I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT CARE if it was built for "military purposes" or for a more "stylish" accomodation - IT - IS - BEAUTIFUL!!! (PERIOD)! For Christ' sake - THESE are things that are WORTH TO DEDICATE YOUR LIFE to PRESERVE. I travelled Europe through&through and never seen a place more beautiful than the English/Welsh countryside with its castles and little towns. Maybe only the Bavarian countryside can stand a "paragon", or some places in Ireland, Scotland and southern/central France, as the "Loire-region" (ever seen Chenoncaux or Chambord??) - but England & Wales are absolutely astonishing. A WHOLE LIFE dedicated to preserve these marvels is a LIFE WELL SPENT!
Excellent! Bravo! Great video which provides new knowledge I previously had no idea of about this era of English history, war with France, knighthood and the local, regional and international politics of the day. Heraldry and favor of the king were as important then as they are today in the circles of the well-connected, wealthy and powerful. Some things never change, just the way we do them.
The speaker is very sympathetic and he makes you learn a lot. On the other hand, the documentary has made think about the differences between the sensibility of Middle Ages and ours as well as the conceptions of life. Congratulations.
The castle as we see it today is already a wonderful piece of restoration as prior to that is had been abandoned completely for many many years. Its a really great place to go, and despite it being rather small, it does often have great events both for kids and adults. Some really great pubs nearby too !
That is a cracking castle that really looks the part and say what you like about the flaws in its defences, but I like it. I would also love to spend a day exploring it. One day. 😀
Great video. When I was at primary school the pupils were divided into four houses, each named for a Sussex castle. There was Lewes, Arundel, Pevensey and Bodiam. I was in Bodiam House.
I think it used to be a lot of music in this production, but I can't prove anything. I just believe I've seen this on TV a long time ago, with all the bells and whistles.
The 1st castle sank in the swamp. The 2nd also sank in the swamp. The 3rd one burned down, fell over and then sank in the swamp. The 4th one is what you see here. Next he married the girl with the huge tracts of land.
When I travel I love checking out local sites and I know I am on the right track when I see places I have stopped on programs like this. In this case I've been to Bodiam, Beaumaris and Conwy castles. A triple plus.
IKR?! I looked up something for my 82-year-old mother and I keep getting ads for stairlifts and in-home elevators! It’s relentless! Everything we do, say, or write comes back to haunt us, even if our devices are not turned on. Super Creepy!
My brother phoned his son who was abroad (Vietnam, I think). Next thing, adverts start appearing for ex-pats and pension schemes. And I've seen more incidences of this spying.
@@sharong8511 You should recognize that you "looked it up" on a search engine, maybe Google, and they make their money by selling your search info to business that want to sell you stuff. That much is logical, and your choice. However, when we are talking about real _eavesdropping_, we are in true 1984 territory. I'll probably get adverts about books now.
Even before he got to possibility #3 I'd figured he just stole the money he needed for the castle. Stole, looted, plundered in war, regardless of the term you use, he took it by force from someone else. Proves yet again the adage that 'at the origin of a great fortune is a great crime'.
I really appreciated the discussion on the arrangements of the rooms and how they were used. That's rare in castle documentaries. However, the dovecote above the well? ugh.....
I dream about one of these places being restored to its original glory. It would be a great place to stay, for people to play, and would bring joy and remembrance to a whole new group of people.
There is a place that is semi accurate rebuild, Castle Coch, some choices were not considered accurate, like the roof was more like a mainland european ones, but its interesting. Small though.
Lovely story thanks. The man sounded like a baddass and after 20 years of looting French nobles he came home and spent it on armour from Italy, a moated castle and partied for years next to an open sewer.
The British are funny .. Elizabethan to Georgian High Seas piracy is, of course, glorious adventure but Plantagenet to Lancastrian high way thuggery is merely questionable mayhem.
