Life Inside a Medieval Castle (Cross Section)

Medieval Castles needed to be multiple things at once. They needed to be reflections of the leaders they represented - large and stately, suitable for housing the most important people in the world and surrounding them with luxury. But they also needed battlegrounds and strong fortifications that strengthened the defences of a town or city - therefore deterring invasion. The focal point of the towns and cities they defended, the Medieval Castle needed to not only house and support the land it owned, but stand as a signature and representation of the wealth of the crown and its nobles. Sending the message to invaders: 'You will not win here.'
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I used to love finding these cross section books as a kid

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Me too

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Another cross section episode of Simple History

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What were they called? I would like to find them again. I know there was one author that did castles and man-of-war warships.

@@kjj26k oh I'm not sure I'm afraid buddy. I can just remember at Christmas I'd go to a friend's house and they would have this huge book case and there were some that I could reach.

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I still have a couple of them with plastic parts. A castle and the mummy of Tuthankhamon. Love those books today as much as I loved them as a child.

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Hi mom

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3:04 Those soldiers are going to be pissed when they realize they've been pushing the mangonel uphill backwards.

[@unifiedhorizons2663]

Is that not how you’d push it?

[@brainflash1]

@@unifiedhorizons2663 If you want it to throw rocks at your own men.

[@sahaquiel4640]

I mean, can't blame them. More surface to push on the back.

[@cleon24769]

They're just trying to confuse the enemy, of course. Either that, or it's just those wacky conscripts at it again.

[@Apyr42]

It was the invisible french soldiers trying to steal onager from the englishmen

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Rest of the world: Wales, what is your weird obsession? Wales: uhhhhhhhhhh

[@brainflash1]

A lot of them were actually built by the English to keep the Welsh compliant.

[@blairscartoonshistory7477]

@@brainflash1 many thanks to King Edward I

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it's sheep

[@spaceengineeringempire4086]

@@blairscartoonshistory7477 didn’t king Edward 1 also say he will make a Welsh person have the crown of wales. And had an infant son of his who was born in wales and proclaim”I have brought you your heir. A person born in wales and who dosnt speak a bit of English”

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Built by the English to control them

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I remember when Simple History used to put up a video like every two weeks, and now there’s one every few days. Keep up the good work!

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4:25 I know it’s a tiny detail but I love how each soldier has different coat of arms

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Its those tiny details that makes SH so good at what they do.

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I suggest the next Cross section to be about Bastion forts

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Boring

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Please do a cross section of a 18th century naval tall ship

[@dylanwilliams8904]

6:03 I love that my local castle is depicted here. I love more that us Welsh people can actually say "my local castle" haha

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Castell Caernarfon

[@patrickconnerney7397]

This gives me nostalgia for a castle cross-section book I had as a kid.

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That's because some sections, like the intro, are almost a 1:1 copy from that book.

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The cross-section concept is amazing!!! I’d love to see more of this.

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I followed the link to narrator Chris Kane's website. He doesn't look at all like you expect. He's actually a young guy !

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This is a seriously gorgeous video! You guys have seriously come such a long way since the King Henry video all those years ago! The sets, the animation smoothness, the character models, all spectacular!

[@ambermaccraig7316]

Now THIS is something that I have been waiting and asking for for a long time. I am a HUGE fan of anything and everything "medieval" and I am so grateful that SH finally decided to make a new history video on this topic. I have rewatched the old ones so many times that I can literally recite them by heart lol. As always, I love to hear Chris in these videos, they just wouldn't be the same (nor as pleasing to the ear) without you. Also, kudos to the creation team.., ty you guys for all your hard work! Together, y'all have developed the absolute best animated history channel on KZbin.

[@rob7566]

The reason there are so many castles in Wales wasnt to keep the english out, it was to keep the welsh in.

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In my opinion simple history should make video on how a medieval army was made and how it works

[@troyschlatter6816]

depends where. some had a militia like system. others had militaries. mostly it was a militia with a soldier having to buy his own weapons and armor, its why roman military is so special its one of the first militaries that follow our modern style.

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@@ashleytaylor7621 no. why would i? Britain was attacked by vikings way before there was a british Empire. Romans had ships too otherwise how would they take cyprus and greek islands. i dont understand if your comment is a genuine question or if you are trying to annoy. The awnser is just to obvious for me to take your question seriously.

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Nice, it is like a video version of my all-time favorite castle cross-section book by Stephen Biesty.

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Thank you! I've been trying to remember who made those books so I could find them again!

