MORE Reasons Why You Wouldn't Last 24 Hours in The Dark Ages....
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- Once again we delve into the reasons why you probably wouldn’t live very long in the Middle Ages. For one reason or another death seemed to be waiting around every corner. Having dealt with war, poison, and squalor in our last video we now move on to religion. Really, things just don’t get any better.
And with one year in particular being described as the worst year EVER to be alive, we can’t see any reason why you would want to even go there.
00:00 Introduction
00:39 Power to the People
02:36 Vicious Vikings
03:24 Losing Your Religion
05:26 Tis the Times’ Plague When Madmen Lead the Blind
07:12 Bon Voyage
08:31 Bad Medicine
09:25 It Was a Mad World
Narrated by James Wade
Written by Lisa E Rawcliffe
Edited by Jamit Productions
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What I think is cool is that everyone alive today has ancestors that survived the Medieval madness; either through cunning, strength or sheer resilience. I'd love to tap into that ancestral badassery.
Or by not living in Europe.
@jaekn Perhaps to a certain degree. But the plague also ravaged Asia and Northern Africa too.
My point is that everyone alive today has ancestors who survived some apocalyptic shit at one time or another in the distant past; plague, invasion, war, disease, serfdom or slavery, famine, natural disasters, violent crime, attempted genocide, fatal freak accidents. You get the picture. That's a long line of survivors to hold in awe. Who knows? Maybe it was just generations of insanely effective dumb luck? Regardless, we're here today. And that is pretty incredible given what our ancestors were up against.
@nathannewman3968 You’re so right! I have been watching these videos and I thought, wow just to think all of us that are alive is because of our resilient ancestors.
Or by atleast breeding early before death 😂
@himalayasmeditation4067 Well, there's that, too. What you can't do with intelligence and strength you make up for in numbers.
Still, I'm impressed my line has lasted so long and through so much.
The lack of running water alone would drive me insane, never mind everything else
Same
You wouldn’t know what running water was.
@@Logholderswitchcraft 😂😂😂
Down south in Andalusia and Muslim lands they had running water
So true. Washing once in a while ain't gonna cut it!
i sleep peacefully at night knowing i wont have to travel back in time and across an ocean to exist in medieval europe
Yup 😆 I love your profile picture too.
If I went back in time to Medieval Times and I'm here in America I would attach myself to an Indian tribe and consider myself very very lucky😅
Tell that to the natives
Rich or poor. Everyone is equally miserable..What a time to be alive 😅
How God intended. Lol
Not equally miserable. The rich could at least be miserable in comfort; the poor evidently lived in an earthly hell.
@993Redveg Hey, Hell is Hell, even in a castle. Lol
@993Redveg idk if people realize just how miserable loving in a castle was it was always damp and cold always way too big to be kept clean not to mention very dark without lanterns oil lamps and no plumbing so a very cold stone hole in the ground for you to shit and the smells
@UmbreonMoonlight that would a good next video.
My teachers would say, "You would die from the smell alone."
😄🤣
Your videos are a reminder to be grateful for the time we were born in!
Absolutely this!
tbh, you're probably similarly miserable as they were
difficult times seem more difficult to an outsider than those who went through them. the human animal is spectacular at adapting...we find whatever environment we grew up in to be normal and even desirable, as twisted as that can be.
horrible to us was just another Tuesday for them & you'd have felt the same if you'd been born there & then
So many people think the past was better. Hmmm,no.
@@john-ic5pzWhat we may be miserable about today is way too nonsensical compared to the Dark Ages.
@@yvonneplant9434 It is quite sensible. We live in our times, not the Dark Ages so we are reasonably concerned with our own troubles.
"Medieval people never worried about being medieval, but modern people worry horrible about being modern."
I think the reason why was how chaotic things were. They didn't know what exactly caused disease or natural disasters. Also, the strong belief in God back then probably left many people hopeful that no matter how bad things got, there was always a light at the end of the tunnel. Chaos was beyond human agency, so leave it in the hands of God. In the modern world, a lot of us don't have that assurance.