@@edmundsveikutis1698 Umm? Very likely, ES. But then the Plantagenets were French-ish, the Tudors were Welsh-ish, and the Hanoverians were .. something else altogether - Saxon Germans of the then still extant Holy Roman Empire. History!
When did it lose all the floors? How did it fall into the mess it is today? What is: "The Rest of the Story" as Paul Harvey used to say. Nice video, thanks. Happy Trails
Miss Paul Harvey’s broadcasts, that man inadvertently helped save my dads life. He had done a story about a runner who had dropped dead of a heart attack during a race! Excessive electrolyte consumption was found to be the COD. Well earlier that week my dad had while working on a friends house remodel experienced chest pains and was made to go to the hospital by the friend/homeowner. The hospital missed the electrolyte issue. He had because it was hot and humid been drinking Gatorade by the bucketful. Paul’s story was a lightbulb moment! As when he went back to the job site later that week he had started having the chest pains again. It was during a break that the story came on! Dad threw out the Gatorade he had in his cup and started drinking water! The chest pains ceased and have not come back! Had he not chose to tell that story that week it’s likely he would have kept drinking Gatorade and likely would have done more cardiac damage. So I’m a way Paul did save a life not long before he passed.
@@jaykneegarner2479 That is a beautiful story. I had a quadruple bypass. It was Paul Harvey who tried to bring some positive news. And that voice just made it so easy to listen to...."Goood Day!!!"
@@BuzzSargent I loved it when he would tell a story about some lowlife and would end it by saying"... and he would like us to tell you his name. And now, page 2".
@@140702 Hi, I forgot to thank you for this! I will check out those books, always fascinated with The Normans, anything over there. thanks so much! Joseph
I think that the rich of the EU need to get together to restore and preserve these beautiful and magnificent castles... They have the money... and it's their heritage... Why are these beautiful castles being allowed to crumble into dust? - For floors between levels.... see houses currently made in the Caribbean... where they make totally cement floors (with rebar)... in between the levels... and the houses there are total cinder block and cement.... including the roofs, btw.
Because the Generation that gives a fk about this stuff is nearly over. Even back then scum were living it up by immoral gains.....just like they are today.
Built from the blood of French peasants? French peasants had the kind of loot you could parlay into a fancy castle? Maybe you might say it was built on the blood of the French tradesmen and nobility. Would that be more apt?
The MOAT is artificial, made to supply material for the castle mound? Kenilworth has a similar. (Had!) How/when did it become ruinous? That's right about chickens now cheap. When I was a boy, and we kept chickens, a chicken was for Easter or Xmas!
@@dunruden9720 I checked in the dictionary and it seems you are correct. Your education and knowledge is greater than mine. It's amazing to live so long and not ascertain the correct spelling of know.
I think that is typical actually. Perhaps the best example of this in history would be the Mughal Shah Jahan who built the beautiful Taj Mahal as a tomb for his beloved wife. About the time it was being finished, he was deposed by his son, and imprisoned in the palace. The quarters that he was confined to had a wonderful view of the Taj, but he would never be able to visit the monument himself. Just weep towards it longingly. And that was how he finished his days.
At 6:33 when it says: "In Romanian dracu means dragon", that is not correct. Drac, or dracul means devil, or demon. It has a spiritual connotation, of an evil spirit of sorts. So, dracul is far from meaning dragon.
Not true. Vlad dracul or Vlad the dragon got his name for being member of the Order of the Dragon. That order referenced the Ouroboros, an egyptian dragon with no negative or demonic connotation. Dracul is literally dragon and dragons have different connotations.
A quick google search shows the issue is about modern compared with historical usage, dracul means devil in modern Romanian. In medieval times it was dragon.
