How To Build A Castle's Defence | Secrets Of The Castle (2/5) | Absolute History

[@ashpete21]

I honestly don't know if I even need TV anymore. KZbin is such a treasure trove of wonderful stuff like this. :)

[@justanaverageguy912]

the guy making the bolts is just a delight. Every reply as short as possible, he seems like he just wants to be left alone to make his bolts.

[@SystemUnderSiege]

My favourite is the borderline grumpy stonemason. And that's not a criticism, he's exactly how I'd imagine a stonemason/foreman. You're lifting rock and placing cement all day, you aint got time for faffing about.

[@macdameron9321]

The time and care presented in this series will encourage me to, in the words of Peter, "When ever I see a ruined castle, I wont be looking at the building itself. I'll be looking at the hundred craftspeople who were involved with that project. The thousands of hours of labor that went in to make it." This was truly remarkable. I feel saddened that there isn't more yet heartened that I can watch it again. I think I will always gain new insights watching this.

[@ajp7244]

Copycat!

[@dylanherron3963]

Amazing words, friend, very succinct. Your take fully captures the awe/rapture of being DUMBSTRUCK (as I am) of just how many prominent minds and skilled laborers this architecture style took, back in the day. Amaaaaazing what these men did using simple string and wooden tools/blacksmithing to create such permanent buildings, buildings that would last centuries. And highlighting the overlooked job of peasant/craftswomen to hold everything in place!! Can't get enough of this. This is by far turning out to be my favorite of all the "Living History Collection" (Tudor Farm, etc) and I'm like 4 episodes away from finishing.

[@joshschneider9766]

As a glassblower and sometimes blacksmith I can't tell you how many times I stared at cathedrals and castles and almost cried knowing I had something in common with it's builders.

[@recless8667]

Protip about wearing the maille: the belt isn't just a cinch, it's there to transfer the weight of everything below your waist to you hips and off of your shoulders. Pull the maille up so that it hangs over the belt, and you'll be far more comfortable.

[@Ecocristero3]

I'm genuinely surprised as a History buff how historically accurate this is. Most "documentaries" are rubbish. They got the mail right, they remembered flipping gambesons and their talk on castle building and crossbows wasn't shite. I can finally watch a medieval documentary without wanting to rip my hair out. Bravo.

[@clawsoon]

Everything with Ruth Goodman in it is superb. It's worth tracking down all her documentary series. She always works with people who know what they're talking about.

[@danvondrasek]

Agreed with above comment. These 3 have quite a few different series like this, where they go to different timelines in history and spend an entire year living that lifestyle. My personal favorite, being a bit of an amateur war historian myself, is their 1940s ww2 in Britian series. I've watched that whole series maybe 3 or 4 times by now, and it never gets boring.

[@isabelleb.1270]

I am also impressed. I just wished it was mentioned « *in the title* » that the chateau was in France... Or just its name. GUEDELON !

[@trisfen9840]

Isabelle B. In the first episode they mention that it’s 100 km from paris in burgundy

[@joelr2214]

If I was you ID cross check all information because a lot of what these people say in all of their documentaries are not founded in fact instead are theories

[@sharkofjoy]

I love Ruth so much. What a hero she is.

[@TheDsasadsad]

"Do you think we could get a bolt through that gap" Cameramen who stands here and films through the gap: oh sh*t 51:14

[@kumaahito3927]

Yeah, I was so relieved when they showed one of the arrows that it had a blunt rubber tip

[@robertsnyder8855]

lol

[@zyanidwarfare5634]

These videos are nice to watch at night, entertaining but also super calm and since they aren’t really exciting you can just get tired and fall asleep while enjoying the video and not even notice you passed out

[@mikakestudios5891]

Great to do chores by.

[@SystemUnderSiege]

Exciting to me :) I 100% understand what you mean though. Just showing actual day to day life stuff, which is what I want to see, instead of an epic theme and a narrator making everything sound like an overdramatic apocalypse The era and history and life was so interesting without needing to add that stuff, which just takes away imo.

[@alisonbufarale3406]

It’s amazing to see where all the sayings many people still use or were at least raised saying, came from practical everyday life of hundreds and hundreds of years ago.

