What Hygiene Was Like For Medieval Peasants

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  • Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
  • Although cleanliness in the Middle Ages was primitive compared to what modern people enjoy, it doesn't mean medieval hygiene didn't exist. Despite living in an era long before indoor plumbing, shampoo, and nail salons, people used the best hygiene practices they could. Unfortunately, they didn't have a lot to work with. Peasants had it especially bad and weren't often able to afford luxuries like more than one set of clothing. For the lower classes, personal hygiene in the Middle Ages meant keeping clean however you could, even if it wasn't easy.
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Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @WeirdHistory
    @WeirdHistory  4 года назад +1886

    What one item would you take back to Medieval Europe?

    • @jasonm97
      @jasonm97 4 года назад +493

      RTX 2080ti

    • @karlgeli9285
      @karlgeli9285 4 года назад +585

      gun. so i can rob and be rich

    • @panspotion
      @panspotion 4 года назад +527

      A fully furnished mansion with plumming, electricity, and heating and cooling

    • @American-Dragon
      @American-Dragon 4 года назад +47

      Bouquet of flowwrs

    • @goodtitle686
      @goodtitle686 4 года назад +287

      A coffin.

  • @ryguyk9375
    @ryguyk9375 4 года назад +6741

    This video is for all those "I was born in the wrong era" people.

    • @user-wc5kd7ti5u
      @user-wc5kd7ti5u 4 года назад +581

      Ryan Edwards Excuse me? I *was* born in the wrong era, I miss the days of getting married to your brother at 11, having 3 kids by 15, and dying at childbirth at 16. That is if you didn’t die as a baby or of the plague first. :)
      And public executions and torture were obviously the best entertainment, especially compared to today, where we only have access to virtually all the world’s entertainment with the click of a button. I wish I was born in 1342 😭😭

    • @ryguyk9375
      @ryguyk9375 4 года назад +69

      @@user-wc5kd7ti5u 😐

    • @user-ox4st4ru7t
      @user-ox4st4ru7t 4 года назад +134

      복숭아우유 You also forgot reading the Bible with your family :)

    • @user-wc5kd7ti5u
      @user-wc5kd7ti5u 4 года назад +59

      professionalsimp03 Too expensive. We are surfs.

    • @cicadaknight3048
      @cicadaknight3048 4 года назад +34

      what that korean username person said, but u n i r o n i c a l l y

  • @grandefrppc
    @grandefrppc 3 года назад +4794

    “babe go take a shower”
    “what!? i just showered last year, ”

    • @FootballAndSuch
      @FootballAndSuch 3 года назад +154

      Me everytime its January 1st

    • @yourlocalflatiron6124
      @yourlocalflatiron6124 3 года назад +27

      Lol reminds me of the movie “year one”

    • @gamingwithroy1435
      @gamingwithroy1435 3 года назад +25

      We bath everyday..as a south asian (Bangladeshi) its daily routine for us

    • @ryanreynolds6704
      @ryanreynolds6704 3 года назад +104

      @@gamingwithroy1435 Your not special bro everyone does that

    • @gamingwithroy1435
      @gamingwithroy1435 3 года назад +6

      @@ryanreynolds6704 but i heard people who lives in colder place bath often

  • @ItsRainingHippos
    @ItsRainingHippos 3 года назад +704

    This is kind of sad, because it seems that peasants knew how to stay clean, and often wanted to, but they were so poor basic hygiene was too expensive.

    • @alexandralaye41
      @alexandralaye41 3 года назад +6

      😢

    • @narzoggash
      @narzoggash 3 года назад +41

      All of the shown video is so wrong. And have nothing to do with the modern academical knowledge of the medieval era.

    • @elodin857
      @elodin857 3 года назад +7

      just bath on a river bro

    • @k.v.7681
      @k.v.7681 3 года назад +31

      @@elodin857 That's what they did. The video is ridiculous.

    • @-postapokalypso-7289
      @-postapokalypso-7289 3 года назад +34

      @@narzoggash Yeah Ive heard a lot recently about the supposed "dark" ages not being as dark as often depicted

  • @wtf5749
    @wtf5749 3 года назад +1460

    Imagine being on your period 😳 that’s horrible

    • @nicolelewis8975
      @nicolelewis8975 3 года назад +107

      But you’d have stick tampons. Lol

    • @avaemrickmeow
      @avaemrickmeow 3 года назад +173

      @Demi Guerrero I remember reading it was either just a piece of cloth, sea sponges, or wood wrapped in cloth. And it was considering wrong so women were forced to just deal with that they did. They were silly back then

    • @theoneandonly1158
      @theoneandonly1158 3 года назад +114

      I could deal... Child birth. Now that's horrible. That's why many women would die giving birth.

    • @kyndall8884
      @kyndall8884 3 года назад +114

      Most women were probably so malnourished they didn’t get they’re periods at all

    • @vasiaxronidou9120
      @vasiaxronidou9120 3 года назад +57

      @@theoneandonly1158 I think they worse thing isn't the difficulty of the birth itself, but doing so with very bad hygienic conditions. A woman is very vulnerable to bacteria at this point sooo😬

  • @Trumblebee
    @Trumblebee 4 года назад +9225

    Took a moment to thank god I was born in the 21st century after watching this

    • @brentbates2503
      @brentbates2503 4 года назад +523

      Trumblebee even if u were born in the medieval times , it would have been normal to ya.
      People that will be born in 3000 will be glad they werent in 2019 and think we lived like shit, although we're comfortable with it and find it normal.

    • @ilias8972
      @ilias8972 4 года назад +190

      @@brentbates2503 It's not the same. In first world countries we have incredibly higher quality of life than those 300 years ago, while in 300 years from now quality of life will be slightly increased.

    • @highhope8200
      @highhope8200 4 года назад +107

      Who knows, in your past life you could have been born as a peasant lol

    • @riverdeep399
      @riverdeep399 4 года назад +15

      Trumblebee amen to that.

    • @jojo-eb1ib
      @jojo-eb1ib 4 года назад +14

      Watch the video from how we are living now, in 400 years

  • @cocraine
    @cocraine 4 года назад +7213

    Medieval person: **Gets a tiny scrape**
    Doctor: I Diagnose you with *dead*

    • @riverdeep399
      @riverdeep399 4 года назад +124

      XxCrystal StarlightxX it would be in those days. Just waiting for infection to set in.
      City life was harsh. Country folk had herbs..

    • @anthonyw9129
      @anthonyw9129 4 года назад +32

      Idk i mean i get cuts all the time working with steel...i don't do anything to them and I'm just fine

    • @quinnrollen
      @quinnrollen 4 года назад +23

      *Bring our your dead!*

    • @yelw2304
      @yelw2304 4 года назад +71

      Medieval person: *Gets scratch on arm*
      Doctor: *Cuts off arm*

    • @cocraine
      @cocraine 4 года назад +22

      DISRESPECT THEM WOMEN SUBJUGATE THOSE HOS. It’s a meme

  • @JessEllen123
    @JessEllen123 3 года назад +630

    I wonder how many women died from urinary tract infections every year.

