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@lindsay6518 Жыл бұрын
sure if you like mostly 30 year old programming
@albionmyl77352 жыл бұрын
Very interesting for a German to watch this... Some old anglosaxon word a very understandable for my. I a nativ Saxon from Westphalia Germany in north west..... Greetings to Angelland from your old home... We appreciate you very much 💓🏴🇩🇪🙏
@starrcitizenalpha78472 жыл бұрын
Ƿes þu hal, min freōnd!
@albionmyl77352 жыл бұрын
@@starrcitizenalpha7847 danke mein Freund...
@saltycreole26732 жыл бұрын
Just a suggestion. Change your monniker to Albion "Me". It makes more sense in English. Your English is better than mine! Cheerio!
@albionmyl77352 жыл бұрын
@@saltycreole2673 thany you... But the whole sentence is, " Albion my love" I have been in England several times and therefore I love people and country....
@vapingotter75182 жыл бұрын
The Saxons were actually a small population in England. There were many many other tribes in the country at the time. To assume that all of England can call Germany their "Old Home" is the same train of thought that had yall start WW2.
@c.norbertneumann49862 жыл бұрын
The word "Lady" derives from Old English "hlaef-dige", meaning "kneader of (bread) dough". Kneading dough and baking braed was women's work and seemingly had a high social reputation in Anglo-Saxon society. The "Lord" was the "hlaef-weard", the "warden of the loaves (of bread)". Bread, it seems, played an important role with the Anglo-Saxons.
@nomandad20002 жыл бұрын
I trust you because your first name is an initial....
@KaylaNoelle12 жыл бұрын
Their bread was deadly though which is ironic. It's similar to how Ancient Egyptians often died of infections from tooth decay because the sand got in their food and also wore away their enamel.
@twinbulls19802 жыл бұрын
I believe that good-bye also comes from Old English : “God be with ye”.
@andrewlankford96342 жыл бұрын
Beowulf, brave warrior, broke off the fearsome Grendel's massive right arm. Wielding it like a mallet, he beat the fearsome Grendel about the head, yelling "Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!"
@sawahtb2 жыл бұрын
good one
@rebeccadelbridge29982 жыл бұрын
Lol
@elvenkind60722 жыл бұрын
HAHAHA! Great Monty Pythonesque storytelling.
@mrs.g.98162 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣!
@AnthropoidOne2 жыл бұрын
🤣
@shronk42592 жыл бұрын
this film is so beautiful and life changing i'm so invested in these characters and in this incredible story. the themes and the messages it tells the audience are timeless and incredible. the way it uses the camera, setting, lighting, audio and costume to tell a story is extraordinary. why hasn't this won any awards smh, such a high quality film the best one i've ever seen
@gretamurphy3704 Жыл бұрын
It truly humanizes people from this period.
@justinfowler5761 Жыл бұрын
I love documentariesike this, just focusing on the daily lives of the common people.
@CadeD67911 ай бұрын
@@justinfowler5761 I do, too.
@anthonytroisi6682 Жыл бұрын
The priest notes that the village had about 40 residents. Was this a sufficient number of people for self-sufficiency? How far away would the next village be? Would the blacksmith have enough work to sustain himself by blacksmithing alone, given that he had 20 acres that were worked by thralls? Did the thralls live in the freeman's house or were they housed in separate quarters? If there only 40 people in the community, how did someone find a spouse who wasn't a relative? How many villages of 40 people with one warrior would the average thane have? How much land would a warrior own?
@prateekyadav98118 ай бұрын
We need answers Anthony!!!
@krbailess2 жыл бұрын
I LOVED this. I found myself enthralled from beginning to end. 😳Thank you so much for posting. 💖
@butwhytho48582 жыл бұрын
They made it sound so peaceful by its narration… and yet… ppl get their hands chopped off and strung up as a reminder, ppl were stoned to death for trying to escape, the glossed over what being a slave might have been like, who were the nuns? So much I want to know more of!!!
