History Hit Medieval Expert Said WHAT!? Unbelievable...

[@metatronyt]

Link to the original video kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ7RZmioZd-Xo6c Link to my Joan of Arch video kzbin.info/www/bejne/noDYmmWoirh1mNE

[@lonneansekishoku8288]

Since you like Oblivion. I want to know if heard about the leaks the Oblivion remake or remaster that will supposedly come out in 2025?

[@brittakriep2938]

I am german, born 1965, my interest in history started 1971 during a Kindergarten trip to a fairytale castle ( Lichtenstein). I am only factory worker, but live in a german region full of historical relicts from celtic to modern days. Perhaps ten years ago i was on mountain Hohenstaufen, naming HRE Emperors Friedrich l and Friedrich ll ( who was also King of Naples). For a swabian romantic a nearly holy location. I spoke with two old Gentlemen. They said: Old , knights movies ' are not historical correct, but nearly documentations, compared to modern , knights movies '.

[@Hathur]

Being burned at the stake absolutely left bones behind.. MANY bones behind. Modern cremation, which is vastly hotter than a pyre, still leaves small pieces of bone behind, which is often pulverized before being given to the family.

[@ctrlaltdebug]

If the fire is hot enough, bones will fall apart. I think a few chips of bone aren't good enough to make a relic because no one can tell where it came from.

[@OutlawPrince45]

Yep, people call it their relatives “ashes” but in reality it’s more like charred bone sand.

[@jhoughjr1]

Idk about that. A wood fire can melt iron.

[@janrothkanarski]

Sure, but a splinter of burnt bone is probably Far less convincing or valuable than say, a complete Skull, or a hand, any complete and recognizable body part. Not everything can be a 'splinter from the True Cross' and be worth it.

[@Hathur]

@@jhoughjr1 No, it can't. A wood fire in ideal circumstances can only reach a maximum of 1,100 degrees celsius. Iron only begins to melt at 1,205 celsius at the lowest and properly at 1,300 C. It was NOT possible to begin melting iron until blacksmiths discovered the use of charcoal, which can produce far more energy than wood and reach higher temps. Bone will only incinerate to ash at 700c, which is well beyond the temperature of a pyre out in the open. For wood to reach that temperature, it needs a controlled hearth / oven etc, which is why the bones of people burned at the stake were typically mostly intact. They would have likely been crushed / pulverized though to avoid the aforementioned fear of relics being created by fanatics.

[@hadiajina]

"She was born in France." "Nobody's perfect." 18:07

[@stevelinley1073]

I blame the parents.

[@michelguevara151]

I resemble that comment

[@shawn6860]

For me it would be "She was born in Quebec."

[@mindmedic9435]

Why the hate for France? For shame!

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

​@@mindmedic9435 it's a meme borne out of the french infamous arrogance and haughtiness despite their several fuckups throughout history

[@fmsyntheses]

Imagine having a leader who sees themselves as an extension of the will and power of their people in the world to such an extent that they're willing to put their lives on the line.

[@def3ndr887]

During ww2 Hitler feared the Kaiserreich because the Kaiser’s son wanted to fight alongside the men in the Wehrmacht

[@TechnoMinarchist]

For most of the medieval period the kings didn't see themselves as extensions of their people or will. That only really came in the later parts when they began to dismantle feudalism. They put their lives on the line because they were warriors, which is where their ancestors got their legitimacy from.

[@kajkviggs]

@@TechnoMinarchist exactly the opposite.

[@ganjacomo2005]

​@kajkviggs no, there is a massive distinction between being the extension of the people and their will and being the first of the people and being the will itself. Nobles went to battle because they were warriors, it was their life. The whole concept of people and nation rethoric came with absolutism, and the end of feudalism and the end of the warrior ruling class came soon after. Before that they couldn't care less about the paesantry, obviously they generally wanted them to be good and well, but nobles and paesants lived in parallel worlds and the interests of the noble family was always above that of the people.

[@jarlnils435]

​@@ganjacomo2005 knights couldn't care more about peasants during the middle ages. They were dependent on them.

[@stewrmo]

I have always had an alergic reaction to this particular lady. One love from Scotland. 💙 🦁 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jaryl13]

The idea of a leader in classical antiquity is still relevant today funnily enough. A large part of the reason people tend to not respect our politicians is because they don’t understand what it’s like for the common folk. To this day, we still will value leaders more who will meet us to our level.

[@kiyruchan9535]

The leaders of old knew the cost of war i find it admirable that they fought with their men and went to war with them

[@metatronyt]

It’s probably why soldiers were more faithful to the generals than the senators.

[@kiyruchan9535]

@metatronyt you would get to know the character of the person leading you to war. Modern political leaders should learn from the concept of leading by example the ones calling for any new wars should be the first down the recruiting office lol.

[@jhoughjr1]

@@metatronytwell u know ur general has your back. You know the senators have their own

[@aaronaxel4760]

Modern day politicians may be less likely to go to war if they had to go with us soldiers.

[@Schnittertm1]

I mean, that is what you get when you don't have access to modern means of communication and modern, long range weaponry. If you want your army led, you have to do it yourself and on the battlefield.

[@BlazingWolfNova]

In WWII, I get the feeling Churchill would've risked going into battle if he was still young. That guy did crazy stuff in his youth.

[@billrolston5800]

He wanted to be on one the ships during the operation and intended to walk ashore once it it was secure. He was talked out of it.

[@def3ndr887]

@@billrolston5800 heard the king wanted to go too and that’s the reason Churchill decided not to go

[@billrolston5800]

@ yeah, I think you’re right.

[@thehowlingmisogynist9871]

@@billrolston5800 - The King banned him from going ashore in Normandy on Day 1. Mainly because Eisenhower had banned the King.

[@robo5013]

@@def3ndr887 Yes, Churchill told Eisenhower his intentions and Ike told him no. Churchill said he was going to do it anyway so Ike called the king and told him about their conversation. The king then called Churchill to a meeting and told him he was going to join him on the ship. That made Churchill change his mind.