    • @jonesvideo80
      @jonesvideo80 3 года назад +86

      This comment scares me because of how true it is

    • @MaddyLovesU99
      @MaddyLovesU99 3 года назад +18

      I always wonder this

    • @jonesvideo80
      @jonesvideo80 3 года назад +5

      @@MaddyLovesU99 same

    • @johannesscherzer6305
      @johannesscherzer6305 3 года назад +7

      urinary tract infections nowadays occur mostly as a side effect of the contraceptive pill
      I wouldn‘t generally recommend to discontniue taking it but sadly that‘s the root of this problem a lot of the time

    • @javierschiefelbein4084
      @javierschiefelbein4084 3 года назад +74

      @@johannesscherzer6305 you better back up those claims cause that is straight up untrue

  • @hernanikins
    @hernanikins 3 года назад +441

    It’s honestly a miracle that the human race has survived this long

    • @pongers5895
      @pongers5895 3 года назад +30

      No no no only Europeans didn't bath Mayan, middle easterns and Asians washed daily

    • @officaldutchwowcomunity2730
      @officaldutchwowcomunity2730 3 года назад +19

      @@pongers5895 Europeans did bathe tho.

    • @ABk-dt8lk
      @ABk-dt8lk 3 года назад +8

      @@officaldutchwowcomunity2730 in northern europe they bathed one day a week,in saturday I think

    • @TheDoggo07
      @TheDoggo07 3 года назад +12

      It was only Europe. North Africa and middle east were flourishing

    • @Infinitybein
      @Infinitybein 2 года назад +3

      Africans bathe 2x per day....made soap

  • @GNWP67
    @GNWP67 4 года назад +3573

    Patient: Doctor I vomit constanly and have terribly painful bowel movement.
    Medieval Doctor: I diagnosed you with *cursed*

    • @oscarmartinez2538
      @oscarmartinez2538 4 года назад +8

      Tremendous Bloke l😂😂😂

    • @kaileyy2991
      @kaileyy2991 4 года назад +24

      *it be like that*

    • @itsmeyourfriend
      @itsmeyourfriend 4 года назад +3

      1,000 person to like 😁

    • @morp9671
      @morp9671 4 года назад +4

      @@itsmeyourfriend nobody cares

    • @CookingMyWay
      @CookingMyWay 4 года назад +2

      As a magic Channel... I would cure them and myself with magic 🍀🌞🍁💫🎉

  • @cemetarybug
    @cemetarybug 4 года назад +2601

    old people: "yall are too spoiled back in the *good* old days-"
    the good old days:

    • @Aliendrone121
      @Aliendrone121 4 года назад +133

      "Ah sonny when i was your age i wore a potato sack and loved liveing in a glorified haystack"

    • @Sapsche
      @Sapsche 4 года назад +80

      @@Aliendrone121 "So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time."

    • @thebluewhale8891
      @thebluewhale8891 4 года назад +40

      @@Sapsche "I don wore a rock for a hat and brushed my teeth with cow manure. "

    • @Mylkies
      @Mylkies 4 года назад +38

      Phone Phone Oh so you were rich enough to afford cow manure and rock hats? In my day we had, 1 piece of bark and that was lunch for a week

    • @honey_bee65
      @honey_bee65 4 года назад +7

      Why would the old people be saying they were spoiled "back in the good old days"??? 🤨🤔🙄
      Dude, you need to learn how to use *PUNCTUATION* 😒

  • @barnabylowe1239
    @barnabylowe1239 3 года назад +412

    When you see sex scenes in a medieval era set drama you think of this

    • @dosto_viski8292
      @dosto_viski8292 3 года назад +28

      *EXACTLY*

    • @missmarshmellowmouth
      @missmarshmellowmouth 3 года назад +6

      true

    • @k.v.7681
      @k.v.7681 3 года назад +28

      You souldn't. That video is filled with BS and half-truths. People in the medieval era we see as "dirty peasants" were cleaner than the preppy Marie-Antoinette everybody fawns about as the epitome of historical babes.

    • @ekkoekko4610
      @ekkoekko4610 3 года назад

      p

    • @ekkoekko4610
      @ekkoekko4610 3 года назад

      p

  • @honeymartina8383
    @honeymartina8383 3 года назад +1161

    2020 doesn't feel that bad after watching this.

    • @ivym3969
      @ivym3969 3 года назад +28

      Sis who you telling 😳 We are blessed

    • @daniellee8162
      @daniellee8162 3 года назад +15

      2020: I still have a month and a half left...I'm not finished yet!

    • @charlesbronson240
      @charlesbronson240 3 года назад +51

      Exactly. Stop fucking complaining about staying inside your heated houses with thousands of hours of entertainment and endless showers.

    • @jaymevosburgh3660
      @jaymevosburgh3660 3 года назад +5

      So true. The past was so awful.
      I love how angry & oddly offended some people get over some comments. Not sure why they waste the energy to bitch or mock when they should be well aware that nothing will come ov it.

    • @angelafisher5726
      @angelafisher5726 3 года назад +4

      They didnt know any better.....
      We do....... 2020 sucked.....

  • @OctoberRust1973
    @OctoberRust1973 4 года назад +1905

    I think my roommate thinks he’s from this time.

  • @1337fraggzb00N
    @1337fraggzb00N 4 года назад +3027

    Medieval woman: does not stink because she uses soap and cleans her teeth.
    Medieval crowd:"Burn the witch!"

    • @trueboca3461
      @trueboca3461 4 года назад +32

      1337fraggzb00N give me my hamster back

    • @1337fraggzb00N
      @1337fraggzb00N 4 года назад +28

      @@trueboca3461 it is mein hamster now.

    • @1337fraggzb00N
      @1337fraggzb00N 4 года назад +14

      River Piscean das hamster is mein bitch now.

    • @fortunateloan696
      @fortunateloan696 4 года назад +7

      1337fraggzb00N your bitch?!

    • @seansswamp
      @seansswamp 4 года назад +5

      fortunateloan 😂😂

  • @ok757
    @ok757 3 года назад +403

    *finishes video*
    *hugs toothbrush and tooth paste*
    *hugs shower*
    *hugs my drawers filled with clothes*
    *hugs modern vaccines*

    • @elhale8774
      @elhale8774 3 года назад +16

      What about the toilet? 🤪

    • @wplains
      @wplains 3 года назад +18

      Hug the dentist too while you’re at it. 😂😂😂

    • @rainbowkitten8990
      @rainbowkitten8990 2 года назад +4

      @@wplains Yes 😂

    • @nathanbush6781
      @nathanbush6781 Месяц назад

      @@wplainsmy dentist’s son who joined the practice is sexy, so I will!

  • @thedriveog
    @thedriveog 3 года назад +193

    Imagine being a doctor and going back in time, you would be something like a wizard for these people
    And end up on a pile of burning wood

    • @hallucy2215
      @hallucy2215 2 года назад

      ur mom

    • @emberae
      @emberae Год назад +2

      Literally the plot of outlander 😂

  • @nopenope273
    @nopenope273 4 года назад +2119

    twig tampons sound like a living nightmare

    • @kadensmike8190
      @kadensmike8190 4 года назад +210

      FFS nobody would do that! The video was made by a man, I can't think a woman would have shown rough twigs in a photo. The video maker doesn't know that in medieval England it was considered unnatural for a woman to place any phallic shaped object into her vagina. No doubt woman used homemade tampon based on bud-shaped plugs. C'mon, can you imagine a woman shoving a rough twig into her private parts - complete crap!!

