BANG! Did medieval GUNS destroy Knighthood?
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Why did the knight disappear from the medieval battlefield? Was it the use of firearms in war, or was it more complicated than that? #knight #armour #medieval #armor
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It is so surreal for me to know that Jason is the CEO of Rebellion. You just don´t see many CEO´s clad in full plate charging at full gallop atop a warhorse, lance in hand.
I had watched the channel for months before taking the time to actually search up his background and was pleasantly surprised. Makes me love Rebellion even more.
dude he should start making medieval games instead of sniper games, he should make something like Kingdom Come Deliverance or simply ally with Warhorse developers and make amazing game
It's so surreal for me to hear "of course today we still have knights and dames. Knighthood being granted by the crown". All of those things were already rather outdated and obsolete 200 years ago. UK is a funny country (I mean it in a good way here). I love that they stick to those traditions. Even if sometimes they look a bit silly.
Closest we got to Jason was Daniel Vavra of Warhorse Games (Kingdom Come Deliverance)
@@jbolanowski1 Knighthood means differently now. Instead of inventing a new honorary, the UK adapted the knighthood for that purpose. It means a lot more than making up something new. :)
My country did it too, taking the old titles of aristocrats and nobility and adapting it as modern honoraries.
Thank you so much for this terrific series. I've studied medieval history (specialising in King John) for over 25 years but your series has illuminated so many aspects of knightly life that I've been intrigued about but have never really found to be satisfactorily explored, especially on screen. I love you calm yet enthusiastic style, the beautiful camera work and adore the music. I ride too (not well!) and especially loved meeting your magnificent steeds. Really hope there's more of this series fabulous to come. Wonderful.
Did you write a book on John?
The battle cry and the start of the gallop sent chills down my spine. There is just something unique about medieval warfare and charging knights. Amazing work !
thanks for watching
Very pleased with this episode, the team did a great job of the dramatic scene at the beginning in particular.
Jason , my heart sank a bit viewing the introduction of man & horse against the musket .
I think the knight should have taken his time more so they could load their guns at a more leisurely pace!
Well, to be honest this is currently my favorite historical series. I've promoted it within my Historical European Martial Arts School and the members very much enjoy it too. Another great work, sir. Thank you for providing fun and informative productions with this series.
very kind of you. I always try to find the human angle of history, after all, we're not much different these days really.
Your what?! That is awesome! I wish there was such a thing where I live. :3
That intro was fantastic and quite sad. The proud knight being brought down by the humble musketeer. What a great way to show the end of an age.
Mr Kingsley, If the crown ever upgrades your OBE to a Knighthood, for the love of all things good, please ask them to let you accept whilst dressed 'Appropriately'
That would be fun!
Lol he's literally more medieaval than the English royals.
with his horses!
Yee, but it would be. Jason in his steel Milanese rides Ghost into the courtyard of Buckingham Palace, throws the reins to the squire, and (with a terrible noise) goes upstairs. And a hundred and twenty cameras behind him. And we'll see it all!
And if you could get a knighthood while the present Queen is still around, I'm sure knighting a man in full armour, with a suitably caparisoned horse parked outside would cheer her up no end.
Sir John Hawkwood is a perfect example. He is one of my ancestors. I am a direct descendant of Sir Robert Bell and Baroness Lady Dorothy Beaupre. I have been watching this series so I can see what my family did.
I like that you get some behind-the-scenes peeks in your Extras videos about campaigning in extremely hot weather and about acclimating Gossamer to gunfire. Your channel is very cinematic and it's fun to see the process of it.
This is fabulous and your passion comes through making it so interesting to listen to and watch. You and your beautiful horse seem to have a lovely close bond. Thankyou for this.🏹😀
Jason needs a knighthood, come on HM, how many of your other knights can joust like that?
oh my god i loved the part about Italian armies, so funny! they must be like " what do you mean actually fight?" when talking to the English Mercenaries ahhaha
Actually the English Mercenaries learnt well in Italy: They dedicated their knighthood to the Tournament from that moment onward...ahahaha
I love the Italians, but it doesn't surprise me they they seemed more interested in showing off their bling than fighting !
@@stumccabe Just look at Soccer.
Frank Bear lolll
@Frank Bear dude, you are being pathetic. Acting tough on the internet doesnt impress anyone
Several years ago I spent a while apprenticing with a professional armorsmith. While I was, I once decided to take some square medium carbon steel plates that were 1mm, 1.5mm, 2mm, and 2.5mm thick, I hardened and tempered them and then took them out to shoot them point blank with a rifled blackpowder pistol. To my surprise at the time, every single plate stopped the shots and with the 2.5mm thick plate not even denting in the slightest after a single shot.