@ssherrierable2 жыл бұрын
I bet they had a lot less crime back then since criminals were actually held accountable for their crimes. You chop a few thieves hands off and it becomes an awfully good deterrent. Now a days you get 15-20 for cold blooded murder. Or get sent to broadmore county club.
@eddiesroom18682 жыл бұрын
@@ssherrierable There were a lot less people too.
@danwesche92662 жыл бұрын
That's the whole point, everyday life wasn't people getting their hands chopped off or executed.
@waynepurcell60582 жыл бұрын
@@ssherrierable Be a lot less thieves because they wouldn't have hands to steal with again, but it wouldn't necessarily a "deterrent" for other bad people. Hell basically every human on earth wakes up thinking bad shit (justified or not) can't/won't happen to THEM personally. You don't wake up and walk around thinking "I may be robbed today" any more than a thief wakes up thinking "I may get caught today". Also a LOT of criminals think "well I'm a hell of a lot smarter than that dumbass that got caught yesterday".
@pricklypear75162 жыл бұрын
I doubt that there was much hand-chopping going on. This was not a society that could afford a beggar underclass, so punishments might have included flogging, branding, and outright death, but NOT something that would render the person unfit for work.
@gensaikawakami3412 жыл бұрын
28:04 10th century peasant girl just casually hittin a vape lol
@halwyn2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting documentary. Love history but happy I was born far after all these daily struggles
@LonelyKnightess2 жыл бұрын
@@tinygrim Not being murdered by heavily armed raiders or sold into slavery to them sounds pretty good thanks.
@lucascesar0292 жыл бұрын
"Don't fear those who aim to kill just the body but are unable to touch the soul. The One to fear is He who can destroy you, soul and body, in the fires of hell." Matthew 10:28
@patrickshepherd1341 Жыл бұрын
That woman giving birth needs an Oscar. I've literally never been so convinced in my life
@spookerredmenace39502 жыл бұрын
it almost sounds peaceful back then, but really it was a daily struggle to survive and such. this is a good pg version of history
@fionadowson45502 жыл бұрын
A great place to visit if you are interested in Anglo Saxon Britain is West Stow in Suffolk, a reconstructed village
@albionmyl77352 жыл бұрын
In German: suedvolk = Suffolk.... Sussex = Suedsachsen
@benlutz19742 жыл бұрын
I recall a book I read some years ago in which was prescribed "a poultice of wite moulded bread" for open wounds.
@user-zk8ed4kd2b2 жыл бұрын
Penicillium mold in that poultice was probably effective. So was treatment utilizing raw honey.
@kierj98582 жыл бұрын
I'm severely sickened by mold! Guess I would have been sol!
@wellingtonsboots40742 жыл бұрын
I've seen this quite a few times but always enjoy it. So good to watch it again
@eddiesroom18682 жыл бұрын
I like that "wartime farm" it's fun
@Zandanga2 жыл бұрын
Yeah ... I rewatch the good ones, too.
@bilindalaw-morley161 Жыл бұрын
I've seen this before, and I'm looking forward to another viewing. It's extremely well done! Thank you for doing it
@kierj98582 жыл бұрын
I cannot believe that any humans made it through this time period!!!
@jasoncutshaw84012 жыл бұрын
Life goes on and finds a way
@69Jackjones692 жыл бұрын
Strong men 💪
@gretamurphy3704 Жыл бұрын
Documentaries like this are why I decided to splurge and pay for ad-free KZbin.
@GoGreen19772 жыл бұрын
As an American, I'm a mixture of (mostly) Anglo-Saxon, with smaller proportions of Scottish Celt, French, Norwegian/Swedish, Dutch, and "true" German. I'm amazed I exist because my various groups of ancestors spent a lot of time fighting and killing each other.
@ChrisSeaB2 жыл бұрын
Word!! Haha I'm much the same, taking out Norwegian, Dutch, etc. But I have the rest. It's even more amazing to me because shortly after my surname ancestor came to America from present day Germany. The American Civil War was just starting. If not for there religion my family line could have been wiped out.