[@Anothy]

Like from last episode about pottery. We call metal cooking vessels "pots." Holes on the road are called "potholes."

[@theo.jovitch]

I like the fact that the "Arrow loops" are actually called "meurtrières" in french, which translates to "murderouses"

[@Spartan111MS]

I dont know when it started, but I know that some slang for it are Murder Holes. I think I first heard it in Medal of Honor, and then looked it up.

[@igorvoloshin3406]

In Ukrainian they're called "biynytsi" derived from the word "byty" ("to beat") or "ubyvaty" ("to kill"). Also in other Slavic languages the same root word is in use.

[@GBfanatic15]

@@Spartan111MS murder holes also include holes in ceiling in which to pour things like hot water, hot sand, or rocks

[@yannrsa]

Not that it matters that much, but "meurtières" if directly translated from french to english would be the female form of "murderers".

[@alainremont5392]

Murderesses...

[@CW-rx2js]

Tom jabbing the arrow at Peter was super funny... 🤣

[@SunflowerSpotlight]

For the cooking portion of this, Ruth's book (which I happen to be rereading, what a world!) How to Live Like a Tudor has an EXCELLENT section about this. The entire dish or course system we use now came from a pattern that was thought to be most helpful for digestion, to not drown the body's inner fire, but to not let it get overly hot either. It's a really interesting system, and they had to try to understand how the body worked from just... clues here and there really. Hence the humour system and the concern for the body's furnace. Really interesting read.

[@girlnextdoorgrooming]

Thank you! I just ordered it from Amazon.

[@AmaraJordanMusic]

girl_next_doorable Oh cool! I hope you like it! I still reread bits from time to time! Hey, if you think about it, come back and let me know how you liked it. 😅 Happy reading!

[@animequeen78]

Historical cooking recipes can also make a good reference for economical cooking.

[@bigrev1601]

Ruth's laughter is infectious! She makes it all fun! Outstanding production!

[@SystemUnderSiege]

You can tell she absolutely loves the era

[@Philtopy]

The ammount of fun Ruth has is really infectious xD

[@chrisa2735-h3z]

She is quite lovable I have to say😍

[@pantherofcarantania]

I saw many her shows (experimental archaeology) and she's always fun, happy & full of positivism..

[@AUniqueHandleName444]

I find her a little annoying

[@Shrimp_Insurance]

@@AUniqueHandleName444 Maybe that's why they locked her in the hovel

[@stoves92]

She looks like she fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. Lol.

[@MartinBrunswick]

It's really gonna be a mindfuck when in a few hundred years they find a castle that's totally historically accurate, but is dated as being finished in the early 2030's

[@sholomrabin2011]

was thinking that same thing

[@alb5769]

someone saw the previous videos current top comment

[@rachdarastrix5251]

Most likely the carbon breathing life forms studying the remains will either think it simply lasted longer then the modern buildings, or they will think it was an experiment to see if modern builders have forgotten something that life would be less of a struggle to be more familiar with. Most likely the first and least likely the second since considering modern humans build with drywall the carbon breathing life forms during the post human era that study it will be convinced that modern humans did not give a shit about strong structures.

[@delly41]

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[@busteraycan]

@@delly41 Yanlış yere cevap veriyon galiba birader.

[@NathanRW]

Interesting to see WHY they used certain materials. Yes, they had the ability to make metal nails, but when you realize how much work goes into making the nails, it's easy to see why they decided to make their furniture with wooden nails instead.

[@becbrown212]

If you use hardwood when freshly sawn then as it ages and dries it becomes almost as hard as steel anyway. Plenty of wood beams survive from the medieval period.

[@Fjuron]

Such an amazing series! Not just about building a medieval castle, but about medieval life itself.

[@fayeyother7336]

I enjoy this so much. I wouldn't want to have lived then but I do love the history and seeing this is close enough to being there. I get so tickled with Ruth, Peter and Tom. Thank you.

[@edi9892]

For anyone trying mail on: wear an arming cap, or at least a bandana! You run into the risk of getting your hair entangled otherwise!

