How to Survive in Tudor London? : Life in Elizabethan England, Shakespeare's London

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Shakespeare's London, Elizabethan England, Tudor London, History of Tudors, History of London, Tudor England

[@andrei1637]

The most british thing I could never think about is having a license for begging

[@SendPeaches]

"OI!!! DOES THOU HATH A LIOSCENE FOR BEGGING???"

[@thegreendorito9515]

@@SendPeaches “Aye, lad! My wee self has it roight ‘ere!”

[@Elenrai]

I kinda imagine a drivers lisence type deal, with a written theory exam and a practical test with an experienced beggar

[@andrei1637]

@@Elenrai duuuude, that would be awesome.

[@AudieHolland]

The late Terry Pratchett, in his Discworld Novels, described life in Ankh Morpork, a medieval city obviously inspired on old London. There was the beggar's guild the thieves' guild, the assassin's guild, while not even mentioning the regular guilds (bakers, butchers, merchants). "Halt! Unlicensed thief!" He just robbed me at knife point and I never even saw a licence.

[@miradfalco251]

Homebrewer here! The workday beers/ales of that period were often just alcoholic enough to keep them from spoiling, especially "small beer" types. They saved the stronger stuff for after they were done with their day. (exceptions, of course) This is part of why there was such a problem when cheap gin hit the market. People were used to drinking by the mug-full, and the gin was several orders of magnitude stronger than what they were used to. (even without the often harmful contaminants. )

[@benedictjephcote6815]

This piqued my curiosity with the part about harmful contaminants. I've found that sulphuric acid, turpentine and lime oil could be commonly included at the time. With lime oil, I had to read up on this as it didn't sound too dangerous at first, but, on researching, I see that essential oils from unripe limes can lead to blood, liver and kidney problems. I imagine other/additional contaminants may also have been present? Are you aware of any common or interesting contaminants that I haven't drawn mention to?

[@seraphina985]

@James Declerk Indeed calling that an alcoholic drink you can get drunk on is almost as insane as suggesting one is going to get drunk on a couple of cans of shandy (Pre-packaged stuff I mean, you can make it way stronger doing it yourself obviously). Hell it takes some effort and willingness to deal with discomfort to down 4% fast enough to get particularly drunk, much bellow that and you are limited by the sheer inability to deal with the excess water fast enough to make room to drink more.

[@standoughope]

Note to self: If I ever have 5 minutes to pack prior to a time jump back to Tudor London, don't forget the entire spice rack! That stuff will keep me alive for a while through trade... or someone will just kill me and take my stash.

[@berserk1437]

Spices were traded by pound. Your handful of powder is worthless

[@tristanjohnson4159]

Most likely the later

[@RonaldinhoGoat]

It is worth the risk, also knowledge on finance would be very valuable in the stock exchange, you would make very powerful connections with that.

[@cattraknoff]

Bring purple dye. A synthetic wasn't invented for centuries after so it's worth its weight in gold.

[@sheepsky]

@@berserk1437 you can buy large quantities of spices from wholesalers

[@brontewcat]

That was really interesting. While Elizabeth’s reign is seen as a golden age, life was pretty hard for the poor.

[@decem_sagittae]

When was life ever easy for the poor?

[@brontewcat]

@@decem_sagittae True. It is never easy, but in some countries easier than it was in Tudor times. When and where would you rather be poor - London (or Sydney where I am and except for about 8 weeks a year with much better weather) today or London in Tudor times. At least you are not going to be branded for begging now.

[@decem_sagittae]

@@brontewcat yes, but begging is still illegal

[@usagi18]

It has always been

[@MA-go7ee]

@@decem_sagittae Depends on what definition of easy and poor is. A poor person in 2022 in a developed country lives a life a poor person in the 1500s would consider unimaginably luxurious. As the world gets richer, definitions of poor and what constitutes an easy life keeps being revised up. If they weren't, if we use say a standard comparing the average poor person throughout human history to the average poor person in the developed countries in the past 150 years, we can definitely say the latter have had historically easy lives.