@ChrisSeaB2 жыл бұрын
@UCwnIlaC_hLltykbDyXxBhKQ At face value no. I mean we are all commenting on a history video after all. I don't think that you should try to edit history just because someone doesn't like it or is uncomfortable with it. This is coming from an American with German and British ancestry. That is plenty of history to be uncomfortable with. HOWEVER since I didn't read the post and don't know what the specific history is that you are referring to. I can't say for certain if you are in the right or wrong. Sorry🤷♀️ Edit: I just read it and while I personally don't know the exact facts. I will say this, I didn't think you did anything wrong to get banned. Seemed like a good debate between to amateur historian. I don't know though.
@MichelleIbarraMHAEdD2 жыл бұрын
I pretty much just say I'm a Euro-American-mutt. 😁
@christopherfreeman13402 жыл бұрын
I am surprised any germanic and celtic even exsist today with 4000 years of inbreds to this day and time 2022.
@luciditywaling2 жыл бұрын
This was wonderfully told and informative!
@ignaciofranco31152 жыл бұрын
Need more documentaries about other European countries: Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Russia... Not only England.
@erickoraganie87052 жыл бұрын
They probably exist and I would like to see them. They are probably in the languages of those countries and are produced in those countries so may show up less in common searches or via the algorithm on KZbin. Check out the channel History Time…some good ones on there.
@smallbeginning22 жыл бұрын
@@erickoraganie8705 exactly why should BBC spend it's money there instead of at home? They have their own channels and videos.
@hogwashmcturnip89302 жыл бұрын
@@smallbeginning2 Yes, but as they make programmes in their own languages and nobody can be bothered to look beyond English they tend to get lost. Also they are not to the standard of the Beeb, so they are not that interesting But I would ask you why you only want to learn one part of a jigsaw? Seems a bit odd to me. The World does not begin and end around the mouldy littler rock, histories intertwine and only become fully understand if you have the full picture. Wanting just UK history is like grasping onto a Single piece of a jigsaw and crying when your playmates need it to make the Big Picture.
@therealtoni2 жыл бұрын
The countries you mention probably do their own. Can someone translate and share???
@shewany53432 жыл бұрын
Search "lucy worsley russian zars".. its a good one
@ah57212 жыл бұрын
we now know that people bathed weekly , and better knowledge of healing herbs than we do today. They are not as simple minded people as many think.
@kierj98582 жыл бұрын
Oh thank God!!
@wewenang5167 Жыл бұрын
only if you are wealthy and a vikings, for anglo saxon especially men if you bath weekly they will mock you and called you a vikings because bathing and grooming yourself at that period was only a vikings cultural practice. Vikings warrior used to bath, wear perfume and dyed their hair and groom himself before they were going to war or raiding, so the anglo saxon would definitely wont do that. The knowledge of herbs usually reserved only for midwife and nuns and monks. You gotta be careful not to do some weird stuff and random herbalogy because the church will catch you and you might be charge as practicing whicraft and be stone to death.
@wendygreidanus8391 Жыл бұрын
The minute the video began, I was transported to another time. How wonderful!
@h0rriphic2 жыл бұрын
I love these documentaries.
@margritpiepes82422 жыл бұрын
So interesting to see about the Anglo Saxons .The Saxons had a King from wich I am having a Family line .when I found that out I was very excited.
@patriciagerresheim25007 ай бұрын
I almost didn't recognize Dr. Sam Newton here. He's a lot thinner than he is when appearing on 'Time Team'. That said, his ease in speaking Anglo-Saxon made me think it was him. Fabulous program!!
@georgepenguin25152 жыл бұрын
"Bathing? Bathing can only lead ...to sin!"
@Grenadier3112 жыл бұрын
Actually, most Medeival Europeans, contrary to stereotypes propagated by outdated, poor scholarship, were surprisingly hygienic. Face and hand washing were performed throughout the day, especially at meal times, public bath houses were common in most towns, bathing once a week or more was customary, bathing in rivers was practiced, in the countryside, towns had strict regulations and planning for waste disposal and of course, human nature is revolted by filth and bad odors. Popular myth paints Medeival Europe as a land of filthy, smelly peasants, contrasted with other regions populated by cleanly folk. Not true.