[@chrisdiboll2256]

Just asked chatgpt for an image of the battle of agincourt. There’s a fighter jet in it. Told it that’s wrong and it apologised and offered to produce a more accurate version. There’s a chinook in this one 🤦‍♂️

[@Cyborg999999]

Based chatgpt 🤣🤣🤣

[@metatronyt]

Holy moly I wish she saw that one!

[@tanikokishimoto1604]

Wow, I'm gonna have to have fun with chatgpt!!!

[@tmmccormick86]

“You can’t throw a gun into a military scene in the Middle Ages” - THERE IS PERIOD ICONOGRAPHY OF HAND CANNONS BEING USED IN CRUSADES.

[@rpgadventurer32]

Not just that, but also other evidence in many forms from that time period.

[@tmmccormick86]

@ oh absolutely. I just used that as a go-to because EVERYONE is pretty familiar with what period the crusades occurred in (relatively early in the period) and everyone has also seen at least some of that iconography. It should be an immediate “duh” moment

[@TheBreechie]

The crossbow is featured in iconography from the crusades, there are no images of not-yet-invented guns, can you provide links to to evidence to back up that claim? The crusades ended just prior to 1300 - Guns were not in Europe until the 1400s … I’m so interested to see where your information comes from

[@TheBreechie]

@@rpgadventurer32there isn’t but feel free to pony up evidence for your claims, I’m keen to see it

[@TheBreechie]

@@tmmccormick86this post is a real “duh” moment but largely to any one who is literate and thinks critically

[@AndyJarman]

Churchill was chaffing at the bit on D day to get onto the beach, and was with the advanced guard as it crossed the Rhine. The British royals have a tradition of serving in active conflicts - even Woke Harry fought in Afghanistan.

[@michaeldoolan7595]

Churchill fought in the Sudan India South Africa and WW1. All front line .

[@G-Mastah-Fash]

Yeah as a chopper pilot firing missiles from 25 kilometers away while watching the enemy through thermals.

[@anthonyoer4778]

​@G-Mastah-Fash no front line in a static war.

[@steveh1792]

@@G-Mastah-Fash Two tours in Afghanistan. Tour 1: Forward air controller (briefly, politics). Tour 2: Apache pilot/gunner. They do CAS, not sniping from "25 kilometers away".

[@simeonwaia]

​@@G-Mastah-Fashonly an idiot would ever fight fair in war, bring every adavantage that you have, the whole point is to win.

[@ctrlaltdebug]

Medieval historian: Guns weren't in the middle ages. Me: Lady, did you even play Age of Empires 2?

[@michaeldoolan7595]

@@ctrlaltdebug the French actually turned up with a cannon at Agincourt. They only fired it s couple of times and did " allegedly " kill some English troops. Hand cannons were used in late medieval Europe during the war of the roses.

[@chonconnor6144]

​@@michaeldoolan7595certainly by War of the Roses firearms had become common and the 1600s led to revolutionary developments.

[@fuselpeter5393]

How do you turn this on? :D

[@curtismantle]

I watched her first video on History Hit a few years ago and never watched another. I checked out her Twitter at the time and the contempt she had for her audience was deeply unpleasant.

[@JB-vq6oe]

Is she the kind that thinks because she is a PhD that everyone else is a simple peasant? (Also substitute in “professor” or “historian” for “PhD”.)

[@Rabbithole8]

I stopped watching History Hit preciously for the same reason.

[@randyhill1492]

Like when Dan Snow was begging people to vote for the cackling hyena.

[@jhoughjr1]

So often goes propped up women

[@dirtyeric]

In Thailand, and I suspect her neighbors, when a Buddhist cremation is finished ,the family members in position of "hierarchy" sift through the ashes looking for artifacts, usually the teeth. When they are found it is considered a sign of favoritism and a blessing by the deceased towards the family member and the opposite if none are found. My ex- was the 11th member to go through her grandmothers ashes (she was raised as the 11th child which was not highly appreciated but she took personal care of them for nearly 30 years) and she found the most relics with the majority of her aunts and uncles finding none. Even in the afterlife the mutual respect is important.

[@publichearing8536]

Thailand is such a weird and wonderful place.

[@Madonnalitta1]

That's gross.

[@msquared6695]

Richard The Lion Heart was another one to get stuck in.Theres an account from an Arab that witnessed The Lion Heart make landing from his ship.He basically said he immediately got stuck into the battle and the Arab guy was quite impressed.

[@stevelinley1073]

Yep. Jaffa 1192

[@michaeldoolan7595]

@msquared6695 carrying a two-handed Dane axe?

[@def3ndr887]

He still bankrupted England thanks to that ransom

[@Mick-1415]

Funny how the same place and people are still bankrupting England 🤭

[@defectiveindustries]

Saladin sent him a horse in battle one time as Richard's got killed, apparently

[@BenjaminTMilnes]

'This is a personal affront to me.' Yeah somehow I suspect a lot of things are.

[@nickvanachthoven7252]

she radiates Karen.

[@yj9032]

You too give the same energy

[@Eagle-eye-pie]

@@yj9032M’lady.

[@JoeyP946]

lmao

[@tanikokishimoto1604]

I have several friends named Karen who radiate Karen. The real Karen, not that tired and lame insult too many small minded people like to toss around.

[@tell-me-a-story-]

Of course kings fought along with their men! That’s why so many child kings existed.

[@Madonnalitta1]

They didn't. They are few and far between. Kings would sit a few miles out from the battle.

[@DerMef]

A comment on the "job opportunities after the Black Death" thing: The actual underlying reason for the post-Black Death economic boom was the fact that farming became more efficient as less people had to be fed, and thus the land that was less productive could be abandoned. The resulting surplus of food meant that more people were free to pursue trades. There were other consequences too. Falling grain prices reduced the income and power of landowners, while cities, who were the buyers of grain, benefited and became more powerful.

[@inagaddadavidahoney]

Not to mention the surviving lower classes gaining some economic benefit from the fact that millions of the workforce were now gone in a relatively short period of time.

[@aeronaut8088]

She thinks she's being cute, when she's just annoying

[@JDoe-gf5oz]

Probably uses BCE/CE.

