The Burgundian Knight: An Armour Style You Didn't Know Existed
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- Опубликовано: 26 мар 2021
- Let's learn about the armour and special look of the Medieval Burgundian knights! Huge thanks to Martin Hollmann for helping with the research of this video
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An armour (spelled armor in the US) is a protective covering that is used to prevent damage from being inflicted to an object, individual, or vehicle by weapons or projectiles, usually during combat, or from damage caused by a potentially dangerous environment or action.
The word "armour" began to appear in the Middle Ages as a derivative of Old French. It is dated from 1297 as a "mail, defensive covering worn in combat". The word originates from the Old French armure, itself derived from the Latin armatura meaning "arms and/or equipment", with the root armare meaning "arms or gear".
Armour has been used throughout recorded history. It has been made from a variety of materials, beginning with rudimentary leather protection and evolving through mail and metal plate into today's modern composites.
Significant factors in the development of armour include the economic and technological necessities of its production. For instance, plate armour first appeared in Medieval Europe when water-powered trip hammers made the formation of plates faster and cheaper.
Well-known armour types in European history include the lorica hamata, lorica squamata, and the lorica segmentata of the Roman legions, the mail hauberk of the early medieval age, and the full steel plate harness worn by later medieval and renaissance knights, and breast and back plates worn by heavy cavalry in several European countries until the first year of World War I (1914-15). The samurai warriors of feudal Japan utilised many types of armour for hundreds of years up to the 19th century.
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(A squire runs to a knight's tent before a battle)
Squire: "Sire! I have terrible news from the scouts!"
Knight: "What is it then!? Are we outnumbered? Outflanked!?"
Squire: "No sire! It's worse..."
Knight: "By god... you don't mean..."
(The knight runs outside and sees a mass of Burgundians dressed like larping pimps)
Knight: "We've been... outstyled..."
Slowclaps*
You know that this comment needs?Needs more likes, like those comments that have like 2.4k likes
HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
If I could give you a hundred likes...
You made me laugh out loud, good job, sir.
What fashion companies try to sell men: bland suits
What men really want:
Yes....one day I'll get it...just gotta get older
@@zaidhernandez4601 you don’t have to be old.
@@noone6766 you just have to have money
What about a tuxedo with armor on top of it?
This. Sooooo much this!
Here in Holland, 'Burgundian' is still used as an adjective for someone who enjoys the finer things in life.
That's Is so interesting!
Fogel dagel dugeldai?
Same in Flanders
Netherlands clan!
What about the other provinces ?
Everybody gangsta until the gold guilded, silver fleur-de-lis rocking, vermillion plumed bad boys glide in
"Virgin Killer: Sick with the Fairies" sounds like the album of a deathcore band dabbling in folk metal.
Virgin Killer is a Scorpions album from the 70's, so....
I actually read it based on Metatron's recommendation. I won't be taking another recommendation from him.
He's right, the book is compelling, I read it from start to finish. But it's dreadul. I read it with the sick delight you get reading stupid people's twitter feeds.
The writing is bad, the story is basic, I loved the ending, but only because it meant that there was no more of it.
It hasn't been proof-read either, which is pretty obvious.
I actually had to come back and re-watch what Metatron said.
He's right about it being an experience.
The greatest praise I can heap on it is that I too, repeatedly, asked myself "What did I just read?"
@@CallMeMrChainmail now I wanna read it 😂
@@mr.birdie1406
Much like drinking mouthwash, I don't recommend it but do what you want.
@@CallMeMrChainmail Thanks, saved my time. I was already on high-guard considering it's for a sponsor, and he said "THE CRAZIEST High-Fantasy I've ver seen": I was like: "hmmmm", so this makes me think my guard was on point. lol
You know what charles the bold also wanted, but never got? Switzerland
Yeah, I thought to Lorraine, too!
He did receive a Swiss halberd though...
Usually pdople trying to get Switzerland get their heads crushed by a halberd or pierced from pikes. Dangerous business.
They called thim the bold for a reason.He looked like c3po
“In Grandson he lost his goods - in Murten he lost his courage and in Nancy he lost his blood.”
european armour lacks personality, its too efficient and streamlined with all the emphasis on practical use
burgundians
The Varangian guard, the Landsknecht, the colourful tapestry of armours present in all of the medieval age, classical and renaissance.
Oh yeah certainly there were some boring and even ugly European armours but that goes the same for the rest of the world.
