Monk.You can show how church saved ancient scrolls.and kickcstarted science.cuz many people believa than in medieval times people believe than earth was flat and stuff.Protestants and later Voltaire and his pals created this myths
@DeadPizza Noble was a class, not an occupation. A knight at the time of the high middle ages was a noble. There were three classes in the feudalistic society: The Clergy (those who prayed), The Nobility (those who fought and ruled), and the Peasantry (those who worked). Many historians will point out it really was not this simple, but that is the gist of it. By the high middle ages, many in the peasant class became wealthier and more famous than the nobility, especially the merchants. Many nobility ended up in the clergy, and often, there was no real difference between church and state.
@alicjacaban2226 The church did not kick start science. The church maintained literature as the monasteries were initially the only places where literature was transcribed, and initially, only the clergy and some nobility were literate. This is Western Europe I speak of. The Byzantine and Sassanid empires continued to be literate and on the forefront of science and literature until being overthrown by the Islamists. The Islsmists, most from the old Sassanid empire, however, continued to pursue science and the literary classics, leading the way in science up to the end of the high middle ages and early modern era. People thought the world was flat because most were not educated. Mariners and others, however, knew differently. The church did however start Universities which led to more lust for learning and unfortunately, more challenges to the church.
For me, the best case would be becoming a monk. There is servitude, blind faith and rejection of material desires (love, fust, communication in some cases). But on the other hand, the road to many arts opens. Learning how to read and write puts you on the top 10% of the Medieval society. Mathematics, Physics, Music, Literature and History are lessons that I as a Medieval serf would probably never even hear of. As a monk I would be expected to learn them and teach them to others when I come of age. Meanwhile performing tasks like farming the land and growing some animals. Definitely not as hard labour as a peasant, but the work for the mind and the protection/solitude of the monastic orders make up for it.
This video actually painted Knighthood even more romantic than the "romanticized" popular version people knows, remember, romanticism doesnt always mean "love" but intense devotion, will and duty to the extreme, all the hardships the Knight has to endure without any recognition is what actually makes it Romantic.
A knight was a member of the nobility. They often got recognition. Consider the knight in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The romanticism of knighthood, however, comes from French literature of the high middle ages, primarily the King Arthur tales. Only when King Arthur, if he existed, was around during the Anglo-Saxon invasion, long before the concepts of knights as we think of them.
This video is nice in many ways, but it's also highly exaggerated. In essence, knights were simply low nobles with a title and duty. They had many jobs to do, and serving their lord in battle was just one of them. In fact, fighting in wars was very rare, and those chaotic pitch battles were *extremely* rare. Little squirmishes composed the vast majority of most conflicts in Feudal Europe, but being in a state of war wasn't the rule, but the exception. In fact, the main reason why tournaments existed was simply due to boredom. So much train with no one to fight, gotta find ways to gamble prestige and have some good memorable time.
Most history is greatly over-generalized. Being a knight meant different things in 1200 England than it would in 1600's Germany. Early English chevaliers were really just guys who could afford horses, and got stuck in with the cavalry, since armies were often expected to self-equip. It wasn't even really a formal social situation in a lot of cases, just kind of a broad accepted fact of reality that some people served in a de facto military caste. Pretty much all pop history is worthless for this reason, because it's really just a bunch of unsourced suppositions, rumors and legends about a broad swathe of history that will always remain unknowable. Notice, I mentioned two time periods separated by 400 years and half a continent apart. The idea of a fixed concept of knighthood is bunk. "Medieval" refers to close to a 1000 period of history and people incorrectly think of early modern eras as "medieval." In some cases, it was the fashion to bathe less than in earlier periods, as a lot of places adopted and still used bath houses after the Romans. Even the concept of chivalry is largely bs. As different knights had radically different ideals. And frankly, I assume most had no special opinion about it that they cared to write down. EDIT: Most ideas of "medieval history" comes from a very narrow slice of English history as well, for whatever reason. It's _always_ English history to such a boring regularity. Probably because the British monarchy is probably the most well known intact royal family still around. It's so frakking boring and overly dowdy, our obsession with medieval=Britbonger. Lots of cool stuff happened elsewhere. Like cock sure Italian mercenary knights or bandits were a real thing outside of some guy with his overly religious monasticism and his solemn dedication to a caste system.
Mr. Student Phonk Walk, your entire brand is like a budget medieval fair-cheap, overhyped, and falling apart the second anyone takes a closer look. You wanna talk about 'knight life'? Let’s be real: the closest you’ve ever come to anything knightly is when you Googled ‘chainmail armor PNG’ for your last low-effort video. If you actually tried to make a knight-themed edit, it would look like a blooper reel from a high school play-clunky, awkward, and so painful to watch that even phonk beats would beg to be cut out. Imagine you, wobbling around in a poorly-fitted suit of armor, sweating through the padding because cardio isn’t your thing, and tripping over the same sword you hyped up in the caption. You’d probably try to make it 'epic,' but let’s face it, the only thing epic about your attempt would be how much secondhand embarrassment you’d generate. Every time you put out a video, it screams, 'Look at me, I tried!' but it’s always two levels below mediocre. Your transitions? Sloppy. Your timing? Nonexistent. And your vibe? It's not ‘knight life,’ it’s ‘nightmare fuel.’ You couldn’t capture the grit, the grind, or even the swagger of a knight if you had a full production team holding your hand. You’re out here thinking you’re the next big thing, but in reality, you’re just recycling the same tired formula, hoping nobody notices the lack of creativity. So go ahead, Mr. Phonk Walk, make your 'knight life' video. Just know that when the helmet comes off, all we’ll see is the face of someone who peaked at trying too hard and failed even harder.
@Jakku_4k I don't quite understand what were you trying to shoot at, but you missed greatly. Like damn, just look at your comment. Chill out, man, or woman, or whatever. We're just people talking about history here and writing opinions about a video we watched based on our own knowledge as history fans. Yet there you came with a stream of bitterness attacking me for a stupid sequence I uploaded years ago that's completely unrelated to this :o Again. Calm down. If you have anything to say about the contents of my initial comment, I'm happy to read and answer. But surely not like that. If you just had a bad day, I sincerely hope it improves. See ya.
As a person, who specifically studies knights, religion, medieval history and warfare - feasts and baths were not that rate, lol. And wearing armor, walking in it all day and even doing stuff like running by themselves are not that exhausting (that one is coming from experience). Weight is very naturally distributed, if the armor fits you well. The real problem is breathing and seeing in a helmet.
what? brother, a full armor suit weights from 30 to 60 lbs... the police gear i wear weights 30lbs and it may not be heavy at first, but wearing it every day of work really gives a toll on your body. no way you can say its not that exhausting in your experience
So in other words, being a medieval knight is like being a professional soldier and landlord with a big stone house and villages to look after while dealing with all the pleasantries of medieval times. Recognition is worthwhile as it means people will agree to your dealings and lords/kings will grant you privileges but at the same time you are still just a well paid soldier who may die even for the most arbitrary reasons like diseases or getting kicked by a horse. Lots of opportunities, management and your main job is every once in a while, only prepared for you to fight but you may die for all sorts of reasons.