    • @ilovechickenadobo6962
      @ilovechickenadobo6962 4 года назад +133

      @@kadensmike8190 I once watched a woman insert a wooden table leg into herself.

    • @saragerace2648
      @saragerace2648 4 года назад +84

      @@ilovechickenadobo6962 do I wanna ask?

    • @NastyAngel
      @NastyAngel 4 года назад +8

      i'd like to try that!

    • @kenihow
      @kenihow 4 года назад +117

      @@ilovechickenadobo6962 get off those porn sites.

  • @sammistatik
    @sammistatik 4 года назад +3172

    "If a peasant suffered diarrhea or a painful bm, doctors would think they were cursed."
    To be fair diarrhea does feels like a curse lol

    • @kevincarlson7148
      @kevincarlson7148 3 года назад +14

      Try having clostridium difficile.They'd call in exorcists.I'm surprised they didn't have a resident plague doctor in the (excellent) hospital I was in .Post covid,maybe they do.

    • @kevincarlson7148
      @kevincarlson7148 3 года назад +6

      @Layla Forrest Heh,my family called it "their only heirloom".They wore brown pants most of the time.

    • @kevincarlson7148
      @kevincarlson7148 3 года назад +1

      @CROM Lol,whatever rocks your boat.

    • @apemcrape4050
      @apemcrape4050 3 года назад +3

      I wish somebody woulda told me this earlier -- I'm already halfway through eating this bowl of diarrhea!

    • @cristianbortos7757
      @cristianbortos7757 3 года назад +3

      Legend says that if you drink a glass of milk and eat grapes, you will be cursed all day 😂

  • @charlesbronson240
    @charlesbronson240 3 года назад +121

    I’m grateful of the generation I was born in where I can shower and wash my clothes every day if I want to.

    • @animmv26
      @animmv26 11 месяцев назад

      Yeaa lmaoo 😂

    • @Ad-zk8nz
      @Ad-zk8nz 17 дней назад

      Reincarnation: Next Level Soul Podcast 🙏

  • @michaelj6392
    @michaelj6392 3 года назад +70

    I’m watching this laying in my clean bed in my clean house after taking a shower 😌

  • @anguishios3230
    @anguishios3230 3 года назад +3367

    In another 5 thousand years they’ll be talking about how bad our hygiene was 😂😂

    • @sweetnsour3693
      @sweetnsour3693 3 года назад +206

      No, they won’t.

    • @IVANGEBER
      @IVANGEBER 3 года назад +94

      No, they won’t

    • @Julia-xm4ke
      @Julia-xm4ke 3 года назад +376

      There is a big possibility that the earth won’t be around for 5 thousand more years

    • @isabelle2940
      @isabelle2940 3 года назад +65

      @@Dan-zt7uj this is why there's gonna be a hunger games soon, mark my words 🤠

    • @macaryl95
      @macaryl95 3 года назад +190

      "These mfs didn't even use bidets like can you imagine walking around with a poop crusted ass?"

  • @LeslieAM32
    @LeslieAM32 4 года назад +1704

    "Hey, got a tampon?"
    *picks branch off tree* "Sure!"

    • @memyself1176
      @memyself1176 4 года назад +111

      "hey, got a dildo?"
      Picks up a branch

    • @monicapyle
      @monicapyle 4 года назад +20

      Their public bathrooms had some weird looking tampon dispensers. Drop a quarter in and you can go out back and pick a twig of your choice and tear off a piece of cloth from your dress and there ya go 👍

    • @amalia2573
      @amalia2573 4 года назад +13

      oh hell no

    • @JereeAnderson
      @JereeAnderson 4 года назад +9

      😭

    • @__jolynn__5120
      @__jolynn__5120 3 года назад +1

      😂😂

  • @seluita8720
    @seluita8720 3 года назад +128

    As a medievalist, I’d like to say that all this information is correct at one point or another. However, we need to remember that these things were not actually the truth at all times and in all places, even somewhere as compact as medieval UK. Early medieval period was VERY different than later medieval period, for example. There were also easterners who migrated to the uk with very different styles of cleanliness. Not to mention there were more than just “brits” in medieval UK (Picts, Scandinavians, Celts) whom all had separate ideas about cleanliness. Also I’m curious where you got your information for menstration but the twig thing is not really supported by historians since it’s fair to say that most women would at least have the brains to determine that a stick covered in cloth was painful. Women would more than likely wear a diaper-like wrapping to catch blood and there are fashion historians who have tested it out recently as well. Anyways, there’s a lot more I’d like to say but all in all, pretty much all spot with the actions but the picture is skewed to make it seem like people didn’t evolve and change for nearly 1000 years. The end.

    • @y_fam_goeglyd
      @y_fam_goeglyd 11 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you! Saves me mentioning the length of time that age lasted. I'm not a mediaeval expert like you, but I do know that!

  • @lwp1428
    @lwp1428 3 года назад +79

    I honestly would have tried my luck making a separate homestead in the wilderness on my own instead of living in a village. Sounds like hell to me.

    • @joywairimu2372
      @joywairimu2372 3 года назад +12

      That would have made you the village wizard😂😂😂😂

    • @rachmawanatmajiperdana8866
      @rachmawanatmajiperdana8866 2 года назад +18

      bears, tigers, snakes, and other wild animals : hello

    • @puflem
      @puflem 2 года назад

      The woods almost always belonged to the royalty so they would've found you, and probably executed you.
      Plus, poaching was often prohibited for anyone but the royal hunter and the royals themselves (for sports) so you wouldn't even have been able to eat anything but berries. If they weren't poisonous.

    • @hollybyrd6186
      @hollybyrd6186 Год назад +8

      Due to feudalism you'd have to have your local Lords permission. Most poor people were serf, and were tied to the land and lord.

    • @animmv26
      @animmv26 11 месяцев назад

      army will knock ur door and burn your house like they always do

  • @jackparker4728
    @jackparker4728 4 года назад +3109

    I feel so clean after watching this video

    • @k3nz1e73
      @k3nz1e73 3 года назад +49

      I haven’t showered for 6 days...I’m clean right?

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen 3 года назад +53

      @@k3nz1e73 should really take a shower now.

    • @k3nz1e73
      @k3nz1e73 3 года назад +14

      LudicrousKid I’m gonna take a bath

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen 3 года назад +10

      @@k3nz1e73 Shower, not bath. I just took one as well!

    • @k3nz1e73
      @k3nz1e73 3 года назад +5

      LudicrousKid I showered this morning

  • @darrenfreyauthor
    @darrenfreyauthor 4 года назад +1838

    "He must be a king"
    "Why?"
    "He hasn't got shit all over him"

    • @Tiger42s
      @Tiger42s 4 года назад +14

      LMAO!!! GOLD

    • @pseudoillusion2556
      @pseudoillusion2556 4 года назад +32

      Monty Python 😂.