[@alistairt7544]

I'll keep this in mind just in case ya know lol

[@2001cohen]

these guys have no idea what their doing it seems lol

[@Spider-Too-Too]

@@2001cohen just some contractors maybe

[@rachdarastrix5251]

Whaaaaa? You mean chainmail wasn't meant to be worn over your naked skin like in Minecraft?

[@fabrisse7469]

@@rachdarastrix5251 ouch! That hurts just to think about.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Damn, commiting 25 years to build a medieval castle in a historical experiment is super metal. 😂 Nice work guys!

[@FrostWolfPack]

I would be faster shure maybe 5-9 years give or take if they would have full work crew. As we see there seems to be not that many workers puting stones or briging materials in.

[@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506]

@Your Greatest Ally I hope they let people live there like in the middle ages, with an instructor telling them about everything. Would be a fun weekend thing

[@napoleon950]

@Your Greatest Ally I've been there last summer. It is pretty far nowadays, most of the towers are done, the gates, the walls, the surrounding all done They're working on interiors now alot

[@lelannoubrieg1924]

INERT beautiful things take time to build. Yes we work less days in a year than most of other country but when we work we are not messing around. The right gesture transmitted thru generations that’s what makes French builders so good.

[@delphzouzou4520]

In fact the point is not really to finish it. it's the whole building process which is more interesting. That's why they make some other projets around at the same time, a mill, a village, etc..

[@countrysideslav4102]

"Hmm lets test your chainmail friend!" *Stabs his friend with an arrow at full force*

[@Mikelaxo]

I cringed in that part

[@swiftfox0236]

Funny story, I got myself a set of chainmail for halloween one year and my little brother thought that stabbing" me was the

[@arwilson51]

@@swiftfox0236 was the what, you gotta finish your story

[@swiftfox0236]

*** The best idea of the century, so we spent like two hours trying to stab and/or slash through the chainmail.

[@arwilson51]

@@swiftfox0236 thank you, that was the sequel we needed

[@geekbruin]

Ruth is a national treasure

[@tonialbiach44]

this was a brilliant historical experiment

[@arikborisov8131]

Was? It still is!

[@GrimFelArt]

*is, it's still ongoing

[@tonialbiach44]

@@GrimFelArt brilliant, can't wait to visit someday

[@tonialbiach44]

@@arikborisov8131 I was referring to the documentary itself which also IS an experiment

[@Gruvmpy]

@@arikborisov8131 Not for long, they hope to be done in a few years

[@Throki]

Love both this project and 'Campus Galli' , a project to build a complete medieval monastery in southern germany - the commitment it takes to undertake a project, you know will maybe finished in 30 or 40 years ... amazing. Build of a lifetime. :)

[@christinekaye6393]

Do you know if there are any documentaries on "Campus Galli"?

[@Throki]

@@christinekaye6393 Sadly only german ones, without subtitles. :-/ If you are interested in those check out "Bauen wie im Mittelalter | SWR Geschichte & Entdeckungen " by "SWR" and the second part "Experiment Mittelalter - die Klosterstadt Meßkirch | Geschichte & Entdeckungen ".

[@haroldkerrii6085]

My last name is KERR and the Kerr family was known for being left-handed. They/we built the stairways opposite the usual way due to defense of the fort.

[@bradmiller2329]

The kack-handed Kerrs!

[@joshschneider9766]

I'll bet that confused the ever loving hell out of some kingsmen back in olden times hahahaha

[@dannyh8288]

I see all the trash on the internet and start to lose faith on my fellow man....then I find THIS gem!!! THANK YOU! Outstanding!!!!

[@robc3586]

Ruth is a real game girl.. she has a go at everything. I Wish there were more like her.

[@briannaleigh1317]

the fact the mortar takes years and years to cure, holy smokes.

[@solataire9805]

Interesting to hear that in the 13th century pork was seen as the "most compatible with the human body" and now in the 21st, we've clarified just how genetically close we are to pigs.

[@felixoupopote]

Right? That kinda blew me away.

[@TheLordLexi]

Ruth when given the opportunity to do hard, tedious labour: 👁👄👁

[@jamesdalton3082]

Ruth is tough as nails!

[@sharkofjoy]

Also Ruth: "this is how booze was made at this time period."

