Unbelievable Things about Medieval Ireland
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
- Cultural practices change dramatically over time and few places provide such evidence of this as Ireland. Let's look at a few of the many examples of things we find almost unbelievable today, but were real practices and beliefs of early medieval Gaels.
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I open youtube dejected, my heart heavy with sorrow and my fingers limp without passion, very close to sobbing about how I might fail my photography module at university- then I see that Kevin has posted and all my distress is turned into delight.
What a beautiful comment ❤
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And covering my favorite subect, no less!
Oh, glorious day!
Gerald of Wales has to be taken with a large pinch of salt. In the opening paragraph of he describes the geography of Ireland saying that the country is flat plains at the sea but is mountainous in the interior. This is the precise opposite of the Irish landscape! The mountains are on the coasts and the plains are in the middle of the country.
He also writes of all kinds of nonsensical things such as human animal hybrids and other myths. He wrote for an audience intending to show the Irish as backward and suitable for colonization. We can't really trust his account.
Please stop saying this nonsense.
@@Ariapeithes_why is it nonsense? Topographia Hibernica was used for colonisation purposes as a way to show the Irish as savages
@@Ariapeithes_ What nonsense are you referring to?
@@Ariapeithes_ The book literally talks about folklore as if it was real. Its obviously all bullshit that Gerard of Wales made up, or was dumb enough to believe.
While approaching ireland from the east you arrive in fertile and hilly leinster, the further west you go the more rocky and mountainous the area becomes (look at a topographical map), so coming over from Wales you would see nice green grassy fields and the further west or inland you would encounter more mountains.... soooo long story short you are wrong but we all are sometimes
People don’t realize how brutal ancient times were. And how it’s almost polar opposite of how things are now.
The ancient island referred to around 8 minutes in could be the mysterious island of Hy Brasil off the west coast of Ireland...shown on ancient maps.
Collecting heads was also a practice among the Langobards. Their king Alboin made a cup of the skull of Cunimund, the king of the Gepids that he had defeated, and the Langobards were proudly showing this cup later when they lived in Italy. Cunimund's daughter was forced to marry Alboin, who humiliated here by drinking in the cup, but she later had him assassinated while he was asleep. Nice people.
0:50 The Scythians practiced something similar, according to Herodotus' Histories. The eastern belief that the soul resides in the head may have been inherited by groups like the Indo-Europeans, Indo-Iranians and Indo-Aryans. Perhaps the four golden wizard hats of the Bronze Age Tumulus and Urnfield cultures in southern Germany are related? Not only did they take the heads from slain enemies for this reason, it is also tied to ancestor worship.
The skull cult
You can take what Rome said about Ireland or France etc , with a pinch of salt. As historians do.
Yeah they clearly had reasons to portray them as backwards savages or feirce opponents whatever served them best. Even if there's slithers of truth wouldn't be easy for them to truly understand their cultural practices.
The Irish could sure do with a warrior class today... Those who don't know evil are no stranger to it.
Perfect mixture of music, imagery, narration and information. Flawless delivery!
So, D&D Bards are more lore accurate than we thought? 🤔
Great presentation as always!
I love learning about my mother’s people & the greatness of our Indo-European heritage.. I knew immediately when you described the ritual of the king being married to a white mare that the ritual somehow related the white mare with the Earth/land in some way-in my mind it immediately symbolised the Earth Mother. John Lamb Lash’s book “Not In His Image”( along with his own lectures online) go into detail about the Celtic spiritual traditions and their symbolic rituals all used to describe the Goddess and anything described as ‘white’ is usually associated with the nature of the Goddess as the colour itself is alleged to be one of her most beautiful and splendid characteristics. When looking to find myself a Celtic statue online relating to the Tuatha De Danann or even Irish Goddesses in-particular, a statuette of a male figure would regularly appear with-around the edges-a circular shape with the words “The Light That Awakens”, which is *exactly* how Celtic Mystery School traditions described encounters with the Goddess! Lash writes that a Celtic king would only be allowed to make important decisions concerning the tribe and the fate of the clans once he had experienced intimacy with a priestess of the Goddess-obviously I can’t say wether this was a regional practice in specific Celtic cultures or wether it was a widespread practice of the Celtic civilisation as a whole but it’s interesting to see the many similarities within just the symbolism and customs themselves!
Just wanted to say thank you for you dedication to history and its helped me with my own research into the past.