This video is way out of date. Armor was created in England throughout the middle ages, English armor had it's own style that was not the same as French, Italian, and German armors. An English knight did not have to import their armor. Some did prefer imported armor, most did not. And she pulled the pins out of the visor and ignored the hinges. Knights did not pull the pins to get a breath of fresh air or to talk, they used the hinges. The pins are for if and when the visor is damaged during combat making it all but impossible to see. Pull the pins and remove the visor and gain your vision back. They don't need to pull the pins to talk or get fresh air and have both hands free, the hinges are not at the same level on each side, raising the visor causes the hinges to bind which holds the visor up. If they need the visor for combat pushing it down with 1 hand does the trick, no combat same hand to push it up... putting the pins back in? Have to take the helmet off unless you are really really really good at Pin the tail on the donkey. And requires both hands to remove and put back in. A license to crenellate wasn't a license to build a castle. It was a license to add crenellations onto your castle walls making it look like a castle. Anyone with money could build a castle without the license, they just couldn't have crenellations. Crenellations being the wall soldiers are behind on the top of the main wall that has gaps at regular distances. Make it a solid wall that's waist high and no need for a permit... just need archers that are used to crouching to defend the walls.
FACT CHECK: no sorry. you are repeating a view of maybe 2 historians. The rest dont believe that. as for the helmet ramble thats fine...yet still i cant stand asshats who hear one view and then regurgitates it like it's their own view. Just watch the OBVIOUS 20 year old doc and refrain from being the high lord of snobbinshire alright?
JETWTF. Exactly, the expert (sic) at the Royal Armouries missed the point. The presenter should not be allowed to rub with his fingers across precious manuscripts.
@@SuperDancingdevil Yep. The English Civil War (17th century edition) was the end of just about every private residence that had once been properly defensible.
So this knight was the descendant of a forester, which bitched his money to fund the castle and marrying rich woman and fighting doubtly battles...so Edward the knight was a real parvenu and a worst case of nobility!
The peasants had to sacrifice their lives and livelihoods to the Baronial Monsters. They were forced into slave labor and made to do the bidding of whoever was in charge and maintained wealth.
Gale Andrews In all other main varieties of English, spelt and spelled both work as the past tense and past participle of spell, at least where spell means to form words letter by letter or (with out) to make clear. Outside the U.S., the two forms are interchangeable in these uses, and both are common.
Did you watch the video ? If you can not see what I am talking about then you just might be blind . Granted I only watched the first half of this due to the cringe factor but they couldn't find a 6' 6" 350 lbs. white dude that wears armor on the weekend who is an expert in his field ? Your head may explode now .
@@I_am_Diogenes Quit winding yourself up about imagined slights by the nasty feminists thats only happening now, its not even a recent documentary, its been transferred over from VHS FFS. Just grow up. How many 6'6" white people who are historians and wear armour on the weekends in the UK? 1? 2?
This nonsense has been going on for much longer then "just happening now" as this video proves . Maybe it is a "now" thing where you are but not here . Regardless , my point is why not get the top of a field instead of a lessor expert ? If you are content listening to someone based solely on what is between their legs then fine but I prefer the most knowledgeable regardless of sex , not based on it , which this appears to be based on . Once again people want to focus on my example and not my point , like you just did . It only proves I am correct and you are intentionally ignorant of the issue . Last post is yours .
@chris younts They are not “useless ruins”, they are architecturally important buildings that would be irrevocably damaged if “restored” by modern hands, plus there are countless other medieval castles in Britain that *have* managed to retain surviving interiors.
@chris younts Oh I see sorry you were agreeing with me - my mistake.
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The lowlife thief who looted the PARTHENON Marbles from Greece was Elgin and Scottish from Scotland. And then sold them to the British English government who sold them to the London's Museum. (Never Forget That) Because you have never apologised or returned them back to Greece. Plus: I want you to know and understand that I pride myself on ripping-off Scottish and English tourists and I passionately enjoy the experience with all my Heart and soul. And It gives me immense pleasure to announce that, indeed.
@phuc ewe Er, I am British and was brought up to watch Here's Harry. Thank God for the Goons and subsequent innovation. Harry Worth can rot in hell. (LOL)
This guy is really easy to watch and listen to, He makes it very easy to absorb the information. Great.