[@sharkofjoy]

Also Ruth: defeated by perfume

[@IanZainea1990]

They weren't wrong about cooking food to help the stomach. Maybe the wrong details, but it does help digestion!

[@OOZiTen]

I'm coming along to like the 3 of them.. this almost feels like a sitcom or something.. very humbling especially these folks and their appreciation for the craftsman ship that went / goes into everything they try

[@AlphaRapax]

First bow I ever build as a kid was hewn out of wild oak. I did a fairly shoddy job and a few days of shooting later, the bow shattered in my hand as it broke. Scared the daylights out of me and I wouldn't touch a bow for a good month.

[@EELClove98]

why is this my dream life

[@wakematta]

less stressful way to live

[@igorvoloshin3406]

but so much manual hardwork!

[@wakematta]

@@igorvoloshin3406 yeah, a better way of living should be combine the nature with technologist, this will be the future that we will live on. Without nature everything colapses.

[@maxlinck9037]

because you disregard that a simple flue could easily kill you? but I agree. If you combined this with modern medicine it would be awesome

[@MashedApplePie]

Rejecting modernity, can be done very easily. You don’t have to live like they did 800 years ago

[@abcc917]

It's funny how in "A Stitch in time" they made a very similar wool armour with a completely different approach to the making process.

[@mikakestudios5891]

And both are probably period correct because two different guilds standardizing something?

[@fmeu7733]

The cuisson Ruth got on that roast on an open fire impressed me the most. Bravo

[@jamestaylor6041]

Guys this was so interesting to watch , and to think that the techniques were having to be rediscovered, its just mind blowing how well you guys have done . Glad to see a kiwi involved too .

[@Shokwave8]

Don't forget that a war crossbow was much stronger than this wooden crossbow which is more or less a hunting crossbow.

[@NilAthelion]

If they are doing this in the 13th century, then they should be just switching to composite crossbows over the course of century. Slightly before metal crossbows, if I recall correctly.

[@TDGCmote]

Yea

[@zoeygranitz3679]

Oh seriously? There's a difference?

[@Shokwave8]

@@zoeygranitz3679 Absolutely! A war-crossbow could have up to 1000 lbs. (Depending on the age) Sometimes even more then that.

[@bradmiller2329]

@@zoeygranitz3679 Like all weapons, they evolve over time. This was the Gen-0 of crossbows.

[@snyparaustralis540]

45:43, he’s actually stabbing the dude with a sharpen crossbow bolt!?!? That’s some armour!

[@Mikelaxo]

In cringed when I saw that, he could have hurt him

[@TDGCmote]

Crossbow bolts are usually not sharpened. Arrows may be sharpened at times, but not for war.

[@Brinta3]

Gavin Clark 42:41 & 26:50 This one was sharp.

[@quantumdragon9935]

@@Brinta3 it really wasn't, not on comparison to say, a longbow shaft, those arrows you could just about shave with. ARROWS killed by cutting, the wide head was razor sharpened to do as much slicing damage as possible, causing you to bleed out rapidly BOLTS killed by shock force or infection, they were generally only as sharp as needed to fit between the rings of "current" (contemporary to the bolt's manufacture) chain-mail, and probably wouldn't pierce your body unless fired by an appropriate crossbow (or be jammed into you be George Foreman)

[@Brinta3]

Quantumdragon I meant sharp as being pointy. However, I didn’t know that normal arrows were supposed to cut and slice, so thank you for that piece of information! I never realised that.

[@Crusader-Ramos45]

It’d be awesome and so much fun working in a blacksmith’s forge.

[@velvetcake5425]

idk why but i'd love to just like stay there for a few weeks, get feeling for medieval life building a castle, going around and helping like they're doing.

