7 Obscure Types of Medieval Laws (Some of Which are Still in Effect...)

[@metalgear7084]

I think you should do some Medieval folklore.. monsters, beasts, tales mythical creatures stuff like that. That would be cool, just a suggestion.

[@jesse5457]

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[@redmi9834]

@Big Lou some bar owner had a magnum bottle of Famous Grouse whiskey on display. He stuck a picture of his mother-in-law on it. His wife was not amused.

[@redmi9834]

Strange how the dragon kept popping up in history and mentioned in the Bible. But nobody to date has discovered dragon bones.

[@deeperinsider2544]

@@redmi9834 because dragons never existed, just like most other things in the bible

[@therover4141]

@@redmi9834 I have some

[@robertbruce7686]

Ashbourne in Derbyshire UK still play football where one side of the town plays the other. In the street. Most shops shutter windows due the ahem joy for the game.

[@johnnybravo9096]

My aussie mate couldnt believe it when he saw that. Also cheese rolling lol

[@briansmith9439]

One of my Southworth ancestors, several years after being dubbed a knight baronet, refused an invitation to become a knight of the garder. Said refusal was accompanied by a payment to the king that was equal to the cost charged to become a knight of the garter (after all, it was a money-maker for the king) but he escaped the increased duties that went along with this elevation in status.

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[@chamboyette853]

Iit makes serious mistakes about history. The dude is WRONG about Venice being the biggest city with 100 000 people. During that time Paris had a population with estimates between 250 000 and 750 000.

[@thepuddingking5204]

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[@jeanpaulsinatra]

Man the wording on the wasting a Scot with a longbow law is so confusing. So much time spent practicing my archery in the vain hope that eventually Michael Gove would make a visit to the City of York, lo and behold he does, and it turns out they meant **the Scot** has to have a longbow. Sadly my attempt to hand him the longbow was just met with confusion

[@jackmcnally9237]

Wright you would have been right to have stifled the life out sic' a shite wi' a 'the approbation of a' Scots !

[@naomiskilling1093]

An attempt was made and for that I applaud you.

[@thomaswotton10]

Sounds like you need the law enacted on you

[@jeanpaulsinatra]

@@thomaswotton10 I should be exempt from murder charges because of an ancient medieval byelaw?

[@Hearts_4hellokitty]

Pope Innocent was protesting too much with that name 😂

[@TechnikoreHTiD]

not going to lie I'm absolutely loving the stuff on this channel, some of things done and the laws are bat shit crazy 😂

[@sarah82ish]

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[@voyaristika5673]

These videos are so interesting and well presented. I hope this man is teaching history somewhere. Had I taken a class from him early in my education I may very well have majored in history instead of anthropology. Seriously! Keep them coming please.

[@thebookofduderonomy]

All of a sudden my work day is 100% better

[@LadyCoyKoi]

I find it interesting that the peasant class had their own set of laws and justice system. The peasants would vote on who would be the "leader" or "ruler" of said peasant class of the village. They had court cases led by the peasant men of the village and they appoint a judge from neighboring villages or had a nobleman come to act as judge. The peasants would reach agreements in guilty or not and to settlements. The peasants weren't dumb, dirty, stupid, overburden mules at the bottom. They needed to government themselves and their communities. You could say they introduced the early forms of what we now see as modern democratic process and democracy. 🤔 the royal families and nobles were too busy dealing with the capital and national affairs to be nick-picking at local peasant laws and squabbles, so the peasants needed to learn to read and write. There was a reason why these were called the "Dark Ages" we are the ones in the dark about this era due to lack of evidence... lack of documents and artifacts of the lives of the everyday folk. The more findings coming out and shared with the general public the more we realized that the Medieval era was far more complicated and amazing than originally thought.

[@ankhpom9296]

Question: Were there food or apparel police? And putting animals on trial? A set of absurdity.

[@Brunzy1970]

Very interesting. The kind of things the History Channel used to have until it became a UFO CHANNEL.

[@AvalonDreamz]

Yeah or "The History you've been taught was wrong, so let us tell you "real" History as we go in search of "treasure" or mysteries that we tell you we will be solving yet never do"! I can't watch Mainstream Woke "History".