Knights aren't really Professional Soldiers by their own Right, since most people often forget the other type of soldiery being Retinue Soldiers which existed for a long time, from the Celtic/Gallic/Germanic Tribes having their Chiefs being surrounded by their own Retinues, to Medieval Knights, Rus Druzhina, Arabic Faris and even the Japanese Samurai aren't really Professional Soldiers since they often lacked the versatility and administration of the real Professional Soldiers like the Roman Legionaries who can branch out to become the Engineer, Musicians, Surgeon and even Smiths. Retinue Soldiers are basically a way to get quality troops which is often too expensive for the common soldiers to go for so the Chiefs would choose their most trusted men to become the heavily equipped and well trained Retinue Soldiers.
Basically for short a Group of Knights would have their Knight Banneret leading his own Retinue of Bachelor Knights accompanied with their Squires and Men-at-Arms. While a Century of Legionaries(100 Men) would have their Centurion(Leader), Optiones(Second in Command), Aquilifer(Imperial Standard Bearer), Signiferi(Legion Standard Bearer and Administrator), Armorum Custodes(Equipment Manager) and Librarii(Those who keep written records)
Excuse me sir are you insinuating that I'm not going to be 6'6 Beautiful and Herculean knight loved by every woman I've ever met like Daemon Blackfyre was?
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That would depend LARGELY on the tricky question of getting enough to eat in a primitive, pre industrial world with no global transport network to secure your food supply, no farming industry, manufactured fertilizer, no johndeers, no giant silos, no corporate farming conglomerates, no ability to irrigate beyond praying for rain in a lot of cases. Then there’s genes and frankly the issue of women in this time also going without the benefits of easy access to food, soap, feminine products, hair salons, bras, plastic surgery or even parasite meds from all the lice ticks and fleas likely to come from all the animals you live in close proximity to.
Look on the bright side. At least you aren't born from a hanged corpse and adopted by an abusive mercenary who sold you for coin and eventually you kill your attacker and later on your abusive adopted father in defense and you become a solo mercenary until you're forced into another mercenary group and you eventually become a knight but your best friend says you aren't his equal so you leave but come back to rescue him but he uses a magic necklace to turn himself into a demon god, sacrifices most of the group you grew to love, r***d your girlfriend and corrupted your unborn child and marked you for death and torment while he becomes a beloved king. I'll take being a regular knight over that.
1:55 Knight's Armor weren't that heavy even in Later Medieval age, though ironically during earlier Medieval age the Chainmail is far heavier but only when not worn/just grabbing that slab of Iron Shirt. Though from the look of the theme it could be around 13th century so the Armor the Knights would be wearing are mostly Partial Plates. Squires are there to help carry and even help their Knights in wearing their armor as most armor requires a helping hand to wear. 2:42 Not all Squires turn into Knights, most of them turns into Men-at-Arms who are in some way Retinue Soldiers like Knights but is often paid instead of owning lands. Fun fact: most word for Knights are often similar to Riders, from the Germanic Reiter/Ritter to the French Chevalier, Basically most word for Knights are just "Riders" or "Horseman", since it's a tradition of Men Chosen by Kings and Lords should have the wealth to own a horse and Training to be the King's and Lord's Elite Retinue Force.
Every knight was a men-at-arms but not all men-at-arms were knights. Being a knight meant that they were part of the nobility. Anyone can be a men-at-arms as long as they have the skill and money. Also if a squire has the skill to become a knight then they will be knighted. They might not inherit land but you can still be a knight without land. There were a bunch of knights without land and that's why they fought really hard on the battlefield to gain the favour of their lords so that they may gain land. But please correct me if I'm wrong preferably with a source since I'm just saying stuff from memory.
@@ðen Did that, and I'm pretty skinny and not that strong. The armor has anchor points all around the gambeson (the padded shirt you wear under the armor) to keep the plates still and distributing the weight of the entire armor. You're wearing 60lb of armor but it's distributed so evenly that you don't really feel any discomfort and the better fit the armor was (trust me they had the money to make it PERFECTLY fit their bodies), the less friction you have between pieces, so your mobility is full. It's less comfortable moving in an over or undersized coat than in perfectly fit early/middle medieval armor
polishing armor is absolutely about esthetics, repairing it is another important task but polishing has a psychological impact as well, the knight in shining armor is a potent sight, also it lowers the chance of developing rust
Polishing armour is mostly practical because -less rust, means less weakness and less likely for anything to buckle and be penetrated -Polished armour was smoother and weapons would more often glance off. Unpolished and dented armour had more places were weapons and missiles could bite and exert force, maybe even penetrate if the armour was bad quality or rusty.
The knight in shining armor is a fantasy trope with no real historical basis. For those actually fighting, armor/mail was always scratched and dented and required constant repair and cleaning but this was done to prevent rust and preserve it for as long as possible, not for battlefield esthetics or psychological impact. Ceremonial armor was a different issue but that was largely only worn by the wealthy/nobility that could afford it.
Just living back then was hard, much more harder for the serfs or peasants at the lowest levels who worked the fields. Life only started to get better for many after the plague.
The simple act of existing was quite exhausting at that time, afterall there was no concept of "human rights", so there wasn't the mitigation we have today (without which, it would just be the same as back then, but with air pollution)
Europeans literally wiped out entire civilizations by virtue of being unwashed and disease ridden, it was more fatal to shake hands with a European than tussle with a lion 😂😂
Okay. There is a few issues here right away. 1. Most knights were not of common birth. They were nobles or something akin to that. 2. A medieval knight were a noble that was given land in exchange of having to serve in war, or pay a fee to hire mercs with instead. 3. A page is not the first step of being a knight. A page is just a servant. A servent that can become a knight if the noble wishes it. 4. It was not common for a page to become a squire. That happened mostly when the page was from an important family. 5. Life as a page is most likely not any worse than life as a peasent. Doing chores and cleaning up after the animals. That is what you just had to do back then. 6. A knight might not just "choose" to train a page. That page was most likely their own child, or some other knights child that they trained as their successor. Remember. A knight as a noble.
@@ved2360 Literally never heard of it, and Google can't find anything as well. Got a source for the claim? Where in the world was this and at what time period?
@@EulianDax Seems you have no idea how the medieval structure works then. This is pretty much common knowledge if you do basic research. Pretty sure if you spend an hour on google and do your standard 7 grade research you will find this information pretty easily.
@@Cloud_Seeker The problem is that "medieval" refers to like ~1000 years of history spanning nearly everything from Russia to France. The concept of a knight wasn't always strictly codified and people always seem to look specifically to English history for their prescriptions. Also, there are numerous castles in England that demonstrate that knights pretty much lived in the same castle as their superior, often in common barracks. They evidently were not always just land-owning vassals that did their own land management. It's like how people think of "samurai" as some specific kind of warrior either from the Edo period or the warring states period shortly running up to Nobunaga's unification. The problem is that the idea of a formal caste system didn't really exist before Toyotomi Hideyoshi -- well after the unification of Japan. Prior to that, a samurai was just anything from a tribal warrior to a sellsword or to the more standard vassalized knight people think of. I have no reason to expect knighthood didn't work the same way. There are documented cases of bandit knights, people who ruled land, and freewheeling mercenary captains who were _also_ knights, particularly back when Italiy was a bunch of dis-united states. Fiore de Liberi was an influential author who could be said to be the father of Italian style of fencing, and he himself was essentially just a mercenary himself who moved between posts as a military advisor and instructor. While not formally a captain of a mercenary band himself, and yet he was also a 'knight.' I've heard other historians say that the concept of the three estates is really just a gross oversimplification of medieval history as it was never really just that clear-cut and dry. Knights are the perfect example of this. I've encountered too many contradictory accounts of chivalry to believe in any universals there either. Fiore never seemed to mention any kind of virtue or code of ethics. Liechtenauer believed in God and was a Christian, but beyond that, didn't really allude to much in the way of some kind of chivalry beyond some general belief in self-improvement and the usual sort of thing you hear people say about martial arts being a thing that improves people.
medieval armor was heavy but it was spread out over your full body, their movement was not hampered that much at all, there are people who performed various sports in such armors to prove this, they were still pretty mobile despite offcourse being a little slower
They probably make theirs using modern techniques and materials, though. It'd significantly help reduce injuries to not use designs and material from hundreds of years ago.