[@rachdarastrix5251]

That would be very healthy for my dreams. In my dreams there are monsters, aliens, apex predators that don't obey that whole "and God said let man have dominion" thing, vile vilians, barbarians, other dimensional invaders and continental super powers at war with continental super powers every moment of all thee time. So where do the people in my dreams try to live? In modern stile cities. You know the ones with nothing defending them from hostile creatures simply walking up to a house, large windows with thin glass that can be kicked open, drywall walls that can be punched apart, and doors with locks on them that can be headbutted open in one blow put on more as a joke then for security. My dreams need some serious help. Its a major lack of immersion. There can't be both a super dangerous world AND a world with no settlement fortifications coexisting as best friends. That would lead to humanity facing self inflicted extinction. (Self inflicted like say, by the same logic that if you ride a bike you should wear a helmet in case you get injured, but instead deciding you don't want to mess up your hair.) I mean, sure I would prefer there simply not be so much as 1 human in my dreams, but that isn't up to me, so I can hope at least it gets done right. My dreams need inspiration. Inspiration for what a city engineered to fight back would look like. Unless they like having to just evacuate the city and hide in bushes every time there is so much as a minor threat because those puny little modern fences won't keep a 4 ton creature out.

[@karlnoben8199]

Hopefully you won't choose rainy weeks :-)

[@Strokwor]

@@rachdarastrix5251 You're special. You're a special guy.

[@rachdarastrix5251]

@@Strokwor Thanx

[@ashleelarsen5002]

I bet it's really really cold

[@GeorgieB1965]

Love how they had class warfare, even back then, over the type of food that one should eat. Depending on whether you were a member of the ruling class determined what food you ate or even how it was cooked was simply mind boggling.

[@bellaweeks6340]

I like how Ruth had a giant bug on her head when firing the crossbow but no one told her 😂

[@taylorway8011]

Was looking for this comment lol that thing was HUGE

[@sbenton62]

Wow, never heard the story of the blacksmith's wife making nails. Learned something new today!

[@Raevynwing]

I love this series so much. Amazing work done, so much effort and care

[@osibeejohnson7678]

I have watched all the other series, except wartime British farming, weirdly it's too modern for me. I 'm more curious about the older time periods and the lives and experiences of the everyday people. I really hope they do another time period.

[@haakonness]

Why is part 2 uploaded in such bad quality? It is like it is 480p upconverted to 1080p (so quality is still 480p). Part 1 was in much better quality.. :/

[@MrHorhee]

It looks like in medieval times they had only 480p, 1080p came up in renaissance...

[@f.b.lagent1113]

EMka Greeks and Romans are already at 4k even before medieval

[@kartonbaba]

I was wondering the very same thing as well, it's weird

[@amogus7277]

i thought i was theonly one having this issue... it bugs me a lot

[@cainenicolina2275]

Same I’m just thinking in my head this episode is from 2009

[@sorsorsor11]

10:30 the full story is, the trebuchet was completed and the castle capitulated. But since they were curious what it could do, it fired 2 shots just to see what happens.

[@igorvoloshin3406]

Yep, and the whole castle wall section was collapsed to the great entertainment of the king!

[@noneofyourbeeswax01]

They capitulated as soon as they saw the War Wolf. But that wasn't going to stop the king playing with his new toy. It's good to be the king...

[@justahyena8869]

@@noneofyourbeeswax01 Who wouldn't, that would be one hell of a sight

[@kumaahito3927]

Ahh, so that's where the idea came for the atom bombs...

[@PatonMacD]

14:36 I hear the sound of 13th century chainsaws.. amazing, they haven't changed much in all these years.

[@dlb4299]

Every time I see them launch that trebuchet I wonder if they are trying to hit that bird in the background.

[@MrFiddleedee]

45:40 Producer behind the camera sweating bullets

[@trisfen9840]

Holy fukk

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Umm... no, more like the accountant, because there is no way the workers protection laws in france would allow anyone to put a manned camera anywhere near the intended impact zone...

[@calderov]

Fantastic documentary. It shows that it was produced by actual professional people. If this was a History Channel production, they would add a "Medieval Pawn Shop" or something like that, loosing all credibility and proper rigor.

[@stanlygirl5951]

@Celto Loco *nod* *nod* . . . and Ancient Aliens

[@firemonkey1015]

45:42 A mans instinct reaction to someone wearing armor, stab tf outta him lmao

[@theconqueringram5295]

It was a neat experience to watch them build these medieval style weapons and equipment they way medieval workers would have done.

[@robertroy1435]

One of the most interesting documentaries I've seen. I wish I could spend a few months working there . I have so many questions.