[@Tefisheep]

Literally one of the most engaging and interesting historically correct tours of Tudor London. I love the old game look and Greensleeves played as old game music. Well researched and really interesting. This should be played in schools for history lessons, far more engaging than the dusty old books we had to learn from, I think kids would really engage with this. Brilliant in every way, love it!

[@justanotherhappyhumanist8832]

This video seems to be mostly based on the book, “A Time-Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan London”, by Ian Mortimer. It’s a factual, popular history book, written as a tour guide to Elizabethan London, and it goes into all of this stuff, albeit, more in depth. He also has a book called “The Time-Traveller’s Guide to Medieval London”, and Jabzy has a video on that, as well. I highly recommend both books, if you’re interested in seeing history from this perspective!

[@leonardmccoy4797]

I got both books for Christmas and I am legit soooooo excited to read them​@@justanotherhappyhumanist8832

[@slevinchannel7589]

How many Can Read? Hope you can answer - and do so for as many different Centurys as possible

[@ramiromen6595]

Please don't stop with these kind of videos! Justinian's Constantinople, Shogunate Edo, Medieval Rome, Venice during the republic (maybe during the Renaissance?), Abassid Baghdad,etc... There's so much cool stuff!

[@danovargess5068]

So many eras so many places

[@kawaiilotus]

I agree, i'd love to see how to survive the Georgian and Regency period as well as the early or late Victorian times, or surviving Russia dung peter the greats tzarship.

[@danovargess5068]

Oh wouldn't that be fun

[@usagi18]

King thinks you're cute. Choose: a) Be graceful and say thank you b) Ignore the guy c) Run and hide - Chose any answer but C or cheat password to look unattractive to him in person - You've been beheaded / died in childbirth - GAME OVER -

[@firstlast5454]

Venice during the 18th century is probably the most interesting period

[@TheSierraMadre_]

Watched the whole thing - extremely good. KZbin algorithm be goofing, this is an absolute treat to watch.

[@michelle9445]

That is TERRIBLE use of aave🥴

[@Winkle-Dinkle]

@@michelle9445eubonics 🤓

[@mild_meme]

I love the idea of putting yourself into a historical context. It's the proximity to history that a lot of history lovers crave. So many narratives are top-down, but this bottom-up social history is cool. Keep doing these!

[@justanotherhappyhumanist8832]

This video seems to be mostly based on the book, “A Time-Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan London”, by Ian Mortimer. It’s a factual, popular history book, written as a tour guide to Elizabethan London, and it goes into all of this stuff, albeit, more in depth. He also has a book called “The Time-Traveller’s Guide to Medieval London”, and Jabzy has a video on that, as well. I highly recommend both books, if you’re interested in seeing history from this perspective! EDIT: Actually, I just checked, and he’s just had a new book come out called The Time Traveller’s Guide to Regency London!

[@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658]

The art style is adorable. Hope you keep it. It gives the channel more personality,

[@decem_sagittae]

The art style fucking sucks.

[@KCCOmug]

Jazzy hasn't just taken me back to the 16th century, he's taken me back to the 1990s with this game style. Well done sir!

[@itarry4]

Especially the repeating music that just around 10 seconds of music repeated over and over to keep the program size down....

[@Dave_Sisson]

@@itarry4 The music is Greensleeves, which was apparently written by Elizabeth I dad, Henry VIII when he was a young man. So a very appropriate soundtrack for this era.

[@itarry4]

@@Dave_Sisson I know what it is and who wrote it apparently but then I wasn't committing on the actual music or if it was appropriate or not. Just why he repeated it, that it was right for the time the graphics were copied from, that it was in the same style as a 8bit game would have done it back in the day and why the games did it that way.

[@justanotherhappyhumanist8832]

This video seems to be mostly based on the book, “A Time-Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan London”, by Ian Mortimer. It’s a factual, popular history book, written as a tour guide to Elizabethan London, and it goes into all of this stuff, albeit, more in depth. He also has a book called “The Time-Traveller’s Guide to Medieval London”, and Jabzy has a video on that, as well. I highly recommend both books, if you’re interested in seeing history from this perspective!