I would love to do something like that again with a full size blackpowder rifle for the extra velocity.
But that's a pistol not a musket or rifle
The decline of the knight as fighter was closely related to the advent of modern armies, which was related to the evolution of weapons that did not require life-long training, and particularly to the proclivity of earlier military units (as noted in the video) to change sides or desert at the start of battles. Professional standing armies were more dependable in this regard. In seventeenth century Britain, this change to Professional standing armies was accompanied with the creation of the "baronet," which the transformation of the title of "knight" into an item of commerce, by means of a hereditary knighthood which was purchased for the cost of maintaining a company of soldiers for a year, but for which the "knight" himself was not actually involved in military training or leadership.
In England it also had a lot to do with the centralization of power which was begun by Henry VII, the level of taxation he imposed meant that many simply couldn't afford to maintain the lances (he did this in order to reduce the noble's ability to rebel against him). The true end in the UK however comes with the New Model Army of the Commonwealth era, which along with the growing sovereignty of parliament resulting in the professional standing armies which you alluded to.
I’ve got something in my eye. 😢 - that music gets me every time. Loved this series, well done Jason and team.
It is criminal that this man has not been knighted
He has been knighted. He has his own coat of arms.
He has been knighted . Did you not read the credits ? He has OBE written after his name .
@@tapsars7911 Ah. OBE = Order of the British Empire Had to look it up because I'm an American.
@@SilverSunPublishing - An OBE is not a knighthood, it is a lower level honour. A KBE (or DBE for a woman) gives the title 'Sir' or a 'Dame'.
This is great content. This is what the history channel should have been like.
I love this series. There's a credibility when he speaks, and the production values are quite good. I wish this channel was used in schools... :)
I have been watching your videos for years and just noticed I was not subscribed, because they just get recommended. Just subscribed, thanks for the countless hours of videos I have watched of yours.
Our pleasure and thanks for subbing, It's appreciated, but watching is the key, so thanks for that.
You should do historical movies. That opening was epic!.
Such a wonderful series. Gonna spread this to my friends! Thanks for doing them, & I hope we get another season on a new topic.
Adagio in D Minor, or The Surface of the Sun at the beginning.
Trying to tug at the heartstrings, Sir? Well, I hope you're happy that you succeeded in evoking emotion in my stony heart.
I gotta say your videos keep improving and get more and more interesting. And the slight slowing down of your delivery is an improvement.
Thanks, working on it all.
You really need more subscribers. Amazing series!
Love your channel.
Started taking riding lessons about a year and a half ago because of your channel and channels like yours.
Awesome, I hope it's going well for you. Learn8ng to ride is a lifetimes study.
This series is absolutely brilliant.
the cinematography is breathtaking in this! combined with the calm music and your informative talk it really was a joy to watch! Im also looking forward to summer now :D
This channel is brilliant, plain and simple.
Thanks!
I understand that being British you have British point of view but in some parts of Europe noble class continued to be highly important military power, highly trained and equipped with most expensive weapons and horses, for example famous Polish hussars. They served to XVIII century and who knows what this nobleman would transform in if The Commonwealth wouldn't collapse.
Masz rację, Macieju! (you're right Maciej)
Great series. This episode shows how the decline of the meaning of a knight goes from not only being symbol to your house and the people that you supported, but having to fight for your King and country and perhaps die for it, to now where a knighthood is a gesture to appease and those on the modern battlefield, to which a knight had to also prepare for and be accomplished in, hardly ever get. The requirements have fallen so low as to be with little meaning. Still think this is a great series, well done.
I really love this series of videos, it has inspired me to print out on parchment paper and frame the "Knight's Code"
which I will give to my two grandsons and teach them to abide by its wisdom.
:) What a wonderful horse Warlord is! I can almost feel how seriously he takes his duties!
Thank you for your wonderful series on this aspect of history and horsemanship.
I have to share this story..I have always been a history geek,enjoy our family history working with horses and visited England in my 20s..so I just love this channel..one morning during coffee and of course watching my favorite channel I told my 17 yr old son"my gosh you should watch this GREAT channel I found called Modern History", it's really good!!..course being a young man of 17 the remark could have gone any which way...but i was gleefully surprised when he responded,"MOM,...OF COURSE I know about that channel I was watching since last year"!!...
