, old woman -- you are accused of heresy on three counts -- heresy by thought, heresy by word, heresy by deed, and heresy by action -- *four* counts. Do you confess? Wilde: I don't understand what I'm accused of. Ximinez: Ha! Then we'll make you understand! Biggles! Fetch...THE CUSHIONS! [JARRING CHORD] [Biggles holds out two ordinary modern household cushions] Biggles: Here they are, lord. Ximinez: Now, old lady -- you have one last chance. Confess the heinous sin of heresy, reject the works of the ungodly -- *two* last chances. And you shall be free -- *three* last chances. You have three last chances, the nature of which I have divulged in my previous utterance. Wilde: I don't know what you're talking about. Ximinez: Right! If that's the way you want it -- Cardinal! Poke her with the soft cushions! [Biggles carries out this rather pathetic torture] Ximinez: Confess! Confess! Confess! Biggles: It doesn't seem to be hurting her, lord. Ximinez: Have you got all the stuffing up one end? Biggles: Yes, lord. Ximinez [angrily hurling away the cushions]: Hm! She is made of harder stuff! Cardinal Fang! Fetch...THE COMFY CHAIR! [JARRING CHORD] [Zoom into Fang's horrified face] Fang [terrified]: The...Comfy Chair? [Biggles pushes in a comfy chair -- a really plush one] Ximinez: So you think you are strong because you can survive the soft cushions. Well, we shall see. Biggles! Put her in the Comfy Chair! [They roughly push her into the Comfy Chair] Ximinez [with a cruel leer]: Now -- you will stay in the Comfy Chair until lunch time, with only a cup of coffee at eleven. [aside, to Biggles] Is that really all it is? Biggles: Yes, lord. Ximinez: I see. I suppose we make it worse by shouting a lot, do we? Confess, woman. Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess Biggles: I confess! Ximinez: Not you! Main Entry: 1treadle Pronunciation: 'tre-d&l Function: noun Etymology: Middle English tredel step of a stair, from Old English, from tredan Date: 15th century Meaning: a swiveling or lever device pressed by the foot to drive a machine
In an alternate universe, the battle between saracens and crusaders was decided by one thing. Pommels. The saracens decided to use as many small curved weapons on themselves to maximise pommels. However, the crusaders used swords with multiple pommels onto it, having thrice as many pommels as the enemy, and such, the first crusade was won. They employed trebuchets with very large pommels as projectiles, that being bought with pommelons, coins shaped like pommels.
Fun fact: towards the very end of the era of knights, it wasn't terribly uncommon for knights on horseback to use guns, especially with the creation of the wheelock carbine around the end of the 1400's/beginning of the 1500's; as this version was easier and safer to use on horseback. But, since there were also unmounted riflemen whom could be just as, or far more, accurate as knights; they were soon phased out.
High Master Johannes Lichtenauer I wouldn't doubt it. The increased portability, shorter reloads, and ability to carry and fire more than one firearm are big advantages over standard riflemen.
There were no riflemen in the 1400s or 1500s, and the majority of heavy cavalry including the famous winged hussars would often use pistols in the 1600s, and light cavalry like hussars continued to use pistols in the Napoleonic wars.
In actuality the development of plate armor was more to counter lances than arrows, shields already served that purpose. The development of plate armor and more complex infantry formations and weapons is why cavalry fell out of favor in the late middle ages and early renaissance. While its often convenient to cite firearms as the primary reasons knights lost their effectiveness, its not really what happened as cavalry remained prevalent on the battlefield for hundreds of years. Knights lost effectiveness as a combination of all of these factors, and light cavalry used for harassment rather then charges became more popular.
In real life warfare its more advantageous too. You can maneuver troops more easily, engage routed troops faster (this was the primary purpose of cavalry in the first place), harass the enemy more effectively (think the Mongols), and yes overall you can field far more light cavalry. Cavalry charges are generally Hollywood cliches as any effective infantry unit need but to bunch up to completely halt an advance and due to the lack of maneuverability if a knight got halted close to the enemy he'd get pulled off his horse and killed pretty quickly.
Yes but with the development of plate shields were abandoned and many new weapons came to development. Also the firearms arguement is pretty bad since plate armour remained useful for around 200 years after the widespread use of firearms became common. And from modern day testing we know that replicas that are 99% exact same as the originals can take around 600-700 J of kinetic energy if we are talking about early 15th century breastplates, 16th century ones can take up to 900 J (they are a bit thicker). Also the use of heavy cavalry remained but militaries were reformed and those who were once knights became officers. But the role of heavy cavalry charging in remained up until the 1860s and heavy cavalry only stopped using (3/4) armour at the turn of the 18th century. But since the 16th century they were using pistols and calivers instead of lances.
This is all correct, I neglected to mention that Plate armor did remain in use on battlefields for quite awhile after the dissolution of knights. That being said the point about the shields is only partially true in my opinion as Mantlets were still used consistently in field warfare. Lancers and other melee based cavalry units did exist after the dissolution of the knight but were limited in their uses. As warfare adapted cavalry found favor again for its maneuverability and ability to skirmish. Not frontal charges which is the general conception and what KnowlegeHub implies in his video. I also never said that firearms were a reason Knights became ineffective, just that they changed the ways battles were fought. Artillery on the other hand would be a reason I could cite as to the changing of knights armor and tactics.
Just to kinda correct something it was a while after guns became fairly common that knights disappeared, bows and crossbows against a knight in full plate still didn't (and still don't) do much because they weren't strong enough to penetrate and almost all the body was covered in plate with the parts that were not (excluding eyes obviously) having chainmail and something like gamberson, the likes of gameberson being able to stop arrows.
Both things are correct, it wasn't necessarily the crossbow that killed the knights. Let me explain: A knight is a powerful person, he doesn't travel with full armor 24/7, in fact maybe only 1% of his time he wears his full suit, just like veterans of WW2 do. Second, knights fought with honour, it's easy to see how a bunch of peasants with cheap bows and crossbows could sneak up on him in the forest on an assasination mission. Before the end of the middle ages, honour and prestige stood above all else, especially in combat, what changed was that suddenly results were more important than honour, and you could build a crossbow very easily by then. A bunch of knights in super expensive armor will lose against a bunch of peasants with crossbows every time, especially in areas where horses can't be used effectively, like forests. Not hard to see how counts, dukes and kings didn't want to spend so much cash on a knight when they could just hire some peasants with bows instead. After the invention of gunpowder it just accelerated even faster.
i very much doubt that crossbowman, longbowmen would win on foot at the battle of Agincourt the french knights got dismounted and walked the rest of the way with minimal losses, the only thing that saved the archers were English man at arms running to the rescue
Well, a culture shift from wars of lords to wars of nations was what really killed the knight. Guns, longbows, and heavy crossbows just heavily chipped into knight's cost effectiveness. For every one knight you could get several dozen heavy archers or a dozen armored pikeman.
Actually Cody, metal plating was designed to protect against slashing weapons and knights would wear very thick, cloth padding under their chainmail to deal with arrows.
one thing to note is that sword+board wasn't the only weapon sported by knights when they were dismounted. Among many it was viewed as more of a sidearm. If you were marching in formation a polearm of some sort was often prefered
Well even if dehorsed the lance was the preferred primary weapon on foot. If you went to fighting on foot you either brought an infantry spear or an axe.