[@trebuh]

As someone who would watch your videos back in 2016 I'm so happy how your channel has evolved. You do some genuine research rather than reading Wikipedia articles into a microphone like so many pophistory youtubers.

[@ianfefchak6995]

Please please please do more of these! They are fantastic and i know they must take ages to make but its incredible content, keep up the amazing work!

[@alextirrellRI]

People today couldn't imagine living like this -- historically speaking it's not that long ago. I knew bits and pieces of this but you really spelled out what day to day life was like.

[@mrillis9259]

Modern slums are worse lol Skid row San Fran La New York Chicago Toronto Need I go on? Trench foot in the homeless in Halifax.

[@peskypigeonx]

@@mrillis9259 How are there ‘slums’ in NYC or any of the cities you mentioned, or are you just talking about cities that might make you see… oh god a P O O R

[@Brandon-nl1nf]

@@mrillis9259 I don't think they worse💀💀💀💀 not by a chance. Because back then u were either noble or a peasant. There was no in between really and u didn't have a real chance to change your lineages life.

[@nataliapanfichi9933]

​​@@peskypigeonx there are poor parts of new York city. It's not a 100 percent rich and clean place. All big cities have slums or unsafe or unclean parts..

[@nataliapanfichi9933]

​@@Brandon-nl1nf some people in historical times did change their status or get help from rich people. Like if someone was a bastard son/daughter of some powerful or famous person and they showed a talent, he or she might get a chance at success. for Example: leonardo da vinci, lady Elizabeth, later queen Elizabeth 1 and some illegitimate children of Emperors and kings of various places went from oy look at that poor bastard chid" to that person is totally super susefull and smart". I've even heard some of those "poor little kids" got titles like Duke of x , count y, sir x, etc.

[@oohforf6375]

This is awesome. I can almost smell this version of London. Would love to see a version for Paris or Moscow or even Constantinople.

[@incongruousinquiry]

oof...not that you'd WANT to smell this version of London

[@aliteinthesky]

Why not all three? The Byzantine Empire is pretty much forgotten in the West, even though it's basically just Romans moved over. Marakesh would we SUPER cool to hear, though.

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility" - William Wordsworth

[@coreyscorner9092]

“If you’re not beaten and robbed there’s a good chance they’ll just insult you” so nothings changed really?

[@jiemfranc]

I want a Sims type game with art like this , with my character/s tryna survive Tudor London.

[@CheyenneJasmine]

That would be awesome

[@genera1013]

I know there was a Sims Medieval, but I don't know how accurate it is as I've never played it

[@orchidfancy7809]

That was basically fantasy. Even for sims.

[@slipmcdrip]

It already exists! It's called The Guild 2.

[@hannahhester8376]

Or something like this were you could be randomized into a different class of people in a different time, like one time you could take the place of a Royal, or another session you could take the place of a farmer, ect.

[@jackbrown8052]

If you're traveling back in time to Elizabethan England you can easily stock up on Elizabethan coins. Elizabethan coins aren't that expensive to buy and are easily found. Arrive with a few hundred coins and you won't have to work or can buy a business. Arrive with enough coins and you can buy land, employ people and become landed gentry.

[@MagS258]

Probably wouldn't go over too well, some up-and-coming rich guy just swaggers in and absolutely no one knows who he is or where exactly he came from?

[@SenorGuina]

@@MagS258 just say you're a foreigner, GG

[@ToastieBRRRN]

If there was a game like this. I'd definitely spend money to play it.

[@SPIOoner]

same

[@carag2567]

Word.

[@StefanMilo]

This was brilliant!

[@PreistofGHAZpork]

I completely agree

[@jontyarnold8522]

Indeed Blackadder…

[@Huarrnarg]

oh hey it's the spoon man

[@chopsamine1971]

I concur.

[@chopsamine1971]

Indeed!

[@BreathInSpaceFilmz]

There should be VR games that just let you explore different places at certain historical times. Nothing super actiony, just trying to survive. Maybe experiencing different societal roles.