Thanks for the content and keep up the good work. I always learn something from your videos.
About the power of bards, it still works. Not too long ago one joke by a satirical program ended, let alone helped end, the political career of a politician, through exposing his weakness. (Lucky TV, Job Cohen, the Netherlands, "Ik denk het niet Job")
Always good to see a new one from FoL :)
Thank you for the video Sweetheart 🤗 Very educational, as always.
Superb as always
thankyou for your content man, i diggit as my bedtime stories lately❤
Always a spectacular day to receive your new episode ✌️🌹😊
Great video. Thanks
That's such a beautiful video ❤
ty for editing
Cíocha mhór iad. 😅
Go raibh maith agat Caoimhín!
Great video, very informative and insightful! Would you ever make a video about the Slavs?
Hi! This video was amazing! I'm trying to write a historical novel set in early medieval Ireland, so it serves as great inspiration. Do you think you could share your bibliography with me?
Is toil leam gu mòr eachdraidh nan Gàidheal. Mòran taing, a Chaomhainn. Bu toil leam a faicinn bhidio mun Gall-Òglac aon latha.
Tapadh leat, a charaid.
I love your videos! But I think theres a small typo in the title page image (missing the "e" in Ireland)
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OMG, I can't believe I missed that. I need more sleep! Thanks for the heads up
@FortressofLugh no worries! I see it's fixed now 😀 Nollaig Shona ☘️
It works in French...
I love history! Danke!
I wish you made more videos. But I understand those take a lot to make.
I seem to recall reading somewhere
That Ireland is the Island that gave rise to the legend of Atlantis
Great video. A fuller account of the king and horse as an IE custom is presented by Tom Rowsell (STJ) and its a good deal more expansive than Kevin outlines here. Totally bizarre
I understand the desire to use AI for graphics, but cmon man... half looked Syrian.
Do it yourself so
Ancient irish were dark haired, dark eyed, and swarthy. Only after repeated penetrations by the fair haired and fair skinned vikings, were there blonde/ginger and blue-eyed scots n irish. So, the darker coloring is actually fairly accurate.
@@javablanca547 …. That’s absolute bollocks
@@javablanca547You have no idea what you are talking about. Ancient Irish were fairer, more blue eyed and aryan than anywhere in Europe. Ireland has higher steppe ancestry than anywhere as shown by recent data. Germanics are swarthier than celts. Cry harder 🤣
@@raffles7556I was looking for someone mentioning the trash ai art
hÉireann mór!
Excellent video.
Living in Celtic Ireland wasn't too bad compared to the rest of Medieval Europe.
There were laws in place with the aim of protecting those with mental health issues.
Women were relatively better off under the law, with them having the right to inherit land and divorce.
And Ireland was one of the few places where the dea*th penalty was only used for the worst of crimes.
Under the Irish Brehon/Britheamh laws, almost every crime was compensationable with a fine being given to the wronged party.
But if you had committed m*rder and you or your kin were unable to pay the fine, you would be handed over to the family of the victim, where they could decide you fate.
It was also one of the few places in medieval Europe where being gay was at the very least tolerated.
One of the set reasons a woman could divorce her husband was if he was sleeping with men instead of her.
The issue with the man doing this seems to have been that the husband was cheating on his wife and ignoring her (as another set reason for wife to divorce her husband is if the husband took a second wife without the first wife's consent. (Thats right, polygamy was practised here too)) not that him sleeping with the same-sex was seen as inherently wrong in this society.
And they discovered a medieval manuscript which records a story in which a woman goes to a king to discuss her being pregnant despite not sleeping with a man for a very long time.
The king asks if she had slept with any women, and the woman said she recently slept with her maid, and the king concludes that the maid must have been pregnant, and had passed the pregnancy onto her when they slepted together, somehow. (Isn't Medieval medical knowledge great)
Fun fact about the polygamy. Irish law actually permitted the first and second wife to have catfights, but only for the first 3 days after the marriage of the second wife.
So they were allowed to scratch, punch and pull each others hair without legal repurcussions, until the 3 days were up, in which they had to play nice from then on.
I would love to more! Could you give some of your sources?
Very wise. Ignoring the beef doesnt make the beef disapear. Endulge to let it go.
@@deborahberger5816 I'm glad you asked.
The leading, and most comprehensive, source of medieval Irish law, known as brehon/britheamh law, would be the book 'A Guide to Early Irish Law' by Fergus Kelly.