    • @kentuckycrittercamera9407
      @kentuckycrittercamera9407 4 года назад +25

      Help I’m being oppressed!

    • @darrenfreyauthor
      @darrenfreyauthor 4 года назад +46

      A strange lady distributing swords is no system of government! You can't wield extreme executive power, just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!

    • @Little_Lotta
      @Little_Lotta 4 года назад +16

      Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

  • @mknewlan67
    @mknewlan67 3 года назад +13

    I suffer from chronic kidney stones, I cannot imagine going through this in medieval ages. Must of been a painful death.

  • @bettinakatze1
    @bettinakatze1 3 года назад +270

    I guess, women in medieval times had their menstruation only once or twice in a lifetime,
    cause thy had to marry early and were constantly pregnant! :-(

  • @mr.personhumanson6871
    @mr.personhumanson6871 4 года назад +2780

    How medievla folks deal with hygiene: If everyone is stinky then nobody is stinky, problem solved!

    • @mistylavae2433
      @mistylavae2433 4 года назад +14

      Mr. Person Humanson 😂

    • @jojo-eb1ib
      @jojo-eb1ib 4 года назад +63

      There is definitely different levels to the funk

    • @curtisharrell
      @curtisharrell 4 года назад +57

      The few people who didn't stink smelled 'funny' and were often ridiculed and pelted with fresh cabbage.

    • @mignonthon
      @mignonthon 4 года назад +12

      there is always stinkier, believe me.

    • @anthonyszarek6905
      @anthonyszarek6905 4 года назад +3

      😂🤣😂

  • @ashtheprofessor
    @ashtheprofessor 4 года назад +2318

    does this count as studying

    • @jeffthegangster6065
      @jeffthegangster6065 4 года назад +67

      Yes along as you repeat it 2times

    • @deeds517
      @deeds517 4 года назад +23

      You passed

    • @krokodil191
      @krokodil191 4 года назад +37

      Everything new you learn can be called studying

    • @AHJ789
      @AHJ789 4 года назад +7

      If it’s relevant to what you’re learning yes I used RUclips video a fair amount during my exams as a different way of learning
      To be honest anything new to you is learning so the simple answer yes 😂😂

    • @ReasonAboveEverything
      @ReasonAboveEverything 4 года назад +5

      Why yes it does.

  • @albertfeibstein8787
    @albertfeibstein8787 3 года назад +32

    This video just made me want to take a shower and appreciate the cheap soap and shampoo i have. Thanks for making feel better weird history

  • @leslybravo4100
    @leslybravo4100 3 года назад +431

    The Mayans and Aztecs could never. They had plumming and everything, worked as a community. they were known to be the cleanest and most self sufficient.

    • @classicarah
      @classicarah 3 года назад +1

      Yup

    • @RedVelvetBlackleather
      @RedVelvetBlackleather 3 года назад +79

      Yeah, but solely the Aztecs, and primarily due to their proximity to water. That’s a single Central American tribe out of hundreds of tribes in North America. I don’t appreciate how non whites try to make other cultures seem as if they’re so much more clean than Europeans.

    • @Tiffany-mw1du
      @Tiffany-mw1du 3 года назад +31

      @Ooki Cooki the flavour

    • @ilovelobstas9393
      @ilovelobstas9393 3 года назад +45

      @@RedVelvetBlackleather it wasn’t very hard to be cleaner than the europeans

    • @RedVelvetBlackleather
      @RedVelvetBlackleather 3 года назад +13

      @@ilovelobstas9393
      It isn’t much harder to be better than Hispanics.

  • @topxramn
    @topxramn 4 года назад +2031

    During this era, Japan was bathing in hot springs.

    • @laurenson455
      @laurenson455 4 года назад +20

      Lol

    • @shawnmcdoge2215
      @shawnmcdoge2215 4 года назад +379

      Helps to have hot springs in the environment lol

    • @plotTWiSt2024
      @plotTWiSt2024 4 года назад +110

      Well that's oof to europeans-

    • @Pakicetus_
      @Pakicetus_ 4 года назад +357

      And 1000 years before that there were Roman baths with hot water all over Europe but then the G*rmans came...and BAAAAM medieval times bois!

    • @mohamedgoogle8401
      @mohamedgoogle8401 4 года назад +244

      The Arabian doctors brought a lot of health care to the world. In the era still was in the dark ages. The Arabians brought a lot of wisdom in astrology, healthcare and science in that time.

  • @raine-time
    @raine-time 4 года назад +952

    "Hallo doctor, ive been getting headaches"
    "Hmm, let me take a look at you. I see.. I must amputate this arm"

    • @The_Butler_Did_It
      @The_Butler_Did_It 4 года назад +13

      "Hello doctor, my arm aches"
      "Hmm, let me take a look...you're not going like this"

    • @mr.kingofphenomenal4629
      @mr.kingofphenomenal4629 4 года назад +8

      No just eat these magical berries, I got from random forest that can make it go away.

    • @jonathanlund6708
      @jonathanlund6708 4 года назад

      Here try these leeches

    • @emeukal7683
      @emeukal7683 4 года назад

      Doctor my knee hurts. Lets put fluid into it that has no proven long term effects in it using a big needle.

    • @GeneralLocooo
      @GeneralLocooo 4 года назад

      RussRedCloud hgfghh

  • @srlossnosa4156
    @srlossnosa4156 3 года назад +54

    Maybe next generation is going to talk about how much chemical poisoning on our food air water and everything else around us.👁️👁️

    • @someonez
      @someonez 3 года назад +3

      Hope so... The other option is them talking about how clean was everything in our lifetime compared to theirs

    • @wenwentran9403
      @wenwentran9403 2 года назад +1

      That would br utopia. Dystopia is they dicuss how life was on earth when they moved to mars

    • @TheGreatCookie1718
      @TheGreatCookie1718 Год назад +1

      And how we used radiation to treat cancer

  • @zek7353
    @zek7353 3 года назад +18

    I'm watching this before taking a 1hour shower and feeling very appreciative of my water heater, shampoo, conditioner, cleansing cream, facial wash and facial scrub.
    - Peasant, 2021

  • @Mxun
    @Mxun 4 года назад +2098

    Imagine how much women had yeast infections 😷

    • @mitchk.1973
      @mitchk.1973 4 года назад +55

      Haha grosss

    • @tinaw.5538
      @tinaw.5538 4 года назад +319

      I should think bacterial vaginosis, and UTI would actually be more common.

    • @mirta000
      @mirta000 4 года назад +106

      likely rarer than now. It's very common to get one from washing out your bacteria.

    • @remhawk73
      @remhawk73 4 года назад +314

      She probably would later use it to make bread.

    • @katherinesawler1174
      @katherinesawler1174 4 года назад +109

      @@remhawk73 OMG 🤮

  • @CsubAzUrmedve
    @CsubAzUrmedve 4 года назад +1618

    I really want to see a medieval person's reaction on present times.

