What Was it Like Celebrating a Birthday in the Middle Ages?

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  • Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
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    The earliest mention of a birthday was around the year 3,000 BCE and was in reference to an Egyptian Pharaoh. Although it was more about his transformation into becoming a God at his coronation than his actual birth into the world. The Ancient Greeks celebrated the birthdays of their Gods every year and believed that every person had a spirit assigned to them at birth. A spirit that had a mystic connection with the God on whose birthday they were born.
    In the early days of the Christian church, birthdays were considered to be a celebration of evil, as all people were thought to be born with “original sin”. So, up until the 4th century, most European Christians believed that celebrating a birthday was a pagan and unholy practice. Then the birth of Jesus became a celebration to satisfy those who still celebrated the holiday of the Roman God Saturnalia. Most low-born Medievals didn’t even know their birth date, but the highborn and wealthy really did know how to throw a party. Welcome to Medieval Madness.
    0:00 Introduction
    3:05 Name Days
    4:55 La Dee Da Dee
    We Like To Pardy
    6:08 Now You’re
    Just Showing Off
    7:24 A Hidden Agenda
    10:11 How Rude!
    10:58 The Cook Book
    🎶🎶 Music by CO.AG: / @co.agmusic
    Narrated by James Wade
    Written by Lisa E Rawcliffe
    Edited by Jamit Productions
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  • @medievalmadnesss
    @medievalmadnesss  Год назад +12

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    • @KhaozVoid
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  • @jannetteberends8730
    @jannetteberends8730 Год назад +301

    Tomorrow I will be 70, my dog Santo turned 15 yesterday, and cat Olaf will be 10 the day after tomorrow. So it’s like this video was made for us. Greetings from the oldtimers club. 😊

  • @LloydEWatson1983
    @LloydEWatson1983 Год назад +18

    704th birthday, our narrator is Time Lord.

  • @SaltySteff
    @SaltySteff Год назад +25

    My favourite channel uploading a Medieval birthday episode ON my birthday? Best birthday ever 🎉🎉

  • @terrenusvitae
    @terrenusvitae Год назад +41

    What I like about this channel is that it asks questions I would never think of

  • @josephwear9572
    @josephwear9572 Год назад +9

    The last section made me think of a perfect topic: kitchens. I’d love to see the difference between how a serf prepared his own food and how the nobility did it.

  • @milenaseymour446
    @milenaseymour446 Год назад +19

    Omg ! My home country Poland 🇵🇱 still celebrates names day. The date is celebrated linked to a saint. Love this ! It was a huge deal when I was little and as young adult . It’s still a big deal in Poland with the older generation :).

    • @asecamp
      @asecamp 10 месяцев назад

      Same thing in Ukraine!

    • @Calucifer13
      @Calucifer13 8 месяцев назад

      Same in the Czech Republic,@@asecamp . I think it´s something normal in Central and Eastern Europe.

    • @Rik4_996
      @Rik4_996 7 месяцев назад

      We still celebrate that in finland🇫🇮

  • @OstblockLatina
    @OstblockLatina Год назад +25

    Among the older generations in Poland, there is still a tradition that birthdays are celebrated by children, and the grownups celebrate namedays. My elderly neighbour liked to say that birthday celebrations for grownups are "German custom". I don't believe she was very fond of Germans in general, she was a survivor of WWII and veteran of Warsaw Uprising in 1944.

    • @amh9494
      @amh9494 Год назад +2

      Makes sense Germanic peoples of western Europe do birthdays whereas I've only known eastern Slavic people do namedays.

    • @ogrynmod1765
      @ogrynmod1765 11 месяцев назад +1

      Ye same in Greece!

    • @Velentus
      @Velentus 5 месяцев назад

      Same in Romania, they still celebrate name day!

  • @ericsimonds3631
    @ericsimonds3631 Год назад +12

    The only thing I don’t like about this channel is there isn’t enough videos

  • @silvershadowtwo
    @silvershadowtwo Год назад +14

    An interesting video. However, at 8:51 you mention Edward I and the popularity of The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer didn't write The Canterbury Tales until the late 1380s and Edward I died in 1307. Edward I may have tried to drum up support for his wars during banquettes but your given example related to The Canterbury Tales would not have occurred. I enjoy the varied topics you pick so keep up the good work.

  •  Месяц назад +1

    The sponsor section is explained so intricately and in an entertaining manner I watched all of it and am actually considering downloading the app LOL

  • @jens9150
    @jens9150 Год назад +5

    Pretty cool this was released on my 50th birthday!!

    • @SpamMouse
      @SpamMouse Год назад +3

      Happy Birthday Jen.

  • @gandalfstormcrow8439
    @gandalfstormcrow8439 Год назад +6

    What a great idea for a video!
    Thank you for our education.😌

  • @francoise8368
    @francoise8368 Год назад +1

    I love your channel!