We all fantasize about being a knight but the reality is me and everyone else on this video would of been a poor peasant who routinely got roughed up by knights for spits and giggles. Then the Lord would come along and whip us until we paid our taxes. Then we'd toil in the fields all day and pray we wouldn't catch the plague and at night we'd get stupid drunk, have lots of sex and blather about how we were gonna knock out that jerk knight next time he comes around - of course we never really would.
If someone was this cruel by medieval laws the commoners had every right to move to another lord's land. What you describe is mostly fantasy. But yeah assuming you lived past your childhood, infant mortality was high, but if you reached 10, chances you'd reach 65.
High Master Johannes Liechtenauer how would you move? How would you even know where to go? You can't read and you can't afford a horse so anything further than a days walk was impossible and commoners couldn't complain about cruelty without harsh repercussions. 95% of commoners died within a short few miles of where they were born. Chivalry is the real fantasy. For instance did you know that Robin Hood was originally just a simple Yeoman? He proved so popular with the people it freaked out the nobles so they hijacked him into nobility. Life for a serf was miserable and degrading with no hope of upward mobility. Even training as an artisan was a crapshoot. Nobles faced zero repercussions for treating you poorly and there are several records of nobles bragging of their stern "justice" improving productivity. Cruelty by noblemen was so widespread it's hard to find any mention in history by a literate commoner of their kindness and their evil is hard to avoid and always mentioned very casually as though that's just the way it was. The aristocracy was and is a leech on the backbone of the working man. The only misconception in their favor was that they typically didn't work more hours than the common man and in fact frequently less. I suppose you think slaves had it pretty sweet too eh?
Until some smart peasants read a few books and form a commune, hanging their local knight and lord and capturing the castle, then abolish the class structure and begin to move around the country rounding up peasants and storming rich people's houses like they did in France from 1020-1300
well, if this is about fantasizing about being a knight... that's all the more reason why knights had it better off. And it's kind of a jump to say that someone supports slavery just because they did't have all their facts straight about medieval peasantry.
Please at least try to be creative when using this meme, it's getting as bad as "I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee".
Ubetcha Well Maymays are very fragile 1d jokes that become popular because of how relatable, recognisable, and applicable to many, social interactions that are not necessarily related to any context that the origin of the meem has in the first place. but paradoxically, the more the même is spread, the more people "get" the joke and the less valuable it is as a humorous line, catchphrase, picture, etc. This is a process known as 'Memtropy'
The Super J To be a knight, you have to learn how to kill a dragon. A dragon's size can vary, and you have to use the appropriate weapon to kill it. Using a simple stick on a large dragon is a death wish. This goes for armor too. Be sure to dodge their attacks. Dragon skin and meat can be sold for a couple thousand gold coins.
This is horribly incorrect in many areas, but to start off a Knight would NEVER purposefully kill an opponent within a tournament unless it was an act of political intrigue to assassinate somebody. In early tournaments you would ransom your opponent- both their person and their gear. In later years, especially into the late middle ages ransom still existed, but not in the same manner as the earlier tournaments where you would literally hold a man captive (to his honor). And there would be standardized prizes. If somebody died it was because it was an accident, and jousts did not turn into on-foot fights. Melees did.
Furthermore on the utter load of bollocks this video is, knights were not "phased out" because of the rise of archery and crossbows. In fact it would do the video makers good to do some basic reading because nobody but England had a longbow culture. Longbow archery died out on continental Europe mostly and the crossbow remained the dominant weapon until the invention of the firearm. Secondly, neither longbows or crossbows are able to reliably penetrate armor, and they had nothing to do with the end of the knight (which actually ended in the 17th century). Nor did guns. In fact, the knightly class largely existed alongside firearms considering the handgonne was introduced to Europe in around the 1390's, which is the same period as plate armor is invented. Thirdly as stated prior, the knightly role on the battlefield continued to exist up into the 17th century with Gendarmes, although how the men trained differed. Other nobles also occupied the role of pistoliers- men armored in 3/4ths plate armor, with the breastplate and helmet proofed against bullets and armed with a brace of wheellock pistols and a smallsword. They would outlast the Gendarme, and eventually ditch much of their armor over the future as the expense grew. The use of armor by European armies did (briefly) because of the expense involved in its production. And nobles, now bloated in wealth accumulated over generations, no longer had much motivation to go to war except as officers.
And jousts were just the side show often participated in by the squires and weenies...the tournament was the real deal and anyone who paid the fee for the tournament got entry into the joust for free as a side note.
The Last Samurai only focuses on the ending chapter on their culture. There is a LONG history of Samurai dating all the way back the time of Taira no Kiyomori, and even before that.
I do believe there is something about slapping a knight to knight him. It represented that he would not strike his lord, even when struck by him. Although it's probably a myth, it is a fun idea nonetheless.
Love you bud, you sparked an inner history buff and I am taking as many classes as I can on the path to becoming a teacher. Loving the channel and your guys' content
My worst experience as a knight was when I had to raid a French castle that had been set up in England. The occupants refused to move no matter what, and called us something called a "knnnnnnnniggt". Once we started besieging the castle, they threw all manner of things at us, from buckets to live cows! Eventually, we decided to hide a large group of men inside a wooden rabbit. Unfortunately, the men forgot to actually get into the rabbit, and the castle's occupants promptly catapulted it back to us. We retreated shortly afterwards.
Arcralf My worst experience was when I was in a castle full of beautiful women ready to serve me in ANY way I saw fit. What made it so bad was how my friend came and rescued me basically against my will.
You say that that all military was considered nobility, and knights were at the bottom, but there were professional men-at-arms and mercenaries who were full time soldiers and not nobility.
You can understand even further the former meaning of knight by looking at French. French for knight is "chevalier', with the "cheval" part translating to "horse" in English. Wich indicates that knights were only defined by their horses. Baguette.
Christopher OBrien the code of chivalry was created by the leaders of the first Crusade. It was their emphasis of protecting the Christians from Constantinople to the Levant because Sljuk Turks started to raid, attack and kill unarmed Christians that have been traveling between Contantinopel and Jerusalem for 500 years up to that point. Knights fighting other Christian Knights would attempt to capture their foe , in doing so, they would ransom him for money, you can't exactly hold a corpse for ransom. Only when fighting a solder from a forren standing, such as a Muslim fighter did the knight know his life would not be spared if he were to be defeated, so in turn he fought to kill his opponent in order to preserve his own life and those he swore to protect.
ErgonomicChair even before the move away from sharp weapons to blunts it was a rare sight but it happened enough that people started using blunts. (and this was way before plate)
Didn't knights come from when lords couldn't afford to equip a lot of men with normal equipment so they equipped a few with really good stuff for which they had to swear loyal making them a knecht from which the word knight comes?
Pretty much. Later on, weapons got powerful enough that it became more cost-effective to give a bunch of guys pikes and early firearms. That's when the knight mostly disappeared from the battlefield.