[@noxplay4906]

@@JDoe-gf5oz Real chads use BC and AD.

[@soulknife20]

​@noxplay4906 It doesn't really matter. Its the same thing. No one cares

[@SefniAsheforr]

This kind of tik tok style, “how do you do my fellow yass queen history girlies!?” delivery and presentation is so painful. This is the kind teaching that is being done in modern academia and it’s having a serious negative effect.

[@SupremeGrand-MasterAzrael]

I would wager you’ve never been inside of an college or university. You complain about “modern academia” but what was so good about non1contemporary Academia? The fact they they knew less and were wrong about many things? Are there some professors that care more about teaching a worldview than the course? I’m sure there are. But you can’t make sweeping ridiculous statements about how bad academia is using technology that would not exist without the MODERN SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS that MODERN ACAMEDIA has produced. You sound more like a bigot trying to tiptoe around admitting that you are by pretending you care about “academia” to me.

[@jonnybgoode7742]

​@@SupremeGrand-MasterAzrael you people are the worst...

[@MonsieurDeVeteran]

@@SupremeGrand-MasterAzrael you the B in the video by any chance? Asking for a friend

[@jonathanh761]

You sound like your whole identity is tied up in having gone to a university if i had to guess. Hopefully you grow out of that as most adults do. Having gone to university doesn't make you smart and not going to university doesn't make you dumb. Having gotten a bachelor of science I can confidently say that many of my fellow alum were total morons and many of the courses were in fact awful. @SupremeGrand-MasterAzrael

[@DeHerg]

"Yass Queen girlie"??? Have you not seen the actual clips and made your comment based of the clickbait title? Also she wasn't teaching in class, she did participate in a youtube video.

[@unarealtaragionevole]

There are a few videos floating around YT on the topic of the Black Death, were they did some DNA studies on known victims and survivors who were not affected at all. And they found that one difference between the victims and the survivors was the D32 gene mutation. After looking at several samples across Europe and Asia they found that a large portion of victims lacked the D32 gene mutation while the populations and (individuals) who survived were the ones with the mutation. If true, I find this interesting.

[@jhoughjr1]

Ive heard it makes ppl have autoimmune issues, which i have.

[@unarealtaragionevole]

@@jhoughjr1 I'm sorry to hear that. I was thinking of one of the videos I saw, I wish I could remember the channel it was on, but it was like a documentary on the Black Death were they focused on this small town in England that was unaffected when all the surrounding towns were totally wiped out. They did studies on the mass grave victims of the surrounding towns and then the survivors of the unaffected town. That's when they discovered the D32 mutation connection, and from there they started looking and seeing this all over the world affected by the plague. There was this tragic story of a wife who had to take care of her dying friends and family. And she wrote daily about the sickness, it's some of the best first hand accounts not from a doctor or outsider looking in, it was her painful story and what she saw and experienced.

[@Tomichika]

Oh god, please dont let Prague be like Paris is now 🥹

[@PikeBishop1]

The Kalergi Plan is just getting started.

[@noxplay4906]

Paris?! That's my favorite African city!!

[@spyrofrost9158]

She voices her ignorance with such volume and passion. Makes me question every teacher I had in school.

[@stingray4540]

If you really look back and think about it, most of todays misconceptions came from teachers. They teach a subject, but only know what they are told to teach from the text book they have, then think they are an expert on the subject and then proceed to tell people their assumptions, conjecture and educated guesses as if they are fact. Especially pre internet, actually delving deep into a top, especially history, took a lot of time and effort that many teachers didn’t take.

[@noxplay4906]

@@stingray4540 It's not just lack of effort that doesn't explain why this problem is universal and infects every public education system in every Western nation. Go deeper down the rabbit hole. There's a reason why so many parents now want to homeschool their kids and it's not just because the teachers don't want to put in effort. Their hands are quite literally tied. There are a lot of powerful people who represent modern paradigms and ideologies that have many like-minded fellows in education and academia, and they have a vested interest in changing history. Why do you think the fascists are universally condemned but the communists who killed far more aren't? Why do you think they talk about what European colonists did but not what the natives did to each other? Why do you think they don't teach about the involvement of African tribes and kingdoms in the European slave trade? Why do you think the Crusades are universally condemned but they never talk about why they happened in the first place and they never talk about what the Muslims did?

[@Muschelschubs3r]

So you did not have the balls to do that to their faces as a student, huh? Figures.

[@michaelkelly4094]

Dismissed her when I saw she wore t-shirt with Trump sporting a Hitler mustache and condemning him as a fascist… I don’t care what your personal politics are, but fascism has a specific definition. Any historian making that connection obviously doesn’t know what fascism is and isn’t worth listening to.

[@rpgadventurer32]

She's a lot of words I can't write here, but she's certainly not an Historian. A sham perhaps.

[@blakebailey22]

He's literally quoted hitler, and has refused to denounce multiple fascist groups, as well as david duke of the kkk, and has played buddy-buddy with dictators around the world. trump is 100% a fascist

[@RedHandedGod]

Trump is literally a fascist and it's absolutely exhausting to watch people try to 'but nuh uh' their way out of that fact. Just say you like fascism. Just say it. It's so much easier and more honest than trying to defend fascists by being all like 'the person isn't LITERALLY Hitler, so they can't be a fascist.'

[@havingfun-u4g]

@@RedHandedGod reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@Kamamura2]

And yet, Trump is a fascist.

[@magicpyroninja]

In our ancient history, since they weren't exactly paying people to go to battle, they needed to inspire them with their strength, their courage, and their success. On the battlefield today we give you a paycheck and say this is what we pay you to do go

[@Madonnalitta1]

Ofc they were paying. Men didn't go to war for "God and country". That's cute. Plenty of documented mutinies because the soldiers weren't paid.

[@wandapease-gi8yo]

King Carolis XII of Sweden died while observing over the bulwarks. Richard III nearly killed Henry VII on the battlefield.

