I just imagined the Knight having a microphone taunting their opponent while the camera zooms up in on them just like Macho Man. Haha great stuff! And each of the knights having their own entrance music and walking along the crown to hype them up. Omg I want a tv show like this.
The videos are short and a bit fluffy (up-close scenes of *grass* and him riding around in slow-mo were added to fill up an already short video). That's why *I* won't be watching any more.
@RonJohn63, if you haven't already I'd at least suggest watching the 4 piece segment of how people ate in the midieval period before you leave. Those are the first ones I bumped into and are why I'm branching into the other videos on the channel. Although, so far I can agree that these first videos seem a bit short and the titles don't really lead your expectations in the right direction.
@@jaykay6222 Those are the first ones I saw as well. Popped up on the recommended for lord knows what reason, and I'm glad they did. So I started watching it all from the beginning. The first episodes are short and full of some fluff, but as they go on, they started getting more broad and have more information in them.
The channel is pretty new so I think it will pick up fairly quickly. I checked Social Blade and their view count has increased 11,000% and their subscriber count 15,000% over the past 30 days so all the good, hard work is not wasted!
fitzmeister87 Here in Holland the word knecht is also used for a (boy) servant or also in the tradition of Sinterklaas the black servant of Sinterklaas is called Zwarte Piet or black piet/pete, usually reffered as de knecht/the knecht or more common as zwarte piet. The whole tradition and concept of zwarte piet is currently under heavy national debate wheter being racist or not. But it is very cool to hear an almost direct connection between Germanic and Anglo Saxon language.
But in german, "knight" is "ritter" from ridder/ride. In french, it's belong to the latin and work also with the horse (chevalier/cavalier/caballarius)
@@ricklieffering The German equivalent to the zwarte Piet would be Knecht Ruprecht, who is not considered to be black and thus not under such debate but his name already indicates his position. To your last statement, English actually IS one of the modern West Germanic languages, with the Saxons and Angles actually being Germanic tribes emigrating to the British Isles merging together there so it's actually no surprise to hear a direct connection between German and English. Old English sounds a lot closer to German, though but in rare cases I hear weird English sentences forming actual German grammar, which to me as a German sounds oddly weird and horribly incorrect. The descendants of the Angles are now the Danish and the Saxons even still exist. There are three states in Germany inhabiting their name: Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony. But only the people from Saxony are still referred to as Saxons and they have formed their own dialect (Sächsisch), very distinct from the more Dutch-sounding northern German dialect (Plattdeutsch) because they migrated east into slavic speaking lands.
In my native language Dutch, we have the word "knecht" which is almost pronounced the same as Jason does "knight" at 0:46 That word "knecht" means 'helper', 'assistant' or 'servant'. Particularly an assistant to a 'master'. In situations that the "knecht" learns from the master (like a master painter) it means as much as 'apprentice'. The verb "knechten" means 'to subjugate'.
@@darthbricksempire3606 - That is interesting, that the word is used in another language too, in a different but still sort of similar meaning. What is your language ?
The etymology of “knight” coming from an old word for “servant” has interesting parallels elsewhere. The Japanese word “samurai” originally meant “one who serves”.
The idea of a strong theatrical element to tournaments, beyond just parading one's coat of arms, makes the whole thing much more interesting. I like the comparison to modern wrestling. I bet they did that, too!
It reminds me of polo now, how it's become. It is now has become a place to show off as a wealthy person, to meet and greet, as one of that class. One isn't part of that scene if one isn't part of that scene. And the outcome is now--another divergence. What is the new joust, I wonder?
You make a good point about people other then knights being allowed to compete in tournaments. I could absolutely see a nobleman sponsoring a skilled man-at-arms or a famous/rich mercenary entering during a time of peace. Likely would have brought a sense of novelty to the event similar to like a special guest star on a tv show nowadays.
These videos and your channel are so high quality, far better than what’s on TV, also as an avid video gamer, historian and environmentalist, Jason is an inspiration!