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@@kjj26k You're welcome! Had the same problem a few months ago when I randomly thought about these books and couldn't remember who it was. Had to search a little bit but Biesty is famous enough, fortunately 😄

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[@claiborneeastjr4129]

Interesting and very fascinating. I did not know that Wales had so many. Life in those castles, even for the lords and nobility, was not nearly as comfortable as our lives today. They had little knowledge of hygiene, germs, contagions, infections, healthy diets, et al. And so many of them were illiterate. Medieval life in a castle seems so romantic to us, but few of us would trade our modern lives to go back and live in those times.

[@Harikejn]

The castles that you have showed you can also see in Balkan peninsula as well, believe it or not. The rumor says that there is one Medieval Caste in Serbia. The location of that castle is near Novi Sad, Serbia. Besides the castles that were built near sea, and lakes, some of them were built on rivers as well. What I'm about to say is that some fortresses were also built as well. They were built near river Danube. The fortress that were built on river Danube are Kalemegdan in Belgrade, and Petrovaradin in Novi Sad. Petrovaradin fortresses has white clock. The big pointer shows hours, while smaller one shows minutes. They called that clock a drunken clock. And these pointer helped sailors when sailing across river Danube to see what time is it. Although one thing I might add is, that Petrovaradin fortress was built in 1692, by one French architect. Believe it or not, King Richard The Lion Heart was healing his wounds or illness in sanatorium in Balkan peninsula during the crusades. That sanatorium is near city of Novi Sad, and there is a commemorative plate there.

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This was a very interesting cross-section video about castles, well done Simple History. I never knew Wales had THIS many castles before but that sounds very interesting and i also liked your Disney and Star Wars references.

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I love your content

[@BlinPork94]

Awesome video, loved that a Bailey was one u talked a out at beginning. When the troops were pushing siege weapon uphill near beginning, while talking about disadvantages of fighting uphill, was it a catapult facing away from castle they were attacking. Can't wait for more videos❤

[@ashleytaylor7621]

well they are at the gate trying to knock it down so i would probably have to say that it was a battering ram???

[@sahar3820]

Now this was something I never even thought of. How these castles operated basically and their structure. I hope SH makes more of these vids with similar structures in Africa and Asia as well.

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Reminds me of Epic History TV, I like them both videos anyways keep up Simple History

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Nice video

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Hey, I recognize that cross-sectioned castle shown at 1:05 for example, it's from one of Stephen Biesty's cross-sections book, which I've had for 20 years or so. :D

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Great video!

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Can’t wait for more historical content!!!!

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I loved the addition of a cross section for this video

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Damm the visuals are amazing 🤩

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i had seen this in books this video is the easy path to understand every area and fiction of the castle

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Yes! More Medieval videos

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Do a video on medival armor weapons and equipment

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I approve this statement 1:05

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top kek

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Perfectly timed for Manor Lords release.

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Thank you for this! If anyone loves Medieval sieve warfare I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt

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These are the types of videos I love from this channel.

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Reminds me of old books I used to buy at the scholastic book fair at school about castles, etc.

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1:30 my man right here literally straight up ate an entire bucket of molten hot piping oil

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Listening to this as I play Manor Lords. It’s a good time.

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You should do more videos on the Roman Empire!

[@michaelcollins8316]

Please correct the description of the front gate. They were L shaped so that no direct access was available. Thank you it was a great presentation.

[@jhapethlloydciron3185]

This is so nostalgic, cant belive they stopped constructing castles

[@Emily09876g]

That shaking of the image at the end was really vertigo inducing.

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Cant wait for: Life inside of Earth (Cross Section)

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lol 😂

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Another thing I learned is that sometimes the latrine would dump into the moat, further fortifying it from invaders trying to swim across

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Perfect lore for new Manor Lords players

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Your popularity is raising m'lord

[@JakeCWolf]

Castles are great and all but we're missing an answer to a crucial question; What. About. DRAGONS?!

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Cross section buildings and vehicles are always my favourite especially in dictionary and enclclopedia

[@evolancer211]

I like how the one Archer that's closest to being an FPS view, is able to take out two archers on the walls. While the archers up front can't hit anything 😅

[@leifnelson6244]

Ummm... Neuschwanstein Castel (Sleeping Beauty Castle) was built in the late 1800's. Not a medieval castle.

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awesome!

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If the onion analogy was a "Shrek" reference, WELL DONE. If not, WELL PUT.