[@coopercummings8370]

That isn't even the only example of a Swedish king dying on the battlefield, Gustavus Adolphus was killed after being separated from his troops while leading a cavalry charge, he wasn't just observing, he was actively fighting and died in the middle of an active battle.

[@michaelmazilu3124]

@@coopercummings8370yeah plus Henry V in agincourt

[@talithakoum3922]

Richard III was a formidable warrior.

[@shawn6860]

@@coopercummings8370 Ya, them Swedes were pretty hardcore about their battles. As Sabaton about some Winged Hassars LOL!

[@def3ndr887]

@@shawn6860 vikingr blood runs through their veins

[@ChaoticYak1]

Bones don't burn during cremation. They burn the body and then grind the bones into small fragments. (According to a crematorium) However, bones would burn if you could get the temperature high enough. Not sure being burned at the stake would be hot enough.

[@HiraethMasonry]

I’m willing to bet it would get hot enough. Burning lime for conversion to quicklime requires temperatures of about 1,600 degrees F. It’s hard to do but it can be done in an open fire(I’ve done it myself a few times). Bone starts to break down at a slightly lower temperature. The problem would be, would the burning be kept up for three or four hours to complete the process?

[@ChaoticYak1]

@@HiraethMasonry I wonder if they would be willing to keep the fire burning until they couldn't see any bones.

[@MaryLuCrafts]

As I understand it, burning animal bones and interpreting the cracks there of was a form of divination in ancient China. So, in theory, if the bones were to be heated high enough for long enough, would it not be reasonable to see the bones turn into fragments merely due to a lack of structural integrity?

[@ChaoticYak1]

@@MaryLuCrafts Again, according to the crematorium website (Metatron made me curious), the cremation process doesn't burn the bones, but it does break them down to some degree and that process of breaking them down is completed by grinding the bones fragments into a powder. So it does seem as though you're correct.

[@jhoughjr1]

It depends on the size and shape of the fire and how windy it is. Modern crematoriums have time and money and environmental contraints.

[@DonPedroTheDude]

Kings led armies because if they had a general, that commander would be in charge and could depose them.

[@dms79]

Kings also led armies because it made them look like brave, strong leaders. Maybe some really were, maybe some really weren't, but it was all about perception and who go the credit for a victory.

[@michaeldoolan7595]

The last Monarch the English had lose their life in Battle was Richard III 22 August 1485 just after lunch.

[@leodesalis5915]

Adding to that point George the 2nd was the last English king to lead troops into battle in 1743 at the battle of Dettingen in Germany. The last king of any nation to lead their troops into battle was Albert the 1st of Belgium who led troops in WW1.

[@michaeldoolan7595]

@leodesalis5915 I was going to put that in, but I'd have to Google the date. I didn't know about the Belgium king, though cheers.👍

[@etiennesharp]

Also, the last king to die on the battlefield in Britain was James IV of Scotland in 1513.

[@I_am_Diogenes]

7:00 I tend to judge modern times by ancient times .

[@metatronyt]

Ahah

[@jhoughjr1]

When in Rome

[@CAP198462]

That sounds like a series. Ancient Roman legatus judges the modern world.

[@shrouded8797]

​@@CAP198462 I'd watch that series.

[@steve-qc8hd]

5:30 Winston Churchill had to be "dissuaded by King George VI not to land at Sword beach on early evening of D. Day

[@chikkinnuggits]

That's a funny image to picture. Chomping on a cigar, carrying a Bren gun, his gut ready to pop the buttons off his uniform 😂

[@steve-qc8hd]

@@chikkinnuggits There are pics of him climbing out of a DUKW a day or tow after when the Brits were sure the beach was secure. But churchill even at 66+ was still a fire-arms weirdo so a BREN would not have out of the question.

[@thegrim418]

He'd either have died immediately or been so thoroughly hammered that he'd shrug off every shot and horrify the Germans by charging their positions as an unstoppable juggernaut smoking a cigar.

[@publichearing8536]

Winston desperately staving off the desire to send anzac troops up the steepest cliff he sees.

[@victorcharlie5054]

@@chikkinnuggitswhilst I am a bit of a bren fanboy, I can’t picture this scene without his bowler hat and ribbed barrel drum mag Tommy gun

[@pberci93]

Entire countries fell without resistance because their leader rushed into the enemy ranks swinging a sword. Yes, it is stupid to do that. Why they did it? Because if they didn't lead the strongest force of their country themselves in person, then someone else did and that someone else was usually quick to overthrow them. Maintaining chain of command by all cost is one of the cornerstones behind the efficiency of modern militaries.

[@konstantingr5928]

no its not just that reason . the society was ruled by warriors. this elite class had resources to make themselves the best fighters/warriors . they had the teachers and books to increase their skills and offcourse the luxery of spending their time on this and let the peasants do all the other work needed. meaning they had to fight as it was their purpose in life . its once nations become bigger and more importantly more complex , bureacracy grows . the skill needed to govern the nation becomes more complex and takes priority. so kings/ nobility starts to spend their time on training other skills besides warfare, and then kings no longer fight on the field itself . because only then the thinking evolves" its stupid"because i have other skills that are more important to govern then just win battles , before that it was logical to go to war , it was your entire purpose as nobility

[@stevelinley1073]

Burning did not destroy bones: see St Polycarp, whose bones were gathered up by the faithful after his martyrdom and definitely treated as relics. IIRC Joan's remains were burned a second time to reduce them further to dust and then thrown in the Seine

[@15thcenturynoble]

About the part on the black death, chimneys did exist in the medieval period. The way they are represented in that picture maybe only became common during the 15th century as thats when we see them often in art (the square structure comming out of the roofs). But even as early as the 14th century, urban houses would have chimneys (though they weren't built like modern chimneys). In fact, even peasent houses are drawn with chimneys during the 15th century.

[@franohmsford7548]

1666 - The Great Fire of London was said to have wiped away the Great Plague. That picture would be nowhere near as bad if it was meant to be mid 17th Century. But many people do still mix up The Black Death and The Great Plague because of course we are talking about the Plague on both occasions.

[@DavidMcFarland-xc1ph]

She said they existed, just not close to super common.