Great video Jason, and all of the people behind the scenes who put the video together and all the resources to even attempt this. I love this channel. Very interesting to think about tournaments as being similar to modern day wrestling but it makes sense. You don’t get that sense from a lot of movies and shows
Haha, while the animation of the knight arriving at the tournament was playing in my head I thought "That's some WWE level showmanship right there" then you immediately drew the comparison. Love it.
Thoroughly enjoying your videos and I'm learning a lot. As a Masonic Templar I've immersed myself in Templar history and the crusades. I travel around the state of Florida in the US giving talks on Medieval Templars and the crusades and I'm learning so much new and interesting facts from your research. I'm a neophyte compared to you but you are really helping me. Thank you.
Just found this channel, really enjoy it. This host has a palpable passion for the material and presents things in a down to earth, unpretentious manner.
Sadly, most people aren't interested in history. I blame the educational system. All most history teachers focus on are wars and memorizing dates. They forget was history is all about -- it's a STORY of the past meant to teach those of the present and the future.
In re: whether nobility is required to compete in tourneys and A Knight's Tale: both versions exist (or are at least referenced) in the movie. There's a reference to the tourneys becoming more restrictive, and actually requiring "patents of nobility" proving that you were of noble birth (and even that having been at least a few generations back to the original grant at the least) in order to compete. It seemed like it was intended to exclude the nouveau riche in the context of the film. Previous to that, showing up with your gear and saying you were a knight seemed to have been the rule of thumb, with no one really caring to look into it much as long as you showed up with a horse, armor, lances, and attendants. That's the hook for Chaucer joining the band: he's literate and skilled enough at crafting documents to forge a convincing set of patents for the identity of Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein of Geldaland (apparently based on a real knight and author of a book on chivalric love).
My only complaint or negative point about your channel. Is I wish this was available when I was a boy. I just had to scour the books I had. Can’t begin to imagine how informed the young people now are going to be when adults. Keep up the excellent work.
Knight, knape, knave were all Old English words that meant something similar to what you explained: boy, yet servant, yet brotherhood. Knight retained a higher status during the French-speaking Norman and plantagenet rule. Interesting how subtle language differences evolved. Knape and knave, although now obsolete, became more dismissive, despite being of the same word-stem as knight.
Just discovered this channel, awesome work, very detailed yet enjoyable. This is what History Channel should be. Now I can further understand my British knight ancestors.
I must admit that I feel so bad for the horses of that time going into battle. Surely they didn't enjoy it at all. The knights and their horses were so brave.
Well its hard to know. War horses were mostly stallions and were much much more aggressive than modern horse breeds. There are plenty accounts of them fighting eachother and getting lose and attacking and killing people. There have also been multiple instances of man eating horses around the world even a few centuries ago. I can imagine it would be quite traumatising for a horse. But also a large horse bred for aggressiveness must have been pretty predisposed to violence.
This is one of the best history channels on RUclips, very entertaining and highly informative. I can tell you're very passionate about what you do and it shows in your videos, that's why they're sooo good. Keep it up and thanks for uploading these gems! And having learned English as a foreign language, I must say I really like your accent and enunciation.
I love society for creative acronyms. Mr. Kingsley does alot of what we see in reenactments in society for creative acronyms at the renaissance faires here in the states.
For anyone wondering. Jason Kingsley is actually a gaming developer. He and his brother started a gaming development company in Oxford. And it's actually pretty cool to see a gaming developer be this interested in medieval history.
I love the pro wrestling comparison. It's spot on! It makes you wonder if anyone back then specifically tried to be the heel, or villain in a tournament. Get that heat from the crowd so they pay to watch you get your comeuppance. Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor made millions in their sports being heels.