[@lizahn]

I wish this game gets made

[@laura_ann1583]

I would 100% buy this

[@usagi18]

There are some guys doing that with the Titanic... they share their progress on fb, and looks AWESOME

[@CurtisD01]

I thought of stuff like that, just get all of known info about history and shove it into an ai and let it generate the world. ofcourse this idea is for the future

[@RonaldinhoGoat]

That would be an amazing way to learn about our history, i would probably move to the countryside if i had enough money lol

[@InspectHistory]

Wow, new style? 😎👍

[@justsomerandombirdwithinte5896]

sussy balls

[@yucol5661]

Loved the cute video game style. I hope future long videos will have it

[@TrickiVicBB71]

Longest video yet. Really digging the art style and as always educating me on an obscure topic or event

[@jessicacarver9726]

I was captivated through the whole thing.

[@whostheplum1711]

Oh my god this is such a beautiful style and again. The maturing of history youtubers and their formats like yours make me have hope.

[@Ace-ym9hz]

I cant believe this guy isn't at the top of the algorithm cool information, a lot of effort and awesome graphics definitely subscribing.

[@huge7800]

A shame that this good of a video doesn't get much attention, I am commenting to boost engagement

[@dargon1084]

I read a 300+ page book on this topic (The Tudor Age by Jasper Ridley), but you managed to cram nearly all that information in a 43 minute video and leave out the boring parts. Great job!

[@carag2567]

I'm not even finished watching but I had to pause to give praise to the mid-80s overly digitized Nintendo version of Greensleeves that you're using here. Nice touch.

[@caseysilkwood47]

I love all of your videos, but this is hands down one of the coolest history features I've ever watched. Not just on youtube but period. Some of my favorite books are these slice of life type narratives: "the Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England", "Daily Life in Victorian England", etc. Can't wait for more!

[@JabzyJoe]

Thanks so much!

[@ToastieBRRRN]

That "the Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England" book is so good, couldn't agree more. Feel like more people are starting to appreciate these historical slices of life.

[@poisonouscouscous]

This was brilliant! Enthralling from start to finish and expertly presented with amazing art work 👍👍👍

[@SuperbTube]

This video was phenomenal! Please make more tours of cities across various eras of history

[@carissamace]

This is useful for running Waterdeep in D&D. Thanks!

[@bradyfox4818]

Absolutely incredible work! I can only imagine the work that went into this. This is the kind of content that history youtube really needs. God bless!

[@bismarcksparadox4886]

I couldn't tell you what it is but man, this video is so relaxing. I remember being stressed out but then I found the Constainople video and in like 20 minutes I was relaxed. Great work, please make more of this wonderful videos!!

[@marcusprasad100]

Wow great idea! Would love to see more like this maybe in Ottoman, Qing, Mongol, byzantine, Roman, greek, Persian, american empires.

[@nimpetamin6425]

This is amazing! Jabzy! Hope youll get million views for this video!

[@clowTM]

Not gonna lie, I find this interesting to the degree that I wish more of your videos were clearly like this

[@JabzyJoe]

I want to make more, and thankfully the youtube algorithm gods are recommending this vid to people now. For weeks it had around 10,000 views

[@clowTM]

@@JabzyJoe Yeah, I'm glad it was sent to me, may the Algorithm smile upon you and give you more engagement. And I've watched a few others, and I certainly wouldn't call them bad, I enjoy my history tubing to a good degree. But I love the way in which this information is packaged and presented and I just find it so super duper engaging.

[@clowTM]

Also to be even more clear, I actually first listened to this on background play, and while I DO love the visuals, they overall presentation won me over, even without the super cool pixel art, which is also fantastic.

[@vdotme]

Beggers license? Wow. 😱 So many interesting bits to this story that would make for an interesting story in themselves. The Damned Crew sound like rogues I want to hear more about.

[@mrillis9259]

Canada still has pan handlers licensing.

[@likebot.]