[@iMightBeCrazy]

I would actually respect politicians and think their pensions might be okay if they were on the front lines in every battle without a crap load of security and actually fighting

[@rrobz3948]

6:45 - "I used to be a king, but then I took an arrow to the face."

[@jeffzeiler346]

Leadership meant something different then. And she doesn't get it. Not a surprise.

[@jhoughjr1]

What? A woman doesnt underdtand why men follow leadwrs in war? No way!

[@noxplay4906]

I wonder why men have ruled for tens of thousands of years

[@private1177]

Metatron: "who would recommend AI" Shadiversity: "..."

[@anthonyernst999]

This is the first one I watched before Metatron made a video on it

[@garygalt4146]

It’s actually written at the time about the noise from the hand gun fired at aigincourt

[@SimonJM]

I am by no means an expert but for relics after burning at stake, but: a) the fire would not be hot enough to break down bone and b) you still have tie the damn girl down before she levitates off (Daleks, take note!)

[@pete-ot4nu]

I seriously never understood the criticism of the king being on the battle field, back before standardized militaries were a thing armies would be lead by important nobility anyways, which back when the feudal system was all supreme, your nobility was the source of the kings power in the first place

[@cipherthevcuber]

you could probably turn everything to ash if you burn it long enough but it takes quite a bit considering crematoriums literally uses ovens and bones can survive cremation, up to 2 inches. Some Chinese have a tradition where family pickup these pieces and put them in the urn and that's how I know because I've seen it a few times myself

[@terrylandess6072]

So the Errol Flynn/Robin Hood color palette was correct in it's vibrancy which is mocked 'today'. :P

[@Madonnalitta1]

Only for the rich. Dyes were expensive - bright colours would have only been worn by the rich. Peasants dyed their clothes with natural pigment - so would have a washed out yellow, green, brown for colour. Flowers were used for more colour, but the colour would wash out.

[@robertlehnert4148]

The basic formula for gunpowder got to Europe or was invented there circa 1300. By 1400, Europeans had already matched China's 800 year lead, and was already applying in far more military applications that China ever had. By the time of St. Joan of Arc, 1431, no military could do without artillery

[@MalfunctioningAndroid]

Bones are still a majority of relics.

[@illRun4Clownident]

They give Professorships away like candy nowadays

[@blumiu2426]

They did before. You agree with the accepted truths, you got in. The irony is people will disagree with the Progressive aspect, but not realize the evolutionary theory was part of that. The goal of removing religion from society was done different ways, but taking over science and academia is still something many still hold to because personal bias. Kind of a brilliant tactic as they understand using disbelief as a weapon.

[@MrOffTrail]

Not if you are a straight white cis male. Particularly in the humanities.

[@Rabbithole8]

@@blumiu2426 "They did before." What is the time period you are referring to? "You agree with the accepted truths, you got in." This is the part is the whole fallacy, especially when applying to the university context in the West say 10 years ago and before that. You seem to have a lot in common with her when it comes to oversimplification, biased claims, and drawing unsubstantiated conclusions. Now, if this not the case you would take what I stated and consider your stance and ask yourself questions such as, "What am I missing?" "What am I getting wrong?" In fact, you would consider that you may be wrong entirely. That is what epistemic humility is about and how we avoid fallacies and cognitive errors. That is where she goes wrong, among other reasons. Is that also your case?

[@lukeseguin1875]

Professor has always been a political position. Western academia has always had this issue. Making a compelling argument doesn't always mean you're right. The eastern Confusion civil service exams are arguably more meritoritocraric but they're even more political in practice.

[@blumiu2426]

@@Rabbithole8 The time relevant to what I was discussing. You seem to be on quite the tangent. When Darwin came up with the evolutionary theory, what were his associations, thinking and influences in which helped develop it? One can look to the French Progressive thinkers and others as academic elites and adjacent had the same goal if they weren't under the banner of Marxism. One only need examine the goals written by Marxism and other atheistic think tanks that their first listed goal was to remove religion (Christianity because the West) from society. This is known if one has cursory knowledge of it. It presents the first challenge to manipulating free thinkers because their views have a basis and foundation on immutable ground beyond one's own will and views. Those are easy to dismantle, but not against a belief that historically couldn't be stamped out even through force. Many warned the West against allowing certain individuals, groups and thinking in, one notable person recent to me is Yuri Bezmenov. We know for fact seeing how our politics, academia, military, entertainment, media and more have been infected with Communists and Marxists. This is no exaggeration given the fact it's admitted, advertised, sponsored by such activist groups, unions and those within aforementioned entities. We know from history it happened in China, Soviet Union, Africa and areas of Asia. With that explanation given, we have why science is so fortified against any other theory contending with evolution despite it's many issues and iterations it's faced with the discoveries in other areas of science. There are a bit more academics that speak out against how corrupt the institution is and knowingly peddles lies, yet as Metatron points out many times, appeal to authority and bias toward academia pervades common thinking. With how emboldened professors and students became in the past years due to ideological and political divide it's far more obvious academia is taken over and only accepts one course. We saw science be weaponized during Covid and how broken the system truly is when we know science and academia lied through it's teeth. The trust in it was shown to be low as a result. We had so many in science that came out against it and others in their fields be cast out or discredited by the establishment for telling the truth. People went along with it until the truth came out to their shame. No greater example exists of it's current state and it started decades ago if one has done their research into when fields and subjects began entering schools. What belief system do we see promoted by Communists and Marxists? Atheism. We can look at the results of that rule and effect on a society, but it's not primarily exclusive to that. Any authoritarian control will result near the same as seen with Catholic rule for over a thousand years. Didn't destroy Europe like the aforementioned did, so a significant difference. Both still targeted the religious, Christians beyond primary among them. I could go on, but that's a lot said already.

[@BD90..]

The medieval people would think some of us are stupid for denying what a woman is. Something so simple to understand but some modern people refuse to acknowledge a fact.