The passion displayed in these documentaries shows a person who loves the history of his homeland. Well done and very entertaining.
I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT CARE if it was built for "military purposes" or for a more "stylish" accomodation - IT - IS - BEAUTIFUL!!! (PERIOD)!
For Christ' sake - THESE are things that are WORTH TO DEDICATE YOUR LIFE to PRESERVE. I travelled Europe through&through and never seen a place more beautiful than the English/Welsh countryside with its castles and little towns. Maybe only the Bavarian countryside can stand a "paragon", or some places in Ireland, Scotland and southern/central France, as the "Loire-region" (ever seen Chenoncaux or Chambord??) - but England & Wales are absolutely astonishing. A WHOLE LIFE dedicated to preserve these marvels is a LIFE WELL SPENT!
So you'd spent your life and fortune to preserve a bling bling show off castle from of some yesterday kardashian.
@@2adamast dickhead !!
@alison webster you are a dickhead
Fran Miller has issues with politeness. How charming.
Excellent! Bravo! Great video which provides new knowledge I previously had no idea of about this era of English history, war with France, knighthood and the local, regional and international politics of the day. Heraldry and favor of the king were as important then as they are today in the circles of the well-connected, wealthy and powerful. Some things never change, just the way we do them.
The speaker is very sympathetic and he makes you learn a lot. On the other hand, the documentary has made think about the differences between the sensibility of Middle Ages and ours as well as the conceptions of life. Congratulations.
I've really enjoyed this documentary thanks for posting.
That was enjoyable and instructive. Thank you for posting.
Mil felicitaciones por el ilustrativo documental,saludos desde Sur América . Gracias.
Eres muy bienvenido, me alegro de que lo hayas disfrutado!
An excellent discourse on a beautiful castle. Thank you for this.
The castle as we see it today is already a wonderful piece of restoration as prior to that is had been abandoned completely for many many years. Its a really great place to go, and despite it being rather small, it does often have great events both for kids and adults. Some really great pubs nearby too !
That is a cracking castle that really looks the part and say what you like about the flaws in its defences, but I like it. I would also love to spend a day exploring it. One day. 😀
"When you are weak, appear strong."
Sun Tzu
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Great video.
When I was at primary school the pupils were divided into four houses, each named for a Sussex castle. There was Lewes, Arundel, Pevensey and Bodiam.
I was in Bodiam House.
Pevensey was the name of the kings and queens of Narnia, wasn't it? Just chance I suppose.
Poor old Herstmonceux didn't get a look in.
@@mt508 Alas not. That would have meant having five school houses. Such a move might have caused a RIP in the fabric of reality.
Or some such.
@@alanknight3778 Oh well. I'm not sure how Pevensey made the list ahead of it. Must have had a better agent.
Smashing Documentry. None of that Brain dead back ground music.
I think it used to be a lot of music in this production, but I can't prove anything. I just believe I've seen this on TV a long time ago, with all the bells and whistles.
This Castle is arguably the most "fairytale" or "fantasy" looking Castle to ever exist.
The 1st castle sank in the swamp. The 2nd also sank in the swamp. The 3rd one burned down, fell over and then sank in the swamp. The 4th one is what you see here. Next he married the girl with the huge tracts of land.
Can't blame the lad...old school girla dem sugar
do you mean the moat?
But he just wanted to Sing ...
I like big tracts of land and I can not lie.
I'm also keen on massive swathes.
@phuc ewe I see. And how long... (fade)
I enjoyed the documentary, thanks for posting!
for all of it's indefensibility, it still stands. Very interesting.
almost a commentary in architecture of strategy.
Lord Curzon was the only reason that the castle still stands. His money's was very usefull. I actually thought the castle took his name..
Go there on a frosty moonlit night. It is one of the most atmospheric places in the world.