They always had the tech to fuck a knight over, that's why the French peasents took over alot of the country so easily, you run a horse at 20-30 mph at a sharp stick held by some poor no body,
Oooh, I get to pay money to listen to lectures that I already do at school, instead of just not doing them or looking it up for free online! Sounds great!
"A great battle is a terrible thing," the old knight said, "but in the midst of blood and carnage, there is sometimes also beauty, beauty that could break your heart." ― George R. R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
5.00AM - Rise from bed. Prayer of Sancti Crepis Deo. 5.30AM - Exercises: stretches, squats, jumping jacks. Put on armour. 6.00AM - Turn over hourglass. Tell squire to remind self to turn hourglass every hour 6.30AM - Break fast & victuals 7.05AM - Short prayer of Gloria Santa Maria 7.15AM - Tend to shrubbery 9.00AM - Continued research into location of Holy Handgrenade of Antioch 11.00AM - Prayer & meditation. In Excelsis Deo 12.00PM - Lunch. Think I'll take two chickens. Kill Lannister heathens hoarding chickens. 1.00PM - Sent taunting message to French knights guarding enemy castle. 1.15PM - Sent insulting message to Ser Loras calling him a 'bundle of sticks' 1.30PM - Prayer of Gloria Sic Sol Bona Deo 2.00PM - Deus Vulting 4.00PM - Inspected holy artifact of sword in a rock on return from Deus Vulting. Note: Get WD40 from Home Depot 5.00PM - Prayer of Te Deum. Followed by late lunch & transcription 5.30PM - Fought & killed rampaging miscreants from Brotherhood Without Banners. Note: these knaves look familiar. I thought I slain them before 6.30PM - Sexy time with chamber maid in the scullery 7.30PM - Prayer of Eve Christos in Mundi. 8.00PM - Dinner. Read message about reports of a strange man with deadly 'fire noise stick' and 'chain blades' for an arm in distant land. Interesting 9.00PM - Sexy time with Lady Mariona de Glesseps who's husband was lost searching for Holy Grail. Prophecy has it he still lives & will be visited in the distant future by a man bearing a whip & strange hat after enduring three trials. 10.00PM: Prayer of Tu Nocture, more sexy time with Lady de Glesseps and bed.
I know you're not an expert in medieval warfare, but most soldiers wore gambeson under the mail, which is like a very thick coat able to deflect sword blows. Also, mail was useful against arrowfire, it is a LOT stronger than most people think. Like you said, later on plate became more and more common as time went on. Plate was pretty much immune to blows from swords and arrows, but it was NOT immune to blunt weapons like maces, warhammers, the backside of most axes and polearms, and lances used on horseback. A knight had a LOT of armor because well, they were elite warriors during the late middle ages.
The life of a knight was simpler than this. Not only did they slaughter savages (AKA Vikings) and Weeburais (AKA Samurais) but they also screamed DEUS VULT 24/7. If you don't get the joke, you need some serious help.
A decisive point in medieval warfare concerning knights was the Battle of the Golden Spurs. That moment showed that infantry units could be more effective than mounted knights.
Seems like all the last couple vids have been sponsored by the Great Courses, and I commend this channel for making sponsored content that is still informative, engaging and entertaining, and not just shameless plugging. Props.
Funfact: A squire spent the whole night prior to the knighting ceremony in their chambers, not sleeping, but rather praying. To stop the prayer and go to sleep was seen a sign of ineptitude and as soon as someone came over to get said squire for their ceremony, the squire was expected to be seen kneeling and praying. What happened to those who were tempted by the bed and went to sleep largely depended on their liege's decision.
Zescaflowne no they actually fought wars you know...real wars like the crusades and MANY and when i say MANY i mean there was a lot of fight going on in the eu for at least 2000years.... in the another hand comes the "samurai warrior fan" who thinks they where the best cuz they had sharp swords...and after that here comes the anime or whatever wiewer who thinks what he sees in the anime is actually real...but its not like there where fights 1000samurai vs 1000samurai in the eu you couldt been able to defeat a songle village with this much ppl.. also ppl from japan are way under height average of a knight... sorry to spoil your childhood but not everything u see in anime exists
Zescaflowne Maybe hes trying to convince himself rather than us by his choice of words. U kno, inferiority complex. Maybe we should be feeling sorry for him
@@bencezsigardi3349 Dude, get off your high horse just because your precious HEMA youtuber debunked a myths about both warriors. One isn't better than the other. Also you're starting to be as toxic and unpleasant as the uninformed and ignorant weeaboos thar get made fun of in the HEMA community.
ever since you started getting sponsored by the great courses plus, I've felt the accuracy of your content has gone through the roof. I don't mean to be a dick (well, much of one anyway) but previous topics had occasional errors. As far as I can tell though, this was a really well researched video.
Deus vult!
KnowledgeHub DEUS VULT, DEUS VULT, DEUS VULT!
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KnowledgeHub hon hon hon
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"Darling, come to bed."
"I can't, my Queen, I need to think of a name for my soldiers."
"K night."
Ian Eviston
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Stolen but funny comment here’s my like
That's a Correct name But I Loved Crusader More
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Juicetin GAMING yes it is stolen
*The daily life of a landed knight when not at war:*
- You wake up.
- If any are applicable: tell your wife, daughter(s), squire, or servant(s) to prepare some food to eat if they haven't already.
- Go outside to take a dump/piss.
- Wash your hands, face, and hair with cold water.
- Possibly bathe too if it's that day of the week (depending on the time period and your location, you may be bathing more or less often than this).
- Go inside and eat something.
- Speak to your wife and children, while handling any of their complaints as you see fit.
- Order your squire with the daily tasks.
- Handle any of the servants' complaints as you see fit (although this is typically your wife's duty to handle for the most part).
- Go outside to train (optional) and train your squire too if you feel like it (even more optional)
- Go to castle courtyard, town square, or wherever your place of employment is to converse with fellow knights of your station.
- If your lord has any tasks for you, carry them out and do your duty with honor and due diligence.
- Tell your squire to have food prepared, or go to the castle kitchens/local tavern to eat.
- Train yourself, your squire, or perhaps any men-at-arms if you feel like it (still optional).
- If you have already carried out all your duties according to your lord's will, your time should now be your own. So these next four are completely optional possibilities.
- Go to local tavern to drink and converse with other knights and patrons.
- Pray at the church, and perhaps study if you know how to read.
- Spend money at the local brothel.
- Train for any nearby tourneys coming up.
- Go home.
- Speak with your wife and children; the servant(s) too if you feel like it.
- Handle out any punishments if there's any need for it.
- Eat dinner.
- Prepare for bed.
- Make love to your wife as God intended.
- Go to sleep.
- Rinse and repeat daily schedule, with only minor changes for the most part.
And as time passes, your lord should eventually tell you to raise the banner for war. Sometimes even the Church might call upon all those who are devout and righteous to reclaim the Holy Land or some other land held by heathens (it's completely optional, unless your lord has ordered you to follow him there). These will take up a lot of time, but don't happen as frequently in one's lifetime as one would think though.
"Protection from arrows that could easily kill your trusty steed"
Battlefield One would like to have a word.