Well there you go then!🌞
Thank you for generational enjoyment of your videos!
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Brilliant, how funny, and great too, say hi to him!
Yet the Cavalry charge didn't end until the machinegun.
Baillie Atchison Even then, cavalry charges were frequent at the start of the First World War
@@TheKratoKiller the last war where it was used effectively as far as i know was Polish-Bolshevik war of 1919-20.
@@jbolanowski1 The Polish used it effectively once in World War II, and I think the U.S.A used it later on in WWII as well.
@@alfred9895 WWII cavalry charge?
Al As 57 Yes, the Poles quite famously charged the German invaders and if you just google US cav charge ww2 a few things come up about it.
Maybe you'd find interesting how quickly this change of fighting style happened in 15th century Czechia, during Hussite rebellion, when the Czechs wanted reformation, the new unpopular king brought armies to subdue them, and the brilliant Jan Zizka wiped the floor with them inventing new tactics and improvising weapons, including war wagons made out of ordinary wagons. The legend says one time the knights of the crusade army fled even before the fighting began, just hearing the war hymn of the Hussites. At the beginning it was all done out of desperation and necessity, but they perfected their tactics and the king got the throne only after many years when he promised partial reformation and some of the Hussites allied with him, because, like all revolutions, the movement became ever more fractured.
The entire series is enthralling (to use a Middle English word) . . . thanks to all involved with the productions.
- Bleikr Morrison
I am loving this channel, thank you so much for the time and effort involved. Beautiful horses that re clearly well loved and cared for. Im sure I was born into the wrong era lol Ty Mr Kingsley :)
Our pleasure!
I bet you feel like such a bad ass with all that armour on, so glad I found this channel.
Interesting trivia about the etymology of freelancers. I'm learning so much from this series. Any plans to cover castles and strongholds?
Another great episode!!!
The chivalrous ethos has not disappeared. He remained in honest people, respecting their honor and origin, keeping their word even to the detriment of themselves. In people who care for the weak and face the stronger.
Excellent episode. Someone should give you a TV deal.
I've always thought that the explanation that the advent of firearms did away with knights was inadequate. It explains why armor went away but not knights - both as a martial and social cast and as heavy cavalry(units of "heavy" cavalry consisting primarily of nobles or the sons of the rich continued as a tradition all the way through to WW1).
I think that, from a martial standpoint, the reorganization of forces into the New Model Army was far more relevant to the waning relevance of chivalliers than the existence of firearms by themselves.
Furthermore, the general centralization of power, the slow rise of the middle class, the slow dissolution of feudalism and the entire host of other social and political changes that happened during the Renaissance were all considerably more relevant to the disappearance of knights than guns.
For clear evidence that guns, by themselves, would not have been enough we need only look at Japan where their similar warrior caste system survived well into the 19th century all despite the introduction of (practicable)firearms into Japan in the 16th century.
Addendum: you could say that the 1600s are more than a bit late for knights but I would not argue so. In one way or another knighthood and martial nobility retained some relevance through most of the rest of the Reanaissance. What changed, primarily, is the reduced relative potency of heavy shock cavalry and the fact that you didn't necessarily need to be a knight or a noble to organize such a force anymore.
Freelance it makes sense when we think of old English terms thanks for explaining ,love your cartoon work of knights on battlefields an unusual approach and it works really well .maybe you should do them for tv a bit like horrible history's it may help with the horse feed lol take care thanks for showing ,oh by the way have you been in any films as an extra since your an accomplished rider and have such an interest in these thigs ?
Medieval knight: I'm the world's most deadly weapon.
History: .... and then I pulled out the gat.
so anyways, I started blasting
Previous video about the war bow and it's efficacy against cavalry.
Better hope their cuirasses aren’t good quality
Don't get me wrong I appreciate the video but it's not completely accurate. Sure infantry became very formidable with plate armor, pikes, advanced European guns, and halberds but Knights on foot or on Horseback as well as well as armored Lancers were still very feared and affective in the battlefield will up into the late 16 century.
Battles of Marignano, Ceresole, Seminara, and many others still saw massive armored cavalry charges by Lancers & Knights that were successful even against pike formations supported with advanced firearms.
A few points re: gunpowder and knights. Firstly, while the knight as we think of him might have become obsolete, the combat role performed by the knight - that of heavy shock cavalry - did not, at least not for a long while. The Polish winged hussars, iconic in their own right, were very much a thing until the end of 18th century, and other forms of shock cavalry remained in use for a long while later.