When I travel I love checking out local sites and I know I am on the right track when I see places I have stopped on programs like this. In this case I've been to Bodiam, Beaumaris and Conwy castles. A triple plus.
Enjoyed that; thanks for posting it.
I mentioned Bodiam Castle 2 days ago (within earshot of my phone), and now this video is in my RUclips suggestions... Creepy...
George Orwell was right then.... >.>
IKR?! I looked up something for my 82-year-old mother and I keep getting ads for stairlifts and in-home elevators! It’s relentless! Everything we do, say, or write comes back to haunt us, even if our devices are not turned on. Super Creepy!
My brother phoned his son who was abroad (Vietnam, I think). Next thing, adverts start appearing for ex-pats and pension schemes. And I've seen more incidences of this spying.
@@sharong8511 You should recognize that you "looked it up" on a search engine, maybe Google, and they make their money by selling your search info to business that want to sell you stuff. That much is logical, and your choice. However, when we are talking about real _eavesdropping_, we are in true 1984 territory. I'll probably get adverts about books now.
Ndlanding
Thanks. Good point.
"Because she had huge..." Oh?
"Tracks of land." Ah.
* tracts
@chris younts
Actually "Jabberwocky".
(but you were close)
@@hashtag415 "huge tracts of land" is used in the Swamp Castle scene in MP&THG.
@@Hiltok
I stand corrected sir.
Thank you.
@@hashtag415 Now write it out a hundred times. Hail Caesar! And if it's not done by sunrise ... (2:15 mark ruclips.net/video/M3gNdGHsEIk/видео.html)
Very interesting, thank you
39:31 Sweet Monty Python reference: "Huuuge tracts of land!"
Even before he got to possibility #3 I'd figured he just stole the money he needed for the castle. Stole, looted, plundered in war, regardless of the term you use, he took it by force from someone else.
Proves yet again the adage that 'at the origin of a great fortune is a great crime'.
just a photo of Bodiam Castle and had to know more
I really appreciated the discussion on the arrangements of the rooms and how they were used. That's rare in castle documentaries. However, the dovecote above the well? ugh.....
There were two floors between the dovecote and the well. The pigeon poo was far too valuable as fertilizer to let it drop in the water.
I dream about one of these places being restored to its original glory. It would be a great place to stay, for people to play, and would bring joy and remembrance to a whole new group of people.
There is a place that is semi accurate rebuild, Castle Coch, some choices were not considered accurate, like the roof was more like a mainland european ones, but its interesting. Small though.
There's one being built in France from scratch. They are using the building equipment from the time so it will take many years.
Great video
...”with knobs on.....” ha ha ha, that made me laugh.
What a great heritage we have got .
Lovely story thanks. The man sounded like a baddass and after 20 years of looting French nobles he came home and spent it on armour from Italy, a moated castle and partied for years next to an open sewer.
when was this documentary made? visited bodium a few years ago, worth it!
BodiAm. Write it out 100 times...!
The only castle ive visited and I loved it.
What a amazing castle, its a shame it doesn't get totally restored, what a treasure.
Excellent
Good Report Mr Bassett. Have you done Beaupre yet? Charles Bassett, Australia.
God Save The King. Long Live The King.
The British are funny .. Elizabethan to Georgian High Seas piracy is, of course, glorious adventure but Plantagenet to Lancastrian high way thuggery is merely questionable mayhem.
TheLeonhamm don’t you mean English .British has newt to do with Elizabeth or the Plantagenets.
@@edmundsveikutis1698 Umm? Very likely, ES. But then the Plantagenets were French-ish, the Tudors were Welsh-ish, and the Hanoverians were .. something else altogether - Saxon Germans of the then still extant Holy Roman Empire. History!
I love how British the comment section is here. Groetjes uit Holland! (BTW this castle looks alot like our puny Muiderslot)
Is it for sale? If I could win my lottery I want to own a castle. I mean who wouldn't right? Great video.