@@brettjohnson536 Except worse climate, worse food, clothes, housing, really stupid haircuts (especially the half bald one), and your armor is made out of wood or lacquered paper with only some metal bits if at all (funnily enough, often imported from europe) so good luck surviving a battle when all weapons are 5x more effective against you...
Aye! The script for this one reads like it was done by a public school teacher haha Highly misleading, much of it is plain inaccurate and generalized in poor faith.
Of course but at least we have more choices in what that meaning or purpose could be. These guys are born and told what they're worth and their purpose, if peasant you're just another working hand, if knight, just another working hand that'll die in the battlefield eventually.
5:19 - wrong, just look at the various videos of HEMA guys having duels in full suit of armor, rolling and wrestling after they're done with bashing each other with their weapons
I’ve done HEMA for several years now and you are correct; and what you’ve mentioned isn’t the only thing wrong with this video. This one is ridiculous and is filled with nothing but public-school nonsense.
Armor was heavy, yes, but due to its weight distribution, flexibility at the joints, and overall maneuverability, knights were highly limber in full platemail. They could easily do cartwheels, jump fences or mount their horses in full armor.
Well, knights were technically lower nobles, they were rich at least in overall assets (armor, horses, and weapons were expensive!), and they were respected by those below them, which was most people. Granted, this means they'd also bring disputes for you to handle, such as the rightful ownership of a duck or something.
If I’m not mistaken they also had to provide soldiers whenever there was a conflict and if they were called to battle. They also had to supply their soldiers armor and food. Which usually were peasants of fighting age and health. A lot of knights weren’t very wealthy and tried to return their knighthood because they couldn’t afford it.
This video (and videos like it) could really stand to use better sources and context. I don’t think it benefits anyone to say that being a knight was miserable. It was just a profession like any other
It was a sought after position, granting you a position in the noble class, though many were already born into the noble class. The other sought out life was being in an abby or working as a cleric, but again, many of these were from nobility.
Imagine being 24. Cut, stabbed and broken in your armor. Watching the sun rise slowly as the soft heat of light hits you. Closing your eyes one more time and feeling the peace of the days won in that moment. Surprisingly this is a peaceful passing
7:09 not really, you were allowed to regularly drink beer let that sink in making alcohol wasn’t really refined scientifically until around the 1700 people were just throwing fruit in a barrel with juice maybe doing some stuff with mold yeast gas and seeing what sticks most of the time batches were botched and people that were good at making it we’re not keen on sharing the recipes Knights were regularly allowed to drink the stuff nowadays I can go crack open a cold one for my fridge, but it wasn’t always like that peasants did not get to drink alcohol eat cheese or meat because cheese and alcohol was hard to produce The fact that nights were regular with the stuff says a lot
What i've heard, everyone drank beer at that time. Wasn't particularly rich in alcohol, but safer than drinking water. Making beer really isn't that hard.
Exept most of the time big military campaigns were in fact somewhat rare and you would either stay at your lord's castle eating whatever cereals, legumes or meat they had avaliable. Go out for training, hunting with your lord, stay on duty for castle protection or go out from time to time on errands that tour lord gave you. Sometimes even apprehensions and fighting bandits. Life was tough, but not as tough as he makes it look like
Being a Knight was a much sought after position, since the hardships of being a common peasant were far superior, all the while still being consider a servant...afterall, life in the middle ages was way harder than today, and this has to be seen in perspective. Plate armor was actually less heavy and cumbersome than one would think, surely less than chainmail, and granted a great freedom of movement and speed, made the wearer virtually invulnerable to bladed weapons, at the expense of visibility.
So I've been a HEMA practioner for about 10 years now. I have a full harness (aka "Suit of Armor") that's the real stuff they would have worn and actually then some. Modern replica armor for full contact sports is actually a tad heavier to FULLY ENSURE the best safety possible. I've work a period correct harness as well. The weight isn't that bad. The entire thing is strapped to you and not hanging off of you. So the weight distribution is excellent. I was also a soldier in the US Army in the early 2010s, an Infantryman wearing a full IOTV kit. I am 100% certain I could do everything in the medieval armor that I could do in modern combat armor and am very sure I'd be a bit more comfortable as well with the better weight distribution from the knight kit. There's also a lot of differing medieval kits. Chain, plate, lamellar, brigandine, and padding all played into what a knight would actually wear. Brigandine for instance is a great "instant" armor. It's easy to throw on, even without assistance. It's lighter because the plating is sectional built into a gambeson that contains flax fibers that are very rubbery and resistant to stabs and cuts. So depending on what kit you had? You probably had full mobility. The worst thing about being a knight is the vision. You got two small slits about an inch off your face. Field of vision is what got most knight killed. And yes, falling down sucks. There are videos here on youtube showing the mobility of a knight's harness; linked here ---> (ruclips.net/video/qzTwBQniLSc/видео.html). You can see the movement is excellent and you can see he gets up from laying on his back fairly easily. What the video doesn't show is 30 minutes of fighting for your life to be knocked down on your back tired as shit. That's where the weight comes into play. After you've already taken a beating, killing 13 peasants, and getting jumped by a group of 5 Pikemen.
i gather from the video that being a knight is pretty good, and only bad from the whole wars thing, and you're framing everything bad you possibly can, and the comments say you don't even get that, so, y'know, I'm clicking [don't recommend this channel] now
Well, the true cost is probably the severe PTSD most knights had. There are accounts on knights waking up screaming in their sleep and showing all the other signs. It was simply not understood at the time, but just accepted as part of it.
@@BLOCK_MASTERprobably a millennial who finds doing a normal work day too physically and psychologically exhausting, preferring to live with their parents long after high school or college.
@@admincxs1670 Yeah, please explain how it's better than modern jobs. In a time where we have electricity, plumbing, medicine and we can order food to our doorstep from our phones
Thank you so much for using accurate historical data when discussing knights on armor. So many people think that it makes you a big stiff walking tin can.
A snall nitpick - armour isnt particularly heavy when you are wearing it and it fits you well and you know how to properly fasten your hauberk The worst thing is the heat. It gets fucking hot when you are wearing armour, speaking from experience here
There's no way that doing all this wouldn't make you into an absolute Chad. Could you imagine what this person would be like? A killer, warrior, an unbelievable sense of duty and responsibility, an unbreakable will, completely jacked out of his mind...