Stuff like the O-yoroi isn't very pleasing to my eyes. As is certain gladiator armours.
However sets of armour like lorica segmentata, gothic plate armour, do-maru, chinese brigandine are good looking.
The armour of Henry the eighth (I believe, may have the wrong English king) is still in the Royal Armoury. It is blingy. Gold scrollwork on every piece. Highly practical stuff, european armour...
nah
just for the record, my comment was a joke.
@@luc410 I know, it's just that some people really do believe this.
Enemy Soldiers: *battlecries*
The Burgundian Knights: LOADSAMONEY!
"No Touching of the Head and Face."
- Duke Ron of Burgundy, 1475 address the rules of war
LOADSAMONEY!!
That story about the Duke of Burgundy was the perfect image of "if you know you got it you don't have to flex it"
You know how the say goes : you can buy everything with money, except a kingdom. 😁
"I'am in a Glass case of emotion."
- Duke Ron of Burgandy
@@forickgrimaldus8301 "Got your entire duchy entirely by luck"
Maximilian I of Habsburg, probably
@@GeldtheGelded "loud Noises!"
Right? Having a guy show up with all this excess and showing off, and coming out to meet him in essentially your pajamas, that's a real power move right there.
Such an utterly strange yet fascinating armor.
Nice dororo pfp
"Great Knights of Columbus that hurts! "
- Duke Ron of Burgundy.
A Bizarre one for sure.
@@forickgrimaldus8301 Well played sir.
So.... Vaguely like the german style, but with 90% more bling and a lot of bonus brigandines?
Pretty much, Swiss-Burgundian war scourses and chronicles are rather interessting for this topic.
Charles the Bold got that drip.
"Take me to pleasure town my Duke"
-Duchess Veronica of Corningstone, wife of Duke Ron of Burgundy
@@cegesh1459 No touching of the head and face, such is the Rule of war
Italian-ish with a tap of German and fan with sallets, also prefer surcoats .
Burgundian Average Joe: Hi, I'll like to join the Army. I have years of Archery training.
Recruiter: Yes, Yes, you have a Longsword on you?
Burgundian Average Joe: No? Why would I have a Longsword? Those things are expensive
*Recruiter turn around to the other Recruiters*
Recruiter: Look! We have someone here without a Longsword!
*Random laughers from a distance*
Recruiter: Sorry lad, but you are too poor to join us.
"BY GOD YOU REEK OF POVERTY"
@@YataTheFifteenth This was what the Burgundians thought of like 90% of europe.
Well, they didn't really have archers in practice. They were supposed to be but the knights supposed to supply them ended up switching them with medium cavalry instead. Basically no one in France could shoot bows. They ended hiring Genoese crossbowmen most of the time instead.
@@Altrantis What? The Burgundians fielded entire companies of English longbowmen during the burgundian wars. The French kings also fielded companies of archers during the latter parts of the hundred years war, the Franc-archers.
@@dukeofburgundy4229 his point is that they didn’t have their own *French* archers
Hope you do a whole series on this topic. Would love to see the armor used in places like Spain, Russia, etc
Portugal, Poland and maybe Scandinavian such as Danish and Swedish
The teutonic, polish, lietuviešu and russian knights are the ones Id most want to hear about. Tho if I recall correctly russians where never really that in to plate armor.
@@nemanjanarancic6796 Since you didn't mention the last third of Scandinavia, here's a video from that country (although the harnes is not specifically Norwegian): ruclips.net/video/zGl_UXc9HIE/видео.html
I particularly want to see spain and Portugal because i cant find anything on what they used during the late 14th and entire 15th century. If anyone has any sources they can link thatd be much appreciated.
@@tannerthepanman9202 Yeah whenever people mention "medieval Spain" it's hard to get an image of something besides the stereotypical conquistador look with the morion. I'd love to see what else they wore.
In Flanders, we still have the notion of a "Bourgondische levensstijl" (Burgundian lifestyle), meaning a rich and luxurious, but honestly earned lifestyle. This is typically interpreted as fine dining in good company with lots of nice fatty and richly flavored food with the appropriate wines or beers. Sipping a nice beverage with cake or tarts or other forms of baked goods while enjoying the sunset. Just a general attitude of enjoying the niceties of life after a good day's work, without ever approaching decadence or deviance.
Couldn't have said it better myself!