When did it lose all the floors? How did it fall into the mess it is today? What is: "The Rest of the Story" as Paul Harvey used to say. Nice video, thanks. Happy Trails
The castle was dismantled during the English Civil War.
I love Wikipedia....
@@1101millie97 Thank you! Forgot to check there. Amazing that these ancient structures still stand without the wooden bracing.
Miss Paul Harvey’s broadcasts, that man inadvertently helped save my dads life. He had done a story about a runner who had dropped dead of a heart attack during a race!
Excessive electrolyte consumption was found to be the COD. Well earlier that week my dad had while working on a friends house remodel experienced chest pains and was made to go to the hospital by the friend/homeowner. The hospital missed the electrolyte issue. He had because it was hot and humid been drinking Gatorade by the bucketful. Paul’s story was a lightbulb moment! As when he went back to the job site later that week he had started having the chest pains again. It was during a break that the story came on! Dad threw out the Gatorade he had in his cup and started drinking water! The chest pains ceased and have not come back! Had he not chose to tell that story that week it’s likely he would have kept drinking Gatorade and likely would have done more cardiac damage. So I’m a way Paul did save a life not long before he passed.
@@jaykneegarner2479 That is a beautiful story. I had a quadruple bypass. It was Paul Harvey who tried to bring some positive news. And that voice just made it so easy to listen to...."Goood Day!!!"
@@BuzzSargent I loved it when he would tell a story about some lowlife and would end it by saying"... and he would like us to tell you his name. And now, page 2".
chivalry in the context of that paragraph would refer to good horsemen ship, not necessarily good manners.
horsemanship
Is this a series? BBC? I'd love to watch more.
Who is the man taking us through this great documentary?
Marc Morris, great historian
@@140702 thank you very much, J. Nice of you to take your time to let me know. I agree, really like him.
@@josephcollins6033 He has also written some great books on castles and The Normans
@@140702 You kind man. Thank you !!! I hope your day is exceptional. Joseph
@@140702 Hi, I forgot to thank you for this! I will check out those books, always fascinated with The Normans, anything over there. thanks so much! Joseph
GUARDS!
Thank you sir.
Imagine how much doodie was flung into that moat during the late 14th century
he was really little wasnt he :] she stated this is EXACTLY.... what his armour would have been like.....lol
That one guy had two strong hands.
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I think that the rich of the EU need to get together to restore and preserve these beautiful and magnificent castles... They have the money... and it's their heritage... Why are these beautiful castles being allowed to crumble into dust?
- For floors between levels.... see houses currently made in the Caribbean... where they make totally cement floors (with rebar)... in between the levels... and the houses there are total cinder block and cement.... including the roofs, btw.
Because the Generation that gives a fk about this stuff is nearly over. Even back then scum were living it up by immoral gains.....just like they are today.
@@markholroyde9412 - Letting these ancient beautiful, irreplaceable structures crumble is one of the great crimes of the world.
so nice,love the history
What's the name of the House he mentioned at the end? I can't make it out from the bad audio. The one that was built 50 years after Bodiam.
House monso or something?
Think i found it, Herstmonceux Castle
Yes like the other person said “Herstmonceux Castle” in East Sussex, England; built in 1441.
I found it a very haunted place
Castle Explorer DK 1996.
Built from the blood of French peasants? French peasants had the kind of loot you could parlay into a fancy castle? Maybe you might say it was built on the blood of the French tradesmen and nobility. Would that be more apt?
Wow, he was a pretty small guy.
5:17 he pissed that duck off!
The MOAT is artificial, made to supply material for the castle mound?
Kenilworth has a similar. (Had!)
How/when did it become ruinous?
That's right about chickens now cheap.
When I was a boy, and we kept chickens, a chicken was for Easter or Xmas!
Aren't most moats excavated?
@@dorianleakey um. Yes. All of them.
@@iainjones537 I did no to be honest, it was intended rhetorically due to the opening post.