The life of a Knight sounds way better than the life of your average Westerner. Atleast a knight will not have to worry about what his purpose in life is. Sure its a hard life but I'm sure it would be equally rewarding
What part of the medieval period is this about? If you're talking about 11th century knights some of these claims check out but if it's a 14th century knight then I can tell you they don't. Also, could you please cite your sources? when talking about history that's really important
The weight of the armor and swords have long been sold to me as something you needed to be crazy strong for, but they test your endurance far more than your strength. One-handed swords are usually well under a kilogram, and two-handed ones weigh only a few kilos. I have a training vest and ankle/wrist straps that add up to 25kg. It's as heavy as one of the heavier armors. Even in mediocre shape, I can still do pullups with it, but only about 1/3 as many. I promise you could move with it. It just makes everything incredibly tiring, like being overweight. But knights would be in good shape and well adjusted to it, and their weight distribution would be better. I think this is the least of their troubles. As long as they don't have joint pains or poorly healing injuries from their fights, that is...
Much of this information depends heavily on time and place. France in the 1000s and Castille in 1400 were very different places. I wish I could say "Spain", but it wasn't quite there yet.
Food they usually ate was lentil pottage, bread, and ale. On rare occasions cheese and meat. I would assume most of the vitamin C they got was from pottage and ale.
Yes, the horses were huge as they had to be strong enough for battle and wear armour as well. They were very expensive, along with the armour and weaponry.
There’s an objective middle ground and nuance to this that all parties aren’t concluding. Firstly, war horses weren’t “just” horses. They were horses specifically bred and trained for battle. They were larger, stronger, more endurable, and braver than other horse breeds save draft horses debatably. War and draft horses often overlap in strength and size due to both their roles being very labour intensive. That being said, they’re very different from other breeds like standard riding horses. But secondly, yes, like humans, they’d be shorter, but horses saw a greater extreme. Horses averaged around the 4 foot range. Some of the tallest horses throughout history were 5 feet tall. The standard height for many modern horses is 6 feet tall. Unlike humans, our height never really changed. The average height for a man in the middle ages was 5’7 to 5’8. Today, it’s often considered 5’9 to 5’10, but 5’8 is still a larger percentile in studies, though there is greater height diversity. This is also solely focusing on Europe and European descendants. If we took a world average, then 5’7 would be the average height.
@@rlanious maybe in 1450 and after, before then it would be rare for horses to have chainmail. They’d usually have a caprison and metal cap. They wouldn’t be any bigger than the horses used to plow fields in the early 1900s.
early medieval knights were mostly completely illiterate, even later most knights were illiterate. Literacy was not considered essential. In fact at medieval period literacy was quite rare outside of clergy
It have excellent depth of vision for knights. I don’t see it as great explanation on armors and the title. Good effort though. Wars wasn’t the major back then as it’s why they often held tournaments to honing their skills and being able to hold up the swords. If you explain more specifically to which countries since each knighthoods are different than other alongside the people perspective on their own knights. Not that they’d be landlord or some guy who have minions run around for doing their errands.
Good or bad at what? It depends on the time period. Knights were initially paid warring thugs for a lord, but by the 11th century, being a knight meant becoming a low member of nobility. Knights fought in wars and wars were ruthless.
This video seems to focus more on demonizing knighthood than anything else. It was one of the most sought after positions in the middle ages and a tremendous honor. Of course it comes with an equal amount of responsibility. That isn't miserable or bad. It's living your life for a higher purpose, usually God. The highest feats of human achievement have been attained by men that were divinely inspired, and the great deeds of tenacity and valor that knights were known for are no excetions. They were warriors through and through. Of course their lives were harder than working 9-5 and watching netflix like the worthless animal that is the modern "man".
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It's already a 1/10 ranking bro
Monk.You can show how church saved ancient scrolls.and kickcstarted science.cuz many people believa than in medieval times people believe than earth was flat and stuff.Protestants and later Voltaire and his pals created this myths
@DeadPizza Noble was a class, not an occupation. A knight at the time of the high middle ages was a noble. There were three classes in the feudalistic society: The Clergy (those who prayed), The Nobility (those who fought and ruled), and the Peasantry (those who worked). Many historians will point out it really was not this simple, but that is the gist of it. By the high middle ages, many in the peasant class became wealthier and more famous than the nobility, especially the merchants. Many nobility ended up in the clergy, and often, there was no real difference between church and state.
@alicjacaban2226 The church did not kick start science. The church maintained literature as the monasteries were initially the only places where literature was transcribed, and initially, only the clergy and some nobility were literate. This is Western Europe I speak of. The Byzantine and Sassanid empires continued to be literate and on the forefront of science and literature until being overthrown by the Islamists. The Islsmists, most from the old Sassanid empire, however, continued to pursue science and the literary classics, leading the way in science up to the end of the high middle ages and early modern era. People thought the world was flat because most were not educated. Mariners and others, however, knew differently. The church did however start Universities which led to more lust for learning and unfortunately, more challenges to the church.
Still a whole lot better than being a peasant or a serf
True. A knight was a member of nobility. Life for peasants was brutal up to the high middle ages.
True serf are basically slaves.
For me, the best case would be becoming a monk.
There is servitude, blind faith and rejection of material desires (love, fust, communication in some cases). But on the other hand, the road to many arts opens. Learning how to read and write puts you on the top 10% of the Medieval society. Mathematics, Physics, Music, Literature and History are lessons that I as a Medieval serf would probably never even hear of.
As a monk I would be expected to learn them and teach them to others when I come of age. Meanwhile performing tasks like farming the land and growing some animals. Definitely not as hard labour as a peasant, but the work for the mind and the protection/solitude of the monastic orders make up for it.
@@fourikaunix5407 Until a viking comes a calling!
@@williamy3947 Not like being a peasant would offer more protection compared to that
This video actually painted Knighthood even more romantic than the "romanticized" popular version people knows, remember, romanticism doesnt always mean "love" but intense devotion, will and duty to the extreme, all the hardships the Knight has to endure without any recognition is what actually makes it Romantic.
A knight was a member of the nobility. They often got recognition. Consider the knight in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The romanticism of knighthood, however, comes from French literature of the high middle ages, primarily the King Arthur tales. Only when King Arthur, if he existed, was around during the Anglo-Saxon invasion, long before the concepts of knights as we think of them.
Bro just join the army already.
Yeah judging by the channel name he's probably one of those zoomers jerking off to marcus aurelius, the ultimate sigma
@@1Orderchaos who you said that to?
Romantism just means unusual, counter trivial, not boring, new or exciting
This video is nice in many ways, but it's also highly exaggerated. In essence, knights were simply low nobles with a title and duty. They had many jobs to do, and serving their lord in battle was just one of them. In fact, fighting in wars was very rare, and those chaotic pitch battles were *extremely* rare. Little squirmishes composed the vast majority of most conflicts in Feudal Europe, but being in a state of war wasn't the rule, but the exception.
In fact, the main reason why tournaments existed was simply due to boredom. So much train with no one to fight, gotta find ways to gamble prestige and have some good memorable time.
Yeah, it seems this video wasn't trying to provide a holistic view of Knighthood, just all of the bad parts
just like with most aspects of life... it's mundane
Most history is greatly over-generalized. Being a knight meant different things in 1200 England than it would in 1600's Germany. Early English chevaliers were really just guys who could afford horses, and got stuck in with the cavalry, since armies were often expected to self-equip. It wasn't even really a formal social situation in a lot of cases, just kind of a broad accepted fact of reality that some people served in a de facto military caste. Pretty much all pop history is worthless for this reason, because it's really just a bunch of unsourced suppositions, rumors and legends about a broad swathe of history that will always remain unknowable.