[@FlashyVic]

To be fair, Churchill wanted to be off the beaches at DDay in a battleship. Not storming the beaches,no, not that involved but still in a bit of danger. He was only talked out of it by the King who cunningly told him that if the Prime Minister could go then the King could too. And insisted on accompanying him. Churchill wouldnt take that risk.

[@staceymalchow4528]

21:07 I'm not certain, but aren't they're still bone fragments that remain after modern cremations, so I would think that an open for wouldn't get anywhere near as hot as a modern crematorium...

[@erikafreebird6449]

Love your point of views..they are well studied, wise, and passionate....she on the otherhand is cocky, obnoxious, and not well spoken.

[@rpgadventurer32]

She's an obnoxious American "white liberal" woman "from California" in terms of the type of her personality. most of them are not truly educated and objectively stupid.

[@exosproudmamabear558]

Bones start burning at 700 celsius and fully incirated at 1100,open wood pyres are in the range of 800-1000 celsius. So they burn some parts of the bones but cannot incirate it.

[@francikoen]

Kings were expected to lead their armies into battle and participate the fight. The Knights would NOT have fought... if the Kings did not lead personally.

[@loserinasuit7880]

That's objectively not true. The King helped morale significantly but you can't be everywhere at once and in many situations being constantly on the frontlines put the Kingdom at risk.

[@JS-wp4gs]

@@loserinasuit7880 No. You clearly do not understand what he said

[@loserinasuit7880]

@JS-wp4gs I do know what I said. It is ludicrous that you think every King was expected to fight at the frontlines.

[@Subutai_Khan]

@@loserinasuit7880 Well then you need to read more accounts of medieval battles and read up on the social hierarchy. If a king was physically able to fight he was expected to lead and be present at the battle. He would devote some command to his subordinates but he himself would be expected to lead cavalry charges too when the time was right if physically able. Without radios and other modern conveniences this is the only real way you can lead men forward. There is a reason why nobles and royals are called "those who fought" out of the three main sections of society. Kings and heads of state only stop leading armies directly in the front when armies get bigger and weapons like guns get more dangerous. If you are leading about 5,000 guys though which is the typical size of a medieval army (some are larger but this is quite typical) then you are going to be taking an active role in leading that force. Even in the wars in the New World, we see Hernan Cortes for instance, the leader of the Spanish Conquistadors leading the first cavalry charge despite the risk. Sure if the general dies it can be a bad time for structure of command especially in a feudal structure where it may be unclear who is next in charge, but it is also the best way to rally men and keep them under your control.

[@Subutai_Khan]

@@loserinasuit7880 The fact is kings in the Middle Ages were expected to fight on the battlefield. They were part of the class of people who fought much the same as other nobility and royals. I mean, there is a reason the king is a piece on the chessboard. He is always there. It is also the only way you can really lead a cavalry charge or army by being in the frontline. Obviously, as king you devote sections of the armies to other commanders but you yourself had to be actively involved and we have tons and tons of examples all throughout the Middle Ages. Even in the Early Modern period we see examples of kings on the battlefield charging. This idea only changes when modern warfare gets more dangerous and armies get so large that it is no longer practical to have a head of state leading the army from the front and there end up being more layers of command even if the head of state is present. Even if you look a bit later at battles in the New World during the Early Modern period, Hernan Cortes who was the leader of his men was the first man in the battle when they attacked the Aztecs who outnumbered them by a long shot. Hernan Cortes even killed an enemy chief with his own lance and he specifically led his men to attack the enemy Aztec chiefs. This sort of thing happened a ton especially with small forces where a general without modern comms has to be right there in the thick of it.

[@eirrenia]

Honestly, when I think of all the politicians who are all to happy to send others to fight and die while they sit in safety, I start thinking it should be mandatory that any congress (or other political body) who votes for war or to support foreign wars be required to at least spend every other month on the battle front as a common soldier. Would it be politically dangerous? Yes. But so is having politicians who are willing to spill soldiers’ blood like its water because there is no personal cost to THEM. There is such a thing as a just war but it’s much rarer than the propagandists would like you to think.

[@sandman5211]

If she is a historian, I'm the king of England

[@sirpercarde709]

Are you the John II she refers to? Of England?

[@magicpyroninja]

The Tower in the woods serves many purposes first and foremost, expanding the line of sight of the empire and protecting the gatherers and the precious wood that they gather If also to Mark the limits of my territory and to ward off attackers

[@billrolston5800]

Speaking of Normandy, Churchill wanted to be on one of the ships during the operation

[@norsemankv6472]

You dont need to that far back to have kings dying in the field. Gustav II Adolf 1632, Karl XII 1718

[@acerimmer8357]

How in the world did she become a Professor? We are doomed....

[@QuestionsStuff]

Her smugness was overbearing

[@heathergreenakers]

6:17 that’s how they gained the loyalty of their men. When a king, or ruler, can get down a dirty with his men, and risk his own life, along with theirs, it gives his army the drive to fight. It leads them to believe that their king values them and that he believes in what they’re fighting for just as much as they do. That’s why when kings died in battle or they turned tail and ran, their army did the same or lost all will to fight. 11:54 also, she strikes me as the type of person who thinks she knows more than she actually does.

[@Yazaku]

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is going to have early firearms.

[@metatronyt]

Wonderful news!

[@Οέντιμοςάνθρωπος]

¡Good News for Once!

[@dms79]

Then according to the good professor, KCD 2 will be woefully historically inaccurate!

[@Οέντιμοςάνθρωπος]

@@dms79 😅

[@AGPym77]

@@metatronyt Greetings from Czech Republic, Hussites used small hand canons called píšťala, bigger ones called hákovnice and even bigger artillery pieces called houfnice. According to one theory, this is where words like pistol-píšťala and howitzer- houfnice originated from. Ash, bones and whatever remained after Master Jan Hus was thrown into the Rhine river.Probably to prevent veneration of his remains.

[@Whitewingdevil]

People underestimate arrows these days, gotta remember that while they might be going significantly slower than a bullet, they're also significantly heavier. Also there's a knife on there.

[@deathryder420]

she seems to have the education on the middle ages but she's too "on her high horse" shall we say in regards to her personal perspective on the topic or rather you could say she looks down on it and thinks too highly of herself and her own opinionated view

[@dms79]

Sounds like most professors.