@@dorianleakey KnoW
@@dunruden9720 I checked in the dictionary and it seems you are correct. Your education and knowledge is greater than mine.
It's amazing to live so long and not ascertain the correct spelling of know.
It sounds like he never really got to live at his great castle that he had built. That is quite sad.
I think that is typical actually. Perhaps the best example of this in history would be the Mughal Shah Jahan who built the beautiful Taj Mahal as a tomb for his beloved wife. About the time it was being finished, he was deposed by his son, and imprisoned in the palace. The quarters that he was confined to had a wonderful view of the Taj, but he would never be able to visit the monument himself. Just weep towards it longingly. And that was how he finished his days.
At 6:33 when it says: "In Romanian dracu means dragon", that is not correct. Drac, or dracul means devil, or demon. It has a spiritual connotation, of an evil spirit of sorts. So, dracul is far from meaning dragon.
Not true. Vlad dracul or Vlad the dragon got his name for being member of the Order of the Dragon. That order referenced the Ouroboros, an egyptian dragon with no negative or demonic connotation. Dracul is literally dragon and dragons have different connotations.
@@hans-joachimbierwirth4727 So you speak Romanian?
A quick google search shows the issue is about modern compared with historical usage, dracul means devil in modern Romanian. In medieval times it was dragon.
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Where's your castle?
Frown upon it ? That´s a good one. No we don´t generally.
Im shocked and thrilled they allowed live ammunition to be used onsite.
its good there
This video is way out of date. Armor was created in England throughout the middle ages, English armor had it's own style that was not the same as French, Italian, and German armors. An English knight did not have to import their armor. Some did prefer imported armor, most did not.
And she pulled the pins out of the visor and ignored the hinges. Knights did not pull the pins to get a breath of fresh air or to talk, they used the hinges. The pins are for if and when the visor is damaged during combat making it all but impossible to see. Pull the pins and remove the visor and gain your vision back. They don't need to pull the pins to talk or get fresh air and have both hands free, the hinges are not at the same level on each side, raising the visor causes the hinges to bind which holds the visor up. If they need the visor for combat pushing it down with 1 hand does the trick, no combat same hand to push it up... putting the pins back in? Have to take the helmet off unless you are really really really good at Pin the tail on the donkey. And requires both hands to remove and put back in.
A license to crenellate wasn't a license to build a castle. It was a license to add crenellations onto your castle walls making it look like a castle. Anyone with money could build a castle without the license, they just couldn't have crenellations. Crenellations being the wall soldiers are behind on the top of the main wall that has gaps at regular distances. Make it a solid wall that's waist high and no need for a permit... just need archers that are used to crouching to defend the walls.
FACT CHECK: no sorry. you are repeating a view of maybe 2 historians. The rest dont believe that. as for the helmet ramble thats fine...yet still i cant stand asshats who hear one view and then regurgitates it like it's their own view. Just watch the OBVIOUS 20 year old doc and refrain from being the high lord of snobbinshire alright?
JETWTF. Exactly, the expert (sic) at the Royal Armouries missed the point. The presenter should not be allowed to rub with his fingers across precious manuscripts.
I am currently building a model of Bodiam Castle 1/180 scale...🏰
Star Fort?
I visited it
What's the presenter's name?
Marc Morris
@@140702 thanks
contractor had highly placed friends
Its Enya's Castle!
Tracking static ?!? WoW vcr ... ... ...
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How much did it cost? Sack of potaoes he paid.
So who wrecked the interior? An incomplete story at best.
Henry VIII
It was dismantled after the civil war.
@@SuperDancingdevil Yep. The English Civil War (17th century edition) was the end of just about every private residence that had once been properly defensible.
Because you can't throw bundles of sticks on the mud after draining the moat.... Castle against peasants, not against armies.
So this knight was the descendant of a forester, which bitched his money to fund the castle and marrying rich woman and fighting doubtly battles...so Edward the knight was a real parvenu and a worst case of nobility!