I like that philosophy. Enjoy the finer things in life because you earned them. Sadly, it's a philosophy a lot of people don't adhere to.
Sounds like an amazing lifestyle. Keeping the value of toil and work while still enjoying life without being a puritan.
It's a nice balance.
its still how life is here, the best french food and wine are from burdundy and eating for 4h straight on sunday or special event is still common
@@jeromedelabrosse119 Can confirm, had christmas dinner from 13:00 to about 18:00, though the wine was a Côte du Rhône and an Australian white wine.
More fantasy books, movies, anime and role playing games need to do armor designs like this.
Agreed
11:40
Everyone else in Burgundy: Completely over-the-top fancy guilded helmets and purple velvet.
This pikeman: TF are "shoes"?
maybe he is an hipster, cause shoes are too mainstream for him
The JoJo's of Medieval Armor.
Strong, and flamboyant.
Be afraid.
Yes drip armor
Yeet
dammit when i saw the title this was the first thing i thought of
Just standing there.
*_Menacingly_*
Burgudians is a new civ on Age of empire 2 and it is very nice to here them about them
Yes I was thinking the exact same thing. Also I saw the thumbnail and immediately thought Toussaint.
Age of Empires 2 is still around and getting updates? Where?
@@moreparrotsmoredereks2275 there is the age of empire 2 de, it is a remaster you can find it on steam and they have a dlc with 2 new civ Burgudians and Sicilians
@@moreparrotsmoredereks2275 oh boy do I have news for you! Age of empires 2 is one of the most popular games on Steam. It constantly has not than 10k active players at any one time. It's still getting updated and rebalanced and the most recent tournament had a prize pool of $80,000 given by Microsoft( who own the game) and the playerbase itself. The game is better than it has ever been and I would strongly recommend getting into it as it is amazing
@@alexchatter692 Funny, I'm still playing it with my old version and I didn't know that.
Fuck yeah, Toussaint armour is real!
*Edit:* Holy cow, he actually mentioned the Duchy of Toussaint later in the video!
YOOO! Thanks for the heart, man!
Pretty much everything in the Witcher games has a historical basis
The funniest thing I remember are those bandits making fun of those knights and theyre theatrical manner of speech, while Geralt is just leaning on a wall half heartedly trying to warn them these guys "eat bandits with their morning porridge".
And later finding out they talk like normal people when theyre off duty.
Landsknechts: We are the fashionista of the battlefield!
Burgundians show up.
Landsknechts: Surprised Pikachu face
Imagine a horse completely decked in armor. Legs, neck, everything. This has nothing to do with the video, you mentioned something and then I started thinking about how that would look.
Sarmatia Cataphracti
Already a thing. Many sets of Horse armor are available at tons of museums. It’s beautiful.
@@samueldocski4426 I've seen many of them, some in person, but there are always tons of areas that are completely exposed. I'm aware as to why you shouldn't armor a horse too much, and that it's kinda impractical regardless, but I would just like to see it. It would just look cool.
@@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929 agreed. I saw a beautiful set in an old castle in Graz, Austria. Beautiful indeed.
Now mount on it Joerg Spraves repeating bow. Congratulations, youve achieved medieval humwee.
Burgundian knight orders an armor.
Armorer: So what kind of ornaments to your armor do you want my lord?
Burgundian knight: Oui
And the armorer knew what to do.
i'm a simple man
i see a new metatron video
i feel happy
I'm Burgundian, and we can still see some armour at the museum of fine arts in Dijon. :)
Would love a few vids on Christian and Saracen armors of the Reconquista.
Fully gilded armour? So Runescape is a realistic game!
Such alien times, it's hard to believe this amazing history is real
History can be both incredibly alien yet familiar, which is why it fascinates me.
Better to be worth a ransom than be dead. The richer the look the better.
True, but they could always just kill you and steal the armor, if they don't think it's worth the trouble.
Always be wary of lazy criminals.
@@GeistInTheMachine They usually do not last long. They often end up dead in a brothel or gutter somewhere.
The sponsor bit about Virgin Killer? You had me at cheese men.
Dude, don't. It's a genuinely horrendous. Only read it if you like watching bad horror films to laugh at them.
@@CallMeMrChainmail Absurdist fantasy is something I'm actually interested in, but thanks for the advice. I'll keep it in mind for.
@@NorthEevee
As long as you know what you're getting yourself into.