    • @Whiskerybeast
      @Whiskerybeast 4 года назад +128

      Me too! I think they would be blown away by just how we use the bathroom or wash ourselves.

    • @BlazeDupree1525
      @BlazeDupree1525 3 года назад +304

      They would probably accuse us of witch craft and try to burn and cleanse our impurities...

    • @Adrien_broner
      @Adrien_broner 3 года назад +21

      Watch the Black Knight.

    • @ChickenPermission617
      @ChickenPermission617 3 года назад +81

      I thought this same thing! Something tells me they’d think most, if not all, of our hygiene practices are borderline ridiculous to the point of like witchcraft or something lol

    • @aninterestingconcept5193
      @aninterestingconcept5193 3 года назад +41

      theyd probably think its witchcraft or think weve gone mad

  • @yanyflores9383
    @yanyflores9383 3 года назад +85

    But Egyptians knew that the lack of hygiene causes diseases, so they bathed everyday.

  • @noblepolygon5109
    @noblepolygon5109 3 года назад +49

    "Instead of toilet paper,medieval peasants used straw, grass, moss or hay".
    My anus literally puckered when I heard that.

  • @annehenry6243
    @annehenry6243 4 года назад +1258

    Man: brushing teeth with twig
    Woman: hey, honey, have you seen my twig? It's that time again.

  • @clare5687
    @clare5687 4 года назад +2421

    Y’all we are so damn blessed.

    • @TheMaybach1984
      @TheMaybach1984 4 года назад +27

      Blessed? Due to choosing to wash our asses? That's not a blessing, that's common sense.

    • @deeliciousgrapes
      @deeliciousgrapes 3 года назад +209

      @@TheMaybach1984 you knew exactly what she meant

    • @parishjackson4029
      @parishjackson4029 3 года назад +11

      Are you single though

    • @jwalls2002
      @jwalls2002 3 года назад +72

      @@parishjackson4029 you already missed your shot before even shootin

    • @apemcrape4050
      @apemcrape4050 3 года назад +15

      @@TheMaybach1984 So _you're_ the worst human on Earth

  • @alexchrist2809
    @alexchrist2809 3 года назад +16

    I don’t think a single person from a modern first world country could stand living in the Middle Ages for more than a day

  • @ousamadearu5960
    @ousamadearu5960 3 года назад +32

    This should be:
    "The most stereotypical video about peasants that happens in major cities"

  • @cookiewoke1899
    @cookiewoke1899 4 года назад +1041

    I'm gonna go out on a limb and say not great.

  • @2BachShakur
    @2BachShakur 4 года назад +1103

    Their hygiene was about the same as a modern college student.

    • @farcrazy99
      @farcrazy99 4 года назад +69

      10 David did you not wash while you were in college, David?

    • @farcrazy99
      @farcrazy99 4 года назад +8

      Rahh Calm down calm down ⬇️⬇️⬇️

    • @farcrazy99
      @farcrazy99 4 года назад +18

      U bouta catch these hands David

    • @elisejackson2854
      @elisejackson2854 4 года назад +12

      um eww.

    • @Mauzipan
      @Mauzipan 4 года назад +5

      True college forms are a disaster trielt disgusting

  • @yokiryuchan7655
    @yokiryuchan7655 Год назад +4

    No wonder the life expectancy was like 30.

  • @rustyshackleford2605
    @rustyshackleford2605 3 года назад +16

    Using twigs to brush teeth is actually not as bad as you might imagine. If you get a fresh twig that's not completely dry, peel the outer hard layer and chew the inner part, it forms a nice soft brush.

  • @mn_twisted4319
    @mn_twisted4319 4 года назад +962

    Luke warm baths in dirty small amounts of water is my favorite pastime

    • @Kajira26
      @Kajira26 4 года назад +4

      MN_Twisted 🤣

    • @oliviadavis9639
      @oliviadavis9639 4 года назад +3

      BRUH

    • @anthonyszarek6905
      @anthonyszarek6905 4 года назад +3

      😂🤣😂

    • @mrspook7393
      @mrspook7393 4 года назад

      And you know this...

    • @UnknownUnknown-yl1lt
      @UnknownUnknown-yl1lt 4 года назад +2

      I would have been one of those peasants that just didnt try to bathe at all..I would have just said fuck it. It's no point. Embrace the funk.

  • @nikkiyoung89
    @nikkiyoung89 4 года назад +447

    “Excuse me, is there a pit or river near by? It is that time of the month and I need to change my twig.”

    • @crystalankeny4090
      @crystalankeny4090 4 года назад +5

      This just made me laugh so hard 😂😂 probably because I'm on mine

    • @JLBREMER
      @JLBREMER 4 года назад +6

      😂😂😂😂 I laughed out loud. My neighbor is probably wondering what’s wrong with me. Can you imagine the UTI’s that they must of had from the twigs.

  • @buhlenkosi3840
    @buhlenkosi3840 3 года назад +9

    All I can say is I’m ever so grateful for life today

  • @carlosbraga6494
    @carlosbraga6494 3 года назад +11

    I like the "old footage" style video lol. Feels like it's somehow the real stuff.

  • @shellsbignumber2
    @shellsbignumber2 4 года назад +659

    Lets all take a moment to count our lucky stars we did not live in the medieval period.

    • @kadensmike8190
      @kadensmike8190 4 года назад +1

      Why?

    • @ArizonaWillful
      @ArizonaWillful 4 года назад +4

      Maybe you did. Ever had regression therapy to a past life?

    • @ArizonaWillful
      @ArizonaWillful 4 года назад +17

      @@kadensmike8190 Watch the video.

    • @cyberkkult
      @cyberkkult 4 года назад +1

      ArizonaWillful that’s if we even have past lives

    • @scottmartin9175
      @scottmartin9175 4 года назад +2

      We might have.-past life-

  • @shesaknitter
    @shesaknitter 4 года назад +642

    Women of that time were often pregnant so fewer periods for that reason, too.

    • @jumpinglizards69
      @jumpinglizards69 4 года назад +8

      Free labor

    • @lalakuma9
      @lalakuma9 4 года назад +29

      But also more dead bodies of women and babies dying during childbirth. So period blood or corpse, take your pick.

    • @Snorklaren0
      @Snorklaren0 4 года назад +1

      @@Victorcr1000 Well that is a lie

    • @ScourgeMonastik-oj1uo
      @ScourgeMonastik-oj1uo 4 года назад +2

      im slim and i get a normal cycle and i have a limited diet but thats also the pill at work lol

    • @cassandramayrick9586
      @cassandramayrick9586 4 года назад +1

      @@jumpinglizards69 😂

  • @nancymartinez6872
    @nancymartinez6872 3 года назад +6

    Well. I hear lots of people say they wished they lived in that time because it was so fascinating, but me, I sure am greatful to have been born on this time!

  • @felicitydolbear911
    @felicitydolbear911 3 года назад +49

    Ok some "facts" are just wrong, they definitely didn't eat with their hands, they had knives for stabbing food and spoons for scooping. I can't be bothered with the rest right now

    • @jonajo9757
      @jonajo9757 3 года назад +1

      That depends. They didn't use forks as much, but they certainlly used spoons and knives. Also eating with hands kind of depended.