In fact its such a conventional source on Brehon law that i remember my college lecturor (who was a Chinese man who was fluent in Irish history and language, both Old Irish and Modern Irish) asked the class to please try to look for other sources instead of relying solely on Fergus Kelly's work lol.
The youtube channel Brehon Academy on RUclips is also a really good online source.
Ireland was also full of endemic warfare, anarchy, raiding and constant fights of honour. Women's rights in Brehon law are extremely exaggerated (female slaves were used as currency in early brehon laws, equivalent of 3 milch cows to 1 female slave).
It's my homeland, and nowhere else would I'd rather have experienced history than the vibrancy of Ireland. But it wasn't a land of milk and honey.
@@fionnghallselma7193True but considering the world today it's easy to romanticise the past.
This video was not bad, thank you for it. Just according to the most recent linguistic studies, Indo-European languages diverged way before the domestication of horses, especially the Indo-Iranian branch, check out the article: Balter et al., Early Date for the Birth of Indo-European Languages (Science 2023). I never believed in that unplaisible steppe origin theory anyway - it was liable one day or another to be overthown once again, opening an era of more scientifically based studies hopefully.
When Herod Antipas offered to fulfill a request after she danced for him, Herodias, Salome's mother, urged her to ask for the head of John the Baptist, who had opposed Herodias's marriage to Herod.
Native Americans were scalped for cash
In England in 1036, Earl Godwin, father of Harold Godwinson, was reportedly responsible for scalping his enemies, among whom was Alfred Aetheling. According to the ancient Abingdon manuscript, 'some of them were blinded, some maimed, some scalped. No more horrible deed was done in this country since the Danes came and made peace here'
Thank you 😊
Before this video starts. I just want to question a certain ritual involving an capaill ban would be 2 unverifiable to make mention of in the vod,right?@40seconds in.
OMG! Thank you for addressing these...your research is commendable! Your presentation is well worthy! I recommend all my students to you, Ollamh. Keep up the good work. Beannachd leibh usul
Thanks!
Thank you very much!
As a man that is Irish Scottish and Swedish this is amazing! Thank you for the history👍
Genetially blessed :D
There's something true and understandable in their fear of the bard. You know the ones who weave the narrative are the ones who actually have power over your fate. If they like you they can tell tales of heroism and glory, if they don't they can destroy you.
Not sure it's the right niche but if anyone's greedy for an incredibly as brutally accurate depiction of Medieval Irish warfare I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series
I hope the Irish wake up and protect there land and culture from the evil Geo politics of the elites.
Is this a not so subtle anti-immigrant statement you are making? Ireland has a housing problem, not an immigrant problem. As an American, I know that failure to create a good immigration policy is such a problem that people continually blame immigrants for everything
Please make a tour of your bookshelf
Would you be interested in doing a book reading? Your voice would be perfect for it. It’s a three part book series not yet put to audio. If you are interested, we can further discussions.
No wonder the Romans never conquered Ireland & the Vikings could only get toeholds. In fact the Vikings were frequently defeated by the warriors of Ulster & were never able to settle in Ulster.
It is interesting how many archaic Celtic customs can been seen in remote places like medieval Ireland. Almost makes one wish they had starting writing things down a few centuries sooner, so that we might know more of the ancient customs now long lost. Good video!
Rough, tough stuff and sick.
Thank you for the good video on the Irish 🇮🇪⚔️🥃 Sláinte
Yes brother love your video's but when you do it on the irish 🇮🇪❤
Alright....I subscribed because of the xenogears ost
Slàinte 👍🇺🇸🏴🇮🇪🏴
Quoting Gerald of Wales in a history video is a big red flag
Sounds like being a bard in ancient Ireland was thing to be lol
Hmmm, I have a rope of many skulls hanging ay my door.
Is that a huuuge coincidence or just a collective memory.
Long Live Ireland and HER people!!
Imagine being a bard now- I’d threaten King Charles that he’s gotta abolish royalty or I’ll force him to sleep with his wife 😂
We need to return to monarchy.
Gaelic Valinor????
I did like this but one thing that strikes me is that the Romans invaded England but never ventured Ireland but not knowing if they did but it's never been mentioned as in history text so there you go.😊
Sárfhiseán - ardfhear. 10:47: "Lu:n əsa" (leis an mbéim ar an gcéad siolla) an chaoi a bhfuaimítear an focal. Mhofainn ag 3.48 rud éichint cosúil le "ca vyi: tur’ə". Beir bua.