If you've read Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse that's basically what the author's going for with a shotgun splatter of Bored Of The Rings humour inserted without regard to pacing.
It's self published and hasn't been proof-read so there's some spelling mistakes which can be ignored but there's also that thing that inexperienced writers do when they start using a word and then reuse it fifteen times in 8 paragraphs before switching to an alternate synonym which they use 12 times before switching again so expect some painful sesquipedalian loquaciousness (also, I think at one point he just made some words up).
I read it, I laughed, but at no point did I feel like I was laughing WITH the author.
@@CallMeMrChainmail If there is one thing that does bother me - as an amateur writer myself - it's when authors in general reuse the same words too often. With some words it's tolerable, as there aren't too many ways to describe something similarly enough. One notable example is when I tried to describe a living room and had to find as many synonyms to "Stood" as possible. I ended up cutting out most of it because I started to repeat myself, but still. Thesauruses exist, make use of them. No one will blame you, as I'm sure everyone exploits these tools to their potential anyway.
But back onto the book. I think I might wait a few years for a revised revision then. I hope the author can make enough money to put it to good use that way. I mean, the lad is creative. Once he picks up some more experience I'll surely pick up a few of his books.
Oh and once more, thanks for the advice friend. I hope this tower of text hasn't been a slog to read through. Have a nice day!
@@NorthEevee
You're welcome.
Burgundian looks interesting
The history of the Burgundii, from the migrations at the end of the Western Roman Empire to their ultimate absorption into France in the XV century, is a fascinating field of study.
Altough by this time only the name of the region remained of them. Roman hospitus system absorbed and assimilated them, albeit into feudal nobilty
Burgundy is my favorite medieval state to learn about, Charles the Bold was a madlad. The Burgundians were badass
His great grandson was even more of a madlad; he only had a weird chin though.
Im suprised more people didnt use headcages. Like thinner iron kinda small dome cage that goes from shoulder to shoulder over the head. So it was literally impossible to hit your head with a hammer or sword slash only spears and thrusts.
Here in Flanders a lot of our cuisine developed during Burgundian times. As mentioned, Flanders was the economic centre and under the Burgundians it could develop its culture significantly (it was a fairly safe period). So, we call people who like to eat luxurious and like to enjoy life "Burgundians".
Interesting content, as always!
Burgundy is also mentioned in the "Nibulungenlied" its a very famous German poem from the middel ages. I can highly recomend it if you are intrestet in Medival History.
The burgundian tribe of the migration period is vaguely related at best though with the state of burgundy. Still, the Nibelungenlied is a must, youre right.
Burgundy so often gets overlooked as a medieval power.
If you are intrested in the Burgundians look up the Book " The Burgundians: the Archfathers of the Low Countries" by the historian Bart van Loo. An exellent book.
Van Loo is not a historian though. But his book is very entertaining and offers a nice entry into the fascinating era that was Flanders in the 15th century.
Mine father love father loves that book it is very interesting.
@@Hound-Fox Ah, crap. indeed, you are right. I got his book on shelfnext to a bunch of acedemic works. I probably assumed he was a historian as well.
He is not a historian but having read from a few historians on that subject, he did an excellent work with this book that deserves to be on that shelf.
The story of the emperour looking "normal" and the duke like an emperour says all about them one is it and has to remind none of it the other one whants people tho think he is
Oh, no. If the Emperor had had the money he’s be decked out the same. The Middle Ages and early modern period were all about the bling. So much bling. Being understated is a bit of a recent phenomenon.
@@adorabell4253 well he had it but that he shows up without it is like to say to the duke your not even worth geting out of my morning clothes and no mather how you dress up you will always be duke and i always emperour
I mean, the holy roman emperor was fucking broke most of the time because of the bribery that got him the title, while ducal burgundy was the greatest cloth trader of europe. It's no real surprise
@@GeldtheGelded yes but he had better clothes than those he chose to wear there if the storys are right
The emperor did in fact feel it as a humiliation. Charles basically showed him his superior whealth and power and it was as much a showoff than a threat. The emperor didn’t like very much to be despised by someone who worn a lesser title but was however superior to him.
I mean I knew we were ruled over by the dukes of Burgundy but it's nice to hear more about it.
From the fairly basic research I did a few years back looking for a French style (King's holdings and the vassals closest to the crown) I've been able to find very little, still, there seems to be a general trend.