Notice, I mentioned two time periods separated by 400 years and half a continent apart. The idea of a fixed concept of knighthood is bunk. "Medieval" refers to close to a 1000 period of history and people incorrectly think of early modern eras as "medieval."
In some cases, it was the fashion to bathe less than in earlier periods, as a lot of places adopted and still used bath houses after the Romans.
Even the concept of chivalry is largely bs. As different knights had radically different ideals. And frankly, I assume most had no special opinion about it that they cared to write down.
EDIT: Most ideas of "medieval history" comes from a very narrow slice of English history as well, for whatever reason. It's _always_ English history to such a boring regularity. Probably because the British monarchy is probably the most well known intact royal family still around.
It's so frakking boring and overly dowdy, our obsession with medieval=Britbonger. Lots of cool stuff happened elsewhere.
Like cock sure Italian mercenary knights or bandits were a real thing outside of some guy with his overly religious monasticism and his solemn dedication to a caste system.
Mr. Student Phonk Walk, your entire brand is like a budget medieval fair-cheap, overhyped, and falling apart the second anyone takes a closer look. You wanna talk about 'knight life'? Let’s be real: the closest you’ve ever come to anything knightly is when you Googled ‘chainmail armor PNG’ for your last low-effort video. If you actually tried to make a knight-themed edit, it would look like a blooper reel from a high school play-clunky, awkward, and so painful to watch that even phonk beats would beg to be cut out.
Imagine you, wobbling around in a poorly-fitted suit of armor, sweating through the padding because cardio isn’t your thing, and tripping over the same sword you hyped up in the caption. You’d probably try to make it 'epic,' but let’s face it, the only thing epic about your attempt would be how much secondhand embarrassment you’d generate.
Every time you put out a video, it screams, 'Look at me, I tried!' but it’s always two levels below mediocre. Your transitions? Sloppy. Your timing? Nonexistent. And your vibe? It's not ‘knight life,’ it’s ‘nightmare fuel.’ You couldn’t capture the grit, the grind, or even the swagger of a knight if you had a full production team holding your hand.
You’re out here thinking you’re the next big thing, but in reality, you’re just recycling the same tired formula, hoping nobody notices the lack of creativity. So go ahead, Mr. Phonk Walk, make your 'knight life' video. Just know that when the helmet comes off, all we’ll see is the face of someone who peaked at trying too hard and failed even harder.
@Jakku_4k I don't quite understand what were you trying to shoot at, but you missed greatly.
Like damn, just look at your comment. Chill out, man, or woman, or whatever. We're just people talking about history here and writing opinions about a video we watched based on our own knowledge as history fans. Yet there you came with a stream of bitterness attacking me for a stupid sequence I uploaded years ago that's completely unrelated to this :o
Again. Calm down. If you have anything to say about the contents of my initial comment, I'm happy to read and answer. But surely not like that.
If you just had a bad day, I sincerely hope it improves.
See ya.
As a person, who specifically studies knights, religion, medieval history and warfare - feasts and baths were not that rate, lol. And wearing armor, walking in it all day and even doing stuff like running by themselves are not that exhausting (that one is coming from experience). Weight is very naturally distributed, if the armor fits you well. The real problem is breathing and seeing in a helmet.
Running in armor is made to look way more difficult than it really is
Their deit could play a part too since they mostly only relied on bread and salted meat
The way you express yourself shows us you are silly and childish. Far from being someone of authority
what? brother, a full armor suit weights from 30 to 60 lbs... the police gear i wear weights 30lbs and it may not be heavy at first, but wearing it every day of work really gives a toll on your body. no way you can say its not that exhausting in your experience
@@JoseLeybaDiaz Your gear is mostly centered on your chest and hips, not your entire body.
So in other words, being a medieval knight is like being a professional soldier and landlord with a big stone house and villages to look after while dealing with all the pleasantries of medieval times. Recognition is worthwhile as it means people will agree to your dealings and lords/kings will grant you privileges but at the same time you are still just a well paid soldier who may die even for the most arbitrary reasons like diseases or getting kicked by a horse. Lots of opportunities, management and your main job is every once in a while, only prepared for you to fight but you may die for all sorts of reasons.
Knights aren't really Professional Soldiers by their own Right, since most people often forget the other type of soldiery being Retinue Soldiers which existed for a long time, from the Celtic/Gallic/Germanic Tribes having their Chiefs being surrounded by their own Retinues, to Medieval Knights, Rus Druzhina, Arabic Faris and even the Japanese Samurai aren't really Professional Soldiers since they often lacked the versatility and administration of the real Professional Soldiers like the Roman Legionaries who can branch out to become the Engineer, Musicians, Surgeon and even Smiths.
Retinue Soldiers are basically a way to get quality troops which is often too expensive for the common soldiers to go for so the Chiefs would choose their most trusted men to become the heavily equipped and well trained Retinue Soldiers.
Basically for short a Group of Knights would have their Knight Banneret leading his own Retinue of Bachelor Knights accompanied with their Squires and Men-at-Arms.
While a Century of Legionaries(100 Men) would have their Centurion(Leader), Optiones(Second in Command), Aquilifer(Imperial Standard Bearer), Signiferi(Legion Standard Bearer and Administrator), Armorum Custodes(Equipment Manager) and Librarii(Those who keep written records)
Excuse me sir are you insinuating that I'm not going to be 6'6 Beautiful and Herculean knight loved by every woman I've ever met like Daemon Blackfyre was?
That would depend LARGELY on the tricky question of getting enough to eat in a primitive, pre industrial world with no global transport network to secure your food supply, no farming industry, manufactured fertilizer, no johndeers, no giant silos, no corporate farming conglomerates, no ability to irrigate beyond praying for rain in a lot of cases.
Then there’s genes and frankly the issue of women in this time also going without the benefits of easy access to food, soap, feminine products, hair salons, bras, plastic surgery or even parasite meds from all the lice ticks and fleas likely to come from all the animals you live in close proximity to.
@@ythandlename no
*Literally the coolest thing ever
"ACTUALLY THIS THING FUCKING SUCKS"
He made it all up.
I also hate the fact that surviving is painted as a *bad thing* when we are literally wired to be fulfilled when struggling to survive
2:36 so basically, a normal job
I was going to say the same thing 😂
Nothings changed😂
Look on the bright side. At least you aren't born from a hanged corpse and adopted by an abusive mercenary who sold you for coin and eventually you kill your attacker and later on your abusive adopted father in defense and you become a solo mercenary until you're forced into another mercenary group and you eventually become a knight but your best friend says you aren't his equal so you leave but come back to rescue him but he uses a magic necklace to turn himself into a demon god, sacrifices most of the group you grew to love, r***d your girlfriend and corrupted your unborn child and marked you for death and torment while he becomes a beloved king. I'll take being a regular knight over that.
Oh come on. Don't do my favorite frenchman/german Guts dirty like that.
@Cloud_Seeker, it's a joke.