@JETWTF2 жыл бұрын
Yeah the no bathing was complete BS, people do not enjoy being dirty and do not like being around stinky people. They took great care in keeping themselves clean.
@lucascesar0292 жыл бұрын
@@Grenadier311 Fruits of enlightment propaganda, the amount of myths they created about the medieval age just to caluniate catholics is absurd, and many are still popular to this day
@douglaswilkinson57002 жыл бұрын
The word "air" is Anglo-Norman. The Old English word for "air" was "lyft" cognate with Modern German "luft."
@mefford672 жыл бұрын
*Here we all are in the year 2022 and we’re just as convinced that THESE days are the real end times.*
@0w832 жыл бұрын
Nah it’ll end at 3022
@czgator90002 жыл бұрын
No, just some people think that. If you know anything about history, you know people have been predicting the end times for thousands of years (as well as complaining about the younger generation.)
@gretamurphy3704 Жыл бұрын
I have to convince certain family members of that every now and again. Just the other day, I was informed that a televangelist is preaching that we need to withdraw our support for Ukraine because - gasp! - the devil is going to make Putin send his nuclear weapons if Ukraine wins. No political agenda there, folks! Nope, not at all.
@cashmere2092 жыл бұрын
Picked the wrong fucking video to try and fall asleep to lol, childbirth reenactment incoming
@beckymcdonald95292 жыл бұрын
This was awesome and far too short.
@FaerieFenergles2 жыл бұрын
That's really interesting ... the use of first penicillin probably.
@samlai54112 жыл бұрын
I saw this 8th grade history class. Thanks for the upload. Good memories.
@jrose-xp6tf2 жыл бұрын
Proud W.A.S.P. descendant here, this was a treat indeed.
@gretamurphy3704 Жыл бұрын
Sorry, but the "white anglo-saxon protestant" trope probably doesn't mean what you think it does. For example, Protestantism didn't even exist until the 16th century Reformation, and the people depicted here were Catholics living from about 500 -1000. The tribes during this time were the Saxons (who dominated), the Angles, Jutes, Frisians, and a few others. For that reason, Medievalists in many areas of scholarship are trying to break free from the misleading use of Anglo-Saxon as an identifier. Moreover, the Norman Conquest of 1066 pretty much subsumed all of these people. Check wikipedia for a summaries, or any number of really excellent books on these various subjects. WASP has largely been used as a racist brand, and I don't think you intended to use it that way! We can all be proud of our ancestry without the declaration that ours was superior (again, I don't think that was your intention). Bless.
@gonefishing167Ай бұрын
Really very good, thank you. It’s amazing to think that we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for those people! 🙏🙏👵🇦🇺
@barrydysert29742 жыл бұрын
It comes down to this. You have no means to eat. You are told, "Go do this and you may eat. Or, don't go and stay here and starve." After air and water the next thing is food
@CharlieBell-lr1zx Жыл бұрын
I am a Bell. I am scottish english and irish. My families Clan Bell very clise allies of Clan Douglas through kinship from the Borders. Middlebie Parish in Dumfries and Galloway. They were originally from norway they were french and Norwegian. Although i nearly all British i am 15% norway and some little french 6% but it.shows the written history matches exactly to my DNA. So i really enjoyed this video cery informative i learned alot very interesting. Great video! And much appreciated!
@AlleyeSun2 жыл бұрын
Learned about my ancestors! Being 100% anglo-saxon and from a line of priests going back to this era! Excellent info..!
@TreyCapnerhurst2 жыл бұрын
Priests were supposed to be celibate after the Second Lateran Council held in 1139, when a rule was approved forbidding priests to marry. You'll have to explain how you get the "long line".
@cantbanme7922 жыл бұрын
fun fact, all branches of the human family tree lead to the same roots, glad to be able to share this excitement with you, having shared 99.9999% of my DNA with you and your ancestors.