Secondly, effective as gunpowder was, for it's time, it wasn't exactly an absolute armour breaker, not by a long shot. The concept of bullet-proof came form roughly that period. In order to test the cuirass, it was shot with either a musket or a pistol, and the dent made by the bullet was called, aptly, the "proof". That's how the wearer could be certain of the quality of his armour. Now, of course, it takes a fair bit of steel to actually stop a musket shot, and one can only wear so much of it. As most of those watching this video will be aware, the thickness of steel would vary between different pieces of armour, with breastplate and parts of the helmet being much thicker than, say, the greave or the vambrace. So, realistically, only the breastplate and helmet would retain their utility with increasing spread of musket use.
Thirdly, and I don't think this has ever been mentioned by anyone, there's at least a possibility that gunpowder made knights obsolete not by killing them but by taking their role. As mentioned, knights were shock cavalry, with the bulk of their effectiveness coming from the initial charge breaking the enemy formation, a fact Jason has mentioned himself in one of his previous videos. Now, in the age of gunpowder, there came into use another and arguably more effective way of achieving that: the cannon. It would not have been a 100% replacement, of course. Artillery positions would need to be set up, and it'd only work on relatively open ground. Heavy cavalry did stick around, as I've said. But cannons could certainly play such a role, particularly as pike blocks rendered head-on charges a lot more difficult to pull off. In fact, my understanding is that the Landsknechte used artillery in just such fashion, as must have many others no doubt.
The last thing I'd like to point out is the monetary side of the issue. Renaissance is a period when the monarchies attained quite a lot of power relative to their vassals, and armies started to fall largely under their control. And, from a king's perspective, a bunch of musketeers is a better investment than a knight and his retinue, if only because a fair bit of a knight's retinue was there for the ease of the knight rather than immediate military utility. Musketeers offered more band for the king's shilling, and they wouldn't have nearly as much of an attitude as a knight might do.
Your comment is quite good.
This youtube series opened my eyes. One-of-which was just how much maintenance and support went into providing a knight the means for a campaign. Effectively like a formula one car who requires an entire team before it is ready and even then to change it's tires.
The one thing, that cavalry had over, say, a mass infantry army was mobility. Now I am questioning that in regards to western europe (knights) because of this retinue of lance. If you had a whole team of people who had to follow a knight, I am not sure the entire retinue had horses to ride on.
This is very different from a Mongol army where a soldier might have three or so horses along with them in-which they could rotate riding on. Maximum speed, great distances can be achieved, ultimate mobility/flexibility, moving camps would seem less of a hassle, moving around the battlefield.
Thank you for this amazing series.
For some reason it feels a bit sad that this period is over. Of course it had to happen, but still. This whole series made that era almost glamorous.
The Italian/English army part was rather funny though, for the English side that is.
I've just discovered the series and I'm spending great time watching it episode by episode. Thank you Mr. Kingsley. :)
Glad you enjoy it!
You guys rely should set up a Patreon or similar to help with the costs of making these amazing videos.
I would love to be able to contribute to this project.
With only 130k subs im surprised they can output this consistent level of good content, not to mention the crew seen in a few episodes
@@Gingerninja800 I believe this guy is a CEO of a relatively well known video game studio, so if that's actually the case then this might be a pet project funded by him personally until it becomes self-sustainable.
@@Gingerninja800 the guys worth like £40 million
He's very wealthy he doesn't need a patreon
The sound of Warlord at the start is pure wraith from Lord of the Rings except more real and more frightening - such a great start
I think fire arms where one part. But Landsknecht and Reisläufer taktiks where more to blame. A well trained unit of pikemen and helebardiers just crushed armoured horsemen.
Tell that to the Swiss who Francis I broke up with cannons before he ran them down with his armored horsemen.
Yeah nah mate
@@MiguelAlejandroVF I think you contradicted yourself there with the admission that the cannons did all the real work.
RoninTF2011 Flying hussards had success though
@@MiguelAlejandroVF
Good thing he had those cannons to do all the job the cavalry couldn't eh?
As Obi Wan Kenobi said using a laser gun instead of a Lightsaber...” So uncivilized ! “
... just before he lops off Anakin's legs and watches him crawl across molten rock, while lecturing him and THEN leaving him to die an agonizing death...so civilized, LOL
@@Nibbix1313 No old sport...After killing General Grievous with a laser gun instead of a lightsaber...