Absolutely fabulous series of videos Jason, thank you so much for making these! I have royal ancestry, Henry VII is my 15th great grandfather, King James VI is my 14th great grandfather, and many others. I would love to be able to find a group of people that are interested in all of the things you have done videos of, as I just absorb history, and my favorite film is Excalibur with Nigel Terry lol. I would love so much to learn more about my Keith, McKay, Douglas, Throckmorton, and other family lines, and other people that share all of the same interests that you have done your beautiful, and very educational videos of. God bless you, and please keep making these to share with the world, they are fascinating beyond words!
on the point of commons in tournaments: in the german speaking area were jousting clubs for commons who are wealthy enough. they were looked down by the nobility, but they existed. also the cost of equipment, enlisting etc is showing up in their books.
@@ModernKnight if you look at especially german coats of arms and depictions of men at arms, you will often see 3 different helmets. the frogmouth helmet used by the nobility for the so called stechen, jousting with blunt tournamentlances, and scharfstechen, jousting with proper battle lances aimed at the helmet ornamentals or shield. the commons use the so called bügelhelm. even tho, nobles used the bügelhelm too in their coat of arms, the used helmet showed what kind of person the bearer was. frogmouth helmet: clearly noble jouster bügelhelm: either noble or common, primarily buhurt tournaments greathelm: no interest in tournaments, primarily warfare also the tournament coin, worn around the neck of the helmet was showing your membership in either noble or common tournament society. the non noble jousting and tournament societies developed later partly into the federfechters and other groups
@@ModernKnight sir you could activate community contributions so the fanbase could translate the videos. RUclips also changed the rules so you need to approve the work done first.
I remember in secondary/high school history class we had to study 'roman' history. I Thought, boy oh boy i cant wait to learn of Roman history! We learned nothing. We spent an entire academic year learning about the peat bog man's corpse that they dug up in southern england.
It's good to mention that tourneys were originally meant to serve as a competitive form of combat training. As it went on and on, it gained more importance as a shown in addition. Plus, many more safety features were added in later.
Just now found you. Subscribed immediately. Wonderful series. This channel was hidden from me … and still is I suspect, from another million who would think likewise and subscribe.
Good sir, I would leave my life and move to your barn just to serve as your squire. I do require something though in return, but not much. Just unlimited snuggles with those awesome talented equine. 😊
what a world it must have been, where leaders and politicians actually had to be entertaining, daring and brave. risking injury and showcasing physical prowess to the people.
Funny how there are still a lot of little things left over from the old Scandinavian languages, and how they've gone a different route than they have in Scandinavia. I'm from Denmark, we still use Knægt as boy but depending on context it might be considered rude or cheeky.
In Dutch the word "knecht" indeed means servant, roughly speaking, we call knights "ridder" (in english the word "ride", derives from that i assume) which comes from "rijder", which means driver, in that context meaning driver (rider) of horses.
As soon as Mr. Kingsley described the totally over-the-top arrival of a knight about to partake in a jousting championship, my mind immediately thought, "WWE" And then he continued speculating about the (very likely) backroom agreement between the contestants to "provide an entertaining spectacle"... LOL... it seems what's "new" in our contemporary time is just a recycling of medieval times 😂
I love this I own a racehorse and I m sure he would be terrified. Am just interested in the bridle, no noseband and a harsh looking bit as we use snaffles. Love this series.
I was thinking about the parallel between your description of jousting to modern day WWE right before you verbalized the connection, and the idea of it all is hilarious to me, because I can see it so easily. Hell, I'm sure certain knights had their own theme songs played by bards and musicians. Medieval John Cena. ...Okay, now I don't know if I like this idea so much, anymore.
I just imagined the Knight having a microphone taunting their opponent while the camera zooms up in on them just like Macho Man. Haha great stuff!
And each of the knights having their own entrance music and walking along the crown to hype them up. Omg I want a tv show like this.
They haven't had a microphones, but they have had a profesional entertainers that performed to the crowd and yeld the stories.
Have you seen the movie "A Knight's Tale" ?
This is some National Geographic level stuff.
I just watched the medieval food vids but now will binge watch up from part 1 til latest video.
Nat Geo is a sell out, not a supporters of knowledge and exploration.
Ditto!
SAME. EXACTLY WHAT I DID.
I find this channel absolutely fascinating too 😊
Yup! Scrolled back all the way to the first
It's sad that something so well made by a large group of people can have so few views.