LegitDutch i tried to run over a cav in a jeep... i exploded
I tried running over a cav with myself and I exploded
I tried to run over a cav with my 3rd gender ... I won
I tried to run over a cav with my plane it exploded
I tried to run over two towers with a plane... never mind
The only correction here, guns didn't exactly kill the mounted combat...
Pikes did.
More like, the pike&shoot formation, which was created specifically to kill knights, and was a very easy technique to train units with.
I would think that more than those tactics and weapons, it was the rise of mercenaries and/or regular professional standing armies.
I believe that those made the feudal system that espoused the necessity of knights outdated and uneconomical.
so in actuality the final nail in the coffin was the black death, as was the final nail for most of fuedal ways of living. The huge population crisis and subsequent vaccum in the lower classes meant that fuedal ways of living couldnt sustain themselves because of a demand for wage increases
Fun fact: Norway Once knighted a penguin😎😎
Sir Peng of Gywn you mean as he led his 4th battalion of iceberg knights
Skipper.
That’s so *cool*
I HAVE SEVERAL QUASTIONS
2nd best. War animal. Ever! (Wotjek is the best)
Just think about this: Your quality of life right now is beyond imagination for even the king of England during the middle ages ;)
Yea, but he had more power beyond imagination for us.
FotY and that’s a good thing?
The Kitten Gamer only a weakling wouldn’t understand how good it feels to have power
Spiritual Lyrical Miracle Individual it feels good for the individual, and the nobles. but likely not for the regular people.
@@themostdiabolicalhater5986 Spoken like a 12 year old who impotently rages against their station in life.
I don't envy knights or really any historical warrior simply because melee based warfare seems like one of the most horrific things anyone could experience.
Not all knights fought and the medieval times weren't constant warfare. There were times of peace. And in times of peace knights had a better standard of living and education than the average medieval person
The battles in the Lord of the Rings movies definitely show how bad it can be.
conflicts in the middle ages usually was local and small. total war didn't start happening until WWI and WWII. That's kinda when entire populations got to suffer the consequences of war.
War today is much more horrific, and much more traumatizing. and much more brutal than it was in the middle ages.
I worked as a humanitarian aid worker. Once you experience an airstrike, once you see the damage of a suicide bombing. see what an assault rifle can do to a human. When you see these things for the first time. You will shit your pants and puke.
If you don't I would think something is wrong with you. This is what tv doesn't tell you. that's why I stopped watching war movies. stopped watching things about glory in war and all that romanticizing shit. I just can't do it anymore.
@lordblazer (#1)
"total war didn't start happening until WWI and WWII". The seven years war, the independence war in america, the napoleonic wars and so on weakened entire nations in similar ways to the world wars. World war 2 is the only really special case where civilians were killed en masse (not counting tons of other small wars)
Also, ever seen someone get hacked to death with a machete? It's a lot more gruesome than someone getting shot to death. Humans are more resilient than most people imagine, and that makes melee combat so much worse than guns. Not only are you so much more close up and personal to your enemy, but unless you hit an absolutely vital organ (brain, heart and main arteries), you will have to keep fighting, where you will likely get hit in the process too.
All in all, modern, conventional warfare is easier on the soldier, harder on the civilian than it was in the middle ages. However large scale wars were also fought in the 18th and 19th centuries.
You should check out the channel shadiversity, as he talk mostly about this topic and medieval history and warfare in general.
There are two things I think you might got wrong:
1) There were no real code of chivalry in medieval times. This idea came much later when knights where stopped being a warrior class.
The term chivalry in the middle ages were first used to describe a good horseman, and later a good knight, and what make a knight a good knight was a matter of personal taste.
2) Knights as we know them came before holy orders. Even during Roman times, you had to be rich in order to be a horseman, and that became much more true in the middle ages. This is because taking care of a horse is fucking expensive. This meant that horsemen were the elite of the army, and with how unorganized early feudal system was lords wanted to make sure that those elite were loyal only to them, so they made them to swear loyalty.
Up until later holy orders, being a knight meant being a horseman that is bound in service to a lord.
thank you
please just give a source
Yeah I have seen Chadeversity Chanel. I would not take anything serious that is shown on that sight.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chivalry#Literary_chivalry_and_historical_reality "With the birth of modern historical and literary research,
scholars have found that however far back in time "The Age of Chivalry"
is searched for, it is always further in the past, even back to the Roman Empire.[20]"
As far as I'm informed, the Catholic church came up with the code of chivalry to put an end to knights raiding the lands, in exchange for that they said the knight-class is made by god. Most importantly though, a knight was at first only a vasall of a duke or higher who was given a piece of land and everything on it including the peasants in exchange for his services as soldier and other symbolical services.
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
Vietnam Mapper wait wait can we try that again
Vietnam Mapper Our main weapon is fear.
Voldemort get the rack
Voldemort
And surprise, our two main weapons are fear and surprise. And also ruthless efficiency... you know let's just come back again
NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!
Source := (The good people at MIT are having quite a laugh now.)
people.csail.mit.edu/paulfitz/spanish/script.html
The Spanish Inquisition
by Monty Python
In the early years of the 16th century, to combat the rising tide of religious unorthodoxy, the Pope gave Cardinal Ximinez of Spain leave to move without let or hindrance throughout the land, in a reign of violence, terror and torture that makes a smashing film. This was the Spanish Inquisition...
(this transcript is also available with screen shots from the original)
Chapman: Trouble at mill.
Cleveland: Oh no - what kind of trouble?
Chapman: One on't cross beams gone owt askew on treadle.
Cleveland: Pardon?
Chapman: One on't cross beams gone owt askew on treadle.
Cleveland: I don't understand what you're saying.
Chapman: [slightly irritatedly and with exaggeratedly clear accent] One of the cross beams has gone out askew on the treadle.
Cleveland: Well what on earth does that mean?
Chapman: *I* don't know - Mr Wentworth just told me to come in here and say that there was trouble at the mill, that's all - I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition.
[JARRING CHORD]
[The door flies open and Cardinal Ximinez of Spain [Palin] enters, flanked by two junior cardinals. Cardinal Biggles [Jones] has goggles pushed over his forehead. Cardinal Fang [Gilliam] is just Cardinal Fang]
Ximinez: NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.
[The Inquisition exits]
Chapman: I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition.
[JARRING CHORD]
[The cardinals burst in]
Ximinez: NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms - Oh damn!
[To Cardinal Biggles] I can't say it - you'll have to say it.
Biggles: What?
Ximinez: You'll have to say the bit about 'Our chief weapons are ...'
Biggles: [rather horrified]: I couldn't do that...
[Ximinez bundles the cardinals outside again]
Chapman: I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition.
[JARRING CHORD]
[The cardinals enter]
Biggles: Er.... Nobody...um....
Ximinez: Expects...
Biggles: Expects... Nobody expects the...um...the Spanish...um...
Ximinez: Inquisition.
Biggles: I know, I know! Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. In fact, those who do expect -
Ximinez: Our chief weapons are...
Biggles: Our chief weapons are...um...er...
Ximinez: Surprise...
Biggles: Surprise and --
Ximinez: Okay, stop. Stop. Stop there - stop there. Stop. Phew! Ah! ... our chief weapons are surprise...blah blah blah. Cardinal, read the charges.