[@jeffheyer7783]

Hey maybe we should bring back the laws about lying for our politicians?

[@thinkitaintillegalyet]

Yeahhhh

[@johnclapshoe8059]

Laws are made by law makers, very unlikely.

[@cloaker4213]

The law literally says "Thy Drip shallth not be fireth"

[@MadeleineLJNorman]

Love this channel!!!

[@silvertrainerKJ16]

I have seen all of your videos!! Need more!!! Maybe a top 10 medieval battles or kings or knights?

[@slidvonjunzt7608]

The picture at 2:29 looks like it was drawn by Hergé..thefaces at least!

[@kaw8473]

10:03 I feel personally attacked while I eat my Panda Express lol

[@mr.niceguy1812]

More recently in Canada, in the town of Thorold blacks had to leave town before sunset & you couldn't sell your house to an Italian.

[@ajboyd9389]

As a scotsman I only have one thing to say.....fucking come ahead 🤣

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

Are you single? See my previous comment!

[@ajboyd9389]

@@kimberlyperrotis8962 😉

[@nathangarland9453]

Don't forget the ENGLISH pay for almost everything in your cold damp country.what would you lot do without us huh???.

[@Davidbirdman101]

really good stuff mate

[@martharunstheworld]

I excommunicate you Locusts from the church!!! I'm sure they were heartbroken. :( LOL!

[@johnnyazer5779]

I remember as a kid my family in Long Island was the first to get the new gadget. In the summer of 1971, my parents bought a SONY TRINITRON 20" color TV. The picture was crystal clear and amazing. I thought it was nice they let me use my grandmothers until they gave it to her for Christmas. Stayed up real late in my room watching crystal clear color. I compared color to FM stereo, and black and white to AM mono

[@ptonpc]

Up until the early 1980's Trial by Combat was still on the law books in Scotland. It wasn't until an armed robber demanded it at the Sherriff's Court that anyone realised the law was still in place. Cue some very quick legislation to remove it.

[@ptonpc]

@Mëïstër Ëmm Darn, now I want to see it done in the style of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. 'Two men enter. One man leaves' 😁

[@ptonpc]

@Mëïstër Ëmm I second that. "There can only be one!"

[@andrewgates8158]

@Mëïstër Ëmm front toward enemy.

[@andrewgates8158]

@Mëïstër Ëmm clay......

[@marier7336]

Amazing videos ❤

[@xyHypnoo]

That disclaimer was funny af haha

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Have you already done a video on the dancing plague in Germany? If not, I’d love to see your take on that weird occurrence. Thanks!

[@therover4141]

I'm sure he would only find the same info every other video about it has. What you actually want is some new evidence or an answer to why it happened. Proof it did or didn't. I'm sorry but the world may never know.

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[@monkberrymoon3999]

Edward VI in 1463? I know the Wars of the Roses was confusing, but that can't be right.....

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

He must mean Henry VI.

[@martinlawson1476]

I'm not a historian but I don't think that prisons was a punishment. The jail was a holding place until the judge came to pronounce the punishment.

[@MsDboyy]

Crazy stuff 💯

[@lynnleigha580]

12:57 bruh, wtf?!? 😂😂😂 I would have added that picture too, but from the look on the faces of the goat and the guy, if he pushed any harder, it was going to be more than air, flying outta that thing, lololol!

[@johnlynch575]

2:20 lets hope they, the accused had a spectacular sense of cleanliness.

[@tinahs8269]

The English food course limits must be why English speaking countries generally have single or two course meals, while countries like Spain and Italy are known for multi course meals.

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[@akiraasmr3002]

Funny I always used to sleep in history class but watching these kind of videos are very interesting!!

[@creggan]

Some of those laws need to be brought back.

[@danatowne5498]

Yeah, like - that was worse than factory farming and husbandry? I agree. Also, Middle Ages platforms are cool!