Yes. I did an oil painting of this lovely Bodiam Castle.. On Instagram. Im dr robert ling. The narrator is marvellous and highly knowledgeable.
Isn't it a bit ridiculous to say Sir Edward made his riches off the backs of French peasants? Peasants haven't got anything to pillage or ransom.
The peasants had to sacrifice their lives and livelihoods to the Baronial Monsters. They were forced into slave labor and made to do the bidding of whoever was in charge and maintained wealth.
It's spelt Bodiam !
ok. then write spelled. correctly...thank you.
Spelt is a correct past participle of the verb spell.
Gale Andrews In all other main varieties of English, spelt and spelled both work as the past tense and past participle of spell, at least where spell means to form words letter by letter or (with out) to make clear. Outside the U.S., the two forms are interchangeable in these uses, and both are common.
In Another Land.
They are not called Murderholes.
Teir name are assommoir.
Built from the blood of French peasants, did peasants have money? No, it was built from the blood of the French nobles, nice.
"have a care" instead of "fire in the hole" is too british for me not to use... safety of others be damned
Why do you upload such a low rez file, its a great subject and I love the history but the images suck. 720 at least.
Stop winging. Be grateful you can watch in in low resolution.
Interesting if it wasn't for your choice of Politically Correct experts .
What do you mean?
Did you watch the video ? If you can not see what I am talking about then you just might be blind . Granted I only watched the first half of this due to the cringe factor but they couldn't find a 6' 6" 350 lbs. white dude that wears armor on the weekend who is an expert in his field ? Your head may explode now .
@@I_am_Diogenes Quit winding yourself up about imagined slights by the nasty feminists thats only happening now, its not even a recent documentary, its been transferred over from VHS FFS.
Just grow up. How many 6'6" white people who are historians and wear armour on the weekends in the UK? 1? 2?
This nonsense has been going on for much longer then "just happening now" as this video proves . Maybe it is a "now" thing where you are but not here . Regardless , my point is why not get the top of a field instead of a lessor expert ? If you are content listening to someone based solely on what is between their legs then fine but I prefer the most knowledgeable regardless of sex , not based on it , which this appears to be based on . Once again people want to focus on my example and not my point , like you just did . It only proves I am correct and you are intentionally ignorant of the issue . Last post is yours .
@@I_am_Diogenes "I prefer the most knowledgeable regardless of sex" Sure you do.
LOL
Built from the blood of French peasants? You say that like it's a bad thing.
it was never built as a true castle...it was more of a rich mans folly.
Maybe but it passes as a castle pretty well anyways. I would take it if it was offered and if I had to money to restore it.
Revisionist history.
Why the interiors are ruined? That's the question I've been asking since the beginning, wasted 46 mins of my life.
@chris younts They are not “useless ruins”, they are architecturally important buildings that would be irrevocably damaged if “restored” by modern hands, plus there are countless other medieval castles in Britain that *have* managed to retain surviving interiors.
@chris younts What are you disagreeing with exactly?
@chris younts Oh I see sorry you were agreeing with me - my mistake.
The lowlife thief who looted the PARTHENON Marbles from Greece was Elgin and Scottish from Scotland. And then sold them to the British English government who sold them to the London's Museum. (Never Forget That) Because you have never apologised or returned them back to Greece. Plus: I want you to know and understand that I pride myself on ripping-off Scottish and English tourists and I passionately enjoy the experience with all my Heart and soul. And It gives me immense pleasure to announce that, indeed.
Interesting, although obviously cheaply-made and a little turgid. But why is the category, as listed at the top, "Comedy"?
@phuc ewe Er, I am British and was brought up to watch Here's Harry. Thank God for the Goons and subsequent innovation. Harry Worth can rot in hell. (LOL)
Turgid?
@@dorianleakey Yes. Laboured, and a little pompous. I also think it was fucking boring *to listen to* . Have I explained myself?
Interesting, but the narrator's narcissism comes through and is offputting.