I'm absolutely enthralled by this particular installation. Thank you Jabzy. Thank you so very much ♥

[@acolyte1951]

This video contains a lot of convenient information about that time in this scenario, nice job

[@lornamarie5544]

Love this. It’s great to hear about Tudor royals but I’m interested in hearing about the normal every day to day folk. Plus as I work in the city I know these areas so well. 👏🏾👏🏾

[@alicecuriosityoftenleadsto6288]

Whoa, I got so into this I was shocked when it ended and I realized it was 45 minutes long!

[@rumrunner8019]

How on Earth does rage bait about a grandma in Tulsa twerking at a political rally get upwards of 100k views but this has such a low view count? This has got to be the best, most immersive history video I've seen in ages. Great work! You earned my sub!

[@Strawhalo]

Because you idiot. Tulsa had white people kill blacks. Even the united states air force dropping bombs on them. While at such a serious historical event was disrespectful. Imagine if a jewish woman goes to a Holocaust memorial and started twerking on a dude dressed as a nazi. Saying my savior. Now do you understand?

[@verenant4567]

@@Strawhalo exactly

[@jugadorcastriot7796]

@@Strawhalo It wasn't 'the united states airforce' it was a private citizen with an airplane that dropped a bomb. 39 people died of whom 26 were black and 13 white, dont compare it with the holocaust, stop making shit up, and stop virtue signalling.

[@Sara3346]

@@jugadorcastriot7796 isn't that just on the low end of the death estimate given how many bodies must have burned with the city?

[@ep7672]

There are tons of infotainment videos of similar or better quality. This isn't unique. I commend creators like this. You just aren't finding the good stuff, apparently. Yeah, lots of people only watch trash. Just be proud you're above that tendency.

[@Adam-mc5in]

This is such a cool and original idea. I really hope you do more of these

[@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

Why isn't the algorithm picking this up? Tons of buzzwords the algorithm likes in the title but less views than your normal videos? More work is met with less reward on youtube.

[@JabzyJoe]

Seems that way ha. Its my least viewed in a long time

[@jmiquelmb]

@@JabzyJoe Maybe you could try to get some views from Reddit or other sites. It’s a shame because I loved your video and you should get more visibility

[@victoneter]

@@JabzyJoe Yet it's your best

[@ssun190]

@@JabzyJoe Yea what the heck, the video really gives you a sense of what it's like to live at the time.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

It's the length. The algorithm rarely recommends anything over 20 minutes in length. You have to subscribe and turn notifications on to find out about these.

[@blairseo1]

Jabzy you have made some incredible videos but even from your high standards of videos you made a fantastic one here and I love your art or animation style in this video and I am still kind of confused why you don't have at least 500,000 sub channel for your quality alone you more than deserve it.

[@archdiocheese524]

This video is the most incredible piece of work I have ever seen.

[@smolaether]

I just found this today. How this isn’t getting suggested when I watch a lot of similar content to this is frustrating.

[@Halfdanr_H]

Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Please do consider doing more like this for other historical periods :)

[@giveussomevodka]

Excellent video, high effort and great result! One of the best on the channel.

[@allissonjacobisaacson6190]

Yes. Subscribed and liked. This is exactly what history needed, to help gather all types of people in learning.

[@robertaylor9218]

“The teaching of the law was banned within the city in 1234”. This sounds like it should have been a big event, like well documented and well studied. All I can find online is a footnote on wikipedia.

[@cap4life1]

Everything was so well done - from the historical research to the visuals!

[@alvarogomezvivas7844]

What a masterpiece of a video! I’m sure it’s not easy to cover so many aspects of every day life 400 years ago in a single video, but you did it exceptionally well! You got yourself a new subscriber

[@jaytea4390]

Hey, correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the 'vagabonds sentenced to slavery' thing was only between 1547 and 1550, as the 1547 Vagrancy Act was repealed and the 1531 Vagabonds Act with less harsh terms was reinstated. Thanks for the video regardless, loving the art style!

[@ChristinaFaithful]

This is amazing. Thank you for the time and effort that went into this! ✨

[@PHlyestofNerds]

As a JRPG fan, I Love love love the presentation!