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My inner child is squealing with joy at this video :)

[@CommanderTavos99]

One of the many reasons medieval europa is my favourite time period

[@jamesofficial6829]

I saw Windsor castle in the UK when I was 18 back in 2004. It was an amazing place to see. Also the old Roman town of Bath in the UK was super amazing. So many of its roads are still in use today. Here in the US it's so boring there is nothing really anything exciting historically wise here. Some battlefields, propaganda monuments and some old houses are all that we have that are historical.

[@tomhools1605]

They should make a TV show set in a Medieval Castle.

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Visited some castles in Italy

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Make something about Byzantine or Varagian guard.

[@Rafale_M]

Remind these books we had when we were kids. With the drawings and all

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Simple history can you do DDAY on the Brits or Canadian perspective

[@CliffCardi]

This is just like Steven Beisty’s cross section books as a kid!

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why is the catapult moved with the back facing the enemy ? @3:14 xD

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*sips beer at 16 “just a normal day”

[@glamorgirl911]

Do the siege of zhongdu or medieval battering rams and 80ft tall siege towers next or how mongol troops couldn’t adapt to the monsoon environments of Southeast Asia

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Do a video about King Baldwin IV

[@joshuajgrillot]

I guess with the early release of the game Manor Lords, this video is fitting for it.

[@shauno7582]

Only downfall with a big castle is if the attacking force is big enough and has the time, can just use starvation siege method.

[@mordekaishekelbergiv.4211]

A siege was horrible for both parties and many failed

[@shauno7582]

@@mordekaishekelbergiv.4211 💯 medieval times were horrible full stop!

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“Look! Henry has come to see us!”

[@DannyoRaiden]

Are there any battles in keep (last defender) that successfuly won by deffenders? Any known battles?

[@ashleytaylor7621]

it depends on whether its a castle or a motte and bailey, if it was a motte and bailey no, if it was a castle no..... they would just give up there may be a couple cases in a castle siege that the defenders held out for so long that reinforcements arrive maybe but generally if the attackers have got to the keep you are fucked because all of your food all of your arrows everything you need to survive a siege is outside soooo if the attackers are smart all they have to do is wait a week and you will be so dehydrated and hungry you will just have no fight to carry on so no obviusly in history theres always cases that show the 1 in a million but if you have the entire fort you can then start re building everything that was destroyed and wait out the last defenders what would be the point in wasting men in trying to take a handful of dead men and lords or ladies?? i would also like to point out that hand to hand combat inside a keep was hardly ever done because its so hard to defend a keep you need to defend the stairs problem with that unlike a rampart the attackers have a clear shot at your feet and you cant defend your feet so if youre an attacker its literally like shooting fish in a barrel.

[@ashleytaylor7621]

short version: if you had been chained to a wall and been starved but at any time you can just say stop and it all stops you just have to pay for them to give you everything back, why when the guard asks if you want this to stop, would you spit in his face?

[@daltongriffis]

0:35 Caernarfon Castle!

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Kingdom Come Deliverance gonna be hitting different with this one.

[@rylanced.rabajante3438]

Is this inspired from the Epic History's video?

[@MrSamuel131313]

Hats off to not making a high ground joke

[@Cedi346]

Yes

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Nice

[@BeatRoot14]

Anyone should get the kids book on a cross section of conway castle in wales. It was so amazing to go there as a kid after reading that book so much and to spend the night in that town. 😂

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The first one sank into the swamp, so I built a second one. That sank into the swamp, so I built a third one. That one burned down, fell over then sank into the swamp, but the fourth one stayed up.😂

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Can u make video on shivaji maharaj forts in india that are built in moutains

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This guy has less than 5 million subscribers that’s so unfair for him he’s such a good historian

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This channel is probably in the top 0.1% in terms of subscriber numbers.

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I could've lived the rest of my life not knowing how toilets in castles worked.

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Stephen Biesty’s cross section castle

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Medieval castles when I get a siege engine with the capability to launch a 300 kilogram projectile over 300 meters:

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Ah yes whales “the land of castles” beautiful country side and one charming little line

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Whales?

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One day, our way of life will be “medieval”

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Fantastic dudes!!🏅🥇🏅⭐⭐⭐⭐🇺🇸

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Cool :)

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I already learned about Medieval Castle cross Sections from Where's Waldo books, but thanks for trying.

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Have you done a blackhawk down video if you haven't can you do one? If you can

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more medieval age videos will be good

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So, it's intriguing would it be another myth complination, or good video. UPD: it's actually pretty good.