It blows my mind that anyone could commit to a religion knowing it's history and non-permanent nature of any particular beliefs. It's like a computer virus for the mind
People find comfort and community in religion. I won't begrudge anyone that. And it can't be denied that believing in a higher power inspires people to pick themselves up after they've been knocked down.
I'm not stupid or naive. I know horrible atrocities have been committed in the name of religion. But I also know religion has championed science, art, justice and charity.
I am not a religious person. But I won't condemn or belittle religion because some individuals have perverted and corrupted the institution to suit their own selfish desires.
"Alas, how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise."
Misery and suffering has always been the fuel for belief in gods and heavens.
It's always been my thought that if I can be born at anytime I want to be born tomorrow..tomorrow will always be better than yesterday lol.. I'm Gen X and although there were some aspects that thinking back are nostalgic I like it here in 2023 way more I love the future 😅
Every time they wiped out their cats, the plague wiped out the populace. One would think observation would cause them to keep cats around.
Right! Once I got a cat, there’s been no mice. Cats 🐱 are amazing creatures, and a blessing.
Ancient Egyptians knew that 5000+ years ago.
The overwhelming majority of them were more ignorant than dishrags.
@@JBarr-lw6kp Haven't heard the term dishrag in a while.
@@Catdad76801 Yes! This!
As my dad always said, "if you ever travel back in time make sure you bring enough deodorant for everyone"
Hahaha true
That’s the number one thing I was always think about is how bad it has to have smelled
Soap AND deodorant. 😅
🤣🤣🤣
That's too funny!
I think the Middle Ages are a fascinating mixture of knowledge, superstition and resilience. Found in an old English text there is a recipe for a mixture which is actually an antibiotic, and in the book it states that it will "cure all sorts of illnesses". Modern scientists have found that the mixture even kills hospital germs today that resist modern antibiotics. I do think that people in the Middle Ages are very much underestimated today as most of the time we talk about what they did not know or did wrong. We tend to forget about the rest. I wish I could live there for a couple of days to see what it really was like....
On the bright side, we are all the descendants of the badasses who survived all that, so we come from a tough gene pool.
This channel never fails to give me something to be grateful for
MedievalMadness is the closest thing to a father I've ever had
lmao
Same bro, same.
To a daddy you mean 🤔 then yes
@@yagovmolotov5127 STOP 😡
@@yagovmolotov5127.... and? It's [current year], that's not a bad thing to be lmao. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
I would be burned for being a witch.
I have a skin tag on my chest which would be considered an extra "teat" to suckle demons😢
By the powers of Christ invested in me, DON'T GO NEAR ME!!!!! 😨
No, they knew what a supernumerary nipple was. It’s a third nipple. A skin tag, unless a master of disguise, is a skin tag.
@davidnevin1606 mine looks like a small nipple, perfect for feeding smaller Demons and familiars.
@@adyseven1
So The old, “Cunningly disguised as a responsible adult” disguise eh ?
None would suspect ye if communing with foul spirits.
LMFAOOOOO
Narrator: "The Yutes arrived from Yuteland."
Judge Haller: "The what arrived from where?"
Two yutes
I’m loving these! Keep up the amazing work!
Some of the best content on YT..
i recently found out that my lineage traces back to william the conqueror! not the first person i’d chose to be related to but it’s insane how our distant ancestors led to our existence today.
I really am enjoying them. Love your channel. Don't really watch much Medieval stuff but watched loads of your videos.
I can't wait until someone a thousand years later make a video called "10 reasons why you won't survive the 2020s" 🤣
How optimistic of you to believe that humans will still be here in a thousand years lol
@@elin_ one can dream 💭🤣🤣🤣
" Number 1. Sensitivity. people a thousand years ago were very sensitive and saying anything that they dont agree with could leave you isolated, and at worst, cancelled. this could make your life a living hell."
This is an unpleasant thought, but maybe the reason why you won't survive the 2020s is because there is going to be global nuclear war that wipes out most civilization and the world's food supply.
@@axelgidius3324 Alan Turing would argue that the 2020s "cancellations" are nothing compared to the 1950s.