@wewenang5167 Жыл бұрын
100% after 1000 years that can only mean that your family line was very inbreed! because its very rare for any people that will have that result because so many people invaded England and the isle back then especially the vikings and the Normans. Not to mention a priest aren't supposed to have any children, all Anglo-saxon were Catholic.
@burnettis1 Жыл бұрын
Surely, ridiculous in itself.... 😂😜🇮🇪
@IrishMedievalHistory2 жыл бұрын
A little outdated but still an amazing video!
@DougKoper2 жыл бұрын
Those were the days.
@bcast99782 жыл бұрын
Was Y1K a thing?
@sophitsa792 жыл бұрын
Yes. There were "predictions" of the second coming. There have been many many such predictions over the last 2k years
@humanwithaplaylist2 жыл бұрын
I'm no expert but from what I can tell, the costumes seem to be not bad?
@gretamurphy3704 Жыл бұрын
A boy was shown wearing a pair of black leather boots with a side button that I'd buy in a heartbeat. Wonder where he bought them?
@Flipadelphiia2 жыл бұрын
This documentary is actually quite old so a lot of the pre-conceived notions of how they lived back then has changed quite a bit. A lot of it is accurate but there's enough inaccuracies to make this outdated
@barrydysert29742 жыл бұрын
@once a musician i recommend you check out the new Time Team. It is hard to point to specific points, but the overall knowledge of this time period has advanced enormously in recent years. Sign me, Another Fascinated Amateur 🙏
@barrydysert29742 жыл бұрын
i would love to see this remade in light of current information. i feel that an update would be far less gloomy 🙏
@MTB2142 жыл бұрын
@@barrydysert2974 the new time team is hosted by Tony Robinson still?
@kaptainkaos12022 жыл бұрын
@@MTB214 no unfortunately..
@Flipadelphiia2 жыл бұрын
@@barrydysert2974 I would also recommend a channel called Weird History. They do a lot of day-in-the-life videos of old time periods, among others
@ge26232 жыл бұрын
"Just because some watery tart threw a sword at you is no basis for a form of Government"
@lukeet3312 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@jimsullivan28132 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know where this documentary was filmed? The credits provide little information.
@lizzyarlyn34095 ай бұрын
I’ve had two children; with my first , the epidural didn’t work very well ( thanks scoliosis and and contractions for that , the second time labor went faster and I did get a epidural but pretty far into the process, istarfed pushing not long after. That childbirth scene gave panic m, distress and trauma. Childbirth is so traumatic, you just weirdly forgot about it. Chills .
@prateekyadav98118 ай бұрын
I love this! Was this ever continued?
@shaiaheyes2c412 жыл бұрын
Love this one! I think I watched it on TV back in the day.
@durkadurk13832 жыл бұрын
Background noise is louder than the speaker. Makes it a difficult listen
@charlesdavis99372 жыл бұрын
I tried to learn old English (Anglo-Saxon) but it is hard.
@cleverusername9369 Жыл бұрын
Feuch nas cruaidhe
@mercianthane25032 жыл бұрын
Much better than the BS of Vikings TV Show.
@scoobydicky94592 жыл бұрын
Can you agaian me
@hootenanny6095 Жыл бұрын
Is "sky" from Anglo Saxon? Or is it rather from Old Norse? I don´t know the word from that area, but in Denmark and Norway it is the word for "cloud".
@kingquad6677 Жыл бұрын
I daydream of this era often.... Very very cool! Kudos to you
@nunyanunya41472 жыл бұрын
i know documentories are free and shit... but do i have to pay for volume consistancy?
@barbc76982 жыл бұрын
The only thing I don’t buy is the way the target shooting young swain has fletched his arrows. What a mess! Never fly straight.
@gregorybowden15152 жыл бұрын
lnaudible! TURN UP YOUR AUDIO RECORDER!
@betty1631 Жыл бұрын
Excellent film.
@kaptainkaos12022 жыл бұрын
At time 30:00 I was really taken aback. Who in the world told Dr. Newton, other than the wig salesperson, that the hairpiece looks good! Mein Gott that is rough. I’ll be the first to admit that I wear wigs often but almost none of the time can you tell I’m wearing a wig. Damn..