  • @waikeekee3831
    @waikeekee3831 Год назад +2

    I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL

  • @james2156
    @james2156 Год назад +8

    It’s my birthday today funny enough

  • @tmr4342
    @tmr4342 Год назад +2

    704? You're still only a whippersnapper 🦇

  • @Kawasaki_King
    @Kawasaki_King Год назад +2

    Happy Birthday, young man! God - what I would give to be just 704 years old again? You young whipper-snapper!! - Not jealous at all... Have a damn good one! ;-)

  • @CinnastixChick
    @CinnastixChick Год назад +11

    Early Christians didn't celebrate birthdays mainly because of its connection to pagan gods and rituals. These old customs were loosely adapted into name days and the gods were changed to saints.

    • @ttvmikimoto5475
      @ttvmikimoto5475 Год назад

      Wasn't the only birthday celebration mentioned in the Bible, Nebuchadnezzar?

  • @Dr170
    @Dr170 Год назад +5

    A very nice video to post on my niece's tenth 😂

  • @LouisHansell
    @LouisHansell Год назад +4

    @8:52..How did King Edward 1, in 1254 mid-13th century), have actors dressed as characters from The Canterbury Tales, which was written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the mid-14th century?

  • @duke314
    @duke314 Год назад

    Hey! It’s my daughter’s bday! Perfect timing

  • @GBfanatic15
    @GBfanatic15 10 месяцев назад +1

    how many people would've been at this feast? oh my god 2,000 birds!!

  • @krato890
    @krato890 Год назад

    Happy birthday!

  • @whiskywolff
    @whiskywolff Год назад +4

    @3:04 you welcomed

  • @Mr.Guild1971
    @Mr.Guild1971 Год назад +4

    Lampreys and peach gravy. Holy Shiite , sounds so good
    Maybe do one on funeral and burial practices.You've done weddings and now birthdays so........Have fun on your channel thanks

  • @alicerivierre
    @alicerivierre Год назад +1

    I'll be celebrating my birthday soon too! What a coincidence! ❤🎂❤🎂❤🎂❤🎂❤🎂❤🎂❤🎂❤🎂❤🎂❤🎂❤🎂❤🎂❤🎂

  • @misssmalla5581
    @misssmalla5581 Месяц назад

    At first, I heard that it was 74th, not 704th. I didn't think his voice sounded as developed as someone in his 70s...Unless of course, he had discovered the key to youth which has kept him alive into his 700s, as he has.

  • @moarDylan
    @moarDylan Год назад +3

    Was not expecting for this channel to have a sponsor for that game that floods my youtube feed with blatantly sexual furry ads

  • @philblandford5560
    @philblandford5560 Год назад +3

    I don't think Edward I would have known much about Geoffrey Chaucer

  • @jacobslapinski3710
    @jacobslapinski3710 Год назад +6

    I doubt peoples ages were "often estimated"... obviously the peasants of old were intimately connected to the change in seasons and would easily be able to keep track of someone's age. The only approximation would be a few months maybe.

    • @SaltySteff
      @SaltySteff Год назад

      Very true. It's likely that most people had some idea of how old they were, certainly in years but months may have been less accurate.

  • @medievalmadnesss
    @medievalmadnesss  Год назад

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  • @angeloflifelight
    @angeloflifelight Год назад +2

    Pretty sure the photo you used for Egyptian birthday was a funeral lol

  • @chrisrosenkreuz23
    @chrisrosenkreuz23 Год назад +2

    is it still a miracle if you're turning water into wine by way of grapes? ^^

  • @briaubs5185
    @briaubs5185 Год назад +1

    4:56 We don’t cause trouble. We don’t bother nobody.

  • @patrickknoops1728
    @patrickknoops1728 Год назад +2

    All you can eat buffet's are the equivalent of medieval banquets. Well done everyone, we're rich compared to 1400's living standards.

  • @Timmer5980
    @Timmer5980 Год назад

    1:07 can someone scan that and tell me where it leads?

  • @HH4nn4hh
    @HH4nn4hh Год назад +3

    Happy belated 704th!

  • @NPC-0013
    @NPC-0013 Год назад

    I really really love these lil documentaries about life in these times!!! So I have started to slowly buy n collect gold. I started at 1 gram about 3 months ago. Now have 8 grams gold and 1 ounce silver with two lil extra bars one 5gram one 10gram. So one and a half ounces of silver and only 8 grams gold. What would this be worth in these times please? Can I buy a loaf of bread or a house? Maybe a horse? It would be super cool to know please mate

  • @tommyfreiburger8899
    @tommyfreiburger8899 Год назад +1

    king Edward I lived before the wife of bath's tale was written. Chaucer was writing in the 14th century, so people would not have dressed up as one of his characters in the 13th century.

  • @danbowes
    @danbowes Год назад

    Idk how they did week long parties back then, even when I was in my party phase I couldn't go a full week...