The videos are short and a bit fluffy (up-close scenes of *grass* and him riding around in slow-mo were added to fill up an already short video). That's why *I* won't be watching any more.
@RonJohn63, if you haven't already I'd at least suggest watching the 4 piece segment of how people ate in the midieval period before you leave. Those are the first ones I bumped into and are why I'm branching into the other videos on the channel. Although, so far I can agree that these first videos seem a bit short and the titles don't really lead your expectations in the right direction.
@@jaykay6222 Those are the first ones I saw as well. Popped up on the recommended for lord knows what reason, and I'm glad they did. So I started watching it all from the beginning. The first episodes are short and full of some fluff, but as they go on, they started getting more broad and have more information in them.
@@RonJohn63 same
The channel is pretty new so I think it will pick up fairly quickly. I checked Social Blade and their view count has increased 11,000% and their subscriber count 15,000% over the past 30 days so all the good, hard work is not wasted!
Knight is cognate to german Knecht. The sense of "he who serves" also caracterizes the japanese "Samurai", from "samurau"/侍う, "to serve"
fitzmeister87 Here in Holland the word knecht is also used for a (boy) servant or also in the tradition of Sinterklaas the black servant of Sinterklaas is called Zwarte Piet or black piet/pete, usually reffered as de knecht/the knecht or more common as zwarte piet. The whole tradition and concept of zwarte piet is currently under heavy national debate wheter being racist or not. But it is very cool to hear an almost direct connection between Germanic and Anglo Saxon language.
But in german, "knight" is "ritter" from ridder/ride. In french, it's belong to the latin and work also with the horse (chevalier/cavalier/caballarius)
@@ricklieffering The German equivalent to the zwarte Piet would be Knecht Ruprecht, who is not considered to be black and thus not under such debate but his name already indicates his position. To your last statement, English actually IS one of the modern West Germanic languages, with the Saxons and Angles actually being Germanic tribes emigrating to the British Isles merging together there so it's actually no surprise to hear a direct connection between German and English. Old English sounds a lot closer to German, though but in rare cases I hear weird English sentences forming actual German grammar, which to me as a German sounds oddly weird and horribly incorrect. The descendants of the Angles are now the Danish and the Saxons even still exist. There are three states in Germany inhabiting their name: Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony. But only the people from Saxony are still referred to as Saxons and they have formed their own dialect (Sächsisch), very distinct from the more Dutch-sounding northern German dialect (Plattdeutsch) because they migrated east into slavic speaking lands.
Landsknecht VORAN!
Taigen Soshin in the dutch language the same. When we say Ridder, we referring to a Knight, a knecht is referring to a servent.
You are a master storyteller, and your horses are beautiful!
In my native language Dutch, we have the word "knecht" which is almost pronounced the same as Jason does "knight" at 0:46
That word "knecht" means 'helper', 'assistant' or 'servant'. Particularly an assistant to a 'master'. In situations that the "knecht" learns from the master (like a master painter) it means as much as 'apprentice'. The verb "knechten" means 'to subjugate'.
tubularAp We have “knægt” (knäkt) which is like “boy”, but a more rude term, like and old person yelling at a kid like “boy, come here right now!”
@@darthbricksempire3606 - That is interesting, that the word is used in another language too, in a different but still sort of similar meaning. What is your language ?
Yeeeah here in denmark we have "knægt" which also means young boy or a guy
Hallo landgenoot! Hoe is t' ermee?!
@@samuelclaessens7699 - Het gaat goed, ik hoop met jou ook.
The etymology of “knight” coming from an old word for “servant” has interesting parallels elsewhere. The Japanese word “samurai” originally meant “one who serves”.
The idea of a strong theatrical element to tournaments, beyond just parading one's coat of arms, makes the whole thing much more interesting. I like the comparison to modern wrestling. I bet they did that, too!
It reminds me of polo now, how it's become. It is now has become a place to show off as a wealthy person, to meet and greet, as one of that class. One isn't part of that scene if one isn't part of that scene. And the outcome is now--another divergence. What is the new joust, I wonder?