[@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle]

Informative, nuanced and amazing narration. Keep up the amazing work! 💗🤞✨

[@cosmogal.ashella1907]

I can’t believe I watched the entire video from start to end. Well done, interesting and engaging content.

[@braedenh6858]

This was a delightful watch! Thank you!

[@chush14]

Love this format as well as the art style.

[@Scotty993]

One of the best KZbin videos I’ve watched in some time ! Well done!

[@keenanmeril8825]

Make more content like this! I'd love to see more tours of old cities in this kind of style. It's really neat and educational

[@just1lilguy]

This was great! Please make it a series

[@michaelseybold1743]

I love this video! Great format and attention to detail

[@justinferrell5369]

This is fantastic. I especially love the pixel art and the map showing a real city and where you are when you're speaking.

[@DrWyckoff]

This was amazing. Please do more of these!

[@Bachi-bouzouk]

So much work ! Congrats ! The vidéo will be a classic of your channel hope we see other like this :D

[@aaronfriend5084]

Absolutely fantastic walkthrough!

[@aosterman66]

This series is incredible please make more of these

[@walkertorque]

Fun and educational to watch! thanks for the upload, hope you do more of these.

[@hl6994]

I really hope you keep making these style videos they’re so enjoyable

[@historyotd9094]

Wowww, dude! The visuals are amazing!! I loved how the pokemon theme was used to tell the story. I got hooked immediately!! I could watch any history video done in this specific style. Great content as well. Wow 👌 well done guys 👊

[@cL-bf2ug]

This is such a cool art style!! I absolutely loved it and it just made the whole vid intriguing. Please make more stuff like this.

[@JabzyJoe]

Hopefully Rome will be coming out soon

[@publius7682]

Ugh absolute HELL on earth. Glad to be a peasant in the modern day.

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

Very cool! And thank you for keeping the music down so that it did not get annoying. A lot of "Nintendo style" vids make that mistake - you did not.

[@incongruousinquiry]

really engaging, i feel like a got a good feel for the information. thanks!!! it's fun to see how different and yet similar things are today

[@nomames9930]

I REALLY love this style and would love to see more survival guides if possible

[@osz804]

Great video! Looking forward to more like this.

[@DanMcLeodNeptuneUK]

This video was amazing! Thanks! And well done to all involved!

[@MachineSpirit101]

This is masterpiece. Thoroughly enjoyed.

[@Zethonring23]

Excellent video, hope in time this does numbers so we can get another one like it

[@cobbler9113]

I appreciate these videos likely take up an extraordinary amount of time and effort, but they are so good. Would love to see more.

[@mikeandnike123]

Really high quality video. Loved it

[@sproutsrevil6508]

Very informative in a really fun way. Learnt stuff I didn’t know despite living in London for over 20 years!

[@megancurley5579]

Well done. I really enjoyed this video.

[@islander376]

This channel has a lot of potential, keep it up. First video I’ve seen of yours and I subscribed. I think you could make it even more immersive by keeping the present tense constant. Like “is” and “will be” versus “was.”

[@joseespino4488]

Super well done, really liked the new artstyle. Keep it up!

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

New subscriber here; very well done! Greetings from Greece!

[@mikepower3348]

This needs more views! Please do more videos in this style!

[@catherinekaur]

I absolutely loved watching this! Thankyou ❤️

[@noneofyourbizness]

really well put together and written. expect over a million views...a month, for this excellent vid! thanks.

[@lugal-zage-si4782]

Please more survival guides like this! Absolutely phenomenal!

[@And2142FI]

Very good video! I love the art style almost which it is made as a game where you can found a job and walk around London. Really cool!

[@SunshineBlue721]

I very rarely leave comments but woah, i needed to tell you : this is such high quality content ! Thank you very much for your hard work !!

[@christineterry3079]

Very Interesting! brilliant insight into lives of people and working situations, living in these hard times ..enjoyed the history side of it too..!

[@jacob9593]

I absolutely love the pixel style

[@elise9809]

amazing video, would love to see more of these!

[@enternalinferno]

This was awesome, would love to see more content like this