@barbarat57292 жыл бұрын
Uhhhh. You made it sound horrid so I had to look. I probably wouldn't have known.
@NH_RSA__2 жыл бұрын
Godwin the reeve. Reeve of the shire. Shire reeve. Sheriff.
@billjeffers22732 жыл бұрын
Well done!
@RickyTikkiTavi772 жыл бұрын
I think this documentary was originally published in 1999. Will anyone confirm that?
@Slice2232 жыл бұрын
You right
@louisacapell2 жыл бұрын
Oh I didn't know that! Lol
@violetopal62642 жыл бұрын
That explains a lot. Lol
@elmiranewyorkstate68552 жыл бұрын
Real good.
@parashantadna16242 жыл бұрын
Wales,Scotland,Ireland,Northumbria should become independent countries...it's beautiful...Let all these people lead independent lives..making their own destiny in European union..👍👍
@wewenang5167 Жыл бұрын
India should built toilet first xD
@srdfb22602 жыл бұрын
I don’t agree that there was no pain relief! I am sure they found a way.
@bradmiller23292 жыл бұрын
Willow bark tea. The basic chemical of aspirin.
@jessicadavis54442 жыл бұрын
Milk of the poppy.
@bilindalaw-morley161 Жыл бұрын
Dandelion leaf, and comfrey to put on wounds, arnica probably existed (for bruises), and some thistles, the ones that have milky sap were useful both as Analgesia to be swallowed, and topical pain relief. I'd be very surprised if there wasn't some form of poppy too. And there was alcohol. I know supposedly it was very weak ("small beer") but my faith in the ingenuity of the human race makes me believe there would have been some form of 'shine!
@glendamears36184 ай бұрын
Such a hard life for my ancestors 😮
@hapa77912 жыл бұрын
If it wasn’t for the Vikings, England could have become a developed country hundreds years earlier 😭😭 Where’s our reparation money 😭😭
@thegamethemovie96052 жыл бұрын
The candle flames are TALL.
@sirphineasluciusambercromb9114 Жыл бұрын
This is why Stairway to Heaven comes from Led Zeppelin, a British band. There's this Midevalism in British history that doth not exist in the Americas. They have some good bands too, but the Eagles and the James Gang seem only to go back to the 1800s for lyrical and musical inspiration. Americans are a new people.
@AllyCatALАй бұрын
The way they talk sounds like a Scandinavian language or Dutch, to me. Which is interesting
@draganostojic62972 жыл бұрын
Most people lived shortly and in utmost poverty until industrial revolution, rise of capitalism and establishment of rule of law. Our civilized way of life is a very recent phenomenon maybe last 300 years. Most people are probably not aware how lucky we are to live in these times for all their limitations. People complain if there is no A/C or Amazon delivery takes more than the same day or about gluten and so on. People lived really hard throughout history. What we have can disappear very easily if we are not vigilant to preserve values of the modern society for example if we get into a world war or start civil unrest etc. There are many bad actors today that we have to be aware of and protect our society from.
@ironlion455 ай бұрын
Ulfrich is such a chad. Somehow we're all rooting for the peasant in shit-stained pantaloons even when the story has VIKINGS. Impressive storytelling to accomplish that!
@szaagman Жыл бұрын
Holy commercials. Way too many ads on these videos now.
@ssherrierable2 жыл бұрын
Was London called London in the year 1,000?
@adamdavis43462 жыл бұрын
The Romans named it Londinium
@sophitsa792 жыл бұрын
London wasn't much more than a village/town
@MixerRenegade952 жыл бұрын
Yes
@sammysoppy33612 жыл бұрын
this just despressed the fuck out of me lol. no painkillers for childbirth, bread that wore the enamel off your teeth, slavery, giant tape worms in the communal poop bucket lol, etc etc. ya know 2022 isn’t perfect but… I will take it lol
@alanhowitzer2 жыл бұрын
If you think your life is hard, just watch this video
@naughtypear4936 Жыл бұрын
No washing of hands ... that's what gets me most 🤢
@chicagogyrl48462 жыл бұрын
Way too many ads!!