    • @jonajo9757
      @jonajo9757 3 года назад

      Oh you didn't mention forks.

  • @sanjuanagasca4124
    @sanjuanagasca4124 4 года назад +802

    I guess what the Aztecs said about the spanish Conquistadores was true they did not bath and reeked.

    • @lisalozano1408
      @lisalozano1408 4 года назад +6

      SanJuana Gasca yup!!!!

    • @BrandyTexas214
      @BrandyTexas214 4 года назад +21

      I don’t think that’s the middle ages dude

    • @jorgec.a3123
      @jorgec.a3123 4 года назад +42

      It's not like there where that many options for bathing or hygiene in the middle of the jungle fighting natives, wild animals and disease

    • @urmomsdesigner1651
      @urmomsdesigner1651 4 года назад +11

      Jorge C.A I think they had rivers and also had merchants that would fetch exotic products. I read they had markets and each villager had a rank and task that helped the place thrive

    • @jorgec.a3123
      @jorgec.a3123 4 года назад

      @@urmomsdesigner1651 not that many rivers, even less revers if you want to pick the safe ones, not that much time for bathing, most likely no soap and definitely no peasants or merchants with the conquistadors

  • @user-ys7vg2xh2k
    @user-ys7vg2xh2k 4 года назад +902

    Everyone, this is literally the *BEST* era to be living in right now. The world is never perfect, but it sure is better than it was hundreds and thousands of years ago.

    • @Theorangecrushgamer
      @Theorangecrushgamer 4 года назад +2

      Not everyone but ok.

    • @williammickelson403
      @williammickelson403 4 года назад +14

      People don’t appreciate the day we live in enough

    • @SerebiiWarrior
      @SerebiiWarrior 4 года назад +14

      Also, to us moderns the lives of medieval people look pretty hellish compared to now since we're so used to modern conveniences. But they didn't have or know about modern conveniences back then. To a modern person it would be a huge shock to go back in time and live like a medieval peasant, but to them it was just the way life was.

    • @Adventure_fuel
      @Adventure_fuel 4 года назад +1

      Out ancestors where born in to there circumstances of which the acclimated or stopped existing.

    • @maryanamendes837
      @maryanamendes837 4 года назад +2

      2005 was pretty good for me

  • @ruthiemay4799
    @ruthiemay4799 3 года назад +1

    I am really enjoying your videos. Your voice is relaxing and your soundtrack is not obtrusive as so many RUclipsrs have done.
    Your content is amazing and we'll researched. THANK YOU! You are my new guilty pleasure.

  • @JohnWest-zq5gs
    @JohnWest-zq5gs 9 месяцев назад +2

    all they needed was a couple gallons of water bar soap and washcloth

  • @carpii
    @carpii 3 года назад +470

    I’m having a de-lousing party at the weekend if anyone wants to come

    • @briannaphillips853
      @briannaphillips853 3 года назад +8

      Okay but we aint peasants so are we wearing masks 😂

    • @carpii
      @carpii 3 года назад +26

      @@briannaphillips853 Yes please. Masks are required, must be calfs leather and tightly stitched.
      To protect our fellow villagers from the recent plague, you must also wear a cloth soaked in vinegar, or an orange studded with cloves.

    • @ekdaufin1485
      @ekdaufin1485 3 года назад +1

      🤣

    • @rezandrarizkyirianto-1933
      @rezandrarizkyirianto-1933 3 года назад +3

      @@carpii Hm, how about my Plague Doctor suit? Oh, and don't worry about hand sanitizers, I'm sure that holy symbols of God would suffice

    • @alicer9390
      @alicer9390 3 года назад +1

      Elementary school lice break outs!

  • @BSKX17
    @BSKX17 4 года назад +457

    medieval peasant gets a scratch on his finger.
    "that's it. i'm dead."

    • @ArizonaWillful
      @ArizonaWillful 4 года назад +30

      Actually, you are right. I used to get ear infections from swimming a lot. One time I asked my doctor what happened to people with ear infections before antibiotics. He said that often the infection would spread throughout the body and KILL the person. Something we just consider an annoyance now was once a cause of death!

    • @dadrising6464
      @dadrising6464 4 года назад +14

      @@ArizonaWillful well, what those doctors tend to forget, is that people that time probably had a way better trained immune system. Its hard to compare.

    • @averagechannel4210
      @averagechannel4210 4 года назад +5

      Even a rotten tooth could lead to death. And weakened immune systems ( a result of malnutrition and horrible life conditions ) didn't help.

    • @physhgyrl76hengesbach18
      @physhgyrl76hengesbach18 4 года назад +10

      @@dadrising6464 I have a great great great aunt who died from an ear infection. Antibiotics truly changed things. People dropped like flies. Look at Victorian times. They were so inured to death that kids used to play "cemetary " and would pretend it was their burial day. Death everywhere

    • @Nik.No.K
      @Nik.No.K 4 года назад +2

      He was 28, lived a good long life

  • @studiosandi
    @studiosandi 3 года назад +1

    These videos are key to being grateful for what we have.

  • @gregkral4467
    @gregkral4467 Год назад

    I love these presentations, thank you.

  • @doingtime20
    @doingtime20 4 года назад +178

    I now think that living short lives was a blessing and not a curse in past times.

    • @herodotus945
      @herodotus945 4 года назад +5

      Depending on circumstances people back then could live up to 70 years, if they had food, little to no wars and epidemics.

    • @thegigadykid1
      @thegigadykid1 4 года назад

      Right

    • @-Gous-
      @-Gous- 4 года назад

      If I could bang woman everyday, I would not have cared for a short living ^^

  • @SimGirl00
    @SimGirl00 4 года назад +307

    It’s amazing that we are alive today it means our ancestors survived all these things and other stuff. We are so lucky and don’t realise it sometimes.

    • @margomazzeo1680
      @margomazzeo1680 4 года назад +4

      @@justinwayne445 stfu..ya sick troll..

    • @cristianvillanueva8782
      @cristianvillanueva8782 4 года назад

      @@bajdb8062 for real

    • @sharkie9975
      @sharkie9975 4 года назад +13

      Justin where did that come from? Calm tf down

    • @TheMaybach1984
      @TheMaybach1984 4 года назад +3

      It's called fucking and having children before dying and so on.

    • @SeFu2006
      @SeFu2006 4 года назад +2

      Some people still don’t stay clean despite the tools available

  • @sageskywatcher9890
    @sageskywatcher9890 3 года назад

    Thank you for covering hygenic needs specific to women with such forwardness and clarity. You have my respect.

    • @makaelaischillin
      @makaelaischillin 3 года назад

      I don’t get it? It’s a hygiene video odvi periods are going to be covered. No hate though 😅

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner 7 месяцев назад

    A+ video!
    LOVE IT! That is something I will probably constantly think about for a week at least.

  • @SK22000
    @SK22000 4 года назад +395

    Relationship goals: delousing your spouse

  • @sofiao1652
    @sofiao1652 4 года назад +355

    There’s still people in the world with no running water :(

    • @kadensmike8190
      @kadensmike8190 4 года назад +5

      You can have a good life without running water.