@@afrikasmith1049 So is mine
😂
I sont think guts was knighted, was he? The King wanted to knight the commanders but than turned on them bc grifith banged his daughter
1:55
Knight's Armor weren't that heavy even in Later Medieval age, though ironically during earlier Medieval age the Chainmail is far heavier but only when not worn/just grabbing that slab of Iron Shirt.
Though from the look of the theme it could be around 13th century so the Armor the Knights would be wearing are mostly Partial Plates.
Squires are there to help carry and even help their Knights in wearing their armor as most armor requires a helping hand to wear.
2:42
Not all Squires turn into Knights, most of them turns into Men-at-Arms who are in some way Retinue Soldiers like Knights but is often paid instead of owning lands.
Fun fact: most word for Knights are often similar to Riders, from the Germanic Reiter/Ritter to the French Chevalier, Basically most word for Knights are just "Riders" or "Horseman", since it's a tradition of Men Chosen by Kings and Lords should have the wealth to own a horse and Training to be the King's and Lord's Elite Retinue Force.
@@ashina2146 some good info here, thanks for correcting
I'd like to see you fight in 60lb armor
@ brother what does that have to do with anything
Every knight was a men-at-arms but not all men-at-arms were knights. Being a knight meant that they were part of the nobility. Anyone can be a men-at-arms as long as they have the skill and money. Also if a squire has the skill to become a knight then they will be knighted. They might not inherit land but you can still be a knight without land. There were a bunch of knights without land and that's why they fought really hard on the battlefield to gain the favour of their lords so that they may gain land. But please correct me if I'm wrong preferably with a source since I'm just saying stuff from memory.
@@ðen Did that, and I'm pretty skinny and not that strong. The armor has anchor points all around the gambeson (the padded shirt you wear under the armor) to keep the plates still and distributing the weight of the entire armor. You're wearing 60lb of armor but it's distributed so evenly that you don't really feel any discomfort and the better fit the armor was (trust me they had the money to make it PERFECTLY fit their bodies), the less friction you have between pieces, so your mobility is full.
It's less comfortable moving in an over or undersized coat than in perfectly fit early/middle medieval armor
polishing armor is absolutely about esthetics, repairing it is another important task but polishing has a psychological impact as well, the knight in shining armor is a potent sight,
also it lowers the chance of developing rust
Both of those are function, not form genius.
Polishing armour is mostly practical because
-less rust, means less weakness and less likely for anything to buckle and be penetrated
-Polished armour was smoother and weapons would more often glance off. Unpolished and dented armour had more places were weapons and missiles could bite and exert force, maybe even penetrate if the armour was bad quality or rusty.
Polishing armor was to prevent rust. If your armor rusts through, it becomes worthless
The knight in shining armor is a fantasy trope with no real historical basis. For those actually fighting, armor/mail was always scratched and dented and required constant repair and cleaning but this was done to prevent rust and preserve it for as long as possible, not for battlefield esthetics or psychological impact. Ceremonial armor was a different issue but that was largely only worn by the wealthy/nobility that could afford it.
I didn't even know that being a page would be so exhausting, great video again!
Just living back then was hard, much more harder for the serfs or peasants at the lowest levels who worked the fields. Life only started to get better for many after the plague.
The simple act of existing was quite exhausting at that time, afterall there was no concept of "human rights", so there wasn't the mitigation we have today (without which, it would just be the same as back then, but with air pollution)
This video is full of typical medieval misconceptions like the difficulty of moving with armor, how battles happened, the higiene...
Hygiene
The hygiene one is true, europe wasn't really known for liking bathing or being clean.
@leearthcolonel4311 nah, that one is also mostly untrue.
Europeans literally wiped out entire civilizations by virtue of being unwashed and disease ridden, it was more fatal to shake hands with a European than tussle with a lion 😂😂
hygiene in europe back then wasn't common
Okay. There is a few issues here right away.
1. Most knights were not of common birth. They were nobles or something akin to that.
2. A medieval knight were a noble that was given land in exchange of having to serve in war, or pay a fee to hire mercs with instead.
3. A page is not the first step of being a knight. A page is just a servant. A servent that can become a knight if the noble wishes it.
4. It was not common for a page to become a squire. That happened mostly when the page was from an important family.
5. Life as a page is most likely not any worse than life as a peasent. Doing chores and cleaning up after the animals. That is what you just had to do back then.
6. A knight might not just "choose" to train a page. That page was most likely their own child, or some other knights child that they trained as their successor. Remember. A knight as a noble.
There were such things as 'house knights' who resided with their lord. So even that generalization isn't exactly true.
@@ved2360 Literally never heard of it, and Google can't find anything as well. Got a source for the claim? Where in the world was this and at what time period?
All of your points sound like your own work of fiction.
@@EulianDax Seems you have no idea how the medieval structure works then. This is pretty much common knowledge if you do basic research. Pretty sure if you spend an hour on google and do your standard 7 grade research you will find this information pretty easily.
@@Cloud_Seeker The problem is that "medieval" refers to like ~1000 years of history spanning nearly everything from Russia to France. The concept of a knight wasn't always strictly codified and people always seem to look specifically to English history for their prescriptions.
Also, there are numerous castles in England that demonstrate that knights pretty much lived in the same castle as their superior, often in common barracks. They evidently were not always just land-owning vassals that did their own land management.
It's like how people think of "samurai" as some specific kind of warrior either from the Edo period or the warring states period shortly running up to Nobunaga's unification.
The problem is that the idea of a formal caste system didn't really exist before Toyotomi Hideyoshi -- well after the unification of Japan. Prior to that, a samurai was just anything from a tribal warrior to a sellsword or to the more standard vassalized knight people think of.
I have no reason to expect knighthood didn't work the same way. There are documented cases of bandit knights, people who ruled land, and freewheeling mercenary captains who were _also_ knights, particularly back when Italiy was a bunch of dis-united states.
Fiore de Liberi was an influential author who could be said to be the father of Italian style of fencing, and he himself was essentially just a mercenary himself who moved between posts as a military advisor and instructor. While not formally a captain
of a mercenary band himself, and yet he was also a 'knight.'
I've heard other historians say that the concept of the three estates is really just a gross oversimplification of medieval history as it was never really just that clear-cut and dry. Knights are the perfect example of this.
I've encountered too many contradictory accounts of chivalry to believe in any universals there either. Fiore never seemed to mention any kind of virtue or code of ethics. Liechtenauer believed in God and was a Christian, but beyond that, didn't really allude to much in the way of some kind of chivalry beyond some general belief in self-improvement and the usual sort of thing you hear people say about martial arts being a thing that improves people.
medieval armor was heavy but it was spread out over your full body, their movement was not hampered that much at all, there are people who performed various sports in such armors to prove this, they were still pretty mobile despite offcourse being a little slower
They probably make theirs using modern techniques and materials, though. It'd significantly help reduce injuries to not use designs and material from hundreds of years ago.
The stereotype that medieval people never usually bathed is a stereotype
Source: medieval history in college
how about your life as a samurai?
Very similar thing
Basically the same but in Japan.
Fun facts samurai,knight etc are just military officer in general but atleast have decent life than conscripted levies from peasant.:v
@@Mr.Frizwall Yeah, Knights, Huscarls, Samurai... they are all basically retainer soldiers...