@Frank-mm2yp2 жыл бұрын
Unless you were among the elite classes it was nasty-brutish- and short.
@shannonmcneely90342 жыл бұрын
It was misery personified. Hungry all the time. People dying all around you. You're lucky if your wife survives giving birth to your child and disease is so horrendous they make you throw up just by the smell!!
@kristiskinner85422 жыл бұрын
22: and a lot of ppl nowdays complain about having to work weekends and/or holidays (not me personally) when most jobs arent anywhere near as hard or tiresome as doing just the basics of life & finding the materials to do so back then & those basics were their job 24/7. Not to mention they didnt have the treats or rewards (from a Snickers bar to a nice soft couch to lounge on) we have the option of doing/having after we get off. Those of us that have jobs that do take a physical toll we have a wide range of pain meds, muscle relaxers etc. There's also the added bonus of not having to wake up with your fleas, lice & livestock before getting up to get ready for work, but Im sure there hasnt been a time in history when there hasnt been entitled or ungrateful people either
@lunettasuziejewel20802 жыл бұрын
First: these people actually had a lot of free time. Yes, the labor was physically harder than most modern work, but it was far less time-consuming. Also, the church mandated a certain amount of time off. Second: the fact that the labor was physical and produced tangible results made it psychologically more satisfying than modern-day office work, where most of your labor disappears into the digital either. Modern-day labor is it's own brand of mentally stressful. Third: the advent of life-enhancing technology implies that people SHOULD be able to work fewer hours. The ethic of "everyone has to put in X amount of hours, a comparable amount of effort, and be willing to sacrifice their free time" was forged in a world marked by scarce resources and limited technology. In a post-scarcity, largely automated society, people SHOULD work less and play more. What the hell was even the POINT of advancing ourselves technologically if we're going to put in the same amount of work (or even more), and for less reward?
@gadpivs9 ай бұрын
@@lunettasuziejewel2080 Not only would it have been less time-consuming and more psychologically satisfying, it also would often not even be considered "work," but simply "life." You're not sitting in an hour of traffic for a commute. You're not being bussed in somewhere or gathering with a bunch of total strangers before meeting up at a job site. You're not getting a call at 3 AM that the server is down and the CEO is going to kill you if you don't get it up right now. You're not crunching meaningless numbers to make someone rich who you'll never meet while staring at a clock and wondering when the day will finally be over. Hungry? Prepare food so that you can eat. Cold? Prepare materials to keep you warm. Everything else was derived from these basic ideas. You wouldn't be wiped out all the time, because you'd actually be in great physical shape and not a blob, so getting up in the morning wouldn't be this massive task that it is for so many these days. And you could get up early because you weren't staying awake far past sunset thanks to artificial lighting tricking your brain into thinking it's still daytime. It wouldn't take a brain surgeon to start the day, either, the way it does today with cell phones and complicated traffic signs and the chaos of the modern world. You'd just... walk outside and start your day. Your "coworkers" would be your own family. Children would be begging to help, not running away from their "chores." The line between work and play would be considerably more blurred than it is today. No trying to satisfy strangers you barely know, no pretentious office meetings, no constantly having to appear happy around the water cooler and suppress your actual emotions. You won't be missing your kids all day, because they're right there next to you, working with you side-by-side. You can sing on the job. You can drink on the job. You can stop whenever you want for a break. No "oh crap, my fifteen minutes are up." You can make silly faces at people, dance, make politically incorrect jokes. There is no obsession with making sure your tie is straight and your hair is combed before your big presentation to the boss. When you're a child, you do less physically demanding work, sure, but you're conditioned from a young age to see it as fun. "I want to rake the leaves!" "I want to milk the cows!" You skip along and sing songs and shove your kid brother, racing to see who can get to the cows first. No single file lines, no going to the principal's office, no being told that you're not allowed to talk until class is over. By the time you're an adult, of course you're going to be able to handle the tougher stuff. You've spent your whole life slowly building muscle mass for just that purpose.