That thumbnail is how I looked when I had pneumonia 😂
😂😂😂 that’s so random
As bleak as this series is so far, its fantastic for historical and fantasy fiction writers and easy to see why certain writers have started offing their characters left and right if they are in a medieval setting - life was rough!
very upbeat, thank you.
🤣🤣
Thank you for all your research. I love this channel😊
Man, plague art liked depicting babies at their dead mother's teet.
Shock journalism of its time using pictures. Metal AF!
I'm almost half-Scandinavian, so my ancestors were actually Vikings. I'm only about 5% English and less French, so I doubt I would have been an English or French person back then. I'd assume you'd pick what you mostly are, so Swedish.
For the Black Plague, there's a story about my Amish ancestor's history: that in two villages there were one survivor each. The man went searching for someone living and found the woman in the other village. So they married and combined their surnames to honor both of their villages. I can't remember which ancestors it was, maybe Hochstedler. I doubt the story is true, probably a big exaggeration, but it means I descend from survivors/people immune? from the plague.
There were significantly fewer actual Vikings (pirates/raiders) than any other "profession" in medieval Scandinavia, which means the chances of being a Viking descendent is extremely low. There were many more traders, farmers, fishermen, blacksmiths, tavern keepers...etc than traveling raiders and even those that did migrate outside of Scandinavia, whether raiders or not, mixed with the local communities and had children. The Viking Age was abt 950-1200 yrs ago and while everyone with some Scandinavian blood thinks their ancestors were Vikings, the truth is they're few and far between
So all Vikings were Scandinavian, but not all Scandinavians were Vikings, right?
@@deborahberger5816 The majority of Vikings were originally from Scandinavia but as the time period (abt 793-1066) progressed, locals from across (modern day) UK, Europe and even Asia joined the raiding parties and settled within the new arrivals.
Edit: correct, most Vikings were Scandinavian but not all Scandinavians were Vikings
interesting story about the black plague...
Me too!
On the theme of Medieval violence and Tradition I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series, especially the one about Medieval society in this case
This is such a fascinating channel - I’m enjoying watching your videos.
As I am now , I know I would definitely not survive the medieval days. My stake would be well done, that is not a misprint lol. Love both your channels
Don't lose your head laughing!
Just to add, when the Jews were expelled, they settled in majority Muslim lands across the Middle East and Africa. For example in Morocco, Chefchaouen also known as 'the blue city' is a famous historic city founded by Jews and Moors in 1471 when they fled the Spanish Inquisition.
I would die from lack of refrigerated insulin before anything else as a t1d.
There‘s No fun imagining Zombie Apokalypse, surviving without Society or timetravel to any Point in history as a diabetic . Maybe Building up some pig Sties + Hugh improved bioscience skillz could bring some extra Hours 🤞
very cool stuff u posting here medieval man !
Many people mistake medieval and dark ages as two separate times but they are in reality one in the same period between the Roman era and the Renaissance or "Rebirth" of civilisation itself as during the middle ages (medieval literally translates to "the middle age" 'medi' = middle & 'ev' = age/period). This time was filled with death, suffering, famine, war, pestilence and crime. Whereas the late Roman era and Renaissance were both affluent and enlightened with better living standards and society norms than the medieval period.
“Barbers even offered amputations”
I guess people were screwed when they asked for a little trim on the top
Shout out to my ancestors who survived all of that sh1ts.
It's good to hear "Doomsday" pronounced the way it was pronounced centuries ago!
Thank you 🎉😊
So glad I didn’t live during that barbaric time.
Excellent
I'm related to the ones who did live through it, if that means anything.
My zombie roommate is related to the ones who didn't live through it, so there!
No plumbing. No toothbrush or tooth paste. No bath towels. No tampons. Glad I grew up in this era. Wonder if we will seem this primative to future generations.
It seems we're going backwards, unless people come to their senses again
@@sueblankenship9441 I worry that people will be totally dependent on technology. I spend too much time myself. I try to always be reading to help stay away from the dreaded screen.
