Life Inside a Medieval Castle (Cross Section)

I used to love finding these cross section books as a kid

[@thewanderingstranger6638]

Me too

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

Another cross section episode of Simple History

[@kjj26k]

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.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

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.

[@brainflash1]

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

[@JustarLad]

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

[@willfakaroni5808]

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”

[@JeffEbe-te2xs]

Built by the English to control them

[@ArnoldPartini]

Wake up, honey. Simple History posted again.

[@stewartrabbit3458]

😊😊😊

[@Sexualtyrannosaurus-vb2fu]

Pour some honey on my nipples and let’s make history

[@GrimmyFam]

Thanks, mum!

[@jonaspete]

Thanks cousin

[@aurelian-ne4fy]

Hi mom

[@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.

[@Liam25433]

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!

[@jonimiller4065]

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

[@ambermaccraig7316]

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

[@sawelijahaugustine5508]

Why different? Isn't coat of arms supposed to be the same like uniform in order to differentiate friend from foe?

[@jonimiller4065]

@@sawelijahaugustine5508no a coat of arms represents different nobles not all soldiers served the king many where from other nobles

[@anotherplague]

@@jonimiller4065 On top of that most bulks of armies at the time consisted of generic peasantry, meaning they brought whatever they could afford (depending on wealth of nation, military doctrine, etc.). An elaborate coat of arms for a rank-and-file peasant would've been a rare sight. Great to see your knowledge, mate.

[@jjhh320]

​​@@sawelijahaugustine5508 Livery is the colors and/or symbol a lord would require his personal warriors to wear. Coats of arms are the personal colors and symbols a knight or noble could wear to distinguish himself visually...it's like being a custom character, though usually every culture generally shares similar armor and weapon choices. Peasant levies often just wore what they brought, as they are expected to have basic arms and armor in their home...but I personally think each community would've naturally designed their gear and colors similarly simply because they'd have the same metalworkers, fabrics, and dyes in town and people would likely emulate one another, or even take after the heraldry of their town or lord if they had one.

[@connorthompson8376]

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

[@irishsaturday7577]

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!

[@pabcu2507]

Now, do a video on mr krabs during his days in the navy

[@voin5371]

I second this, I want to hear about his time during Midway.

[@inisipisTV]

MONEY!!!

[@tundranomad]

👍

[@aphroditegonzalez1646]

Bahahaha

[@johnbaier6385]

Clown

[@DrewDracoSune]

I'm so happy that I happen to come across Simple History, every video upload always brings a smile to me because of it's straightforward approach to the topic and simple animation, nothing overly complicated but effective. Keep it up crew!

[@Cpt_Graftin]

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

[@ls8799]

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

[@ViktorCZ42]

I suggest the next Cross section to be about Bastion forts

[@GathKingLeppbertI]

Boring

[@FrostytheSnowman721]

​People have this nifty thing called an opinion.​@@GathKingLeppbertI

[@abdullahrizwan592]

Yes that whould be nice

[@EddieJr8611]

Love it, my favorite time period and the narrator has a great voice. Love the information and the animation is simple yet intricate too, keep it up please I subscribed!

[@ambermaccraig7316]

You won't be disappointed, I've been subscribed and a member for over 5 yrs. They have come a long way but this is one of the absolute best animated history channels on KZbin.

[@dondee5439]

At the 4:50 mark, those toilet rooms look pretty grim.

[@PinnedonPlaces]

This is SO COOL. Love the incredible detailing in each segment. Thank you for bringing this history to life, we are castle nerds and love learning more about these incredible fortifications!

[@rewardunkind4541]

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

[@brainflash1]

I loved those Incredible Cross Section books as a kid.

[@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

[@aneirindavies1717]

Castell Caernarfon

[@brentstephens4081]

Love the video style @simplehistory ! I enjoyed these style of books as a kid, and to see it in video format was amazing 👏

[@minervszombies]

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

[@J.Walker88]

Always enjoy your content, this is a new topic for me and was disappointed to see it was no longer than it was. Still, I’ll take what I can get. Pretty sure we are all grateful for any new post and looking always looking forward to future post. I can’t imagine the work that goes into one of these videos, and thank you for that.

[@theshaunsterverse]

Fantastic video! Thanks for making this.

[@timmeoe]

Thanks so much for digitalising an old Children´s book I loved!

[@shrektheogre5755]

I approve this statement 1:05

[@badasstrapbass2313]

top kek

[@Kartvelius]

1:36 I love the way he salutes, but he himself soon realized that he had not reached that period yet.

[@quoctringuyen7213]

The illustration is so cute and easy to understand.

[@Lifted0311]

for anyone wanting more research, look up Neuremburg and its castle system. One of the most well defended castles of its age. I took a tour of it, and it had a tunnel system that ran under the castle with windows that opened up and allowed defenders to fire / shoot from inside the tunnels towards the gates. It also held secret tunnels and exits that lets defenders run into the fight without opening the main gate.

[@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.

[@The.Stars.Gamer1763]

Honestly, I always loved your videos, but this one is the best I saw !! Good job team

[@AlexanderLeister]

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

[@kjj26k]

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

[@AlexanderLeister]

@@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 😄

[@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.

[@Goc4ever]

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.