As a general rule French Armor tend to stick to the Italian style (Armet, smooth armor, no fluting, round shapes, ...) as this is what they had been influenced by, from Italian Mercenaries in the early XVth starting to wear these new protections in the Hundred Years War, to the Italian Wars of the early XVIth.
However the French adopted a certain number of distinctive elements :
- They used embossing or engraving extensively, and used comparatively little etching in their armour.
- Just like the Italians they really liked scenes from Antiquity - although these styles seemed to have developed simultaneously and not been copied - as the Renaissance was moving along with it's renewed interest in the classical period.
- They loved floral motifs, including extensive use of the Fleur de Lys, emblem of the French Monarchy
- They later transitioned their Italian style Armet to Burgonet, a helmet originating from Burgundy, which became much more prevalent as firearms made fully enclosed helmet more of a breathing nightmare than anything else.
- But more than any of that, they seemed to absolutely adore the brigandine, which might also explain the relative lack of French Historical Armor (Along with a "troubled History" with the Monarchy and it's symbols)
Although those trends seem to be consistent with the iconography, manuscripts and surviving examples, we have to keep in mind that :
- This research was very basic no more than a few tens of hours, and relied exclusively on the trusty internet
- I'm not a trained historian nor do I claim to be
- There are lots of fake armour or Frankenstein armour and without access to those it's hard to assess their historical value, ... It's just a real mess.
- The armours that were preserved despite the Revolution"S" tended to be very significant, very fancy or very high status armours. Maybe only kings had embossed armours, and the rest of the knights had standard Italian smooth plates, ... or maybe they were just "less" embossed. There is no way to know with virtually 0 lower-end armour still in existence.
This kind of work would require someone like Tobias Capwell to do for France the same kind of work he did for England. And even then, Mr. Capwell reliance on tomb iconography would prove almost impossible given the scale of steles destruction that occurred during the Revolution"S", which is not helped by the fact that unlike England, which is an island (and thus more homogenous) France sits at the crossroads of Europe (Between England, Spain, Italy and Germany) and stayed a fairly decentralized feudal regime for very long, which means that large regional differences in armour styles are almost guaranteed.
TL:DR The French probably had the most variety of armours in Western Europe, they were the most fond of dashing but putrescible Brigandines, and have the least amount of surviving pieces or iconography, bar none. In other words ... we don't know and most likely will never have any meaningful idea of what a French army in battle looked like aside from the very basic "maybe" trends mentioned above. But hey, we got castle and cathedrals though, for now ....
That makes a lot of sense
They had the drip of their time
Dude I'm a huge nerd for this whole topic and yet until he said Luxembourg in this video I straight up forgot about them, shad needs a new merch shirt "but what about Luxembourg" lol
Luxemburg was a part of Germany up to 1866.
@@brittakriep2938 Not quite, The country of Germany didn't exist until 1871, prior to that is was either part of The German Confederation, or a region within the HRE. Luxembourg prior to joining the German Confederation in 1815 was controlled by the French Bourbons, Prussian Hohenzollerns, and Austrian and Spanish Hapsburgs. Going back even further it was under the influence of the Dukes of Burgundy and earlier than that was the property of the House of Luxembourg which existed within the HRE but was also connected to the crowns of Bohemia and Hungary before being sold to Burgundy.
@@colbunkmust : Before the italian and burgundian parts of HRE became a part of HRE it was basicly a german kingdom since either 843/ 911/919. My personal opinion.
@@brittakriep2938 When the HRE was formed originally it included France, the Low Countries and Northern Italy, Austria, Bohemia and the what would later become the Swiss cantons. It was never a German **Kingdom** because there were multiple kingdoms within it(Bohemia, Prussia, etc). It was an empire in name(though barely that in actual practice unless ruled by a strong or capable leader).
As defined by the encyclopaedia Britannica: "The Holy Roman Empire was a multi-ethnic complex of territories in Western and Central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars."
While the majority of the central regions of the HRE spoke Middle German through the Middle Ages it is categorically incorrect to define the HRE as a German state, especially since significant sovereign regions of the HRE at any point in its existance were not ethnically German. In fact many Holy Roman Emperors weren't German and moved the Imperial capital out of the German speaking states during their rule.
this thing about medieval germany is kind of weird for many to grasp. The people spoke german in the imperial core lands, many rulers did and you could even talk about a german "kultur" but that doesn't mean it's a german state. it's also the result of german academics in the 1900-century when they started to nationalize a coherent "german" history which was for the most part a fiction. This fiction has lived on it seems. But yeah, its strange, there were german kings but not technically a de jure german kingdom lol.