Fang: You are hereby charged that you did on diverse dates commit heresy against the Holy Church. 'My old man said follow the--'
Biggles: That's enough.
[To Cleveland] Now, how do you plead?
Clevelnd: We're innocent.
Ximinez: Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
[DIABOLICAL LAUGHTER]
Biggles: We'll soon change your mind about that!
[DIABOLICAL ACTING]
Ximinez: Fear, surprise, and a most ruthless-- [controls himself with a supreme effort] Ooooh! Now, Cardinal -- the rack!
[Biggles produces a plastic-coated dish-drying rack. Ximinez looks at it and clenches his teeth in an effort not to lose control. He hums heavily to cover his anger]
Ximinez: You....Right! Tie her down.
[Fang and Biggles make a pathetic attempt to tie her on to the drying rack]
Ximinez:Right! How do you plead?
Clevelnd: Innocent.
Ximinez: Ha! Right! Cardinal, give the rack [oh dear] give the rack a turn.
[Biggles stands their awkwardly and shrugs his shoulders]
Biggles: I....
Ximinez: [gritting his teeth] I *know*, I know you can't. I didn't want to say anything. I just wanted to try and ignore your crass mistake.
Biggles: I...
Ximinez: It makes it all seem so stupid.
Biggles: Shall I...?
Ximinez: No, just pretend for God's sake. Ha! Ha! Ha!
[Biggles turns an imaginary handle on the side of the dish-rack]
[Cut to them torturing a dear old lady, Marjorie Wilde]
Ximinez: Now, old woman -- you are accused of heresy on three counts -- heresy by thought, heresy by word, heresy by deed, and heresy by action -- *four* counts. Do you confess?
Wilde: I don't understand what I'm accused of.
Ximinez: Ha! Then we'll make you understand! Biggles! Fetch...THE CUSHIONS!
[JARRING CHORD]
[Biggles holds out two ordinary modern household cushions]
Biggles: Here they are, lord.
Ximinez: Now, old lady -- you have one last chance. Confess the heinous sin of heresy, reject the works of the ungodly -- *two* last chances. And you shall be free -- *three* last chances. You have three last chances, the nature of which I have divulged in my previous utterance.
Wilde: I don't know what you're talking about.
Ximinez: Right! If that's the way you want it -- Cardinal! Poke her with the soft cushions!
[Biggles carries out this rather pathetic torture]
Ximinez: Confess! Confess! Confess!
Biggles: It doesn't seem to be hurting her, lord.
Ximinez: Have you got all the stuffing up one end?
Biggles: Yes, lord.
Ximinez [angrily hurling away the cushions]: Hm! She is made of harder stuff! Cardinal Fang! Fetch...THE COMFY CHAIR!
[JARRING CHORD]
[Zoom into Fang's horrified face]
Fang [terrified]: The...Comfy Chair?
[Biggles pushes in a comfy chair -- a really plush one]
Ximinez: So you think you are strong because you can survive the soft cushions. Well, we shall see. Biggles! Put her in the Comfy Chair!
[They roughly push her into the Comfy Chair]
Ximinez [with a cruel leer]: Now -- you will stay in the Comfy Chair until lunch time, with only a cup of coffee at eleven. [aside, to Biggles] Is that really all it is?
Biggles: Yes, lord.
Ximinez: I see. I suppose we make it worse by shouting a lot, do we? Confess, woman. Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess
Biggles: I confess!
Ximinez: Not you!
Main Entry: 1treadle
Pronunciation: 'tre-d&l
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English tredel step of a stair, from Old English, from tredan
Date: 15th century
Meaning: a swiveling or lever device pressed by the foot to drive a machine
In an alternate universe, the battle between saracens and crusaders was decided by one thing. Pommels. The saracens decided to use as many small curved weapons on themselves to maximise pommels. However, the crusaders used swords with multiple pommels onto it, having thrice as many pommels as the enemy, and such, the first crusade was won. They employed trebuchets with very large pommels as projectiles, that being bought with pommelons, coins shaped like pommels.
amazing.
Define Pommel
Double A
A Skallagrim fan in his natural habitat!
How to end a country rightly.
Lies. Such a battle would have destroyed both sides, what with the immense power of pommels.
What about the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch?
What about the droid attack on the Wookies?
What about the Inquisition of Spain?
*NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION*
But what about dragons????
What about Creeper awww man?
Or the war with the black knight or the animal catapult!
Fun fact: towards the very end of the era of knights, it wasn't terribly uncommon for knights on horseback to use guns, especially with the creation of the wheelock carbine around the end of the 1400's/beginning of the 1500's; as this version was easier and safer to use on horseback. But, since there were also unmounted riflemen whom could be just as, or far more, accurate as knights; they were soon phased out.
yet pistoliers remained an effective form of troop up until the 1670s where they were superseeded by dragoons.
High Master Johannes Lichtenauer I wouldn't doubt it. The increased portability, shorter reloads, and ability to carry and fire more than one firearm are big advantages over standard riflemen.
well, yes pistoliers often carried 3+ pistols, dragoons often carried 1 long rifle for more firepower.
There were no riflemen in the 1400s or 1500s, and the majority of heavy cavalry including the famous winged hussars would often use pistols in the 1600s, and light cavalry like hussars continued to use pistols in the Napoleonic wars.
Kurt Yarish Thus the French dragoon
In actuality the development of plate armor was more to counter lances than arrows, shields already served that purpose. The development of plate armor and more complex infantry formations and weapons is why cavalry fell out of favor in the late middle ages and early renaissance. While its often convenient to cite firearms as the primary reasons knights lost their effectiveness, its not really what happened as cavalry remained prevalent on the battlefield for hundreds of years. Knights lost effectiveness as a combination of all of these factors, and light cavalry used for harassment rather then charges became more popular.
Makayu interesting
coming from CK2, yes. Its more cost effective to hoard ligh cavalry.
In real life warfare its more advantageous too. You can maneuver troops more easily, engage routed troops faster (this was the primary purpose of cavalry in the first place), harass the enemy more effectively (think the Mongols), and yes overall you can field far more light cavalry. Cavalry charges are generally Hollywood cliches as any effective infantry unit need but to bunch up to completely halt an advance and due to the lack of maneuverability if a knight got halted close to the enemy he'd get pulled off his horse and killed pretty quickly.
Yes but with the development of plate shields were abandoned and many new weapons came to development. Also the firearms arguement is pretty bad since plate armour remained useful for around 200 years after the widespread use of firearms became common. And from modern day testing we know that replicas that are 99% exact same as the originals can take around 600-700 J of kinetic energy if we are talking about early 15th century breastplates, 16th century ones can take up to 900 J (they are a bit thicker).
Also the use of heavy cavalry remained but militaries were reformed and those who were once knights became officers. But the role of heavy cavalry charging in remained up until the 1860s and heavy cavalry only stopped using (3/4) armour at the turn of the 18th century. But since the 16th century they were using pistols and calivers instead of lances.
This is all correct, I neglected to mention that Plate armor did remain in use on battlefields for quite awhile after the dissolution of knights. That being said the point about the shields is only partially true in my opinion as Mantlets were still used consistently in field warfare.