[@creoletable4673]

Wow, Royals were haters. Not letting the peasants be great. These laws were messed up and remind me of today. And I agree that soup should be considered a sauce 😂

[@douglasgillan5793]

1 scots man is tougher than 3 english. Southern soft boys can try

[@PotterPossum1989]

Men are men

[@Iceblade269]

I’m still on the part where the lord thought cursing a bunch of slugs would get them to leave lmao

[@benchapple1583]

Those look a lot like Bewick's swans and not mute swans. Edit: the solitary swan was a mute swan.

[@damonr-fk5rp]

The arbitrary rules on clothing exist to the present day in the military as regulations for the wear of uniforms and even "civilian clothing".

[@andrewgates8158]

Now you understand Sean Connery's character in Russia House.

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

You know this isn't Medieval, I always used to wonder exactly WHY, outside of taxation, having a king was a big deal to the 13 Colonies. I kind of get it now.

[@danatowne5498]

The first thing I thought of when 'an entire village hid in the woods' was, "Oh, like the IRS!" (tax people in the States)...here we are taught it (the Revolution) was because it took forever for anything to be decided across an ocean and back, and also the British army had pretty much gotten rid of the threat of the French from the North in Canada. We're a bunch of ingrates. ;)

[@therover4141]

Get what ? And what isn't mideval? Your statement or his video? Depending on what your trying to say I know what you mean .

[@whiskywolff]

Best intro ever hahah

[@honorladone8682]

Vlad is my personal favorite !!! Philadelphia USA

[@HikingFeral]

I'm guessing York walls while the video is paused but I grew up near York and spent many days there.

[@emom358]

I would like to see something about the residual pagan celebrations, like the wild men coming into town during holidays.

[@OBXDewey]

Peasants playing football: bad. Knights having a mele: good.

[@GRBoi1993]

Hilariously I was just watching Count Dankula and the entire Scottish and British governments would answer a resounding “yes” to that first question. It’s funny to see how little the British government has changed in how intrusive and authoritarian it can be but for their own “magnanimity”.

[@jayklink851]

Don't tell Moggy or the boys at Downing street that you can kill a Scotsman. LOL jk

[@appalachian420grower5]

Those clothing laws 🤢🤮

[@wildfly3]

edict of expulsion is still technically in place but good luck upholding that lol or even discussing it on this platform

[@knightstemplar6243]

Some of these laws were complete lunacy

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

Football matches haven’t changed much, there’s always violence and destruction by the fans.

[@Archbishop_of_the_Noodle]

The legal kill thing wasn't repelled until about 7 years ago. LMAO.

[@affalaffaa]

Driving on a main road through the very next village to me and you pass a set of stocks. I bet many miss it and I'm guessing they might not be the exact 13th century original ones, but they are not accidentally there.

[@valeskavictoria1278]

Women would be sent there for nagging? That's horrifying.

[@chamboyette853]

The dude is WRONG about Venice being the biggest city with 100 000 people. During that time Paris had a population with estimates between 250 000 and 750 000. By the way, some of those laws actually make sense, like limiting the expenses of the nobles to avoid uprising from the peasants.

[@felixortiz257]

Not even the animals were safe from medieval law

[@bryanjames5256]

My body is ready.

[@lz8703]

“The problem with Scotland, is that its full of Scotts!”

[@TallulahFoxxx]

Who is Scott? 🙄😂 As a *Scot*, I can confirm there are more than just Scotts. We have McDougalls, Campbells, Murrays - lots of surnames 😌✌🏻

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

Well you won't have to worry about them from next year, they won't be in your country anymore.

[@veiledrecalcitrance4314]

Jesus, the whole “you can only wear these clothes and you can only spend this much” is so awful. Royalty and Nobility were really the worst human beings ever, the more you learn about history (and in pretty much any era), the more you learn that human beings with power are usually pretty awful to those without. It’s kind of funny too if you think about it, they almost always claim they’re special in some way, usually “chosen by god” and yet acted in the most unchosen way possible, proving that the poor were probably better people in general. Today, we’ve managed to get rid of the idea that the powerful are “chosen”, but they still tend to act the same way as nobility did throughout history, we seem great at creating new technologies, but pretty bad at evolving into a society that can function where everyone can eat and live happily, it’s still crushing the poor and different to gain power.