    • @ratadedospatas1
      @ratadedospatas1 4 года назад +47

      Kaden Smike but you can’t live a long life without clean water

    • @cyancyborg1477
      @cyancyborg1477 4 года назад +5

      @@ratadedospatas1 Ah, an apt distinction.

    • @rvril
      @rvril 4 года назад

      good

    • @stephaniemomma
      @stephaniemomma 4 года назад +9

      There’s still people in America without running water. Like 1/3 of the Navajo nation

  • @Sage-kj1ik
    @Sage-kj1ik 3 года назад

    I took a shower just because I watched this video. Really put things in perspective, I'm glad I'm this era.

  • @jordanenogue-ouellette6852
    @jordanenogue-ouellette6852 3 года назад +4

    That's an interesting video, thanks,I enjoyed it! However I do wish you'd include references and, if possible, dates or contexts to support some of those claims, as it's always interesting to see when and why a certain practice might have started, transformed or stopped, due to events happening within that time period, a belief, a new invention, etc.
    Cheers!

  • @jacobt1045
    @jacobt1045 4 года назад +655

    This is a horror documentary for people that are watching this during the coronavirus pandemic.

    • @abs8838
      @abs8838 3 года назад +5

      Ikr right? wtf the fuck.

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen 3 года назад +2

      lol

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen 3 года назад +3

      Layla Forrest no they didn’t. They had shorter lifespans. Going back further in time for humans only displays how vulnerable they were because of lack of basic cleaning methods like today and medical care such as antibiotics and weak to the flue which these things along killed a lot of people just 50 years ago.

    • @orencio1969
      @orencio1969 3 года назад +1

      LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @barnabylowe1239
      @barnabylowe1239 3 года назад +3

      Promotes bulk buying of loo roll

  • @jamesmack3314
    @jamesmack3314 4 года назад +294

    Whoever invented toilet paper should have been awarded the Nobel prize....or more likely made king/queen

    • @RobertLoves
      @RobertLoves 4 года назад +8

      @@rayna5561 This is why I wet the TP 😂

    • @FreedomNurse
      @FreedomNurse 4 года назад +10

      I have a biddet. Best thing ever

    • @fauzirahimpohan3130
      @fauzirahimpohan3130 4 года назад +11

      Lol even you have biddet your ass will still stink 🤣 Well in my country we handwash it with soap. It might sound wierd but when you get used to it, you'll realize it's way cleaner cause you're using soap. It makes sure you won't have dinggle berries yikes 🤢

    • @notafuckinpplperson8233
      @notafuckinpplperson8233 4 года назад +6

      Fauzi Rahim Pohan bro, they have flushable wipes now lol.

    • @PhonkMasterGames
      @PhonkMasterGames 4 года назад +11

      Pfft. You guys are amateurs. I rub soap on my anus and then rinse it off with the the detachable shower 🚿

  • @monicakelly6273
    @monicakelly6273 3 года назад +1

    I just showered and was perturbed how chilly it was in my bedroom. I will never complain again

  • @ejlabbe5632
    @ejlabbe5632 3 года назад

    Can you make a video on how common (or otherwise) people use to do their hair? Wash, cut, style, throughout the ages. I study hair and history (not together. Weird, but everyone has their kinks..) and I'd personally love to listen to that. I usually listen to weird history videos while I'm cooking, driving, or drinking. And i am never disappointed. Anyway- thanks for the random history knowledge. Means a lot to me! Lol

  • @serenedoge9920
    @serenedoge9920 4 года назад +609

    Peasant: “Doctor, something is wrong with my stomach!”
    Doctor: *“Release thy hold of this man’s bowels, SATAN!”*
    Proceeds to throw leeches everywhere.

  • @wagecuck2073
    @wagecuck2073 4 года назад +277

    To think you have ancestors from this time period. I'd like to have a chat in the afterlife.

    • @itsaaronlolz
      @itsaaronlolz 4 года назад +1

      I have Native American which bathed regularly and Spanish DNA. So I’m in the middle 😩

    • @clownlivesmatter7925
      @clownlivesmatter7925 4 года назад +7

      @@itsaaronlolz you dont have native american. That is a lie white people use to seem less evil

    • @stormer9952
      @stormer9952 4 года назад

      They were ahead of thier time 😂

    • @stormer9952
      @stormer9952 4 года назад +3

      @@clownlivesmatter7925 your evil

    • @kimberleysmith818
      @kimberleysmith818 4 года назад +2

      I got a degree in history. I spent a lot of time thinking ‘wow I need a chat with my ancestors’
      But things were different and they’d probably think me not being slightly religious is enough for a serious chat.

  • @edstahl9802
    @edstahl9802 6 месяцев назад

    Very interesting. Thank you, Weird History.

  • @edwardbliss8931
    @edwardbliss8931 2 года назад +1

    I want to go back in time and live in that period as a peasant.

    • @zekipeki9538
      @zekipeki9538 2 года назад

      No you dont want to. One week in and youll be begging to come back.

  • @strayjones458
    @strayjones458 4 года назад +145

    I chose the right thing to watch while I'm eating lunch

    • @alizain5420
      @alizain5420 4 года назад +1

      same

    • @cristianvillanueva8782
      @cristianvillanueva8782 4 года назад +1

      Fucking same, the worm hanging out of the leg almost made throw up my sandwich

    • @clarawonders4812
      @clarawonders4812 4 года назад

      I would throw up, eating or not.

    • @ani_n01
      @ani_n01 4 года назад +2

      So that's the secret of skinny legends

    • @SauveDraco
      @SauveDraco 4 года назад

      @@ani_n01 no. The secert is to breathe air and drink water

  • @Johankenzeler
    @Johankenzeler 4 года назад +147

    Sounds like your average festival camp after the 2nd day.

    • @HVLLOWS1999
      @HVLLOWS1999 4 года назад +1

      Eeew really

    • @saturn2663
      @saturn2663 4 года назад

      @@Fcksummerandmosquitos you bleed for 7 days straight? Wtf. That must be horrible.

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 4 года назад

      you mean Burning Man?

    • @ThatDudeJCrash
      @ThatDudeJCrash 4 года назад

      @@Fcksummerandmosquitos what do you do now?

    • @ThatDudeJCrash
      @ThatDudeJCrash 4 года назад

      @@Fcksummerandmosquitos Like ever since you stopped doing festival camp outs. Do you still go to events? or stopped completely?

  • @asandayoung8085
    @asandayoung8085 3 года назад +1

    Damn this makes me so grateful

  • @quintxavier
    @quintxavier 3 года назад +29

    And they thought we were the uncivilized savages? Boy.... I tell ya.