Lancers and other melee based cavalry units did exist after the dissolution of the knight but were limited in their uses. As warfare adapted cavalry found favor again for its maneuverability and ability to skirmish. Not frontal charges which is the general conception and what KnowlegeHub implies in his video. I also never said that firearms were a reason Knights became ineffective, just that they changed the ways battles were fought. Artillery on the other hand would be a reason I could cite as to the changing of knights armor and tactics.
You forgot to mention that Knights would often unscrew and throw their pommels at their foes to end them rightly.
true story
is this meme only from skall?
No one did that! Stop being stupid
eric martens It's a meme. Higher ranking knights would wear armour coated with Pommels.
eric martens they did!! In duels
Why are you on RUclips when you could be on a crusade to reclaim the holy land?
DEUS VULT
shit he got me
*DEUS VULT DEUS VULT DEUS VULT DEUS VULT DEUS VULT DEUS VULT DEUS VULT DEUS VULT DEUS VULT*
MrSuckMyPianist Why let youtube career get in the way of a good crusade?
Matheus Verissimo ?
Why let a RUclips video get in the way of a good crusade?
Just to kinda correct something it was a while after guns became fairly common that knights disappeared, bows and crossbows against a knight in full plate still didn't (and still don't) do much because they weren't strong enough to penetrate and almost all the body was covered in plate with the parts that were not (excluding eyes obviously) having chainmail and something like gamberson, the likes of gameberson being able to stop arrows.
The Lich King MK ikr, crossbows destroys hardend steel
Both things are correct, it wasn't necessarily the crossbow that killed the knights. Let me explain: A knight is a powerful person, he doesn't travel with full armor 24/7, in fact maybe only 1% of his time he wears his full suit, just like veterans of WW2 do. Second, knights fought with honour, it's easy to see how a bunch of peasants with cheap bows and crossbows could sneak up on him in the forest on an assasination mission. Before the end of the middle ages, honour and prestige stood above all else, especially in combat, what changed was that suddenly results were more important than honour, and you could build a crossbow very easily by then. A bunch of knights in super expensive armor will lose against a bunch of peasants with crossbows every time, especially in areas where horses can't be used effectively, like forests. Not hard to see how counts, dukes and kings didn't want to spend so much cash on a knight when they could just hire some peasants with bows instead. After the invention of gunpowder it just accelerated even faster.
i very much doubt that crossbowman, longbowmen would win on foot at the battle of Agincourt the french knights got dismounted and walked the rest of the way with minimal losses, the only thing that saved the archers were English man at arms running to the rescue
Well, a culture shift from wars of lords to wars of nations was what really killed the knight. Guns, longbows, and heavy crossbows just heavily chipped into knight's cost effectiveness. For every one knight you could get several dozen heavy archers or a dozen armored pikeman.
elektron117 no it doesnt
The life of knights: "Run!Is the assassin!
H4CK3R F4L1D0 jajajajajajaj, oops, wrong language.
Altair be like, *flips them the bird and lands in a hay barrel*
Assassins are shit
Fullmetal Saber you're not thinking of the right assassins
Party Pete yeh he should think about altair and ezio not the london guy
Actually Cody, metal plating was designed to protect against slashing weapons and knights would wear very thick, cloth padding under their chainmail to deal with arrows.
2:46 "don't talk to me or my knight son ever again"
Nihlus
"My knight dad can beat up your knight dad!"
one thing to note is that sword+board wasn't the only weapon sported by knights when they were dismounted. Among many it was viewed as more of a sidearm. If you were marching in formation a polearm of some sort was often prefered
Well even if dehorsed the lance was the preferred primary weapon on foot. If you went to fighting on foot you either brought an infantry spear or an axe.
But afaik knights doesnt fight on a formation like a regular soldier.
We all fantasize about being a knight but the reality is me and everyone else on this video would of been a poor peasant who routinely got roughed up by knights for spits and giggles.
Then the Lord would come along and whip us until we paid our taxes. Then we'd toil in the fields all day and pray we wouldn't catch the plague and at night we'd get stupid drunk, have lots of sex and blather about how we were gonna knock out that jerk knight next time he comes around - of course we never really would.
You're presuming that we lived past our childhoods.
If someone was this cruel by medieval laws the commoners had every right to move to another lord's land. What you describe is mostly fantasy.
But yeah assuming you lived past your childhood, infant mortality was high, but if you reached 10, chances you'd reach 65.
High Master Johannes Liechtenauer how would you move? How would you even know where to go? You can't read and you can't afford a horse so anything further than a days walk was impossible and commoners couldn't complain about cruelty without harsh repercussions.
95% of commoners died within a short few miles of where they were born.
Chivalry is the real fantasy. For instance did you know that Robin Hood was originally just a simple Yeoman?
He proved so popular with the people it freaked out the nobles so they hijacked him into nobility.
Life for a serf was miserable and degrading with no hope of upward mobility. Even training as an artisan was a crapshoot. Nobles faced zero repercussions for treating you poorly and there are several records of nobles bragging of their stern "justice" improving productivity.
Cruelty by noblemen was so widespread it's hard to find any mention in history by a literate commoner of their kindness and their evil is hard to avoid and always mentioned very casually as though that's just the way it was.
The aristocracy was and is a leech on the backbone of the working man. The only misconception in their favor was that they typically didn't work more hours than the common man and in fact frequently less.
I suppose you think slaves had it pretty sweet too eh?
Until some smart peasants read a few books and form a commune, hanging their local knight and lord and capturing the castle, then abolish the class structure and begin to move around the country rounding up peasants and storming rich people's houses like they did in France from 1020-1300
well, if this is about fantasizing about being a knight... that's all the more reason why knights had it better off. And it's kind of a jump to say that someone supports slavery just because they did't have all their facts straight about medieval peasantry.
When did a knight learn how to end him rightly?
Like.
BigBadSeed skallaaa
Please at least try to be creative when using this meme, it's getting as bad as "I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee".
Ubetcha Well
Maymays are very fragile 1d jokes that become popular because of how relatable, recognisable, and applicable to many, social interactions that are not necessarily related to any context that the origin of the meem has in the first place.
but paradoxically, the more the même is spread, the more people "get" the joke and the less valuable it is as a humorous line, catchphrase, picture, etc. This is a process known as 'Memtropy'
Lifting the visor of a knight's helmet in order to see and identify each other's faces eventually became the salute.
Interesting. Thanks.
Slaying dragons? Duh!
The Super J
To be a knight, you have to learn how to kill a dragon. A dragon's size can vary, and you have to use the appropriate weapon to kill it. Using a simple stick on a large dragon is a death wish. This goes for armor too. Be sure to dodge their attacks. Dragon skin and meat can be sold for a couple thousand gold coins.
Nathan ,,lol, sounds like a cool video game description
Well that 14 years of training is worth 3 elixir
Thank you! Your video reminded me I had a project that was due tommorow. You're my savior
This is horribly incorrect in many areas, but to start off a Knight would NEVER purposefully kill an opponent within a tournament unless it was an act of political intrigue to assassinate somebody. In early tournaments you would ransom your opponent- both their person and their gear. In later years, especially into the late middle ages ransom still existed, but not in the same manner as the earlier tournaments where you would literally hold a man captive (to his honor). And there would be standardized prizes.