[@noxplay4906]

I'm so glad people are calling out these modern narratives for the absolute nonsense that they are.

[@hardromeo436]

This woman is incredibly annoying to listen to

[@KenFullman]

Maybe because she's constantly being interrupted.

[@ctrlaltdebug]

Sounds like a D E I hire.

[@yagsipcc287]

@@KenFullman Its her accent. Most non Americans can not stand this type of accent it also feels very talking down to you how she speaks just comes from her accent.

[@dms79]

@@yagsipcc287 As an American, I also can't stand her style of speech. It makes her sound childish and demeaning, when she probably thinks she sounds clever and funny.

[@yagsipcc287]

@@dms79 Yeah its also the pattern of speech as well as the accent.

[@RedCommunistDragon]

Not a fan of this “export’s” attitude. A little sarcasm here and is fine, however, this just seems extremely unprofessional.

[@bigbro6446]

I think this attitude is acceptable for the type of video it is however, if she has this attitude while lecturing in a class of students now that’s another thing

[@sussudioharvey9458]

Back in the 70’s I had professors like this. We loved them just because they were not stodgy and pretentious . They could be dry and “ professional “ if called for. And the Ridiculous nature of the AI shown … well calls for a bit of levity and sarcasm. And don’t we enjoy Meditron just for those same reasons?

[@SupremeGrand-MasterAzrael]

James Tour is professor so nothing would surprise me. The thing about professors is: if you don’t like the professor then drop the class lol also judging this woman’s teaching ability, or James Tour for that matter, based on their behavior outside of the classroom is not productive.

[@TalesofDawnandDusk]

Random tidbit about bones being relics, the Japanese considered the bones of a Buddha sacred and in the very first story I translated from the Konjaku Monogatari Shu about Shotoku Taishi claims that one of the earliest temples built in Japan had a pagoda that enshrined a single speck of the Buddha's bone that was placed in a jar of lapis lazuli. Interesting bit of cross-continental cultural similarity.

[@lukaede7172]

Not just the Japanese Buddhists.

[@TalesofDawnandDusk]

@lukaede7172 Fair. I assumed as much but as I'm not familiar with non Japanese forms of Buddhism I didn't want to say something stupid lol.

[@blakebailey22]

Regardless of the minor flaws in semantics she made, generative AI is abhorrent and should be shunned in all scenarios.

[@MannyBrum]

I wonder what people who lived during the Black Death would say to the people who were whining about quarantine during Covid.

[@talithakoum3922]

I wonder what people who lived during the Black Death would say to people who took "the unspecified virus of unknown origin" seriously at all, let alone the ones who wore masks in their cars 😂

[@jhoughjr1]

@@talithakoum3922idk u wanna come change my stepfads diapers? That virus you deny sure fucked him over. Nearly killed me. Toik my roommate down whom i never saw sick in 30 years. But yeah some random dipshit online knows better.

[@noxplay4906]

Yeah the best way to stfu and get a grip when you complain about stuff for no reason is to just remember what your ancestors had to endure for you to even be here in the first place. Then you will fall to your knees, wonder why you whined in the first place, promptly be humbled and have a much better perspective on life. And you will thank God that you were born in the 21st century in a developed nation and you will sing His praises for the rest of your life. That's the ideal reaction anyways.

[@Muschelschubs3r]

@@noxplay4906 If you were born in the 21st century and still pray to a deity based on badly translated Bonze Age tall tales, you need to see a shrink. Urgently.

[@stormlord1984]

She is really hard to watch with the way she speaks and her grimaces. I am constantly getting a haughty/superiority holier-than-thou attitude. Tone it down, miss!

[@wedgeantilles8575]

When AI is doing a better job than the "expert", the "professor"...

[@ChristinaStarlight]

Bro, did you even watch the video? She clearly knows her shit better then the random AI pictures.

[@wedgeantilles8575]

​@@ChristinaStarlight She is making so many statements where you can just shake your head because her take is so incredible dumb... Every single one? No, of course some things she said are correct. Let's give you two examples: She is making fun of fireweapons in the picture. Like: You can't do this. My question: WTF??? There ARE gunpowder weapons that were used in the early middle ages. That the "expert" has no idea about that is stunning. And she is making fun of kings fighting in wars - well, that was how things were done back in the days. Nobility was fighting. Oh yeah, shocking to modern days - ruler who decide on fights actually do have to share the danger. There are very good reasons why this was a good thing - inspiring the men e.g. Just two examples.

[@dkbros1592]

We call this people distorian not historian who always distort the history for there political IDEOLOGY

[@MomoKawashima5]

For the curious types, this professor is literally a gender studies professor. That should kinda tell you how things were gonna go

[@Madonnalitta1]

She's obviously a historian.

[@Postmortumaz]

She's talks like a teenage girl.

[@SefniAsheforr]

This is what modern academia makes of people, in tandem with social media and narcissism.

[@AkbarZeb-p6f]

That's because millennials have never left that mindset. Their boomer parents spoiled them as they are the youngest of their kids. They are boomers 2.0 & equally culturally suicidal & Marxissistic.

[@MauroGagliega]

I thought she was drunk for the first 10 mins...

[@kajkviggs]

yeah she tries to be braty some sort of rebellious. idk kind cringe.

[@KatAdVictoriam]

Her presentation and snarky speaking style make her unpleasant to listen to, for sure.

[@vicnighthorse]

She looks and sounds drunk.

[@franciszaldivar337]

Personally, I don't trust Eleanor Janega, this is based on a lot of videos she's done, who at one point during a review for historically accurate medieval history films at one point said that the worst English monarch was Henry VIII, which kind of shows her obvious left-leaning bias. I mean come on, John I "Lackland", is clearly the worst English king in all of English history, as without him we probably wouldn't have had the Magna Carta (as this is a king who had his own nephew, Arthur of Brittany murdered to take the throne, along with heavy taxation, disputes with the Church to the point he was excommunicated by the Pope in 1209, and unsuccessful attempts to recover his French possessions, just to name some). And while yes Henry VIII had multiple wives and mistresses in an attempt to have a son (and had two of his wives executed), along with the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s, he wasn't the worst.