You make a good point about people other then knights being allowed to compete in tournaments. I could absolutely see a nobleman sponsoring a skilled man-at-arms or a famous/rich mercenary entering during a time of peace. Likely would have brought a sense of novelty to the event similar to like a special guest star on a tv show nowadays.
Really wonderful series!
Am currently binge watching this amazing channel
Thanks so much for this series! The video quality and everything is great. Now, I'm off to go binge-watch the other videos!
Really love this channel. Jason, you are a great host. I love how you present these topics in such a humble way.
In my language knight is called vitez (витез). It was borowed from the old germanic word viking (vikignir)
This is absolutely amazing. Thank you for making this for us.
That's a great phrase: "I wouldn't be surprised - human nature being what it is - if that were the case".
Brilliant series. Should be on TV and Netflix exactly as it is...
Subbed today. Why have I never seen this channel before? This is amazing!
Fuck me Kneesocks is pretty.
@@terminator572 who
These videos and your channel are so high quality, far better than what’s on TV, also as an avid video gamer, historian and environmentalist, Jason is an inspiration!
Great video Jason, and all of the people behind the scenes who put the video together and all the resources to even attempt this. I love this channel. Very interesting to think about tournaments as being similar to modern day wrestling but it makes sense. You don’t get that sense from a lot of movies and shows
Really well done, interesting and finely filmed documentary.
This is such a lovely, informative video - and so relaxing to watch Thanks for another few minutes away from the woes of our modern world! 🌹💛🌹
I love this channel! I'm learning so much about things that I "thought" I already knew but I was totally wrong!
Haha, while the animation of the knight arriving at the tournament was playing in my head I thought "That's some WWE level showmanship right there" then you immediately drew the comparison. Love it.
I am committed to watching all of these.
Throughly enjoying this so far. I'd love to see more uploads a week(hint hint)!
Thanks Malcolm, hopefully you've seen we're now posting mid-week vlogs as we go!
I LOVE these! Thank you. He rides really well and uses a strong bit in his horse's mouth very tactfully.
Thoroughly enjoying your videos and I'm learning a lot. As a Masonic Templar I've immersed myself in Templar history and the crusades. I travel around the state of Florida in the US giving talks on Medieval Templars and the crusades and I'm learning so much new and interesting facts from your research. I'm a neophyte compared to you but you are really helping me. Thank you.
So well produced. Very informative series.
Just found this channel, really enjoy it. This host has a palpable passion for the material and presents things in a down to earth, unpretentious manner.
The Warwick Castle Joust is absolutely WWE on horse. Great stuff!
This channel deserves so many more subs and views! Excellent quality!
Sadly, most people aren't interested in history. I blame the educational system. All most history teachers focus on are wars and memorizing dates. They forget was history is all about -- it's a STORY of the past meant to teach those of the present and the future.
Enjoy your show! Thanks for sharing this lost history
This man doesn’t waste a frame in his vids. Thank you
Amazing content! Love this channel
This is incredible how have less than 10k ppl seen it??
Very good. Enjoyed watching. The Sword at the end - Beautiful!!!
In re: whether nobility is required to compete in tourneys and A Knight's Tale: both versions exist (or are at least referenced) in the movie. There's a reference to the tourneys becoming more restrictive, and actually requiring "patents of nobility" proving that you were of noble birth (and even that having been at least a few generations back to the original grant at the least) in order to compete. It seemed like it was intended to exclude the nouveau riche in the context of the film. Previous to that, showing up with your gear and saying you were a knight seemed to have been the rule of thumb, with no one really caring to look into it much as long as you showed up with a horse, armor, lances, and attendants. That's the hook for Chaucer joining the band: he's literate and skilled enough at crafting documents to forge a convincing set of patents for the identity of Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein of Geldaland (apparently based on a real knight and author of a book on chivalric love).
This is an amazingly underrated channel. Adding a comment to bring to top.