As a Burgundian, it's lovely to see a video about this :)
I met that style of armor within the Warhammer universe and at first I HATED it but now I really love this style.
Which ones from Warhammer are you refering to?
I love that I find this comment while searching for comments regarding the high elves on the shelf! 🤣
@@morcar8991 I guess Bretonians, they even have that French accent iirc
I'm actually looking for more unknown medieval/renaissance armored warriors for a game. You're timing couldn't be better.
Ps: It'd be just great if you analyzed the winged hussar's armor one of this days (one of them, since there's quite a variety of types depending on the time period. Winged hussars were around for a long time.)
Glad to be of help
Didn't they fight in WW1?
@@chadfalardeau5396 they teared down the Berlin wall I think
@@chadfalardeau5396 No, no XD Winged hussars are polish/lithuanian. They appeared around the year 1500, and stopped serving in the 1700s (I think). They were amazing cavalry units from the late medieval / renaissance period, way before WW1.
@@leoprzytuac3660 The hussars did appear from around 1500 but those were not the winged hussars everybody knows about, those were light hussars, the heavy winged hussars appeared from the late 16th century. Here's a good quote from wikipedia: "The true "winged hussar" arrived with the reforms of the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Stephen Bathory in the 1570s".
Hope we get more videos on the series.
Especially about the Spanish armor - like what's worn by the conquistadors; and the English Civil War armor - that are freaking bullet proof!
"The Aztecs, Mayans, Toltecs, Mixtecs, Olmecs, and Zapotecs, of Mexico 🇲🇽 are no match for the spanish, 🇪🇸 conquistadors?"
Burgundian to this day in my country means over the top lavish to a point of gaudy. For some reason it Is also the name for marinated citrus in jelly with A LOT of sugar.
The Burgundian motto: Drip over function.
new metatron vid on a Saturday is like a day off work in the middle of the week, hell yea!!
Ahah thanks
@@metatronyt woah I never expected you would see that, but I just wanna say thx for all the work you do to bring history to us all on RUclips! You've inspired me to get off my butt and start training with swords, I've always wanted to, your channel is numba 1! Ichiban!
Hey Metatron
you ever consider making a video on the English style plate armor? its an interesting set given how the English prioritized infantry/on foot combat even for their plate armor
Really fascinating, will you make any similar videos on other lesser known types of armors? Like i would personally want to see about Byzantine/Eastern Roman Empire armor.
Polish and Russian would be nice as well.
Love that pic at 11.42: the master gunner looking through his spectacles at his powder charge 'cheat sheet'.
Your pronounciation of Trier is perfect!
I'm sorry did you mean: Augusta Treverorum? (only joking)
@@ewoudalliet1734 That's what it sounds like in the local Latin dialect
im dutch and i see flanders as our brothers and sisters even we got a lot of jokes for them they do to for us but in the long run flanders is a brother&sister
This style of armor just always reminds me of the knights of toussaint. Nice Video. Greetings from Germany!!!
That Burgundian drip thou.
Another neat armor style was worn by my ancestors Godfrey I Count of Louvain. Kind of a mashup of Gothic and Roman styles it seems.
I believe I know where you’re getting the information on his armour from, and it’s anachronistic. The artwork appears to be in a 16th-17th century style, mirroring illustrations seen in John Speed’s Saxon Heptarchy and like the aforementioned book likely depicted him in a fantastical manner intentionally. One final point is that the Gothic style of plate armour didn’t develop until the 15th century, and Godfrey I lived from the 11th-12th centuries.
It's really amazing to see how many fascinating variations of armor emerge from so many distinct cultures!
A brigandine bard. Thats glorious. I think i like these burgundians.
Ive always loved the points of articulation of the Burgundian armor.
would love to see more about burgundian topics in future in general!
Could you look at Polish,Lithuanian, or Russian armors of Eastern Europe. Maybe Eastern Rome form Medival times to just before its fall of the Renaissance.
More of this please! I would absolutely love to hear about different regional armors, with as much detail as you're willing to go in to! This is definitely my favorite recent video of yours.
One of your coolest videos yet. I'd love to see videos for other styles.