@KaylaNoelle12 жыл бұрын
OOF I'd rather be a Viking that's for sure! OR even better, a founding member of the brand new Grecian city-state that would become Sparta which started around the year 1000! Back then it would have been just the Dorian tribe but bathing in olive oil and eating fresh fruit sure would beat enamel destroying bread, leaks, and no baths. :( Christianity also just tends to make life suck ten times more than it has to tbh, that priest was such an annoying busybody, I'd rather be a Pagan!
@joslynaarons68852 жыл бұрын
Depressing!!!!
@nicholasphelps3872 Жыл бұрын
Anglo-Saxon England is cool 😎
@Odonanmarg2 жыл бұрын
True about 1066, but the effects of that blip have lasted until today. The Norman/ French aristocracy is still dominant.
@kathyw34662 жыл бұрын
As an Aussie the language sounds like a Scot trying to speak German.
@annanardo23585 ай бұрын
The most awful thing is how they "used" those poor animals for their own selves. Such animal abuse.😈😈👿👿😠😈😠😡👿 those innocent animals, were wronged.
@pamelabows29252 жыл бұрын
Five minutes in and I’m not sure I can continue-- hair styles are not period??? That woman’s uncovered 2000s haircut? And they’re all a little older than they should be?
@erinb42372 жыл бұрын
That hair was dreadful. I'm a little plump, tall, and old (24) for the role, but I'll lose weight and get botox to reshoot it with my hip length hair
@violetopal62642 жыл бұрын
Middle of epic 7 person battle and all I could think of was Why is her SHORT hair not covered in church? That's basic catholicism
@binaryglitch642 жыл бұрын
It's not hard for me to imagine why the Norseman vikinged these people...
@megancrager43972 жыл бұрын
Why
@milliebanks72092 жыл бұрын
So happy that I was born in the 20th century! And particular not in England!!
@kevinroche33342 жыл бұрын
You think it was better elsewhere?
@lisad15322 жыл бұрын
Agree England sucks
@bilindalaw-morley161 Жыл бұрын
It seems illogical that if a slave runs away, he will be stoned to death....his owner is still losing his value!
@chrisskinner62912 жыл бұрын
Who knows but I know what it's like being a slave 2 American Rome
@Darkstar-se6wc2 жыл бұрын
What a drama queen.
@the_eternal_student2 жыл бұрын
I want to know about the pre-Christian religion.
@catholicchad2254 Жыл бұрын
We don't know much about Anglo-Saxon paganism since they didn't record their own history until after they had converted, same with the Gaels, Bretons, and Picts Either way, they probably worshipped a pantheon similar to the Norse one. Not enough to make an interesting video
@davidtownsend60922 жыл бұрын
Well ya gotta think this is 100 years after Alfred. 75 after Edward and another like 60 after Athelstan united England. Whatever viking problems they had isnt shit compaired to the shit they had to deal with. The biggest prob. With THIS situation is a line of not such great kings .
@davidtownsend60922 жыл бұрын
And a wildly independent and increasingly demanding nobility that rarely if ever answers the call unless they gotta.
@AT-zk5ko2 жыл бұрын
"Sweyn Forkbeard notices comment and smiles"
@laserbeam0022 жыл бұрын
People sometimes romanticize this period of history but if you look at the day to day living conditions and the fact they had no medicine for common illnesses I see nothing romantic about it. Very interesting yes. Would I like to have lived back then. Hell no.
@fanzi5423 Жыл бұрын
the narrator sounds like Samwise Gamgee xDD
@paulmcgrath5522 жыл бұрын
why can't i see comments?
@kaptainkaos12022 жыл бұрын
Lucky?
@paultheaudaciousbradford67722 жыл бұрын
Feeling a bit queasy…
@georgeschlaline60576 ай бұрын
Life is still rough in 2024
@berniefynn66232 жыл бұрын
It was warmer than today, tell this to those climate maniacs.
@fonziebulldog57862 жыл бұрын
1000 AD : What to do today. I know, waiting to die.