[@alfredoortiz6830]

Subtitles in Spanish will be great for us, awesome and fully entertainment understand the way how castles in 13th century was made

[@thedamnyankee1]

2020 helping with authenticity: Building a castle in the middle of a pandemic.

[@saltineye]

Absolutely amazing project. Would love to be a part of it.

[@flotnar2512]

To be fair, firing a trebuche will rarely if never happen in the heat of battle. You will just be in the back blasting away at the castle walls and changing the aim a bit while the army waits an opening.

[@sidneyjolly8337]

A medieval lord would need a lot of peasants growing food and fiber, hauling things, to support the castle building crew!

[@u9477]

yup. and thats how a lot of towns were founded

[@mikkelnpetersen]

12:54 *PERFECT* HIT

[@TheNimshew]

A well designed castle would have a curtain wall and a inner wall. If the attackers breached the gate, they were forced to the left. This put their shields away from the inner wall, and, unprotected.

[@bjoardar]

I get the idea, but I just can't really picture it in my head :/

[@SonsOfLorgar]

That depended a lot on the income of the lord commissioning the castle though.

[@miskakopperoinen8408]

A castle with multi-layered walls like that tended to be a large, royal one. It took a lot of funding to build that and the supermajority didn't have those features simply due to lack of money. This is a big lordly castle, having a completely encircled courtyard, an artificial moat, 4 towers and separated great hall and great tower. Most castles were much smaller than this one here, often being merely towerhouses where the entire castle consisted of just the keep with no outer wall, or being fortified manors which would be just this castles great hall with everything else cut off. Caen, Caernarvon, Marienburg and Krak des Chevaliers are extremely bad examples of the average medieval castles as they were pretty much the most ludicrously massive behemoths that the most powerful economies of the entire medieval Europe could feasibly put together and consequently exceptional to say the least.

[@bradmiller2329]

@@bjoardar Take a small is coin, put it on top of a large coin. Now imagine that is the plan, with the walls going up from the edges.

[@jaydendsin7350]

You can tell they're not good at sewing, but boi they have the spirit.

[@notreallytommy3470]

this docu series is really exciting to watch, it's so interesting and I love learning about all these mideval techniques! I'm so fascinated by the whole crew's devotion to the project, if I only were a bit older so I could participate :")

[@christinekaye6393]

If only I were a bit younger! 68 is too old. :-)

[@notreallytommy3470]

@@christinekaye6393 68 is never too old! I hope you won't feel hindered to follow your dreams solely because of your age : )

[@harrylarry4672]

Takes the projectile from the weapon feared by armored fighters and starts to stab his friend with it....umm ok

[@wolf1066]

Don't worry, that was probably proper mail rather than the toy crap the SCA wear - the rings would actually be welded or riveted solid, not just pieces of wire cut and butted together.

[@osmano675]

@@wolf1066 Don't forget the gambeson, he probably couldn't even feel it.

[@SchecterWolfe]

lol when he was stabbing the dude with the crossbow bolt xD

[@msDanielp369]

Schecter Wolf XD

[@MsHarpsychord]

Trebuchet even hit the camera, that's as spot on as you get

[@gavinthegreat2]

I really enjoyed watching these. Wish for more episodes. But its probably years of waiting.

[@flotnar2512]

Im loving this and all, but watching Tom or whoever that was try to help on that crossbow was painful to watch. That man never touched a piece of wood in his life xd

[@Urpuss]

45:42 This was slightly terrifying to watch.

[@domefun3699]

I will remember this and go visit the place when it's finished. I want to see the world's reaction when this is done.

[@teof99]

56:26 Am I the only one being reminded of Jacob and the smoke monster from Lost?

[@vicdmise]

"How we doing on horse?" "Just hooves." "I quit."

[@timothypryor7952]

I would love to join this project as a blacksmith, or at the very least as an apprentice.

[@BambooTime]

There are some ways to participate, I don't know if it includes blacksmithing. Oh, and you have to speak French www.guedelon.fr/en/how-can-i-participate_95.html

[@timothypryor7952]

​@@BambooTime merci, je parle francais

[@BambooTime]

@@timothypryor7952 Then you can actually try to enrol for a one week course or so, you can find details on the website. Could be an experience for life!