[@danatowne5498]

Oh, I think everywhere they are still pretty much convinced they are 'chosen'.

[@veiledrecalcitrance4314]

@@danatowne5498 yeah, that probably pretty accurate, unfortunately

[@ClaydenLee]

I used to like Eddie 3 until I found out he banned football. Might organise a 5-a-side match right on his gaff in Rotherhithe.

[@favoritemustard3542]

🙂💥🗡 Oh, my, oh so hospitable!

[@ericdpeerik3928]

Killing a Scot is no longer legal? My bad!

[@kcraig51]

Although I'm American BUT of Scottish ancestry, I'll never go to York just in case.

[@Maria-t6k4u]

In Glasgow it is still illegal to ride your horse on a pavement

[@loghanditheimperialdiehard8876]

Me 5 minutes after my Glaswegian brother-in-law pisses me off

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

I don’t want to kill Scotsmen, I want to marry them! They are among the world’s hottest men, along with Norwegians.

[@superdeluxesmell]

Yes and yes.

[@arghapirate2427]

Psst the swans on the lake in the video are not mute swans but whooper swans.

[@tonyengland420]

Bring back mid evil football

[@whaleymom76]

John Oliver turned down a knighthood as well.

[@barbieblues7639]

You said David Bowie's name wrong. What kind of peasant are you? 😭

[@B.Mitten7]

☄️☄️☄️

[@terryhollands2794]

I'm glad I'm only part Scottish. 😂

[@mirrorblue100]

Seems a trifle harsh - but oh well.

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[@AvalonDreamz]

"You will own nothing and be happy" - World Economic Forum 2021

[@nathantoney.1501]

Can you do a show about being gay or trans in medieval times

[@Strickredmusic]

The poor have allways been slaves.

[@midnightmosesuk]

Re: Scots and Welsh. Common sense laws for a better Britain.

[@jackmcnally9237]

Up yer chancred airse bampot!

[@midnightmosesuk]

@@jackmcnally9237 Can I say, that's the most Scottish thing anyone has said to me? Love to everyone in Scotland, seriously. Especially those who know a joke when they see one.

[@dannygroom3327]

Murdering a Scotsman, what's the big deal? I don't see the problem.

[@Luna-wg6ic]

Look up human rights. You'll find the answer you seek.

[@dannygroom3327]

@@Luna-wg6ic . Doh

[@Luna-wg6ic]

@@dannygroom3327 See, google is your friend.

[@dannygroom3327]

Double doh

[@johnnybravo9096]

Luna, you understand the concept of a joke?

[@andrewgates8158]

No. But an Irishman or Cornish.

[@Ruix-v5w]

I guess I wouldn’t have made it cause I’d be nagging my ass off

[@MrThemaskedavenger]

Oh dear, just because laws aren't repealed it doesn't mean they are still in effect. That's not how it works.

[@HolisticHealthEducation]

Are you sure?

[@MrThemaskedavenger]

@@HolisticHealthEducation yes. New laws supercede them.

[@Hearts_4hellokitty]

@@MrThemaskedavenger what new law was passed to make it legal to eat mince pies on Christmas Day?

[@alexandria279bc5]

Whether or not a law is still in effect is a question to be answered if/when authorities try to enforce it in court.

[@elin_]

Imagine that so many people STILL follow fairytales (religions) from the medieval age...

[@Timpon_Dorz]

God's law?

[@arthur-yq4ic]

putting nagging woman in stocks? they had humor

[@CasperTheGhost64]

I love your videos but please do not ever use this music again. There is a knocking sound that is extremely distracting

[@GariFFUSA]

Clickbait picture

[@jamesmcnellis7457]

being a Scottsman hi I find this download racially offensive. 👎😡😠

[@gubgub3275]

There hasn't been a Queen of England since Elizabeth the first. You're supposed to be a history channel.

[@james2156]

The queen died like a month before this video was released.

[@sugmasigma]

Cumberland and Northumbria*

[@4otrot65]

Fee for fo fum to you too so you don't forget your guilt/role.