My only complaint or negative point about your channel. Is I wish this was available when I was a boy. I just had to scour the books I had. Can’t begin to imagine how informed the young people now are going to be when adults. Keep up the excellent work.
Knight, knape, knave were all Old English words that meant something similar to what you explained: boy, yet servant, yet brotherhood. Knight retained a higher status during the French-speaking Norman and plantagenet rule. Interesting how subtle language differences evolved. Knape and knave, although now obsolete, became more dismissive, despite being of the same word-stem as knight.
Knight is not old,this are a present guard of god,who ever beaing old was of knight defence there lord's enemy.
Just discovered this channel, awesome work, very detailed yet enjoyable. This is what History Channel should be. Now I can further understand my British knight ancestors.
Fantastic series - now I know what I'm watching this weekend.
Happy I found your channel. Really enjoying it.
Good sir you look MAJESTIC AF on that noble steed!
Fascinating, so glad this is available.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and for all your efforts making these videos.. Great job mate
I learn so much with this channel and the commentaires of passionated peoples.
Respect from Normandy
Im gunna spread the word of your greatness everywhere!!! MMMOOOORRRRRR!!!
I must admit that I feel so bad for the horses of that time going into battle. Surely they didn't enjoy it at all. The knights and their horses were so brave.
Well its hard to know. War horses were mostly stallions and were much much more aggressive than modern horse breeds. There are plenty accounts of them fighting eachother and getting lose and attacking and killing people. There have also been multiple instances of man eating horses around the world even a few centuries ago. I can imagine it would be quite traumatising for a horse. But also a large horse bred for aggressiveness must have been pretty predisposed to violence.
A wonderful and well-made production. Probably too good for youtube so thank you for giving it us anyway.
THANKS for a fine series. I have already enjoyed about ten episodes.
great, thanks for watching and subscribing!
This is one of the best history channels on RUclips, very entertaining and highly informative. I can tell you're very passionate about what you do and it shows in your videos, that's why they're sooo good. Keep it up and thanks for uploading these gems! And having learned English as a foreign language, I must say I really like your accent and enunciation.
Thanks, will do!
I love society for creative acronyms. Mr. Kingsley does alot of what we see in reenactments in society for creative acronyms at the renaissance faires here in the states.
Wow; in some shots you look like a painting I saw of the Archangel Saint Michael!
This is wonderful!!
Ashley is bueatyful.actful words to knight is offof words.
Love the channel, recently subscribed, but I just have to say... that's a damn beautiful horse.
For anyone wondering. Jason Kingsley is actually a gaming developer. He and his brother started a gaming development company in Oxford. And it's actually pretty cool to see a gaming developer be this interested in medieval history.
I love the pro wrestling comparison. It's spot on! It makes you wonder if anyone back then specifically tried to be the heel, or villain in a tournament. Get that heat from the crowd so they pay to watch you get your comeuppance. Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor made millions in their sports being heels.
given human nature, I think fixes were occasionally organised, especially if royalty were involved.
nicely done ! Can´t wait to see more
Thank you for a fantastic Channel, very imformative and entertaining.
More love to A Knight's Tale :D
Absolutely fabulous series of videos Jason, thank you so much for making these! I have royal ancestry, Henry VII is my 15th great grandfather, King James VI is my 14th great grandfather, and many others. I would love to be able to find a group of people that are interested in all of the things you have done videos of, as I just absorb history, and my favorite film is Excalibur with Nigel Terry lol. I would love so much to learn more about my Keith, McKay, Douglas, Throckmorton, and other family lines, and other people that share all of the same interests that you have done your beautiful, and very educational videos of. God bless you, and please keep making these to share with the world, they are fascinating beyond words!
I love the Knight's Tale movie.
on the point of commons in tournaments:
in the german speaking area were jousting clubs for commons who are wealthy enough.
they were looked down by the nobility, but they existed.
also the cost of equipment, enlisting etc is showing up in their books.
How interesting, thanks.