Americans are already seen that way because toilet paper just smears the crap around your skin. Even Asian peasants wash themselves every time.
Awesome
Viking isn’t a noun. It’s a verb. The Norwegians went Viking. And they were starving too. If think that cold snap that ruined crops in England caused trouble imagine it in a place that experienced winter for two straight years then freezing every day for another.
Also Eastern Balts went a-viking, & the Wends were notorious raiders by sea.
Despite all this, your ancestors somehow survived the middle ages and raised children who did the same.
The crazy part is that there is a lot of peole who are trying to bring us back to these dark times in history. This video deserves to be viewed by a lot of people to realize how much we have (hopefully) improved since then.
The most awesome shot of a wave I've ever seen - a wall of water!
Religious persecution is such a stain on the face of humanity. What does it matter what you believe, as long as what you believe does not conflict with anyone else's belief? If I believed in rabbits eating carrots every day, should I hold someone else adherent to that belief? The wars of the ages fought for religious beliefs is a wound deep in the body of mankind. Stupid is the will of man when he dictates what others should believe. All that aside, what you chose to believe is a choice you make unto yourself. Let others decide for themselves their own beliefs. If only the foolish idiots of past ages would have realized this simple fact, how many innocent lives would have been spared the injustice of religious fervor?
It absolutely fascinates me that humanity survived any of these conditions.
You do know that the same applies for the Rennaissance or the Reformation or Enlightenment eras too by and large. A bit less burning at the stake say 1711 but you still were screwed if you left home and skinned your knee.
They had some idea of what infections were and how to prevent them
Nice research in making this thanks,brutal
cured my depressive episode lol
Yeah a lot of medieval historians describe the 14th century as the century of calamity.
Whoever compared the Vikings to the SS in Poland during WWII should be stripped of the title of historian. That's sensationalistic BS of the highest order.
It might be sensationalized, but the Vikings have been sanitized a great deal in the media in recent history
Agree, they should have compared the Vikings to Boy George.
Always wonder if the Roman Empire had survived and continued, I wonder how advanced we would be today?
Yeah, the shrine to St. James The Moor Slayer with extremely popular with crusading knights.
Jeez now I see how christianity was able to expand across Europe.
Imagine if a student were expelled from 109 schools and then blaming the schools for being harsh on the lad.
lol i literally just made a similar comment 🤣 i hope you’re on Twitter fren
@@laurajaneluvsbeauty9596 hehehe - it's a question that needs to be asked....... it's always the same narrative...... sorry i don't do twatter - too many bans on there to count
@@RobertLock1978 it’s way better now 🤣 Twitter spaces are full of NatSoc
Where did you obtain the music for this video series? It's somewhat soothing is why I ask.
The whole bathroom or lack there of would freak me out! Plus all the lice and fleas covering people! 😮😮😮😮😮
You want to know why you wouldn’t survive the dark ages? Because nobody did.
I am really enjoying ur videos. We are really living in the best of times in comparison to medieval times. Imagine going back in time and explaining social media and amount of followers. lol
damn that was intense
Reading all these comments makes me wonder what people will be saying about us in 600 years. If anyone is left, that is.
@BurntTrannyGarage:
Don't count on it.
Somehow I could not find the classical music in the intro. Anybody knows which music is that?
"fun and fighting....". what a way to describe Great Britain pior to William the Conqueror
First reason. There was no electricity
I was watching a doco few years ago and people who ancestors caught the plague and survived today have better amune systems and rarely get sick
That's absurd. Do you know how diluted the lineage has become in that much time?
If there are 5 generations per century and each cut your shares DNA in half, in 100 years you only had 1/32, in 200 just 1/1026.
By now your share of the hearty survival genes are one in hundreds of thousands.
Plus, surviving plague wouldn't make you more likely to survive any other microbe, so you'd still get stuck from other things.
So, no.
Nice shoes the barbarians had @1:01
To be clear, it was the Western European "dark ages". China was doing just fine.
And so was Japan.
Can we get another of these? Would love a full series i can imagine theres a million reasons🤣
A most interesting way to learn w/o boring text books.