[@augustusnafrada2811]

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.

[@troyschlatter6816]

@@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.

[@DieNibelungenliad]

But that isn't simple

[@troyknight884]

Such a fire video bro!

[@johnny5805]

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 !

[@anathardayaldar]

He sounds like Charlie Sheen

[@heanvisalseyhak9487]

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

[@Dulex321]

I love you so much simple history ❤

[@dougo753]

I read once that moats were used not to prevent invaders from walking up to the walls but to prevent tunneling under them.

[@attrage7545]

True. Ancient Roman forts sometimes used moats for this purpose; and even as recently as siege of Constantinople in 1400s flooded channels used to prevent "gophering" under the walls.

[@SadPorkChop]

You are correct. The main purpose was for the invaders not to be able to dig underneath them.

[@rob7566]

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

[@Beowolf5388]

Yes! More Medieval videos

[@AironSmieciowy-di3qy]

Great video!

[@allenjacobangeles1949]

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

[@jhapethlloydciron3185]

This is so nostalgic, cant belive they stopped constructing castles

[@AaranMoonlight]

Damm the visuals are amazing 🤩

[@ndrew.Vietnam]

Love the content, keep up the awesome work! ❤❤❤

[@LiamSmall-ot4vz]

Really good keep up the great work

[@abdullahrizwan592]

These cross-section videos are my favourite

[@Xerroc22]

I loved the addition of a cross section for this video

[@asayeah844]

Me: I have never seen animation of a person sitting and pooping. Simple History: Hold my beer. Jokes aside, very informative and enjoyable.

[@valmid5069]

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

[@bobholly3843]

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

[@harrydupuis3102]

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

[@BeeWaifu]

6:46 Got a Hapsburg here.

[@CARL_093]

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

[@AmericaCatball]

I love your content

[@kenan511]

“That’s why a medieval castle is like an onion: Both have plenty of layers.” Shrek: Just like ogres

[@I3rain_Freeze]

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

[@kingjoe3rd]

This would make for a fun resource management video game.

[@geoffroydegodefroy2374]

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

[@Ramranch03]

Anyone catch the dude taking a dump at 4:54 lmao

[@Emily09876g]

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

[@The_Hagseed]

2:02 Neuschwanstein Castle is not a medieval castle. It was completed just 10 years before Henry Ford made his first car. It's closer to the age of the Disney castles than it is a medieval one.

[@cassideyousley406]

Perfectly timed for Manor Lords release.

[@splitrim509]

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

[@Totallynormalperson296]

Do a video on medival armor weapons and equipment

[@chlorophyll6154]

Simple History really grind up nowadays

[@ekowisnu7638]

Your popularity is raising m'lord

[@juggernaut-7-6]

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

[@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993]

lol 😂

[@blooddemonart3860]

2:06 saw this andd all i thought was hitler😂

[@MrSamuel131313]

Hats off to not making a high ground joke

[@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???

[@danielcervantes8754]

Imagine a Grand Theft Auto medieval game, Grand Theft Carriage. 🥲

[@Indo-Aryan9644]

So basically "Rustler"

[@Indo-Aryan9644]

You can also play kingdom come as Gta lol 😂

[@ikenelli8425]

​@Indo-Aryan9644 Rustler aka grand theft horse lol it was okay, but felt very short... imagine a Rockstar medieval gta 5 tho... The horses still have flashing lights.

[@glennross85]

How long you work on that one champ? 🙄

[@captainkatz1775]

Basically assassins creed

[@Coco-Don]

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

[@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 😅

[@shrektheogre5755]

You should do more videos on the Roman Empire!

[@FelixLewis-fm4hc]

At 0:33 this castle can be found in Caernafon, Wales

[@mcsquizzy8232]

Why on earth were they pushing a catapult uphill and towards the castle? 3:04

[@JakeCWolf]

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

[@Random_Iron_warrior]

*sips beer at 16 “just a normal day”

[@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.

[@christopherlau3996]

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

[@Mystere-IV]

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

[@CapAnson12345]

A lot of latrine holes would jut out from the wall and it would just drop onto the ground or into the moat for further diseases to attackers.

[@itrieditathome9760]

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.😂

[@tomhools1605]

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

[@aaronsaunders6974]

So how did the knights escape disease themselves? Even morticians get tuberculosis from contact with the dead. Does steel absorb disease?

[@henryshistory]

Castle did not originally have thrown roomea, that was a gorgian design and also the were white washed and buetifly painted on the inside

[@peterking8465]

Perfect lore for new Manor Lords players

[@CommanderTavos99]

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

[@andelynjunio1271]

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

[@castleanthrax1833]

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

[@iranimilitantzifu7015]

That's far better than living in a normal house.

[@travisreed1730]

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

[@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?

[@WokenDreamer]

0:13 THAT'S NOT TRUE. Czechia helds the record of having most castles per square kilometer (thus even per square mile). In terms of most castles per capita...this record belongs to Slovakia.

[@StrikeBuster-b2b]

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

[@ryleeculla5570]

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

[@YoureRatharStewpidMate]

Whales?

[@patrickguerriero5425]

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

[@trevorslinkard31]

“Look! Henry has come to see us!”

[@angryeliteultragree6329]

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