[@sebastianpijov8708]

You can say all you want about Henry VIII, he was at the very least a competent ruler. As for John, he is arguably better than Edward II or Matilda, but he is still among the worst monarchs of England.

[@SupremeGrand-MasterAzrael]

What if people are just stupid? Like no matter what the date is? That’s the only thing I’ve seen to be observably true about humans being stupid in my 29 years on this planet

[@nicholaswiley1692]

I could totally imagine Trump charging with a lance in full plate. “I have the greatest lance! People tell me all the time that it’s the best in the world!” 😂

[@korstmahler]

Oh I've been waiting for you to do this video. The images are fantastic, you can almost feel the AI breaking as it tried to convey the image while not being graphical.

[@ErikDanner]

Catholic here, Metatron, yes we do use bones as relics, that we put in our altars during mass. it's normally bones or a piece of cloth. btw way thanks for all the advice on armor, now i have a tailored cuirass. please accept my subscription as my thanks.

[@noxplay4906]

Based trad Cat?

[@derekhovinghoff2924]

My family runs an animal crematorium. I think I can probably answer the question of what would happen to someone's bones if they were burnt to death. If the person's flesh was incinerated, their skeleton would probably be left in a dried out and fragile state, easily ground into powder. (After an animal is cremated, their bones must be ground in a machine to reduce them to powder). So I'd expect that the bones of the person would fully decay much more rapidly and completed after they are incinerated than after any other form of execution.

[@ronaldnelson6692]

The picture of Joan of Arc, shows her being burned at the stake for heresy while effectively proving she's a witch. Got to love AI.

[@HellMac]

From the very moment i saw her acting like 7 y.o, i immediately skipped to the comment section where the real fun is.

[@DragonLandlord]

We need to go back to leaders on the battlefield, there'd be less fighting.

[@alexfilma16]

She has pronouns on her Instagram bio… Tells you everything you need to know.

[@Wintermute909]

Aaaand there it is. Why am I not surprised.

[@CookieTube]

Tells me everything about you if you make an objection about that.... Who the F- cares if she has pronouns or not listed in her bio? Seriously dude! _"whaaaaaa, I can't handle reading pronouns, whaaaaaa...... my nickers are all in a twist now...whaaaaaa"_ Let me call the whambulance for you...

[@jomamma1750]

Exactly!

[@Idealist_Metaphor]

Interesting what exactly does a persons pronouns tell you about them?

[@timothy4664]

She works in academia. So do I. That you would use this as an indictment and broad brush to paint over her's and anyone else's accomplishment and education tells me more about your arrogant look at the world than anything about her. Many colleges and universities strongly encourage including your pronouns. I dont know of any that require it, but it is far easier professionally to play ball than to puff up your chest and commit career suicide. That doesn't mean we all accept the ideology. Further, just because someone happens to believe in post modern gender ideological nonsense, doesn't mean they are less of an expert in their field. Frankly, you are gatekeeping "expertise" based upon unrelated subjects. That is exactly what the people you despise do. Therefore, you are no better, as are all the folk who celebrate your post. Nothing about your comment or those who love it, and rushed to thumb up is intellectually honest or based upon reason.

[@michaeltelson9798]

There was in one video that she remarked about ergots only infected rye. Ergots will infect all small grains with oats having the highest resistance. So wheat, rye and barley are susceptible to this disease.

[@ibrahimihsan2090]

0:36: Thank you.

[@viktorgabriel2554]

King Carolus lead his men on the battlefield seeing your King on the battlefield is a massive boost to moral and tended to make people fight harder since they felt like the King was willing to die for them.

[@Trth1707]

Her attitude is awful, even if it is stupid.

[@dms79]

"Bratty" sums it up pretty well, I think.

[@moodchanger3470]

the older i get the more i see why its a good thing i didnt actually go deeper into academia and become a historian or egyptologist.

[@kevg1617]

She isn't sarcastic, she's snarky.

[@Truffle_Pup]

I'm just glad she didn't push the whole "Joan of Arc was Trans" nonsense.

[@talithakoum3922]

Same. That "theory" is everything wrong with modern historians. St. Joan wore boys' clothing for greater mobility, and it offered better protection against SA. This is how she explained it at her trial, and it's common sense.

[@noxplay4906]

Also she was literally a pious Catholic and was canonized as a Christian saint so even suggesting that is spitting on her name. Good ole' Joan would never get down with that. God bless that woman man.

[@jordonhancock05]

If I remember correctly.. prince Henry, future King of England Henry V of Monmouth was around 16 years old when he got shot at the battle of Shrewsbury. I got the book..Henry V by historian Dan Jones.. ❤the content..Metatron.

[@jamesrust2871]

At 3 min you were giving a great description of what kind of military they were but all I could think was that it looked like some highway department road repair crew lol.

[@Dannyboyefc]

The French used a few hand canons at agincourt

[@scottydu81]

Why wouldn’t they?

[@ArchmagosErrantCarbos]

I might could actually see Trump charging someone in gilded plate with a large T-shaped house crest lol

[@noxplay4906]

I mean he's willing to continue running for president under risk of numerous assassination attempts and bullets being fired at him, and he stood back up and pumped his fist after getting shot, I could see it too.

[@PalleRasmussen]

Walking my ferret in the forest, I can think of several rulers fighting on the battlefield in the Middle Ages; especially in Denmark.

[@MrReddevil2420]

She's trying way to hard at everything.

[@GalileosTelescope]

4:47 but you’re looking at it from classical Rome perspective which is just a removed in time (if not more especially if comparing to Alexander). So you’re explicitly making the same error you’re claiming she’s making, just in the other direction. The question is, was it common in England/France at the time for kings to fight? If not, then she has not taken a modern point of view.

[@kevinjohanson5718]

Totally common in medieval period for kings to lead their armies to battle. They aint leading charges super often, but they were there on the field in the role of commanding general.