Quoted : So uncivilized....
Cheers.
Nicholas Nikitakis
Exactly… I know the scene and “understand the humor“ when he says “so uncivilized,” after he blasts general Grievous. My comment was sarcasm, since Obi Wan thinks it’s “uncivilized” to shoot grievous with the blaster, but somehow it’s “civilized“ to lop off anakin’s limbs and leave him to burn to death using a light saber, haha. Anyway, have a great day.
@@Nibbix1313 It's easy to make claims when you have rare access to space magic which is a seriously HUGE advantage. Usually when people say "so uncivilized" it's because they don't have to compete on an equal level.
what a gem of a channel!
You should upload the ultrawide footage without the black bars. It makes it look way better on ultrawide monitors and modern 18:9 phones. The black bars will be automatically added if the video doesnt fit on someones screen.
Yes please!
This was a very good video Jason.
thanks!
Great video!
I'm a Brit living in Japan for nigh on 30 years. The Shogun / Daimyo / Samurai hierarchy is very similar to English medieval times, just died out much later than in Europe. Your description of free companies is mirrored in Japan in the shape of Ronin - basically Samurai fighting as mercenaries.
All of your videos are great (I work as a historical tour guide, so some things I know, but lots of stuff in here I had either never thought about properly or never understood fully - love the series!). Just commenting to say the 'freelance' name thing is one that has slightly blown my mind. Not a thing I had ever thought about before, and a delightful callback from current commonly used language to the past.
I love the word freelance!
Love the music and production quality. Great series! I can't believe it took me so long to find this. Thank you.
Our pleasure.
I don't know how this channel is more popular.
I just found this channel and now it's my favorite one. Fantastic content and production quality!! Thank you!
Glad you enjoy our stuff.
Very informative, Thank You!
The intro is EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sad, very sad indeed. Guys, this channel is such a hidden gem, such quality, much better than what you might find in TV for sure! Perhaps start a Patreon? Thanks for this content Sir Knight!
As someone points out above, Jason owns a video gaming company and he's a millionaire. I guess he makes these videos as a hobby and a personal passion. Good on him for that.
The production quality is so high because Jason is already bloody rich :)
That was the most casual loading I've ever seen! LOL!!!
Your videos are one of the few that I like before I see it completely, the neat way in which you produce them is admirable. The truth is many of the things that you already explained in the video I knew but it is a pleasure to always know it from another point of view. I have a concern, however, is that someday you could talk about the types of warriors that existed in England in the medieval times, I say this since much of this enthusiasm that I have for knowing comes from having played video games of this theme, And I don't think these are totally worth believing, so it would be very interesting if you could clarify about it. Obviously this is just a humble suggestion, but how I would like to see something like that.
thanks for your support. the warrior class is a big and complex subject.
Damn that bit at the beginning got a lump in me throat
I love this channel full of amazing history information and it helps the guy is a total badass 👍🏴
Great series!
Thank you, was a joy to follow the journey of the knight. Amazing series
beautiful intro to show the changing of the ages! great video as always!
Thanks.
Your t shirt pictures are hilarious. Lol
It's interresting to have the point of view of an English man about the end of the chivalry. In France,it's very common for us to say:" the english longbowmen killed the chivalry at agincourt".(sorry for my bad english)
Yes, it was a national tragedy.
@@ModernKnight it proves that a disciplined and well trained infantry can be superior to the feudal elite cavalry.
Cuirassier existed up until the early 20th century. I don't know if you'd consider them knights, but they were an armored horse cavalry.
The heirs of the knights are not those well connected men and women who get a knighthood as a present for some times doing as little as possible, but being in the corridors of power, but the modern officers in army, navy and airforce. They are also the ones who still wield a sword, albeit ceremonoly.
Militarily the man-at-arms (knight in a military sense) heavily increased in usage during the early renaissance rather then declining, only declining after 1525 with the specific introduction of pike and shot, so very specifically it was firearms that ended the knight.
firearms were about from circa 1385.
@@ModernKnight However were never really used as a primary weapon upon which an army relied almost exclusively for victory until the Spanish Tercio starting around 1503 (though a few cases came close earlier).
[sidebar it's worth noting pike's were not the best at actually injuring fully armoured man-at-arms (they could pierce armour but not exactly to a devastating amount) and pike squares depended on their heavy weapons (halberds and later guns) to do the killing, so unlike earlier formations the arquebus in pike and shot wasn't just support for the pikes, rather it was the entire purpose of the tercio]
I am absolutely convinced that this man is a medieval knight thrown forward in time who's adjusted well to modern society and no one can tell me otherwise
Shh, let's keep it a secret!