@@ModernKnight if you look at especially german coats of arms and depictions of men at arms, you will often see 3 different helmets.
the frogmouth helmet used by the nobility for the so called stechen, jousting with blunt tournamentlances, and scharfstechen, jousting with proper battle lances aimed at the helmet ornamentals or shield.
the commons use the so called bügelhelm.
even tho, nobles used the bügelhelm too in their coat of arms, the used helmet showed what kind of person the bearer was.
frogmouth helmet: clearly noble jouster
bügelhelm: either noble or common, primarily buhurt tournaments
greathelm: no interest in tournaments, primarily warfare
also the tournament coin, worn around the neck of the helmet was showing your membership in either noble or common tournament society.
the non noble jousting and tournament societies developed later partly into the federfechters and other groups
@@ModernKnight sir you could activate community contributions so the fanbase could translate the videos. RUclips also changed the rules so you need to approve the work done first.
Such an interesting part of our history. Thanks.
I remember in secondary/high school history class we had to study 'roman' history. I Thought, boy oh boy i cant wait to learn of Roman history!
We learned nothing. We spent an entire academic year learning about the peat bog man's corpse that they dug up in southern england.
You know, these videos are quite restful. They're informative, yes, but just pleasant to look at and hear.
It's good to mention that tourneys were originally meant to serve as a competitive form of combat training. As it went on and on, it gained more importance as a shown in addition. Plus, many more safety features were added in later.
Just started watching this great series. Love it!
So majestic 0:40
I'm a new subscriber and loving this channel!
Excellent channel. Really enjoying it
Just now found you. Subscribed immediately. Wonderful series. This channel was hidden from me … and still is I suspect, from another million who would think likewise and subscribe.
Good sir, I would leave my life and move to your barn just to serve as your squire. I do require something though in return, but not much. Just unlimited snuggles with those awesome talented equine. 😊
Love this channel! Thank you Jason and team for the brilliant content. Would love to see a Q&A with Jason! Someone link me if it already exists please
Thanks for watching us.
amazing direction and content in such small videos!
Your living the dream stunning horses
what a world it must have been, where leaders and politicians actually had to be entertaining, daring and brave. risking injury and showcasing physical prowess to the people.
the tent and horse sounds like something out of the WWE
Great explanation especially of the jousting being nuanced not just a bash fest.
Fantastic series
Funny how there are still a lot of little things left over from the old Scandinavian languages, and how they've gone a different route than they have in Scandinavia. I'm from Denmark, we still use Knægt as boy but depending on context it might be considered rude or cheeky.
The whole time I was thinking, "Sounds like a pro wrestler." Then the hosts mentions it haha
"They were watching their wealthy neighbors being beaten up." I feel like this is something we might be missing out on in modern society. X'D
In Dutch the word "knecht" indeed means servant, roughly speaking, we call knights "ridder" (in english the word "ride", derives from that i assume) which comes from "rijder", which means driver, in that context meaning driver (rider) of horses.
So tournaments, like professional wrestling, were a work. I always kind of figured.
i live this! thank you!!
Glad you like it!
I'm surprised by the quality of this production.
Great footage!
Glad you enjoyed it
This is great
Wonderful look at the past
As soon as Mr. Kingsley described the totally over-the-top arrival of a knight about to partake in a jousting championship, my mind immediately thought, "WWE"
And then he continued speculating about the (very likely) backroom agreement between the contestants to "provide an entertaining spectacle"...
LOL... it seems what's "new" in our contemporary time is just a recycling of medieval times 😂
Good information. Thanks.
Best history Channel ever
i love your videos jason!
I love this I own a racehorse and I m sure he would be terrified. Am just interested in the bridle, no noseband and a harsh looking bit as we use snaffles. Love this series.
Love it
As a German I appreciate the way you pronounced "Knecht" very much.
I was thinking about the parallel between your description of jousting to modern day WWE right before you verbalized the connection, and the idea of it all is hilarious to me, because I can see it so easily. Hell, I'm sure certain knights had their own theme songs played by bards and musicians. Medieval John Cena.
...Okay, now I don't know if I like this idea so much, anymore.