[@cortedemico]

just like to see how they regularly move the cranes. they become obsolete in their positions fairly quick in my estimation. that would be a task.

[@little-rascal]

I did not ask for this but I am hooked

[@ryizzle200]

13th century ol' boy: I hope I dont starve this winter before m'lord finishes what keeps us safe from the bandits and raiders. 2020 Historian: haha crossbow go pew pew!

[@nettoflorestal]

We still building stone walls here in southern Brazil. We call it 'taipa' and it's made like centuries ago.

[@vincentanno1997]

Am I the only one thinking Ruth's excitement is so cute? :P

[@Pretender6]

@31:00 I had to rewatch it 2x, thought i saw a dried up mummy for a moment, mistaking the centre 'pig?' right ear as a left eye hole.

[@karlnoben8199]

Same for me. I was wondering why an Oran-utan was sleeping there :-)

[@Iri5hman]

Why is the quality so shit compaired to the first episode. It also feels really disconnected from the previous one aswel.

[@kevinmathewson4272]

unfortunately there is actually another 25 year project nearby where historians are preparing siege works to take the castle using medieval technology

[@felixoupopote]

Why is this so funny? Well played

[@krzysztofnowak2344]

42:18 I thought that was Ruth laughing OMG

[@banni8293]

Searched "medieval way to remove chainmail ". Only one image would be prominent, the one looking like a painting from that era. But it was worth the laugh. Ruth's laughter is justified.

[@Dreymasmith]

In Bangladesh trades are still called mysteries. Tradesmen are Mistris - wood mistri, metal mistri, etc etc.

[@diananievesavellanet]

Ohhhh, dear me! Peter & his beard! This is the epitome of 'rugged good looks '. Wishful thinking...or nightly dreams...or, I'll leave the rest--to your imagination!😋

[@deborahhanna9126]

He has the very prettiest eyes!

[@johnfitzgerald9533]

Man. Thanks for sharing this video. Those people truly had a very hard life.

[@kuzadupa185]

When Ruth said "food is a a weapon of war!" I could imagine her in the kitchen, cue the scene from Rambo first blood where he prepares for his vietnam parachute drop in, and shes prepping to cook some pork and beans.

[@msia7201]

46:06 *me trying to get out of my binder*

[@SatanSupimpa]

Compared to the first episode, the video quality of this one looks like old footage upscaled to HD.

[@jlux4481]

i like that trio they're super fun

[@historyjunky1299]

I'd rather listen to a historian who lives what they speak. Instead of regurgitating what they read in a book at a college. Ruth Is amazing.

[@feel_with_it]

700 years later Today we'll learn how to be an influencer and build your brand

[@Deezhan]

All you need is a very low IQ, confidence, lack of shame, and the ability to shout into the microphone about nothing substantive, and you'll become a famous influencer.

[@fuzzyboi6076]

I was really impressed by the film quality in the first part of the series. But the second is really blurry. What happened absolute history, what happened

[@risusrules]

Wonderful series thus far, but dang all the commercials!

[@gabrieldafonseca7663]

GREAT videos in this castle series. Was this filmed recently? It feels like the docs I used to watch in beginning of 00s.

[@randomargument972]

23:48 They are laughing and having fun conversation. In reality, master would have beaten him and spanked his ass.

[@marlonjames2000]

Judging by how dirty that Gambeson is, yet the Chainmail has slight rust, someone didnt do their job in oiling/fating it up rightly.

[@CZProtton]

The gambeson is dirty from all the oil from that chainmail. Its normal, gambesons get this dirty after just a few days of use. That chainmail was only slightly rusty, which is not good but also not horrible. Its actualy pretty hard to keep it rust free completely for a modern person with a lot more stuff to do. I managed to figure it out, though, you just need to pump it full of oil after every use and put it inside a sack so its all bundled together with the oil.

[@timpyrules]

For the Trebuchet part Id not think "Heat of battle" really applied. Sieges were a quite dull and boring affair and machines like Trebuchets were set up so far back you werent at risk of being hit by any projectiles launched by the defenders

[@faridalvarez]

Thank you guys! a lot of interesting things I always want to know!