@@brettjohnson536 Except worse climate, worse food, clothes, housing, really stupid haircuts (especially the half bald one), and your armor is made out of wood or lacquered paper with only some metal bits if at all (funnily enough, often imported from europe) so good luck surviving a battle when all weapons are 5x more effective against you...
I love it when videos have things like "you might get hurt and stuff" like every boy to yong adult doesnt love a good scrap
Aye!
The script for this one reads like it was done by a public school teacher haha Highly misleading, much of it is plain inaccurate and generalized in poor faith.
truth is most of us now live better than the kings of old
Ofc, we have showers, AC, and mc donalds
@@dannydelgado7056 bro said McDonald's
@@dannydelgado7056 Wait does McDonald's really makes it better ? I'd just say food delivery platforms and restaurants as a whole. lol
no, we just live in more comfort.
@@Somebody-ko9hithat unironically tastes better than any food the kings on old ate.
I worked as a page at my local library back in 2010
which one? page 148?
What book were you in? 😂
Still prefer a hard life filled with purpose than an easy life with no meaning
Of course but at least we have more choices in what that meaning or purpose could be. These guys are born and told what they're worth and their purpose, if peasant you're just another working hand, if knight, just another working hand that'll die in the battlefield eventually.
Fuck no
Slaves have a pretty solid purpose, but I dont think u mean that kind, do u?? Lmao
Exactly.
@@youngnatchoice is overrated dude
5:19 - wrong, just look at the various videos of HEMA guys having duels in full suit of armor, rolling and wrestling after they're done with bashing each other with their weapons
I’ve done HEMA for several years now and you are correct; and what you’ve mentioned isn’t the only thing wrong with this video. This one is ridiculous and is filled with nothing but public-school nonsense.
You mean buhurt not hema. HEMA ist more looking like fencing with swords (technically it is fencing with medieval weapons)
Armor was heavy, yes, but due to its weight distribution, flexibility at the joints, and overall maneuverability, knights were highly limber in full platemail. They could easily do cartwheels, jump fences or mount their horses in full armor.
Wait fucking cartwheels
Imagine a knight doing that shit😂
@@Somedudeonaiphonechilling8971
Thats puss in boots lmfao
Based Knighthood ! Great Content, keep it up. Your work is highly appreciated.
Page : demanding and thankless life
Squire : demanding and thankless life
Knight : demanding and thankless life
😅
Well, knights were technically lower nobles, they were rich at least in overall assets (armor, horses, and weapons were expensive!), and they were respected by those below them, which was most people. Granted, this means they'd also bring disputes for you to handle, such as the rightful ownership of a duck or something.
This guy could make the Pope's life seem demanding and thankless.
For any kid who has been whipped with a stick, or played swords with them branches, we know those wooden swords are OP asf 😂😂
Another certified Plato classic! Nice one.
Very informative tyvm.
those real knights had to have been hella wise
Truly underrated
Fancy seeing you here Thank you!
Great job man.
Fun video, I really enjoy your content.
Interesting video, medieval knights were not my thing, but I watched this to the very end thanks to entertaining format
If I’m not mistaken they also had to provide soldiers whenever there was a conflict and if they were called to battle. They also had to supply their soldiers armor and food. Which usually were peasants of fighting age and health. A lot of knights weren’t very wealthy and tried to return their knighthood because they couldn’t afford it.
This still sounds like an ideal life.
This video (and videos like it) could really stand to use better sources and context. I don’t think it benefits anyone to say that being a knight was miserable. It was just a profession like any other
It was a sought after position, granting you a position in the noble class, though many were already born into the noble class. The other sought out life was being in an abby or working as a cleric, but again, many of these were from nobility.
@ that, and a lot of information in this video is highly generalized or plainly inaccurate
Based Knighthood! First time watcher and this quality is amazing, had to subscribe
Your life as a viking next?
Bro cooked with this one
Imagine being 24. Cut, stabbed and broken in your armor. Watching the sun rise slowly as the soft heat of light hits you. Closing your eyes one more time and feeling the peace of the days won in that moment. Surprisingly this is a peaceful passing
00:16 Yeah, that what internship is about
You poor little boy 😂
Forget being a knight just become a mercenary instead and get paid.
7:09 not really, you were allowed to regularly drink beer let that sink in making alcohol wasn’t really refined scientifically until around the 1700 people were just throwing fruit in a barrel with juice maybe doing some stuff with mold yeast gas and seeing what sticks most of the time batches were botched and people that were good at making it we’re not keen on sharing the recipes Knights were regularly allowed to drink the stuff nowadays I can go crack open a cold one for my fridge, but it wasn’t always like that peasants did not get to drink alcohol eat cheese or meat because cheese and alcohol was hard to produce The fact that nights were regular with the stuff says a lot
What i've heard, everyone drank beer at that time. Wasn't particularly rich in alcohol, but safer than drinking water. Making beer really isn't that hard.
@ it was hard to make even harder to make good beer, the beer we drink today would be a novel to the togather
Wow, you should really use periods in your writing. It's horrible to read this long sentence without.
Exept most of the time big military campaigns were in fact somewhat rare and you would either stay at your lord's castle eating whatever cereals, legumes or meat they had avaliable. Go out for training, hunting with your lord, stay on duty for castle protection or go out from time to time on errands that tour lord gave you. Sometimes even apprehensions and fighting bandits.
Life was tough, but not as tough as he makes it look like
Being a Knight was a much sought after position, since the hardships of being a common peasant were far superior, all the while still being consider a servant...afterall, life in the middle ages was way harder than today, and this has to be seen in perspective.
Plate armor was actually less heavy and cumbersome than one would think, surely less than chainmail, and granted a great freedom of movement and speed, made the wearer virtually invulnerable to bladed weapons, at the expense of visibility.
I think life kinda tucked applies to most of medieval life
So I've been a HEMA practioner for about 10 years now. I have a full harness (aka "Suit of Armor") that's the real stuff they would have worn and actually then some. Modern replica armor for full contact sports is actually a tad heavier to FULLY ENSURE the best safety possible. I've work a period correct harness as well. The weight isn't that bad. The entire thing is strapped to you and not hanging off of you. So the weight distribution is excellent.
I was also a soldier in the US Army in the early 2010s, an Infantryman wearing a full IOTV kit. I am 100% certain I could do everything in the medieval armor that I could do in modern combat armor and am very sure I'd be a bit more comfortable as well with the better weight distribution from the knight kit.
There's also a lot of differing medieval kits. Chain, plate, lamellar, brigandine, and padding all played into what a knight would actually wear. Brigandine for instance is a great "instant" armor. It's easy to throw on, even without assistance. It's lighter because the plating is sectional built into a gambeson that contains flax fibers that are very rubbery and resistant to stabs and cuts. So depending on what kit you had? You probably had full mobility. The worst thing about being a knight is the vision. You got two small slits about an inch off your face. Field of vision is what got most knight killed.
And yes, falling down sucks. There are videos here on youtube showing the mobility of a knight's harness; linked here ---> (ruclips.net/video/qzTwBQniLSc/видео.html). You can see the movement is excellent and you can see he gets up from laying on his back fairly easily. What the video doesn't show is 30 minutes of fighting for your life to be knocked down on your back tired as shit. That's where the weight comes into play. After you've already taken a beating, killing 13 peasants, and getting jumped by a group of 5 Pikemen.
i gather from the video that being a knight is pretty good, and only bad from the whole wars thing, and you're framing everything bad you possibly can, and the comments say you don't even get that, so, y'know, I'm clicking [don't recommend this channel] now
Same. This was utter nonsense.