Hope you do a whole series on this topic.
Thank you Metatron! :)
The art looks amazing!
I'm glad I watched this video.
Learned something new, & found out about a new book to look into.
"they owned the extremely rich cities of Flanders". My friend, you can't believe how amazed people are on my tours in Bruges when I explain them of the importance of Flanders throughout history. So much kudos to you !
Duke Charles „Le Temeraire“ was a big fan of classic military treatises like „The Bellum Gallicum“. He started to reorganize the medieval army into a pre modern army organization. Aside of that he had a vast array of artillery and used them effectively in sieges. Unfortunately the whole army was beaten three times by another new form of warfare: massed Swiss pikers and halberdiers, that didn’t wait for an orderly field battle but instead used tactical advancement upon the arrival at the sieges of Grandson, Morat and Nancy. This led to panicked ranged mercenaries who couldn’t pepper the advancing infantry properly. Also the Swiss were paid by the French king and the Duke of Lorraine. By the way, Your images are from Terry Eagleton and are sold at the National Museum in Bern and from the Funckens’ book about armour and weapons. There’s some loot left from the hapless Burgundians that are still to be seen in Swiss museums. There’s also illustrations from Perry Miniatures.
Had me hooked when you said "Knights of the Round Cheese, that are made of cheese"
Thanks for sharing!
Your enthusiasm about the book is awesome.
"Charles the Bald was a very powerful man, very wealthy..."
And very bald? ...
It's "Charles the Bold".
@@Anaxakorgas or so he would have you think...
@@Anaxakorgas There is a Charles the Bald, but he's like 600 years older. One of the Carolingians. He wasn't actually bald either, they called him bald because he wasn't going to inherit anything iirc.
@@Altrantis Didn't he inherit Italy at one point?
@@Anaxakorgas Ah yes. Formally known as Charles the Rash. I first heard of him when I watched the Ealing comedy Passport to Pimlico and Dame Margaret Rutherford's character refers to him by this title.
I'm from a warm humid climate and wonder how Medieval militaries dealt with hot humid weather without getting heat exhaustion.
Same way we do in football, hydrate. These are also professionally trained warriors, bodies built for war.
I don't know about relevant cases in Europe, but in the tropical parts of Asia and Africa heavy armor of this caliber simply wasn't worn or developed because it wasn't practical for those climates. In Southeast Asia many militaries wore little to no armor except for higher ranking officials, with Dai Viet as one exception due to north Vietnam's surprisingly temperate climate. In African states like Mali, only specially trained cavalrymen or infantry wore stuff like gambesons or mail with the rest wearing essentially no armor. And in Mesoamerica, many of the Spanish conquistadors actually abandoned their plate armor for locally made gambesons due to the climate, (while later European expeditionary forces had long abandoned full plate for separate reasons,) so as history showed us this full plate armor wasn't used in those regions for a reason. Even if you could tolerate the conditions in the short term, it'd be a big strain on logistics.
Well, medieval Europeans didn't have to deal with hot, humid weather because they don't have it. The only times they had to deal with real heat was during the crusades, sort of. I mean the Levant isn't even that hot. As Perry said, people native to hot places wore a lot less armor.
different climate in europa
Not only this, but also would be nice videos about medieval orders: Calatrava, Hospitalier, Santiago, etc. 👌👌
This was a really inspiring video, I hope you can talk about all the forgotten armour styles!
Hello and greetings from invicta sir Raphael your channel is awesome romainvicta
@Metatron: As far as I know the use of brigandines for foot soldiers came out of fashion especially in the southern and central parts of the Holy Roman Empire since the mid 15th century. It isn´t really known why. The different theories say either a lack of funding, change of tactics (copying the Swiss Reisäufer and the transition into the Landsknecht style of warfare) or cultural change of some type. It was the time the they adopted the puffed and slitted clothing. Some scholars think they tried to mock the nobility in some ways with their flashy clothing while their real life circumstances were often very poor in peace times.
Most likely it was combination of all three reasons.
However, it shouldn´t be forgotten that the soldiers in the front of a formation often wore plate armour (the so called "Doppelsöldner").
And, I dare to express a wish if you continue this series about various types of medieval armour: take some looks at the eastern European stuff. This is often neglected but IMHO the armour (and tactics) of the area of modern Poland, Hungary, Ukraine and Russia are worth a further examination.