    • @zorazorazorabelle
      @zorazorazorabelle 3 года назад +1

      @•PikoraGhoul • So I recommend you check out this series that explores the many diverse historic kingdoms across the African continent. The perspective that only Europe had great civilizations is a failure of our education system. Time to re-educate. ruclips.net/video/rrQB9GHrmCs/видео.html

    • @lollybagmike2502
      @lollybagmike2502 3 года назад +1

      Lol why turn it into a race thing, people in general were more savage back then, we are all better off than they ever were, it's more just interesting how people lived back then, than something to do with race

  • @DanMcLeodNeptuneUK
    @DanMcLeodNeptuneUK 4 года назад +204

    When the weird history channel is much more normal than the actual history channel...

    • @brickstitch435
      @brickstitch435 4 года назад +3

      Yep. I learned alot of history from Horrible Histories😭

    • @DanMcLeodNeptuneUK
      @DanMcLeodNeptuneUK 4 года назад +1

      @@brickstitch435 Myself included.

    • @coxson
      @coxson 4 года назад

      Dan McLeod for a start they actually talk about history

  • @glenjoke10
    @glenjoke10 4 года назад +134

    Seems like the roman lower class lived way better then the peasents in medieval times

    • @Deadsea_1993
      @Deadsea_1993 4 года назад +19

      It was. Medieval ages were just a continuation of the Dark Ages. Rome was a corrupt dictatorship in many ways due to countless horrible leaders. There were a small amount of actual good leaders with Historians noting that Antonius The Pious was the best emperor by his actions, lack of wars, he served Rome for over 20 years, then retired in a villa.
      However even at its worst, Rome still had benefits that were lost when the empire collapsed. Trading, safety from marauders, nice and safe towns, a general leader, etc. With Rome gone, you could be taxed by several different landowners and be bullied into extortion by local tribes. There was no law and order after the Fall Of Rome. So yes, even the peasants during that period of time had more job opportunities than many medieval people.

    • @7dayspking
      @7dayspking 4 года назад +5

      No the video is just misleading. No that's not an equivalent comparison because you're imaging people living in the city of Rome and comparing it to deliberately selected 'horror stories' for people living in extreme rural environments that have been compiled over about 1,000 years of history.

  • @catrathat08
    @catrathat08 2 года назад +1

    This was informative. A great lesson of compare and contrast would be to compare the hygiene of medieval times with that of Egyptians.

  • @labitcoineragt3596
    @labitcoineragt3596 Год назад

    I really enjoy your videos. You have a hilarious way to tell history 😂

  • @raphythemighty2613
    @raphythemighty2613 4 года назад +346

    its crazy to think that genetically there really isnt that big of a difference between us then n now. These people felt and thought as much as we do, although they lived a life of pure hell compared to now.

    • @outsidechambaz
      @outsidechambaz 4 года назад +10

      Raphy TheMighty I’m sure life wasn’t pure hell as we think it was, life was still probably enjoyable

    • @JasmyneTheodora
      @JasmyneTheodora 4 года назад +20

      Are you dumb? Do you think they were homo habilis or something? There’s no genetic difference. They were homo sapiens, we are homo sapiens. 😂

    • @raphythemighty2613
      @raphythemighty2613 4 года назад +19

      @@JasmyneTheodora i meant in the sense that nowadays we are way more genetically diverse due to immigration/migration asshole. It was harder to travel back then so people from the same area were a hell lot more genetically similar compared to today

    • @raphythemighty2613
      @raphythemighty2613 4 года назад +1

      @@outsidechambaz If you were a peasant it was prob real hard man. Ofc people have always found a way to have fun, but how enjoyable can it be compared to today?

    • @YourBlackLocal
      @YourBlackLocal 4 года назад +8

      Raphy TheMighty Genetic diversity doesn’t change the way you’d think about things. You’re acting as if back then they were Cavemen or something. There are still people today who are as white as they were and as black as medieval Africa.

  • @aisuru6273
    @aisuru6273 4 года назад +182

    "Bacteria was *everywhere* for medieval peasants"
    ya don't say

    • @nmuGame
      @nmuGame 4 года назад

      Umm doctor doggo there a bacterias on me and now I got pills you gave me and there where dog treats but they were good

  • @edwinfweni
    @edwinfweni 3 года назад +2

    some places still live like that to this day and I am among them

  • @louiswilson6561
    @louiswilson6561 3 года назад +5

    My history teacher made me watch this

  • @user-xj4ef5pv2d
    @user-xj4ef5pv2d 4 года назад +311

    Imagine having OCD

    • @anae7135
      @anae7135 4 года назад +31

      -- sounds like pure hell

    • @FLYIN_DAGGERZ
      @FLYIN_DAGGERZ 4 года назад +20

      I think OCD is a modern thing ....I could be wrong

    • @viviana8368
      @viviana8368 4 года назад +40

      ocd isn’t always a hygeine thing, theres different subtypes and that’s the contamination subtype

    • @daisydove3336
      @daisydove3336 4 года назад +25

      I dont think they have the luxury to develop ocd

    • @darylparker625
      @darylparker625 4 года назад +15

      I imagine it would still be around but relative to the hygiene standards of the time, since they wouldn't know any better.

  • @thatsuaveraptor4297
    @thatsuaveraptor4297 4 года назад +232

    "To remove ear worms"
    WHAT THE FU-
    "Which didn't exist"
    Oh thank god

    • @CallumSk8er
      @CallumSk8er 4 года назад +6

      you can still get worms elsewhere in your body, including your brain :)

    • @jesuskistus3555
      @jesuskistus3555 4 года назад

      ThatSuaveRaptor If you translate word to word there is the German word ear worm which is just a song stuck in your head

  • @JohnPaul-jn1fo
    @JohnPaul-jn1fo 3 года назад +5

    I’m gonna go shower in warm water for 30 min and brush my teeth now.

  • @lyneej9236
    @lyneej9236 3 года назад +4

    After watching this, I now feel like I need a shower.

  • @MurrayHerts
    @MurrayHerts 4 года назад +238

    There's still situations like this going on in the modern world, to our shame.

    • @Danuxsy
      @Danuxsy 4 года назад +13

      our shame? who are you refering to? It's a shame for the people that can't get themselves out of it like everyone else, yeah I agree. Is it a shame for modern countries that made their way forward? No.

    • @reeznevhater
      @reeznevhater 3 года назад +52

      @@Danuxsy
      That's like saying if you're homeless, to just buy a house.

    • @omoikane8961
      @omoikane8961 3 года назад +6

      @@Danuxsy Your modern countries put many countries in poverty which have no solution but to flee from their country and live in the modern one.

    • @sn-ohslitzl2288
      @sn-ohslitzl2288 3 года назад +13

      XIAO uH whY cAnT pEoPlE jUsT hAvE MoENy

    • @yulianaalexandra2385
      @yulianaalexandra2385 3 года назад +9

      @@Danuxsy lucky you! Speaking of a situation you haven't even experience. Usually the wealthy countries are the parasites of emerging countries. That eurocentric mindset won't take you anywhere.

  • @zoey__m
    @zoey__m 4 года назад +100

    I just bathed and dried my hair. I feel like a witch!

  • @sweetblack1216
    @sweetblack1216 3 года назад +1

    I think it's more so predicated on what part of the world you were born in not necessarily the era because certain parts of the world were very Advanced and their hygiene practices while other parts of the world we're not