If somebody died it was because it was an accident, and jousts did not turn into on-foot fights. Melees did.
Furthermore on the utter load of bollocks this video is, knights were not "phased out" because of the rise of archery and crossbows. In fact it would do the video makers good to do some basic reading because nobody but England had a longbow culture. Longbow archery died out on continental Europe mostly and the crossbow remained the dominant weapon until the invention of the firearm.
Secondly, neither longbows or crossbows are able to reliably penetrate armor, and they had nothing to do with the end of the knight (which actually ended in the 17th century). Nor did guns. In fact, the knightly class largely existed alongside firearms considering the handgonne was introduced to Europe in around the 1390's, which is the same period as plate armor is invented.
Thirdly as stated prior, the knightly role on the battlefield continued to exist up into the 17th century with Gendarmes, although how the men trained differed. Other nobles also occupied the role of pistoliers- men armored in 3/4ths plate armor, with the breastplate and helmet proofed against bullets and armed with a brace of wheellock pistols and a smallsword. They would outlast the Gendarme, and eventually ditch much of their armor over the future as the expense grew. The use of armor by European armies did (briefly) because of the expense involved in its production. And nobles, now bloated in wealth accumulated over generations, no longer had much motivation to go to war except as officers.
And jousts were just the side show often participated in by the squires and weenies...the tournament was the real deal and anyone who paid the fee for the tournament got entry into the joust for free as a side note.
Could you please do a video explaining the Life of the Samurai?
Alphamega Zulu no
Alphamega Zulu yes
248frank348 Why? Who doesn't like Samurai?
The Last Samurai only focuses on the ending chapter on their culture. There is a LONG history of Samurai dating all the way back the time of Taira no Kiyomori, and even before that.
It was very very gay.
I do believe there is something about slapping a knight to knight him. It represented that he would not strike his lord, even when struck by him. Although it's probably a myth, it is a fun idea nonetheless.
Love you bud, you sparked an inner history buff and I am taking as many classes as I can on the path to becoming a teacher. Loving the channel and your guys' content
Really good video! I'm glad RUclips recommended this to me!
Hey just to notify you chivalry is misspelled at 3:18
My worst experience as a knight was when I had to raid a French castle that had been set up in England. The occupants refused to move no matter what, and called us something called a "knnnnnnnniggt". Once we started besieging the castle, they threw all manner of things at us, from buckets to live cows! Eventually, we decided to hide a large group of men inside a wooden rabbit. Unfortunately, the men forgot to actually get into the rabbit, and the castle's occupants promptly catapulted it back to us. We retreated shortly afterwards.
Arcralf My worst experience was when I was in a castle full of beautiful women ready to serve me in ANY way I saw fit. What made it so bad was how my friend came and rescued me basically against my will.
Fascinating video, well edited and spoken throughout as well as a great topic to discuss. Have a like good sir! :)
Really enjoying these videos, You'll hit a million in no time!
3:10 I'm pretty sure it's "Chivalry" not, "Chilvary"
stop being that guy
3:10 "CHILVARY"
Awesome video. Thank you very much!
The way you draw or however you make these is adorable
You say that that all military was considered nobility, and knights were at the bottom, but there were professional men-at-arms and mercenaries who were full time soldiers and not nobility.
You can understand even further the former meaning of knight by looking at French.
French for knight is "chevalier', with the "cheval" part translating to "horse" in English.
Wich indicates that knights were only defined by their horses.
Baguette.
Wow this was the most imformative knight video i seen so far. Thanks
RUclips randomly recommended this video to me. And man, I forgot what knowledge hub was before his sanity began to deteriorate
Why let the strict code of chivalry get in the way of a good crusade?!
Christopher OBrien the code of chivalry was created by the leaders of the first Crusade. It was their emphasis of protecting the Christians from Constantinople to the Levant because Sljuk Turks started to raid, attack and kill unarmed Christians that have been traveling between Contantinopel and Jerusalem for 500 years up to that point.
Knights fighting other Christian Knights would attempt to capture their foe , in doing so, they would ransom him for money, you can't exactly hold a corpse for ransom. Only when fighting a solder from a forren standing, such as a Muslim fighter did the knight know his life would not be spared if he were to be defeated, so in turn he fought to kill his opponent in order to preserve his own life and those he swore to protect.
was expecting to see Deus Vult! in the comments i am not dissappointed :)
Great video, Cody!
I started watching The Great Courses Plus based on your 4th Crusade video. I'm up to #11 on the Military Blunders series.
Chain mail was better suited for arrow fire, it was mainly melee weapons like hammers and maces that drove the evolution of plate armor
The life of a knight was simple, they just beat vikings and samurais
If you don't get it then I can't help you
god have mercy on those that don't get the joke
Abud Khaleel City!!
Abud Khaleel i dont get it
Please, the viking Warlords are superior to all the Knights.
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This was cool. You should do more of these. there's tons of soldiers to choose from too
Death in tournaments was actually very rare period, I feel that would have been a good addition! But great video.
ErgonomicChair even before the move away from sharp weapons to blunts it was a rare sight but it happened enough that people started using blunts. (and this was way before plate)
Do a video on how powerful the Catholic Church was politically and when that power declined. Please!!!!
Timaa J The 30 years war marked the end of Catholic holy wars
they are still powerful financially but politically nobody could give less of a shit
Me > god > obama > dendi > pope francis > kobe > michael jackson > garbage > trump
What do you mean downfall? elite bankers and the Vatican are still running the show to this day
A lot of high ranking officials in the Catholic Church are part of the Venetian Nobility.
You spelled chivalry incorrectly: 3:21
Just a heads up.
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Thanks for the great video
This was interesting, thanks man
Do Musketeers next.
First thing that comes to mind is, you being shot by a small pellet, and the short delay between that and realizing "oho shit."
Gives me Mount and Blade: Warband flashbacks.
Solid info man, much better then some other channels (that I won't name) 😺👍
Thank you for the interesting video.
Could you do a segment on the real Peaky Blinders gang?
Didn't knights come from when lords couldn't afford to equip a lot of men with normal equipment so they equipped a few with really good stuff for which they had to swear loyal making them a knecht from which the word knight comes?
Pretty much. Later on, weapons got powerful enough that it became more cost-effective to give a bunch of guys pikes and early firearms. That's when the knight mostly disappeared from the battlefield.
They always had the tech to fuck a knight over, that's why the French peasents took over alot of the country so easily, you run a horse at 20-30 mph at a sharp stick held by some poor no body,
I have watched so many RUclips videos about knights that are incredibly inaccurate, it is refreshing to come across something like this. Great video!
Shovel Knight our Hero! So cool, thanks for that. You made giggle and left me smiling.
*DEUS VULT* is what it was like.
This guy kinda sorta sounds like FitMC... anyone???
Great vid 👍
Oooh, I get to pay money to listen to lectures that I already do at school, instead of just not doing them or looking it up for free online! Sounds great!