Lovely video as always
I can't get my eyes off that shiny monte fortino helmet! XD
Polished bronze It is
Fantastic Video. I love the over the top style of these burgundian armor styles. I was just wondering a few days ago why we don't really see much else other than milanese and gothic armor. Great Work.
"Are they bulletproof?"
i have a nice german bock about armour from eraly to late medieval piriod and it has all the european styles even the eastern ones it was great reading it with ilustratians and all that are createtvery detailed
I‘d like to know its title
@@Samuel_Ho. Historische Waffen und Rüstungen Ritter und Landsknechte vom 8. bis 16. Jahrhundert
www.amazon.de/Historische-Waffen-R%C3%BCstungen-Landsknechte-Renaissance/dp/3809439924/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=148DN02KE4SHD&dchild=1&keywords=historische+waffen+und+r%C3%BCstungen&qid=1616883016&sprefix=historische+waffen+%2Caps%2C166&sr=8-1
@@_boney thanks
This is probably one of your best videos
Burgundy, the home of Medieval Bling!
also i appreciate that you took the time to read and comment on your sponsor's book. i don't personally care for thrillers or serial killers but good for you for giving it more than just an ad spot.
Burgundy, a very very rich state that is also very militaristic, definitely home of one of the elitest knights, a powerhouse, yet somehow got destroyed by swiss halberd, pike weilding peasants, they also did the same thing to the imperial knights of HRE, history can be weird at times.
If Charles the Bold listened to his commanders he would have probably avoided Morat and Nancy. His stubbornness and obsession for war and chivalric acts destroyed the Burgundian state juste as much as the swiss and lorrainers. The fact he had one daughter and no male heir also played a major role in the fall of Burgundy.
Its hard to get my head around the fact that a medieval battlefield looked like a 2nd grade art class project in which they just went bananas with every crayon they could get their hands on.
That looks so slick!
Great video.
The idea of flags on the helmets is something I'd never even considered
On a different scale, medieval Scottish armies (royal ones anyway) wore saffron robes to show the king's international connection and English Greenwich armour is very showy too.
These are among the most beautiful armor you have, I will use them to inspire me when drawing, for sure.
Do more videos like this one, i loved it! Very interesting and entretaining
Burgandy's independent should have been kept.
BTW, I thought this was sponsored by AoE2 with their most recent DLC.
Even if they survived the middle ages, some frenchman like Napoleon would have got them eventually. Or they would have been partitioned like Austria-Hungary after WW1 because they were a feudal holding of many ethnicities and not a real Nation-State.
@@ausaskar
Yeah, but even then they'd existed longer and had more cultural impact.
Also national identity could be fromed though time, it's not "completely impossible" for them to had the chance to survived, and even they lost most the lands of the low countries, which they most likely still would, a small independent Burgandy from France would still not be out of the question.
@Louis Garidel I think the topic of this video in itself is a good enough reason?
They were never truly independent. They had various people they the vassals of depending on which part of the land in question, they were just rebellious and could pull it off cause they were rich. Kinda like how before the 100 year war the king of England was technically vassal to the king of France.
@@Altrantis go look it up, Kingdom of Burgundy was a really thing back when the Frenchs were still Franks, so they were truly independent once, not never.
And even with the latter Duchy of Burgundy here, they were not independent only de jure, but they were basically independent de facto, which is where it really matters in the age before the rule of law.
The last few dukes were trying to solidify that independent, which they could have done it had it not been the succession crisis.
Maybe the Charles himself couldn't become king, but his grandson Felipe I of Castilla archieved that and with him and his son Charles I of Spain they introduced the Burgundy Cross and put it on the map arround the globe.
Eso estaba pensando, vi la cruz, y "Eh que esa es la cruz del Imperio"
Interesting video as always
It is cool idea for series of videos.
I was always wondering what all those pictures on Pinterest were. Now I get it. I can now sleep.
I think English longbowmen were the first to have “military uniforms.” Each region in late medieval England had their own color that the longbowmen from that particular region would have on his clothes. For example, I believe there’s evidence that longbowmen from Chester wore green.
Big girls blouses more like 🏴😁
Super interesting video, I wish there were more about it!
Fantastic! I'm looking foward to this series! Make It a series! O already knee about the Burgundian Knights, because I studied tem a little to make a mod for Civilization V, but I loved your video and I want to see more. Keep the good work.