This has everything. Really interesting subject, beautifully produced. Lovely horses and scenery, and Jason is an absolute dish! 😊
Awesome Intro dude
I think the Portuguese president, and official head of the militant order of Christ (successor order to Order of Knights Templar.) Still gives knighthood to Portuguese soldiers for heroic military service to their country. The only thing missing is the horse
There should be some mention about Gendarmes. They were using the same style of armor/weapons as knights did a century earlier but they didnt have the social concept of "knight", they were soldiers.
@UCMjlDOf0UO9wSijFqPE9wBw isnt the concept similar with German "Reiters" or the spanish heavy cavalry in the Italian wars? im not English so i wont speak with any authority about that, but i thought even Cavalier cavalry in the early 17th century kept the core concepts of the straighforward heavy cavalry of the continent. in my comment i meant to say that essentially the battlefield role of the knight remained, without the status or training quality, for at least a hundred more years. also, i greatly appreciate that you responded so quickly to a comment with no likes in a two year old video. many thanks
I agree, but the concept of a knight is different than a cavalier or even equites in Latin. it's not just horse based but about other things which I explore in other videos.
Intro was super solid
Did he say "He's destrier", while talking about a knight's steed?
Interesting because it's the French word for "steed" which really show how many things English and French picked up from each other in their languages.
Kinda cool and makes learning English easier for French and vice versa.
A destrier
@@ModernKnight My bad. I wanted to say "his destrier" not "he's destrier" (which makes no sense whatsoever).
This is what happens when I write too quickly.
Lol, me too, typing too fast and autocorrect can cause havoc.
The free companies also perpetuated wars. I often wonder if they bought about the Mafia. I think Italy had this culture of fighting and double dealing ingrained into it's culture because of the wars between the city states.
I have enjoyed this series immensely, and hope there will be more coming. I have learned a great deal about a time that has always interested me. But what I really hope is that this series may be developed into a video game. I have been a avid player of Kingdom Come: Deliverance since its release and hope Rebellion Developments might have something in the works. This period offers so many possibilities for meaningful play. Look forward to whatever is next. Thanks.
Thanks, and yes I hope to do more very soon.
Fantastic work, hope to see more soon!
Quantity has a quality all it's own.
I learn many new facts with every one of your videos. The amount of knowledge one brain can hold astounds me, cos I’m relatively dumb 😂
I really like your videos and find them very interesting. I think, though, that knights and knighthood have been heavily romanticized. Knights were granted land so they could produce income for themselves and taxes for the king. They lorded over the serfs. Their castles were to protect them from their own serfs as mush they were from outside enemies. Speaking as an American, can you imagine coming here and being able to settle and own your own land? Completely unheard of in Europe at the time.
This channel is a hidden gem
I advise people to read Contact, the second book in the Crossover Series
Five people go back in time to 1054
5:00 it is true story of Charles the IV King of Bohemia when he was young and he has been maintaning property in north Italy.
There is history as it occurred
and history as we WISH it would have occurred.
Where can I buy a shirt like that?
Love these videos, understanding those times really inspires me when worldbuilding and character creating
to be fair medeival knights were around till the 17th century in eastern europe and if you look at the armor worn by leaders like Louis XIV or the Duke of Savoy or etc they wore plate armor (high quality) they really fell out of use once armies became standardized and cavalry heavy/light replaced them that emphasized mobility over protection. Proffessional standing army + firepower made knight type cavalry not needed.
That was real estate over there!.
By the time the weapons are loaded, the knight dies of old age.
Just for historical accuracy medieval knights rarely had a tall and handsome horse like that, they could have one if they can afford to maintain it, taxes included
The taller the horse measured in hands, the higher the tax
Another nice video ! The most detailed I've seen on the subject so far. I would have made an appropriate end to the series but I'm glad it's not.
Mr Kingsley, nice video!
The Free companies had generally, a dreadful reputation. Freebooting mercenary soldiers terrorised France in the late medieval period. They undermined the whole ethos of knighthood, in my opinion. I would say 'chivalry' , yes real 'chivalry' had declined by the end of the 14th. century. And, for this reason, and the points you also mention, it never recovered.
The real question is where did you get those lovely modern but old fashioned tunic/polo shirt hybrids???