Yeah who would want to be bothered with that pesky burden called reading
A crazy thing was they had to start forest management, because by then they had already cut down most of the trees.
Pretty creepy. I wouldn’t want to be alive in that timeline.
It would be awful if unable to find somewhere to plug-in my phone charger in those days. 😎🇦🇺🦘
None of these would threaten anybodies survival in a 24 hour period unless they started of somewhere very unfortunate
Tolerance to heresies was actually very high - Cathers became notable in 1140s, but the Crusade, initially not even a big one, was started only in 1209 when they started to kill papal legates and missionaries, and when big politics came (attempts of Count of Toulouse to use Catharism to increase his own power against the King of France).
Overall, the church was much less standartized and united than we now think before the Council of Trent (1545-1563); many things differed a lot, from uniformity to monastic life - call to make some order in this chaos can be seen in desire of saints like St Dominic and St Francis to finally create some codes of monastic rules.
And the Western Schism also shows us that the CHurch even back in 1300s was anything but united and uniform.
Add huge political component of each papal elections and bishop appointment, and here's a very complicated mix.
my Welsh ancestors survived Viking raids. 😢
I really love you mmadness❤❤
I need to know where you got that thumbnail
I believed every bit of that video and I can't dispute what we were told. How horrible was it that I just wish I could save a lot of these crazy videos and yet I'm not allowed to. I dunno, it just sucks. ⁉️😬
Fun fact: NOBODY survived the Dark Ages
If NOBODY survived the Dark Ages, we wouldn't be here right now.
More like stupid fiction.
Got to say Medieval Madness & Walk the Plank are the best channels on YT…
👌
I couldn't deal with no electricity or running water. NOPE NOPE NOPE
I lived in a tiny village in Panama with little electricity and running water. We adapted.
You'd be best off avoiding any area affected by the plague of christianity - so China or Persia would be good options
It's crazy to think this was literally 400 years ago. The 1800s were wild too. The 1900s is it's own standard century and no other century like it. It literally was a transitioning century for sure.
It was more than 400
400 years ago was early modern (Elizabethan-Stuart)
Don't know until we try it.
"One third of Northern England being an inhabitable wasteland." 😅
Some people do drugs for fun.. in do MedievalMadness for fun!
Everyone keep talking about how bad the medieval Europe is but i wonder how the medieval ages in Asia would be ?
My old teacher said that TV lies all the time about medieval times. Even the nobles would be considered nasty by today's standards.
I thought the 'Dark Ages' in Brtiain was the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Normans, ie the Anglo-Saxon period. This video spans the entire medieval era.
There was no toilet paper... let that sink in for a while.
Why I would last longer then the average medieval enjoyer...
Knowledge.
Heh, you wonder how they got out of bed knowing that their chance of dying at any given time was so high but you could point that out for conditions here in areas of the US. It's gotten kind of dangerous to be alive right now here because you run the risk every single day of being shot and killed at work, in the grocery store, the movie theater, or for your child to be killed at school (which happened this very day at Perry Elementary school in Iowa), all at random. We think "oh, it's not that bad" and "oh, that won't happen to me/my child/my spouse" but its happening and we turn a blind eye to it.....just as they did in the medieval age.
As bad as it is the odds of getting killed by random violence today are probably less than 1% of what they faced.
Overall it's really unlikely to get shot to death in America today.
In 2023 there were fewer than 50,000 gun deaths in 2023. Out of 330 million, that means your odds of getting killed by a gun are roughly 1 in 60,000, at worse.
So I think you'll be ok going to the mall.
Oh, for a time machine! I could go back and SAVE everyone with the Gospel of JR Bob Dobbs! Imagine a Subgenius Crusade!
Hey now.. I could last a whole week.. another reason why I wouldn’t last is because I love watching these videos while i relax in my comfy bed with no diseases 😹
Hmmm and we think today's life sucks.... I wouldn't want to have lived back then
I feel really bad for one of my characters now- SHE HAD TO LIVE THROUGH ALL THIS-
That thumbnail lol
Yesenia Pestis need I say more!