Are you suggesting that the ancient Irish recognized Odin as one of their gods? If so, I’d be interested in hearing more.
I dont think that was the suggestion. More of a comparison, in my opinion. However if ya look at all the gods from all the different cultures pantheons you will see they are the same gods. Every race of man has a different shaped eye and speaks a different tounge. So naturally the same gods will look different but the same every time.
I'm not sure if he is but Ireland did have many viking invasions, several cities such as Dublin were founded by vikings
@@gramble968 Indeed. My Irish last name actually means Viking. I’m trying to learn more about how that came to be, so far I’ve not found anything.
Brain Balls!!! I heard they used them for sling stones. ;)
Why can't the be believed?
I'm just here for the hot dudes 🤣
BATHING IN THE BROTH OF HORSEMEAT IS A THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT FOR SEVERE INJURY OCCURING FROM BATTLE...
Hero Manjushri Hayagriva Dhruva Dharmacakravartin emperor energy three peals of LUs laughter avert natural disasters and Lance and sword mince men's designs against the Truest THING THAT had staff in their own time to make a big difference in their lives
Perhaps Ireland, and it’s so called “legends and myths” are not the last holdouts, but rather the origin and the keepers of our common destiny
Hail Irland!
Why the mention of Odin? Isn't thst norse?
I got pretty far, but I can't listen to you say, "P-hag-ans" any more.
You're right!! I don't believe it.
LOL TUTA DANI FOR REALZ GONNA SHOW YOU SOME SHIT YOU NEVER THOUGHT LOL A LIL AZAZURULU MULAM VARA LAMB FATHER
When white barbarian came to the ancient mystical land of Ireland, advanced ones known as Tuatha Dé Danann went underground.
😂 What
Your camera seems to be focused on your background, not your face. You really need to work on that.
At 11:06 you say "the marriage day is same day as the death day". Reminds me of a song Steeleye Span recorded, Dance with Me. I wonder if there's any connection?
A knight he rode his lonely way
Thinking about his wedding day
As he rode through a forest near
The elf king's daughter did appear
Out she stepped from the elfin band
Smiling she held out her hand
Welcome Sir Knight, why such speed?
Come with me the dance to lead
Chorus
Dance, dance, follow me
Round and round the greenwood tree
Dance, dance, while you may
Tomorrow is your dying day
Dance with me, dance with me
Listen Sir Knight come dance with me,
Spurs of gold I'll give to thee
Dance neither I will give nor may
Tomorrow is my wedding day
Please Sir Knight come dance with me
A shirt of silk I'll give to thee
A shirt of silk so white and fine
My mother has bleached in the moon-beams shine
Chorus
Please Sir Knight come dance with me
A crown of gold I'll give to thee
Your crown of gold I'll freely take
But I'll not join your elfin wake
Do you refuse to dance with me
A plague of death shall follow thee
Between his shoulders a blow she dealt
Such a blow he'd never felt
Chorus
Its not about sex its about trust...lol thubderbird parody
What a crock !
cool video, stop using AI
I dont enjoy the silly images that are used here
Many thanks, it's 'many thanks' not 'much thanks. :)
“An island full of beautiful women” The Irish knew about the latinas 😉
Dude where did your video on the Palestinians go? Did the got dang zionists get to you?
I absolutely love your channel, but I strongly dislike the addition of AI art to the videos. AI art has no soul.
Tell me something believable.
Too much AI art
Nonsense
Medieval Ireland was ruled by kings from the house of York , you're welcome
The last Gaelic kingdoms only came to an end in 1607 with 'The flight of the Earls'., O'Neill & O'Donnell.
@@HarpUpPipeDownWilliam the Conquerer was a Frenchy.
Dude, you're certainly knowledgeable but your pronunciation leaves a lot to be desired. Find out from native people how names and places are pronounced eg, Lúnasa the stress is on the first syllable not the second. It takes away from your obvious knowledge. And Irish "th" is not like English it's just like the letter "h". Slán go fóill.
All this AI art is so cringe. Love the information but hire some real artist.
These videos delight my ancient Irish soul...Go raibh maith agat! 💚🤍🧡
The video of you (right?) talking looks weird and out of sync.
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Thanks!
Thank you!