  • @tinkyraesrr
    @tinkyraesrr Год назад

    how’d you know to upload this on my birthday?

  • @alisonbrowning9620
    @alisonbrowning9620 8 месяцев назад

    I think the average person would not bother, my Indian ex mum in law had not ceebrated birthdays in India, my african friend never did birthdays in her childhood, now as i plod on towards 60 I like to forget birthdays.

  • @Traderjoe
    @Traderjoe Год назад

    I never celebrate my birthday and most people don’t even know when mine is.

  • @jale..
    @jale.. Год назад +4

    Honestly celebrating various people's birthdays through out the year is exhausting. At my work I told them not to celebrate my birthday anymore cause it didn't mean much to me anyways, and really just seemed like a obligation then genuine celebration.

  • @-Thauma-
    @-Thauma- Год назад

    🎂

  • @Nathanfx2006
    @Nathanfx2006 Год назад

    3:48 Anybody know the name of this painting? The boys having the same adult face is captivating to me, i must stare at it more!

  • @Historyoc
    @Historyoc Год назад +1

    How did they dress up as Chaucer characters if Chaucer wouldn't be born until the 1340s?

  • @LozenColorado
    @LozenColorado Год назад +1

    I thought you said master "Zaggat" I was like, damn is that where Zagat guide comes from? Been listening to American Psycho a bit much lately.😂

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot Год назад +2

    Somebody please pass the dolphin meat🐬🐬🐬

  • @thelastbison2241
    @thelastbison2241 Год назад

    Damn

  • @JohnMiller-zr8pl
    @JohnMiller-zr8pl Год назад

    👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @midnightmosesuk
    @midnightmosesuk Год назад

    The c in blancmange is silent.

  • @hypericacea
    @hypericacea Год назад

    Did this guy just say he's 704

  • @alisonbrowning9620
    @alisonbrowning9620 8 месяцев назад

    i be 56 winters old

  • @PlaymateTessiNumberOneFan
    @PlaymateTessiNumberOneFan Год назад +16

    In my country (Bulgaria)
    We have both birthdays and name day - if you’re named after saint
    St George’s day for instance (May 6th) also happens to be a national holiday
    When I first watched my favorite tv series- Game of Thrones
    I was a bit confused
    With the term “name day”
    It took some time
    Before I realized
    It actually meant birthday

    • @jannetteberends8730
      @jannetteberends8730 Год назад +3

      In the Catholic south of The Netherlands name days are also celebrated.

    • @nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115
      @nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 Год назад +2

      It used to be the same for Catholic countries, specially South America, but that's lost in last 50 years.

  • @yehohanan7738
    @yehohanan7738 11 месяцев назад

    You used an 18th century people in your thumbnail, not medieval.

  • @lukec.872
    @lukec.872 Год назад +3

    0:50 The Christmas feast predates Saturnalia.

  • @justinakers3196
    @justinakers3196 Год назад

    If you just celebrated your 704th you wouldn't need to wonder

  • @toothless2690
    @toothless2690 Год назад

    Christians took over the most of the pagan Sabbaths.

  • @koggyb
    @koggyb Год назад

    By Your Leave: twelve (12) minutes including a paid promotion PLUS Three Pairs of Ads, all for a piddling pile of puerile piffle.

  • @diebesgrab
    @diebesgrab Год назад +4

    Please don’t directly link Saturnalia with Christmas like that. Multiple academic sources have repeatedly pointed out that there is little to no historical basis for any such connection, and thatthe idea seems to have largely originated with a 19th century author who employed no sources to validate his claims. This isn’t to say Christmas was never influenced by other holidays, merely that we have no real historical evidence for it.

    • @wes00chin
      @wes00chin Год назад

      When he said that part, it made me start to doubt this channel. Christmas and saturnalia never even fell on the same date.

  • @higglety230
    @higglety230 Год назад

    I think it's odd that you keep using 17th-century art (and later) to talk about the Middle Ages.

  • @berniemacdonald
    @berniemacdonald Год назад

    Not munch information about birthdays.

  • @justinhope6891
    @justinhope6891 Год назад

    birthdays weren't invented till mid 1700s lol

  • @bernmahan1162
    @bernmahan1162 Год назад

    ANOTHER mistitled video! You hardly mentioned birthdays!!

  • @amh9494
    @amh9494 Год назад

    Ha ha looks like the Jehovah's witnesses have it right then.

  • @josephvisnovsky1462
    @josephvisnovsky1462 Год назад

    If you reached 25, you reached the average medieval life expectancy.

    • @SomeBody-rm6hf
      @SomeBody-rm6hf Год назад +3

      As long as you made it past being a toddler, you were good to go and would live nearly as long as a modern person

  • @ItsLunaRegina
    @ItsLunaRegina Год назад +1

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