FOR THE LADY!!!
Im getting too chivalrous for this shit...
Bill burr much ?
FREE KEKISTAN!
Kevin O'Neal indeed
Shadilay my friend! #FreeKekistan
Shadilay
SHADILAY
when saracens are united crusades are lost
your videos are amazing buddy
Good stuff. Subscribed
the knights who say nee!
Horus lupercal apparently I'm the only other python fan....ITS A RABBIT!!!!
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" Tis only a scratch"
Terry Peart just not only
Knight was pronounced /knīkht/ one thousand years ago
Dude, You're embarrassing us ! It's "Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing"
"A great battle is a terrible thing," the old knight said, "but in the midst of blood and carnage, there is sometimes also beauty, beauty that could break your heart."
― George R. R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
5.00AM - Rise from bed. Prayer of Sancti Crepis Deo.
5.30AM - Exercises: stretches, squats, jumping jacks. Put on armour.
6.00AM - Turn over hourglass. Tell squire to remind self to turn hourglass every hour
6.30AM - Break fast & victuals
7.05AM - Short prayer of Gloria Santa Maria
7.15AM - Tend to shrubbery
9.00AM - Continued research into location of Holy Handgrenade of Antioch
11.00AM - Prayer & meditation. In Excelsis Deo
12.00PM - Lunch. Think I'll take two chickens. Kill Lannister heathens hoarding chickens.
1.00PM - Sent taunting message to French knights guarding enemy castle.
1.15PM - Sent insulting message to Ser Loras calling him a 'bundle of sticks'
1.30PM - Prayer of Gloria Sic Sol Bona Deo
2.00PM - Deus Vulting
4.00PM - Inspected holy artifact of sword in a rock on return from Deus Vulting. Note: Get WD40 from Home Depot
5.00PM - Prayer of Te Deum. Followed by late lunch & transcription
5.30PM - Fought & killed rampaging miscreants from Brotherhood Without Banners. Note: these knaves look familiar. I thought I slain them before
6.30PM - Sexy time with chamber maid in the scullery
7.30PM - Prayer of Eve Christos in Mundi.
8.00PM - Dinner. Read message about reports of a strange man with deadly 'fire noise stick' and 'chain blades' for an arm in distant land. Interesting
9.00PM - Sexy time with Lady Mariona de Glesseps who's husband was lost searching for Holy Grail. Prophecy has it he still lives & will be visited in the distant future by a man bearing a whip & strange hat after enduring three trials.
10.00PM: Prayer of Tu Nocture, more sexy time with Lady de Glesseps and bed.
Great vid as always. Would love to see you discuss the real lives of other warrior lifestyles. Perhaps Samurai or Ninjas next?
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Psst, hey kid wanna liberate the Holy Land?
please do more of these
I know you're not an expert in medieval warfare, but most soldiers wore gambeson under the mail, which is like a very thick coat able to deflect sword blows. Also, mail was useful against arrowfire, it is a LOT stronger than most people think. Like you said, later on plate became more and more common as time went on. Plate was pretty much immune to blows from swords and arrows, but it was NOT immune to blunt weapons like maces, warhammers, the backside of most axes and polearms, and lances used on horseback. A knight had a LOT of armor because well, they were elite warriors during the late middle ages.
DEUS VULT my friend. DEUS VULT.
Kosmikme kekus vult
Kosmikme Deus Vult!
Kosmikme DEUS VULT
Bubbles571 DEUS VULT DEUS VULT DEUS VULT DEUS VULT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Schniedel Wutz!
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03:10
A code of what?
I don't even know what he said at 12:43 because it doesn't exist! so weird
R.B.Dragos Chilvary! DEUS VULT!!
Chivalry AH DOI
3:55 "Arrow fire"
Last I checked, arrows don't use explosive propellant.
Truly Amazing
"fight for the greater good"? knight where tau?
Fekkin bluies!
The life of a knight was simpler than this. Not only did they slaughter savages (AKA Vikings) and Weeburais (AKA Samurais) but they also screamed DEUS VULT 24/7.
If you don't get the joke, you need some serious help.
Gun? come on?! why can't you offer him a free camping trip off to Siberia..
is that from For Honour?
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Someone didn't get the joke.
Nah, you who makes these low life jokes is the one who needs seriously needs help.
Charles Dark thank you
I didn't know this yet
You really helped me
The Shovel Knight reference is greatly appreciated
A decisive point in medieval warfare concerning knights was the Battle of the Golden Spurs. That moment showed that infantry units could be more effective than mounted knights.
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Ancient languages and history lol where do I sign up? Make aristocracy great again!
Sadly it would end in yet another communist take over
They were collecting gold for updating armor and weapons 😏
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Seems like all the last couple vids have been sponsored by the Great Courses, and I commend this channel for making sponsored content that is still informative, engaging and entertaining, and not just shameless plugging. Props.
Funfact: A squire spent the whole night prior to the knighting ceremony in their chambers, not sleeping, but rather praying. To stop the prayer and go to sleep was seen a sign of ineptitude and as soon as someone came over to get said squire for their ceremony, the squire was expected to be seen kneeling and praying. What happened to those who were tempted by the bed and went to sleep largely depended on their liege's decision.
in many ways, the knights of the old were just like the samurais of ancient japan.
Zescaflowne no they actually fought wars you know...real wars like the crusades and MANY and when i say MANY i mean there was a lot of fight going on in the eu for at least 2000years.... in the another hand comes the "samurai warrior fan" who thinks they where the best cuz they had sharp swords...and after that here comes the anime or whatever wiewer who thinks what he sees in the anime is actually real...but its not like there where fights 1000samurai vs 1000samurai in the eu you couldt been able to defeat a songle village with this much ppl.. also ppl from japan are way under height average of a knight... sorry to spoil your childhood but not everything u see in anime exists
Zescaflowne well yes, both of them were the martial elite of a feudal culture, there is bound to be at least some similarities between them.
Zescaflowne Maybe hes trying to convince himself rather than us by his choice of words. U kno, inferiority complex. Maybe we should be feeling sorry for him
Yeah, Both ended up inventing fanciful storries of honor & justice for themselves, when basically they where goon squads for who ever was in power.
@@bencezsigardi3349 Dude, get off your high horse just because your precious HEMA youtuber debunked a myths about both warriors. One isn't better than the other. Also you're starting to be as toxic and unpleasant as the uninformed and ignorant weeaboos thar get made fun of in the HEMA community.
CHILVARY
Really loved this video! Can you please tell me whats the background music? I loved it!
Gonna try to get my teacher to show this to the class. Where learning about knights so I think it'll be great :D
psh, Teutonic knights aren't that great! Just play as the Turks and get hand cannons!
Huh? We aren't talking about age of empires?
Total War medieval 2
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Janissaries you mean
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fuck the hand cannoneers, make janisarries and fuck everyone
first btw love ya videos!
Oh, hello, HEMA channel reading through the comment section. I look forward to your videos.
ever since you started getting sponsored by the great courses plus, I've felt the accuracy of your content has gone through the roof. I don't mean to be a dick (well, much of one anyway) but previous topics had occasional errors. As far as I can tell though, this was a really well researched video.