So were the peasants not appreciative of knights for defending them?
The modern day equivalent would be, you’re the support engineer in charge of fixing the damaged tanks out in the field and keeping in top shape.
Pretty cool how the Squire was wearing a Hermes belt... I bet all the other Squires were really jealous.
Sounds better then what I’m currently living through tbh
Well, the true cost is probably the severe PTSD most knights had. There are accounts on knights waking up screaming in their sleep and showing all the other signs. It was simply not understood at the time, but just accepted as part of it.
Holy shit, The Brotherhood of Steel uses medieval knight system. Never knew
Really focused on literally only the bad of knighthood. Would have been nice to see the good with the bad.
sounds awesome
So basically you are a babysitter till you die lol
Better than going to work a 9-5 that’s for sure.
I hope your joking
@@BLOCK_MASTERprobably a millennial who finds doing a normal work day too physically and psychologically exhausting, preferring to live with their parents long after high school or college.
@@admincxs1670 Yeah, please explain how it's better than modern jobs. In a time where we have electricity, plumbing, medicine and we can order food to our doorstep from our phones
@@Ptoughneigh08 a comfortable life isn't the same as good life
@@ligmagrinder9775 that is true
Bards making it out the pub with this one 🗣️😤
Sounds a lot like the life we already live.
Thank you so much for using accurate historical data when discussing knights on armor. So many people think that it makes you a big stiff walking tin can.
A snall nitpick - armour isnt particularly heavy when you are wearing it and it fits you well and you know how to properly fasten your hauberk
The worst thing is the heat. It gets fucking hot when you are wearing armour, speaking from experience here
Duty is it's own reward, such is the life of the Based Knight.
There's no way that doing all this wouldn't make you into an absolute Chad. Could you imagine what this person would be like? A killer, warrior, an unbelievable sense of duty and responsibility, an unbreakable will, completely jacked out of his mind...
The life of a Knight sounds way better than the life of your average Westerner. Atleast a knight will not have to worry about what his purpose in life is. Sure its a hard life but I'm sure it would be equally rewarding
KCD explains this perfectly.
Great video man
Still a whole lot better than being moder world commoner
Wesome video, love the simplicity and information.
I feel like I could do this, as long as I end up with a real longsword
To think a peasant with a crossbow can defeat a knight, or a longbowman. Years of training the sword, wasted.
What part of the medieval period is this about?
If you're talking about 11th century knights some of these claims check out but if it's a 14th century knight then I can tell you they don't.
Also, could you please cite your sources? when talking about history that's really important
So whats the bad part?
The weight of the armor and swords have long been sold to me as something you needed to be crazy strong for, but they test your endurance far more than your strength. One-handed swords are usually well under a kilogram, and two-handed ones weigh only a few kilos. I have a training vest and ankle/wrist straps that add up to 25kg. It's as heavy as one of the heavier armors. Even in mediocre shape, I can still do pullups with it, but only about 1/3 as many. I promise you could move with it. It just makes everything incredibly tiring, like being overweight.
But knights would be in good shape and well adjusted to it, and their weight distribution would be better. I think this is the least of their troubles. As long as they don't have joint pains or poorly healing injuries from their fights, that is...
Is wager most people couldn’t do a single pull up unencumbered.
As an electrician, I can confirm this. It's true.
Much of this information depends heavily on time and place. France in the 1000s and Castille in 1400 were very different places. I wish I could say "Spain", but it wasn't quite there yet.
Based knighthood!
Still better than 9 to 5
Finally a quality one
Being born in the medieval era i can confrim this is 💯% accurate
this was inspiring
Food they usually ate was lentil pottage, bread, and ale. On rare occasions cheese and meat. I would assume most of the vitamin C they got was from pottage and ale.
Maybe that's why there was no "feminism" fighting for the right for women to become knight 😂
War horses weren’t giant, they were just horses. Back in medieval times, like humans, they’d be smaller.
Nah dude, they had plenty of draft horses
Yes, the horses were huge as they had to be strong enough for battle and wear armour as well. They were very expensive, along with the armour and weaponry.
There’s an objective middle ground and nuance to this that all parties aren’t concluding.
Firstly, war horses weren’t “just” horses. They were horses specifically bred and trained for battle. They were larger, stronger, more endurable, and braver than other horse breeds save draft horses debatably. War and draft horses often overlap in strength and size due to both their roles being very labour intensive. That being said, they’re very different from other breeds like standard riding horses.
But secondly, yes, like humans, they’d be shorter, but horses saw a greater extreme. Horses averaged around the 4 foot range. Some of the tallest horses throughout history were 5 feet tall. The standard height for many modern horses is 6 feet tall.
Unlike humans, our height never really changed. The average height for a man in the middle ages was 5’7 to 5’8. Today, it’s often considered 5’9 to 5’10, but 5’8 is still a larger percentile in studies, though there is greater height diversity. This is also solely focusing on Europe and European descendants. If we took a world average, then 5’7 would be the average height.
@@herrfantastisch7489 my point was they were horses, not some mythological giant beasts.
@@rlanious maybe in 1450 and after, before then it would be rare for horses to have chainmail. They’d usually have a caprison and metal cap. They wouldn’t be any bigger than the horses used to plow fields in the early 1900s.
And these guys had it good by comparison back then. Like, very good comparably.
Sounds just like being a soldier tbh
Because you are
BASED KNIGHTHOOD indeed
Wow you're going hard on armor
You literally used the heaviest type of armor as a demonstration
Not to mention it's a late medieval armor
early medieval knights were mostly completely illiterate, even later most knights were illiterate. Literacy was not considered essential. In fact at medieval period literacy was quite rare outside of clergy
Good job
It have excellent depth of vision for knights. I don’t see it as great explanation on armors and the title. Good effort though.
Wars wasn’t the major back then as it’s why they often held tournaments to honing their skills and being able to hold up the swords.
If you explain more specifically to which countries since each knighthoods are different than other alongside the people perspective on their own knights. Not that they’d be landlord or some guy who have minions run around for doing their errands.
I would say being a lady of the night in a small village where you are related to everyone would be tougher.
Sounds 100x better than being a peasant.
Knights could be quite good but also quite bad. This applies to there lives as well.
Good or bad at what? It depends on the time period. Knights were initially paid warring thugs for a lord, but by the 11th century, being a knight meant becoming a low member of nobility. Knights fought in wars and wars were ruthless.
"I feel quite hungry".
the medieval times were literally just a pre-industrial dystopia
That’s just the human condition brah, keep your head up, people are counting on you.
@ you replied to the wrong person
This video seems to focus more on demonizing knighthood than anything else. It was one of the most sought after positions in the middle ages and a tremendous honor. Of course it comes with an equal amount of responsibility. That isn't miserable or bad. It's living your life for a higher purpose, usually God. The highest feats of human achievement have been attained by men that were divinely inspired, and the great deeds of tenacity and valor that knights were known for are no excetions.
They were warriors through and through. Of course their lives were harder than working 9-5 and watching netflix like the worthless animal that is the modern "man".
Good job dude
I’ll take it over the guy who has to shovel everyone’s crap.
Fun video!